Systems and methods for cleaning a tray in a grow pod

US10421618B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Grow Solutions Tech LLC · US

Inventors

• Gary Bret Millar · Highland, US
• Mark Gerald Stott · Eagle Mountain, US
• Todd Garrett Tueller · American Fork, US
• Michael Stephen Hurst · Farmington, US
• Alan Ray Bentley · Alpine, US
• Taylor John Woodbury · Provo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2207/24
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to systems and methods for emptying and/or cleaning a tray within in an assembly line grow pod. In one embodiment, a sanitizer component for cleaning a tray coupled to a cart in an assembly line grow pod is disclosed. The sanitizer component is coupled to a track such that the cart and the tray are received in the sanitizer component via the track. The sanitizer component comprises a first actuator arm positioned underneath the track and extendable through an opening in the track and an aperture at a bottom end of the cart to contact the tray such that the tray rotates in a first direction. The sanitizer component further includes an actuator motor coupled to the first actuator arm for extending the first actuator arm and a controller. The controller is communicatively connected to the actuator motor in the sanitizer component.