US 12,433,203 B2
Plant-safe electrospray water and nutrient delivery system
Jonathan Singer, New Brunswick, NJ (US); Seyyed Rahman Pejman, New Brunswick, NJ (US); Arend-Jan Both, New Brunswick, NJ (US); David Specca, New Brunswick, NJ (US); and Michael J. Grzenda, New Brunswick, NJ (US)
Assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US)
Filed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/236,765.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/399,822, filed on Aug. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0057536 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A01G 7/04 (2006.01); B05B 5/16 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 7/04 (2013.01) [B05B 5/1608 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plant holder, comprising:
a rooting media bearing element configured for supporting rooting media thereon and having apertures therethrough sized to allow passage therethrough of plant roots extending from a root structure growth area of the rooting media; and
a conductive cage for receiving electrically charged droplets, and directing electrical charge to ground outside of the root structure growth area of the rooting media while allowing water or nutrients within the received droplets to pass toward plant roots.