JPH0636646Y2 - Seedling supply device for green onion transplanter - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a green onion transplanter for planting green onion seedlings between two seedling sandwiching disks, and particularly, between the two seedling sandwiching disks. The present invention relates to improvement of a seedling feeding device for feeding green onions.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as an apparatus of this type, an endless first conveyor belt is stretched horizontally to form a horizontal conveyor path, and two endless second second conveyor belts are formed at the end of the first conveyor belt. It is known that the conveyor belts are opposed to each other, a vertical conveyor path is formed between these two second conveyor belts, and the end of the vertical conveyor path is looked into between two seedling-holding disks. There is.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the conventional apparatus, since the first conveyor belt forming the horizontal conveyor path is stretched horizontally, it is necessary to align the roots when arranging the green onion seedlings manually. However, there is a drawback that the work of arranging the green onion seedlings on the first conveyor belt is complicated.

In addition, since the horizontal and vertical transport paths are formed independently, it is easy to disturb the delivery of the green onion seedlings between them, and when the green onion seedlings are disturbed, the two seedling holding circles remain disturbed. There is a drawback that the structure is complicated as a whole in addition to being transported to the plate and not properly transplanted.

The present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks.

(Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve this object, the present invention has the following configuration.

That is, according to the present invention, the endless first conveyor belt is stretched integrally from the lateral direction to the longitudinal direction, the width direction thereof is inclined backward, and the second conveyor belt is brought into contact with the longitudinal portion of the first conveyor belt. A guide for aligning the roots of the green onion seedlings is provided along the lower lateral portion of the first conveyor belt,
The respective end points of the conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt are arranged between two seedling sandwiching disks.

(Operation) In the present invention configured as described above, since the first conveyor belt is inclined rearward in the width direction, and the guides for aligning the roots of the green onion seedlings are provided along the lateral portion of the belt. When the seedlings are manually supplied to the first conveyor belt, the seedlings slide on the belt due to their own weight, and the roots of the seedlings contact the guides to be positioned.

Further, in the present invention, since the first conveyor belt is stretched integrally from the lateral direction to the longitudinal direction to form a conveyor system, the lateral transfer from the lateral direction to the longitudinal direction is smoothly performed when the seedlings are transported, The seedlings will not be disturbed during the transportation, and the seedlings will be planted vertically on the groove bottom.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a chassis, on which an engine 2 for driving each part to be described later is mounted and a traveling handle 3 is provided.

A crawler 4 that supports and runs the chassis 1 is attached to the chassis 1, and on the bottom side of the chassis 1, green onion seedlings are provided on the groove bottom of a pre-formed planting groove a as shown in FIG. The grooving device 5 for forming the kerf b to be transplanted is attached, and the grooving device 5 is attached.
Thus, the chassis 1 is tilted rearward.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a speed reducer which is arranged on the chassis 1 and which is connected to the engine to reduce the speed by a reduction gear. Here, since the chassis 1 is tilted rearward as described above, the drive output shafts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 of the reduction gear 6 are tilted rearward.

12 is a seedling supply device, which will be described later with two seedling holding disks 13,
Supply green onion seedlings to 13.

In this seedling feeding device 12, an endless conveyor belt 14 is hung around drive wheels 15 and 16 attached to output drive shafts 7 and 8 and driven wheels 19 and 20 attached to driven shafts 17 and 18 which are inclined rearward, respectively. Thus, the conveyor belt 14 is stretched integrally from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction. As a result, the conveyor belt 14 is
As shown in the figure, the width direction thereof is inclined backward.

Protrusions 14A are provided on the conveyor belt 14 at equal intervals, and one green onion seedling is housed between the protrusions 14A.

The conveyor belt 14 includes a drive belt mounted on the output driving shaft 7 and a driven belt mounted on a driven shaft 18 and driven by a conveyor belt 21.
Are arranged in parallel. Both the conveyor belts 14 and 21 operate at the same speed.

Further, a flat plate 22 is arranged on the lower surface of both the conveyor belts 14 and 21,
A guide 23 for aligning the roots of green onion seedlings is provided on the end side of the flat plate 22 along the conveyor belt 14.

The longitudinal direction portion of the conveyor belt 14 is contacted with the conveyor belt 26 hung over the driving theories 24 and 25 attached to the output drive shafts 9 and 10, which are inclined backward, and both conveyor belts 14 and 26 are moved at the same speed. At the same time, the roots of seedlings are transported between them. Also,
A conveyor belt 27 is laid between the output drive shaft 7 and the output drive shaft (not shown), and a conveyor belt 28 is laid between the output drive shaft 9 and the output drive shaft 11.
The belts 27 and 28 are moved at the same speed, and the leaf portion of the green onion seedling is conveyed between them.

The ends of the conveyor belts 26 and 14 and the ends of the conveyor belts 27 and 28 are arranged between the seedling-holding disks 13 and 13 so that the onion seedlings can be transferred between them.

The rotary shafts of the seedling sandwiching disks 13, 13 are connected to the output drive shaft 10 via a bevel gear 29 and a connecting rod 30, and the seedling sandwiching disks 13, 13 are connected.
Rotates at a predetermined speed. The seedling sandwiching disks 13 and 13 are made of a thin elastic body such as rubber as a whole, and a rubber ring is integrally attached to the outer peripheral part thereof, and the upper half part is opened and the lower half part is rotated.

The groover 5 forms a sharp groover at the rear part,
A guide path 31 for guiding the root of the green onion seedling toward the cut groove b is formed by the left and right guide plates 31A and 32B at a position facing the lower half of the seedling holding disks 13, 13.

A plurality of elastic rolls 33 are attached to the left and right guide plates 31A and 31B of the groove cutter 5 via spring plates 32 made of an elastic body, and each elastic roll 33 corresponds to the corresponding seedling holding disc 1.
Suppress outside of 3 and 13, respectively.

A front guide wheel 34 is rotatably attached to the lower part of the front of the chassis 1 via a mounting rod 35. As shown in FIG. 5, when the seedlings are transplanted, the front guide wheel 34 comes into contact with one side wall of the planting groove a in which the crawler 4 formed in advance runs, and moves while rolling.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a rear guide wheel rotatably attached to the lower rear portion of the chassis 1 via a mounting rod 37. As shown in FIG. 5, the rear guide wheel 36 is in contact with the other side wall in the planting groove a and moves while rolling like the front guide wheel 34.

When transplanting seedlings with such guide wheels 34, 36,
The chassis 4 can travel straight in the groove. Both guide wheels 3
4, 36 are configured so that the positioning can be adjusted vertically and horizontally.

38 is an inclined soil wheel for bringing soil to the planted seedlings, and 39 is an inclined wheel for compacting the soil.

Next, an operation example of the embodiment of the present invention configured as above will be described.

In this embodiment, when the planting of the green onion seedlings is started, the chassis 1 starts to move backward, and after the planting is started, the green onion seedlings are sequentially supplied to the conveyor belt 14 and the conveyor belt 21 manually. .

However, since the two conveyor belts 14 and 21 are inclined rearward in the width direction, the seedlings are slid on the two conveyor belts 14 and 21 by their own weight, and the roots thereof come into contact with the guides 23 to be positioned.

Therefore, in this embodiment, it is not necessary to align the roots of the seedlings when they are fed onto the two conveyor belts 14 and 21, so that the feeding operation becomes extremely easy. In addition, since the roots of the seedlings are aligned, the planting depth of the seedlings is constant.

Next, the seedlings are conveyed laterally by both the conveyor belts 14 and 21, and then the conveying direction is changed to the longitudinal direction. This longitudinal conveyance is performed between the conveyor belts 14 and 26 and between the conveyor belts 27. Between the conveyor belt 28. Here, since the conveyor belt 14 is stretched integrally from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 3, the seedlings are smoothly transferred from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction, and the seedlings are transferred during the transportation. The seedlings are guided and sandwiched between the two seedling sandwiching disks 13, 13 without any disturbance.

In this way, the seedlings sandwiched between the seedling sandwiching disks 13, 13 are
The discs move downward as the discs 13 and 13 rotate, and at this time, the root of the seedling moves downward in the guide path 33 of the groove cutter 5. Here, since the seedling sandwiching disks 13, 13 are elastically pressed from the outside by a plurality of elastic rolls attached to the left and right guide plates 31A, 31B of the groove cutter 5, the seedling sandwiching disks 13, 13 are
The seedlings sandwiched between are moved in the central portion of the guide path 31.
Therefore, the seedlings are planted vertically in the cut grooves b without contacting the guide plates 31A and 31B and tilting regardless of their thickness.

On the other hand, the front guide wheel 34 provided below the front of the chassis 1 is
As shown in the figure, one side wall inside the pre-formed planting groove a smoothly rolls, and the rear guide wheel 36 provided at the lower rear portion of the chassis 1 smoothly moves the other side wall inside the planting groove a. To roll. Therefore, the resistance between the guide wheels 34 and 36 and the side wall in the planting groove a is extremely small, and the chassis 1 can travel linearly and smoothly without bending on the planting groove a, so that the transplant position of the green onion seedlings is As shown in FIG. 5, it is always on the side wall side in the planting groove a.

(Effect of the Invention) As described above, in the present invention, the entire first conveyor belt is tilted backward in the width direction, and a guide for aligning the roots of seedlings is provided along the lateral portion of the first conveyor belt. Therefore, when the seedlings are manually supplied to the first conveyor belt, the seedlings slide on the belt due to their own weight, and the roots of the seedlings contact the guides to be positioned. Therefore, according to the present invention, when the seedlings are supplied onto the first conveyor belt, it is not necessary to align the roots of the seedlings, which makes the seedling supply work extremely easy. In addition, since the seedlings are planted with their roots aligned, the planting depth of the seedlings is constant.

Further, in the present invention, since the first conveyor belt is stretched integrally from the lateral direction to the longitudinal direction to form the conveyor system, the lateral transfer from the lateral direction to the longitudinal direction is smoothly performed when the seedlings are transported. , The seedlings are planted vertically on the bottom of the groove without any disturbance during the transportation.

Furthermore, the structure is simple, the manufacturing is easy, and there are few failures.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the whole embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a seedling feeding device, FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the front guide wheel and the rear guide wheel. a ... planting groove, b ... kerf, 1 ... chassis, 2 ... engine, 5 ... grooving device, 12 ... seedling feeding device, 13 ... seedling holding disc, 14, 21, 26, 27, 28 ... conveyor belt, 23 ... Guide, 31 ... Guideway, 32 ... Spring plate, 33 ... Resilient roll, 34 ... Front guide wheel, 36 ... Rear guide wheel.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An endless first conveyor belt is stretched integrally from a lateral direction to a longitudinal direction, the width direction thereof is inclined backward, and a second conveyor belt is brought into contact with a longitudinal portion of the first conveyor belt. A guide for aligning the roots of green onion seedlings is provided along the lower lateral portion of the first conveyor belt, and each end of the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt is located between two seedling sandwiching disks. Seedling supply device in a green onion transplanter.