US 12,213,419 B2
Apparatus for cultivating plants
Kiyoung Lim, Seoul (KR); and Yongki Jung, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/018,445
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/009903
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/025674, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0094822 (KR), filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0292677 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01G 27/00 (2006.01); A01G 9/02 (2018.01); A01G 9/24 (2006.01); A01G 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 9/247 (2013.01) [A01G 9/028 (2013.01); A01G 9/249 (2019.05); A01G 27/006 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for cultivating plants, the apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having a cultivation space;
a door configured to open and close the cultivation space;
a cultivation shelf disposed in the cultivation space, and configured to seat a plurality of seed packages;
a lighting device configured to provide light to the cultivation shelf;
a water tank disposed in the cultivation space, and configured to store water; and
a water supply pipe configured to provide water from the water tank to the cultivation shelf,
wherein the lighting device includes:
a light source module having a plurality of light sources; and
a light case configured to mount the light source module,
wherein a total number of the light sources disposed in a front half of the lighting device is greater than a total number of the light sources disposed in a rear half of the lighting device, and
wherein a distance between adjacent light sources is narrower on both sides of the lighting device than a distance between adjacent light sources at a center of the lighting device.