JPH0516930Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a hanging device for hoisting branches of fruit trees such as tangerines and vegetables such as eggplants with strings.

[Conventional technology]

Fruits such as mandarin oranges grow by receiving sunlight. For this reason, branches of fruit trees are pruned to ensure that the growing fruit receives sufficient sunlight.
However, as the fruit grows and grows to a certain size, for example, in the case of mandarin oranges, when the diameter of the fruit exceeds 3 cm, the weight of the fruit causes the branches to lower, and the branches overlap, making it difficult for sunlight to reach the fruit. It becomes harder to hit. If the growing fruit does not receive enough sunlight, the sugar content will be insufficient and the coloring will be insufficient, resulting in a decline in the quality of the fruit.

Therefore, once the fruit reaches a certain size, the branches of the fruit tree are hung from above with strings to prevent the branches from overlapping each other.

For example, as shown in Fig. 4, in the case of greenhouse cultivation, this branch hanging work is carried out from the beam A of the greenhouse or the wire B stretched over the beam A to the vinyl string C.
etc. to tie each branch D one by one and lift it up so that the branches do not overlap.

[The problem that the idea aims to solve]

All of the above branch hanging work is done by hand. That is, one end of a string of appropriate length is tied to a beam or wire, and the other end is tied to a branch. At this time, determine the position to tie each string so that the branch is almost horizontal and the distance between it and other branches above and below it is almost constant, and then tie the string to the branch. It's tied together. Since each branch is tied with a single string, this branch hanging process requires a great deal of manpower.
For example, in the case of mandarin oranges, there are on average about 10,000 branches in an orchard with an area of ^1,000 square meters, and the time required to branch them reaches about 400 hours. Furthermore, after the fruit has been harvested, leaving the string tied will interfere with subsequent pruning of the branches, so it is necessary to untie and remove the string, which takes about 200 hours in total. As described above, conventional branch hanging work has been extremely inefficient.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a hanging tool that can efficiently perform the above-mentioned branch hanging work.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The hanging device of the present invention includes a string-like body in which a string body is provided with a plurality of protrusions at regular intervals, one end is formed into a hook shape, and the other end is formed into a plate shape. A locking tool is formed by forming a slit of a size that allows the string main body of the string-like body to be inserted into the same plate-like part and that the protrusion cannot be inserted, and is formed by opening from the inside toward the edge and opening at the edge. It consists of a hanging device. By using this hanging tool,
Branch hanging work can be done extremely efficiently.

[Effect]

In the present invention, a branch can be easily hung by simply attaching a locking tool to the protrusion of a string-like body whose upper end is fixed to a beam, wire, etc., and hooking the locking tool to the branch. To attach the locking device to the string-like object, simply place the slit of the locking device against the string body and push the string body deep into the slit.
Since the protrusions of the string-like body are provided at regular intervals, simply by attaching the locking tool to the positions of the protrusions, the intervals between the branches can be set at regular intervals.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the features of the present invention will be specifically explained using examples with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a branch hanging device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining how to use the branch hanging device.

In FIG. 1, a hanging tool 1 is a combination of a string-like body 2 and a locking tool 3, as shown in FIG. 1c.

The string-like body 2, as shown in FIG. 1A, is a twisted string 21 with a thickness of about 1 to 2 mm, and protrusions 22 are provided at intervals of 5 cm. This protrusion 22 is connected to the twisted string 21
However, in this embodiment, the bead-shaped protrusion 22 is formed by fusing synthetic resin to the twisted string 21. The length of the string-like body 2 varies depending on the size of the fruit tree and the height of the upper beam or wire that fixes the upper end of the string-like body 2, but approximately 2 to 2.5 m is appropriate.

As shown in Figure b, the locking tool 3 has a plate-shaped upper part, a slit 31 through which the twisted string 21 is passed, and a hook 32 on the lower part for hanging a branch of a fruit tree. is forming. The slit 31 is for passing the twisted string 21 of the string-like body 2, and the width of the slit is made slightly larger than the thickness of the twisted string 21 and slightly smaller than the size of the protrusion 22. Since this slit 31 is open at the edge of the locking device 3, the locking device 3 can be easily attached to any length position of the twisted string 21 by passing the twisted string 21 through this opening. .

When the twisted string 21 is passed through the slit 31 of the locking device 3 and the locking device 3 is moved downward along the twisted string 21, the protrusion 22 is caught in the slit 31, and as shown in Fig.
As shown in , the locking tool 3 is fixed to the string-like body 2 at that position. Any number of locking devices 3 can be attached to one string-like body 2. For example, in the case of hanging from a branch of a mandarin orange tree, three to four locking devices 3 can be attached to one string-like body 2. can be installed.

When hanging a branch with this hanging tool 1, the string-like body 2
Fix the upper end to a beam or wire above the fruit tree, hang the string-like body 2 downward, and fix an appropriate number of fasteners 3 to the string-like body 2 according to the fixing position of each branch. Hang the stopper 3 on the branch and lift the branch. As mentioned above, the locking tool 3 is fixed to the string-like body 2 by
The work is as simple as passing the twine 21 through the slit 31 and moving it downward, and it is also easy to hook this anchor 3 onto a branch, making it possible to perform the branch hanging work extremely efficiently. . Furthermore, since the protrusions 22 of the string-like body 2 are provided at regular intervals, it is easy to set the intervals between the branches at regular intervals. Note that the upper end of the string-like body 2 may be fixed by directly tying the upper end to a beam or wire.
Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2, if the upper ends of one or more string-like bodies 2 are secured to a suitable fixture E, and this fixture E is hooked onto a wire B or the like, More efficient.

Although the above embodiments are explained for the case where the branches are suspended from above, the present invention can also be applied to cases where the branches are suspended from below and the spacing between the branches is adjusted, as in the case of a loquat tree, for example. A branch sling can be used. In addition, it can be used not only for fruit trees but also for hanging the stems and branches of vegetables such as eggplants and cucumbers.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention, and shows an example in which the invention is applied to hanging cucumber branches.

The locking tool 4 in this embodiment has a slit 41 formed in the upper part, and a hook 42 for hooking the branched part of the cucumber stem F in the lower part, as shown in the figure.
When the locking tool 4 is in use, it is bent so that the bending direction is horizontal.

When hanging a branch using this anchoring tool 4, hook the hook 42 of the anchoring tool 4 onto the branching part of the cucumber stem F that is one step above the branching part where the cucumber is attached, as shown in the figure. , hung from above. Further, when a cucumber starts to grow on the branched part where the hook 42 is hung, the locking tool 4 is replaced with the upper branched part.

In this way, the shape and usage form of the locking tool 3 or 4 can be changed as appropriate depending on the type of fruit tree or vegetable to which it is applied.

[Effect of idea]

Since the branch hanger of the present invention has the above-described configuration, it has the following effects.

Branches can be hung extremely efficiently by simply attaching a locking tool to the protrusion of a string-like body whose upper end is fixed to a beam, wire, etc., and hooking the locking tool onto a branch. The total time required for branch hanging work is
Reduced to about 1/4 of the conventional level.

Attaching the anchor to the string-like body and hooking the anchor to the branch can be done in one action, so anyone can easily perform the branch hanging work.

The protrusions of the string-like body are provided at regular intervals, so by simply attaching the locking device to the position of the protrusions, each branch will be spaced at regular intervals, allowing the fruit to receive sufficient sunlight. can.

Since the hanging tools can be removed at the same time as fruit harvesting or post-harvest branch pruning, the troublesome work of untying conventional strings is no longer necessary.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a branch hanging tool according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining how to use the hanging tool. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a conventional branch hanging method. 1... Hanging tool, 2... String-shaped body, 21... String body, 22... Protrusion, 3, 4... Locking tool, 31, 4
1...Slit, 32, 42...Hook, A...
Beam, B... wire, C... vinyl string, D...
Branch, E... Fixture, F... Stem.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A string body in which a string body is provided with a plurality of protrusions at regular intervals; one end side is formed into a hook shape, the other end side is formed in a plate shape, and the string body of the string body is A hanging tool for fruit trees, etc., characterized in that the hanging tool is constituted by a locking tool formed by a slit that can be inserted through but a slit of a size that cannot be inserted through the protrusion and is formed by opening from the inside toward the edge and opening at the edge.