US 12,133,493 B2
Plant cultivation apparatus
Yong Ki Jung, Seoul (KR); and Tae Yang Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/772,039
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/013274
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/085871, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0138817 (KR), filed on Nov. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400626 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A01G 9/24 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 9/249 (2019.05) [A01G 9/247 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plant cultivation apparatus comprising:
a cabinet defining a cultivation space;
a door for opening and closing the cultivation space;
a liquid supply module positioned in the cabinet, and comprising a liquid tank in which a liquid is stored, a liquid pump positioned in the liquid tank and pumping the liquid stored in the liquid tank, and an inlet hose guiding the liquid pumped by the liquid pump;
a bed positioned above the liquid supply module, and receiving the liquid from the liquid supply module;
one or more pods seated on an upper surface of the bed; and
a lighting module provided above the bed in the cabinet and providing lighting for plant cultivation,
wherein the lighting module comprises:
a light source part comprising a plurality of light sources;
a lighting casing in which the light source part is provided;
a lighting cover coupled to the lighting casing and covering the light source part; and
an upper cover that is provided on an upper portion of the lighting casing and covers the light source part from an opposite side to the lighting cover and
wherein the lighting module forms an apparatus independent from the cabinet, so that the lighting module is separable from the cabinet.