Global Patent Index - EP 4221491 A1

EP 4221491 A1 20230809 - CULTIVATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GROWING PLANTS

Title (en)

CULTIVATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GROWING PLANTS

Title (de)

AUFZUCHTVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM AUFZIEHEN VON PFLANZEN

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE CULTURE ET PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT DE CULTIVER DES PLANTES

Publication

EP 4221491 A1 20230809 (DE)

Application

EP 21782957 A 20210923

Priority

  • DE 102020125581 A 20200930
  • EP 2021076153 W 20210923

Abstract (en)

[origin: CA3197466A1] The invention relates to a cultivating device with a placing side, a harvesting side, a flexible conveyor belt (1) which conveys plants (20) along a conveyor path (2) running from the placing side to the harvesting side, and a nutrient supply device which supplies a liquid nutrient medium (30) for the plants (20) to a root side (7) of the conveyor belt (1) such that the plants (20) take root on the root side (7) and sprout on an illuminated sprout side (8) of the conveyor belt (1) lying opposite the root side (7). The invention additionally relates to a method for growing plants (20) using such a device. In order to more efficiently illuminate the plants (20), the conveyor belt (1) is curled up into folds on the placing side transversely to the conveyor path (2), said folds being guided from the placing side to the harvesting side and in the process being stretched and leveled along the conveyor path (2).

IPC 8 full level

A01G 31/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A01G 29/00 (2013.01 - US); A01G 31/04 (2013.01 - EP); A01G 31/042 (2013.01 - US); Y02P 60/21 (2015.11 - EP)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2022069330A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102020125581 A1 20220331; AU 2021351143 A1 20230608; CA 3197466 A1 20220407; CN 116437803 A 20230714; EP 4221491 A1 20230809; JP 2023544574 A 20231024; US 2023404001 A1 20231221; WO 2022069330 A1 20220407

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102020125581 A 20200930; AU 2021351143 A 20210923; CA 3197466 A 20210923; CN 202180072915 A 20210923; EP 2021076153 W 20210923; EP 21782957 A 20210923; JP 2023519764 A 20210923; US 202318125324 A 20230323