US 12,245,556 B1
System and method for vertical farming
Andres Camarena, Jersey City, NJ (US); Giacomo Gesualdo, Jersey City, NJ (US); Matthew Wulster, Jersey City, NJ (US); Dhananjay Patel, Jersey City, NJ (US); Walter Mielarczyk, Jersey City, NJ (US); Robert Uzzolino, Jersey City, NJ (US); Eric Eltringham, Jersey City, NJ (US); Ivan Calvachi, Jersey City, NJ (US); Hitoshi Kawashima, Jersey City, NJ (US); and Bryan Lim, Jersey City, NJ (US)
Assigned to Oishii Farm Corporation, Jersey City, NJ (US)
Filed by Oishii Farm Corporation, Jersey City, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/812,446.
Application 18/812,446 is a continuation of application No. 18/619,847, filed on Mar. 28, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/613,377, filed on Dec. 21, 2023.
Int. Cl. A01G 31/04 (2006.01); A01G 7/04 (2006.01); A01G 22/05 (2018.01); A01G 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 31/045 (2013.01) [A01G 7/045 (2013.01); A01G 22/05 (2018.02); A01G 31/06 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vertical farm system comprising:
at least one enclosure, the at least one enclosure separated into a day section and a night section;
a plurality of racks disposed within the at least one enclosure and configured to hold plants, each of the plurality of racks comprising:
a central frame; and
a plurality of gutters disposed on the central frame; and
a conveyor system configured to move the plurality of racks through the day and night section of the at least one enclosure,
wherein the conveyor system moves the plurality of racks along a generally rectangular path made up of a first section, a second section, a third section and a fourth section, the first and third sections of the path being longer than the second and fourth sections of the path, and
wherein the first section of the path is disposed only in the day section of the at least one enclosure and the third section of the path is disposed only in the night section of the at least one enclosure so that the plurality of racks are moved through the day section along the first section of the path and the plurality of racks are moved through the night section along the third section of the path.