US 12,329,076 B2
Apparatus for cultivating plants
Jongmin Oh, Seoul (KR); and Taeyang Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,835.
Application 17/972,835 is a continuation of application No. 16/447,088, filed on Jun. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,778,964.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0018866 (KR), filed on Feb. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044876 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 31/02 (2006.01); A01G 9/24 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01); F25D 23/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 31/02 (2013.01) [A01G 9/246 (2013.01); A01G 9/249 (2019.05); F25D 17/06 (2013.01); F25D 23/003 (2013.01); F25D 23/006 (2013.01); F25D 23/062 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for cultivating plants, comprising:
a cabinet having a cultivation space defined by an inner case including side plates, an upper plate, a bottom plate, and a rear plate;
a door configured to open and close the cultivation space, the door being opened at a front side of the cultivation space;
a plurality of beds introduced into or withdrawn from the cultivation space and on which plants are cultivated;
a plurality of light assemblies disposed above the plurality of beds, respectively, and that radiates light toward top surfaces of the plurality of beds;
a heat exchanger disposed on a front surface of the rear plate of the cultivation space, the heat exchanger controlling a temperature of the cultivation space;
water supply pipes disposed at the rear plate and at a position apart from a side of the heat exchanger and configured to supply water to the plurality of beds;
a plurality of blower assemblies disposed inside of the cultivation space and between each bed of the plurality of beds and each light assembly of the plurality of light assemblies, wherein an upper end of the plurality of blower assemblies and a rear end of the plurality of light assemblies are coupled to each other, wherein the plurality of blower assemblies cover the heat exchanger and the water supply pipes, wherein each blow assembly of the plurality of blower assemblies comprises:
a blower fan;
a blower body, on which the blower fan is mounted; and
a blower cover provided in front of the blower body to cover the blower body and the rear plate, wherein an upper end of the blower cover extends to a bottom of the light assembly and is open to discharge air to the bottom of the light assembly, and a lower end of the blower cover extends to a rear end of the bed and is spaced apart from the rear end of the bed to suction air from the top surface of the bed, and wherein the blower cover forms a rear wall of the cultivating space between the light assembly and the bed.