CS252473B2 - Method of cylindrical planting packes insertion into a vessel and equipment for its realization - Google Patents

Abstract

Cylindrical rod-shaped articles (109) which carry or are about to carry seeds or cuttings, are transported by a conveyor (124) in a direction at right angles to their axes to a row forming station where they are picked-up and held in flutes at the underside of a suction head (131) to form a row. The suction head (131) is then lifted and a pusher (134) transfers the row, by moving the articles (109) axially, into an adjacent tray (2c) which has rows of spikes on which the articles are impaled or compartments for receiving discrete articles. If the seeds or cuttings are to be implanted subsequent to introduction of the articles into the tray, the exposed end face of each article is formed with a recess during or immediately after introduction into the tray. All the articles of a row are transferred in a single step and the tray is lowered to receive successive rows. The trays can be tilted from horizontal to vertical positions prior as well as subsequent to reception of the rows of articles. <IMAGE>

Description

(54) A method of inserting cylindrical withdrawal packages into a container and apparatus for carrying it out

Packages consisting of a package containing a filling and at least one seed are placed in a container in which the seed is allowed to germinate. To fill the container, the bales, coming in a direction transverse to their longitudinal axes, are assembled in ulcers having a constant distance. After creating the complete series of the predetermined beginning ^{t b} em al ^ICK of ^R and ^{dy MOVING} cave ^s In the direction ^of the longitudinal axes of the chambers into packages on mandrels or container.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for introducing cylindrical planting packages consisting of a package surrounding a filling that circulates at least one seed into a container where seeds or parts of plants are germinated and to a device for carrying out the method.

The term filling includes a material in which the seeds can germinate and take root for at least some time. These may be peat, earth or the like, optionally with fillers, for example foams, and fertilizers. The filling may comprise seed, or may be suitable for receiving seed or parts of plants, for example, seedlings, for example by being provided with a pit.

According to German Patent No. 3,049,576, it is known to couple the spacer strips by means of a spacer strip, produced, for example, by the method of U.S. Pat. No. 3,456,336, and to allow the seeds to germinate at the desired time. The plants can then be planted in a field (not shown) by rooting, the spacer connecting strip defining the mutual distance of the plants.

The purpose of the invention is to insert cylindrical planting packages of the kind mentioned in containers in which the seeds can germinate and plant the plants. The young plants can then be removed from the containers for further processing, for example for planting in the field.

The essence of the method according to the invention is that the planting packages, transported successively in a direction transverse to their longitudinal axis, are assembled in rows in which they have constant relative distances and are moved into the container in the direction of their longitudinal axis. Advantageously, the withdrawal packages having the same distance from each other and assembled in rows are transferred to the container simultaneously.

In order to prevent the roots of the plants that evolve from the seeds from penetrating, facilitating the gripping of the packages for removal from the container, the packages are placed in the container in spaced apart positions. This can be done by feeding the packages into the chambers of the container, or by sliding their front side onto sharp spikes. If seeds are to be additionally inserted into the packages, it is expedient to form a dent at the head of the package. This can advantageously be combined with the transfer of the package to the container, during or immediately after the transfer, into the wells of the packages facing away from the bottom of the container.

When planting packages are produced continuously and at a high production rate, i.e. in large numbers per time unit, and fed to the container, the problem arises that following assembly of a single complete row, subsequent packages would run into the container the line being moved.

In order to prevent this, according to the invention, the complete row of packages is raised from the collection plane to the transfer plane by a distance that is greater than the diameter of the package, so that the finished row in the higher transfer plane is inserted into the container. The advantage of this measure is that newly arriving packages can already enter the collecting plane during the transfer of the previous row to the conversion plane. By spatially separating the collecting plane from the transfer plane, it is achieved that there is no need to interrupt the feed of the planting packages. Alternatively, the complete row is separated mechanically from new arrivals when moving packages, for example by means of a stop moving mechanically into the package delivery path. This stop, when the row of packages has been moved into the container, is moved out of the package supply path again, which can therefore reach the area in which they are collected in the row.

It is important that the rows of equidistant packages are somewhat accurate and that there are no gaps between the individual packages by missing the package. According to a further feature of the invention, packages conveyed transversely to their longitudinal axis to form a complete row are successively sucked up into equidistant depressions, wherein the package is not sucked into the depression adjacent to the feed direction of the packages with the depression occupied by the previous package.

Another possibility is that the packages coming directly from the production machine are fed transversely to the direction of the longitudinal axis in a single-layer stream into equidistant storage spaces whose distances correspond to the distances of the packages in the container, into the feed plane.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention, after moving the substantially horizontal rows of packages, the container is automatically raised up one step corresponding to the desired distance of the rows of packages in the container.

the container evacuates, preferably in the direction of the longitudinal axes, in the opposite direction it can come in.

After the container has been completely filled, the packages are packed, from a vertical filling plane, leaving a new empty container. The movements of the unfilled and the supply of the empty container took place already during the discharge of the full container. For example, a container that performs a stepping movement in the vertical filling plane during filling may perform a slightly larger movement step after inserting the last row of packages so that it reaches the discharge conveyor; at the same time, the supply of a new empty container to the filling zone can start, so that the filling rhythm is not interrupted.

In terms of both cost and storage capacity of the container, it is expedient for the containers to be thin-walled and flat. However, this creates handling problems. According to the invention, these problems are overcome by feeding the containers horizontally, that is to say, transversely to their receptacles and swinging into the vertical filling plane. After filling, the container is pivoted from the vertical position again to the horizontal position 8 and is discharged transversely to the longitudinal axes of the planting packages, for example to a stacking device.

The principle of the device according to the invention consists in that the device consists of a filling station provided with a feeding conveyor of dropping packages extending transversely to their longitudinal axis, which is associated with a package row descender and opposite transfer packages of one row in the direction of their longitudinal axes into the storage chambers or ηε 1e from the empty container delivery conveyor from the station container and from the container empty container to the storage station, the conveyors being in different transport planes.

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The row descending device, provided with a lifting device for moving the assembler from the collecting plane to the transfer plane, comprises a sowing head whose underside above the feed conveyor is provided with depressions connected by channels to the vacuum chamber. The feed conveyor is provided with a storage space for the packages, and positioned above the combiner gradually elevates rows each row of packages from the receiving head can prostorů.Secí discontinuously circulate on the bottom side of a supply conveyor provided with depressions associated with ε zdvihscím device for SEM ^{p í á} Stove n ^ i ^hl suction Avy with ^{BE-dimensional} in the plane in the direction ^of deflection ^{at p} within ^d n ^¹H the conveyor and retaining suction hL-ye in transfer plane for storing a series of packages into the container. Among the filler ^and tent to ^{A s} c ^s ε Multiples stannate was stored BC ^beta. ADN ^e p ^s in ^g decilitre and discharge ^ ^d opravníkem that lie in different planes, and is positioned upright beam conveyor.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of the device according to the invention, FIG. 2 shows the withdrawal package which can be inserted into the container by the device according to the invention, FIG. 3 shows the suction head for the withdrawal packages in enlarged perspective. Fig. 4 is a partial longitudinal section of the suction head of Fig. 3 on an enlarged scale, Fig. 5 is a section taken along the V-V plane of Fig. 4, Fig. 6 a planting package provided with a seed depression in Fig. Fig. 7 shows a partial unfilled container with square chambers in plan view; Fig. 8 shows the vessel of Fig. 7 in a partial side sectional view taken along the line VIII-VIII in Figs. 7, 9 and 10; to enlarge. Fig. 11 shows another embodiment of the container, Figs. 12 and 13 on an enlarged scale, cut-outs of the container of Fig. 11, whereby not Fig. 13 is filled with withdrawal packages; Fig. 14 general arrangement of another device according to the invention with conveying device Fig. 15 details of the chain conveyor of Fig. 14, Fig. 16 details of the suction head of the device of Fig. 14, Fig. 17 cross section of the seed head according to Fig. 16, Fig. 18 e 19 ^p o ^dL e Figs. 1o, o ^b r. ² 0 ^d ete ^Ily smykaje к displacement Ra ^dy balíSfó of ^d suction ^hl © come into the container in the device of Fig. 14, Fig. 2) to 23 different phases of motion smyksdle of Figure Fig. 20, Fig. 24 details of the lifting device in the device of Figs. 14e and 25, respectively, of the pivot and conveying device for the containers associated with the device of Fig. 14.

Empty containers 2 stand of Fig. 1 in the supply station £ in a standby position E infeed conveyor with drive £ which performs the lifting and forward movement of the «direction of the arrow X for ^b ou Prem ^ ťovÉrny not lowered conveying X oblivion ^p tail S ^p The conveying conveyor 2 performs. step motion and transports the containers 2 stepwise in the vertical plane F filling the filling station of the eighth D · ° filling station 8 are conveyed packages Planting £ (Fig. 2) via the supply conveyor belt 11_ e perpendicularly from the drawing sequentially in a direction transverse ^{to the} e ^world ln ^p O ^{De é} DEG, ^and are collected in a collecting ^é £ plane (Fig. 4) in ^p ro ^hl UBN ^Ch 12 of the combiner 13 rows which is located directly above the delivery conveyor 11_. The recesses 12 of the assembler 13 are connected by air ducts 14 to the vacuum chamber 18. After the formation of the row 10, which consists of a defined number of equidistant dropping packages 2, the drive 17 raises the assembler 13 to the demonstration plane U by a distance. which is slightly larger than the cross-section of the package 2. so that further packages 9 may come under the builder 13. The drive device 18, driven by the drive 18, moves a plurality of 10 packages 5 at a time through the nozzle 21 into the container 2, each package 6 coming into a chamber separated from the adjacent chambers by the baffles. Thereafter, the actuator 6 starts the container 2 by one step corresponding to the gap between the two rows 50 of the whiskers 6, while the actuator 18 pushes the slider 19 back and the actuator 17 moves the row separator 13 again to the starting position above the feed conveyor 11 in which captures another row of £ 10 ·

In this way, the container 2 is not gradually filled with the individual rows 1). emerging from each other.

Upon transfer of a predetermined number of dilutions 10 of the packages 5 to the container 2, the drive unit 6 moves the next empty container 2 onto the lowering conveyor 4. Once the filled container 2 on the trigger ^with friction to ^Cart Ravn ^P u £ to us e ^{d kl} Novac ^and old ^P 22 lných containers ODVA ^{DI Aad} Ecim branch conveyor 23 in the direction of arrow 24 from the apparatus. The conveyors X 23 form, on the one hand, the inlet and outlet conveyors of the containers 8 and, on the other hand, the containers for full and empty containers. The container 6 is divided, not shown in FIG. 1, by honeycomb horizontal and vertical baffles, wherein the horizontal baffles separate the individual horizontal rows of blobs and the vertical baffles separate the packages of one row.

The chambers in the containers 6 may be circular, triangular, rectangular, in particular square or polygonal, for example hexagonal. When they have a hexagonal shape, the legs ^{characterized} by ^T consists ^of en ^y I ^to about Tonti pasture.

Giant. 2 shows the package vysezovecí £ enveloped 26th which surrounds a substantially cylindrical-shaped cartridge ^{27 with an} electric rε ^and n ^y ^ vj organickýk ton, ^{p y} UD EpoD. Neto from its ⁱ c ^h the mixture. Jato n ^stork LN ^h for ^{the DI} toždý m ^ RIA]., In ^the ter m ^{s of} his semen e £ 8 you ^{to ICI} l t Neto zatořenit. ^The BS ^L 26 may be of a material rapidly decaying in the ground, preferably of paper, but one useful are other materials such as plastics. Relatively durable plastics can also be used when rapid dissolution of the packages is not necessary or desirable.

3 to 5, there is shown in detail a row builder 13 with a suction head 131 for picking up and lifting the individual rows 10 of the packages, including their drives. The suction head 131 is movable up and down so that it constantly maintains its parallel position with the inlet conveyor 11. The movement of the suction head 131 is triggered by the piston of the pneumatic cylinder 31 which is mounted rotatably on the machine frame G and forms a force part of the drive 17 (FIG. 1). The pivoting movement is transmitted from the piston rod 32 by the spindle 33 and the two retractably mounted levers 34 to the suction head 131.The bearing levers 34 are mounted on the pins 36. The connection between the suction head 13 and the bearing levers 34 is formed by a hollow bearing spindle 37 bearing sliding bearings in a sliding bearing. sewing head 13! hence, it is mounted rotatably 10to the hollow bearing spindle 37 which forms the suction line 38 for the aspirated (FIG. 4). The sewer pipe 38 is connected by a non-generous flexible hose and also by a fan (not shown). For connecting the suction line 38 with the suction head 16 of the suction head 131. In the hollow bearing spindle 37, the aperture 41 is sized such that, with each movement of the support levers 21 and the associated sliding bearing located in the seed head. Against the opening 41, there is a recess 42 in the hollow bearing spindle 37 which corresponds to an additional air inlet 41 which performs a reciprocating movement with the support lever 34.

The underside of the feed conveyor 11 is supported by a support plate 44 (FIG. 5), which sits between two frame members 46, 52 in which the return rollers 48 &apos; of the feed conveyor 11 are rotatably supported. 3, it is mounted in levers 42 in FIG. 53 and can be extended by the cutout 54. 52. 53 are pivotally mounted in the piercing parts 46, 47 by means of the articulated bolts 56. (FIG. 5). The upper raneng 38 59 of the support levers 34 at the bearing spindle 37 together form a can 52, 53 a parallel guide for the seed head 121.

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Suction shy suction heads 13. The molded depressions 12 are connected via channels 14 (FIG. 1, FIG. 5) to the vacuum chamber 16. The depressions 12 form the upper walls, the wound portions 46. 47. The support plate 44 and the feed conveyor 11 form the lower wall of the channel 61. the air drawn in from the vacuum chamber 16 flows.

The device according to FIGS. 3 to 5 operates as follows: the feed conveyor 11 transports, in regular sequence, the withdrawal packages 2 which are sucked into the individual depressions 12 of the seed head 131. In Fig. 4, four planting packages 2 have already been added which will find their knives! longitudinal esanes always equal the same distance 15. Although the fifth package 2 is still missing the fifth ^{p of the} hollows £ 2. půootá PoA ^to no longer keep him mod ^{d p d} rouden dreaming EI ^PKY 62. At the beginning of the action of the air stream is entrained pack 2 feed conveyor 11 in the direction of arrow 62 8 approaches promptly to the respective recess 12. When dalšín closer to the recess 12 is the airflow package 2 is lifted from the feed conveyor 11 and moves at a relatively high velocity induced by the air flow to the respective depression 12. The described process is repeated successively until all the packages 2 are sucked into the depressions 12 of the seed head 131.

In order to move the continuous package 10 of packages 2 formed in the collecting plane A as described above into the higher transfer plane U, air is introduced into the pneumatic cylinder 31 so that the piston rod 32 slides inwards. The movement of the piston rod 32 swivels the support levers 34 in the direction of the arrow 63. By this, the sowing bolt 131 is raised upwards, and the height always remains in a plane parallel to the original position. The slider 19 of FIG. 1, which is not shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 for better clarity, drains the bales 2 of the raised slug 10 in the direction of their longitudinal axes from the bottom of the sow 13 and slides them into the chambers of the container Z (FIG. 1) . Thereafter, the seed drill 131 is retracted by the retractable movement of the piston rod 32 into the collection plane A. During transfer of the drill 10 from the seed drill 13 to the container 2, longer packages 2 'conveyed by the feed conveyor 11 may run underneath the seed head 131. In the filling plane A, the first package 2 automatically enters the first depression 12 because there is the greatest pressure. Jekaile this depression 12 ^b of betting Flick 2 »®á The ^greatest sided coating ^P character ^D on ^the 12th prohlubein Kd is ^YZ and ^T his ^LSI and ^{d p} ro ^h lu ^b otaazena ^Step 12, all the ^{straight and} Z ^and m max ^á CONSTANTS after ^{DTL kK} e ^{l d i,} and uj ^{oPeNING é} recess until also this casts, etc .. when the negative pressure in the last recess nejvštší £ 2, which lies in the conveying direction of the package 2 first, and when this recess occupy belíčken occurs in the vacuum chamber 16 to change the pressure conditions, which is determined-shown vacuum with ^P InaC and starter ^ i ^p OHY ^b suction ^hl Avy ^{131 h} oru and ^{MOVING of} the Rety ^10b al ^íčků 2 * ^y taHčků ^with ED 2> displaced in this manner, is located in the chambers of the container 2 above the other, shows yell FIG. 7.

When the seeding head 131 is raised, the recesses 42 and the air inlet 43 (FIG. 4) come one above the other so that the vacuum is displaced when the rows are moved. 1.0 of the packages 2 in the container 2 is reduced or completely disappeared.

Depending on the type of packages 2, however, it may be advantageous to slide the packages 2 out of the suction head 13 under a negative pressure; in this case, the air inlet 43 and the recess 42 are omitted.

Giant. 6 shows a planting package 2 consisting of a container 26 and a cartridge 27 and comprising the seed site 28 of FIG. 2, not the face 30, and a seed or seedling well 29. With the method and apparatus of the invention, such packages can be automatically stored in containers.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show a container 2a without reinforcing ribs on the outside, which are not indicated in FIG. 1. The container 8 has a square chamber 82a for receiving packages 2 &apos; These are formed by a set of horizontal baffles 83 and vertical baffles 84. The baffles 84, 84 are intended to separate the roots of plants that germinate from seeds or seedlings. At the bottom side 86 which faces away from the filling side of FIG. 1, the chambers 82e have circular holes 87a. through which water can drain. Optionally, sliders (not shown) can be inserted into the chambers 82a through the circular holes 87a to eject the chambers 2 ' To avoid forfeiture of packages 2 · ^{2-ru-threshold} holes 87e. there is a support edge 88 at the bottom of the cells 82a.

Giant. 9 and 10 show a modified embodiment of the container 2b. wherein the spacer 82, consisting of four webs, centers the package 2 &apos;, 2 ' in the middle of substantially the cell 82b.

The longer container 2v is shown in FIGS. 11-13. The container 2c has relatively low side walls 21 and elongated corner posts 22 forming support struts. To store packages 2, 2. the sharp mandrels 21 ' serve to which the packages 2 &apos; In the bottom 94 of the container 2c, a flat chamber 96 is pressed around the mandrel 93 where water or nutrient solution can be poured.

A variant of the invention is shown in the schematic embodiment of FIG. 14. The stripping blades 109 are cut off from the ejector strip 102 which is moved in the direction of arrow 101. The blades 109 are accelerated by two eccentric discs 106a by a knife 104 rotating in the direction of arrow 103. 106b. that rotate in the direction of arrows 1 07ib. 107b and hold packages between them. As a result, the packages are moved apart with gaps and are conveyed by a conveyor belt. 112. skirting ^r M ^and that after the ^TC ah Ша. HU. ^k tecec ^í him three иЗ. ^p are exercised ^for changing the bend of ^the Bahco 109 from a direction parallel to their longitudinal axis and in the transverse direction. For this purpose, the deflector 113 has a bucket 114 on the lever 116. The lever 116 is received by an elongated hole 117 on the fixed guide pin 118 and a bearing 119 not on the eccentric 122. which rotates in the direction of the arrow l11. conveyor 12 £. The storage spaces 123 are formed by depressions 126 in the chain links 127 of FIG. 15 and have a mutual distance which corresponds to the distances of the chambers 82 and the mandrels ⁹⁴ in the containers 2c. d0 which ^he feared maj ^{chromatographically} insert ¹⁰⁹ ^ t. The chain conveyor ¹² 24 runs on the sprockets 128a. 128b (FIG. 26) in the direction of Arrow 129.

16 and 17 illustrating the operation and which is deposited on the gearbox 132 of the filling station 133, respectively, removes one row with a defined number of ejection packages 109 from the receptacles 123 of the chain conveyor 124 Chain conveyor. 124 forms the collecting plane Д. The seed head 131 lifts the row 110 of the packages 109 to the transfer plane U in front of the slide 134 whose details. The slide 134 is mounted on the console 136 of the filling station 133 reciprocatingly in the direction of the double arrow 137 toward and away from the container 2c. As it moves to the container 2c, the slide 134 always moves one row of packs 109 from the suction head 131 and does not push them onto the mandrels 93 of the container 2c.

The containers 2e are removed from the stack 138 manually or by machine and the lower feed conveyor 139 guides them horizontally to the first feeding device 141 (FIG. 25). The vertical stepper conveyor 142 (FIG. 24) takes one container 2c one after the other from the pivot device 141 and transports it by the step filling station 133 up to the second pivot device 143 (FIG. 25), which places the filled containers 2c on the top drain. conveyor 144. which is guided to the stacking station 146. -.

The chain conveyor 124, the seed head 131, and the vertical stepper conveyor 142 are driven from the main drive of a machine (not shown) producing a belt 102 through a shaft 147 rotating in the direction of the arrow 148 a chain gear 149 and a transmission 151.

The suction head 131 is shown in FIGS. 16 and 17. The suction head 131 consists of a housing 152 for a vacuum chamber 153 connected by a flexible conduit 154 to a vacuum source not shown. The underside of the housing 152 facing the chain conveyor 124. is provided with bearing surfaces in the form of flat depressions 156, the mutual distances of which correspond to the distances of the receptacles 123 of the chain conveyor 124 and the spacing of the mandrels 93 in the container 2c. The depressions 156 are connected by air channels 97 to the vacuum chamber of the lie.

The housing 152 is supported by two rods 158a. 158b eccentrically on two crank disks 159e. 159b. 14, the crank disks 159a are a step-wise gear such as a disk star gear. 159b are intermittently driven so that they always perform full rotation with a delay at the top dead center of the crankshaft 161e. 161b.

The function of the suction head 131 is clear from FIG. 16, 18 and 19, wherein Fig. 16 shows the suction guise «Л at the beginning of the circulation in order to remove a series of packages 109 of the storage space 123 of the chain conveyor 124. FIG. ¹⁸ shows Sac ^{I H} I AVU ³¹ Mon objet ^{d hy d} ck ^{180 °} removed! ^b aHčků 109 of chain conveyor 124 and FIG. 19 of the suction head 131 after a full revolution in the rest position in which it can be inserted using attached line. 110 packages 109 from the underside of the suction head 131.

A slide 134 mounted on a bracket 136 and driven by a crankshaft 162. is provided to extend the row 110. The crankshaft 162 consists of a crank disk 164 driven by an electric motor 163 and provided with a crank pin 166. A further comb slide 169 is mounted on the slide 134 itself movably in the direction of the double arrow 171. The comb slide pins 169 are formed by ejection pins 172 whose spacing corresponds to the distances 156 of the suction head 131 and the pins 93 of the container 2c. The ejector pins 172 of the comb slide 169 penetrate the faces of the ejector packages 109 and form a seed indentation there (FIG. 6).

Ridge slide 169 It is held in its initial position on slide 134 (Fig. 20) by a tension spring 17.3. On the ridge skid 169, a steering pulley 176 is mounted on the pin 174 (FIG. 23), which cooperates with the control cam 177 on the crank disc 164 so that the ridge skid 169 at the end of the stroke 134 is moved by the control cam 177 so that As a result of the eccentric bearing of the crank pin 166 on the crank disk 174, this transmission operates such that the control roller 176 comes into contact with the periphery of the crank disk 174 and the crank disk. with the control cam 177 only at the end of the stroke operation stroke У34. The rack slide 169 is then retracted again by the tension spring 173.

For example, the electric motor 163 may be controlled by two limit switches (not shown), one of which is used to connect the electric motor 163. is actuated by the suction head 131 when the suction head 131 reaches the upper end position, and the second switch to disconnect the electric motor 163 is actuated by the slider 134 as soon as the slider 134 reaches the rear end position after the return stroke.

Giant. ^21-23 show Prem ^{s i} s ^{t s} nostrils Planting ^ o teHčku ¹⁰ 9 of ^p Röhl ^B No ¹ 5 ⁶ ns head 131 on the mandrel 93 in the container 2c. Only one complete row with a defined number of packages 109 is moved from the seed head 131 to the chambers or the mandrels 93 of the container 2c with each movement of the slide 134. which then does not rise by a distance corresponding to the distance of one row from the other. Giant. 24 shows that a step conveyor 142 for stepwise lifting of containers 20 is formed by two. lifting chains 183a. 183b. that orbit the sprockets 181a. 182e. 181b. 182b and support brackets 184b. 184a. Each support bracket 184e. 184b is provided in the actuating ma ^{No. 1} 86a. Chains ^and k ^ and ¹⁸¹ a. 181b are ^{p OH} NENA in sněru Si to ^PE 187a. In order to bridge a greater distance between two adjacent vessels 20, the stepper drive performs a corresponding larger stroke or several strokes consecutively.

Not shown in FIG. 25 is the feed conveyor 139, the transport transporter 144, and the two pivoting devices 141, 143. The feed transporter 139 is formed by conveyor belts 189a, 189b. which circulate! following the rollers 188 stepwise in the direction of the arrows 11? 191b. The discharge conveyor 144 is also formed by two conveyor belts 193e, 193b, which circulate on the grinding rollers 192a, 192b in the direction of the arrows 194a, 194b.

The first oscillating device 141 consists of a U-shaped mounting angle 197 which is pivotable about an axis 196e and has a long rear wall 198e a relatively short front wall 1919. A drive (not shown), for example a lever drive controlled by a control disc, pivots the mounting angle 197 , phantom Center will see ^no en ^Star jpotohy 17 ' »are exercised in ^the rear ^or side 198 located between the conveyor belts 1819» 189b and which may enter the receptacle 2c ukládecího bracket 197 »in standby also čerchoveně indicated position 197'»

From this standby position 197 ', the storage angle 197 with container 2c is pivoted to a fully extended vertical position as soon as the previous container 2c », which has been moved upwardly by the step conveyor 142 of FIG. 24, comes high enough. is then pushed out of the mounting bracket 197 by the action of the lifting brackets 184a, 184b of the lifting chains 183e, 183b. As soon as the container 2c is lifted above the front wall 199 of the mounting bracket 197, the mounting bracket 197 swings back to the horizontal position. are controlled by the control cam 186e of the lifting brackets 184a of the lifting chain 183a, which cooperate with position switches (not shown);

The second swiveling device 143 consists of a profile bracket 202 which is fixed to the carrier disks 201e, 201b and is pivotable about an axis 203 by a not shown swiveling drive from a fully extended vertical position - to a tinted horizontal position 302 'and again to a vertical position. At position 202 ', container 2c is to be engaged by conveyor belts 193a. 193b and conveyed away, and for this purpose the rear wall of the profile bracket 202 is formed as a U-shaped frame 204 »

On the sides of the frame 204 are located U-shaped guides 20e, 206b into which the container 2c is inserted in the fully extended vertical position of the profile bracket 202 by the step conveyor 142 / Fig. 24) and which engage the container 2c sideways for pivotal movement position. to the conveyor belts 193a »193b» The container 2c is held in the profile bracket 202 by a support bracket 208 »which is fixed to the shaft 207 and is pivoted by a control lever 209» mounted also on the shaft 207 »by the cams 186b of the support brackets 184b on the lifting chain 183b when the support bracket 184b with the container 2c reaches the selected height. The pivoting of the support bracket 208 on the profile bracket 202 occurs during the backward pivoting of the profiled bracket 202 to the vertical position shown in solid line, the control lever 209 being actuated by a control cam (not shown). - mounted on machine frame »

Claims (24)

SUBJECT OF THE INVENTION A method for inserting cylindrical baling packages consisting of a package surrounding a filling which may contain at least one seed into a container where the seeds or parts of the plants are germinated, characterized in that the baling packages are transported successively in a direction transverse to their the longitudinal axis, assembled in rows at a constant distance to each other and moved into the container in the direction of its longitudinal axis. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the stacking packages assembled in rows are transferred into a container simultaneously. Method according to Claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the packages are moved into the container in positions in which they are stored separately from each other. Method according to Claim 3, characterized in that the packages are placed in the cells of the container. 5. Caused according to Claims 3 and 4, characterized in that the parcels are stabbed with one end to sharp spikes. Method according to Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that during or immediately after insertion of the packages into the container, a seed depression is deepened in the faces of the packages facing away from the bottom of the container. Method according to Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the complete row of packages is lifted from the collecting plane to the transfer plane by a distance which is greater than the diameter of the packages and the row in the higher transfer plane is inserted into the container. 3. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the packages fed in a direction transverse to their longitudinal axis in a monolayer stream are successively sucked into equidistant depressions to form a row, the package being sucked into a depression adjacent to the feed direction of the packages. occupied by the previous package · Method according to Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the packages are fed transversely to the direction of their longitudinal axis in a single-layer continuous stream into equidistant storage spaces whose distances correspond to the distances of the packages in the container. converting roviay. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the packages are assembled in horizontal rows and the container, after moving one row of packages, is adjusted by a step corresponding to the required row spacing in the container. 11. Method according to claims 1 to 10, characterized in that after filling, the container is transported away in a vertical transport plane in the direction of the longitudinal axes of the packages located in its chambers. Method according to Claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the container is fed in the direction of its chambers into a vertical filling plane to fill the package. Method according to Claims 1 to 10, characterized in that, after filling, the container is swung from a vertical filling position to a horizontal position and discharged transversely to the longitudinal axes of the packages. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the container is conveyed lying transverse to its receptacles and swiveled into a vertical filling plane. Apparatus for carrying out the method according to Claims 1 to 14, characterized in that it consists of a filling station (8, 133) provided with a feeding conveyor (11, 124) of the discharging packages (9, 109) extending transversely to their longitudinal axis to which it is assigned. the stacker assembly (13) (10, 110) and the stack transfer device (17, 18, 19, 134) opposed therebetween (9, 109) of one row (10, 110) in the direction of their longitudinal axes into the storage chambers (82a, 82b) or on the mandrels (93) of the container (2a, 2b, 2c), further from the feed conveyor (3, 139) of the empty containers (2a, 2b, 2c) from the storage station (1) and the discharge conveyor ( 23, 144) of containers (2a, 2b, 2c) filled with packages (9, 109) into a storage station (22), wherein the conveyors (3, 139, 23, 144) are arranged in mutually different transport planes. Apparatus according to claim 15, characterized in that a displaceable slide (169) provided with mandrels (172) for penetrating into the faces of the packages (109) is associated with the transfer device (134) in the direction of the axes of the packages (109). 17. Apparatus according to claims 15 and 16, characterized in that the combiner (13) is provided with rows zdvi ^h Acima ústrojta ^(17, 3 ^{1, 13} 9, 159 ^{b) P} ro ^{s BC} emísťov the combiner ⁽¹³⁾ from the collecting plane ^é (A) to the transfer plane (U). 18th 'Apparatus according to claim 15 to 17, wherein the combiner (13) lines is provided with a suction head (131), the underside of the feed conveyor (11, 124) is provided with corner ^{p l} u ^b therein ^{and (1} 2 ¹ 5 ^{6), SP} ojenými tanálty ⁽¹ 4, ^{15 7)} with ^p odtto verifies ^{to the} Omori ⁽¹ → ^153). Apparatus according to rolls 15 and 16, characterized in that the feed conveyor (124) is provided with receptacles (123) for the packages (109), wherein a row builder (13) is arranged above the feed conveyor (124) for successively lifting each row packages (109) of storage (123). Device according to claim 19, characterized in that the assembler (13) is provided with a continuously circulating suction head (131) which is provided with depressions (156) on the underside above the feeding conveyor (124) and connected to the lifting device (159e, 159b). ) for moving the suction head (131) in the collection plane (A) in the direction of movement of the feed conveyor (124) and retaining the seed head (131) in the transfer plane (U) to receive the row (110) of packages (109) into the container (2c) . 21. Apparatus - according to items 15 to 20, characterized by. A vertical stepper conveyor (7, 142) is arranged between the feed station (8, 133) and the storage and storage station (1, 22) or the feed and discharge conveyors (139, 144). 22. Apparatus according to claims 15 to 21, characterized in that the horizontal discharge conveyor (23) for ^p flax containers (2) from a filling rovi.ny ^(F) is m ^and the walls in ^the U.S. la ^DN ovations ^also stontol. ⁽ 22) '. Apparatus according to any one of claims 15 to 21, characterized in that a pivot device (143) of the containers (2c) from the vertical filling plane (F) to a horizontal conveying plane is arranged between the filling station (133) and the discharge conveyor (144). Apparatus according to one of Claims 15 to 23, characterized in that the feeding conveyor (3, 139) of the empty containers (2c) into the filling plane is located above the conveying conveyor (23, 144) or below the conveying conveyor (23, 144). Apparatus according to Claim 24, characterized in that an oscillating device (141) of horizontally guided empty containers (2c) is arranged downstream of the feeding conveyor (139) into a vertical filling plane (F), ⁹