GLEN PETTIBONE
Architects at Camino Estrada, Concord, CA
License number
Alaska AELM12545
Issued Date
Apr 6, 2010
Effective Date
Dec 21, 2015
Expiration Date
Dec 31, 2017
Category
Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors
Address
Address
1887 Camino Estrada, Concord, CA 94521
Professional information
Combined Vertical Farm, Biofuel, Biomass, And Electric Power Generation Process And Facility
US Patent:
2011013, Jun 9, 2011
Filed:
Nov 18, 2010
Appl. No.:
12/948779
Inventors:
Glen James Pettibone - Concord CA, US
International Classification:
A01G 9/02, A01D 46/00, A01G 1/00, F23G 5/00
US Classification:
47 65, 47 83, 56 1, 47 581LS, 110255
Abstract:
Methods and associated apparatus for automatically growing agricultural crops vertically and/or in a continuous fashion throughout each year (Vertical Farm) in combination with contiguous and co-located production of biofuel, food, biomass for the purpose of carbon sequestering (carbon credits), and biomass electric power generation. A process that incorporates vast arrays of continuous-loop conveyors, towering upon vertical framework, which allow potted plants to be transported throughout all stages of maturity in a manner which substantially multiplies yield per acre, allows production to proceed in both natural and artificial light, allows production and harvesting to be automated, and allows production to proceed in conditions which are highly favorable to plants but unfavorable to humans. The entire apparatus can be constructed of lightweight, cost-effective materials which afford mass-production and mass-array into vast automatic growing operations.
Modular Vertical Farm Cell
US Patent:
8533993, Sep 17, 2013
Filed:
Nov 17, 2010
Appl. No.:
12/947830
Inventors:
Glen James Pettibone - Concord CA, US
International Classification:
A01G 31/02
US Classification:
47 65
Abstract:
A continuous-loop conveyor, towering upon vertical framework, which allows potted perennial plants and other plants to be transported throughout all stages of maturity in a manner which substantially multiplies yield per acre, allows production to proceed in both natural and artificial light, allows production and harvesting to be automated, and allows production to proceed in conditions which are favorable to plants but unfavorable to humans. The entire apparatus can be constructed of lightweight, cost-effective materials, which afford mass-production and mass-array into vast automatic growing operations.