公开(公告)号：WO2019168666A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-06

申请号：PCT/US2019/017715

申请日：2019-02-12

申请人： MJNN, LLC

发明人： WHITWORTH, John ,  PILORIN, Loren ,  WOLLERT, Taylor, Brooke ,  FLYNN, Michael ,  LE ROUX, Alexandre ,  SMITH, Damon, Henry ,  CUSON, Mark

IPC分类号： A01G31/06 ,  A01G27/00 ,  A01G24/00 ,  A01G9/08

摘要： A plant container is provided which is designed to be inserted within a cut-out in a hydroponic tower. The plant container includes (i) a plant cup configured to hold a plant's root structure along with a small portion of plant growth media; (ii) a pair of side wings extending from the sides of the plant cup, the side wings helping to direct water and nutrients to the plant roots contained within the plant cup; (iii) at least one handling rail that aids plant container insertion and removal, and which may include an alignment surface that insures that the plant container is fully inserted and aligned during the insertion procedure; and (iv) a fastener configured to hold the plant container within the tower cut-out.

公开(公告)号：WO2019246026A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：PCT/US2019/037625

申请日：2019-06-18

申请人： MJNN, LLC

发明人： KLEIN, Brice ,  WHITWORTH, John ,  PILORIN, Loren ,  OLSON, Anna ,  MALONE, Maria ,  LE ROUX, Alexandre ,  FLYNN, Michael ,  HASOON, Tamara ,  MATERA, Matthew ,  CUSON, Mark ,  JENKINS, Merritt

IPC分类号： A01G31/06 ,  A01D90/00 ,  B66F3/00

摘要： Planting and plant harvesting systems are provided for use with a vertical hydroponic tower. The planting and plant harvesting systems utilize a payload transport system that is configured to be positioned at a location adjacent to the hydroponic tower and which includes a base and a lift tower. The lift tower includes a motorized lift system that is configured to move the planting and plant harvesting systems upward and downward. The planter is configured to insert plant containers containing seedlings into the hydroponic tower as the motorized payload lift system moves the planter upwards along the face of the tower. The harvester, which cuts plant stalks while moving upwards along the face of the hydroponic tower, is configured to group and collect the plant leafs.