JPH0626412U - Seeding equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The seeds are reliably dropped from the seeding mouth fitted in the guide hose into the pot of the plug tray regardless of the height change of the plug tray being conveyed. The seeding device is configured as follows. In the seeding device 6, a seeding port 45a supported by a seeding port set 45 is fitted in an end portion of a guide hose 37 so as to be vertically slidable, and when a plug tray 5 is conveyed, a rotation guide 46 is provided. The seeding port 45a is configured to slide up and down according to the height of the plug tray 5.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a sowing device for flowers and vegetables, which is a small scale, but can perform a series of sowing operations such as supplying soil to a plug tray, irrigation, sowing, and covering soil.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In the past, there was a seeding device for flowers and vegetables that could perform a series of seeding operations such as supplying soil to plug trays, watering, sowing, covering soil.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the prior art, as shown in FIG. 7, the seeding port 49 is fixed to the end of the guide hose 48 and the distance H from the plug tray 50 cannot be adjusted. Since the height of the tray 50 cannot be changed, the seed dropped from the sowing port 49 jumps up, and the center accuracy and the single seeding accuracy of the sowing device 51 are reduced, or the sowing opening 49 interferes. Then, there was a problem that the plug tray 50 was prevented from proceeding.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The problems to be solved by the present invention are as described above, and the means for solving the problems will be described below. That is, in a seeding device in which a guide hose is provided below the seed feeding part, a seeding port is fitted to the end of the guide hose so as to be movable up and down, and a rotation guide arranged at the seeding port constitutes a floating mechanism for transportation. The feature is that the seeding work is performed by moving the seeding opening up and down by the coming plug tray.

[0005]

[Action]

 The operation of the present invention will be described. In the seeding device 6, the seeding port 45a supported by the seeding port set 45 is fitted to the end of the guide hose 37 so as to be slidable up and down, and when the plug tray 5 is conveyed, the rotation guide 46 moves the plug guide. The seeding port 45a is slid up and down in accordance with the height of No. 5, so that the seeding work is always performed reliably.

[0006]

【Example】

 The problems to be solved and the means for solving the present invention are as described above. Next, a specific configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 is an overall perspective view of the sowing device, Fig. 2 is a side view of the bed soil supplying device, Fig. 3 is a side sectional view of the sowing device, Fig. 4 is a front view of the sowing device of the present invention, and Fig. 5 is sowing of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the device, and FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the seeding device.

The overall structure of the seeding device will be described with reference to FIGS. A carrier 2 is placed on the support leg 1, and the carrier 2 is provided with roller conveyors 3 ... The rubber rollers 3b and 3b are fixed on the shaft 3a between the frames 2a and 2a, and as shown in FIG. 2, the sprocket fixed to the drive shaft 4a of the drive motor 4 is connected to the roller conveyor 3 via the chain 10. Power is transmitted to the fixed sprocket and driven. When the plug tray 5 is placed on the roller conveyor 3 of the carrier table 2, the rubber rollers 3b, 3b, ... The plug tray 5 is provided with concave portions in the shape of a grid, and each of the concave portions is filled with soil and seeds so as to be covered with soil so that a plug seedling can be obtained.

The seeding device 6, the bed soil supply device 7, the leveling device 8, and the watering device 9 are sequentially arranged on the transfer table 2, and a saucer 11 is provided below the bed soil supply device 7 and the leveling device 8. A conveyor 13 is continuously provided from the lower part of the tray 11 to the hopper 12 of the floor soil supplying device 7 so that the soil can be returned and used, and the leveling device 8 is vertically adjustable so that the soil can be supplied during the floor soil supplying process. The bed soil supply device 7, the leveling device 8, and the watering device 9 are operated, and the seeding device 6, the bed soil supply device 7, and the watering device 9 are operated during the seeding process.

First, the bed soil supplying step will be described. In the process of supplying the bed soil, the hopper 12 of the bed soil supply device 7 is filled with the soil, the plug tray 5 is placed on the seedling box, and the plug tray 5 is placed on the starting end side of the right end of the carrying table 2 and the switch of the seeding device 6 is turned on. When 14 is turned off and the drive motor 4 is driven to operate the roller conveyor 3, the seeding device 6 is passed, the sensor 15 of the soil supplying device 7 detects the plug tray 5, and the electromagnetic clutch operates. When turned on, the belt drive shaft 16 is driven and the feeding soil is fed out by the feeding belt 17, and the soil is unwound by the diffusion brush 18 and is filled in the plug tray 5 to be the floor soil.

Then, excess soil is removed by the first leveling brush 19 and leveled, and the belt drive shaft 16 is stopped when passing through the floor soil supply device 7. Next, after being crushed by the crushing roller 20 and leveled by the second leveling brush 21, the electromagnetic valve is turned on and irrigated when entering the irrigation device 9, and when passing, the electromagnetic valve is turned off and irrigation is also performed. After stopping, the filling process of the bed soil is completed, and the plug tray 5 is unloaded from the carrier 2 and stacked.

Next, the sowing / soil covering step will be described. At this time, the switch 14 of the seeding device 6 is turned on, and the amount of the soil supply is adjusted by the vertical operation of the regulating plate 22, so that the first leveling brush 19, the compression roller 20, and the second leveling brush 21 are not necessary. Therefore, the hopper 12 of the bed soil supply device 7 is set to the non-working position (raised and fixed), and vermiculite or the like in which fertilizer or the like is not mixed is filled.

When the plug tray 5 filled with the above-mentioned soil is placed on the starting end (right side) of the transfer table 2 and the roller conveyor 3 is driven, the plug tray 5 is transferred and the pot 5a in the first row is removed. It abuts on the sensor 23 of the seeding device 6, the motor 24 is driven, and seeds are fed from the eye plate 25 and seeded in the pots 5a of the first row. The motor 24 of the sensor 23 is stopped between the pots 5a and 5a, and when the sensor 23 comes into contact with the next pot 5a, the pots 5a in that row are seeded. In this way, the seeds are sown one after another.

When the seeding work is completed as described above, the plug tray 5 reaches the floor soil supplying device 7, and a certain amount of soil is dropped from the feeding belt 17 in the same manner as described above, and the soil is loosened by the diffusion brush 18. The soil is covered and water is sprinkled when it reaches the irrigation device 9, and the seeding and covering process is completed. The feeding belt 17 is driven by the belt drive shaft 16 from the sprocket 26 provided at the end of the shaft 3a of the roller conveyor 3 via the chain 27 and the electromagnetic clutch, and only when the plug tray 5 is located below the soil supplying device 7. The electromagnetic clutch is turned on, the belt drive shaft 16 is driven, the feeding belt 17 is rotated, and the soil is dropped.

The configuration of the seeding device will be described with reference to FIG. A hopper 29 is provided on the upper part of the machine frame 28, and a perforated plate 25 is disposed at the lower end of the hopper 29. The perforated plate 25 has a number of seeding holes which correspond to the number of recesses in the width direction of the plug tray 5. .. are opened in the width direction, and the perforated plate 25 is slanted while being sandwiched between the pressing body 30 and the rollers 31, 31 provided on the lower surface.

That is, the engaging portion 25b is provided at the lower right upper portion of the plate plate 25, and the roller portion at the end of the arm 33 fixed to the pivot shaft 32 is engaged with the engaging portion 25b. The connecting link 34 is pivotally connected to the arm 33 fixed to the pivot shaft 32, and the other end of the connecting link 34 is connected to the arm 35 fixed to the drive shaft of the motor 24. The perforated plate 25 can be slid up and down slanted so that the perforated plate 25 reciprocates once for one rotation of the drive shaft. A spring 36 for pushing out the seeds is arranged above the seeding plate 25 where the seed plate 25 is at the highest position, and a guide hose 37 for guiding the seeds to the plug tray 5 is provided below the spring 36. It is set up. Reference numeral 38 is a box for collecting seeds that have jumped out of the hopper 30, and 39 is a brush for removing seeds that have not entered the seeding holes 25a.

A diaphragm 40 is additionally provided on the lower surface of the plate plate 25, and a plate spring 41 is fixed to the machine frame 28 in a state of being in contact with the plate 40. The leaf spring 41 and the vibrating plate 40 come into contact with each other and vibrate in association with the sliding movement of No. 5, so that the perforated plate 25 also vibrates to improve the seeding accuracy.

Reference numeral 42 denotes a sensor for detecting seeds in the hopper 29. When the seeds are used up, the motor 24 and the drive motor 4 of the carrier 2 are stopped and the buzzer 43 sounds. Reference numeral 14 is an ON / OFF switch of the seeding device 6, 23 is a sensor for detecting the pot 5a of the plug tray 5, the motor 24 is driven to rotate once when the sensor 23 is turned ON, and 44 is a control circuit.

The configuration of the seeding device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, at the ends of the guide hoses 37, 37 ... of the sowing device 6, seeding openings 45a, 45a ... For sowing seeds in the pots 5a, 5a. Since the sowing opening 45a is slid outside the guide hose 37, the sowing opening 45a slides up and down in conjunction with the raising and lowering of the sowing opening set 45 accommodating the sowing opening 45a. is there.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, each seeding opening 45 a housed in the seeding opening set 45 and both ends of the seeding opening set 45 are pivotally supported by pivot shafts 46 a and 46 a. The distance X from the bottom of the rotation guides 46 and 46 is set to ensure that the seeds carried from the guide hose 37 fall into the pot 5a of the plug tray. When the height of the seeds is increased, first, when the inclined portion 46b of the rotating guide 46 is pushed up, the seeding port set 45 is also pushed up and is inserted into the guide hose 37. Since the sowing opening 45a also slides upward by the pushed-up length, the distance X between the sowing opening 45a and the bottom of the rotation guide 46 is kept constant, and the machine frame 28 of the sowing apparatus 6 is used. The protruding stoppers 47, 47 are provided for restricting the upward movement of the guide 46. However, the seed feeding device is not limited to the plate type, and may be a roll type or the like.

[0020]

[Effect of device]

 Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. In other words, seeds can be reliably dropped into the pot without being affected by the height of the plug tray that is being transported, so that the center accuracy and single seed sowing accuracy of the seeding device are significantly improved. Work efficiency is also increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a seeding device.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a floor soil supplying device.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the seeding device.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the seeding device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the seeding device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the seeding device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a relationship between a seeding port and a plug tray of a conventional seeding device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 X Distance between seeding port and bottom of turning guide 6 Seeding device 37 Guide hose 45 Seeding port set 45a Seeding port 46 Rotating guide 46a Pivot shaft 46b Slope 47 Stopper

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. In a seeding device having a guide hose below the seed feeding part, a seeding port is fitted to the end of the guide hose so as to be vertically movable, and a floating mechanism is constituted by a rotation guide arranged at the seeding port. The seeding device is characterized in that the seeding operation is performed by moving the seeding opening up and down by the conveyed plug tray.