JP2009039005A - Seed potato planter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seed potato planter capable of using a general container as a substitute of a tank for storing the seed potatoes. <P>SOLUTION: This seed potato planter is equipped with a seed potato-storing container 31 for storing the seed potatoes, a receiving stand 32 for supporting the seed potato-storing container 31, and a receiving dish 33 for receiving the seed potatoes discharged from the seed potato-storing container 31, wherein the seed potato-storing container 31 is equipped with a box-formed container 36 having an upper opening and capable of being removed from the receiving stand 32, and a lid body 37 detachably mounted to the container 36 so as to close the opening 38 of the container 36. The lid body 37 is equipped with an opening and closing lid 44 capable of opening and closing a part of the opening of the container 36, supports the container 36 in sideways on the receiving stand 32 so that the lid body 37 faces the receiving dish 33, and the seed potatoes stored in the container 36 are discharged to the receiving dish 33 by opening the opening and closing lid 44. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a seed pod planter for planting seed pods in a field.

Conventionally, as a seed pod planter for planting seed pods in a field, for example, there is a seed pod planter disclosed in Patent Document 1.
This seed planter is attached to the rear part of the tractor and is used to plant seed seeds while moving in the field. The seed planting device located behind the tractor and the seed planter arranged behind the seed planting device And a multi-film laying device.
The seed potato planting apparatus includes a tank for storing seed potatoes and a seed potato conveying apparatus for conveying seed potatoes discharged from the lower end side of the tank to a planting groove formed in a farm field.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-13619

In the conventional seed potato planter, in order to supply seed potatoes to the tank, the seed pods are put into a box-shaped container having an opening at the upper end, and the container is lifted up above the inlet on the upper surface side of the tank, There is a problem that the seeds are dropped into the tank from the inlet and the container has to be lifted to a high position in order to supply the seeds to the tank. There is also a problem that seed spills when transferring seed spill from container to tank.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a soy planter that solves the above-mentioned problems.

The technical means taken by the present invention to solve the technical problem is a seed pod planter for planting seed pods in a field,
A seed vat storage container for storing the seed vat; a cradle for supporting the seed vat storage container; and a tray for receiving the vat discharged from the seed vat storage container,
The seed and soy storage container comprises a box-shaped container with an upper end opening that can be separated from the cradle, and a lid that is detachably attached to the container so as to close the opening of the container.
The lid includes an opening / closing lid capable of opening / closing a part of the opening of the container,
The container is horizontally oriented and supported on a cradle so that the lid faces the saucer, and the soy sauce stored in the container is discharged to the saucer by opening the open / close lid. And

Moreover, it is good that a cover body adapts to an off-the-shelf container.
In addition, the soot discharge port that is opened and closed by the opening / closing lid is provided in the lid body so as to be positioned near one side edge of the opening of the container, and the seed soot discharge port is supported by the cradle with the container facing sideways. It is good to be comprised so that it may be located in the lower part side of a container.

According to the present invention, the soy seed storage container for storing the soy seed is provided with a container that can be separated from the cradle and a lid that closes the opening of the container, and the container containing the soy seed is set directly on the cradle. Therefore, it is not necessary to lift the container containing the seeds to the upper side of the tank as in the conventional case, and the labor can be reduced.
Also, since the container is set on the cradle with the lid on, the seed potatoes will not spill.
In addition, the lid that closes the opening of the container is provided with a soot discharge port and an open / close lid that closes the soot release port so that the container can be opened and closed. Can be used.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a sowing planter that is attached to a rear portion of a tractor 2 exemplified as a traveling body via a three-point link mechanism 3 exemplified as a mounting means, and sows seeds on the farm field while moving the farm field.
The seed potato planter 1 exemplified in the present embodiment includes a seed potato planting device 4, a cocoon shaper 5, and a multi-film laying device 6. The seed potato planting device, the cocoon R shaping, and the multi-film F This is a soy seedling planter 1 that can be laid in one step.

In the tractor 2, a vehicle body 7 is constituted by an engine, a transmission case, and the like. A driver's seat 8 is provided at the rear of the vehicle body 7 and the vehicle body 7 is supported by a pair of left and right wheels 9 so as to be able to travel. .
At the rear of the vehicle body 7, a hydraulic lifting device 10 for lifting and lowering the working machine is provided on the upper surface side, and a PTO shaft 11 that transmits power to the working machine is provided on the rear surface side so as to protrude rearward.
In addition, a three-point link mechanism 3 including an upper top link 12 and a pair of lower left and right lower links 13 is provided at the rear of the vehicle body 7, and at the rear end side of the three-point link mechanism 3. A hitch frame 14 is provided, and the left and right lower links 13 are connected to left and right lift arms 15 provided in the hydraulic lifting apparatus 10 via a connecting member 16.

On the other hand, a work machine connection frame 17 is provided on the front side of the seed planter 1, and the work machine connection frame 17 is detachably connected to the hitch frame 14 with one touch to swing the lift arm 15 up and down. Thus, the seed potato planter 1 can be moved up and down.
The cocoon shaper 5 and the multi-film laying device 6 are arranged behind the seed vegetation planting device 4, and the multi-film laying device 6 is provided with a gear case 18 to which power from the PTO shaft 11 is input, and left and right from the gear case 18. A pipe frame 19 provided in an extending shape, a chain case 20 fixed to the extending end of the pipe frame 19, and a rotary shaft 21 provided in the left-right direction on the lower end side of the chain case 20. The disc rotor 22 and a rotor cover 23 covering the upper side of the disc rotor 22 are provided, and the scissors shaping device 5 is provided on the rear side of the disc rotor 22.

The gear case 18 and the pipe frame 19 are connected to the work machine connection frame 17.
The multi-film laying device 6 further includes a gauge ring 24 disposed on the rear side of the heel shaper 5, and a film roll 25 on which the multi-film F is wound, disposed on the rear side of the top of the heel shaper 5. And a film receiving roll 26 that receives the multi-film F unwound from the film roll 25 and places the multi-film F along the upper surface of the ridge R, and is disposed on the left and right sides of the ridge R behind the film receiving roll 26. In addition, a film presser ring 27 that holds the left and right hems of the multi-film F and a cover ring 28 disposed behind the left and right film presser rings 27 are provided.

When the tractor 2 is moved forward while driving the disk rotor 22, the cultivated soil is gathered together in the center in the left-right direction by the disk rotor 22, and a ridge R is formed by the ridge shaper 5. The multi-film F is covered with the unrolled multi-film F, and the left and right hems of the multi-film F are pressed by the film presser ring 27 and the hem of the multi-film F is covered with the earth cover ring 28.
The seed sowing planting device 4 is disposed on the rear side of the tractor 2 and on the front side of the multi-film laying device 6, and on the rear side of the seed sowing planting device 4 is positioned above the disk rotor 22 of the multi-film laying device 6. An operator seat 29 is disposed.

The sow seed planting device 4 includes a soy seed storage container 31 for storing soy seed seeds, a receiving base 32 for supporting the soy seed storage container 31, a receiving tray 33 for receiving the soy seed seeds discharged from the soy seed storage container 31, and a planting groove in the field. And a seed culm transporting device 35 for transporting the seed culm from the tray 33 side to the planting groove.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the soy seed storage container 31 is detachable from the container 36 in order to close the box-shaped container 36 having an upper end opening that can be separated from the cradle 32 and the opening 38 of the container 36. And a lid 37 attached to the lid.

Specifically, the container 36 is mainly composed of a bottom wall 39 and four side walls 40 on the four sides of the bottom wall 39 that rise and fall from the respective edges of the bottom wall 39, and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with an upper end opening. A box-shaped container, which is an off-the-shelf (commercially available) resin container 36 that is normally used for housing seed pods, is used, and the container 36 extends outward in the horizontal direction. A flange 41 is provided over the entire circumference.
Note that the illustrated container 36 is an example, and an off-the-shelf container having another shape may be adopted as a matter of course.

The lid 37 is adapted to the ready-made container 36, and includes a lid main body 42 that closes the opening 38 of the container 36, a seed soot outlet 43 formed in the lid main body 42, and the seed soot outlet 43. An open / close lid 44 that can be freely opened and closed and a stopper 45 for holding the lid main body 42 to the container 36 are provided.
The lid body 42 is formed of, for example, resin and is configured to have a rectangular shape that substantially matches the shape of the opening end side of the container 36. Further, in the present embodiment, an edge wall 42b is provided at the edge of the main portion 42a of the lid body 42 so that the lid body 42 can be fitted to the upper end of the container 36 so that the front / rear / right / left position is regulated. ing.

The seed soot discharge port 43 is an opening for discharging the seed soy in the container 36 to the outside, and in this embodiment, the seed soot discharge port 43 is opposed to the opening 38 of the container 36 in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. It is formed so as to be positioned closer to one edge side of the opposed edge part, and is formed so as to extend from one end to the other end in the longitudinal direction of the opening 38 of the container 36.
The opening / closing lid 44 is formed of, for example, resin and is superposed so as to block the seed vat outlet 43 on the upper surface (outer surface) side of the lid body 42.
The opening / closing lid 44 is fixed to the lid main body 42 by the fixing means 46 and is slidable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the lid main body 42 by releasing the fixing means 46 and fixed at an arbitrary slid position. It can be fixed to the lid body 42 by means 46.

Specifically, a pair of elongated holes 47 are formed in the lid body 42 in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the lid body 42, and a bolt 46 </ b> A that passes through the elongated hole 47 is fixed to the lid body 42. The opening / closing lid 44 is fixed to the lid body 42 by screwing a nut member 46B such as a wing nut to the bolt 46A and tightening the nut member 46B. The bolt 46A and the nut member 46B are A fixing means 46 is configured.
Then, by loosening the nut member 46B, the opening / closing lid 44 can be slid in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the lid body 42, and the opening / closing lid 44 is slid in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the lid body 42. The soot discharge port 43 can be opened and closed.

The open / close lid 44 is attached to the lid main body 42 by a hinge or the like and swings to open / close the seed soot outlet 43 and to a position where the seed soot outlet 43 is closed and a position where the seed soot outlet 43 is opened. It may be possible to position it, and it is sufficient that the soot discharge port 43 can be opened and closed.
The seed vat discharge port 43 is formed by a hole formed in the lid main body 42, but is not limited to this, and a part of the opening of the container 36 opened and closed by the opening / closing lid 44 can discharge the seed vat. What is necessary is just to be comprised so that it may become a proper discharge port.

Further, in this embodiment, the stopper 45 includes a locking member 48 formed of a spring plate detachably engaged with the edge wall 42b of the lid main body 42 and the flange 41 at the upper end of the container 36, and the locking member. It is comprised by the patch-n lock comprised from the lever member 49 which operates 48. FIG.
Note that the lid main body 42 may be fixed to the container 36 by other stoppers other than the Patchon lock. Further, as shown in FIG. 3C, the container 36 may be provided on the edge wall 42b in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the lid body 42 and the main portion 42a of the lid body 42, as shown in FIG. An engagement wall 42c is provided to sandwich the flange 41, and the lid main body 42 is slidable with respect to the container 36 in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the opening 38 and can be engaged and disengaged in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the opening 38. You may make it do.

The stopper 45 is not necessarily provided on the lid 37 side. If the ready-made container 36 has a stopper such as a patch lock for stopping the lid 37, the container A 36-side stopper may be used.
The cradle 32 includes, for example, a mounting wall 51, a front wall 52 rising from the front end side of the mounting wall 51, and a rear wall 53 rising from the rear end side of the mounting wall 51. The placing wall 51 is supported on the upper portion of the seed soot conveying device 35 via a bracket 54.

The cradle 32 is provided in an inclined shape so as to move downward as the placement wall 51 goes rearward (operator side), and lowers as the placement surface 55 that is the upper surface of the placement wall 51 goes rearward. It is assumed to be an inclined surface that transitions to.
The tray 33 includes a bottom wall 56, left and right side walls 57, and a rear wall 58. The front side and the upper side are open, and the front end side is fixed to the upper surface of the rear wall 53 of the cradle 32. The tray 33 is inclined so as to move downward as it goes rearward (seat 29 side, worker side).

The seed soot storage container 31 is placed in the container 36 in a state where it is lowered from the cradle 32, and a lid main body 42 is attached to the container 36, and the opening 38 of the container 36 is closed by the lid main body 42. The seed soot discharge port 43 is placed on the placing surface 55 of the cradle 32 with the opening / closing lid 44 closed.
More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the seed vat storage container 31 is arranged such that the lid 37 faces the receiving tray 33 between the front and rear walls 52 and 53 on the placement surface 55 of the cradle 32 (the lid 37 The soot storage container 31 is moved forward by the front wall 52 of the cradle 32 so that the soot discharge port 43 is located on the lower side of the container 36 and the container 36 is placed sideways. The rear wall 53 of the cradle 32 restricts the rearward movement of the soot storage container 31.

In the state where the soot storage container 31 is placed on the receiving tray 32 in this manner, the receiving tray 33 is positioned behind the soot discharging outlet 43, and the upper surface of the bottom wall 56 of the receiving tray 33 is connected to the lower surface of the sowing seed discharging outlet 43. The open / close lid 44 is positioned above the bottom wall 56 of the tray 33, and the soot storage container 31 is placed on the cradle 32 in an inclined shape that moves downward as it goes rearward. Has been.
Therefore, in a state where the soot storage container 31 is placed on the cradle 32, the open / close lid 44 is loosened (and the nut member 46B is loosened) and the open / close lid 44 is slid upward so that the soot discharge port 43 is opened. When opened, the soot seed in the container 36 is discharged from the seed soot discharge port 43 in small amounts (appropriate amount) onto the tray 33 so as to roll or slide down under its own weight.

Further, during the operation, the opening / closing lid 44 is fastened and fixed by tightening the nut member 46B at a position slid upward (in a state where the seed soup discharge port 43 is released).
In order to discharge an appropriate amount of the seed potato on the receiving tray 33, the seed potato discharge port 43 is formed in a size that allows the seed pod to be discharged on the receiving tray 33 in an appropriate amount, or the seed pod discharge opening 43 is formed larger. The amount of seed soup is adjusted so as to be discharged according to the amount of opening of the opening / closing lid 44.
Note that the upper surface of the bottom wall 56 of the tray 33 is not necessarily flush with the lower surface of the seed vat outlet 43 in a state where the seed vat storage container 31 is placed on the cradle 32. Is placed on the cradle 32 as long as the upper surface of the bottom wall 56 of the tray 33 is positioned below the seed vat discharge port 43 (the lower surface thereof) (seeds in the container 36). Is configured to be discharged to the tray 33).

In the present embodiment, the rear part of the cradle 32 is engaged with the left and right sides of the rear end side of the seed storage container 31 placed on the placement wall 51 so as not to interfere with the opening / closing lid. A pair of left and right rear restricting portions 59 for preventing the seed soot storage container 31 from falling backward and restricting the position of the seed soy storage container 31 in the left-right direction are provided on the mounting wall 51 in the front part of the receiving base 32. A pair of left and right front restricting portions 60 that are engaged with the left and right sides of the front end side of the seed soot storage container 31 placed thereon and restrict the position of the seed soy storage container 31 in the left and right direction are provided.
Moreover, you may provide the fixing means 46 which can attach and fix the soy seed storage container 31 to the receiving stand 32. FIG.

  In addition, the seed vat storage container 31, the cradle 32, and the tray 33 described above are examples, and the structure thereof is not limited to that of the present embodiment. An off-the-shelf container 36 is used as a main body, and a lid 37 that can close the opening 38 of the container 36 is provided, and the lid 37 has a part of the opening of the container 36 to discharge seeds in the container 36. The cradle 32 only needs to be openable and closable, and the cradle 32 is inclined downward toward the worker (the receiving tray 33) who is seated on the seat 29 in a posture in which the soot can be discharged. Any structure can be used as long as it can be placed and the placed soy container 31 can be positioned in the front, rear, left, and right directions.

Moreover, the receiving tray 32 and the receiving tray 33 may be formed separately and fixed to the receiving tray 32, or the receiving tray 32 and the receiving tray 33 may be formed integrally.
The groover 34 is formed in a pointed boat shape with a substantially triangular front end, and its rear part is formed in an open shape. The rear end side of the groover 34 is rearward when planting seeds. A soil barrier plate 61 is provided to prevent the crushed soil scattered from the disk rotor 22 from hitting the seed pod.
The seed soot conveying device 35 is rotatable about a device frame 62 formed by assembling a horizontal frame and a vertical frame in a frontal view shape, and a front-rear axis provided at appropriate positions on the device frame 62 in the vertical and horizontal directions. An endless conveyor belt 63 that is hung over a guide pulley and a number of clamping devices 64 provided on the conveyor belt 63 at regular intervals.

The seed potato planter 1 is provided with driving wheels 66 that are grounded on the field and rotated by traveling on the tractor 2, and one of the guide pulleys of the seed hopper conveying device is rotationally driven by the rotational force of the driving wheels 66. Thus, the conveyor belt 63 is configured to circulate.
The bracket 54 that supports the cradle 32 is attached and fixed to the front part of the upper part of the apparatus frame 62, and the seat frame that supports the seat 29 for operator's seating on the rear part of the upper part of the apparatus frame 62. 67 is attached through a parallel link 68 so as to be movable up and down, and a rear portion of the seat frame 67 is supported by a support arm 70 that supports the gauge wheel 24 through a roller 69 and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the clamping device 64 is formed in an L shape in a side view from a bottom wall 71 a fixed on the conveyor belt 63 and a vertical wall 71 b provided on the rear end side in the seeding conveyance direction A. A receiving plate 71, a rotating plate 73 rotatably attached to a middle portion of the bottom wall 71a of the receiving plate 71 via a hinge 72, and the rotating plate 73 are disposed in front of the seeding conveying direction A. The rod 74 pivotally supported by the bottom wall 71a of the receiving plate 71, the surface of the rotating plate 73 on the front side in the seed soot conveying direction A, and the front end of the seed wall conveying direction A of the bottom wall 71a of the receiving plate 71 And a tension spring 75 interposed therebetween.

An elastic plate 76 is affixed to the surface of the vertical wall 71 b of the receiving plate 71 on the front side in the seeding conveyance direction A, and is placed between the vertical wall 71 b and the rotating plate 73 on the bottom wall 71 a of the receiving plate 71. A sponge 77 is affixed, a presser sponge 78 is affixed to the surface of the rotating plate 73 on the rear side of the seed vat conveying direction A, and a tension rod 74 is attached to the surface of the rotating plate 73 on the front side of the seed vat conveying direction A. A locking projection 79 is provided for hooking.
In the seed vat transport device 35 having the above-described configuration, the clamping device 64 is moved in the left-right direction at the top of the transport belt 63, the clamping device 64 is positioned at the top of the transport belt 63, and the tension rod 74 is the locking projection 79. In a state where the seed plate is detached, the seed is picked up from the tray 33 by the operator and placed on the mounting sponge 77, and then the rotating plate 73 of the clamping device 64 is placed on the seed seed transport path on the upper side of the transport belt 63. The seed rod is pivoted rearward in the seed vat conveyance direction A by a locking device (not shown) provided on the holding rod so that the seed rod is sandwiched between the placing sponge 77 and the presser sponge 78 and the tension rod 74 is maintained to maintain this state. It is configured to engage with the locking projection 79.

The seed potatoes are conveyed downward while being pinched by the pinching device 64. When the pinching device 64 reaches the upper side of the groove forming device 34, the tension rod 74 is removed from the locking projection 79 by a lock release device (not shown). The holding of the seed pod is released, and the seed pod falls into the planting groove formed by the groove producing device 34.
The seed pods that have fallen into the planting groove are buried by the cocoon R formed by the cocoon shaper 5.
In addition, you may make it guide the seed sow released from the clamping apparatus 64 in the lower part side of the soot feeding apparatus 35 to the groove forming machine 34 upper direction with a guide chute | shoot.

Moreover, the seed soot conveying apparatus 35 is not limited to the thing of this embodiment, What is necessary is just what can be conveyed from the saucer 33 side to a planting groove | channel.
In the soot seed planter 1 having the above-described structure, it is not necessary to lift the container 36 containing the soy seeds to the upper side of the tank as in the conventional case, so that labor can be reduced. Since it is set on the cradle 32, seed pods will not spill.
In addition, the lid 37 that closes the opening 38 of the container 36 is provided with a seed soot discharge port 43 and an opening / closing lid 44 that opens and closes the seed soot discharge port 43, so that it is not necessary to process the container 36. A commercially available container 36 can be used.

In addition, a conventional tank for storing seeds of a seed planter is usually formed of a steel plate. However, in the above-described embodiment, since a resin-made container 36 is used instead of the tank, it can be provided at low cost and is lightweight. Can be realized.
In addition, the seed potato planter 1 is provided with one or two (or three or more) cradles 32. Depending on the size of the field in which the seed potatoes are planted, one or two containers 36 are provided. There may be cases where the number of seed pods is not sufficient, but in this case, a large number (multiple) of containers 36 are prepared, the seed pods are accommodated in each container 36, and one or two of the seed potato planters 1 are loaded. When the container 36 is empty and replaced with a container 36 containing seed pods, the lid 37 of the seed pod storage container 31 used so far is removed and replaced with another container 36 containing seed pods. It is not necessary to prepare the number of containers 36 for which the lid 37 is prepared. Even when a large number (multiple) of containers 36 are required, the lid 37 can be placed on at least the container 32. Sufficient if only the number of 36.

It is side surface sectional drawing of the state which mounted the seed soot storage container on the receiving stand. It is a whole side view of the seed planter of the state with which the tractor was mounted | worn. (A) is a front view of a soot storage container, (b) is a side view of a soot storage container, (c) is a front view which shows the other attachment structure of the cover body with respect to a container. It is a perspective view of the clamping device which clamps a soy seed.

Explanation of symbols

31 Seed storage container 32 Receptacle 33 Receptacle 36 Container 37 Cover body 38 Opening 43 Seed discharge outlet 44 Opening and closing lid

Claims (3)

A seed planter planting seed seeds on a field,
A seed potato storage container (31) for storing seed potato, a cradle (32) for supporting the seed potato storage container (31), and a tray (33) for receiving the seed potato discharged from the seed potato storage container (31),
The soy seed storage container (31) is attached to the container (36) so as to close the box-shaped container (36) having an upper end opening shape that can be separated from the cradle (32) and the opening (38) of the container (36). A lid (37) that is detachably attached;
The lid (37) includes an opening / closing lid (44) capable of opening and closing a part of the opening of the container (36).
The container (36) is supported horizontally on the cradle (32) so that the lid (37) faces the tray (33), and stored in the container (36) by opening the open / close lid (44). The soy seedling planter is configured such that the soy seed sow is discharged into the tray (33).   The seed planter according to claim 1, wherein the lid (37) is adapted to a ready-made container (36).   The lid (37) is provided with a soot discharge port (43) that is opened and closed by the opening and closing lid (44), positioned near one edge of the opening (38) of the container (36), and the container (36) is provided. 3. The seed vat discharge port (43) is configured to be positioned on the lower side of the container (36) in a state of being supported horizontally on the cradle (32). Seed planter.

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