JP2008092865A - Feed shutter in soil feeder for nursery box, and method for mounting the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a feed shutter in a soil feeder for a nursery box designed so as to prevent the soil feeder from enlarging in size due to broadness of a setting space and a working space of an operation mechanism. <P>SOLUTION: The feed shutter in a soil feeder for a nursery box is provided with an upper feed hopper 2 positioning above a conveying stand 17 of a nursery box, a delivery belt 4 set up below the feed hopper 2, a feed port 5 formed between the feed hopper 2 and the delivery belt 4, and a feed shutter 6 attached to the feed port 5; wherein the feed shutter 6 is pivotally attached to a frame-side plate 31 fixed to the conveying stand 17 via a pivot shaft 10 having a square shank part 11 and regulates a feed amount of the soil with an opening/closing operation dial 50 fixed to an operation axis 45 whose axis core direction is parallel to that of the pivot shaft 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a supply shutter of a soil supply device for a seedling box and a method of attaching the supply shutter.

Conventionally, it comprises an upper supply hopper, a supply belt provided at the lower part of the supply hopper, a supply port formed between the supply hopper and the supply belt, and a supply shutter attached to the supply port. In such a configuration, both ends of the pivot shaft are pivotally supported on the left and right side walls of the supply hopper, and a base portion of a manual rotation lever for rotating the pivot shaft is fixed to the end portion of the pivot shaft. Yes (see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-5-49311

In the known example, the pivot shaft that is the rotation axis of the supply shutter is directly rotated by the lever, so the rotation angle of the rotated lever is directly the rotation angle of the supply shutter. There is a problem of being unsuitable.
Therefore, the lever is formed with a predetermined length, and the amount of movement of the tip of the lever is increased with respect to the amount of rotation of the pivot shaft for fine adjustment. In addition to this, another problem that requires a wide working space has also occurred.
In the present application, the open / close operation dial provided on the side surface of the seedling box soil supply device improves operability, enables fine adjustment, and reduces installation space and operation space.

The present invention includes an upper supply hopper 2 located above a transfer stand 17 for transferring a seedling box, a feeding belt 4 provided below the supply hopper 2, and between the supply hopper 2 and the feeding belt 4. And the supply shutter 6 attached to the supply port 5, the supply shutter 6 is fixed to the transfer table 17 by a pivot shaft 10 having a square shaft portion 11. Of the soil feeding device for a seedling box configured to adjust the supply amount by an open / close operation dial 50 fixed to the operation shaft 45 provided in parallel with the pivot shaft 10 and the axial direction. This is a supply shutter.
According to the present invention, the operation shaft 45 is a seedling-raised seedling that is located on the front side in the moving direction of the feeding belt 4 from the angular shaft portion 11 and above the angular shaft portion 11 and above the axial center of the angular shaft portion 11. This is a supply shutter of the box soil supply device.
In the present invention, the operation shaft 45 has a gear 47 having a large radius fixed to the angular shaft portion 11, and a gear 46 having a smaller radius than the gear 47 is engaged with the gear 47, and the gear 46 is connected to the operation shaft 45. It is used as a supply shutter of the soil supply device for a seedling box fixed to the container.
In the present invention, the gear 46 has a groove 46B formed on the outer periphery from one end of the cylindrical member 46A to an intermediate position, the groove 46B is open at one end side, and the intermediate side of the cylindrical member 46A is gradually shallower. This is a supply shutter for the formed seedling box soil supply device.
In the present invention, the pivot shaft 10 is formed with an angular shaft portion 11 at an intermediate portion and round bar portions 16 on both sides of the angular shaft portion 11, and the left and right side plates 8 of the on-off valve 7 of the supply shutter 6 are provided on the left and right side plates 8. Forming a square hole 12 larger than the square shaft part 11, and inserting the square shaft part 11 loosely into the square hole 12 and rotating the square shaft part 11 until there is no looseness in any one direction; A square hole 55 having substantially the same size as the square hole 12 is formed in the gear 47 in the square shaft portion 11, and the square hole 55 of the gear 47 is inserted through the square shaft portion 11. 47 is a seedling box soil supply device in which the rotating portion of the gear 47 is fixed to either one of the left and right side plates 8 with a screw 57 after being rotated with respect to the angular shaft portion 11 until there is no looseness in any other direction. Supply shutter.
In the present invention, the supply shutter 6 is positioned between the left and right frame side plates 31 of the frame 30 of the seedling box soil supply device 1, and one end of the pivot shaft 10 is inserted through the through hole 32 of the one frame side plate 31. 6 is inserted into the square hole 12 of one side plate 8, the square hole 55 of the gear 47 is inserted into the angular shaft portion 11 of the pivot shaft 10 protruding inward from the side plate 8, and then one end of the pivot shaft 10 is inserted. The round bar 16 on the side is further moved toward the other side, inserted into the square hole 12 of the side plate 8 of the supply shutter 6 on the other side, and then the side plate 8 of the supply shutter 6 is loosened in any one direction. The gear 47 is rotated with respect to the angular shaft portion 11 until there is no more, and then the gear 47 is rotated with respect to the angular shaft portion 11 until there is no looseness in any other direction. A screw 57 is inserted into the hole 56 and either one of the left and right side plates 8 is inserted. Mounting of the supply shutter nursery box soil feeder fixed by screws 57 to the gear 47.
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According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the supply amount is adjusted by the opening / closing operation dial 50 fixed to the operation shaft 45 provided in parallel with the pivot shaft 10 and the axial center direction, the worker is placed on the side of the seedling box soil supply device 1. While being positioned, the supply amount can be adjusted while looking at the supply port 5 of the supply hopper 2 to improve operability.
In the invention of claim 2, the presence of the operation shaft 45 provided with the opening / closing operation dial 50 does not affect the adjustment of the supply amount performed while looking at the supply port 5, and does not deteriorate the operability of the adjustment work.
In the invention of claim 3, delicate adjustment of the supply amount by the opening / closing operation dial 50 can be easily realized.
In the invention of claim 4, the meshing between the gear 46 and the gear 47 can be ensured, and the operation can be ensured.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the on-off valve 7 can be fixed to the square shaft portion 11 without play even if it is formed without performing high-precision pressing, the operation of one on-off operation dial 50 can be performed by a set of gears. The lower edge of the supply shutter 6 can be moved up and down substantially horizontally while being configured to transmit to the supply shutter 6 by meshing between the gear 46 and the gear 47.
Subtle adjustment of the supply amount can be realized easily.
In the invention of claim 6, the supply shutter 6 can be easily assembled and assembled.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 denotes a seedling box soil supply device 1, which is provided above a transfer table 17 having a transfer roller for transferring a known seedling box, and a supply hopper 2 at the top. A feeding belt 4 wound around a pair of rollers 3 provided at a predetermined interval in the transfer direction of the seedling box is provided at a position below the supply hopper 2.
A supply port 5 is formed between the supply hopper 2 and the feeding belt 4, and a supply shutter 6 for adjusting a supply amount is provided in the supply port 5.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the supply shutter 6. The supply shutter 6 has left and right side plates 8 bent at substantially right angles on both sides of the on-off valve 7 formed in an arc shape when viewed from the side. The left right plate 8 is formed with a square hole 12 through which the angular shaft portion 11 of the pivot shaft 10 is inserted. The square hole 12 is punched to be larger than the diameter of the square shaft portion 11, and the square shaft portion 11 and the square hole 12 are fitted with a backlash but have a relationship of a size that does not rotate. Form and fit the square shaft.
Reference numeral 15 denotes a screw hole, and 16 denotes round bar portions at both ends of the angular shaft portion 11 of the pivot shaft 10.

  Reference numeral 20 denotes an auxiliary plate which is attached to one of the left and right side plates 8. Like the side plate 8, the auxiliary plate 20 is formed with a square hole 21 that is punched out to be larger than the diameter of the square shaft portion 11, and the square hole 21 is fitted to the square shaft portion 11 with a backlash. Reference numeral 22 denotes a long hole formed in the auxiliary plate 20, and 23 denotes a screw screwed into the screw hole 15 through the long hole 22.

As described above, the left and right side plates 8 and the auxiliary plate 20 are individually engaged with the angular shaft portion 11 of the pivot shaft 10 with a backlash, but the left and right side plates 8 and the auxiliary plate 20 are angular axes. After twisting to the opposite side with respect to the part 11, by fixing each other with the screw screw 23, it is possible to achieve a square shaft fitting without backlash.
That is, first, the square hole 21 of the auxiliary plate 20 is inserted into the square shaft portion 11 of the pivot shaft 10, and one of the left and right round bars 16 of the pivot shaft 10 in this state is connected to one of the left and right side plates 8. Next, the other of the left and right round bar portions 16 of the pivot shaft 10 is inserted into the other corner hole 12 of the left and right side plates 8, and the corner shaft portion 11 of the pivot shaft 10 is inserted into the corners of the left and right side plates 8. The hole 12 is penetrated.

Next, the on-off valve 7 engaged with the angular shaft portion 11 with looseness is twisted in the left rotation direction, for example, at the center of the axis of the angular shaft portion 11 on either one of the left and right sides with respect to the angular shaft portion 11. In the right rotation direction, a gap (backlash) remains between the outer periphery of the square shaft portion 11 and the inner periphery of the square hole 12 of the side plate 8, but the left rotation direction between the pivot shaft 10 and the on-off valve 7. There should be no gaps left in the back.
Next, in this state, this time, the auxiliary plate 20 is twisted in the clockwise direction with respect to the angular shaft portion 11, and the backlash remains in the counterclockwise direction, but the pivot shaft 10 and the auxiliary plate 20 Make sure there is no backlash in the clockwise direction.

Thus, after the side plate 8 and the auxiliary plate 20 are in a state in which the back plate remains in only one direction with respect to the angular shaft portion 11, both are fixed with the screws 23. Thereby, as a whole, the left and right side plates 8 and the auxiliary plate 20 can be fitted to the square shaft portion 11 without angular play.
Thus, the left and right round bar portions 16 of the pivot shaft 10 are protruded outwardly from the through holes 32 of the left and right frame side plates 31 of the frame 30 of the seedling box soil supply device 1 of the supply hopper 2 so as to be rotatable only. Disguise.

  The through hole 32 of the frame side plate 31 is formed to have a larger diameter than the square shaft portion 11 having a diameter larger than that of the round bar portion 16, and the so-called through hole 32 is formed as a “fool hole”. When the pivot shaft 10 can be inserted from the outside of the pivot shaft 10, and either the left or right side of the pivot shaft 10 is moved up and down with respect to the through hole 32 and fixed by the operation unit support plate 40 described later, the on-off valve 7 The left and right height can be adjusted, and the through hole 32 also functions as a height adjusting hole.

The left and right round bar portions 16 of the pivot shaft 10 projecting outside the left and right frame side plates 31 are inserted through the insertion holes 41 of the pair of left and right operation portion support plates 40. The operation unit support plate 40 is fixed to the frame side plate 31 by bolts 42.
At this time, one of the left and right operation unit support plates 40 is pivotally supported with respect to the through hole 32 of the frame side plate 31 formed larger than the diameter of the round bar 16 of the pivot shaft 10. By moving up and down together with the round bar portion 16 of the shaft 10, the delicate balance of the left and right heights of the on-off valve 7 is corrected, and then fixed with bolts 42. Reference numeral 43 denotes an attachment hole for the operation unit support plate 40, and 44 denotes an attachment hole for the frame side plate 31.

Accordingly, a part of the operation portion support plate 40 protrudes outward from the frame side plate 31, and the operation shaft 45 is mounted on the protrusion. A gear 46 is fixed to the operation shaft 45, and a gear 47 is engaged with the gear 46. The gear 47 is fixed to the pivot shaft 10.
As the gear 46, a normal sprocket can be used, but in the embodiment, a groove 46B is formed on the outer periphery from one end of the cylindrical member 46A to an intermediate position, and the groove 46B is open at one end side, and the cylindrical member 46A. The intermediate portion side is formed so as to become gradually shallower.

Accordingly, when the gear 46 is inserted into the operation portion support plate 40 through the operation shaft 45 and then engaged with the gear 47 through the groove 46B and fixed with the screw 49, the engagement between the gear 47 and the gear 46 is released. This is preferred.
When an opening / closing operation dial 50 is fixed to one of the left and right ends of the operation shaft 45 and the gear 46 is rotated by the opening / closing operation dial 50, the gear 47 rotates about the pivot shaft 10, and the gear 47 rotates to the pivot shaft 10. And the opening / closing amount of the on-off valve 7 is adjusted by the rotation of the pivot shaft 10.

Therefore, since the opening / closing operation dial 50 is provided so as to protrude laterally with respect to the side plate 8 of the seedling box soil supply device 1, the supply port 5 between the supply hopper 2 and the feeding belt 4 from the side. The supply amount can be adjusted by opening and closing the supply shutter 6 for adjusting the supply amount.
In this case, a compression coil spring 51 is provided between the opening / closing operation dial 50 and the operation portion support plate 40, and resistance is given to the rotation of the operation shaft 45 so that the supply shutter 6 is not closed by its own weight.

  Thus, like the auxiliary plate 20, the gear 47 is formed with a square hole 55 that is punched out to be larger than the diameter of the square shaft portion 11. Fit the shaft. 56 is a long hole formed in the gear 47, and 57 is a screw 57 screwed into the screw hole 58 through the long hole 56.

  The gear 47 inserts the square hole 55 of the gear 47 into the square shaft portion 11 of the pivot shaft 10, passes the round bar portion 16 of the pivot shaft 10 from the square hole 12 of the side plate 8, and then the square shaft portion. When the on-off valve 7 engaged with the backlash 11 is twisted in the left rotation direction on either one of the left and right sides with respect to the angular shaft portion 11, for example, the gap (back) remains in the right rotation direction. A gap (backlash) is not left in the left rotation direction between the shaft 10 and the on-off valve 7, and in this state, the gear 47 is now rotated in the right rotation direction with respect to the angular shaft portion 11. The side plate 8 and the gear 47 are fixed with screws 57 so that the backlash remains in the left rotation direction but does not remain in the right rotation direction between the pivot shaft 10 and the gear 47. To do.

Thereby, as a whole, the left and right side plates 8, the auxiliary plate 20, and the gear 47 can be fitted to the square shaft portion 11 without any backlash.
Therefore, the gear 47 also acts as a part of the strength member that enhances the assembly strength of the supply shutter 6. By providing the gear 47, the side plate 8 and the square shaft portion 11 can be fixed without generating a backlash between the pivot shaft 10 and the gear 47. It does not occur and can be omitted.

(Operation of Example)
Next, the operation will be described.
The present invention is configured as described above, and the supply shutter 6 is positioned between the left and right frame side plates 31 of the frame 30 of the seedling box soil supply device 1, and the pivot shaft 10 is inserted through the through hole 32 of the one frame side plate 31. The supply shutter 6 is inserted into the square hole 12 of one side plate 8, and the square hole 21 of the auxiliary plate 20 and the square hole 55 of the gear 47 are inserted into the square shaft portion 11 of the pivot shaft 10 protruding inward from the side plate 8. To do.

Next, one round bar portion 16 of the pivot shaft 10 is further moved toward the other side, and is inserted into the square hole 12 of the side plate 8 of the supply shutter 6 on the other side.
In this state, the supply shutter 6, the auxiliary plate 20, and the gear 47 are positioned between the left and right frame side plates 31 of the frame 30.

Thus, the on-off valve 7 that is engaged with the angular shaft portion 11 of the pivot shaft 10 with a backlash is rotated counterclockwise about either the left or right of the angular shaft portion 11, for example, the center of the angular shaft portion 11. When twisted in the direction (turned), there is a backlash in the clockwise direction but no backlash in the counterclockwise direction.
Next, the auxiliary plate 20 and the gear 47 are twisted in the right rotation direction with respect to the angular shaft portion 11 so that a gap remains in the left rotation direction but no gap remains in the right rotation direction.

  In this state, the auxiliary plate 20 and the gear 47 are inserted into the long holes 22 and 56 of the screws 23 and 57 and screwed into the screw holes 15, respectively, so that the auxiliary plate 20 and the gear 47 are fixed to the on-off valve 7. .

As a result, the supply shutter 6 as a whole can be fitted with the left and right side plates 8, the auxiliary plate 20, and the gear 47 to the square shaft portion 11 without a backlash.
Next, the left and right round bar portions 16 of the pivot shaft 10 projecting outward from the left and right frame side plates 31 are inserted through the insertion holes 41 of the pair of left and right operation unit support plates 40, respectively. The operation portion support plate 40 is temporarily fixed with bolts 42, the other round bar portion 16 is moved up and down with respect to the inside of the through hole 32, and the lower edge of the on-off valve 7 is substantially parallel to the upper surface of the feeding belt 4. The height is adjusted, and the left and right operation unit support plates 40 are fixed to the frame side plate 31 by bolts 42.

  The operation shaft 45 is inserted into the insertion hole 48 of the operation portion support plate 40, the gear 46 is inserted into the operation shaft 45, the other end of the operation shaft 45 is inserted into the insertion hole 48 of the other operation portion support plate 40, The gear 46 is engaged with the gear 47, the gear 46 is fixed to the operation shaft 45 with screws, and the opening / closing operation dial 50 is fixed to the end of the operation shaft 45.

Thus, the supply shutter 6 can be finely adjusted because the gear 47 of the pivot shaft 10 and the gear 46 meshing with the gear 47 are rotated by the opening / closing operation dial 50 to adjust the supply amount.
In other words, when the pivot shaft 10 is rotated by the lever, the rotation angle of the lever becomes the rotation angle of the supply shutter 6 as it is, which is not suitable for delicate adjustment. Since the gear 46 is formed by a gear having a large radius and the gear 46 is formed by a small-diameter gear, the rotation amount of the gear 47 with respect to the rotation amount of the opening / closing operation dial 50 can be made much smaller, and subtle in adjusting the supply amount. You can adjust.

In this case, since the opening / closing operation dial 50 is provided so as to protrude laterally with respect to the side plate 8 of the seedling box soil supply device 1, from the side (side), between the supply hopper 2 and the feeding belt 4 While looking at the supply port 5, the supply amount can be adjusted by opening and closing the supply shutter 6 for adjusting the supply amount, and further fine adjustment is possible.
Further, in the adjustment by the lever, when the contact is made during the soil supply work, the lever itself may move immediately and the position of the supply shutter 6 may be out of order, but the opening / closing operation dial 50 of the present application is, for example, Even if the operator's body touches, it does not rotate immediately, so that the position of the supply shutter 6 is prevented from being out of position.

  Further, since the opening / closing operation dial 50 only rotates about the axis center of the operation shaft 45, the operating space of the opening / closing operation dial 50 matches the diameter of the opening / closing operation dial 50, and the operating space can be very small. It is possible to reduce the volume that occupies the space above the transfer table 17 of the seedling box soil supply apparatus 1 and contribute to making the transfer table 17 compact.

The side view of a soil supply apparatus. The exploded perspective view of a supply shutter. The side view of a supply shutter. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal front view of a supply shutter. Sectional drawing of a gearwheel. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Soil feeder for seedling boxes, 2 ... Supply hopper, 3 ... Roller, 4 ... Feeding belt, 5 ... Supply port, 6 ... Supply shutter, 7 ... Open / close valve, 8 ... Side plate, 10 ... Pivot shaft, 11 ... Angle Shaft part, 12 ... square hole, 15 ... screw hole, 16 ... round bar part, 17 ... transfer stand, 20 ... auxiliary plate, 21 ... square hole, 22 ... long hole, 23 ... screw, 30 ... frame, 31 ... frame Side plate, 32 ... through hole, 40 ... operating portion support plate, 41 ... insertion hole, 42 ... bolt, 43 ... mounting hole, 44 ... mounting hole, 45 ... operating shaft, 46 ... gear, 47 ... gear, 50 ... opening / closing operation Dial, 51 ... spring, 55 ... square hole, 56 ... long hole, 57 ... screw, 58 ... screw hole.

Claims (6)

Formed between the upper supply hopper 2 located above the transfer stand 17 for transferring the seedling box, the supply belt 4 provided below the supply hopper 2, and the supply hopper 2 and the supply belt 4 In the structure including the supply port 5 and the supply shutter 6 attached to the supply port 5, the supply shutter 6 is fixed to the transfer table 17 by the pivot shaft 10 having the angular shaft portion 11. And a supply shutter for a soil supply device for a seedling box, wherein the supply amount is adjusted by an open / close operation dial 50 fixed to the operation shaft 45 provided in parallel with the pivot shaft 10 in the axial direction. In claim 1, the operation shaft 45 is positioned in front of the angular shaft portion 11 in the movement direction of the feeding belt 4 and at a predetermined interval above the axis of the angular shaft portion 11 in a side view. Supply shutter for soil supply equipment for nursery boxes. In the first or second aspect, the operation shaft 45 is configured such that a gear 47 having a larger radius is fixed to the angular shaft portion 11, and a gear 46 having a smaller radius than the gear 47 is engaged with the gear 47. Is a supply shutter of a seedling box soil supply device fixed to the operation shaft 45. In claim 3, the gear 46 forms a groove 46B on the outer periphery from one end to an intermediate position of the cylindrical member 46A, the groove 46B opens at one end side, and the intermediate portion side of the cylindrical member 46A gradually becomes shallower. Supply shutter of the soil supply device for the seedling box formed in. In claim 4, the pivot shaft 10 has an angular shaft portion 11 formed at an intermediate portion thereof, and round bar portions 16 formed on both sides of the angular shaft portion 11, respectively, on the left and right side plates 8 of the on-off valve 7 of the supply shutter 6. Forms a square hole 12 that is larger than the square shaft part 11, and the square shaft part 11 is loosely inserted into the square hole 12 and rotated with respect to the square shaft part 11 until there is no looseness in any one direction. The angular shaft portion 11 is formed with a square hole 55 having a size substantially the same as that of the rectangular hole 12 in the gear 47, and the angular hole 55 of the gear 47 is provided through the angular shaft portion 11. The gear 47 is rotated with respect to the angular shaft portion 11 until there is no looseness in any other direction, and then the rotating portion of the gear 47 is fixed to either one of the left and right side plates 8 with screws 57. Equipment supply shutter. The supply shutter 6 is positioned between the left and right frame side plates 31 of the frame 30 of the seedling box soil supply device 1, and one end of the pivot shaft 10 is inserted through the through hole 32 of the one frame side plate 31. The shaft 47 is inserted into the square hole 12 of the side plate 8, the square hole 55 of the gear 47 is inserted into the square shaft portion 11 of the pivot shaft 10 protruding inward from the side plate 8, and then the round bar on one end side of the pivot shaft 10. The portion 16 is further moved toward the other side, inserted into the square hole 12 of the side plate 8 of the supply shutter 6 on the other side, and then the side plate 8 of the supply shutter 6 is not loosened in any one direction. The gear 47 is rotated with respect to the angular shaft 11, and then the gear 47 is rotated with respect to the angular shaft 11 until there is no looseness in any other direction. 57 and the gear 4 is inserted into one of the left and right side plates 8. Mounting of the supply shutter a nursery box soil feeder fixed by screws 57.

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