Apparatus for cultivating plants

An apparatus for cultivating plants, comprising:

• a cabinet having a cultivation space;
• a door that opens and closes the cultivation space;
• at least one bed disposed in the cultivation space and on which plants are cultivated;
• at least one light assembly that radiates light for photosynthesis toward the at least one bed;
• a machine compartment separated from the cultivation space at a lower portion in the cabinet, that communicates with an outside of the apparatus, and that accommodates a compressor, a condenser, and a condenser fan forming a cooling cycle for controlling a temperature of the cultivation space;
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• a duct that connects the machine compartment and the cultivation space and guides air in the machine compartment to the cultivation space, wherein an inlet of the duct is disposed to face blades of the condenser fan, and wherein an outlet of the duct is open on an inner side wall surface of the cultivation space.

An apparatus for cultivating plants, comprising:

• a cabinet having a cultivation space;
• a door that opens and closes the cultivation space;
• a plurality of beds disposed in the cultivation space and on which plants are cultivated;
• a plurality of light assemblies that radiates light toward the plurality of beds for photosynthesis;
• a water tank that stores water to be supplied to the at least one bed;
• a machine compartment separated from the cultivation space at a lower portion in the cabinet, that communicates with an outside of the apparatus, and that accommodates a compressor and a condenser forming a cooling cycle for controlling a temperature of the cultivation space;
• an air duct that connects the machine compartment and the cultivation space and guides air in the machine compartment to the cultivation space;
• a return duct that connects the cultivation space and the machine compartment and guides air in the cultivation space to the machine compartment;
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• at least one blower assembly that circulates air in the cultivation space and disposed in the cultivation space, wherein the cabinet includes:
• an inner case that forms an inner side surface of the cultivation space;
• an outer case spaced apart from the inner case and forming an external appearance of the cabinet;
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• an insulating material that fills a space between the inner case and the outer case, wherein the air duct extends to the machine compartment between the inner case and the outer case.