According to the present invention, a planting device is provided with a body portion having a first fixing means and a second fixing means firmely fixed to a mounting surface of the body portion and linked to the first fixing means, the body portion is provided at the bottom with a water draining means, a water retaining means and the first fixing means, furthermore, the body portion is also provided at a side wall with a water receiving means, soil is filled into a surrounding space enclosed with the side walls, a water supply pipe is erected at the water receiving means, thereby supplying water to the water retaining means formed at the bottom of the body portion. Soil is filled into the body portion to plant desired plants (or a desired plant) and to cultivate thereon.
The body portion is constituted with a rectangular plastic cabinet, and a recessed part for reinforcement of the strength is formed at the bottom so that the thickness of the plastic is reduced to be light-weighted of the cabinet. Further, a water supply pipe is hooked on at the outside of one of the four side walls constituting the cabinet, and a water receiving hole is also formed as a water receiving means in which water from the water supply pipe flows. Also, the ribs projecting outward are formed for reinforcing the strength of the cabinet at the upper end of the other three side walls.
The first fixing means is set up at the bottom of the cabinet, around which a water retaining recessed part is formed to allow water to stay in, and a water collecting part having gradient paths is formed in contact with the water retaining recessed part. A water retaining means is constituted with the water retaining recessed part and the water collecting part, a water draining means is provided on both sides of the water retaining part. The partition ribs for preventing the movement of partitions and soil for reinforcement are formed on between the water retaining means and the water draining means, and such the partition ribs are also formed on the water draining means.
The first fixing means set up at the bottom of the cabinet used as a body portion is formed with an approximately truncated cone-shaped hollow body and fitted into another truncated cone-shaped hollow body firmely fixed to a base and used as a second fixing means, thereby the cabinet is fixed to the base. A scaffold for maintenance work is provided at the top of the truncated cone-shaped hollow body used as the first fixing means, and the ribs for reinforcing the scaffold are formed at an outer periphery of the truncated conical body. Also, as described above, a plurality of recessed parts are formed at the water draining part, and a drain hole is formed on the bottom surface of the recessed part and between each of the recessed parts.
Further, in any one of planting devices for plants so far described above, a recessed part in which the water supply pipe holder is fitted is provided at the outside of a side wall opposite to the side wall having the water supply pipe holder of the body portion so as to stably provide the continuous arrangement of the body portions adjacent to each other In the above-described planting devices for plants, where they are formed on a gradient part, surplus water flowing from the device at the upward step side will move smoothly to the device at the downward step side. To be more specific, the water retaining recessed part at the upper side of the recessed part fitted into the water supply pipe holder and a water passing through hole leading water from the water collecting part are formed so that the water can flow down from the water retaining means at the upper side of the body portion to the pipe holder at the lower side of the adjacent to the body portion and the water can flow into the water retaining recessed part of the water retaining means at the lower side.
Hereinafter, an explanation will be made for embodiments of the present invention by referring to drawings.
In these drawings, S denotes a planting device for plants to be formed on a rooftop or a roof of a building and the like: This planting device S (provided with a first fixing means) has a rectangular cabinet 1 opened on the upper surface and having four side walls as a plastic-made body portion. This cabinet 1 is provided with a water draining means 2 and a water retaining means 3 at the bottom. One side wall is provided with a water receiving means 6, soil is filled into a surrounding space enclosed with the side walls to plant desired plants (or a desired plant) thereon.
The water retaining means 3 is constituted with a water retaining recessed part 4 and a pair of water collecting parts 5, 5 adjacent thereto. A truncated cone-shaped hollow body 7 is set up from the bottom of the cabinet 1 used as a first fixing means at the center of the water retaining recessed part 4, and a scaffold for maintenance work to be described later is fixed at the top. The numbers 8, 8 . . . denote ribs for reinforcing the scaffold.
Partition ribs, R, R . . . , are provided at the bottom of the cabinet 1 used as a body portion for preventing the movement of soil and reinforcing the cabinet 1.
A plurality of recessed parts 2a are formed at the water draining means 2, and a drain hole 2b is provided at the bottom of the recessed part 2a and between the individual recessed parts 2a. Furthermore, the water receiving means 6 formed outside a side wall is provided with a slit 6b used as a water receiving hole formed on the side wall for flowing water supplied from a water supply pipe holder 6a and a water supply pipe P to the water retaining means 3.
As described above, the first fixing means is formed with a truncated cone-shaped hollow body 7 set up from the bottom and fitted into another truncated cone-shaped hollow body described later which is fixed to a building or other bases used as a second fixing means, thereby fixing the body portion (cabinet 1).
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In the planting device S, water flow from a water supply pipe P reaches to a water retaining means 3, in paticular, then stays and is stored at a water retaining recessed part 4. The surplus water overflows beyond the partition ribs R and permeates into soil placed on the cabinet 1 to grow plants. Further, the surplus water, which is not retained by the soil, runs down to the water retaining means or the water draining means where it is retained or drained.
The planting devices S related to the previously-described embodiments are formed continuously, for example, on a rooftop base or a gradient roof, lightweight artificial soil or the like is placed, plants are planted, a water supply pipe is formed and linked to a water supply source, thereby constituting a planting structure. As described above, thus-constituted planting structure is provided with a scaffold for maintenance work, thus making it possible to easily conduct various types of work necessary for planting plants or maintaining the planting devices.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2006-220871 | Aug 2006 | JP | national |