JPH05227807A - Device for piling and feeding raising seedling box - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatize continuous supply of raising seedling boxes. CONSTITUTION:A device for piling and feeding raising seedling boxes consists of a frame member 4 of a U-shaped frame shape equipped with vertical struts 9 forming a space 8 for storage in steps capable of storing raising seedling boxes A in a vertically piled state, of holding pawls 28 introduced and discharged from the right and left hand sides in the space 8 for storage in steps, engaged with the bottom raising seedling boxes A but one stored in steps and disengaged from the raising seedling boxes, of a dropping and supplying mechanism X of receiving the raising seedling boxes A supported by the holding pawls 28 and dropping the raising seedling boxes A released from the holding pawls 28 as they are and of a raising seedling boxes feeding and transporting stand 35 equipped with a transporting means of sending the raising seedling boxes A dropped by the dropping and supplying mechanism X wherein the end part of the transporting stand 35 of the device for piling and feeding raising seedling boxes is connected to the starting part of a raising seedling box sending stand l which is wholly or partially provided with a soil feeder, a sowing device, a watering device, etc., and is capable of transporting the raising seedling boxes A.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a seedling raising box stacking and supplying device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Although it has not been publicly known, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-248260 of the present application filed by the same applicant, a horizontal rectangular frame is provided above the starting end portion of a nursery box transfer table for transferring a nursery box. A frame body to be presented is provided, and vertical columns that form a stacking space capable of accommodating the seedling raising box are provided at four corners of the frame body. It is described that a front and rear or left and right pair of upper and lower claws provided below are provided.

[0003]

The above-mentioned prior application has a structure in which the seedling raising boxes are stacked directly on the vertical columns in the stacking space. There is a problem that the work must be interrupted when there is no seedling raising box in the stacking accommodating space. Further, the prior application has a problem that impact is generated because the seedling raising box is dropped by its own weight between the upper claw and the lower claw and between the lower claw and the transfer roller.

[0004]

An object of the present invention is to provide a seedling-raising-box stacking and feeding device capable of continuous feeding and feeding a seedling-raising box without giving an impact.

[0005]

Therefore, according to the present invention, there is provided a U-shaped frame body 4 provided with a vertical column 9 which forms a stacked storage space 8 capable of storing the seedling raising boxes A in a vertically stacked state. ,
Support claws 28 that move in and out from the left and right sides of the stacked storage space 8 and engage and disengage from the second stacked seedling raising box A from the bottom of the stacked seedling raising box A.
And receives the nursery box A supported by the support claw 28,
In addition, the descending supply mechanism X for descending the seedling raising box A from which the supporting claw 28 is detached as it is, and the seedling raising box supply / transfer table 35 provided with a transfer means for transferring the seedling raising box A lowered by the descending supply mechanism X. And the transfer table 35 of the device.
The terminal part of the seedling box stacking and supplying device connected to the starting end of the seedling raising box transfer table 1 capable of transferring the seedling raising box A provided with all or part of a soil supplying device, a sowing device, an irrigation device, and ,
An opening 53 communicating with the stack storage space 8 is formed in the rear portion of the frame body 4, and a transfer means capable of replenishing the stacked seedling raising box A in the stack storage space 8 is formed in the opening 53. The seedling raising box stacking and supplying device connected to the terminal end of the replenishing transfer table 54 and the descending and supplying mechanism X are arranged so as to move circularly about the rotating shafts 40, 41 in the left-right direction. The seedling raising box stacking and feeding device configured by a pair of front and rear mounting rollers 39, 39 provided in the above, and the lowering and feeding mechanism X are arranged above and below a pair of left and right vertical movement frames 60, 60 with a predetermined distance in front and back. A free rotating roller 61,
A seedling raising box stage configured by fixing a cam disc 65 to a rotating shaft 64 that does not move in position through the vertical movement frames 60 and engaging a roller 66 provided on the vertical movement frame 60 with the cam disc 65. It is a product supply device.

[0006]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Reference numeral 1 is a well-known seedling raising box transfer table for transferring the seedling raising box A, which has a transfer device 2 which is placed on the floor by a supporting leg and which transfers the seedling raising box A, and a soil supplying device above the transfer device 2. ,
Provide all or part of the seeding device and irrigation device. The seedling raising box A is formed of a synthetic resin or the like into a drawer-shaped square box having an open upper surface. The terminal end side of the seedling raising box stacking and supplying device 3 is connected to the starting end side of the seedling raising box transfer table 1.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a frame body of the seedling raising box stacking and supplying device 3, which is formed of a U-shaped frame shape having a bottom in plan view, which is composed of a front frame 5 in the left-right direction and left and right frames 6, 7 in the front-rear direction.
At the four corners of the frame body 4, four vertical struts 9 that stand for a stacked storage space 8 that can store the seedling raising boxes A stacked in the vertical direction are erected.

A motor box 10 accommodating a motor is provided on the front side of the right frame 7, an output shaft 11 of the motor in the front-rear direction is projected into the front frame 5, and the output shaft 11 of the motor is provided with the output shaft 11. A disk-shaped cam disk 12 orthogonal to 11 is fixed, and the cam disk 12 is provided with a projection 13 parallel to the output shaft 11. Reference numeral 14 denotes an L-shaped link that swings about the actuating rotary shaft 15 by engaging with the protrusion 13, and connects the right end of the rod 16 extending leftward to one end thereof. The L-shaped link 14 and the rod 16 are urged by springs or the like in the direction in which they always move to the right in FIG. The operating rotary shaft 15 is fixed so as to rotate by the swing of the L-shaped link 14, and the front and rear ends of the operating rotary shaft 15 penetrate the inside of the right frame 7 and are axially supported by the front and rear parts of the right frame 7. It
The engaging arm 2 is attached to the actuating rotary shaft 15 in the right frame 7.
The base of No. 0 is fixed, and the engaging pin 22 formed on the moving shaft 21 in the left-right direction is locked to the pivot end of the engaging arm 20.
Further, the tip end of the interlocking arm 23 is pivotally attached to the left end of the rod 16, the front side of the operating rotary shaft 24 in the front-rear direction is fixed to the base of the interlocking arm 23, and the front and rear ends of the operating rotary shaft 24 are the left frame. It penetrates through the inside of 6 and is axially supported by the front and rear parts of the left frame 6. The base of the engaging arm 25 is fixed to the actuating rotary shaft 24 in the left frame 6, and the engaging pin 2 formed at the middle of the horizontal moving shaft 26 is fixed to the pivoting end of the engaging arm 25.
7 is locked (FIG. 5).

Left and right ends of the moving shafts 21, 26 are rotatably supported by the left and right frames 6, 7, respectively.
The inner ends of the moving shafts 21 and 26 project inward from the left and right frames 6 and 7, and a pair of left and right support claws 28 are detachably fixed to the projecting parts. Although not shown, the movable shafts 21 and 26 are provided in a front and rear pair, and a total of four support claws 28 are provided. The supporting claw 28 is formed by integrally or separately mounting a claw portion 30 projecting to the front side on the lower edge of a substantially vertical mounting plate 29. Further, the support claw 28 engages with and supports the lower surface of the flange 31 of the seedling raising box A, but the shape and relative height position of the support claw 28 itself depends on the shape and height position of the flange 31. Etc. are prepared in various shapes so that the mounting plate 29 can be detachably fixed to the tip of the moving shaft 21 by a desired means such as a screw 32, and can be appropriately exchanged for use. 4).

However, below the frame body 4,
A nursery box supply / transfer table 35 is provided. Nursery box supply transfer stand 35
Is provided with a pair of front and rear frames 36, 36 in the front-rear direction with a predetermined space left and right.
A rotation shaft 38 in the left-right direction of the drive rotation, with the transfer roller 37 fixed, is axially mounted at a predetermined interval therebetween (FIG. 1).
(Note that in FIG. 5, FIG. 8, and FIG. 9, reference numeral 37 indicates a transfer conveyor, and the transfer direction of this conveyor is the frame body 4
Although it is intersected with, it is drawn for convenience to explain the action. ) The support claws 2 are attached to the seedling raising box feeding / transporting base 35.
A pair of front and rear placement rollers 39, 39 is provided which forms a descending supply mechanism X which receives the seedling raising box A supported by 8 and lowers the seedling raising box A that has been detached by the support claws 28 as it is. The mounting rollers 39, 39 fix the bases of the arm rods 42, 42 extending in the radial direction to the rotating shafts 40, 41, and
Mounting shafts 43 and 43 are provided at the tips of the rotating shafts 42 and 42 in parallel with the axes of the rotating shafts 40 and 41, and the mounting rollers 39 and 39 are freely mounted on the mounting shafts 43 and 43 only for rotation. Gears 44 and 45 are fixed to the rotary shaft 40 and the rotary shaft 41, respectively, and a chain 46 is wound between the gears 44 and 45. Reference numeral 47 is a motor, and a chain 50 is wound between a gear 48 of the motor 47 and a gear 49 of the rotary shaft 41.

The relationship between the support claw 28 and the placement roller 39 is that the placement roller 39 supports the lower surface of the lowermost stage of the seedling raising box A as shown in FIG. (The lowermost seedling raising box A is lowered), the supporting claws 28 project and are positioned below the collar portion 31 of the second seedling raising box A from the bottom, and then the placing roller 39 moves the seedling raising box A. When lowered, the support claws 28 will move to the collar portion 31 of the second-stage seedling raising box A from the bottom.
And the placing roller 39 supplies the lowermost seedling raising box A to the seedling raising box supply / transfer table 35, and the placing roller 39 moves up again to be the lowermost raising seedling box supported by the support claws 28. Then, the supporting claw 28 retracts, the placing roller 39 lowers the seedling raising box A at the lowermost stage, and the supporting claw 28 projects again at a predetermined position to make the second stage from the bottom. It is located below the collar 31 of the nursery box A. This is repeated to supply the nursery box A.

In this case, the mounting roller 39 is mounted on the mounting shaft 43.
Since it is rotatably attached to the lower part of the nursery box A, it surely supports the lower surface of the nursery box A, so that the lower surface of the nursery box A supported by the support claws 28 at the receiving position slightly lowered from directly above is abutted. The distance a between the support claw 28 that is in contact with the collar 31 of the seedling raising box A and the mounting roller 39 at the receiving position is adjusted by changing the height of the support claw 28 (FIG. 10). Therefore, the placing roller 39 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the seedling raising box A which is the lowermost stage supported by the supporting claws 28 to prevent the impact of a drop, and the supporting claws 28 and the placing rollers 39 make it smoother. Can be delivered to. Therefore, the support claw 28
Is placed below the collar portion 31 of the second seedling raising box A from the bottom while the placing roller 39 receives the lowermost seedling raising box A, and the placing roller 39 lowers the lowermost seedling raising box A. After that, the support claw 28 engages with and supports the lower surface of the collar portion 31 of the second-stage seedling raising box A (FIG. 11).

Therefore, the frame body 4 is formed in the open opening 53 without connecting the rear portions of the left frame 6 and the right frame 7, and from the opening 53, the stacked-row-growing seedlings are stored in the stacked-stack storage space 8. A replenishment transfer table 54 capable of replenishing the box A is connected to the starting end of the seedling raising box stacking and supplying apparatus 3. The replenishment transfer table 54 includes a pair of front and rear frames 55, 55 in the front-rear direction.
Are provided at predetermined intervals on the left and right, and the front and rear frames 55,
Left and right rotating shaft 5 with transfer roller 56 fixed between 55
7 is mounted at a predetermined interval, and the height of the transfer roller 56 is set to be slightly higher than the standby height of the placing roller 39. That is, when the seedling raising box A is lost in the stacked storage space 8, the placing roller 39 is stopped at the support position where it abuts against the lower surface of the seedling raising box A supported by the support claws 28, and is made to stand by. The seedling raising box A previously stacked on the replenishment transfer table 54 is supplied to the stacked storage space 8. Therefore, the replenishment transfer table 54 only needs to have a transfer means, and the length thereof may be set to an arbitrary length at which one set or a plurality of sets of stacked seedling raising boxes A can be placed. Good. FIG. 12 and subsequent figures show a second embodiment of the descending supply mechanism X, which is a rotary shaft 6 having a pair of left and right vertical moving frames 60, 60 and a free rotating roller 61 fixed at a predetermined interval in the front and back.
Two vertical shafts 2 are attached to each vertical movement frame 60, and a guide groove 63 formed by a vertically elongated hole is formed in each vertical movement frame 60. On the upper side of the guide groove 63, a rotary shaft 64 in the left-right direction, both ends of which are axially attached to the seedling raising box feeding / transporting base 35, is inserted, and a cam disk 65 is fixed to the rotary shaft 64. A roller 66 provided on the vertical movement frame 60 is brought into contact with the cam disk 65. 67
Is a guide shaft, and 68 is a motor. The vertical column 9 is provided with an adjusting device for adjusting the size of the stacked storage space 8 to the size of the nursery box A.

[0013]

Since the present invention has the above-described structure, one or a plurality of stacked nursery boxes A are placed on the transfer rollers 56 of the replenishment transfer table 54 and the motor of the replenishment transfer table 54 is loaded with them. By energizing to rotate the transfer roller 56, the stacked seedling raising box A is transferred into the stacked stack storage space 8 and placed on the stacking storage space 8 on the placement rollers 39, 39 of the descending supply mechanism X. To contact the vertical column 9 on the front side and stop.

At this time, since the supporting claws 28 provided on the left frame 6 and the right frame 7 of the frame body 4 project, they are located below the collar portion 31 of the second-stage seedling raising box A from the bottom, In this state, the motor 47 is energized to turn the rotary shaft 40.
And the rotation shaft 41 is rotated, the lowering of the seedling raising box A at the lowest stage by the placing roller 39 is started, and the collar portion 31 of the second-stage seedling raising box A is engaged with and supported by the support claw 28, Only the seedling raising box A with the placing roller 39 at the lowermost stage is used to feed the seedling raising box 3
5 on the transfer roller 37.

Since the transfer roller 37 is constantly rotating, the nursery box A is transferred from the nursery box supply / transfer table 35 to the transfer device 2 of the nursery box transfer table 1 to receive soil supply or the like. At the same time, the placing roller 39 that has supplied the lowermost seedling raising box A onto the transfer roller 37 moves up again due to the circular movement, and the supporting claw 28
When contacting the lower surface of the lowermost seedling raising box A supported by, the motor for the support claw 28 is energized to rotate the output shaft 11, and the output shaft 11 rotates the cam disk 12 to move the cam. The L-shaped link 14 is rotated by the protrusion 13 of the disk 12.

The L-shaped link 14 rotates the operating rotary shaft 15 and at the same time rotates the operating rotary shaft 24 via the interlocking arm 23 by the rod 16, and the engaging arm 20 is rotated by the rotation of the operating rotary shaft 15 and the operating rotary shaft 24. , 25 are rotated outward, and the movable shaft 21 and the movable shaft 26 are pulled outward so that the left and right support claws 28, 28 are retracted.
The descent of the lowermost seedling raising box A supported by is started.

The collar 31 of the lowermost nursery box A is supported by the support claw 28.
When it further descends, the motor for the support claw 28 is de-energized, the L-shaped link 14 returns to its original position by the spring elasticity, and the operating rotary shaft 15 and the operating rotary shaft 24 are reversely rotated and moved. The shaft 21 and the moving shaft 26 are projected inward, and the supporting claws 28 are projected again to be positioned below the collar portion 31 of the second-stage seedling raising box A from the bottom. The descending of the nursery box A is started. By repeating this, the nursery box A is supplied to the transfer rollers 37 of the nursery box supply / transfer table 35, and the nursery box supply / transfer table 35 supplies the nursery box A to the nursery box transfer table 1.

That is, the motor 47 of the mounting roller 39 is always driven, and the mounting roller 39 is rotated by the rotating shaft 40 (42).
When the placing roller 39 supports and lowers the seedling-raising box A, the supporting claws 28 automatically move in and out to support the second-stage seedling-raising box A from the bottom. Only the seedling raising box A is supplied to the seedling raising box supply / transfer table 35 of the seedling raising box stacking / supplying device 3 by the placement roller 39. Then, when the supply of all the stacked seedling raising boxes A in the stacked stack accommodation space 8 of the seedling raising box stacking supply device 3 is completed, the rotating mounting roller 3 is rotated.
9 is stopped at a position where it abuts the lower surface of the lowermost seedling raising box A, and the pre-stacked seedling raising box A already mounted on the transfer roller 56 of the supply tray 54 is supplied to the supply tray. The motor 54 is energized and transferred into the stack storage space 8 of the seedling raising box stack supply device 3 and transferred onto the placement roller 39 in the stack storage space 8.

In this case, since the placing roller 39 is rotatably attached to the attaching shaft 43 of the arm rod 42, the stacked seedling raising box A can be smoothly transferred onto the placing roller 39. Then, in the second embodiment, the stacked seedling raising box A transferred from the replenishing transfer table 54 is free to rotate the vertical movement frames 60, 60 of the descending supply mechanism X waiting in the stacked storage space 8. It moves onto the roller 61, comes into contact with the vertical column 9 on the front side and stops, and the rotation shaft 64 rotates to rotate the cam disk while the second stage nursery box A is supported by the action of the support claw 28. 65
Is rotated to lower the vertical moving frames 60, 60 and the free rotation roller 61, and only the lowermost seedling raising box A is supplied onto the transfer roller 37 of the seedling raising box supply / transfer table 35. The free rotation roller 61 of the vertically movable frames 60, 60 which has supplied the seedling raising box A at the lowermost stage onto the transfer roller 37 rises again due to the rotation of the cam disk 65, and becomes the lowermost stage supported by the support claw 28. Then, the motor for supporting claw 28 is energized by contacting the lower surface of grown seedling box A, and supporting claws 28, 2
8 is retracted, and the lowering of the seedling raising box A at the lowermost stage supported by the freely rotating rollers 61 of the vertically movable frames 60, 60 is started. At the same time, when the collar portion 31 of the lowermost stage nursery box A descends from the support claw 28, the motor for the support claw 28 is de-energized, and the support claw 28 is projected again to make the second stage from the bottom. The vertical moving frames 60, 60 and the free rotating roller 61 are located below the collar portion 31 of the seedling raising box A and rotate further, so that only the lowermost seedling raising box A is a transfer roller for the seedling raising box supply / transfer table 35. Supply on 37. By repeating this, the nursery box A is supplied to the transfer rollers 37 of the nursery box supply / transfer table 35, and the nursery box supply / transfer table 35 supplies the nursery box A to the nursery box transfer table 1. That is, in the second embodiment, the motor 68 of the cam disk 65 is constantly driven to vertically move the vertically movable frames 60, 60 and the free rotation roller 61, and the support pawl 28 is automatically moved correspondingly. Support the second-stage seedling raising box A from the bottom when entering and exiting, and lower and feed only the lowest-stage seedling raising box A. The placement roller 39 and the free rotation roller 61 of the descending supply mechanism X are always driven, but the operation sequence such as intermittent operation is not limited to the above description, and the motor and the replenishment roller are used. The operation of the transfer table 54 can be automatically controlled by an appropriate means such as a timer and a sensor. Further, the orientation of the stack accommodating space 8 and the transfer direction of the replenishment transfer table 54 are also arbitrary.

[0020]

According to the present invention, a frame body 4 of a U-frame shape provided with a vertical column 9 forming a stacking storage space 8 capable of storing the seedling raising boxes A in a vertically stacked state, and the stacking storage Support claws 28 that come in and out from the left and right sides in the space 8 and engage with and disengage from the second-stage seedling raising box A from the bottom of the stepped seedling raising box A, and receive the seedling raising box A supported by the support claws 28. Moreover, the support claw 28
And a seedling raising box feeding transfer table 35 provided with a transfer means for transferring the seedling raising box A lowered by the descending feeding mechanism X. The terminal end of the transfer stand 35 is connected to the starting end of the nursery box transfer stand 1 capable of transferring the nursery box A provided with all or part of a soil supplying device, a sowing device, a watering device, etc. Since the feeding device is used, the stacked seedling raising box A does not drop by its own weight and is lowered to the seedling raising feed transfer table 35 by the descending feeding mechanism X, so that there is no impact on the entire device and the effect of operating the device accurately is obtained. Play.

Further, according to the present invention, an opening 53 communicating with the stack storage space 8 is formed in the rear portion of the frame body 4, and the stack 53 is provided in the stack storage space 8 in the opening 53. Since the seedling raising box stacking and feeding device is connected to the terminal end of the feeding transfer table 54 having a transporting means capable of replenishing the box A, the stacked seedling raising seedlings in the stacked stacking accommodation space 8 of the seedling raising box stacking and feeding device 3 When the supply of all the boxes A is completed, the preliminary stacked seedling raising boxes A already mounted on the transfer rollers 56 of the replenishment transfer table 54,
Since it can be transferred into the stacking accommodating space 8, the supply work of the stacking and raising seedling box A becomes extremely easy.

Further, according to the present invention, the descending supply mechanism X includes a pair of front and rear mounting rollers 39, 3 provided on the left and right rotating shafts 40, 41 so as to move circularly about the rotating shafts 40, 41.
Since the seedling raising box stacking and feeding device constituted by 9 is used, the seedling raising box A can be continuously fed downward.

Further, according to the present invention, the descending supply mechanism X is provided with a pair of left and right vertical moving frames 60, 60 on which free rotating rollers 61 are provided at predetermined intervals in the front and back, and penetrate the vertical moving frames 60. Since the cam disc 65 is fixed to the rotating shaft 64 that does not move, and the roller 66 provided on the vertical movement frame 60 is engaged with the cam disc 65, the seedling raising box stacking and feeding device is constructed. The transmission mechanism of the supply mechanism X can be simply configured, and the operation is accurate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of an operating mechanism of a support claw.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the same.

FIG. 5 is an operation state diagram.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the descending supply mechanism X.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a main part.

FIG. 8 is an operation state diagram.

FIG. 9 is an operation state diagram.

FIG. 10 is a side view.

FIG. 11 is a side view.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the descending supply mechanism X.

FIG. 14 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 15 is a state diagram of the same operation.

FIG. 16 is a state diagram of the same operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Nursery box transfer stand, 2 ... Transfer device, 3 ... Nursery box stack supply device, 4 ... Frame body, 5 ... Front frame, 6 ... Left frame, 7 ... Right frame, 8 ... Stack storage space, 9 ... Vertical columns,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Motor box, 11 ... Output shaft, 12 ... Cam disk, 13 ... Protrusion, 14 ... L type link, 15 ... Actuating rotary shaft, 16 ... Rod, 20 ... Engaging arm, 21 ... Movement axis,
22 ... Engaging pin, 23 ... Interlocking arm, 24 ... Actuating rotary shaft, 25 ... Engaging arm, 26 ... Moving shaft, 27 ... Engaging pin, 28 ... Supporting claw, 29 ... Mounting plate, 30 ... Claw part, 31 …
Collar part, 32 ... Screw, 35 ... Seedling box supply / transfer stand, 36 ... Front / rear frame, 37 ... Transfer roller (transfer conveyor), 39
... Placement roller, 40, 41 ... Rotating shaft, 42 ... Arm rod, 43
... Attachment shafts, 44, 45 ... Gears, 46 ... Chains, 47 ... Motors, 48, 49 ... Gears, 50 ... Chains, 53 ... Openings, 54 ... Replenishing transfer table, 55 ... Front and rear frames, 56 ...
Transfer roller, 57 ... Rotating shaft, 60 ... Vertical movement frame, 6
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Freely rotating roller, 62 ... Rotating shaft, 63 ... Guide groove, 64 ... Rotating shaft, 65 ... Cam disc, 66 ... Roller, 6
7 ... Guide shaft, 68 ... Motor.

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] May 14, 1992

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 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yukio Araya 44, Hiraide Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture 3 Suzutech Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A U-shaped frame body 4 provided with vertical columns 9 for forming a stacking storage space 8 capable of accommodating the nursery boxes A in a vertically stacked state, and the stacking storage space 8 A support claw 28 which moves in and out from the left right side and engages with and disengages from the second stage seedling raising box A from the bottom of the stepped seedling raising box A, receives the seedling raising box A supported by the support claw 28, and supports the support. It comprises a descending supply mechanism X for descending the seedling raising box A from which the claw 28 is detached as it is, and a seedling raising box supply / transfer table 35 provided with a transfer means for transferring the seedling raising box A lowered by the descending supply mechanism X. A seedling raising box in which an end portion of the transfer table 35 of the apparatus is connected to a start end portion of the seedling raising box transfer table 1 capable of transferring a seedling raising box A provided with all or part of a soil supplying device, a sowing device, a watering device, etc. Stack supply device. 2. The stacking space in the stacked product housing space 8 according to claim 1, wherein an opening 53 communicating with the stacked product housing space 8 is formed in a rear portion of the frame body 4. Replenishment transfer table 54 having transfer means capable of replenishing the nursery box A
A seedling raising box stacking and feeding device connected to the end part of. 3. The descending supply mechanism X according to claim 1.
Are attached to the rotary shafts 40, 41 in the left-right direction.
A seedling raising box stacking and feeding device configured by a pair of front and rear placement rollers 39, 39 provided so as to move in a circle around the. 4. The descending supply mechanism X according to claim 1.
Includes a pair of left and right vertical moving frames 60, 60 provided with free rotating rollers 61 at a predetermined distance in the front and back, and a position-immobile rotary shaft 6 penetrating each vertical moving frame 60.
4. A seedling raising box stacking and feeding device constituted by fixing a cam disc 65 to 4 and engaging a roller 66 provided on the vertical movement frame 60 with the cam disc 65.