CN206149941U - Modularization arrangement of plants maintenance system - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a modularization arrangement of plants maintenance system, include: installing support, planting module and irrigation system, the installing support includes frame foundation, wall group and basin, be provided with T shape mounting groove in the wall group, T shape mounting groove includes horizontal mounting groove and vertical mounting groove, it includes underplate, disk cover, culture medium, base bag and plant to plant the module, the underplate back be provided with be used for with T shape mounting groove complex T shape installation piece, still be provided with the water -guiding hole on the underplate back, irrigation system includes water pump, water distributor and water dropper. The utility model discloses an it can freely slide on the wall is organized to plant the module, and the position of planting the module can freely change, through the position that changes the planting module, and is non - fixed connection owing to planting the module with the wall system, and the planting module can make things convenient for quick replacement, makes whole modularization arrangement of plants maintenance system can realize the flexibility configuration of plant.
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Technical field
The utility model is related to field garden afforestation technology field, and especially a kind of modular plant configures curing system.
Background technology
At present, with growth in the living standard, afforestation is increasingly subject to people's attention.Modular plant product is wide
It is welcome, plant is carried out into modular unit segmentation and is cultivated, then modular plant combination is configured to form various greenings
Landscape, can not only be effectively improved urban afforestation, can more create the urban environment of grace.The configuration curing system skill of modular plant
Art is particularly important, and the modular arrangements maintenance of plant can provide a kind of Afforestation Landscape with aesthetic, while can also
Improve the culture efficiency and culture effect of plant.
But the position of various plant modules is fixed in traditional plants configuration curing system, and the Afforestation Landscape of formation is fixed,
Demand can not be obtained according to user to be adjusted, lacking individuality landscaping effect.And because the difference of various plant present positions is led
The inequalities such as illumination, the oxygen of each plant acquisition are caused, makes each plant growth different, some plants are easily malnutritive, or even extremely
Die.Traditional plant culture systems also have that complex structure, irrigation effect are poor, irrigate water waste.
Utility model content
Technical problem to be solved in the utility model is for above-mentioned deficiency of the prior art, there is provided a kind of module
Change plants configuration curing system.
To solve above-mentioned technical problem, the technical solution adopted in the utility model is：A kind of modular plant configuration maintenance
System, including：Mounting bracket, plantation module and irrigation system；
The mounting bracket includes stand, wall group and tank, and the wall group is arranged on the stand, and the tank is arranged
T-shaped mounting groove is provided with the wall group bottom, the wall group, the plantation module is installed for coordinating, the T-shaped is installed
Groove includes being transversely mounted groove and longitudinally mounted groove；
It is described plantation module include basal disc, disk cover, culture medium, base bag and plant, the basal disc back side be provided with for
The T-shaped mounting blocks that the T-shaped mounting groove coordinates, on the basal disc back side water-guiding hole is additionally provided with,
The irrigation system includes water pump, water distributor and water dropper, and the water distributor is arranged in the wall group, the water distribution
One end of pipe connects with the water pump, and the other end is connected with the water dropper, and the water pump is arranged in the tank.
Preferably, the T-shaped mounting blocks include base and boss, the T-shaped mounting blocks by the boss with it is described
Basal disc is fixedly connected.
Preferably, the T-shaped mounting blocks are internally provided with guiding gutter, and the guiding gutter includes inlet opening and apopore,
The inlet opening is arranged at the upper surface of the base, and the apopore is arranged at the side being connected with the basal disc on the boss
On face, the apopore is connected with the water-guiding hole on the basal disc.
Preferably, the base has square bottom surface, and the length of side of the square bottom surface is not more than the T-shaped and installs
The width of the bottom land of groove.
Preferably, implantation hole is provided with the culture medium, the plant is arranged in the implantation hole, the culture
Base sleeve is loaded in the base bag.
Preferably, perforate corresponding with the implantation hole on the culture medium, the base bag tool are provided with the base bag
There is network structure, the base bag for packing fruits on is in the basal disc.
Preferably, it is provided with conical passage on the upper side wall of the basal disc.
Preferably, the disk cover is detachably connected with the basal disc.
Preferably, the top being transversely mounted in groove groove arranges the water dropper, the water dropper and the base upper table
The inlet opening in face is just right.
Preferably, limited location fixed plate is set at the bottom land of the longitudinally mounted groove.
The utility model at least includes following beneficial effect：
1. the utility model is provided by T-shaped mounting groove and T-shaped mounting blocks, and plantation module can the free skating in wall group
Dynamic, planting the position of module can freely change, and by the position for changing plantation module, and be non-due to planting module and wall system
Be fixedly connected, plantation module can fast and easy replace, the spirit of the plant in whole modular plant configuration curing system can be realized
Activity configuration.
2. the plantation module in the utility model can flexibly be replaced and moved freely, and user can adjust according to demand itself is obtained
It is whole or freely configure plantation module in the system, not carried the Afforestation Landscape of moulding, match somebody with somebody whole modular plant
Put curing system more attractive in appearance.On the other hand, moreover it is possible to make each plantation module obtain uniform illumination, moisture and Oxygen Condition, profit
In the cultivation maintenance of plantation module.
3. modular plant configuration curing system of the present utility model can not only be vertically arranged but also can be horizontally disposed with, and can be formed
The Afforestation Landscape of different shaping, and station ground can be reduced.
4. the utility model can realize that uniform high-efficiency is irrigated to planting module, while the circulation profit of irrigation water can also be realized
With.
5. the utility model simple structure, flexible arrangement are convenient, it is little to take up an area, and the material for using is safe and harmless, can provide tool
There is the Afforestation Landscape of flexibility plants configuration function.
Description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is side view when modular plant configuration curing system of the present utility model is vertically arranged
Fig. 2 is front view when modular plant configuration curing system of the present utility model is vertically arranged
Fig. 3 is the side view that modular plant configuration curing system of the present utility model does not install plantation module
Fig. 4 is the front view that modular plant configuration curing system of the present utility model does not install plantation module
Fig. 5 is the partial structural diagram of T-shaped mounting groove of the present utility model
Fig. 6 is the structural representation of plantation module of the present utility model
Fig. 7 is the side view of plantation module of the present utility model
Fig. 8 is the structural representation of T-shaped mounting blocks of the present utility model
Fig. 9 is side view when modular plant configuration curing system of the present utility model is horizontally disposed
Figure 10 is side view when modular plant configuration curing system of the present utility model is horizontally disposed
Description of reference numerals：
10-wall group；11-stand；12-T-shaped mounting groove；13-it is transversely mounted groove；14-longitudinally mounted groove；15-limit
Position fixed plate；20-plantation module；21-plant；22-base bag；23-culture medium；24-implantation hole；25-disk cover；26-base
Disk；27-water-guiding hole；28-passage；30-T-shaped mounting blocks；31-base；32-boss；33-guiding gutter；34-water inlet
Hole；35-apopore；40-water pump；41-tank；42-water distributor；43-water dropper.
Specific embodiment
The utility model is described in further detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, to make those skilled in the art with reference to explanation
Book word can be implemented according to this.
It should be appreciated that it is used herein such as " have ", "comprising" and " including " term do not allot one or many
The presence or addition of individual other elements or its combination.
Embodiment 1
As Figure 1-Figure 8, the present embodiment provides a kind of modular plant and configures curing system, including：Mounting bracket, kind
Plant module 20 and irrigation system；
Used as a kind of embodiment, the mounting bracket is vertically arranged, and to reduce station ground, saves space.
Mounting bracket includes stand 11, wall group 10 and tank 41, and wall group 10 is arranged on stand 11, and tank 41 is arranged at wall
10 bottoms of group, are provided with T-shaped mounting groove 12 in wall group 10, for coordinating plantation module 20 is installed, and T-shaped mounting groove 12 includes horizontal
Mounting groove 13 and longitudinally mounted groove 14；Groove 13 is transversely mounted through the left and right end of wall group 10, longitudinally mounted groove 14 runs through wall group 10
Upper and lower side, and be transversely mounted groove 13 and longitudinally mounted groove 14 includes a plurality of, and be even number bar.Longitudinally mounted groove 14
Limited location fixed plate 15 is set at bottom land, to prevent planting die block 20 from being skidded off by the bottom of longitudinally mounted groove 14.
Plantation module 20 includes basal disc 26, disk cover 25, culture medium 23, base bag 22 and plant 21, and the back side of basal disc 26 is provided with
For the T-shaped mounting blocks 30 coordinated with T-shaped mounting groove 12, basal disc 26 is additionally provided with water-guiding hole 27 on the back side.
Plantation module 20 coordinates mounting blocks to be installed in T-shaped mounting groove 12 by T-shaped, and plantation module 20 is in T-shaped mounting groove
On 12 can along wall group about 10 or left and right directions slidably.So as to the set location that can make the plantation module 20 in wall group 10 can
Freely change, beneficial to each plantation module 20 uniform illumination, moisture and Oxygen Condition are obtained, beneficial to plant 21 in plantation module 20
Growth.In addition, the position for changing the plantation module 20 in wall group 10 can also be passed through, the plantation module 20 in whole wall group 10 is made
Obtain different moulded, make the culture systems of whole modular plant 21 more attractive in appearance.
Irrigation system includes water pump 40, water distributor 42 and water dropper 43, and water distributor 42 is arranged in wall group 10, water distributor 42
One end connects with water pump 40, and the other end is connected with water dropper 43, and water pump 40 is arranged in tank 41.Tank 41 is used to store irrigation water
And collect by the water of seepage in plantation module 20 and T-shaped mounting groove 12, to realize recycling for irrigation water.
T-shaped mounting blocks 30 include base 31 and boss 32, and T-shaped mounting blocks 30 are fixedly connected by boss 32 with basal disc 26.
T-shaped mounting blocks 30 are internally provided with guiding gutter 33, and guiding gutter 33 includes inlet opening 34 and apopore 35, inlet opening 34
Be arranged at the upper surface of base 31, apopore 35 is arranged on the side being connected with basal disc 26 of boss 32, and apopore 35 with
Water-guiding hole 27 on basal disc 26 is connected.The water that the water dropper 43 of the top of T-shaped mounting blocks 30 is instilled is imported to basal disc 26 by guiding gutter 33
In, culture medium 23 is entered back into, absorb for the plant 21 in culture medium 23.
Wherein, the top being transversely mounted in the groove of groove 13 arranges the inlet opening 34 of water dropper 43, water dropper 43 and the upper surface of base 31
It is just right.
Base 31 has square bottom surface, and the length of side of the square bottom surface is not more than the width of the bottom land of T-shaped mounting groove 12
Degree, so that T-shaped mounting blocks 30 can be in T-shaped mounting groove 12 vertically with left and right directions slidably, simultaneously as T-shaped is installed
Easily accumulate watering pours water in groove 12, lubrication can be played to slip of the T-shaped mounting blocks 30 in T-shaped mounting groove 12, beneficial to T-shaped
The slip of mounting blocks 30.
Filler in culture medium 23 includes planting soil, water-loss reducer, nutriment, agricultural crop straw.Kind is provided with culture medium 23
Hole 24 is planted, 21 kinds of plant is planted in implantation hole 24, and culture medium 23 is set in base bag 22.
It is provided with base bag 22 and the corresponding perforate of implantation hole 24 on culture medium 23, base bag 22 has network structure, can
Made using non-woven fabrics, the permeable water entered by the water-guiding hole 27 at the back side of basal disc 26 of base bag 22 enables moisture to enter into culture
In base 23, while and can prevent the filler of culture medium 23 from leaking outside, base bag 22 is set in basal disc 26, then is fixed on by disk cover 25
In basal disc 26.
Conical passage 28 is provided with the upper side wall of basal disc 26, the inside and the external world of the connection basal disc 26 of passage 28
Air, the upper end open of the passage 28 is more than low side opening, then can prevent what the filler of culture medium 23 in base bag 22 from leaking outside
Meanwhile, having can enter in basal disc 26 beneficial to extraneous air, be that the plant 21 in culture medium 23 provides sufficient oxygen.
Wherein, disk cover 25 is detachably connected with basal disc 26.
Water in tank 41 is transported up into each water dropper 43 in the presence of water pump 40, then be added dropwise to by water dropper 43 it is right
Should be arranged on the T-shaped mounting blocks 30 of the lower section of water dropper 43, the water that water dropper 43 is instilled is entered by the inlet opening 34 of the upper surface of base 31
Guiding gutter 33, then entered in basal disc 26 by the apopore 35 of guiding gutter 33.Into the water penetration in basal disc 26 to culture medium 23
In, then absorbed by the plant 21 in culture medium 23 and culture medium 23.Stream in the water oozed out in plantation module 20 and T-shaped mounting groove 12
The water for going out is entered back in screw clamp 41, so as to both realize the abundant irrigation of plant 21, recycling for irrigation water is realized again.
Embodiment 2
As shown in Figure 9 and Figure 10, the present embodiment also provides a kind of modular plant configuration curing system, including：Install and prop up
Frame, plantation module 20 and irrigation system；
As a kind of embodiment, the mounting bracket is horizontally disposed with, to form the Afforestation Landscape of requirement.
Mounting bracket includes stand 11, wall group 10 and tank 41, and wall group 10 is arranged on stand 11, and tank 41 is arranged at wall
10 bottoms of group, are provided with T-shaped mounting groove 12 in wall group 10, for coordinating plantation module 20 is installed.
Plantation module 20 coordinates mounting blocks to be installed in T-shaped mounting groove 12 by T-shaped, and plantation module 20 is in T-shaped mounting groove
On 12 can along wall group about 10 or left and right directions slidably.So as to the set location that can make the plantation module 20 in wall group 10 can
Freely change, beneficial to each plantation module 20 uniform illumination, moisture and Oxygen Condition are obtained, beneficial to plant 21 in plantation module 20
Growth.In addition, the position for changing the plantation module 20 in wall group 10 can also be passed through, the plantation module 20 in whole wall group 10 is made
Obtain different moulded, make the culture systems of whole modular plant 21 more attractive in appearance.
Irrigation system includes water pump 40, water distributor 42 and water dropper 43, and water distributor 42 is arranged in wall group 10, water distributor 42
One end connects with water pump 40, and the other end is connected with water dropper 43, and water pump 40 is arranged in tank 41.Tank 41 is used to store irrigation water
And collect by the water of seepage in plantation module 20 and T-shaped mounting groove 12, to realize recycling for irrigation water.
T-shaped mounting blocks 30 are internally provided with guiding gutter 33, and guiding gutter 33 includes inlet opening 34 and apopore 35, inlet opening 34
Be arranged at the upper surface of base 31, apopore 35 is arranged on the side being connected with basal disc 26 of boss 32, and apopore 35 with
Water-guiding hole 27 on basal disc 26 is connected.Guiding gutter 33 imports to the water that water dropper 43 is instilled in basal disc 26, enters back into culture medium 23,
Absorb for the plant 21 in culture medium 23.
Base 31 has square bottom surface, and the length of side of the square bottom surface is not more than the width of the bottom land of T-shaped mounting groove 12
Degree, so that T-shaped mounting blocks 30 can be in T-shaped mounting groove 12 vertically with left and right directions slidably, simultaneously as T-shaped is installed
Easily accumulate watering pours water in groove 12, lubrication can be played to slip of the T-shaped mounting blocks 30 in T-shaped mounting groove 12, beneficial to T-shaped
The slip of mounting blocks 30.
Filler in culture medium 23 includes planting soil, water-loss reducer, nutriment, agricultural crop straw.Kind is provided with culture medium 23
Hole 24 is planted, 21 kinds of plant is planted in implantation hole 24, and culture medium 23 is set in base bag 22.
It is provided with base bag 22 and the corresponding perforate of implantation hole 24 on culture medium 23, base bag 22 has network structure, can
Made using non-woven fabrics, the permeable water entered by the water-guiding hole 27 at the back side of basal disc 26 of base bag 22 enables moisture to enter into culture
In base 23, while and can prevent the filler of culture medium 23 from leaking outside, base bag 22 is set in basal disc 26, then is fixed on by disk cover 25
In basal disc 26.
Conical passage 28 is provided with the upper side wall of basal disc 26, the inside and the external world of the connection basal disc 26 of passage 28
Air, the upper end open of the passage 28 is more than low side opening, then can prevent what the filler of culture medium 23 in base bag 22 from leaking outside
Meanwhile, having can enter in basal disc 26 beneficial to extraneous air, be that the plant 21 in culture medium 23 provides sufficient oxygen.
Wherein, disk cover 25 is detachably connected with basal disc 26.
Water in tank 41 is transported up into each water dropper 43 in the presence of water pump 40, then instills cunning by water dropper 43
Groove, water enters back into guiding gutter 33, then is entered in basal disc 26 by the apopore 35 of guiding gutter 33.Water penetration in basal disc 26
To in culture medium 23, then absorbed by the plant 21 in culture medium 23 and culture medium 23.The water oozed out in plantation module 20 and T-shaped peace
The water flowed out in tankage 12 is entered back in screw clamp 41, so as to both realize the abundant irrigation of plant 21, irrigation water is realized again
Recycle.
In description of the present utility model, it is to be understood that term " " center ", " longitudinal direction ", " horizontal ", " length ", " width
Degree ", " thickness ", " on ", D score, "front", "rear", "left", "right", " vertical ", " level ", " top ", " bottom " " interior ", " outward ", " suitable
The orientation or position relationship of the instruction such as hour hands ", " counterclockwise ", " axial direction ", " radial direction ", " circumference " is based on orientation shown in the drawings
Or position relationship, be for only for ease of description the utility model and simplify description, rather than indicate or imply indication device or
Element must have specific orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore it is not intended that to limit of the present utility model
System.
Although embodiment of the present utility model is disclosed as above, it is not restricted in specification and embodiment
Listed utilization.It can be applied to completely various suitable fields of the present utility model.For those skilled in the art,
It is easily achieved other modification.Therefore under the universal limited without departing substantially from claim and equivalency range, this reality
Specific details is not limited to new and shown here as the legend with description.
Claims (10)
1. a kind of modular plant configures curing system, it is characterised in that include：Mounting bracket, plantation module and irrigation system；
The mounting bracket includes stand, wall group and tank, and the wall group is arranged on the stand, and the tank is arranged at institute
Wall group bottom is stated, in the wall group T-shaped mounting groove is provided with, the plantation module, the T-shaped mounting groove bag are installed for coordinating
Include and be transversely mounted groove and longitudinally mounted groove；
It is described plantation module include basal disc, disk cover, culture medium, base bag and plant, the basal disc back side be provided with for the T
The T-shaped mounting blocks that shape mounting groove coordinates, on the basal disc back side water-guiding hole is additionally provided with；
The irrigation system includes water pump, water distributor and water dropper, and the water distributor is arranged in the wall group, the water distributor
One end connects with the water pump, and the other end is connected with the water dropper, and the water pump is arranged in the tank.
2. modular plant according to claim 1 configures curing system, it is characterised in that the T-shaped mounting blocks include
Base and boss, the T-shaped mounting blocks are fixedly connected by the boss with the basal disc.
3. modular plant according to claim 2 configures curing system, it is characterised in that inside the T-shaped mounting blocks
Guiding gutter is provided with, the guiding gutter includes inlet opening and apopore, and the inlet opening is arranged at the upper surface of the base, institute
State apopore to be arranged on the side being connected with the basal disc on the boss, the water-guiding hole on the apopore and the basal disc
Connection.
4. modular plant according to claim 3 configures curing system, it is characterised in that the base has square
Bottom surface, the length of side of the square bottom surface is not more than the width of the bottom land of the T-shaped mounting groove.
5. modular plant according to claim 1 configures curing system, it is characterised in that be provided with the culture medium
Implantation hole, the plant is arranged in the implantation hole, and the culture medium is set in the base bag.
6. modular plant according to claim 5 configures curing system, it is characterised in that be provided with the base bag with
The corresponding perforate of implantation hole on the culture medium, the base bag has network structure, and the base bag for packing fruits on is in the basal disc.
7. modular plant according to claim 6 configures curing system, it is characterised in that on the upper side wall of the basal disc
It is provided with conical passage.
8. modular plant according to claim 7 configures curing system, it is characterised in that the disk cover and the basal disc
It is detachably connected.
9. modular plant according to claim 2 configures curing system, it is characterised in that described to be transversely mounted in groove groove
Top the water dropper is set, the water dropper is just right with the inlet opening of the base upper surface.
10. modular plant according to claim 1 configures curing system, it is characterised in that the longitudinally mounted groove
Limited location fixed plate is set at bottom land.
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