JPH07115817A - Device for sending out turf - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a device capable of efficiently and surely spreading turf grown in a mat state without damaging. CONSTITUTION:A large number of sheets of turf in a mat state are placed in a rise and fall pallet 1 in a basket 3. The rise and fall pallet 1 is raised and dropped by a an elevation-driving device 29. Raised turf at the highest layer is brought into contact with a sending roller 37 and only one sheet of turf is sent out. The transported turf is conducted to the ground 51 by a guide chute 41 and spread. A frame 33 holding the basket 3 is rotatably supported on a truck 43 by a pin 45 and a balance roller 49 attached through a spring 46 to the tip of the frame 33 is brought into contact with the ground 51 to maintain an angle of inclination constant according to the unevenness of the ground 51.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of a lawn feeding device for feeding a large number of mat-grown lawns one by one and laying them on the ground.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A lawn is grown in a mat shape by putting soil on a net-like rug and sowing seeds on the lawn so that the lawn can be collected and then transplanted to another place. rear,
The applicant has already applied for a technique of winding this rug, collecting the lawn, and transplanting it to another place. In addition, a technique has been disclosed in which a base is made of thin strips of bark and a lawn is grown on the base to form a mat (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 53).
-75035).

The present applicant has already applied for a device for easily performing such work as spreading mat-shaped lawn (Japanese Patent Application No. 5-183062). This device locks and pulls both ends of a winding drum at the tip of a frame with wheels.

[0004]

However, when the mat-shaped lawn is wound and moved or managed, the lawn may not be wound well and the lawn may be greatly bent and damaged. In order to eliminate this possibility, it is desirable that the grass grown in a mat shape is cut into a predetermined size to make cut grass, and the grass is fed one by one and spread on the ground.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a lawn feeding device capable of feeding a large number of mat-like lawns one by one and laying them out.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a lawn feeding device for feeding and spreading a large number of mat-shaped lawns one by one. An elevating pallet for loading and unloading a grass-shaped lawn, a feeding roller for coming in contact with the loaded uppermost lawn and feeding it, and a guide shooter for guiding the fed-out lawn to the laying surface. Is characterized by.

The invention according to claim 2 is further characterized in that the elevating pallet is provided at the bottom of a basket containing a large number of mat-shaped lawns and is driven up and down.

The invention of claim 3 is further characterized in that the basket is held obliquely and has an inclination angle at which the lawn is fed out by gravity.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the basket is held by the frame, and the frame is rotatably supported by the carriage by pins.
A balance roller is provided at the tip of the frame via a spring and is in contact with the laying surface to keep the inclination angle constant.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the lifting pallet is lifted, the uppermost grass out of a large number of mat-shaped grasses loaded on the lifting pallet comes into contact with the feed roller, and only this one is fed. After being sent out, it is guided by a guide shooter and spread over the laying surface. According to the second aspect of the present invention, a large number of lawns are placed in a basket when loaded on the lifting pallet. Then, the lifting pallet moves up and down in the basket. According to the third aspect of the invention, the basket is held obliquely, and the lawn is sent out by gravity. In the invention of claim 4, the unevenness of the laying surface is further picked up by the balance roller and transmitted to the frame via the spring, so that the frame rotates around the pin around the carriage,
Keep the tilt angle constant.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The lawn grown in a mat shape is cut into a predetermined size, for example, cut grass having a size of several tens cm square to several m square. In the apparatus according to the present embodiment, an elevating pallet 1 for loading and elevating a large number of these mat-shaped lawns is provided at the bottom of the basket 3. Lifting pallet 1
Consists of a steel net 5 and a pallet beam 7. Steel mesh 5
A predetermined gap is provided between the pallet beam 7 and the pallet beam 7, and the pallet beam 7 is fixed at a predetermined interval in the front-rear direction. Since the vertical bar 9 forming the basket 3 can be positioned in this predetermined gap and the pallet beam 7 can be arranged outside the basket 3, the vertical bar 9 does not interfere with the lifting operation of the lifting pallet 1. Cage 3 is cage frame 1
A vertical bar 9 is supported by 0. Pallet beam 7
A pair of guide rollers 1 at the front and rear ends of the
1 is provided in the vertical direction. These guide rollers 11 are guided by guide rails 13. The guide rail 13 is provided with a U-shaped cross section facing outward, and
Also serves as a pillar as a strength member of. The elevating pallet 1 is formed with a long hole 15 in the longitudinal direction, that is, the front-back direction. Inside the long hole 15, a slide pin movable in the front-rear direction along the long hole 15 is provided, and a cup boss 17 is provided therein. A coupler knob 21 (FIG. 2) provided at the tip of an ascending / descending arm 19 for performing an ascending / descending operation can be detachably inserted into the cup boss 17. The raising and lowering arms 19 are provided on the left and right, and both are fixed to one rotating shaft 23. A sprocket 25 is coaxially provided on the rotating shaft 23, and a chain 27 is wound around the sprocket 25. The chain 27 is also wound around the drive sprocket 31 of the drive device 29. The drive device 29 is provided on the main frame 33.

The basket 3 is held obliquely with respect to the main frame 33 via a cushion 35. This inclination angle is set such that the basket 3 is inclined forward so that the lawn is easily fed by gravity. To contact the top of the top lawn among the many lawns loaded,
A delivery roller 37 is provided on the main frame 33 via an arm 39. A spring (not shown) is provided on the arm 39 to press the feeding roller 37 against the lawn with a predetermined force. The surface of the delivery roller 37 has a brush shape, which increases friction with the lawn and facilitates delivery. The delivery roller 37 is rotated in the clockwise direction in the figure by the rotation driving device.

A guide shooter 41 for receiving the grass fed by the feeding roller 37 and guiding it toward the ground is provided on the main frame 33 in front of the feeding roller 37. Upward flanges 42 are provided on the left and right sides of the guide shooter 41 so that the guided lawn does not fall to the left and right. The lower side of the guide shooter 41 is a shooter frame 41A for increasing rigidity.

The main frame 33 is rotatably supported by an equalizer board beam, which is a carriage 43, by a pin 45, which is an equalizer. 4 dolly 43
It has four wheels 46 and can be driven by a traveling device (not shown). The wheels 46 are solid tires. A balance roller 49 is provided in front of the main frame 33 via a spring 47. The balance roller 49 contacts the ground 51, picks up irregularities on the ground, and transmits the picked up irregularities to the main frame 33. The bottom of the guide shooter 41 contacts the balance roller 49 for positioning.

The main frame 33 is constructed by connecting two left and right side frames 53 with a connecting member 55 and a handle 57.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below.
First, the elevating pallet 1 is lowered to the bottom of the basket 3, and a large number of mat-shaped lawns are loaded thereon. These lawns are put in the basket 3. Then, this basket 3 is placed on the main frame 33 of the apparatus of this embodiment. Then, the drive device 29 raises the elevating pallet 1. This rise is done for each lawn. at the same time,
The delivery roller 37 is rotated in the clockwise direction in the figure to deliver only one top lawn. At this time, since the lawn loaded is inclined, it is in a state in which it can be easily sent out by gravity. The fed lawn is guided by the guide shooter 41 and spread on the ground 51. With this paving, the device runs on its own and retracts to the right in the figure. The self-propelled direction is controlled by the steering wheel 55 or a steering device (not shown) provided on the wheel 46 to the right in the figure.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, unlike the conventional method in which a long mat-shaped lawn is rolled and wound, there is no possibility that the lawn will be bent and damaged when wound. be able to. In addition, since a large number of mat-shaped lawns are moved and managed by removing them from the device together with the basket 3, it is more convenient than managing them separately. Furthermore, by holding the basket 3 diagonally, the lawn also becomes diagonal,
The lawn is easily fed by gravity. Therefore, the capacity of the delivery roller 37 can be reduced, and the cost of the device can be reduced. Further, the inclination angle of the basket 3 becomes constant according to the unevenness of the ground surface 51, and the delivery performance can be improved.

Although the lifting pallet 1 is provided in the basket 3 in the above embodiments, the lifting pallet 1 may be directly provided on the main frame 33 in other embodiments.

Although the basket 3 is held obliquely in the above embodiments, it may be held horizontally in other embodiments. Feeding roller 3 even when horizontal
7 can be sufficiently coped with by improving the performance of No. 7 or by providing another feeding mechanism.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiments, the main frame 33 rotates with respect to the carriage 43 due to the unevenness of the ground 51, but in other embodiments it is fixed without rotating. Is also good.

[0021]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the cut grass can be laid efficiently and accurately. Further, unlike the case where the mat-shaped lawn is handled in a rolled state, the possibility that the lawn is bent and damaged can be eliminated. According to the second aspect of the present invention, further, the connection between the lifting pallet and the basket is devised, so that a large number of mat-shaped lawns can be moved or managed together with the basket, which is convenient. According to the invention of claim 3, further, by holding the basket obliquely, the lawn can be easily fed out, and the performance of the feeding roller is small, and the cost can be reduced.
According to the invention of claim 4, the inclination angle becomes constant in accordance with the unevenness of the ground, and the delivery performance can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a basket and a guide shooter are removed from FIG.

3 is a perspective view showing the basket of FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Lifting Pallet 3 Basket 5 Steel Mesh 7 Pallet Beam 9 Vertical Bar 10 Basket Frame 11 Guide Roller 13 Guide Rail 15 Long Hole 17 Cup Labos 19 Lifting Arm 21 Coupler Knob 23 Rotating Axis 25 Sprocket 27 Chain 29 Drive Device 31 Drive Sprocket 33 Main Frame 35 Cushion 37 Feeding roller 39 Arm 41 Guide shooter 41A Shooter frame 42 Flange 43 Truck 45 pin 46 Wheel 47 Spring 49 Balance roller 51 Ground 53 Side frame 55 Connecting material 57 Handle

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A lawn feeding device for feeding and laying out a large number of mat-shaped grasses one by one, in an elevating pallet for loading and elevating a large number of mat-shaped grasses, and a stacked topmost lawn. A lawn feeding device comprising: a feeding roller that feeds the lawn in contact with the roller and a guide shooter that guides the fed lawn to the laying surface. 2. The lawn feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the raising / lowering pallet is provided at a bottom portion of a basket in which a large number of mat-shaped lawns are put and is driven to move up and down. 3. The lawn feeding device according to claim 2, wherein the basket is held obliquely and has an inclination angle at which the lawn is fed out by gravity. 4. The basket is held by a frame, the frame is rotatably supported by a carriage by a pin, and a balance roller is provided at the tip of the frame via a spring to contact the laying surface to keep the inclination angle constant. 4. The lawn feeding device according to claim 3, wherein the lawn feeding device is maintained.