JP2848198B2 - Lawn folding collection device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for taking in, collecting, storing, and transferring lawn grown in a mat shape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The present applicant has already considered a device for putting soil on a net-like rug, sowing lawn seeds, and winding up a lawn grown in a mat shape. A device that performs this winding by a motor is also considered. In this way, by collecting, transporting, and laying the mat-like lawn as it is, a large amount of lawn can be handled at a time, and a natural lawn with good appearance without gaps can be transplanted.

[0003]

However, in a device for winding a lawn of a mat shape, the winding speed is increased as the weight of the lawn is increased as the lawn is wound, and a large unreasonable force is applied to the motor. Join. Further, when the wound lawn is sent out and laid, the sending speed is reduced as the feeding proceeds. As described above, since the force and the speed fluctuate, the work may be difficult to perform.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a lawn folding / recovery apparatus in which the speed of taking in lawn does not fluctuate.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to achieve the above-mentioned object, and a frame provided on a vehicle body and a mat-like lawn arranged on an upper portion of the frame and taken in from the front are taken downward. A take-in roller, and a cart that reciprocates forward and backward on the vehicle body and folds while receiving the taken lawn.

[0006]

When the vehicle body moves forward toward the lawn, the mat-like lawn is taken in through the take-up roller at the top of the frame and goes downward. Further, the lawn is received by the cart, and is swung forward and backward by the cart. The lawn is folded by this swinging motion.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. The vehicle body 1 has four wheels 3 and can be moved by a moving power mechanism 5. The moving direction can be changed by a steering mechanism (not shown).

[0008] A frame 9 is provided on the vehicle body 1. The frame 9 has two columns 11 provided on the left and right sides of the vehicle body 1 and a horizontal pedestal 13 supported by the columns 11. On the pedestal 13, the take-in roller 1
5 are provided. The take-in roller 15 includes a pair of a driving roller 17 and a driven roller 19.
7 is rotated by a drive unit 21 provided on the pedestal 13. The driven roller 19 has a rubber surface and prevents the lawn 23 from slipping.

On the base 25 of the vehicle body 1, a rail 27
Is provided, and a carriage 29 that moves along the rail 27 is arranged. That is, the cart 29 has wheels 31 and can be put on the rail 27 and lowered. It can move relative to the vehicle body 1 in a state where it is mounted. The cart 29 is provided with a basket 33 for receiving the lawn 23 and preventing the lawn 23 from collapsing.

The base 25 is provided with a reciprocating device 35 for reciprocating the carriage 29. That is, two detachable roller guides 37 are attached to the basket 33 of the cart 29 in the vertical direction. Rollers 39 are vertically movably incorporated between these roller guides 37. One end of an arm 41 is pin-connected to the roller 39, and the other end of the arm 41 is pin-connected to a motor 43. The motor 43 reciprocates the arm 41 at a predetermined angle. This makes the trolley 2
9 reciprocates on the rail 27.

The drive unit 21 and the motor 43 are controlled by a control switch 45.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. Lawn 2
In order to take in 3, first, the end of the lawn 23 is guided into the basket 33 of the carriage 29 through the space between the take-in rollers 15.
In this state, the vehicle body 1 moves toward the lawn 23 by the moving power mechanism 5. At the same time, the drive unit 21 drives the take-in roller 15 to rotate. As a result, the grass 23 is taken in without a large tension being applied.

At the same time as this take-in, the motor 43 reciprocates the arm 41. Then, the roller 39 at the tip of the arm 41 causes the carriage 29 to slowly reciprocate forward and backward via the roller guide 37. Therefore, the lawn 23 received by the cart 29 is also swung forward and backward. By this swinging motion, the lawn 23 is folded into the basket 33 of the cart 29.

When the height of the folded lawn 23 becomes too high to fit in the basket 33, the bogie 29 is lowered from the rail 27 of the vehicle body 1, and another bogie is mounted thereon. At this time, the roller guide 37 is replaced with another carriage together with the roller 39.

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
The mat-like lawn 23 is taken in by the take-in roller 15 and folded into the basket 33. Therefore, lawn 2
Grass 2 that was taken in compared to winding 3 and taking in
Even if the amount of 3 becomes large, the rotation speed of the take-in roller 15 does not change, and stable take-in is performed. In addition, the lawn 23 has a gap between the folds and a good air flow as compared with the case where the lawn 23 is wound up.
Also suitable for storage. In addition, a basket 33 is provided on the cart 29 to
By folding the upper part 3 upward, a large amount of lawn 23 can be stored upward while the horizontal space remains the same. Therefore, storage space can be saved.

In the above embodiment, the reciprocating device 35 is provided on the vehicle body 1 side. However, in other embodiments, a self-propelled device such as a motor which reciprocates on the bogie 29 side as a reciprocating device is provided. May be provided.

[0017]

As described above, according to the lawn folding and collecting device of the present invention, the lawn is not wound up and taken in, but the lawn is folded and taken in by the trolley reciprocating forward and backward. There is no fluctuation in the speed, and the loading operation is stable and easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 vehicle body 3 wheels 5 moving power mechanism 9 frame 11 column 13 pedestal 15 take-in roller 17 drive roller 19 driven roller 21 drive unit 23 lawn 25 base 27 rail 29 trolley 31 wheel 33 cage 35 reciprocating device 37 roller guide 39 roller 41 arm 43 Motor 45 control switch

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A frame provided on a vehicle body, a take-up roller disposed above the frame and taking in a mat-like lawn downward from the front, and reciprocating forward and backward on the vehicle body to receive the taken lawn. A lawn folding and collecting device, comprising: a trolley that folds while being folded.