Patent ID: 9743597
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A01G,Y02P

Claim:
1. A hydroponic rotating drum device, said device comprising: a hollow elongated drum comprising a circumscribing sidewall having a central longitudinal axis and longitudinally extending between a first open axial end and a second open axial end longitudinally spaced from said first axial end; a first axial end wall and a second axial end wall respectively closing said first and second open axial ends of said circumscribing sidewall; said circumscribing sidewall having an interior surface defining a hollow interior chamber closed by said first and second axial end walls; a hollow elongated support shaft longitudinally extending through said hollow interior chamber of said circumscribing sidewall and through each of said first and second axial end walls wherein said hollow elongated support shaft terminates to longitudinally spaced apart opposite ends exterior to said hollow interior chamber; a plurality of ports radially disposed through said circumscribing sidewall and in open communication with said hollow interior chamber; a plurality of plant modules each respectively disposed within one of said plurality of ports radially disposed through said circumscribing sidewall; each of said plurality of plant modules comprising: support means for supporting said hollow elongated drum for said axis to be in a fixed location spaced above an underlying support surface and for rotation of said hollow elongated drum about said axis and relative to said support means at said fixed location.