Plant mover system and method
AssigneeRevolutionary Garden Products, Inc.
InventorPETER M. JESNESS, III
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Abstract
A system and method for rotating multiple plants through light on a continual basis and feeding plants while they are rotated. This system is able to provide the plants with food and water at levels inputted into its control panel. The water which runs through the system can be re-circulated and used by the plants. The system aerates the water in the re-circulation chamber before it is put back onto the plants. This system also has the capabilities to test the pH and nutrient level of the growing media which can include but is not limited to one or more of the following: spun rock, clay pellets, soil, or any other hydroponic growing media.
Claims17
A system for rotating plants, comprising:
- a housing with a lower component and upper component;
- the upper component having a bottom, four or more sides and a top with a circle cut into it, the cut-out circle having notched edges;
- a large disk sitting below the cut-out circle with a diameter slightly larger than the cut-out circle configured to rotate;
- a motor configured to turn the large disk;
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- one or more small disks with notches on their outside edge placed on the large disk configured to hold plants and turn in a second rotation by an interconnection of their notches with the notches on the outside edge of the cut-out circle.
A system for rotating plants through light, comprising:
- a housing which contains a large disk turned by a motor, two or more small disks sitting on the large disk configured to hold potted plants;
- a watering apparatus connected to a water pump in the housing, which is configured to turn with the disks and provide water and food to the plants sitting on the two or more small disks;
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- a control panel configured to control the motor and the watering apparatus.
A method for providing plants with an even distribution of light comprising:
- turning on a motor which connects with gear teeth of a large disk sitting in a housing and rotates the disk;
- placing two or more small disks containing notches on their periphery on lazy susans on top of the large disk;
- rotating the two or more small disks in a second rotation by the interconnection of their notches with notches cut in the housing;
- and placing plants on the two or more small disks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.