JPH0638633A - Drainer and chemical treatment unit for seedling boxes - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure the drainage of seedling boxes from the seedling box cleaner so that the boxes are treated with a disinfectant solution and the solution can be drained when the boxes are sent out of the cleaner. CONSTITUTION:The drainage and disinfection unit (B) are set on the outlet side of the seedling box cleaner (A) and the unit is divided with a plate 3 into the draining chamber C and the disinfectant solution chamber D. The draining chamber (C) is provided with a drain-receiving conduit 23 at the bottom toward the outlet 22a of the cleaner (A), while the disinfectant solution chamber (D) is equipped with another conduit 25 at the bottom for sending the solution to the solution tank 31 so that the reuse of the solution is made possible.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a nursery box cleaning machine and a draining apparatus for cleaning a used nursery box, draining and disinfecting it, and reusing it.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique related to a washing machine for raising seedlings has been known, and for example, there are techniques disclosed in JP-A-4-45726 and JP-A-4-51828.
While transporting used seedling raising boxes, they were washed with pressurized water, blown off adhering water with high-pressure air, dried naturally or with a heater, and were stacked at the end of transportation.

[0003]

However, the conventional draining apparatus of the nursery box cleaning machine of the prior art wets the machine at the time of accumulation in the case of natural drying, which requires a certain period of time for drying, and the processing is troublesome. There was a time loss, and in the configuration in which the adhered water was blown off by high-pressure air, water droplets scattered around and were removed, but they could not be dried completely, so natural drying was necessary.

[0004]

The problems to be solved by the present invention are as described above. Next, the means for solving the problems will be described. That is, drain the drainage side of the nursery box washing machine
A chemical treatment device is extended, a partition plate is provided inside the drainer / chemical treatment device to divide it into a draining chamber and a chemical chamber, and a water gutter is provided at the bottom of the draining chamber to drain to the drainage side of the nursery box washing machine. The chemical liquid gutter that flows into the chemical liquid tank is provided at the bottom of the chemical liquid chamber so that the chemical liquid can be reused.

[0005]

The function of the present invention will be described. The partition plate 3 in the drainer / chemical treatment device B prevents splashing of water from the drainage chamber C and splashing of the chemical liquid from the chemical chamber D, and the water falling from the drainage chamber C is discharged from the water receiving gutter 23 arranged at the bottom. The chemical solution that flows into the drainage port 22a of the nursery box cleaning machine A and is discharged, and the chemical solution that drops from the chemical solution chamber D is flowed to the chemical solution tank from the chemical solution gutter 25 provided at the bottom and collected, and again sucked up by the pump and sprayed for reuse. It is.

[0006]

The problems to be solved and the means for solving the present invention are as described above. Next, the specific structure of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall side sectional view of a seedling raising box washer and a water draining / chemical solution treating apparatus, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged side sectional view of the water draining / chemical solution treating apparatus.

In FIG. 1, a nursery box washing machine A and a drainer
The overall configuration of the chemical treatment device B will be described. Nursery box cleaning machine A
Has a rotating brush and a high-pressure water nozzle in the cover, and the rotating brush is driven by a motor M2. And
A drainer / chemical treatment device B is continuously provided at the rear end of the nursery box cleaning machine A, and a transport chain 2 is arranged from the front end to the rear end so as to pass through the center of the machine body, and below the discharge port F of the drainer / chemical treatment device B. Is transmitted from a motor M1 provided on the pulley 14 to a pulley 14 fixed to the counter shaft 13 via a belt 12, and from a sprocket 15 on the same axis as the pulley 14 to a sprocket 16 of a nursery box cleaning machine A and draining / chemical treatment. The carrier chain 2 is wound around the sprocket of the device B,
The carrier chain 2 is driven.

Next, the structure of the drainer / chemical treatment device B of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2. In the drainer / chemical treatment device B, draining rotary brushes 4 and 5 are provided above and below the supply chain 2 on the supply side. After that, the high pressure air nozzles 6f and 7f, the disinfectant liquid sprayer 8.8, the disinfectant liquid removal rotary brush 9 and 10 and the high pressure air nozzles 6r and 7r are sequentially arranged on the upper and lower sides of the process side.
The upper and lower drainage rotary brushes 4 and 5 and the upper and lower disinfectant solution removal rotary brushes 9 and 10 are set to rotate in the direction opposite to the traveling direction of the transport chain 2.

The upper and lower draining rotary brushes 4 and 5 and the upper and lower antiseptic liquid removing rotary brushes 9 and 10 are the seedling box cleaning machine A.
The rotation of the motor M2 attached to the side surface of the support leg 17 of the is transmitted to the pulley 19 of the rotary brush in the nursery box washing machine A via the belt 18, and the rotation transmitted to the pulley 19 is further the same axis. Since it is transmitted to the upper pulley 20 and is transmitted via the belt 21 to the pulleys fixed to the upper and lower drainage rotary brushes 4 and 5 and the upper and lower antiseptic solution removal rotary brushes 9 and 10, they are rotated. is there.

Further, the high pressure air nozzles 6f, 6r, 7f
7r is for completely drying the seedling raising box 1 in which water and disinfectant solution have been removed one after another with a brush, and its configuration is such that the blower 11 is arranged at the rear end of the drainer / chemical solution treatment device B. The upper blower pipe 6 and the lower blower pipe 7 are connected to the discharge port 11a of the blower 11, and the upper blower pipe 6 is divided into two pipes 6F and 6R in the front and rear, and a high-pressure wind nozzle 6f 6r is attached. On the other hand, the lower blower pipe 7 is also divided into two front and rear like the upper blower pipe 6, and the branch pipes 7F and 7R are further branched to the left and right so as to avoid the transport chain 2 and blow the air. The high pressure air nozzles 7f, 7f, 7r, 7r are attached to the tip. And the high pressure air nozzles 6f, 6r, 7f
The air from the 7r outlet is blown out in the opposite direction to the traveling direction of the seedling raising box 1 being conveyed.

Further, in the drainer / chemical treatment device B, excess water or chemical liquid accumulates every time the seedling-growing box 1 is drained / treated with chemical liquid. In order to discharge, collect the chemical liquid and reuse it,
In the drainer / chemical treatment device B, partition plates 3 and 3 are vertically installed to divide into a drainage chamber C and a chemical liquid chamber D, and prevent water from splashing into the chemical liquid chamber D and chemical liquid into the drainage chamber C. ,
In addition, the upper draining rotary brush 4, the high pressure air nozzle 6f,
Partition plates 30, 30, ... Are also provided between the disinfectant sprayer 8, the rotating brush 9, and the high-pressure air nozzle 6r to prevent splashes and wind from reaching the front and rear.

The bottoms of the water draining chamber C and the chemical liquid chamber D are inclined so that the treated water and the chemical liquid can be collected, and the water receiving gutter 23 is provided at the bottom of the water draining chamber C. It is provided so as to be inclined toward the washing machine A side, and the water receiving gutter 22 is connected to the end of the water receiving gutter 23 to join the water receiving gutter 23 so that the water can be discharged from the drain port 22a. Also,
A chemical gutter 25 is installed at the bottom of the chemical chamber D, and the chemical gutter 2 is provided.
5 is formed in a funnel shape and is provided with a chemical solution discharge port 24 in the center, and the chemical solution discharge port 24 is returned to the chemical solution tank 31 via a hose, sucked up by the pump P from the chemical solution tank 31 and sprayed with the disinfectant solution again. It is designed to be sent to the vessel 8. Reference numeral 26 is a guide roller, 27 is a seedling raising box support plate, and the seedling raising box 1 is a drainer / chemical solution treatment device B.
It is provided so as to be transported horizontally inside.

With the above-mentioned structure, the nursery box cleaning machine A
The nursery box 1 washed in step 1 is transported to the drainer / chemical treatment device B by the transport chain 2, and the drainer rotating brush 4 /
The whole box is drained by 5, and when the draining operation is completed, it is dried by the wind from the high pressure air nozzles 6f and 7f arranged above and below. Next, the dried nursery box 1 is sent to the disinfectant solution sprayers 8 and 8 provided at the top and bottom, and the disinfectant solution is sprayed from the disinfectant solution sprayers 8 and 8 to the entire box to be sterilized. The excess disinfectant solution is removed by the disinfectant solution removal rotary brushes 9 and 10 which are vertically arranged, and finally sent to the high pressure air nozzles 6r and 7r disposed above and below again, and the discharge port It is dried by the wind from and is transported to the nursery box accumulating section by the transport chain 2. Then, the water removed by the draining device and dropped on the water receiving gutter 23 joins with the water falling from the seedling box washing machine, and the drain port 22a.
The chemical liquid discharged from the chemical liquid chamber D and dropped from the chemical liquid chamber D is recovered from the chemical liquid gutter 25 via the chemical liquid discharge port 24 and used again in the chemical liquid processing device B.

[0014]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. That is, since the inside of the water draining / chemical liquid treatment device B is divided into a water draining chamber and a chemical liquid chamber by a partition plate, and a trough for collecting water and the chemical liquid is installed at the bottom of the water draining chamber and the chemical liquid chamber, the water and the chemical liquid are completely removed. The water is discharged together with the drainage of the nursery box washing machine, the drainage route can be simplified, and the chemical liquid can be reliably collected and reused, and the chemical liquid can be effectively used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side cross-sectional view of a nursery box washing machine and a drainer / chemical solution processor.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side sectional view of a drainer / chemical treatment device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A seedling box washing machine B drainer / chemical treatment device C drainer chamber D chemical chamber 3 partition plate 22 drain port 23 water receiving trough 24 chemical solution outlet 25 chemical trough

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A drainer / chemical treatment device is extended on the outlet side of a nursery box washing machine, and a partition plate is provided in the drainer / chemical treatment device to divide into a drainer chamber and a chemical chamber, and a bottom portion of the drainer chamber is provided. A drain gutter that flows to the drainage port on the side of the nursery box cleaning machine is installed, and a chemical gutter that flows to the chemical solution tank is installed at the bottom of the chemical solution chamber so that the chemical solution can be reused.
Chemical processing equipment.