4 results about "Vertical growth" patented technology

A produce growing and harvesting system is provided for use with at least one motor, the system comprising: a plurality of vertical grow towers, each grow tower defining a bore and including a plurality of apertures extending to the bore from an ambient environment, and a cylindrical upper end; a tower gear at the cylindrical upper end, the tower gear in motive communication with the grow tower; and a grip and rotate system, the grip and rotate system including a body, an external gear for engaging the tower gear, a strut extending between the body and the external gear and in rotational communication with the external gear, a pair of arms attached to the body; a first grip jaw and a second grip jaw defining an opening sized to accept the cylindrical upper end of each grow tower, each grip jaw attached to one of the pair of arms, and including a plurality of rollers disposed in the opening.

There is presented an irrigation system for use in a vertical growth tower, the irrigation system comprising a watering head mounted on the lift mechanism of the vertical growth tower such that the lift mechanism is configured to transfer a growth tray from a stack of growth trays from a storage position to a management position and to move the watering head into position to water a growth tray within the vertical growth tower.

Title: Method for vertical growth of a III-V material. The invention relates to a method for growing a III-V material comprising supplying a stack including a crystalline layer of III-V material, a first masking layer overlying the germination layer, the first masking layer having at least one first aperture, the formation of at least one layer, the deposition of a second masking layer covering an upper face of the sacrificial layer, the formation of at least one second aperture in the second masking layer, the selective removal of the sacrificial layer from the first and second masking layers, and the epitaxial growth of a material based on the III-V material from the germination layer.the formation of at least a third aperture in the second masking layer and epitaxial growth of at least one material based on material III-V from the first epitaxially formed layer. Figure for the abstract: Fig. 12,

The vertical growth system can have a plurality of inserts of different insert types which can be introduced into apertures giving access to growing media for various purposes. The insert types can include support inserts, cover inserts, footer inserts and plug inserts. Methods are use are described, including a method of introducing the inserts, and a tool which may be used to spread the apertures when mounting or dismounting the vertical growth system.