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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tomio Kasahara, Hamamatsu, JA;
Tomotaro Makita, Nagoya, JA;
Assignees:
Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited, Tokyo, JA;
Yuka Badische Co., Ltd., Yokkaichi, JA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
47 64 ;
Abstract
A hydroponic container comprising a casing and a porous foam plate disposed on the surface of water contained in the casing, the porous foam plate consisting of an aggregate of foamed resin beads bonded to one another with continuous open spaces among adjacent beads, and a hydroponic method which comprises disposing a porous foam plate on the surface of water containing nutrients, the porous foam plate consisting of an aggregate of foamed resin beads bonded to one another with water permeable spaces among adjacent beads, and cultivating a plant on the porous foam plate.