Kelp farming equipment

Abstract

To reduce the manufacturing costs of horizontal members without requiring complicated procedures. [Solution] The technical premise is a kelp cultivation facility comprising a horizontal member 11 that floats on the surface of the sea, a vertical member 20 that supports one end of the horizontal member, and a plurality of growing materials 15 for growing kelp 12, with the upper ends of each of the growing materials fixed to the horizontal member. The horizontal member 11 comprises a horizontal member body 11-2 made of resin pipe material and a float material 17 loaded inside the cylinder of the horizontal member body. The horizontal member bodies are connected via joints 11-3 to form a single horizontal member. One end of the horizontal member is fixed to the upper end or near the upper end of the vertical member 20 via an engaging member 18, and the other end of the horizontal member 11 is left open without mooring. A single horizontal member can be constructed by connecting resin pipe material, and the horizontal member can be made by simply loading the float material inside the cylinder of the horizontal member body, resulting in good workability.

Claims

1. A horizontal member that floats on or near the surface of the sea, A vertical member supporting one end of the horizontal member, Equipped with multiple growing materials for growing kelp, In a kelp cultivation facility in which each upper end of the cultivation material is fixed to the horizontal member, The aforementioned horizontal member is, The horizontal member body is made of resin pipe material, It comprises a float material loaded inside the cylinder of the main body of the horizontal member, The horizontal members are connected in the longitudinal direction via joints to form a single horizontal member, One end of a horizontal member, which is formed by connecting multiple horizontal member bodies, is fixed to the upper end or near the upper end of the vertical member via an engaging member. A kelp cultivation apparatus characterized by leaving the other end of the aforementioned horizontal member open without being moored.

2. The float material to be loaded into the cylinder of the horizontal member is an empty plastic bottle. The kelp cultivation equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that the volume ratio of empty plastic bottles to the internal volume of the cylindrical body of the horizontal member is set to 40% or more.

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