JPH10295187A - Flower bundle adjusting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a flower bundle adjusting machine by which a cut flower object is prevented from bring disarranged or moved in a backet, the break of branches and leaves and flower fall, etc., are reduced and commodity quanlity is improved by providing the leaf part pressurizing member of the cut flower in the backet of a carrier conveyor opposing position in a lower leaf removing device. SOLUTION: The leaf part pressurizing member 10 of the cut flower object E is provided on the backet 2 of the carrier conveyor 3 opposing position in the lower leaf removing device 9. Besides, it is favorable that the leaf part pressurizing member 10 is a belt 22C extending in parallel with the carrier direction of the carrier conveyor 3, the belt 22C is synchronized with the carrier conveyor 3 so as to be made to run and also a flower head arranging member 4 is arranged at a carrier direction upstream side from the leaf part pressurizing member 10 so as to be freely position changeable in a conveyor width direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bouquet preparation machine for selecting collected flowers, such as chrysanthemums and carnations, and for bundling the lower leaves.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one of the machines for producing flowers, a bouquet preparation machine is used which removes lower leaves of flowers such as chrysanthemums, carnations, etc., sorts and prepares them, binds a plurality of them, and packs and ships. (Handbook of Biological Production Machines, First Edition, First Edition, February 20, 1996, 760-7
See page 61).

[0003]

In the conventional bouquet-preparing machine, when a lower leaf removing operation is performed, a flower taken on the bucket is pulled in the longitudinal direction of the stem by the action force of the lower leaf removing operation. There has been a problem that the product is degraded on the bucket due to a lateral shift, thereby breaking or dropping the main part of the branches and leaves, flower leaflets and the like, thereby deteriorating the product quality.

[0004] Further, if the lower leaves are left due to the above-mentioned delusion, the accuracy of bundling the stems is likely to be disturbed by the lower leaves.
The lower leaves left by hand were removed, which made the continuous work efficiency inefficient and the significance of the mechanized treatment diminished. In view of the above-described problems, the present invention can reliably remove a lower leaf of a flower collected and prevent the flower collected from being perturbed or danced on a bucket at the time of this removal work, thereby breaking the flower. The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to eliminate flower fall and the like.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a conveyor 3 in which buckets 2 are arranged in a row in a conveying direction, and a lower leaf for picking a lower leaf during the conveyance with a flower E mounted on the bucket 2. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the following technical measures are taken in a bouquet-preparing machine provided with a collecting device 9 and a tying device 11 for tying a plurality of the flowers E from which the lower leaves have been taken. ing.

That is, the bouquet preparing machine according to the present invention is characterized in that a leaf pressing member 10 of a flower E is provided on the bucket 2 at a position facing the conveyor 3 of the lower leaf removing device 9. By adopting such a configuration, when the lower leaf is removed by the lower leaf removing device 9, the phenomenon in which the flower extract E is perturbed or dances on the bucket 2 is as follows.
It is prevented by the leaf pressing member 10.

Here, the flower extract E is intended to be chrysanthemums, carnations, etc., but is not necessarily a flower, but may be any as long as it is bundled with a plant having leaves and real parts. . In addition, the lower leaves refer to the branches and leaves that are vegetated below the stems, and the stems other than the lower leaves are bundled and bound with a string, tape, or the like.

Further, in the present invention, the leaf pressing member 10 is a belt 22C extending in parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor 3, and the belt 22C is rotated in synchronization with the conveyor 3. By adopting such a configuration, the leaf holding member 10 and the bucket 2 do not move relative to each other in the transport direction, and therefore, the flowering object placed on the bucket 2 The sliding contact between E and the leaf holding member 10 is reduced, and there is no breakage of branches and leaves, falling flowers, etc., and the product quality is stably guaranteed.

Further, in the present invention, the flower head aligning member 4 is arranged on one side of the conveyor 3 so as to be freely changeable in the width direction of the conveyor, and is arranged upstream of the leaf pressing member 10 in the direction of conveyance. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to prepare a bouquet in a state where the heights are uniform and classified.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1 (1) showing the outline of the overall configuration of the bouquet preparing machine 1 according to the present invention in a plan view and FIG.
Has a pre-processing unit A, a lower leaf processing unit B, a binding processing unit C, and a collection processing unit D arranged in that order.

A conveyor 3 having a plurality of buckets 2 arranged in a conveying direction from the pre-processing section A to the recovery processing section D is provided for circulation traveling, and the conveyor 3 is driven before and after the machine frame. It has a sprocket and a driven sprocket, and a plurality of rows (two in the figure) of endless chains (roller chains) are installed between the sprockets, and a bucket 2 is mounted on a chain plate of the chain. Is held in a substantially horizontal posture on the transfer surface (upper), is turned downward at the transfer end portion, and is turned upward at the transfer start end portion.

The pre-processing unit A is located upstream of the conveyor 3 and places a plurality of flowers E (referred to as chrysanthemums, carnations, etc. whose roots have been cut from the planting area) on the bucket 2 by hand. A preparatory operation for determining the stem length and the like by aligning the heads (refers to the tips of the collected flowers E) is performed. The transporting conveyor 3 is provided with the flower head aligning member 4 on one side and the other side ( On the working side), a support member 5 for supporting the root of the flower E is provided along the transport direction. The support member 5 is formed of an endless belt and rotates in the transport direction in synchronization with the transport conveyor 3. It is supposed to run.

The lower-leaf processing section B follows the pre-processing section A in series, and the other side (work side) of the conveyor 3 is provided with a pair of upper and lower sandwiching conveyors 6 and 7. The processing unit A holds the roots of the harvested flowers E on the bucket 2 in which the flower heads are aligned, and rotates in synchronization with the conveyor 3. The holding conveyors 6 and 7 are made of elastic material such as sponge, and the end of the support member 5 and the holding conveyors 6 and 7 are used.
7 is overlapped with the starting end in the transport direction, so that the flower extract E can be smoothly transferred from the support member 5 to the sandwiching conveyors 6 and 7.

At the starting end side portion of the sandwiching conveyors 6, 7 and at a position protruding outward (work side) from the conveyors 6, 7,
A cutter 8 exemplified by a circular saw that is driven to rotate is provided. The root of the flowering plant E placed on the bucket 2 and held by the upper and lower holding conveyors 6 and 7 is cut off, and the dimensions thereof are adjusted. Is to be. The lower leaf removing device 9 is arranged slightly downstream of the cutter 8 in the transport direction.
The lower leaves are removed during the holding and transporting of the harvested flowers E mounted on the bucket 2 and having the same size by the holding conveyors 6 and 7, and the bucket at the position facing the conveyor 3 of the lower leaf removing device 9. 2, a leaf holding member 10 of the flowering object E is provided. When the lower leaf removing device 9 removes a lower leaf by providing the leaf holding member 10, the flowering member E on the bucket 2 is removed. To prevent delusions and dances, thereby preventing breakage of leaves and leaves and flowering.

The binding processing section C is provided at the end of the transport of the lower leaf processing section B.
Are bundled with a tying string, and are provided with two binding machines 11 based on a known notter building method or the like. As shown in FIG. I do. The collection processing unit D includes an endless belt 12 provided outside the conveyor 3 so as to be able to circulate freely, and sends the bundle E1 tied together on the collection mat 13 in cooperation with the bucket 2 to collect several bundles. , Wrapped in the mat 13 and carried to a boxing processing machine or the like.

The details of the preprocessing section A will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, the transport conveyor 3 is constituted by two roller chains 14, and the bucket 2 mounted on the roller chain 14 has a bottom plate 2A and a top plate 2A on both sides of the bottom plate 2A. It is a substantially trough type constituted by the standing side plate 2B, and the side plate 2B is provided with a step 2 on the side opposite to the working side.
C, the wings 2D on both left and right sides (front and rear in the transport direction) are extended in the horizontal direction, and the flower head alignment member 4 is placed on the wings 2D.
Is placed.

The flower head aligning member 4 has a plurality of mounting arms 16 attached to a conveyor frame 15, a support arm 17 is rotatably inserted into the mounting arm 16, and the tip of the support arm 17 is a flower. The head alignment member 4 is pivoted 17A. Therefore, the height (length) of the flowers E is adjusted by moving the head alignment member 4 in parallel on the wings 2D with the support arm 17 as the fulcrum of the insertion portion 16A of the mounting arm 16, and The head alignment member 4 has an inclined portion 4A and a rising portion 4B,
The operator estimates the length of the flower E by placing the head (the side with the flower) of the flower E on the rising part 4B of the aligning member 4, and puts the stem on the support member 5.

The supporting member 5 is constituted by a belt conveyor which is driven (rotated) in synchronization with the conveyor 3 and intermittently or continuously lowers the flowering material E mounted on the bucket 2 on the conveyor 3. It is transported to the leaf processing section B. The details of the lower lobe processing unit B will be described with reference to FIGS. A guide rod 18 is provided over the end portion of the support member 5 and the start end portion of the sandwiching conveyors 6 and 7, so that the transfer of the flower E from the support member 5 to the sandwiching conveyors 6 and 7 is smooth. The section holding member 10 is mounted via a support arm 20 to a portal frame 19 attached to the conveyor machine frame 15.

The leaf holding member 10 has pulleys 22A and 22B suspended around a pair of left and right conveyor frames 21 supported by a support arm 20, and the pulleys 22A and 22B.
An endless belt 22C stretched between B is provided, and the belt 22C is in contact with the upper edge of the rising wall 2b of the bucket 2, and the belt 22C uses one of the pulleys 22A and 22B as a drive pulley. The belt 22C and the bucket 2 do not move relative to each other in synchronization with the conveyor belt 3, so that the flower E bulging upward from the rising wall 2b is pressed to give resistance to the flower E. I have.

As shown in FIG. 7, the leaf holding member 10 has an inclined portion 10A at its starting end to facilitate the introduction of the flower E on the bucket 2. The lower leaf removing device 9 is on the downstream side of the cutter 8 and has lower leaf removing rollers 23A and 23B above and below a clamping surface (transport surface) of the clamping conveyors 6 and 7,
The rollers 23A and 23B have a large number of elastic rods 23C made of rubber, resin or the like planted on a roller shaft.
The elastic rod 23C peels the lower leaf downward (toward the root) from the stalk by rotating the A and 23B around the center of the roller axis. Even if resistance is received in the stem diameter direction, the leaf holding member 10 presses the leaf E to prevent the flower E from being disturbed or danced on the bucket 2.

Upper and lower lower leaf removing rollers 23A and 23B
Is inclined in the transport direction from the front end to the rear end (base), so that the lower leaves are gradually removed from the front end toward the base, and the flowering material E is the upper and lower lower leaves The lower leaves are removed in the process of passing between the take-up rollers 23A and 23B to prepare for the next binding. The upper and lower lower leaf removing rollers 23A and 23B can be provided in two sets in the transport direction, but may be one set. The upper and lower lower leaf removing rollers 23A and 23B are It can be provided without shifting the phase in the transport direction as shown in FIG. 9 (1), or can be provided with the phase shifted in the transport direction as shown in FIG. 9 (2).

Although not shown, the upper and lower supporting members of the pair of rollers 23A and 23B can be adjusted in position in a direction intersecting the conveying direction so that the lower leaf picking area can be adjusted to the length of the flowering material E. In addition, it is advantageous that the bucket 2 is provided with a scale M as shown in FIG. Note that a plurality of leaf pressing members 10 may be provided at intervals in the width direction of the conveyor 3.

The cutter 8, the lower leaf removing device 9 and the like are covered by a detachable cover body 25. Of the upper and lower clamping conveyors 6, 7, the upper clamping conveyor 6 is higher than the lower clamping conveyor 7. By stretching in the transport direction (see FIG. 1), the flowers E on the bucket 2 are expanded by pinching and releasing, and the rosette is suppressed by the upper pinching conveyer 6 before binding by the binding machine 11, so that the string The unity with tape etc. is ensured.

[0024]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, when removing the lower leaves of the flowering material in preparation for unity, the flowering material does not disturb or dance on the bucket, and therefore, the branch and leaf breakage, A bouquet of good quality can be provided to the market with few falling flowers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a bouquet preparation machine according to the present invention, in which (1) is a side view of the entire configuration, and (2) is a perspective view of a bouquet that has been bound and prepared.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1 (1).

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a pre-processing unit of the bouquet preparing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an arrow X in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a lower leaf processing unit of the bouquet preparing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a view taken along a line YY in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a view taken on line ZZ of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a side view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a lower leaf removing device, wherein (1) is a first embodiment and (2) is a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bouquet preparation machine 2 Bucket 3 Conveyor 9 Lower leaf removing device

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kiyotaka Yamashita 2-2-276 Washirooka, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture Inside Kubota Agri Kyushu Fukuoka Office

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A transport conveyor (3) in which buckets (2) are arranged in a row in a transport direction, and a lower leaf for removing lower leaves during transport in a state in which a plant (E) is placed on the bucket (2). A bouquet preparation machine comprising: a collecting device (9); and a binding device (11) for binding a plurality of flower-collected objects (E) from which lower leaves have been removed. A bouquet preparation machine characterized in that a leaf holding member (10) for a flower extract (E) is provided on a bucket (2) at a position facing a conveyor (3). 2. A leaf holding member (10) extends in parallel with a conveying direction of a conveyor (3).
C), and the belt (22C) is a conveyor (3)
The bouquet preparation machine according to claim 1, wherein the bouquet preparation machine is rotated in synchronization with the bouquet. 3. A flower head aligning member (4) which can be changed in position on one side of a conveyor (3) and in the width direction of the conveyor.
The bouquet-preparing machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bouquet-preparing member (10) is disposed upstream of the leaf holding member (10) in the transport direction.