Plant cultivation apparatus

Abstract

The present invention relates to a plant cultivation apparatus comprising: a cabinet having a cultivation space; cultivation shelves which can be inserted into or withdrawn from the cabinet, and on which plants to be cultivated are loaded; drain ports opened to drain water supplied to the cultivation shelves; an opening/closing member for opening/closing the drain port; and a driving device which is provided in the cultivation space, and which selectively comes in contact with the opening/closing member to operate the opening/closing member, wherein the driving device can include: a driving motor; a pinion, which is rotated by means of the driving motor and has a pinion gear; a rod which has a rack gear coupled to the pinion gear, and which vertically moves by means of the pinion to open/close the opening/closing member; and a case for forming the exterior thereof and guiding the movement of the rod.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.