Patent ID: 8516742
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: A01G,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An automatic cloning apparatus comprises a housing having a top, the housing having an interior divided into a plant compartment and a water compartment, the housing adapted to hold water in the interior thereof, the plant compartment and the water compartment being in liquid communication, the top over the plant compartment including a plurality of porous net pockets extending therethrough, each of the plurality of porous net pockets adapted to support cuttings and plants therein, the water compartment further including a mist generator adapted to provide a mist of water throughout the housing from water contained within the water compartment and from fresh air drawn by suction from outside the housing into the mist generator, the mist of water being a combination of the fresh air and water contained within the water compartment, the mist generator comprising a motor having a hollow tapered power shaft extending downwardly therefrom into the water, the hollow tapered power shaft having a wide portion at the top and a narrow portion at the bottom thereof whereby when the hollow tapered power shaft is rotating, the combination of centripetal force on the water in the hollow tapered power shaft and the outwardly sloping inner surface thereof forces water upwardly therein, a disk mounted atop the hollow tapered power shaft and extending laterally therefrom which receives water from the hollow tapered power shaft and directs the water laterally therefrom, the disk including one or more radially oriented blades which create a low pressure mixing area above the disk to thereby pull the fresh air via suction into the mixing area above the disk, the fresh air and the water mixing to provide the fine mist, the amount of water lifted by the hollow tapered power shaft being dependent upon the diameter and length of the hollow tapered power shaft and the rotational speed thereof, and a mesh cage surrounding the disk whereby water from the disk is forced therethrough in a fine mist.