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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
Mjnn Llc, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Gage Goodspeed Coffin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Michael Peter Flynn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brice Leon Klein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexandre Le Roux, Redwood City, CA (US);
Timothy Michael Murcko, San Mateo, CA (US);
Nathaniel R. Storey, Laramie, WY (US);
MJNN LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A vertical farming structure having vertical grow towers and associated conveyance mechanisms for moving the vertical grow towers through a controlled environment, while being exposed to controlled lighting, airflow, humidity and nutritional support. The present disclosure describes a reciprocating cam mechanism that provides a cost-efficient mechanism for conveying vertical grow towers in the controlled environment. The reciprocating cam mechanism can be arranged to increase the spacing of the grow towers as they are conveyed through the controlled environment to index the crops growing on the towers. The present disclosure also describes an irrigation system that provides aqueous nutrient solution to the grow towers.