327 results about "Flower garden" patented technology

A tamper-resistant pest trap that has an outer housing that simulates a rock typically found in a garden or landscape area around a residence or building. The outer housing is a hollow structure with a removable holding tray located therein. Formed on the sides of the outer housing are two, first and second side tunnels that bend and curve inward from the sides of the outer housing towards the center of the outer housing. Formed on the end of each side tunnel is at least one pest opening which enables a pest to enter the outer housing's cavity. In one embodiment, a large opening is formed on the bottom surface of the outer housing into which a holding tray may be securely placed. In another embodiment, the outer housing includes a lid member pivotally attached to a bottom member with the holding tray attached to a bottom member with the holding tray attached to the bottom member. Disposed inside the holding trap is a suitable poison or a trap. Optional stake and hold-down chain is attached to the outer housing is also provided to prevent movement of the trap.

A lawn and garden sprayer designed for homeowners, landscapers, and lawn-care professionals for the application of liquid organic fertilizers and soil amendments on small to medium sized yards and business landscapes. The lawn and garden sprayer is a lawn mower-like system that holds up to 8 gallons of water soluble fertilizers and soil nutrients which can be dispensed evenly, economically and easily through either two spray nozzles located in front of the front tires which provide a 24 inch overlapping spray directly to the turf, or by a wand sprayer attached to a pump by a 20 foot hose used to spray directly on trees, shrubs, plants, and beds.

A method for manufacturing decorative concrete blocks for decorative garden walls is presented, along with a machine suitable for practicing the method.

A method and system for improving the way fruit, vegetable and flower gardens are planned, designed, and implemented. The present application discloses systems and methods to simplify gardening, as well as improve the overall yield while mitigating such problems as over-planting, over / under irrigating, and poor maintenance. Systems and methods are described for an application utilizing a database to provide an interactive garden design, planning and implementation process.

A self watering planter device and method of watering allowing water to be supplied by means of standard garden water hose and existing water faucet. A plurality of said self watering planters capable of being daisy-chained in a serial configuration to allow a single source of water from a standard water faucet and standard garden water hoses to provide irrigation water to all of said plurality of self watering planters.

The invention relates to a combined ecological floating bed for water planting plants and flowers, which is characterized by comprising one or more ecological floating bed units which are combined, interconnected and fixed to form the combined ecological floating bed for the water planting plants and flowers with various patterns; the ecological floating bed unit comprises a planting basket, a floating bed framework and a foam piece, wherein the planting basket is placed in a planting basket placing port of the floating bed framework; the foam piece is sleeved in a cavity of the floating bed framework; and a plurality of ecological floating bed units are connected to form a large-area water planing plant-flower garden or a fixed green ecological floating island. The ecological floating bed has the advantages of unique structure, convenient manufacture and low cost, can effectively reduce the content of phosphorus and nitrogen-like eutrophic salts polluting the water and COD and BOD, promote the water quality from VI class to III class and beautify the environment, and can be widely applied to the water surfaces of extensive polluted rivers and lakes.

A plant-cultivation method and system that aids automation of farms / lawns, home-farms, roof-farms, etc.The plants are held on the conveyor preferably the whole of their life. By the operation of conveyor, the plants visit the central plant processing space on a routine basis, throughout the life of the plants. As many processes as wanted are centralized including routine watering, nutrient feed, pruning, inspecting, harvesting, planting, etc. Multiple types of plants can be grown simultaneously.Enables fully automated electric-powered maintenance of lawn, lawn / garden. No more noisy gasoline lawn mowers, water hoses, sprinklers, etc.Helps make green cities by converting roofs of buildings in to lawns / farms. Homeowners can install the automated roof-farms, enjoy the harvest and sell to neighbors. Saves home energy costs. Saves on fossil fuel by reducing transport.Helps use non-fertile lands for farming.Less investment on resources, greenhouses. Helps men & machines to work at their maximum efficiency. Easy adaptation with hydroponic, aquaponic or aeroponics farming. Suitable for large and small-scale farms.

A spreader assembly with surface-clearing blower includes a rotary or broadcast spreader mounted on a frame for distribution and deposition of granular material in an area proximate the spreader assembly, a blower also mounted on the frame and with one or more ducts or hoses for conveying forced air to a surface proximate the spreader assembly to be cleared of deposited material. Granular material may include seed, ice-melt compound or salt, or fertilizer or other lawn or garden amendment or additive. The frame is mounted on the powered drive unit of a walk-behind mower to replace the mower deck.

A chemical dispensing apparatus includes a housing that is connectable to a source of water, such as a standard garden house, and an internal space in which is disposed a rotatable container containing a quantity of chemical concentrate to be mixed with the source of water as it flows through the housing and is dispensed from the housing from a sprinkler head or misting nozzle. The flow of water through the housing is directed to imping vanes on the rotatable container, such that the container is rotated as water flows through the housing. In an alternative embodiment, the vanes are replaced with an electric motor. Rotation of the container cause the chemical concentrate to dissolve which is then mixed with the water before it is dispensed through the sprinkler or mister.

A self watering planter device and method of watering allowing water to be supplied by means of standard garden water hose and existing water faucet. A plurality of said self watering planters capable of being daisy-chained in a serial configuration to allow a single source of water from a standard water faucet and standard garden water hoses to provide irrigation water to all of said plurality of self watering planters.

The invention relates to a green belt and garden spraying control system and method based on the Internet of Things. The green belt and garden spraying control system comprises a spraying controller provided with a wireless communication module, a plurality of spraying valves controlled by the spraying controller, a cloud server and a mobile terminal where spraying control software is installed. Through the system, a user not only can set and operate the spraying controller through a traditional control panel, but also can set and operate the spraying controller anytime and anywhere through the mobile terminal, in addition, after the system gets access to a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi spraying controller can synchronize spraying parameters set by the user on the cloud server, reset is not needed even after a power failure, according to prediction conditions of the meteorological environment in the district of a green belt and a garden, the spraying time can be prolonged or shortened, the spraying frequency can be increased or decreased, operation convenience of the user and economical efficiency are greatly improved, and water resources are used reasonably.

A garden sprayer includes: comprises a main body, a spray head, a control valve set, a pressing handle and a fastening device. The fastening device is pivoted on the main body adjacent to the pressing handle. The fastening device has at least two brackets and a pressing rod connecting the two brackets. The pressing rod of the fastening device pushes against the third locking edge of the pressing handle to hold down the pressing handle for a constant water flow without the pressing handle needing to be pressed by the user. When the pressing handle is held down, the cover of the spray head can be rotated to adjust a gap between the spraying aperture of the cover and the head portion to adjust the water flow rate.

The invention discloses a garden drainage system for a sponge city. The garden drainage system comprises a water storage tank buried in a soil layer, a bearing net is fixed at the upper end of the water storage tank, a gravel layer is paved at the upper end of the bearing net, a planting layer is paved at the upper end of the gravel layer, a water intake pipe communicating with the water storage tank is inserted into the upper end of the planting layer in a penetrating mode, a water pump is fixed at the upper end of the water intake pipe, and a nozzle is fixed in the water outlet in the upperend of the water pump. The garden drainage system has the advantages that, when the rainfall is higher, the rainwater quickly accumulates in a drainage box, a floating plate moves upwards under the effect of buoyancy accordingly, a though groove is closed accordingly, and the rainwater no longer enters the water storage tank and is directly discharged to an urban sewage pipe through a drainage pipe, so that when the rainfall is higher, the water storage tank cannot be quickly filled by the road rainwater, the water storage tank can retain a larger space so that timely seepage of the planting layer is ensured, and soil and water loss due to the delayed seepage of the submerged planting layer when the rainfall is higher is avoided.

A material collection system sensor includes an ultrasonic sensor mounted in a collection container above a discharge chute from a lawn and garden tractor mower deck. The ultrasonic sensor provides data to an electronic control unit representing the distance between a material pile in the collection container and the ultrasonic sensor. The electronic control unit filters out data that fails to meet certain pre-specified criteria and correlates the distance data to a fill level of the collection container. A fill level indicator such as a visual display is connected to the electronic control unit and displays information about any fill level of the collection container.

Disclosed therein is a binder for horticultural use, which is to be used to tie stems and branches to pros or guiding strings such that garden or agricultural products can be properly grown up. The binder for horticultural use that, instead of a stapler for supplying staples, includes: a taper frame having a holder groove disposed at one side thereof; a binding heating cable unit having a binding heating cable therein for receiving an electric current from a power supply unit; and a holder to which the binding heating cable unit is detachably attached, the holder being inserted into the holder groove, so that the binder can bind both ends of a tape together by partially melting the tape made of synthetic resin material by heat without using the staples.

The present invention is one new type of plant cultivating medium and its preparation process and use. The plant cultivating medium includes plastic foam of density 8-80 kg / cu m in 60-99 weight portions, water maintaining agent with water absorbing rate of 50-800 wt% in 0.2-3 weight portions, and nutrient in 0.5-30 weight portions comprise nitrogen fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer, potash fertilizer and other nutritious components. The plant cultivating medium may be used for greening building surface, garden and flower bed, indoor greening and tissue culture.

A solar-powered lighting / illumination fixture for hanging flower planters or potted flowers comprises a body that can be affixed through a central opening or the like to the hanging hardware of the planter. The lighting fixture has solar cells that charge internal batteries during daylight hours and drive lights that illuminate the planter during nighttime hours. The fixture can also be affixed with a spoke that will allow it to be supported in the ground to provide pathway lighting. The lighting is provided through LEDs which also may accommodate light filters that can provide different colors to change the mood of the setting, as well as being provided with an adapter to fit most hanging planters in the market and also provided with an attaching mechanism that allows the height of the lighting fixture above the planter to be adjusted.

This invention relates to a positive displacement pump which allows a liquid additive (such as liquid fertilizer) to be introduced into another liquid stream (such as water) and to be mixed in a constant proportion. One end of the pump can be connected to a faucet and the other end to a typical garden hose or other device. Water enters the pump through a faucet and is redirected (bent) by an upper stator which allows the water to rotate turbine vanes. The turbine is rotatably connected to a cam and the rotation of the cam moves pistons which allows liquid fertilizer to be drawn in from its reservoir. The liquid fertilizer flows through a tube and into one of two pistons. Then, the liquid fertilizer is dispelled through one of the exit tubes through the pumping action of the pistons. The water which was used to turn the turbine then combines with the liquid fertilizer as it comes out of the exit tubes and a water / fertilizer mixture is created.

A garden cart handle having a main shank having a principal axis, a first end pivotably connectable to a garden cart and a second end opposite the first end. A handgrip portion is connected to the second end of the main shank, having a principal axis disposed substantially orthogonal to the principal axis of the main shank, a first end and a second end. A hinged portion, having an inboard end and an outboard end, is connected to the handgrip portion through a pivoting connection so as to allow the hinged portion to pivot about the principal axis of the handgrip portion. A flange is disposed on the outboard end of the hinged portion, shaped and sized to connect to a trailer tongue of a tractor. A latch is disposed on the second end of the main shank, shaped and sized to secure the hinged portion against pivoting.

A front-end gateway unit is designed for integration to a remote ecological environment monitoring system that is equipped with a wireless sensor network (WSN) system installed at a remote site, such as a farmland or a garden, for the purpose of allowing the WSN system to exchange data with a back-end host server via a wireless communication system. The front-end gateway unit is characterized by the capability of using either the WSN system or a built-in sensing module for collecting ecological data, and the capability of combining geographical location data in the ecological data. This feature allows the collection of a comprehensive set of ecological data (including geographical location, temperature, humidity, sunlight data, wind speed, and pest number) for transfer to the back-end host server, such that research / management personnel at the local site can conveniently browse these ecological data and learn the ecological conditions of the remotely monitored area.

The invention discloses a planting device for garden flowers, which comprises a water tank, an aqueduct and a flower pot. The water tank is movably connected with a plurality of aqueducts, one end of the aqueduct is movably connected with a flower pot, and the top side wall of the water tank is connected with a Water pipe, two fixed blocks are welded on one side wall of the water tank, a movable rod is slidably connected to the fixed block, a floating ball is fixed at the bottom of the movable rod, and a first sealing plug is connected to the top of the movable rod. The plug is connected to the tap water pipe in a flexible and sealed manner. One end of the water guide pipe close to the flower pot is connected to a second sealing plug in a movable and sealed manner. One end of the second sealing plug extends to the outside of the water guide pipe. The other end of the second sealing plug is connected to two second sealing plugs. A spring, one end of the second spring is connected with a telescopic rod. The invention can automatically add water to the flowers in the flowerpot without over-watering or under-watering, and can adjust according to the water demands of different flowers.

The invention discloses a rainwater garden of a sponge city. The rainwater garden comprises a backwater layer, a covering layer, a planting soil layer, a transition layer, a gravel layer, an anti-seepage geomembrane and a plain soil layer, wherein a plurality of perforated pipes are horizontally lay in the gravel layer; two ends of each perforated pipe are connected with a vertical vent pipe; a drain pipe is also horizontally lay in the gravel layer and connected with all perforated pipes; a plurality of seep holes are uniformly distributed in a pipeline of each perforated pipe, the distances between the adjacent seep holes in the length direction of each perforated pipe are 100-200mm, the slope ratio of the upper surface of the covering layer is 1:5 and the concave depth is 150-250mm; the slope ratio of the connected part of a surrounding greenbelt and the rainwater garden is 1:6. The rainwater garden is reasonable in structural design, and high in water absorbing capacity and infiltration capacity; layered purification of discharged water can be achieved, so that the condition that the water discharged from the drain pipe can be directly used for spraying roads and greenbelts is ensured; the plurality of perforated pipes and the vent pipe are arranged, so that the water permeability and the drainage rate of the water are promoted and the relatively serious accumulated water phenomenon in the rainwater garden is avoided.

A booster system for use with a garden hose includes a water pump, a garden hose, and a hose structure. The water pump has a motor and is designed to produce a maximum water pressure of less than 1000 psi. The garden hose connector is connected to the pump. The hose storage structure for holding a garden hose is proximate to the pump. The booster system also includes a switch for engaging and disengaging the pump.

A tamper-resistant pest trap that has an outer housing that simulates a rock typically found in a garden or landscape area around a residence or building. The outer housing includes a substantially flat bottom member and a pivotally attached upper dome-shaped lid member. When the lid member is closed over the bottom member, a large cavity is formed inside the trap. Formed on the bottom member are two, inward extending tunnel cavities that form two partially concealed tunnels that extend under the trap when the trap is placed on the ground. Formed on the perimeter edge of the outer housing is an outer pest opening. From on the bottom member directly over the tunnel cavity is an inner pest opening that allows a rodent to enter the large cavity after traveling through the tunnel. Formed inside the outer housing is a holding tray designed to hold a rodenocide or a mechanical trap capable of killing the rodent. An optional bait paper tray is also formed in the bottom member to hold bait paper. An optional lock is provided to prevent tampering and stake and hold-down chain are provided to attach the trays to the ground

A combined home garden tool for easily and efficiently removing weeds, digging or leveling of soil, and planting which does not require repetitive kneeling or stooping. The invention includes a long or short handle attached to a unique head having a combined weed remover, pointed or flat trenching tool and soil leveler. The weed removal section includes a set of generally parallel elongated tines with pointed ends, the tines being spaced apart from each other to form as set of narrow V-shaped openings for engagement with weeds that accomplishes removal of the weeds and substantially all of their associated root systems without requiring repetitive kneeling or stooping.

The invention provides a solar aeration floating island all-in-one machine for improving urban landscape water. The machine includes a buoyancy tank, wherein a bracket is built above the buoyancy tank, and is connected to a plurality of solar panels; a solar conversion working area is arranged in the middle of the bracket; a lifting table is arranged below the center of the buoyancy tank; a submersible pump is placed on the lifting table and provided with an air feeding pipe which penetrates through the buoyancy tank upwards to be exposed out of the water surface; the lower portion of the submersible pump is connected with a volute through a bearing; the water outlet direction of the volute is tangent to the volute; and air-water mixed liquid is sprayed out by 360-degree rotation in the horizontal direction under the action of the submersible pump. Ecological floating plates are arranged on the outer side of the buoyancy tank, aquatic plants are planted above the ecological floating plates, and ecological filler is hung below the ecological floating plates. The solar aeration floating island all-in-one machine has the advantages of being high in adjustability, wide in application range, integrated in process, high in dirt removal capacity and the like, is high in overall ornamental value, facilitates building of garden cities and beautiful countries, and promotes ecological civilization.

An aquaponic housing unit fits over standard aftermarket aquariums. The system utilizes the natural symbiotic relationship between fish and plants to achieve adequate filtration for the aquarium below. A large planting container is elevated over the aquarium by two support legs so that the planting container is larger than the aquarium. The support legs can be used to hide wires or control boxes, along with using the legs as storage compartments or additional planting area. An aquarium pump delivers water to the planting container so that fish waste can be used as nutrients for plants in the container. The nitrogen cycle transforms the fish waste into useable nutrients for the plants, thus cleaning the water for the aquarium. The system can be used as a learning tool for students of all ages. It also creates a low maintenance, self-watering and self-fertilizing garden.

The invention discloses a green rainwater collection and sewage interception system for building districts, which comprises a plurality of subsystems which are serially connected and arranged in a low-altitude greenbelt in a district. Each subsystem comprises a sewage interception infiltration subsystem and route infiltration drainage subsystem. Rainwater flowing in the system is subjected to accumulation, storage, infiltration, detaining and energy dissipation, and amount of thermal rainwater discharge is reduced greatly. When permeating a permeable filling layer, a water-holding garden planting soil layer, a filling layer of the water-holding garden planting soil layer, a filling layer of a filling well and the like outside the system, the rainwater is adsorbed, infiltrated and held, and pollutant carried by the rainwater is removed effectively. Amount and quality of collected water are controlled at the terminal of the system, and the terminal rainwater can be collected for reuse or drained into a municipal rainwater network. In addition, flowing time of the rainwater in drainage is prolonged, urban rainwater flood peaks can be lowered, urban living environment can be beautified, and natural hydrographic cycle balance can be maintained.

The invention discloses a rainwater garden circulating system. The rainwater garden circulating system comprises a purified water storage chamber, a rainwater garden system and a central water pool system, wherein rainwater sequentially passes through aquatic plants and a planting soil layer to primarily filter large-particle impurities in the rainwater, then the rainwater flows into a gravel drainage layer for further secondary filtration, flows into a purification filter layer for deeply and automatically adsorbing and purifying the rainwater, and flows into a purified water storage chamber through solid waste permeable concrete, meanwhile, the rainwater is subjected to primary filtration through surface plants and solid waste water permeable bricks, then is subjected to secondary adsorption purification through a nutrient soil layer and a purification filter layer, and flows into the purified water storage chamber through a solid waste concrete layer, a water collecting device is arranged in the purified water storage chamber and is connected to a plant irrigation spray head to guide water to plants on the earth surface. According to the rainwater garden circulating system, garbage sundries, organic pollutants and heavy metals in rainwater runoff can be effectively adsorbed and filtered, and a better effect on pollution reduction and rainwater runoff control of a sponge city is achieved.

An apparatus for finely pulverizing lawn debris has a central drive shaft driven by a gasoline or electrical power source. Lawn debris is drawn into a suction and grinding chamber by the rotation of a distribution plate which has a plurality of curved impeller blades permanently attached to a perforated plate. A grinding blade with a plurality of blade elements is mounted on the central drive shaft above the distribution plate and effects pulverization of the debris. The distributing plate apertures dispense the pulverized debris uniformly over a lawn. Optionally, additional fan impeller blades may be mounted on the central drive shaft to draw and initiate pulverization of the debris. In this case, the rotation of the distributing plate may be stopped by disengaging a clutch mounted on the central shaft to direct pulverized debris to a side collection chamber, which is periodically emptied through a bottom discharge gate.