JP2010115134A - Mushroom cultivation cap - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide mushroom cultivation caps preventing containers where cultivation bottles are housed from falling down due to quake such as vibration or oscillation. <P>SOLUTION: The mushroom cultivation caps 1 are attached to the bottle openings of a plurality of cultivation bottles 10 housed in containers 21 in use, and include a plurality of engagement parts 2 each detachably engaged with the openings of the cultivation bottles 10, and connecting parts 3 with which the adjacent engagement parts 2 are connected to each other. The connecting parts 3 are provided with recessed parts 3a receiving projection parts 24 formed at the bottom part 22 of an upper-stage container 21 when superimposing the containers 21 on each other while housing the cultivation bottles 10 using the caps 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  In the cultivation technique of a mushroom (mushroom, persimmon), the present invention is arranged and accommodated in a mushroom cultivation container (hereinafter also simply referred to as a container), and a mushroom cultivation bottle (hereinafter simply referred to as a cultivation bottle) in which mushrooms are grown. ) And a technique effective when applied to a cap for mushroom cultivation (hereinafter also simply referred to as a cap) attached to the bottle mouth.

  The fungus bed used in the cultivation process of mushrooms is made by filling culture media such as sawdust and rice bran in a cultivation bottle and sterilizing them. After inoculating the culture medium in this culture medium, the fungus is grown in a culture chamber set to a predetermined condition, and the mycelium is scraped off, and then the mushroom is further grown and harvested. In these steps, a certain number of cultivation bottles are arranged (for example, 4 × 4 = 16) and are accommodated in a container formed of a shallow box-shaped container without a lid. In a process that takes days such as culture and growth, it is common that a container containing a cultivation bottle is placed on a shelf.

Japanese Patent No. 2620212 (Patent Document 1) discloses a technology relating to a container that can accommodate a cultivation bottle in a stable state without being affected by the number and shape of cultivation bottles.
Japanese Patent No. 2620212

  In general, vertical cultivation bottles are stored in containers with shallow bottoms, so even if the cultivation bottles are stored in the specified number of containers, they are cultivated by shaking such as earthquake vibration or transportation vibration. The bottle may fall over. Therefore, in the container described in Patent Document 1, a plurality of upright holding pieces for positioning and holding the lower part of the outer peripheral surface of the cultivation bottle are integrally provided on the bottom part. Since this holding piece part is provided on the bottom face part, it is considered that it can be held at the lower part of the cultivation bottle.

  However, it is conceivable that when a container such as a container that contains cultivation bottles with a prescribed number of containers is stacked in a plurality of stages (for example, during culture) and a shake such as an earthquake occurs, these containers fall over. Specifically, when shaking occurs in a state where only the lower part of the cultivation bottle is held by, for example, the holding piece, the upper part of the cultivation bottle is shaken, and the containers stacked thereon are also shaken and fall down. It is possible.

  The objective of this invention is providing the cap for mushroom cultivation which can prevent that the container in which the cultivation bottle was accommodated falls by shaking, such as vibration and vibration.

  The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will be apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

  Of the inventions disclosed in the present application, the outline of typical ones will be briefly described as follows.

  The cap for mushroom cultivation in the present invention is used by being attached to the mouths of a plurality of mushroom cultivation bottles arranged and stored in a container for mushroom cultivation, and is detachably fitted to each of the mouths of the plurality of mushroom cultivation bottles. A plurality of fitting portions, and a connecting portion that connects the adjacent fitting portions.

  Among the inventions disclosed in the present application, effects obtained by typical ones will be briefly described as follows.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it can prevent that the container in which the cultivation bottle was accommodated falls by shaking, such as vibration and vibration.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that components having the same function are denoted by the same reference symbols throughout the drawings for describing the embodiments, and the repetitive description thereof may be omitted.

  A cap (caps for mushroom cultivation) 1 in the present embodiment is schematically shown in the drawings. 1 is a top view of the cap 1, FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the cap 1, FIG. 3 is a side view of the cap 1, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the cap 1 along line AA in FIG. FIG. 5 is a top view of a container 21 in which a plurality of cultivation bottles 10 are arranged and stored. 6 is a side view of the cap 1 in a state where a plurality of cultivation bottles 10 are stored and stacked in the container 21, and FIG. 7 is a state in which a plurality of cultivation bottles 10 are stored in the container 21 and stacked. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a cap 1. In addition, in FIG. 5, the position where the cultivation bottle 10 is arrange | positioned at the container 21 is shown with the wavy line. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to the line BB in FIG.

  The cap 1 is used by being attached to the bottle mouths of a plurality of cultivation bottles 10 arranged and stored in the container 21. In the present embodiment, the container 21 stores 16 cultivation bottles 10 that are closely arranged so as to contact each other with a 4 × 4 adjacent wall surface. The container 21 is a box-shaped container without a lid having a bottom surface portion 22 having a front surface and a reverse surface opposite thereto, and a side surface portion 23 surrounding the surface of the bottom surface portion 22. Moreover, the cultivation bottle 10 is a container which has the neck part which the upper part of the column-shaped trunk | drum narrowed, and the bottle opening is formed in the neck part.

  The cap 1 has a plurality of fitting portions 2 that are detachably fitted to the bottle mouths of the plurality of cultivation bottles 10. FIGS. 6 and 7 show a state in which the cap 1 is attached by fitting the fitting portion 2 to the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 10. This fitting part 2 has a cylindrical shape, and can fit the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 10. Moreover, the cap 1 has the connection part 3 which connects between the adjacent fitting parts 2. FIG. The cap 1 is made of, for example, plastic, and the fitting portion 2 and the connecting portion 3 are integrally formed. For this reason, it can be said that 16 (4 × 4) cultivation bottles 10 accommodated in the container 21 are grouped by the cap 1.

  In the present embodiment, a case is described in which the cultivation bottles 10 are arranged in 16 (4 × 4) in the container 21, but not limited thereto, 20 (4 × 5) or 36 (6 ×). The cultivation bottle 10 of 6) may be arranged, and the cap 1 is a collection of these cultivation bottles 10.

  In this way, by attaching the cap 1 to the bottle mouths of the plurality of cultivation bottles 10 arranged and stored in the container 21, the cultivation bottle 10 can fall down even when a shake occurs due to an earthquake or the like. Can be prevented. Specifically, each of the lower parts of the plurality of cultivation bottles 10 is supported by the side surface portion 23 of the container 21, and each of the upper parts of the plurality of cultivation bottles 10 is supported by the cap 1. By shaking, each can be prevented from falling.

  Further, the cap 1 is formed in a ring shape that expands upward from the opening of the cylindrical fitting portion 2, and the support portion 4 that supports the lower portion of the mushroom strain extending from the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 10. Have. The cap 1 can be used as a cap for harvesting, and has an opening 5 that exposes the surface of the fungus bed. That is, the support part 4 is provided with an opening through which the fungus floor surface is exposed when the fitting part 2 is fitted to the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 10, and the diameter of the support part 4 is increased in a ring shape upward. It grows and supports the stock of mushrooms during growth. An opening 6 is formed in the connecting portion 3 of the cap 1. The opening 6 can adjust the cultivation environment (especially air permeability) of mushrooms.

  By the way, the container 21 has a bottom surface portion 22 formed of a mesh body having a flat rectangular shape, and the bottom surface portion 22 is provided with a plurality of rhombus-shaped openings 22a. The side surface portion 23 is formed so as to rise upward from the edge of the bottom surface portion 22 having a flat rectangular shape, and a plurality of rectangular openings 23a are provided. Further, a handle 25 is provided at the upper portion of the side surface portion 23 so that, for example, a person can easily handle the container 21. Furthermore, the protrusion part 24 is provided in the back surface 22 of the bottom face part 22, and is provided in the planar grid | lattice form (refer FIG. 5). The container 21 having the bottom surface portion 22, the side surface portion 23, the protruding portion 24, and the handle 25 is formed integrally, for example, and is manufactured including, for example, a plastic material.

  In the case of using such a container 21, when the container 21 is stacked on the connecting portion 3 of the cap 1 while storing the cultivation bottle 10 using the cap 1, the cap 21 is provided on the bottom surface portion 22 of the upper container 21. A recess 3a for receiving the protrusion 24 is provided. In other words, the protruding portion 24 enters the recessed portion 3 a of the connecting portion 3. Therefore, even when shaking occurs due to an earthquake or the like, the cap 1 attached to the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 10 is supported by the protruding portion 24 of the upper container 21, so that the cultivation bottle 10 and the container 21 fall down. This can be prevented.

  Next, a method for cultivating beech shimeji using the container 1 will be described. First, an empty cultivation bottle 10 is prepared. Also, add nutrients, water, etc. to sawdust and stir with a mixer to prepare the culture medium. The cultivation bottle 10 has a neck portion with a constricted upper portion of a cylindrical body, and a bottle mouth is formed at the neck portion (see FIGS. 6 and 7). The cultivation bottle 10 has, for example, an internal volume of 850 cc, a height of 165 mm, a neck length of 30 mm, an outer diameter of the trunk portion of 95 mm, and an inner diameter of the bottle mouth of 58 mm.

  Subsequently, the culture bottle 10 is filled with a culture medium containing a nutrient. Here, the culture medium is packed from the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle 10 in a state where the empty cultivation bottle 10 is stored in the container 21. Next, a culture cap is attached to the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 10. Unlike the cap 1 shown in the present embodiment, the culture cap is formed in a circular shape, a lid that closes the bottle mouth, and a cylindrical shape integrated with the lid, and is detachably fitted to the bottle mouth. And a fitting portion to be worn.

  Subsequently, in order to sterilize the culture medium packed in the cultivation bottle 10, the cultivation bottle 10 is put in a sterilization pot while being stored in the container 21. In the sterilization pot, the containers 21 are stacked in a state where the cultivation bottles 10 are stored. Further, after the sterilization, in order to cool the culture medium, the cultivation bottle 10 is left in the container 21 with the sterilization pot stopped.

  Subsequently, after inoculating the sterilized culture medium with the inoculum, the bacterium is cultivated to rotate the bacterium to the entire cultivation bottle 10. In this culturing process, the containers 21 are stacked in the culture chamber in a state where the cultivation bottles 10 are stored.

  After the culture, the culture cap fitted in the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 10 is removed, and the bacteria are scraped. Then, water is supplied to the surface of the fungus bed to promote germination and germinate. In the sprouting step, it is necessary to spray mist from the ceiling of the sprouting chamber and to circulate air with a ceiling fan or a ventilation fan in order to keep the temperature and humidity in the sprouting chamber constant. For example, in the sprouting step, the cultivation bottle 10 that has been scraped by bacteria is placed in the sprouting room for about 12 to 13 days. Thereby, in a sprout process, a fruit body grows upwards gradually from a fungus bed surface.

  Therefore, in the sprouting step, first, the harvesting cap 1 is attached to the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 10. Since this cap 1 has the support part 4 formed in the ring shape which expands from the opening of the cylindrical fitting part 2, it has the opening part 5 which exposes the surface of a microbial bed.

  Then, in this Embodiment, the cultivation bottle 10 is accommodated and the container 21 is stacked in a sprout process. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the upper cultivation bottle 10a and the lower cultivation bottle 10b are similarly arranged (4 columns × 4 rows) in the upper container 21a and the lower container 21b, respectively. . Moreover, the cap 1a and the cap 1b are attached to the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 10a and the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 10b, respectively. For this reason, in a state where the cultivation bottle 10 is stored and the container 21 is stacked, the container 21a is placed on the cap 1b fitted to the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle 10b. At this time, since the fitting part 2 of the cap 1 is connected by the connecting part 3, the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle 10 is supported by the cap 1 even when shaking occurs. 21 can be prevented from falling.

  In general, in the sprouting step, a container 21 in which the cultivation bottles 10 are stored one by one on a multi-stage shelf is placed. However, since the cultivation bottle 10 can be prevented from falling by using the cap 1, the cultivation bottle 10 can be stored and the container 21 can be stacked. For this reason, since it is not necessary to provide a shelf in the sprouting step, the equipment cost can be reduced, so that the manufacturing cost of bunashimeji can be reduced.

  An opening 6 is formed in the connecting portion 3 of the cap 1. Since the container 21 can be stacked with the cap 1 attached and the cultivation bottle 10 stored, the perforated poly (polyethylene vinyl with small holes) generally required in the budding process is not necessary. The perforated poly is intended to form an appropriate environment for growing fruit bodies on the fungus floor. By providing the opening 6 in the cap 1 as in the present embodiment, the cap 1 has the same effect as the perforated poly.

  After germination, the fruit body is further grown (growth process). At this time, the containers 21 storing the cultivation bottles 10 are not stacked and placed one by one on the cultivation shelf in the growth room. Since the fruiting body spreads in a large stock from the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 10, the container 21 containing the cultivation bottle 10 is stored in the lower container 21 on the bottom surface portion 2 of the upper container 21 in a stacked state. This is because the fruiting body growing from the cultivation bottle 10 comes into contact. In the same way as the sprout room, the growth room sprays mist from the ceiling, and air is circulated by a ceiling fan or a ventilation fan in order to keep the temperature and humidity in the growth room constant.

  Subsequently, beech shimeji is harvested from the cultivation bottle 10. The beech shimeji grown in the cultivating bottle 10 is pulled out from the cultivating jar 10 together with the harvest cap, and is obtained with the harvest cap attached to the bottom of the beech shimeji stock. It is also possible to harvest beech shimeji using an automatic harvesting device.

  As mentioned above, the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Needless to say.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where a brush mage is applied as a method for cultivating a mushroom using a container has been described, but the present invention is not only applied to a beech shimeji container, such as nameko, eringi, enoki mushroom, etc. It can also be applied to mushrooms.

  Further, for example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a cap used for harvesting has been described. Specifically, a connecting part for connecting the fitting part of the culture cap may be provided. As a result, the culture cap attached to the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle is the protruding part of the upper container even when shaking occurs due to an earthquake or the like when the containers are stacked with the cultivation bottles stored. Therefore, the cultivation bottle and the container can be prevented from falling down.

  The present invention is widely used in the manufacturing industry of caps for cultivation of mushrooms.

It is a top view which shows typically the cap in one embodiment of this invention. It is a bottom view which shows the cap of FIG. 1 typically. It is a side view which shows the cap of FIG. 1 typically. It is sectional drawing of the cap in the AA of FIG. It is a top view which shows typically the container in which a some cultivation bottle is arranged and accommodated. It is a side view of a cap in the state where a plurality of cultivation bottles were stored in a container and stacked. It is sectional drawing of the cap in the state in which the some cultivation bottle was accommodated in the container and was piled up.

Explanation of symbols

1, 1a, 1b cap (cap for mushroom cultivation)
2 fitting part 3 connection part 3a dent part 4 support part 5, 6 opening part 10, 10a, 10b cultivation bottle (mushroom cultivation bottle)
21, 21a, 21b Container (mushroom cultivation container)
22 Bottom portion 22a Opening portion 23 Side surface portion 23a Opening portion 24 Projection portion 25 Handle

Claims (5)

It is a cap for mushroom cultivation used by attaching to the mouth of a plurality of mushroom cultivation bottles arranged and stored in a container for mushroom cultivation,
A plurality of fitting portions that are detachably fitted to the bottle mouths of the plurality of mushroom cultivation bottles;
The cap for mushroom cultivation characterized by having a connection part which connects between the said adjacent fitting parts. In the cap for mushroom cultivation according to claim 1,
When stacking the mushroom cultivation container with the mushroom cultivation bottle fitted with the cap for mushroom cultivation, a recess for receiving the protrusion provided on the bottom surface of the upper mushroom cultivation container is in the connection part. A cap for cultivating mushrooms characterized by being provided. In the cap for mushroom cultivation of Claim 1 or 2,
The cap for mushroom cultivation, wherein the fitting portion and the connecting portion are formed integrally. In the cap for mushroom cultivation as described in any one of Claims 1-3,
When the fitting part is fitted into the bottle mouth of the mushroom cultivation bottle, an opening is provided through which the fungus bed surface is exposed. A cap for cultivating mushrooms, characterized by having a support part for supporting the stock of the mushroom. In the cap for mushroom cultivation as described in any one of Claims 1-4,
The connection part is formed with an opening, and a cap for mushroom cultivation.

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