Apparatus for cultivating mushrooms
AssigneeSaishin Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenji Furuya, Toyotaka Okada
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Abstract
A mushroom cultivation apparatus includes an air suction fan or a vacuum pump which suctions air in all or part of an incubation chamber, a budding chamber and a plurality of suppressing and growing chambers, which are required for cultivation of mushrooms, to reduce pressure in the chambers so that concentration of carbonic acid gas in a cultivation bottle in the cultivation chamber, the budding chamber and the plurality of suppressing and growing chambers is reduced to a predetermined concentration or less, preferably to a 15% concentration or less. Thus, carbonic acid gas in the cultivation bottle is forceably exhausted to adjust the concentration of carbonic acid gas in the cultivation bottle to an optimum condition.
Claims14
A method for cultivating mushrooms, comprising the steps of:
- (a) designating a plurality of chambers to include a culture chamber, a budding chamber, and a suppressing and growing chamber;
- (b) providing a cultivation bottle in said culture chamber;
- (c) hermetically sealing each of said plurality of chambers;
- (d) expelling air from at least said culture chamber in a hermetically sealed condition;
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- (e) restoring atmospheric pressure to said culture chamber subsequent to expelling air therefrom, whereby an atmospheric condition is achieved having a relatively reduced concentration of carbonic acid gas as compared to a condition in said hermetically sealed culture chamber prior to expelling air therefrom thereby reducing a concentration of carbonic acid gas in the cultivation bottle to a 15% concentration or less.
An apparatus for cultivating mushrooms, comprising:
- at least one cultivation bottle in a culture chamber;
- a budding chamber;
- a suppressing and growing chamber;
- means for hermetically sealing each of said budding, suppressing and growing chambers;
- air suction means for expelling air from at least said culture chamber in a hermetically sealed condition;
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- means for replenishing atmospheric pressure to said culture chamber subsequent to expelling air therefrom, in step fashion, whereby a normal atmospheric condition is introduced having a relatively reduced concentration of carbonic acid gas as compared to a condition in said culture chamber prior to expelling air therefrom;
- whereby said air suction means and said means for replenishing, respectively, occur sequentially thereby reducing a concentration of carbonic acid gas in the cultivation bottle to a 15% concentration or less.
An apparatus for cultivating mushrooms, comprising:
- a plurality of chambers, said plurality of chambers being separately designated to accommodate stages of mushroom growth;
- a cultivation bottle, provided in at least one of said plurality of chambers, for housing mushrooms in at least one of the stages of mushroom growth;
- means for hermetically sealing at least said chamber having a cultivation bottle provided therein;
- air suction means for expelling air from said hermetically sealed chamber, whereby the concentration of carbonic acid gas escapes from said cultivation bottle into said hermetically sealed chamber upon exhaustion of air therefrom;
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- means for restoring atmospheric pressure to said hermetically sealed chamber subsequent to expelling air therefrom, in step fashion, whereby an atmospheric condition is achieved having a relatively reduced concentration of carbonic acid gas as compared to a condition in said hermetically sealed chamber prior to expelling air therefrom;
- whereby said air suction means and said means for restoring, respectively, occur sequentially thereby reducing a concentratration of carbonic acid gas in said cultivation bottle to a 15% concentration or less.
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