JPH1059525A - Seedling culture box feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide simple structure, easy adjustment, and cost reduction. SOLUTION: This seedling culture box feeder is provided with a pair of right and left supporting arms 16 between a supporting position which supports a seedling culture box A and a retreating position which retreats, formed in a frame body 1, so that it may rotate freely and move up and down freely, and a longitudinal shaft 36 which is energized by a spring 37 so that it may always protrude upward and is lowered when it is pushed from the above, formed at the frame body 1. A plate 34 which includes an engaging hole 35 facing above the longitudinal shaft 36 at the retreating position is fitted onto the supporting arm 16. The longitudinal shaft 36 is disposed so that it may be engaged with the engaging hole 35 and hold the supporting arm 16 at the retreating position when the seedling culture box supporting body 17 is separated from the seedling culture box A at the lowest stage of the stacked seedling culture boxes and may be separated from the engaging hole 35 and rotate the supporting arm 16 at the supporting position when the seedling culture box supporting body 17 moves up and reaches the position which permits it to be engaged with the second lowest one A of the stacked seedling culture boxes A.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for supplying seedling boxes to be stacked.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventionally known Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-49351 discloses a stacking space in which a seedling box can be stacked and accommodated at a position above a starting end of a seedling box transfer table for transferring a seedling box. A configuration in which a pair of a lower receiving member and an upper supporting member which alternately enter and leave the lower part of the stack space and supply the seedling raising boxes one by one downward is provided.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned known device, the structure in which the lower receiving member and the upper supporting member are alternately moved in and out is electrically configured, so that the structure is complicated and adjustment is not easy. There are issues.

[0004]

The object of the present invention is to simplify the structure, facilitate adjustment, and reduce costs.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a frame body 1 having a bottom space in which a seedling raising box A can pass vertically and a stepped space capable of supplying an upwardly stacked seedling raising box A.
A seedling box support 17 that engages with the seedling box A is provided at a lower portion. The seedling box support 17 is rotated between a support position where the seedling box support 17 is engaged with the seedling box A and a retreat position where the seedling box support 17 is retracted laterally from the seedling box A. A pair of left and right support arms 16 are provided so as to be movable and up and down, and the frame body 1 is provided with a vertical axis 36 which is urged by a spring 37 so as to always protrude upward and descends when pushed from above. 16 is provided with a plate 34 having an engagement hole 35 facing above the vertical axis 36 when in the retracted position, and the vertical axis 36 indicates that the seedling raising box support 17 is the lowest row of the stacked seedling raising box A. When it comes off from the seedling raising box A, the engagement hole 3
5 to hold the support arm 16 in the retracted position,
When the seedling box support 17 rises to a position where it engages with the second seedling box A from the bottom of the stacked seedling box A, the support arm 16 is disengaged from the engagement hole 35 and turned to the supporting position. It is a nursery box supply device arranged and configured to move. In the present invention, the plate 34 is a seedling box supply device attached to the support arm 16 so as to be adjustable in position. According to the present invention, the support arm 16 is at a support position above the frame body 1 at a predetermined interval, stands by, and receives the tiered seedling raising box A while waiting, and the support arm 16 is lowered by a predetermined interval from the reception position. The seedling box support 17 is retracted from the seedling box A, and the vertical axis 36 is
The support arm 16 is moved from the receiving position to the seedling box support 17.
When the support arm is lowered by being pushed by the lower surface of the plate 34 when descending to the retracting position and engaging with the engagement hole 35 when the seedling box support 17 is at the height position where the retracting position is reached, When the seedling raising box 16 is raised, it is engaged with the engaging hole 35 and held at the retracted position.
Of the engagement hole 3 at a height position where the second stage from the bottom engages.
5 is a nursery box supply device arranged so as to deviate from 5. According to the present invention, the support arm 16 is fixed to a front-rear intermediate position of a pair of left and right shaft cylinders 14 in the front-rear direction. The seedling box supply device is configured to be fixed so as to be “reverse eight”, and to move the tip of the rotating arm 18 up and down to rotate the support arm 16 between the support position and the retreat position. . According to the present invention, the shaft cylinder 14 is mounted on a movable frame 10 that can move up and down with respect to the frame body 1 so as to be rotatable only by a shaft 15 in the front-rear direction. , When it is lowered to a predetermined position and stopped, the seedling box feeding device is configured to push the tip of the turning arm 18 downward to turn the support arm 16 to the retracted position. The present invention
A vertical moving shaft 25 which is moved up and down by a motor 27 is provided on the frame body 1 side. The vertical moving shaft 25 is provided with a vertical moving engaging plate 22 located above an engaging shaft 21 provided at the tip of the rotating arm 18. And a moving frame supporting portion 23 which is located below the upper horizontal frame 13 of the moving frame 10 and supports the moving frame 10, wherein the seedling raising box support 17 is provided on the frame 1. The moving frame 1 at a height position where the
This is a nursery box supply device provided with a stopper 31 for stopping the descent of zero. In the present invention, a pair of front and rear frames 2 and 3 and a pair of left and right frames 4 and 4 form a square frame-shaped frame body 1 in a bottomed state through which a nursery box A can pass vertically. Is formed with a stacking space capable of supplying a stacking seedling box A, and channel frames 6, 6 having a channel shape rising upward are provided in front of the stacking space so as to face each other.
Is fitted with the vertical frame 11 of the moving frame body 10 that moves up and down,
A pair of right and left front and rear shaft cylinders 14 that are rotatably mounted on the movable frame body 10 only by a shaft 15 and a seedling box support that has an upper portion fixed to the shaft tube 14 and a lower portion engaged with the seedling box A. A seedling box support frame 19 comprising a support arm 16 having a body 17 and a left-right rotating arm 18 having a base fixed to the shaft cylinder 14 is provided. The vertical moving shaft 25 is provided with a vertical moving engaging plate 22 located above an engaging shaft 21 provided at the tip of the rotating arm 18 and a lower position below the upper horizontal frame 13 of the moving frame 10. And the moving frame 1
0, and the vertically movable engagement plate 22 is further lowered with respect to the movable frame body 10 stopped at a predetermined height to push the engagement shaft 21 downward, so that the seedling box support frame is provided. The frame body 1 is provided with a vertical axis 36 which is urged by a spring 37 so as to always protrude upward and which is lowered when pushed from above, The support arm 16 is provided with a plate 34 having an engagement hole 35 facing above the vertical axis 36 in the retracted position.
Is located below the plate 34 at a receiving position for receiving the stepped seedling raising box A above the frame body 1 at a predetermined distance, and the support arm 16 is lowered from the receiving position by a predetermined distance to support the seedling raising box. When the body 17 is evacuated from the seedling raising box A, it is pushed down by the lower surface of the plate 34 and descends. The support arm 1
6 is held in the retreat position, and when the seedling box support 17 is raised to a position where it is engaged with the second seedling box A from the bottom of the stacked seedling box A, it is disengaged from the engagement hole 35 and This is a seedling box supply device that is configured so that the support arm 16 is rotated to the support position. According to the present invention, a seedling raising box transfer stand provided with all or a part of a soil supply device, a seeding device, a watering device, or the like, or a seeded seedling raising box A is laid on the floor below the frame body 1. A step-stacking seedling box A integrally or separately provided at a starting end of an arbitrary apparatus such as a seedling box laying apparatus to be laid can be supported. This is a nursery box supply device provided with a support transport device 42 capable of transporting the nursery box A.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a frame body of a seedling box automatic supply device for automatically feeding a seedling box to a seedling box transfer table for transferring a seedling box A, a seedling box laying device, and the like. The seedling box A is formed in a square frame shape by 4 and 4.
Frame 1
A stacking space is formed above the container to supply the stacking seedling box A. The front frame 2 is provided with channel frames 6 and 6 having a channel shape standing upright so that respective grooves face each other, and a sliding groove 7 is formed in each channel frame 6. Thus, the vertical frame 11 of the moving frame 10 that moves up and down is fitted into the sliding groove 7. The vertical frame 11 is provided with a roller 1 contacting the inner surface and the inner side surface before and after the sliding groove 7.
2 is provided. Both ends of the upper horizontal frame 13 are fixed to the upper part of the vertical frame 11, and the left and right sides of the upper horizontal frame 13 are brought into contact with the front ends of a pair of left and right shaft cylinders 14 in the front-rear direction. Dress. An upper end of a support arm 16 protruding downward is fixed to a middle position between the front and rear of the barrel 14. Support arm 1
6 is provided with a seedling box support 17 by being bent so as to protrude inward. The base of a left-right rotating arm 18 is fixed to the barrel 14, and the nursery box support frame 19 is secured by the barrel 14, the supporting arm 16 and the rotating arm 18.
And an opening and closing mechanism V for opening and closing the left and right seedling raising box support frames 19 is provided.

An engagement shaft 21 is provided at the tip of each rotating arm 18 so as to protrude forward. Above the engagement shaft 21, a vertically movable engagement plate 22 having a flat plate shape is provided. Vertical movement engagement plate 2
The front side of 2 is located below the upper horizontal frame 13 and is formed on the movable frame support portion 23. The vertical movement engaging plate 22 is fixed to an upper part of a vertical movement shaft 25 having a rack groove 24 formed on the outer periphery in the vertical direction. The vertical movement shaft 25 is mounted so as to penetrate the gear box 26 up and down, a pinion gear provided in the gear box 26 is engaged with the rack groove 24, and the gear box 26 is provided with a motor 27 for rotating the pinion gear. . Therefore, when the motor 27 stops, the vertical movement shaft 25 stops, and moves up and down by the forward / reverse rotation of the motor 27. A stopper 31 is provided on the upper surface of the front frame 2 at a predetermined position (at a position where the seedling raising box A at the lowermost stage is separated) to abut on the lower surface of the lower horizontal frame 30 of the movable frame 10. The lower surface of the lower horizontal frame 30 is the stopper 3 of the moving frame 10.
1, the downward movement is stopped, and then the vertically movable engagement plate 22 is further lowered by the motor 27 so that the engagement shaft 21
Is pressed downward, the support arm 16 of the nursery box support frame 19 opens outward and is in a retracted state. Conversely, when the movable frame body 10 is supported by the movable frame support portion 23, the nursery box support frame 1
The support arm 16 of 9 closes and becomes a support state. A spring 29 that constantly urges the support arm 16 in the closing direction is provided between the engagement shafts 21 to assist the support state.

The nursery box support frame 19, which has been retracted at a predetermined position, is placed on the nursery box support 17 from below.
A holding mechanism Z for holding the seedling raising box A until it ascends to a position where it is engaged with the seedling raising box A is provided. The holding mechanism Z includes the support arm 1
At 6, a timer plate 34 protruding outward is attached to the support arm 16 so as to be vertically adjustable. The timer plate 34 is formed in a flat plate shape, and the timer plate 34 has an engagement hole 35 that is long in the left-right direction. The left and right frames 4 of the frame body 1 are provided with a timer longitudinal axis 36 which is inserted into and engaged with the engagement holes 35. The timer longitudinal axis 36 always protrudes upward with respect to the left and right frames 4 by a spring 37 and is configured to descend when the lower surface of the timer plate 34 abuts. 38 is a stopper pin, 39 is an engagement pin, and 40 is a mounting frame. Normally, the timer longitudinal axis 36 always projects upward until the stopper pin 38 hits the mounting frame 40, and is located below the engaging hole 35 when the support arm 16 is in the supporting state of the seedling raising box A. Support arm 16
When the child descends with the seedling box A supported, the timer plate 3
When the seedling raising box support 17 is retracted from the seedling raising box A while being in contact with the lower surface of the seedling raising 4, the engaging hole 35 faces upward of the timer longitudinal axis 36 and is engaged by being inserted from below to support the arm. The seedling box support 17
Is arranged at a position where it engages with the seedling box A in the second row from the bottom, so that the timer longitudinal axis 36 is removed from the engagement hole 35. Therefore, when the timer plate 34 is positioned below the support arm 16, the nursery box support 17 will not be closed unless the support arm 16 is raised considerably. Will be located below. Conversely, the timer plate 34 is connected to the support arm 16.
When the support arm 16 is raised, the seedling box support 17 is closed immediately, and in the case of the seedling box A having a small thickness, the timer plate 34 is positioned upward. That is, the holding mechanism Z is a mechanical timer.

However, below the frame body 1,
Supporting and transporting device 4 capable of supporting and transporting seedling box A at the lowermost stage
2 is provided. The support transport device 42 has a transfer device for transferring the seedling box A, and a seedling box transfer table provided with all or a part of a soil supply device, a seeding device, a watering device, and the like at a position above the transfer device. The seedling raising box A is provided in a seedling raising box laying device or the like for laying the seedling raising box A in line with the floor surface, and the purpose, configuration, and operation are not requirements of the present application and may be arbitrary. In the figure, reference numeral 43 denotes a guide which is in contact with or near the side surface of the seedling raising box A and is attached to the left and right frames 4 so as to be adjustable in position. Reference numeral 44 denotes a notch formed in the lower portion of the guide 43, which prevents interference with the seedling box support 17.

[0010]

The present invention is constructed as described above. When the seedling raising boxes A are supplied in a stacked state in the stacking space above the frame body 1, the lowest seedling raising box A is engaged with the seedling raising box support 17. It is placed together. In this state, the nursery box support frame 19 supports the tiered seedling raising box A, the nursery box support frame 19 is attached to and supported by the movable frame body 10, and the movable frame body 10 is supported by the movable frame body support portion 23. The motor 27 supporting the moving frame support 23 is supported by the motor 27, and the timer plate 34 is located far above the timer longitudinal axis 36.
0 is located far above the stopper 31 of the front frame 2. When power is supplied to the motor 27 in this state, the pinion gear in the gear box 26 is rotated by the motor 27, and the pinion gear meshes with the rack groove 24 of the vertical movement shaft 25 to lower the vertical movement shaft 25, and the vertical movement shaft 2
5 lowers the moving frame support part 23.

When the movable frame support 23 is lowered, the movable frame 10 supported by the movable frame support 23 is lowered.
The whole descends. That is, the load applied to the seedling box support 17 acts to rotate the support arm 16 outward,
As a result, the engagement shaft 21 acts so as to rise, and the vertical movement engagement plate 22 provided on the vertical movement shaft 25 is located above the engagement shaft 21. , And is in an immobile state, the support arm 16 is not opened, and this state is maintained. At this time, the engagement shaft 2
Since the spring 29 is provided between 1 and the engagement shaft 21, the support state of the seedling raising box support frame 19 is more reliably held. Next, when reaching the position where the seedling raising box A at the lowermost stage is released, the lower horizontal frame 30 of the moving frame 10 is moved to the stopper 3 of the front frame 2.
1 to stop the downward movement of the movable frame 10, the movable frame support 23 is separated below the upper horizontal frame 13, the vertical movement shaft 25 is further lowered, and the vertical movement engagement plate 22 is engaged. Joint axis 2
1 is pressed from above, the engaging shaft 21 pivots downward around the shaft 15, the support arm 16 pivots outward around the shaft 15, and the nursery box support 17 of the nursery box support frame 19 moves to the lowest stage. Box A
Of the seedling raising box A in the embodiment (the flange portion of the seedling raising box A in the embodiment), and the entire stepped raising seedling box A is placed on the supporting and conveying device 42.

The timer plate 34 comes into contact with the upper end surface of the timer longitudinal axis 36 by the lowering of the seedling box support frame 19, and the timer longitudinal axis 36 descends against the elasticity of the spring 37 as it is. And the support arm 1 of the seedling box support frame 19
6 is opened outward, the engagement hole 35 of the timer plate 34 faces above the timer longitudinal axis 36, and the timer longitudinal axis 36 is
7 and project upward through the engagement hole 35.
When the vertical axis 36 of the timer is engaged with the engagement hole 35, the motor 27 is rotated in the reverse direction, the vertical movement shaft 25 is moved upward, and the movable frame support 23 is moved to the upper horizontal frame 13 of the movable frame 10.
As described above, the timer longitudinal axis 36 projects upward in the engagement hole 35 due to the elasticity of the spring 37, so that the support arm 16 is in the retracted state and the seedling box support is moved upward. The frame 19 moves upward.

Next, the nursery box support 1 of the nursery box support frame 19
7 is positioned beside the second seedling raising box A from the bottom, the upper end of the timer longitudinal axis 36 is disengaged from the engagement hole 35 and the support arm 1
Numeral 6 is closed by the elasticity of the spring 29 (although there are other factors such as the weight of the support arm 16), the seedling box support 17 is engaged with the second seedling box A from the bottom, and Box A
And lift the seedling raising box A. Next, as described above, the motor 27 is rotated to lower the seedling raising box support frame 19, and then the lowermost seedling raising box A is supplied to the support transport device 42, and this is repeated. As described above,
When the height of the stopper 31 of the front frame 2 is changed, the opening height of the support arm 16 can be changed, and
Can be adjusted to Further, since the timer plate 34 is attached to the support arm 16 so as to be vertically movable, the timer plate 3
By raising and lowering 4, the height at which the timer longitudinal axis 36 comes out of the engagement hole 35 can be changed, and the seedling box A having a different thickness can be supplied. When the thickness is thin, the timer plate 34 is raised, When the thickness is large, the timer plate 34 is lowered.

Although not shown, a switch or a sensor is provided in the vicinity of the moving path of the moving frame 10 or in the vicinity of the vertical moving shaft 25 so as to be changeable in position. At the same time, the stop and forward / reverse rotation of the motor 27 are controlled. Then, the nursery box support frame 19
Since the support arm 16 and the rotating arm 18 are respectively fixed to the pair of left and right shaft cylinders 14 in the front-rear direction,
The front side is opened, and the seedling raising box A can be supplied from this open portion, thereby improving operability and workability. Seedling box A
A nursery box support frame 19 for supporting the seedling box is fixed to a pair of left and right shaft cylinders 14 with a support arm 16 and a rotating arm 18, respectively, and the nursery box support frame 19 is attached to the moving frame 10, and the nursery box support frame 19 Since the engaging shaft 21 is moved up and down by the motor 27, the structure is simple, there is no failure, and the manufacturing is easy.
Lower costs.

The seedling raising box support frame 19 has a structure in which the support arm 16 and the rotating arm 18 are fixed to a pair of left and right shaft cylinders 14 and the shaft cylinder 14 is mounted on the shaft 15. Is stopped, the support arm 16 is not opened, the weight of the seedling raising box A for opening and closing the support arm 16 is reasonable, and the load can be favorably supported.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the seedling raising box A is provided in a bottomed state in which the seedling raising box A can pass up and down, and has a stacking space capable of supplying the seedling raising box A stacked upward. A seedling box support 17 is engaged with the seedling box A. The seedling box support 17 is rotatable and vertically movable between a support position where the seedling box support 17 is engaged with the seedling box A and a retracted position where the seedling box support is retracted to the side of the seedling box A. The frame body 1 is provided with a pair of left and right support arms 16, and the frame body 1 is provided with a vertical axis 36, which is urged by a spring 37 so as to always protrude upward and descends when pressed from above. A plate 34 having an engagement hole 35 facing above the vertical axis 36 when in the retracted position is provided.
When the seedling box support 17 is disengaged from the lowermost seedling box A of the stacked seedling box A, the seedling box support 17 is engaged with the engaging hole 35 to hold the support arm 16 at the retracted position. When the body 17 rises to a position where it is engaged with the second seedling box A from the bottom of the stacked seedling box A, the support arm 16 is disengaged from the engagement hole 35 and pivots to the support position. Since the seedling box supply device is arranged and configured, the stacked seedling raising boxes A can be supplied one by one at the bottom, and the vertical axis 36 and the engaging hole 3 can be supplied.
5 is moved from the lowermost seedling raising box A to a position where the seedling raising support 17 is engaged with the second seedling raising box A from the bottom, so that the configuration is simple and the electric circuit is improved. Since no configuration is required, the operation can be reliably performed.

According to the present invention, the plate 34 is mounted on the support arm 1.
Since the seedling box supply device is mounted so as to be adjustable with respect to position 6, the position of the plate 34 with respect to the support arm 16 can be adjusted so that the seedling box A having a different thickness can be used, and the adjustment can be performed. Easy to do.

According to the present invention, the support arm 16 is placed in a support position above the frame body 1 at a predetermined distance and waits for receiving the stacked seedling raising box A,
6 is lowered from the receiving position by a predetermined distance to retract the seedling box support 17 from the seedling box A, and the vertical axis 3
6 is a height position where the support arm 16 is pushed down by the lower surface of the plate 34 when the support arm 16 is lowered from the receiving position to the position where the seedling box support 17 is retracted, and the seedling box support 17 is in the retracted position. When the support arm 16 is raised, the support arm 16 is engaged with the engagement hole 35 and held at the retracted position. Since the seedling box supply device is configured so as to be disengaged from the engagement hole 35 at the height position where the second stage from the bottom engages, the vertical axis 36 is lowered at the support position, Since the retracted state is maintained by the engagement of the shaft 36 with the engagement hole 35, there is an effect that a complicated operation can be made into a simple mechanical configuration.

According to the present invention, the support arm 16 is fixed to the front and rear intermediate position of a pair of left and right shaft cylinders 14 in the front and rear direction. Or "reverse eight", and the seedling box supply device is configured to rotate the support arm 16 between the support position and the retreat position by moving the tip of the rotation arm 18 up and down. Therefore, the upper rear side of the frame body 1 can be an open space, which facilitates the supply operation of the step-stacking seedling box A and can easily configure the opening / closing mechanism of the support arm 16.

According to the present invention, the shaft cylinder 14 is mounted on the movable frame 10 which can move up and down with respect to the frame
5 and the movable frame 1
0 is lowered to a predetermined position with respect to the frame body 1 and stopped, and the seedling box supply device is configured to push the tip of the rotating arm 18 downward to rotate the support arm 16 to the retracted position. Therefore, the vertical mechanism at the tip of the rotating arm 18 can be easily configured.

According to the present invention, a vertical movement shaft 25 which is moved up and down by a motor 27 is provided on the frame body 1 side, and the vertical movement shaft 25 is provided above an engagement shaft 21 provided at the tip of the rotating arm 18. The vertically movable engagement plate 22 is located below the upper horizontal frame 13 of the movable frame 10 and the movable frame 10
The frame body 1 is provided with a stopper 31 for stopping the lowering of the moving frame 10 at a position where the seedling raising box support 17 is retracted from the seedling raising box A. Because it was a nursery box supply device,
With one motor 27, the support arm can be moved up and down and opened and closed, which contributes to cost reduction and weight reduction.

The present invention provides a pair of front and rear frames 2, 3
The left and right pair of left and right frames 4 and 4 form a square frame-shaped frame body 1 in a bottomed state through which the seedling box A can pass up and down, and a step capable of supplying the stacked seedling box A above the frame body 1. A stacking space is formed, and channel frames 6, 6 in the shape of a channel standing upright are provided on the front side of the stacking space so as to face each other. A pair of left and right front and rear shaft cylinders 14 that are rotatably mounted on the movable frame body 10 by a shaft 15 so as to be rotatable only, and an upper part is fixed to the shaft cylinder 14 and engaged with the seedling raising box A at a lower part. A seedling box support frame 19 comprising a support arm 16 having a seedling box support 17 to be moved and a left-right rotating arm 18 having a base fixed to the barrel 14 is provided. Up and down A shaft 25 is provided. The vertical movement shaft 25 is provided below a vertical movement engagement plate 22 located above an engagement shaft 21 provided at the tip of the rotating arm 18 and an upper horizontal frame 13 of the movement frame 10. A movable frame support portion 23 for supporting the movable frame 10 is provided, and the vertically movable engagement plate 22 is further lowered with respect to the movable frame 10 stopped at a predetermined height to lower the engagement shaft 21 downward. To raise the seedling box support frame 19 to the retracted position around the shaft 15, and the frame body 1 is urged by a spring 37 so as to always protrude upward and lowered when pushed from above. Vertical axis 36
The support arm 16 is provided with a plate 34 having an engagement hole 35 facing above the vertical axis 36 when in the retracted position. At the receiving position for receiving the upper stepped seedling raising box A at an interval, it is located below the plate 34, and the support arm 16 is lowered from the receiving position by a predetermined distance to move the seedling raising support 17 from the seedling raising box A. When retreating, the board 3
4 and is lowered by being pushed by the lower surface of the seedling box support 17.
Is disengaged from the lowermost seedling raising box A in the stacking seedling raising box A, engages with the engaging hole 35 to hold the support arm 16 at the retracted position, and the seedling raising box support 17 rises and A seedling box supply device arranged and arranged to be disengaged from the engagement hole 35 and rotate the support arm 16 to the support position when the position for engaging the second seedling box A from the bottom of the seedling box A is reached; Since it is composed of the frame body 1, the channel frame 6, and the moving frame body 10, the structure is simple, the number of parts is small, the weight can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced. The support arm can be moved up and down and opened and closed to ensure operation,
Regardless of this, the retracted position and the supported position of the support arm 16 are maintained, so that the operation is reliably performed.

According to the present invention, below the frame body 1,
Starting point of any device such as a nursery box transfer table provided with all or part of a soil supply device, a seeding device, a watering device, or a seedling box laying device for laying seeded seedling boxes A aligned on the floor. A supporting / transporting device 42 capable of supporting a stacked seedling raising box A integrally or separately provided and capable of transferring a lowermost seedling raising box A supplied one by one of the stacked seedling raising boxes A; Since the seedling box supply device is used, the seedling box can be automatically supplied to the seedling box transfer table, the seedling box laying device, and the like, so that the seedling box supply operation can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view of a nursery box supply device.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a nursery box supply device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a standby state.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a state in which a seedling box at the bottom is released.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the state where the support arm is rotated to a retracted position.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a state where the seedling raising box support is located on the side of the second seedling raising box from below.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a state in which the seedling raising box support is engaged with the second seedling raising box from below.

FIG. 8 is a partial front view of a state in which the lowermost seedling raising box is released from the standby state.

FIG. 9 is a partial front view in a state where the support member has been rotated from a support position to a retracted position.

FIG. 10 is a partial front view of a state where the nursery box support is positioned and engaged with the side of the second-stage nursery box from the retracted position from below.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... frame body, 2 ... front frame, 3 ... rear frame,
4, 5 ... left and right frame, 6 ... channel frame, 7 ...
Sliding grooves, 10: moving frame, 11: vertical frame, 12: roller, 13: upper horizontal frame, 14: shaft cylinder, 15: shaft, 16: support arm, 17: seedling box support, 18: rotation Arm, 1
Reference numeral 9: seedling box support frame, 21: engaging shaft, 22: vertical moving engaging plate, 23: moving frame support portion, 24: rack groove, 25: vertical moving shaft, 26: gear box, 27: motor, 29
... spring, 30 ... lower horizontal frame, 31 ... stopper, 34 ... timer plate, 35 ... engagement hole, 36 ... timer longitudinal axis, 37 ...
Spring, 38: Stopper pin, 39: Engagement pin, 40:
Attachment frame, 42: Supporting and conveying device, 43: Guide, 44
… Notch.

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] November 19, 1996

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Drawing

[Correction target item name] All figures

[Correction method] Change

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 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Junichi Kanzaki 44-3 Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture Inside Suzutec Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroshi Akizawa 44-3 Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture 3 Shares (72) Inventor Kenji Kuroda 44-3 Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Pref.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A seedling box A is in a bottomed state in which the seedling raising box A can pass up and down, and is engaged with the frame body 1 having a stacking space capable of supplying the seedling raising box A stacked upward, and a lower part of the frame seedling box A The seedling box support 17 has a pair of left and right pivotally and vertically movable between a support position where the seedling box support 17 is engaged with the seedling box A and an evacuation position where the seedling box support 17 retreats laterally from the seedling box A. A support arm 16 is provided, and the frame body 1 is provided with a longitudinal axis 36 which is urged by a spring 37 so as to always protrude upward and which is lowered when pressed from above. A plate 34 having an engagement hole 35 facing above the vertical axis 36 is provided, and the vertical axis 36 indicates that the seedling box support 17 is the lowermost seedling box A of the stacking seedling boxes A.
When it comes off, it engages with the engagement hole 35 to hold the support arm 16 at the retracted position, and the seedling box support 17 rises to raise the second seedling box A from the bottom of the stacked seedling box A. A seedling box supply device arranged and configured to be disengaged from the engagement hole 35 and rotate to the support position when the position for engaging with the seedling box is reached. 2. The seedling box supply device according to claim 1, wherein the plate is attached to the support arm 16 so as to be adjustable in position. 3. The support arm 16 according to claim 1, wherein the support arm 16 is in a support position above a predetermined distance from the frame body 1 and stands by to receive the stacked seedling raising box A, The support arm 16 is configured to descend from the receiving position by a predetermined distance to retract the seedling box support 17 from the seedling box A, and the vertical axis 36 indicates that the support arm 16 moves the seedling box support 17 from the receiving position. When descending to the retracted position, it is pushed down by the lower surface of the plate 34 and descends,
When the seedling box support 17 is in the retracted position at the height position, it is engaged with the engaging hole 35, and even when the support arm 16 is raised, it is engaged with the engaging hole 35 and held at the retracted position. A seedling box supply device arranged so that the seedling box support member 17 is disengaged from the engaging hole 35 at a height position where the seedling box support member 17 is engaged with the second stage from the bottom of the stacked seedling box A. 4. The support arm 16 according to claim 1, wherein the support arm 16 is fixed at a front-rear intermediate position between a pair of left and right shaft cylinders 14 in the front-rear direction. The base of the moving arm 18 is fixed to be “eight” or “reverse eight”, and the tip of the rotating arm 18 is moved up and down to rotate the supporting arm 16 between the supporting position and the retracted position. Nursery box supply device. 5. The moving frame according to claim 4, wherein the shaft cylinder is mounted on a movable frame body that is vertically movable with respect to the frame body so as to be rotatable only by a shaft 15 in the front-rear direction. A seedling box supply device configured to push the distal end of the rotating arm 18 downward to rotate the support arm 16 to the retracted position when the body 10 moves down to a predetermined position with respect to the frame body 1 and stops. 6. A frame according to claim 5, wherein a vertical movement shaft is provided on the side of said frame body, said vertical movement shaft being moved by a motor. Vertical engagement plate 22 located above
And a moving frame supporting portion 23 which is located below the upper horizontal frame 13 of the moving frame 10 and supports the moving frame 10, wherein the seedling raising box support 17 is provided on the frame 1. A seedling box supply device provided with a stopper 31 for stopping the lowering of the moving frame 10 at a height position where the moving frame 10 is further retracted. 7. A square frame-shaped frame body 1 in which a seedling raising box A can pass up and down is formed by a pair of front and rear frames 2 and 3 and a pair of left and right frames 4 and 4.
Above the frame 1, there is formed a stacking space capable of supplying a stacking seedling raising box A, and channel-shaped channel frames 6, 6 standing upright are provided facing the front side of the stacking space, A vertical frame 11 of a movable frame 10 that moves up and down is fitted into the channel frame 6, and a pair of left and right axial cylinders 14 that are axially mounted on the movable frame 10 so as to be rotatable only by a shaft 15. A seedling raising comprising a support arm 16 having a seedling box support 17 fixed at an upper portion to the barrel 14 and engaged with the seedling box A at a lower portion, and a left-right rotating arm 18 having a base fixed to the barrel 14. A box support frame 19 is provided, and a vertical movement shaft 25 that moves up and down by a motor 27 is provided on the channel frame 6 side. The vertical movement shaft 25 is provided above an engagement shaft 21 provided at the tip of the rotating arm 18. Vertical movement engagement plate located 2 an upper horizontal frame 1 of the mobile frame body 10
3, a movable frame support portion 23 for supporting the movable frame 10 is provided, and the vertically movable engagement plate 22 is further lowered and engaged with the movable frame 10 stopped at a predetermined height. Axis 2
1 is pressed downward to rotate the seedling box support frame 19 to the retracted position about the shaft 15, and the frame body 1 is urged by a spring 37 so as to always protrude upward and is pressed from above. Vertical axis 36 which descends when
When the support arm 16 is in the retracted position, the vertical axis 3
6, a plate 34 having an engagement hole 35 facing above is provided, and the vertical axis 36 is at a receiving position where the support arm 16 receives a stepped seedling raising box A above the frame body 1 at a predetermined interval. When the support arm 16 is located below the plate 34 and descends from the receiving position by a predetermined distance to retract the seedling raising box support 17 from the seedling raising box A, it is pushed down by the lower surface of the plate 34 and lowered. When the box support 17 is disengaged from the lowermost seedling box A in the stacking seedling box A, it engages with the engaging hole 35 to hold the support arm 16 at the retracted position, and the seedling box support 17 rises. And the support arm 16 is disposed so as to be disengaged from the engagement hole 35 and rotate to the support position when it comes to a position where it is engaged with the second seedling box A from the bottom of the stacked seedling box A. Box feeder. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information is a data item.
Alternatively, in claim 6 or claim 7, a seedling raising box transfer stand or a seeded raising seedling box A provided with all or a part of a soil supply device, a seeding device, a watering device, or the like is placed under the frame body 1 on the floor. A tray-stacking seedling box A integrally or separately provided at a starting end of an arbitrary device such as a seedling-box laying device to be laid and arranged on a surface, and each of the step-stacking seedling boxes A can be supported one by one. A seedling box supply device provided with a support and transport device 42 capable of transporting the lowest seedling box A to be supplied.