Plant growing device

Claim 1

A device for promoting plant growth by rotating a plant container and delivering water to a plant within said container, comprising: (a) a base having an upper section and a lower section, said upper section being rotatably disposed with respect to said lower section; (b) means for controllably rotating said upper section relative to said lower section; (c) water supply containment means including a chamber defined in said lower section by a horizontally-disposed intermediate wall dividing the interior of said lower section into upper and lower chambers, said lower chamber containing a supply of water therein; and means for replenishing the water in said lower chamber; and (d) means cooperating with said rotating means for delivering water from said containment means to said plant container, said water delivering means comprising: (a) a water delivery tube extending externally of said plant container and having one end extending into said water supply containment means, the other end of said tube terminating at a point adjacent to said plant container such that water is delivered to said plant; (b) a flexible elongated tubular member disposed within said water supply containment means, one end of said tubular member being anchored to said water containment means so that said water has free access to the interior of said tubular member, and the other end of said tubular member being attached in a fluid-communicating manner to the end of said delivery tube extending into said water supply containment means; (c) a roller member in rotatable depressing engagement with the upper, outer surface of said tubular member to compress the area of said tubular member below said roller to provide pressure for forcing said water through said tubular member into said water delivery tube; and (d) means coupling said roller member to said rotatable upper section such that said roller member depresses said tubular member during rotational movement of said upper section.

Claim 2

A device for promoting plant growth by rotating a plant container and delivering water to a plant within said container, comprising: (a) a base having an upper section and a lower section, said upper section being rotatably disposed with respect to said lower section; (b) means for controllably rotating said upper section relative to said lower section; (c) water supply containment means including a chamber defined in said lower section by a horizontally-disposed intermediate wall dividing the interior of said lower section into upper and lower chambers, said lower chamber containing a supply of water therein; and means for replenishing the water in said lower chamber; and (d) means cooperating with said rotating means for delivering water from said containment means to said plant container, said water delivering means comprising: (a) a water delivery tube extending externally of said plant container and having one end extending into said water supply containment means, the other end of said tube terminating at a point adjacent to said plant container such that water is delivered to said plant; (b) a flexible elongated tubular member disposed within said water supply containment means, one end of said tubular member being anchored to said water containment means so that said water has free access to the interior of said tubular member, and the other end of said tubular member being attached in a fluid-communicating manner to the end of said delivery tube extending into said water supply containment means; (c) a roller member in rotatable depressing engagement with the upper, outer surface of said tubular member to compress the area of said tubular member below said roller to provide pressure for forcing said water through said tubular member into said water delivery tube; and (d) means coupling said roller member to said rotatable upper section such that said roller member depresses said tubular member during rotational movement of said upper section.