Stackable Water Culture Block with Overflow Tube for Art Wall
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water culture systems are difficult to use as art walls and cannot easily stack multiple layers to grow different kinds of plants independently, limiting their decorative and cultivation capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A water culture block system that allows stacking, featuring a block body with overflow tubes and a water tray system for fluid circulation, enabling multiple stages of plant growth and easy assembly/disassembly, with features like engagement protrusions and escape-prevention plates to secure plants and prevent overflow.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If water culture systems are designed as single-unit containers, then they are simple to manufacture, but they cannot be stacked as art walls and cannot grow different kinds of plants independently
Solution Approach 1:
The water culture system is divided into multiple independent water culture blocks, each capable of holding different plants. Each block functions as a separate unit with its own receiving space and overflow control, enabling stacking to form art walls while maintaining independent plant cultivation in each segment.
Solution Approach 2:
Each water culture block is designed as a universal module that can serve multiple functions: as an individual plant container, as part of a stacked art wall structure, and as a water circulation unit. The standardized design with engagement protrusions and overflow tubes allows the same block to be used in various configurations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If water culture blocks are stacked in multiple stages, then different kinds of plants can be grown independently and art wall decoration is enabled, but water flow control and overflow prevention become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
Overflow tubes are pre-installed in each water culture block at predetermined heights. These tubes are positioned before water circulation begins, establishing automatic overflow control pathways that prevent water from rising above safe levels in any stacked block, ensuring reliable water level management throughout the multi-stage structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The overflow tubes act as intermediary elements between the receiving spaces of stacked blocks and the external environment. They provide a controlled intermediate pathway for excess water to escape, mediating the water flow between blocks and preventing uncontrolled overflow that could damage the art wall structure.
3Ease of manufacture
If simple container structures are used, then manufacturing is easy, but plant support and prevention of plant sagging are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The plant support function is merged into the block structure itself through engagement protrusions that extend into the receiving space. These protrusions are integrated during manufacturing, combining structural support and plant anchoring functions into a single manufactured component, maintaining ease of production while providing reliable plant support.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables clean and efficient water culture, allows for stacking as an art wall, and facilitates individual plant growth in each block, improving aesthetics and functionality by preventing plant sagging and overflow while allowing fluid circulation between blocks.
Implementation Method 1
at least one overflow tube having a hollow portion formed therein and configured to pass through the bottom plate to communicate an inside of the block body with an outside thereof
Implementation Method 2
a water tray body formed at an upper portion of the block body and having a through hole formed therein for providing a fluid to the receiving space
Data Source
AI summary
The described technology relates to a water culture block, which can be stacked in multiple stages along a wall surface, and a water culture device having the same. The water culture block can include a block body including side plates each having an opening, and a bottom plate connected to the side plates to form a receiving space, and at least one overflow tube having a hollow portion and configured to pass through the bottom plate to communicate an inside of the block body with an outside thereof. The water culture block can also include a water tray body formed at an upper portion of the block body and having a through hole for providing a fluid to the receiving space, and a pipe in communication with the through hole and coupled to the water tray body to support the water tray body on the bottom plate.