JPH11155325A - Manuring seeding apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such a problem that, though a warning apparatus warns when the amount of a fertilizer or a seed in a tank is reduced to a fixed amount, however, there is a difference in an area and length, which the work can be carried out with the residual amount by the difference (adjustment) of a manuring seeding amount per unit area, the area and length, which the work can be carried out with the residual amount after the warning are confused and an operator has a trouble in judging the distance to a front ridge to replenish the tank or deciding whether a replenishment is required or not until the operation is finished. SOLUTION: This apparatus for paying out and sprinkling a fertilizer or seeds in a tank by a paying-out device 38 has a warning apparatus for warning when the reduced amount of the fertilizer or the seeds reduced by the paying out in the tank reaches a fixed amount. The warning apparatus can select the residual amount of the fertilizer or the seeds in warning.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used for a fertilizer or a sowing apparatus for feeding and spraying granular or powdered fertilizers and seeds.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A feeding device is provided below a tank, and fertilizer and seeds therein are fed and sprayed. A warning device is provided in the tank. A warning is issued by a lamp or the like to encourage the replenishment of fertilizer and seeds.

[0003]

For example, in a rice transplanter equipped with this fertilizer application device, since the remaining amount of fertilizer at the time of issuing an alarm was constant and could not be adjusted, the fertilizer per unit area was sprayed. The difference in the amount causes a difference in the area of the field where the work can be performed with the remaining amount, and it is troublesome to determine the distance from the ridge to the replenishment and whether the work can be completed with the remaining amount. In addition, if the warning device is configured as a weight type, there is a possibility that the remaining amount at the time of issuing an alarm may change due to a difference in specific gravity of fertilizer or seed.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is an apparatus for dispensing fertilizer or seeds in a tank 32 by dispensing with a dispensing device 38. Has a warning device 48 that issues a warning when the remaining amount of fertilizer or seeds in the inside reaches a certain amount, and the warning device 48 is provided so that the remaining amount of fertilizer or seed at the time of issuing the warning can be selected. The device.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A seedling plant 3 having a fertilizer device 2 according to the present invention is mounted behind a traveling vehicle body 1 to form a rice transplanter. The traveling vehicle body 1 is configured as follows. A main gear box 5 and a rear wheel gear box 6 are provided before and after the frame 4 to form a chassis. A front wheel 7 and a rear wheel 8 are provided on both sides of the main gear box 5 and the rear wheel gear box 6, and support the above-mentioned chassis on a cultivator of a paddy field. An engine 9 is arranged at the front of the main gear box 5 and its power is introduced into the main gear box 5 by a belt 10 and then adjusted to a predetermined speed by a transmission therein, so that the front wheel 7 and the rear wheel 8, the chassis moves forward with these rotations. The seat 11 is provided at the center of the chassis, and when the steering wheel 12 in front of the seat 11 is operated, the front wheels 7 are steered to change the course of the chassis. The engine 9 and its fuel tank 13 are covered with a hood 14.

A column 15 extends upward from a rear portion of the frame 4, and both ends of a pair of vertically parallel links 16 are rotatably attached to the pair of links 16 and a lifting frame 17 to form a parallel link. An elevating cylinder 18 is rotatably attached to the frame 4, and a protruding end of a piston rod projecting obliquely upward from the lower end of the arm 19 integrated with the upper link 16 is connected thereto. Are ascending and descending while maintaining the same posture.

[0007] The seedling planting apparatus 3 is configured as follows. A gear box 20 is attached to the lifting frame 17 so as to be swingable with a rolling shaft in the front-rear direction. A plurality (three) of seedling plant frames 21 extend rearward from the gear box 20, and oval-shaped rotating cases 22 are attached to both sides of each rear portion.
A pair of implanted rods 23 are attached to the respective rotating cases 22. When the rotating case 22 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 2 with the power of the engine 9, the same posture is maintained by the planetary gears therein. It turns. The seedling receiving plate 24 is fixed to the seedling planting frame 21,
a (FIG. 2) so that the distal end of the implantation rod 23 passes at the initial stage of the above-described downward descent. A support 25 extends obliquely upward from the front of the left and right seedling planting frames 21, and is supported by the upper portion and the front of the seedling receiving plate 24 so that the seedling mounting table 26 can move to the left and right. The seedling mounting table 26 is provided with a belt conveyor 27, and six group seedlings are placed on the seedling receiving plate 24 with their rear ends protruding. The seedling table 26 is driven back and forth by the power of the engine 9. When the rear end of the group of seedlings comes to the top of the seedling opening 24a by the above-described movement, the tip of the implantation rod 23 lacks one plant. The chipped seedling descends together with the implantation rod 23, and is inserted into the mud at the lower end of its rotation and transplanted. When the seedling table 26 comes to the lateral end and the lateral end of the group seedling is lost in this repetition, the belt conveyor 27 operates to feed out the group seedling later, and then the seedling table 26 moves in the opposite direction. .

[0008] Three floats 28 are arranged below each seedling planting frame 21 so as to slide on a mud surface as the traveling vehicle body 1 advances. The front part of the float 28 protrudes left and right, and each protruding part is prepared so that the position where the above seedlings are transplanted is set in advance. The fertilizer application device 2 is configured as follows. Six gutters 29 are fixed to the float 28, the sliding of which makes fertilizing grooves on the mud surface beside the seedlings to be transplanted. A cylindrical air chamber 30 is fixed to the upper end of the column 15 in a horizontally long manner. 6
The air outlet pipes 31 are fixed to the air chamber 30 rearward. Six valleys 33 are provided side by side at the bottom of the horizontally long tank 32, and the lower end of a guide path 34 extending downward from the center of each valley 33 communicates with an intermediate portion of each blowout pipe 31. A blower 35 is provided at the left end of the air chamber 30, and its intake pipe 35 a protrudes rearward from the center, turns right, reaches the middle of the traveling vehicle body 1, and further turns downward. The muffler 36 is arranged near the inlet of the intake pipe 35a, and the muffler 36 is connected to the engine 9 by the exhaust pipe 37. Then, when the motor 35b is activated and the blade rotates, the air warmed by the muffler 36 is sucked in by the intake pipe 35a, then blown into the air chamber 30 and temporarily stored, and then passed through the respective blow-off pipes 31. It is being blown out.

The feeding device 38 is made as shown in FIG.
That is, the cylindrical clutch chamber 39 and the adjustment chamber 40 are disposed on the left and right of the guide path 34. A support shaft 40a integral with the side wall of the control chamber 40 extends to the guide path 34, and a feed roller 41 having a plurality of feed grooves 41a on the outer periphery is rotatably mounted on the feed roller 41. The drive shaft 42 is arranged at the center of the support shaft 40a, and is driven by the power of the engine 9 at a rotation related to the rotation speed of the wheels 7, 8.

A clutch 43 is mounted on the drive shaft 42 in the clutch chamber 39 so as not to rotate with a key. The clutch 43 is pushed to the left by a spring 44 so that its left claw bites the right claw of the feeding roller 41, and the feeding roller 41 Are rotated by the drive shaft 42.
When the feeding roller 41 rotates, the feeding groove 41 a is
The fertilizer in 2 is fed into the blowing pipe 31. The operating rod 45 is attached to the cylinder below the clutch chamber 39 so as to rotate,
When the pin 45a projecting eccentrically from the upper surface engages with the groove 43a of the clutch 43 and is turned with the knob 45b,
The clutch 43 moves to the right, the pawl thereof separates from the pawl of the feeding roller 41, and the power transmission to the feeding roller 41 is cut off. When the rotation of the feeding roller 41 stops, the feeding of the fertilizer stops. The dustproof plate 43b is the clutch 43
Are formed integrally with each other, and the outer periphery thereof rotates in contact with the inner periphery of the clutch chamber 39 to prevent dust from entering the clutch chamber 39.

A gear 46 having a cylindrical portion on the right is mounted on a support shaft 40a in the adjustment chamber 40, and when rotated, moves right and left by the leads of both screws. Regulator 4
Reference numeral 7 is rotatably attached to the above-mentioned cylindrical portion, and moves left and right together with the gear 46. A plurality of adjusting projections 47a project rightward from the adjusting body 47 and engage with the respective feeding grooves 41a.
Of the fertilizer in the tank 32 from which the fertilizer is fed out is adjusted.

The warning device 48 is made as follows.
A plurality of remaining amount sensors 49 made of pressure-sensitive elements are provided in each valley 33 (FIG. 3), and input changes in the pressure of the fertilizer in the tank 32 to the control device 50 (FIG. 5). Buzzer 5
1 and the lamps 52 corresponding to the respective remaining amount sensors 49
Is provided on the traveling vehicle body 1, and an alarm is issued by an output of the control device 50. The dial 53 is the control device 50
1 (FIG. 1), and when the control device 50 outputs a signal to the buzzer 51 and the lamp 52,
The input value from 9 can be adjusted.

The rear end of each outlet pipe 31 and the groove generator 29
Are connected by a tube 54, so that the fertilizer fed into the blowing pipe 31 is carried by the blown air and is sprayed in the fertilizing groove. Seals 55 are provided at the respective entrances of the clutch chamber 39 and the adjustment chamber 40. When the dial 53 is set to the standard position, the tank 32
When the remaining amount of fertilizer in the (or valley 33) falls below the line A ₀ (FIG. 3), the buzzer 51 and the corresponding lamp 52 emit an alarm. Thereafter, the buzzer 51 stops, but the lamp 52 subsequently lights up. When the dial 53 is set to the (-) side from the above position, an alarm is issued when the remaining amount is below the line A-, and when the dial 53 is set to the (+) side, the remaining amount becomes the line A +. Raise an alarm where The lines A- and A + move up and down in accordance with the operation of the dial 53. Therefore, gear 4
When the feed amount of the fertilizer is adjusted by turning the dial 6, the dial 53 is operated at the same time, and the length of the fertilizer that can be applied by the remaining amount of the fertilizer when the buzzer 51 sounds can be matched.

According to the configuration shown in the figure, the engine 9 is arranged in front of the chassis to improve the balance between the front and rear of the rice transplanter, and the air blown out from the blow-out pipe 31
The fertilizer that passes through the tube 54 and the groove generator 29 is dried by the heat and hardly adheres to the fertilizer. In addition, as shown in FIG.
Since there was no b, fertilizer powder could enter the clutch chamber 39 and hinder the operation of the clutch 43 by the operating rod 45. However, the configuration of FIG. 3 solves the problem.

If the tank 32 and the air chamber 30 are integrally formed for each unit and assembled, a tank having a different number of fertilizers and seeds can be constructed at low cost. That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, an air chamber 30A having a width substantially equal to that of the tank 32A is integrally formed below the tank 32A.
The blow-out tube 31A protrudes rearward from the air chamber 30A, and a guide box 34A having a U-shaped cross section when viewed from above extends upward therefrom, and its upper edge is in contact with the lower surface of the tank 32A. The feeding roller 41A is provided on the guide box 34A, and by its rotation, the fertilizer and seeds in the tank 32A are fed to the guide box 34A and flows into the blowing pipe 31A. The tank 32A and the air chamber 30A are connected by the discharge path 56, and the tip of the brush 57 inserted through the discharge path 56 hits the cylindrical surface of the feed roller 41A so that the amount of fertilizer and seeds pumped out by the feed groove 41a is uniform. Has become. When the brush 57 is removed, the discharge path 56 is opened, and the fertilizer and seeds remaining in the tank 32A are removed from the air chamber 30A.
Can be taken out through When the coupling 58 is provided at the end of the drive shaft 42A and the plurality of tanks 32A are assembled side by side, the drive shafts 42A on both sides can be connected.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the warning device issues a warning, the remaining amount of fertilizer and seeds in the tank can be selected, so that the amount of fertilized sowing per unit area (or length) differs. However, it is possible to use the remaining area at the time of the warning when the work area and the mileage of the undercarriage can be matched and used. The determination of no is made easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a rice transplanter according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cut rear view of a part thereof.

FIG. 4 is a cutaway rear view of the conventional type.

FIG. 5 is a partial block diagram thereof.

FIG. 6 is a cutaway rear view of the improved type.

FIG. 7 is a cutaway side view thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

 32 Tank 38 Feeding device 48 Warning device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device for feeding and dispersing fertilizer or seeds in a tank 32 by a feeding device 38, and issues a warning when the remaining amount of the fertilizer or seeds in the tank 32 reduced by the feeding becomes a certain amount. A fertilizer / seeding device provided with a warning device 48, the warning device 48 being provided so that the remaining amount of fertilizer or seed at the time of issuing a warning can be selected.