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Method and apparatus for the improvement of storage of biochemical energy in plants

  • US 4,255,897 A
  • Filed: 10/29/1979
  • Issued: 03/17/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An installation for the cultivation of plants comprising:

  • a framework defining a cultivation space;

    a covering over said framework enclosing said cultivation space;

    a space lattice formed of a plurality of plants located within said cultivation space, said plants being movably arranged to circulate in a continuous manner along a vertical serpentine path within said cultivation space;

    drive means connected to said space lattice of plants for causing said plants to circulate in said vertical serpentine manner;

    an illumination space lattice formed of a plurality of light sources structurally interconnected, electrically connected to a power source, and arranged in a interstitial manner adjacent said space lattice formed of a plurality of plants for illuminating said plants;

    a measuring space lattice arranged substantially coextensive which said illumination space lattice so as to be also arranged in an interstitial manner adjacent said space lattice formed of a plurality of plants and having a plurality of measuring devices structurally interconnected and each producing an output indicative of the state of a preselected parameter of said cultivation space;

    a display means connected to receive the outputs from said measuring devices for producing a display indicating the quantitative results of the preselected parameters being measured; and

    an environmental factor space lattice formed of interconnected tubes connected to sources of water and nutrients including means for selectively causing said sources to feed said environmental factor space lattice, said environmental factor space lattice being arranged substantially coextensive with said illumination space lattice and said measuring space lattice and arranged in an interstitial manner adjacent said space lattice formed of a plurality of plants, said tubes having opening therein at preselected locations for discharging water and nutrients into the cultivation space, whereby the formation of photosynthesis products for energy storage by the plants is at a maximum value, while the energy reducing respiration processes of the plants are reduced to a minimum.

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