JPH10313632A - Seedling planter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seedling planter capable of appropriately restarting planting without making the planting number of seedlings fluctuate by providing a means for interrupting transmission to seedling feed devices without operating the seedling feed device in plural transmission routes to the plural seedling feed devices. SOLUTION: This seedling planter is provided with plural planting devices, a seedling mounting base for mounting the plural seedlings to be supplied to the planting devices and the plural seedling feed devices for transferring the seedlings on the seedling mounting base to the planting devices. The means 157 and 158 for interrupting the transmission to the seedling feed devices without operating the seedling feed devices are provided in the plural transmission routes to the plural seedling feed devices.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention belongs to the technical field of a seedling transplanter provided with a plurality of seedling feeding devices for transferring seedlings on a seedling mounting table toward a planting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a plurality of planting devices, a seedling platform on which a plurality of seedlings to be supplied to the planting device are mounted, and a plurality of seedlings for transferring the seedlings on the seedling platform toward the planting device. Some seedling transplanters provided with a feeding device include means for interrupting transmission to the seedling feeding device in a plurality of transmission paths to the plurality of seedling feeding devices.

[0003] The means for interrupting the transmission to the seedling feeder is configured to operate the seedling feeder when the transmission is interrupted by the means.

[0004]

The above prior art is provided with a means for interrupting the transmission to the seedling feeding device.
When the planting of some of the seedlings is not performed in the process immediately before the final process so that the final process remains exactly for one process, the operation of the device for feeding the seedlings that does not perform the planting of the seedlings is performed. Can be stopped.

[0005] However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, when the transmission to the seedling feeder is cut off, the seedling feeder is operated, so that the transfer action to the seedling is excessively affected. As a result, the lower part of the transfer from the transfer action point of the seedling is compressed. For this reason, when re-planting of the seedlings of the row that had stopped planting is restarted, the number of seedlings to be planted becomes larger than the set number in the initial stage of re-starting, and planting of the seedlings cannot be resumed properly. There was a problem.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a plurality of planting devices 74 and a plurality of planting devices 7 are provided.
A seedling mounting table 75 on which a plurality of seedlings to be supplied to the seedling mounting table 4 are placed, and a plurality of seedling feeding devices 81 for transferring the seedlings on the seedling mounting base 75 toward the planting device 74; Means 15 for interrupting transmission to seedling feeding device 81 without operating seedling feeding device 81 on a plurality of transmission paths to seedling feeding device 81
7, 158 are provided.

[0008]

In this seedling transplanter, the operation of a part of the seedling feeding devices 81 is controlled by means 157 and 158 provided in a plurality of transmission paths to the plurality of seedling feeding devices 81 to block the transmission to the seedling feeding devices 81. Be stopped. Moreover, when the transmission to the seedling feeding device 81 is cut off, the seedling feeding device 81 does not operate.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the plurality of seedling feeding devices 81 are provided.
Means 157 and 158 for interrupting the transmission to the seedling feeding device 81 without operating the seedling feeding device 81 on a plurality of transmission paths to the final stroke, so that the last stroke remains exactly one stroke. When the planting of a part of the seedlings is not performed in the previous process, the operation of the seedling feeding device 81 of the planting not performing the planting of the seedlings can be stopped,
Moreover, since the seedling feeding device 81 does not operate when the operation of the seedling feeding device 81 is stopped, the transfer action to the seedlings does not act excessively, and therefore, the planting of the streaked seedlings that had stopped the planting. When planting is resumed, planting of seedlings can be properly resumed without changing the number of planted seedlings as in the related art.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIGS. 4 and 5 show an embodiment of the present invention. In this rice transplanter 1, a linking device 3 provided at the rear of a traveling vehicle body 2 has a six-row planting portion 4 attached thereto. Furthermore, a fertilizer device 5 is provided separately from this,
The whole is a riding rice transplanter with a fertilizer application device.

The traveling vehicle body 2 is provided with a rectangular frame 6 having a long rectangular shape in plan view in the front and rear direction. An engine 10 is provided at a position near the rear of an intermediate portion of the frame, and a transmission case 11 is provided in front of the engine. Have been. Note that the mission case 11
Has a hydraulic pump 12 integrally mounted on the upper surface of the rear part thereof, and a steering post 1
3 protrudes upward. Front wheel support cases 14, 14 are provided on the side of the transmission case 11 so as to be able to turn, and front wheels 15, 15 are supported at the lower end thereof. A rolling rod 17 is supported by a rolling shaft 16 protruding from the rear end of the frame 6 so as to freely roll left and right, and a rear wheel support case 1 attached to both left and right ends thereof.
Rear wheels 19, 19 are pivotally supported on 8, 18, respectively. A cover 20 serving as a steering step is mounted on these, and a cockpit 21 is installed above the engine 10.

The engine output taken out to the engine output shaft 10a is transmitted via a belt 23 to the hydraulic pump drive shaft 12a.
a from the drive shaft of the hydraulic pump.
4 to the transmission input shaft 11a. The pulleys 25 and 26 on which the belt 24 is hung are configured such that the width of the belt grooves can be adjusted, and the power transmission is achieved by adjusting the width of the belt grooves to change the effective diameter of the pulleys 25 and 26. The ratio can be varied continuously. That is, the transmission from the hydraulic pump drive shaft 12a to the transmission input shaft 11a is configured as a belt continuously variable transmission-type auxiliary transmission. Mission case 1 from mission input shaft 11a
1, a main clutch (not shown) is provided at an input portion of the transmission case 1. Inside the transmission case 11, a main transmission, a stock change transmission, a rear wheel differential, a front wheel differential, a rear wheel brake, and the like are provided. It is stored. The front wheel drive output, the rear wheel drive output and the work output are taken out from the transmission case 11, the front wheel drive output is transmitted to the front wheel support cases 14, 14, and the rear wheel drive output is transmitted to the rear wheel transmission shafts 28, 28. The work output is transmitted to the rear wheel support cases 18 and 18 via the planting portion transmission shaft 29 to the planting clutch case 30 provided diagonally rearward of the engine 10. A PTO shaft 32 and a fertilizer transmission shaft 33 protrude from the planting clutch case 30.

In the link device 3, one upper link 61 and two lower links 62, 62 are rotatably supported by a link base frame 60 erected at the rear end of the frame 6. A connection frame 64 is attached to the rear ends of the upper and lower links.
The planting portion 4 is mounted on a rolling shaft 65 projecting rearward from the connection frame 64 so as to be rollable. The hydraulic cylinder 67, which is the driving means of the link device 3, has a base pivotally connected to the frame 6, and a distal end of a piston rod connected to a lower end of a swing arm 68 suspended from the base of the upper link 61. I have. When the hydraulic cylinder 67 is expanded and contracted, the connection frame 64 is extended.
Is moved up and down while being held in a substantially constant posture, and the planting section 4 attached thereto is moved up and down.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the planting portion 4 includes a transmission case 70 transmitted from the traveling vehicle body 2 via the PTO shaft 32, and both side surfaces of the transmission case. Are extended from the central part of the transmission case 70 and both ends of the transmission pipes 71, 71 to the rear.
Each of the chain cases 72,... Constitutes a planting portion frame, and a total of six sets of planting devices 74,. I have. Planting device 7
On the upper side of 4,..., A seedling table 75 inclined so that the front side becomes higher is supported by a support frame 77 and rails 79 so as to be slidable right and left. The upper surface of the seedling mounting table 75 is divided into seedling mounting portions 75a,... Of a number corresponding to the number of planting streaks (in the illustrated example, 6), and a belt-type seedling feeding device 81 for feeding seedlings downward for each seedling mounting portion. ... are provided. At the lower end of the seedling mounting table, a receiving plate 83 having seedling outlets 82,... Corresponding to the planting devices 74,.

FIG. 3 is an expanded view of the planting section frame.
As shown, the transmission case 70 comprises an upper case 70a, a lower case 70b and a connecting portion 70c, and transmission pipes 71 and 7 are provided at both ends of the lower case 70b.
1 is connected. A single planting device drive shaft 92 to which rotational force is transmitted from the PTO shaft 32 via bevel gears 90, 91 is inserted into the lower case 70b and the transmission pipes 71, 71. On the other hand, the chain case 72,
.. Are provided at the rear end thereof, and chains 97,... Are hung on sprockets 95,. . At the mounting portions of the sprockets 95,..., Fixed position stop clutches 98,... Are arranged so that when the work is stopped, the planting devices 74,.

The planting device 74 includes a rotary case 100 that rotates about the planting device mounting shaft 93, and a pair of planting rods 101, 101 mounted on the rotary case.
When the rotary case 100 rotates in a predetermined direction, the planting rods 101 move up and down while drawing a predetermined trajectory, while holding the seedling supplied to the seedling removal port 82 and bringing it to the field. It is configured to be planted.

A counter shaft 110 is supported in the connecting portion 70c, and a seedling table horizontal feed shaft 111 is supported in the upper case 70a.
10, a pair of non-equal diameter transverse feed speed adjusting gears 113, 11
4 and the four sets of seedling number switching gears 115 (I to
IV), 116 (I-IV). The seedling table horizontal feed shaft 111 is a shaft having a spiral groove 120 formed in the outer peripheral portion.
1 is slidably fitted around it. The seeding table lateral feed shaft 11 is
A horizontal moving member 123 is provided integrally with the mounting plate 1 and attached to both ends of the horizontal moving bar projecting out of the transmission case.
25, 125 are fixed to the mounting plates 126, 126 on the seedling mounting table 75 side. When the seedling table horizontal feed shaft 111 rotates,
The engaging metal 122 moves along the groove 120, whereby the seedling mounting table 75 is reciprocated right and left, and the lowermost seedlings are sequentially supplied to the seedling outlet 82. By arbitrarily selecting a combination of the seedling collecting number switching gears 115 (I to IV) and 116 (I to IV) and appropriately setting the rotation speed of the seedling mounting table lateral feed shaft 111, It is possible to switch the number of seedlings taken per feeding process to four stages.

The seedling feeder 81 includes a pair of rollers 140, 1
An endless seedling feed belt 142 is hung on 41, and the seedling feed roller 140 on the driving side is rotated in a predetermined direction to move the seedling feed belt 142 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Three seedling feed roller shafts 143 are provided coaxially, each of which is supported independently of each other, and which is adjacent to one seedling feed roller shaft 143.
The seedling feeding rollers 140,... Are attached.
For this reason, the seedling feeding roller and the seedling feeding belt can be detached and attached independently of each other as a set of two adjacent strips. The drive mechanism of these seedling feed roller shafts 143 is configured as follows.

That is, the extension shaft 145 of the seedling table horizontal feed shaft 111 protrudes out of the case from one side surface of the transmission case 70, and the extended shaft 145 corresponds to the seedling table horizontal feed for one stroke. A pair of seedling feed arms 146 and 146 are attached at intervals of, and a passive arm 147 opposed to the seedling feed arms 146 and 146 has a seedling feed roller shaft 143.
Are rotatably fitted to a ratchet shaft 149 which is coaxial. The ratchet wheel 151 is engaged with the ratchet shaft 149 by the pawl 150 attached to the passive arm 147.
And an intermediate shaft drive gear 152 formed integrally with the ratchet wheel, and when the passive arm 147 rotates, the ratchet wheel 151 and the intermediate shaft drive gear 152 rotate in a fixed direction. It is configured as follows. Thus, the ratchet wheel 151 and the intermediate shaft driving gear 1
The operation is assured if 52 is integrally formed. Also,
The ratchet wheel 151 has the intermediate shaft driving gear 152
Because the diameter is larger than that of the intermediate shaft driving gear 15
2 does not interfere. Further, a single intermediate shaft 154 is supported on the seedling mounting table 75 side in parallel with the seedling feed roller shafts 143..., And the intermediate shaft 154 meshes with the intermediate shaft drive gear 152. A gear 155 and a seedling feed driving gear 157, which meshes with a seedling feed driven gear 156 attached to the center of each drive roller mounting shaft 143, are attached. Each of the seedling feed drive gears 157 is slidably attached to the intermediate shaft 154, and can be operated by clutch levers -158.

When the seedling mounting table 75 reaches the end of the left and right strokes, a pair of seedling feeding arms 146, 14 which are constantly rotating.
6 engages with the passive arm 147 and rotates the passive arm by a predetermined angle in a predetermined direction. As a result, the ratchet wheel 151 and the intermediate shaft driving gear 152 are rotated in a fixed direction, and the rotation is
2, the gear 155, the intermediate shaft 154, the gears 157,..., The gears 156,. From the ratchet shaft 149 to the seedling feed roller shaft 143, ...
The two sets of transmission gears 15
Since the number of teeth of 2,155 and 157,156 are set, the moving distance of the seedling feeding belts 142,... Further, instead of being directly transmitted from the extension shaft 145 of the seedling table horizontal feed shaft to the seedling feed roller shaft 143, it is once transmitted from the extension shaft to the intermediate shaft 154, and then is transmitted from the intermediate shaft to the seedling feed roller.
The transmission to the shaft 143 enables the seedling feed roller shaft 143 to be provided independently for each strip. In the illustrated example, three seedling feed roller shafts 143,...
And two rows of seedling feed rollers 142, 142 are attached to one seedling feed roller shaft 143. In this case, the seedling feed driven gear 157 is preferably provided at the center of the drive roller mounting shaft 143.

Then, by disengaging the seedling feed drive gear 157 and the seedling feed driven gear 156 by operating the clutch lever-158, the feed of seedlings can be stopped every two adjacent rows. Further, the operation of the clutch lever-158 causes the seedling feed drive gear 157 to slide and release the meshing with the seedling feed driven gear 156 to stop the seedling feed. It will not work.

Accordingly, this rice transplanter is provided with a plurality of transmission paths to the plurality of seedling feeding devices 81, ie, from the intermediate shaft 154 to the seedling feeding roller shaft 143 via the seedling feeding driving gear 157 and the seedling feeding driven gear 156. A plurality of transmission paths for transmission are provided, and means 157 and 158 for interrupting transmission to the seedling feeding device 81 without operating the seedling feeding device 81 on the plurality of transmission routes to the plurality of seedling feeding devices 81 are provided. Since it is provided, when some plants are not planted in the process immediately before the last process so that the last process remains exactly one process, the plant that does not plant the seedlings The operation of the seedling feeding device 81 can be stopped, and when the operation of the seedling feeding device 81 is stopped, the seedling feeding device 81 does not operate, so that the transfer action to the seedling does not act excessively. So, When you resume the planting of the conditions of the seedlings that had stopped with, planting of the resumption of conventional seedlings without planting the number of seedlings varies as is properly carried out.

In addition, a center is located at the center below the planting portion 4.
Float 160 and a pair of left and right side floats 161,1
61 are provided. Each float 160, 161, 1
61, a groove generator 162 for forming grooves for seedling transplantation on both sides.
… Is attached. Each float 160, 161,
161 has a front portion pivotally supported at the lower end of a float support rod 163 attached to the chain case 72 so as to be vertically movable. A detection rod 163 for detecting vertical movement is attached to the front of the center float 160, and the hydraulic valve 164 for controlling the hydraulic cylinder 67 is driven based on the detection result of the detection rod. For example, if the field scene rises and the front of the center float 160 moves upward,
The hydraulic valve 164 is driven in the direction in which the hydraulic cylinder 67 extends, and as a result, the planting section 4 moves up. When the field scene is lowered, the operation is reversed.

The fertilizer applicator 5 has a hopper 170 for storing fertilizer, a feeder 171 for feeding the fertilizer in the hopper downward, and a fertilizer fed from the feeder by the groove generator 162. Fertilizer pipe 17 leading to transplant groove
2 is provided. The hopper 170 is shared by every two adjacent strips, and a total of three sets of main units each including one hopper 170 and two feeders 171 and 171 are provided on the link base frame 60 at a corner. It is attached to the air tank 174 made of a mold pipe, and the cockpit 21 and
5 are arranged at intervals. The delivery rolls 171a,... In each delivery unit 171,... Are driven by a delivery roll drive shaft 175 transmitted from the fertilizer drive shaft 33. A blower 177 is provided in the engine room, and the blower 177 and the air tank 174 are connected to the air pipe 1.
78, and each fertilizing pipe 172,
Are attached to the air tank 174 so as to open. By supplying the warm air in the engine room to the fertilizing pipes 172 in this manner, the distribution of the fertilizer in the pipe is improved and the effect of preventing the fertilizer from solidifying in the pipe is obtained. is there.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a planting section.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a seedling feeder driving unit.

FIG. 3 is an exploded sectional view of the planting section frame.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the rice transplanter.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a rice transplanter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: rice transplanter 2: running vehicle 3: linking device 4: planting unit 5: fertilizer device 74: planting device 75: seedling mounting table 81: seedling feeding device

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Rihiki Seike, 1-Yakura, Hachikura, Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime Prefecture, Iseki Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. Engineering Department

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of implanting devices 74, said implanting devices 74
Seedling table 75 on which a plurality of seedlings to be supplied to
And a plurality of seedling feeding devices 81 for transferring the seedlings on the seedling 5 toward the planting device 74. The seedling feeding device 81 is operated along a plurality of transmission paths to the plurality of seedling feeding devices 81. 15 to cut off transmission to seedling feeder 81 without
A seedling plant comprising 7,158.