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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2020
Mjnn Llc, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Brice Leon Klein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Allison Marie Maclellan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gage Goodspeed Coffin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Casey Bennet Call, San Francisco, CA (US);
Loren Raymond Pilorin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew Keith James, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexandre Le Roux, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael Peter Flynn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alan Colbrie Schoen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Theodore Howe St. George, San Francisco, CA (US);
Danielle Meredith Fallon, San Francisco, CA (US);
MJNN LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An irrigation system for 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 conditions, such as lighting, airflow, humidity and nutritional support. The present disclosure describes a grow tower conveyance system that moves vertically-oriented grow towers to select positions along a grow line. An irrigation line having apertures at the select positions provides aqueous nutrient solution to the grow towers, while a gutter structure captures excess solution. In a closed loop system, the excess solution returns to a recirculation tank.