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Title:
AUTOMATIC WATER FEED FLOWERPOT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH04229109
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To provide an automatic water feed flowerpot capable of optimizing root environment of a plant by uniformly feeding sufficient water to gravel sand, soil, etc., in the flowerpot.

CONSTITUTION: A water feed tank 12 is contained in the bottom of a flowerpot 10 having a double structure and an inner flowerpot 11 is inserted into the upper part of the water feed tank. Water is automatically fed from a water feed tank 12 into the flowerpot part 14 with an air pump 17 at a prescribed interval. The fed water is then fed to the position of a water level sensor 20 to subsequently release pressurized air in the water feed tank part 12 from gaps between a body (not shown) and valves (not shown) in the air pump 17. Thereby, the water in the flowerpot 14 in small portions is returned to the water feed tank 12.


Inventors:
SHIBATA KUNIKAZU
Application Number:
JP40771890A
Publication Date:
August 18, 1992
Filing Date:
December 27, 1990
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
BROTHER IND LTD
International Classes:
A01G9/02; A01G27/00; A01G27/02; (IPC1-7): A01G9/02; A01G27/00