JPH099724A - Rush cutter of rush seedling cassette packing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To effectively cut the root tip side and foliage top side of rush seedlings fed and conveyed in order to pack into a cassette after making seedlings uniform. CONSTITUTION: This rush seedling cassette packing machine is constituted by parallel extending a conveying belt 2 on the root side and a conveying belt 3 on the top side of foliage capable of putting the root side and the top side of foliage of the rush seedling 1 in horizontal direction so that rush is put and conveyed in a horizontal posture or a posture inclined in a state close to the horizontal posture and extending both holding and conveying belts 4 and 5 from the upper direction on the way of both conveying belts 2 and 3 and packing the rush seedling into the cassette 6 while changing the posture of rush seedlings 1 carried out from these final parts. In the rush seedlings cassette packing machine, upper low-speed rotating blade 9a and lower high- speed rotating blade 9b having about mutually 1:10 rotating ratio are each arranged in a state close to either one end edge 2a side of root side conveying belt 2 on the way of holding and conveying of both holding and conveying belts 4 and 5 and a conveying belt 3 on foliage part top side so as to cut root top side of the rush seedling 1 and top side of the foliage during conveying.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to packing of rush seedling cassettes capable of effectively cutting the root end side and the foliage end side of rush seedlings that are supplied and conveyed for cassette packing after the seedlings have been aligned. Machine cutting device

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Application No. 6-24 filed by the present applicant
As can be seen in No. 4596, the root side conveyor belt and the foliage tip side conveyor belt that can carry the root side and the foliage tip side respectively of the rush seedling are placed horizontally or horizontally. The two conveyor belts extend horizontally in parallel so that they can be conveyed while being placed in a posture inclining near them, and both holding conveyor belts are extended from above the intermediate portions of the both conveyor belts, and their end portions are extended. In a grass seedling cassette packing machine that can be packed into a cassette while changing the posture of the grass seedlings delivered from the machine, the root side of the root of the grass seedlings is fed and conveyed while the tip side of the root of the grass seedling is rotated up and down with a low-speed rotary blade. It is known to cut with a blade.

[0003]

However, with this type of rush seedling cassette filling machine, if the tip end side of the foliage of the rush seedling is not cut and removed, the rush seedling is long. The tip side of the part will fall sideways and become disordered, and since the rotation ratio of the upper and lower low-speed rotary blades and the high-speed rotary blade is about 1: 2, simply cut by rotating both rotary blades. As a result, there are problems such as poor sharpness and poor cutting.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A first object of the present invention is to:
By solving such a problem, it is possible to effectively cut the root end side and the foliage tip side of the rush seedling during transportation, and therefore, place the root side and the foliage tip side of the rush seedling respectively. The root side conveyor belt and the foliage tip side conveyor belt that can be transported by extending horizontally in parallel so that the rush seedlings can be placed and transported in a horizontal or nearly horizontal inclination , The two holding conveyor belts are respectively extended from above the middle portions of the two conveying belts,
In a grass seedling cassette packing machine that can be packed in a cassette while changing the posture of the grass seedlings carried out from their end portions, in the middle of holding and carrying both holding carrier belts, one edge side of the root side carrier belt Further, the rotation ratio is set to 1:10 by bringing it close to the conveyor belt on the tip end side of the foliage.
The upper and lower low-speed rotary blades and the high-speed rotary blades are arranged, respectively, so that the root tip side and the foliage tip side of the rush seedlings being transported can be cut.

A second object of the present invention is to further effectively cut turfgrass seedlings without disturbing it. Therefore, the peripheral speed of the low-speed rotary blade is set to about 100 mm / sec. Is.

[0006]

Therefore, the root tip side and the foliage tip side of the rush are cut by the upper and lower low-speed rotary blades and the high-speed rotary blade, respectively, while being conveyed while being held by the holding and conveying belts from above. As a result, the cassettes will be packed in an orderly manner, but the rotation ratio of the low-speed rotary blade and the high-speed rotary blade is about 1:10. Both the high-speed rotary blades cut while holding the tip side, and it is possible to cut effectively and with good sharpness.

The peripheral speed of the low-speed rotary blade is 100 mm / sec.
By setting the speed to around, the peripheral speed of the low-speed rotary blade was about 560 mm / sec in the conventional type, but it became considerably slower, and it was possible to prevent it from disturbing the grass seedlings while holding it well. You will be able to effectively disconnect.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which each supporting leg 17 having casters 16 is hung vertically from four corners of a grass seedling cassette packing machine to be constructed as shown in FIGS.
A switch 18a, 18b for starting and stopping a motor (not shown) inside the machine is provided on the front of the machine, and the grass seedlings 1 to be seeded are already placed on the left end of the upper part of the machine. A supply base 19 capable of being folded is provided so as to be foldable, and a discharge base 21 that is steeply inclined is provided below a discharge port 20 provided at the right end of the upper part of the machine body, as shown by phantom lines in FIGS. 3 and 5. It is constructed so that it can be folded.

On the front side of the upper part of the fuselage, the root part 1 of the rush seedling 1
A root side conveyor belt 2 and a foliage section distal end side conveyor belt 3 capable of respectively placing and conveying the a side and the foliage section 1b tip side are placed and conveyed in a posture in which the rush seedling 1 is inclined almost horizontally. As much as possible, they extend in parallel in the horizontal direction, and the terminal end side of the foliage end side conveyor belt 3 further extends beyond the terminal end side of the root side conveyor belt 2 and the discharge port 2 is formed.
It is provided so as to be inclined and extended to the vicinity of 0, and on the upper surface of the root side conveyor belt 2, one half side of the root portion 1a of the rush seedling 1 which is large in a lump can be dropped into the upper surface of the belt. The lower flat quadrangular recesses 7 are provided at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the belt. The recesses 7 have a root portion 1a of the rush seedling 1 in the recesses 7 and a holding carrier belt 4 to be described later. Both sides of the upper surface of the belt, which is provided close to one end edge 2a side of the root side conveyor belt 2 so as not to be pinched, and is the other end edge 2b side of the root side conveyor belt 2 away from the recess 7. The projections 8 and 8 are respectively provided on the projections.

[0010] From the upper part of the intermediate part of the root side conveyor belt 2 to the rear of the end part of the conveyor belt 2, the sandwiched conveyor belt 4 is held.
In addition to extending the holding conveyor belt 5, the holding conveyor belt 5 is extended from above the intermediate portion of the foliage-side leading end side conveyor belt 3 to above the terminal end portion of the conveyor belt 3. As shown in FIG. The holding start end position of 5 is the holding carrier belt 4
Is slightly collapsed toward the transport downstream side from the gripping start end position by L ₁ length, and one end edge 2a side and the foliage part of the root side transport belt 2 in the middle of the gripping transport of both the sandwich transport belts 4, 5. The upper and lower low-speed rotary blades 9a, 9a having a rotation ratio of about 1:10 when brought close to the leading end side conveyor belt 3.
a and the high-speed rotary blades 9b and 9bb are respectively arranged, but each rotary blade has a diameter of 100 _mm , and as shown in FIG. 13, the axis of the high-speed rotary blade is downstream of the axis of the low-speed rotary blade in conveyance. Further, the position is displaced by the length L ₂ and each rotary blade and each belt can be driven as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

Above the support plate 22 which is horizontally laid on the lower right side of the rear part of the machine body, the foliage portion 1b of the grass seedling 1 to be erected can be clamped and carried out while rotating intermittently. The belts 10a and 10b are provided, and both the unloading belts 10a and 1 are provided from the vicinity of the terminal end of the root side conveyor belt 2.
Above the holding start end portion of 0b, the posture of the rush seedling 1 is changed from the nearly horizontal state to the upright state while receiving and holding the foliage portion 1b of the rush seedling 1 on the root side conveyor belt 2. Both transfer belts 23a and 23b capable of being conveyed are installed obliquely, and the transfer belt 10 is also provided.
The center guide plate 11 is extended from the lower direction of the gripping start end portions of a and 10b to the rear direction of the gripping end portions of the two carrying-out belts 10a and 10b through the lower position between the gripping positions. Of the rush seedlings 1 which is extended to the lower part of the intermediate portion of the two transfer belts 23a and 23b and whose tip portion 11a is to be transported while being changed to the upright posture. The distribution body 12 that can automatically distribute the roots 1a of the grass seedlings 1 to the left and right sides of the center guide plate 11 is installed by contacting them, but the distribution body that can rotate about the fulcrum shaft 24 is installed. Extend the extension 12a in the opposite direction of 12,
The lower portion of the extension portion 12a is configured to be rotatable until it abuts the stoppers 25a and 25b with adjusters on both sides.

Both side plates 26a and 26b, which are parallel to each other, are erected on the support plate 22 below the two carry-out belts 10a and 10b, and the through holes 27 formed in the middle portions of the both side plates 26a and 26b are Root portion 1 of rush seedling 1 between both side plates 26a, 26b
A sensor 1 capable of detecting the clogging of a and actuating the microswitch 28 to stop the motor in the body
3 and 13 respectively, and the center guide plate 11 is extended rearward from the holding end portions of the two carry-out belts 10a and 10b, and above the rear end portions of the carry-out belts 10a and 10b. A guide 14 is integrally provided which can feed the grass seedlings 1 to be fed to the cassette 6 described later while guiding the grass seedlings 1 to be erected, but the guide 14 is erected until it approaches above the cassette 6. Form by the flat plate.

A rail cover 30 is attached to the upper side of the two parallel rails 29a and 29b extending from the lower side of the support plate 22 to the left end portion of the machine body from both sides of the cassette base 31 on which the cassette 6 can be placed. Support pieces 32, 3 that are vertically installed
The connecting piece 33 is mounted between the lower parts of the two, and the rollers 34, 34 mounted on the connecting piece 33 are mounted on the rails 29a, 29.
b, the sprocket 35 is mounted on both ends between the rails 29a, 29b, one has a one-way clutch, and the sprocket 35 is braked for rotation, and the other sprocket is provided with a chain 36. 33 and a part of the chain 36 are connected to each other via a connecting piece 37, and the cassette 6 has a lateral machine 38 on one end side and is elastically biased in the opening direction on the other end side so as to be laterally moved. Door 4 that is closed and locked by a lock rod 39 extending from the machine 38
2 is provided on one end side of the cassette table 31 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, the lid 41 is pivotally supported on the fulcrum shaft 42, and one end side of the cassette 6 is mounted on the projecting piece 41 a extending from the base portion of the lid 41 to rotate so that the one end side of the cassette 6 is moved. The lid 41 can be closed so that when the cassette 6 is lifted upward, the lid 41 is opened, and the protrusion 43 is fixedly provided on the upper right side surface of the extension base 31a extending from the other end of the cassette base 31. .

The upper ends of the two vertical rotation drive shafts 44a, 44b, which are the holding end portions of the two carry-out belts 10a, 10b, are linked and interlocked via a sprocket chain 45 so as to reverse each other, and one rotation drive is performed. The arm 4 is attached to the shaft 44a.
Fit the boss 47 with 6 through the one-way clutch,
Further, a side guide plate 48 for preventing the lateral fall of the rush seedlings 1 is installed on the lateral outer side of the guide 14, and the side guide plate 48 is opened outwardly about a vertical fulcrum shaft 49. Although it is rotatably pivotally supported and closed when the cassette is packed, the protruding piece 43 that moves to the end when the cassette is packed hits the extending piece 48a of the side guide plate 48 and opens.

A seedling aligning plate 51a, 51b is provided on both sides of the center guide plate 11 and the guide 14 so as to rotate around the fulcrum shaft 50 and move up and down. Has a pressing body 15 for pushing and pulling, and rails 53 provided below the supporting plate 22 are provided at both ends of a supporting frame 52 connected to the upper part of the pressing body 15.
Two bearing rollers 54, which are fitted into a and 53b, are mounted on the shaft, and the push body 15 is pushed and pulled by pushing and pulling a rod 55 connected to one end of the support frame 52.

A cam plate 58 is fitted on a rotating shaft 57 which is rotated by a transmission belt 56 in the middle of a transmission path transmitted to each belt, and a rod 59 is fitted on a projecting piece 59 projecting from the outer periphery of the cam plate 58. The roller 62 at the tip of the arm 61 pivotally supported by the fulcrum shaft 60 is brought into pressure contact with the outer peripheral edge of the cam plate 58 by the spring 63, and the cam plate 58 rotates by an angle of θ ₁ by interlocking the other end side of the cam plate 58. A connecting portion 64 that is rotatably provided and that rotates together with the arm 61 by a θ ₂ angle is interlockingly connected to the arm 46 via an interlocking rod 65, and a connecting portion 66 that swings together with the arm 61 is provided. The fulcrum shaft 50 is interlockingly connected to the fulcrum shaft 50 via a swing rod 67. As shown in FIG. 27, the pressing body 15 is at a position of about two-thirds of the stroke S of the pressing body 15 in the pushing stroke. , While moving up about one position of the 2 minutes in pulling stroke, the two carry-out belt 10
2a and 10b are configured to be driven to rotate, and FIG.
4, the stroke S of the pressing body 15 is made longer than the lateral width W of the cassette 6.

Therefore, when the cassette 6 is placed on the cassette table 31 as shown in FIG. 29 with the cassette table 31 being pulled out to the left side of the machine body and the lid 41 being opened as shown in FIG. 29, As shown in FIG. 22, the lid 41 is automatically closed, the opening / closing lid 40 is opened, the cassette 6 is moved below the support plate 22 together with the cassette base 31, and the side guide plate 48 is closed. When set, the cassette 6 can be set.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, with each belt rotating in the direction of the arrow, the rush seedlings 1 placed on the supply table 19 are taken out one by one, and the root side conveyor belt 2 is taken out. The root portion 1a of the rush seedling 1 is dropped into the recess 7 of FIG.
When the base side of the foliage portion 1b is inserted between the both projections 8 and 8 as shown in FIG. 12, and the tip side of the foliage portion 1b is supplied on the foliage portion tip side transport belt 3 as shown in FIGS. 12 and 15, First, the holding and conveying belt 4 holds the root portion 1a side of the rush seedling 1, and then the holding and conveying belt 5 holds the foliage portion 1b tip side of the rush seedling 1 so that it can be conveyed.
During the transportation, as shown in FIG. 15, the tip portion 1aa of the root portion 1a is cut and removed by the upper and lower low-speed rotary blades 9a and 9b, and the tip portion 1bb of the foliage portion 1b is removed by the upper and lower low-speed rotary blades. 9aa and the high-speed rotary blade 9bb are used for cutting, and the cut tip portion 1bb is directly cut on both belts 3,5.
Is carried out to the discharge port 20 while being held and conveyed by the discharge port 2
From 0, it is dropped on the discharge table 21 as indicated by the arrow a and discharged.

When the rush seedlings 1 thus cut and conveyed by the two belts 2 and 4 are sent out from the terminal end of the root side conveyor belt 2, the upper part of the foliage portion 1b becomes the two inheritance conveyor belts 23a and 23b. The rush seedlings 1 to be held and conveyed by the belts 23a and 23b as they are are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, the posture is changed from a nearly horizontal posture to a vertical posture. At that time, the root portion 1 of the rush seedling 1 is changed.
When a is conveyed to the right side of the center guide plate 11 as shown by arrow D while a is hitting the inclined distribution body 12 as shown by arrow C, the distribution body 12 is automatically moved as shown by phantom lines. The rush seedlings 1 that will be transported next will be the center guide plate 1
You will be guided to the left of 1 as shown by arrow E,
In this way, the roots 1a of the rush seedlings 1 are alternately distributed to the left and right sides of the center guide plate 11, while the foliage portions 1b
When the upper part of the two belts 23a and 23b is fed out from the holding end portions of the two belts 23a and 23b as indicated by the arrow, the foliage portion 1b is intermittently rotated to the holding start end portions of the two carrying belts 10a and 10b as shown by the arrow T in FIG. It will be inherited as shown.

The root portion 1a of the rush seedling 1 sent out from the end portions of the carrying belts 10a and 10b between the holding ends is guided by the center guide plate 11, and the rush seedling of the root portion 1a on the right side of the center guide plate 11 is guided. As shown by the arrow 1 in FIG. 19 on the right side in the width direction in the cassette 6, and the rush seedling 1 of the root 1a on the left side of the center guide plate 11 is indicated by the arrow mark in the left side in the width direction in the cassette 6. It will be distributed to each of them alternately, and will be fed out.
While being prevented from falling sideways by the guide 14,
The seedling aligning plates 51a and 51b moving downward from above make the seedlings aligned and drop in orderly.

As described above, while the pressing body 15 presses the grass seedlings 1 to be dropped into the cassette 6, the cassette packing is performed, but the pressing body 15 presses the pressing body 15 in the pushing stroke.
27 from the position of about two-thirds of the stroke S to the position of about one-third of the pulling stroke, the cam plate 58 is rotated and the arm 46 is rotated by the arm 46 while pushing down. or theta ₃ by an angle reciprocating rotation while both unloaded belt 10a, 10b is supposed to be intermittently driven, both discharge belts 10a, 10b is next had Kusanae 1
The succulents are sent to the upper side of the cassette 6, and the succeeding rush seedlings 1 are smoothly inherited at the holding start end portion thereof.

Further, when the stroke S of the pressing body 15 is made longer than the lateral width W of the cassette 6, when the rush seedling 1 sent out by the two carrying-out belts driven at the above timing falls into the cassette 6, Since the falling space can be made sufficiently wide, the rush seedlings 1 can be effectively packed without being disturbed.

When the cassette 6 and the cassette table 31 are moved by being pushed by the pressing body 15 and the rush seedlings 1 are packed inside the other end side of the cassette 6, the projecting piece 43 hits the extending piece 48a and the side guide plate. By opening 48 as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 19, it is possible to insert a hand from the opened space and perform the operation of closing the opening / closing door 40 on the other end side of the cassette 6, When the full cassette 6 is lifted up, the lid 41 is automatically opened so that the cassette 6 can be easily placed next, as shown in FIG.

[0024]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, according to the present invention, the root side 1a of the rush seedling 1 and the tip end of the foliage portion 1b are conveyed while the rush seedling 1 is being conveyed while being held by the holding conveyance belts 4 and 5, respectively. The upper and lower low speed rotary blades 9a, 9aa and high speed rotary blades 9b, 9bb can be used to cut each side so that cassette packing can be performed in an orderly manner.
Since the rotation ratio of the low speed rotary blades 9a, 9aa and the high speed rotary blades 9b, 9bb is about 1:10, the low speed rotary blade 9
While a and 9aa hold down the root side 1a tip side and the foliage section 1b tip side of the rush plant 1 from above, high-speed rotary blades 9b and 9bb
Since it can be cut, the cuts can be aligned, and the cutting can be performed effectively with good sharpness, which is a feature that can be suitably implemented.

The peripheral speed of the low-speed rotary blades 9a, 9aa is set to 10
When it is set to about 0 mm / sec, the peripheral speed of the low-speed rotary blade is about 560 mm / sec in the conventional type, but it is considerably slowed down, and it is effective by keeping the rush seedling 1 undisturbed while holding it well. You will be able to disconnect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a rush seedling cassette packing machine.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the plane of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing the rear surface of FIG.

5 is a side view showing the right side surface of FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view schematically showing a part of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a top view showing a part of FIG.

8 is a top view showing a part of FIG. 7. FIG.

9 is a top view showing a part of FIG. 8. FIG.

10 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross section taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the rush plant shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a side sectional view showing a part of FIG.

13 is a front view showing a part of FIG. 7. FIG.

14 is a side sectional view showing a part of FIG. 7 in section.

15 is an operation explanatory view shown in a part of FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 16 is a top view showing a part of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a plan view showing both unloading belts.

FIG. 18 is a side sectional view showing a part of FIG. 1 as viewed from the right side surface thereof.

FIG. 19 is a plan view schematically showing a part of FIG. 18.

20 is a plan view showing a part of FIG. 19. FIG.

21 is a side sectional view showing a part of FIG. 18. FIG.

22 is a front sectional view showing a part of FIG. 18. FIG.

FIG. 23 is a front view showing a part of FIG. 1.

FIG. 24 is a plan view showing a part of FIG. 23.

FIG. 25 is a rear view showing a part of the operating unit.

FIG. 26 is a rear view showing a part of a transmission unit.

FIG. 27 is an operation explanatory view showing an operating state of the pressing body.

FIG. 28 is a side sectional view showing a part of FIG.

FIG. 29 is an exploded view showing a part of FIG. 1 in an exploded manner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ikusa seedling 1a Root 1b Stem and leaf 2 Root side conveyor belt 3 Stem and leaf tip side conveyor belt 4,5 Holding carrier belt 6 Cassette 2a Edge 9a, 9aa Low speed rotary blade 9b, 9bb High speed rotary blade

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Akihiro Miyoshi 2-18-1 Inadera, Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture Kanzaki High-grade Machinery Works Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A root-side conveyor belt 2 and a stem-and-leaves tip-side conveyor belt 3 which can be placed and conveyed on the root 1a side and the foliage 1b tip side of the rush seedling 1, respectively. Alternatively, the two holding conveyor belts 4 and 5 extend from above the middle of the two conveyor belts 2 and 3, respectively, so that they can be placed in a posture inclined to be nearly horizontal and can be conveyed in parallel. In a grass seedling cassette packing machine configured to be installed and configured to be packed in the cassette 6 while changing the posture of the grass seedlings 1 carried out from their end portions,
Both holding carrier belts 4, 5 are brought closer to one end edge 2a side of the root side conveyor belt 2 and the foliage end side conveyor belt 3 in the middle of being held and conveyed so that the rotation ratio is about 1:10. Low speed rotary blades 9a, 9aa and high speed rotary blade 9
b and 9bb are arranged respectively, and the root portion 1a tip side and the foliage portion 1b tip side of the rush seedling 1 being transported are configured so as to be able to be cut. 2. The peripheral speed of the low speed rotary blades 9a, 9aa is 100.
The rush seedling cutting device of the rush seedling cassette packing machine according to claim 1, which is set to about mm / sec.