APPARATUS FOR CONVEYORIZED GROWING OF PLANTS (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: growing of plants in artificial habitat. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has supporting unit, planting cylinder mounted within supporting unit for rotation, light-reflective screen axially aligned with planting cylinder, light sources arranged on inner surface of screen in equally spaced relation and device for supplying liquid to plant root system. Light-reflective screen is formed as surface, whose generatrix guide may be described by equation: or ρ(Φ), where S(Φ) is radius-vector of guide; ρ₀ is radius vector turning angle; So is radius of planting cylinder; S1 is height of plants at the end of first pitch of plant container; ρ₁ = is plant growth curve in polar coordinates and linear coordinates, where h(t) is plant growth curve; t is plant age, T is time of plant vegetation in planting cylinder; l is distance from edge of planting cylinder, n is number of pitches of planting container. EFFECT: increased efficiency and enhanced reliability in operation. 13 cl, 5 dwg, 1 tbl