Plant husbandry – Water culture – apparatus or method – Cultivating chamber
Patent
1989-12-26
1992-03-17
Scherbel, David A.
Plant husbandry
Water culture, apparatus or method
Cultivating chamber
47DIG6, 47 17, A01G 900
Patent
active
050956507
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus is provided comprising a housing for growing plants under controlled conditions. The housing is defined by a base, walls and a cap. Electrical sockets are mounted in the housing, and fluorescent lamps are electrically connected to the sockets. Supports connected to the wall in spaced-apart relation to the sockets are releasably engageable with the fluorescent lamps for support thereof. A typical wall is formed with a recess having a given length in a first direction. The support is made of a flexible material and is formed with a stem, clips extending from one side of the stem for embracing and supporting the fluorescent light, and a head extending from another side of the stem and engageable in the recess. Arms lead away from the head and wall at first locations adjacent to and on either side of the stem and towards the wall at second locations farther from and on either side of the stem. Feet are respectively at distal ends of the arms and engageable in the recess. The feed have a separation in the first direction normally slightly different from the given length and are resiliently biased by the arms for retention in the recess. At least one of the head and feet are received in the recess with a small tolerance in a direction orthogonal to the first direction.
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Dowden Donald D.
Eslinger Lewis H.
Pyraponic Industries, Inc. II
Scherbel David A.
Van Patten Michele A.
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