Plant husbandry – Water culture – apparatus or method
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-13
2007-03-13
Nguyen, Son T. (Department: 3643)
Plant husbandry
Water culture, apparatus or method
C047S06200C
Reexamination Certificate
active
10642293
ABSTRACT:
A rotary hydroponic plant-growing machine comprising a cylindrical structure for holding plant-growing containers, a base for rotatably supporting the cylindrical structure, means for rotating the cylindrical structure on the base, a light inside the cylindrical structure and means for watering the plants in the containers as the cylindrical structure rotates. The cylindrical structure comprises a circumferential surface which defines a plurality of longitudinal slots adapted to receive one or more of the containers, and longitudinal channels adjacent to the longitudinal slots adapted to slidingly engage an outwardly-extending flange on the container and hold the container in the slot.
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Marchildon Ted
Nguyen Son T.
Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP
Storey Betty
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