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CN101711216B - Container for growing plants and carrier therefor - Google Patents
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CN101711216B
CN101711216B CN2008800200138A CN200880020013A CN101711216B CN 101711216 B CN101711216 B CN 101711216B CN 2008800200138 A CN2008800200138 A CN 2008800200138A CN 200880020013 A CN200880020013 A CN 200880020013A CN 101711216 B CN101711216 B CN 101711216B
CN2008800200138A
CN101711216A (en
劳顿·彼得
TrentcomAPS控股有限公司
2007-06-14 Priority to AU2007903202 priority Critical
2007-06-14 Priority to AU2007903202A priority patent/AU2007903202A0/en
2008-06-16 Application filed by TrentcomAPS控股有限公司 filed Critical TrentcomAPS控股有限公司
2008-06-16 Priority to PCT/AU2008/000866 priority patent/WO2008151391A2/en
2010-05-19 Publication of CN101711216A publication Critical patent/CN101711216A/en
2012-04-11 Publication of CN101711216B publication Critical patent/CN101711216B/en
239000000969 carrier Substances 0 title claims abstract description 23
A container for seedlings to be grown by the air root pruning method is moulded as a flat plastic blank with walls hinged for folding and base hinged to one of the walls permitting the container to be erected by engaging the walls and the base and attaching one wall to another. The erected containers stand in a tray like carrier and are connected together by a tie which overlies the containers. A handle extends through the tie to engage the carrier allowing a group of containers to be handled.
The container and the carrier thereof that are used for plant culturing
The present invention relates to be used for the container of plant culturing.Specifically, the present invention relates to be used for the container of plant culturing, this container can be assembled by blank through the relative motion of wall and bottom thereof.
In this manual, when the document of quoting or discuss relevant knowledge, file or clause, this to quote or discuss not be that document, file or the clause of admitting said knowledge or their combination in any are during the date in preference:
(I) part common practise; Or
Any problem that (ii) known and attempting of the present invention relates to will solve is relevant.
Disclosed PCT file WO 97/21339 has disclosed the plant growing container with deformable wall.Under unassembled state, said container comprises bottom and the wall that extends radially outwardly from said bottom.Said container is such stack-mounted: make each wall around the angle that it and said bottom bonded assembly straight line pivot rotate about 90 degree, then said wall is fixed together.Bore a hole in the wall and the bottom of said plant growing container, so that can carry out the aerial root pruning to the plant that is grown in wherein.
Although this deformable wall container is a proper product,, be difficult to carry out stock production effectively through injection molding process.In addition, have found that in case said container place in operation, said deformable wall can be separated once in a while.
The objective of the invention is to improve the container that in WO 97/21339, discloses, the replacement scheme of this container perhaps is provided at least.
According to the present invention, a kind of container that is used for plant culturing is provided, comprising:
Confirm the integrated wall components of one or more wall of container, this arm member has with said wall components and it self bonded assembly device, so that form close-shaped; And
Can with said wall components bonded assembly bottom,
Wherein, said container can be assembled through the each several part of said wall components being engaged with said bottom and said wall components and it self being connected.
Do not provide independently wall; Each wall is connected with said bottom, and through the said container of assembling that said wall is connected to each other, prior art container as described above; But the present invention carries out through integrated wall components; This integrated wall components has been confirmed to constitute said wall of a container, and they can self be connected with it, so that assemble said container.
It is believed that this structure can provide more firm container under unassembled and assembled state.For the container of unassembled state, intensity is important, and it can reduce the chance that during transportation is damaged.Container of the present invention has the mono-connecting portion between wall of container and bottom, rather than as the prior art container that preceding text disclosed, has four connecting portions (being that each wall has a connecting portion).Because said connecting portion tends to as part said container, that during transportation most possibly damage, the quantity that therefore reduces this position can make the intensity of container higher.
Intensity is no less important for the container of assembled state, can not separate or occur distortion because the ball that is grown in the plant in the said container expands so that guarantee them.This phenomenon is considered to unlikely on container of the present invention, take place because said integrated wall components self combines with it on single site, rather than as prior art, have four independently, the connecting portion between each wall.
The preferred embodiment of container of the present invention can also be more molded more efficiently than above-mentioned deformable container.1.5 the container that rises can be approximately 2 at the platen area, 000cm 2Machine in injection-molded, the platen area that Comparatively speaking 1.5 liters deformable-wall container needs surpasses 3,000cm 2
Compare with the free space of deformable wall container under being in unassembled state equally, because " free space " corresponding reducing of the container of the present invention of unassembled state caused lower moulding machine capacity requirement, and caused lower cost.
Said wall components can be confirmed one or more independently wall of container, and the quantity of determined wall is corresponding to the horizontal cross sectional geometry of said stack-mounted container.The mono-wall of container causes having the container of round section, and four wall of container with equal length confirming have caused foursquare container.It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that according to the present invention, can adopt multiple container shapes.
Usually; Said wall of container is to be determined between one or more the flexible positions of opening; Extend along the direction of the longitudinal axis that is parallel to the stack-mounted container at these flexible positions; Said structure is such: through the pivot rotation around flexible position, said wall of container can move relative to each other and the motion of said relatively bottom, and said container is through this relative motion stack-mounted.
In special preferred embodiment, said flexible position and said wall components are integrally formed, and compare with the adjacent part of said wall components as the zone with less thickness.The vertical section at said flexible position optionally is a U-shaped shape substantially.
Said wall can engage through any common methods with said bottom.In a preferred embodiment, said wall components comprises that along the hole of its marginal distribution these holes are fit to and one or more part bonding of outwards giving prominence to from the periphery of said bottom.
Also can have the hole in said wall components and the bottom, be beneficial to be grown in the aerial root pruning of the plant in the said container.In special preferred embodiment, said hole is positioned at the end of the convexity that is substantially the truncated pyramid shape, and this makes that unassembled container can be to save a top that overlays another of mode in space.The convexity of truncated pyramid shape also helps the needs that said aerial root is pruned.
When said wall components and it were connected self, said convexity can also be confirmed path of navigation, and holding device can insert in this path of navigation, so that extra intensity is provided for the device of said closure.
Be used for said wall components and it self are connected so that form close-shaped device and can provide with any mode easily.In a preferred embodiment, said device comprises that one or more edges are parallel to the short and small protrusion of opening between the direction of longitudinal axis of stack-mounted container substantially, said short and small protrusion be fit to be positioned at said wall components on the corresponding groove at other positions engage.
In special preferred embodiment, each groove is in the outshot of said wall components, to provide.
Usually, under unassembled state, said container is the blank form of general planar shape.
Below with the accompanying drawings embodiment that is used for the container of plant culturing of the present invention, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the transparent view that can be used for assembling the blank of container of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the planar view of blank shown in Figure 1.
Fig. 3 is the front elevation of blank shown in Fig. 1 and 2.
Fig. 4 is the transparent view of the container that assembles of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the transparent view that is used to carry the carrier of ten containers (showing two), has container attaching parts and the carrier handle that can remove.
Fig. 6 is the plan sketch that keeps the attaching parts of ten containers.
Fig. 7 is empty carrier and the lateral plan that passes through different carriers handle bonded assembly attaching parts.
The embodiment that is used for the container 10 of growing plant of the present invention has been shown in Fig. 1-5.Container 10 is by blank 12 assemblings of general planar shape, and said blank is produced with suitable material, normally the polypropylene of injection-molded and high density polyethylene (HDPE).Blank 12 is to be that the single part of 0.9mm is produced as thickness.
Blank 12 is made up of wall components 14 and bottom 16.The outwards tip 18 of outstanding truncated pyramid shape of embarking on journey into row all is provided on wall components 14 and bottom 16, has been beneficial to that the plant that is grown in the said container is carried out " three-dimensional " aerial root and prunes (i.e. the root that pruning is positioned at said wall and bottom).The shape at said tip also allows blank 12 top that overlays another efficiently, so that transportation, makes the outwards outstanding tip of each blank be nested in the inside at the tip of bottom blank simultaneously.
Most advanced and sophisticated 18 shape makes stacking of container blank 12 highly be about 5.0mm with the relevant form of stacking.Blank 12 is designed to reduce storage and cost of goods sold.Stacking the packing that blank 12 forms by 100-200 can directly send in customer's hand from production facility ' very in time '.Little volume can send through postal service.Big volume (promptly up to Unit 160,000) can be through 40 feet TEU freight container traffic.
Wall components 14 be shaped as rectangle, and comprise pair of opposing longitudinal edges 22,23 and a pair of relative transverse edge 24,26.In a single day container 10 assembles (Fig. 5), in Fig. 4, be labeled as ' longitudinal axis of A ' will extend along the direction of the transverse edge that is parallel to wall components 14 24,26.
The shape of bottom 16 is substantially square, has circular turning, and longitudinally the part of edge 23 length operationally is connected with wall components 14 through flexible, hinged parts 20.-serial finger 52 surpass bottom 16, do not stretch out with three sidepieces of wall components 14 bonded assemblys.
Parts 20 play a part hinge, and feasible bottom 14 and wall components 14 be pivoting movement against each other.A series of teeth 21 from edge 23 longitudinally, do not stretch out with bottom 16 bonded assembly points.
A plurality of have U-shaped shape section, a flexible position 44 of opening is parallel to transverse edge 24,26 ground and extends between the longitudinal edge 22,23 of said wall components.Between the flexible position 44 of each phase adjacency pair, confirm a wall of container 50.Through making wall of container 50 around one of flexible position 44, its border pivoted, each wall of container 50 can move freely the plane of leaving wall components 14.
Through the flexible position 44 of suitable quantity is provided, can confirm the wall of container 50 of any amount, simultaneously, the quantity of wall of container defines the horizontal cross sectional geometry of said stack-mounted container again.In said example embodiment, 8 flexible positions 44 are arranged, they have been confirmed: four primary tank walls 50, each primary tank wall end wise has four tips; And three wall of container 51, each time wall of container end wise has a tip, and this structure causes stack-mounted container (Fig. 5) to have foursquare substantially horizontal cross sectional geometry, has oblique angle rather than right angle corner.Details among Fig. 3 shows the hinge that has amplified, and the thickness at turning is reduced to 0.4mm.
It is important on plant growing container, avoiding occurring right angle corner, because comprise that the container of this angle is crowded relevant with the root at position, turning.
Accomplish through simple two parts operation by blank 12 assembling vessels 10, wall components 14 is engaged with bottom 16, make wall components 14 sealings then and be fixed on it on one's body oneself.The simplicity of this assembling operation makes it be equally applicable to small-scale hand fitting, or the large-scale automation assembling of on the special mechanization assembling station of building, carrying out.
Wall components 14 can be closed by this way and fixing, i.e. matching structure through on the transverse edge 24,26 of wall components 12, providing.A plurality of U-shaped parts 28 stretch out from upper edge, the plane transverse edge 24 of wall components 12, and between U-shaped parts 28, have confirmed a series of groove 30.Extend and be positioned at the short and small protrusion 32 outstanding grooves 30 that get on the plane that is parallel to wall components 14 planes along transverse edge 24.
A plurality of bridging components 34 project to outside the plane of wall components 14 with U-shape parts 28 opposite directions along transverse edge 26 extensions and edge.Spline 36 connects along the edge of bridging component 34, and a series of tooth 40 stretches out from spline 36.In three bridging components 34, hole 42 is provided.
Referring to Fig. 4, represented the method for the said container of preferred at present assembling among the figure.At first, unassembled blank 12 is placed on the flat surface, make longitudinal edge 23 be positioned at the bottom, and longitudinal edge 22 is positioned at the top with bottom 16.
Then, make bottom 16 rotate about 90 ° of angles around compliant member 20 pivots.Then primary tank wall 50A is rotated about 90 ° angle around flexible position 44A.During this action, on the wall of container 50A of bottom line each most advanced and sophisticated 18 is slided in the finger of stretching out from said bottom 52.
Wall of container 50B and 50C are subsequently around adjacent flexible position 44B, and 44C pivot rotation in a similar fashion all is bonded on above the finger bar 52 up to whole row tip.
At last, in the groove 42 that short and small protrusion 32 is inserted in the bridging components 34, thereby with said wall components its transverse edge 24,26 places be fixed on it from one's body.
Then stack-mounted container 10 is rotated up (turned right-way-up), bottom 16 is rest on the ground, and prepare filling station intussusception growth medium automatically, subsequently through the drill for sowing in lines sowing.
The method of this assembling vessel can make longitudinal edge 23 (referring to Fig. 2) be placed on the firm surface, helps carrying out not too complicated assembling.It also allows blank folding around the hollow mould (not shown), and this model had been filled the somatomedin of precise volumes already, and this medium is that filling stack-mounted container is necessary.Then said stack-mounted container and model are reversed as an integral body,, take out said model subsequently so that said container is admitted said somatomedin.
Then, pat or vibrate the container of said filling lightly, fill all truncated pyramid chambers to guarantee said somatomedin.Have found that, pat or vibration all is important for the porosity of unanimity and consistent root growth and the air pruning when the seed growth.The volume of measuring said medium in advance means that the medium in the said container can be deposited to consistent height.Because the sedimentation of said somatomedin, two row tips, top do not have the hole.
These operations can be automations, and help other automated jobs after seedling germinates.Automated job after germinateing can comprise " gravity water supply " and reject a plurality of seedlings.
The tooth 21 that extends out from the bottom of stack-mounted container 10 can be contained in the structure of the coupling that floor, nursery or plant growth tray provide (referring to WO 97/21339), so that said container is held in place securely.The vertical length of tooth 21 is such: between the surface that the bottom 16 of container and tooth 21 engage, gap (being typically about 50mm) is provided.This makes and can carry out suitably aerial root pruning to the root that stretches out the tip from container bottom 16.This gap also allows the stratiform current, so that the growing environment that is grown in the plant in the said container is heated or cools off.
Should be pointed out that said container in case after the assembling, just confirmed path of navigation 56 by bridging component 34.In order to obtain extra vessel strength, a bar (not shown) can slide along path of navigation 56, so that said container is fixed on make position more fully.But, this is not to be essential, because said container is fixing by very reliably through the effect of the combination of short and small protrusion 32 and groove 42.
Through the bridging component 34 of pushing the V-cross section, so that can untie wall of container 50 and the joint that refers to bar 54 then, thereby can split container like a cork with taking out in the hole of short and small protrusion 32 from said bridging component.Can the container of said fractionation be returned to the blank form of general planar shape subsequently, to be used for storage and/or transportation purpose.
1.5 the container that rises can be used for the purposes of growing seedlings, wherein, it can be used for handling the container of bunchiness.Although can use the employed pallet of preceding text, version shown in Fig. 5 and 6 also makes the operator to hold up ten containers by enough each arms effectively.
In Fig. 5, the single module that grid bottom 60 is made up of pallet 61, this pallet 61 are divided into five bases 62 of two rows through rib 63.Each foursquare base has groove 64, and this groove has the tapered cross-section, so that admit the bottom of container.The annular horizontal edge 65 of confirming concavity is perforated.These perforation are grooves 66, and the joint tongue 21 on the lower edge of they and said container is corresponding.Therefore, when container is placed on said grid bottom when lasting, said conical socket guides said container, up to tooth 21 (referring to Fig. 2) entering groove 66.
Through 10 incorporate convex legs 67 grid bottom is lifted to and is above the ground level, each leg is used for a base.Said ground clearance is about 50mm, and can draining, provides to leave any ice-cold ground-surface a. g. and contact with air, so that promote root system pruning.As shown in Figure 5, said container is compact arranged, so that utilize floor area (referring to Fig. 6) economically.
Molded attaching parts 68 through having the M-cross section of putting upside down is further stablized said container, and this attaching parts 68 has spline 69, and this spline 69 connects four adaptor union positions 70 and two end connector positions 71.Adaptor union position 70 is positioned at the adjacent top, oblique angle of four containers, covers the edge of a row tip, top and a wall.Central authorities at each position form foursquare gap 72.Said attaching parts only need be positioned at a pair of adjacent turning and the single wall top that is connected said double-type turning of each container, so that all produce suitable stability force to all ten.When separating this group container, can said attaching parts be promoted from said container.Said distal portion 7 is equivalent to the half the of adaptor union position separately, only need terminal that a pair of container be interconnected because said spline is terminal.
Handle 72 is made up of handle, and the metal filament 73 of inverted U-shaped shape can pass it.
The metal filament branch 74 of the decline of said handle is outstanding downwards passes the pair of holes 75 on the said attaching parts, and continues to get into two eyes 76 on the axial rib 63 downwards.Push said branch and send away that they are close to each other, can make them leave said eye, and take out from said attaching parts and carrier.
Referring to Fig. 7, it shows a kind of alternative molded handle, and branch 74 is outstanding through the hole on the said attaching parts 75, and furcella 77 engages the eye on the grid bottom 60.Said branch is outstanding from the handle 78 in J-cross section.The parts 80 of U-shaped shape have wheel 81, and this is taken turns 81 and is bearing on the inclined-plane 82 of said branch.Downward manual pressure separates said branch, and the hoisting force that acts on simultaneously on the handle 78 rises to it on the carrier.
We find that above-mentioned embodiment has the following advantages:
1. said blank, grid bottom and attaching parts have the high packed bulk density that is suitable for transporting.
2. in case after the assembling, for opening resistivity unexpectedly with height.
3. the damage-resistant under types of transportation.
4. be fit to the mechanization assembling.
It is understandable that word as used in this specification " comprises " it being the form of explanation that comprises with it, i.e. the use that " comprises " of word is not got rid of increases other elements.
Should be understood that under the prerequisite that does not exceed fundamental property of the present invention, can make various improvement and/or additional to the present invention, therefore, these improvement and/or additional being regarded as belong to category of the present invention.
One kind can be with container planar shaped blank assembling, that be used for plant culturing; Comprise: integrated wall components; This integrated wall components is confirmed one or more wall of container, and has and be used for said wall components and it self bonded assembly device, so that form close-shaped; And bottom; This bottom can be connected with said wall components; Said container is self to be connected with said bottom joint and with said wall components and it through the part with said wall components to assemble, and it is characterized in that: between one or more flexible edges that are separated from each other, said edge is the molded hinge with U-shaped cross section to said wall separately; Said edge extends along the direction that is parallel to the longitudinal axis that assembles the back container; Its installation is such: make said wall can pass through around an edge pivot rotation and folding against each other and said relatively bottom fold, and said container can be through this folding movement assembling.
2. container as claimed in claim 1, wherein, said wall components is confirmed one or more independently wall of container, the quantity of wall is corresponding to the horizontal cross sectional geometry of said stack-mounted container.
3. container as claimed in claim 1, wherein, said flexible edge is a pair of molded hinge, they are separated from each other, so that between adjacent wall, form hypotenuse.
4. like any described container among the claim 1-3, wherein, said wall components has along the hole at its edge, and this hole is fit to and engages from the outwards outstanding finger of the periphery of said bottom.
5. container as claimed in claim 4, wherein, said hole helps being grown in the aerial root pruning of the plant in the said container, and said finger is connected in the said hole.
6. container as claimed in claim 5 wherein, confirms that the convexity in said hole has also been confirmed guide groove, and when said wall components and it were connected self, retainer can insert in this wall components.
7. like any described container among the claim 1-3; Wherein, Said device comprises that also one or more edges are parallel to the short and small protrusion of opening between the direction of longitudinal axis of the container that assembles, said short and small protrusion be fit to be positioned at said wall components on the corresponding groove at other positions engage.
8. container as claimed in claim 4; Wherein, Said device comprises that also one or more edges are parallel to the short and small protrusion of opening between the direction of longitudinal axis of the container that assembles, said short and small protrusion be fit to be positioned at said wall components on the corresponding groove at other positions engage.
9. like any described container among the claim 5-6; Wherein, Said device comprises that also one or more edges are parallel to the short and small protrusion of opening between the direction of longitudinal axis of the container that assembles, said short and small protrusion be fit to be positioned at said wall components on the corresponding groove at other positions engage.
10. planar shaped blank that is used to be assembled into container for plants comprises: integrated wall components, and this integrated wall components forms one or more wall of container, and has and be used for said wall components and it self are connected so that form close-shaped device; And bottom; This bottom can be connected with said wall components; Said container assembles through the part of said wall components being engaged with said bottom and said wall components and it self being connected; It is characterized in that: between one or more flexible edges that are separated from each other, said edge is the molded hinge with U-shaped cross section to said wall separately, and said edge extends along the direction that is parallel to the said container longitudinal axis that assembles.
11. a carrier that is used for a plurality of container for plants according to claim 1, said carrier comprises: the grid bottom with container support surface; With said grid bottom support leg on the ground; Be positioned at the base of lower edge on the said stayed surface, that be used to engage the said container that assembles; And elongated adaptor union, this elongated adaptor union has convexity, and this projection arrangements became when last time bottom container places grid and engaged with the upper limb of container, thereby made container pair and adjacent container to being connected.
12. carrier as claimed in claim 11, wherein, each base be in shape with the corresponding groove of the lower edge of the said container that assembles.
13. carrier as claimed in claim 11, wherein, each base has the corresponding groove in a row of periphery with the lower edge of the said container that assembles, and these grooves will be admitted the tooth that stretches out from the lower edge of said container.
14. carrier as claimed in claim 12, wherein, said bottom has the one or more inlets along central grid axis, is used to admit the branch of carrier handle.
15. like any described carrier among the claim 11-13; Wherein, Said adaptor union be have a double-type adaptor union position put upside down the conduit cross section, each position is included in two of a container adjacent turnings together, simultaneously said wall engages two turnings.
16. carrier as claimed in claim 15, wherein, said adaptor union position has: four turnings that adaptor union conduit, these conduits will be arranged in four containers in the grid on the grid bottom interconnect; And the spline that said position is connected in series.
17. carrier as claimed in claim 16, wherein, said adaptor union has the one or more holes in said spline, so that make the carrier handle to pass through.
18. carrier as claimed in claim 17, wherein, the handle with end of a pair of downward protrusion passes said splined hole, and engages with it through the inlet of grid bottom.
19. carrier as claimed in claim 18, wherein, said handle transmits any lifting power through a pair of branch; This end to branch engages with said grid bottom; So that the said grid of lifting bottom, and said handle transmits any thrust through branch, and this thrust makes said branch separately; And separate the end that connects said handle, so that separate with said grid bottom.
20. carrier as claimed in claim 19, wherein, said branch has inclined-plane and the hook that is used to engage said grid bottom separately; Said handle is the handle with groove; It allows to do lifter motion so that the said branch of lifting, and allows to do descending motion, so that remove the tension force in the said branch; And on said inclined-plane, force said branch separately, thereby said branch is separated bottom said grid through riding.
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