Abstract:
An environmental controlling system to better preserve cut flowers and other flora in vase water. The system uses thermoelectric modules, heat exchangers, fans, power supply, and a thermal conductor to cool and/or heat the water in a flower vase as required. By cooling the water, formation of algae and formation of a callus on the cut stem is reduced. In addition, keeping the stems in water of optimal temperature controls production of ethylene and other phytohormones. These effects prevent premature wilting, leaf abscission, flower senescence, and reduces the care required to maximize the life of cut flowers and other flora. In the event of cold ambient conditions that might cause freezing, the flow of heat can optionally be reversed, warming the water in the vase to avoid freezing the stems and/or maintain optimum temperature and other conditions for a specific variety of flora.
Abstract:
An environmental controlling system to better preserve cut flowers and other flora in vase water. The system uses thermoelectric modules, heat exchangers, fans, power supply, and a thermal conductor to cool and/or heat the water in a flower vase as required. By cooling the water, formation of algae and formation of a callus on the cut stem is reduced. In addition, keeping the stems in water of optimal temperature controls production of ethylene and other phytohormones. These effects prevent premature wilting, leaf abscission, flower senescence, and reduces the care required to maximize the life of cut flowers and other flora. In the event of cold ambient conditions that might cause freezing, the flow of heat can optionally be reversed, warming the water in the vase to avoid freezing the stems and/or maintain optimum temperature and other conditions for a specific variety of flora.
Abstract:
A device for keeping cut flowers in condition comprises a holder (10) for receiving the cut flowers therein in a suitable medium, in particular water. Cooling means (21, 22) comprise a cooling body (22) which is capable of heat-exchanging contact with at least a part of a wall of the holder for cooling the medium therein. The holder has a bottom with a channel (13) for releasably receiving the cooling body (22) therein. In a method for displaying cut flowers such a holder is placed together with flowers received therein on a cooling body and, when deterioration is imminent, exchanged for a similar holder with a fresh bouquet of flowers.
Abstract:
A device and a method for hydrating each stem of a bunch of fresh cut flowers during transport. The device includes a liquid retaining flexible wrap substantially forming a right isosceles pentagon that is adaptable to directly contact the distal ends of each one of a plurality of stems of a bunch of flowers.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a flower arrangement bowl. The flower arrangement bowl can increase the aesthetic sense by changing the position of the flowers by rotating the sticking member decorated with the flowers by power of the motor located on the lower portion of the flower arrangement bowl, and purify the water, prevent water pollution and provide improved the indoor humidification effect since the anion generating part generates and circulates anion inside the water stored in the flower arrangement bowl. Moreover, the flower arrangement bowl can smoothly move the purified water into the stems of the flowers through the guide hole of the sticking member while always uniformly maintaining the temperature of the stored water by cooling part to 15~20 C, and maintain the degree of freshness of the flowers and extend the lifetime of the flowers by transferring sound to the flowers through the speaker so as to reduce stress of the flowers, thereby reducing flower replacement costs.
Abstract:
To obtain a flower vase, which is simple in clearing work after use, and does not impair the environment and which can save resources and is easy to manufacture and inexpensive. A coating layer having gas permeability and poor water permeability is formed by depositing a water soluble resin emulsion to the whole surface of a flower vase body or the whole surface except for a part thereof in a layer or a plurality of layers and drying the resin emulsion, said flower vase body being composed of synthetic resin water absorptive foam to which cut flowers or artificial flowers formed into arbitrary shapes are pricked to be fixed.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a humidity buffer formulation comprising a water-swellable, water-insoluble polymer and a mixture of (1) a non-volatile hydrophilic liquid and (2) water. By adjusting the relative proportions of (1) and (2) in the mixture, the relative humidity maintained by the humidity buffer formulation in a sealed container can be varied. The invention also relates to methods of maintaining the relative humidity in a sealed container at a predetermined level and to a container containing the humidity buffer formulation of the present invention. In preferred forms the humidity buffer formulation includes a hydrophilic fibrous material, which enables the humidity buffer formulation to be produced as free-flowing granules. In a further preferred form the humidity buffer formulation is prepared in the form of a sheet.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for covering portions of an object (52) having an outer peripheral surface (57) with a sheet of material (34) having an upper surface and a lower surface with a pressure sensitive adhesive (12, 50) on at least a portion of the lower surface by wrapping the sheet of material (34) about portions of the outer peripheral surface (57) and positioning the sheet of material (34) so that the pressure sensitive coating (12, 50) either contacts portions of the outer peripheral surface (57) of the object (52) and is bonded thereto or contacts overlapping portions of the sheet of material and is bonded to other adjacent portions of the sheet of material having the pressure sensitive coating thereon or overlapping portions of the sheet of material are bonded by the pressure sensitive adhesive.