1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a planting system, and more particularly, to a multifunctional planting system with advantages of water economy and power economy.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A conventional indoor planting system utilizes deep flow hydroponics technique and mist spray hydroponics technique to grow the plant. Lots of water and dissolved oxygen are necessary in the deep flow hydroponics technique to provide better environment for planting the plant. Drawbacks of the deep flow hydroponics technique are large consumption of the water and limited supply of the dissolved oxygen. The mist spray hydroponics technique sprays the water to the roots of the plant for water economy. However, the mist spray hydroponics technique utilizes the motor to transform the water into vapor, which has the drawback of high power consumption.
The present invention provides a multifunctional planting system with advantages of water economy and power economy for solving above drawbacks.
According to the claimed invention, a multifunctional planting system includes at least one supporter and a spraying device. The supporter includes a base and a plurality of lateral walls. The lateral walls are bent from sides of the base to form a sunken structure for storing nutrient solution. The spraying device is detachably disposed on the supporter. The spraying device includes an accommodating structure, a buckling component and a piezoelectric component. The nutrient solution is accommodated inside the accommodating structure. The buckling component passes through the accommodating structure. The buckling component includes a hollow portion whereinside the piezoelectric component is disposed. A plurality of tiny apertures are formed on a surface of the piezoelectric component. The piezoelectric component receives an electronic signal to generate oscillation. The oscillation transforms the liquid nutrient solution inside the accommodating structure into the gaseous nutrient solution. The gaseous nutrient solution is sprayed via the plurality of tiny apertures, and is condensed to flow into the sunken structure.
The multifunctional planting system of the present invention utilizes the piezoelectric component to be a driver of the spraying device for power economy. The multifunctional planting system has advantages of deep flow hydroponics technique and mist spray hydroponics technique, the fewer nutrient solution is applied to provide enough nutrition to the plant. The multifunctional planting system utilizes the spraying device to spray the gaseous nutrient solution to the roots of the plant exposed in air for developed planting, and further utilizes the supporter to store the thin-layer liquid nutrient solution for immersion of the roots of the plant, so as to prevent the plant from unabsorbing the nutrient solution due to accident stop (such as power failure) of the spraying device.
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The multifunctional planting system 10 grows the plant by hydroponics. The plant is cultivated in the pot 26, and the pot 26 is suspended over the supporter 16. The reservoir 20 is adapted to store nutrient solution for the plant. The connective tube 22 is connected to the spraying device 18, and the transmission pump 24 is disposed between the reservoir 20 and the connective tube 22. The transmission pump 24 can transmit the nutrient solution inside the reservoir 20 to the spraying device 18 via the connective tube 22. The liquid nutrient solution is transformed into the gaseous nutrient solution by the spraying device 18, and the gaseous nutrient solution is sprayed into the supporter 16, so the plant inside the pot 26 can effectively assimilate the nutrient solution. Amounts of the light source 14 and the spraying device 18 correspond to the amount of the supporter 16, and a detailed description is omitted herein for simplicity.
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Besides, the multifunctional planting system 10 further can include an overflow hole structure 54. An end (the open end 541) of the overflow hole structure 54 is disposed on the base 28 of the supporter 16, and the other end of the overflow hole structure 54 is connected to the reservoir 20. The overflow hole structure 54 is movably disposed on the base 28. Height of the open end 541 of the overflow hole structure 54 can be varied according to actual demand, so as to adjust a distance between the base 28 and the open end 541. The sunken structure 32 of the supporter 16 can contain the nutrient solution which has the water-level lower than the open end 541. As the water-level of the nutrient solution is higher than the open end 541, the nutrient solution flows into the reservoir 20 via the overflow hole structure 54 to recycle the inapplicable nutrient solution.
The pot of the multifunctional planting system is disposed on the supporter in a height adjustable manner. In the present invention, roots of the plant are partly exposed in air according to height difference between the pot and the supporter, so as to receive the gaseous nutrient solution generated by the spraying device. The roots of the plant are further partly immersed in the liquid nutrient solution inside the sunken structure, and immersion depth can equal 2˜4 cm. As the insufficient nutrient solution inside the sunken structure is sensed by the sensor, the spraying device can be actuated to execute spray operation, and the transmission pump can be actuated to transmit the nutrient solution from the reservoir to the accommodating structure of the spraying device. The spraying device utilizes the piezoelectric component to transform the liquid nutrient solution inside the accommodating structure into the gaseous nutrient solution, and the gaseous nutrient solution is sprayed into the pot inside the supporter to irrigate the suspended roots of the plant. The gaseous nutrient solution can further be condensed into the liquid nutrient solution (such as forming on the roots of the plant), and falls into the supporter to form a thin layer inside the sunken structure. The liquid nutrient solution flows into the reservoir when the water-level of the nutrient solution inside the sunken structure is higher than the overflow hole structure. The nutrient solution inside the reservoir can be transmitted to the accommodating structure of the spraying device by next actuation of the transmission pump.
In conclusion, the multifunctional planting system of the present invention utilizes the piezoelectric component to be a driver of the spraying device for power economy. The multifunctional planting system has advantages of deep flow hydroponics technique and mist spray hydroponics technique, the fewer nutrient solution is applied to provide enough nutrition to the plant. The multifunctional planting system utilizes the spraying device to spray the gaseous nutrient solution to the roots of the plant exposed in air for developed planting, and further utilizes the supporter to store the thin-layer liquid nutrient solution for immersion of the roots of the plant, so as to prevent the plant from unabsorbing the nutrient solution due to accident stop (such as power failure) of the spraying device.
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