JPH0919211A - Seedling transplanting apparatus in rice transplanter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the certainty of seedling transplanting while securing good inspection and maintenance property for each seedling transplanting case and without leading to the enlargement of the apparatus, in a rotary seedling transplanter which is provided with plural seedling transplanting cases having dividing tines on rotary cases. SOLUTION: Each seedling transplanting case 20 is formed as a hollow body whose top side is open, and a dividing tine 19 is attached at one end of the seedling transplanting case 20. At the same time, a pushing-out member 28 for pushing out divided seedlings is constructed in a state where it protrudes from the lower side of the seedling-transplanting case 20. Further, a cam for actuating the pushing-out member 28 is placed in the seedling transplanting case 20, and a lid 20b for covering the top side of the seedling transplanting case 20 is placed on it in a freely detachable manner.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a rice transplanter,
The present invention relates to a rotary seedling plant for dividing seedlings one by one from a seedling mat on a seedling mounting table and planting the seedlings in a field scene.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of seedling planting apparatus is, for example, as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 49-27762, in which the base end of a seedling planting case having a split claw of a seedling at the tip is attached to the body side. While being connected via an agitating link, the middle of the seedling case is pivotally connected to the tip of a crank fixed to a claw shaft driven by an engine, and the rotation of the crank divides the seedling case into parts. By configuring the tip of the nail to swing up and down so as to draw a long elliptical closed loop trajectory in the vertical direction, the seedling is not damaged when the seedling is split from the seedling mat,
After planting the seedlings in the field, the split claws quickly escaped from the seedlings, stabilizing the planting posture of the seedlings,
This crank-type seedling plant has problems that vibration is remarkably large due to its vertical swing, and that the planting speed is slow.

[0003] In order to reduce the vibration and increase the planting speed, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. Sho 49-17806.
As described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. Sho-49-17807, etc., a rotating case driven by power transmission from a power source is mounted on an airframe near a seedling mounting table around a substantially horizontal horizontal axis. A plurality of planting shafts are respectively supported on the outer peripheral portion of the rotating case in parallel with the axis line, and each planting shaft has a seedling planting case provided with a split claw. A mechanism in which the split claws are mounted in such a manner as to face the seedling mounting table, respectively, and a non-uniform rotation is transmitted to the planting shafts in the rotating case with the rotation of the rotating case. A rotating seedling that is configured to swing each of the seedling cases so that the tips of the split claws in the seedling case draw a vertical elliptical closed-loop trajectory. A device has been proposed.

[0004]

However, in this rotary seedling plant, the peripheral speed of the tip of the split claw when the split claw in the seedling case comes out of the field scene has a locus of an elliptical closed loop that is long in the vertical direction. In order to swing the head so as to draw, because it is considerably faster than the crank-type seedling plant, once seedlings should have been planted in the field scene,
When the split claw comes out of the field scene, it is often raised together with the split claw, so that there is a problem that the certainty of planting the seedling is lower than that of the crank type seedling planting apparatus.

[0005] The present invention is to provide a rotary seedling-planting apparatus which can surely solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional one, without increasing the size of the apparatus in a form that ensures easy maintenance. Technical issues.

[0006]

In order to achieve this technical object, the present invention provides a "rotating case, which is rotatably driven by power transmission from a power source, to a machine near a seedling stand in a substantially horizontal direction. Is arranged so as to rotate around the axis line, and a plurality of planting shafts are respectively supported on the outer peripheral portion of the rotating case in parallel with the axis line, and each planting shaft is provided with a split claw. While mounting the planting case in such a manner that the split claws of the planting case face toward the seedling mounting table side, the rotating case transmits non-constant rotation to each of the planting shafts as the rotating case rotates. The above-mentioned mechanism is provided so that each seedling planting case is swung with respect to the rotating case so that the tip of the split claw in the seedling planting case draws a locus of an elliptical closed loop that is long in the vertical direction. In the seedling planting device, The seeds are formed into a hollow body with an open upper surface, and the split claws are provided at one end of the seedling planting case. An extruding tool adapted to be pushed out is provided so as to project from the lower surface of the seedling planting case, and further, when the split claws enter the field scene, the seedling planting case swings with respect to the rotating case. A cam configured to operate in a direction of pushing the pushing tool toward the tip of the split claw by rotation is provided so as not to rotate with respect to the rotating case, while the seedling planting case is provided on the upper surface of the seedling planting case. The lid is attached to the upper surface of the so as to be attachable and detachable. "

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention applied to a walking type double-row rice transplanter. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an engine 2 at the front.
A transmission case including a seedling mounting table 3 and a handle 4 at the rear.
A rice transplanter having a float 6 that slides in a field scene B is provided on the lower surface of an airframe 5 that also serves as a paddle, and wheels 7 are mounted on both left and right sides of the aircraft 5 via a swing case 8. A claw shaft 9, which is rotationally driven by power from the engine 2, is supported on the machine body 5 in a substantially horizontal and lateral direction at a position in front of the seedling mounting table 3. A rotary seedling plant 10 described below is mounted.

The rotary seedling plant 10 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, an oval-shaped rotating case 11 is fitted to and fixed to an end of a claw shaft 9 pivotally supported on the machine body 5, and the rotating case 11 is viewed from the side of the rice transplanter 1 by the claw shaft 9. As shown by an arrow A, the sun gear 1 rotates on the claw shaft 9 in the rotating case 11.
2 is rotatably fitted, and the sun gear 12 is non-rotatably locked to the machine body 5 via a suitable rotation phase adjusting means 13.

At the outer peripheral portion of the rotating case 11, that is, at both left and right end portions, a position where the distance from the claw shaft 9 is equal,
A drive shaft 14 for an extruder (to be described later) is supported in parallel with the claw shaft 9, and both drive shafts 14 are fixed non-rotatably to the rotating case 11, and are mounted on the drive shafts 14. The planetary gear 15 having the same number of teeth as the sun gear 12 is rotatably fitted. In the rotating case 11, an intermediate shaft 16 is supported at an intermediate position between the claw shaft 9 and the two drive shafts 14. On both the intermediate shafts 16, both the sun gear 12 and the planetary gear 15 are provided. By fitting the meshing intermediate gear 17, the intermediate gear 17 meshing with the sun gear 12, the planetary gear 15 meshing with the intermediate gear 17, a cam gear 24 a and a missing tooth stopper gear 25 a, which will be described later, A gear train is configured to transmit unequal-speed rotation to the planting shaft 18 fitted on each drive shaft 14 with the rotation of the rotating case 11 (in this case, the planetary gear 15 is directly connected to the sun gear 12). It may be made to mesh with each other).

On the other hand, a planting shaft 18 of a hollow shaft is rotatably fitted on both the driving shafts 14 in the rotating case 11, and one end of the planting shaft 18 and the driving shaft 14 are
At the protruding ends of the planting shafts 18, the hollow seedling case 20 having the splitting claws 19 of the seedlings is protruded out of the rotating case 11 so that the splitting claws 19 face the seedling mounting table 3. To fix each other.

Each of the seedling cases 20 is provided with the planting shaft 1.
8 and a lid 20b removably attached to the upper surface of the main body case 20a so as to cover the opening on the upper surface.
The split claw 19 is attached to one end of the main body case 20a. The planetary gears 15 on both drive shafts 14 are integrally provided with claws 21 projecting toward the planting shaft 18, and the planting shafts 18 are integrally provided with claws 22 projecting toward the planetary gear 15, respectively. The two claws 21 and 22
When the planetary gear 15 rotates clockwise, it contacts each other, and when the planetary gear 15 rotates counterclockwise, it separates from each other. Between the claws 21, 22, a direction in which the claws 21, 22 contact each other. A ring-shaped spring body 23 for urging the planetary gear 15 is transmitted to the planting shaft 18 elastically by the ring-shaped spring body 23.

On the other hand, each seedling case 20 has a hollow guide shaft 27 extending in parallel with the dividing claws 19 so as to be movable up and down so that the lower end thereof projects downward from the lower surface of the seedling case 20. And a pusher 28 is provided at the lower end of the hollow guide shaft 27, and a spring 29 that presses and urges the guide shaft 27 downward is provided therein.

In each seedling case 20, a lever-type operating body 30 is disposed, one end of which is rotatably pivoted by a pin 31 and the other end 32 of the guide shaft 27 is The operating body 3 is rotatably and non-slidably engaged with the upper end.
The pusher 28 is configured to move up and down by the vertical rotation of 0. Further, the drive shaft 14 is inserted into the seedling case 20, and the cam 33 is attached to the drive shaft 14 in the seedling case 20. The operating member 3 is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the cam 33.
0, and the outer peripheral surface of the cam 33 is shaped such that the operating body 30 pivots downward only when each of the seedling cases 20 is near the lower limit of its lowering. To be configured.

Further, a cam gear 24a (large diameter) having an arc-shaped outer peripheral surface 26a and a toothless portion 26b on a part of the circumference is fitted on both intermediate shafts 16 in the rotating case 11, respectively. A toothless stopper gear 25a (small diameter) in which some teeth on the circumference are cut out is fitted to both the planting shafts 18 in the rotating case 11, respectively. On the side facing the seedling mounting table 3 with the rotation in the direction A, slightly lower than the lower limit of the lowering from the height position corresponding to the lower end of the seedling mounting table 3 (that is, the position where the rotating case 11 becomes substantially horizontal). (That is, the position where the split claw 19 has entered the field scene B to a predetermined depth) in the section of the cam gear 24 a of the intermediate shaft 16.
By contacting the arc-shaped outer peripheral surface 26a with the missing tooth portion of the toothless stopper gear 25a of the planting shaft 18, the left rotation of the planting shaft 18 is delayed in the section.

In this configuration, when the rotating case 11 of the seedling plant 10 revolves around the claw shaft 9 in the direction of arrow A, the planting shaft 1 fitted on the driving shafts 14 at both ends thereof.
8, the seedling case 20 revolves around the claw shaft 9, and the planting shaft 18 to which the seedling case 20 is attached is elastically connected to the planetary gear 15 via a spring 23, and The gear 15 meshes with the sun gear 12 via the intermediate gear 17,
The sun gear 12 and the planetary gear 15 have the same number of teeth, and the planetary gear 15 and the planting shaft 1 connected thereto are connected.
8 rotates around the drive shaft 14 in the direction opposite to the arrow A direction by the same rotation angle as the rotation angle of the rotation case 11 in accordance with the revolving rotation of the rotating case 11 in the arrow A direction. The planting case 20 makes a turning movement in the direction of arrow A in a state facing the seedling mounting table 3. During this turning movement, when the planting case 20 descends from the top on the side facing the seedling mounting table 3, After splitting one seedling from the seedling mat on the seedling mounting table 3 with the splitting nail 19 at the tip, the tip of the splitting nail 19 enters the field scene B near the lower lower limit, and then the field scene B It rises more.

In this case, when the rotating case 11 is in a substantially horizontal state, in the seedling case 20 on the side facing the seedling mounting table 3, the arc-shaped outer peripheral portion 26 a of the cam gear 24 a of the intermediate shaft 16 is attached to the rotating shaft 11 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, one end of the tooth portion of the toothless stopper gear 25a of the planting shaft 18 abuts, and the rotation of the seedling case 20 in the direction opposite to the arrow A is stopped from this point, so that the seedling can be planted. The rotation of the case 20 in the direction opposite to the arrow A is delayed with respect to the revolution of the rotating case 11 in the direction of the arrow A (however, the planetary gear 15 rotates in the direction opposite to the arrow A, and Are separated from each other against the spring body 23, and the spring body 23 stores elastic force.) With the rotation of the rotating case 11 in the direction of the arrow A, the divided claws 19 of the seedling case 20 As shown in the figure, it is almost perpendicular to the field scene B. Is posture change entering the field plane B to.

The split claw 1 in each seedling planting case 20
When 9 enters the field scene B,
The tip of the split claw 19 of each seedling plant case 20 and the pusher 28 for the split claw 19 are connected to the pusher 28.
When the axis 28a of the guide shaft 27 is located outside the outer peripheral surface of the rotating case 10, the outer peripheral surface of the rotating case 10 is further projected outward.

As the rotating case 11 revolves in the direction of arrow A, the tooth portion of the large-diameter cam gear 24a on the intermediate shaft 16 is replaced by the tooth portion of the small-diameter toothless stopper gear 25a on the planting shaft 18. , The planting shaft 18 rotates at a faster speed than the intermediate shaft 16 based on the diameter ratio between the large-diameter cam gear 24a and the small-diameter toothless stopper gear 25a. Axis 18
The seedling case 20 to be mounted on the drive shaft 1
After the seedlings are planted in the field scene B, the split claws 19 move in the opposite direction to the traveling direction of the rice transplanter 1, that is, move away from the seedlings after planting. Goes out of B, rises, and seedlings 2
0 returns to the original posture, and the movement trajectory of the tip of the split claw 19 at this time becomes an elliptical closed loop curve D elongated in the vertical direction as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. A closed loop curve having the same shape as that of the crank type seedling plant described in JP-B-49-27762 can be obtained.

That is, both seedling planting cases 20 here
When the split claw 19 descends toward the field scene B while holding the seedling, the posture is changed vertically and enters the field scene B,
When the child leaves the field scene B after planting, it rises while escaping away from the seedling after planting, so that the planting of the seedling in the field scene B can be reliably performed under the correct posture.

While the rotating case 11 revolves in the direction of arrow A, each seedling planting case 20 rotates about the planting shaft 14 in the direction opposite to the arrow A, so that each seedling planting case 2 is rotated.
0, the lever 30 which comes into contact with the cam 33 on the planting shaft 14 is based on the shape of the cam 33 when the seedling case 20 comes to the lower lower limit where the tip of the split claw 19 enters the field scene B. 8, the pusher 28 at the lower end of the guide shaft 27 descends toward the tip of the split claw 19 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
The seedlings are planted so as to be pushed into the field scene B. When the pushing and planting is completed, the pushing tool 28 is almost at the same time as the split claw 19 comes out of the field scene B, and the pushing tool 28 is retreated from the tip of the split claw 19 to the original position. (The position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 8).

It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the case in which the two seedling planting cases 20 are mounted on the single rotating case 11, but can be applied to the case where three or more seedling planting cases are mounted.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the rotary seedling plant, when the split nail enters the field scene, the split nail is divided by the split nail in each seedling case. By providing the pushing tool for pushing the seedling toward the tip of the split claw, the pushing tool can prevent the seedling once planted in the field scene from lifting together with the split nail.

By the way, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 49-17807, which is the prior art of the present invention, the split claws in each seedling planting case are composed of a pair of left and right split claw pieces, and these split claw pieces are mutually The seedlings are separated by opening them apart, but the seedlings cannot be reliably separated by simply opening both split claw pieces, and the seedlings adhere to one split claw piece with adhesive force. There is a risk that they will lift up together.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, the seedlings divided by the dividing claws are pushed out toward the tip of the dividing claws by the pushing tool, and the seedlings can be reliably separated. The reliability of the above can be significantly improved as compared with the case of the above-mentioned prior art, and moreover, since the seedling pushing operation of the pushing tool is configured to be performed by swinging rotation of each seedling planting case with respect to the rotating case. The operation of this pushing tool can be achieved with a simple and highly durable structure.

In addition to the above, according to the present invention, as described above, each seedling planting case is formed into a hollow body having an open upper surface, and the split claw is provided at one end of the seedling planting case.
The pushing tool is provided so as to project from the lower surface of the seedling planting case, and further, the lid of the upper surface of the seedling planting case is detachably attached to the upper surface of the seedling planting case. Each of the one end, the lower surface and the upper surface of the seedling planting case can be used without interfering with the installation of the split claw and the pushing tool and the inspection lid, in other words, the split claw and the pushing tool can be used for the seedling planting case. And, since the inspection lid can be mounted without interfering with each other, the lid can ensure the inspection and maintenance in the seedling case, and the seedling case can be made compact, and by extension, It also has the effect of reducing the size and weight of the rotary seedling planting device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a rice transplanter.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the rice transplanter.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a seedling plant.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation state of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a locus of movement of a seedling plant.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII of FIG. 3;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rice transplanter 3 Seedling stand 9 Claw shaft 10 Rotary seedling plant 11 Rotating case 12 Sun gear 14 Drive shaft 15 Planetary gear 16 Intermediate shaft 17 Intermediate gear 18 Planting shaft 19 Split claw 20 Seedling case 20a Main body in seedling case Case 20b Lid 21 in seedling plant case 21, 22 Claw 23 Spring body 24a Cam gear 25a Missing tooth type stopper gear 28 Extruder 27 Extruder guide shaft 30 Lever 33 Cam

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rotating case, which is rotationally driven by power transmission from a power source, is arranged on a machine body near the seedling mounting table so as to rotate about an axis of a substantially horizontal lateral direction, and an outer periphery of the rotating case. In the part, a plurality of planting shafts, each of which is axially supported in parallel with the axis, a seedling planting case provided with a split claw on each planting shaft, with the split claws facing toward the seedling platform side. While each is mounted, a mechanism is provided in the rotating case for transmitting non-constant speed rotation to each of the planting shafts as the rotating case rotates. In a seedling planting device configured to swing and rotate with respect to a rotating case so that the tip of the split claw in the case draws a locus of an elliptical closed loop that is long in the vertical direction, each of the seedling planting cases is Formed in an open hollow body, this seedling planting case While providing the split claw at one end,
In this seedling planting case, an extruding tool for pushing out the seedlings divided by the split nails toward the tip of the split nails is provided so as to project from the lower surface of the seedling planting case. In addition, when the split claw enters the field scene, a cam configured to operate in a direction to push the push-out tool toward the tip of the split claw by swinging the seedling planting case with respect to the rotating case is used. A seedling planting device in a rice transplanter, wherein the lid is detachably attached to the upper surface of the seedling planting case while being non-rotatably provided with respect to the case.