JP2002171836A - Treating device for preliminarily seed-sown seedling- growing vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the operation works for growing seedlings in seedling- growing vessels. SOLUTION: In this device that treats preliminarily seed-sown seedling- growing vessels, a stacking device 16 that stacks the seedling-growing vessels A in the vertical direction is linked on the end side of a transfer table 1 and the transferring part 38 is linked to the stacking device 16. The transferring part 38 comprises a lifting apparatus 40 equipped with a machine frame 41 that is freely movable on a rail 39 in the crossing direction to that of a conveyer 37 of a receiving table 35 and with a lift arm 46 that receives the stacked seedling vessels A from the conveyer 37 and goes up and down to the machine frame 41 and a pallets-loading cart 61 that is freely movable on a rail 60 crossing the moving direction of the lifting apparatus 40, has a width for the lift arm 46 enough to be inserted and can receive pallets 63 each having a upper- projecting box-receiving part 64.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a processing apparatus capable of performing operations such as stacking and transporting seeded seedling raising containers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-85969 discloses a conventional technique in which a seedling raising vessel is transported toward a terminal end of a transfer table, and a start end is the same as the end of the transfer table. A slope conveyor provided with a transfer means for transferring the seedling containers is connected to a pair of left and right frames that are inclined high according to the infinity, and the seedling containers from the slope conveyor are vertically stacked and supported at the end of the slope conveyor. A configuration is described in which a stacking device having a receiving stand that can be unloaded when a predetermined number of stacks are stacked is connected, and the stacking device is provided with a transfer unit that transfers a stacked stacking seedling container to be unloaded.

[0003]

The above-mentioned known example has a problem that the operation is troublesome due to the structure in which the stepped seedling raising boxes transferred to the transfer section are taken out by a lift and transported.
That is, since the transport is performed by the lift capable of traveling in any direction, the transport operation by the lift requires skill and is troublesome. The present invention has improved this.

[0004]

The object of the present invention is to make work easier.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a seedling raising container A, which has been sowed, is transported toward the terminal end of the transfer table 1 at the terminal end thereof.
It has a descent means for lowering the seedling containers A from the transfer table 1 one by one, and a receiving stand 35 which can immediately receive and stack the lowered seedling containers A up and down, and can take out the seedling containers A when a predetermined number of them are stacked. The stacking device 16 is connected, and a transfer unit 38 for carrying out and transferring the stacked stacking seedling growing containers A is connected to the stacking device 16, and the transfer unit 38 is connected to a transfer unit 37 of the receiving table 35. Device 40 having a machine frame 41 movable on rails 39 in the direction crossing the direction and a lift arm 46 that receives the stepped growing seedling container A from the transport means 37 and moves up and down with respect to the machine frame 41; A pallet 63 which is movable on a rail 60 in a direction crossing the moving direction of the device 40 and has a box receiving portion 64 having a width on the upper surface and having a width capable of inserting the lift arm 46 and projecting upward is placed. Pallet loading cart 61 Ri is obtained by the structure was seeded already nursery container processing apparatus. The present invention relates to the pallet mounting cart 6
Numeral 1 designates a sowing-treated seedling-raising container processing apparatus configured to be movable on rails 60 provided on both left and right sides of the rail 39. In the present invention, the lift device 40 is a sowing-treated seedling container processing device provided with a receiving portion 52 in which a roller 53 for receiving the step-stacking seedling container A from the transport means 37 is provided at the tip of the lift arm 46. Things. In the present invention, the lift device 40 is configured such that the L-shaped machine frame 41 is movable by a channel portion 48 capable of supporting the vertical movement of the lift arm 46 and a horizontal frame 55 parallel to the lift arm 46. The horizontal frame 55 is a sowing-treated seedling-raising container processing device configured to be able to enter below the pallet mounting cart 61.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a transfer table for transferring the seedling raising container A.
3 to be placed horizontally. The transfer table 1 is formed to be long in the transfer direction of the seedling raising container A, and has an optional transfer means for transferring the seedling raising container A according to an arbitrary configuration. , A soil covering supply device 10 and the like are provided in that order. 11 is a hopper of the floor soil supply device 8,
12 is a bed soil leveling brush for leveling the bed soil in the seedling raising container A provided between the bed soil supply device 8 and the seeding device 9; 13 is a watering device; 14 is a seed hopper of the seeding device 9; Is a hopper of the earth covering supply device 10. At the end of the transfer table 1, a seedling container A
The front end of the inclined conveyor 17 for transporting is connected or connected. That is, the transfer table 1 is set at a height suitable for the seeding operation, and the stacking device 16 is set at a height in consideration of the subsequent unloading operation and conditions such as the stacking height. The receiving position of the receiving rail 18 is considerably higher than the end of the transfer table 1, and therefore, the inclined conveyor 1 for transferring the seedling growing container A between the end of the transfer table 1 and the stacking device 16.
7, the inclined conveyor 17 may be provided at either the end of the transfer table 1 or at the stacking device 16. However, when the inclined conveyor 17 is provided at the stacking device 16, it can be transported together with the stacking device 16 and is suitable.

The inclined conveyor 17 is constituted by providing a pair of left and right frames 19 with a conveyor belt (not shown), and the end of the inclined conveyor 17 is connected to a receiving table 20 provided in the stacking device 16. The receiving table 20 has substantially the same length as one seedling raising container A. Also, the inclined conveyor 17
Alternatively, the receiving table 20 is faster than the transfer speed of the transfer table 1 for fast-forwarding. The stacking device 16 is provided with four rear pillars 21 and 21 and front pillars 22 and 22 at the front, rear, left and right, and an upper shaft 23 and a lower rotating shaft 2 above and below the left rear pillar 21 and the front pillar 22.
4 are supported, and an upper shaft 23 and a lower rotating shaft 24 are also supported above and below the right rear column 21 and the front column 22, respectively.
Lower sprockets 25 and 25 are fixed to the left and right lower rotating shafts 24, respectively. The upper shaft 23 is attached so as to be movable only vertically, as will be described later.
Is provided with a chain guide rail 26, and a pair of front and rear lower sprockets 25, 25 and a chain guide rail 26 are provided.
At this time, the chains 27, 27 are respectively wound around (note that gears are provided instead of the chain guide rails in FIG. 2, but are optional).

[0008] The chain guide rail 26 is formed as a flat plate and elongated in the vertical direction. The upper part is formed in a semicircular arc part 28 having the same diameter as the lower sprocket 25 and centered on the upper shaft 23. Is cut off, but is positioned near the upper part of the lower sprocket 25. The upper shaft 23
And the chain guide rail 26 are fixed, and the upper shaft 23 is formed with a long hole 29 formed in the rear pillar 21 and the front pillar 22 on the left and right sides.
A spring 30 that protrudes forward and backward and urges the protruding end of the upper shaft 23 and the chain guide rail 26 to move upward.
, And loosen the bolts first to make chain 27,
27, tighten the bolts in this state to fix the chain guide rail 26 to the support arm, and when the chains 27, 27 are loosened, loosen the bolts again to move the chain guide rail 26 upward by the spring 30, and the chain 27, 27 are stretched. A pair of front and rear chains 27, 27 are provided on the left and right, and the chain of chains 27 is rotated by driving a motor by a sensor. The pair of front and rear chains 27, 27 are provided with a plurality of the receiving rails 18 to be transferred from the receiving table 20 at necessary and sufficient intervals, and the receiving rails 18 are respectively provided on the left and right chains 27, 27. The seedling raising container A slides on the left and right receiving bars 18 while sliding, and the seedling raising container A is lowered and stacked on a receiving stand 35 described later.

Therefore, the receiving rail 18 is formed in an L-shaped cross section, and the base of the receiving rail 18 is connected to the left and right chains 2 by the shaft 36.
It is attached to the chain 27 so as to rotate upward but not downward with respect to 7, 27. That is, the receiving tray 18 stands by at a height position for receiving the seedling raising container A, and the base end surface of the receiving tray 18 is brought into contact with the chains 27, 27 to support and lower the seedling raising container A without rotating downward, thereby receiving the seedling raising container A. Stand 3
When it hits 5 or the seedling raising container A which has already been stacked, it turns upward and retreats. The front receiving tray 35 is provided at a predetermined lower position between the left and right chains 27, and the receiving tray 35 is configured by a transporting means 37 such as a transporting belt or a roller. When the stacking is performed, the motor is energized to operate the transfer means 37, and the transfer is performed to a transfer section 38 described later. Therefore, the cradle 35 has the function of receiving and supporting the tiered breeding seedling container A and the function of transporting and taking it out. Thus, the transfer unit 38 includes the cradle 3
A pair of rails 39 is laid in a direction intersecting the transport direction of the transport means 37 of No. 5, and a lift device 40 is provided on the rail 39 so as to be movable in a direction intersecting the transport direction. The lift device 40 is provided with a lift arm 46 that can be vertically moved by a cylinder 45 on an L-shaped machine frame 41 in side view (based on the moving direction of the lift device 40). Lift arm 46
Is a vertical roller portion 48 of the machine frame 41.
And the pulley 5 provided on the rod 49 of the cylinder 45
A wire (cable) 51 is provided between the lift arm 46 and the lift arm 46 through the cylinder 0 and is moved up and down by expansion and contraction of a rod 49 of the cylinder 45.

At the tip of the lift arm 46, a receiving portion 5 for reception, which is located in an extension of the conveying means 37 in the conveying direction.
2 is provided. The receiving section 52 has rollers 53 arranged side by side in the transport direction of the transport means 37 and is lowered to the same height position as the transport means 37. Reference numeral 54 denotes wheels provided on the horizontal frame 55 of the machine frame 41, which is mounted on the rail 39 and moves the lift device 40. 56 is a handle for moving the lift device 40 back and forth, 57 is a pedal for extending the rod 49 of the cylinder 45, 58 is a dial for reducing the rod 49 of the cylinder 45, and 59 is a hydraulic mechanism for extending and retracting the rod 49 of the cylinder 45. A pair of rails 60 is laid on the tip side of the rail 39 in a direction parallel to the transport direction of the transport means 37 of the receiving table 35 and crossing the moving direction of the lift device 40. The pallet placing carriage 61 is provided so as to be movable in a direction crossing the moving direction of the lift device 40. The pallet placing cart 61 constitutes a part of the transfer section 38, and has the rail 60
A pallet 63 is placed on the pallet placing trolley 61 with wheels 62 running thereon.

The pallet 63 is provided with a box receiving portion 64 having a width that allows the lift arm 46 of the lift device 40 to be inserted and a height that protrudes upward and withdraws from the lower surface of the seedling raising container A. At step 46, the container A for stacking seedlings is placed on the pallet 63. In the embodiment, the pallet placing carriage 61 has a depth in which two rows of step-stacking seedling containers A can be placed in the moving direction of the lift device 40, and two rows of steps in a direction intersecting with the moving direction of the lift device 40. The fork claw of a forklift (not shown) has a width capable of mounting the growing seedling container A and is inserted into a fork claw insertion hole 65 provided at a predetermined position.
And transport it to a desired position such as a light truck bed.
That is, the transfer unit 38 lifts the tiered breeding seedling container A of the lower transporting means 37 by the lift device 40 which moves in a direction intersecting the transporting direction of the transporting means 37 of the receiving table 35 and lifts the pallet of the pallet mounting truck 61. Place on 63. In this case, the rail 39 is connected to the receiving portion 5 of the lift arm 46.
It is preferable to provide the stopper horizontal frame 55 so as to stop the traveling when the position 2 is located on the back side of the pallet 63 because the operation is facilitated. In the second row, since the front end of the receiving section 52 hits the already-stacked seedling raising container A, the positioning of the stop position is unnecessary.

Similarly, the rail 60 is provided on both sides of the rail 39 so that the pallet mounting carriage 61 moves in the cross direction by a predetermined amount with respect to the lift device 40, and stops the pallet mounting carriage 61 at a predetermined position. With such a configuration, the work is facilitated, which is preferable. Further, the horizontal frame 55 of the machine frame 41 of the lift device 40 is provided in parallel with the lift arm 46 in a side view, and the horizontal frame 55 enters below the pallet placing carriage 61 to move the lift arm 46 to the box receiving portion 64. Between the two. Therefore, the weight balance of the machine frame 41 is improved, and the movement of the lift device 40 is facilitated. In the figure, 66
Is a sensor for stopping the transporting means 37 when the container A is transferred to the box receiving portion 64 with the lift arm 46.

[0013]

Next, the operation will be described. When the seedling raising container A is supplied onto the transfer table 1, the seedlings are supplied when passing under the floor soil supply device 8, the seeds are sown when passing under the seeding device 9, and under the cover soil supply device 10. Is passed when passing through, is transferred to the inclined conveyor 17 and transported,
Transfer to the receiving table 20. Since the receiving table 20 is rotating faster than the transfer speed of the seedling raising container A of the transfer table 1, the receiving table 20 is quickly forwarded and transfers to the receiving bar 18 of the stacking device 16. Then, the seedling raising container A hits the sensor, and the motor rotates to rotate the lower rotating shaft 24 respectively. The lower rotating shaft 24 rotates the chains 27, 27, and
Is moved down by the receiving rail 18, and the next receiving rail 18 waits and receives the following seedling raising container A to descend. The receiving bar 18 can be freely rotated upward with respect to the chain 27, but is attached so as not to rotate downward.
When descending, it supports the seedling raising container A, and when it comes into contact with the upper surface of the already stacked seedling raising container A, it rotates upward and retracts.

When the above operation is repeated, the pedestal 3
A predetermined number of seedling raising containers A are stacked on the transporting means 37 constituting 5, and when this is detected, the transporting means 37 is driven to rotate and transported to the transfer unit 38. In the above case, the transfer table 1 is set at a height suitable for the seeding operation, and the stacking device 16 takes into account the conditions according to the seeding capacity, the ease of the unloading operation, etc., and the stacking height ( (Stacking number) is set, and the stacking device 16
The receiving position of the receiving rail 18 is considerably higher than the end of the transfer table 1, but since the inclined conveyor 17 is provided between the end of the transfer table 1 and the stacking device 16, the seeding seedling growing container A Is simply supplied to the stacking device 16. That is, it is possible to omit the manual operation of transporting the seedling raising container A while raising it by the inclined conveyor 17 and lifting the seedling raising container A. Thus, the stacking device 1
6, the receiving position of the receiving bar 18 is raised and the stacking is carried out from below while receiving from the transfer table 1, so that the position of the conveying means 37 is lowered. The arm 46 is positioned at the low standby position together.

Then, the seedling growing containers A stacked on the transporting means 37 are transported by the transporting means 37 and lifted by the lift arms 4.
6 to the roller 53 of the receiving section 52. In this state,
When the rod 49 of the cylinder 45 is extended by depressing the pedal 57, the pulley 50 moves upward and pulls the wire 51, whereby the lift arm 46 moves upward.
The pallet 63 of the pallet-mounting vehicle 61. When the lift device 40 is pressed in this state, the lift device 40 travels on the rail 39 by the wheels 54, and the lift arm 46 is located above the space between the box receiving portions 64 of the pallet 63. Next, when the dial 58 is operated, the cylinder 4
5 is reduced and the lift arm 46 is lowered. Pallet 6
3 is provided on the upper surface with a box receiving portion 64 having a width that allows the lift arm 46 of the lift device 40 to be inserted and a height that protrudes upward and withdraws between the lower surface of the seedling raising container A. When the lift arm 46 is positioned between the box receiving portions 64 of the pallet 63 and lowered, the tiered seedling growing container A wider than the lift arm 46 is placed on the pallet 63, and the lift arm 46 The lift device 40 is retracted below the lower surface, and in this state, the lift device 40 is retracted, and the lift arm 46 of the lift device 40 is adjusted to the transfer means 37.

That is, the lift arm 46 of the lift device 40
While the tiered seedling container A conveyed from the conveying means 37 is placed on the pallet mounting cart 61, the next seedling container A is laid on the conveying means 37, and this tiered seedling container A A
Is received by the lift arm 46 and the above operation is repeated.
Thus, the pallet-mounting trolley 61 has a depth in which two rows of the step-stacking seedling containers A can be placed in the moving direction of the lift device 40, and has a depth of 2 in the direction intersecting the moving direction of the lift device 40.
Because it has a width that can accommodate the row of tiered seedling containers A,
When the two rows of the stacked seedling containers A are placed in the moving direction of the lift device 40, the pallet placing cart 61 is then moved in the direction crossing the moving direction of the lift device 40, and the next stacked seedling container A is moved. The work is received by the lift arm 46 of the lift device 40, and the above operation is repeated. When the work is performed in this manner, two rows of the step-growing seedling containers A are placed on the pallet 63 of the pallet placing carriage 61 in front, rear, left and right, respectively. A nail (not shown) is inserted and transported to a desired position.

The machine frame 41 of the lift device 40 is
It is formed in an L shape by the channel portion 48 and the horizontal frame 55,
The horizontal frame 55 is provided in parallel with the lift arm 46 in a side view, and the horizontal frame 55 is configured so as to be able to enter below the pallet placing cart 61. Therefore, the lift arm 46 is positioned between the box receiving portions 64. At this time, the horizontal frame 55 enters below the pallet placing cart 61 without disturbing the weight balance of the machine frame 41, and the movement of the lift device 40 is smoothed.

[0018]

According to the present invention, the descent means for lowering the seedling containers A from the transfer table 1 one by one to the end side of the transfer table 1 capable of transporting the seeded seedling raising containers A toward the end is provided. A stacking device 16 having a receiving stand 35 which can be immediately stacked up and down to support the seedling raising containers A and which can be unloaded when a predetermined number of stacks are stacked, is connected to the stacking device 16. A transfer unit 38 for carrying out and transferring the stacked seedling container A is connected to the transfer unit 38,
A machine frame 41 movable on rails 39 in a direction intersecting the conveying direction of the conveying means 37 of the receiving table 35 and the conveying means 3
7, a lifting device 40 having a lift arm 46 which receives the stacked seedling container A and moves up and down with respect to the machine frame 41.
And a rail 6 in a direction crossing the moving direction of the lift device 40.
0 and the lift arm 46
Pallet-mounting trolley 61 on which a pallet 63 having a box receiving portion 64 having a width capable of inserting the pallet and projecting upward is mounted.
And so on, the lift arm 46 that has received the stepped growing seedling container A from the receiving stand 35 is moved upward, moved above the pallet 63 and lowered, Since the transportation to the pallet 63 is completed, the work becomes extremely easy. In the present invention, the pallet placing cart 61 is a sowing seedling-raising container processing device configured to be movable on rails 60 provided on the left and right sides of the rail 39. In addition to smoothing, the movement of the lift device 40 is also smoothed, resulting in a rational arrangement. The present invention relates to the lifting device 4
0 is the transfer means 37 at the tip of the lift arm 46.
This is a seeded seedling raising container processing apparatus provided with a receiving portion 52 in which rollers 53 for receiving the stacked seedling raising container A from the plant are arranged, so that the receiving of the stacked seedling raising container A becomes smooth. In the present invention, the lift device 40 includes a lift arm 4
The L-shaped machine frame 41 is configured to be movable by a channel portion 48 capable of supporting the vertical movement of the 6 and a horizontal frame 55 parallel to the lift arm 46, and the horizontal frame 55 is located below the pallet mounting carriage 61. Since the seedling-raising seedling container processing device is configured to be able to enter, the movement of the lift device 40 is facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a sowing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an inclined conveyor, a stacking device, and a lift device of a transfer unit at the end of the seeding device (based on the transfer direction of the seeding device).

FIG. 3 is a partially omitted side view of the stacking device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an attached state of a chain.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a mounting state of a receiver.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a mounting state of a receiver.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of a mounting position of a receiver.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the transfer unit (movement direction reference of the lift device).

FIG. 9 is a side view of the lift device.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the pallet placing cart.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Transfer stand, 2 ... Floor, 3 ... Transfer stand support, 8 ... Floor-soil supply device, 9 ... Sown device, 10 ... Soil cover supply device, 11 ... Hopper, 12 ... Brush, 13 ... Irrigation device, 14 ... Hopper , 15: Hopper, 16: Stacking device, 17: Inclined conveyor, 18: Receiving bar, 19: Frame, 20: Receiving table, 2
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Rear pillar, 22 ... Front pillar, 23 ... Upper shaft, 24 ... Lower rotating shaft, 25 ... Lower sprocket, 26 ... Chain guide rail, 27 ... Chain, 28 ... Arc part, 29 ... Slot, 30 ...
Spring, 35 pedestal, 36 ... shaft, 37 ... conveyance means, 38 ...
Transfer section, 39 rail, 40 lift device, 41 machine frame, 45 cylinder, 46 lift arm, 47 roller, 48 channel section, 49 rod, 50 pulley,
51: wire, 52: receiving part, 53: roller, 54:
Wheels, 56: Handle, 57: Pedal, 58: Dial, 59: Hydraulic mechanism, 60: Rail, 61: Pallet loading trolley, 62: Wheel, 63: Pallet, 64: Box receiving part, 65: Fork claw insertion hole , 66 ... sensors.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takashi Komura 44-3 Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture Inside Suzutec Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Junichi Kanzaki 44-3 Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture (72) Inventor Yasuyuki Murosaki 44-3, Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture F Term (reference) 2B027 ND03 QA05 TC07 TC09 TC13 TC15 TC17 TC19

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. The seedling raising container A from the transfer table 1 is provided at the terminal side of the transfer table 1 capable of transporting the seeded seedling raising container A toward the end.
Means for lowering one by one and seedling raising container A lowered
Are connected to a stacking device 16 having a receiving stand 35 which can be immediately stacked up and down to receive and be unloaded when a predetermined number of stacks are stacked. The transfer unit 38 is connected to the transfer stand 38 for carrying out the transfer.
5 has a machine frame 41 which is movable on a rail 39 in a direction crossing the conveying direction of the conveying means 37 and a lift arm 46 which receives the tiered growing seedling container A from the conveying means 37 and moves up and down with respect to the machine frame 41. A lifting device 40 and a box receiving portion 64 which is movable on a rail 60 in a direction intersecting the moving direction of the lifting device 40 and has a width on the upper surface which can insert the lift arm 46 and protrudes upward. And a pallet placing cart 61 capable of placing a pallet 63 having the same. 2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the pallet mounting carriage 61 is provided on rails 60 provided on both left and right sides of the rail 39.
Seedling rearing container processing device configured to be movable on the top. 3. The receiving device 52 according to claim 1, wherein the lift device 40 includes a receiving portion 52 in which a roller 53 that receives the stepped seedling growing container A from the transporting means 37 is provided at a tip of the lift arm 46. Planting equipment for sowing and seedlings provided. 4. The method according to claim 1, 2 or 3.
In the above, the lift device 40 includes a channel portion 48 capable of supporting the vertical movement of the lift arm 46 and a lift arm 4.
The L-shaped machine frame 41 is configured to be movable by a horizontal frame 55 parallel to the horizontal frame 6.
Seedling-raising container processing apparatus configured to be able to enter below.