JP2012065628A - Assistant tool for harvesting farm crop - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable harvesting operations to be carried out easily and more rapidly in the harvest of farm crops, especially smaller farm crops such as blueberry.SOLUTION: An assistant tool for harvesting the smaller farm crops is constituted of a farm crop-receiving tool by which the farm crops harvested by one hand are received, and a flexible transporting tube of which one terminal is connected to the receiving tool and through which the farm crops dropped from the receiving tool pass. In another embodiment, there is provided a harvesting set composed of the harvesting assistant tool and a harvest-storing container which is connected to the other terminal of the transporting tube of the harvesting assistant tool and stores the farm crops transported through the transporting tube.

Description

  The present invention relates to a crop harvesting aid that facilitates the harvesting of fruits, particularly blueberries.

  Agricultural crops, especially those that harvest fruits in the hot summer, like blueberries, are required to be harvested as quickly as possible.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a conventional blueberry harvesting auxiliary tool includes an annular support body made of a flexible material that is held in a ring shape and an outer side of the annular support body in order to facilitate harvesting with one hand. And a mounting portion that is attached to contact with both the palm of the harvester and the back of the hand and a container that is shaped and held in the shape of a bag, and includes an accommodating portion in which the opening edge of the container is attached to an annular support. A crop auxiliary tool is known (see Patent Document 1).

  However, the auxiliary tool has to be transferred to a separate large container every time the harvested blueberries are filled into a bag-like container, and the work is delayed accordingly. For example, when harvesting using a stepladder, when the bag-shaped container is full, it is necessary to go down the stepladder and transfer the harvested product to a separate large container each time, wasting time. .

  As another blueberry harvesting aid, as shown in FIG. 4, by providing guide means extending from the fingers of both hands to the neck, fruit picking and harvesting operations can be performed with both hands, and fruit can be obtained by widening the guide means. There is known a harvesting aid that can easily take in (see Patent Document 2).

  However, when the guidance of the harvesting and fruiting assist device is widened, the convenience of fruiting and harvesting work is improved, but there is a problem that it is not suitable for work in a place where bushes are narrow. Moreover, although the said guide is cloth-like and the harvesting of a blueberry becomes easy, there existed a problem that the movement from this guide to the lower storage container was not smooth.

  Further, as a fruit harvesting aid such as a mandarin orange, as shown in FIG. 5, a flexible hose formed in a cylindrical shape through which the fruit can pass, and a shape-retaining material that opens the upper end of the flexible hose, A fruit-harvesting aid that has a connecting member that connects the flexible hose to the hand with the opening of the flexible hose positioned in the palm of the hand, and that is connected to the basket of the harvest is known at the lower end of the flexible hose. (See Patent Document 3).

  However, the above-mentioned fruit harvesting aid has the upper end of the hose connected directly to the palm, which is suitable for slightly larger fruits such as oranges and sudachi, but for harvesting smaller fruits such as blueberries. However, when the harvest was introduced into the opening at the upper end of the hose, it was necessary to confirm the upper end position of the hose for each fruit, which was not suitable.

JP 2010-119309 A JP 2006-149258 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-65026

  It is an object of the present invention to make the harvesting operation easier and quicker in harvesting crops, particularly small crops such as blueberries.

  The first invention of the present application is a small crop harvesting aid, a receiving tool for receiving a crop harvested with one hand, and one end connected to the receiving tool, and a flexible passage through which a crop falling from the receiving tool passes. It consists of sex transfer pipes.

  2nd invention consists of the harvest storage container which stores the said crop auxiliary | assistant tool and the other end of the transfer pipe of the said harvest auxiliary tool, and stores the agricultural products conveyed through the transfer pipe.

  The harvester holds the receiving tool with one hand, harvests the fruit with the other hand, and puts the fruit into the receiving tool. The receiving tool is formed in a box shape, bowl shape or funnel shape with a sunk bottom, and an opening is provided in the bottom, so that the fruit that has been input can be transferred flexibly from the opening. It moves by itself to the pipe and falls down in the transfer pipe. Since the lower end of the transfer pipe is connected to the harvest storage container, the harvested fruit is automatically stored in the container.

  In the present invention, it is possible to make the harvesting operation easier and quicker in harvesting crops, particularly small crops such as blueberries. Specifically, the harvesting operation time is reduced by about 30%. Succeeded. As this year, the harvesting work in the summer, when the heat wave is intense, has shortened the time required for the harvesting work by as much as 30%.

Agricultural crop harvesting aid according to the present invention Storage container connected to the crop harvesting aid according to the present invention Conventional crop harvesting aid 1 Conventional crop harvesting aid 2 Conventional crop harvesting aid 3

  In the following, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In FIG. 1, the whole is a crop harvesting aid, 1 is a receiving tool, 2 is a flexible transfer pipe, 3 is a connection part between the receiving tool and the transfer pipe, and 4 is a transfer pipe connected to the container. The hooking tool 5 is a gripping tool for gripping the receiving tool with one hand.

  When the receiving tool is small, the harvesting aid may be directly gripped with one hand, or when the receiving tool is large and difficult to grip with one hand, You may hold | grip through the finger | toe to the holding tool 5 (one or more may be provided. The shape may be a hinge shape, the shape of a handle of a hook, and a string shape) provided in the receiving tool. Next, the harvested product is harvested with the other hand and put into the receiving tool 1. The input harvest is guided to the bottom of the receiving tool 1 and introduced into the transfer pipe 2 connected to the receiving tool. The harvest that has entered the transfer pipe 2 moves downward in the transfer pipe and is stored in the storage container.

  In Drawing 1 which shows the said Example 1, although the receiving tool 1 has shown the container of square cross section, a bowl-shaped thing or a funnel-like thing etc. may be sufficient. In addition, the upper side of the receiving tool 1 has an opening (a size that allows the picked-up harvested product to be put into the receiving tool without worrying about its position) and can be gripped firmly with one hand. Are preferred. Further, a connecting portion having an outer diameter equal to the inner diameter of the transfer pipe is provided at the bottom of the receiving tool in order to connect to the transfer pipe. In order to firmly fix the connecting portion between the receiving tool and the transfer pipe, it is preferable to tighten the receiving tool with a tightening band or the like.

  There are several methods for connecting the transfer pipe and the storage container for storing the harvested product. The simplest method is to leave the end of the transfer pipe in the storage container without fixing anything. However, this method is not always recommended because the transfer tube is not stable.

  As another connecting method, there is a method in which a hooking tool 4 provided below the transfer pipe is hooked on the side wall of the storage container as shown in FIG. While this method has the advantage that the transfer tube can be fixed only by adding a simple hook, it has the disadvantage that the transfer tube is not always stable and the transfer tube may come off. Have.

  As another method, a transfer pipe fixing auxiliary plate is provided in a part of the transfer container, an opening is formed in a part of the auxiliary plate, and the transfer pipe is passed through the opening. This method allows the transfer tube to be fixed to a considerable extent with the addition of a relatively simple device.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, another method is to provide a transfer pipe fixing auxiliary plate provided with an opening through which a harvested product is provided in a part of the transfer container, and to adjust the transfer pipe fixing cylinder so as to match the opening. And the transfer pipe passes through the transfer pipe fixing cylinder, or the end of the transfer pipe is fitted into the transfer pipe fixing cylinder. When fitting, it is desirable to provide an inclination at the end of the fixture to prevent the harvest from being damaged. Further, when the fitting portion is tightened with a tightening band or the like, a more reliable fixing method is obtained.

  The invention of the present application is a small crop harvesting assisting tool, which grips the assisting tool with one hand, accepts the crop harvested with the other hand into the receiving tool, and transfers it with a transfer pipe, so that it is received near the harvesting place. The crops brought in and picked with one hand can be put into the receiving tool without worrying about the place.

  Therefore, the harvesting aid of the present invention is suitable for harvesting small crops, and particularly suitable for harvesting blueberries or plums.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Accepting tool 2 Transfer pipe 3 Connection part of receiving tool and transfer pipe 4 Hooking tool 5 Accepting tool gripping tool 6 Storage container 7 Transfer pipe fixing auxiliary plate 8 Transfer pipe fixing cylinder

Claims (5)

  This is a crop harvesting aid that has a size that can be held with one hand, and has an opening at the top that allows the harvest to be thrown in without worrying about the loading position, and a crop at the bottom. A crop harvesting assisting tool, comprising: a crop receiving tool having an opening for sending downward; and a transfer pipe for connecting one end to the receiving tool.   2. The crop harvesting assisting tool according to claim 1, wherein a hooking tool for connecting the transfer pipe to a storage container for storing a crop is provided at a lower portion of the transfer pipe.   A crop harvesting set, which is a crop harvesting set, wherein a storage container for storing the crop is connected to the other end of the transfer pipe constituting the crop harvesting assisting device according to claim 1.   The crop harvesting set according to claim 3, wherein the storage container is provided with a transfer pipe fixing auxiliary plate having an opening through which the transfer pipe can pass.   4. The agricultural product according to claim 3, wherein the storage container is provided with a transfer pipe fixing auxiliary plate provided with an opening through which a harvested product is passed, and a transfer pipe fixing cylinder aligned with the opening. Harvest set.

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