342 results about "Grow light" patented technology

A grow light having an exterior shell with an air inlet and a hot air exhaust outlet, and a specular interior insertable into the shell. The sides of the specular insert are spaced apart from the walls of the shell so as to form a double-walled housing having air cooling chambers and vents which facilitate the movement and exhaust of air heated by high intensity light bulbs.

A grow light fixture that may be used for the replacement of high intensity discharge (HID) lamp fixtures used for growing plants includes a housing containing a plurality of both red and blue high power LEDs mounted to a circuit board, and powered by an onboard power supply. Control circuitry may include separate, infinitely variable controls to enable independent adjustment of the red and blue LED light output. A plurality of thermal vias made of copper or other thermally conductive material extend through the circuit board to conduct heat from the LEDs to a heat sink mounted on the back of the circuit board, and a fan may be used to vent the heat to the outside of the housing. The housing is mounted an appropriate distance above a plant in a growth media to provide user-controlled lighting for enhanced plant growth.

Embodiments of the invention relate to fixtures, systems and methods for providing vegetation grow light fixtures with auxiliary power and/or data communication ports or hubs allowing for expansion of their functionality, modularity and adaptability. The addition of power or communication ports integrated with a grow light fixture enables other components to be connected directly to and powered by the grow light fixture. Such components may include but are not limited to supplemental lighting, sensors and actuators.

An efficient scalable networkable grow light system ensures that a DLI suitable for optimal plant growth without causing heat stress is met by selectively illuminating lighting elements of determined wavelengths, and adjusting intensity of the lighting elements, and adjusting the height of an assembly containing the lighting elements, if sensed ambient light is inadequate to meet the DLI. A hoist adjusts height to provide full illumination without causing heat stress, while reducing inefficiency due to excessive distance. If sensed ambient lighting is sufficient to meet the DLI, supplemental lighting is not activated.

An inexpensive aquaponic conversion kit for aquariums that uses a combination of mechanical, biological, and chemical filtration components along with terrestrial plants to filter aquarium water. The system includes a funnel shaped undergravel filter that concentrates solid waste towards an airlift pump that transports solid and liquid waste into a planter containing terrestrial plants. These waste nutrients are trapped in the planter in layers of activated carbon and filamentous material that adsorb and trap waste particles where the roots of plants turn the waste into biological material and aid in cleaning the tank. A grow light and hood are able to be attached to a bracket at the back of the planter to grow healthy plants.

A grow light fan is provided including a motorized housing, a fan assembly attached to the motorized housing and including a plurality of fan blades and a plurality of grow lights mounted on an underside of each fan blade. A controller is provided in the motorized housing and receives signals remotely, from a transmitter held by a user, to control the intensity of the grow lights and the speed and direction of the motor. A shroud and mounting bracket are also provided to secure and protect the grow light fan within a grow room.

A lighting system and method for the growing of a plant seedling is disclosed, including at least one light source (30) for illuminating the plant seedling (39) with grow light during growth stages of the plant seedling growth process, and a controller for the controlling the spectral power distribution of the grow light emitted from the light source (30) such that the grow light in at least some growth stages of the plant seedling growth process comprises more energy in the blue wavelength range than in other growth stages of the plant seedling growth process. In use cases where the grow light is supplementing available daylight, an additional sensor (33) may be used to measure the amount and spectral composition of daylight and control the grow light such that spectral power distribution of total light received by the plant seedling is controlled accordingly.

Techniques for providing plant growth lights with improved performance and cost are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a light emitting diode (LED) flip chip chip-on-board (COB) module for optimizing plant growth, including: a circuit board; ultraviolet (UV) LED flip chips connected to the circuit board; a royal-blue phosphor or fluorescent layer covering a first portion of the UV LED flip chips; and a deep-red phosphor or fluorescent layer covering a second portion of the UV LED flip chips. The royal-blue phosphor or fluorescent layer absorbs UV light generated by the first portion of the UV LED flip chips and converts the UV light into broad-band light in royal-blue spectrums. The a deep-red phosphor or fluorescent layer absorbs UV light generated by the second portion of the UV LED flip chips and converts the UV light into broad-band light in deep-red spectrums.

Provided is a vegetation maintenance machine. The maintenance machine comprises a base and a supporting piece fixed with the base. The supporting piece is of a hollow structure, and a water storage device, a liquid storage device, an atomizer and a top cover are arranged in the supporting piece, water is reserved in the water storage device and used for watering vegetation, and nutrient solution for supplying nutrient to the vegetation is reserved in the liquid storage device. The atomizer provides an atomization function for the vegetation. The top cover is arranged at the top of the supporting piece, and a plant growth lamp is arranged on the top cover and illuminates the vegetation. A controller is arranged on the base or the supporting piece and connected with an image collector and the like through a wire. The vegetation maintenance machine can achieve remote nursing of the vegetation and improves survival rate of the vegetation.

A grow light for stimulating plant growth is presented herein. The grow light includes a plurality of primary light modules with LEDs fixedly mounted to a support assembly and spaced a distance away from a plant canopy, and one or more secondary light modules movably or pivotally mounted to an end of one or more of the primary light modules. A positioning assembly is disposed interconnected light modules for manually or automatically movably disposing the secondary light modules into different angular positions relative to the plant. A height adjustment assembly is also include to movably position the light assembly, such as the plurality of primary light modules or the secondary light modules in a vertical direction. Additional features can be included, such as positioning sensors, environmental sensors, CO2 delivery systems, water cooling systems, ground wire interconnections, and light frequency control.

A light system for growing plants indoors comprising three light sources each having a different range of wavelengths, power being applied to each light source at an intensity, combination and sequence determined by the growing properties of the plants.

The invention discloses a long-service-life quantum dot fluorescent composite film for an LED plant growth lamp and a preparation method thereof. The quantum dot fluorescent composite film comprises a quantum dot layer, protection base material layers and protection adhesive layers, wherein the upper surface and the lower surface of the quantum dot layer are covered by the protection base material layers, and four side surfaces of the quantum dot layer are covered by the protection adhesive layers. The LED plant growth lamp, which is equipped with a blue-light, purple-light or ultraviolet-light LEDto act as a light source, provided with the quantum dot fluorescent composite film can emit mixed light of red light and blue light. The wavelength, the half-peak width and the relative strength of the red light and the blue light emitted by the plant growth lamp can be changed through adjusting the type, the concentration and the dosage of quantum dots in the fluorescent composite film, thereby achieving requirements which are the most appropriate for plant growth.

A plant grow light attachable to a plant pot that includes a digital timer having a plurality of preset timing positions to cycle the plant grow light on and off according to a desired lighting cycle for a particular plant.

The invention discloses a high-heat-dissipation multifunctional auxiliary plant growth lamp, and aims at achieves the purposes of heat dissipation and heat energy reutilization of a plant growth lamp. The high-heat-dissipation multifunctional auxiliary plant growth lamp is characterized by comprising a lamp body made from metal sectional materials, a light source substrate, a waterproof power supply, a water tube butt-joint head, a hoisting hanging buckle, and a pair of plugging heads, wherein an embedding groove is arranged in at least one side surface of the lamp body and used for installing the light source substrate, and a tube cavity penetrating through the two end surfaces of the lamp body is provided; the light source substrate is strip-shaped, a plurality of light-emitting units are bonded on the light source substrate, and a power supply line is welded on an end part of the light source substrate; the waterproof power supply is provided with a first plug connected with a mains supply, and at least one second plug connected with the power supply line of the light source substrate, and the waterproof power supply is installed on the lamp body; one end of the water tube butt-joint head is in butt-joint with an opening of the tube cavity, and the other end of the water tube butt-joint head is connected with a water supply pipeline; the hoisting hanging buckle is embedded on the lamp body, and provided with a hoisting component matched with an external mechanism; and the plugging heads are arranged on the two end surfaces of the lamp body in a sealing manner, and a plurality of open holes for penetration of the water tube butt-joint head, and the power supply line of the light source substrate are formed in the plugging heads.

An LED light source including a housing having a curved upper wall to resist the intrusion of water into the interior of the light housing and the electronics therein, internal structure defining an air flow path ensuring air flow over the heat sinks coupled to the LED light sources and power supplies, and LED light sources producing broad visible spectrum light having a generally white coloration.

The invention provides a plant growth lamp driven by solar energy, in particular to a plant growth lamp with specific spectrum wavelength particularly designed for growing development of plant, belonging to agricultural engineering technical field. The invention discloses a plant growth lamp driven by solar energy, comprising a solar battery module, a light source panel consisting of three LED semiconductor light sources, and a light quality regulating and controlling device, wherein, the light source panel consists of a red LED semiconductor light source with wavelength of 630nm, a blue LED semiconductor light source with wavelength of 460nm and a far-red LED semiconductor light source with wavelength of 730nm which are in cross combined distribution. The LED light sources have an improving function to the growth of plant, can reduce the temperature increment brought by heating of a common light source, and can reduce manufacturing cost; the LED light sources also can sufficiently use the solar energy to provide energy for plant production under man-made environment, and can reduce dependence to conventional energy and electric energy.

The invention discloses a soilless culture melon and fruit planting system, comprising a cultivation frame, wherein a liquid storage tank is arranged on the cultivation frame, the liquid storage tank is internally provided with a liquid storage cavity used for a nutrient solution to flow, the liquid storage tank is provided with a cultivation pot used for cultivating melon and fruit plants, the cultivation pot is internally provided with a cultivation cavity, the cultivation cavity is communicated with the liquid storage cavity by virtue of a liquid receiver. The system also comprises (1) a nutrient solution conveying and circulating unit, (2) a control unit and (3) a plant growth light, wherein the nutrient solution conveying and circulating unit is communicated with the cultivation cavity in the cultivation pot and the liquid storage cavity in the liquid storage tank to form a circulation loop, the control unit is electrically connected with the nutrient solution conveying and circulating unit and the plant growth light (3) is electrically connected with the control unit and is controlled by the control unit. The system disclosed by the invention can completely intelligently control a nutrition supply system and illumination automatic supply or supplement by virtue of a control center, degree of automation is high, melons and fruits grow in an environment with sufficient nutrients, production time is greatly shortened compared with natural environment and other open type artificial soilless culture environment, cultivation efficiency is improved, and yield is high.

The invention discloses an automatic seedling raising seedbed. The automatic seedling raising seedbed comprises a steel structure PC (polycarbonate) sunshine board room, at least one seedling raising seedbed body, a high-pressure atomization cooling device, a shading device, a plant growth light, a heating device, a plurality of temperature sensors, a plurality of humidity sensors, a light intensity sensor, a pesticide preparation system, a fertilizer preparation system, a water supply device, a spray device, a control device and an upper control terminal, wherein the at least one seedling raising seedbed body is arranged in the length direction of the steel structure PC sunshine board room in parallel and located in the steel structure PC sunshine board room. According to the automatic seedling raising seedbed, the daylighting is guaranteed and transformed in a circulation manner of W-type seedling disk arrangement and combination chains, and light-affected areas are even and cannot shield light rays mutually, so that seedlings have a balanced growing environment; and crop seedling raising environmental conditions such as the ventilation, the illumination, the temperature, the humidity and the like are guaranteed through the assist of a series of automatic facilities as well as testing and monitoring facilities, so that the labor intensity of operators is reduced, and the production efficiency is improved.