JP2010279323A - Cover device of grass mass aggregate - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make grass mass storage easily and at low cost, when storing a large amount of grass mass to keep off from rain water on the ground such as farm field. <P>SOLUTION: A cover device of grass mass aggregate, which enables covering an aggregate 4 of grass masses 3 aggregated on the ground surface 1 from the out side as one body, after forming multiple grass masses 3 having each predetermined form and formed of grass 2, is provided. The cover device of the grass mass aggregate 4 includes a cover body 13 of a sheet material extending in the horizontal direction and having a reversed U form section in the view along the longitudinal direction thereof and covering an aggregate 4 from the upper side, and end covering bodies 15 closing an opening 14 of one end part in the longitudinal direction of the covering body 13. The upper part 19 of the cover body 13 is formed of a water resisting material while the lower part 21 is formed of an air permeation material. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a grass lump aggregate covering device that can integrally cover a mass of grass lump formed by grass such as rice, wheat straw, grass, and weeds on the ground.

  In fields and ranches, a large amount of grass such as rice, wheat straw and pasture is generated. Therefore, recently, it has been proposed to effectively use such grass as a biomass resource for the production of bioethanol.

  On the other hand, in order to collect grass scattered on a wide ground, to reduce its volume, and to facilitate subsequent handling, the grass on the ground is picked up and used to form grass of a predetermined shape. Agricultural machinery (roll baler) for making a lump (roll bale) has been conventionally used as in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below.

  Here, when it is going to use grass effectively as mentioned above, the above-mentioned agricultural machine may be used. In this case, according to this agricultural machine, first, a large number of grass clumps are formed one after another, and then the large number of grass clumps thus formed are respectively transported to a desired position on the ground, It is gathered there and made into an aggregate. And the grass lump made into these aggregates is used effectively as mentioned above.

JP 2005-245275 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-66430

  By the way, as described above, agglomerates are formed by grass clumps, and after that, until these grass clumps are used for various purposes, rainwater is avoided for drying and for preventing deterioration due to moisture. However, it is stored for a predetermined period of time, but a separately prepared building has been conventionally used for storing such an aggregate of grass clumps. However, since the amount of grass clumps is large, if all of these grass clumps are stored in a building, it is required to prepare a building with a large capacity. As a result, the storage of these grass clumps has the disadvantage that it is extremely cumbersome and expensive.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to store a large amount of grass clumps while avoiding rainwater on the ground such as a farm field. Is to be able to store it easily and inexpensively.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, after a plurality of grass clumps 3 each having a predetermined shape is formed by the grass 2, the aggregate 4 of the grass clumps 3 assembled on the ground 1 is integrally covered from the outside. A grass lump aggregate cover device that enables
A cover body 13 made of a sheet material that extends in the horizontal direction and has an inverted U-shaped cross section viewed from the line of sight along the longitudinal direction and covers the assembly 4 from above, and the length of the cover body 13 An end cover body 15 that closes an opening 14 at one end in the direction, and an upper portion 19 of the cover body 13 is formed of a waterproof material, while a lower portion 21 is formed of a breathable material. It is a body cover device.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a waterproof cover 29 that hangs down from the upper portion 19 side of the cover main body 13 and covers the lower portion 21 of the cover main body 13 from the outside thereof. It is a cover apparatus of a lump aggregate.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that a long body 38 is provided which extends along the lower end edge of the cover body 13 and is detachably attached to the lower end edge. It is a cover apparatus of the grass lump assembly.

  In addition, in this section, the reference numerals and drawing numbers appended to the above terms are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention to the “Example” section and the contents of the drawings described later.

  The effects of the present invention are as follows.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of grass clumps each having a predetermined shape are formed by the grass, and then the clumps of these grass clumps assembled on the ground can be integrally covered from the outside. A cover device for the assembly,
A cover body made of a sheet material that extends in the horizontal direction and has an inverted U-shaped cross section viewed from the line of sight along the longitudinal direction and covers the assembly from above, and one end of the cover body in the longitudinal direction And an end cover body that closes the opening of the portion, and the upper portion of the cover body is formed of a waterproof material, while the lower portion is formed of a breathable material.

  For this reason, when storing each of the grass clumps on the ground, the grass clumps may be gathered on the ground so as to extend in the horizontal direction, and the aggregate may be covered with the cover device.

  In this case, the assembly is covered with the cover body from above, and one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the assembly is covered with the end cover body, while the other end portion in the longitudinal direction of the assembly is provided. May be covered by folding the other end of the cover body in the longitudinal direction with respect to the surface of the other end of the assembly. Therefore, even if the length of the aggregate is not constant, it is possible to easily cover the aggregate with the cover device without gaps, that is, it is possible to easily store the grass clumps.

  And, when the assembly is covered with the cover device as described above, the waterproofing of the assembly can be waterproofed by the waterproof material at the top of the cover body, and the breathable material at the bottom of the cover body is passed through, In the aggregate, air easily circulates in the width direction having a relatively short dimension. For this reason, each grass lump of the aggregate can be dried to obtain desired hay, or alteration of each grass lump due to moisture can be prevented. Therefore, since each grass clump can be properly stored without providing a building for housing the aggregate, the grass clumps can be stored more easily and inexpensively.

  The invention according to claim 2 is provided with a waterproof cover that hangs down from the upper side of the cover body and covers the lower part of the cover body from the outside.

  For this reason, the waterproof performance of the cover device is improved by the above-mentioned waterproof cover in rainy weather. Can be further improved.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a long body that extends along the lower end edge of the cover body and is detachably attached to the lower end edge.

  For this reason, an appropriate tensile force can be applied to the cover body as a whole by the rigidity and weight of the long body. Therefore, the appearance of the cover main body is improved, and the cover main body is prevented from fluttering due to wind or the like.

It is a front view of the cover apparatus of a grass lump aggregate. It is a side surface fragmentary view of the cover apparatus of a grass lump aggregate. It is a plane fragmentary broken view of the cover apparatus of a grass lump aggregate. It is a partial perspective enlarged view of the cover apparatus of a grass lump aggregate.

  Regarding the grass lump assembly cover device of the present invention, when trying to store a large amount of grass lump while avoiding rain water on the ground such as a field, it is possible to easily and inexpensively store these grass lump. In order to realize the above-described object, a mode for carrying out the present invention is as follows.

That is, after a plurality of grass clumps each having a predetermined shape are formed by the grass, the grass lump aggregate cover device that can integrally cover these grass clumps assembled on the ground from the outside. Because
A cover body made of a sheet material that extends in the horizontal direction and has an inverted U-shaped cross section viewed from the line of sight along the longitudinal direction and covers the assembly from above, and one end of the cover body in the longitudinal direction And an end cover body for closing the opening of the portion. The upper part of the cover body is formed of a waterproof material, while the lower part is formed of a breathable material.

  In order to explain the present invention in more detail, an embodiment thereof will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes the ground, and a plurality of grass blocks 3 having a predetermined shape are formed by a known agricultural machine by the grass 2 scattered on the ground 1. Further, these grass clumps 3 are aggregated on the ground 1 to form an aggregate 4, and the aggregate 4 is integrally covered from the outside on the ground 1 so as to avoid rainwater. 5 is provided.

  The ground 1 is a field in a field, a ranch, a grassland or the like, which means a field or a farm, and includes a paved surface. The grass 2 includes grasses such as rice, wheat straw and soybean stems, grasses, and weeds such as Susuki. The grass lump 3 has, for example, a cylindrical shape, a diameter of 1.2 to 1.4 m, and a size of about 1.2 to 2.5 m.

  The assembly 4 is accumulated on a permeable base 8 placed on the ground 1. The pedestal 8 includes a plurality of log bars 9 arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval in a horizontal direction A along the ground 1.

  The assembly 4 includes two rows of grass masses 3, 3 in which the axes 11 arranged in the one direction A are vertically oriented on the base 8, and these two rows of grass masses 3, 3 The shaft centers 11 arranged in the above-mentioned direction A are formed by a horizontal row of grass clumps 3.

  The cover device 5 is made of a sheet material that extends in the one direction A and has an inverted U-shaped cross section viewed from the line of sight along the longitudinal direction (FIG. 1) and covers the assembly 4 from above. A cover main body 13 and an end cover body 15 that closes an opening 14 at one end in the longitudinal direction (one direction A) of the cover main body 13 are provided. Further, the opening 16 at the other end in the longitudinal direction (one direction A) of the cover main body 13 does not include the end cover body and is left as it is, so that the inside of the cover main body 13 faces outward. It is open towards.

  The upper portions 19 and 20 of the cover body 13 and the end cover body 15 are each formed of a waterproof material, and the lower portions 21 and 22 of the cover body 13 and the end cover body 15 are substantially entirely It is made of a breathable material made of mesh. The upper portions 19 and 20 of the cover main body 13 and the end cover body 15 are joined together and integrally formed. On the other hand, the lower portions 21 and 22 of the cover main body 13 and the end cover body 15 are separated from each other.

  Connected bodies 24 and 25 that are eyelets are formed on the opening edge portion of the opening 14 at the one end portion of the lower portion 21 of the cover body 13 and the outer edge portion of the lower portion 22 of the end cover body 15, respectively. These two connected bodies 24 and 25 are detachably connected to each other by a connecting tool 26 such as a rope.

  A waterproof cover 29 made of a sheet material is provided which hangs down from the upper part 19 side of the cover body 13 and covers the upper side of the lower part 21 of the cover body 13 from the outside.

  A vertical reinforcing belt 31 is attached to each of the lower portions 21 and 22 of the cover body 13 and the end cover body 15 at a predetermined interval in the one direction A. Further, a connecting belt 32 with a buckle for connecting the lower end portion of each reinforcing belt 31 to each bar 9 of the base 8 is provided. In this case, the connecting belt 32 may be connected to the bar 9 so as to bypass the end of the bar 9, and the connecting belt 32 is connected to a metal fitting 33 such as a staple struck to the bar 9. May be. Further, according to the connection by the connection belt 32, an appropriate tensile force can be applied to the cover main body 13 and the end cover body 15, and the occurrence of flapping due to wind or the like is prevented.

  Further, there is provided a long body 38 that extends along the lower edge portions 35 and 36 of the cover body 13 and the end cover body 15 and is detachably attached to the lower edge portions 35 and 36, respectively. Yes. Specifically, each of the lower edge portions 35 and 36 is a bag stitch portion. On the other hand, each of the long bodies 38 and 39 is a rigid metal pipe material. And these elongate bodies 38 and 39 are attached to and detached from these lower end edge parts 35 and 36 by being inserted / extracted in the said lower end edge parts 35 and 36. As shown in FIG.

  Connected bodies 41 and 42 such as eyelets are provided on the upper and lower edges of the waterproof cover 29, respectively. These to-be-connected bodies 41 and 42 are connected to the ground 1 side such as the bar 9 of the base 8 by a connecting tool such as a rope (not shown). As a result of this connection, an appropriate tensile force is applied to the middle part of each of the cover main body 13, the end cover body 15, and the waterproof cover 29 in the vertical direction, and the angle of outward protrusion of the waterproof cover 29 is increased. Determined. Further, if the lower connected body 42 of the upper and lower connected bodies 41, 42 is pulled up and connected to the upper portion 19 side of the cover body 13 with a connector or the like, the lower portion of the cover body 13 21 can be opened outward as a whole, and the air permeability in the cover device 5 is improved.

  In addition, reference numeral 44 denotes a center line indicating the central portion of the cover device 5 in the width direction.

  According to the above configuration, the cover device 5 is made of a sheet material that extends in the horizontal direction and has an inverted U-shaped cross section viewed from the longitudinal direction so as to cover the assembly 4 from above. A cover main body 13 and an end cover body 15 that closes an opening 14 at one end in the longitudinal direction of the cover main body 13 are provided. The upper portion 19 of the cover main body 13 is formed of a waterproof material, while the lower portion 21 is a breathable material. It is formed by.

  For this reason, when storing each of the grass clumps 3 on the ground 1, the grass clumps 3 are gathered as much as possible on the ground 1 as shown in the figure so as to extend long in one horizontal direction A. 4 may be covered with the cover device 5.

  In this case, the assembly 4 is covered with the cover body 13 from above, and one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the assembly 4 is covered with the end cover body 15. Further, the other end portion in the longitudinal direction of the assembly 4 folds the other end portion in the longitudinal direction of the cover body 13 (two-dot chain line in FIGS. 2 and 3) with respect to the surface of the other end portion of the assembly 4. This may be covered (solid line in FIGS. 2 and 3). Therefore, even if the length of the aggregate 4 is not constant, the cover device 5 can easily cover the aggregate 4 entirely without gaps, that is, the grass blocks 3 can be easily stored. Can be.

  When the assembly 4 is covered with the cover device 5 as described above, the waterproofing of the assembly 4 is prevented by the waterproof material of the upper portions 19 and 20 of the cover body 13 and the end cover body 15. In addition, air can be easily circulated in the width direction having a relatively short dimension in the assembly 4 through the air-permeable materials of the lower portions 21 and 22 of the cover body 13 and the end cover body 15. For this reason, each grass lump 3 of the aggregate 4 can be dried to obtain desired hay, or alteration of each grass lump 3 due to moisture can be prevented. Therefore, since each grass lump 3 can be properly stored without providing a building for housing the aggregate 4, each grass lump 3 can be stored more easily and inexpensively.

  If substantially the entire lower portions 21 and 22 are made of a breathable material, the air can be smoothly circulated through the cover device 5 through the breathable material having a large area. Therefore, drying and alteration prevention of each grass lump 3 of the aggregate 4 are more reliably achieved.

  On the other hand, the opening 16 at the other end in the longitudinal direction of the cover body 13 is left as it is.

  For this reason, when performing the removal work for removing the cover device 5 from the assembly, first, the folding of the other end of the cover body 13 is released, and the opening 16 at the other end is opened. Let Next, if one end side of the cover body 13 is pulled B toward the one direction A away from the assembly 4, the cover body 13 slides on the upper surface of the assembly 4, and this assembly It can be easily detached from the body 4. That is, it is possible to easily remove the cover device 5 from the assembly 4.

  As described above, the waterproof cover 29 is provided so as to hang from the upper portion 19 side of the cover body 13 and cover the lower portion 21 of the cover body 13 from the outside.

  For this reason, the waterproof performance of the cover device 5 is improved by the waterproof cover 29 when it is raining, while the cover 21 is lifted by opening the waterproof cover 29 and opening the lower part 21 of the cover body 13 outward when the weather is fine. The air permeability in the device 5 can be further improved.

  Further, as described above, the long body 38 that extends along the lower end edge of the cover body 13 and is detachably attached to the lower end edge is provided.

  For this reason, an appropriate tensile force can be applied to the cover body 13 as a whole by the rigidity and weight of the long body 38. Therefore, the appearance of the cover body 13 is improved, and the cover body 13 is prevented from fluttering due to wind or the like.

  Although the above is based on the illustrated example, the end cover body 15 may be substantially entirely formed of a waterproof material. Moreover, you may provide the thing of the same structure as the said edge part cover body 15 so that the opening 16 of the said other end part may be closed. Further, at least a part of each of the lower parts 21 and 22 of the cover body 13 and the end cover body 15 only needs to be formed of a breathable material. More preferably, it is formed by. Further, the waterproof cover 29 may be provided on the end cover body 15.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ground 2 Grass 3 Grass lump 4 Assembly 5 Cover apparatus 13 Cover main body 14 Opening of one end part 15 End cover body 16 Opening of other end part 19 Upper part 20 Upper part 21 Lower part 22 Lower part 29 Waterproof cover 35 Lower end edge part 36 Lower end edge Part 38 Long body 39 Long body A Unidirectional

Claims (3)

This is a grass lump aggregate covering device that allows a plurality of grass lumps of a predetermined shape to be formed on the ground, and then covers these grass lump aggregates collected on the ground integrally from the outside. And
A cover body made of a sheet material that extends in the horizontal direction and has an inverted U-shaped cross section viewed from the line of sight along the longitudinal direction and covers the assembly from above, and one end of the cover body in the longitudinal direction And a cover device for the grass lump assembly, wherein the cover main body is formed of a waterproof material while the lower portion is formed of a breathable material.   2. The grass lump aggregate cover device according to claim 1, further comprising a waterproof cover that hangs down from an upper side of the cover body and covers a lower portion of the cover body from the outside thereof.   The grass lump aggregate cover device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an elongated body that extends along a lower end edge of the cover body and is detachably attached to the lower end edge.

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