MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR HORTICULTURAL LIGHTING

• US 20160100529A1
• Filed: 10/14/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Once Innovations Inc. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Once Innovations Inc. (Signify N.V.)
• Inventors: Grajcar, Zdenko
• Application Number:
  US14/882,958
• Publication Number:
  US 20160100529A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 7/045 with electric lighting
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/20 Forcing-frames; Lights , i.e. glass panels covering the forcing-frames
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/249 Lighting means with special arrangements for promoting growth A01G7/045
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/096 Magnetic devices
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/14 Measures for saving energy, e.g. in green houses

Abstract

An incubation chamber having a plurality of shelves for receiving plants within a horticultural growing facility. Low profile lighting devices are provided that have a body that is of limited height and utilizes at least one magnet in order to magnetically secure the low profile lighting device to a shelf to direct light onto the incubated plants.

Claims

1. An incubation chamber for growing plants comprising:

a plurality of shelf members secured to a support structure;

at least one shelf member receiving at least one plant;

a low profile lighting device secured to a shelf member adjacent the at least one plant to direct light from the low profile lighting device onto the at least one plant.

2. The incubation chamber of claim 1 wherein the low profile lighting device has at least one magnet that secures the low profile lighting device to the shelf member.

3. The incubation chamber of claim 2 wherein the at least one magnet is disposed within a groove.

4. The incubation chamber of claim 2 wherein the at least one magnet is a samarium-cobalt magnet.

5. The incubation chamber of claim 2 wherein the low profile lighting device has a body that receives a substrate having a plurality of light emitting diode thereon.

6. The incubation chamber of claim 5 wherein the at least one magnet is embedded into the substrate.

7. The incubation chamber of claim 5 wherein the at least one magnet is adhered to the substrate.

8. The incubation chamber of claim 5 wherein the magnet secures the substrate against the shelf member.

9. The incubation chamber of claim 2 wherein at least one magnet is positioned flush with a recessed surface of a body of the low profile lighting device.