JP2000333512A - Seed-setting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seed-setting machine capable of quickly and accurately setting seeds on growing parts of a cell tray by constituting the machine of a storage part for storing plural kinds of seeds and a specific sucking/holding part. SOLUTION: In a seed-setting machine setting seeds on growing parts of a cell tray comprising parallelly installed plural comparted growing parts, a storage part 3 storing plural kinds of seeds and plural sucking/holding parts 4 for sucking and retaining seeds in the storage part 3 by sucking action are installed and each sucking/holding part 4 is constituted to hold a separated seed by sucking. In this case, each sucking/holding part 4 is preferably composed of a protruding pipe body and the protruding intervals of the sucking/holding parts 4 are preferably arranged in such intervals that each sucking/holding part 4 locates on each growing part of the cell tray.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a very convenient and innovative seed placement machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional growing method for growing a seed 2 such as soybean, for example, is a conventional growing method for a plant 1 (commonly known) as shown in FIG. The soil 32 is put into each growing part 1a of the cell tray), seeds 2 are arranged one by one in each growing part 1a, the seeds 2 are germinated in the plant growing container 1 and grown until they become seedlings.
In this method, the seedlings grown in the plant growing vessel 1 are transplanted into a field (the same components as those in this example are denoted by the same reference numerals).

By the way, if the work of arranging the seeds 2 in the growing section 1a of the plant growing vessel 1 is performed manually, the work efficiency is extremely poor. Therefore, the arranging of the seeds 2 is performed mechanically. Various seed disposition machines that can be used have been proposed so far.

[0004] However, at present, no seed placement machine that can satisfy the user has been proposed.

[0005] The present applicant has further researched and developed a seed disposition machine capable of disposing the seeds 2 to the growing section 1a of the above-mentioned plant growing container 1 by mechanical work, and growing the plant growing container 1. A groundbreaking seed placement machine with extremely high commercial value, capable of quickly and accurately placing seeds 2 in the section 1a.

[0006]

The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A seed disposition machine for disposing seeds 2 in the growing section 1a of a plant growing container 1 constituted by arranging a plurality of divided growing sections 1a in parallel. Storage section 3
And a plurality of suction holding units 4 for sucking and holding the seeds 2 stored in the storage unit 3 by a suction action. Each of the suction holding units 4 is configured to suction and hold one seed 2. The present invention relates to a seed disposing machine characterized by the above.

Further, in the seed disposing machine according to the first aspect,
The suction holding part 4 is related to a seed disposing machine characterized by being constituted by a protruding pipe body.

Further, in the seed disposition machine according to any one of claims 1 and 2, the projecting interval of each suction holding section 4 is determined by the distance between each suction holding section 4 and each growth of the plant growing container 1. The present invention relates to a seed disposing machine, wherein the interval is set to be one by one in the section 1a. Further, in the seed placement machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, when a pressing force is applied to the seed mounting portion 3a of the storage portion 3, the pressing force is applied to the seed mounting portion 3a. The present invention relates to a seed disposing machine, which is provided with a deforming function of deforming by pressure and returning to deform when the action of the pressing force is stopped.

Further, in the seed disposing machine according to claim 4,
The seed placement unit 3a is composed of an appropriate elastic member 33, and has a deforming function provided by the elastic member 33.

Further, in the seed disposing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the storage section 3 is provided with a suitable swing means for swinging the storage section 3. It is related to a seed disposing machine.

[0012]

According to the present invention, for example, each suction holding section 4 is brought into close proximity to or in contact with the seed 2 stored in the storage section 3 to suction-hold one of them, and each suction holding section 4 is used for plant growth. When the suction operation is stopped in the vicinity of each growing part 1a of the container 1, the seeds 2 sucked and held by the suction holding parts 4 are arranged one by one in each growing part 1a of the plant growing container 1. Will be.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an epoch-making seed arranging machine which is capable of quickly and accurately arranging the seeds 2 one by one in each growing section 1a of the plant growing container 1 and which is extremely excellent in commercial value. Become. According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation and effect of the first aspect of the present invention, for example, when a portion for holding the type 2 by suction is formed by arranging suction holes in a flat plate, Even if the flat plate with the suction holes is brought closer to the storage part 3 in which the seeds 2 are stored, the seeds 2 are not always located at all suction hole positions, and a suction hole that cannot absorb the seeds 2 is formed. (In this case, if, for example, the storage unit 3 is appropriately swung, this problem is solved.) In particular, the shape of each species 2 is not the same, but may be large or small. From this point, it is troublesome to suck the species 2 through all the suction holes.

In this regard, the present invention provides a site for sucking the seed 2,
That is, since the suction holding section 4 is configured by projecting a pipe body, if the suction holding section 4 is inserted into many seeds 2, the suction holding section 4 always sucks the seed 2, and Since the suction holding unit 4 is configured to suck and hold one seed 2, each suction holding unit 4 can surely suck and hold one seed 2 at a time, and is extremely excellent in commercial value. It is a kind of seed placement machine.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the functions and effects of the first and second aspects of the present invention, the projecting interval of each suction holding section 4 is such that each suction holding section 4 is used for plant growth. Since the intervals are set so as to be located one by one in each growing part 1a of the container 1, the seeds 2 can be quickly and accurately arranged one by one in each growing part 1a of the container 1 for plant growth. It is an innovative seed placement machine with excellent commercial value.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the functions and effects of the first to third aspects, the storage portion 3
The seed mounting portion 3a is provided with a deforming function of being deformed by the pressing force when the pressing force is applied to the seed mounting portion 3a, and returning to the deformed state when the operation of the pressing force is stopped. Because of this deformation function, the seed 2 can be prevented from being crushed by the contact of the suction holding unit 4 as much as possible, and further, the suction holding of the seed 2 by the suction holding unit 4 is surely performed by the return deformation. It is a groundbreaking seed placement machine with extremely high commercial value as achieved.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the functions and effects of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the seed mounting portion 3a
Is composed of a moderate elastic member 33 and is provided with a deforming function by the elastic member 33. Therefore, it is an extremely innovative and highly valuable product that can exhibit excellent effects despite its simple structure. It becomes a construction machine.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the functions and effects of the first to fifth aspects, the storage portion 3
Is provided with a suitable rocking means for rocking the storage section 3, so that the storage section 3 can be rocked to sort the seeds 2, so that the seeds 2 are always held in the suction holding section. 4 is a revolutionary seed disposition machine which can maintain a state in which suction can be performed well and is extremely excellent in commercial value.

[0019]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The drawings illustrate one embodiment of the present invention and are described below.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a synthetic resin plant growth container (commonly called a cell tray) in which 220 concave growth portions 1a are sectioned vertically and horizontally, and 2 denotes a seed such as soybean.

In this embodiment, a storage portion 3 in which a plurality of seeds 2 are stored, the seeds 2 of the storage portion 3 are sucked and held by a suction action, and the suction and hold can hold the seeds 2 held by suction. And a seed transport section 6 having a section 4.

Hereinafter, each component of the present embodiment will be described in detail.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 4, and 5, the storage section 3 is formed of an appropriate metal member, and an inner bottom surface of the storage section 3 has a suitable elasticity. A member 33 is laid. The elastic member 33 is a seed mounting portion 3a on which the seed 2 is mounted. The seed mounting portion 3a is
When the pressing force is applied to the a, the pressing member a is deformed by the pressing force, and when the operation of the pressing force is stopped, it exhibits a deforming function of returning and deforming. Therefore, the seed mounting portion 3a provided with this deforming function can prevent the seed 2 from being crushed by the contact of the suction holding portion 4 as much as possible, and the seed mounting portion 3a Suction holding can be reliably exhibited.

The storage portion 3 is provided on an upper portion of a frame body 9 comprising a grounding portion 9a and a leg portion 9b comprising four leg rods 9b 'erected on the grounding portion 9a. The storage section 3 is configured to be freely drawn out of the frame body 9. Further, when the storage section 3 is disposed on the frame body 9, the upper opening is exposed. Therefore, the handle
After holding the seed 10 and pulling it out of the frame body 9 and introducing the seed 2 into the storage part 3, the storage part 3 is pushed in to
To be installed in

In this embodiment, when the seeds 2 are sucked by the suction holding section 4, the tip of the suction holding section 4 is lightly inserted into a large number of the seeds 2 and brought into contact with the seeds 2 to hold the seeds. However, if the suction operation is performed once, the seeds 2 are removed from the storage unit 3 and the stacked surface of the stacked seeds 2 is not flat. Accordingly, when the seeds 2 are sucked by the suction holding unit 4, there is a possibility that good suction of the seeds 2 may not be achieved due to the unevenness, but in this regard, the storage unit 3 repeatedly grips the handle 10 and repeatedly moves in and out. As a result, the seeds 2 in the storage section 3 can be easily flattened on the lamination surface, and therefore, the seeds 2 formed by the good suction holding section 4 can be always obtained.
Can be sucked. This is an appropriate swing means for swinging the storage section 3 described in the claims.

The seed transport section 6 includes a suction mechanism 7 to which the suction device 5 is connected and a lifting mechanism 14. The suction mechanism 7 is disposed above the storage section 3, and is moved up and down by the lifting mechanism 14. It is provided freely. In this embodiment, a well-known electric vacuum cleaner is used as the suction device 5, but it is a matter of course that the vacuum cleaner is not limited as long as it can exhibit the characteristics of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the suction mechanism 7 comprises a container 11 and a substrate 12 for closing the opening of the container 11 in a closed state.

The container 11 is formed by integrally forming a suitable synthetic resin member by integral molding. The lower surface of the container 11 is provided as a suction holding portion 4 having a suction hole 4 a having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the seed 2. Are protruded. Specifically, a total of 220 suction holding portions 4 are juxtaposed on the back surface of the container 11 in a protruding state. Each growing section 1a of the growing body 1
The intervals are set one by one (see FIG. 3).

The front end of the suction hole 4a of the suction holding section 4 is provided in a tapered shape whose diameter becomes larger toward the front end, and the rear end is provided in a state penetrating into the container 11.

A protection cylinder may be provided at the tip of the pipe as the suction holding section 4 to protect the seeds 2 sucked by the suction holding section 4. When the protective cylinder is provided in this way, the seed 2
Can be transported in a protected state.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the substrate body 12 is formed by forming an appropriate metal member. At the center of the substrate body 12, a suction device protruding from the suction device 5 is provided. A connection pipe 13 to which the hose 5a can be connected is provided in a penetrating state. Therefore, when the suction device 5 is operated, the suction mechanism 7 sucks the air in the container 11 and exerts a suction action in each suction holding unit 4.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 4, and 5, the lifting mechanism 14 has a rotating shaft 15 provided between leg rods 9 b ′ at the rear of the frame body 9. A handle-shaped handle 16 is protrudingly provided, and a pair of arm rods 16a according to the handle 16 are pivotally connected with hanging rods 17 in the middle of the pair of arm rods 16a. It is configured to be pivotally connected to a connecting member 18 provided on the body 12.

The elevating mechanism 14 is provided with a guide device 19 for vertically moving the suction mechanism 7 up and down. As shown in FIGS. A base member 20 is provided between the base member 20, a bearing member 21 protruding from the base member 20, and a shaft rod 22 sliding on the bearing member 21. And the lower end thereof is connected to the upper surface of the substrate body 12 of the suction mechanism 7.

Accordingly, the handle body according to the lifting mechanism 14
By moving the suction mechanism 16 up and down, the suction mechanism 7 can be moved up and down in the vertical direction above the storage section 3.

The lifting mechanism 14 is provided with a biasing device (balancer) 23 for biasing the handle 16 upward.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the biasing device 23 has a pair of support plates 25 protruding from a mounting member 24 which is mounted on a leg 9b 'behind the frame body 9. A pair of roller bodies 26 are rotatably disposed on the inner surface of each of the plates 25, and a wire 27 connected to the lower end pivot of the hanging rod 17 of the handle body 16 is suspended on the roller bodies 26. A weight column 28 having a predetermined weight is connected to the distal end of the wire 27.

Accordingly, when the handle body 16 related to the lifting mechanism 14 is released from the lowered state against the urging force of the urging device 23, the handle body 16 is lifted by the weight of the weight column 28 related to the urging device 23. At the same time, the suction mechanism 7 moves up to a predetermined position.

In this embodiment, the storage unit 3 and the suction mechanism 7
The plant growing container 1 is disposed between the container 1 and the (suction holding unit 4).

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a pair of slide rails 29 are provided on the upper portion of the frame body 9 on both sides of the frame body 9 so as to extend to a position corresponding to one container for plant growth. Plate members 30 and 31 are provided between the slide rails 29 at portions other than above the frame body 9.

The portion between the slide rails 29 projecting to the left from the frame body 9 in FIG. 1 is configured as a tray introducing portion 8a for disposing the plant growing container 1 before disposing the seeds 2, and the frame. The portion of the upper part of the body 9 that is opposed to the suction mechanism 7 of the seed transport unit 6 is the seed 2 for the plant growing container 1.
And the frame body 9
The portion between the slide rails 29 projecting to the right in FIG. 1 is configured as a tray leading portion 8c for leading out the plant growing container 1 on which the seeds 2 are disposed.

A metal slide tray 34, which is slidable on the upper edge of the slide rail 29 and has the size of one container for plant growth, is provided at the tray introducing portion 8a and the tray leading portion 8c. The container 1 for plant growth is to be disposed on the slide tray 34.

When the slide tray 34 is used, the soil 32 filled in each growing part 1a of the plant growing container 1 does not fall into the storage part 3, but the slide tray 34 is used. Instead, the container 1 for plant growth can be directly mounted on the plate materials 30 and 31. In this case, the container for plant growth 1 is placed in the upper opening 3b of the storage section 3 (seeding section 8).
b), the plant growing container 1 is configured to be set at an appropriate position below the suction mechanism 7 (specifically, the periphery of the plant growing container 1 is located at the upper part of the storage section 3). The container for plant growth 1 is locked in the opening 3b and set at an appropriate position below the suction mechanism 7.)

Hereinafter, the operation of disposing the seeds 2 in the growing section 1a of the plant growing container 1 in the present machine will be described.

First, the handle body 16 is lowered to bring the seed transport section 6 close to the storage section 3 in which the seeds 2 are stored, and the tips of the suction holding sections 4 of the suction mechanism 7 are lightly thrust into many seeds 2. In this state, the suction device 5 is operated to suction-hold the seeds 2 (220 in total) in each suction holding unit 4 (note that the suction holding unit 4 is operated while the suction device 5 is operated). May be brought into contact with the seed 2).

Subsequently, when the handle body 16 is released or the gripping force of the handle body 16 is loosened, the suction mechanism 7 is raised, and the plant growing container 1 that has been waiting at the tray introducing portion 8c is seeded. In the setting portion 8b, the plant is slid to an appropriate position such that the juxtaposed position of the growing portion 1a of the container 1 for plant growth and the juxtaposed position of the suction holding portion 4 of the suction mechanism 7 are coincident with each other. Growing section 1a of growing container 1
Is filled with soil 32 in advance, and on the surface of the soil 32, a concave portion 32a large enough to receive the seed 2 is formed. ).

Subsequently, the handle body 16 is lowered again to bring the seed transporting unit 6 closer to the plant growing container 1 and the tip of each suction holding unit 4 closer to the growing unit 1a to stop the operation of the suction device 5, and then the suction is started. The seed 2 is detached from the holding portion 4 and disposed in the concave portion 32a of the soil 32.

After that, the seed transporting unit 6 is moved up again, and the plant growing container 1 on which the seeds have been placed is slid to the tray outlet 8b associated with the tray placing unit 8 (the plant growing container 1).
The soil 32 is further piled on the upper part of the seed 2 provided in the growing section 1a. ).

If necessary, handle by the time of next suction.
By shaking the storage unit 3 while grasping 10, the stacked surface of the seeds 2 placed in the storage unit 3 is flattened.

By repeating the above operation, the seed 2 can be continuously arranged.

Since the present embodiment is configured as described above, it is possible to quickly and accurately arrange the seeds 2 one by one in each growing section 1a of the plant growing container 1.

Further, in this embodiment, a part for sucking the seed 2
That is, since the suction holding section 4 is configured by projecting a pipe body, if the suction holding section 4 is inserted into many seeds 2, the suction holding section 4 always sucks the seed 2, and Since the suction holding unit 4 is configured to suction and hold one seed 2, each suction holding unit 4 can surely suck and hold one seed 2 one by one.

In this embodiment, the projecting intervals of the suction holding sections 4 are set to the intervals at which the suction holding sections 4 are located one by one in the respective growth sections 1a of the plant growing container 1. Therefore, it is possible to more quickly and accurately arrange the seeds 2 one by one in each growing part 1 a of the plant growing vessel 1.

In the present embodiment, the seed placement unit 3 of the storage unit 3 is used.
a has a deforming function of deforming by the pressing force when the pressing force is applied to the seed mounting portion 3a and returning and deforming when the operation of the pressing force is stopped. The deformation function can prevent the seed 2 from being crushed by the contact of the suction holding unit 4 as much as possible, and further, the suction holding unit 4 can surely achieve the suction holding of the seed 2 by the return deformation. Become.

Also, in this embodiment, the seed mounting portion 3a is composed of an appropriate elastic member 33 and has a deforming function by the elastic member 33. Will be able to demonstrate.

In this embodiment, since the storage section 3 is provided with a suitable swinging means for swinging the storage section 3,
It is possible to make the stacking surface of the seeds 2 flat by swinging the storage unit 3, and thus, it is possible to always maintain a state where the seeds 2 can be favorably sucked by the suction holding unit 4.

In this embodiment, the seeds 2 can be sucked and held simply by moving the suction mechanism 7 up and down above the storage section 3, and the suction mechanism 7 can be held between the suction mechanism 7 and the storage section 3. Since the seed disposing portion 8b for disposing the plant growing container 1 is provided, the suction holding and stopping in the suction mechanism 7 are performed in a series of operations in which the suction holding portion 4 moves up and down. Species 2 for sucking and holding and growing plant 1
Can be quickly and accurately arranged one by one in each growing section 1a.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating a main part according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a main part according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic operation explanatory view showing the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic operation explanatory view showing the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Plant growing container 1a Growth part 2 species 3 Storage part 3a Seed placement part 4 Suction holding part 33 Elastic member

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Yoshio Imai 1345 Kumamori, Omizumachi, Nishikanbara-gun, Niigata F-term (reference) 2B054 AA05 BB04 CA06 DC03 DD12 DD22 DE06

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A seed arranging machine for arranging seeds in a growing section of a plant growing container constituted by arranging a plurality of partitioned growing sections in parallel, wherein a storing section for storing a plurality of seeds is provided. A plurality of suction holding sections for sucking and holding the seeds stored in the storage section by a suction action, wherein each suction holding section is configured to suck and hold one seed. Deployment machine. 2. The seed placement machine according to claim 1, wherein said suction holding portion is constituted by a projecting pipe body. 3. The seed disposing machine according to claim 1, wherein the projecting interval of each suction holding section is such that each suction holding section is provided one for each growing section of the plant growing container. A seed disposition machine characterized by being set at intervals that are positioned one by one. 4. The seed placement machine according to claim 1, wherein said seed placement section of said storage section is provided with a pressing force when a pressing force is applied to said seed placement section. A seed disposing machine characterized by being provided with a deforming function of being deformed by pressure and returning to a deformed state when the action of the pressing force is stopped. 5. A seed disposing machine according to claim 4, wherein said seed placing portion is formed of a moderate elastic member, and said elastic member has a deforming function. Machine. 6. A seed disposing machine according to claim 1, wherein said storage section is provided with a suitable swing means for swinging said storage section. Seed placement machine.