JP2008067653A - Method for reversing mushroom culture bottle, and device for reversing mushroom culture bottle by the method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for reversing mushroom culture bottles by which a lot of culture bottles can be rapidly reversed upside down at a time so that a mass-production producer can employ such a culture method as to reverse culture bottles upside down in a prescribed period of time. <P>SOLUTION: The method for reversing the mushroom culture bottles comprises: making an empty upside-down container 10 adhere to the upper part of a culture bottle 8 in a container 9 to clip the culture bottle 8 with the containers 9, 10 from its top and bottom; reversing both of the containers 9, 10 upside down in this state; removing the container 9 positioning at the upper part of the culture bottle 8 after the reversing operation so as to put the culture bottle 8 upside down. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for reversing a mushroom cultivation bottle and a reversing apparatus for a mushroom cultivation bottle by this reversal method, which are used when carrying out a cultivation method performed in a state where the cultivation bottle is reversed for a certain period in artificial cultivation of mushrooms, Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for reversing a mushroom cultivation bottle capable of quickly reversing upside down many cultivation bottles at once and a reversing apparatus for a mushroom cultivation bottle by this reversal method.

  The reversing device for reversing the cultivation bottle upside down is used for facilitating the take-out operation when taking out the unnecessary items in the cultivation bottle from the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle (see, for example, Patent Document 1). This device can turn the cultivation bottle upside down only when the cultivation bottle is attached to the reversing device.

And when inverting the cultivation bottle upside down, as described above, it is not limited only to taking out the unnecessary items in the cultivation bottle from the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle, and depending on the cultivation method, cultivation is performed during the cultivation. It was necessary to invert the bottle upside down.
According to this cultivation method, it is possible to harvest high-quality mushrooms with excellent appearance by cultivating cultivation bottles upside down for a certain period of time.

  However, when this cultivation method is carried out, since a reversing device capable of efficiently reversing the cultivation bottles upside down is not provided, the producer reverses the cultivation bottles one by one upside down manually. I had to let it.

  For this reason, in the producer who is mass-producing mushrooms, while knowing that high-quality mushrooms with excellent appearance can be harvested, it is necessary to invert a large amount of cultivation bottles that must be performed twice during cultivation. Considering time and effort, this cultivation method could not be adopted.

Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 04-021445 (pages 1-6, FIGS. 1-3)

  The present invention quickly reverses many cultivation bottles upside down at a time so that a producer who is mass producing can incorporate a cultivation method in which cultivation bottles are reversed upside down for a certain period of time. It is now possible to provide a method for reversing a mushroom cultivation bottle and a reversing device for a mushroom cultivation bottle using this reversal method.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a method for reversing a mushroom cultivation bottle according to the present invention is a reversal method for inverting a cultivation bottle upside down in a mushroom cultivation process, and is empty above the cultivation bottle in a container. Attach upside down containers and sandwich the cultivation bottles with these containers from above and below. In this state, turn both containers upside down, remove the container at the top of the cultivation bottles after this inversion, and turn the cultivation bottles upside down. It is supposed to be reversed.

  Moreover, it is a reversing device for inverting the cultivation bottle upside down in the cultivation process of mushrooms, a container base part for setting a container containing the cultivation bottle, and an upper part of the cultivation bottle in the container set in the container base part The container operation part is attached to or removed from a predetermined container, and the reversal operation part for reversing the container waiting for reversal set in the container base part, and the cultivation bottle is accommodated in the container base part. When the container to be operated is set, an empty upside down container is attached to the upper part of the cultivation bottle in the container by the container operation part, and then the cultivation bottle by both containers above and below the cultivation bottle by the inversion operation part. Both containers are raised so that the cultivation bottle is turned upside down while the two containers are raised above the container base while maintaining the sandwiched state of Thereafter been rolling the two containers are lowered into the container base unit, by then the container operating portion, is as constructed as containers at the top of the cultivating bottle in the container is removed.

  Moreover, the said container base part shall be comprised so that the container which accommodates a cultivation bottle can be drawn in and set to a regulation position automatically.

  In addition, the container base portion is configured to be able to automatically draw and set a container for storing the cultivation bottle at a specified position and to automatically send the container from the specified position to a desired position.

  Furthermore, the said container base part shall be comprised so that the container which accommodates a cultivation bottle can be passed in one direction.

  Further, the holding state of the cultivation bottle by both containers above and below the cultivation bottle in the reversing operation unit is configured to press the holding member against the opposite side surfaces of both containers, thereby The sandwiched state can be maintained.

  According to the method for reversing the mushroom cultivation bottle of the present invention and the apparatus for reversing the mushroom cultivation bottle by this reversal method, the cultivation bottle in which the inoculum is planted is housed in the container from the beginning of cultivation. In this case, the cultivation bottle is inverted upside down by the inversion device by setting the cultivation bottle together with the container in the inversion device according to the present invention, and the cultivation bottle inverted upside down is another container. Can be taken out from the reversing device.

  Thus, by using the reversing device according to the present invention, a cultivation method for cultivating cultivation bottles that have been unable to be incorporated by producers who have been mass-producing mushrooms in the upside-down state for a certain period of time. High quality that is excellent in appearance even for producers who are mass-producing mushrooms because it enables easy and short-time reversal of large-scale cultivation bottles that must be performed twice during cultivation You can harvest mushrooms.

Hereinafter, the reversal method of the mushroom cultivation bottle of this invention and the reversal apparatus of the mushroom cultivation bottle by this reversal method are demonstrated based on an accompanying drawing.
In the inversion method according to the present invention, an empty container is attached to the upper part of the cultivation bottle in the container, the cultivation bottle is sandwiched from above and below with these containers, both containers are inverted upside down in this state, and after this inversion This is an inversion method in which the container at the top of the cultivation bottle is removed to invert the cultivation bottle upside down, and will be described in detail based on the inversion operation process of the inversion device shown in the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a schematic structure showing an example of the reversing device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the reversing device of FIG. 1, and as an initial state, a clamping hand 6a of the container operation unit 6 of the reversing device 1 is shown. In this case, an empty upside down container 10 is sandwiched between the front and rear outer walls by a sandwiching hand 6a.

  And the container 9 which accommodates the cultivation bottle 8 is set in the container base part 5 by the operator, and the inversion process of the cultivation bottle 8 is started by pressing the start button (illustration omitted) of the operation panel 4. FIG.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, when the reversing device 1 is disposed on the work line, the container 9 that accommodates the cultivation bottle 8 is driven by the rolling drive unit 5 c of the container base unit 5. As a result, it is pulled into the specified position from (← entering direction) in FIG. When the reversal process is completed, the sheet is discharged out of the device (in the direction of ←) in FIG. 11 by the driving roller 5a driven by the rolling driving unit 5c of the container base unit 5. Therefore, the container can pass in one direction with respect to the reversing device 1.

  The inversion process process of the cultivation bottle 8 is demonstrated with the inversion operation process diagram of FIGS. The reversal operation process will be described from a state in which the container 9 that accommodates the cultivation bottle 8 is set on the container base 5.

  When the reversing process by the reversing device 1 is started, as shown in FIG. 3, an empty upside down container 10 sandwiched between the front and rear outer walls by the sandwiching hand 6a of the container operation unit 6 is moved to the container by the lifting drive unit 6b. It descends in the direction of the pedestal 5 and covers the top of the cultivation bottle 8 in the container 9 on the container pedestal 5. Thereafter, the sandwiching of the container 10 by the sandwiching hand 6a is released, and the sandwiching hand 6a is raised by the elevating drive unit 6b and returned to the initial position.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the sandwiching hands 7 a and 7 b of the reversing operation unit 7 project toward the left and right outer walls of the containers 9 and 10, and press the containers 9 and 10 in pressure contact with the left and right outer walls of the containers 9 and 10. Hold it.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 5, in a state where the containers 9 and 10 are sandwiched by the sandwiching hands 7a and 7b, the container support / reversing unit 7c is raised above the container base unit 5 by the elevating drive unit 7d.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the containers 9 and 10 sandwiched by the sandwiching hands 7a and 7b are inverted upside down by a reversing means such as a motor provided in the container support / reversing unit 7c.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the containers 9 and 10 inverted upside down by the container support / reversing unit 7c are lowered toward the container table 5 by the elevating drive unit 7d.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the holding hands 7a and 7b holding the containers 9 and 10 return to the initial positions, and the holding of the containers 9 and 10 by the holding hands 7a and 7b is released.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 9, the sandwiching hand 6 a of the container operating unit 6 in the initial position is lowered in the direction of the container table 5 by the elevating drive unit 6 b, and the cultivation bottle in the container 10 on the container table 5 A container 9 covering 8 is sandwiched.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 10, the holding hand 6a holding the container 9 is raised by the elevating drive unit 6b and returned to the initial position to prepare for the next reversing process. Then, the cultivation jar 8 inverted upside down is accommodated in the container 10 and remains in the container table 5, and the container 10 is taken out from the container table 5 by the operator, and the container table 5 is driven to roll. It is discharged out of the apparatus by a driving roller 5a driven by the portion 5c.

  In the above description, the cultivation bottle 8 is inverted upside down with respect to the upright cultivation bottle 8 standing with the bottle mouth facing upward, and the bottle mouth is turned upside down with the bottle mouth facing downward. Although it is description of the operation | movement process discharged | emitted (taken out), even when the cultivation bottle 8 set to the container base part 5 of the inversion apparatus 1 was the cultivation bottle 8 of the inverted state which stands a bottle mouth downward, The reversing operation process in the reversing device 1 is the same as the above-described operation process, and this reversing operation is performed by inverting the cultivation bottle 8 upside down with respect to the inverted cultivation bottle 8 standing with the bottle mouth facing downward. The bottle mouth is set upright with the bottle mouth facing upward, and discharged (taken out) from the reversing device 1.

  In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes a support column that serves as a guide for raising and lowering the container support / reversing unit 7c in the reversing operation unit 7 as well as supporting the container operating unit 6, 3 is a caster for moving the reversing device 1, and 5b is a driving roller 5a. , 6c is a rod for raising and lowering the clamping hand 6a, 11 is a line table, and 12 is a jack leg of the line table 11.

The schematic structure front view which shows an example of the inversion apparatus which concerns on this invention. The side view of the inversion apparatus of FIG. The inversion operation process figure of an inversion apparatus. The inversion operation process figure of an inversion apparatus. The inversion operation process figure of an inversion apparatus. The inversion operation process figure of an inversion apparatus. The inversion operation process figure of an inversion apparatus. The inversion operation process figure of an inversion apparatus. The inversion operation process figure of an inversion apparatus. The inversion operation process figure of an inversion apparatus. The figure which shows the inversion apparatus integrated in the line.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Inversion apparatus 2 Support | pillar 3 Caster 4 Operation panel 5 Container base part 5a Drive roller 5b Shaft 5c Rotation drive part 6 Container operation part 6a Clamping hand 6b Lifting drive part 6c Rod 7 Reverse operation part 7a Clamping hand 7b Clamping hand 7c Container support and Inversion part 7d Lifting drive part 8 Cultivation bottle 9 Container 10 Container 11 Line stand 12 Jack leg

Claims (6)

  This is a reversal method in which the cultivation bottle is inverted upside down in the cultivation process of mushrooms, and an empty upside down container is attached to the upper part of the cultivation bottle in the container, and the cultivation bottle is sandwiched from above and below by this container. Invert method of the mushroom cultivation bottle that inverts both containers upside down and removes the container at the top of the cultivation bottle after this inversion to invert the cultivation bottle upside down.   A reversing device that inverts the cultivation bottle upside down in the cultivation process of mushrooms, with respect to the container base part for setting the container containing the cultivation bottle and the upper part of the cultivation bottle in the container set in the container base part A container operation unit that attaches or removes a predetermined container and a reversal operation unit that reverses the container waiting for reversal processing set in the container base unit, and a container that accommodates cultivation bottles in the container base unit When the container operation unit is set, an empty upside down container is attached to the upper part of the cultivation bottle in the container by the container operation unit, and then the cultivation bottle is sandwiched between the upper and lower containers by the inversion operation unit. Both containers are turned upside down so that both containers are raised above the container base and the cultivation bottle is turned upside down. Thereafter Both container Te is lowered into the container base unit, by then the container operating portion, constructed reversing device of mushroom cultivation bottle comprising such a container is removed at the top of the cultivating bottle in the container.   The reversing device for mushroom cultivation bottles according to claim 2, wherein the container base part is configured to be able to automatically draw and set a container for accommodating cultivation bottles at a specified position.   3. The container base part according to claim 2, wherein the container base part is configured to be able to automatically draw and set a container that accommodates the cultivation bottle at a specified position, and to automatically send the container from the specified position to a desired position. Mushroom cultivation bottle reversing device.   The reverse device of the mushroom cultivation bottle of Claim 2 comprised so that the said container base part can pass the container which accommodated the cultivation bottle in one direction.   The holding state of the cultivation bottle by the containers above and below the cultivation bottle in the reversing operation unit is made to hold the cultivation bottle between the containers above and below the cultivation bottle by pressing the holding members against the opposing side surfaces of the containers. The reversing device for a mushroom cultivation bottle according to claim 2, wherein the wearing state can be maintained.

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