JPH06205612A - Cell formed seedling and its feeder in transplanter of vegetable or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To readily take out a cell formed seedling without impairing the seedling by dividing a cell forming frame into two parts and precisely plant the seedling by raising a cell formed seedling in the cell forming frame which is kept in a state where parts capable of laterally dividing into two parts in the width direction are connected. CONSTITUTION:A cell formed seedling 2 is raised in a cell forming frame which is kept in a state where parts 1 and 1 capable of dividing into two parts are connected laterally in the width direction. The cell formed seedling fed on a seedling feeding belt 10 is temporarily retained in a seedling holder 12 by dividing into two lateral parts of the cell forming frame by a seedling feeding part 11 and dropped by release of the retention and fed from a seedling charging port 15 into a seedling planting part and planted by a seedling planting claw.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention grows cell-molded seedlings by a cell-molding frame that can be divided into two parts on the left and right sides, and supplies the cell-molded seedlings to a transplanter such as vegetables for each cell-molding frame and using a seedling planting section. The present invention relates to a cell molding seedling adapted to be planted in a field and a supply device for a transplanter for vegetables and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, cell-molded seedlings that have been cultivated by a cell-molding frame, supplied to a transplanter for vegetables, and planted in a field,
Also, a cell-molded seedling supply device is known in which cell-molded seedlings grown by the cell-molded frame are supplied to a transplanter such as vegetables for each cell-molded frame and planted in a field by a seedling planting section. In the above conventional cell molding frame and supply device, in the case of a tray type cell molding frame with continuous cells, seedlings are picked one by one from the upper part of the tray in the supply device, and the cell type is a pot type. In that case, the seedlings were taken out one by one manually and supplied to the feeder.

[0003]

As described above, in the tray type cell molding frame having continuous cells, seedlings are picked one by one from the upper part of the tray in the feeding device. The mechanism for supplying seedlings to the planting section was complicated, and the seedlings themselves were easily damaged.
Further, in the case of an independent pot type cell, since seedlings are taken out one by one and supplied to a supply device by human power, there is a problem that much labor is required. The present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above problems.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides (1) a cell-molded seedling grown in a cell-molding frame and supplied to a transplanter for vegetables and planted in a field, wherein the cell The cell molding frame for growing the molded seedlings is formed in a state that they are continuously connected in a row, and can be divided into two parts in the width direction left and right. It was made to raise seedlings, (2) cell molding seedlings grown by the cell molding frame,
In a device for supplying cell-molded seedlings that is supplied to a transplanter such as vegetables and planted in a field by a seedling planting unit, the cell-molding frame is formed in a continuous state in a row, and the width direction thereof It is characterized in that it can be divided into two parts on the left and right, and is divided into two parts on the left and right by a supply device so that only the cell-formed seedlings are taken out and supplied to the seedling planting section.

[0005]

With the above-described structure, the cell-forming seedling and the feeding device for the plant for transplanting vegetables and the like according to the present invention grows the cell-forming seedling in a state in which the cell-forming frames that can be divided into two are integrally connected. Cell-shaped seedlings can be raised like the tray type cell-molding frame.
Further, by dividing the cell molding frame into two, the cell molding seedling can be taken out easily and without damage. The cell molding frame is formed in a state that it is continuously connected in a row, and can be divided into two parts in the width direction left and right, and only the cell molding seedling is taken out by dividing the cell molding frame into two parts by the feeder of the transplanter for vegetables. Since it is supplied to the seedling planting section, the cell molded seedlings can be easily taken out from the cell molding frame without damaging the seedlings, and can be reliably supplied to the seedling planting section for accurate seedling planting work. .

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a cell molding frame molded from synthetic resin, and this cell molding frame 1
Is a large number of pot parts 1b, 1b due to the connecting frames 1a, 1a.
(12 in this embodiment) are continuously formed in a row and are formed on the left and right sides from the center portion in the width direction.
It is divided. Although not shown, the cell molding frame 1 divided into two parts is inserted into the pot portion and the upper frame portion of the well-known cell molding seedling tray so that the divided portions are integrally contacted to each other, and the pot portion is formed. Raising seedlings in 1b, Figure 2
Also, the cell molding seedling 2 shown in FIG. 4 is obtained. The size of the cell molding seedling 2 is φ30 × 40 m in this embodiment.
m.

The vegetable transplanter 3 shown in FIG. 2 has an engine 5 mounted on the front portion of the transplanter main body 4 so that it can be driven by a pair of left and right traveling wheels 6 whose vertical movement can be adjusted, and a steering handle 7 on the rear portion. Is provided. A seedling planting interval sensor 8 is provided below the machine body between the traveling wheels 6 and 6. A seedling planting section 9 is arranged in front of and behind the base of the control handle 7. The seedling planting section 9 uses the seedling feeding section 11 to feed the cell-casted seedlings 2 supplied onto the endless seedling feeding belt 10. 1 is divided into two left and right, and only the cell-molded seedling 2 is temporarily held by the seedling holder 12, the seedling holding is released and dropped, and the seedling planting section moves up and down from the seedling input port 15 by the link mechanism. 13 and the seedlings are planted on the upper surface 17 of the ridge by the nail 14 (opener). A gauge wheel 16 is provided below the seedling planting section 9, and a soiling device (not shown) is provided behind the seedling planting section 13.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the seedling supplying section 11 is located at the conveying end portion of the seedling feeding belt 10 and is paired with a pair of left and right rotating circles which are interlocked and intermittently rotate in the horizontal (arrow) direction. Plates 18, 18 are provided. This rotating disk 18,18
A plurality of cell dividing needles 19 made of elastic wire and a large number of cell frame feed claws 20 are provided at a predetermined interval. The cell dividing needle 19 has a base end supported by a portion near the center of rotation of the rotating disk 18, extends radially along the upper surface of the disk, and has a tip bent downward outside the outer peripheral edge of the disk, and elastic. The cell frame feed claw 20 is fixed to the outer peripheral edge of the disk. The cell dividing needle 19 is provided on the outer side of the outer peripheral edge of the rotating discs 18 and 18 at a position facing the conveying end portion of the seedling feeding belt 10 by the rotation of the rotating discs 18 and 18.
There are provided cell division needle guides 21 and 21 for moving up and down.

The seedling feeding section 11 is provided with a seedling feeding belt 10
When the cell-molding seedlings 2 housed in the cell-molding frame 1 are sent to reach the transport end portion, the cell-division needles that have been raised along the cell-division needle guide 21 due to the rotation of the rotary disks 18, 18. 19 descends and the pot portion 1b of the cell molding frame 1
The cell molding frame 1 is sandwiched between the cell frame feeding claw 20 and the cell molding frame 1 by the rotation of the rotary disks 18 and 18.
Is divided into two left and right. The cell molding seedling 2 removed from the cell molding frame 1 is held by the seedling holder 12,
The cell molding frame 1 divided into two parts is held by the cell dividing needle 19 and the cell frame feed claw 20 and is sent in the rotating direction of the rotary disks 18, 18, and is discharged during the moving process.

The seedling holder 12 supports a seedling holding needle 22 for advancing and piercing and holding the cell-molded seedling 2 and for retracting and releasing the holding, by holding needle holders 23, 23 so as to be movable in the horizontal direction. , The tip end side of the seedling holding needle 22 is inserted into the hole of the seedling support and cell frame guide 26 fixed to the machine body, and one end of the swing link 24 is connected to the base end portion of the seedling holding needle 22 to swing the swing link. A drive rod 25 is connected to the drive shaft 24. Further, a rotary disk drive rod 27 is connected to the other end of the swing link 24 and is connected to one of the rotary disks 18. Therefore, the reciprocating movement of the seedling holding needle 22 and the intermittent rotation of the rotating disks 18, 18 are synchronized, and, although not shown, the reciprocating movement of the seedling holding needle 22 and the intermittent rotation of the rotating disks 18, 18 are synchronized. The seedling feeding belt 10 is intermittently rotated and the seedling planting portion 13 is vertically moved. The drive control is performed by the seedling planting interval sensor 8.

In the cell-planting seedling and vegetable transplanting machine having the above-mentioned structure, the cell-molding frame 1 divided into two parts is connected to the pot part of the cell-molding seedling tray in a state where the divided parts are in contact with each other. The pot portion 1b is fitted and inserted into the upper frame portion.
Raise seedlings inside. The grown cell molding seedlings 2 are taken out from the cell molding seedling tray together with the cell molding frame 1, placed on the seedling feeding belt 10, and supplied. Further, the traveling wheels 6 and the gauge wheels 16 are adjusted up and down according to the height of the ridge upper surface 17, and the seedling transplanting work is performed while the machine body is traveling while holding the steering handle 7.

When the seedling planting interval sensor 8 detects the position where the seedlings should be transplanted (including the seedling transplanting holes of the multi-film at substantially constant intervals), the seedling feeding belt 10 and the seedling supplying section 1
1, the seedling holder 12, and the seedling planting part 13 operate respectively. Then, the cell molding seedlings 2 housed in the cell molding frame 1 sent by the seedling feeding belt 10 are
By the rotation of 18, the cell dividing needles 19 and 19 that have been raised along the cell dividing needle guides 21 and 21 are lowered and inserted into the pot portions 1b on both sides of the cell molding frame 1, and the cell frame feed claw 2
The cell molding frames 1 and 1 are sandwiched between 0 and 20, and the cell molding frames 1 and 1 are moved to the left and right by the rotation of the rotary disks 18 and 18.
To divide.

At this time, the cell molding seedlings 2 removed from the cell molding frame 1 are pierced by the advance of the seedling holding needle 22 of the seedling holder 12 and held immediately before the seedling support / cell frame guide 26. The divided cell molding frame 1 is a cell dividing needle 1.
9 and the rotary disc 1 held by the cell frame feed claw 20.
The seedling support / cell frame guide 26 guides and feeds in the rotation direction of 8 and 18, and is discharged in the moving process. When the seedling holding needle 22 retracts, the cell-molded seedling 2 comes into contact with the seedling support / cell frame guide 26, the seedling holding needle 22 is pulled out, the seedling holding is released, and the seedling is dropped from the seedling input port 15. Is supplied to the portion 13 and the ridge upper surface 1 is provided by the seedling planting nail 14.
Planted in 7. A seedling planting hole has already been opened by the seedling planting claw 14 on the ridge upper surface 17 on which the cell-molded seedling 2 is planted, and the soil is gathered by the soil gathering device to complete the seedling planting work.

A time chart of the above seedling planting work process will be described with reference to FIG. The cell molding seedlings 2 housed in the cell molding frame 1 are placed on the seedling feeding belt 10 and moved to the seedling supply unit 11 side. The cell molding frame 1 is sandwiched and moved by the two cell dividing needles 19, 19. The cell-shaped seedling 2 is held by the seedling holding needle 22. The cell molding frame 1 is divided into two right and left by the rotation of the rotary disks 18, 18. When the holding of the cell-shaped seedling 2 by the seedling holding needle 22 is released, the seedling is dropped to the seedling planting portion 13. It is transplanted to the upper surface 17 of the ridge by the seedling planting nail 14 and soiled.

[0015]

Industrial Applicability As described above, according to the cell molding seedling and the feeding device for the plant for transplanting vegetables and the like according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. Since the cell-molded seedlings are raised in a state where the cell molds that can be divided into two are integrally connected, the cell-molded seedlings can be grown in the same manner as the conventional tray-type cell-molding frame.
Further, by dividing the cell molding frame into two, the cell molding seedling can be taken out easily and without damage. The cell molding frame is formed in a state that it is continuously connected in a row, and can be divided into two parts in the width direction left and right, and only the cell molding seedling is taken out by dividing the cell molding frame into two parts by the feeder of the transplanter for vegetables. Since it is supplied to the seedling planting section, the cell-molded seedlings can be taken out from the cell molding frame easily and without damaging the seedlings. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cell molding frame according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a vegetable transplanter for transplanting cell-molded seedlings according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a cell molding seedling supply device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an operating state of the cell molding seedling supply device.

FIG. 5 is a time chart of a seedling supply unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cell Molding Frame 1a Connection Frame 1b Pot Part 2 Cell Molding Seedling 3 Vegetable Transplanter 4 Transplanter Main Unit 5 Engine 6 Running Wheel 7 Steering Wheel 7 Steering Handle 8 Seedling Planting Interval Sensor 9 Seedling Planting Belt 11 Seedling Feeding Unit 12 Seedling Holder 13 Seedling planting part 14 Seedling planting claw (opener) 15 Seedling input port 16 Gauge wheel 17 Ridge upper surface 18 Rotating disc 19 Cell frame dividing needle 20 Cell frame feeding claw 21 Cell frame dividing needle guide 22 Seedling holding needle 23 Holding Needle holder 24 Swing link 25 Drive rod 26 Seedling support and cell frame guide 27 Rotating disk drive rod

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In a cell-molded seedling that is grown by a cell-molded frame and is supplied to a transplanter for vegetables and planted in a field, the cell-molded frames for growing the cell-molded seedling are continuously connected in a row. A cell-formed seedling that is formed and can be divided into two parts on the left and right in the width direction, and the cell-formed seedlings are raised in a state where the divided parts are integrally connected. 2. A cell-molded seedling supply device, wherein cell-molded seedlings grown by the cell-molded frame are supplied to a cell transplanter for each cell-molded frame to be planted in a field by a seedling planting section. The cell molding frame is formed in a continuous state in a row, and can be divided into two parts in the width direction left and right, and it is divided into two parts by the supply device to the left and right to take out only the cell molding seedlings and supply it to the seedling planting section. A device for supplying cell-molded seedlings for a transplanter for vegetables, which is characterized in that