JP2581861Y2 - Seedling container deployment 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 seedling growing device which expands a folded seedling growing container into a large number of honeycombs and fits the seedling growing container into a projection plate having a large number of projections.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional seedling raising technique, there is known a method of using a so-called paper pot for raising seedlings in which a large number of cylindrical bodies formed in a honeycomb shape are integrally formed. That is, the nursery container is unfolded and set on a projection plate having projections, and a large number of cylinders of the nursery container are filled with the soil therein, and after being compacted, inverted, the projection plate is removed and appears there. A method of sowing seeds in a uniform hole, covering soil, and raising seedlings is widely and generally employed.

[0003] In recent years, the sowing and seedling operations have been increased in scale and mechanized, and the work volume has been increased, and the overall speed has been increased. Improvement is required.

[0004] Conventionally, the seedling growing container is generally deployed by inserting two combs on both sides of the seedling growing container, pulling it to the left and right by a two-person assembly work, and fitting it into the projection plate. At times, the end of the seedling growing container is pushed down and adjusted with a fingertip so that it has a predetermined size, and it is necessary to perform it quickly and accurately. Nevertheless, the constant need for two people has hindered cost reduction and improvement of work efficiency.

[0005]

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] The inventor of the present invention does not require any skill in order to reduce the cost of unfolding the seedling container during the above-described series of sowing and seedling operations, and to improve work efficiency. In addition, we have devised a nursery container deployment device that can efficiently and accurately deploy the nursery container by one person.

[0006] The present invention aims at solving the following problems. A single worker, regardless of skill level, deploys seedling containers quickly with a simple operation.

[0007] A large number of cylinders of the seedling raising container are pulled down onto a protruding plate having projections facing the same with a single operation in conjunction with the operation of expanding the entire seedling growing container, and fitted.

[0008]

[Technical Means and Action] A pair of guide rails 16 and 16 at the upper portion of the gantry 5 and a hook 1 for locking the hanging rods 11a and 11b at both ends of the guide rails 16 and 16 in the recess d.
3a, 13b, and guide rails 16, 16 are provided with operating plates 19, 19 on one side and hooking devices 17a, 17b having comb receiving plates 18, 18, respectively.

Further, a front stopper 8a is provided on the gantry 5,
The rearing stopper 8b is raised and lowered, and a seedling container deployment device equipped with an operation handle 9 for rotating the lifting bar 10 toward the hanging rods 11a and 11b is used.

Before the seedling raising container 1 is inserted; the projection plate 3 is located between the front stopper 8a and the rear stopper 8b of the gantry 5,

The hooks 17a and 17b are provided on the guide rail 1.
6 and 16 are in contact at the center, and the hanging rods 11a,
11b is locked in the recess d of the hook 13a, 13b,

The operating handle 9 causes the front stopper 8a and the rear stopper 8b to protrude to the level of the projection plate 3,
And the lifting bar 10 is located below the hanging rods 11a and 11b,

At the time when the seedling raising container 1 is inserted between the hooks 17a, 17b; the combs 2, 2 inserted on both sides of the seedling raising container 1, the comb receiving plates 18, 1 of the hooking tools 17a, 17b.
8 and

When the seedling raising container 1a is unfolded; the hooks 17a, 17b move to both ends of the guide rails 16, 16 and the operating plate 19 hits the hooks 13a, 13b.
Recesses d of the hanging rods 11a, 11a and the hooks 13a, 13b
And the hooks 12 and 12 hook the combs 2 and 2 and drop them, and the seedling raising container 1a is pulled down on the projection plate 3 at the same time on the left and right sides.

The hanging rods 11 are again attached to the hooks 13a and 13b.
a and 11b are engaged; the operating handle 9 falls down on the front stopper 8a and the rear stopper 8b, and the lifting bar 10 raises the hanging rods 11a and 11b to the hooks 13a and 1b.
3b is engaged with the recess d.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, each member of the drawings will be described in the order of reference numerals. 1: seedling raising container before development (FIG. 3a) 1a: expanded seedling raising container (FIG. 3b) 2: comb inserted into seedling raising container 1 (FIGS. 3a, b) 3: projecting plate for receiving expanded seedling raising container 1a (FIG. 4) 4: A fixing tool fixed to the protruding plate 3 and locking the comb 2 (FIG. 4) 5: A gantry having a plurality of rollers 6 for mounting the protruding plate 3 (FIG. 1) 6: Roller supported by the gantry 5 and the auxiliary operating table 7

7: An auxiliary worktable (FIGS. 1 and 2) that rotatably supports a plurality of rollers 6 that can be attached to either the left or right side of the gantry 5 according to the working direction. A front stopper (FIGS. 2 and 5) for interlocking and fixing the projection plate 3 in a fixed position and releasing it 8b: A rear stopper for interlocking with the operation handle 9 to fix and release the projection plate 3 in a fixed position (FIG. 2)

9: The seedling raising container 1a is pulled down, and the suspended hanging rods 11a,
Lifting bar 10 and stopper 8 for lifting 11b
Operation handle to which a and 8b are connected and fixed (FIG. 5) 10: Lifting bar (FIG. 5) that locks a pair of left and right hanging rods 11a and 11b with lifting hooks 13a and 13b (FIG. 5) 11a and 11b: Seedling container 1a A pair of left and right hanging rods hooking the hooks 12, 12 for hooking both ends of the inserted comb 2 and pulling them down (FIGS. 2, 6)

12: Hook for hooking comb 2 (FIG. 6) 13a, 13b: Hanging rods 11a at both ends of gantry 5
Hook (FIGS. 6 and 2) 14 which is rotatably supported with its center of gravity shifted so as to be inclined toward 11b and has a recess d for locking hanging rods 11a and 11b. Even if the stoppers 13a, 13b are removed, the hanging rods 11a, 11b
Of one of the hanging rods 11a (1
Pressing plate fixed to 1b) and pressing the other hanging rod 11b (11a) (FIG. 2)

15: Hanging rod 11 when the hooks 13a, 13b are removed
gantry 5 and hanging rods 11a, 1
2 and FIG. 6 16: The springs are arranged on both sides of the upper part of the gantry 5 in parallel with the gantry 5 and at the center and at predetermined positions at both left and right ends, the moving range of the hooks 17a and 17b. Guide rails (FIGS. 1 and 2) fixed to the gantry 5 by legs for regulating
A pair of hooks (FIGS. 1 and 2) that can move only in the left-right direction starting from the central portion 18: attached to hooks 17a, 17b, and seedling raising container 1
Receiving plate for receiving comb 2 inserted in the box (Fig. 7)

19: Hook 13 fixed to hooks 17a, 17b and locking pull-down hanging rods 11a, 11b at the final end
Actuating plate (FIG. 7) for pushing in and releasing a, 13b 20: In order to reduce the moving distance of hooks 17a, 17b, it always tilts inward with a certain angle, and can rotate only inward during operation. A grip with a weight attached to the hooks 17a and 17b (FIGS. 9 and 12)

21: Push-pull mechanism (FIG. 8) fixed to both ends of the guide rails 16 and 16 and provided with a rubber plate 22 attached at a fixed angle to push the nursery container 1 (FIG. 8) 22: The seedling container 1 is hooked When it is moved by the tools 17a and 17b, contacts the push-pull mechanism 21 and is pushed further to the final end, it is obliquely attached to the push-pull mechanism 21 at a certain angle inward so as to bend inward without fail. A rubber plate (FIG. 8) having an appropriate elasticity and a restoring property that acts to push the seedling raising container 1 to a predetermined width and has a frictional force with paper of the material of the seedling raising container 1; The guide rails 16 and 1 are fixed to the rails 16 and 16 when the expanded seedling raising container 1a is withdrawn.
Guide plate for guiding the comb 2 from 6 to the locking member 4 of the comb 2 attached to the projection plate 3 mounted on the gantry 5 (FIGS. 1 and 2)

The operation will be described below. That is, the seedling raising container deployment device of the present invention has the following configuration. That is,

[0024] A pair of guide rails 16
16 are provided on both ends of the guide rails 16, 16.
hooks 13a, 13 for locking a, 11b in the recess d
b on the guide rails 16, 16 and the operating plates 19, 1
9 is provided on one side, and hooking devices 17a and 17b having comb receiving plates 18 and 18 are further provided.

The mount 5 has a front stopper 8a,
And an operating handle 9 for raising and lowering the rear stopper 8b and rotating the lifting bar 10 toward the hanging rods 11a and 11b.

More preferably, auxiliary worktables 7 are connected to both sides of the gantry 5, and push-pull mechanisms 21 and 21 composed of rubber plates 22 and 22 arranged in an eight-shape are provided on both sides of the gantry 5, and are developed. Push-pull mechanism 21, 21
1, and the nursery container 1a is set to a predetermined width and length.

Hereinafter, the operation will be described. (1) As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the protruding plate 3 shown in FIG. 4 is placed on the auxiliary worktable 7 and pushed into the fixed position of the gantry 5, that is, between the front stopper 8a and the rear stopper 8b.

At this time, the front stopper 8a is
Due to the weight of the protruding plate 3, it is pushed downward, and after passing through the protruding plate 3, as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 5, the weight balance is indicated by G. The rear stopper 8b simply serves as a stopper for the projection plate 3.

(2) As shown in FIG.
Into both sides.

(3) As shown in FIG.
2 is set so that the comb receiving plates 18, 18 fixed to the hooks 17a, 17b, which are brought to the center of the gantry 5 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, sandwich the combs 2, 2 from both sides.

(4) As shown in FIG. 9, the hooks 17a, 17
b, the gripping tools 17a, 17 are pressed down while being pressed down against the weight g.
Push b open right and left.

(5) As shown in FIG. 8A and FIG.
When a and 17b are opened to the left and right to a certain position, the seedling raising container 1a hits the rubber plates 22 and 22 of the push-pull mechanisms 21 and 21 which are arranged in an eight-shape.

When the rubber plates 22 and 22 bend to the dotted line in FIG. 8A and hit each other, the seedling raising container 1a stops, is narrowed to a predetermined width and length, and the development is completed.

(6) At the same time, the hooks 17a, 17 shown in FIG.
7 (a), (b), and FIG.
In FIG. 6, FIG. 10, FIG. 11 a, and FIG. 1, the hooks 13 a and 13 b locked with the hanging rods 11 a and 11 b are pushed.
1b, the hooks 13a, 13b rotate about the rotation axis ax, and the hanging rods 11a, 11b and the hooks 13a,
The locked state of the recess 13b with the recess d is released. In FIG. 10, L denotes hanging rods 11a, 11 for attaching the hooks 12, 12.
This is a lever fixed to b.

(7) The hanging rods 11a and 11b released from the locking state of the hooks 13a and 13b with the recess d are towed by the spring 15 in FIGS. 6 and 11b, and are indicated by dotted lines around the fulcrum p. To fall.

At this time, the hooks 12, 12 fixed to the hanging rods 11a, 11b hook the combs 2, 2 of the seedling raising container 1a, and pull the whole seedling raising container 1a right and left simultaneously.

In FIG. 2, reference numerals 14 and 14 denote the hanging rod 1 even if either of the left and right hooks 13a and 13b is removed.
1a and 11b are fixed to one of the hanging rods 11a or 11b so that only one of the hanging rods 11a and 11b does not fall.
This is a holding plate for holding a or 11b. That is, only when both the hanging rods 11a and 11b come off from the hooks 13a and 13b, the hanging rods 11a and 11b fall right and left simultaneously.

The withdrawn seedling raising container 1a is fitted between the projections 3a, 3a of the projection plate 3 shown in FIG. 3b which is pushed between the stoppers 8a, 8b on the gantry 5.

The combs 2, 2 of the seedling raising container 1a are fitted into the recesses 4a, 4a of the locking members 4, 4, respectively. Thus, the seedling raising container 1 a is fixed to the projection plate 3.

(8) After the seedling raising container 1a is pulled down, the left and right hooks 17a and 17b are returned to the positions shown in FIGS.

(9) Next, when the operating handle 9 is rotated from the solid line position to the dotted line position as shown in FIG.
0 lifts the suspension rods 11a, 11a to the initial position in FIG.

At this time, the hooks 13a and 13b are
1a and 11b, which are once pushed open.
After 1b has passed through, the suspension rod 1
It returns to the locked position with 1a, 11b. This is because the center of gravity is shifted so that the hooks 13a and 13b are inclined toward the suspension rods 11a and 11b.

(10) As shown in FIG. 5, the front stopper 8a of the operation handle 9 is retracted below the projection plate 3, so that the projection plate 3 can be pulled out to the auxiliary worktable 7. Thus, one cycle of the process is completed.

[0045]

[Effects of the Invention] (1) The seedling raising container is developed to a predetermined width and length by a push-pull mechanism by one operation of pushing and opening the hooking tool left and right, and further, in conjunction with this, the seedling raising container is pulled down. Since the fitting to the protruding plate is completed with one touch, the work is simplified, the work speed is increased, and the workability is remarkably improved.

(2) With the simplification of the work, even beginners who have no experience in developing seedling containers can complete the work by themselves, requiring no skill and greatly reducing the cost compared to the conventional two-person work. , Labor saving and efficiency improvement are possible.

(3) With the improvement of the operability in unfolding the seedling raising container, it has become possible to speed up the entire series of sowing and seedling raising operations and improve the work efficiency.

(4) Since the rubber plate 22 of the push-pull mechanism 21 gently collides with the seedling raising container 21, the seedling growing container 1 has a predetermined width and length.
a is pursued without failure.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a nursery container 1 before being hooked on the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view,

3A is a perspective view of a seedling raising container before development, FIG. 3B is a perspective view after development of the seedling container,

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a projection plate 3,

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the operation handle 9,

FIG. 6 shows hanging rods 11a and 11b and hooks 13a and 13b.
Action explanation diagram,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of hooks 17a and 17b,

8A is a plan view of the push-pull mechanism 21, FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the grip 20;

10A is a plan view when the comb 2 is engaged with the hook 12, FIG. 10B is a front view of the lever L to which the hook 12 is attached,

11A is a front view of the seedling raising container 1a before being pulled down by the protruding plate 3, FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: nursery container before development, 1a: developed seedling container,
2: comb, 3: projecting plate, 3a: projecting, 4: locking device, 4
a: recess of locking device 4, 5: gantry, 6: roller, 7: auxiliary work table, 8a: front stopper, 8b: rear stopper, 9: operation handle, 10: lifting bar, 11a,
11b: hanging rod, 12: hook, 13a, 13b: hook, 14: holding plate, 15: spring, 16: guide rail, 17a, 17b: hook, 18: comb receiving plate, 1
9: working plate, 20: grip, 21: push-pull mechanism, 2
2: rubber plate, 23: guide plate, p: hanging rods 11a, 11b
Axis of rotation, ax: axis of rotation of hooks 13a, 13b, L:
A lever for attaching the hook 12.

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A pair of guide rails (1) are mounted on a frame (5).
6, 16 and hanging rods 1 at both ends of the guide rails 16, 16
Hooks 13a, 1 for locking 1a, 11b in the recess d
3b and guide rails 16 and 16 have operating plates 19 and
A hook 19a is provided on one side, and hooks 17a and 17b are further provided with comb receiving plates 18 and 18. The stand 5 is provided with a front stopper 8a and a rear stopper 8b standing up and down, and a lifting bar. 10 is a hanging rod 11a, 11
a seedling container unfolding device to which an operation handle 9 to be rotated toward b is attached; before the seedling raising container 1 is inserted; the projection plate 3 is located between the front stopper 8a and the rear stopper 8b of the gantry 5. And the hooks 17a, 17b are mounted on the guide rails 16, 16
The suspension rods 11a and 11b are in contact with each other at the center, and the recesses d of the hooks 13a and 13b
The operation handle 9 causes the front stopper 8a and the rear stopper 8b to protrude to the level of the protruding plate 3, and the lifting bar 10 is located below the hanging rods 11a and 11b. At the time when inserted between 17a and 17b; When the combs 2 and 2 inserted on both sides of the seedling growing container 1 engage with the comb receiving plates 18 and 18 of the hooking tools 17a and 17b, and when the seedling growing container 1a is unfolded. Then: hooks 17a, 17
b moves to both ends of the guide rails 16 and 16 and the operation plate 1
9 and 19 abut against the hooks 13a and 13b, the hanging rods 11a and 11b and the recesses d of the hooks 13a and 13b are disengaged, and the hooks 12 and 12 hook the combs 2 and 2 to raise the seedling container. 1a is pulled down on the lower projecting plate 3, and when the hanging rods 11a, 11b again engage with the hooks 13a, 13b;
a, the rear stopper 8b is laid down, and the lifting bar 10 is connected to the hanging rods 11a, 11b by the recesses d of the hooks 13a, 13b.
A seedling container deployment device, wherein the device is in a state of being engaged with the seedling container. 2. When the seedling raising container 1a is unfolded: the hanging rods 11a, 11b are disengaged from the recesses d of the hooks 13a, 13b.
Even if the hooks 13a and 13b come off, only one of the hanging rods 11a and 11b does not fall, and only the hooks 13a and 13b of both hanging rods 11a and 11b come off.
1b falls right and left simultaneously, and hooks 12 and 12
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the seedling raising container 1 a is pulled down onto the protruding plate 3 located below the hooks 2 and dropped. 3. An auxiliary operating table 7 is provided on one side of the gantry 5, and push-down mechanisms 21 and 21 are provided on both sides of the gantry 5. The described device.