US 2013/0255145 A1 · GROWTH CHAMBER CAROUSEL

Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed which may be used to grow plants in a chamber. In one embodiment, the chamber includes an artificial light source, a plurality of plant supports, a supporting structure configured to rotate the plant supports between two positions, the first position being closer to the artificial light source than the second, and a divider separating the chamber into a light region containing the artificial light source and one of the plant supports in the first position and a dark region containing the other plant support in the second position, wherein the divider is moveable between a first divider position in which the divider prevents movement of the plant supports and a second divider position in which the divider does not prevent movement of the plant supports. Methods of growing plants in a chamber on a moveable member are also disclosed.

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Dependent claims

A chamber for growing plants comprising:

an artificial light source;
a first plant support;
a second plant support;
a supporting structure coupled to the first plant support and the second plant support, the supporting structure configured to move each plant support between a first position and a second position, the first position being closer to the artificial light source than the second position;
and
a divider separating the chamber into a light region containing the artificial light source and one of the plant supports in the first position and a dark region containing the other plant support in the second position, wherein the divider is moveable between a first divider position in which the divider prevents movement of the plant supports between the first and second position by the supporting structure and a second divider position in which the divider does not prevent movement of the plant supports by the supporting structure between the first and second position.

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A chamber for growing plants comprising:

an artificial light source;
a moveable member containing a first plant support and a second plant support, the moveable member configured to move the first plant support from a first position nearer to the artificial light source to a second position further from the artificial light source while moving the second plant support from a first position further from the artificial light source to a second position nearer to the artificial light source;
and
a divider, the divider being moveable between a storage position allowing the moveable member to move the first plant support and second plant support between their respective first and second positions and a light blocking position between the first plant support and the second plant support;
wherein when the first and second plant supports are in their first positions, the artificial light source illuminates the first plant support and the divider blocks light from the artificial light source from reaching the second plant support and when the first and second plant supports are in their second positions, the artificial light source illuminates the second plant support and the divider blocks light from the artificial light source from reaching the first plant support, and when the divider is in the light blocking position, the moveable member cannot move the plant supports between the first and second positions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Growth chamber carousel

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Growth chamber carousel

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Abstract

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