JP3245590B2 - Seedling pot - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pot for raising seedlings used for raising plant seedlings such as vegetables and flowers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when raising plant seedlings such as vegetables and flowers, seedling pots made of a soft synthetic resin such as polyethylene or vinyl chloride are often used.

[0003] Such a pot has a single pot-like shape, and comprises a cylindrical side wall that terminates at an opening edge of an upper end of the pot, and a bottom wall with a drain hole that is continuous from the lower end of the side wall. The side walls and the bottom wall formed a room for accommodating soil for raising seedlings.

[0004] However, in such a seedling pot, the material is a soft synthetic resin such as polyethylene which is relatively soft, and is formed to be quite thin in order to save the material used and to reduce the weight. Even if ribs for use are formed, the stiffness is weak, the shape retention is poor, and it is difficult to handle.

[0005] Therefore, the above-mentioned earthing work for handling a large number of pots is extremely troublesome. In particular, to streamline the work of digging into each pot,
A large number of seedling raising pots are arranged in parallel, and it is performed to fill the seedlings in each pot at once, but if the pots are arranged in parallel on a simple tray,
The upper end opening edge of the pot side wall is bent, so that the seedling soil cannot be filled.

[0006] Therefore, in the above soiling work,
Using a special soil filling device such as a tray or a basket tray having a partition space partitioned by a lattice-like partition, each pot is fitted one by one into each partition space of the soil filling device, and a side wall is formed. It is also considered to fill the nursery soil while fixing it so that it does not bend (for example, Japanese Patent Publication No.
No. 33962). However, in this case, a large amount of labor is required for the setting operation of inserting the seedling raising pots one by one into the partition space of the soil stuffer and the taking-out work after putting in the soil.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above, and as a seedling raising pot used for raising plant seedlings such as vegetables and flowers, it is necessary to set work on a soil stuffer for soil placement and floor placement. It is an object of the present invention to facilitate handling at the time of, etc., and to save labor and efficiency of the work.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a seedling-growing pot for solving the above-mentioned problems, comprising a cylindrical side wall entirely formed of a synthetic resin or the like, having a thin wall, and terminating at an upper opening edge. A plurality of pots each having a bottom wall having a hole are connected in parallel in a plurality of rows and columns so as to form a tray shape as a whole in the same plane, and each pot is outwardly connected to an upper end opening edge of the side wall. With slightly protruding ears, adjacent pots are connected at only one of the ears facing each other by a separable connecting portion having a very small width without being connected on the entire outer periphery. It is characterized in that it can be easily separated into a single pot by tearing the connecting portion after filling the soil or after raising the seedlings.

In the above, it is preferable that the width of the connecting ear portion of each pot is 1 to 5 mm. That is, if the width of the connecting ears is less than 1 mm, there is no effect due to the provision of the ears, and if the width of the ears exceeds 5 mm, the form in which a large number of pots are juxtaposed and connected becomes large. The overhang of the ears in the state of being separated into the pot becomes large, which is not preferable.

[0010]

According to the above-mentioned seedling raising pot of the present invention, the required number of pots is required because the adjacent pots are detachably connected to each other at the connection portion of the ear at the upper end of the side wall. Can be stored and set on the under tray or basket tray with one touch, and can be easily arranged on the soil stuffer,
Compared to the conventional case where one pot was set side by side,
Can work several tens of times more efficiently.

Further, the seedling raising pot has an ear at the upper end of the side wall of each pot, which serves as a kind of reinforcing edge, and the adjacent pots are connected to each other at the connecting portion of the ear. In combination with each other to act to regulate the bending of the side walls, and has a high form retention, causing the pot to break at the time of soiling without using an under tray or a basket tray as in the conventional method. There is no fear.

[0012] Moreover, after filling or raising seedlings,
In the case of separating each pot, if the adjacent pots are separated from each other at the connecting portions of the ear portions facing each other, this connecting portion is only at one location of the opposing ear portions of the adjacent pots, and Since the connecting portions are detachably connected to each other with a very small width, the connecting portion can be easily torn, and can be easily separated into a single pot.

[0013]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pot for raising seedlings according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one pot portion with a part thereof cut away, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the same, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a connecting portion between the ears.

As shown in the figure, the connection-type seedling-growing pot (A) of the present invention is entirely formed of a relatively thin mold made of a synthetic resin such as polyethylene or vinyl chloride resin. And a bottom wall (5) connected to the lower end of the side wall (3) and having one or a plurality of drain holes (4). ), A pot (1) having a single pot shape is formed, and a plurality of the pots (1) are connected in parallel so as to form a plurality of rows each in the vertical and horizontal directions.

As a connection form, each of the pots (1) has a slightly outwardly projecting ear portion (6) at the upper end opening edge (2) of the side wall (3) and the adjacent pot (1). ) (1)
The ears (6), (6) facing each other are formed so as to be separable and connected. (7) shows the connection part. Each of the connecting portions (7) is in the same plane, and has a tray shape as a whole.

The ear (6) of each pot (1) has a crossing angle (θ) of 90 ° with respect to the tapered side wall (3).
It extends outward at an angle of up to 105 °, and in consideration of shape retention and appearance and ease of handling in a state where each pot is separated into single pieces, the width thereof is as shown in the figure at the upper end opening edge ( Usually, it is set in the range of 1 to 5 mm so as to form a shape corresponding to 2).

Further, as the connecting portion (7) between the ear portions (6) and (6), the ear portions (6) and (6) of the adjacent pots (1) and (1) can be connected so as to be torn apart. Any position and shape may be used as long as the ears (6) are connected to each other in the present invention.

The connecting portion (7) is connected with a very small width so that it can be relatively easily separated. However, as shown in FIG. A notch (8a) or a V-shaped notch (8a) or a perforated cut (8b) along the separation line as shown in FIG.
, Etc., may be provided. In this case, the tear can be more easily separated. Of course, if the connecting portion is thin and has a very small width, the connecting portion can be easily torn apart without the above-mentioned separation assisting means.

The arrangement of each pot (1) is as follows.
In addition to the above case, the rows may be alternately shifted left and right for each row. According to the form of the under tray and the basket tray used for the earth filling machine and the like, the pot size, and the like, it can be carried out as appropriate in the vertical and horizontal directions as shown in the figure. The seedling-growing pot (A) in these forms can be molded easily by molding the whole at once.

The form of each pot (1) is as follows.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the outer shape of the upper end opening is a substantially square shape with rounded corners, and the bottom is formed in a circular shape. As shown in FIG. Various embodiments are possible, such as a bowl having a circular shape in a plane shape. In the case of this embodiment, similarly to the above-described embodiment, a corresponding protruding ear (6) is provided at the upper end opening edge (2) as shown in the figure, and the adjacent pots (1) and (1) are provided. The ears facing each other (6)
What is necessary is just to connect so that it can be easily separated at one place of (6).

In the drawing, reference numeral (9) denotes a side wall rib provided at a required circumferential interval of the side wall (3) of each pot (1) to prevent root winding, and is also a longitudinal rib for reinforcement. Also (10)
Is a concave groove formed on the lower surface side of the bottom wall (5) in order to secure air permeability and drainage when placed on the floor surface, and communicates from the outer peripheral portion to the central drain hole (4). (11) is a circumferential linear rib provided near the upper opening edge.

In each embodiment, the pot (1)
In order to prevent close contact when a large number of seedling pots (A) are overlapped with nesting, convex portions or steps are provided at required portions of the side wall (3) or the bottom wall (5) of each pot (1). It is preferable to provide an adhesion preventing part (not shown) such as a part.

According to the seedling raising pot (A) of the present invention described above, the plurality of connected pots (1) can be handled as a single unit, so that handling operations such as transportation and storage are facilitated and automatic handling is performed. The operation of filling each pot (1) with the seedling raising soil using the earth-filling machine or placing the seedlings on the nursery bed can be performed easily and efficiently.

For example, when each pot (1) is filled with the seedling raising soil using a soil filling device such as a holding tray or a basket tray of a special form, a required number of pots (1) are filled with soil having a partition space. It can be stored and set in the stuffing device with one touch, and can be easily arranged in the stuffing device. Compared with the conventional method in which one pot is arranged one by one, the stuffing work is several tens of times more efficient. Can do it.

That is, when a pot is set in a basket tray (manufactured by Saito Farm Co., Ltd.) which is a soil stuffer, a connected seedling raising pot according to an embodiment of the present invention and a conventional single soft pot When the set work efficiency was compared using each of the seedling pots, the results are shown in Table 1 below, and the product of the example of the present invention was far more efficient.

[0027]

[Table 1] Moreover, the ears (6) are provided at the upper end of the side wall (3) of each pot (1).
This serves as a kind of reinforcing edge, and since a plurality of pots (1) are connected by ears (6) and the bending of the side wall (3) is mutually restricted, Even if it is made of a soft synthetic resin and is thin, it has high overall shape retention, does not break when filling the seedling raising soil, and facilitates the soiling operation and can be reliably performed.

When the pots (1) are separated from each other at the time of shipment after the filling of the seedling raising soil or after the seedling raising, one of the connecting portions (7) of the ears (6) and (6) facing each other is used. If a part is torn, it can be easily separated.

[0029]

As described above, according to the connection-type seedling-growing pot of the present invention, the whole is united when soil is put into the plant or when it is placed on the floor when raising the plant seedling such as vegetables and flowers. As a result, it is possible to save labor and improve work efficiency, and it is possible to easily separate each pot at the time of subsequent shipment or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a seedling raising pot of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view in which a part of one pot portion is cut off.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

6 (a) and 6 (b) are enlarged perspective views illustrating connecting portions provided with separation assisting means.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of one pot portion according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (A) Seedling raising pot (1) Pot (2) Top opening edge (3) Side wall (4) Drain hole (5) Bottom wall (6) Ear (7) Connection (8a) Notch (8b) Perforated Notch (9) Side wall rib (10) Concave groove (11) Linear rib

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Masahiro Koishi 180 Inumahigiri, Umekoji-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Inside 180 Ikicho Takii Seedling Co., Ltd. 180 in Takii Seedling Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Mikio Matsunaga 1360 Hari, Kosai-cho, Koga-gun, Shiga Prefecture Inside the research farm of Takii Seedling Co., Ltd. 1966 Inside the TS Plant Co., Ltd. (56) References Japanese Utility Model Showa 49-43440 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 55-14482 (JP, U) Registered Utility Model 3031249 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of pots, each of which is formed as a thin wall and has a cylindrical side wall terminating at an upper end opening edge and a bottom wall having a drainage hole, are arranged in parallel in a plurality of rows and columns to form a whole in the same plane.
Te is connected so as to form a tray shape becomes, each pot is provided with ears which issued slightly Zhang outward at the upper end opening edge of the side wall, without being connected across the periphery, pot adjacent to only one position of the ear portion facing, connected by separable connection of negligible width, by tearing the connecting part on or after seedling after seedlings soil filling,
A seedling pot that can be easily separated into a single pot.