JPH0531548U - Plant cultivation equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a plant cultivation device in which labor is saved by automating the introduction and removal of the cultivation container to and from the plant cultivation machine. [Structure] In a plant cultivation machine 1, between a pair of roller chains 11 that are wound around a pair of reversibly rotatable rotating bodies 10 and run in parallel, a cultivation container 3 accommodating a plant is picked up from a predetermined position and held. Holding arms 4 that rotate in a state and lower the cultivation container 3 to a predetermined position by reverse rotation are arranged at predetermined intervals over the entire circumference thereof, and the cultivation container 3 transferred by the transfer line mechanism 2 is transferred to the delivery line mechanism. It is sent to the orbit of the holding arm 4 by 5 and is reversely operated at the time of shipping to take out the cultivation container 3 from the plant cultivation machine and transfer it to the shipping place by the transfer line mechanism 2.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a plant cultivating apparatus, and more particularly, to suspending the operation of the three-dimensional rotary type plant cultivating machine which gives a predetermined environmental condition to the plant while rotating the cultivating container to cultivate the plant. The present invention relates to a plant cultivating device which can automatically introduce a cultivating container without using a cultivating container, or derive a cultivating container from a plant cultivating machine and ship the cultivating container.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Conventionally, when cultivating a plant such as a cabbage, there has been a culturing system in which a cultivating container containing seeds and seedlings is circulated by a vertical rotation type plant cultivator and given predetermined environmental conditions to cultivate the plant. One of the people also proposed this plant cultivator first (for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication Nos. 3-6192 and 3-25565). In this case, the plant cultivator mounts the cultivation container on a swinging swing-shaped mounting shelf.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the conventional plant cultivating machine, since the cultivating containers are placed on the placing shelves, a large number of cultivating containers are placed one by one on an extremely wide placing shelf like a large cultivating machine. Since it has to be placed or removed from the placing shelf, and these operations must be performed while intermittently stopping the turning operation of the cultivation machine, a great deal of labor and time is required for the operation of receiving and shipping the cultivation containers. Was needed. The object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional plant cultivating machine and automatically introduce or derive the cultivation container into the three-dimensional rotary type plant cultivating machine without stopping the turning operation of the plant cultivating machine. An object of the present invention is to provide a plant cultivating device that can be used.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The plant cultivating device of the present invention is such that a cultivation container containing a plant is picked up from a predetermined position between a pair of roller chains that are wound around a pair of reversibly rotatable rotating bodies and run in parallel along a guide rail. Holding arms are arranged so as to rotate while holding and lower the cultivation container to a predetermined position by reverse rotation at a predetermined interval over the entire circumference, and by moving the roller chain, the cultivation container on the holding arm is moved. A three-dimensional rotary type plant cultivator that cultivates by giving predetermined environmental conditions to the plant while rotating it, and a number of rollers laid to run the cultivation container and extending in the direction of the plant cultivator Between the line mechanism and the plant cultivating machine and the transfer line mechanism for introducing the cultivating container into the plant cultivating machine or removing the cultivating container from the plant cultivating machine. The delivery line mechanism is used to feed the cultivation container to the position where it can be picked up by the holding arm or to take out the lowered cultivation container from the holding arm, and the transfer line mechanism. The raising and lowering roller mechanism is used to lift the raised cultivation container and place it on the roller of the delivery roller mechanism or to lower the cultivation container taken out by the delivery roller mechanism onto the roller of the transfer line mechanism. The delivery roller mechanism is composed of a front stage roller group located on the lifting roller mechanism side and a rear stage roller group located on the plant cultivator side, and the drive roller of the rear stage roller group has a higher rotation speed than the drive roller of the front stage roller group. To ensure that the cultivation containers are delivered and swiftly.

[0005]

[Action]

 When the cultivation container containing the plant is transferred to the plant cultivation machine by the transfer line mechanism, the lifting roller mechanism rises and lifts the cultivation container from the roller of the transfer line mechanism, and the rollers of the lifting roller mechanism rotate. Send on the rollers of the delivery roller mechanism. The cultivation container sent onto the rollers of the transfer roller mechanism reaches the end of the transfer roller mechanism, but at this time, the two holding arms of the plant cultivation machine are swung from below and the bottom side edge of the cultivation container is reached. Scoop and hold, and ascend along the arc of the rotating body. Then, at the timing when the next holding arm turns, the next cultivation container has already been sent, so it is scooped up and raised, and then this operation is repeated in succession to set it over the entire circumference of the roller chain. The cultivation container is held on all of the holding arms, and in this state, the plants in the rotating cultivation container are given predetermined environmental conditions for cultivation for a predetermined number of days. When the cultivation is completed and shipped, the roller chain of the plant growing machine, the roller of the delivery roller mechanism, the roller of the elevating roller mechanism and the roller of the transfer line mechanism are reversed, and the cultivation container is transferred from the holding arm to the delivery roller mechanism. It is placed on the roller and transferred to the roller of the lifting roller mechanism. When the elevating roller mechanism descends, the cultivation container is placed on the rollers of the transfer line mechanism and is transferred to a predetermined shipping place by the transfer line mechanism.

[0006]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an arrangement state of each plant cultivation machine. In the house H, a large number of plant cultivation machines 1 are arranged in parallel and on the left and right, and in the center of the left and right plant cultivation machine rows Transfer line mechanisms 2 are arranged in two rows on the side of each plant cultivation machine 1 from the unloading elevator EV direction. In the plant cultivating machine 1, a pair of reversible rotatable bodies 10 around which a pair of roller chains 11 are wound and run in parallel along a guide rail. This configuration is basically the same as described above. The mechanisms described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-6192 and No. 3-25565 can be used as they are.

In the present invention, between the pair of roller chains 11, the cultivation container 3 accommodating the plant (in the embodiment, seedlings of cabbage) is picked up from a predetermined position and swung in a state of being held, and is cultivated by reverse turning. A holding arm 4 for lowering the container 3 to a predetermined position is arranged at a predetermined interval over the entire circumference, and while the roller chain 11 travels, the cultivation container 3 on the holding arm 4 is swung. Plants are cultivated under given environmental conditions such as light irradiation by the illumination device L and water sprinkling by the water sprinkler H.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mounting structure of the holding arm 4 is such that the mounting metal fitting 12 is mounted on the roller chain 11 and the space holding pipe 13 is passed between the mounting metal fittings 12 mounted on the left and right roller chains 11. A bracket 14 is oscillatedly hung on the base end portion of the space holding pipe 13, and a frame 15 is passed between the left and right brackets, and a substantially "L" -shaped holding arm 4 is provided on the frame at predetermined intervals. A large number of them have been installed. A low rising portion 4a is provided at the tip of the holding arm, and the cultivation container 3 is housed between the rising portion and the rear end portion of the arm. The holding arms 4 are positioned between the adjacent cultivation containers, and one holding arm supports the bottom edge portions of the two adjacent cultivation containers. Further, holding pieces 16 having substantially the same shape as the holding arm 4 are also provided at the lower ends of the left and right brackets 14 to support the outer bottom edge portions of the cultivation containers located at the left and right ends.

In the transfer line mechanism 2, a large number of rollers 21 are arranged on support rails 20 installed in parallel, and can be reversibly rotated by a drive belt. From the unloading elevator EV direction to the plant cultivation machine 1 side. Alternatively, the cultivation container 3 is transferred from the plant cultivating machine 1 side in the unloading elevator EV direction.

In order to introduce the cultivation container 3 into the plant cultivation machine 1 or to take out the cultivation container 3 from the plant cultivation machine 1, a delivery line mechanism 5 is provided between the plant cultivation machine 1 and the transfer line mechanism 2. Is provided. The delivery line mechanism 5 is arranged at a right angle to the transfer line mechanism 2, that is, in the direction of the holding arm 4, and feeds the cultivation container 3 to a position where it can be picked up by the holding arm 4 or is lowered from the holding arm 4. The delivery roller mechanism 6 for taking out 3 and the cultivation container 3 delivered by the transfer line mechanism 2 are lifted and placed on the roller 61 of the delivery roller mechanism 6 or the cultivation container 3 taken out by the delivery roller mechanism 6 It comprises an elevating roller mechanism 7 for lowering it onto the roller 21 of the transfer line mechanism 2.

The elevating roller mechanism 7 is arranged so as to be vertically movable between the support rails 20 and 20. A roller 71 for reversible rotation driving is provided on the upper surface side of the machine frame 70, and a rotation driven by a plunger is provided. The lever 72 allows the entire machine frame 70 to be pushed up. Then, when the cultivation container 3 is transferred by the transfer line mechanism 2, the cultivation container 3 is lifted, the cultivation container 3 is lifted from the roller 21 and sent to the delivery roller mechanism 6, and the cultivation container 3 is lowered and reset for the next cultivation container to be transferred. It becomes a state. When the cultivation container 3 is taken out, the roller 71 is rotated in the reverse direction, and when the delivery roller mechanism 6 places the cultivation container 3 on the roller 71, the cultivation container 3 is erected on the side of the support rail 20. It is taken in until it abuts on the stopper 22, and it is aligned in a regular position. When the abutment of the cultivation container on the stopper 22 is detected, the rotation of the roller 71 is stopped, and the entire lifting roller mechanism descends. As a result, the cultivation container 3 is placed on the roller 21 of the transfer line mechanism 2 and transferred in the unloading elevator EV direction. The lowered roller mechanism 7 moves up to the reset state for taking out the next cultivation container.

The delivery roller mechanism 6 is composed of a front stage roller group 6A located on the elevating roller mechanism 7 side and a rear stage roller group 6B located on the plant cultivating machine 1 side. It is located between the holding arms 4 and 4. The front roller group 6A has a drive roller 61a at the start end, and the rear roller group 6B has drive rollers 61b at the start end and the rear end. These drive rollers 61a and 61b are rotationally driven by the common rotation shaft 62 via the belt 63, but the drive roller 61b of the rear roller group 6B has a higher rotation speed than the drive roller 61a of the front roller group 6A. Since the holding arm 4 is swiveled one after another at a constant speed, the cultivation container 3 can be quickly sent to the swivel orbit of the holding arm or quickly removed from the swivel orbit of the holding arm 4. Is becoming The drive roller 61b at the rear end of the rear roller group 6B rotates while slipping the bottom surface side of the cultivation container 3 when the cultivation container 3 is fed, so that the cultivation container 3 is supported at the base end part of the holding arm 4. It acts so as to press it against the rising portion 4b of the plant, whereby the cultivation container 3 is securely housed in the holding arm 4.

In the above-mentioned structure, the transfer line mechanism 2 sequentially transfers the number of the cultivation containers 3 corresponding to the number of the holding arms 4 of the plant cultivating machines 1 in each row, and the first-stage holding arms. When the number of cultivation containers 3 corresponding to 4 is aligned, the elevating roller mechanism 7 rises to lift the cultivation container 3 from above the rollers of the transfer line mechanism 2, and by the rotation of the roller 71 of the elevating roller mechanism 7, the delivery roller mechanism 6 It is placed on the front roller group 6A and is transferred to the rear roller group 6B. The cultivation container 3 on the rear roller group 6B is immediately fed to the end of the rear roller group 6B, and at this time, the two holding arms 4 of the plant cultivating machine 1 are swung from below to the bottom side of the cultivation container 3. The edges are scooped up and held, and rise along the arc of the rotating body 10.

The next cultivation container 3 is continuously installed from the transfer line mechanism 2 and is aligned and waiting on the elevating roller mechanism 7. When the holding arm 4 of the first stage moves up, the delivery line It is already in a standby state at the timing when the mechanism 5 feeds the trailing roller group 6B to the end and the second stage holding arm turns. Then, by the next turning of the holding arm 4, the holding arm 4 is scooped up and lifted, and thereafter this operation is sequentially repeated so that the cultivation container is held on all the holding arms provided over the entire circumference of the roller chain.

The plant cultivating machine 1 continues to rotate with the cultivating container 3 mounted on the holding arm, and the plants in the cultivating container 3 thus swirling are irradiated with light by the lighting device L and sprinkled by the sprinkler H. The plant is cultivated for a predetermined number of days under given environmental conditions such as. When the cultivation is completed and shipped, the roller chain 11 of the plant cultivation machine 1, the roller group of the delivery roller mechanism 6, the rollers 71 of the elevating roller mechanism 7 and the rollers of the transfer line mechanism 2 are reversed, and the cultivation container 3 is held. It is placed on the roller of the delivery roller mechanism 6 from the arm 4 and transferred onto the roller 71 of the elevating roller mechanism 7. When the elevating roller mechanism 7 descends, the cultivation container 3 is placed on the roller 21 of the transfer line mechanism 2 and is transferred by the transfer line mechanism 2 to the unloading elevator EV.

In the operation of taking out the cultivation container 3 from the holding arm 4 at the time of shipping as described above, the number of rotations of the rear stage roller group 6B of the delivery line mechanism 5 is higher than that of the front stage roller group 6A. The operation of taking out the cultivation container 3 is performed promptly, and the cultivation container 3 has already been taken out at the timing when the next holding arm descends, and the cultivation containers do not interfere with each other.

[0017]

[Effect of the device]

 According to the plant cultivation device of the present invention, the cultivation container containing the plant can be continuously and automatically sent to each plant cultivation machine without stopping the operation of the plant cultivation machine, and can be automatically taken out at the time of shipping. Therefore, even if the plant cultivating machine is large, it is possible to fully automate the introduction and removal of the cultivation container, and it is possible to significantly reduce the labor. Therefore, the cultivation of plants such as cabbage can be made into a factory and lined, productivity can be remarkably improved, and inexpensive plants can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an arrangement state of each plant cultivation machine.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the plant cultivating machine showing a state where the cultivation container has been fed, with a part thereof removed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an arrangement positional relationship between a transfer line mechanism and a delivery line mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a relationship between a delivery line mechanism and a holding arm.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a plant cultivation machine. Reference numeral 10 is a rotating body. 11 is a roller chain. 2 is a transfer line mechanism. Three
Is a cultivation container. Reference numeral 4 is a holding arm. 5 is a delivery line mechanism. 6 is a delivery roller mechanism. 61A
Is a front roller group. 61B is a rear stage roller group. 7 is an elevating roller mechanism.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cultivation container (3) accommodating a plant is provided between a pair of roller chains (11) wound around a pair of reversibly rotatable rotating bodies (10) and traveling in parallel along a guide rail. A holding arm (4), which is swung from a predetermined position and swung while being held, is adapted to lower the cultivation container (3) to a predetermined position by a reverse swivel, is arranged at a predetermined distance over the entire circumference thereof, and the roller is provided. A three-dimensional rotation type plant cultivation machine (1) adapted to cultivate a plant under predetermined environmental conditions while rotating the cultivation container (3) on the holding arm (4) by running the chain (11);
In order to run the cultivation container (3), a large number of rollers (2
A transfer line mechanism (2) in which 1) is laid and extends in the direction of the plant cultivation machine (1), and a cultivation container (3) is introduced into the plant cultivation machine (1) or the plant cultivation machine (1). The delivery line mechanism (5) is provided between the plant cultivator (1) and the transfer line mechanism (2) to take out the cultivation container (3) from the delivery line mechanism (5). A transfer roller mechanism (6) for transferring the cultivation container (3) to a position where it can be picked up by the arm (4) or taking out the cultivation container (3) unloaded from the holding arm (4) and a transfer line mechanism (2) The cultivating container (3) picked up by the delivery roller mechanism (6) by lifting the delivered cultivating container (3) and placing it on the roller of the delivery roller mechanism (6).
And a lift roller mechanism (7) for lowering the above onto a roller (21) of a transfer line mechanism (2). 2. The delivery roller mechanism (6) is composed of a front stage roller group (6A) located on the elevation roller mechanism (7) side and a rear stage roller group (6B) located on the plant cultivation machine (1) side, Drive roller (6) of the rear roller group (6B)
1b) is a drive roller (61) of the front roller group (6A)
The plant cultivation device according to claim 1, wherein the number of rotations is higher than that in a).