JPH0731281A - Grafting robot - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a grafting robot provided with a transplanting apparatus for grafted seedling to receive a grafted seedling produced by grafting a scion seedling to a stock seedling by a grafting robot and automatically plant the grafted seedling. CONSTITUTION:A stock seedling and a scion seedling are transported from respective seedling feeding apparatuses to cutting apparatuses 19, 23 and the cut seedlings are transported to a grafting apparatus 25. Since the grafted seedling is received by a planting hand 88 of a planting apparatus 67 at a position outside of the transfer orbits of the stock transporting apparatus 18 and the scion transporting apparatus 22 and immediately before the grafting apparatus 25, there is no interference among the respective seedling holding hands 37, 38, 58, etc., of the seedling transporting apparatuses 18, 22 and the dead space is effectively utilized. Since the planting hand 88 can be pushed out to the shortest distance immediately before the grafting apparatus 25, and the grafted seedling is quickly delivered to improve the speed of the work.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a grafting robot for producing grafted seedlings for automatically supplying, cutting and grafting rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings, and more particularly to a transplanting apparatus for grafted seedlings. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional robots for producing grafted seedlings are known, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-27933 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-49935. The grafting robot described in the above publication has three seedling seedlings arranged in advance in seedling support holes radially provided on the outer periphery of the disk stand and three scion seedlings arranged in the disk stand having the same structure.
While rotating it by 60 degrees, adjoin the disk stand and
The seedlings are transferred to fixed hands provided on the rootstock processing disk portion and the scion processing disk portion that rotate by 60 degrees one by one, and the cutting devices are placed at positions where each seedling processing disk portion is rotated by a predetermined angle. It is a device that cuts rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings with each other, rotates these seedlings by a predetermined angle to rotate and convey them to a position where the rootstock and the scion can be joined, and joins the rootstock and the scion with a clip. . The present inventors have conducted a series of researches and filed patent applications in order to develop a grafting robot having excellent operability as an alternative to the grafting robot.

[0003]

The grafting robot developed by the inventors of the present invention cuts the rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings arranged in the seedling supply device with respective cutting devices, and cuts the scion and stand. It is a device that joins wood by clips with these joining devices. However, an automatic device for clipping and joining grafted grafts into a cutting tray or pot has not yet been developed. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a grafting robot equipped with a grafting device that receives grafted seedlings and grafted seedlings of a grafting robot and grafts them automatically.

[0004]

The above objects of the present invention can be achieved by the following constitutions. In other words, a grafting robot that conveys rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings from their respective seedling supply units to the cutting unit, and also conveys the rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings that are conveyed from the cutting unit to the joining unit and cut. In, outside the transport area of the rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings at the junction of rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings, equipped with a transplanting hand for grasping that can receive the junction seedlings at a position adjacent to the junction , A grafting robot in which a transplanting device for transferring to a container for cuttings is arranged.

[0005]

[Operation] Since the transplanting hand of the transplanting device can be moved to a position adjacent to the joint outside the seedling conveying area formed by the joints and the supply portion, the cutting portion and the joint portion of the rootstock seedling and the scion seedling, The dead space can be effectively used without interfering with the transfer area, and the joint seedling can be received at a position adjacent to the joint portion, thereby improving the working speed.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, an outline of a grafting robot that automatically joins rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings will be described, and then the transplanting apparatus for the obtained seedlings will be described. A top view of the grafting robot of this embodiment is shown in FIG. 1 (a diagram with the top plate removed), and an enlarged view of that portion (grafting part) is shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a front view and FIG. 4 is a side view. As will be described later, the implanting device should be illustrated in each of the drawings in FIGS. 1 to 4, but in order to simplify the drawings,
The transplantation device is not shown in the drawings (FIGS. 1 to 4) for explaining each device up to the step of automatically joining the rootstock seedling and the scion seedling.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mechanism for producing a joint seedling of a grafting robot of this embodiment comprises a clip feeder section 1 and a graft section 2, and the graft section 2 is a root section 3 and a scion section 5 and a joint. It consists of part 6. A clip guide rail 9 is provided from the outer circumference of the clip bowl 7 of the clip feeder unit 1,
The graft portion 2 is adjacent to the tip. Further, the robot manipulators 10 and 11 and the seedling supply plates 13 and 14 for gripping and transporting the rootstock and the scion respectively are suspended on the top plate 15 (FIG. 3) of the graft part 2. An enlarged view of the grafting part 2 portion shown in FIG. 1 is shown in FIG. 2. The rooting part 3 is composed of a rootstock seedling supplying device 17, a rootstock conveying device 18 and a rootstock cutting device 19, and the root part 5 Similarly, it also comprises a scion seedling supply device 21, a scion transfer device 22, and a scion cutting device 23.

[0008] The rootstock hypocotyl is manually supplied to the receiving groove 13a of the rootstock seedling supply plate 13 of the rootstock seedling supply device 17 having a diameter larger than the rootstock seedling hypocotyl diameter, and the back side of both open cotyledons is held by the holding section. Thirteen
Contact b to receive the rootstock. This rootstock seedling is conveyed to the position (cutting position) of the rootstock cutting device 19 by the rootstock carrier device 18 rotating in the direction of arrow (a) in FIG. 1, where the cutting device 19 rotates to cut it. The blade leaves one cotyledon of the rootstock seedling, and the other cotyledons are cut off. The rootstock cutting device 19 is a rotary cutter having a cutting blade attached to its tip, and rotates in the direction of arrow (c) in FIGS. 1 and 4. The rootstock that has been cut and left one cotyledon is conveyed in the direction of the arrow (B), and is joined to the scion by the joining device 25 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) of the joining portion 6 at the grafting portion 2.

Similarly, the scion seedling supplying device 2 is manually operated.
The scion seedlings are manually supplied to the scion seedling-bearing grooves 14a of the scion seedling supply plate 1 of FIG.
The tissue above the hypocotyl portion is conveyed by the scion cutting device 23 that is conveyed in the arrow (d) direction (see FIG. 1) by 2 and rotates in the arrow (f) direction (see FIGS. 1 and 4) at the cutting position. The hypocotyl part and the root part are partially cut off. Then, the scion having the cotyledon portion is conveyed in the direction of the arrow (e), and is joined with the clip supplied from the clip feeder unit 1 in the rootstock and the graft unit 2, and the joined seedling is used in the transplantation hand of the transplantation device described later. Delivered.

The root carrier 18 and the scion carrier 22 will now be briefly described mainly with reference to FIG. A root transporting rotary actuator 29 of the stock transporting device 18 is supported by the top plate 15, and a stock transporting arm support 30 is provided below the actuator 29 to support the rotary shaft 3 of the actuator.
It is rotatably supported around 1. The stock transfer arm support 30 includes a stock transfer arm pushing cylinder 33 supported by the support 30, a stock transfer arm 34 fixed to the cylinder 33, and a stock gripping part at the tip of the transfer arm 34 ( A pair of rootstock hypocotyl hand 37, rootstock hypocotyl fixture 38, and cylindrical roller 41) are provided. The hand 37 is controlled to open and close by an air cylinder (not shown) so as to grip the rootstock. Further, the rootstock transport arm support 30 is provided with a support arm 45 for lifting the rootstock cotyledons by rotating the cylindrical roller 41 in the vertical direction at the time of joining the rootstock and a rotary actuator 49 for lifting the rootstock cotyledons. Has been.

The air cylinder of the rootstock hypocotyl hand 37 at the tip of the rootstock transport arm 34 pushed to the position for setting the rootstock seedlings on the rootstock seedling supply plate 13 operates to grip the rootstock seedlings.
Simultaneously with the operation of the hand 37, the rotation actuator 29 for transferring the rootstock is also operated to transfer the rootstock seedling grasped by the hand 37 to the cutting position. Further, at the time of joining with the scion, the support arm 45 is rotated in the vertical direction (see FIG. 9) to lift the cotyledons to be left on the rootstock so that a clip (not shown) can grasp the rootstock hypocotyl. The scion transporting device 22 includes a rotary actuator 51 for transporting scion and the actuator 51.
The lower part of the scoop transport arm support 52 is rotatably supported about the actuator rotation shaft 53. The scion transport arm support 52 has a scoop transport arm push-out cylinder 55 supported by the support 52, a scoop transport arm 56 that is expanded and contracted by the cylinder 55, and a scoop cotyler support at the tip of the transport arm 56. A plate 58 and a scion hypocotyl hand 59 are provided. The hand 59 is the hogi transport arm 56.
The actuator (not shown) provided at the tip controls opening / closing so as to grip the scion. Further, the push-out amount adjusting shim 60 adjusts the push-out amount of the scion conveying arm 56 and the push-out cylinder 55 is pushed out by the conveyer arm pushing cylinder 55. A backing guide 61 is fixed to the lower part of the scooping arm extruding cylinder 55, and a bent piece at the tip thereof backs the hypocotyl when cutting the hypocotyl of the scion to ensure cutting of the hypocotyl. Can be done.

The clip feeder 1 and the joining device 25 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 5 (enlarged top view of the joining device 25 portion). Clip feeder section 1 (see Fig. 1)
Clip 63 to the vibrating parts feeder that has a spiral ascending path along the inner surface of the clip bowl 7 (see FIG. 5).
A clip guide rail 9 made of a vibration trough formed with grooves for guiding both ends of the handle portion 63a is connected, and a clip joining device 25 facing the graft portion 2 is connected to the tip of the guide rail 9. The tip of this guide rail 9 narrows the guide interval between both ends of the handle portion 63a of the clip 63 just before the joining portion 6 of the graft 2 of the graft portion 2 and the constriction for opening the grip portion 63b of the clip 63. The guide rail 64 is connected. When the clip 63 (see FIG. 5A) that has advanced with the grip portion 63b opened reaches the joining position of the rootstock and the scion, the clip opening / closing tool 65 releases the bias of the handle portion 63a of the clip 63. By moving in the direction (FIG. 5 (b)), the gripping portion 63b can keep the rootstock and the scion in a joined state. After that, the joined seedlings are transferred to a transplanting device, which will be described in detail below, and cut into a tray.

FIG. 6 shows an overall view of the clip feeder 1, the joint 2, the transplanter 67, and the plug tray carrier 68 of the grafting robot of this embodiment. FIG. 6 is a side view of the grafting robot, in which the clip feeder 1 and the grafting part 2 (consisting of the root part 3, the spike part 5 and the joint part 6 (see FIG. 1)) are arranged on the upper part, and the clip feeder Below the section 1 and the grafting section 2, a planting section 69 for the jointed seedlings and a loading section 71 and a unloading section 72 of the plug tray transporting device 68 are arranged on both sides of the planting section 69 supported by a supporting frame 73 of the grafting robot. . The seedlings that are clip-joined to the front surface of the joining device 25 in the graft part 2 are planted 69
There is a transfer unit 75 for transferring the seedlings to the transplanting device 67, and the transplanting device 67 receives the seedlings clip-joined by the transferring unit 75 and transfers them to the planting unit 69 (FIG. 6) immediately below. Then, the joint seedlings are planted in the trays of the plug trays 76 sequentially loaded into the planting section 69 from the plug tray loading section 71, and the plug trays 76 with the seedlings planted are sequentially transported to the unloading section 72. It has become.

Next, the transplant device 67 and the plug tray carry-in section 7
1 and the schematic configuration and function of the carry-out section 72 will be described. In the plug tray carrying-in section 71, a plurality of cells 79 (see FIG. 17) are arranged in parallel as a set from a belt conveyor (not shown) on a rail 77 mounted on a support frame 73 in order. Since it is carried in, after carrying in the plug tray 76, the carry-in hook 80 arranged below the rail 77 at the entrance side of the carry-in portion 71 is projected onto the rail 77, and the carry-in hook 80 is attached to the side wall surface at the rear end of the plug tray 76. The plug tray 76 is sent to the planting section 69 by the carry-in cylinder 81 connected to the carry-in hook 80.
At this time, a belt conveyor (not shown) is used next to carry-in section 71.
In order to prevent the plug tray 76 sent to the above from pushing the plug tray 76 set in the planting section 69,
A mechanism is used in which the leading end of the plug tray 76 is temporarily stopped by a carry-in stopper 83 that can rotate.

The transplant device 67 includes a transfer section 75 and a transplant section 6.
A vertically movable cylinder 84 and a horizontally movable arm 87 attached to a member 85 supported and fixed to the vertically movable cylinder 84 are provided.
At the tip of the arm 87, a pair of transplantation hands 88 for holding the hypocotyl of the jointed seedling and a soil pressing plate 89 are attached, and the arm 87 is provided with an actuator 91 for opening and closing the transplantation hand 88. With these members, the bonded seedlings can be planted in each of the plurality of cells 79 arranged in parallel in the plug tray 76.

The support frame 73 of the planting section 69 has a base moving cylinder which is movable in a direction orthogonal to the direction from the plug tray carry-in section 71 side to the carry-out section 72 side (direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 6). 92 (hereinafter referred to as a lateral base moving cylinder) and a base moving cylinder 93 (hereinafter referred to as a vertical base moving) that is movable in a direction from the plug tray carry-in portion 71 side to the carry-out portion 72 side (the paper surface direction in FIG. 6). (Referred to as a cylinder), and by freely moving the plug tray 76 to the front, back, left and right in the horizontal direction by these two base moving cylinders 92 and 93, all the cells 79 of the plug tray 76 are provided in the planting portion 69. It can be moved to the lower side of the joined seedling descending to a predetermined position (the position of the cell 79 marked with a circle in FIG. 17). When the planting of the joined seedlings into all the cells 79 of the plug tray 76 of the planting section 69 is finished, the carry-out hook 95 capable of rotating hooks the side wall surface at the rear end of the plug tray 76 as shown in the drawing, This carry-out hook 9
The plug tray 76 is sent to the plug tray carry-out section 72 by sliding the carry-out cylinder 96 to which 5 is attached.

Next, the transplanting device 67, the plug tray loading section 71 and the unloading section 72 will be described in detail. The transplantation device 67 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9. It is the figure which looked at the clip feeder part 1 and the graft part 2 from the upper part of the grafting robot of FIG. 7 (the figure which removed the top board 15 and the support frame 73), but as mentioned above, it is rootstock seedling and scion seedling. Each of the feeding devices 17, 21 (see FIG. 2) and the cutting device 1
In the grafting section 2 provided with 9, 23 and the joining device 25, the transporting devices 18, 22 for sequentially transporting the rootstock seedlings and the scion seedlings to the respective feeding devices 17, 21, the cutting devices 19, 23 and the joining device 25. The transfer section 75 for the seedlings to be joined is located in the space outside the circumference of conveyance of No. 1, and in the space between the cutting devices 19 and 23.

As shown in FIG. 7, the transplanting device 67 has a transplanting hand 88, such as the root holding hands 37 and 38 of the root carrier, and the ear holding hand 58 of the root carrier. Since it is arranged so as to be located on the outer side of the transport circumference and immediately before the joining device 25, the seed holding hand 3 of each of the seedling transport devices 18, 22 is operated by the operation of the transplanting hand 88.
The dead space can be effectively used without interfering with 7, 38, 58 and the like. Moreover, since the transplantation hand 88 can be pushed to the shortest distance immediately before the joining device 25,
The joint seedlings are received quickly, and the work speed is improved.

FIG. 8 is a view showing the main parts of the planting section 69 and the transfer section 75 as viewed from the root transfer device 18 side of the grafting robot. In the grafting part 2, the clip joining device 25, the stock transfer device 18, the stock cutting device 19, and the main part of the transfer part 75 are shown. In the rootstock transporting device 18, the rootstock hypocotyl hand 37 for gripping the rootstock hypocotyl and the rootstock hypocotyl fixture 38 are visible. Note that FIG. 8 shows two side surfaces of the rootstock hypocotyl hand 37 as viewed from two directions orthogonal to each other. FIG. 9 (a view taken along the line AA in FIG. 6) is a view seen from the front side of the grafting robot. The rootstock supply plate 13, the rootstock transport device 18, the scion supply plate 14, the scion transport device 22, and the clip. Main parts of the joining device 25 and the implanting device 67 are shown. As shown in FIG. 8, the transplant device 67 includes a pair of support columns 97 on the support frame 73.
(See FIG. 9) and is supported by a magnet type vertical moving cylinder 84 and a member 85 on the outer peripheral portion of the vertical moving cylinder 84.
A pair of transplanting hands 88 for slidably holding a magnet (not shown) and a hypocotyl of a bonded seedling attached to the magnet, and an earth retaining plate 89 for retaining the soil in the cell 79, and one support pillar It is composed of a cutter 99 and the like for cutting the hypocotyl of the bonded seedling fixed to 97.

The magnet type vertical moving cylinder 84 is a magnetic member (not shown) which can be moved up and down by air pressure in the cylinder.
As a result, the magnet moves vertically. A bearing 10 is attached to the magnet so that a horizontally moving arm 87 that fixedly supports the transplantation hand 88 and the earth pressing plate 89 can slide horizontally.
It is provided within 0. And this horizontal movement arm 8
7 is an implanting hand pushing cylinder 10 for pushing out the arm.
A member 10 integrated with the cylinder 101 when 1 slides.
2 (see FIG. 9), the horizontally moving arm 87 slides along the bearing 100. Bearing 100 of FIG.
Is a view of the portion of FIG. 8 taken along the line AA,
The portion showing the push-out cylinder 101 is a view taken along the line BB in FIG. 8, and FIG. 9 shows one half of the transplantation hand 88.

Further, the rootstock seedling and the scion seedling are clip-joined by the joining device 25, and the rootstock hypocotyl hand 3 of the rootstock carrying device 18 is joined.
The transplantation hand 88 of the transplanting device 67 grips the hypocotyl portion of the seedling in which the transplanted seedling is held in 7, and then the rootstock hypocotyl hand 37 is released to transfer the junctional seedling to the transplanting device 67. Done. Further, a cutter 99 for cutting hypocotyls of the bonded seedlings fixed to the support pillar 97 has a cutting blade (not shown) attached to a rotary shaft 103 arranged in a direction parallel to the support pillar 97 and an actuator 104 in a horizontal direction. It is possible to cut off the hypocotyl part near the root of the unwanted seedlings by rotating it. Then, the transplanting hand 88 holding the joined seedling by the vertically moving cylinder 84 linearly moves downward, and the joined seedling can be transplanted to the plug tray 76. Since the planting part 69 is vertically below the joint part 6, the transfer time can be the shortest transfer interval with the shortest transfer time.

Further, the transplanting hand 88 has a horizontally moving arm 8
It is attached to the tip of 7 together with the earth pressing plate 89 and can be pushed out or retracted in the horizontal direction by the transplanting hand pushing cylinder 101. Therefore,
As shown in FIG. 0, when the transplantation hand 88 is pulled up after the joint seedling is inserted into the soil in the cell 79 (FIG. 10A).
Then, the hand 88 is retracted in the horizontal direction, and then the transplantation hand 88 is pulled up to the transfer section 75 (see FIG. 10).
(B)) The risk of damaging the cotyledons of the bonded seedling is eliminated.
In addition, after the hypocotyl of the bonded seedling is inserted into the soil in the cell 79 in the state of FIG. 10A, the pair of transplant hands 88 are opened by the actuator 91 and separated from the hypocotyl, and then the transplant hand 88 is slightly moved. lift. Then, the transplanting hand 88 and the earth pressing plate 89 are retracted in the horizontal direction, and the transfer unit 75
It is desirable to raise Further, in the transfer section 75, if the transplantation hand 88 is retracted before receiving the joined seedlings, the hand 3 for holding the seedlings of each of the seedling transporting devices 18, 22.
It is possible to prevent interference on the transportation loci such as 7, 38, 58 (see FIGS. 3 and 7). Further, since the soil pressing plate 89 is arranged below the transplantation hand 88, when the hypocotyl of the bonded seedling is inserted into the soil in the cell 79, the soil retaining plate 89 has a function of lightly compacting the soil. Jointed seedlings after cutting will no longer fall. In addition, the earth retaining plate 89 also has a function of preventing the transplanting hand 88 from being buried in the soil and preventing the hand 88 from being opened at the time of cutting.

As shown in FIG. 8 and the like, in this embodiment, the tip of the earth pressing plate 89 is bent downward. The downward bent portion of the tip surface acts to pull the soil toward the hypocotyl side during cutting when inserting the hypocotyl of the zygote into the soil, thus increasing the stability of the zygote in the soil. . Further, as another embodiment of the present invention, it is also possible to use an earth pressing plate 89 having a tip surface bent upward as shown in FIG. In this case, when the hypocotyl of the bonded seedling is inserted into the soil, the surface of the soil pressing plate 89 that comes into contact with the soil in the cells 79 can enter relatively deep into the cells, and the soil can be reliably compacted. Further, since it is possible to prevent the transplanting hand 88 from entering the soil, it is possible to prevent the transplanting hand 88 from being buried in the soil and not opening.

The plug tray transfer device 68 (see FIG. 6) of the joint seedling planting portion 69 is attached to the support frame 73 and has two lateral base moving cylinders 92 that slide in the horizontal direction orthogonal to each other. Vertical base moving cylinder 93
(The direction along the paper surface of FIG. 9 is the horizontal direction, and the direction perpendicular to the paper surface is the vertical direction), and the horizontal sliding bearing 110.
A pair of support pieces 106 (see FIG. 9) for temporarily supporting the transplant table 105 fixedly supported on the upper side and the lower portions of the opposite side surfaces of the plug tray 76 provided on the transplant table 105.
Etc. Then, by controlling the operations of the horizontal base moving cylinder 92 and the vertical base moving cylinder 93, the cells 79 (marked with a circle in the drawing) to be planted in the plug tray 76 are directly below the transfer section in the order shown in FIG. ) Can be moved.

That is, the lateral base moving cylinder 92
A plurality of (four) bearings 110 that penetrate and support the sliding member 107 and the pair of guides 109 at the center thereof are fixedly connected to the transplantation table 105, and both ends of the guide 109 are supporting members 111 and 112 (see FIG. 9). The implantation table 105 can be laterally slid by the lateral base moving cylinder 92 while being supported by the guide 109 and using the guide 109 as a rail for the track. The support member 111 at one end of the guide 109 is the bending member 1 of the vertical base moving cylinder 93.
It is fixedly connected to 15. The support member 112 at the other end of the guide 109 is fixedly connected to a bearing 118 that penetrates and supports the pair of guides 117 of the vertical base moving cylinder 93 at its center, and can slide on the guide 117. The member 114 is fixed to the slidable portion of the vertical base moving cylinder 93, and the guide 117 is the supporting member 1.
It is supported and fixed to the support frame 73 via 20 (see FIG. 9). Therefore, the guide 109 can be vertically slid by sliding the member 114 of the vertical base moving cylinder 93, and the movable table 105 can also be slid vertically by sliding the guide 109 in the vertical direction.

Next, the plug tray carry-in section 71 will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 is a side view of the grafting robot, and FIG. 13 is a view seen from the line BB of FIG.
The plug tray 76 is sequentially sent from the belt conveyor 122 onto the rail 77 of the carry-in section 71. As can be clearly seen from FIG. 13, the rail 77 is composed of a combination of three central flat plates 125 fixed to the support frame 73 and two bent plates 126 at both ends, and the central flat plate is formed. 12
5 is arranged so that its plane is oriented in the vertical direction, and the folding plates 126 at both ends have one plane thereof as the flat plate 125.
And the other plane is arranged in a horizontal direction. Supporting pieces 127 for supporting both side surfaces of the plug tray 76 and preventing the plug tray 76 from falling on the rail 77 are provided on the horizontal planes of the bent plates 126 at both ends. Rail 77
A space between the plate members 125 and 126 constituting the above is maintained by a spacer 129, and the plug tray 76 slides on the rail 77. The sliding of the plug tray 76 is performed by the carry-in hook 80 that abuts the end side wall surface. That is, the carry-in hook 80 is the rail 77 on the entrance side of the carry-in section 71.
Since the rail 7 is arranged below and can be projected and retracted on the rail 77 from between the flat plates 125 on the center side of the rail 77,
When the plug tray 76 is carried onto the belt 7 from the belt conveyor 122, the carry hook 80 is lowered between the flat plates 125 so that the plug tray 76 can slide on the rail 77. In addition, the plug tray 76 is attached to the planting section 6
9 (see FIG. 6), the carry-in hook 80 is projected from the rear end portion side of the plug tray 76 onto the rail 77 and brought into contact with the rear end side wall portion of the plug tray 76 to attach the plug tray 76. Can be sent to 69.

Here, the retracting operation of the carry-in hook 80 on the rail 77 is performed by the vertical movement cylinder 130 provided for the carry-in hook 80 and the pair of linear bearings 131. The vertical moving cylinder 130 and the pair of linear bearings 131 are arranged so that the linear bearing 13
4, and is slidably supported via the plate members 135 to 138. Both ends of the guide 133 fixed to the support frame 73 and provided over the entire length of the carry-in portion 71 are supported by guide support members 139 (see FIG. 12) fixed to the support frame 73. Then, the vertically moving cylinder 1 of the carry-in hook 80
Since the cylinder 130 is fixed to the plate member 136 via the U-shaped member 140, sliding of the 30 toward the planting portion 69 (see FIG. 6) is guided by the pair of guides 133 by the carry-in cylinder 81. Is done.

The next plug tray 76 needs to be stopped at the position of the leading end of the carry-in section 71 so as not to push another plug tray 76 set in the planting section 69. Therefore, a carry-in stopper 83 (see FIG. 6) for setting the plug tray standby position is provided above the carry-in section 71. A guide 144 that rotates around a rod 142 provided between a pair of support members 141 supported by the support frame 73, one end of the guide 144, and a cylinder 145 are rotatably connected. The other end of the guide 144 and the end of the guide 146 on the side opposite to the side to which the cylinder 145 is connected are rotatably connected. The guides 146 are a pair of members that support both ends of the rod 142, as is clear from FIG. A rod 148 acting as a stopper is fixed to the ends of the pair of guides 146 opposite to the rod 142. Thus, the expansion and contraction of the cylinder 145 causes the rod 14 to move.
The rod 148 can rotate within a predetermined range as shown by an arrow A (see FIG. 12) with the axial direction of 2 as a fulcrum, and when the rod 148 is at the lowermost end, it abuts on the tip side wall portion of the plug tray 76, The plug tray 76 can be stopped at a predetermined position.

Next, the construction of the carry-out section 72 is shown in FIGS.
Will be described. FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram of the planting unit 69 and the plug tray unloading unit 72 viewed from the side of the grafting robot.
FIG. 15 is a view of the rear end side of the plug tray 76 sent onto the carry-out rail 150 from the line AA in FIG. Figure 1
6 is a bottom view of the main portion of the carry-out hook 95 portion. 14
As shown in FIG. 6, when the planting section 69 finishes planting the joined seedlings in all the cells 79 in the plug tray 76, the rod 151 of the carry-out hook 95 is rotated as shown by arrow B in the figure, so that the plug tray 76 is rotated. The rear end is hooked and the plug tray 76 is pushed out to the plug tray unloading section 72. In the carry-out hook 95, a rotating cylinder 152 of the rod 151, a rotatable rod 154 connected to the cylinder 152, and a rod 155 integrally supported by the tip of the rod 154.
(See FIGS. 15 and 14), a pair of arms 156 supporting both ends of the rod 155 and the rod 1 on the outside of the arms 156.
A rod 151 integrated with 55 is provided.
The pair of arms 156 of the carry-out hook 95 and the cylinder 152 are fixedly supported on the sliding plate member 159 (see FIGS. 15 and 14) which penetrates the pair of guides 158 whose both ends are supported by the support frame 73. Since the sliding member 160 of the carry-out cylinder 96 is also supported and fixed to the sliding plate member 159 (the cylinder 152 is via the bending member 161,) the carry-out hook 96 can slide. Becomes

Further, the plug tray carry-out section 72 is shown in FIG.
As can be seen from the above, the flat plate 1 fixed on the support frame 73 and arranged so that its several planes on the center side are oriented in the vertical direction
A rail 150 is provided which is a combination of 62 and the bent plates 163 on both ends thereof. The sliding of the plug tray 76 to the carry-out portion 72 is performed by operating the carry-out cylinder 96 while the carry-out hook 95 (FIG. 14) hooks the rear end of the plug tray 76. FIG. 18 is a time chart of each operating member of the grafting robot transplantation device having the above configuration.
FIG. 19 shows a time chart of the respective operating members of the plug tray carry-in section 71 and the carry-out section 72. First, FIG. 18 is a time chart of the transplant hand pushing cylinder 101, the transplant hand 88, and the vertical movement cylinder 84 of the transplant device 67.
Described in. In addition, here, the transplantation hand extrusion cylinder 10
1 uses a single solenoid solenoid valve (not shown),
This is an air cylinder of the type in which the one to which the air pressure is applied is switched to each side of the piston (not shown) in the cylinder 101 by turning on and off the solenoid valve, and does not require intermediate stop. On the other hand, the vertically moving cylinder 84 is an air cylinder of a type that uses a double solenoid solenoid valve to apply air pressure from both sides of a piston (not shown) in the cylinder 84 when the solenoid valve is not energized. It is a possible cylinder. While the seedlings transported by the rootstock and scion transporting devices 18, 22 are joined to each other by the clip 63, that is, the rootstock transport arm 34, the scion transport arm 5
The implanting hand pushing cylinder 101 of the implanting hand 88 between the pushing of 6 into the joining position and the withdrawing from the joining position.
The transplanting device 6 at the pushing position (that is, the seedling joining position).
By pushing out the transplantation hand 88 of No. 7, the transplantation hand 88 can receive the clip-bonded seedlings. Therefore, this transplantation hand extrusion cylinder 101
The transplanting hand 88 also starts operating a short time after the start of the push-out operation of
It is received from the rootstock hypocotyl hand 37.

Next, the implantation hand 88 is retracted so that the clip 63 is not hooked on the joining device 25. Next, the vertically moving cylinder 84 of the transplanting device 67 starts the descending operation, and the transplanted seed 88 with the clip 63 attached thereto is lowered to the planting section 69. The vertical moving cylinder 84 pushes out the transplantation hand 88 during the lowering operation. Further, when the planting of the joined seedling in one cell 79 of the plug tray 76 is completed, the vertically moving cylinder 84 is raised.
Note that the ∘ mark in FIG. 18 indicates the timing for continuing the sequence of the plug tray transport device 68 described below.

FIG. 19 shows a time chart of the operating members of the plug tray transfer device 68. The horizontal base moving cylinder 92 and the vertical base moving cylinder 93
Both are double solenoid solenoid valve type air cylinders, and the other cylinders shown in FIG. 19 are single solenoid solenoid valve type air cylinders. Further, a lateral position sensor, a left end sensor, and a right end sensor (not shown) are attached to the horizontal base moving cylinder 92, and a vertical position sensor, a front end sensor, and a vertical position sensor are attached to the vertical base moving cylinder 93.
A trailing edge sensor (not shown) is attached.

The lateral base moving cylinder 92 is provided for each cell 7
Operation is controlled by a plurality of lateral position sensors arranged in a lateral direction at a distance corresponding to the lateral width of the plug tray 76 with an interval corresponding to the lateral width of the vertical base moving cylinder. The operation of the vertical position sensors 93 is controlled by a plurality of vertical position sensors that are arranged at intervals corresponding to the vertical width of each cell 79 and at a distance corresponding to the vertical width of the plug tray 76. That is, the width (length) of each cell 79
The lateral (longitudinal) movement cylinders 92, 93 can be operated by the width in the direction. As can be seen from FIG. 17, the plug tray 76 is moved in steps (1) → (2) by the three lateral position sensors of the lateral base moving cylinder 92.
Corresponding cell 79 is a predetermined position for planting position (circle)
Control to be able to move to. Further, for example, in step (4), the lateral base moving cylinder 92 is stopped from moving laterally and leftward by the detection of the left end sensor, and in step (2), the lateral base moving cylinder 92 is detected by the right end sensor by the lateral end. Stop moving to the right. Then, the horizontal base moving cylinder 92 is used for all the cells 79 in a horizontal row.
After the seedlings have been planted in the vertical direction, the vertical base moving cylinder 93 advances by one row (step (2) →
(3)). The advance for this one row is performed in the vertical direction on the plug tray 7
The operation is controlled by four vertical position sensors arranged at a distance corresponding to six vertical widths. Thus, all the cells 79 of the plug tray 76 including the plurality of cells 79 can be moved to the predetermined planting positions by the movement of the horizontal base moving cylinder 92 and the vertical base moving cylinder 93 up to step (8). . The horizontal position sensor of the horizontal base moving cylinder 92 and the vertical position sensor of the vertical base moving cylinder 93 at the position shown in step (8) also serve as the all-planting completion sensor.

Further, the operation for carrying out the plug tray 76 is started by the rotating cylinder 152 of the carry-out hook rod and the carry-out cylinder 96 by the detection of the front end sensor in the step (9), and the step (10) (= step ( 1)) detection of the rear end sensor, the loading stopper cylinder 145, the loading hook vertical movement cylinder 130, and the loading cylinder 81.
The carry-in operation of the plug tray 76 is started. Here, when the sequence advances to the ▼ symbol in FIG. 18, the ▼ symbol in FIG. 19 starts and the sequence operation up to the next ▼ symbol in FIG. 19 is performed. Then, after waiting for the sequence to end until the symbol ▼ in FIG. 18, the next operation in FIG. 19 proceeds. By repeating such an operation, the operation of the transplantation device 67 and the operation of the plug tray transfer device 68 can be linked.

[0035]

According to the present invention, since the transplanting hand of the transplanting device can be moved to the position adjacent to the joint between the rootstock seedling and the spikelet seedling, it does not interfere with the transfer area for joining the seedlings. ,
Moreover, the dead space can be effectively used, and the joint seedling can be received at a position adjacent to the joint portion, thereby improving the working speed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a grafting robot according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of a grafting portion of the grafting robot according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of a grafting portion of the grafting robot according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of a grafting portion of a grafting robot according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of a main part of the clip joining device for the grafting robot according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the entire grafting robot according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic top view of a grafting portion of the grafting robot according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of a grafting section and a planting section of a grafting robot according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a schematic view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the main part after the transplant of the bonded seedlings into the cells of the transplant apparatus of the grafting robot according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a view showing an earth pressing plate of a grafting robot transplanting robot according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a schematic side view of the carry-in section of the grafting robot according to the embodiment of the present invention.

13 is a schematic view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a schematic side view of the carry-out section of the grafting robot according to the embodiment of the present invention.

15 is a schematic view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a schematic bottom view of a carry-out hook portion of the grafting robot according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory view of a procedure for transporting the plug tray in the planting section of the grafting robot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an operation time chart of the grafting device for the grafting robot according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an operation time chart of the plug tray transfer device of the grafting robot according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Clip feeder part, 2 ... Graft part, 3 ... Root part, 5
... spike part, 6 ... joining part, 63 ... clip, 67 ... transplanting device, 68 ... plug tray transporting device, 69 ... planting part, 71
... carry-in section, 72 ... carry-out section, 75 ... transfer section, 76 ... plug tray, 79 ... cell, 80 ... carry-in hook, 81 ... carry-in cylinder, 83 ... carry-in stopper, 84 ... vertical moving cylinder, 88 ... transplant hand, 89 ... Earth retaining plate, 92 ... Horizontal base moving cylinder, 93 ... Vertical base moving cylinder, 95 ... Unloading hook, 96 ... Unloading cylinder, 105 ...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rootstock seedling and a scion seedling are conveyed from their respective seedling supply sections to a cutting section and cut, and the rootstock seedling and the scion seedling cut by being conveyed from the cutting section to a joining section are joined. In the grafting robot to perform, a transplanting hand for grasping, which is outside the transportation area of the rootstock seedling and the spikelet seedling at the joint between the rootstock seedling and the spikelet seedling, and can receive the jointed seedling at a position adjacent to the joint portion. Equipped with
A grafting robot having a transplanting device arranged to transfer it to a container for cuttings.