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US 12,582,050 B2Granted
Open-top gutter
AssigneeGreen Automation Group Oy
InventorJukka Huttunen
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Abstract
An open-top gutter for cultivation of plants. In an example, the open-top gutter includes a space limited by two side walls and a bottom wall and divided into trough-like compartments by at least one dividing wall. The dividing wall includes at least one water space formed by a double wall, open at the bottom of the gutter.
Claims16
An open-top gutter for cultivating plants, comprising:
- a space delimited by two side walls and a bottom wall and divided into trough-like compartments by at least one dividing wall, wherein:
- the dividing wall is a linear wall that includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the dividing wall being connected to the bottom wall via the first end of the dividing wall with the second end of the dividing wall being away from the bottom wall,
- a partition wall is connected to the second end of the dividing wall with the partition wall extending towards the bottom wall starting at the second end of the dividing wall, a free end of the partition wall being spaced from both the side walls and the bottom wall,
- at least one water space is formed at a bottom of the gutter by the bottom wall, the dividing wall and the partition wall,
- a bottom gap is open at a bottom of the gutter and is formed between the free end of the partition wall and the bottom wall, and
- the bottom wall is a bottom for both the water space and the bottom gap.
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