Gutter system and set for use in a hydroponic system and method for cultivating a crop
AssigneeGreen Production Systems Bvba
InventorsFrans André Victor Cornelius Deforche, Olivier Luc Henriette Frans Deforche
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Abstract
A gutter system for use in a hydroponic system for cultivating a crop includes a gutter and an upper surface. Arranged in the upper surface are a plurality of openings which are mutually separated in a longitudinal direction of the gutter, such that the gutter forms a channel in which substrates for having crop units of the crop grow therein are placeable via the openings. The upper surface is provided at the position of each of the plurality of openings with a flange which extends substantially perpendicularly relative to the upper surface from an edge of the opening and as such forms a stop for a respective substrate of the substrates.
Claims13
A gutter system for use in a hydroponic system for cultivating a crop, comprising a gutter and a lid having an upper surface, wherein arranged in the upper surface are a plurality of openings which are mutually separated in a longitudinal direction of the gutter,
- such that the gutter forms a channel in which substrates for having crop units of the crop grow therein are placeable via the openings,
- wherein the upper surface is provided at the position of each of the plurality of openings with a flange which extends substantially perpendicularly relative to the upper surface from an edge of the opening;
- wherein the flange extends below a bottom surface of the lid to form a stop for a substrate of said substrates disposed in the gutter to thereby prevent the substrate from extending above the upper surface such that the lid reduces or eliminates substrate displacement and reduces the risk of crop contamination during automated harvesting;
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- wherein the flange does not extend above the upper surface of the lid.
A gutter system for use in a hydroponic system for cultivating a crop, comprising a gutter and a lid having an upper surface, wherein arranged in the upper surface are a plurality of openings which are mutually separated in a longitudinal direction of the gutter such that the gutter forms a channel in which substrates for having crop units of the crop grow therein are placeable via the openings,
- wherein the upper surface is provided at the position of each of the plurality of openings with a flange which extends substantially perpendicularly relative to the upper surface from an edge of the opening, wherein the flange extends below a bottom surface of the lid to form a stop for a substrate of said substrates disposed in the gutter to thereby prevent the substrate from extending above the upper surface thereby minimizing substrate displacement and reducing the risk of crop contamination during automated harvesting, and where the flange does not extend above the upper surface;
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- wherein the gutter system comprises a further lid which comprises a further upper surface and is releasably connectable to the gutter, and wherein arranged in the further upper surface are further openings which are mutually separated in a longitudinal direction of the further lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.