JP3245381B2 - Container arrangement device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to, for example, rice,
The present invention relates to a container arranging device used for arranging containers such as nursery boxes used for growing wheat, vegetables, and the like on a laying surface such as outdoors or indoors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an apparatus for arranging seedling boxes as described above, for example, a plurality of groups of seeded seedling boxes are stacked in the rear part of the apparatus in a stacked state, and a plurality of seedling boxes are stacked in the rear part of the apparatus. The seedling boxes of the group are separated one by one from the upper side, and the seedling boxes are sequentially transferred onto a conveyor erected in front of the apparatus. After placing a predetermined number of seedling boxes in the longitudinal direction on the left and right mounting surfaces of the conveyor and placing them, the entire conveyor is rocked obliquely downward and the entire seedling box is laid in the longitudinal direction. There is a device for arranging on a surface (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-316879).

[0003]

However, in the above-described apparatus, when transferring a plurality of groups of seedling boxes stacked at the rear of the apparatus to a conveyor, the seedling boxes stacked at the top are slid in the longitudinal direction. Since each stage is separated, at the time of separation, the bottom part of the seedling box stacked on the top is easy to fit into the seedling box stacked on the lower side, and the soil and seeds etc. stored in the seedling box There is a problem that the seeding state is liable to fluctuate because the stored items may be discharged to the outside of the box. Also, the storage amount of soil and seeds is reduced,
If the stored items are offset, the growth of the seedlings is impaired, and the amount of growth is reduced, so that there is a problem that it is difficult to maintain the storage state of the soil and seeds stored in the seedling box. ing.

Further, since the left and right conveyors connected to the front of the apparatus are horizontally rotated and the conveyors are folded so as to be parallel to both side surfaces of the apparatus main body, the left and right conveyors are longer than the entire length of the apparatus main body. When the device is used indoors or in a facility, not only the range of movement is restricted, but also a large space is required for moving and storing the device itself, and depending on the place of use, There is a problem that the left and right conveyors must be removed, which is inconvenient to handle.

[0005] This the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, sequentially separated container group loaded in the container loading part from the upper side, aligned placed leave the container alignment portion where the containers held horizontally
By this , it is possible to arrange the containers on the laying surface while maintaining the state at the time of loading, to provide a container arrangement device capable of greatly shortening the work time required for arrangement of the containers and improving the work efficiency. Aim.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
An arraying device that vertically separates a container group formed by stacking a large number of containers and moves the separated containers while arranging them on a laying surface, and is mounted on a carrier trolley in a device main body constituting the arraying device. Providing a container loading section for loading a plurality of container groups,
The container loading section is provided with lifting means for lifting the container group placed on the transport trolley, and separation means for separating upwardly the containers stacked on the upper side of the container group. At the side, a feeding means for transferring the container separated by the separating means in the feeding direction is provided, and a transfer for transferring the container separated by the separating means to the feeding means is provided between the separating means and the feeding means. A mounting means is provided, and at the front of the apparatus main body, a container aligning section for aligning the containers fed by the feeding means, and a container arranging means for arranging the containers mounted on the container aligning section on a laying surface. A container arrangement device provided with

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in conjunction with the first aspect, the discharge speed is reduced when the containers are arranged at the front edge of the container alignment section with respect to the laying surface. It is a container arrangement device provided with speed reduction means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the container fed by the feeding means is provided at the front portion of the apparatus main body with respect to the left and right mounting surfaces of the container alignment portion. It is a container arrangement device provided with a container distribution means for distributing and supplying.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the structure of the first or second aspect, the side mounting portion is vertically rotated with respect to the end of the central mounting portion constituting the container alignment portion. It is a container arrangement device which is connected so as to be capable of turning, and is provided such that the side mounting portion can be pivoted between a horizontal posture and a standing posture with respect to the central mounting portion.

[0010]

According to the container arrangement device of the present invention, a transport vehicle on which a plurality of container groups are mounted is loaded into a container loading portion of the apparatus body, and the container group mounted on the transport vehicle is lifted by lifting means. Later, the empty transport cart is unloaded. The container group lifted by the lifting means and the separation means are relatively moved, and the containers stacked on the upper side of the container group are sequentially separated upward by the separation means. The containers are sequentially supplied to the feeding means by the transfer means while being held horizontally, and a predetermined number of containers fed by the feeding means are aligned and mounted on the left and right mounting surfaces of the container alignment unit, Since the arrangement means is driven and all the containers placed on the container alignment section are arranged on the laying surface while moving the entire apparatus, the arrangement work can be performed in a short time.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, for example, the discharge speed of the container is reduced by speed reduction means such as rotation control of a guide roller and contact resistance of a resistance applying member. Since the containers placed on the container alignment section are slowly discharged to the laying surface, the impact applied during the arrangement is reduced. For example, it is possible to reliably prevent the stored items such as soil cover and seeds stored in the seedling raising box from shifting or flowing out, and arrange the seedling raising boxes on the laying surface while maintaining the state at the time of sowing. be able to.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, the container arranging device drives the container allocating means,
Containers fed by the feeding means are alternately distributed to the left and right mounting surfaces of the container aligning unit, or are allocated before one of the mounting surfaces, and are allocated after the other mounting surface. Can be aligned and mounted equally on the left and right. For example, the structure and mechanism for distributing containers by rotating the conveyor in the normal and reverse directions are not required, and the container distributing operation can be performed simply and easily.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first or second aspect, the container arranging apparatus further comprises a horizontal mounting part which forms the container arranging part and is horizontal with respect to the central mounting part. After turning to the posture, the containers fed by the feeding means are sorted to the central mounting portion and the side mounting portions, so that a large number of containers can be arranged on the laying surface in a lump. In addition, by rotating the side mounting portion in an upright posture with respect to the central mounting portion, a space for moving and storing the apparatus main body can be reduced, and the device can be easily handled.

[0014]

According to the present invention, the container group loaded in the container loading section is lifted by the lifting means, and the upper side of the container group is lifted.
The containers stacked in the container are sequentially separated upward by the separating means, and the containers are aligned and mounted on the left and right mounting surfaces of the container alignment section while being held horizontally by the transfer means and the feeding means. Occasionally, for example, it is possible to reliably prevent the state of storage such as soil cover and seeds stored in a container such as a nursery box from fluctuating or flowing out, and to maintain the state at the time of loading the container Can be arranged on the laying surface.

In addition, since the transporting trolley on which the plurality of container groups are placed is loaded into the container loading section, for example, the trouble of transshipping the container groups placed on the pallet can be omitted and the plurality of container groups can be supplied. Work can be performed easily. In addition, since the containers placed on the container alignment section are arranged on the laying surface while moving the apparatus main body, a predetermined number of containers can be arranged at once, and the work time required for arrangement of the containers is greatly reduced. ,
Work efficiency can be improved.

Further, when a predetermined number of containers are arranged on the laying surface, the speed of release of the containers is reduced by the speed reduction means, so that the impact given during the arrangement is reduced. For example, the storage items such as soil and seeds stored in the nursery box are biased,
The outflow can be reliably prevented, and the containers can be arranged while maintaining the state at the time of sowing.

Furthermore, since the containers to be sorted by the container sorting means are placed on the left and right placement surfaces of the container alignment section,
A predetermined number of containers can be arranged and placed evenly on the left and right,
For example, a configuration and mechanism for distributing containers by rotating the conveyor in the normal and reverse directions are not required, and the container alignment operation can be performed easily and easily. And at the time of movement and storage
By erecting the side mounting portion constituting the container alignment portion, the space for moving and storing the device main body can be reduced, and the device can be easily handled.

[0018]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view showing a container arrangement device of a first embodiment used for arranging seeded seedling boxes on a laying surface of a germination facility, a greening facility, or a hardening facility, as an example of a container. 2, the container arrangement device 1 loads a transport cart B on which a plurality (for example, four groups) of box groups A are placed in a container loading section 3 provided on the rear side of the apparatus main body 2 (see FIG. 2). After the box group A loaded on the transport trolley B is held by the lifting machine 4 provided in the container loading section 3, the empty transport trolley B is unloaded. The group of boxes A held by the lifting machine 4 is lifted upward, and a separator 5 provided at the top of the apparatus
Separates the seedling raising boxes a from the upper side of the box group A. The transfer machine 6 provided at the front side of the apparatus main body 2 is moved up and down, and the seedling raising boxes a separated by the separator 5 are supplied to the feeding machine 7 provided at the lower part on the same side, and are fed from the feeding machine 7. Nursery box a
Are transferred to the alignment conveyor 8 provided on the front side of the apparatus main body 2. By driving the traveling machine 9 provided at the lower part of the device,
A predetermined number (for example, 16) placed on the alignment conveyor 8
Seedlings A) are sequentially arranged on the laying surface E of the germination facility or the greening facility.

As shown in FIG. 3, the above-described transport cart B includes a plurality (for example, four groups) of box groups A formed by stacking a large number (for example, 30) of seedling raising boxes a in the longitudinal direction. They are mounted in parallel on the carriage body Ba in the same direction. In the width direction of the mounting surface of the bogie main body Ba, for example, a plurality of (for example, four) receiving pedestals Bb are arranged in parallel at intervals in which two groups of boxes A, A are mounted in an upright state. And lay it down, between the cradle Bb ...
Forming insertion spaces Bc, Bc into which support claws 11 of the lifting machine 4 described later are inserted. The box groups A, A are placed between the receiving tables Bb, Bb while being aligned in the longitudinal direction, and the locking claws 29 of the separation unit 19 described later are arranged between the box groups A, A placed on the left and right. Are placed at an interval that allows insertion. A connecting frame Be is erected between the upper ends of the supporting frames Bd, Bd erected on both short side edges of the bogie main body Ba, and four casters Bf... Are attached to four corners on the lower surface side of the bogie main body Ba. , So as to be able to travel in any direction.

The apparatus main body 2 described above is mounted on a traveling machine 9 which travels the traveling apparatus in an arbitrary direction, and the traveling machine 9 is driven by a motor 9a provided in the traveling machine 9 to drive the crawler 9a.
b and 9b are rotated to move the apparatus main body 2 in accordance with the operation of arranging a predetermined number of seedling boxes a placed on the alignment conveyor 8 on the laying surface E. Further, the device body 2 is
The vehicle may be moved along a rail (not shown) laid on the laying surface E. The electric motor 9a rotates the crawlers 9b, 9b stretched on both sides in the same direction and in the forward and reverse directions, and the generator 9c mounted on the front upper portion of the apparatus main body 2 has a crawler 9c.
The electric power necessary to rotate b and 9b is supplied to the electric motor 9a. By rotating the crawlers 9b, 9b by the driving force of the electric motor 9a, the apparatus main body 2 is moved at a constant speed or intermittently while the predetermined number of seedling raising boxes a placed on the alignment conveyor 8 are sequentially arranged on the laying surface E. And the electric motor 9a is driven by the electric power supplied from the generator 9c, so that the environment in the facility can be prevented from being damaged. Further, the electric motor 9a may be driven by electric power supplied from an external power supply. Also, instead of the crawlers 9b, 9b, for example,
The vehicle may travel by a wheel (not shown) such as a tire or a wheel. In addition, when ventilation in the greening facility is good,
When performing work outdoors, for example, the vehicle may travel by the driving force of an internal combustion engine using gasoline, light oil, or the like as fuel.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the above-described lifting machine 4 has a lifting frame 10 erected so as to be able to move up and down, facing the front side of the longitudinal direction of the carriage B loaded into the container loading section 3. , The insertion spaces Bc, Bc of the carriage B on the front side of the lifting frame 10.
In the direction of insertion (for example, 4
) Are horizontally fixed. Supporting claws 11 ...
Are formed in a size and a shape that are allowed to be inserted into the insertion space Bc of the transport trolley B, and are set at intervals in which the box groups A, A placed between the receiving stands Bb, Bb are placed in an upright state. It is fixed at a distance.

On the other hand, both ends of the lifting frame 10 are
Are vertically movably engaged with the rails 12, 12 provided on both sides of the elevator frame 10.
The ends of the elevating chains 17, 17 stretched along are fixed. The elevating chain 17 is provided between the two ends of the rotating shaft 13 suspended at the lower central portion of the apparatus main body 2 and both ends of the rotating shaft 14 suspended at the upper central portion.
It is stretched over 5 and 16, respectively. The lifting / lowering motor 18 with a speed reducer disposed at the top of the apparatus rotates the lifting / lowering chains 17, 17 forward and backward in the vertical direction via the sprockets 18a, 18a and the drive chain 18b, and is loaded into the container loading section 3. Position where the support claws 11 and 11 are inserted into the inserted insertion space Bc of the transport vehicle B,
The raising and lowering frame 10 is moved up and down to the raising position where the lowermost seedling boxes a placed on the first and the first 11 are supplied to the separator 5. The ascending / descending frame 10 is gradually moved up to a height position where the number of seedling boxes a (eg, one step) is supplied.

The above-mentioned separator 5 is the same as the above-mentioned lifter 4
A separation unit 19 for separating the box group A lifted by the lifting machine 4 from the upper side is provided between the space above and the transfer machine 6 described later. The separation unit 19 is configured to connect both ends of the movable frame 20 constituting the unit to the apparatus main body 2.
Are engaged with rails 21 and 21 erected on both upper sides of the movable frame 20 so as to be movable back and forth.
The ends of the moving chains 26, 26 stretched along 21 are fixed. The moving chain 26 is provided between the two ends of the rotating shaft 22 suspended on the upper rear side of the apparatus main body 2 and both ends of the rotating shaft 23 suspended on the upper front side.
It is stretched via 4 and 25 respectively. The moving motor 27 with a speed reducer disposed at the upper part of the apparatus rotates the moving chains 26 forward and backward in the front-rear direction via the sprockets 27a, 27a and the drive chain 27b. The separation unit 19 reciprocates between a retracted position where the lifted seedling boxes a are held and a forward position where the held seedling boxes a are separated and supplied to the transfer machine 6 described later.

The separation unit 19 described above includes a movable frame 20
A support shaft 28 is mounted on the lower side center portion and the lower surface side end portions in parallel with both short side edges of the box group A lifted by the above-described lifting machine 4. Locking claws 29 are fixed to the peripheral surface of the nursery box a so as to face the short-side central edge. The locking claws 29 are attached at positions that are locked to the central edge on the short side of the seedling raising box a, and are formed in a size and shape that allow the seedling raising box a to be held in a horizontal state. In addition, the central part and both ends of the drive shaft 30 which is mounted on the rear end on the lower surface side of the movable frame 20 meshes with the miter gears 31 and 32 fixed to the above-mentioned support shafts 28. The rod end of the locking cylinder 33 attached to one end of the movable frame 20 is connected to the end of the drive shaft 30. The locking cylinder 33 rotates the support shafts 28 forward and reverse through the drive shaft 30 and the miter gears 31 and 32, and the closed position locked to both short side edges of the seedling raising box a. The locking claws 29 are opened and closed to the open position where the locking is released. As shown in FIG. 6, on the lower surface side of the movable frame 20,
The detection sensor S is disposed so as to face the seedling raising box a stacked on the uppermost row of the box group A. For example, when the seedling box a stacked on the uppermost stage is detected by the detection sensor S constituted by a limit switch or the like, the drive of the elevating motor 18 is stopped and the seedling box a is placed on the supporting claws 11 of the elevating frame 10. The box group A is lifted and stopped. At the same time, the locking cylinder 33 is operated to lock the locking claws 29, 29 on both side edges of the seedling raising box a stacked on the uppermost stage.

The above-mentioned transfer machine 6 has a lifting frame 34 which can be raised and lowered facing the lower surface of the separation unit 16 at the lower part of the above-mentioned separation unit 16 on the forward side. The seedling raising boxes a held by the locking claws 29 of the unit 16 are placed horizontally, and the support claws 34 are spaced apart from each other by being inserted between feed belts 49 of the feeding machine 7 described later.
are fixed horizontally. On the other hand, both ends of the lifting frame 34 are vertically movably engaged with rails 35, 35 provided on both sides of the apparatus main body 2, and are stretched along the rails 35, 35 on both ends of the lifting frame 34. Elevating chain 40,
Forty ends are fixed. The elevating chain 40 is connected via sprockets 38 and 39 between both ends of a rotating shaft 36 suspended on the lower central portion of the apparatus main body 2 and both ends of a rotating shaft 37 suspended on the upper central portion, respectively. It is stretched. And a lifting / lowering motor 44 with a speed reducer arranged at the upper part of the apparatus.
Are sprockets 44a, 44a and drive chain 44
b, the elevating chains 40, 40 stretched to the left and right
Is rotated forward and backward in the vertical direction (the direction of the arrow), and the seedling raising box a held by the locking claws 29 of the separation unit 19 described above.
The lifting frame 34 is lifted and stopped at a raised position where the... Are placed and a lowered position where the held seedling raising boxes a.

In the above-mentioned feeding machine 7, the feed belt 49 is parallelized in the feeding direction between the rotating shaft 45 mounted on the starting end side and the rotating shaft 46 mounted on the end side via rolls 47 and 48. And a plurality of (for example, three) belts are stretched, and the feed belts 49 are stretched at intervals such that the seedling raising boxes a held by the locking claws 29 of the separation unit 19 are placed horizontally. are doing. Feed belts 49, 49 stretched on both sides
A regulating plate 50 is erected at the outer edge of the nursery box a so as to face the short side end of the seedling raising box a placed between the feed belts 49. And a rotation motor 5 with a reduction gear disposed on the end side.
1 is a sprocket 51a, 51a and a drive chain 5
1b, the feed belts 49 are rotated synchronously with respect to the feeding direction, and the seedling raising boxes a placed between the feed belts 49 are transferred to the alignment conveyor 8 described later.

On the other hand, a sorting machine 55 that sorts the seedling boxes a fed by the feeding machine 7 to the left and right mounting surfaces of the alignment conveyor 8 is provided at the lower front side of the apparatus main body 2. The sorting machine 55 abuts on the lower surface side of a support frame 56 provided on the lower front side of the apparatus main body 2 against the short-side end of the seedling raising boxes a, a placed on a central conveyor 8a described later. A distribution plate 57 having a size as large as possible is suspended, and the upper end of the distribution plate 57 is engaged with a rail 58 and a screw shaft 59 provided on a support frame 56 so as to be movable left and right. The moving motor 60 with a speed reducer fixed to one end of the support frame 56 rotates the screw shaft 59 in the forward and reverse directions, and the seedling raising boxes a, a placed on the central conveyor 8a are moved to the conveyors 8b, 8c.
The reciprocating plate 57 is reciprocated to the left and right positions to be distributed with respect to. In addition, a stopper 56a is vertically provided on the front frame of the support frame 56 so as to face the longitudinal end of the seedling raising box a placed on the feed rollers 61a of the central conveyor 8a.

The above-mentioned alignment conveyor 8 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, a central conveyor 8a provided at the front lower end of the apparatus main body 2, a side conveyor 8b connected to both ends of the central conveyor 8a, and an auxiliary conveyor 8c connected to a free end of the side conveyor 8b. Alignment conveyor 8
, For example, 20 seedling raising boxes a are aligned and placed (for example, in two rows) in the same direction.
In addition, the auxiliary conveyor 8c may be detached and, for example, 16 seedling raising boxes a ... may be arranged and placed, and the number of arrangements of the seedling raising boxes a ... can be changed according to the laying area. The central conveyor 8a is provided with a swing frame 6 with respect to the front lower end of the apparatus main body 2.
1 are connected so as to be able to swing up and down, a feed roller 61a is mounted between opposing frames of the swing frame 61, and the seedling raising boxes a fed by the above-mentioned feeding machine 7 are moved in the sorting direction. On the other hand, they are arranged and placed in two rows. The seedling raising boxes a may be arranged and placed in the width direction of the alignment conveyor 8.

The above-mentioned side conveyor 8b is provided with a swing frame 61.
The base end of the revolving frame 62 is connected to both ends of the revolving frame so as to be vertically rotatable.
, And a stopper 62b is provided upright on the entire length of the rear edge of the turning frame 62 so as to face the longitudinal end of the seedling raising boxes a. The auxiliary conveyor 8c connects the base end of the auxiliary frame 63 to the free end of the revolving frame 62 so as to be vertically rotatable.
Axial feed rollers 63a...
A stopper 63b is erected on the entire length of the rear edge portion of the seedling raising box a so as to face the longitudinal end of the seedling raising box a. A stopper 63c is provided upright facing the side end. The above-described feed rollers 61a, 61
2a and 63a are arranged at predetermined intervals in the distribution direction.

On the other hand, to both ends of the swing frame 61, rod ends of a swing cylinder 64 attached to both lower ends of the apparatus main body 2 are connected. The oscillating cylinders 64, 64 release a predetermined number (for example, 20) of the seedling raising boxes a in a horizontal posture, and the seedling raising boxes a in the parallel direction are discharged obliquely downward. The alignment conveyor 8 is vertically swung up and down to the desired inclined posture.

Further, a movable plate 67 is vertically movably engaged with a rail 66 provided at the front central portion of the apparatus main body 2, and a turning cylinder 68 mounted on the upper end of the movable plate 67 is attached to the upper end of the movable plate 67. Rod ends. One ends of the wires 70, 70 are fixed to connecting portions 69, 69 provided on both sides of the center, and the other ends of the wires 70, 70 are movable with pulleys 71, 71 pivotally supported near the connecting portions 69, 69. A revolving frame 65, which is circulated around pulleys 72, 73 pivotally supported on both front ends of the plate 67 and pulleys 74, 74 pivotally supported on the front upper portion of the apparatus body 2, is connected to both ends of the swing frame 61. 65
Is fixed to the free end. The turning cylinder 68 moves the movable plate 67 up and down, pulls down the wires 70, 70 stretched over the pulleys 72, 73 of the movable plate 67, and swings in a horizontal posture in response to the pulling-down operation. Horizontal position that is horizontal to the stopped central conveyor 8a (shown by a solid line in the figure)
The side conveyors 8b, 8b are turned to a vertical position (indicated by a virtual line in the figure). Auxiliary conveyor 8
c and 8c correspond to the turning operation of the side conveyor 8b,
It is turned to a deployed position (shown by a solid line in the figure) and a folded position (shown by an imaginary line in the figure) that is folded horizontally with respect to the side conveyor 8b. In addition, the conveyors 8a, 8b, 8c may be constituted by a conveyor such as a belt conveyor and a thrust conveyor.

As shown in FIG. 8, guide rollers 75 are mounted on the front edges of the frames 61, 62, and 63 along the front edges of the frames 61, 62, and 63, respectively. The guide roller 75 is rotated in a discharge direction by a rotation motor 76 with a speed reducer built in the roller, and has a large contact resistance formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof made of synthetic rubber such as urethane rubber or sponge rubber. The member 77 is covered. In the arrangement, the guide roller 75 is rotated at a low speed by the driving force of the rotation motor 76, and the release speed of the seedling box a is reduced by the contact resistance of the resistance applying member 77 coated on the guide roller 75. a is the laying surface E
, Placed on the alignment conveyor 8 are slowly discharged to the laying surface E. In addition, since the impact given at the time of arrangement is reduced, it is possible to reliably prevent the storage items such as the soil cover and the seeds stored in the seedling raising box a from being shifted or flowing out.

As shown in FIG. 9, frames 61, 62,
Rotation motor 7 with a reduction gear fixed to the lower part of the front edge side of 63
By the driving force of No. 6, the guide roller 75 may be rotated in the discharge direction via the sprockets 76a, 76a and the drive chain 76b, and the same operational effects as described above can be obtained. In addition, by laying the alignment conveyor 8 close to the laying surface E, the head is reduced, and the impact applied at the time of arrangement can be reduced.

The illustrated embodiment is constructed as described above. Hereinafter, the box group A placed on the carriage B by the container arrangement device 1 is separated from the upper side, and the separated seedling raising box a
Are arranged on the laying surface E of the germination facility or the greening facility. First, as shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 4, a carrier B on which a plurality of box groups A is placed is moved by an operator's hand and transported to the container loading section 3 of the apparatus main body 2. The truck B is loaded, and the support claws 11 constituting the lifting machine 4 are horizontally inserted into the insertion spaces Bc, Bc of the carrier truck B. After the lifting machine 4 is driven to slightly lift the group of boxes A placed on the transport trolley B by the support claws 11, the empty transport trolley B is unloaded from the container loading unit 3.

Next, the lifting machine 4 is driven up to lift the box groups A placed on the support claws 11 step by step, and the separation unit 19 constituting the separator 5 is moved backward. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the four seedling raising boxes a stacked on the uppermost stage of the box group A are held in a horizontal position by the locking claws 29 forming the separation unit 19. 29 and the remaining group of boxes A mounted on the support claws 11 are moved relative to each other and vertically separated. After the separation unit 19 is moved forward while holding the four seedling raising boxes a, and the lifting frame 34 constituting the transfer machine 6 is raised,
The locking by the locking claws 29 of the separation unit 19 is released, and the four seedling raising boxes a are transferred to the supporting claws 34a of the lifting frame 34.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the raising / lowering frame 34 is moved down, and the seedling raising boxes a placed on the support claws 34a are transferred to the feed belt 49 of the feeding machine 7 and fed. Belt 49
Are transported in the feeding direction and transferred to a central conveyor 8a constituting the alignment conveyor 8. At the same time, the sorting machine 55 is driven to drive the central conveyor 8
The seedling boxes a transferred to a are transferred to the left and right side conveyors 8.
2 and 4 are alternately supplied to b and 8c. Alternatively, a predetermined number (for example, 10) of seedling raising boxes a may be distributed and supplied to one of the side conveyors 8b and 8c. As shown in FIG. 2, a predetermined number (for example, 20) of seedling raising boxes a... Are arranged in two rows on the left and right mounting surfaces of the alignment conveyor 8, and the alignment conveyor 8 is turned obliquely downward. The seedling raising boxes a are arranged on the laying surface E by swinging. At the time of arrangement, as shown in FIG. 8, the guide rollers 75 are rotated at a low speed, the release speed of the seedling raising boxes a is reduced by the contact resistance of the resistance applying members 77, and the guide rollers 75 are placed on the alignment conveyor 8. The seedling raising box a is slowly released to the laying surface E, so that the impact given at the time of arrangement is reduced, and the stored matter such as the soil and seeds stored in the seedling raising box a are shifted or leaked. Can be reliably prevented.

Similarly, the supporting claws 11 of the lifting machine 4
Are placed one by one step by step in accordance with the separating operation of the separator 5, and the separation unit 19 is reciprocated to be stacked on the top of the box group A. Nursery box a ...
Are separated one by one, and are sequentially transferred to the support claws 34a of the lifting frame 34 constituting the transfer machine 6. The raising and lowering frame 34 is moved up and down to transfer the seedling boxes a separated by the separation unit 19 to the feed belts 49 of the feeding machine 7.
Are placed on the alignment conveyor 8 and the sorter 55 sorts the seedling boxes a to the left and right, and a predetermined number (for example, 20) of the seedling boxes a are arranged on the alignment conveyor. 8, the two rows of seedling boxes a arranged on the aligning conveyor 8 are discharged obliquely downward and laid while moving the apparatus main body 2 at a constant speed or intermittently. Since they are sequentially arranged on the surface E, a predetermined number of rows (for example,
10) can be arranged in a short time.

Next, after the lowermost seedling raising boxes a placed on the support claws 11 of the lifting machine 4 are held by the locking claws 29 of the separation unit 19, or on one carrier B, After the operation of arranging all the seedling boxes a placed is completed, the supporting claws 11 are vertically lowered to insert the transporting vehicles B into the insertion spaces Bc, B.
The support claws 11... are stopped at the height to be inserted with respect to c. Subsequently, the next transport trolley B on which the plurality of box groups A are placed is loaded into the container loading section 3 of the apparatus main body 2, and the separation and the seedling raising of the box groups A placed on the transport trolley B are performed. The arrangement work of the boxes a... Is continuously performed.

As described above, the plurality of box groups A loaded in the container loading section 3 are lifted by the lifting machine 4, and the seedling boxes a stacked on the upper side of the box groups A are lifted by the separator 5. , And the separated nursery boxes a... Are lowered by the transfer machine 6 and sequentially transferred to the feeding machine 7, and the seedling boxes a fed from the feeding machine 7 are placed on the left and right sides of the alignment conveyor 8. Since they are arranged and placed on the surface, it is possible to reliably prevent the storage state of the soil cover and seeds stored in the seedling raising box a from fluctuating or flowing out at the time of separation, and to prevent the soil from flowing out during loading. The seedling raising boxes A can be arranged on the laying surface E while maintaining the state.

Moreover, since the transporting trolley B on which the plurality of box groups A are mounted is moved and loaded into the container loading section 3, for example, the box groups A mounted on the pallet can be transshipped. The work of supplying a plurality of box groups A... Can be easily performed without labor. In addition, since the seedling boxes A placed on the alignment conveyor 5 are arranged on the laying surface E while the apparatus main body 2 is traveling and moved, a predetermined number of seedling boxes A can be arranged at once. The work time required for the arrangement of A ... is greatly reduced, and the work efficiency can be improved.

Further, the guide rollers 75, which are mounted on the front edge of the alignment conveyor 8, are rotated at a low speed, and the contact resistance of the resistance applying member 77, which is coated on the peripheral surface, causes the seedling raising boxes a,.
The speed of release of the seedlings is reduced, so that the impact given at the time of arrangement is reduced, and it is possible to reliably prevent the storage items such as the soil covering and the seeds stored in the seedling raising box a from offsetting or flowing out. The nursery boxes a ... can be arranged on the laying surface E while maintaining the state at the time of sowing.

Further, since the sorting machine 55 is driven to distribute the seedling boxes a fed by the feeding machine 7 to the left and right mounting surfaces of the alignment conveyor 8, a predetermined number (for example, 20 seedling boxes a) is supplied. ) Can be arranged evenly on the left and right sides, and the structure and mechanism for rotating the alignment conveyor 8 in the normal and reverse directions are not required, and the operation for aligning the seedling boxes a can be performed simply and easily. In addition, since the left and right conveyors 8b and 8c that constitute the alignment conveyor 8 stand upright, the space for moving and storing the apparatus main body 2 is narrow, and the apparatus can be easily handled.

FIG. 10 shows a second embodiment in which a support plate 78 is pivotally attached to the front edges of the frames 61, 62, 63 so as to be vertically swingable, and a guide roller 75 is mounted on the free end side of the support plate 78. 1 shows an example of an alignment conveyor 8 in which a seedling raising box a placed on the alignment conveyor 8 abuts a guide roller 75 (shown by a solid line in FIG. The guide roller 75 is swung to the release position (indicated by a virtual line in the figure) by the weight of the entire seedling box a by digging into the elasticity of the spring 79 that is bridged, so that the seedling box a is released at a stroke. Can be prevented. In addition, the guide roller 75 is rotated at a low speed by the driving force of the rotation motor 76 described above, and the release speed of the seedling box a is reduced by the contact resistance of the resistance applying member 77 coated on the peripheral surface. It is released slowly to the laying surface E, and the same operation and effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained. When the release operation of all the seedling boxes a placed on the alignment conveyor 8 is completed, the elasticity of the spring 79 causes the guide roller 75 to return to the initial position (shown by a solid line in the drawing).

FIG. 11 shows a support plate 80 pivotally attached to the front edges of the frames 61, 62, 63 so as to be vertically swingable, and a resistance applying member 81 formed of synthetic rubber or the like on the upper surface of the support plate 80. The arrangement conveyor 8 of the third embodiment attached is shown, and at the time of arrangement, the seedling raising box a placed on the arrangement conveyor 8 comes into contact with the resistance applying member 81 (shown by a solid line in the figure), and the support plate 80 The support plate 80 is swung to the release position (indicated by a virtual line in the drawing) by the weight of the entire seedling box a by digging into the elasticity of the spring 82 stretched on the base end side of the seedling box a. Can be prevented from being released. And the support plate 80
Nursery box a due to the contact resistance of the resistance applying member 81 attached to the
Is reduced, the seedling raising box a is slowly released to the laying surface E, and the same operational effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.

FIG. 12 shows a large-diameter roll 84 having a support plate 83 pivotally attached to the front edges of the frames 61, 62, 63 so as to be able to swing up and down. FIG. 11 shows an alignment conveyor 8 of a fourth embodiment in which a resistance imparting belt 86 is stretched between a small-diameter roll 85 and an end-mounted shaft, and a nursery box a placed on the alignment conveyor 8 at the time of arrangement. Abuts against a resistance imparting belt 86 (indicated by a solid line in the figure), digs into the elasticity of a spring 87 stretched on the base end side of the support plate 82, and releases the support plate 83 by the weight of the whole seedling raising box a. (Shown by a virtual line in the figure), so that the nursery box a can be prevented from being released at once. Further, the resistance applying belt 86 is rotated at a low speed by the driving force of the rotation motor 76 described above, and the release speed of the seedling raising box a is reduced by the contact resistance of the resistance applying belt 86.
, And the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the container of the present invention corresponds to the seedling raising box a of the embodiment, and similarly, the container group corresponds to the box group A and is lifted. Means corresponds to the lifting machine 4, the separating means corresponds to the separating machine 5, the transfer means corresponds to the transferring machine 6, the feeding means corresponds to the feeding machine 7, and the container aligning section corresponds to the aligning. Corresponds to the central conveyor 8a, the central placing part corresponds to the central conveyor 8a, the side placing part corresponds to the side conveyor 8b and the auxiliary conveyor 8c, and the container sorting means corresponds to the sorting machine 55. The container arrangement means corresponds to the swing cylinder 62, and the speed reduction means corresponds to the guide row 75, the resistance applying members 77, 81, the support plates 78, 80, 83, the rolls 84, 85, and the resistance applying belt 86. However, the present invention is limited only to the configuration of the above-described embodiment. No.

In the above-described embodiment, the transport trolley B is moved by the operator's hand and loaded into the container loading section 3 of the apparatus main body 2. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the transport trolley B is loaded. The lift truck Ca or the transport truck B may be moved by a self-propelled transport device C such as a forklift and loaded into the container loading unit 3 or, as shown in FIG. 14, a manual transport device. The carrier B may be moved by D and loaded into the container loading unit 3.

Further, the carriage B travels along artificial rails (for example, workers' hands) or mechanical means (for example, a cylinder mechanism or a motor mechanism) along a rail (not shown) laid on the laying surface E. The container may be moved and loaded into the container loading section 3, and is not limited to only the loading method as in the embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an arrangement operation by a container arrangement device.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an arrangement operation of the seedling raising boxes.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a large number of seedling raising boxes are loaded on a transport trolley.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the operation of the lifting machine, the separation machine, the transfer machine, and the feeding machine.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an attached state of each machine.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a separating operation of the nursery box.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing the undulating operation of the alignment conveyor.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing the operation of releasing the nursery box by the alignment conveyor.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing another discharging operation by the alignment conveyor.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing the discharging operation by the alignment conveyor of the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a discharging operation by the alignment conveyor of the third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing a discharging operation by the alignment conveyor of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a side view showing another loading method of the transport vehicle.

FIG. 14 is a side view showing another loading method of the transport vehicle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a: seedling raising box A: group of boxes B: transport trolley E: laying surface 1: container arrangement device 2: device main unit 3: container loading unit 4: lifting machine 5: separator 6: transfer machine 7: unwinding machine 8: alignment Conveyor 8a ... Central conveyor 8b ... Side conveyor 8c ... Auxiliary conveyor 9 ... Running machine 10 ... Elevating frame 11 ... Support claw 19 ... Separation unit 20 ... Movable frame 29 ... Locking claw 34 ... Elevating frame 34a ... Support claw 49 ... Feeding belt 55 ... Distributing machine 57 ... Distributing plate 75 ... Guide rollers 77, 81 ... Resistance applying members 78, 80, 83 ... Supporting plates 84, 85 ... Roll 86 ... Resistance applying belt

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yuzo Endo 1-32 Chaya-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-5-316879 (JP, A) ( 58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A01G 9/00-9/02

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] An arrangement apparatus for vertically separating a container group formed by stacking a large number of containers and moving the separated containers while arranging the containers on a laying surface. A container loading section for loading a plurality of container groups placed on the container group; lifting means for lifting the container group placed on the transport trolley, the container loading section being stacked on the upper side of the container group; Separating means for separating the separated container upward , and a dispensing means for transferring the container separated by the separating means in a dispensing direction provided on a side portion of the container loading section, between the separating means and the dispensing means. A transfer means for transferring the container separated by the separation means to the feeding means, and a container aligning section for aligning the containers fed by the feeding means at the front of the apparatus body; and Placed on the alignment section Container sequences apparatus provided with a container sequence means for arranging vessel laying surface. 2. A container arranging device according to claim 1, further comprising a speed reducing means provided at a front edge of said container arranging portion to reduce a discharge speed when containers are arranged on said laying surface. 3. A container arranging device according to claim 1, further comprising a container allocating means for allocating and supplying the containers to be fed by said feeding means to the left and right mounting surfaces of the container arranging portion, at a front portion of said apparatus main body. . 4. A side mounting portion which is vertically rotatably connected to an end of a central mounting portion constituting the container alignment portion, and wherein the side mounting portion is connected to the central mounting portion. The container arrangement device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the container arrangement device is provided so as to be pivotable between a horizontal posture and a standing posture.