Secure and externally controllable growing enclosure

• US 9,936,650 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Podgrow, LLC
• Original Assignee: Podgrow, LLC
• Inventors: Palmieri, Jr., Joseph A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes, Kristen C
• Application Number:
  US14/659,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20160066516A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 7/045 with electric lighting
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/24 Devices or systems for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature , illuminating, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/246 Air-conditioning systems
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/249 Lighting means with special arrangements for promoting growth A01G7/045
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/25 Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/14 Measures for saving energy, e.g. in green houses

Abstract

A securable enclosure for growing controlled plants including walls forming an environmentally isolated interior and securable entrance to prevent unauthorized access. An environmental control system regulates environmental conditions in the enclosure'"'"'s interior in order to control levels of potential contaminants such as dust, mold, pollen, insects and chemical pollutants. A control unit is positioned on the exterior of the enclosure allows control of the environmental conditions without the need for physical access to the interior.

Claims

1. A securable enclosure for growing controlled plants, comprising:

a plurality of walls forming an environmentally isolated interior of said enclosure;

a securable entrance configured to deter unauthorized access to said interior and having a secured condition and a unsecured condition;

an environmental control system configured to regulate a set of environmental conditions within said interior so as to control a level of at least one of dust, mold, pollen, insects and chemical pollutants within said interior;

wherein the environmental control system includes an air filtration system including a two stage filter or a three stage filter;

a control unit disposed on an exterior surface of one of the walls that is configured to allow control of said environmental conditions within the enclosure while the securable entrance is maintained in a secured condition; and

at least one cylindrical product retention rack, configured to rotate about a vertical axis, and at least one drying machine together configured to allow effective controlled drying of plant material.

2. The enclosure of claim 1, further comprising at least one table positioned within said enclosure and configured to receive a plurality of nursery-stage plants;

and

a lighting system effective to supply said nursery-stage plants with light.

3. The enclosure of claim 1, further comprising at least one shelf positioned within said enclosure and configured to receive a plurality of flowering-stage plants;

and a lighting system effective to supply said flowering-stage plants with light.

4. The enclosure of claim 3 wherein the environmental control system includes an air filtration system including a two stage filter or a three stage filter.

5. The enclosure of claim 1, further comprising a grinding machine and a product-extraction machine that are together effective to produce final plant product.