JP2000324955A - Supporting device for vine-winding string - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a supporting device for vine-winding string capable of descending and extending a vine-winding string by a specific length through one action and having widely improved workability. SOLUTION: This supporting device has the following structure: a stopper 12 is formed on the upper part of a supporting piece 10; a reel 11, on which a vine-winding string 5 is wound, is fixed freely rotatably on the front side of the supporting piece 10; at the same time, a lever-supporting shaft 17 is fixed on the lower part of the supporting piece 10, and a roughly L-shaped pressing lever 13 consisting of a longitudinal piece 13a and a lateral piece 13b is fixed freely rotatably on the lever-supporting shaft 17; one string clipper 18 is placed on the longitudinal piece 13a of the string-pressing lever 13, and the other string clipper 21 is placed on the supporting piece 10 facing the string clipper 18; and a lower string guide 20 for guiding the vine-winding string 5 downward is fixed on the lateral piece 13b of the string-pressing lever 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vine-wrapped string support used for growing vegetables such as tomatoes and cucumbers that grow by growing vines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when growing vegetables such as tomatoes and cucumbers, the vines grow and grow.
The seedlings 2 are planted at predetermined intervals along the ridges 1 of the field as shown in FIG. 1, and then the columns 3, 3 are erected along the ridges 1, and a pipe 4 serving as a beam member is mounted horizontally on the upper part. Then, a plastic vine wrapping string 5 such as a nylon string is tied and hung on the pipe 4 at intervals of the seedlings 2.

When the vine 6 extends from the seedling 2, the leading end of the vine 6 is suspended from the horizontal pipe 4 by the vine wrapping string 5.
The vine 6 grows upward while winding, and a fruit 7 is attached at a height of about 1.5 m, which gradually grows larger. After growing to a size that can be shipped in this way, the fruit 7 is harvested.

[0004] Thereafter, when the wrapping rope 5 tied to the horizontal pipe 4 is unwound and extended downward as shown in FIG. 7 (B), the tip of the vine 6 is lowered, and the lower part is lowered. It becomes a state of sagging. In this state, if the vine 6 is further grown, the vine 6 will be extended, and the fruit 7 will be harvested.
The operation of lowering the wrapping string 5 together with the growth of the vine 6 is repeated three to four times as shown in FIG. 7C.

However, according to this method, the vine wrapping string 5 is unwound from the horizontal pipe 4 every time harvesting is performed, and the vine wrapping string 5 is removed by 20 to 30 c
It was necessary to carry out the work of connecting to the horizontal pipe 4 again after elongating it by about m. In addition, this work took about 30 seconds in one place, and it was hard work for a farmer who cultivated hundreds to thousands of seedlings 2.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems by lowering the wrapping string with a single touch by a predetermined length to adjust the actual height to a constant value. It is an object of the present invention to provide a wrapping strap support which facilitates harvesting work, greatly reduces labor, promotes vine growth and improves productivity.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vine wrapping string support in which a locking portion is formed on an upper portion of a support piece, and a vine wrapping string is wound on a front surface of the support piece. A reel is rotatably mounted, a support shaft is mounted on a lower side of the support piece, and a substantially L-shaped string pressing lever composed of a vertical piece and a horizontal piece is rotatably mounted thereon. One of the cord holding portions was provided on the piece, and the other of the cord holding levers was provided with the other cord holding portion opposed thereto, and a lower string guide for guiding the wrapping string hanging down the horizontal piece of the string holding lever was attached. It is characterized by the following.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the upper part of the string holding lever is provided with an upper string guide at an upper portion of the vertical piece of the string holding lever or at a support piece above the vertical piece. It is a feature. Further, in the wrapping string support according to the third aspect, the locking portion is formed in an inverted J-shape, and the inside is formed in a shape in which a plurality of arcs whose inner diameters are sequentially increased are shifted downward and combined. It is characterized by the following.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the drawing, reference numeral 9 denotes a vine wrapping string support, which is formed of a plastic, and is composed of a support piece 10, a reel 11, and a string holding lever 13 having a substantially L shape. The support piece 10 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), the upper portion of the plate is formed in an inverted J-shape, which is used as a locking portion 12, and a reel support shaft 15 protrudes from the front surface of the support piece 10. The reel support shaft 15 has a keyhole-shaped slit portion 14 formed at the tip, and the reel 11 inserted into the reel support shaft 15 can be attached and supported by one-touch operation by the elasticity of the slit portion 14.

A lever support shaft 17 protrudes from the lower side of the support piece 10 and has a substantially L-shaped string holding lever 1.
3 is rotatably supported at an intermediate portion. As shown in FIG. 1A, the string pressing lever 13 is formed in a substantially L shape including a vertical piece 13a and a horizontal piece 13b. Further, a roller is fixed to the front surface of the vertical piece 13a, and this is used as one of the string holding portions 18.

A vertical piece 13a on the upper part of the string holding portion 18
An upper string guide 19 is provided at the tip of the upper end. The upper cord guide 19 has a flat U-shaped portion 19a having an open left side surface.
And a block formed by combining a flat U-shaped portion 19b with an open front surface at a lower portion thereof, and supports the wrapping string 5 from two directions to guide it downward. In addition, horizontal piece 13b
A lower string guide 20 having a U-shaped portion 20a opened to the front side is provided at the tip of the lower end, and is configured to guide the vine winding string 5 downward.

A roller is rotatably mounted on the front surface of the side support piece 10 so as to face one of the string holding portions 18 protruding from the front surface of the string holding lever 13 and is attached to the other string holding portion 21. The vine wrapping string 5 is pinched and fixed between this and the string pinching portion 18.

The vine wrapping string support 9 having the above-described configuration is configured such that a vine wrapping string 5 cut to a predetermined length is previously wound around a reel 11 and inserted into a reel support shaft 15 for mounting. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2, the thread 5 wound from the reel 11 is passed through the flat U-shaped portion 19 a of the upper string guide 19 and the flat U-shaped portion 19 b of the lower portion.
The lower string guide 20 is drawn down through the U-shaped part 20 a of the lower string guide 20, passing between the rollers of the one string holding part 18 and the other string holding part 21.

In this state, similarly to FIG. 7A, an inverted J-shaped support piece 10 is provided at predetermined intervals on a horizontal pipe 4 supported by columns 3, 3 above a ridge 1 of a field in which seedlings 2 are planted. The hooking cord support 9 is attached by hooking the locking portion 12 formed in the above. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2, when the wrapping string 5 pulled out from the lower string guide 20 is gripped by hand and pulled obliquely upward, the string holding lever 13 having a substantially L shape is rotated, and Since a gap is formed between the string holding portion 18 and the roller of the other string holding portion 21, the vine winding string 5 can be pulled out smoothly. In this way, the tip of the wrapping string 5 is pulled out to the ground and hanged.

When the vine 6 extends from the seedling 2, the tip side is entangled with the vine wrap 5 hanging from the vine support 9, and the vine 6 grows while being wound upward. Come with 7 When the vine 6 or the fruit 7 grows in this way, the vine wrapping string 5 is weighted, and a pulling force acts on the vine wrapping string 5 so that the string holding lever 13 having a substantially L shape is turned. As shown in FIG. 1, one of the string holding portions 18 is pressed against the other string holding portion 21, and the vine wrapping string 5 held therebetween is fixed so that it does not lower even if a tensile force is applied. Become.

In this way, when the fruit 7 attached at a height of about 1.5 m grows to a size that can be shipped, it is harvested. After harvesting, as shown in Figure 2,
Pulled vine wrapping string 5 near lower string guide 20
And pulling it obliquely upward, the substantially L-shaped string pressing lever 13 rotates, and a gap is formed between one of the string holding portions 18 and the lower string guide 20 so that the wrapped string 5 is pulled. Can be pulled out smoothly. 20-30cm in this way
When the vine is pulled out, the tip of the vine 6 is lowered, and the vine wrapping string 5 is sagged to be in a state of being placed on the ground.

If the vine grows further in this state, the vine grows and the fruit 7 at a height of about 1.5 m grows greatly and can be harvested. Thus, FIG.
By repeating the operation of lowering the vine wrapping string 5 together with the growth of the vine 6 as in (B) and (C), 3 to 4 times,
While promoting the growth of the vine 6, productivity can be improved,
By adjusting the height of the fruit 7, the harvesting operation can be easily performed at a constant height, and heavy labor can be greatly reduced.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which a plurality of arc portions 22 whose inner diameters are sequentially enlarged inside an inverted J-shaped locking portion 12 on the upper portion of a support piece 10 are shown. It is formed by being shifted downward and combined. This can be stably supported by engaging with an arc portion 22 that matches the thickness of the horizontal pipe 4 to which the helical cord support 9 is attached. In a field using a wire instead of the horizontal pipe 4, it is hooked on an arc portion 22 having a small inner diameter formed at the upper end.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which a vertical piece 13 of a string holding lever 13 having a substantially L shape is shown.
An upper string guide 19 in which a wire is spirally wound is attached to the upper part of a, and a lower string guide 20 in which a wire is spirally wound is attached to the tip of the horizontal piece 13b.

FIG. 5 shows still another embodiment of the present invention, in which a string holding lever 13 having a substantially L shape is formed by bending an iron plate, and this is provided in parallel with the support piece 10. It is attached to a lever support shaft 17a so as to be hinged and rotatable. Further, the back surface of the vertical piece 13a of the string holding lever 13 having the substantially L shape is used as one of the string holding portions 18, and a holding plate is attached to the front surface of the support piece 10 opposed thereto, and this is attached to the other string holding portion 21. It is what it was.

The supporting piece 10 above the string holding lever 13
An upper string guide 19 is attached to the front surface of the cord, and a lower string guide 20 is integrally attached to the tip of the horizontal piece 13b of the string holding lever 13. This vine wrapping string support 9
Holds the vine wrapping string 5 between one of the plate holding portions 18 and the other string holding portion 21 in the form of a plate.
Is turned back and forth so that the wrapping string 5 can be pulled out.

FIG. 6 shows still another embodiment of the present invention, in which a string holding lever 13 having a substantially L shape is rotatably attached to the front surface of a support piece 10 and is attached to the side of this vertical piece 13a. A concave groove 23 is formed to be one of the string holding portions 18, and a convex block 24 fitted therein is fixed to the support piece 10, and this is used as the other string holding portion 21. An upper string guide 19 and a lower string guide 20 are attached to both ends of the string holding lever 13. The vine strap supporting device 9 having this structure includes the concave groove 23 and the convex block 2 fitted therein.
4 and is fixed here through a wrapping string 5 which is wound between them.

When the harvesting is completed, the wrapping strap support 9 is removed from the horizontal pipe 4 and the reel 11 is further removed from the reel support shaft 15 to collect the wrapping strap 5. In the above description, the upper portion of the support piece 10 is curved into an inverted J shape, and this is used as the locking portion 12.
A hook may be attached to the upper part of the base and this may be used as the locking part 12.

[0024]

As described above, claim 1 according to the present invention.
According to the described vine wrapping strap support, the vine wrapping strap can be lowered and stretched by a predetermined length with one touch, greatly improving workability compared to the conventional method of manually binding Can be done.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vine wrapping string support, wherein an upper string guide for guiding the vine wrapping string to the both cord holding portions is provided on an upper portion of the vertical piece of the string holding lever or a support piece above the vertical piece. Therefore, the vine wrapping string 5 can be guided between the one string holding section and the other string holding section to be reliably held.

Further, in the vine wrapping string support according to the third aspect, the locking portion is formed in an inverted J-shape, and a plurality of arc portions whose inner diameters are sequentially increased are shifted downward and combined with each other. It can be engaged with an arc portion that matches the outer diameter of the hooked pipe or wire, and can be stably supported.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 (A) is a front view of a vine wrapping string support according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 (B) is a side view with a part thereof cut away.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the vine wrapping string support showing a state in which the wrapping string is pulled out.

FIG. 3 is a main part side view showing a locking portion according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a vine wrapping string support according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a vine strap support according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a vine strap support according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 7A to 7C are explanatory views showing a state in which a vine wrapping string is sequentially extended and cultivated by a conventional method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Seedling 3 Support 4 Horizontal pipe 5 Hanging cord 6 Hanging 7 Real 9 Hanging string support 10 Support piece 11 Reel 12 Locking part 13 String holding lever 13a Vertical piece 13b Horizontal piece 17 Lever support shaft 18 One string Holding section 19 Upper string guide 20 Lower string guide 21 The other string holding section 22 Arc section 23 Concave groove 24 Convex block

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yoneo Yokota 13-84 Harada Higashi, Otsuki-cho, Koriyama-shi, Fukushima Prefecture (72) Inventor Tsutomu 74-1 Nagase, Takagi-sha, Motomiya-cho, Adachi-gun, Fukushima Prefecture (72) Inventor Hisao Tarukawa 128, Hyuga, Okuwabara, Sukagawa-shi, Fukushima Prefecture (72) Inventor Kenichi Matsumoto 21-F, Tanagura, Odaiba, Tanagura-cho, Higashishirakawa-gun, Fukushima 21-F F-term (reference) 2B023 AA05 AF06 AH01

Claims (3)

[Claims] An engaging portion is formed on an upper portion of a support piece, a reel around which a wrapping string is wound is mounted on a front surface of the support piece so as to be rotatable, and a support shaft is mounted on a lower side of the support piece. Here, a substantially L-shaped string holding lever composed of a vertical piece and a horizontal piece is rotatably attached, and one of the string holding portions is provided on the vertical piece of the string holding lever, and the other is provided on the support piece in opposition to this. A string holding portion, and a lower string guide that guides the string to be wound downward on the lateral piece of the string holding lever is attached. 2. A vine winding according to claim 1, wherein an upper string guide for guiding the vine wrapping string to both of the string holding portions is provided on an upper portion of the vertical piece of the string holding lever or a support piece above the vertical piece. String support. 3. The locking portion according to claim 1, wherein the locking portion is formed in an inverted J-shape, and the inside thereof is formed by combining a plurality of arcs whose inner diameters are sequentially increased and shifted downward. Hanging string support.