US 12,342,772 B2
Plant cultivation apparatus
Kiyoung Lim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/791,179
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/018696
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/141279, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0001634 (KR), filed on Jan. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033427 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 9/24 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 9/246 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for cultivating plants, comprising:
a cabinet including an outer case forming an outer appearance of the cabinet, an inner case forming a cultivation space, and an insulating material disposed in a space defined between the inner case and the outer case;
a door connected to the cabinet to open and close the cultivation space;
at least one bed disposed in the cultivation space;
at least one blower assembly that circulates air in the cultivation space; and
a machine room disposed below the cultivation space and separated therefrom and configured to contain components of a refrigeration cycle that adjusts a temperature of the cultivation space;
a discharge outlet to discharge air inside of the machine room;
a discharge duct through which the cultivation space and the machine room communicate; and
a suction duct disposed between the outer case and the inner case and passing through the insulating material, wherein an inlet of the suction duct is formed at a back plate defining a rear surface of the outer case, and an outlet of the suction duct is formed at a side plate defining a side surface of the inner case, wherein air is drawn into the cultivation space from outside of the cabinet through the inlet of the suction duct, circulates within the cultivation space via the at least one blower assembly, flows into the machine room through the discharge duct, and then is discharged, after passing through the machine room, outside of the cabinet through the discharge outlet.