Apparatus for forcing the growth of plants for human and animal nourishment, whereby seeds, bulbs and plants are caused to grow by feeding with chemical solutions

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR GROWING PLANTS FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL COMSUMPTION FROM SEEDS, BULBS AND THE LIKE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS, COMPRISING A SINGLE CONVEYOR BELT, REVERSIBLE TRAYS MOUNTED ON SAID CONVEYOR BELT, A PULLEY ARRANGEMENT OPERABLY RELATED TO SAID BELT FOR MOVING SAID BELT AND TRAYS IN AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT HORIZONTAL PLANES, SAID PULLEY ARRANGEMENT INCLUDING A DRIVE PULLEY, A FIRST GUIDE PULLEY SPACED FROM SAID DRIVING PULLEY IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE BELT, A SECOND GUIDE PULLEY SPACED ABOVE THE FIRST GUIDE PULLEY, A THIRD GUIDE PULLEY SPACED FROM SAID SECOND GUIDE PULLEY IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE BELT AND COOPERABLE WITH SAID SECOND PULLEY FOR CONSTITUTING A FIRST HORIZONTAL PLANE, A FOURTH GUIDE PULLEY MOUNTED BELOW SAID THIRD GUIDE PULLEY AND SPACED THEREFROM IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE BELT AND COOPERABLE WITH SAID THIRD GUIDE PULLEY FOR CONSTITUTING A LOWER HORIZONTAL PLANE, AND SAID BELT MOVING FROM SAID FOURTH GUIDE PULLEY TO SAID DRIVING PULLEY THEREBY PROVIDING A CLOSED PATH OF MOVEMENT, EACH OF SAID REVERSIBLE TRAYS INCLUDING AN OPEN ENDED UPPER HALF AND AN OPEN ENDED LOWER HALF, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SEEDS INTO THE UPPER HALF OF THE TRAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HORIZONTAL PLANE BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD GUIDE PULLEYS, FURTHER MEANS FOR FEEDING THE SEEDS INTO THE LOWER HALF OF THE TRAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HORIZONTAL PLANE BETWEEN THE THIRD GUIDE PULLEY AND THE FOURTH GUIDE PULLEY, SPRAYING MEANS EXTENDING ABOVE EACH OF SAID HORIZONTAL PLANES FOR SPRAYING A CHAEMICAL SOLUTION INTO SAID TRAYS AND INCLUDING NOZZLES SPACED TO CORRESPOND TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CENTERS OF THE TRAYS, TROUGH MEANS LOCATED BELOW EACH HORIZONTAL PLANE FOR RECEIVING SURPLUS CHEMICAL SOLUTION NOT ABSORBED BY THE GROWING PLANTS, A STORAGE TANK FOR THE CHEMICAL SOLUTION, A DISCHARGE LEADING FROM EACH TROUGH MEANS TO SAID STORAGE TANK, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING THE CHEMICAL SOLUTION FROM THE STORAGE TANK TO SAID SPRAYING MEANS, FURTHER CONVEYING MEANS OPERABLY RELATED TO SAID THIRD AND FOURTH GUIDE PULLEYS FOR RECEIVING MATURE PLANTS DISCHARGED FROM THE TRAYS WHEN THE TRAYS MOVE AABOUT SUCH PULLEYS FOR TRANSPORTING THE MATURE PLANTS TO THE DESIRED LOCATION, AND MEANS CONSTITUTING A CLOSED SPACE SURROUNDING SAID APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING SUCH APPARATUS AT THE DESIRED TEMPERATURE AND DEGREE OF HUMIDITY.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR GROWING PLANTS FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL COMSUMPTION FROM SEEDS, BULBS AND THE LIKE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS, COMPRISING A SINGLE CONVEYOR BELT, REVERSIBLE TRAYS MOUNTED ON SAID CONVEYOR BELT, A PULLEY ARRANGEMENT OPERABLY RELATED TO SAID BELT FOR MOVING SAID BELT AND TRAYS IN AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT HORIZONTAL PLANES, SAID PULLEY ARRANGEMENT INCLUDING A DRIVE PULLEY, A FIRST GUIDE PULLEY SPACED FROM SAID DRIVING PULLEY IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE BELT, A SECOND GUIDE PULLEY SPACED ABOVE THE FIRST GUIDE PULLEY, A THIRD GUIDE PULLEY SPACED FROM SAID SECOND GUIDE PULLEY IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE BELT AND COOPERABLE WITH SAID SECOND PULLEY FOR CONSTITUTING A FIRST HORIZONTAL PLANE, A FOURTH GUIDE PULLEY MOUNTED BELOW SAID THIRD GUIDE PULLEY AND SPACED THEREFROM IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE BELT AND COOPERABLE WITH SAID THIRD GUIDE PULLEY FOR CONSTITUTING A LOWER HORIZONTAL PLANE, AND SAID BELT MOVING FROM SAID FOURTH GUIDE PULLEY TO SAID DRIVING PULLEY THEREBY PROVIDING A CLOSED PATH OF MOVEMENT, EACH OF SAID REVERSIBLE TRAYS INCLUDING AN OPEN ENDED UPPER HALF AND AN OPEN ENDED LOWER HALF, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SEEDS INTO THE UPPER HALF OF THE TRAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HORIZONTAL PLANE BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD GUIDE PULLEYS, FURTHER MEANS FOR FEEDING THE SEEDS INTO THE LOWER HALF OF THE TRAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HORIZONTAL PLANE BETWEEN THE THIRD GUIDE PULLEY AND THE FOURTH GUIDE PULLEY, SPRAYING MEANS EXTENDING ABOVE EACH OF SAID HORIZONTAL PLANES FOR SPRAYING A CHAEMICAL SOLUTION INTO SAID TRAYS AND INCLUDING NOZZLES SPACED TO CORRESPOND TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CENTERS OF THE TRAYS, TROUGH MEANS LOCATED BELOW EACH HORIZONTAL PLANE FOR RECEIVING SURPLUS CHEMICAL SOLUTION NOT ABSORBED BY THE GROWING PLANTS, A STORAGE TANK FOR THE CHEMICAL SOLUTION, A DISCHARGE LEADING FROM EACH TROUGH MEANS TO SAID STORAGE TANK, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING THE CHEMICAL SOLUTION FROM THE STORAGE TANK TO SAID SPRAYING MEANS, FURTHER CONVEYING MEANS OPERABLY RELATED TO SAID THIRD AND FOURTH GUIDE PULLEYS FOR RECEIVING MATURE PLANTS DISCHARGED FROM THE TRAYS WHEN THE TRAYS MOVE AABOUT SUCH PULLEYS FOR TRANSPORTING THE MATURE PLANTS TO THE DESIRED LOCATION, AND MEANS CONSTITUTING A CLOSED SPACE SURROUNDING SAID APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING SUCH APPARATUS AT THE DESIRED TEMPERATURE AND DEGREE OF HUMIDITY.