JP2547969B2 - Paper tube alignment seedling supply device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper-tube-arranged seedling feeding apparatus, for example, a paper-tube-arranged seedling seeded and raised with a large number of paper cylinders is conveyed and supplied to a transplanter for transplanting and cultivating agricultural products such as beets. Regarding things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the cultivation of beets, a paper-cylinder-arranged seedling grown by seeding and seeding in a seedling-growing container in which a large number of paper cylinders are arranged in an orderly manner and are separably connected with a water-soluble paste is transplanted by a transplanter. It is generally done by transplanting. For the convenience of storage and transportation, this seedling raising container consisting of many paper cylinders is usually manufactured in a folded state and unfolded at the time of soil filling, but in order to facilitate soil filling and seeding work for this seedling raising container. The seedling raising container has a rectangular shape that is long in the developing direction of the seedling raising container. For example, a beet seedling raising container has a width of about 30 cm and a length of about 117 cm. Then, expand this predetermined number of seedling raising containers, put them on a soil filling machine, fill each seedling raising container with soil and sow, then transfer to the seedbed and set it up, place a predetermined number of seedling raising containers on the seedbed to grow seedlings. It has become.

When transplanting the paper-tube-arranged seedlings raised in the seed-growing container, the paper-tube-arranged seedlings for each seedling-growing container are sequentially taken out from the seedbed and placed on a seedling tray, and the paper-tube-arranged seedlings are also placed. Further, the seedling receiving tray having the seedlings is transferred to a seedling box, and a large number of seedling boxes having the paper-tube aligned seedlings on the seedling receiving tray are transported to the field. -297310 is sequentially supplied to the carry-in section of the conveyor of the transplanter.

[0004]

When the paper tube aligned seedlings on the seedling tray are supplied to the carry-in section of the conveyor of the transplanter,
Removing the seedling box for transportation from the seedling tray on which the paper tube-aligned seedlings are placed requires extra work, and it takes time to remove the seedling box without disturbing the paper tube-aligned seedlings. The placed seedling saucer could not be immediately loaded into the conveyor of the transplanter, and the paper tube aligned seedlings could not be efficiently supplied to the conveyor of the transplanter. There is a problem that it is not preferable for continuous work.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and supports a seedling tray on which paper-tube-arranged seedlings are placed, and from the seedling saucer without disturbing the paper-tube-arranged seedlings on the seedling tray. The seedling carrier for transportation can be easily separated, the extra removal work to remove this seedling carrier is not required, and the paper tube aligned seedlings are immediately and efficiently supplied to the carry-in part of the transplanter conveyor. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a paper tube-aligned seedling supply device that can continuously perform the work of transplanting paper tube-arranged seedlings.

[0006]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper tube-arranged seedling feeding device, in which a paper tube-arranged seedling on which the paper tube-arranged seedlings raised by separating the individual paper tubes are placed, and a paper tube. A seedling carrier for placing and carrying a seedling receiving tray on which the aligned seedlings are placed, and a seedling carrying-out table for carrying in the seedling carrying tray and carrying out the paper tube aligned seedlings on the seedling receiving tray to the conveyor of the transplanter. The seedling carrier has a carrier body on which the seedling tray is placed, and a handle having a passage opening on both sides of the carrier body for passing the seedling tray on which the paper tube aligned seedlings are placed. , The seedling carry-out table has a carry-out table body on which the carrier table body is placed, and the seedling carry-out table is located on both sides of the carry-out table body and above the upper surface of the carry-out table body. A device for supporting the seedling tray on which the paper tube aligned seedlings are placed and carrying out the seedling tray toward the conveyor. The support rollers is obtained by rotatably Jikuka.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper tube-aligned seedling feeding device according to the first aspect, wherein the paper tube-aligned seedling feeding device moves the seedling trays on which the paper tube-aligned seedlings are placed on both sides of the carrier body. A stopper for restricting is provided, and the plurality of support rollers of the carry-out table main body are arranged on substantially the same plane as the carry-in portion of the conveyor.

According to a third aspect of the invention, there is provided a paper tube-aligned seedling feeding device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the carrier body has beam members having stoppers on both sides. Handles having horizontal grips on the beam bodies on both sides are projected respectively, and the horizontal grips of handles of another seedling carrier are detachably fitted to the lower portions of the beam bodies on both sides. It has a mating recess.

[0009]

In the paper tube aligning seedling feeding device according to claim 1, the seedling tray is placed on the carrier body of the seedling carrier, and the individual paper tubes are detachably connected to the seedling tray to raise seedlings. Place the paper tube aligned seedlings. Then, the handles on both sides of the seedling carrier are gripped to lift the seedling carrier having the paper-tube aligned seedlings, and the seedling carrier is transported and placed on the seedling carry-out table.

When the seedling carrier is placed on the seedling carry-out table, a plurality of supporting rollers of the seedling carry-out table support the seedling tray having the paper-tube aligned seedlings, and the seedling tray is used to support the seedlings. The carrier is slightly lowered and separated, and the carrier body of the seedling carrier is supported on the seedling carrier body of the seedling carrier. Therefore, the seedling carrier is automatically separated from the seedling tray having the paper tube aligned seedlings.

When the seedling tray having the paper-tube aligned seedlings is pushed toward the carry-in section of the conveyor, the seedling tray having the paper-tube-aligned seedlings is guided by the plurality of support rollers of the seedling carry-out table. Moved towards the department,
The seedling tray having the paper-tube aligned seedlings is carried into the carry-in section of the conveyor through the passage opening of the handle located on the carry-in section side of the conveyor.

Therefore, the seedling carrier for transporting can be easily separated from the seedling receiving tray without disturbing the paper-tube-arranged seedlings on the seedling receiving tray, and an extra removing work for removing the seedling carrier is not required, and the transplanter The paper tube aligned seedlings are efficiently supplied to the carry-in section of the conveyor.

In the paper tube aligning seedling supply device according to claim 2,
By placing the seedling tray on which the paper cylinder aligned seedlings are placed on the carrier body of the seedling carrier, the position of this seedling saucer is regulated by the stopper of the carrier body, and it becomes easy to transport the paper tube aligned seedlings. . Further, since the plurality of support rollers of the carry-out stand main body are mounted on the substantially same plane as the carry-out section of the conveyor, the plurality of support rollers smoothly carry the seedling tray having the paper tube aligned seedlings into the carry-in section of the conveyor. To be done.

In the paper tube aligning seedling supply device according to claim 3,
By fitting the horizontal grips of the handles on both sides and the fitting recesses of the beams on both sides, it is possible to easily stack a plurality of seedling carriers.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The structure of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 is a paper tube-arranged seedling. This paper tube-arranged seedling 1 has a rectangular shape in which a large number of polygonal paper tubes 2 are arranged in order in a honeycomb structure and are separably connected with a water-soluble glue. It has a seedling raising container 3 and is composed of transplanted seedlings 4 raised by seeding seeds such as soil filling and beet in each paper tube 2 of the seedling raising container 3. The honeycomb-shaped seedling-growing container 3 is manufactured in a folded state in consideration of storage and transportation, and is expanded three-dimensionally in the lengthwise direction during soil filling and sowing. Then, a plurality of the paper-tube-arranged seedlings 1 are brought into contact with each other in the long side portions so that the seedbeds 5
They are placed on top of each other.

Further, 6 is a seedling taker, which has a horizontal support rod 7, and is gripped at both ends of the support rod 7 through leg rods 8 which are raised upward. The rods 9 are each formed horizontally in the same direction. Further, a plurality of forks 10 are provided on the supporting rod 7 between the leg rods 8 at the both end portions so as to integrally project horizontally in the same direction as the gripping rod 9. Then, the plurality of forks 10 are inserted between the paper tube aligned seedling 1 and the seedbed 5 from the lateral direction of the paper tube aligned seedling 1, and the paper tube aligned seedlings 1 are taken out by the plurality of forks 10. It has become.

Further, 11 is a seedling receiving tray, and this seedling receiving tray 11 has a rectangular support plate 12 for closing and supporting the lower surface of each paper tube aligned seedling 1, and one long side of this support plate 12 The stopper piece 13 is folded at the part (one end in the width direction).
It is formed by bending upward through.

Further, 15 is a seedling carrier, and this seedling carrier 15 has a carrier body 16, and this carrier body 16 is the seed tray.
Two vertical beams 17 arranged in parallel to each other at a distance narrower than the width of the support plate 12 of 11 and fixed in parallel between both ends in the longitudinal direction of these two vertical beams 17. It is composed of front and rear cross beams 18 as a beam body. In addition, stoppers 19 projecting higher than the upper surface portions of the two vertical beams 17 are provided on the inner side portions of the front and rear horizontal beams 18 at the connecting portions of the both ends of the two left and right vertical beams 17 and the front and rear horizontal beams 18. It is formed in.

One of the two vertical beams 17 is a vertical beam.
Substantially L-shaped stoppers 20 are provided on the outer side of the protrusions 17 at predetermined intervals in the front-rear direction. Further, the front and rear horizontal beams 18 are projected outwardly in parallel longer than the two vertical beams 17, and fitting recesses 21 whose bottom surfaces are widened and opened are formed in the lower portions thereof.

Further, a substantially inverted U is formed on the upper part of the front and rear cross beams 18.
The character-shaped handles 22 are integrally projected. The front and rear handles 22 each have a horizontal gripping portion 23 which is detachably fitted in the front and rear fitting recesses 21, and is provided between the front and rear horizontal beams 18 in the paper tube alignment seedling 1.
Each has a passage opening (24) of a size for passing the seedling tray (11) on which the seedlings are placed.

The seedling receiving tray 11 is placed on the two vertical beams 17, the front and rear edges of the seedling receiving tray 11 are positioned by the front and rear stoppers 19, and the seedling receiving tray 11 is placed. One side edge portion is positioned by the stoppers 20 at the front and rear of the one vertical beam 17.

Further, 25 is a seedling carry-out table.
Has a carry-out stand main body 26, and the carry-out stand main body 26 is connected to the conveyor frame 27 with a vertical beam 28 in the front-rear direction and the vertical beam 28.
It is composed of front and rear horizontal beams 29 which are arranged and fixed in parallel and horizontally at a predetermined interval in the front-rear direction.

Further, roller supporting pieces 30 are integrally provided on both ends of the front and rear cross beams 29 in the left-right direction so as to project upward with a space for mounting the carrier body 16 of the seedling carrier 15. Support rollers 31 that support the seedling receiving tray 11 and discharge the seedling receiving tray 11 are rotatably mounted on the front, rear, left, and right roller supporting pieces 30, respectively.

The carrier body 16 of the seedling carrier 15 is lowered and supported on the vertical beam 28 and the front and rear horizontal beams 29, and the front, rear, left and right support rollers 31 are also provided.
The seedling tray 11 is supported above.

Further, 32 is a conveyor of the transplanting machine which conveys and supplies the paper tube aligned seedlings 1 to the transplanting machine (not shown), and the conveyor 32 has a conveyor frame 27 connected to the vertical beam 28. However, roller mounting plates 33 are integrally provided so as to project upward at both ends of the conveyor frame 27 in the left-right direction, and endless rolling members 34 are provided between front side portions of the left and right roller mounting plates 33. Conveyor roller suspended freely
35 is rotatably mounted.

Further, between the rear side portions of the left and right roller mounting plates 33, a guide roller 36, which is arranged in parallel with the conveyor roller 35 and substantially in the same plane as the support rollers 31, is rotatable. It is suspended. And the guide roller
The upper end of 36 and the upper end of each of the support rollers 31 are formed on substantially the same plane, and the portion having the guide roller 36 serves as the carry-in portion 37 of the conveyor 32.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

[0029] The seedling tray 11 on the carrier body 16 of the seedling carrier 15.
When placed, the front and rear end edges of the seedling tray 11 are positioned by the front and rear stoppers 19 of the carrier body 16, and the stopper pieces 13 erected from the support plate portion 12 of the seedling tray 11 are placed. Positioning is performed by stoppers 20 at the front and rear of one vertical beam 17 of the carrier body 16.

Next, the forks 10 of the seedling picking device 6 are held by gripping the gripping rods 9 on both sides, and the forks 10 of the seedling picking device 6 are laterally inserted into the paper tube aligning seedling 1 and picked up. The paper tube-arranged seedlings 1 are separated from the other paper-tube-arranged seedlings 1 and picked up from the seedbed 5, and the paper-tube-arranged seedlings 1 are placed on the carrier body 16 by the seedling picker 6. While being carried in from the lateral direction on the opposite side of the plurality of stoppers 20 and placed on the support plate portion 12, the side edge portion of the paper tube aligning seedling 1 on the carry-in side is brought into contact with the plurality of stoppers 20 for positioning. To do.

Then, the paper tube aligned seedlings 1 are placed through the seedling receiving tray 11.
While holding and lifting the horizontal grips 23 of the handles 22 on both sides of the seedling carrier 15 on which the seedling carrier is placed,
For example, 15 is placed on a truck or the like and transported, and the seedling carrier 15 on which the paper tube aligned seedlings 1 are placed is placed on a seedling unloading stage 25 connected to a conveyor 32 of the transplanter.

When the seedling carrier 15 on which the paper-tube aligned seedlings 1 are placed is placed on the seedling unloading table 25 via the seedling receiving tray 11, a plurality of supporting rollers 31 of the seedling unloading table 25 are used. The front, rear, left and right parts of the seedling tray 11 having the paper tube aligned seedlings 1 are supported,
The seedling tray 11 is disengaged from the stoppers 19 and 20 of the seedling carrier 15, the seedling carrier 15 is slightly lowered from the seedling saucer 11 and separated, and the carrier body 16 of the seedling carrier 15 is transferred to the seedling carry-out table 25. Is supported on the carrying-out table main body 26. Therefore, the seedling carrier 15 is automatically separated from the seedling tray 11 having the paper tube aligned seedlings 1.

Then, the seedling tray 11 having the paper tube aligned seedlings 1
Is pushed toward the carry-in section 37 of the conveyor 32, the seedling tray 11 having the paper-tube aligned seedlings 1 is guided by the plurality of support rollers 31 of the seedling carry-out table 25 and moves toward the carry-in section 37 of the conveyor 32. At the same time, the seedling tray 11 having the paper-tube aligned seedlings 1 passes through the passage opening 24 of the handle 22 of the seedling carrier 15 located on the carry-in portion 37 side of the conveyor 32, and the carry-in portion 37 of the conveyor 32.
Is delivered to and supplied to.

At this time, the plurality of support rollers 31 of the seedling carry-out table 25
Are arranged on substantially the same plane as the guide rollers 36 of the carry-in section 37 of the conveyor 32, so that the paper tube aligned seedlings 1 are smoothly carried in and supplied from the plurality of support rollers 31 to the carry-in section 37 of the conveyor 32. That is, when the paper tube aligned seedlings 1 placed on the seedling receiving tray 11 are pushed in from the carry-in section 37 of the conveyor 32, the paper tube aligned seedlings 1 are brought to a position close to the conveyor surface by a carrier provided in the conveyor section. Along the conveyor 32, while pressing the rear end surface of the paper tube aligned seedlings 1, seedling receiving tray
The paper tube aligned seedlings 1 are transferred onto the endless traveling body 34 of the conveyor 32 by removing 11 and the carrier. Therefore, the seedling feeding work can be performed while the conveyor 32 is operating or stopped.

In this way, the paper-tube aligned seedlings 1 arranged on the seedbed 5 are individually picked up by the seedling picker 6, and the paper-tube aligned seedlings 1 are placed on the seedling tray on the seedling carrier 15.
The seedling carrier 15 having the paper-tube aligned seedlings 1 is placed on the seedling carry-out table 25 in order to be transferred from the seedling receiving tray 11 having the paper-tube aligned seedlings 1 to the seedling carrier 15. The paper tube aligned seedlings 1 on the seedling tray 11 that are automatically separated are placed on the seedling carrier.
It is sequentially supplied to the conveyor 32 of the transplanter from the passage opening 24 of the handle 22 of 15.

Therefore, when the seedling carrier 15 is automatically separated from the seedling receiving tray 11 having the paper tube aligned seedlings 1, the seedling receiving trays 11 having the paper tube aligned seedlings 1 are provided on the front, rear, left and right sides of the seedling carry-out table 25. Since it is supported by the supporting roller 31, the seedling carrier 15 for transportation is easily separated from the seedling receiving tray 11 without disturbing the paper tube aligned seedlings 1 on the seedling receiving tray 11, and the seedling carrier 15 is removed. Conveyor of transplanter 32 without extra removal work
The paper tube aligned seedlings 1 are efficiently supplied to the carry-in section 37 of.

Next, in the case where a plurality of seedling carrier 15 are stored and when the paper tube aligned seedling 1 is placed on the plurality of seedling carrier 15 via the seedling tray 11, both sides of the plurality of seedling carrier 15 are placed. A plurality of seedling carriers 15 can be easily stacked by fitting the horizontal gripping portion 23 of the handle 22 of the section and the fitting recesses 21 of the front and rear cross beams 18.

[0038]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the seedling carrier has a carrier main body on which the seedling receiving tray is placed, and the seedling receiving tray on which the paper-tube aligned seedlings are placed is provided on both sides of the transporter main body. Handles having a passage opening for passing through are provided in a protruding manner, and the seedling carry-out table has a carry-out table body on which the carrier table body is placed. Since the plurality of support rollers that are positioned above and support the seedling receiving tray on which the paper-tube aligned seedlings are placed and that carry out the seedling receiving tray toward the conveyor of the transplanter are rotatably mounted, When supplying the paper-tube-arranged seedlings to the seedlings, the seedling tray on which the paper-tube-arranged seedlings are placed is supported by a plurality of supporting rollers, and the paper-tube-aligned seedlings on the seedling tray are transported from the seedling saucer without disturbing The seedling carrier can be easily separated and placed on the unloading unit body. The seedling carriage without the need for extra removal work to remove the, the loading unit of the conveyor of the transplanter can supply good efficiency paper tube alignment seedlings, therefore,
It is possible to provide a paper tube-arranged seedling supply device capable of continuously performing the paper-tube-arranged seedling transplanting operation.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the paper tube aligned seedlings are placed on the carrier main body through the seedling receiving tray, the stopper surely positions the seedling receiving tray to regulate the movement of the seedling receiving tray. Further, since the plurality of support rollers of the carry-out table main body are arranged on substantially the same plane as the carry-in section of the conveyor, the seedling tray on which the paper tube aligned seedlings supported on the plurality of support rollers are placed can be It can be smoothly carried into the carry-in section of the conveyor.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the seedling tray placed on the carrier body can be reliably positioned by the stopper, and the paper tube aligned seedling placed on the seed tray can be easily transported. Becomes In addition, the horizontal grips of the handles provided on the beam bodies on both sides of the carrier body and the fitting recesses formed on the lower portions of the beam bodies on both sides are fitted together to simplify multiple seedling carrier stands. Since the plurality of seedling carriers can be stacked, the plurality of seedling carriers can be easily stored, and it is possible to prepare for the transportation of the plurality of seedling carriers on which the paper tube aligned seedlings are placed and the supply of the paper tube aligned seedlings.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a paper tube aligned seedling supply device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same seedling carrier.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state in which the same is stacked.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the same seedling unloading table.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a paper-tube-arranged seedling and a seedling picker of the same as above.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state in which the paper-tube-arranged seedlings and the seedling tray are placed on the seedling carrier in the same.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 11 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the same as when viewed from the front side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Paper tube aligned seedling 2 Paper tube 11 Seedling saucer 15 Seedling carrier 16 Carrier stand body 18 Beams 19, 20 Stopper 21 Fitting recess 22 Handle 23 Grasping part 24 Passage port 25 Seedling carry-out table 26 Carry-out table body 31 Support roller 32 Conveyor 37 Loading section

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A seedling tray on which paper-cylinder-arranged seedlings raised by separately separating individual paper cylinders are placed, and a seedling-transporting on which the seedling tray on which the paper-tube-arranged seedlings are placed are transported. A bed and a seedling carry-out table that carries in the seedling carrier and carries out the paper-tube-arranged seedlings on the seedling saucer to the conveyor of the transplanter. The seedling carrier is a carrier for placing the seedling saucer. Handles having a table main body and a passage opening for passing the seedling tray on which the paper tube aligned seedlings are placed are provided on opposite sides of the carrier main body, and the seedling unloading table is the carrier table. It has a carry-out stand main body on which the main body is placed, and supports the seedling saucer on which the paper tube-arranged seedlings are placed on both sides of the carry-out stand main body and above the upper surface of the carry-out stand body. A plurality of support rollers that carry out the tray toward the conveyor are rotatably mounted on the support roller. Cylinder aligning seedling supply device. 2. A stopper for restricting the movement of the seedling tray on which the paper-tube-arranged seedlings are placed is provided on both sides of the carrier body, and the plurality of support rollers of the carry-out stand body are arranged on substantially the same plane as the carry-in portion of the conveyor. The paper tube aligned seedling supply device according to claim 1, wherein the paper tube aligned seedling supply device is provided. 3. The carrier body has a beam body having stoppers formed on both sides thereof, and a handle having a horizontal grip portion is projectingly provided on each of the beam bodies of the both side portions of the beam body. The paper tube aligned seedling feeding device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a lower portion is formed with a fitting recess into which a horizontal grip portion of a handle of another seedling carrier is detachably fitted.