Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rainwater catchment apparatus and plant cultivating system having rainwater catchment apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 雨水集水设备和具有雨水集水装置的植物栽培系统
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Application No.: US12741521Application Date: 2008-10-30
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Publication No.: US08689819B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Masaki Hashimoto , Yoshiro Miyake
- Applicant: Masaki Hashimoto , Yoshiro Miyake
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Assignee: Suntory Holdings Limited
- Current Assignee: Suntory Holdings Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Agency: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Priority: JP2007-289929 20071107
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/069772 WO 20081030
- International Announcement: WO2009/060784 WO 20090514
- Main IPC: F16L5/00
- IPC: F16L5/00 ; E04D13/00 ; E04D13/08

Abstract:
The present invention provides a rainwater catchment apparatus that is easily installed without renovating a building. The rainwater catchment apparatus comprises a rainwater inlet for introducing rainwater, a flange portion engaged with a peripheral portion of a rainwater outlet serving as a leading end of a drainage canal formed in a building framework for introducing rainwater in the rainwater inlet, a drain portion for discharging excessive water exceeding a predetermined level to the drainage canal, a reservoir freely fitted into the drainage canal through the rainwater outlet, and a pumping mechanism for pumping water stored in the reservoir to the outside.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100307057A1 RAINWATER CATCHMENT APPARATUS AND PLANT CULTIVATING SYSTEM HAVING RAINWATER CATCHMENT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-12-09
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