JPH10323129A - Soil packing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a soil packing apparatus which is not equipped with a transporting conveyor, comprises a simple machine and is composed of a small sized apparatus, is low in cost for purchase, maintenance and tending, does not require installation of soil packing apparatus at each operation site and is cooperatively usable in a small enterprise, individual, etc. SOLUTION: This soil packing apparatus 1 is composed of a feed hopper 2 equipped with a dropping mechanism 7 for dropping compost, wheels 3 a recovering mechanism 4 for recovering the compost in the feed hopper 2 and a rotary brush 5 for sweeping excessive compost. The dropping mechanism 7 is equipped with a plurality of blade members 6 obtained by fixing a plurality of blade plates 6b at equal intervals in the peripheral direction of a fixing shaft 6a. The recovering mechanism 4 comprises cross-sectional L-shaped transporting members 22 arranged at fixed intervals and fixed in the length direction of a belt 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a soil filling device for filling a soil filling cup placed on a seedling raising tray with culture soil.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional soil filling device has a structure in which a supply hopper and a rotary brush are arranged above a conveyor, and a culture soil is dropped and filled from a supply hopper onto a seedling raising tray transferred on the conveyor. Then, the soil was removed from the tray for raising seedlings with a rotating brush to carry out soil filling.

[0003]

As described above, the conventional earth filling device is provided with a conveyor and has a complicated mechanism and a large device, so that the purchase, maintenance and management costs are inevitably high. I didn't get it. In addition, since the device is installed and used at an appropriate place, a soil filling device is required for each work place, and small companies, individuals, and the like cannot share the device. Therefore, although the production efficiency is improved, small enterprises, individuals, etc., have not been able to easily introduce a filling device in terms of funding.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the prior art, and has as its object to provide a simple mechanism and a small apparatus without a transport conveyor. , Maintenance and management costs are low,
Moreover, there is no need to install a filling device at each work place,
An object of the present invention is to provide a filling device that can be used jointly by small businesses and individuals.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a filling device of the present invention comprises a supply hopper provided with a dropping mechanism for dropping culture soil, a wheel, and a culture soil collected in the supply hopper. And a rotating brush for sweeping excess culture soil.

Here, the dropping mechanism is provided with a plurality of blade members having a plurality of blade plates fixedly attached at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the mounting shaft, and when the blade plates of adjacent blade members are inclined, It is preferable to drop an appropriate amount of culture soil from inside the supply hopper through the gap between the side surfaces of the blade plate.

[0007] Further, the collecting mechanism is such that conveying members having an L-shaped cross section are arranged and fixed at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the belt. Preferably, the soil is discharged and thrown into a supply hopper.

In order to efficiently and efficiently fill the culture soil, a switch is fixed to the soil filling device, and when the soil filling device reaches the place where the seedling raising tray is arranged, a signal is output from the switch, and It is preferable to operate the drop mechanism, the collection mechanism and the rotating brush.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the earth filling device of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the earth filling apparatus 1 of the present invention comprises a supply hopper 2, wheels 3, a recovery mechanism 4, a rotating brush 5, and the like.

The supply hopper 2 is in the form of a frame having upper and lower ends opened, and a drop mechanism 7 including a plurality of blade members 6, 6, 6,... The blade member 6 has four blade plates 6b, 6b, 6 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the mounting shaft 6a.
b and 6b are fixed, and the blade 6b is connected to the supply hopper 2
And the gap between the end surface of the blade 6b and the inner surface of the side wall of the supply hopper 2 is set so that the culture soil does not drop. Also, the blade plates 6b, 6 of the adjacent blade members 6, 6
When b is in the horizontal state, the gap between the side surfaces of the blades 6b, 6b is also set so that the culture soil does not drop.

Both ends of the mounting shaft 6a are rotatably supported by the side wall of the supply hopper 2, and one end of the sprocket 7
a, 7b are fixed, and chains 8, 8, 8,... are stretched between the sprockets 7a, 7a of the adjacent blade members 6, 6, and between the sprockets 7b, 7b.

Are rotated in the same direction at the same speed. When the blade plates 6b of the adjacent blade members 6, 6 are in a horizontal state, the culture soil is fed from the inside of the supply hopper 2. Does not fall, and when the blades 6b, 6b are in an inclined state, an appropriate amount of culture soil falls from inside the supply hopper 2 through the gap between the side surfaces of the blades 6b, 6b.

Mounts 9, 10 are provided on the front and rear walls of the supply hopper 2.
And the hanging parts 9a, 9a, 10 of the mounts 9, 10
a, 10a are passed through the axles 11, 11, and the wheels 3,
3, 3, and 3, and a sprocket 12 is fixed to one end of the axle 11 on the front side. Then, L-shaped rails 13 and 13 are laid in the work place, and
The earth filling device 1 can be moved along the rails 13, 13 by bringing the inner surfaces of the wheels 3, 3, 3, 3 into contact with the outer surfaces of the wheels 13a, 13a.

A drive motor 14 is mounted on the gantry 9,
A sprocket 15 is fixed to a shaft 14a of the drive motor 14, a chain 15 is bridged between the sprocket 15 and the sprocket 12, and the wheels 3, 3, 3, 3 are rotated by the operation of the drive motor 14. is there.
A drive motor 16 is mounted on the gantry 10, and a sprocket 17 is fixed to a shaft 16a of the drive motor 16,
A chain 18 is bridged between the sprocket 17 and the sprocket 7b of the last blade member 6, and the blade members 6, 6, 6,...

The recovery mechanism 4 is disposed behind the supply hopper 2 and extends between pulleys 19, 19, 20, 20, which are disposed at appropriate intervals in the front, rear, up and down directions. The belt 21 is arranged at predetermined intervals in the length direction of the belts 21 and 21, and the conveying members 22, 22, 22... The pulleys 19, 19 are fixed to both ends of a shaft 24 rotatably supported by the cover 23, and a sprocket 25 is fixed to one end of the shaft 24. Pulley 2
Reference numerals 0 and 20 are fixed to both ends of a shaft 26 rotatably supported by the cover 23, and a sprocket 27 is fixed to one end of the shaft 26.

The belts 21 and 21 are, as shown in FIG.
A, so that the transfer member 2
The pulley 2 receives the culture soil when rotating around the pulleys 20, 20 and moves upward to transport the culture soil.
The culture soil is discharged when rotating around the circumferences 9 and 19 and is introduced into the supply hopper 2.

The rotating brush 5 is disposed behind the collecting mechanism 4, and is provided with four blades 5 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the mounting shaft 5a.
b, 5b, 5b, 5b are fixed, and a brush 5c is fixed to the tip of the blade plate 5b. Further, both ends of the mounting shaft 5a are rotatably supported by a cover 23, and a gear 28 is fixed to one end thereof. Then, the rotating brush 5 is arranged as shown in FIG.
By rotating in the direction B as shown in FIG.
To move the culture soil forward.

A drive motor 29 is provided above the cover 23.
The sprocket 30 is fixed to the shaft 29a of the drive motor 29, and a chain 31 is bridged between the sprocket 30 and the sprocket 25.
, The belts 21 and 21 are moved. Also, a pin 32 is erected on the cover 23, and this pin 3
1, a transmission member 33 in which a sprocket 33a and a gear 33b are integrated is rotatably mounted.
A chain 34 is put between the sprocket 33a and the sprocket 33a, the gear 33b and the gear 28 mesh with each other, and the rotating brush 5 is rotated by the operation of the drive motor 29.

The collection mechanism 4 and the rotating brush 5 are covered by a cover 23.
To prevent the culture soil from scattering.
The front side of the cover 23 is fixed to the rear wall of the supply hopper 2 by welding or the like, and auxiliary wheels 37, 37 are attached to the rear end of the cover 23 via a mounting member 35 and a support shaft 36. is there. The auxiliary wheels 37, 37 are connected to the rail 1
The upper and lower portions of the upright portions 13a, 13a are in contact with the upper surfaces of the upright portions 13a, 13a, and roll along the rails 13, 13.

A limit switch 39 is fixed to the lower end of the front wall of the supply hopper 2 via a mounting member 38. The drive motors 16 and 29 are operated and stopped by turning the limit switch 39 on and off. It is.
Further, a power supply / control device 40 is mounted on the gantry 9 to supply a voltage to the drive motors 14, 16, 29 and to control the operation thereof. As shown in FIG. 1, a power supply cord 41 derived from the power supply / control device 40 is wound around a cable 42 laid in a space above the work place, so that power can be supplied even during movement.

The earth filling cup 51 for filling the culture soil is shown in FIG.
As shown in Fig. 5, an inverted conical cup made of a soft plastic having a drain hole 51a formed on the bottom surface. The seedling raising tray 52 on which this is placed is, as shown in FIG.
3 and a cover plate 54, and a wire 5
5 are stretched in a lattice shape, and the cover plate 54 is provided with insertion holes 54a at predetermined intervals.

In use, the filling cups 51, 51, 51,... Are placed in a region defined by the wire rod 55 of the tray body 53, and the covering plate 54 is placed from above onto the filling cups 51, 51, 5,.
1. Cover so as to contact the upper end of. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the upright portions 13a, 1
3a, the setting members 56, 56, 56,
56 is set so as not to move easily. Similarly, a large number of seedling trays 52, 52, 52.
They are arranged at appropriate intervals in the length direction of 3,13.

Next, the operation of the earth filling device 1 of the present invention will be described together with the method of use.

First, the filling device 1 is set at one end of the rails 13, 13, and the switch of the power / control device 40 is depressed. As a result, the drive motor 14 operates and the wheels 3,
Since 3,3,3 is rotated, the filling device 1 is mounted on the rail 13,
Move along 13.

When the earth filling device 1 reaches the place where the seedling raising tray 52 is arranged and the operating rod 39a of the limit switch 39 contacts the rear wall of the tray main body 53, a signal is input to the power supply / control device 40. After a few seconds, the drive motors 16, 29
Operates. This rotates the blade members 6, 6, 6,..., And an appropriate amount of culture soil falls from the supply hopper 2 to the seedling raising tray 52 through the gap between the side surfaces of the blade plates 6b, 6b. Then, the insertion holes 54a, 54a, 54 of the cover plate 54 are formed.
The culture soil that has passed through a ... is filled with earthen filling cups 51, 51, 51 ...
Is filled in. The collection mechanism 4 and the rotating brush 5 also operate, and the brush 5c sweeps excess culture soil on the cover plate 54 and introduces the culture soil into the transport member 22, which transports the culture soil upward to supply hoppers. Put into 2 and collect.

Next, the operating rod 39 of the limit switch 39
a comes into contact with the front wall of the tray body 53, a signal is input again to the power supply / control device 40, and after a few seconds, the drive motor 1
6, 29 stop. Thereby, the blade members 6, 6, 6
Are stopped, the blades 6b, 6b are in a horizontal state, and the culture soil does not fall from the supply hopper 2. In addition, the collection mechanism 4 and the rotating brush 5 are stopped, and the culture soil is not collected.

As described above, the O of the limit switch 39 is
Since the drive motors 16 and 29 are operated and stopped by N and OFF, the filling device 1 is moved to the tray 5 for raising seedlings.
The culture soil can be dropped from the inside of the supply hopper 2 only when it reaches the place where 2 is disposed, and the culture soil can be efficiently filled and collected without waste.

Further, when the filling device 1 moves along the rails 13 and 13, the culture soil is automatically filled with the filling cups 51 and 51 in the same manner each time the filling device 1 reaches the place where the seedling raising tray 52 is arranged. , 51... And the operation of collecting excess culture soil into the supply hopper 2 is repeated. Then, when the earth filling device 1 reaches the other end of the rails 13, 13, the switch of the power supply / control device 40 may be pressed again to stop the operation.

As described above, the earth filling device 1 of the present invention is composed of the supply hopper 2, the wheels 3, the collecting mechanism 4, the rotating brush 5, and the like. The mechanism is simple and the device is small, so that it is easily transported. It can be used jointly in a plurality of work places as long as the rails 13, 13 are laid in the work place.

The filling device 1 of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various forms can be adopted without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
Of course.

[0032]

The earth filling device of the present invention does not have a conveyor, but is composed of a supply hopper, wheels, a collecting mechanism, a rotating brush, and the like.
Both maintenance and management costs are low. In addition, since it can be easily transported and there is no need to install a filling device at each work place, it can be used jointly at a plurality of work places, and even small businesses and individuals with limited funds can work together. It is possible to introduce.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing a state in which a filling device of the present invention is set on a rail.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a supply hopper portion showing a state where the earth filling device of the present invention is set on a rail.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway plan view of a collection mechanism and a collection brush showing a state where the earth filling device of the present invention is set on a rail.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state where a nursery tray is set on a rail.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a seedling raising tray and a filling cup.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Filling device 2 Supply hopper 3 Wheel 4 Recovery mechanism 5 Rotating brush 6 Blade member 6a Mounting shaft 6b Blade plate 7 Drop mechanism 21 Belt 22 Transport member 39 Limit switch 52 Seedling raising tray

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A soil comprising a supply hopper provided with a drop mechanism for dropping culture soil, a wheel, a collection mechanism for collecting culture soil in the supply hopper, and a rotating brush for sweeping excess culture soil. Filling device. 2. The earth-filling device according to claim 1, wherein the drop mechanism includes a plurality of blade members each having a plurality of blade plates fixedly attached at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of a mounting shaft. 3. The filling device according to claim 1, wherein the collection mechanism is configured such that conveyance members having an L-shaped cross section are arranged and fixed at predetermined intervals in a length direction of the belt. 4. A switch is fixed to the filling device, and when the filling device reaches the place where the seedling raising tray is arranged, a signal is output from the switch to operate the dropping mechanism, the collecting mechanism, and the rotating brush. The filling device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein