JP3006978B2 - Seedling box receiving device of seedling box washing machine - 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 box washing machine which is attached to a seedling box washing machine, and which automatically receives a seedling box which is washed and released by the seedling box washing machine. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a seedling box removing device as shown in FIG. 8 is known.

In this nursery box removing apparatus, a receiving table 102 having a size for supporting a nursery box 108 is surrounded by a left and right guide frame 103, a front guide frame 105, and a rear guide frame 106. Along with
A support leg 107 is provided on the lower surface of the receiving table 102, and the regulating frame 104 is engaged with a guide 109 projecting from directly below an outlet 112 of a seedling box cleaning device 110 having a rotating brush 111. When receiving the nursery box 108 supplied from the supply port 113, washed and discharged from the take-out port 112, and taking out the received nursery box 108, the front guide frame 105 is used. , And the receiving table 102 is slid and taken out (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 56-153163).

[0004]

According to the above-mentioned prior art, at the start of work, it is necessary to engage the guide frame of the nursery box washing machine with the restricting frame of the seedling box removing device, and it is troublesome to prepare for the start of work. In addition, the nursery box washing machine and the nursery box removal device must be transported separately, and the storage space needs to be large enough to store both separately. Also, when taking out the washed nursery box, slide it on the tray.
The seedling boxes piled up during unloading work collapsed,
There was a problem that packing work was difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and does not require much trouble in preparation for starting the work, and can easily take out the washed seedling box and the like. It is an object of the present invention to realize a seedling box receiving device of a seedling box washing machine that has a sufficient storage space for storing the seedling box washing machine body.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, according to an aspect of, seedling box receiving apparatus seedling box washing machine of the present invention, seedling box washing to release from the takeout by washing seedling box supplied from the supply port Machine body, a machine frame supporting the seedling box cleaning machine body and having a space formed below the machine frame, and a moving direction of the seedling box disposed below the space of the machine frame. A pair of parallel guide rails extending, a slide rail guided by the pair of guide rails so as to be reciprocally movable, and the seedling guided by the slide rail so as to be able to be moved in and out of the space. A seedling box receiving frame for receiving a box, the seedling box receiving frame having a planar shape on which the seedling box can be placed horizontally, and a frame member having an opening at a substantially central portion; At all three edges except the front end of the member A guide pillar protruding upwards, a lever pivotally attached to the front end so as to be upright except when it is turned, and a link mechanism linked to the lever to move up and down. A lift plate disposed in the opening.

[0007] Further, in a portion below the outlet of the main body of the washing machine ,
Projecting an arm, it may be provided a guide rod for guiding the seedling box emitted from takeout earlier end side of the arm forward,
It is effective to provide feet on the lower surface near the front end of the frame member to make the frame member substantially horizontal when the frame member is pulled out of the space of the machine frame.

[0008]

During operation, the seedling box receiving frame is pulled out together with the slide rail guided reciprocally from the space of the machine frame to the guide rail, thereby receiving the seedling box discharged from the outlet of the seedling box washing machine body. Set it to a state where you can do it. In this state, the seedling box that has been washed and discharged from the outlet is automatically dropped into the seedling box receiving frame and received. When a predetermined amount of the seedling box is received in the seedling box receiving frame, the lever can be rotated to raise the seedling box together with the elevating plate to perform a packing operation or the like. After the operation is completed, the seedling box receiving frame is pushed into the space of the machine frame to be integrated with the seedling box cleaning machine body, and is transported and stored.

[0009]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

The seedling box washing machine main body 1 is supported by a machine frame 2 having four legs 2A, and the seedling box receiving frame A can be pushed into the machine frame 2 below the seedling box washing machine main body 1. A space portion 8 having a size as large as possible is formed. The seedling box washing machine main body 1 is provided with an outlet 4 on one side, and a supply port (not shown) for supplying a seedling box on the opposite side.
Any type can be used as long as the seedling box supplied from the supply port is of a type that is moved in the horizontal direction, washed, and then discharged from the outlet 4. A lower portion of the space 8 of the machine casing 2;
That is, a pair of parallel guide rails 3 extending in the same direction as the moving direction of the seedling box B is fixed to the lower part of the support leg 2A. The seedling box receiving frame A is guided by the slide rail 24 so as to be reciprocally movable. For this reason, the seedling box receiving frame A is reciprocally movable in the same direction as the moving direction of the seedling box which is washed and released by the seedling box washing machine main body 1 together with the slide rail 24 on the guide rail 3 and at the same time. However, it can freely move back and forth, and the space 8
It can be pushed in or pulled out to a position that does not interfere with the packing operation or the like.

Next, the structure of the seedling box receiving frame A will be described with reference to FIGS.

The seedling box receiving frame A includes a frame member 9 having a planar shape on which the seedling box B can be placed in a horizontal state, and a floor plate 10 of the frame member 9.
The frame member 9 is provided with an elevating plate 11 which is moved up and down via a link mechanism interlockingly connected to a lever 14 described later provided in an opening 10A formed substantially at the center of the frame member 9.
2 projecting upward from each other at a distance from each other
The guide pillar 12 of the book, the guide pillar 13 projecting upward from the rear end of the frame member 9, and the pivoting member 16 provided at the front end of the frame member 9 via the pivot shaft 18. The lever 14 is pivotally attached so as to be upright except when it is turned, and is linked by a connecting rod 19 which is connected to both ends of a T-shaped link 17 which is pivotally attached to the lower end of the lever 14. Link mechanism constituted by the formed L-shaped link 20 and the frame member 9
The foot 15 is provided at two corners of the lower surface near the front end of the vehicle. In this embodiment, an arc-shaped guide post cover 12 is provided on the frame member side of the guide post 12 protruding from both sides of the frame member 9.
A is attached, and the upper end of the guide post cover 12A is bent outward from the frame member side. Here, the number of the guide columns 12, 13 is not limited to the number of the present embodiment, but can be increased or decreased as needed.

On the other hand, a fitting portion 24B integrally provided at the rear end of the slide rail 24 is slidably fitted to each guide rail 3, and the slide rail 2
On both sides, both side edges of the frame member 9 are slidably mounted. In the present embodiment, a locking portion 9A having a shape bent outward is provided at the rear end of the frame member 9, and a shape bent inward at the front end of the slide rail. 24A is provided. For this reason, the seedling box receiving frame A and the slide rail 24 together with the space 8
When pulled out, the locking portions 9A and 24A of the two are locked, and the seedling box receiving frame A does not come off the slide rail 24.

Here, a link mechanism for moving the elevating plate 11 up and down will be described.

A distal end of a portion of the lever 14 slightly projecting downward from the pivoting member 16 in the figure is connected to a connecting rod 19 extending along both sides of the frame member 9 via a T-shaped link 17. Each connecting rod 19 has a bracket 2 protruding from appropriate portions on both sides of the frame member 9.
One end side of two L-shaped links 20 whose center portions are pivotally connected to a pivot shaft 23 is pivotally connected to the two. And L
The other ends of the link 20 are pivotally connected to pivot members 21 projecting from the lower surface of the elevating plate 11, respectively. Thus, when the lever 14 is in the upright state as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, the elevating plate is lowered, and from this position, the lever 14 is turned in the direction of the arrow to turn to the position shown by the two-dot chain line. Then, the L-shaped link 20 rotates from the position shown by the solid line to the position shown by the two-dot chain line via the T-shaped link 17 and the connecting rod 19, and the elevating plate 11 rises. The link mechanism is not limited to the one in the present embodiment, and any other known link mechanism may be used as long as the lift plate can be moved up and down by rotating the lever.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, after the seedling box receiving frame A is pulled out from the space 8 with the lever 14 upright to the working position, the washing operation of the seedling box B is started. already the seedling box B are sequentially discharged from the outlet 4 preparative as shown in FIG. 5, taken guided forward sliding on the guide rod 7 provided on-edge side of the arm 6 projecting from the lower portion of the outlet 4 Then, it falls while keeping a substantially horizontal posture, is received by the portion of the seedling box receiving frame A surrounded by the guide columns 12, 13 and the lever 14, and is sequentially stacked on the floor plate 10 and the elevating plate 11. In this case, when the guide post cover 12A is attached as described above, the seedling box B is smoothly received in the seedling box receiving frame A.

When a predetermined amount of the seedling box B is stored in the seedling box receiving frame A, the washing operation of the seedling box B is temporarily stopped, and the lever 14 is rotated in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. . Then, as the lever 14 rotates, the elevating plate 11 rises via the link mechanism as described above, and the seedling boxes B stacked with the elevating plate 11 rise as shown in FIG. In this state, the front and rear of the seedling box B are
Since it protrudes outward from the position 1, it is possible to easily perform a packing operation such as fastening with a string or a band.

[0019]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.

The seedling box receiving frame is pulled out of the space of the machine frame to a position where the packing operation is not hindered, and after the washing operation of the seedling box is performed, the lever is rotated to raise the elevating plate, thereby raising the elevating plate. At the same time, raise the seedling boxes stacked on it. In this case, there is no risk that the stacked seedling boxes are broken, and the front and rear portions of the seedling boxes project outward beyond the elevating plate, so that packing operations such as fastening with strings or ropes are simplified. Can be done.

In addition, when not in operation, the seedling box receiving frame can be pushed into the space of the machine frame supporting the seedling box washing machine main body and housed therein, so that it takes a single operation together with the seedling box cleaning machine main body. In addition to being able to be transported, the storage space should be large enough to accommodate the seedling box washer body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a seedling box receiving device of a seedling box washing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing only a seedling box receiving frame of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing only the lower portion of the machine frame provided with the guide rails of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a partial side view,
(B) is a partial cross-sectional view along the line AA of (a).

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state of a seedling box cleaning operation performed by the seedling box receiving device of the seedling box cleaning machine shown in FIG. 1;

6 is a perspective view showing a state where the seedling box cleaning operation is completed by the seedling box receiving device of the seedling box cleaning machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the seedling box is raised together with the elevating plate by rotating the lever from the state at the end of the seedling box cleaning operation shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional seedling box removal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Seedling box washing machine main body 2 Machine frame 3 Guide rail 4 Take-out 5 Mounting plate 6 Arm 7 Guide rod 8 Space part 9 Frame member 10 Floor plate 11 Elevating plate 12, 13 Guide pillar 12A Guide pillar cover 14 Lever 14A Handle 15 Feet 16 , 21 Pivot member 17 T-shaped link 18, 23 Pivot shaft 19 Connecting rod 20 L-shaped link 22 Bracket 24 Slide rail

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A space in its lower while supporting the seedling box washing machine body to release from <br/> takeout wash the box is supplied from the supply port seedling, the seedling box cleaner body forming Machine frame, a pair of parallel guide rails extending along the moving direction of the seedling box disposed below the space of the machine frame, and the pair of guide rails are reciprocally movable. And a seedling box receiving frame for receiving the seedling box guided reciprocally on the slide rail so that the seedling box can be taken in and out of the space,
Moreover, the seedling box receiving frame has a planar shape on which the seedling box can be placed horizontally, and has a frame member provided with an opening at a substantially central portion thereof, and three edge portions excluding the front end of the frame member. A guide pillar protruding upward, a lever pivotally attached to the front end so as to be upright except when rotated, and the opening raised and lowered through a link mechanism interlocked to the lever A seedling box receiving device for a seedling box washing machine, comprising: a lifting plate arranged in a section. 2. An air cleaner is provided at a position below the outlet of the main body of the washing machine .
Projecting the beam, seedlings of claim 1 seedling box washing machine, wherein the guide rod for guiding the seedling box emitted from takeout earlier end side of the arm forward are provided Box receiving device. 3. The frame member according to claim 1, further comprising a foot provided on a lower surface near a front end of the frame member to make the frame member substantially horizontal when the frame member is pulled out of the space of the machine frame. Or the seedling box receiving device of the seedling box washing machine according to 2. 4. An arc-shaped guide post cover is attached to the guide post protruding from both sides of the frame member, and an upper end portion of the guide post cover is located at the upper end of the guide post from the frame member side. The seedling box receiving device of the seedling box washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the seedling box receiving device is bent outward.