JP3489077B2 - Seedling cartridge and seedling clamping and aligning device for cartridge - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention makes it convenient to insert seedlings such as sugar cane into each seedling storage section of a collective seedling raising apparatus in which a large number of seedling storage sections are vertically and horizontally arranged. The present invention relates to a devised seedling cartridge and a cartridge seedling sandwiching and aligning device for sandwiching and aligning the seedlings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a lateral bud growth stem of a required length obtained by continuously causing a germination phenomenon in which a lateral bud germinates by cutting off the top of a treetop, that is, until the number of developed leaves reaches the required number. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-280244 discloses a cultivation method in which a lateral bud growth stem having a required length obtained by repeatedly cutting off the apical head of the lateral bud above the 10th section is used as a lateral branch seedling and is planted in this field. It is disclosed in the official gazette.

The side branch seedlings P cultivated as described above are
As shown in FIG. 23, the diagonal dimension wa is 2.9 cm and the height h is
The seedling container w made of a paper cylinder formed in a hexagonal tube shape of about 10 cm is arranged at a constant interval k, and the same number of seedlings is collected in each row.
The row of paper cylinder rows w1, w2, ...
To the collective seedling raising device W which is staggered by a distance of / 2,
In other words, the above-mentioned seedling accommodating section w made of a paper cylinder is arranged in a honeycomb shape , for example, a paper pot (registered trademark, Japanese sugar beet).
The seedlings will be raised by inserting them into a collective raising apparatus W such as Sugar Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) .

[0004]

However, in the prior art, since it is necessary to arrange the side-branching seedlings P inserted into the collective-raising / growing equipment W in the same condition, the side-branching seedlings P having the same number of expanded leaves are selected. The selected ones are manually inserted into separate collective raising equipment W for each side branch seedling P having the same number of expanded leaves. For this reason, there is a drawback that the inserting work is complicated and takes a long time, and the working efficiency is lowered as the working time elapses.

The present invention, at the same interval as the interval of the set plurality of seedling container portion in a row of seedlings instrument (paper tube) w ... of, the two adjacent ones, sandwiched seedlings such as side branch seedling It is intended to provide a seedling cartridge and a seedling sandwiching and aligning device for the cartridge that can be aligned.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The seedling of the present invention according to claim 1.
The cartridge is assembled by bending the elastic plate material.
Of the plurality of seedling storage parts w ...
Both of the connecting legs 2a having the same width as the space k between two adjacent ones
Form a pair of seedling holding pieces 2b, 2b facing each other at the end
At the same time, open the rod loose insertion hole 2d in the connecting leg 2a.
For sandwiching the seedling sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b on the opposite surfaces of the tip.
The plurality of holding parts 2 ...
The laterally long support is formed at the same interval as the interval k between the seedling storage parts w ...
It is configured to be inserted into 1.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the holding portion body 2 is provided.
... has a hole 2e for strength adjustment at the base of the seedling sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b.
The seedling cartridge according to claim 1, which is opened.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the holding portion body 2 is provided.
... is an engaging groove at the upper and lower edges of the seedling sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b.
The seedling car according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 2c and 2c are formed.
It is Tridge.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the above-mentioned laterally long support is provided.
1 has a fitting insertion groove 1a formed on the front surface and a rod insertion portion 1a on the rear surface 1b.
With a substantially U-shaped cross section in which the inlet holes 1c are formed at regular intervals k
Then, the plurality of holding portion bodies 2 are engaged with each other.
Engage the grooves 2c, 2c with the edges of the fitting insertion groove 1a, and
The seedling cartridge according to claim 3, wherein the seedling cartridge is detachably inserted.
is there.

A cartridge seedling sandwiching arrangement for a cartridge according to claim 5.
The device is a seedling cartridge according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4.
Receiving the seedlings P ... into the respective sandwiching members 2 of A,
Seedlings clamping aligner der for cartridges to ... sandwich aligned
The cartridge receiver for mounting the seedling cartridge A
The cages 22 and 22 and the duplicates that are inserted into and removed from each of the sandwiching bodies 2 ...
A number of holding part body opening / closing rods 15 and the above cartridge receiver
Take out the seedling cartridge A attached to 22, 22
A pair of holding cartridge restraining arms 19, 19 and the above
The holding part body opening / closing rods 15 ... With respect to the respective holding part bodies 2 ...
And a rod loading / unloading actuator 14 for loading / unloading
The holding part body opening / closing mechanism C is provided.

The present invention as set forth in claim 6 is based on the above-mentioned sandwiching member body.
The open / close rods 15 are the above-mentioned sandwiching members of the seedling cartridge A.
2 is inserted into the gripping body 2 to open it, and the seedling P is placed there.
Before the car is ready to accept ...
Tridge suppression arms 19 and 19 remove seedling cartridge A
The seedling sandwich for the cartridge according to claim 5, which suppresses squeeze
It is an alignment device.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the pair of cars.
One of the tridge suppression arms 19, 19
Is the leaf portion side mounting plate 19d for mounting the leaf portion side of the seedling P ...
The root side of the seedling P ... is placed on the other one.
The root-side mounting plates 19f are fixed to each other.
Alternatively, the seedling sandwiching and aligning device for the cartridge according to the item 6 is provided.

According to the present invention of claim 8, the root side mounting
The plate 19f is brought into contact with the roots of the seedlings P ...
The positioning piece 19f 'for aligning is formed.
It is the seedling sandwiching and aligning device for the mounted cartridge.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Regarding each embodiment of a seedling cartridge and a seedling sandwiching and aligning device for a cartridge according to the present invention,
A description will be given with reference to the drawings.

First, the seedling cartridge A is shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. Seedlings cartridge A includes a horizontal support 1 approximately C-shaped cross section forming a挿溝1a fitted to the front, among the paper tube w ... constituting each column of the set nursery instrument W, paper tube adjacent w, and w The same number k of holding members 2 as the paper cylinders w are arranged at the same interval k, and the holding members 2 are removably fitted into the fitting groove 1a.

On the rear surface 1b of the laterally long support 1, a plurality of rod insertion holes 1c, into which the pinching member body opening / closing rods 15 described later can be loosely inserted, are located at positions facing the pinching member bodies 2 ,.
In order to attach the seedling cartridge 1 to the seedling insert mechanism G to be described later, the square-shaped engaging rings 1e and 1e that are engaged with the cartridge hooking device D to be described later are formed on the upper surface 1d at a constant interval k. The cylindrical projections 1f and 1f are provided so as to project.

As shown in FIG. 4, the holding portion body 2 has a strip shape.
The pair of seedling holding pieces 2b, 2b facing each other are formed at both ends of the connecting leg 2a by appropriately bending the elastic plate material . The elastic plate material is, for example, steel,
It is made of synthetic resin.

[0018] Renketsuashi 2a is the adjacent paper tube w, Oh and as wide as the interval k of w Runode, a plurality of clamping portions body 2 ... a, Horizontal support side by side so that their abuts fitted into the fitting挿溝1a body 1 Then, they are the same between <br/> intervals and each paper tube w ....

2c and 2c are seedling holding pieces 2b and 2b.
Is the formed on the upper and lower sides edge of the base portion, the engagement groove which engages with the side edge forming the fitting挿溝1a the Horizontal support 1, 2d is a rod loosely fitted hole that is opened in Renketsuashi 2a, Further, 2e is the intensity adjusting hole which is opened in the base of Naekyo Jihen 2b,
By expanding and contracting the diameter, the elastic strength can be adjusted according to, for example, the diameter of the side branch seedling P that is a seedling and a seedling of a type other than sugar cane.

Reference numerals 3 and 3 denote sandwiching pads formed of an elastic material such as rubber and fixed to the facing surfaces of the seedling sandwiching pieces 2b and 2b, and the facing surfaces thereof are as shown in FIG. What
Horizontal protrusions 3a to 3c arranged in upper and lower three stages, a plane sawtooth-shaped protrusion 3d arranged on the lower side of the upper stage horizontal protrusion 3a, and a plane similarly arranged on the intermediate portion of the lower stage horizontal protrusion 3c and the middle horizontal protrusion 3b. A sawtooth-shaped projection 3e is formed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the dimension M from the rear surface 1b of the lateral support 1 to the tips of the seedling sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b of the sandwiching body 2 is defined by the cartridge of the cartridge feeding conveyor F described later. The arrangement interval of the receivers 49 ... Is matched.

Reference numerals 4 and 4 denote U-shaped holding portion body pressing pieces for holding the holding portion bodies 2 ... Inserted in the fitting grooves 1a of the horizontal support body 1 from both sides in the longitudinal direction of the horizontal support body 1. Locking holes 4b, 4b formed on both side leg pieces 4a, 4a
In addition, the cut-and-raised tongues 1g and 1g formed on the upper and lower surfaces 1d and 1h of the horizontally long support 1 are elastically engaged with each other.

Next, a seedling sandwiching and aligning device for a cartridge for receiving the side branch seedlings P in the seedling cartridge A for sandwiching and aligning will be described. B is a mounting table, and as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, it is provided at four corners of a support frame 7 in which a connecting member 6 is horizontally mounted between side plates 5 and 5 which are arranged on both left and right sides at a required interval. That is, the standing legs 8, 9, 8, 9 are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the side plates 5, 5, respectively, and the connecting member 10 is provided between the lower ends of the standing legs 8, 9, and the connecting members are also connected. A connecting member 11 is laterally provided between the central portions of 10 and 10.

Each side plate 5 has a circular support hole 5 on the front side thereof.
Further, a is a side surface fan shape in which an arcuate guide hole 5b is formed in a vertically elongated shape on the rear side, and the tilting frame 12 is supported between the side plates 5 and 5.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the tilting frame 12 has its lower front portion supported on the support holes 5a, 5a of the side plates 5, 5 and its lower rear portion slid along the arcuate guide holes 5b, 5b. Between the tilting side plates 13 and 13 that are movably supported, pipe members 13a and 13a are horizontally installed on the front and rear upper parts thereof, and a downward U-shaped connecting member 13b is horizontally installed at the center of the lower part. As a result, the tilting frame 12 can be tilted as a whole within a required angle range centered on the support holes 5a, 5a.

Reference numeral C denotes a holding portion body opening / closing mechanism arranged on the tilting frame 12, and its structure is as follows. Reference numeral 14 denotes a rod entry / exit actuator such as a pneumatic, hydraulic or electric cylinder mounted on the connecting member 13b, and a telescopic rod 14a of the actuator 14 has a number of holding parts corresponding to the holding parts 2. closing rod 15 ..., among the plurality of paper tube W ... that a row of the set nursery instrument W, paper adjacent tube w,
Horizontally long rod supporting members 16 arranged at the same intervals as the interval k of w are attached.

Numerals 17 and 17 are arm tilting members in which abutting rollers 20 and 20 which come into contact with cartridge restraining arms 19 and 19, which will be described later, are arranged at the distal end of the horizontally long plate 18, and are members of the rod supporting member 16. It is projected on the front and rear sides. Reference numerals 21 and 21 are guide members for guiding the vertical movement of the rod support member 16, and the tilt side plates 13 and
It is fixed to 13 respectively.

Reference numerals 22 and 22 denote cartridge receivers having a U-shaped cross section for mounting the seedling cartridge A. The tilting side plates 13 and 13 have center portions at the upper edges thereof, in other words, the seedling cartridge A is inserted into the holding portion opening / closing rod 15. They are fixed to the opposite positions. 22a and 22a
Is a restriction piece for restricting the mounting position of the seedling cartridge A.

The cartridge restraining arms 19, 19
Are arranged on both front and rear sides sandwiching the cartridge receivers 22 and 22, and abutting pieces 19a and 19a abutting the tip end of the cartridge receivers 22 and 22 on the laterally long support 1 of the seedling cartridge A mounted on the cartridge receivers 22 and 22. Is bent at the tip, and the bases 19b and 19b are connected to the connecting member 13b.
Are respectively supported by brackets 13c, 13c projectingly provided on the front and rear surfaces thereof.

Reference numerals 19c and 19c denote tilting slopes formed by bending the cartridge restraining arms 19 and 19 in the contact areas with the arm tilting members 17 and 17, respectively.
A member 1 for tilting an arm that moves up and down according to the extension of the holding part body opening / closing rod 15 ...
7,17 are transferred.

As a result, the cartridge restraining arm 1
The contact pieces 19a and 19a contact the horizontally long support 1 of the seedling cartridge A so that the cartridge receivers
The cartridge restraining position (a) (FIG. 7) that prevents the seedling cartridge A attached to the Nos. 2 and 22 from coming out, and the contact pieces 19a, 19a are separated from the horizontally long support 1 and the seedling cartridge A is attached. It is configured to tilt with respect to the attachment / detachment allowance position (b) (FIG. 8) allowing the removal.

That is, the cartridge restraining arm 19,
19, the arm tilting members 17, 17 are tilting slopes 1
As the upper and lower ends of 9c and 19c roll, the cartridge restraining arms 19 and 19 swing between the cartridge restraining position (a) and the attachment / detachment allowing position (b).

Reference numeral 19d denotes a leaf portion side mounting plate on which the leaf portion side of the side branch seedling P is placed, and the cartridge restraining arms 19, 19 are provided.
It is fixed to one of them via a stay 19e.

Numeral 19f mounts the root side of the side branch seedling P and holds it, specifically, the seedling cartridge A.
L-shaped positioning piece 19f 'for uniformly aligning the length L from the center of the holding portion body 2 to the root side end of the side branch seedling P.
Is a base plate on the root side, and is fixed to the other cartridge restraining arm 19 via a stay 19g. Reference numeral 23 is a tension spring stretched between intermediate portions of the cartridge restraining arms 19, 19.

Next, using the seedling sandwiching and arranging device having the above structure,
Similarly, the operation of receiving the side branch seedlings P in the sandwiching members 2 ... The side branch seedlings P to be sandwiched here are cultivated and sorted as follows, for example.

(1) Cultivation of sugar cane used as mother stalk,
When it reaches the required stem length, the upper stem containing the apical bud growth point is excised and the remaining lower stem leaves are removed to form the mother stem.

(2) A primary axillary bud that germinates on the mother stem is grown into a primary shoot, and the upper stem of the primary shoot containing the apical growth point is excised, and the base of the primary shoot is added to the mother shoot. Let it remain.

(3) A secondary axillary bud that germinates at the base of the primary shoot is grown into a secondary shoot, and the upper stem of the secondary shoot containing the apex growth point is excised, and the base of the primary shoot is prepared. Then, the base of the secondary branch is left.

(4) By growing a tertiary axillary bud that germinates at the base of the secondary branch, to grow a tertiary branch, or if necessary, in the same manner to grow a fourth branch, the above mother Higher-ranked shoots, which are tertiary shoots or quaternary shoots, are concentrated on the stems to form higher-ranked shoot masses.

(5) After cutting off the entire higher branch shoot mass from the mother stem, cutting off each higher branch shoot with the bud and root tissue parts attached to the higher branch base .

(6) The above-mentioned higher-order shoots are divided into groups having the same number of leaves, and the leaves are pruned at a required length.
Through the above steps (1) to (6), a large number of higher branch shoots, that is, side branch seedlings P are obtained.

The seedling cartridge A is a cartridge receiver 2
When it is not attached to Nos. 2 and 22, the operation lever 24 arranged on the front surface of the mounting table B shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is operated upward, for example.

As a result, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the telescopic rod 14a of the rod loading / unloading actuator 14 is retracted, and the cartridge restraining arms 19, 19 are moved to the attachment / detachment allowable position (b). The seedling cartridge A can be attached to the cartridge receivers 22, 22.

At this time, the pinch body opening / closing rods 15 ...
Although these tip portions are located above the cartridge receivers 22, 22, they are still in the laterally long support 1 of the seedling cartridge A, so that the seedling holding pieces 2b of the holding portion 2 are
2b is closed.

When the operation lever 24 is operated downward after the seedling cartridge A is mounted, the telescopic rod 14a extends as shown in FIG.
9 and 19 rotate to the cartridge restraining position (a). At this time, the holding part body opening / closing rods 15 have not yet been inserted between the seedling holding pieces 2b.

As a result, the contact pieces 19a, 19a of the cartridge restraining arms 19, 19 come into contact with the laterally long support 1 to prevent the seedling cartridge A from being pulled out from the cartridge receivers 22, 22. That is,
Before the sandwiching part body opening / closing rod 15 ... Is inserted between the seedling sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b, extraction of the seedling cartridge A is suppressed.

After that, the holding part body opening / closing rods 15 ... Are inserted between the seedling holding pieces 2b, 2b of the holding part bodies 2 ..., so that the holding part bodies 2 ... The sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b are opened, and the side branch seedling P can be received there.

Therefore, the side branch seedling P is fixed to the root by the positioning piece 1.
While in contact with the 9f ', Naekyo Jihen 2b, by lowering toward the proximal end from the distal end of 2b, Naekyo Jihen 2b open as described above, Ru is accepted between 2b. As a result, the side branch seedling P has the leaf portion side on the leaf portion side mounting plate 19d,
Further, the root side is held in a stable state by being mounted on the root side mounting plate 19f.

When the side branch seedlings P having the same number of expanded leaves have been received by all the sandwiching members 2, ... By operating the operating lever 24 upward, the telescopic rod 14a of the rod loading / unloading actuator 14 is retracted. Then, the cartridge restraining arms 19 and 19 are rotated to the attachment / detachment allowable position (b), and the holding portion body opening / closing rod 15 ... Inserted between the seedling holding pieces 2b and 2b of the holding portion body 2 is pulled out downward. escape.

As a result, the seedling holding pieces 2b, 2b of each holding portion 2 are closed, the side branch seedlings P received between them are firmly held, and the seedling holding pieces 2b, 2b from the cartridge receivers 22, 22 are held. The seedling cartridge A is allowed to be pulled out.

As described above, the seedling cartridge A in which the side branch seedlings P having the same number of expanded leaves are sandwiched and aligned is provided for one or more sets of the seedling raising equipment W, more specifically,
Only the rows of the total paper cylinders w are prepared.

D is a cartridge hook for hooking the plurality of seedling cartridges A ..., The structure of which is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 14, the cartridge hook D includes a pair of horizontal U-shaped hanging members 25, 25 which can be inserted into the rectangular engaging rings 1e, 1e of the seedling cartridge A, and the hanging members 25, 25. Connecting member 2 installed between the base ends of the
And a handle 26 having a lower end fixed to 6a.

Upper leg portions 25a, 2 of the suspension members 25, 25
Although 5a is shown as an example having a length such that six seedling cartridges A ... Can be hooked at the same time, it can be set to an arbitrary length.

The seedling cartridge A is attached to the hanging members 25, 25.
... by engaging the seedling cartridges A with the horizontally long supports 1 ... in the same arrangement interval as the cartridge receivers 49 of the cartridge feeding conveyor F described later, that is, facing each other. It will be in the state of doing.

Next, using the above-mentioned seedling sandwiching and aligning device, side branch seedlings P
A seedling inserting device for inserting the side branch seedlings P ... into the collective seedling raising apparatus W by using the seedling cartridges A which are sandwiched and aligned with each other will be described mainly with reference to FIGS.

E conveys a plurality of collective raising equipment W ...
This is a conveyor for transporting collective seedlings , and its constitution is as follows.

The collective seedling raising equipment transfer conveyor E comprises a frame body 27 formed by horizontally connecting connecting members 29, 29 between both ends of the side frame members 28, 28, and both end portions of the side frame members 28, 28. The rotary shafts 31 and 32 are disposed on the side.

The sprockets 30 and 30 are fixed to both ends of the rotary shafts 31 and 32, and the sprockets 30 and 30 of the rotary shaft 31 and the sprockets 30 and 30 of the rotary shaft 32 are fixed.
Conveyor chains 33, 33 are stretched between them. Reference numeral 34 is a motor connected to one end of the rotary shaft 32.

Horizontal conveyor members 35 having tray positioning pieces 35a, 35a projecting from one side end are arranged at a predetermined interval between the conveyor chains 33, 33, and a collective seedling raising apparatus is arranged on them. The mounting tray 36 can be positioned and mounted.

Reference numeral 37 denotes a collective seedling raising device developing device , which has the following structure. As shown in FIGS. 20 to 22, the collective seedling raising device deployment tool 37 includes two planar U-shaped molds 38 and 38 in which contact plate portions 38d and 38d are formed at both ends of a connecting plate portion 38c, and a collective seedling raising device. The developing strips 39, 39 are provided.

The connecting plate portion 38c has a positioning notch 38 corresponding to each paper cylinder row w1, w2, ... Of the collective seedling raising apparatus W.
A positioning piece 38b in which a ... Is arranged in a line is formed in a bent shape, and the abutting plate portions 38d, 38d are provided at the base ends thereof with the above-mentioned collecting pieces.
Locking pieces 38e, 3 for locking the band plate 39 for deploying the nursery seedling device
8e is formed.

Strip plates 39, 39 for deploying the above-mentioned collective raising equipment
Is longer than the connecting plate portion 38c, and the collective seedling raising device W
And the collective seedling raising device developing paper piece (not shown) attached to both ends thereof, and the collective seedling raising device W is pulled.

That is, the band plate 39 for deploying the collective nursery equipment ,
39 was attached to both ends of which a set nursery instrument W set
Insert it between the seedling raising device deployment paper piece (not shown),
Pull the collective nursery equipment W, and in that state, collective nursery equipment
The tool W is housed in a frame formed by abutting the molds 38, 38 so as to form a plane-B shape, and also for deploying these collective seedling raising equipment
The strips 39, 39 are attached to the locking pieces 38 of the molds 38, 38.
e, 38e.

As a result, the collective seedling raising apparatus W has the form 3
The expanded state is held in the frame formed by Nos. 8 and 38. After that, they are placed on the collective seedling raising device placing tray 36, and each paper tube w is filled with soil, and then the collective seedling raising device is developed.
The strips 39, 39 for use are removed.

The notches 38a for positioning are shown in FIGS.
8, the collective seedling raising device inspection arranged on one side of the frame 27
Out is adapted to be detected by the sensor S1, their positioning notches 38a ... is, set nursery instrument detection cell
Each time it is detected by Nsa S1, set nursery instrument conveying
The conveyor E is stopped. As a result, the collective raising equipment W
The paper cylinder rows w1, w2, ... Of the paper cylinder w.

F is a cartridge feeding conveyor which is arranged above the above-mentioned collective raising equipment conveying conveyor E, and its constitution is as follows.

The cartridge feeding conveyor F is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 17, side frame members 43, 4 which are parallel to each other
Rotating shafts 44, 45 to which the sprockets 40, 40 are fixed are arranged at both ends of the conveyor chain 3, and a conveyor chain is provided between the sprockets 40, 40 of the rotating shaft 44 and the sprockets 40, 40 of the rotating shafts 45, 45. It is formed by stretching 46 and 46.

The side frame members 43, 43 have one end portion
The standing legs 41, 41 provided upright on one end side of the side frame member 28 are fixed to a slightly upper side, and the other end thereof is fixed to the upper ends of the support members 42, 42.

Reference numeral 47 is a motor connected to one end of the rotating shaft 44, 48 is a rotation detecting disc fixed to the other end of the rotating shaft 44, and S2 is an annular ring on the rotation detecting disc 48. It is a detection sensor that detects slits arranged in rows.

Cartridge receivers 49 ... Supporting the seedling cartridge A are laterally arranged at a constant interval M on the conveyor chains 46, 46, and the respective cartridge receivers 49 ... Hold the seedling cartridge A. Has become.

By counting the slits of the rotation detection disk 48 by the detection sensor S2, the rotation angle of the rotation shaft 44, that is, the cartridge receivers 49 that are laid across the conveyor chains 46, 46 are transferred at regular intervals. It can be transferred in the direction α2.

G represents the side branch seedlings P ... which are sandwiched and aligned in the seedling cartridge A, and which are placed on the collective seedling raising equipment tray 3
6 is a seedling insert mechanism that is inserted into the collective seedling raising device W housed in No. 6, and the configuration thereof is as follows.

As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 , reference numerals 50 and 50 are linear actuators such as rodless cylinders. These linear actuators are mounted on the upper ends of the standing legs 41 and 41 and have a horizontally long guide member 51. The transport direction α1
In addition, I am trying to move it in the opposite direction.

Guide rails 52, 52, which are parallel to each other along the upper and lower edges of the guide member 51, are fixed to the guide member 51, and the guide rails 52, 52 are laterally movable along these guide rails 52, 52. The moving base 53 is suspended. Reference numeral 54 is a motor for moving the lateral movement base 53.

In the lateral movement base 53, an elevating slider 56 is vertically slidably mounted on a base 55 having an upper end portion movably attached to the guide rails 52, 52 and having a U-shaped cross section.
Do Te Ri, in this, Horizontal stay 57 is fixed.

[0077] On both end portions rear surface of the horizontal stays 57, Fig. 1
5, 17, linear actuators 59, 59 are arranged via brackets 58, 58, and the seedling cartridge A is attached to the telescopic rods (not shown) of the linear actuators 59, 59.
The rod support member 61 in which the holding part body opening / closing rods 60 for opening and closing the holding part bodies 2 are arranged is fixed, and these constitute a seedling opening mechanism H.

That is, the linear actuators 59, 5
When the telescopic rod 9 is extended, the holding portion body opening / closing rod 6
0 ... through the rod insertion holes 1c ... of the oblong support 1,
By inserting between the seedling sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b ... of the sandwiching body 2, the sandwiching bodies 2 ... are in a state where the seedling sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b are opened.

As shown in FIG.
6 , 17 , the cartridge gripping actuators 63, 63 are fixed via the connecting bases 62, 62, and the cylindrical projections 1f, 1f of the seedling cartridge A are fixed by the gripping tools 64, 64 provided thereto. It is designed to be gripped.

Cartridge gripping actuators 63, 6
Between 3, as shown in FIG. 16, 17, the vibration transmitting plate 6
5, a vibrator 66 for applying a required vibration to the side branch seedlings P ... Held in the seedling cartridge A is placed and fixed thereto.

Reference numeral 67 is a cartridge collecting frame base fixed to a connecting member 68 provided laterally between the standing legs 41, 41,
A bracket 67a that supports the hanging member 25 of the cartridge hook D is supported by a reinforcing member 67b.

Next, the operation of the seedling inserting device having the above structure will be described. First of all, the seedling raising equipment transportation control
On the bare E, mounting set nursery instrument containing a set of nursery equipment W
The storage tray 36 is arranged (FIG. 15).

The seedling cartridge A is supplied to the cartridge feeding conveyor F by setting the cartridge hooking tool D on the cartridge feeding conveyor F so that the seedling cartridge A ... It is carried out by simultaneously placing the cartridges on the cartridge receiver 49.

That is, the intervals between the seedling cartridges A ... Abutted against each other and locked, and the cartridge receivers 49 ...
Since the intervals of the seedling cartridges A ... are matched with each other as described above,
It can be set to 9 ... at once. The seedling cartridge A ... Mounted on the cartridge receiver 49 ...
It is sequentially transferred to the delivery position (C) of the cartridge feeding conveyor F shown in FIG.

[0085] The lifting slider 56, the gripper 6
4 and 64 are stopped so as to be positioned at a gripping standby position (d) facing the seedling cartridge A transferred to the delivery position (c).

The grasping tools 64, 64 are moved in the conveying direction α1 at a predetermined timing to grasp the seedling cartridge A stopped at the delivery position (c) and then return to the grasping standby position (d).

Then, the elevating slider 56 is lowered,
Furthermore, Turkey move the guide member 51 in the conveying direction α1
The seedling cartridge A gripped by the gripping tools 64, 64 is moved to the predetermined seedling insertion position (e) shown in FIGS.
Move to.

[0088] Below the挿苗position (e), so as to position the first column of the paper tube column w1 set nursery instrument W, set nursery
The device mounting tray 36 has been moved.

Next, the elevating slider 56, that is,
The grippers 64, 64 are further lowered by a predetermined distance, and the side branch seedlings P ... Nipped by the seedling cartridge A are inserted into the soiled paper cylinders w ... Which form the first paper cylinder row w1. At this time, the side branch seedlings P ... are vibrated by the vibrator 66, and the side branch seedlings P ...
It is designed to be easily inserted.

Upon completion of inserting the side branch seedlings P, the linear actuators 59, 59 are driven, and the sandwiching members 2
The seedling sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b between the seedling sandwiching body opening / closing rods 60 ...
Is inserted, and the side branch seedlings P ... which had been sandwiched until then are released all at once.

After opening the side branch seedlings P ..., the gripping tools 64, 64 for gripping the used seedling cartridge A are moved to a position facing the cartridge collecting frame base 67.

Then, after the seedling cartridge A being gripped is inserted into the hanging member 25 of the cartridge hooking tool D set on the cartridge collecting table 67 and hooked, the gripping tools 64, 64 are connected to the cartridge feeding conveyor. It is moved back to the grip standby position (d) facing F, and waits for the next seedling cartridge A.

By repeating the above operations, collective education
All the paper tubes w that form the collective seedling raising apparatus W by repeating the inserting operation of the side branch seedlings P sequentially from the first paper tube row w1 that forms the seedling apparatus W to the rear paper tube rows w2, w3, ...
Insert the side branch seedling P into ....

Further, the above-mentioned paper cylinder row w1 ... And paper cylinder row w2
With respect to the deviation of the paper tubes w ..., By shifting the stop position of the lateral movement base 53 along those rows by the same interval as the deviation, the insertion position of the side branch seedlings P ... …
The relative displacement with

In the above description, when the side branch seedlings are vibrated by the vibrator when the side branch seedlings are inserted into the soil-filled paper cylinder, the side branch seedlings are easily inserted into the soil-filled paper cylinder. It is not necessary to vibrate if possible.

[0096]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The seedling cartridge of the present invention according to claims 1 to 4.
According to Ji, by folding the elastic plate material, collective raising seedlings
Adjacent among the plurality of seedling accommodating parts w ...
Both ends of the connecting leg 2a having the same width as the space k between two fittings
To form a pair of seedling holding pieces 2b, 2b facing each other
In addition, a rod loose insertion hole 2d is opened in the connecting leg 2a.
Then, the seedling sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b should be sandwiched with a sandwiching pad on the surface facing the tip.
The plurality of holding portions 2 ...
The laterally elongated support 1 is formed at the same interval as the interval k between the seedling accommodating parts w.
Since it is inserted into the
Holding and releasing seedlings P ... simply by inserting and removing the rod 15 ...
And can also have a simple configuration
It Further, a plurality of seedlings P ...
It can be sandwiched and aligned at the same intervals as .
Further, the seedlings P are received in the seedling holding pieces 2b, 2b in the open state.
So you can do that easily.
It

According to the second aspect of the invention, the sandwiching portion is provided.
The body 2 has a strength adjusting hole 2 at the base of the seedling sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b.
Since e has been established, we will expand and contract its diameter as appropriate.
Adjust its elastic strength according to the type of seedling and its diameter
can do.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the sandwiching portion is provided.
The body 2 is engaged with the upper and lower edges of the base of the seedling sandwiching pieces 2b, 2b.
Since the mating grooves 2c, 2c are formed, this makes it oblong
It can be fitted into the support 1.

According to the invention of claim 4, the above-mentioned laterally long support
The holding body 1 has a fitting insertion groove 1a formed on the front surface, and a lock on the rear surface 1b.
The insertion holes 1c are formed at regular intervals k and have a substantially U-shaped cross section.
And the plurality of sandwiching members 2 ...
Engage the engagement grooves 2c, 2c with the edges of the fitting insertion groove 1a.
, It is removably inserted, so if necessary, the clamping part
Only body 2 ... can be exchanged.

For the cartridge of the present invention according to claims 5-8
According to the seedling sandwiching and aligning device, the seedling cartridge A is mounted.
Cartridge receivers 22 and 22, and each holding portion body
2 ... and a plurality of holding part body opening / closing rods 15 ...
Seedling cartridge attached to the cartridge receivers 22 and 22
A pair of cartridge restraining arms that prevent the bag A from slipping out
Between the gripping members 19 and 19 and the above-mentioned holding portion body opening / closing rods 15 ...
Actuator for rod loading / unloading to / from holding part 2 ...
And a clamping unit body opening / closing mechanism C having
With a simple configuration, the seedling cartridge A can be received as a cartridge.
Strains 22 and 22 are restrained, and the seedling accommodating portion w of the collective raising container W is ...
The seedlings P ... can be sandwiched and aligned at the same intervals as
Wear.

In addition to the common effects obtained by the inventions described in claims 5 to 8, according to the invention described in each claim, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the invention described in claim 6, each of the sandwiching
The body opening / closing rod 15 ... holds each of the seedling cartridges A described above.
It is inserted into the body 2 ... to open the holding body 2 ...
Before the seedlings P ... can be accepted, the above
Cartridge restraining arms 19 and 19 are seedling cartridge A
Prevent the escape of.

According to the invention of claim 7, a pair of cars is provided.
One of the tridge suppression arms 19, 19
Is the leaf portion side mounting plate 19d for mounting the leaf portion side of the seedling P ...
The root side of the seedling P ... is placed on the other one.
Since the root-side mounting plates 19f are fixed,
Can hold the seedlings P ...
It

According to the invention of claim 8, the root side
The mounting plate 19f contacts the roots of the seedlings P ...
Since the positioning piece 19f 'for uniform alignment is formed,
The root side of the seedlings can be made uniform. This allows
The amount of each seedling P inserted into the seedling accommodation section w can be made constant.
Wear.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a seedling cartridge according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view thereof.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a holding section body.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the seedling holding and aligning device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view thereof.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged side cross-sectional view of a holding section body opening / closing mechanism,
The state where the cartridge restraining arm is moved to the cartridge restraining position is shown.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged side cross-sectional view of the holding section body opening / closing mechanism,
The state where the cartridge restraining arm is moved to the attachment / detachment allowable position is shown.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing the operation of the holding section body opening / closing mechanism,
The state before mounting the seedling cartridge is shown.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing an operation of the holding section body opening / closing mechanism, showing a state in which a seedling cartridge is mounted.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing the operation of the holding section body opening / closing mechanism, showing a state before receiving seedlings in the mounted seedling cartridge.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing the operation of the holding section body opening / closing mechanism, showing a state after receiving seedlings in the holding section body of the mounted seedling cartridge.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing a state in which the seedling sandwiching pieces are opened by inserting the sandwiching body opening / closing rod between the seedling sandwiching pieces of the sandwiching body.

FIG. 14 is a side view of the cartridge hook.

FIG. 15 is a side view of the seedling insertion device.

FIG. 16 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 17 is a plan view thereof.

[Figure 18] was charged with seedlings cartridge into the cartridge feed conveyor, also set nursery to set nursery instrument conveyor
It is a partial front view in the state which mounted the instrument mounting tray .

FIG. 19 is a partial plan view showing an aligned state of the collective seedling raising device placement tray .

[Figure 20] Collective seedling raising equipment exhibition on the collective seedling raising equipment tray
Is a front view containing the expanded aggregate nursery instrument by Hirakigu.

FIG. 21 is a side view thereof.

FIG. 22 is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 23 is a perspective view of a collective raising apparatus .

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Horizontal support which is a support 2 Clamping part body 2a Connection leg 2b Seedling clamping piece 14 Rod entry / exit actuator 15 Clamping part body opening / closing rod 19 Cartridge restraining arm 19d Leaf side mounting plate 19f Root side mounting plate 19f 'Positioning Piece 22 Cartridge receiver A Seedling cartridge C Clamping part body opening / closing mechanism P Side branch seedling W that is a seedling W Collective seedling raising equipment such as a paper pot w Paper tube that is a seedling accommodating portion

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP 10-84786 (JP, A) JP 10-248402 (JP, A) JP 2000-188981 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A01C 11/00-11/02 303 A01C ⁷ /00-9/08 A01G 9/08

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. Collective seedling raising by bending an elastic plate material
Of a plurality of seedling accommodating parts (w ...) forming a row of appliances (W)
Connecting leg with the same width as the space (k) between two adjacent ones
At both ends of (2a), a pair of seedling sandwiching pieces (2
b, 2b) and at the same time the connecting leg (2a) is formed.
The rod loose insertion hole (2d) is opened, and the seedling holding piece (2b,
Fixing pads (3, 3) for sandwiching on the surface facing the tip of 2b)
The plurality of holding parts (2 ...)
The same as the distance (k) of the horizontal support (1).
Seedling cartridge characterized by being inserted into. 2. The sandwiching member (2 ...) Is a seedling sandwiching piece (2).
b, 2b) has a hole for adjusting strength (2e) at the base.
The seedling cartridge according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The sandwiching body (2 ...) Is a seedling sandwiching piece (2).
b, 2b) engaging grooves (2c, 2c) on both upper and lower edges of the base.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that
Seedling cartridge. 4. The laterally elongated support (1) has a front surface fitted with an insertion groove.
(1a) is formed, and the rod insertion hole (1c) is formed on the rear surface (1b).
…) With a regular interval (k)
And the plurality of sandwiching members (2 ...)
The engaging groove (2c, 2c) of the holding portion body (2 ...)
It is detachably fitted by engaging with the edge of (1a).
The seedling cartridge according to claim 3, wherein 5. The seedling cartery according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4.
The seedlings (P ...) are received in the sandwiching bodies (2 ...) of the lodge (A).
And a cartridge for sandwiching and arranging those seedlings (P ...)
A seedling holding and aligning device for seedlings, the seedling cartridge (A)
A cartridge receiver (22, 22) for mounting the
A plurality of gripping part body opening / closing blocks that are inserted into and removed from each of the gripping part bodies (2 ...)
The pad (15 ...) And the cartridge receiver (22, 22)
Prevents the seedling cartridge (A) from being pulled out
A pair of cartridge restraining arms (19, 19) and each of the above
The holding part body opening / closing rods (15 ...) Are attached to the respective holding part bodies (2 ...).
Rod entry / exit actuator (14) for entry and exit
And a clamping unit opening / closing mechanism (C) having
A characteristic seedling sandwiching and aligning device for cartridges. 6. The gripping body opening / closing rods (15 ...) Are seedlings.
The cartridge (A) is inserted into each holding portion body (2 ...).
Open the holding part (2 ...) And put seedlings (P ...) there.
Before it is ready to accept
The bag restraining arm (19, 19) is a seedling cartridge (A).
Claims that are intended to prevent the escape of
Item 5. A seedling sandwiching and aligning device for a cartridge according to Item 5. 7. The pair of cartridge restraining arms (1)
9 and 19), one of the leaves of the seedling (P ...)
The leaf side mounting plate (19d) for mounting the side is
On the root side of the plant, the root side of the seedling (P ...) is placed.
Characterized in that the mounting plate (19f) is fixed respectively
7. The seedling holding and aligning device for cartridge according to claim 5 or 6.
Place 8. The seedling (P) is attached to the root-side mounting plate (19f).
Positioning piece that abuts the roots of the
(19f ') is formed.
7. The seedling sandwiching and aligning device for the cartridge according to 7.