US 12,279,569 B2
Apparatus for cultivating plants
Kiyoung Lim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/791,151
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/018448
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/141270, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0001559 (KR), filed on Jan. 6, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0001636 (KR), filed on Jan. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0026957 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 9/24 (2006.01); A01G 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 9/247 (2013.01) [A01G 9/249 (2019.05); A01G 31/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for cultivating plants comprising:
a cabinet defining a cultivation space;
a machine room disposed below the cabinet;
a bed disposed in the cultivation space;
a water tank configured to supply water to the bed; and
a drain disposed between the cultivation space and the machine room,
wherein the bed includes
a water collecting portion configured to receive water, and
a water supply portion that protrudes rearward from a rear end of the bed and is configured to supply water to the water collecting portion,
wherein an end portion of a water supply pipe configured to pass water from the water tank to the water supply portion is disposed above the water supply portion,
wherein the drain is disposed below the water supply portion,
wherein a water supply portion groove is recessed in a side of the water supply portion toward the drain,
wherein the bed includes a water guide coupling the water supply portion and the water collecting portion, the water guide being recessed in the bed and configured to guide the supplied water to the water collecting portion,
wherein the water supply portion groove is disposed above a side of the water guide, and
wherein the water supply portion has an upper surface opened toward the water supply pipe and is recessed downward.