Indoor garden center with a ripening control system
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Hunter, Michael Goodman Schroeder, Gregory Sergeevich Chernov
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Abstract
An indoor gardening appliance includes a liner defining a grow chamber and a grow module rotatably mounted within the grow chamber for receiving a plurality of plant pods. A ripening control system includes a recirculation duct and a fan assembly that recirculates air within the grow chamber. A reactive assembly, such as a titanium dioxide (TiO2) porous structure and an ultraviolet light, is positioned within the recirculation duct to regulate the concentration of one or more gases within the flow of air.
Claims20
A gardening appliance, comprising:
- a liner positioned within a cabinet and defining a grow chamber;
- a grow module mounted within the liner and defining a plurality of apertures for receiving one or more plant pods;
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- a ripening control system comprising:
- a recirculation duct in fluid communication with the grow chamber;
- a fan assembly operably coupled to the recirculation duct for urging a flow of air through the recirculation duct;
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- a reactive assembly operably coupled to the recirculation duct, the reactive assembly including a reactive element configured for adjusting a concentration of a gas within the flow of air.
A ripening control system for a gardening appliance comprising a grow chamber, the ripening control system comprising:
- a recirculation duct in fluid communication with the grow chamber;
- a fan assembly operably coupled to the recirculation duct for urging a flow of air through the recirculation duct;
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- a reactive assembly operably coupled to the recirculation duct, the reactive assembly including a reactive element configured for adjusting a concentration of a gas within the flow of air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.