Plant growing room
OwnerMalcolm G. Kertzinventor
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Abstract
The growing room includes a closed loop track suspended above the floor and extending throughout the room. A plurality of racks are movably supported on the track by a motorized mover system. The racks include a frame for supporting a plurality of growing sheets for supporting and growing the plants. The growing sheets are made of a translucent material and include a plurality of growing cells formed by affixing a plurality of lengths of membrane material to the sheet at predetermined locations. The growing cells are gas permeable, liquid impermeable, and translucent.
Claims16
An enclosure having a floor, walls and roof for growing plants therewithin, comprising:
- a track supported above the floor;
- a plurality of rack members movably supported by said track;
- each of said rack members supporting at least one growing sheet having means for supporting and growing the plants;
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- means for moving said rack members along said track;
- each growing sheet comprising:
- a sheet of translucent support material sized to support the growing plants;
- a plurality of lengths of second material affixed to said sheet at predetermined locations to form a plurality of rows of growing cells adapted to support and grow the growing plants;
- said rows being affixed to said sheet so as to allow areas above said growing cells for the plants to grow;
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- means for supporting said sheet in a vertical position.
An enclosure having a floor, walls and roof for growing plants therewithin, comprising:
- a track supported above the floor;
- a plurality of rack members movably supported by said track;
- each of said rack members supporting at least one growing sheet having means for supporting and growing the plants;
- each growing sheet including a sheet of translucent material extending vertically from said rack members and
- means for moving said rack members along said track;
- each of said rack members comprising a frame member that releasably supports at least one growing sheet, and includes top and bottom horizontal bars, side vertical bars, and a center vertical bar.
An enclosure having a floor, walls and roof for growing plants therewithin, comprising:
- a track supported above the floor;
- a plurality of rack members movably supported by said track;
- each of said rack members supporting at least one translucent growing sheet having means for supporting and growing the plants, such that light can pass through said growing sheet between the plants;
- means for moving said rack members along said track;
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- said track being a closed loop and including an expander section which lengthens the distance between adjacent rack members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.