Row Crop Canopy With Ridge Zip Fastening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing weather protection canopies for plant cultures require significant time to open and close, making it difficult to adjust to changing weather conditions, and they often leave gaps when fully opened or closed, which can expose crops to increased weather risks.
Innovation Solution
A canopy with a continuous ridge zip on its longitudinal edge allows for easy detachment from the ridge wire, enabling quick adjustments to weather conditions, and is held by a carrier tape for collision-free operation, with a pulling device for automated opening and closing, and features like guide brackets and ventilation strips for efficient handling and protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a protective net is used for weather protection, then crops are protected from hail and rain, but the time required to open and close the canopy is excessive, preventing quick adjustment to changing weather conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The canopy is divided into multiple detachable panels that can be independently opened or closed along the ridge line. Each panel is secured by individual fastening elements, allowing selective opening of only the necessary sections rather than requiring the entire canopy to be opened or closed as a single unit.
Solution Approach 2:
The canopy structure incorporates movable and adjustable components, including telescopic ridge poles that can be quickly extended or retracted, and panels that can be rapidly attached or detached. This dynamic design enables the canopy to be quickly deployed or removed in response to changing weather conditions.
2Ease of operation
If the protective canopy is fully opened to expose crops, then ventilation and access are improved, but gaps may form that expose crops to increased weather risks
Solution Approach 1:
The canopy is divided into multiple detachable panels that can be independently opened or closed along the ridge line. Each panel is secured by individual fastening elements, allowing selective opening of only the necessary sections rather than requiring the entire canopy to be opened or closed as a single unit.
Solution Approach 2:
Different sections of the canopy can be opened or closed based on local requirements. For example, only the central panels can be opened for ventilation while the end panels remain closed to protect against wind and rain, or specific panels can be opened to allow access for crop management operations.
3Device complexity
If manual handling of the canopy is used, then结构简单性 is maintained, but handling effort and time consumption are excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The canopy incorporates self-tensioning mechanisms and automatic alignment features that reduce the need for manual adjustment during assembly and operation. The telescopic ridge poles automatically extend to the correct length, and the panels self-align as they are attached, minimizing the physical effort and time required for handling.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a roof for row-arranged plant crops (12) with several supports (14) distributed throughout the rows (10), a ridge wire (16) stretched along the rows (10) over the respective supports (14), and at least one flexible roofing sheet (18) that can be stretched laterally over the respective row (10) on the ridge wire (16). It is proposed that the roofing sheet (18) has a continuous ridge zipper (20) along its longitudinal edge located on the ridge wire (16), wherein the roofing sheet (18) can be detached from the ridge wire (16) by opening the ridge zipper (20), thereby releasing the row (10).