JPH055870Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] [Industrial application field]

This invention was developed when cultivating medicinal herbs such as Mishima Saiko.
This relates to a pruning machine for medicinal herbs that prunes elongated leaves and stems horizontally or vertically.

[Conventional technology]

Mishima Saiko, traditionally cultivated as a medicinal herb,
The root part is used as an antipyretic in Chinese medicine.
After sowing around April, in order to enlarge the roots,
The growing leaves and stems are pruned three or four times a year, and the trees are harvested around November. Conventionally, this pruning work has been carried out using a brush cutter or the like.

[Problem that the idea aims to solve]

When trimming the branches with a brush cutter as described above, the work is relatively easy when the medicinal herbs are small and only the upper part needs to be cut off, but as they grow and grow larger, the ridge passages become covered. It becomes difficult to walk, so it is necessary to perform vertical mowing to widen the path. Vertical mowing with a brush cutter is dangerous, such as scattering branches and leaves and the cutting blade is close to the worker's body, and horizontal mowing However, there were problems in that the cut leaves and stems remained on the plant, requiring a great deal of time and effort to dispose of them afterwards.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention was developed to solve the above problem, and a swing arm that supports a running wheel is rotatably supported in the longitudinal direction at the bottom of a vertically installed frame pipe. In a pruning machine with an operating handle on the top that can be adjusted up and down and reversed forward and backward, a clipper-type pruning section equipped with a blower is attached to the mounting bracket installed on the frame pipe between the operating handle and the swing arm. It is characterized in that it is detachably installed in the horizontal or vertical direction, and a scattering prevention plate is detachably provided at the opposite end of the blower with the clipper-type pruning section attached in the horizontal direction.

[Effect]

With the above configuration, the present invention allows the machine to be moved while being supported by wheels, making work easier.Moreover, the height of the machine can be easily adjusted, and the machine can be mowed horizontally.
Switching between vertical mowing can be performed relatively easily, and the cut leaves and stems fall neatly into the ridge path by the pressure air from the blower and the anti-scattering plate even in the case of horizontal mowing.

【Example】

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a frame pipe installed in the vertical direction, and at the lower end of this frame pipe 1, the base end of a swing arm 16 with a running wheel 15 pivotally supported at its tip is attached to a mounting seat 17 and It is supported via a fixing nut 18 so as to be rotatable in the front-back direction. This wheel 15 is supported so as to be always located on the front side in the traveling direction with respect to the frame pipe 1. A mounting pedestal 2 is fixedly installed at an intermediate position of the frame pipe 1, and an operating handle 4 is attached to the upper part of the frame pipe 1 above the mounting pedestal 2 by means of a slide fixing screw 6 so that it can be adjusted up and down and reversed forward and backward. Fixed in any position. The mounting base 2 has a mounting stay 3 for the pruning section A.
Holes for horizontally or vertically mounting are drilled in the horizontal and vertical surfaces, and it is fixed to either of them via fixing screws 5.
The state shown by the solid line in FIG. 1 is the case where the pruning section A is fixed in the horizontal pruning state, and when it is fixed as shown by the dashed line, it becomes the vertical pruning state. What should be noted during vertical mowing is that the wheels 15 must always be located on the side of the ridge path and the cutting blades 9 must be located on the side of the plant. Turning in the front-back direction is effective. In the pruning section A, a prime mover 7 and a blower 8 driven by the prime mover 7 are integrally attached to the side of the mounting stay 3, and a reducer and a crank mechanism are installed on the lower side of the blower 8. The structure is such that the provided clipper-type cutting blade 9 is moved back and forth. The discharge port of the blower 8 is open so that the pressure air blows over the stabilizer plate 10 in the length direction, and the side end of the stabilizer plate 10 has an elongated hole 11 for angle adjustment, a fixing fitting 13, and a slide fixing member. The anti-scattering plate 12 is detachably and rotatably mounted using screws 6, adjustment screws 14, and the like. With a pruning machine configured like this, if you want to prune medicinal herbs at an early stage, it is sufficient to set the pruning part A in the horizontal pruning state (Fig. 2) and cut off the upper part, but when the medicinal herbs have grown, In this case, it is necessary to cut both sides of the medicinal herb by cutting it vertically (Fig. 3) in order to secure the passage. By first pruning to secure a path, and then turning the pruning section A into a horizontal pruning state and reaping the upper part, orderly pruning work can be carried out. Switching between horizontal mowing and vertical mowing of the pruning section A can be easily performed using the fixing screw 5. During horizontal mowing, the leaves and stems cut by the cutting blade 9 are blown to the opposite side on the stabilizing plate 10 by the pressure air blown from the blower 8, and guided by the scattering prevention plate 12 to the adjacent one. It is released into the furrows of medicinal herbs without getting on the plants. Furthermore, in the vertical mowing state, the cut leaves and stems fall directly between the furrows and do not land on the medicinal herb stock. When switching between horizontal mowing and vertical mowing, the wheels 15 may be moved to the opposite side, and the operating handle 4 may be reversed from front to back. Note that the pruning machine of the present invention can be used not only for pruning medicinal herbs but also for pruning rows of seedlings, rows of plants, and the like.

[Effect of the idea]

As explained above, according to the pruning machine for medicinal herbs, etc. of the present invention, the running wheels can be rotated in the front and rear directions by the swing arm, and the operation handle can be adjusted up and down.
In addition to being able to be turned back and forth, the pruning section with a blower attached to the mounting bracket is removable in the horizontal and vertical directions, and when the pruning section is installed horizontally, it prevents it from scattering to the opposite end of the blower. Since the board is removable, the pruning section can be selectively mowed horizontally or vertically while being supported by wheels, and switching between horizontal and vertical mowing can be easily done. . Moreover, even in the case of horizontal mowing, the pruned leaves and branches can be guided by the scatter prevention plate and fall neatly into the furrow passage.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view in a horizontal mowing state, and FIG. 3 is a front view in a vertical mowing state. 1...Frame pipe, 2...Mounting pedestal, 3...
...Mounting stay, 4...Operation handle, 5...Fixing screw, 6...Slide fixing screw, 7...Motor,
8...Blower, 9...Clipper-type cutting blade, 10...
Stabilizing plate, 11...Elongated hole for angle adjustment, 12...Scatter prevention plate, 13...Fixing metal fittings, 14...Adjustment screw,
15... Traveling wheel, 16... Swing arm, 1
7... Kikuza, 18... Fixed Natsuto.

Claims (1)

[Claim for Utility Model Registration] A swing arm with a running wheel pivotably supported is supported at the bottom of a vertically installed frame pipe so as to be rotatable in the front and back direction. In a pruning machine that is adjustable and reversible back and forth, a clipper-type pruner equipped with an air blower can be attached and detached horizontally or vertically to the mounting bracket installed on the frame pipe between the operating handle and the swing arm. A pruning machine for medicinal herbs, etc., characterized in that a scattering prevention plate is removably installed at the opposite end of the blower with a clipper-type pruning part mounted horizontally.