US 12,213,417 B2
Plant conveyance and irradiation apparatus
Yasuo Fujikawa, Yokohama (JP); Tomohiro Tsurumoto, Yokohama (JP); and Hiroaki Tamemoto, Anan (JP)
Assigned to NICHIA CORPORATION, Anan (JP)
Appl. No. 17/624,647
Filed by NICHIA CORPORATION, Anan (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/027084
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/006342, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-128643 (JP), filed on Jul. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354063 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A01G 7/04 (2006.01); A01G 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 7/045 (2013.01) [A01G 7/06 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plant treatment apparatus comprising:
a belt conveyor comprising a belt, the belt having an upper surface comprising a plant holding unit;
an ultraviolet irradiation unit configured to irradiate a plant held by the plant holding unit with light comprising ultraviolet light in a wavelength range of no less than 270 nm and no more than 290 nm; and
a plant immersion unit comprising a liquid holding space and configured to immerse an entirety of the plant held by the plant holding unit into a liquid held in the liquid holding space; wherein:
the belt extends continuously from a first location outside the liquid holding space to a second location inside the liquid holding space to a third location outside the liquid holding space.