JPH11137098A - Facility for raising seedling - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seedling-raising facility in which the number of carriers used therein is reduced to rationalize works. SOLUTION: This facility for raising seedlings is provided with an emergence carrier 17 for carrying piled seedling boxes from a sowing chamber 1 to an emergence chamber 2 through an emergence guide path A, a reloading carrier 18 for carrying the piled seedling boxes from the emergence chamber to a reloading chamber 3 through a reloading guide path B, a greening carrier 38 for carrying greening boxes (greening wagon) from the reloading chamber 3 to a greening chamber 4 through a greening guide path C, and a shipping carrier 39 for carrying greening frames 36 from the greening chamber 4 to a shipping portion 5 through a shipping guide path D. Therein, the emergence carrier 17 and the reloading carrier 18 are made so as to be used in common, and can be returned from the guide paths A, B to the other guide paths B, A, and/or the greening carrier 38 and the shipping carrier 39 are also made so as to be used in common, and can be returned from the guide paths C, D to the other guide paths D, C.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is effectively used in a nursery facility for producing seedlings for paddy rice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A seedling box aggregate formed by stacking a plurality of seedling boxes (a plurality of seedling boxes are stacked in a multi-box shape) through a magnetic guiding path for germination is conveyed from a sowing machine side to a germination chamber. An unmanned transfer truck that transports the seedling box assembly from the germination room to the transfer machine through an unmanned germination carrier and a transfer magnetic guideway, and a plurality of vehicles that pass through the greening magnetic guideway. The above-mentioned greening frame is transferred from the greening room to the shipping department through an unmanned greening vehicle and a magnetic induction path for shipment, which carries the greening frame inserted into the greening room from the transfer machine to the greening room with the seedling boxes inserted at intervals up and down. Unmanned shipping vehicles to be transported are being used for nursery facilities for paddy rice.

[0003]

The budding carrier and the transshipment carrier, and the greening carrier and the shipping carrier only pass through their respective magnetic guideways and move to other magnetic guideways. I couldn't do that. Therefore, in order to perform the work efficiently, it was necessary to make a lot of each truck and arrange them on each taxiway.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a seedling box 9a in which a plurality of seedling boxes are stacked one upon another through a germination lead A. A germination carrier 17 for carrying the stepped body 9 from the germination room 2 to the transfer room 3 through the germination carrier 17 for carrying from the room 1 to the germination room 2 and the transfer route B for the germination. Carrier 17 and transshipment carrier 18 are constructed so that they can be shared with each other, and the respective carriers 17, 18 are separated from their guideways A, B by other guideways B,
A and a transport vehicle 38 for transporting a greenery frame (greenery truck) 36 from the transshipment room 3 to the greenery room 4 through a greening guideway C and / or a shipping truck 38 provided to be able to return to A. A transport vehicle 39 for transporting the greenery frame 36 from the greening room 4 to the shipping unit 5 through the taxiway D is provided.
And a seedling facility provided so that the transporting vehicles 39 can be shared with each other and the respective transporting vehicles 38, 39 can return from the taxiways C, D to the other taxiways D, C. did.

[0005]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. A sowing room 1, a germination room 2, a transshipment room 3, a greening room 4, and a shipping unit 5 are arranged as shown in FIG. A seeding machine 6 (FIG. 2) is installed in the seeding room 1. The seeding machine 6 includes a conveyor 7 extending from right to left, and a large number of seedling boxes 9a stored on the mezzanine floor 8 are supplied to the right end one by one by the supply device 10. The seedling box 9a is made of resin with an inner size of approximately 60 cm × 30 cm × 3 cm.
Filling device 11, seeding device 12, and soil covering device 1 from right to left
The seedlings 3 are arranged in this order, and the seedling box 9a sent to the left by the conveyor 7 is filled with floor soil, seeds are scattered thereon, and the soil is covered thereon. At the left end, a stacking device 14 is provided. After raising the seedling box 9a by an elevator, watering is performed while the seedling box 9a is fed sideways by a conveyor, and at the end thereof, 30 boxes are stacked on the descending fork 14a sequentially. The stack 9 is formed by stacking (stacking) in a shape.

[0006] The germination chamber 2 is located on the left of
-1, 2-2 and 2-3 are provided, and a plurality of mounts 15 on which the stacks 9 are mounted are respectively provided in front and rear in parallel. The gantry 15 is composed of a pair of pipes 15a that are floated above the ground and arranged in parallel (FIGS. 3 and 4), and each side of the stack 9 is supported.
In the figure, two pipes arranged in contact with each other constitute a pipe 15a. Conveyor 16 is mounted on each stand 1
5 (FIGS. 3 and 5). Conveyor 16
Is composed of a pair of roller conveyors 16a extending rightward from the respective pipes 15a, the upper surface of which is a pipe 15a.
The motor 16b is arranged to be slightly lower than the motor 16b so that forward rotation and reverse rotation are given.

A guide line A for sprouting by magnetism is provided in a loop shape over the working chamber 1 and the sprouting chamber 2. Budding for taxiway A, as in FIG. 6, as a starting point after Danseki device 14, taxiways A ₁ through the right conveyor 16 in each budding chamber 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 , A ₂ , A ₃ . The budding carrier 17 and the transshipment carrier 18 that carry the stacked body 9 are configured as follows. In addition, since both have the same structure, the former will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, a roller conveyer 20 that is driven by a motor 20a in the forward and reverse directions is provided on a chassis 19, and a control unit 21 and a battery 22 are disposed before and after the roller conveyor 20. A pair of drive steering units 23 are provided below the vehicle body 19 and the sensor 2
The drive steering unit 23 and the roller conveyor 20 are operated in the following manner in accordance with inputs from 4a, 24b, 24c,... And a preset program.

When viewed from above, a U-shaped table 25 (FIG. 8) rides on the roller conveyor 20 (FIG. 7), and its budding carrier 17
Comes to a stop after the stacking device 14 (FIGS. 1 and 6). The hawk 14 a on which the stacked body 9 rides goes down the U-shaped notch of the base 25, and transfers the stacked body 9 to the base 25. Note that the stacked body 9 is 2
The body rides back and forth (chain line in FIG. 8). The carrier 17 for budding starts and proceeds along the taxiway A ₁ , A ₂ or A ₃ to start the budding room 2-1.
Enter 2-2 or 2-3, and stop at the place where it comes to the right of the predetermined conveyor 16. Then, the roller conveyor 20 and the conveyor 16 are activated, and when the platform 25 on which the stack 9 is mounted moves to the conveyor 16, both stop.

[0009] Four budding carriers 17 are used, stand by on the budding guideway A before the stacking device 14, and transport the stacks 9 in order from the front. A shuttle car 26 reciprocates in each pedestal 15 so that the stacks 9 on the conveyor 16 are arranged on a pair of pipes 15a. The shuttle car 26 is configured as follows. A rail 27 is laid below the pair of pipes 15a. When the loading platform 29 is supported on the chassis 28 by the parallel link 29a and the rod of the lifting / lowering cylinder 29b comes and goes,
A battery 30 and a control unit 31 are provided on the left and right sides thereof so as to be able to move up and down in the same posture (FIGS. 4 and 9). A rolling wheel 32 that rolls on the rail 27 and a driving wheel 33 that rotates on the rail 27 driven by a motor 33a
Is provided under the chassis 28. And sensor 3
, A, 34b, 34c... Operate as follows.

When the budding carrier 17 stops at the right side of the conveyor 16, the shuttle car 26 at that position advances to the right, and stops when the loading platform 29 comes under the stack 9. The rod of the elevating cylinder 29 b projects, and the loading platform 29 climbs up through the notch of the platform 25 to lift the stack 9. Shuttle car 26
Moves to the left, and the left end of the gantry 15 or the stacked body 9 thereabove.
When the rod comes to the right, the movement stops, the rod returns to the elevating cylinder 29b, the bed 29 descends, and the stack 9 moves onto the rail 15a. By repeating this, a predetermined number of the stacked bodies 9 are arranged on the gantry 15.

When three days have passed since the stepped body 9 was heated to about 25 ° C. in the germination chamber 2, seeds in each seedling box 9 a germinated. The seed fir is preliminarily immersed in water and then heated in the germination chamber 2 so as to be in the shape of a pigeon breast just before germination before sowing. The stepped body 9 from which the seed fir germinated,
It is transported to the transshipment room 3 by the transshipment transport vehicle 18, and is put on the greening truck 36 by the transit machine 35 therein.

That is, the transfer route B for transfer by magnetism is
A reciprocating taxiway B ₀ of the straight line after the transhipment device 35, a loop-shaped guide path B through the right of the conveyor 16 in each budding chamber 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 and the right end as a starting point ₁ , B ₂ and B ₃ (FIG. 10). And
When the seed fir in the seedling box 9a germinates as described above, the shuttle car 26 and the transfer vehicle 18 are operated as follows.

When the transfer vehicle 18 that has traveled along the taxiway B ₁ , B ₂ or B ₃ comes to the right of the predetermined conveyor 16, the vehicle stops. When the shuttle car 26 disposed in the gantry 15 on the left side of the conveyor 16 advances to the left and the loading platform 29 comes under the two right stacks 9, the traveling stops. The rod of the lifting / lowering cylinder 29b protrudes and the bed 29 rises, and lifts the step body 9 from the pair of rails 15a. The shuttle car 26 moves to the right. The platform 25 is on the conveyor 16 with the U-shaped notch facing left, and when the loading platform 29 enters the notch, the shuttle car 26 stops moving. Then, the loading platform 29 is lowered and the two stacks 9 thereon are placed on the platform 25.
Transfer to Then, the conveyor 16 and the conveyor 20 are started, the table 25 on which the stack 9 is placed moves to the conveyor 20, and the rotation of both of them is stopped. After that, to start the product replacement for truck 18, through the guide path B _1, B ₂ or B ₃ and reciprocating taxiway B ₀ is reached after the product exchange device 35, it stops.

[0014] product replacement for truck 18, four are used, when not in use, is adapted to wait in front of the position of the reciprocating guide path B ₀ taxiway B _1. Transfer machine 35 (known)
Is configured as follows. After the stack 9 on the table 25 is lifted by a fork, it is pulled into the machine. While being pulled up by the elevator, the stowed body 9 that has been pulled in is sorted and placed on the left and right conveyors 35a (FIG. 10) one by one in order from the top. A greening cart 36 (FIG. 2) having a multi-stage shelf 36a is a conveyor 35.
The terminal 35a moves up and down on the elevator 35b (FIG. 2) at the terminal end. When the uppermost (or lowermost) shelf 36a and the upper surface of the conveyor 35a are aligned, the seedling box 9a that comes to the end is pushed out and moves to the shelf 36a. After that, the greening cart 36 rises (or descends), and the seedling boxes 9a are inserted into the respective shelves 36a in order from top to bottom (from bottom to top), and the upper and lower seedling boxes 9a are spaced approximately 8 cm apart. Can be put on.

The greening room 4 is composed of a greenhouse, and is made up of three rooms 4-1 4-2 and 4-3 arranged side by side in front of the transfer room 3 (FIG. 6). The greening guideway C by magnetism extends from the left of the office room 37 to the left after passing in front of the transfer room 3, and then becomes U
Main line C ₀ that turn taxiway C ₁ to reach the respective greening chambers 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3 separated from this,
It is made of C ₂ and C ₃ . Each taxiway C ₁ , C ₂ , C
Distribution lines ₃ end _{C 1 a, C 1 b,} C 1 c ..., C 2 a, C 2
_{b, C 2 c ..., C} 3 a, C 3 b, C 3 c ... is extended parallel to the longitudinal direction. Service lines C ₄ , C extending from the middle of main line C _0
5 turns left and enters the transfer room 3 and reaches the side of each conveyor 35a.

A greening transport vehicle 38 for transporting the greening truck 36 and a shipping transport vehicle 39 are configured as follows. In addition,
Since both have the same configuration, the former will be described. FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 12, a frame 41 is fixed behind the chassis 40 (left side in FIG. 11), and a control unit 42 and a battery are mounted therein. A pair of drive steering units 43 are provided before and after the chassis 40, and a pair of left and right casters 44 are provided below the frame 41. Chassis 40
A fork 45 is provided on the upper surface of the fork and is moved up and down by the power of a motor 46. Then, the sensors 47a,
The drive steering unit 42 and the fork 45 operate in the following manner in accordance with the inputs from 47b, 47c... And a preset program.

[0017] greening carriage 36 which seedling box 9a is inserted is moved down at elevator 35b, greening for truck 38 came willingly drop cable C ₄ or C ₅ from the main C ₀ is the Hawk 45
Is inserted under the greening truck 36 and the vehicle is stopped. Motor 46
Is activated, and the fork 45 lifts the green vehicle 36. After greening for truck 38 is returned to the main line C ₀ and backward, guided forward path C _1, C ₂ or C ₃ to willing greening chamber 4-1,4
Enter -2 or 4-3. After that, the distribution lines C ₁ a, C
_{1 b, C 1 c ...,} C 2 a, C 2 b, C 2 c ..., C 3 a, C
₃ b, C ₃ c ... Take one, come to its end point (or after the previously placed by that greening carriage 36), stops the motor 46 lowers the fork 45, greening came carrying bogie 38 On the ground. After that, greening for the truck 38, the reverse to return on the main line C ₀ to the left of the office 37, the above-described operation is repeated.

[0018] Ten greening vehicles 38 are used.
When not in use, to wait on the main line C ₀ of the right of the drop cable C _4. The greening carts 36 arranged in the greening room 4 as described above, after several days have passed since the room temperature is kept around 25 ° C., the seedlings in the seedling box 9a are greened and grown, and the process moves to the shipping stage. .

The shipping section 5 is arranged in front of the greening room 4, and the greening trucks 36 are arranged side by side in the left-right direction. Then, a guiding path D for shipment by magnetism is provided as follows. As shown in FIG. 10, a loop-shaped circulation path DA arranged in front of the greening room 4 and an L-shaped shipment path DB arranged in the shipping section 5 from the right are connected by a connection path DC. The guide paths D ₁ , D ₂ , and D ₃ are separated from the circulation path DA and enter from inside the shipping section 5, and each of them is the distribution line C described above.
_{1 a, C 1 b, C} 1 c ..., C 2 a, C 2 b, C 2 c ... C 3 a,
Are connected to the front ends of C ₃ b, C ₃ c.

The circulation path shipping cart 39 on DA is toward the front fork 45, enters from the guide path D _1, D ₂ or D ₃ in greening chamber 4-1, 4-2 or 4-3. Distribution wiring C ₁ a, C ₁
b ..., C ₂ a, the _{C 2 b, C 2 c ...} C 3 a, C 3 b, reaches the greening carriage 36 advances one C ₃ c ..., stop plugged Hawk 45 thereunder I do. Motor 46 is Hawk 4
5 to lift the green trolley 36, and retreat to the circulation path D.
Enter A, and enter the shipping route DB through the connection route DC. Thereafter, the ship advances and reaches the shipping section 5, the fork 45 is lowered, and the green vehicle 36 is placed on the ground. The green vehicle 36 is mounted on a truck by a forklift and shipped to farmers. The transport vehicle 39 for which the greening cart 36 has disappeared is the shipping route D.
B, the connecting path DC and the circulation path DA proceed in the reverse of the above, enter the greening room 4, and repeatedly transport the remaining greening truck 36.

The shipping cart 39, five is used to wait taxiway D ₁ of the right circulating path on DA. In each of the transport vehicles 17, 18, 38, and 39, the battery is charged during standby. As shown in FIG. 13, the germination guideway A and the transshipment taxiway B overlap so as to share the guideway in the budding room 2, and the germination carrier 17 and the transshipment carrier 18 move back and forth. I can do it.

The end of the shipping route DB is connected to the taxiway C ₃ , and the left end of the office 37 on the main line C ₀ and the shipping route DB
Are connected by a communication path E, and the greening transport vehicle 38 and the shipping transport vehicle 39 are mutually reciprocated, and the greening taxiway C and the shipping taxiway D
You can come and go. Therefore, when placing the seedling boxes 9a on the greening cart 36 and arranging them in the greening room 4, all of the germination carrier 17 and the transshipment carrier 18 are used to move the stack 9 from the germination room 2 to the transfer machine. 35, and using all of the greening truck 38 and the shipping truck 39,
The greening cart 36 on which the seedling boxes 9a are placed can be carried from the end of the transfer machine 35 to the greening room 4.

The shipping section 5 can be arranged in front of the office 37 as shown in FIG. 1A. Tomatoes can be grown as follows. A bed 51 made of rock wool is placed horizontally in the greenhouse, and the cube 5
The stem 53 extends from 2. Bet 51 and cube 52
Is supplied with nutrient solution. The lower end of the thread 54 hanging down from above is stopped at the lower part of the stem 53 (54a), and as the stem 53 elongates, the thread 54 is wound around its tip (54a).
b) It is designed to be stopped or supported by clips (FIG. 14). The winding of the thread 54 (54b) is performed every seven days in summer and every ten days in winter. The yarn 54 is wound on a reel 55, and the reel 55
It is hung on a wire 56 parallel to 1. After the stem 53 has grown to a certain length, the reel 55 is shifted to the right each time the thread 54 is unwound from the reel 55 and wound around the upper portion of the stem 53 (54b), and the lower portion of the stem 53 is shifted to the right. It is bent down (FIG. 15, a, b, c).

According to the configuration shown in FIG. 16, the feeding of the yarn 54 and the lateral movement of the reel 55 are easily performed. A rail 57 is provided on the ceiling in parallel with the bed 51. Right frame 58a
And the left frame 58b are connected to each other by a horizontal rod 58c so that they can be integrally formed, and the upper portions thereof move left and right along the rail 57. A plurality of threads 54 are wound around the pipe 59 at the same intervals as the left and right stems 53, and each end hangs down to support the stems 53 as described above. The pipe 59 is connected to the right frame 5
8a and the left frame 58b so as to be rotatable.
The yarn 54 is fed by being rotated by the rotation of. When the motor 61 is fixed to the rail 57, the pinion 61a of the motor 61 is engaged with a rack 58d integrated with the right frame 58a, and the motor 61 is started, the right frame 58a and the left frame 58b move to the right. Therefore, when the stems have grown to a certain length, when the motors 60 and 61 are started, the respective yarns 54 are fed out and moved to the right at the same time, and the trouble of moving the individual reels 55 is eliminated. Be hit.

Strawberries and the like can be grown as follows. A pair of pipes 62 are hung parallel to the left and right from a beam 64 of the greenhouse by a fishing tackle 63, and hot water for heating flows through each of them. Lateral ears 65a of a box-shaped cultivation table 65 having a left and right length of about 1 meter are hung on each pipe 62. A plurality of the cultivation stands 65 are mounted at a predetermined height while floating above the ground, and are arranged at regular intervals on the left and right sides (FIG. 17). A gantry 66 having a U-shaped cross section enters the cultivation table 65, on which a bed 67 made of rock wool is mounted. Two cubes 68 made of rock wool or sponge are lined up and down on the bed 67, and a plurality of them are lined up on the left and right, and seedlings such as strawberries and flowers are growing. A supply pipe 69 is arranged on the cultivation table 65 between the front and rear cubes 68, so that the nutrient solution is supplied to the cube 68 and the bed 67 (FIG. 18, FIG. 1).
9). Drainage pipes 70 are arranged below the respective cultivation stands 65, and both are connected by a connecting pipe 71, and excess nutrient solution is drained from the drainage pipes 7.
It is discharged at 0. After being adjusted, the nutrient solution is supplied again from the supply pipe 69.

According to this configuration, since the cultivation table 65 is disposed by using the heating pipe 62, the production cost is reduced, and since there is nothing below the cultivation table 65, the ground below the cultivation table 65 Can be kept clean to prevent the propagation of various bacteria.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the germination carrier 17 and the transshipment carrier 18 or the greening carrier 38 and the shipping carrier 39 can be shared, and each germinates. Taxiway A and transshipment taxiway B, or greening taxiway C and shipping taxiway D, so that vehicles 17 and 18 or 38 and 39 can be used so as to assist each other. . Therefore, the number of transport vehicles used for one facility can be reduced and rationalization can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a nursery facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of the work.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the budding chamber.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of a part thereof.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the conveyor.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the budding taxiway and the greening taxiway.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the budding carrier.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the table.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the shuttle car.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing the transfer taxiway and the shipping taxiway.

FIG. 11 is a side view of the greening truck.

FIG. 12 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing the connected taxiway for budding and the taxiway for transshipment, and the taxiway for greening and the taxiway for shipping.

FIG. 14 is a partial side view showing tomato cultivation.

FIG. 15 is a side view showing the growth process.

FIG. 16 is a side view showing an improved yarn feeding section.

FIG. 17 is a front view showing strawberry cultivation.

FIG. 18 is an enlarged cut front view of a part thereof.

FIG. 19 is a cutaway side view thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 seeding room 2 germination room 3 transshipment room 4 greening room 5 shipping section 9 stacked body 9a seedling box 17 budding carrier 18 transshipment carrier 36 greening frame (greening truck) 38 greening carrier 39 shipping Car A Germination taxiway B Transshipment taxiway C Greening taxiway D Shipping taxiway

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A budding carrier (17) for transferring a stacked body (9) of a seedling box (9a) formed by stacking a plurality of seedling boxes through a germination lead (A) from a seeding room (1) to a germination room (2). A transfer truck 18 for transferring the stacked body 9 from the sprouting room 2 to the transfer room 3 through the guideway B, so that the sprouting carrier 17 and the transfer truck 18 can be shared with each other. And each of the trucks 17, 18 is separated from its taxiway A, B by another taxiway B, A
And / or a greening vehicle 38 for transporting a greening frame (greening vehicle) 36 from the transshipment room 3 to the greening room 4 through the greening guideway C and / or a shipping guidance. A transport vehicle 39 for transporting the greenery frame 36 from the greening room 4 to the shipping unit 5 through the road D is provided.
A seedling raising facility provided so that the transport vehicle 39 and the transport vehicle 39 can be shared with each other, and the respective transport vehicles 38, 39 can return from the taxiways C, D to the other taxiways D, C.