JPH0812069A - Conveying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a conveying device capable of locating certainly each of vessels, which are accommodated in a container while aligned in rows, in the desired stop position. CONSTITUTION:Vessels 8 are aligned in rows and accommodated in a container 9, and a conveyor 2 supplies container 9 from the carry-in side, feeds it intermittently according to the line of vessels 8, and forwards to the carryout side. Besides the conveyor 2, this conveying device includes a container locating means 13 which is installed under the conveyor 2 and locates the front extremity of the container 9 and stops it.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a conveying device for conveying a container contained in a container and supplying the container to a desired stop position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a mushroom inoculum inoculating device is provided with a turntable, a lid opening device, a lid closing device, an inoculum supplying device, a supply conveyor, and a carry-out conveyor. At this time, the operator puts in a plurality of cultivation containers in which the fungal beds are stored and sealed with a lid.
Each piece is taken out and supplied to the supply conveyor. As a result, in the process in which the cultivation container supplied on the turntable moves along the circumference, first the lid is opened by the lid opening device, then the seed container is filled in the cultivation container by the seed germ filling device, and then the lid is closed. The device seals it with a lid, and it is carried out by a carry-out conveyor. The operator puts the cultivated containers carried out in this way into the container one by one,
A container containing a predetermined amount was stored in a cultivation shelf. However, in this device, the worker has to feed the cultivation containers from the container to the supply conveyor one by one, and the rooted cultivation containers from the carry-out conveyor into the container one by one. was there.

Therefore, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-49934 discloses a container in which a cultivation container is accommodated is supplied to a position for inoculation of inoculum by a supply conveyor so that the cultivation container is supplied with the inoculum. Proposed in the gazette. This supplies the container to the seed inoculation corresponding position by the supply conveyor, sequentially opens the lid, inoculates the seeds, and closes the lids of the plurality of cultivation containers in the container in a row unit, and then unloads the container by the unloading conveyor. Therefore, it is possible to omit the work of putting the cultivation containers in and out of the container one by one.

At this time, a fixed positioning member provided corresponding to one side of the container transferred to the inoculum inoculation corresponding position, and a fixed positioning member provided corresponding to the other side of the container, the container is provided between the fixed positioning member. Movable positioning member for stopping positioning, moving means for moving the movable positioning member forward and backward toward the container, signal for detecting the cultivation container supplied to the seed inoculation position, and stopping the transfer conveyor and operating the movable positioning member And a container detecting sensor for outputting By doing this, the container is transferred by the transfer conveyor, and when the cultivation container contained in this container is supplied to the proper inoculum inoculation position, this is detected by the container detection sensor and transferred by the signal from this container detection sensor. The conveyor stops, and at the same time, the movable positioning member operates so that the container can be sandwiched between the movable positioning member and the fixed positioning member to prevent overrun of the container.

[0005]

In the case where the cultivation container in the container-containing state is filled with the inoculum as in the above-mentioned prior art, when the container is transferred to the inoculation-corresponding position, the position of the cultivation container in the container is changed. It is important to have an accurate relative relationship with the lid opening / closing device and the seed germ filling device, and if this positional relationship is deviated, the lid opening / closing operation and the seed filling operation will be hindered.

However, in this prior art, when the cultivation container housed in the container is supplied to the proper seed inoculation position by the container detection sensor, the transfer conveyor is stopped and both sides of the container are movable. Since the brake is applied by sandwiching it with the fixed positioning member, when the transfer speed of the transfer conveyor changes or the content volume of the cultivation container accommodated in the container varies depending on the container and the weight changes, or both sides of the container The slippage between the movable positioning member and the fixed positioning member does not stop at the proper position due to the fact that the slip condition with the container varies from case to case, and the cultivation container inside the container is at a stop position deviated from the proper inoculum position. Lid opening and closing operation and seed inoculation may be performed,
Each operation becomes unstable, the opening and closing of the lid is hindered, there is a problem that the lid cannot be sufficiently sealed, and the inoculum easily falls outside the cultivation container.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a transportation device capable of supplying a cultivation container in a container or a container to an appropriate inoculum position or a desired stop position, and a plurality of container groups are provided. Supplying a container that is arranged in a row and accommodated from the carry-in side, and a transfer conveyor that conveys the container to the carry-out side while intermittently transferring according to the row unit of the container, and is installed below the transfer conveyor,
Container positioning means for positioning and stopping the front end portion of the container is provided. Further, a transfer conveyor for transferring a container containing a plurality of containers for cultivation,
A mushroom inoculum inoculation device comprising: a lid opening / closing device for opening / closing the lid of the container transferred to the inoculum inoculation position; and a seed inoculating device for supplying inoculum to the container whose lid is opened by the lid opening / closing device. A transfer conveyor that supplies containers from a carry-in side in which the counties are arranged in a plurality of rows and that transfers the containers to the carry-out side while performing intermittent transfer according to the row unit of the containers, and is installed below the transfer conveyor. And container positioning means for positioning and stopping the front end of the container. Further, the container positioning means is provided with a plurality along the transfer direction of the transfer conveyor in accordance with the vertical installation position interval of the containers accommodated in the container, and is arranged above and below the transfer surface of the transfer conveyor. It is provided with a stopper body that can appear and disappear in any direction. Further, the container positioning means is provided with a base plate that is vertically movable by a lifting drive means below the transfer conveyor, and is accommodated in the container along the transfer direction of the transfer conveyor on the base plate. A plurality of stoppers that are provided in accordance with the vertical installation position intervals of the containers and that are vertically movable with respect to the base plate are provided, and the stoppers are always urged upward of the transfer conveyor. A biasing member is provided.

[0008]

With the stopper body of the container positioning means, the container transferred by the transfer conveyor hits the front end of the container at the position corresponding to the cultivation container or the seed inoculation position of the container or the desired stop position, and inoculates the appropriate seed bacteria. Positioning is stopped at a position or a desired stop position.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 22 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which a transfer conveyor 2 is provided over substantially the entire length of a machine frame 1. The transfer conveyor 2 can be started and stopped by an operation switch (not shown), and is stopped by a container detection signal, which will be described later, and by a lid closing signal. Further, the transfer conveyor 2 has a machine frame 1
A plurality of driven sprockets 3 are axially supported on the transfer start side of
A plurality of drive sprockets 4 are axially supported on the transfer end side, and an endless chain 5 is passed in parallel between the sprockets 3, 4 so that the rotational force from the motor 6 is transmitted to the drive sprockets 4. It has become. Then, the cultivation container 8 in which the fungus bed is housed and the lid 7 is sealed is arranged on the chain 5 of the transfer conveyor 2 on the transfer start side of the container 9 made of plastic, for example, which is arranged in four rows and four rows. When the carrier 9 is placed and the transfer conveyor 2 is started, the chain 5 is moved so that the container 9 can be transferred toward the transfer end.

A container detection sensor 10 including a photoelectric switch or the like for detecting that the cultivation container 8 has reached an appropriate inoculum inoculation position A is provided at the approximate center of the machine casing 1 at the height of the neck 11 of the cultivation container 8. In addition, below the machine frame 1 and below the transfer conveyor 2, a plurality of the cultivation containers 8 accommodated in the container 9 are arranged in parallel in the transfer direction of the transfer conveyor 2 in accordance with the vertical installation position intervals. Container positioning means 13 provided with the stopper body 12 provided is provided. The container positioning means 13 is provided with a plurality of air cylinders 14 so that the stopper body 12 can be vertically retracted with respect to the transport surface S of the transfer conveyor 2. The stopper bodies 12 are provided so as to correspond to the positions at which the respective cultivation containers 8 reach the proper inoculum inoculation position A, and the position where the container 9 abuts on the stopper body 12 is the inoculation of the cultivation container 8. It corresponds to the position A. Therefore, when the container 9 comes into contact with the stopper body 12, the cultivation container 8 reaches the inoculum inoculation position A, so that at this position, the container detection sensor 10 causes the neck portion 11 of the cultivation container 8 to move.
Is detected, and the transfer conveyor 2 stops based on this container detection signal.

The container detecting sensor 10 is provided at the approximate center of the machine casing 1.
There is provided a container positioning device 15 for positioning the horizontal row of cultivation containers 8 detected in step 1 so that the center of the cultivation container 8 is brought out.
The container positioning device 15 has columns 16 and 17 erected on the left and right sides of the machine frame 1 with the inoculum inoculation position A interposed therebetween.
The horizontal support plate 16 in the left-right direction above the transfer conveyor 2 via
A and 17A are disposed, and a long plate-shaped container fixed positioning member 18 is fixedly provided below the horizontal support plates 16A and 17A in correspondence with the left side of the neck 11 of the vertically arranged cultivation containers 8, respectively. Two rails 19, 19 are provided in parallel on the upper portion between the columns 16 on the starting end side, and a sliding member 20 through which the rails 19, 19 are inserted is provided so as to be movable in a lateral direction by an air cylinder 21 serving as a moving means. A movable plate 22 is provided below the sliding member 20. A movable positioning member 23 for a container having a flat, substantially oval shape, one end of which is fixed to the movable plate 22, the tip of which is vertically aligned in a row. A positioning piece 24 is provided corresponding to the right side of the neck 11 of the cultivation container 8 and is provided at the tip side of the movable positioning member 23 for the container to regulate the front-rear position of the container by engaging with the neck 11 of the cultivation container 8. The positioning piece 24 is formed of rubber or synthetic resin having elasticity and a large friction coefficient. Is has two abutment surfaces 24A at an angle to each other. Also, the rail
19 includes a sliding member 20 which is moved by the air cylinder 21.
A ring 25 for regulating the rightward movement range of the sliding member 20 is provided. The ring 25 is fixed to the rail 19 by screws 26 screwed to the ring 25. The air cylinder 21 is started after the container 9 is stopped by a sensor (not shown) provided on the air cylinder 14, and the sliding member 20 moves to the ring 25 contact position by the contraction of the air cylinder 21, and Movable positioning member 23
Of the movable positioning member 23 by engaging the positioning piece 24 of the
The cultivation container 8 is positioned and fixed by the fixed positioning member 18 and the movable positioning member 23 is returned by a lid closing completion signal described later.

The machine frame 1 is provided with a lid opening / closing device 27 located at the transfer start end side of the inoculum inoculation position A. The center of a V-shaped link arm 29 is pivotally supported on the upper part of each support plate 28 erected on the left and right of the machine frame 1, and one end of the mounting plate 30 is substantially orthogonal to the upper end of each link arm 29. The horizontal support plate 31 is passed between the left and right mounting plates 30 and fixed to the left and right mounting plates 30. The lower part of the horizontal support plate 31 is fixed in an inverted T-shape corresponding to each horizontal row of cultivation containers 8. The base end of the sandwiching member 32 is fixed. The holding portion 32A at the lower end of the fixed holding member 32 parallel to the lateral support plate 31 has a lid 7 of the cultivation container 8 in a state before starting the lid opening / closing device 27.
Located at a distance on the underside of. Further, a movable support plate 34, which is parallel to the horizontal support plate 31 and has substantially the same shape, is provided above the horizontal support plate 31 via a plurality of air cylinders 33. 7. The tip side of the sandwiching rod 35 provided corresponding to the left and right of the upper surface of the slippery hole 36 of the lateral support plate 31 is inserted, and the tip of this sandwiching rod 35 is pressed against the upper surface of the lid 7 of the cultivation container 8 to prevent slippage. A member 37 is provided, and this non-slip member 37
Is made of rubber or synthetic resin having elasticity and a large friction coefficient, and pushes the anti-slip member 37 of the sandwiching rod 35 against the upper surface of the lid 7 through the movable support plate 34 by the expansion and contraction of the air cylinder 33. On the other hand, the tip of the first link piece 38 is pivotally attached to the lower end of each link arm 29, and the rear end of the first link piece 38 is pivotally attached to the tip of the second link piece 39 having substantially the same shape. The rear end of the second link piece 39 is pivotally connected to the machine frame 1, and the air cylinder is connected to the first and second link pieces 38 and 39 by a pivot 40.
The tip of the piston 42 of 41 is pivotally attached, and its air cylinder 41
Is pivotally attached to the machine frame 1. Further, the air cylinder 41
Are provided with a lid closing position sensor 43 and a lid opening position sensor 44 for detecting a lid closing position and a lid opening position of the mounting plate 30. The air cylinder 41 is actuated after the container is fixed by a sensor (not shown) provided on the air cylinder 21, and the operation of the air cylinder 41 causes the link arm 29 to rotate via both link pieces 38 and 39, thereby attaching the mounting plate. In the same body as 30, the anti-slip member 37 of the sandwiching rod 35 and the sandwiching portion 32A of the fixed sandwiching member 32 are moved to the lid closing position and the lid opening position, and the lid closing position sensor 43 and the lid opening position sensor 44 are The lid closed position and the lid open position are detected by the stroke position of the piston 42. Then, after the cultivation container 8 is positioned and fixed by the container positioning device 15, the air cylinder 33 is actuated by a signal from the sensor of the air cylinder 21, and the clasping rod 35 is prevented from slipping with the air cylinder 33 leaving a stroke. The member 37 presses the upper surface of the lid 7, and a signal from a sensor (not shown) provided on the air cylinder 33 operates the air cylinder 41 to rotate the link arm 29 via both link pieces 38 and 39. With this rotation, the air cylinder 33 is further extended to rotate to the lid open position in a state where the lid 7 is sandwiched between the sandwiching portion 32A and the anti-slip member 37, and is stopped. The end signal restarts in the lid closing direction.

The machine frame 1 is provided with an inoculum supply device 49 located at the side of the inoculation position A on the transfer end side.
The rails 50 are arranged on the left and right of the machine frame 1 so as to extend in the front-rear direction, and the supply cylinder mounting plate 51 can be moved forward and backward along the rails 50. One end of a connecting rod 52 is pivotally supported and connected to upper left and right sides of the supply cylinder mounting plate 51, and the other end of the connecting rod 52 rotates coaxially and integrally with the V-shaped link arm 29. The ends of the link arms 53 are pivotally connected to each other. Two vertical guide rails 54 and an air cylinder 55 are provided on the upper surface of the supply cylinder mounting plate 51, and the operation of the air cylinder 55 causes a flat plate-shaped lifting body 56 to move up and down along the guide rail 54. The air cylinder 55 is operated by a signal from the lid opening position sensor 44 of the air cylinder 41, and the air cylinder 55 is provided with a sensor (not shown) for detecting its raised position. On the elevating body 56, four inoculum supply cylinders 57 corresponding to the horizontal cultivation vessels 8 are vertically fixed. Seed supply cylinder 57
The main body 58 has a funnel shape and a scattering prevention wall 59 protrudes at one upper end, and the lower end 60 is formed by a tapered peripheral wall portion having a width dimension that can be inserted into the container mouth and expanding downward. . In this way, the rail 50, the connecting rod 52, the two link arms 29, 53, and the two link pieces 38, 39 allow the inoculum supply cylinder 57 to interlock with the lid opening operation due to the contraction of the air cylinder 41.
Is moved to a position directly above the container, and is moved to a position not directly above the container in conjunction with the lid closing operation.The guide rail 54, the air cylinder 55, and the elevating / lowering body 56 make the inoculum supply cylinder 57 in the container mouth in the container corresponding state. It is configured to be inserted. Further, the inoculum supply device 49 has a frame body 63 which is fixed to the machine frame 1 and constitutes a main body frame. The upper slope plate 64 of the frame body 63 has four holes corresponding to the cultivation containers 8 arranged in a horizontal row.
In each hole 65, an insertion tube 67 for mounting a seed container 66 containing mushroom seed bacteria b is provided so as to be rotatable with its axial direction inclined. The insertion tube 67 has a small-diameter tube 67B into which the neck 66B of the inverted seed container 66 is inserted, and a tapered portion 67C with which the shoulder 66C abuts, and the seed container 66 is attached to and detached from the insertion tube 67 by a mounting device described later. It is fixed freely. The same gear 68 that meshes with each other is fixed to each insertion tube 67, and a driving gear 70 that is rotated by a motor 69 is meshed with the gear 68 on one end side. The insertion tube 67 is rotated in the opposite direction, which is the same as the inoculum container 66. A receiving plate 71, which is parallel to the upper slope plate 64, is arranged in the left and right direction at the lower rear portion of the frame body 63, and a pair of left and right rails 72 are provided between the upper slope plate 64 and the receiving plate 71. It is passed and fixed, and a feed screw rod 73 is rotatably passed and supported in the center. A motor is provided below the upper inclined plate 64.
74 is provided, and the rotational force of the motor 74 is transmitted to the feed screw rod 73 via the chain 75 and the sprocket 76. An elevating plate 77 is slidably provided on the rail 72, and a male screw cylinder 78 and a feed screw rod 73 are provided on the elevating plate 77.
, The feed screw rod 73 is moved up and down by forward and reverse rotation. The base end of a pair of left and right parallel link arms 79 is pivotally attached to the elevating plate 77.
The tip of each of the insertion tubes 67 is pivotally attached to the horizontal plate 80.
In response to this, a scraping rod 81 is pivotally supported via a bearing.
The scraping rod 81 is provided coaxially with the insertion tube 67, and a V-shaped scraping claw 83 is formed at the upper end thereof. A cam plate 84 is vertically fixed to one side of the frame body 63.
Has a cam surface 85 following the shape of the inoculum container 66, and has a straight cam surface 85A that fits the body 66A of the inoculum container 66, a straight cam surface 85B that fits the neck 66B, and a curved cam surface 85C that fits the shoulder 66C. Is provided. A roller 86 is rotatably supported on the side end of the horizontal plate 80, and the roller 86 is pressed against the cam surface 85 by a spring 87 that biases the parallel link arm 79 toward the cam plate 84. Further, a motor 88 is provided on the horizontal plate 80, and the rotational force of the motor 88 is applied to the chain 89, the drive sprocket 90 and each scraping claw.
It is adapted to be transmitted to each scraping claw 83 by a driven sprocket 91 fixed to the lower end of 83. The receiving plate 92 fixed to the front side of the frame body 63 is vertically provided with four inoculum guide tubes 93 which are four inoculum guide members capable of communicating the lower mouth part and the upper mouth part of the inoculum supply tube 57 with each insertion tube 67. A connecting rod 95 that is fixedly installed and integrally integrates the bases of the shutters 94 that open and close the lower openings of various bacteria guide tubes 93.
Is rotatably supported by the frame body 63, and a link arm 96 is fixed to one end of the connecting rod 95, so that the rotational force is transmitted to the motor 99 via the connecting rod 97 and the link arm 98. It has become. The motor 99 is driven after the seed tube supply cylinder 57 is lowered to open the shutter 94, and the rotation of the scraping rod 81 by the motor 88 is performed for a certain time when the shutter 94 is closed. Further, the opening of the shutter 94 is detected by the limit switch L. Then, when the scraping rod 81 rotates, each insertion cylinder 67 rotates and when the scraping rod 81 rotates, each insertion cylinder 67 rotates and the scraping rod 81 rotates.
81 is also raised, and the scraping rod 81 is interlocked with this rise and follows the locus along the cam surface 85 to shift laterally from the center of the inoculum container container 66 following this shape. When the scraping rod 81 reaches the upper end, it returns to the lower end. Further, a sensor (not shown) is provided in the air cylinder 55 for moving the lifting body 56 up and down, that is, a sensor (not shown) for detecting the rise of the lifting body 56, that is, the end of the inoculum supply, and the lid opening / closing device 27 The air cylinder 41 of the
Is returned to the lid closing position, and the link arm 53 rotates to move the inoculum supply cylinder 57 via the connecting rod 53 to the corresponding position directly above the container in conjunction with the lid closing operation. Air cylinder 41
When the cover closing position sensor 44 of the air cylinder 41 detects the return of the mounting plate 30 to the cover closing position, the air cylinder 33 of the holding rod 35 operates based on this detection signal to move the holding rod. The anti-slip member 37 of 35 moves up and down like hitting the upper surface of the lid 7 in a short time and returns to the upper side of the lid. Then, this operation is detected by the sensor of the air cylinder 33, and the air cylinder 21 of the container positioning device 15 is actuated by this detection signal to restore the movable container positioning member 23, and the movable positioning member 23 is returned to the air cylinder. 21 sensors are designed to detect.

A pair of support plates 100 are provided at the center of the inclined plate 64.
, 100 are erected parallel to each other, and a reversing arm 101 is rotatably provided on the upper part of the supporting plates 100, 100 at a central portion thereof via a shaft support 102. The reversing arm 101 has a lateral plate 103 integrally formed on the lower end side to form a substantially T shape, and an operating lever 104 is provided on the upper end side. Disc-shaped pressing plates 105 are arranged below the horizontal plate 103 corresponding to the various bacteria containers 66, and the pressing plate 105 has a shaft 106 vertically extending from the center thereof.
The shaft 107 is provided with an elastic spring 108 for urging the pressing plate 105 downward, and an E-shaped retaining ring 109 mounted on the upper end of the shaft 107 prevents the shaft 107 from coming off. Has been done. An upper end of a lock lever 110, which is a lock mechanism, is pivotally attached to the rear end of the reversing arm 101, and an engaging groove is formed at the lower end side of the lock lever 110.
111 is formed, and the engaging shaft 112 with which the engaging groove 111 engages when the inclined plate 64 and the reversing arm 101 are substantially parallel to each other.
Is provided between the support plates 100, 100. A detent shaft 113 with which the rear end of the reversing arm 101 abuts is provided between the support plates 100. And these insertion tubes
67, the reversing arm 101, the pressing plate 105, and the lock lever 110 constitute a mounting device 114. In the figure
115 is a cover.

Next, the container positioning means 13 which is the gist of the present invention will be described in detail. This container positioning means 13
Is provided below the machine frame 1 and below the transfer conveyor 2,
The air cylinder 14 is provided on a support plate 132 attached to the frame 131 of the machine frame 1, and the base plate 134 is moved up and down via the attachment plate 133 by expansion and contraction of the air cylinder 14. The base plate 134 is driven by two air cylinders 14 on the transfer start side and the transfer rear side. Four holders 135 are attached to the base plate 134 at predetermined intervals along the transfer direction of the container, and the holder 135 has guide holes 136 at both ends. Then, the guide shaft 137 of the stopper body 12 is inserted into the guide hole 136 so that the stopper body 12 is held by the holder 13
It is configured to move up and down with respect to 5. A spring 138 is inserted through one of the guide shafts 137, so that the stopper body 12 is constantly urged upward of the transfer conveyor 2 by the spring 138 provided between the stopper body 12 and the base plate 134. It Further, the stopper body 12 is a guide shaft 13
The upper moving position is restricted by a ring 139 fixed to the lower end of 7.

The stopper body 12 is used for the container 9
When the front end of the container 9 comes into contact with the stopper body 12, the cultivation container 8 is placed at an appropriate inoculum inoculation position. It is set to be located at A. When setting the position of the stopper body 12, loosen the screw 140 that fastens and fixes the holder 135 and the base plate 134 to loosen the base plate 134.
By moving the holder 135 along the elongated hole 141 formed in the container, the position and the interval of the stopper body 12 can be changed according to the thickness dimension and the installation interval of the cultivation container 8 housed in the container 9. It is possible.

Further, in setting the height of the stopper body 12, when the air cylinder 14 for raising and lowering the base plate 134 contracts and the base plate 134 rises, the upper end portion of the stopper body 12 is located on the conveyor 2. It is set so as to project from the transport surface by a predetermined height h and hit the front end of the container 9 to stop the transport, and when the air cylinder 15 is extended and the base plate 134 is lowered, the upper end of the stopper body 12 is moved. It is set so that it does not sink from the transport surface of the container 9 and hinder the transport of the container 9. Further, when the bottom surface of the container 9 is located directly above the stopper body 12, the air cylinder 14 is contracted to cause the base plate 13 to move.
When 4 rises, the urging force of the spring 138 provided between the stopper body 12 and the base plate 134 toward the container 9 is
Since the weight of the container 9 accommodating the cultivation container 8 is set to be smaller than that of the container 9, the stopper body 12 is in contact with the bottom surface of the container 9 and is located below the transfer surface of the transfer conveyor 2,
It does not hinder the transportation of the container 9.

A base plate 134 for moving the stopper body 12 up and down
Is normally maintained in the raised position by the air cylinder 14, the inoculum supply is completed, the lid is closed, the container positioning member 23 of the container positioning device 15 is restored, and the neck 11 of the cultivation container 8 is opened. The base plate 134 is lowered by the air cylinder 14 and is raised again after a predetermined time by a timer (not shown).

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
First, as shown in FIG.
Insert and place the reversing arm 101 by holding the operation lever 104.
14 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG.
When comes into contact with the bottom of the seed culture vessel 66, the seed culture vessel 66 is further rotated in the same direction so as to press it. During this time the reversing arm 101
The lock lever 110 pivotally attached to the rear end is rotated clockwise in FIG. 14, and when the reversing arm 101 is further rotated to a position substantially parallel to the inclined plate 64, the engagement shaft 112 is caused by the weight of the lock lever 110. The engaging groove 111 engages with the reversing arm 101 so that the reversing arm 101 is locked in the clockwise rotation, and the pressing plate 105 is biased by the elastic spring 108 due to this locking.
66 is pressed against the insertion tube 67 and fixed. Inoculum container like this
After 66 is collectively fixed to each insertion cylinder 67 by the mounting device 114, the container 9 accommodating a predetermined amount of the cultivation container 8 with the lid 7 is placed on the front side of the transfer conveyor 2 and a start switch (not shown) is turned on. Then, by driving the transfer conveyor 2, the container 9 is transferred toward the inoculum inoculation corresponding position A, and the cultivation containers 8 in each row pass between the fixed positioning members 18 and are transferred toward the container positioning means 13.

In the container positioning means 13, the four stopper bodies 12 are initially in a state in which all the four stopper bodies 12 are projected from the transfer surface of the transfer conveyor 2, so that the container 9 to be transferred is the first stopper body located on the rearmost end side of the transfer. The front end of the container 9 abuts on the 12a and is positioned. The position at which this container 9 is positioned corresponds to the inoculum inoculation position A of the first row cultivation container 8a located in the front row that is accommodated in the container 9, and the container detection sensor 10 has reached this inoculum inoculation position A. The neck 11 of the cultivation container 8a is detected and a container detection signal is output. Based on this detection signal, the transfer conveyor 2 is stopped,
The horizontal row of cultivation containers 8a in the front row are positioned at an appropriate inoculum inoculation position A.

In this state, the cultivation containers 8 arranged in a row in the seed inoculation position in the container have fixed lids at the left and right lower surfaces of the lid 7.
It is located above the sandwiching portion 32A of 32. When the transfer conveyor stops, the container positioning mechanism as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG.
The air cylinder 21 of 15 starts to move the sliding member 20 to move the positioning piece 24 of the movable positioning member 23 to the neck portion 11 of the cultivation container 8.
The contact surface 24A of the positioning piece 24 as shown in FIG.
With the center of the cultivation container 8 regulated by
Position and fix at the seed inoculation position. That air cylinder
A signal from the sensor 21 causes the air cylinder 33 of the lid opening / closing device 27 to start, and as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG.
37 presses the lid 7, and the air cylinder 41 is extended by the signal from the sensor of the air cylinder 33, and both link pieces 38, 39
The link arm 29 is rotated through the air cylinder 33, and the air cylinder 33 is further contracted in accordance with this rotation, and the sandwiching portion 32A and the slip prevention piece
With the lid 7 sandwiched between 37 and 37, the lid opening operation is completed by rotating to the lid opening position as shown in FIG. At the same time, the contraction of the air cylinder 41 causes the first and second link pieces 38, 3 to contract.
9, the link arms 29, 53 and the connecting rod 52 are transmitted to the inoculum supply tube 57, and the inoculum supply tube 57 moves to the position directly above the container as shown in FIG. The 93 and the cultivation container 8 can be communicated with each other. On the other hand, the motor 88 is also driven for a certain period of time based on the above-mentioned container detection signal, and a predetermined amount of the inoculum b is scraped in advance by the rotation of the scraping rod 81 and stored at the supply end of the inoculum guide tube 93. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, at the time of rotation of the scraping rod 81, the inoculum container 67 is rotated together with the insertion tube 67, and the feed screw rod 73 is also rotated so that the scraping rod follows the container shape. To raise. At this time, the rotation of the inoculum container 66 causes the pressing plate 105 to rotate around the hole 106, and the elastic plate 108 presses the bottom of the inoculum container 66 by the pressing plate 105 to scrape off the inoculum b and remove the scraping rod. It is possible to prevent the inoculum container 66 from being lifted up due to the rise of 81. When the lid opening position sensor 44 of the air cylinder 41 detects that the lid opening is completed, the air cylinder 55 is driven and the elevating body 56 descends along the guide rail 54 as shown in FIG. When it is inserted into the mouth of the cultivation container 8 and a certain time is measured by this rear lid opening completion timer (not shown), the motor 99 is driven to open the shutter 94 as shown in FIG. 93
The inoculum b stored in (1) is filled in each cultivation container 8 in the front row while being regulated by the inoculum supply cylinder 57. As shown in FIG. 8, the shutter 94 is closed by the signal of the limit switch L and the lifting / lowering body 56 is returned to the ascending position. The signal from the sensor of the air cylinder 55 that raises the lifting / lowering body 56 causes the air cylinder 41 to contract and the link arm. 29 rotates, and the mounting plate 30 moves to the horizontal state again to close the lid 7 sandwiched between the sandwiching portion 32A and the anti-slip member 37, and at the same time, via the connecting rod 52 and the link arm 53. The inoculum supply cylinder 57 connected is retracted to the position corresponding to the position directly above the container, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. When the mounting plate 30 is returned to the lid closing position by the air cylinder 41, the piston 42 of the air cylinder 41
When the lid closing sensor 43 detects the extension of the air cylinder 33, the air cylinder 33 operates as shown in FIG. 9 and the anti-slip member 37 of the sandwiching rod 36 moves up and down so as to strike the upper surface of the lid 7 in a short time. And returns to above the lid 7, thereby pushing the lid 7 into the container opening and securely sealing the cultivation container 8.

The container positioning device 15 is triggered by a lid closing completion signal from the air cylinder 33 which detects the operation of the clamping rod 35.
The movable positioning member 18 of the
In response to the return signal from 18, the air cylinder 14 of the container positioning means 13 is extended, the base plate 134 is lowered, and the stopper body is moved.
12 descends to a height lower than the conveying surface S of the transfer conveyor 2, and the container 9 can be transferred again. After that, the transfer conveyor 2 is restarted in accordance with the lowering of the stopper body 12 to advance the container 9. The air cylinder 14 keeps descending until the frontmost row cultivation container 9a passes the seed inoculation position A, and the base plate 134 rises before the second row cultivation container 9b reaches the seed inoculation position A. The timer is set. In this way, when the cultivation container 9a in the front row is out of the seed inoculation position A, the air cylinder 14 contracts before the cultivation container 9b in the second row reaches the seed inoculation position A, and the stopper plate is lifted as the base plate 134 rises. 12 rises. At this time, the stopper body 12a on the rearmost end side of the transfer is located on the bottom surface of the container 9, and even if the base plate 134 is lifted, the stopper body 12a.
Moves downward against the base plate 134 against the urging force of the spring 138, so that the sprocket 14a does not protrude from the transfer surface of the transfer conveyor 2 and does not hinder the transfer of the container 9. On the other hand, the other stopper body 12b located on the front side,
12c and 12d project upward from the transfer surface of the transfer conveyor 2, and the container 9 to be transferred is 2 from the transfer rear end side.
The front end of the container 9 hits the second stopper body 12b and is positioned. The position where this container 9 is positioned corresponds to the seed inoculation position A of the second-row cultivation container 8b from before being stored in the container 9, and the container detection sensor 10 has reached this seed inoculation position A. Detecting the neck portion 11, the transfer conveyor 2 is stopped based on this detection signal, and the second horizontal row of cultivation containers 8b are positioned at an appropriate inoculum inoculation position A, and in this state, as described above, After that, positioning and fixing of the cultivation container 8a, opening of the lid, filling of inoculum,
The operation of closing the lid is performed. That is, in this embodiment, the stopper body 12a on the rear side of the transfer corresponds to the positioning of the inoculum inoculation position A of the cultivation container 8a in the front row, the stopper body 12b for the cultivation container 8b, and the stopper body for the cultivation container 8c. A stopper body 12d sequentially hits the front end portion of the container 9 on the 12c and the cultivation container 8d, and positions each cultivation container 8 at the seed inoculation position A. Then, the stopper body 12 through which the front end portion of the container 9 passes is located on the bottom surface of the container 9, and even if the base plate 134 rises, the stopper body 12 does not move against the base plate 134 against the urging force of the urging member. On the other hand, since it moves downward, it does not project from the transfer surface S of the transfer conveyor 2 and allows passage without hindering the transfer of the container 9. When the rear end of the container 9 passes, the elasticity of the spring 138, which is the biasing member, By the return, the stopper body 12 returns upward with respect to the base plate 134,
When the base plate 134 rises, it again projects from the transport surface S. When the cultivation container 8 reaches the seed inoculation position A in this way, the lid 7 of the cultivation container 8 is opened by the lid opening / closing device 13 provided at the transfer start end of the seed inoculation position A of the machine frame 1, and the seed feeding device 14 After a predetermined amount of inoculum is supplied into the cultivation container 8 by means of the above, a series of inoculum inoculation steps in which the lid 7 is closed by the lid opening / closing device 13 are sequentially performed in a row in a row in parallel with the transfer direction of the container 9. It is becoming popular. Then, after the rooting of all the cultivation containers 8 in the container 9 is completed, the container 9 is unloaded from the rear side of the transfer conveyor 2.

As described above, in this embodiment, the transfer conveyer 2 for transferring the container 9 containing the plurality of cultivation containers 8 and the lid 7 of the container 8 transferred to the seed inoculation position A are opened and closed. Lid opening / closing device 27, and inoculum supply device for supplying inoculum to container 8 whose lid 7 is opened by lid opening / closing device 27
In the mushroom inoculum inoculation apparatus having 49, a container 9 in which 8 groups of containers are arranged and arranged in a plurality of rows is supplied from the loading side, and the containers 9 are transferred to the unloading side while being intermittently transferred according to the row unit of the containers 8. And a container positioning means 13 installed below the transfer conveyor 2 for positioning and stopping the front end of the container 9, and the container positioning means 13 is provided in the transfer direction of the transfer conveyor 2. Along with this, a plurality of stoppers 12 are provided according to the vertical installation position intervals of the containers 8 accommodated in the container 9, and stopper bodies 12 that can be vertically retracted with respect to the transport surface S of the transfer conveyor 2 are provided. The positioning means 13 is provided below the transfer conveyor 2 with a base plate 134 movable up and down by the lifting drive means 14, and on the base plate 134 in the transfer direction of the transfer conveyor 2. There, a plurality provided in accordance with the column installation position spacing of the containers 8 to be housed in a container 9,
And a stopper body that can move vertically with respect to the base plate 134.
Since the stoppers 12 are provided with the urging member 138 that constantly urges the stoppers 12 upward of the transfer conveyor 2, the stoppers 12 can be driven without providing a drive source to each of them. By raising and lowering the attached base plate 134, the cultivation container 8 accommodated in the container 9 can be positioned and stopped at the proper inoculum inoculation position A with a small number of drive sources.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the container positioning means 13 is provided with lift driving means composed of an air cylinder or the like for each stopper body 12 and these stopper bodies are individually provided. 12, the transfer conveyor 2 is provided so as to be retractable from the transfer surface S of the transfer conveyor 2.
Of the container 9 by the stopper body 12 protruding from the transport surface S of
May be configured to stop at the desired stop position.

In the present invention, the spring 138 is provided as the urging member that constantly urges the stopper body 12 upward of the transfer conveyor 2. However, an elastic material such as a leaf spring or rubber may be used. The stopper body 12 is not limited to the elastic material, and may be one that urges the stopper body 12 upward by a load such as a weight or the weight of the member. Further, in the present embodiment, the mushroom seed inoculation device for supplying seed bacteria to the cultivation container 8 in mushroom cultivation has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this field, and for example, containers made of glass bottles or plastics are arranged in a plurality of rows to form a container. The present invention is also applicable to a transfer device which is housed inside and intermittently transfers this container to transfer the container to a desired stop position. Further, the elevating / lowering driving means 14 for vertically moving the stopper body 12 or the base plate 134 is not limited to the air cylinder and may be a solenoid or a motor. Also,
You may make it elevate using a cam mechanism etc.

[0026]

According to the present invention, a container in which a group of containers is arranged in a plurality of rows and accommodated is supplied from the loading side, and the containers are transferred to the unloading side while being intermittently transferred according to the row unit of the containers. Since the conveyor and the container positioning means that is installed below the transfer conveyor and positions and stops the front end of the container are provided, the container is positioned so that the container accommodated in the container is reliably positioned at the desired stop position. It is something. Further, a transfer conveyer for transferring a container containing a plurality of cultivation containers, a lid opening / closing device for opening / closing a lid of the container transferred to a seed inoculation position, and a lid opened by the lid opening / closing device. In a mushroom seed inoculation device having a seed feeding device for feeding seeds to a container, the container containing the container groups arranged in a plurality of rows is supplied from the loading side, and intermittently transferred according to the row unit of the container. In the inoculum inoculation device for mushroom cultivation, a transfer conveyor that conveys the container to the unloading side and a container positioning unit that is installed below the transfer conveyor and stops positioning the front end of the container are provided in the container. The container is positioned so that the cultivation container to be stored in Operation, in which the inoculum supply work can be performed smoothly and surely. Further, the container positioning means is provided with a plurality along the transfer direction of the transfer conveyor, in accordance with a column installation position interval of the containers accommodated in the container,
Further, since the stopper body that can be vertically retracted with respect to the transport surface of the transfer conveyor is provided, the container is positioned and stopped at the front end of the container by the stopper body, so that the container is securely located at the desired stop position or inoculum supply position. To be stopped. Further, the container positioning means is provided with a base plate that is vertically movable by a lifting drive means below the transfer conveyor, and is accommodated in the container along the transfer direction of the transfer conveyor on the base plate. A plurality of stoppers that are provided in accordance with the vertical installation position intervals of the containers and that are vertically movable with respect to the base plate are provided, and the stoppers are always urged upward of the transfer conveyor. Since the urging member is provided, each stopper body has a simple structure without using a lifting drive source individually,
The container can be positioned, and the container can be positioned and stopped at an appropriate desired stop position.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan cross-sectional view showing a container positioning state according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of an inoculum inoculation operation showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of an inoculum inoculation operation showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of an inoculum inoculation operation showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a seed inoculation operation showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a main part of a lid opening / closing device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a rear view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a rotation and movement state of a scraping rod according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a rotation and movement state of a scraping rod according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of an inoculum container adhering device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of an inoculum container adhesion device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of an inoculum container adhesion device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a side view showing a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a front view showing a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a view of the main part of the present invention viewed from above.

FIG. 19 is a view of the main part of the present invention viewed from the lower surface.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an operation of the carrying apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an operation of the carrying device of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an operation of the carrying device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Transfer conveyor 7 Lid 8 Cultivation container (container) 9 Container 12 Stopper body 13 Container positioning means 14 Air cylinder (elevation drive means) 27 Lid opening / closing device 49 Inoculum supply device 134 Bed plate 138 Spring (biasing member) A Inoculum inoculation position (Desired stop position) b Inoculum S transport surface

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A transfer conveyer for supplying containers from a carry-in side in which container groups are arranged in a plurality of rows and for carrying the containers to the carry-out side while intermittently transferring in line units of the containers. It is installed below the transfer conveyor,
And a container positioning means for positioning and stopping the front end portion of the container. 2. A transfer conveyor for transferring a container accommodating a plurality of cultivation containers, a lid opening / closing device for opening / closing a lid of the container transferred to a seed inoculation position, and a lid opening / closing device for opening the lid. In a mushroom seed inoculation device having a seed feeding device for feeding seeds to the container, the container containing the container groups arranged in a plurality of rows is supplied from the loading side, and in line with the row unit of the container. A transfer device, comprising: a transfer conveyor for transferring a container to an unloading side while carrying out intermittent transfer; and a container positioning means installed below the transfer conveyor for positioning and stopping a front end portion of the container. 3. A plurality of the container positioning means are provided along the transfer direction of the transfer conveyor in accordance with a vertical installation position interval of the containers accommodated in the container, and on a transfer surface of the transfer conveyor. The conveying device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a stopper body that can be vertically retracted. 4. The container positioning means is provided with a base plate that is vertically movable by an elevating drive means below the transfer conveyor, and the container is arranged on the base plate along the transfer direction of the transfer conveyor. A plurality of stopper bodies that are provided in accordance with the vertical installation position intervals of the containers housed therein and that are movable in the vertical direction with respect to the base plate;
The transporting device according to claim 3, further comprising a biasing member that constantly biases the stopper body upward of the transfer conveyor.