JP2002315441A - Soil-recovering apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a used amount of soil, rationalize a recovery of soil, and reduce a cost for the recovery. SOLUTION: This apparatus for recovering the soil is obtained by disposing a undersoil-supplying device 15 for supplying the undersoil and a undersoil- treating section 40 for treating the supplied undersoil on the conveyance downstream side of the undersoil-supplying device 15, above a conveyance table for conveying raising seedling containers 2, disposing a recovered soil-receiving gutter 42 long in the direction for conveying the raising seedling containers 2, below the undersoil-treating section 40, and disposing a conveyer 43 for conveying the soil from one end to the other end on the recovered soil-receiving gutter 42.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a soil recovery apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, Japanese Patent No. 2777766 discloses a floor soil supply device provided above a transfer table for transferring a seedling growing container, and a floor soil supply hopper of the floor soil supply device. The invention describes a configuration in which a soil supply device for supplying soil to the soil is provided, and the soil supply device is connected to a return device that returns the soil that has been fed from the floor soil supply device and that has fallen without entering the seedling raising container.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned known example, the soil fed out from the floor soil supply device and dropped without entering the seedling raising container is returned to the floor soil supply hopper by the return device and the soil replenishment device, so that the above-mentioned conventional example is efficient. However, it is premised that the return device is connected to the soil replenishing device to be supplied to the floor soil supply device, and its size is limited. is not. Therefore, if the size of the return device is increased to collect in a wide range,
Another problem arises that transportation and installation are not easy. Further, a separate collecting device may be provided below the transfer table, but the structure becomes complicated and the cost increases. According to the present invention, the cost is reduced by configuring the collection device using the configuration of the transfer table.

[0004]

[Object of the Invention] Reduction of soil consumption, rationalization of soil recovery, and cost reduction.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a floor soil supply device 15 for supplying floor soil above a transfer table 1 for transferring a seedling raising container 2, and a supply of the floor soil supply device 15 on the lower side in the transfer direction. And a collection trough 42 long in the transfer direction of the seedling raising container 2 below the floor treatment section 40, and another end on the collection trough 42 from one end. This is a soil recovery device provided with a soil transport body 43 that moves to the end. In the present invention, the soil carrier 43 is a soil recovery device provided in the transfer chain 9 of the transfer means 10 for transferring the seedling raising container 2. In the present invention, the transfer means 10 includes a support rail 6 in the front-rear direction for supporting the pair of right and left seedling raising containers 2, a transfer chain 9 provided at an intermediate position between the left and right of the support rail 6, and a predetermined movement of the transfer chain 9. And a transfer body 7 for transferring a plurality of the seedling containers 2 attached at intervals.
The soil transporter 43 is a soil recovery device mounted on a mounting 8 for mounting the transporter 7 on a transport chain 9.
The present invention provides the floor soil supply device 15 with a soil replenishment device 36 for supplying soil to the floor soil supply hopper 16, and the soil replenishment device 36 is supplied with the soil from the floor soil supply device 15. Return device 37 that returns the soil that has fallen without entering
Are connected to each other, and the soil collecting device is configured such that the discharge end of the collecting and receiving gutter 42 faces above the receiving gutter 38 of the return device 37. In the present invention, the floor soil treatment unit 40 includes the seedling raising container 2.
Soil presser 20 for solidifying the soil in the pot 3 or a pressure reducing roller 26 for solidifying the soil supplied to the pot 3 of the seedling raising container 2 or a rotating brush 28 for removing excess soil.
And a soil recovery device constituted by any one or more of the above.

[0006]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
Is a horizontal transfer table 1 capable of transferring the seedling raising container 2 from the start end side to the terminal end side, is formed long in the transfer direction of the seedling raising container 2, and is supported on the floor by supporting legs provided at desired positions. The seedling raising container 2 is a tray 4 having a large number of pots 3.
Is fitted to the transfer container 5. The transfer table 1 is provided with a pair of left and right support rails 6 in the front-rear direction, and a transfer body 7 for transferring the seedling growing container 2 is provided at a position between the support rails 6 in the left and right direction. A plurality of transfer bodies 7 are attached to the transfer chain 9 at a predetermined interval by an optional mounting tool 8 and are transferred while abutting on the rear end of the seedling raising container 2.
And the transfer chain 9 constitute a transfer means 10. Reference numeral 11 denotes a chain guide rail for supporting the transfer chain 9, reference numeral 12 denotes a sliding member formed of a synthetic resin provided on the upper surface of the support rail 6, and reference numeral 13 denotes a mounting shaft.

[0007] A floor soil supply device 15 is located above the transfer table 1.
Is provided. The floor soil supply device 15 is formed by a floor soil supply hopper 16, a soil supply belt 17, and the like, and supplies floor soil into the seedling raising container 2. On the front side in the transfer direction of the floor soil supply device 15,
A soil indentation device 20 for solidifying the soil supplied to the pot 3 of the seedling raising container 2, which is a part of the floor soil processing unit 40 for processing the supplied floor soil, is provided. The earth pushing device 20 is provided with a left-right rotating shaft 21, a cylindrical rotating body 22 is eccentrically mounted on the rotating shaft 21, an upper part of a rod 23 is mounted on the rotating body 22, and a lower part of the rod 23 is mounted on the lower part of the rod 23. A push body 24 is provided in the pot 3 from above. The rod 23
A guide 25 for guiding the rotational movement of the upper part of the rod 23 to the vertical reciprocating movement is provided at the lower part of.

A pressure reducing roller 26 is provided on the front side of the soil pressing device 20, and a rotary brush 28 is provided on the front side of the pressure reducing roller 26 so as to be adjustable in height.
Is provided with a depression forming device 30 for forming a seeding depression on the upper surface of the floor soil supplied into the pot 3. The dent forming apparatus 30 is provided with a dent forming frame 31 on the transfer table 1, a cylinder motor 33 with an output shaft 32 extending and contracting above the dent forming frame 31, and a dent forming projection on the lower surface of the output shaft 32. 34 is provided with a recessed molded body 35. Thus, below the floor soil supply device 15,
The return device 37 connected to the soil replenishing device 36 that supplies the soil to the floor soil supply hopper 16 of the floor soil supply device 15 faces.
The return device 37 is for recovering soil that does not enter the seedling raising container 2 from the floor soil supplied by the floor soil supply device 15,
Gutter 3 with front and rear widths that can collect soil from floor soil supply device 15
8 and a conveyor 39 for conveying the soil that has fallen into the gutter 38
And the conveyor 39 is connected to the soil replenishing device 3.
6 so that it can be transported to the floor soil supply hopper 16. Although not shown, the soil supply device 36 is constituted by a bucket conveyor.

A transfer trough 42 for receiving soil dropped from the transfer table 1 is provided on the transfer table 1 below the floor soil processing section 40.
The front end of the collection trough 42 is located on the front side of the floor soil treatment section 40, and the rear end of the collection trough 42 faces the trough 38 of the return device 37. A soil transport body 43 for transporting the soil on the gutter 42 to the receiving gutter 38 is provided. The soil transport body 43 is formed integrally with or separate from the transport body 7 of the transport means 10 so as to move together with the transport body 7. The soil transport body 43 and the collection trough 42 constitute a fallen soil recovery device 44. I do. Therefore, the soil transport body 43 is used for the seedling raising container 2.
Without being affected by the transfer of the fallen soil, the fallen soil is moved above the upper surface of the collection trough 42 to transport and collect the fallen soil. In this case, in FIG. 4, the lower end of the soil transport body 43 moves upward at a predetermined interval of the collection trough 42, but may be in contact with each other, and an elastic member such as a rubber plate may be provided on the contact surface. Alternatively, the height of the upper end (lower end) of the plurality of soil transport bodies 43 may be partially changed, so that the one that contacts the collection trough 42 and the one that does not contact it may be mixed.

In the embodiment, the transfer chain 9 is wound around a gear 45 provided at the front and rear, and the transfer chain 9 going downward is
5 is guided by the guide rail 46 so as to be located below. The fallen soil collecting device 44 is configured by providing a collecting trough 42 below the transfer table 1, but the collecting trough 42 may be provided below the transfer table 1 where the soil falls, so that the soil falls. The floor soil processing unit 40 is provided below the floor soil processing unit 40. The configuration of the floor soil processing unit 40 is arbitrary, and any structure may be used as long as the soil falls along with the processing operation.
And the rotary brush 28.

[0011]

Next, the operation will be described. When a plurality of support rails 6 are placed and supplied on the starting end side of the transfer table 1, the transfer body 7 abuts and is transferred only to the lowermost seedling raising container 2, and the seedling raising container 2 is supplied with floor soil by the floor soil supply device 15. receive. When the seedling raising container 2 reaches below the soil pushing device 20, the rotating body 22 is eccentrically rotated by the rotating rotating shaft 21, whereby the upper part of the rod 23 rotates and the lower part of the rod 23 whose upper part is rotating. Is guided in a vertical reciprocating motion by a guide 25, and a pushing body 24 at a lower portion of the rod 23 enters the pot 3 of the seedling raising container 2, and floor soil is pushed in.

Next, the seedling raising container 2 reaches below the pressure reducing roller 26 and receives pressure reduction by the pressure reducing roller 26. Next, unnecessary soil is removed by the rotating brush 28, and reaches the position below the depression forming device 30. The dent forming device 30 includes the output shaft 3
2 is attached to the output shaft 32 of the cylinder motor 33 which expands and contracts vertically, and the dent forming body 35 having the dent forming protrusion 34 on the lower surface is attached. A depression is formed on the upper surface of the soil inside.

The transfer table 1 for transferring the seedling raising container 2
A floor soil supply device 15 for supplying the floor soil, and a floor soil processing unit 40 for processing the supplied floor soil on the lower side in the transfer direction of the floor soil supply device 15 are provided above and below the floor soil processing unit 40. A collecting trough 42 that is long in the transfer direction of the seedling raising container 2, and a soil carrier 43 that moves from one end to the other end on the collecting trough 42.
Is provided, the soil falling from the transfer table 1 falls on the collection trough 42 and is transported from one end to the other end by the soil transport body 43 to prevent the soil that has fallen around from scattering. Further, since the return device 37 which receives and transports the soil dropped from the floor soil supply device 15 is connected below the floor soil supply device 15, the soil dropped from the floor soil supply device 15 is returned to the return device 3.
Collect by 7.

Therefore, a falling soil collecting device 44 composed of a soil transport body 43 and a collecting trough 42 is provided separately from the returning device 37 provided below the floor soil supplying device 15. The soil falling from the transfer table 1 can be collected in a wide area only by changing the size of the soil. In this case, since the soil carrier 43 of the fallen soil collecting device 44 is provided in the transfer chain 9 of the transfer means 10 for transferring the seedling raising container 2,
Separately, the soil can be transported from one end to the other by the soil transport body 43 by using the transport means 10 as the transport means of the soil transport body 43 without providing a driving means, thereby streamlining the configuration and reducing costs.

Further, since the soil carrier 43 is attached to the mounting member 8 for attaching the transfer body 7 to the transfer chain 9, the mounting member 8 is also configured to serve as both the transport body 7 and the soil carrier 43. , Lower costs. Therefore, the transport distance of the soil transport body 43 can be the same as the transport distance of the transport body 7, so that
The size of the collecting trough 42 is changed to the floor soil treatment unit 4 which is the soil falling part.
If the length is set to 0, the fallen soil collection device 44 can be easily configured. The return device 37 is configured to convey the fallen soil in a direction intersecting the transfer direction of the seedling container 2 of the transfer table 1 and to return to the soil replenishing device 36. Falling device 4 above 38
4 faces the end of the collection trough 42, the soil conveyed by the fallen soil collection device 44 falls into the trough 38 of the return device 37 and is conveyed by the conveyance conveyor 39 of the return device 37. It is returned to the replenishing device 36 and is lifted by the soil replenishing device 36 to the floor soil supply hopper 16.

Therefore, the soil collected by the falling soil collecting device 44 is directly used as the floor soil supplying hopper 1 of the floor soil supplying device 15.
6 can be supplied (returned) to improve work efficiency. In this case, the fallen soil collection device 44 may be provided using the structure of the transfer table 1 irrespective of the return device 37, so that it is not necessary to increase the size of the return device in order to collect over a wide range. The device 37 is movable and the floor soil supply device 15
, The work such as transportation and installation is unnecessary, the convenience is good, and the fallen soil collection device 44 is placed below the device that may scatter the soil such as the pressure reduction roller 26 and the rotating brush 28. By providing this, the soil can be collected.

The transfer table 1 has the floor soil supply device 1
5 on the lower side, a soil pressing device 20 and a pressing roller 2
6 and the rotating brush 28 are provided. In particular, when the rotating brush 28 sweeps out excess soil, the soil is scattered around, so that the soil may fall and scatter from the floor soil supply device 15 to the rotating brush 28. Floor soil processing unit 40 with
By providing long collecting troughs 42 in front and rear below the floor soil processing unit 40 which may cause the soil to fall and scatter, it can be collected, and scattering to the surroundings is prevented. Therefore, the floor soil treatment unit 40 is not limited to the rotary brush 28, but may be another type.
The configuration is arbitrary, and the end of the collection trough 42 may be located above the trough 38, and the start end of the collection trough 42 may be located below the end of the floor treatment section 40.

[0018]

According to the present invention, the floor soil supply device 15 for supplying the floor soil and the floor soil supplied on the lower side in the transfer direction of the floor soil supply device 15 are processed above the transfer table 1 for transferring the seedling raising container 2. A floor collecting section 40, a long collecting trough 42 is provided below the bottom soil processing section 40 in the transfer direction of the seedling raising container 2, and a soil transporting moving from one end to the other end on the collecting trough 42. Since the soil recovery device is provided with the body 43, the soil that has fallen without entering the seedling raising container 2 is prevented from scattering around. In the present invention, the soil carrier 43 is a soil collection device provided in the transfer chain 9 of the transfer means 10 for transferring the seedling raising container 2, so that it is provided using the structure of the transfer table 1, so that It eliminates the need for installation work and reduces costs. In the present invention, the transfer means 10 includes a support rail 6 for supporting the pair of right and left seedling raising containers 2 in the front-rear direction, a transfer chain 9 provided at an intermediate position between the support rail 6 and the left and right, and the transfer chain 9.
And a plurality of transfer bodies 7 for transferring the seedling containers 2 attached at predetermined intervals to the soil transfer body 43. The soil transfer body 43 includes a soil collection device mounted on a fixture 8 for mounting the transfer body 7 to a transfer chain 9. The soil carrier 43
Is provided. In the present invention, the floor soil supply device 15 includes:
Soil replenishing device 36 for supplying soil to the floor soil supply hopper 16
The soil replenishing device 36 is connected to a return device 37 for returning soil that has been fed from the floor soil supply device 15 and has fallen without entering the seedling raising container 2. Since the soil collecting device is configured to face the discharge end of the collecting trough 42, the collected soil can be returned to the floor soil supply hopper 16 and a rational configuration is obtained. In the present invention, the floor soil treatment unit 40 removes the soil pressing device 26 for solidifying the soil in the pot 3 of the seedling raising container 2 or the pressure-reducing roller 26 for solidifying the soil supplied to the pot 3 of the seedling raising container 2 or excess soil. Since the soil recovery device is constituted by one or more of the rotating brushes 28 to be removed, the soil can be recovered within a necessary and sufficient range.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an entire soil supply device.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the starting end portion.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a floor soil treatment unit.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the fallen soil collection device.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a dent forming device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Transfer stand, 2 ... seedling raising container, 3 ... pot, 5 ... transfer container, 6 ... support rail, 7 ... transfer body, 8 ... attachment, 9 ... transfer chain, 10 ... transfer means, 15 ... floor supply Equipment, 16
... Soil supply hopper, 17 ... Soil supply belt, 20 ... Soil pushing device, 21 ... Rotating shaft, 22 ... Rotating body, 23 ... Rod, 24 ... Pushing body, 25 ... Guide, 26 ... Squeezing roller, 28 ... Rotating brush , 30 ... recess forming device, 31 ...
Depression molding frame, 32: output shaft, 33: cylinder motor, 34: depression formation projection, 35: depression formation body, 36
... Soil supply device, 37 ... Return device, 38 ... Gutter, 39 ... Conveyor, 42 ... Collection gutter, 43 ... Soil carrier, 44 ...
Falling soil collecting device, 45 ... gear, 46 ... guide rail.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A floor soil supply device 15 for supplying floor soil above a transfer table 1 for transferring a seedling raising container 2, and a floor soil for processing floor soil supplied on the lower side in the transfer direction of the floor soil supply device 15. And a collecting trough 42 long in the direction of transport of the seedling raising container 2 is provided below the floor soil treating unit 40, and a soil carrier 43 that moves from one end to the other end on the collecting trough 42. Soil recovery device provided with. 2. The soil carrier 43 according to claim 1,
Is the transfer chain 9 of the transfer means 10 for transferring the seedling raising container 2.
Soil recovery device installed in. 3. The transfer means according to claim 2, wherein
Is a support rail 6 for supporting the pair of right and left seedling raising containers 2 in the front-rear direction, a transfer chain 9 provided at a left and right intermediate position of the support rail 6, and a plurality of the transfer chains 9 attached to the transfer chain 9 at predetermined intervals. A soil recovery device comprising a transfer body 7 for transferring the seedling raising container 2, wherein the soil transport body 43 is attached to an attachment 8 for attaching the transfer body 7 to a transfer chain 9. 4. The method according to claim 1, 2 or 3.
In the floor soil supply device 15, a soil replenishment device 36 for supplying soil to the floor soil supply hopper 16 is provided, and the soil replenishment device 36 is fed from the floor soil supply device 15 to the seedling raising container 2. Return device 37 that returns soil that has fallen without entering
And a soil recovery device in which the discharge end of the recovery gutter 42 faces above the gutter 38 of the return device 37. 5. The method according to claim 1, 2 or 3.
Alternatively, the floor soil treatment unit 40 according to claim 4, wherein the soil pushing device 2 hardens the soil in the pot 3 of the seedling raising container 2.
Or a soil recovery device comprising one or more of a pressure reducing roller 26 for solidifying the soil supplied to the pot 3 of the seedling raising container 2 or a rotating brush 28 for removing excess soil.