US 12,279,567 B2
Irrigation system for a vertical growth tower
Niall Alexander Skinner, St Andrews Fife (GB)
Assigned to INTELLIGENT GROWTH SOLUTIONS LIMITED, St. Andrews Fife (GB)
Appl. No. 17/760,140
Filed by INTELLIGENT GROWTH SOLUTIONS LIMITED, St Andrews Fife (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/050292
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/161003, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2001757 (GB), filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0080828 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 31/06 (2006.01); A01G 9/24 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 31/06 (2013.01) [A01G 9/247 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A vertical growth tower comprising at least one stack of growth trays and a lift mechanism configured to mechanically transfer growth trays from the at least one stack of growth trays between a management position and a storage position, wherein the at least one stack of growth trays comprises a plurality of growth trays, wherein the lift mechanism comprises an irrigation system comprising:
a watering head configured to deliver water horizontally from a reservoir directly to a growth tray within the at least one stack of growth trays in the vertical growth tower such that the growth trays are retained in position within the at least one stack of growth trays and are irrigated without being required to be moved by the lift mechanism, the watering head being mounted onto the lift mechanism of the vertical growth tower such that during use the watering head is lifted by the lift mechanism to a growth tray within the at least one stack of growth trays and water is delivered by the watering head to a receiving member of the growth tray, wherein the receiving member includes a tubular element having an inlet spaced from the watering head.