JPH07107858A - Continuous multiple grafting apparatus and grafting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the positioning accuracy of the grafting part of a stock and a scion, to enable the grafting of even a thin-stalk sapling and to improve the productivity of grafted sapling CONSTITUTION:Each clamping means for stock and scion is constructed of a pair of male and female clamp plates placed at the upper and lower sides. Clamping parts for clamping saplings are notched to the opposite parts of each pair of the clamp plates at prescribed spacings. At least the clamping part of the male clamp plate above the stock-side clamping means and that of the male clamp plate under the scion-side clamping means are provided with contacting parts 150 having a clamping face opposite to that of the female-side clamp plate.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a continuous multiple grafting device for continuously grafting a large number of saplings and rootstocks grown on a tray.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional grafting methods, which differ depending on the crop, have generally been carried out one by one, but recently the following grafting mechanization techniques have been developed. (1) As an automated technique for grafting, Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-2522
As shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 28 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-6142, there is a device for grafting one by one. (2) Further, as a mass-production grafting device, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-2
As shown in each of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11810, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-190118, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-2111810, there is a grafting device capable of multiple grafting.

[0003]

The work of grafting requires a great deal of time and labor, and the work itself requires detailed skill and knowledge. From the above, in the grafting device of the above-mentioned conventional technique (1), since the processing is performed one by one, it is necessary to speed up the machine and increase the number of machines for mass production, such as leaf vegetables. It cannot be used to produce the required number of seedlings. In addition, in order to graft the seedlings raised in the form of plugs, it is necessary to transplant them once into a seedling pot,
It takes a lot of work.

In the grafting device of (2), a large amount of jigs for holding each seedling are required, and there is a problem in cost in mass production. In addition, JP-A-2-76519 and JP-A-2-76519
The one disclosed in both publications of -190118 is difficult to continuously produce, and the tray width is 300.
There is a problem in the positioning accuracy of the seedlings with the holding tool as long as mm, which affects the final survival rate. On the other hand, the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-2111810 is suitable for continuous and large-scale production, but there is a problem that the entire apparatus becomes large and the installation area becomes large. It was

The inventor of the present application has proposed, in Japanese Patent Application No. 4-154305, a continuous multi-connecting device capable of solving the above problems. However, various points to be improved in this continuous multi-joint device, that is, the joint between the rootstock and the scion is easily bent, and when the scion is cut and moved on the rootstock, There is a problem that the clamping force at that time loosens, the leaf of the seedling on the end of the grafting becomes an obstacle when moving this scion on the rootstock, and the efficiency of adhesive application is further inferior. I understood it.

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above, and the positioning accuracy of the joint portion of the rootstock and the scion can be improved, and even the seedlings with thin stems can be joined to improve the productivity of the grafted seedlings. It is possible to improve, and even when moving the spike making device to the upper side of the root making device, it is possible to keep the clamped state of the tip of each of the clamp plates in good condition, Konoha is a rootstock making device 4
It is possible to reduce the damage of the spliced seedlings A that have already been spliced by the clamp plate of the scion forming device 70 stacked above the sprue, and to bond a series of spliced seedlings with an adhesive at the same time. According to the present invention, there is provided a continuous multi-joint device capable of efficiently performing this bonding operation, and in this continuous multi-joint device, an adhesive agent due to moisture at the tip of the adhesive nozzle of the adhesive application device is provided. Curing is suppressed, and the adhesive can be properly supplied to the joint without excessive supply, and the curing accelerator is sprayed only on the adhesive part,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a continuous multiple grafting method capable of reducing the adverse effect of the curing accelerator on the adhesive surface.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a continuous multi-connecting device according to the present invention has a rootstock and a scion that are grown in a tray in order in the width direction and the length direction thereof. , Each on a separate line, the rootstock and spikes in each tray are clamped in one row by the clamp means, and cut by the rootstock cutting device along the upper surface of the clamp means on the rootstock side, and It cuts by the scion cutting device along the lower surface of the scoop side clamp means, and the clamp means that clamps the cut scoop is moved and placed on the scoop side clamp means to mount the scoop and the scoop. In the continuous multi-joint device in which the cut surfaces are joined and the joining portion is adhered with an adhesive, each of the above-mentioned clamp means is attached to a pair of clamp plates for female and male fitting on the upper side and the lower side, respectively. And each of these pairs of clamp plates The cutting portion is provided with a clamp portion for a seedling clamp, and at least the upper male side clamp plate of the rootstock side clamping means and the lower male side clamp plate of the scion side clamping means are respectively provided. The clamp portion is provided with a contact receiving portion 150 having a clamp surface facing the clamp surface of the female clamp plate. Further, locking means for engaging and disengaging by the clamp operation of each pair of clamp plates is provided at each tip of each pair of clamp plates constituting the spike-side clamp means. In addition, a seedling avoiding plate 152 for avoiding the leaves of the seedling on the grafting completion side is provided on the rear side of the clamp plate located on the downstream side of the stock line among the lower clamp plates of the root side clamp means. To do. In addition, a root cutting device that is provided along the upper surface of the root-side clamping means and is provided with a mountain-shaped or groove-shaped wedge-shaped guide portion in a direction crossing the clamping portion, and moves along the upper surface of the root-side clamping means. The cutting blade of is provided with a wedge-shaped blade having a shape along the wedge-shaped guide portion, and on the lower surface of the spike-side clamping means,
A wedge-shaped guide portion having a shape opposite to that of the rootstock side is provided in a direction traversing the clamp portion, and the cutting blade of the scion cutting device moving along the lower surface of the spike-side clamping means is provided with the wedge. A wedge-shaped blade having a shape along the guide portion is provided.
In addition, an adhesive application device 130 is provided on the upstream side of the clamp part of the rootstock line so as to be movable in the line direction, and this adhesive application device 130 is provided at the joint part of the rootstock and the scion clamped by the clamp means. Multiple adhesive nozzles 137 facing each other
And a plurality of curing agent spray nozzles that can move up and down above the position facing the joint. In addition, the continuous multi-connecting method is used to place rootstocks and stalks that have been cultivated in the width and length directions in a tray in separate lines, and to install the rootstocks and stalks in each tray. Each row is clamped by the clamping means, cut by the root cutting device along the upper surface of the root side clamping means, and cut by the ear cutting cutting device along the lower surface of the ear cutting side clamping means, The clamp means that clamps the cut spikes is moved and placed on the clamp means on the rootstock side to join the cut surfaces of the rootstock and the spikelets, and this joining portion is bonded with an adhesive. In a multi-connector system, when applying adhesive to the joint between the rootstock and the scion, use the surface tension of the adhesive at the tip of the adhesive nozzle to discharge the adhesive to the extent that it does not drip, Instantly attach to the above-mentioned joint surface, and then apply a curing accelerator to the adhesive surface. Cloth to be so spread out to fix and press the adhesive at the curing accelerator.

[0008]

[Operation] The rootstock of which the tip side is cut off and the scion of which the root side is cut are cut without bending. Further, the tips of the respective clamp plates of the spike-clamping device of the spike-making device are locked to each other in a clamped state. Also, the leaves of the joined seedlings can be avoided by the seedling avoiding plate. Also, one of the cut surfaces of the rootstock and the scion is mountain-shaped,
The other becomes a groove and the two are saddle-jointed. Further, the adhesive is simultaneously applied to the joints of the rootstock and the scion that are clamped by the clamp plate. In this bonding with the adhesive, water from the seedling side is unlikely to adhere to the tip of the adhesive nozzle, and the adhesive is properly supplied to the bonding portion. Only applied to.

[0009]

[Example] In Fig. 1, 1 is a line for rootstock, 2 is a line for scion, and these are arranged in parallel and spaced apart. A gate-shaped frame 3 straddling the lines 1 and 2 is provided in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the lines 1 and 2.

[Rootstock Creating Apparatus] A rootstock creating apparatus 4 is provided on one side of the frame 3 and upstream of the rootstock line 1. The rootstock creating apparatus 4 is shown in FIGS. Explain. Upper and lower rodless cylinders 5 and 6 are provided in parallel with each other on one side of the frame 3 and apart from the rootstock line 1 toward the scion line 2 side. First and second brackets 7 and 8 are slidably fitted in the cylinders 5 and 6, respectively. A guide rail 9 is provided on the frame 3 in parallel with the rodless cylinders 5 and 6.
Both brackets 7 and 8 are slidably engaged with. The brackets 7 and 8 are displaced from each other in the sliding direction, the first bracket 7 is fitted to the upper rodless cylinder 5, and the lower rodless cylinder 6 is fitted.
It is located on the rear side in the sliding direction with respect to the second bracket 8 fitted in (FIGS. 2 and 3).

First and second root clamp devices 10 and 11 having the same structure are provided at the respective tip portions of both brackets 7 and 8, and each root clamp device 10 and 11 has the same structure. A pair of rootstock clamp plates 12a,
The base end portions of 12b, 13a and 13b are fixed.

Of these two rootstock clamping devices 10 and 11, for example, the second rootstock clamping device 11 is as shown in FIG.
14b is slidably engaged with the bracket 8 in the opposite direction, and left and right rootstock clamp plates 13a, 13b are fixed to the top surfaces of the blocks 14a, 14b with screws or the like. A stopper 15 is provided upright on the inner middle portion of the blocks 14a and 14b facing each other, and variable stoppers 16 and 17 are provided inside the blocks 14a and 14b so as to adjust the screw type equal projecting dimensions. It is projected.

A cylinder 18 is fixed to one block 14a in the sliding direction of the block 14a, and a piston rod 19 of the cylinder 18 penetrates the block 14a, the stopper 15 and the other block 14b, and The tip portion is fixed to the other block 14b, and the cylinder 18 expands and contracts to allow both blocks 14a, 1
4b is moved in the opposite direction, and the position in the approaching direction, that is, the clamp position, is positioned by the tips of the variable stoppers 16 and 17 contacting the stopper 15.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the two root block clamping devices 10 and 11 are provided at the front end portions of the brackets 7 and 8 with their positions shifted in the front-rear direction, and the blocks 14a and 14a, respectively. The root clamp plates 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b fixed to the top surface of 14b are arranged so as to be vertically stacked. The root clamp plate 12 of the root clamp device 10 located on the rear side
a and 12b are on the upper side.

Of the pair of upper and lower root clamp plates 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b, the lower pair of root clamp plates 13a, 13b are respectively fitted to one side and the other side as shown in FIG. Female and male, and V-shaped (or U-shaped) clamp portions 20a and 20b are provided at predetermined intervals at opposed portions thereof.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the pair of root clamp plates 12a and 12b on the upper side thereof are, as shown in FIG. V-shaped clamp portions 20a and 20b are provided at fixed intervals on the opposing portions. Clamping the female-side rootstock clamp plate 12b on the upper and lower surfaces of the fitting portion of the male-side rootstock clamp plate 12a of the pair of upper-side rootstock clamp rates 12a and 12b, and at each V-shaped clamp portion. The contact receiving portion 15 facing the surface
0 is provided separately from (or integrally with) the root clamp plate 12a. The contact receiving portion 150 may be provided only above the fitting portion. This contact receiving part 150
When it is separate from the clamp plate, it is preferable to use a slightly soft material such as rubber or sponge material.

Also, the female-side root clamp plate 1
On the upper surface of 2b, a cutting blade guide 151 having a triangular mountain shape is provided so as to project in a direction intersecting the root clamp portion in the longitudinal direction. Also, the lower root clamp plates 13a, 13
In b, the seedling avoiding plate 152 is provided on the rear surface of the rootstock clamp plate 13a on the downstream side of the rootstock line 1, and the spacer 153 is provided only for the opening operation of the upper rootstock clamp plates 12a and 12b.
Are separated and fixed via. Although this seedling avoiding plate 152 will be described later, the leaves of the seedlings that have been grafted are used as the seedling avoiding plate 1.
This is to prevent it from being sandwiched between the rootstock clamping devices 10 and 11 when they are stacked on top of the rootstock clamping devices 10 and 11 by avoiding 52.

The root clamp plates 12a, 12
A clamp device 21 is provided on the front side of the line 1 for the rootstock, facing the tips of b, 13a, 13b, and the configuration thereof will be described below with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9. This clamp device 21 includes a clamp device 22 for a root clamp plate,
Clamping device 3 for the scion clamp plate described later
It consists of 3.

First, the clamp device 22 for the rootstock clamp will be described. This is the bottom root clamp plate 1
A pair of lower clamp pieces 22a and 22b for clamping the tip end portions of 3a and 13b, and an upper rootstock clamp freight 1
A pair of upper clamp pieces 22c and 22d for clamping the tip end portions of 2a and 12b, and a lower clamp device 23 and an upper clamp that fix the pair of clamp pieces and move them in opposite directions. And a device 24. The upper and lower clamp devices 23 and 24 are displaced in the longitudinal direction of the clamp pieces as shown in FIG.
They do not interfere with each other in the clamping direction. The clamp devices 23 and 24 have the same structure, and are basically the same as the clamp devices 10 and 11 in which the base ends of the clamp plates are fixed.

That is, for example, in FIG. 8, the lower clamp device 23 has blocks 25a, 2 which are opposed to and separated from each other on the left and right.
5b is guided by a plurality of guide rods 27 provided on a frame member 26 fixed to the machine frame side and slidably supported in opposite directions. The left and right blocks 25a and 25b have the above-mentioned left and right sides. The clamp pieces 22a and 22b are fixed. A stopper 28 is provided upright on the inner middle portion of the blocks 25a and 25b facing each other, and variable stoppers 29 and 30 are provided inside the blocks 25a and 25b so that the screw type equal projecting dimensions can be adjusted. It is projected.

The two blocks 25a and 25b are connected by a cylinder device 31, which is moved in the opposite direction by the expansion and contraction operation of the cylinder device 31, and at the position in the approaching direction, the tips of the variable stoppers 29 and 30 are stoppers. Positioning is performed by abutting on 28.

The above-mentioned left and right clamp pieces for clamping the tips of the upper stock clamp plates 12a, 12b on the top surfaces of the blocks 25a, 25b of the upper clamp device 24 having the same construction as the lower clamp device 23. 22c,
22d is fixed.

The lower root clamp plate 12 is provided on both clamp pieces 22a and 22b of the lower clamp device 23.
A tongue 32 for scooping a and 12b is provided.

On the upper side of the clamp device 22 for the rootstock clamp plate, a clamp device 33 for the scion clamp plate is provided. The clamp device 23 for the spike bush clamp plate has the same configuration as that for the rootstock clamp plate but is vertically inverted.

That is, in FIG. 9, the lower clamp device 34 of this spike clamp plate 33 is the upper clamp device 24 on the rootstock side, and the upper clamp device 35 is the lower clamp device 35 on the rootstock side. It has the same configuration as the side clamp device 23.

In FIG. 1, a stock cutting device 40 is provided on the upstream side of the stock line of the frame 3 so as to be movable in a direction traversing the stock table 1, and the stock cutting device 40 is provided. It is as shown in FIG.

A rodless cylinder 41 and a guide rail 42 are provided in parallel and horizontally on the downstream side surface of the frame 3, and a bracket 43 is slidably engaged with these. Guide rods 44a and 44b are slidably supported on the bracket 43 at positions separated in parallel with the frame 3.
A support 45 is fixed to the tip of 44b. A cylinder 46 is attached to both brackets 43 on the bracket 43.
It is located in the middle of a and 44b and is attached in parallel with it, and the tip of the piston rod 47 of this is connected to the support base 45.

Guide rods 48a and 48b are slidably supported in the vertical direction on the support base 45 at positions separated from each other in the direction parallel to the frame 3.
A tool rest 49 is fixed to the tip of 48b. Further, a cylinder 50 is mounted on the support base 45 with both guide rods 48a, 48
It is located in the middle of b and is attached in parallel with it, and the tip of the piston rod 51 thereof is connected to the tool rest 49.

A blade mounting tool 52 is provided on the lower surface of the tool rest 49, and a razor-shaped cutting blade 53 can be easily mounted on the blade mounting tool 52. An air blow nozzle 54 is provided on one side of the tool rest 49 toward the blade tip. In the cutting operation state, the cutting blade 53 is a cutting blade guide 12d provided on the upper surface of the female-side rootstock clamp plate 12b of the upper-side rootstock clamp plates 12a and 12b.
A triangular blade 53a is provided so as to follow. Further, the blade mounting member 52 straddles the seedling avoiding plate 152 and descends inside thereof.

Guide rod 4 mounted on the tool rest 49
An adjusting stopper 55 is fixed to the upper portions of 8a and 48b so that the position thereof can be adjusted. By changing the position of the adjusting stopper 55, the height of the cutting blade 53 at the time of lowering (during cutting work) can be adjusted. ing.

A tray moving device 56 is provided on the upstream side of the stock line 1 described above. The tray moving device 56 includes a push plate 57, a screw rod 58a screwed to the bracket 58 and having a tip end rotatably engaged with the push plate 57, and a motor 59 for rotating the screw rod 58a. There is.

The operation of the root stock making apparatus 4 configured as described above will be described below. First, as shown in FIG.
The stock tray 60 is set on the stock line 1.
A large number of rootstock pots 61 are regularly arranged in the width direction and the length direction on the rootstock tray 60. In particular, the arrangement interval in the width direction is set to the root clamp plates 12a, 12 described above.
b, 13a, 13b provided on the clamp portion 20a, 2
The interval is 0b. The rootstock pots in the front row are rootstock clamp plates 12a, 12b, 13a, 1
Positioning is performed by the movable stopper 62 so as to match the position of 3b. At this time, the tray tray 60 is pushed to push the device 56.
You may also press. At this time, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the rodless cylinders 5 and 6 are operated to operate the root clamp plates 12a, 12b, 13a, 1
3b is retracted, the root cutting device 40 is raised, and it is retracted to the frame 3 side. Further, the root clamp plates 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b are widened in the facing interval.

In the above state, the rodless cylinders 5 and 6 are operated to move the root clamp devices 10 and 11 forward. Thereby, the upper and lower root clamp plates 12a, 12b, 1 of the respective root clamp devices 10, 11 are provided.
3a and 13b are inserted into both sides of the rootstock 64 that has been raised in the rootstock pot 61, and each rootstock 64 is a clamp portion 20 of the rootstock clamp plate 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b.
It is opposed to a and 20b. At this time, when there is a seedling that has been grafted on the downstream side of the rootstock pot 61 to be clamped by the rootstock clamp devices 10 and 11, the leaves of this seedling are seedlings attached to the lower clamp plate 13b. It is avoided to the downstream side by the avoidance plate 152. Further, at this time, the tips of the root clamp plates 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b are positioned in the root clamp clamping device 22 of the root-side positioning clamp device 21.
At this time, positioning of the root clamp devices 10 and 11 in the forward direction is performed by bringing the brackets 7 and 8 into contact with stoppers (not shown) provided in the frame 3 and the like.

Next, the first and second rootstock clamping devices 10,
11 is clamped. As a result, each root 64 has two upper and lower root clamp plates 12a, 12
It is clamped by the clamp parts 20a, 20b of b, 13a, 13b (FIG. 11, FIG. 12). In this state, the clamping device 22 for the root clamp plate of the positioning clamp device 21 on the root side is clamped, so that the respective root clamp plates 12a, 12b are clamped by the respective clamp pieces 22a, 22b and 22c, 22d. , 13a and 13b are clamped (FIG. 11). At this time, the upper clamp pieces 22c and 22d perform the clamping operation first. Then, the lower clamp pieces 22a, 22b perform a clamping operation, and the lower stock clamp plates 13a, 13b are clamped while being slightly pushed up by the tongue pieces 32, 32, whereby the upper and lower stock clamps are clamped. Plate 12
The base 64 is clamped in the state where a, 12b, 13a and 13b are closely attached in the vertical direction.

The upper root clamp plate 1 at this time
The clamps in 2a and 12b are as shown in FIG.
The upper and lower clamp surfaces of the female-side rootstock clamp plate 12b and the male-side rootstock clamp plate 1 facing the upper and lower clamp surfaces.
Since it is received vertically by the contact receiving portion 150 provided on the 2a side, the cutting portion of the base 64 is clamped without bending.

Next, the root cutting device 40 is operated to cut the portions of the upper root clamp plates 12a and 12b projecting from the upper surface, and the air blow nozzle 5
This cut portion is blown out and eliminated at 4 (Fig. 1
0). In the operation of the rootstock cutting device 40, the cutting blade 53 causes the seedling avoiding plate 152 by the expansion and contraction movement of the two cylinders 46 and 50.
Upper rootstock clamp plates 12a, 12b across
Of the rodless cylinder 4 in this state.
1 and the cutting blade 53 moves the above-mentioned root clamp plate 1
This is done by moving on 2a, 12b. By this operation, the base 64 is fixed to the base clamp plate 12
It is cut on the upper side of a and 12b.

At this time, the support base 45 of the rootstock cutting device 40
And the tool rest 49 are guide rods 44a, 44b and 48a, 48b provided on both sides of the cylinders 46, 50, respectively.
By being guided by, the cutting blade 53 is moved to a predetermined position without swinging. The height position is accurately adjusted by the adjustment stopper 55. The stock tray 60 that moves on the stock line 1 includes guide rails 64a, 64 provided on both sides of the stock line 1 in the width direction.
Guided in b. Further, the cut surface of the rootstock 64 at this time is cut into a wedge shape as shown by a virtual line in FIG.
Further, since this cut portion is received by the pad receiving portion 150, it does not bend.

[Spike Making Device] In FIG. 1, a spike is created on the upstream side of the spike line on one side of the frame 3 provided so as to straddle the line 1 for the stem and the line 2 for the spike. A device 70 is provided and will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 to 25. Reference numeral 71 is a table for the scion line 2. The table 71 is elongated in the line direction and is configured to be capable of moving up and down from a position lower than the level of the root line 1 to a height exceeding it. Reference numeral 72 is a lifting rod, which has a rodless cylinder configuration (FIG. 13).

Reference numeral 73 is an elevation rotary table provided between the lines 1 and 2, and the elevation rotary table 73 is connected to the upper end of an elevation rod 74 vertically provided on the machine frame side. The elevating rod 74 also has a rodless cylinder structure, and is configured to be vertically moved up and down with respect to the boss member 75 fixed to the machine frame side. The elevating rod 74 is engaged with a rotating boss 76 rotatably fitted to the boss member 75 by a key 74a in the rotating direction and is slidably fitted in the axial direction. And this rotating boss 7
The pinion 77 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rack 6, and the rack 79 is provided so as to face the notch 78 of the boss member 75.
Are engaged with each other, and the lifting rod 74 is rotated via the rotation boss 76 by driving the rack 79 (FIGS. 14 and 15).

A supporting base 80 having a vertical surface is provided in a horizontal direction on the lifting rotary base 73 connected to the upper end of the lifting rod 74, and the vertical surface of the supporting base 80 is vertically spaced apart. The upper and lower rodless cylinders 81 and 82 are horizontally provided.
First and second brackets 83 and 84 are slidably fitted in the respective brackets. Further, a guide rail 85 is provided on the support base 80 in parallel with the rodless cylinders 81 and 82.
4 is slidably engaged. Both brackets 8
3, 84 are displaced in the sliding direction so that the first bracket 83 is attached to the upper rodless cylinder 81 and the second bracket 83 is attached to the second rodless cylinder 81.
Brackets 84 are fitted into the lower rodless cylinders 82, respectively, and the first bracket 83 is located rearward in the sliding direction (FIGS. 16 and 17).

First and second spike-clamping devices 86 and 87 of the same construction are provided at the respective tip portions of both brackets 83 and 84, and each spike-clamping device 86 and 87 has a pair. Nohogi Clamp Plate 88
The base end portions of a, 88b, 89a and 89b are fixed (FIGS. 16 and 17).

Of the two spike-clamping devices 86, 87, for example, the second spike-clamping device 87 is as shown in FIG.
a and 90b are slidably engaged with the lower side of the bracket 84 in opposite directions, and the left and right scion clamp plates 89a and 89b are fixed to the lower surfaces of the blocks 90a and 90b with screws or the like. . A stopper 91 is fixedly attached to a bracket 84 at an intermediate portion of the inner sides of the blocks 90a and 90b facing each other.
Variable stoppers 92, 93 are provided on the inner side of 0b so as to adjust the projecting dimension of the screw type.

A cylinder 94 is fixed to one block 90a in the sliding direction of the block 90a, and a piston rod 95 of the cylinder 94 penetrates the block 90a, the stopper 91 and the other block 90b, and The tip portion is fixed to the other block 90b, and the cylinder 94 expands and contracts to cause both blocks 90a, 9a to move.
0b is moved in the opposite direction, and the position in the approaching direction, that is, the clamp position is positioned by the tips of the variable stoppers 92, 93 contacting the stopper 91.

The above-mentioned two-spindle clamp devices 86 and 87 are shown in FIG.
6, the scion clamp plates 88a, 88b, 89a, 89b, which are displaced in the movement direction and fixed to the lower surfaces of the blocks 90a, 90b, are arranged so as to be vertically stacked. The spike clamp plates 88a, 88b, 89a, 89b are substantially the same as the root clamp plates 12a, 12b, 13 described above.
It has the same structure as that of a and 13b, and as shown in FIG. 18, the scion clamp plates 88a and 88b on the lower side of the same.
Above and below the clamp portion of the male side clamp plate 88a, above the upper root clamp plate 12a, 1
The same pad receiving portions 150 are provided above and below the clamp portion of the male clamp plate 12a of 2b (FIGS. 17 and 18).

In addition, this lower ear brush clamp plate 88
A cutting blade guide 154 in the form of a triangular groove is provided on the lower surface of the scoop clamp plate 88b on the female side of a and 88b in a direction intersecting the scoop clamp portion in the longitudinal direction. In addition, the upper and lower scion clamp plates 88a, 88b, 89
a, 89b female side clamp plate 88
The leaf spring 15 for biasingly locking the convex portion of the other clamp plate 88a, 89a inside the concave portion of the distal end portion of b, 88b.
5,155 are provided.

The structure of the above-mentioned urging locking portion is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 19A, except for this embodiment, FIG.
As shown in (b), the leaf springs 15 are formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the male-side convex portion.
5 may be provided and, as shown in (c), a notch 156.
May be locked by the ball 157 or may be attracted by the magnets 158a and 158b as shown in (d). In any of the above cases, the scion clamp device 8
It is adapted to be engaged by the clamp operation by 6, 6 and to be locked by the urging force which can be disengaged by the releasing operation.

The above-mentioned scion clamp plates 88a, 88
Positioning clamp devices 96 on one side of the spike line 2 facing the tips of b, 89a, and 89b are provided, and the configuration thereof will be described below with reference to FIGS. 20 to 22.
The spike-side positioning clamp device 96 includes a pair of lower clamp pieces 97a and 97b for clamping the tips of the lower spike-clamp plates 88a and 88b and an upper spike-clamp plate 89a and 89b. From the pair of upper clamp pieces 98a, 98b for clamping the tip end and the lower clamp device 99 and the upper clamp device 100 for fixing the pair of clamp pieces and moving them in the opposite direction. Has become. The two clamp devices 99 and 100 are displaced in the longitudinal direction of the clamp plate so that they do not interfere with each other in the clamp direction. The clamp devices 99 and 100 have the same configuration and are basically the same as the clamp devices of the positioning clamp device 21 on the rootstock side.

That is, for example, the lower clamp device 99
Is supported by a plurality of guide rods 103 provided on a frame member 102 fixed to the machine frame side so as to be slidable in opposite directions. Left and right clamp pieces 97a and 97b are fixed to the top surface of 101b. A stopper 104 is provided upright on an intermediate portion of the inner sides of the blocks 101a and 101b facing each other.
Variable stoppers 105 and 106 are provided on the inside of 01a and 101b so as to adjust the projecting dimensions of the screw type.

Both the blocks 101a and 101b are connected by a cylinder device 107.
It is moved in the opposite direction by the expansion and contraction operation of 07, and the positions in the approaching direction are positioned by the tips of the variable stoppers 105 and 106 contacting the stopper 104.

Each block 101a, 10 of the upper clamp device 100 having the same structure as the lower clamp device 99 described above.
Upper clamp pieces 98a and 98b are fixed to the top surface of 1b.

On both clamp pieces 97a and 97b of the lower clamp device 99, the lower spike-clamp plate 88 is provided.
A stand piece 108 for scooping in a and 88b is provided.

In FIG. 1, a subframe 110 is provided on the upstream side of the scion line 2 of the frame 3 so as to straddle the scion line 2, and the scoop line is provided on the upstream side of the subframe 110. A scion cutting device 111 is provided so as to be movable in a direction traversing the cross section 2. The scion cutting device 111 is as shown in FIG.

A rodless cylinder 112 and a guide rail 113 are provided in parallel and horizontally on the upstream side surface of the sub-frame 110, and a bracket 114 is slidably engaged with these. The bracket 114 is provided with an actuating shaft 115 that can be moved up and down and rotatably connected to the up-and-down / rotation device 116 so as to face downward. A rodless cylinder is used as a mechanism for raising and lowering the operating shaft 115, and a known mechanism such as a rack and pinion or a motor is used as a mechanism for rotating the operating shaft 115. A tool rest 117 is fixed to the tip of the operating shaft 115, and a cutting blade 118 is easily attached to and detached from the tool rest 117. The cutting blade 118 has a triangular blade 118a so as to follow the cutting blade guide 154 provided on the lower surface of the female side scoop clamp plate 88b of the lower side scoop clamp plates 88a and 88b in the cutting operation state. There is.

On the upstream side of the line of the lifting table 71, the same pushing device 56 as that provided in the line 1 for stock is provided. As shown in FIG. 26, the scion cutting device 70 configured as described above is in a state of point symmetry with respect to the rotation center O ₁ of the lifting / lowering turntable 73 with respect to the stock cutting device 4 in a state where the stock is clamped. Has become.

The scion making device 70 configured as described above
The operation of the above will be described below. First, the vertical and horizontal positions and postures of the lifting / lowering turntable 73 are adjusted so that the spike-clamp plates 88a, 88a of the spike-clamp devices 86, 87 can be adjusted.
88b, 89a, 89b are oriented in the direction perpendicular to the line 2 for the scion, and the clamping device 96 for positioning on the scion side
Set so that the height is opposite to.

On the lifting table 71, the tray 1 for spikelets is provided.
Set 20. In this tray 120 for spikelets, spikelets 1
The scion pots 122 for raising 21 seedlings are arranged in the same number and intervals as the rootstock tray 60. And the front row of the spikes 121 are the spike clamp plates 88a, 8
Positioning is performed by a movable stopper so as to coincide with the positions of 8b, 89a and 89b. At this time, the tray 120 for spikelets
May be pushed by the pushing device 56. At this time, the rodless cylinders 81, 82 are operated to retract the spike clamp plates 88a, 88b, 89a, 89b, and the tool rest 117 of the cutting device 111 is rotated to move the cutting blade 118 to the spike. Separate from the clamp plate. Also, the above-mentioned scion clamp plates 88a, 8
8b, 89a and 89b have their facing intervals widened.

In the above state, the lifting table 71 is moved up,
The shaft portion of each spike 121 of the spike bowl 122 is at the cutting position, that is, the spike clamp plates 88a, 88b, 89a, 8
Set so as to be opposed to the clamp position by 9b (FIG. 13).

In this state, rodless cylinders 81, 82
Is operated to move the scion clamp devices 86 and 87 forward. As a result, the upper and lower scion clamp plates 88a,
88b, 89a, 89b are inserted into both sides of the spikelet 121, and each spike 121 has a spike clamp plate 88a,
88b, 89a, 89b clamp portions 20a, 20b
Be opposed to. Also, at this time the scion clamp plate 8
The tips of 8a, 88b, 89a, and 89b are located in the scissors-side positioning clamp device 96. At this time, the scooping clamp devices 86, 87 are positioned in the forward direction by a bracket (not shown) provided on a stopper (not shown) provided on the frame 3 or the like.
This is done by contacting 3, 84 and the like.

Next, the spike-clamping devices 86 and 87 are respectively clamped. As a result, each of the spikes 121 has two spikes clamp plates 88a, 88b, 89a on the upper and lower stages.
It is clamped by the clamps 20a and 20b of 89b.
In this state, the two clamp devices 99a, 97b, 98a, 98b are clamp-operated by the clamp devices 99, 100 of the spike-side positioning clamp device 96, so that the spike-clamp plates 88a, 88b, 89a, 89
The tip of b is clamped. At this time, the upper clamp pieces 98a and 98b perform the clamping operation first. Then, the lower clamp pieces 97a, 97b perform a clamping operation, and the tongue pieces 108, 108 of the lower clip pieces 88a, 88b slightly push up to clamp them, whereby the upper and lower ear piece clamp plates are clamped. 88
The spikes 121 are clamped in a state where a, 88b, 89a and 89b are closely attached in the vertical direction.

At this time, if the spacing between the spikes 121 and the spacing between the clamp portions 20a and 20b of the spike clamp plate do not match, the root side of the spikes 121 is bent as shown in FIG. 24 (a). It will be clamped. In this state, when the cutting device 111 cuts the cuttings along the lower surface of the lower cuttings clamp plates 88a and 88b, the cutting surface becomes oblique. Lower the lifting table 21 a little. As a result, as shown in FIG. 24B, the scion pot 122
The stem 121 of this is straightened out of the bush.

In the above state, the cutting device 111 is operated to move the above-mentioned spike 121 to the lower spike-clamp plates 88a, 8a.
Cut along the lower surface of 8b. As shown in FIG. 23, the operation of the cutting device 111 is such that the tool rest 117 is moved downward and rotated to bring the cutting blade 118 along the lower surfaces of the lower spike-clamp plates 88a and 88b, and then the rod. This is done by operating the press cylinder 112 and moving the cutting blade 118.

In the operation of the above-mentioned spike-cutting device 70, the upper and lower spike-clamp plates 88a, 88b, 89a, 8
At each tip of 9b, the leaf spring 155 or the notch 156 and the ball 157 are engaged by engaging means. Further, in each of the spike-clamping portions, as shown in FIG. 25, since the male-side clamp plate 88a of the lower-side spike-clamp plates 88a and 88b has the contact receiving portions 150 above and below the clamp portions, As in the case of the rootstock clamp described above, the cutting portion is clamped without bending. The cutting surface of the spike 121 is cut into a triangular groove shape as shown in FIG.

Next, a clamping device 96 for positioning on the side of the spikes
Unclamping, the lifting rod 74 is actuated to move the lifting / lowering turntable 73, and the hooki clamp plates 88a, 8
8b, 89a, 89b rises to be higher than the upper end of the frame 3, and then the rack 79 is driven to rotate the lifting rod 74 to move the lifting / lowering turntable 73.
Rotate 180 degrees as shown in FIG. As a result, the spike-clamping devices 86 and 87 that clamp the spikes move over the frame 3 toward the script line 1 side. Then, the spike clamp devices 86 and 87 are positioned above the root clamp devices 10 and 11 in the state where the cutting work has been completed and lowered (FIGS. 27 and 28). At this time, the tips of the scion clamp plates 88a, 88b, 89a, 89b are released from being clamped by the positioning clamp device 96, but the respective tips are locked by locking means such as a leaf spring. Therefore, each pair of clamp plates 88a, 88b,
The tips of 89a and 89b are not opened. Further, at this time, even if there is a seedling A that has been grafted on the downstream side of the rootstock clamping devices 10 and 11, the leaves of this seedling A are not included in the seedling avoiding plate 1.
Since it is avoided at 52, the root clamp device 10,
Even when the scion clamping devices 86, 87 are lowered and overlapped on the upper side of 11, the leaves of the seedling A are prevented from being caught between the clamp plates of both.

The positioning clamp device 21 on the rootstock side at this time is as shown in FIGS. 24 (a), (b) and (c). By cutting work, the root clamp plates 12a, 12
Although b, 13a and 13b are clamped, the clamp device 33 for the scion clamp is in an unclamped state (Fig. 2).
9 (a)). By the above operation, the scion clamp device 86,
When 87 is lowered onto the rootstock clamping devices 10 and 11, the lower side clamping device 34 of the clamping device 33 for the scion clamping plate is actuated, and first the tip parts of the lower side scion clamping plates 88a and 88b. Are clamped (FIG. 29 (b)). Then, the upper clamp device 35 operates to clamp the upper spike clamp plates 89a and 89b. At this time, since both of the clamp pieces of the upper clamp device 35 have the downward tongue pieces 32, the upper spike-clamp plates 89a and 89b are clamped while being pushed downward (FIG. 29 (c)). As a result of the above-described operation, in the positioning clamp device 21 on the rootstock side, as shown in FIG. 29C, four sets of clamp plates 12a, 12b,
13a, 13b, 88a, 88b, 89a, 89b are clamped vertically without a gap. And this
Both cutting surfaces of the rootstock 64 and the scion 121 are pressed against each other,
The other triangular mountain fits into one triangular groove and is grafted in a saddle joint shape. Note that FIG. 31 is an overall view of this state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 30 (a), in the positioning clamp device 21 on the rootstock side, the upper clamp device 24 of the clamp device 22 for the rootstock clamp and the clamping device for the spikestock clamp. 33 lower clamp device 34
Unclamp, and then the first rootstock clamping device 10
And unclamp the first scion clamping device 86,
Rootstock clamp plates 12a, 12 fixed to each
The b and the scion clamp plates 88a and 88b are separated from each other. Next, the clamp devices 10, 8 that have been moved apart from each other
6 is moved backward. As a result, FIG. 30 (b) and FIG.
A space 123 is formed around the joint between the rootstock and the scion 121. In this state, the adhesive is applied from the space 123 to the joint portion of each rootstock and the scion by the adhesive application device 130 to bond the both. This adhesive application device will be described below.

[Adhesive Applying Device] An adhesive applying device 130 is provided on the upstream side of the line 3 for the rootstock with respect to the frame 3 and so as to vertically overlap with the line 1 for the rootstock. The configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 1 and FIGS. 33 to 35. Reference numeral 131 denotes a movable frame which straddles the line 1 for the rootstock and is movable in the moving direction (left-right direction) of the tray 60 for the basestock on the line 1 for the rootstock,
One leg of the movable frame 131 is a line 1 for the rootstock.
Is slidably engaged with one guide rail 64b provided on one side portion thereof, and the other leg portion 132 is slidably fitted with a rodless cylinder 133 provided on the machine frame. It is fixed to the sliding member 134 and reciprocates along the stock line 1 by the operation of the rodless cylinder 133 (FIGS. 1 and 33).

A bracket 135 along the longitudinal direction of the movable frame 131 is provided on the movable frame 131 so as to be movable by a cylinder device 136 in the moving direction of the movable frame 131. The brackets 135 are provided with adhesive nozzles 137 at positions corresponding to the intervals between the seedlings and as many as the seedlings. Each adhesive nozzle 13
No. 7 inserts a conducting tube 139 into the metal tube 138, and the tube 13 is inserted at the tip of the conducting tube 139.
A tip tube 140 having a diameter larger than 9 is connected. Both the tip tube 140 and the conduction tube 139 are made of a material such as a fluororesin that is hard to adhere with an adhesive. Each adhesive nozzle 137 has a bracket 135
The position can be adjusted in the axial direction. Each of the adhesive nozzles 137 is connected to the adhesive tank 142 via an adhesive application valve 141 provided on the movable frame 131.

An elevating frame 143 is provided on the front side of the movable frame 131 so as to be able to move up and down along a saddle 144 provided vertically on the front side of the movable frame 131. 1
Reference numeral 45 is a cylinder that raises and lowers the cylinder. The elevating frame 143 is provided with a curing agent spray nozzle 146 at a position corresponding to the adhesive nozzle 136. Reference numeral 147 is a curing agent spray valve connected to each of the curing agent spray nozzles 146, and 148 is a curing agent tank.

Adhesive coating device 1 constructed as described above
The operation of 30 will be described below. As shown in FIGS. 30 (b) and 31, in a state where a space 123 is formed around the joint between the rootstock 64 and the scion 121, the rodless cylinder 133 is operated to move the adhesive application device 130 to a predetermined position. To move forward. At this time, the adhesive application valve 141 is opened for a certain period of time, and a certain amount of the adhesive 149 is discharged from the pressurized adhesive tank 142 to the tip of the adhesive nozzle 137. It is in a state of bulging with respect to the tip of the nozzle due to the surface tension of.

Then, the cylinder device 136 is operated to swell the adhesive 14 at the tip of each adhesive nozzle 137.
Bracket 1 to the position where 9 attaches to the joining position of each seedling
Move 35 forward. As a result, the adhesive 149 is attached to the joint portion of the seedling by the diameter width of the tip tube 140. After that, the bracket 135 is retracted and the adhesive nozzle 137 is retracted.

Then, the elevating frame 143 is lowered to make the curing agent spray nozzle 146 attached thereto face each joint portion, and a certain amount of the curing agent (curing accelerator) is sprayed from the curing agent spray nozzle 146 to the adhesive. To do. As a result, the adhesive 149 spreads around the joint surface of the seedling due to the spraying pressure of the curing agent, and is cured by the curing promoting effect thereof.
Then, the curing agent spray nozzle 146 is raised, and then the movable frame 131 is retracted. At this time, the curing agent sprayed from the curing agent spray nozzle 146 is sprayed onto the seedling avoiding plate 152 on the opposite side of the seedling, so that the seedling avoiding plate 152 acts as a blocking plate when spraying the curing agent. As a result, the curing agent may return to the adhesive nozzle side and accelerate the curing of the tip of the adhesive agent.
As shown in FIG.
a.

As described above, the joining portions of the rootstock and the scion of the front row of the rootstock tray 60 are joined,
In this state, the clamp plates on the rootstock side and the scion side are unclamped, and the rootstock tray 60 is moved to the tray moving device 56.
Move one column at. On the other hand, the unclamped clamp plates move backward from the stock line 1 and then the spike cutting device 70 moves up and turns to the original position on the left side of the frame 3. FIG. 36 shows this initial state.

After that, each tray 6 for rootstock and scion
For 0 and 120, the above operation is carried out by advancing one bowl each.
At this time, the upper and lower root block clamp plates 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b of the root stock making apparatus 4 are inserted into the adjacent parts of the joined seedlings in an open state, but the lower base Of the tree clamp plates 13a and 13b, the seedling avoiding plate 152 is attached to the clamp plate 13b on the downstream side.
28, the leaf portion of the joined seedling A is removed to the downstream side by the seedling avoiding plate 152, as shown in FIG. For this reason, when the scion clamp plate descends onto this root clamp plate, it is prevented that the leaf portion of the above-mentioned joined seedling A is sandwiched between the root plate and the scoop clamp plate. it can.

In the above embodiment, the cutting blades 53 and 118 of the root cutting device 40 and the scion cutting device 111 are moved in the longitudinal direction of each clamp plate, which is shown in FIG. As shown in, for example, in the rootstock cutting device 40 ', cutting blades 53' are provided at the positions facing the respective seedlings by the number of the respective seedlings, which are moved in the width direction of the clamp plate to simultaneously cut the respective seedlings. You may do it. In this case, the upper root clamp plate 12
Triangular chevron-shaped cutting blade guides 151 are provided on both clamp portions a'and 12b ', and the cutting blade 53' has a triangular chevron-shaped cross-sectional shape corresponding thereto.

On the other hand, in the case of the scion cutting device 111, FIG.
, The lower clamp plates 88a ', 88
A triangular blade-shaped cutting blade guide 154 'is provided in the width direction of each clamp portion b', and although not shown, the sectional shape of the cutting blade also has a corresponding sectional shape.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 23, triangular blades 53a and 118a are provided on the cutting blades 53 and 118 of the cutting devices 40 and 111 for rootstock and scion, respectively. Although an example in which the cutting surfaces of the rootstock 64 and the scion 121 are cut into male and female wedges has been shown, as shown in FIGS. 39 and 40, the cutting blades 53,
Alternatively, 118 may be flattened and cut at a right angle to the axis.

Further, in the above embodiment, the rootstock 64 and the scion 121
Although an example of adhering the cut surfaces with an adhesive has been shown, the joining of this portion may be performed by means other than an adhesive such as a tape or a clip.

[0078]

According to the present invention, the seedlings grown by the tray raising seedlings can be directly applied to the machine, and the amount of jig for holding each seedling can be reduced,
It is possible to improve the efficiency of the grafting work, significantly reduce the cost related to the production of grafted seedlings, and further downsize the device itself, so that the installation area can be greatly reduced. In the wood device, the cutting parts of the rootstock that is cut off on the tip side and the rootstock that is cut off on the root side are cut without bending, which improves the alignment accuracy of the joint part of the rootstock and the rootstock. At the same time, seedlings with thin stems can be joined, and productivity of grafted seedlings can be improved.

The clamp plates 88a, 88b, 89 of the spike clamp devices 86, 87 of the spike producing device 70
Since the tips of the a and 89b are locked to each other in a clamped state, the clamped state of the tips of the clamp plates is good even when the spike making apparatus 70 is moved to the upper side of the stock making apparatus 4. Can be kept at

Further, since the seedling avoiding plate 152 is provided on the back surface of the rootstock clamp plate 13a on the downstream side of the rootstock line 1 of the rootstock clamp plates 13a and 13b on the lower side of the rootstock making apparatus 4, the joining is performed. The leaves of the already-prepared seedling A are not pinched by the clamp plate of the spikelet making device 70 that is stacked above the rootstock making device 4, and damage to the joined seedling A can be reduced.

Further, one of the cut surfaces of the rootstock and the scion is cut into a triangular mountain shape, and the other is cut into a triangular groove shape, respectively, whereby the areas of the both cut surfaces are widened and good bonding can be achieved. It

Furthermore, according to the present invention, since a series of joints of a plurality of seedlings can be simultaneously bonded with an adhesive, this bonding operation can be performed efficiently.

Further, in the bonding method using the adhesive at the joint, the adhesive is ejected at the tip of the adhesive nozzle to the extent that the adhesive does not drip by utilizing the surface tension of the adhesive, and this is instantaneously applied to the joint surface. By applying the curing accelerator from the front side of the adhesive.
Moisture from the seedling side does not easily adhere to the tip of the adhesive nozzle, and curing of the adhesive due to moisture at the tip of the adhesive nozzle is suppressed, and the adhesive is properly supplied to the joint without excessive supply. In addition, the curing accelerator can be sprayed from the front side of the adhesive only to that portion, so that the adverse effect of the curing accelerator on the joint surface can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a root cutting device.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a clamp portion of the rootstock cutting device.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a lower clamp plate of the rootstock cutting device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an upper clamp plate of the rootstock cutting device.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a positioning clamp device on the root side.

FIG. 8 is a view on arrow B of FIG. 7.

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a root cutting device.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a state where the rootstock is clamped.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a clamped state of an upper clamp plate of the rootstock cutting device.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing a cutting state of the rootstock.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing a lifting / rotating mechanism portion of the scion cutting device.

15 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a front view showing a clamp portion of the scion cutting device.

17 is a cross-sectional arrow view taken along the line EE of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the lower clamp plate of the clamp portion of the scion cutting device as viewed from below.

19 (a), (b), (c), and (d) are cross-sectional views showing different examples showing the engaging portion of the clamp plate of the scion cutting device.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing a positioning clamp device on the spike side.

21 is a view on arrow F of FIG. 20. FIG.

22 is a view on arrow G in FIG. 20. FIG.

FIG. 23 is a perspective view showing a scion cutting device.

24 (a) and 24 (b) are explanatory views showing a clamp state of a scion.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram showing a clamped state of a scion.

FIG. 26 is a plan view showing the turning operation of the scion cutting device.

FIG. 27 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a scion plate on the rootstock side is overlapped with a clamp plate on the rootstock side.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory view of an operation when the scion side clamp plate is superposed on the root side clamp plate.

29 (a), (b), and (c) are explanatory diagrams of the clamp action of the clamp plate on the spike side.

FIGS. 30 (a) and 30 (b) are explanatory views of the action when creating a space for applying an adhesive.

FIG. 31 is a front view of a root plate side clamp plate and a scion side clamp plate overlapped with each other.

FIG. 32 is a front view showing a state in which a space for applying an adhesive has been created.

FIG. 33 is a perspective view showing an adhesive applying device.

FIG. 34 is a side view showing the adhesive application device.

FIG. 35 is a side view showing an adhesive application state of the adhesive application device.

FIG. 36 is a cross-sectional view showing the entire device.

FIG. 37 is a perspective view showing another example of the root cutting device.

FIG. 38 is a perspective view of a lower clamp plate in another example of the scion cutting device as viewed from below.

FIG. 39 is a perspective view showing another example of the root cutting device.

FIG. 40 is a perspective view showing another example of the scion cutting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Line for rootstock, 2 ... Line for scion, 3 ... Frame,
4 ... Rootstock making device, 10,11 ... Rootstock clamp device, 1
2a, 12b, 13a, 13b, 88a, 88b, 89
a, 89b ... Clamp plate, 21, 96 ... Positioning clamp device, 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 9
7a, 97b, 98a, 98b ... Clamp piece, 32, 1
08 ... Tongue piece, 40 ... Rootstock cutting device, 56 ... Tray moving device, 60, 120 ... Tray, 70 ... Spike making device, 8
6, 87 ... Earclamping device, 111 ... Earbing cutting device,
130 ... Adhesive coating device, 137 ... Adhesive nozzle, 14
0 ... Tip nozzle, 146 ... Curing agent spray nozzle, 150 ...
Contact receiving portion, 151, 154 ... Cutting blade guide, 152 ...
Seedling avoiding plate, 153 ... Spacer, 155 ... Leaf spring.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yasuo Kojima 1200, Manda, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa Inside Techno-Grafting Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. Rootstocks and stalks that have been cultivated in the width direction and length direction in a tray are placed on separate lines, respectively, and the rootstocks and stalks in each tray are used as clamping means. Clamped one line at a time, cut along the upper surface of the root-side clamping means with a root cutting device, and along the underside of the bottom-side clamping means with a root cutting device, root side. On the clamp means of, the clamp means that clamps the cut spikes is moved and placed to join the cut surfaces of the rootstock and the spikelets,
In the continuous multi-joint device for fixing the joint portion, each of the clamp means is composed of a pair of clamp plates that engage with a female and a male respectively on the upper side and the lower side, and the clamp plate of each pair. A cutting part for the seedling clamp is provided in a notch shape at the opposing part of the at least the male clamp plate on the upper side of the clamp means on the rootstock side and the male clamp plate on the lower side of the clamp means on the scion side. A continuous multi-connector device, in which each of the clamp portions is provided with a contact receiving portion 150 having a clamp surface facing the clamp surface of the female side clamp plate. 2. A locking means for engaging and disengaging by clamping operation of each pair of clamp plates is provided at each tip of each pair of clamp plates constituting the spike-side clamping means. The continuous multi-joint device according to claim 1. 3. A seedling avoiding plate 152 for avoiding the leaves of the seedling on the grafting completion side is provided on the back side of the clamp plate located downstream of the stock line of the pair of clamp plates of the root side clamp means. The continuous multi-joint device according to claim 1, wherein 4. A base that moves along the upper surface of the root-side clamping means, while a mountain-shaped or groove-shaped wedge-shaped guide is provided on the upper surface of the root-side clamping means in a direction crossing the clamp part. The cutting blade of the wood cutting device is provided with a wedge-shaped blade having a shape along the wedge-shaped guide portion, and the lower surface of the scoop-side clamping means is opposite to the rootstock side in the direction crossing the clamp portion. In addition to providing a wedge-shaped guide portion having a shape, the cutting blade of the scion cutting device that moves along the lower surface of the spike-side clamping means is provided with a wedge-shaped blade having a shape along the wedge-shaped guide portion. The continuous multi-joint device according to claim 1. 5. An adhesive application device 130 is movably provided in the line direction on the upstream side of the clamp portion of the stock line, and the adhesive application device 130 is used to fix the stock and the scion that are clamped by the clamping means. 2. A plurality of adhesive nozzles 137 facing the joining portion, a plurality of adhesive agent nozzles 137 facing the joining portion, and a plurality of curing agent spray nozzles that are vertically movable upward from the position. Continuous multiple grafting device. 6. Rootstocks and stalks that have been cultivated in the width and length directions of the trays are placed on separate lines in the trays, and the roots and stalks in each tray are used as a clamping means. Clamped one line at a time, cut along the upper surface of the root-side clamping means with a root cutting device, and along the underside of the bottom-side clamping means with a root cutting device, root side. On the clamp means of, the clamp means that clamps the cut spikes is moved and placed to join the cut surfaces of the rootstock and the spikelets,
In a continuous multi-joint device that adheres this joint with an adhesive, the surface tension of the adhesive is used at the tip of the adhesive nozzle when applying the adhesive to the joint of the rootstock and the scion. Then, the adhesive is ejected to the extent that it does not drip, this is momentarily attached to the above-mentioned joining surface, and then a curing accelerator is applied to the adhesive adhesion surface and the adhesive is spread and fixed with this curing accelerator. A continuous multi-connecting tree method characterized in that