JP2002125461A - Liquid spawning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid spawning device which can stably charge spawn into culture containers in high spawning work efficiency, while approximately constantly maintaining the amount of the spawn supplied to each culture container. SOLUTION: This liquid spawning device characterized by comprising a container 9 in which culture containers 8 are received in a state arranged in plural rows, a carrying mechanism 2 for supplying the container 9 from the carrying-in side and then carrying the container 9 to the carrying-out side, while intermittently transferring the culture containers 8 at a lateral one row unit, a cap-opening or closing mechanism 11 for opening or closing the caps 7 of the culture containers 8 at a lateral one row unit in the container 9 intermittently transferred at a spawning position with the carrying mechanism 2, and a spawn supply nozzle mechanism 12 for supplying prescribed amounts of the liquid spawn into the culture containers 8, respectively, whose caps are opened with the cap-opening or closing mechanism 11, at a lateral one row unit.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inoculum inoculation apparatus for inoculating a culture medium filled in a mushroom cultivation container with a mushroom inoculum.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for artificially cultivating mushrooms using a culture medium in which nutrients are mainly blended with sawdust or rice bran, a culture medium is filled in a cultivation container, sterilized, and the filled cultivation is performed. After inoculating seeds of mushrooms such as enoki mushroom and maitake in the container, cover the mouth of the cultivation container with a lid and close it, and cultivate the bacteria under predetermined temperature and humidity conditions for industrial cultivation. There is a way to do that.

As a conventional apparatus for inoculating a seed medium into a culture medium in a cultivation container, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-258
As disclosed in JP-A-519 and JP-A-63-258520, the inoculum itself is generally propagated in the inoculum container in a culture medium in which nutrients are mainly composed of sawdust and rice bran. The inoculum container containing the inoculum in the inoculum container is mounted upside down on the body frame side, and the inoculum container is rotated in this state, and the blade is scraped out from the mouth of the inoculum container. Insert the seeds into the seed container while rotating the scraping shaft, and gradually lift the rotating seeding shaft while scraping the seeds by the scraping blade. It is configured to be filled.

[0004]

In the above prior art, the filling amount of the inoculum generally sets the rotation time of the scraping shaft according to the type of mushroom to be cultivated. In some cases, the amount of seeds scraped out may be different due to the difference between the outer diameter of the mouth and the outer diameter of the trunk, or because the seeds themselves in the seed container are solid, The size of the inoculated fungus (sawdust) may vary, and as a result, the filling amount of the inoculum may vary. Particularly, when the filling amount of the inoculum is less than a predetermined amount, the mycelium of the inoculum is grown. It is expected that it will be difficult to propagate in the container and it will take a long time to culture.

In order to avoid this, it is conceivable to detect the amount of the inoculated bacteria by using, for example, a photoelectric sensor to detect the amount of the inoculated bacteria. However, the detection accuracy varies due to contamination of the sensor and its mounting portion. There is a fear.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, in a state where a plurality of cultivation containers are stored in the container, operations such as opening the lid of the cultivation container, filling with seed bacteria, and closing the lid of the cultivation container are sequentially performed. This has the effect of improving the efficiency and automation of the inoculum inoculation work, thereby increasing the efficiency of the inoculation work compared to conventional means.However, in this way, the work efficiency is improved and the inoculation work is speeded up. In this case, it is necessary to frequently change the seed container for supplying the seed cells, and there is a problem that it takes time to prepare the manual operation for replacing the seed cells.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and aims at improving the inoculation work efficiency while keeping the supply amount of the inoculum supplied to the cultivation container substantially constant. It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid inoculum inoculating apparatus capable of performing stable inoculum filling.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a container in which cultivation containers are arranged and stored in a plurality of rows, the container is supplied from a loading side, and the cultivation containers are intermittently transferred in a horizontal row unit. A transport mechanism for transporting the container to the unloading side while opening and closing the lid of the cultivation container in the container intermittently transported to the seed inoculation position by the transport mechanism, and a lid opening and closing mechanism; And a seed-supply nozzle mechanism for supplying a predetermined amount of liquid seed to a cultivation container in a row unit, the lid of which is opened.

[0009] In the invention of claim 2, in claim 1, the opening operation of the lid opening and closing mechanism and the operation of moving the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism over the mouth of the cultivation container are operated in synchronization with each other. A liquid inoculum inoculation device characterized in that a closing operation of the lid opening / closing mechanism and a moving operation of detaching the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism from an opening position of the cultivation container are operated in synchronization.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the lid opening / closing mechanism reciprocates between the lid closing position and the lid opening position of the cultivation container in accordance with the lid opening / closing operation of the lid opening / closing mechanism. A lid opening / closing drive mechanism for moving, and a nozzle drive mechanism for reciprocatingly moving the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism between a position separated from the mouth position of the cultivation container and a position on the mouth of the cultivation container. A liquid inoculum inoculation device characterized by the following.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, the lid opening / closing drive mechanism and the nozzle drive mechanism each include a coupling mechanism for operating in synchronization with each other and in conjunction with each other. This is a liquid inoculum inoculation device.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, in order to supply the liquid inoculum to the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism, an inoculum container storing liquid inoculum is provided. This is a liquid inoculum inoculation device.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a container in which cultivation containers are arranged in a plurality of rows and stored is intermittently transferred to a seed inoculation position by a transport mechanism, and the cultivation container in the container at the seed inoculation position. The lid is opened by a lid opening / closing mechanism that opens and closes in a horizontal row unit, and a predetermined amount of liquid inoculum is supplied to the cultivation container of the row unit in which the lid is opened by the lid opening / closing mechanism via the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism in the cultivation container. Are supplied and inoculated respectively, and after the inoculation, the lid is closed by the lid opening / closing mechanism at the mouth of the cultivation container in a row unit in which the lid is opened by the lid opening / closing mechanism. Thereby, the cultivation containers in the container are intermittently transferred to the unloading side in row units.

According to the first aspect, in the second aspect,
Along with the opening operation of the lid by the lid opening and closing mechanism, the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism moves synchronously on the mouth of the cultivation container,
Then, after the liquid inoculum is supplied to the cultivation container by the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism, the closing operation of the lid by the lid opening and closing mechanism and the moving operation of detaching the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism from the mouth position of the cultivation container are operated in synchronization. Thereby, the inoculation efficiency of the liquid inoculum can be improved, and the opening time of the lid of the cultivation container can be shortened as much as possible to suppress invasion of various bacteria.

According to the first or second aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, the lid opening / closing mechanism is reciprocated between the lid closing position and the lid opening position of the cultivation container according to the lid opening / closing operation of the lid opening / closing mechanism. A lid opening / closing drive mechanism, and a nozzle drive mechanism that reciprocates the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism between a position separated from the mouth position of the cultivation container and a position on the mouth of the cultivation container, thereby opening and closing the lid and liquid. A series of operations such as an inoculation operation of the inoculum can be stably performed.

According to a third aspect, in the fourth aspect,
The lid opening / closing drive mechanism and the nozzle drive mechanism are each provided with a coupling mechanism that operates in synchronization with each other, so that the operation timing of both can be easily adjusted.

[0017] In claims 1 to 4, claim 5
According to the invention, in order to supply the liquid inoculum to the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism, the inoculum container for storing the liquid inoculum is provided, so that the liquid inoculum can be sequentially supplied from the inoculum container.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the liquid inoculum inoculating apparatus according to the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. A transport mechanism 2 composed of a conveyor is provided over substantially the entire length of the machine frame 1 of the liquid inoculum inoculation apparatus main body, and the transport mechanism 2 is provided so as to be able to start and stop by operating a switch on an operation panel 3. A plurality of sprocket wheels 4 are pivotally supported on both ends of the frame 1, respectively, and an endless chain 5 is stretched in parallel between the sprocket wheels 4 provided on both ends of the machine frame 1 so as to be in parallel with the drive source side. The rotational force of the motor 6 is transmitted to the sprocket wheel 4.

Then, a cultivation container 8 filled with a culture medium such as sawdust or rice bran and sealed with a lid 7 is placed in a column 4 for example.
The plastic container 9 containing four pieces and four rows is placed on the chain 5 of the transport mechanism 2 composed of a conveyor at the transfer start end, and when the transport mechanism 2 is started, the chain 5 moves to move the container 9 to the transfer end side. It can be transported toward.

At a substantially central position of the machine frame 1, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-103543 proposed by the present applicant, a container in which cultivation vessels 8 are arranged in a plurality of rows and stored. The transfer mechanism 9 is transported from the loading side to the seed inoculation position, and the transport mechanism 2 is intermittently transferred in a unit of a horizontal row of the cultivation container 8 in the transfer direction of the container 9 at the seed inoculation position. In this case, when the cultivation container 8 reaches an appropriate inoculum inoculation position, the transport mechanism 2 is stopped, and a container positioning mechanism 10 that positions the cultivation containers 8 in the container 9 while taking out the center of the row of cultivation containers 8 is provided. In addition, a lid opening / closing mechanism 11 that opens and closes the lids 7 of the cultivation containers 8 that are positioned and arranged in a horizontal line at the inoculum inoculation position by the container positioning mechanism 10 is provided.

When the lid 7 of the cultivation container 8 is opened by the lid opening / closing mechanism 11, the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism 12 supplies the liquid inoculum in a row unit to the culture medium in the cultivation vessel 8 in the horizontal row in which the lid 7 is opened. Through the cultivation container 8 opened
The inside is filled with liquid inoculum and inoculated.

The inoculum supply nozzle mechanism 12 for supplying the liquid inoculum of the present invention into the cultivation container 8 includes a cultivation container 8 passing through the four cultivation containers 8 in a row in the upper side through which the cultivation container 8 passes. The same number of spray nozzles 13 are provided, and each of the spray nozzles 13 is connected to a pipe 14, and the pipe 14 is connected and fixed to a seed container 15 containing liquid seed bacteria. Although not shown, an injection opening / closing valve for supplying and shutting off the liquid inoculum is provided inside the nozzle 13, and a tube 16 for supplying air for opening and closing the injection opening / closing valve is attached to the injection nozzle 13. It is fixed and configured.

In this embodiment, in order to supply the liquid inoculum from the inoculum container 15 to the spray nozzle 13 side, an air pressure is applied to the inoculum container 15.

The four spray nozzles 13 provided on the seed supply nozzle mechanism 12 are detachably fixed to and held by a nozzle mounting member 17, and the nozzle mounting member 17 is movable vertically through a plate 18. The cylinder 19 is fixed on a cylinder support plate 20, and the cylinder support plate 20 reciprocates along a guide rod 21 provided on the body frame 1 side. It is arranged movably.

The lid opening / closing mechanism 11 for opening and closing the lid 7 of the cultivation container 8 positioned and arranged in a horizontal line at the inoculum inoculation position is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-1035 which was previously proposed by the present applicant.
As shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 42-42, etc., a movable holding member comprising a pair of a fixed holding member 22 and a holding rod capable of holding the lids 7 of the cultivation containers 8 positioned and arranged in a horizontal line from the upper and lower surfaces thereof. A clamping member 23 for moving the movable clamping member 23 forward and backward, and clamping and releasing each of the lids 7 in a horizontal row between the movable clamping member 23 and the fixed clamping member 22; Each of the cylinders 24 is mounted and fixed on a cylinder holding plate 25 provided along the width direction of the main body frame 1, and a link arm member is attached to an end of the cylinder holding plate 25. And a fixed holding member 2 mounted on the cylinder holding plate 25.
2. The movable clamping member 23 and the air cylinder 24 are provided so as to be movable between the lid closing position and the lid opening position of the cultivation container 8 via the link arm member 26 (transmission moving means 26). In this case, the link arm member 26 is rotatably provided via a support shaft 27 provided on the machine frame 1.

A cylinder 28 is provided below the transport mechanism 2, and a tip of a rod 29 provided in the cylinder 28 is pivotally attached to an end of the link arm member 26 and fixedly connected thereto. At the same time, both ends of the connecting rod 30 are pivotally connected and fixedly connected between the end of the link arm member 26 and the cylinder support plate 20 which is reciprocally movable along the guide rod 21. I have.

In this embodiment, the cylinder 28
The lid opening / closing drive means for reciprocating the lid opening / closing mechanism 11 between the lid closing position and the lid opening position of the cultivation container 8 in accordance with the lid opening / closing operation of the lid opening / closing mechanism 11, and the seed supply nozzle mechanism 12 It also serves as a nozzle driving means for reciprocating between a position detached from the position of the mouth of the cultivation container 8 and a position on the mouth of the cultivation container 8. The opening operation and the operation of moving the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism 12 over the mouth of the cultivation container 8 are operated in synchronization, and the closing operation of the lid opening and closing mechanism 11 and the inoculation of the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism 12 are performed. The moving operation of detaching from the position of the mouth of the container 8 is operated in synchronization with the moving operation.

Next, the operation of the liquid seed filling apparatus in the above-described configuration will be described. First, when a container 9 containing a predetermined number of cultivation containers 8 with lids 7 is placed on the transport mechanism 2 and the container 9 is transferred, when it is detected that the cultivation container 8 in the front row has reached the inoculum inoculation position. After aligning the container 9 at a predetermined position, the transport mechanism 2 stops, and then the cultivation container 8 is positioned and fixed at the seed inoculation position with the container positioning mechanism 10 regulating the vertical direction and the center position of the cultivation container 8.

At the time of positioning and fixing, the state of FIG. 9 is changed to the state of FIG. 10 by the operation of the cylinder 24, and the lids 7 of the cultivation containers 8 positioned and arranged in a horizontal row are moved upward by the movable clamping member 23. , The lid 7 is clamped and held between the fixed clamping member 22 provided on the lower surface and the movable clamping member 23.

Next, positioning by the container positioning mechanism 10 is performed, and after the lid 7 is clamped and held, the cylinder 28
With this operation, the link arm member 26 is pushed by the rod 29 and pivots about the support shaft 27, and the lid 7 is pivoted to the lid open position by the lid opening / closing mechanism 11 attached to the link arm member 26. Then, in synchronization with this lid opening operation, the cylinder support plate 20 moves along the guide rod 21 provided on the main body frame 1 side via the connecting rod 30 attached to the end of the link arm member 26. ,
By the movement of the cylinder support plate 20, the four injection nozzles 13 provided in the seed-bacteria supply nozzle mechanism 12 are moved to the mouth position of the cultivation container 8, that is, right above the cultivation container 8 from which the lid 5 is removed. . (See FIGS. 3, 7, and 11)
Next, the injection nozzle 13 is operated by the operation of the cylinder 19.
Approaches the mouth of the cultivation container 8 or is inserted and arranged in the mouth.

Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, when the lid 7 of the cultivation container 8 is opened by the lid opening / closing mechanism 11,
Liquid inoculum is jetted in rows through the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism 12 to the culture medium in the cultivation vessels 8 in the horizontal one-row unit with the lid 7 opened, and the open cultivation vessel 8 is filled with the liquid inoculum. Inoculated.

At this time, the internal pressure in the seed container 15 is increased by applying air pressure to the seed container 15, and in this embodiment, the liquid seed is pushed out to the pipe 14 on the side of the injection nozzle 13, At the time of injection, that is, although not shown, the liquid inoculum is injected by supplying air to the tube 16 to open and shut off the injection opening / closing valve provided inside the injection nozzle 13 and opening the injection opening / closing valve. It is injected from the nozzle 13.

After the liquid inoculum is filled by the injection nozzle 13 in a predetermined amount, the injection nozzle 13 is separated from the mouth position of the cultivation container 8 by the returning operation of the cylinder 19, and thereafter, the injection nozzle is returned by the returning operation of the rod 29 of the cylinder 28. 13 is retracted from the position of the cultivation container 8 and returned, and at the same time, the lid 7 of the horizontal row of cultivation containers 8 inoculated with the liquid inoculum is fitted by the rotation return operation of the lid opening and closing mechanism 11.

Therefore, the cultivation containers 8 are intermittently transported by the transport mechanism 2 in the horizontal direction in the transport direction of the container 9 at the inoculum inoculation position by sequentially operating the above series of steps. The liquid inoculum can be inoculated into the cultivation container 8 in the container 9 sequentially in units.

FIGS. 12 to 14 show the second embodiment of the present invention.
In the present embodiment, the basic form is almost the same as that of the first embodiment described above, and the lids 7 of the cultivation containers 8 positioned and arranged in a horizontal line in the same manner as the above-described embodiment are placed on the upper surface. And a movable clamping member 23 comprising a pair of stationary clamping members 22 and clamping rods which can be clamped from the lower surface. The movable clamping member 23 is moved forward and backward to move between the movable clamping member 23 and the fixed clamping member 22. Air cylinder 2 serving as a sandwiching member opening / closing means for sandwiching and releasing each lid 7 in a horizontal row unit
The cylinders 24 are mounted and fixed on a cylinder holding plate 25 provided along the width direction of the main body frame 1.

Then, the lid opening / closing mechanism 11 in this embodiment
Is connected to the upper end of the cylinder 24,
Is provided with a lid vertically moving means 26A composed of a cylinder for detaching the lid 7 from the cultivation container 8, and the lid 7 detached by the operation of the lid vertically moving means 26A And a lid opening / closing driving means 28A comprising a cylinder which reciprocates between the lid opening position and the lid opening position.

As means for reciprocating the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism 12 between a position separated from the mouth of the cultivation container 8 and a position on the mouth of the cultivation container 8, in this embodiment, a cylinder is used. Nozzle driving means 28B are provided separately.

Therefore, the lid vertical movement moving means 26A, the lid opening / closing driving means 28A, and the nozzle driving means 28B
Are driven in synchronism with each other via the control unit 31. Thereby, the efficiency of inoculating the liquid inoculum can be increased, and the opening time of the lid 7 of the cultivation container 8 can be shortened as much as possible. It becomes possible to suppress invasion of various bacteria.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the injection nozzle 13, the pipe 14, and the tube 16, which supply the liquid inoculum, are used for maintenance, inspection, or sterilization.
Since it is necessary (in some cases) to perform a part replacement operation, a cleaning operation, a disinfection operation, or the like, it is configured such that it can be easily and manually replaced by a detachment knob.

Further, since the set position of the injection nozzle 13 is provided so as to be adjustable in accordance with the height and size of the cultivation container 8 and the positional relationship of the cultivation container 8, the cultivation container 8 is provided. 8 can be inoculated by spraying the liquid inoculum well.

When the liquid inoculum in the inoculum container 15 is exhausted, the work of exchanging the inoculum container 15 can be satisfactorily performed by switching and connecting a tube or a pipe to the inoculum container 15 filled with the inoculum. In some cases, a plurality of inoculum containers 15 are prepared, and when liquid inoculum in the inoculum container 15 is exhausted, the operation can be easily performed by switching a valve.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the first embodiment, the lid opening / closing mechanism 11 is cultivated. A lid opening / closing drive means for reciprocating between a lid closing position and a lid opening position of the container 8, a position where the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism 12 is separated from an opening position of the cultivation container 8, and a position on the opening of the cultivation container 8 Although the cylinder 28 is also used as a nozzle driving means for reciprocating between the nozzle and the nozzle 28, it may be operated using a driving means such as a cam mechanism or a motor. Of course, the opening and closing of the injection on-off valve for opening and closing the valve may be electromagnetically performed.

[0043]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a container in which cultivation containers are arranged and stored in a plurality of rows, the container is supplied from a loading side, and the cultivation container is placed horizontally. A transport mechanism that transports the container to the unloading side while intermittently transporting in one row unit, and a lid opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes the lid of the cultivation container in the container intermittently transported to the inoculum inoculation position by this transport mechanism in one horizontal row unit. A liquid inoculum inoculation characterized by comprising: a seed supply nozzle mechanism for supplying a predetermined amount of liquid inoculum into the cultivation container, respectively, to the cultivation container in a row unit in which the lid is opened by the lid opening and closing mechanism. It is a device, the container that houses the cultivation containers arranged in a plurality of rows, is intermittently transferred to the inoculum inoculation position by the transport mechanism,
At this inoculum inoculation position, the lid of the cultivation container in the container is opened by a lid opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes in a horizontal row unit, and a predetermined amount of liquid inoculum is grown in the cultivation container in a row unit in which the lid is opened by the lid opening and closing mechanism. The cultivation container is supplied and inoculated through the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism, respectively, and is inoculated. After the inoculation, the lid is closed by the lid opening and closing mechanism at the mouth of the cultivation container in a row unit in which the lid is opened by the lid opening and closing mechanism. The cultivation containers in the container are intermittently transferred to the unloading side in row units by the transport mechanism based on the repetition, and the efficiency of inoculating the cultivation containers can be increased. is there.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism moves in synchronization with the opening of the lid by the lid opening / closing mechanism over the mouth of the cultivation vessel, and then After supplying the liquid inoculum to the cultivation container by the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism, by activating the closing operation of the lid by the lid opening and closing mechanism and the moving operation of detaching the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism from the mouth position of the cultivation container, , Can increase the efficiency of inoculation of liquid inoculum,
The opening time of the lid of the cultivation container can be shortened as much as possible to suppress invasion of various bacteria.

According to the first or second aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the lid opening / closing mechanism is moved between the lid closing position and the lid opening position of the cultivation container according to the lid opening / closing operation of the lid opening / closing mechanism. A lid opening / closing drive mechanism for reciprocating the lid, and a nozzle drive mechanism for reciprocating the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism between a position at which the seed cell supply nozzle mechanism is detached from the mouth position of the cultivation container and a position on the mouth of the cultivation container. A series of operations such as opening and closing and inoculation of a liquid seed can be stably performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, the lid opening / closing drive mechanism and the nozzle drive mechanism each include a coupling mechanism for operating synchronously and in conjunction with each other. This makes it possible to easily match the operation timings of the two, and to increase the efficiency of the inoculation operation.

Further, in the invention of claims 1 to 4, according to the invention of claim 5, in order to supply the liquid inoculum to the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism, an inoculum container storing liquid inoculum is provided. Thus, the liquid inoculum can be sequentially supplied from the inoculum container, and the inoculum can be inoculated with a more stable supply of the inoculum than the inoculum using the conventional culture medium.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the entire configuration of a liquid inoculum inoculation apparatus showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a main part of the liquid inoculum inoculation apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part showing an operation state of a lid opening / closing mechanism and a seed supply nozzle mechanism of the liquid seed inoculation apparatus of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view of a main part showing a state in which a liquid inoculum is sprayed after the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism of FIG. 3 is moved down toward the cultivation container side.

FIG. 5 is a right side view showing a main part of the nozzle mechanism when the lid is closed in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a left side view showing a main part of the nozzle mechanism when the lid is closed in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a left side view showing a main part of the nozzle mechanism when the lid of FIG. 3 is opened.

FIG. 8 is a left side view of a main part showing a state of spraying a liquid inoculum by the nozzle mechanism of FIG. 4;

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a main part of the lid opening / closing mechanism of FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 is a side view showing an operating state (lid holding state) of a movable holding member in the lid opening / closing mechanism of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a side view of a main part showing a state in which a lid of the cultivation container is removed from a state in which the lid is held in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a main part of a liquid inoculum inoculation apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing a state of spraying liquid bacteria by the nozzle mechanism of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a control form of the liquid inoculum inoculation apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body frame 2 Transport mechanism 3 Operation panel 4 Sprocket wheel 5 Endless chain 6 Motor 7 Lid 8 Cultivation container 9 Container 10 Container positioning mechanism 11 Lid opening and closing mechanism 12 Seed supply nozzle mechanism 13 Injection nozzle 14 Pipe 15 Seed container 16 Tube 17 Nozzle mounting member 18 Plate 19 Cylinder 20 Cylinder support plate 21 Guide rod 22 Fixed clamping member 23 Movable clamping member (clamping rod) 24 Air cylinder 25 Cylinder holding plate 26 Link arm member (transmission moving means) 27 Support shaft 28 Cylinder (Lid opening / closing driving means, nozzle driving means) 29 rod 30 connecting rod 31 controller

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A container in which cultivation containers are arranged and stored in a plurality of rows, and a transport that supplies the containers from a loading side and transports the containers to an unloading side while intermittently transporting the cultivation containers in a row. A mechanism, a lid opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing the lid of the cultivation container in the container intermittently transferred to the inoculum inoculation position by the transport mechanism, and a cultivation container in a row unit in which the lid is opened by the lid opening and closing mechanism. A liquid inoculum supplying mechanism for supplying a predetermined amount of liquid inoculum to the cultivation container. 2. An operation of opening the lid opening / closing mechanism and an operation of moving the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism above the mouth of the cultivation container are operated in synchronization with each other, and a closing operation of the lid opening / closing mechanism and the inoculum supply are performed. The liquid inoculum inoculation device according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle mechanism is operated in synchronization with a movement operation of detaching the nozzle mechanism from a mouth position of the cultivation container. 3. A lid opening / closing drive mechanism for reciprocating a lid opening / closing mechanism between a lid closing position and a lid opening position of a cultivation container in accordance with a lid opening / closing operation of the lid opening / closing mechanism, and the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism comprises: The liquid according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a nozzle driving mechanism that reciprocates between a position separated from the mouth of the cultivation container and a position on the mouth of the cultivation container. Seed inoculation device. 4. The liquid inoculum according to claim 3, wherein the lid opening / closing drive mechanism and the nozzle drive mechanism are provided with a connection mechanism for operating in synchronization with each other. Inoculation device. 5. The liquid inoculum according to claim 1, further comprising a seed container for storing the liquid inoculum for supplying the liquid inoculum to the inoculum supply nozzle mechanism. Inoculation device.