JP2020010622A - Cultivation system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide cultivation systems in which carrying in and out by connecting and releasing at a desired position of a plurality of trays to be carried in and out of a multi-stage cultivation shelf is performed by only one supply device, and empty trays after harvest are stored compactly.SOLUTION: A plurality of movable trays 3 are carried in and out of a multi-stage cultivation shelf 1 and cultivation containers 2 are placed on the trays 3 to perform cultivation. The plurality of individual trays 3 are detachably connected between adjacent trays 3. On the cultivation shelf 1, a plurality of stages are provided as a pair of a cultivation lane A where the tray 3 on which the cultivation container 2 is placed is carried in/out and a storage lane B where an empty tray 3 (K) where the cultivation container 2 is removed is carried in/out at a position immediately below the cultivation lane A per stage. Due to the vertical movement of an elevating unit 6 of a supply device 5 adjacent to one side of the cultivation shelf 1, the tray 3 is connected to and disconnected from the tray row, and the tray 3 is carried in and out of a desired cultivation lane A or storage lane B.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention is a multi-stage cultivation shelf in which the upper and lower pair of a cultivation lane and a storage lane is a single stage, wherein a plurality of movable trays for placing cultivation containers on the tray and carrying in and out each cultivation lane are provided. In the technical field of a cultivation system for cultivating the cultivation in a row, and more specifically, carrying out and out of each lane with connection and disconnection of the tray in a desired lane of the cultivation shelf. The present invention relates to a cultivation system that is performed by a single supply device provided on a side surface and stores empty harvested trays from a cultivation container in each stage of cultivation lanes in a pair of storage lanes.

As a technique related to a conventional multi-stage cultivation system, for example, Patent Literature 1 is a cultivation device that sequentially circulates and moves between upper and lower stages in pallet units and is connected by a first drive unit on one side. There is disclosed a multi-stage plant cultivation apparatus in which a pallet that has not been pulled out or pushed out is provided, and a second drive unit that pulls out or receives the pallet is provided on the side facing the pushing side.
Patent Literature 2 discloses a multi-stage cultivation apparatus in which a culture device is horizontally pushed from one end side by a first device and brought into contact with the other end to slide in a culture tank. A multi-stage culture system provided with a receiving second device is disclosed.

Japanese Patent No. 5465770 Japanese Patent No. 6272655

The storage pallet for the plant cultivation container described in Patent Literature 1 and the incubator described in Patent Literature 2 are not connected to each other. A device is required, and a space for installing the device is also required.
Further, since the cultivating apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a cultivating apparatus that circulates up and down, the empty storage pallet after removing the plant cultivation container remains on the circulation lane, and there is no storage lane with only the empty storage pallet. Empty storage pallets occupy the effective cultivation area of the shelves, resulting in poor cultivation efficiency.
In addition, when harvesting the target tier in multiple tiers, if the cultivation containers of other tiers are forced to move, the environment in which the cultivation containers will move and grow will change, despite the fact that the optimal cultivation environment has been established. (Environment here means favorable conditions of humidity and temperature, artificial light conditions, respiratory circulation conditions, etc.).

  Therefore, the object of the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, as a multi-stage cultivation shelf with a pair of upper and lower cultivation lane and storage lane as one stage, providing a lane for storing empty trays, A row of trays that connect adjacent trays can be loaded and unloaded into each lane with only one supply device provided on one side of the shelf, and high quality production with compact equipment It is to provide a cultivation system with improved cultivation efficiency.

As a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the cultivation system according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a cultivation system in which a plurality of movable trays 3 are carried in and out of a multi-stage cultivation shelf 1, and cultivation containers 2 are provided in the trays 3. A cultivation system for placing and cultivating
a) the individual trays 3 are detachably connected to each other by adjacent trays 3 to form a row of trays 3 and are held on the cultivation lane A and the storage lane B;
b) In the multi-stage cultivation rack 1, the cultivation lane A into which the tray 3 on which the cultivation container 2 is placed is carried in and out, and the empty tray 3 (K) from which the cultivation container 2 is removed are cultivated. The storage lane B carried in and out immediately below the lane A is paired with one stage, and a plurality of stages are provided;
c) The tray 3 is connected to the row of the trays 3 by the vertical movement of the elevating unit 6 of the feeding apparatus 5 in the feeding device 5 provided adjacent to one side surface of the cultivation shelf 1 or the row of the trays 3. , The tray 3 is configured to be able to be carried in and out of the cultivation lane A or the storage lane B at a desired position.

The invention described in claim 2 is the cultivation system according to claim 1, wherein the multi-stage cultivation shelf 1 is formed with a side frame 10 that is opened on both sides by a column member 11 and a depth member 12, The side frames 10, 10 on both sides are connected by a horizontal member 13,
The cultivation lane A is a pair of front and rear horizontal transverse pipes 4 spanned over the side frame members 10 and 10 on both sides,
The storage lane B is provided at a position directly below the cultivation lane A with a sufficient interval H necessary for the empty tray 3 (K) from which the cultivation container 2 has been removed and carried in and out, and the side frame members on both sides. It is a pair of front and rear horizontal cross pipes 4 and 4 provided so as to span the bridges 10 and 10.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the cultivation system according to the first or second aspect, the supply device 5 includes a loading / unloading unit 7 configured to move the tray 3 in a horizontal direction and a lifting unit configured to move the tray 3 in a vertical direction. The loading / unloading unit 7 includes a gripping unit 70 for detachably holding the tray 3 and an advancing / retracting unit 71 for horizontally moving the tray 3 gripped by the gripping unit 70. The tray 3 grasped by 70 is connected to or released from a desired tray 3 by the up and down movement of the elevating unit 6.

  The invention described in claim 4 is the cultivation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the plurality of trays 3 connected in a line by the supply device 5 are cultivation lanes on the cultivation shelf 1. A or a storage lane B is sent and carried in or pulled out and carried out.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the cultivation system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the individual tray 3 has a fitting male portion 30 on one side and the other facing the one side. A mating female portion 31 is formed on one side of the mating male portion 30 so that the fitting male portion 30 fits therein. The part 30 and the female part 31 to be fitted are fitted together and connected, or the fitting is released and the connection is released.

The cultivation system according to the present invention has the following effects.
(1) The empty tray from which the cultivation containers have been removed can be stored in the storage lane and can be stored in a small space, so that the empty tray does not occupy the cultivation lane where the cultivation is performed, and the cultivation efficiency of the multi-stage cultivation shelf is improved. . Therefore, space efficiency is improved, and the number of effective cultivation lanes can be increased as compared with the related art.
(2) A plurality of trays are detachably connected to form a row of trays, and a tray on which cultivation containers are placed or an empty tray can be loaded and unloaded on one side of the cultivation shelf, so that the installation space can be made compact. . That is, the cultivation system requires only one supply device, which contributes to curbing investment in system construction equipment.
(3) Since cultivation is continued in the same tray on the same lane, it is easy to maintain optimum and favorable conditions, and it is possible to manage from breeding to harvesting without changing the environment. Production is realized.

In the cultivation system of the present invention, (A) is a side view showing a cultivation shelf having wheels on a tray, and (B) is a side view showing a cultivation shelf having wheels on a lane. It is the perspective view which showed the multistage cultivation shelf. It is the front view with a partial omission which showed the mode of use of the multistage cultivation shelf and the supply apparatus provided in one side. It is explanatory drawing which showed the Example of the carrying in / out part of a supply apparatus. (A) is a perspective view showing a tray with wheels, and (B) is a perspective view showing connection and release procedures of a tray without wheels.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a cultivation system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the cultivation system of the present embodiment, a plurality of movable trays 3 having rolling wheels 8 are connected to form a row of trays 3, and are loaded into cultivation lanes A and storage lanes B of the multi-stage cultivation rack 1 to be described later. Alternatively, the system is carried out (hereinafter, also referred to as carry-in / out), and a cultivation container 2 is placed on the tray 3 to grow a plant.

As shown in FIG. 5A, each tray 3 implemented in this cultivation system has a rectangular plate shape (depth × width dimension is 924 × 460 mm), and is provided in a T-shape at both ends of one side thereof. The two male fitting portions 30, 30 are notched in the shape and size of notches having the size and shape to fit the male fitting portions 30, 30 at both ends of the other side opposite to the one side. Two female parts 31 to be fitted are formed. With such a shape, the fitting male portion 30 and the fitted female portion 31 of the trays 3 and 3 at adjacent positions are fitted by the vertical movement of the lifting / lowering portion 6 of the supply device 5 described later. The connection can be made or the connection can be released and the connection can be smoothly released.
A plurality of wheels 8 are provided on both sides of each tray 3 with respect to the traveling direction. A plurality of the trays 3 with the wheels 8 are connected to form a row of the trays 3, and a cultivation lane A or a storage lane to be described later. It is held so as to be able to roll in an integrated state on B.
In addition, the tray 3 illustrated in FIG. 5B may not be provided with the wheels 8 but may be provided with the wheels 9 on the cultivation lane A and the storage lane B side as shown in FIG. 1B. That is, an embodiment in which the plurality of connected trays 3 move on the cultivation lane A and the storage lane B with the conveyor-shaped wheels 9 can be adopted.

The cultivation shelf 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the multi-stage cultivation shelf 1 includes two standing pillar members 11, 11, and depth members 12, 12, which are bridged vertically between the pillar members 11, 11, respectively. , Side frame bodies 10 and 10 that are open on both sides are formed. The side frame members 10 and 10 on both sides are connected at upper and lower ends by a long horizontal member 13 to form a skeleton. Each of the members 10, 11, and 12 is preferably implemented by a pipe in which a synthetic resin is adhesively coated on an outer peripheral surface of a steel pipe.
The cultivation lane A is for loading and unloading the tray 3 on which the cultivation container 2 is placed, and a synthetic resin is adhered to an outer peripheral surface of a pair of front and rear horizontal steel pipes spanned over the side frame members 10 and 10 on both sides. It is composed of covered horizontal pipes 4 and 4 (each length is 4,000 mm).
The storage lane B is used to carry in and out the empty tray 3 (K) from which the cultivation containers 2 have been removed after the harvest, and a necessary and sufficient interval H (this is necessary) for the empty tray 3 (K) to be carried in and out. The interval H is, for example, 80 mm) and a pair of front and rear horizontal horizontal pipes 4, 4, which are bridged over the same side frame members 10, 10 as the cultivation lane A, at a position directly below the cultivation lane A. It is composed of As described above, since the thickness of the tray 3 is not so large, the storage does not occupy the volume in the cultivation shelf, and in the case of the circulating cultivation shelf, the storage volume occupies the same volume as the cultivation lane, so that the cultivation efficiency can be improved. .
In the present embodiment shown in FIG. 3, if the upper cultivation lane A and the storage lane B located immediately below the upper cultivation lane A constitute a pair of one tier, the cultivation lane A is composed of seven tiers. However, the number of stages is not limited to this.

The supply device 5 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the supply device 5 includes an elevating unit 6 for moving the tray 3 in the vertical direction and a carrying-in / out unit 7 for moving the tray 3 in the horizontal direction. The traveling wheels 50 are provided so as to be movable at substantially the same height as the multi-stage cultivation shelf 1.
The elevating unit 6 includes a driving unit 6b that moves on a vertical ball screw 6a in the height direction, and an elevating table 6c that is long enough to hold one tray 3 protruding from the driving unit 6b in the horizontal direction.
Further, a loading / unloading unit 7 is attached to the driving unit 6b near the lifting table 6c so as to move up and down together with the lifting table 6c.
The loading / unloading section 7 is composed of a horizontally moving forward / backward section 7a and a grip section 70 provided at the tip of the forward / backward section 7a. For example, as shown in FIG. When the cylinder 72 provided in the reciprocating portion 7a extends, the link shrinks the pinch piece 71, and the projection 70a at the tip of the pinch piece 71 hooks the depression 33 of the tray 3 to grasp the tray 3, and the reciprocating portion 7a The tray 3 can be moved in the horizontal direction by moving forward and backward.
When the cylinder 72 is contracted and returned to its original position, the sandwiching piece 71 returns to its original position, the protrusion 70a is disengaged from the recess 33, and the grip of the tray 3 is released.
Therefore, the individual trays 3 placed on the elevating table 6c in the supply device 5 provided adjacent to the side frame 10 on one side of the cultivation shelf 1 are connected to a tray row or the tray. At the same time as the release, the desired number of trays 3 connected in a row can be sent to the cultivation lane A or the storage lane B of the cultivation shelf 1 and carried in, or pulled out and carried out.

A usage example of the above-described cultivation system of the present embodiment will be described.
The wheels 8 of the tray 3 are mounted on the pair of the cultivation lanes A, that is, on each pipe 4, and the wheels 8 are concavely shaped like a drum so as to follow the outer peripheral surface of the pipe 4 and come into contact with the pipe surface. The tray 3 can be stably moved in the horizontal direction on the cultivation lane A (pipe 4), and the tray 3 on which the cultivation container 2 in which the plant is planted is mounted is detachably connected to the cultivation lane A. Cultivation is performed side by side in a row.
When harvesting, the elevating unit 6 raises and lowers the elevating table 6c to the position of the cultivation lane A to be harvested, then extends the reciprocating unit 7a of the loading / unloading unit 7, and sets the tray 3 closest to the supply side of the target tray row. , The end of the tray 3 is grasped by the grasping section 70.
Next, the entire row of the trays 3 connected to the supply device 5 is pulled out integrally by shrinking the reciprocating portion 7a, and one of the trays 3 is exactly placed on the elevating table 6c in the supply device 5 and is carried out. The cultivation container 2 is removed from the tray 3 and harvested.
Next, when the elevating table 6c is lowered by the elevating unit 6 of the supply device 5 to the height position of the storage lane B immediately below the pair of the cultivation lanes A to be harvested, the empty tray from which the cultivation containers 2 have been removed. 3 (K) is placed on the elevating table 6c and its position does not change, so that the fitting male portion 30 (or the fitting female portion 31) of the tray is connected to the adjacent fitting portion connected to the row. The mating with the female portion 31 (or the male fitting portion 30) is released and the female portion 31 (or the male fitting portion 30) is disengaged from the row. ) Fit into the empty tray 3 (K).
Then, the length of one tray 3 is fed in, the tray 3 is lowered from the elevating table 6c, and when the grip of the grip portion 70 is released, the retracting portion 7a retracts and returns to the original position.
Further, when the last tray 3 (K) from which the cultivation container 2 has been removed is brought in, the carry-in is performed by feeding the length of one tray 3 plus the length L of the drive-in, and feeding the same. With the end face on the supply side of the tray 3 (K) closest to the side facing the inside of the cultivation shelf 1, the loading of the row of empty trays is completed, and the tray is held on the storage lane B.

Thereafter, the elevating unit 6 moves up and down to the position of the cultivation lane A to be harvested next, and proceeds harvesting by repeating the same operation.
Thus, the same storage operation is repeated, and the empty tray 3 (K) after harvesting is stored in the storage lane B of the exclusive storage place, not the lane for cultivation, so that only the empty tray 3 (K) is omitted. In the cultivation lane A, the cultivation efficiency can be increased without occupying the empty tray 3 (K), and the cultivation conditions can be kept constant.
At the time of cultivation, the procedure reverse to that described above is performed, and a plurality of trays 3 on which the cultivation containers 2 are placed are connected and placed in a row in a desired cultivation lane A.

Although the embodiments have been described with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated examples, and includes a range of design changes and application variations that are normally performed by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical idea thereof. I will mention it just in case.

A Cultivation lane B Storage lane H Interval 1 Cultivation shelf 10 Side frame 11 Column member 12 Depth member 13 Horizontal member 2 Cultivation container 3 Tray 30 Fitting male part 31 Fitting female part 4 Horizontal pipe 5 Supply device 6 Elevating unit 7 Loading / unloading section 7a Retracting section 70 Gripping sections 8, 9 Wheel

Claims (5)

A cultivation system in which a plurality of movable trays are carried in and out of a multi-stage cultivation shelf, and cultivation is performed by placing a cultivation container on the tray,
a) the individual trays are removably connected with adjacent trays to form a row of trays, and are held on a cultivation lane and a storage lane;
b) In the multi-stage cultivation shelf, the cultivation lane into which the tray on which the cultivation containers are placed is carried in / out, and the empty tray from which the cultivation containers are removed are carried in / out at a position immediately below the cultivation lane. The storage lanes are paired with one stage, and a plurality of stages are provided;
c) a tray in a supply device provided adjacent to one side of the cultivation shelf, the tray being connected to or disconnected from the row of trays by a vertical movement of an elevating unit of the supply device; A cultivation system, wherein the tray is configured to be able to be carried in and out of a cultivation lane or a storage lane at a desired position. The multi-stage cultivation shelf has a configuration in which a side frame that opens on both sides is formed by a column member and a depth member, and the side frames on both sides are connected by a horizontal member,
The cultivation lane is a pair of front and rear horizontal horizontal pipes spanned over the side frame on both sides,
The storage lane is located immediately below the cultivation lane at an interval sufficient and necessary for empty trays from which the cultivation containers have been removed to be carried in and out, and a pair of front and rear bridges laid over the side frame members on both sides. The cultivation system according to claim 1, wherein the cultivation system is a horizontal horizontal pipe.   The supply device includes a loading / unloading unit that moves the tray in the horizontal direction, and an elevating unit that moves the tray in the up-down direction.The loading / unloading unit grips the tray by a detachable gripping portion and the gripping portion. The tray is composed of an advancing and retreating part that is movable in the horizontal direction, and the tray gripped by the gripping part is connected to or released from a desired tray by the vertical movement of the elevating unit. The cultivation system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein   A plurality of trays connected in a line by the supply device are configured to be sent in and carried out or pulled out and carried out to a cultivation lane or a storage lane of a cultivation shelf, wherein The cultivation system according to any one of the above.   The individual tray is formed with a fitting male part on one side, and a female part to be fitted with the fitting male part on the other side opposite to the one side, and an elevating part of the supply device. 2. The up-down movement causes the fitting male portion and the fitted female portion of the tray at the adjacent position to be fitted and connected, or the connection is released by disengaging the fitting. The cultivation system according to any one of Items 1 to 4,

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