JP2017035010A - Inducing member - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide inducing members with a simple structure that can perform the inducing work relatively easily.SOLUTION: In an inducing member 2 configured so that a prop 10 is arranged toward downward, while movably caught and fixed toward the direction where a support material 40 extends, and subsequently a stem of plant PT is held with a holding jig 20A to 20C, while arranged along the prop 10, the holding jig 20A to 20C is relatively movable toward the direction where the prop 10 extends, while holding the stem of the plant PT, and can be induced to the prop 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an attracting member provided with a rod-like column capable of attracting a plant and a holder capable of holding the plant with respect to the column.

  For example, in a vine plant such as tomato, a cultivation method is adopted in which a plant stem is attracted to a support hanging from a wire-like support material stretched upward and grown. When the plant stem grows beyond the support material, the plant stem is appropriately shifted downward with respect to the support column, and the shifted stem portion is disposed along the ground. In this cultivation method, it is necessary to hold an appropriate position of the plant stem on the support via a holder such as a clip so that the plant stem does not fall apart from the support.

  For example, the clip disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a heel pinch-like member in which a pair of clamping pieces are connected via a central fulcrum, and has a stem holding part, a string clamping part, and a knob part. The stem holding part is a ring-shaped part provided on one end side of the clip, and is formed by bending each holding piece outward in a substantially semicircular shape. The string pinching portion is a part capable of gripping the string-like column and is provided on the root side of each holding piece forming the stem holding portion. The grip portion is a handle portion provided on the other end side of the clip, and is formed by inclining each holding piece gradually away from the clip toward the end. Each clamping piece part which makes this knob | pick part is urged | biased by the direction away from each other with the metal spring.

  In the known technology, the holding pieces forming the knob are brought close to each other against the biasing force, and the holding pieces forming the stem holding portion and the string holding portion are separated from each other with the fulcrum at the center of the clip as the rotation center. To move to the open state. Therefore, the plant stem is inserted into the open stem holding portion while the plant stem is placed along the column, and the column is inserted into the string holding portion provided at the base of the stem holding portion. Then, when the knob part moves in a direction away from each other by the urging force, the stem holding part is closed to hold the plant stem, and at the same time, the strut is held by the string holding part. In this way, the clip holding the plant stem is attached to the support column through the string pinching portion so as not to be relatively movable, so that the plant stem can be held so as not to fall apart from the support column.

JP 2013-255476 A

  When the plant stem grows, after removing the clip from the support, the plant stem is shifted downward with respect to the support. For this reason, in the structure of the publicly known technique, it is necessary to work while holding the both sides of the plant so that the stem of the plant does not separate from the support column, and the workability is slightly inferior. In particular, when cultivating a plurality of plants at the same time, it is necessary to continuously perform the attracting work of the plurality of plants, and there has been a demand for easily performing the attracting work of individual plants. As another alternative, a roller around which a string-like column is wound can be attached to a support member, and the stem of the plant can be shifted downward together with the clip while appropriately pulling out the column from this roller. However, in the configuration using this type of roller, there is a problem that the configuration of the attracting member becomes complicated and the manufacturing cost increases. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described points, and a problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an attracting member having a simple configuration capable of performing the attracting work relatively easily.

  As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the attracting member of the first invention is a rod-like column that can be hooked on a linear support member stretched upward, and can hold a plant stem attached to the column. And a holding tool. And after arrange | positioning a support | pillar toward the downward direction, latching so that a support material is extended in the extending direction, the stem of a plant is hold | maintained with a holder, arrange | positioning along a support | pillar. In accordance with the growth of the plant, the stem of the plant is shifted downward with respect to the support column. It is desirable that this kind of attracting work can be performed relatively easily. Therefore, in the present invention, the holding tool can be relatively moved in the direction in which the support column extends while holding the plant stem, and can be attached to the support column. In the present invention, when the plant stem is shifted downward with respect to the support, the holder relatively moves in the downward direction, which is the direction in which the support extends, while holding the plant stem. For this reason, the stem of the plant can be shifted downward together with the holder while maintaining the relative positional relationship with the support by the holder.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an attracting member having a simple configuration capable of performing the attracting work relatively easily.

It is an external view of the plant attracted to the attracting member. It is an external view of an attracting member and a plant at the time of attracting work. It is a side view of a support | pillar. It is a perspective view of a holder. It is a top view of a holder. It is a side view of the holder in the state where it tilted diagonally. It is a schematic top view of the holder concerning the modification 1. It is a schematic top view of the holder concerning the modification 2. It is a schematic top view of the holder concerning the modification 3. It is a schematic top view of a part of holder according to Modification 4. FIG. 10 is a schematic top view of a part of a holder according to Modification 5. It is a schematic top view of a part of holder according to Modification 6.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In each figure, for the sake of convenience, reference sign UP may be attached above the attracting member, reference sign DW below the attracting member, reference sign R to the right of the attracting member, and reference sign L to the left of the attracting member. The attracting member 2 in FIG. 1 is a member for attracting and cultivating the plant PT, and includes a support 10 and a plurality of holders 20A to 20C (details of each member will be described later). The type of plant PT is not particularly limited as long as it can be attracted and cultivated, but it includes vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, paprika, peas, fruits such as apples and figs, and flowers such as vine roses. It can be illustrated.

  In this embodiment, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, after the support column 10 is hung on the wire-like or pipe-like support material 40 that is stretched upward, the support PT 10 that extends in the vertical direction is placed on the support column 10. It holds through the plurality of holders 20A to 20C while attracting the stem. Then, at the timing when the stem of the plant PT grows and exceeds the support material 40, the stem 10 of the plant PT is shifted downward by operating the support 10 as will be described later. There is a concern that workability deteriorates due to separation. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as will be described later, the attracting member 2 having a simple configuration is used to perform the plant PT attracting operation relatively easily. Hereinafter, each structure of the attracting member 2 will be described in detail.

[Support]
The support | pillar 10 is a rod-shaped member provided with moderate intensity | strength with reference to FIGS. 1-3, and has the hook part 12 and the retaining part 14. FIG. The hook portion 12 is a portion formed by curving the upper end side of the support column 10 in a substantially inverted J shape. The hook portion 12 can be hooked on the support member 40 and extends in the hooked state (in FIG. 2). Can move relative to the left). The retaining portion 14 is a portion formed by curving the lower end side of the support column 10 in a ring shape, and can prevent the retainers 20A to 20C described later from coming off. For example, when the column 10 is erected while gripping the retaining portion 14 side, the support column 10 has such a strength that the hook portion 12 side can be made independent without being bent. It can be formed of a hard resin. Thus, the support | pillar 10 is provided with the intensity | strength which can be self-supported, and the hook part 12 can be hooked on the upper support material 40, hold | gripping the retaining part 14 side and raising the support | pillar 10 side. That is, according to this support | pillar 10, attraction work in a high position can be performed, without requiring an aerial work vehicle or a stepladder.

[Holding tool]
With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the plurality of holders 20 </ b> A to 20 </ b> C are flat members that are respectively attached to the pillars 10 and hold the stems of the plant PT. Here, since each holder 20A-20C has substantially the same configuration, the details will be described taking one holder 20A as an example with reference to FIGS. 4-6. The material of the holder 20A is not particularly limited as long as the stem of the plant PT can be stably held, but the holder 20A of the present embodiment is a resin molded product, and has a mounting portion 22 and a holding portion 26 described later. Provide one. Then, in a state in which the holder 20A is attached to the support column 10 so as to be substantially horizontal (see the state shown by a two-dot broken line in FIG. 6), the holding tool 20A is provided on the respective peripheral edges of the upper surface 22x facing upward and the lower surface 22y facing downward. Along with this, the rib RB shown in FIG.

  4 and 5, the attachment portion 22 is a substantially trapezoidal portion that can be attached to the support column 10 in a top view, and includes an upper bottom portion 22a, a lower bottom portion 22b, a pair of leg side portions 22c, 22d. The upper bottom portion 22a is integrated with the inner surface of the holding portion 26 described later, and the lower bottom portion 22b is wider than the upper bottom portion 22a and is disposed at the end of the mounting portion 22. The attachment portion 22 is provided with an insertion portion 24 having a long hole shape that penetrates the attachment portion 22 in the thickness direction and opens to one leg side portion 22c. The depth of the insertion portion 24 has a substantially circular shape when viewed from above, and the support column 10 can be slidably disposed. In the present embodiment, the support 20 can be moved relative to the support 10 in the vertical direction by inserting the support 10 from the side of one leg 22c into the insert 24 so as to be slidable. It will be attached to.

  Moreover, with reference to FIGS. 4-6, the holding | maintenance part 26 is a ring-shaped site | part formed by the pair of holding pieces 28 and 29, and can hold | maintain the stem of plant PT inside. The pair of holding pieces 28 and 29 are flat plate pieces that are curved in an arc shape in a direction away from each other while protruding from each end portion of the upper bottom portion 22 a of the attachment portion 22. And the opening part 30 which can insert the stem of plant PT is formed between these terminals by arrange | positioning the terminal of a pair of holding pieces 28 and 29 at appropriate intervals. In the present embodiment, the ends of the holding pieces 28 and 29 are arranged so as to be separated from each other in the vertical direction with reference to a state in which the holding tool 20A is substantially horizontal (a state indicated by a two-dot broken line in FIG. 6). Spacing dimension D2) in the direction. Then, referring to FIG. 6, the distal end sides of both holding pieces 28 and 29 are arranged in parallel to the stem of the plant PT while tilting the holder 20A with respect to the stem of the plant PT extending in the vertical direction. At this time, when the distance D2 between the ends of the holding pieces 28 and 29 in the vertical direction is made larger than the dimension D1 of the stem of the plant PT, the stem of the plant PT can be smoothly inserted from the opening 30. it can. Referring to FIG. 5, the distance D3 between the ends of the holding pieces 28 and 29 when the holder 20A is viewed from above is smaller than the dimension D1 of the stem of the plant PT. For this reason, in the state which returned the holder 20A substantially horizontal, between the terminal ends of both the holding pieces 28 and 29 becomes narrow, and the removal of the stem of the plant PT from the opening 30 is suitably prevented. Become.

[Attraction work]
With reference to FIG. 1, the support 10 is suspended from the support material 40 while the hook portion 12 of the support 10 is hooked on the support 40 that is stretched upward, and the retaining portion 14 is disposed at the lower end. Then, the plant PT stem is cultivated along the support column 10. At this time, the plant PT stem is connected via the holders 20 </ b> A to 20 </ b> C so that the plant PT stem does not fall apart from the support column 10. Is held on the column 10. In the present embodiment, the holders 20A to 20C are attached in this order from above to below the support column 10 with an appropriate interval. At this time, referring to FIG. 6, the stem of the plant PT is smoothly inserted from the opening 30 and held in the holding portion 26 while tilting the holding tools 20 </ b> A to 20 </ b> C. Next, referring to FIG. 5, the support column 10 is inserted into the insertion portion 24 of the attachment portion 22 while returning the holding tools 20 </ b> A to 20 </ b> C to a substantially horizontal state. Referring to FIG. 1, each holding tool 20 </ b> A to 20 </ b> C gradually tilts downward as it is separated from the support column 10 due to the weight of the stem of the plant PT, so that the support column 10 is engaged with the inner wall of the insertion portion 24. Stopped. Thus, the holding tools 20A to 20C are held in place on the support column 10 while holding the stem of the plant PT.

  Then, referring to FIG. 2, when the plant PT stem grows beyond the support material 40, the plant PT stem is shifted downward with respect to the support column 10, and the portion of the shifted stem is moved along the ground. Deploy. At this time, in this embodiment, the stem 10 of the plant PT is shifted downward with respect to the support 10 by moving the support 10 on the support member 40 in a direction away from the root of the plant PT (leftward in FIG. 2). Can do. And at the time of the above-mentioned attraction | suction work, it is desirable to move the support | pillar 10 hold | maintaining these relative positional relationship so that the stem of plant PT may not leave | separate from the support | pillar 10 from a viewpoint of workability | operativity improvement.

  In the present embodiment, each of the holders 20A to 20C is attached to the column 10 so as to be relatively movable in the extending direction of the column 10 while holding the stem of the plant PT. That is, before the stem of the plant PT is shifted downward, the stem of the plant PT is lifted upward and the holders 20 </ b> A to 20 </ b> C are arranged substantially horizontally with respect to the column 10, whereby the insertion portion 24 is engaged with the column 10. The stop is released. In this state, the holders 20A to 20C are relatively movable in the vertical direction in which the support column 10 extends in a state where the stem of the plant PT is held. Therefore, the operator moves the stem of the plant PT downward with respect to the column 10 by moving the column 10 away from the root of the plant PT (left direction in FIG. 2) while holding the column 10 with one hand. At this time, since the stem of the plant PT is shifted downward together with the stems of the plant PT while being held by the holders 20A to 20C, the operator does not need to have the stem of the plant PT, and the above operation can be performed relatively easily. When the holder 20C arranged at the lowermost position hits the retaining portion 14 of the column 10, the holder 20C is removed from the column 10 and attached above the column 10 (above the holder 20A). You can fix it.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when the stem of the plant PT is shifted downward with respect to the support column 10, the holding tools 20 </ b> A to 20 </ b> C are in the direction in which the support column 10 extends while holding the plant PT stem. Move relative to the direction. For this reason, the stem of plant PT can be shifted below with each holder 20A-20C, maintaining the relative positional relationship with the support | pillar 10 by each holder 20A-20C. And this attraction member 2 is comprised by the support | pillar 10 and each holder 20A-20C, for example, is set as a simple structure compared with the structure using the roller which can wind a string-like support | pillar. Furthermore, the holding part 26 has a simple configuration in which no movable part is provided as exemplified by a known clip. As a result, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide the attracting member 2 having a simple configuration capable of performing the attracting work relatively easily. In particular, in this embodiment, the attracting member 2 allows the operator to perform the attracting work with one hand. For this reason, when cultivating a plurality of plants at the same time, the attracting work of these plants can be continuously performed by a simple work using the attracting member 2.

[Modification of holding part]
Here, the configuration of the holding unit may take various configurations in addition to the configuration described above. For example, referring to FIG. 7, in the holder 21 </ b> A of the first modification, the holding portion 26 </ b> A is formed by a holding piece 28 </ b> A protruding from one end of the upper bottom portion 22 a of the attachment portion 22. The holding piece 28A is curved in a substantially inverted U shape when viewed from above, and its free end faces the other end of the upper bottom portion 22a. An opening 30 is formed between the free end of the holding piece 28A and the upper bottom portion 22a. In the present modification, the holding portion 26A is formed by the single holding piece 28A, so that the configuration of the holding tool 20A can be simplified.

  Referring to FIG. 8, in the holder 21 </ b> B of the second modification, the holding portion 26 </ b> B is formed by a pair of holding pieces 28 </ b> B and 29 </ b> B that are curved in a substantially J shape so as to approach each other. One holding piece 28 </ b> B is curved in a substantially J-shape as viewed from above while protruding from one end of the upper bottom portion 22 a of the attachment portion 22. Further, the other holding piece 29B protrudes from the other end of the upper bottom portion 22a and is curved in a substantially inverted J shape when viewed from above while being disposed inside the one holding piece 28B. A passage 31 is formed between the inner surface of one holding piece 28B and the outer surface of the other holding piece 29B. Through this passage 31, the plant stem travels between the opening 30 and the holding portion 26B. be able to. In this way, in this modification, by providing the passage 31 that communicates between the opening 30 and the holding portion 26B, the drop of the plant stem from the holding portion 26B is suitably prevented, and the plant stem holding performance is excellent. It becomes composition. Furthermore, in this modification, since the separation dimension (opening dimension of the opening) between the holding pieces 28B and 29B in the opening 30 is narrower than that of the passage 31, the dropping off of the plant stem is more preferable. Can be blocked.

  Referring to FIG. 9, in the holder 21 </ b> C of the third modification, the holder 26 </ b> C is formed by a pair of holding pieces 28 </ b> C and 29 </ b> C that are curved in a substantially quarter arc shape so as to approach each other. One holding piece 28 </ b> C is curved in a substantially quadrangular arc shape in a top view while projecting from one end of the upper bottom portion 22 a of the attachment portion 22. The other holding piece 29C is curved in a substantially quadrangular arc shape in top view while protruding from the other end of the upper bottom portion 22a, and its distal end is disposed inside the one holding piece 28C. And the dimension of the channel | path 31a formed between both holding pieces 28C and 29C is set substantially the same until it reaches the opening part 30, and a plant stalk is relatively smoothly within the opening part 30 and the holding part 26C. You can go back and forth. For this reason, the holding part 26 </ b> C of the present modification has a configuration excellent in plant stem insertion performance and removal performance.

[Modification of mounting part]
In addition to the above-described configuration, the mounting portion may have various configurations. For example, referring to FIG. 10, in the holder 21 </ b> D of the fourth modification, an inclined insertion portion 24 </ b> D is formed in the attachment portion 22. The insertion portion 24D opens to one leg side portion 22c and gradually inclines toward the lower bottom portion 22b toward the back. Referring to FIG. 11, the holder 21 </ b> E of Modification 6 also has an inclined insertion portion 24 </ b> E formed in the attachment portion 22. The insertion portion 24E opens to the other leg side portion 22d and gradually inclines toward the upper bottom portion 22a toward the back. Thus, in each modified example, by providing the respective insertion portions 24D and 24E in an inclined shape, it is difficult for the column to come off from the mounting portion 22, and the mounting performance to the column is excellent.

  Referring to FIG. 12, in the holder 21 </ b> F of the modified example 6, an insertion portion 24 </ b> F that opens to the upper bottom portion 22 a side of the attachment portion 22 is formed. The insertion portion 24F is substantially L-shaped when viewed from above, and extends linearly from the upper bottom portion 22a to the lower bottom portion 22b, and then bends toward the other leg side portion 22d. In this holder 21F, the support column can be inserted together with the plant stem from the holder side.

  The attracting member of this embodiment is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can take other various embodiments. For example, in the present embodiment, the configuration (shape, dimension, mounting position, number of mounting, configuration of each part, etc.) of the holder is illustrated, but the configuration of the member is not limited. For example, the holding portion can be provided with a mechanism for opening and closing the pair of holding pieces so that each holding piece can be moved. In this case, the ends of the pair of holding pieces are brought into contact with each other to be in a closed state. Can do. Further, the mounting portion can be provided with a plurality of insertion portions, and in this case, each insertion portion can be opened at at least one portion of the upper bottom portion, the lower bottom portion, and the pair of leg side portions. . Further, the insertion portion may be a hole that penetrates the attachment portion.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the configuration (shape, dimension, configuration of each part, etc.) of the support is illustrated, but the configuration of the member is not limited. For example, the shape of the hook portion can be changed as appropriate, and the shape of the retaining portion can also be changed as appropriate. Note that the retaining portion can be formed by assembling another member to the support column, and the retaining portion can be omitted.

  In addition, the configuration of this embodiment and the configuration of each modification can be used in appropriate combination. In addition to the configuration in which the holding portion and the mounting portion are integrally formed, the holding tool may be configured in such a manner that the holding portion and the mounting portion are formed separately and then assembled together.

2 attracting member 10 strut 12 hook part 14 retaining part 20A-20C holder 22 attaching part 22x upper surface 22y lower surface 22a upper bottom part 22b lower bottom part 22c, 22d leg side part 24 insertion part 26 holding part 28, both holding pieces 28, 29 holding piece 30 opening 40 support material PT plant RB rib

Claims (1)

A rod-like column that can be hooked on a linear support member that is stretched upward, and a holder that is attached to the column and can hold a plant stem,
An attracting member configured to hold the stem of the plant with the holding tool while being arranged along the support, after the support is arranged downward while being movably latched in the extending direction of the support material. In
An attracting member, wherein the retainer is relatively movable in a direction in which the pillar extends in a state in which the stem of the plant is held and can be attached to the pillar.

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