JP3536150B2 - Grafting equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention continuously supplies rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings to separate gripping devices, and moves the gripping device that grips the rootstock seedlings and the scion seedlings to a cutting position. Then, the predetermined cutting parts of the rootstock seedling and the scion seedling are cut into an appropriate cross-sectional shape, each gripping device is moved to the joining part, and both cutting surfaces are appropriately brought into contact with each other to form the joining part. The present invention relates to an automatic grafting device capable of continuously obtaining grafted seedlings which are fixed by sandwiching them with a coupling tool. In particular, gripping devices for gripping rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings are provided at four locations on a rotary table provided facing each other on the same frame, and the rotary table is rotated and gripped by the gripping device. Remove the rootstock and scion seedlings that have been cut, joined, and moved to the discharge position,
The present invention relates to an automatic grafting device that grafts continuously.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present inventors have continued to make grafted seedlings for many years, but most of them were done manually.
In recent years, research has been conducted on the production of grafted seedlings,
The change from manual work to mechanization has been brought about.
As one example thereof, there is one as seen in JP-A-2-107125, however, in this invention, seedlings cannot be continuously supplied, and JP-A-3-61429 and In the technique disclosed in JP-A-2-190118, seedlings can be continuously supplied, but since the cutting arm is used to cut the seedlings, there is a problem in the cutting surface. However, since a spring clip having a clothespin shape is used as the fixing means, various inconveniences are caused, which is not satisfactory.

[0003]

The production of grafts by hand requires a large number of skilled workers, but in recent years it has become difficult to secure human resources, and personnel costs have risen sharply and workers are aging. Is brought. Therefore, the present inventor is an apparatus for continuously supplying rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings to a gripping device on a rotary table to produce grafted seedlings that can be cut and joined, and has a clean cut surface. A grafting seedling producing apparatus having a cutting device capable of reliably obtaining a joining surface and a joining device capable of reliably joining the joining surface with a joining device, and a joining device supplying device for continuously and reliably feeding the joining device to the joining portion. Therefore, anyone can efficiently and continuously produce grafted seedlings of good quality with simple operations.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Two turntables for a rootstock and a scion facing each other with an appropriate interval provided so as to rotate in synchronization on the same mount, and on the two turntables. Each has four seedling gripping devices, grips the seedlings supplied at the first station, which is the gripping part, moves to the second station, which is the cutting part, and cuts the seedlings at predetermined positions by the cutting device. Then, move to the third station, which is the joining part, join the cut rootstock to the cut sapling, and join the joint parts of both saplings with a joining device using a specific joining tool, The seedlings can be automatically connected by a grafting device configured to move to the fourth station of the turntable and discharge the joined seedlings.

[0005]

[Function] On one of the turntables for the rootstock, the rootstock seedlings are supplied at the first station, and one leaf of the seedling and the stem portion are gripped and fixed by the gripping device, and then moved to the second station. Then, the true leaf and the growing point portion of the seedling are cut and removed by a cutting device provided outside the table so as to face the seedling holding device, and the seedling is moved to the third station, which is a joining portion. On the other hand, in the case of the scion table synchronized with this, the scion seedlings are supplied at the first station, and the gripping device grips and fixes both leaves and two stems of the seedling, and then the second station. moving, by cutting the middle of the stem portion of the two positions to grip the seedlings by cutting device disposed opposite to the seedling grasping device to the outer table, move to the third station is a junction, opposite The cut surface of the rootstock is joined with a joining device by a joining device, and the jointed seedlings are discharged onto a belt conveyer.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall side view showing the outline of the present invention, and a pedestal 1 for supporting the main part of the device of the present invention.
A motor M for operating the present apparatus is built therein, and the motor is provided so that the switches are made conductive by foot pedals P provided on both sides of the lower portion of the gantry 1. The turntable 2 for rootstock seedlings and the turntable 3 for spikelet seedlings are axially supported by indexes 104 and 105 respectively installed on the upper surface of the base 1 with an appropriate interval provided, and both indexes are inside the base 1. The motor M provided in the above is adapted to rotate intermittently or continuously in synchronization. This rotation operation is activated by stepping on the foot pedal P.

The connector used in the present invention is shown in FIGS.
As shown in 2, a substantially rectangular plate-shaped male and female piece 1 made of a material having a little flexibility such as plastics.
It is composed of a combination of 0 and 11. The male mold 10 has four protrusions 101 near the four corners of the inner surface of a substantially rectangular piece, and has a groove 103 for sandwiching a seedling at the center in the short side direction.
A plurality of ridges 104 are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the groove, and the ridges 102 are formed on one corner of the short side on the outer surface.
A pair of recessed holes 105 are provided inwardly of the center of both short sides. The female mold 11 has through-holes 111 that fit into the male protrusions 101 near the four corners of the inner surface of the substantially rectangular piece, and has a male groove 103 corresponding to the male groove 103 at the center in the short side direction. A groove 113 is provided, a plurality of ridges 114 are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the groove, and the ridge 11 is formed on one corner surface on the short side on the outer surface.
2 is formed.

Two pillars 106 are erected on the pedestal 1 on the rear side of the rootstock table 2 and the scion table 3, and on the pillars, a parts feeder 7 of a coupling tool to be described later is provided. Are placed, and the parts of the coupler are continuously supplied from the feeder to the respective joining devices described later. Further, a shaft plate 6 extending in a lateral direction parallel to the table is fixed to the column at a proper height position below the parts feeder, and a seedling holding device described later is operated on the shaft plate. A cylinder is installed to allow it.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the outline of the turntable portion of the present apparatus.
The rootstock gripping devices 201 are provided at equal intervals at four locations in the circumferential direction, and the scion gripping devices 301 facing the same are also provided with the spikelet gripping devices 301 at equal intervals at four locations in the circumferential direction. The table 2 for the rootstock is provided clockwise,
The first station, which is the supply and grip part of the seedlings, the second station, which is the cutting part of the seedlings, the third station, which is the joint part of the seedlings, and the fourth station, which is the rest part, constitute the opposite station for the spikes. Table 3 is counterclockwise,
It comprises a first station for supplying and holding seedlings, a second station for cutting seedlings, a third station for joining seedlings, and a fourth station for discharging joined seedlings.

First, the gripping mechanism for rootstock seedlings will be described. As shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, the rootstock table 2 is shown.
The plate 20 is mounted on the slide table 226 provided above.
The root gripping device 201, which is attached so as to be able to move back and forth through the baffle plate 205 and the baffle plate 205, has a compression spring 206 inserted through a lower part of a pin 203 penetrating the baffle plate 205 and a stem through a base 211 on an upper part. Presser foot 212 and plate 2
On the upper part of 02, a leaf receiver 220, a leaf retainer 204, and a root positioning plate 219 are provided. Root gripping device 20
When 1 arrives at the first station, since the pin 203 is in a pushed-up state, the seedlings are supplied to the root gripping device 201, and one of the two leaves of the seedling is placed on the leaf receiver 220. At the same time, the stem part is fixed to the rootstock positioning plate 21.
9 is pressed against the base 211 and the pedal P is stepped on, the push-up rod 221 located below the pin 203 is lowered by the operation of the cylinder, and the pin 203 pushes the compression spring 2
It is lowered by the action of 06. At this time, since the leaf retainer 204 is fitted on the upper portion of the pin 203, the leaf retainer 204 descends in synchronism with the lowering of the pin 203 and holds one of the two leaves.

On the other hand, the air cylinder fixing plate 2 is attached to the shaft plate 6.
The air cylinder 213 is fixed through 15,
A pull-in plate 214 is attached to the tip of the cylinder so as to move back and forth in accordance with the operation of the air cylinder 213. Now the air cylinder 21
When 3 is retracted, the retracting plate 214 retracts in accordance with the operation, and the receiving plate 216 is retracted in conjunction. At this time, the receiving plate 216 is attached to the slide table 226.
It is fitted and fixed to the end surface of the slide shaft 209 which penetrates through the lateral hole provided in the plate 202 attached to the plate 202 via the bush 208. Further, a shaft holder 210 is fitted to the other end of the slide shaft 209 via a compression spring, and a lever 223 is rotated on the shaft holder 210 via a pin 222 so that the stem holder 212 is attached. Open and close.

FIG. 4 shows a state immediately before stepping on the pedal P in a state where the rootstock seedlings are supplied at the first station, and FIG. 5 shows a state immediately after stepping on the pedal P after the rootstock seedlings are supplied. It is in a state. Normally, the receiving plate 216 is in a state in which the stem presser 212 is opened by the operation of the air cylinder 213, but like the leaf presser 204, by depressing the foot pedal P, the air cylinder 213 is opened and the compression spring 225.
Return to the original position by the force of. By such an operation, the stem presser 212 is closed, and the stem portion is held by the base 211 and the stem presser 212. The operations of the stem presser and the leaf presser are performed at the same time.

Next, the gripping mechanism of the scion seedling will be described. As shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, the scion table 3 is used.
The plate 30 is mounted on the slide table 327 provided above.
2, the spike holding device 301 is attached through the baffle plate 305 so as to be able to move back and forth. The compression spring 326 is inserted into the lower part of the pin 303 that penetrates the baffle plate 305, and the upper part is inserted above the base 314. The stem retainer 316 and the lower stem retainer 317 are provided, and the leaf guide 304 is provided above the plate 302. A base 314 attached to the slide table 327 is a base body of a scion gripping portion composed of a plate member having an inverted U-shape, and a fixing plate 315 is pivotally attached to the tip of the base 314. A groove is formed in 315 according to the shape of the stem portion of the scion, so that anyone can easily perform positioning when supplying the seedling.

When the spike-holding device 301 is stopped at the first station, when the pedal P is stepped on with the feet, the air cylinder 321 operates and the retracting plate 318 retracts to move the upper stem retainer 316 and the lower stem retainer 317. At the same time of opening, the push-up rod 306 raises the pin 303, and the leaf guide 304 provided at the tip of the pin also swivels and rises to an open state. Therefore, when the stem of the scion is pressed against the groove of the fixing plate 315 and the foot is released from the pedal P, the spring 32
Due to the action of 5,326, the scion is grasped by the stem portion by the upper stem retainer 316, the lower stem retainer 317, and the fixing plate 315, and at the same time, the leaf portion on the upper part of the stem is lowered as the pin 303 descends. The leaf guide 304 regulates the turntable 3 side.

The leaf guide 304 is fitted and fixed to a pin 303 pivotally supported by two upper and lower anti-shake plates 305 attached to the plate 302 so as to be vertically movable. The pin 3
In 03, a spiral groove with a sharp pitch is formed on the surface of the upper part, and the pin moves up and down while smoothly rotating in cooperation with a steel ball engaging with the groove. A compression spring 326 is inserted between the stopper 328 and the anti-shake plate 305 at the lower portion of the pin 303, and the pin is pushed up by the raising operation of the push-up rod 306 provided immediately below the pin. When the push-up bar descends, the compression spring descends to the original position.

When the foot pedal P is stepped on, the air cylinder operates and the push-up rod 306 rises, pushing up the pin 303 located immediately above it. At this time, the pin 303 rises while turning by the action of the groove formed on the surface and the steel ball, so that the leaf guide 304 fitted to the pin 303 turns and opens. At the same time, the air cylinder 321 attached to the fixed plate 322 fixed to the shaft plate 6 operates to retract the retracting plate 318, so that the retracting plate 318 is engaged with the upper receiving plate 319 and the lower supporting plate 319. The receiving plate 320 and the receiving plate 320 will be retracted at the same time.

An upper bush 307 and a lower bush 308 are fitted and provided in lateral holes formed at two upper and lower positions of a plate 302 fixed to a slide table 327, and an upper slide shaft 309 and a lower slide shaft are respectively provided in both bushes. 310 is passed through and the upper slide shaft 309 is attached to the upper shaft holder 311.
A lower shaft holder 312 is attached to the lower slide shaft 310, and upper end plates 319 and lower plate 320 are provided on the opposite end surfaces of the upper shaft holder 311 and the lower shaft holder 312 via the plate 302. Are joined together.

A retracting plate 318 attached to the tip of an air cylinder 321 fixed to a shaft plate 6 mounted above the turntable 3 and reciprocatingly moved, is depressed by a foot pedal P provided on a floor below the mount. Then, the air cylinder 321 operates and retreats, and at the same time, an air cylinder (not shown) that operates the push-up rod 306 also operates to push up the pin 303. By this backward movement, the upper receiving plate 319 engaged with the pull-in plate 318
When the lower support plate 320 and the lower support plate 320 move backward, the upper shaft holder 311 and the lower shaft holder 3 interlock with this.
When 12 is pulled backward at the same time, the lever 324 is actuated from the connecting pin 323 as a starting point, and the upper pedestal 316 and the lower pedestal 317 with the pins 329 and 330 as fulcrums are opened and the seedling gripping device 301 is released. It will be possible to supply hot seedlings. Therefore, when the stem of the scion is pressed against the upper fixing plate 315 and the lower fixing plate 315 'and the tip of the foot pedal P is released, the push rod pushed up by the operation of the air cylinder (not shown). 306 is released and descends,
The pin 303 is lowered by the force of the compression spring 326 and the leaf guide 304 is closed, so that the leaf of the scion is regulated to the turntable 3 side and the air cylinder 321 is also provided.
Is released and the retracting plate 318 returns to the original position, so that the upper receiving plate 319 and the lower receiving plate 320 are also compressed.
It is returned to its original position by the force of 25. Then, in conjunction with this, the upper stem retainer 316 and the lower stem retainer 317 that have been opened are closed, and the stem portion of the scion seedling is grasped at the upper portion and the lower portion. Then, when supply and gripping of both the rootstock and the scion at the first station are completed, the turntable 2 for the rootstock and the turntable 3 for the scion are completed.
Will rotate synchronously and move to the second stations respectively.

Next, the manner of cutting the rootstock seedlings will be described with reference to FIGS.
9 shows the state of cutting, and FIG. 10 shows the state after cutting. An arm 402 is fixed to a column 401 standing upright outside the turntable 2 for the rootstock on the pedestal 1 corresponding to the second station which is a cutting part,
A scaffolding plate cylinder 403 is attached to the tip of the arm 402, and a scaffolding plate member 404 serving as a backing when cutting the rootstock seedlings is fixed to the tip end of the cylinder 403. Further, a forward / backward traveling cylinder 405 is fixed to the column 401, and the cutting cylinder 4 is attached to the tip of the forward / backward traveling cylinder.
06 is attached so as to be inclined upward, and a tool rest 407 is detachably attached to the tip end of the cutting cylinder 406, and the cutting blade 408 can be attached freely by operating the knob 409. There is.

When the turntable 2 for the rootstock holding the seedlings in the first station rotates and stops at a predetermined position in the second station, the plate member 404 moves forward due to the operation of the cylinder 403 for the plate. It starts and lightly contacts the stem so as to support the back side of the stem of the rootstock seedling facing the tool rest 407, and then stops. Next, the forward / backward moving cylinder 405 fixed to the support column 401 is operated, the cutting cylinder 406 is moved forward and stopped at a predetermined position, then the cutting cylinder 406 is operated, and the cutting blade 407 is attached. Then, the tool rest 407 is pushed up from the bottom to the top at an optimum angle, and one of the two leaves of the rootstock seedling and the growing point portion are cut off obliquely. The turret 407 that has completed the cutting moves back to the original position while removing the removed leaf portion while retreating, and the forward / backward moving cylinder 405 retreats back to the standby position. The cut leaf portion is discharged to the receiving box through the discharge chute 410 provided on the gantry 1.

Similarly, the cutting mode of the scion seedling is shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12. FIG. 11 shows the cutting state and FIG. 12 shows the cutting state. Similarly to cutting of rootstock seedlings, the turntable 3 for spikelets on the base 1 corresponding to the second station
An arm 502 is fixed to a support column 501 standing on the outer side, a scaffolding cylinder 503 is attached to a tip of the arm 502, and a tip end of the cylinder 503 serves as a backing for cutting a spikelet seedling. The plate member 504 is fixed. Then, the column 501 is mounted on the column 501 to move forward and backward.
No. 05 is fixed, the cutting cylinder 506 is attached to the tip of the forward-backward traveling cylinder while being inclined downward, and a tool rest 507 is detachably attached to the tip of the cutting cylinder 506. 508 picks 509
It can be attached freely by operating. In addition, a plate 511 is provided on the support column 501 at a position facing the lower stem presser 317 of the gripping device, the pushing cylinder 512 is fixed to the plate 511, and the pusher 513 is attached to the tip of the pushing cylinder 512. Is attached.

When the turntable 3 for spikes holding the spikelet seedlings rotates and stops at a predetermined position of the second station at the first station, the blade plate member 504 moves forward by the operation of the blade cylinder 503. It starts and lightly contacts the stem so as to support the back side of the stem of the rootstock seedling that faces the tool rest 507, and then stops. Then, the forward / backward moving cylinder 505 fixed to the support column 501 is operated, the cutting cylinder 506 is moved forward and stopped at a predetermined position, then the cutting cylinder 506 is operated, and the cutting blade 508 is attached. Quickly push down the tool rest 507 from top to bottom at the optimum angle to hold the top stem holder 316 that holds the scion seedlings.
The stem is cut diagonally at the intermediate portion between the lower stem retainer 317 and the lower stem retainer 317.

Subsequently, the pushing cylinder 512 fixed horizontally to the support column 501 is operated to operate the pusher 51.
3 moves forward, the lower slide shaft 310 of the scion gripping device 301 presses to open the lower stem presser 317,
The lower pieces of cut cuttings are released. Then, when the turret 507 that has finished cutting is retracted, the cutting blade causes the cutting plate member 504 to be scraped, so that there is no unnecessary lower piece of the spikelet in the lower stem presser 317, and the turret 507 is removed. And the operation of the plate cylinder 503 is completed at the same time as
The shank plate member 504 returns to its original position, and at the same time, the operation of the pushing cylinder 512 ends, and the pusher 513
Also returns to the original position, and the released lower piece of the scion passes through the chute provided on the gantry 1 and is discharged to the receiving box.

The connector used in the present invention is shown in FIGS.
As shown in 2, a substantially rectangular plate-shaped male and female piece 1 made of a material having a little flexibility such as plastics.
It is composed of a combination of 0 and 11. Male 10 co to form a four projections 101 near the inner surface corners of the substantially rectangular piece, the central portion of the short side is provided a groove 103 for seedlings clamping, a plurality of collision in the peripheral surface groove A ridge 104 is formed, an outer surface is formed with a ridge 102 on one corner surface on the short side, and a pair of recessed holes 105 are provided inward of the center of both short sides. The female mold 11 has through-holes 111 that fit into the male protrusions 101 near the four corners of the inner surface of the substantially rectangular piece, and has a male groove 103 corresponding to the male groove 103 at the center in the short side direction. A groove 113 is provided, a plurality of ridges 114 are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the groove, and a ridge 112 is formed on one corner surface on the short side on the outer surface.
Is formed.

A parts feeder 7 for supplying the joining parts 10 and 11 to a joint is placed on a column 106 which is erected on the pedestal 1, and inside the parts feeder 7, the joining parts 10 and 11, respectively. 11 is loaded. The loaded components are aligned and oriented while being conveyed by the slight vibration of the feeder 7, and are continuously fed into the chute 712 . Auxiliary plates 702 and 703 fixed to the shaft plate 6
Is to support the chute 712 and the auxiliary rod 714 respectively, the auxiliary rod 714 is supported on the shaft supporter 705 and the shaft supporter 705 chutes 71
Since it is attached to the lateral surface of 2 , the chute 712 and the auxiliary rod 714 have a structure in which they are mutually supported.

The parts 10 and 11 fed from the feeder 7 into the chute 712 are sequentially extruded downward and reach the suction head 706 . The vacuum ejector operates on the arrived parts 10 and 11 to adsorb the parts 10 and 11. The suction heads 706 are respectively attached to the tips of the cylinders 711 fixed to the brackets 708 attached to the shaft plate 6, and when the suction heads 706 suck the coupling components 10 and 11, the components 10 and 11 arranged in the chute 712 are aligned. The second pin from the bottom, that is, the separation pin 710 provided at the tip of the separation cylinder 709 is inserted into the support hole of the part next to the sucked part, and the part falls from the chute. Prevent. Shoot 712
The cylinder with shutter 707 that opens and closes the exit of
It is fixed to the auxiliary plates 702 and 703 attached to the shaft plate 6 and operates the shutter 712 . shutter
When 712 is opened, the suction head 706 moves forward by the cylinder 711 to couple the facing coupling component with the suctioned head. When the suction head 706 moves forward, the bottom
The component 10 at the upper position is supported by the separating pin 710 , and the component 10 that is prevented from falling is held as it is, and is released when the suction head 706 returns to its original position and is sent downward.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 14 and 1, there is shown a fixing means of the graft which joins the rootstock to the rootstock and fixes the joint part with a coupler.
5, FIG. 16, FIG. 17, and FIG. Two columns 8 standing upright on the pedestal 1 below both table surfaces between the turntable 2 for rootstock and the turntable 3 for scion.
Notch supporting bases 803 and 814 for rootstocks and rootstocks are fixedly provided on an auxiliary base 801 provided on 02.
A notch 805 is fixed to the tip of a shaft that penetrates the notch support base 803 for the spikes through a lateral hole. A lever 806 is screwed to a lower portion of the shaft 804 opposite to the mounting of the notch 805, and a lower portion of the lever is screwed to a knuckle cylinder 807 fixed to the auxiliary base 801. A spacer 808 is fixed, and a pushing cylinder 809 is attached to the spacer 808. Similarly, the notch support 814 for the rootstock is provided so as to be symmetrically opposed to the notch support 803 for the spike, but since the structure is the same as that for the spike, the description thereof will be omitted.

When the turntables 2 and 3 which cut and hold the rootstock and the scion into a predetermined shape at the respective second stations rotate in synchronization and stop at the predetermined position of the third station, Extrusion Cylinder 321
When the slide table 327 attached to the upper surface of the scion table 3 is slid so as to hit the notch support base 803, the lower slide shaft 310 of the lower stem presser 317 comes into contact with the notch 805 and the lower stem. Foot 3
17 is opened. (See FIGS. 6 and 7) On the other hand, a spacer 810 is fixed on the auxiliary base 801 below the stock table 2, and the pushing cylinder 8 is attached to the spacer 810.
11 is attached. This pushing cylinder 81
1 acts simultaneously with the push-out cylinder 809 on the side of the scion, and when the slide table 226 attached to the upper surface of the stock table 2 is slid so as to hit the notch support 814 , the shaft holder 210 contacts the notch 816. The stem presser is released upon contact.

When the stem presser is released, the lower stem presser 317 of the scion and the stem presser 212 of the rootstock are combined in a straight line, and the upper stem presser 316 of the scion is upward and the lower stem is pressed. The upper part of the cut of the stem of the rootstock enters the opening of the presser foot 317. At this time, since the scion is gripped by the upper stem presser 316 and the rootstock is gripped by the leaf presser 204, the cut edges to be overlapped do not go wrong. Then, when the scion and the rootstock are combined in a straight line, the couplers 10 and 11 are adsorbed by the suction heads 706, respectively, and move forward in synchronization with each other, and the portions where the rootstock and the rootstock are joined to each groove. enter,
The coupling projection 101 is fitted and fixed in the coupling hole 111. Then, the fixed seedling moves to the next step while being gripped by the scion gripping device 301.

After the grafted seedlings have been fixed, the suction head 70
When 6 moves backward, the cylinder 813 under the auxiliary base 801 operates to push up the rail 812, and the leaf presser 204
The roller 3 attached to the lower part of the pin 203 fitted to the
Abutting against 06, the leaf retainer 204 while rotating the roller
Open up. When the cylinder is opened and the slide table 327 is retracted, the knuckle cylinder 807 is released and the notch 805 returns to its original position. The slide table 226 also returns to the original position in synchronization with this, and the cylinder 813 pushing up the rail 812 is released, and the rail 81
2 also returns to the original position and the grafting is completed.

After the grafting is completed, the grafted seedlings are shown in FIGS.
It is taken out through the process as seen in 0. A bracket 901 fixed to the shaft plate 6 is provided with a coupling receiving cylinder 902.
Is attached to the bottom of the cylinder.
3 is attached. An extruding cylinder 904 and a connector receiving base 905 are attached to the lower portion of the base 903, the connecting device receiving base 905 is L-shaped, and an opening is formed at a rising portion of the L-shape. Extrusion pin 906 provided at the tip of the extrusion cylinder 904
Are extruded from the rear, and a groove is cut in the bottom portion of the L-shape so that the lower stem grafted to the groove portion passes. A level clamp 907 is fixed to the back side of the column 106, a holding plate 908 is fixed to the level clamp 907, an opening / closing cylinder 909 is attached to the holding plate 908, and the opening / closing cylinder 909 has a tip end. The round bar 910 is fixed. When the grafted seedlings rotate while being held by the spike holding device of the spike table 3 and stop at a predetermined position of the fourth station, the fastener receiving cylinder 902 operates and the fastener receiving base 905 moves forward. Then, the connector part of the grafted seedling of the lower stem presser 317 is placed. Next, when the open / close cylinder 909 operates and the round bar 910 attached to the tip moves forward to push the upper slide shaft 309, the slide shaft 309 moves backward. At this time,
The upper receiving plate 319 on the opposite side is interlocked to pull in the lower receiving plate 320 to open the upper stem pressing member 316 and the lower stem pressing member 37, and the lifting cylinder 913 operates to lift the lifting plate 914. Is pushed up, the pin 303 is pushed up by the screw 915, and the leaf portion is opened. When the push-out cylinder 904 operates and pushes out the push-out pin 906 attached to the tip from the opening of the pedestal and pushes the connector of the graft, the grafted seedling falls on the conveyor fixed on the pedestal and is carried out as it is. . The push-out pin 906 that pushed out the coupling returns to its original state, and the coupling receiving cylinder 902.
Is also released, and in conjunction with the return of the coupling cradle 905, the upper and lower stem pressers and round bars are returned to their original positions, and the lifting cylinders are also released, and the leaf retainers are also returned to their original positions. The grafting work is completed.

[0032]

As described above, if the grafting device of the present invention is used, the rootstock seedlings and the scion seedlings can be cut by a simple work, and can be joined and fixed using a coupling tool, which is labor-saving.
Anyone can easily produce grafted rape.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic plan view of a round table.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the stock holding device.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a root holding device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a holding device holding a rootstock.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the scion holding device.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the spikelet holding device.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a holding device holding a spike.

FIG. 9 is a side view of the rootstock seedling cutting device.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the device after cutting the rootstock seedlings.

FIG. 11 is a side view of the scion cutting device.

FIG. 12 is a side view in which the scion cutting device has been completed.

FIG. 13 is a front view of the joining plate supply device.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of an auxiliary table.

FIG. 15 is a front view of an auxiliary table.

FIG. 16

FIG. 17

FIG. 18 is a plan view showing a state where the scion seedlings and the rootstock seedlings are coupled, before, after, and after coupling.

FIG. 19

FIG. 20 is a side view of the grafted seedling take-out device.

FIG. 21

FIG. 22 is a front view and a rear view of the coupling plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 stand 2 root wood round table 3 Hogimaru table 6 axle plate 7 parts feeder 10 Bonding plate 11 Bonding plate

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A turntable provided with a gripping device, which is rotatably provided on the same pedestal so as to face each other and which rotatably supports, and a turntable, which is provided with a gripping device, which grips the seedling seedling, At the gripping station, each of the scion seedlings and rootstock seedlings is supplied and gripped, and then both turntables are rotated in synchronization so that each seedling becomes a horizontal inclined surface suitable for joining at the cutting station. After cutting into two pieces, the two seedlings are rotatably moved to the joining station to join the two cutting surfaces, and the joining portion is provided with a pair of mating fittings provided with grooves capable of engaging the stems of the seedlings. A method for grafting seedlings, which comprises sandwiching and joining from both sides, and then moving the joined seedlings to a discharge station on the turntable side turntable for discharge. 2. A turntable provided with a gripping device for gripping a rootstock seedling and a turntable provided with a gripping device for gripping a rootstock seedling are provided rotatably in opposition to each other on the same frame. 4 on the table for use at equal intervals in the circumferential direction
With a spike-holding device, the table for spikes is arranged in the counterclockwise direction in the first station, which is the feeding and holding part of the seedlings, the second station which is the cutting part of the seedlings, Three stations, a fourth station which is a discharging section of the joined seedlings, is formed, and the second station, which is the cutting section, has a cutting cylinder provided with a cutting blade at the tip of a forward-reverse traveling cylinder fixed to a column. Is provided so that the stem of the joining portion of the rootstock can be cut diagonally from the top to the bottom, and the rootstock table facing the stem can be cut into four pieces at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. A root table is provided with a root gripping device in a clockwise direction, a first station that is a seedling supply and grip section, a second station that is a cutting section of the seedling, and a third station that is a joint section of the seedling, In the rest section Forming a fourth station,
The second station, which is the cutting section, is provided with a cutting cylinder having a cutting blade at the tip of a forward-reverse traveling cylinder fixed to a column, and cuts the stem of the joining portion of the rootstock diagonally from bottom to top. An automatic grafting device for saplings characterized by being configured as possible. 3. A turntable provided with a gripping device for gripping scion seedlings and a turntable provided with a gripping device for gripping rootstock seedlings on the same pedestal so as to face each other and rotatably provided. 4 on the table for use at equal intervals in the circumferential direction
With a spike-holding device, the table for spikes is arranged in the counterclockwise direction in the first station, which is the feeding and holding part of the seedlings, the second station, which is the cutting part of the seedlings, and the second part, which is the joint part of the seedlings. Three stations, a fourth station, which is a discharge section for the joined seedlings, are formed, and the root table opposite to this has four stations at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.
In addition to providing an individual root gripping device, the rootstock table rotates clockwise in the first station, which is a seedling supply and gripping section, the second station, which is a cutting section of the seedling, and the third section, which is a joint section of the seedlings. Forming a station and a fourth station which is a rest part to form a grafting device, and the third station which is the joint part includes both table surfaces between the turntable for rootstock and the turntable for scion. A notch support stand for spikes and rootstocks is fixedly provided on an auxiliary stand provided on two struts that are erected on the stand below, and the notch support stand for the scion and the standstock is penetrated through the upper side of the notch support stand through a lateral hole A notch is fixed to the tip of the shaft, and a lever is screwed to the lower part of the shaft on the opposite side of the notch attachment, and the lower part of the lever is screwed to the knuckle cylinder fixed to the auxiliary base. Cage, , Is on an auxiliary stand with spacers is fixed, automatic grafting device of seedlings, wherein a extruded cylinder made possible grip the joint screwed in grafting in the spacer. 4. A turntable provided with a gripping device for gripping a rootstock seedling and a turntable provided with a gripping device for gripping a rootstock seedling on the same pedestal are rotatably provided so as to face each other. 4 on the table for use at equal intervals in the circumferential direction
With a spike-holding device, the table for spikes is arranged in the counterclockwise direction in the first station, which is the feeding and holding part of the seedlings, the second station, which is the cutting part of the seedlings, and the second part, which is the joint part of the seedlings. Three stations, a fourth station, which is a discharge section for the joined seedlings, are formed, and the root table opposite to this has four stations at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.
In addition to providing an individual root gripping device, the rootstock table rotates clockwise in the first station, which is a seedling supply and gripping section, the second station, which is a cutting section of the seedling, and the third section, which is a joint section of the seedlings. A station and a fourth station, which is a rest part, are formed to form a grafting device, and the third station, which is the joint part, has a fitting receiving cylinder attached to a bracket fixed to a shaft plate, A base is attached to the lower part of the cylinder, and an extruding cylinder and a connector pedestal are attached to the lower part of the base.
The coupling pedestal is L-shaped, and an opening is formed in the rising portion of the L-shape so that the push-out pin provided at the tip of the push-out cylinder can be pushed out from the rear side. A groove is cut in the part, and a lower stem grafted to the groove part is formed so as to pass, and a level clamp is fixed to the back side of the column, and a holding plate is fixed to the level clamp, The holding plate is provided with an opening / closing cylinder, a round bar is fixed to the tip of the opening / closing cylinder, and the seedling joint portion is formed so as to be able to be fitted and joined from both sides by a coupling tool. Automatic grafting device.