US 12,262,667 B2
Arrangement for growing plants on multilayer principle
Niko-Matti Kivioja, Siivikkala (FI)
Assigned to NETLED TECHNOLOGY OY, Tampere (FI)
Filed by NETLED TECHNOLOGY OY, Tampere (FI)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/068,279.
Application 18/068,279 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/637,196, granted, now 11,559,015, previously published as PCT/FI2018/050528, filed on Jul. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 20175713 (FI), filed on Aug. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0128494 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 9/029 (2018.01); A01G 9/02 (2018.01)
CPC A01G 9/0299 (2018.02) [A01G 9/023 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An arrangement for growing plants on multilayer principle in mobile gutter farming, said system being intended for growing plants planted in cultivation gutters by conveying the same with auxiliary power-operated motion elements in cultivation layers present on top of each other in a cultivation space in a longitudinal direction of the cultivation space in one or opposite directions, wherein the arrangement includes a processing arrangement for harvesting the plants, washing the cultivation gutters used in mobile gutter farming and transplanting plants to cultivation gutters, the processing arrangement comprising a processing device for treating the cultivation gutters and the plants contained therein, wherein the processing device is arranged to execute different treatment steps simultaneously for one or more cultivation gutters, the processing device comprising: a pressure washer for washing the cultivation gutters after harvesting; a transplanter to transplant seedlings and their substrate to one or more cultivation gutters; and first and second transfer tables for transferring the cultivation gutters with or without the plants therein to and from the cultivation lines.