APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING WATER AND OPTIONALLY NUTRIENTS TO ROOTS OF A PLANT AND METHOD OF USING

• US 20160021837A1
• Filed: 07/23/2014
• Published: 01/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aessense Technology Hong Kong Limited
• Original Assignee: Aessense Technology Hong Kong Limited
• Inventors: KERNAHAN, KENT
• Granted Patent: US 9,668,434 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 31/02 Special apparatus therefor self-acting watering devices A01G27/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/21 Dinitrogen oxide [N2O], e.g. using aquaponics, hydroponics or efficiency measures

Abstract

A system for providing water to the roots of a plant being grown in an aeroponic growth system includes small reservoirs containing water and a mist generator, wherein the mist generator provides mist under low pressure to a channel which directs the mist to the roots of the plant.

Claims

1. A gravity-fed aeroponic system for providing a mist of water to the roots of a plant, wherein the plant is within an aeroponic growth system, comprising:

a base unit adjacent to a top surface of the aeroponic growth system, wherein the base unit includes a first water reservoir;

a top unit atop the base unit, thereby forming a channel for directing flow of a water mist towards roots of a plant;

a first mist generator, wherein the mist generator has operative access to the water of the first water reservoir and further wherein an output of the mist generator provides misted water to the channel; and

a controller electrically connected to input terminals of the mist generator wherein the controller provides an electrical signal to the mist generator causing the mist generator to generate mist.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second reservoir and a second mist generator.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising four reservoirs and four mist generators.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the mist generator is a transducer driven by an electrical signal.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the signal is a 1.7 Mhz signal.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the mist generator is a high pressure output pump providing water to the input of a small orifice, thereby providing mist at an output of the orifice.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the water also includes plant nutrients.