JPH1169902A - Planting of sugar cane and automatic sugar cane planter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for planting sugar canes and sugar cane planter for efficiently and safely planting sugar cane stems while reducing the planting works and cost. SOLUTION: This planter 11, to be connected to a vehicle 10, takes sugar cane stems X one by one from a stem storage chamber 12 by a stem withdrawing means 13, releases them into a pipe 19, also one by one, and drops them from the pipe 19 onto a field in which they are planted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sugarcane planting method suitable for efficiently and safely cultivating a sugarcane planting stem, and to an automatic sugarcane planting machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, sugarcane, which is produced as a raw material of sugar or alcohol, is planted with a section of about 30 cm stem having about two to three nodes. Each individual bud produces several shoots, which grow on 6-7 stems and are harvested as sugar cane.

[0003] Normally, the land length is fixed to 75 m because of the development of a land-based development project.
(75 m), 270 to 290 stems X for planting cut to a length of 260 mm to 290 mm are planted (see FIG. 7).

At the time of planting the stem X, although not shown, a traveling vehicle (tractor) is loaded with the planting stem X, the operator operates the traveling vehicle, and as shown in FIG. Grasps the stem X for planting one by one with both hands, throws it into the pipes 1, 1 and drops it into the field for planting. Such planting work, in which 270 to 290 stalks are manually performed one by one in a field of 75 m in length,
It becomes 11 to 12 ridges per 10a, and the working time is 1
It takes time.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

[0006] As described above, the conventional sugarcane planting operation requires at least two operators, an operator and an assistant, to manually drop planting stems one by one from a traveling vehicle to a field. However, there is a problem that the workability is poor and the cost is high.

In addition, a rotary for cultivating the field is also operated during traveling, and the operator cannot smoothly confirm the assistant at the rear side, so that there is a problem that danger is involved in planting work.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to efficiently and safely plant sugarcane stalks and reduce the labor and cost of the planting operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sugarcane planting method and an automatic planting machine for sugarcane.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a stem storage chamber of a planting machine connected to a traveling vehicle is provided as a method for planting sugarcane in order to achieve the above object. The stems for planting are arranged one by one and transported one by one, and the stems for planting are taken in one by one while the stem taking-out means rotates, and the stems for planting taken in are taken one by one from the stem taking-out means. It is released into a vertical pipe, dropped into the field while dropping the pipe, and planted.

In order to achieve the above method, an automatic planting machine for sugarcane is provided on a pedestal portion of a planting machine connected to a traveling vehicle. A stalk storage chamber for storing stalks, stalk take-out means disposed at the rear end of the planting machine to take in the stalks for planting from the stalk storage chamber one by one while rotating, and stalk extraction means from the stalk storage chamber. A stalk transport mechanism for sequentially aligning and transferring the planting stalks stored toward the removal means, and a pipe body for dropping the planting stalks released from the stalk removal means one by one into a field And characterized in that:

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of the automatic sugarcane planting machine according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a traveling vehicle (tractor)
The planting machine 11 is connected to the rear of the vehicle body 10 and the planting machine 1
On one pedestal portion 11a, there is a cane stalk X for planting.
Is provided. This stem storage room 1
The 2, 260 having a 2-3 Section _{X 1} · · in the pretreatment step
planting stem X cut to a length of 10 mm to 290 mm
Are stored at least 270 to 290.

At the rear end of the pedestal portion 11a, there is provided a stem extracting means 13 for taking in the stem X for planting one by one. In the stem removing means 13, a chain belt 15 is wound around a pair of upper and lower rotating drums 14, 14, and
On the surface of the chain belt 15, a stem X is placed, and L-shaped latch portions 16, which are conveyed as the chain belt 15 moves, are attached at regular intervals.

On the other hand, the floor surface 12 a of the stem storage chamber 12 constitutes a stem transport mechanism 22. That is, the floor surface 12a is an inclined floor surface gradually inclined toward the lower part of the stalk take-out means 13, and a floor vibration means 17 is provided on the back surface side. As shown in FIG. 5, the floor vibration means 17
Three arms 17b project from the outer periphery of the rotating shaft 17a at intervals of 120 °, and the tip 17c of the arm 17b abuts on the floor surface 12a by the rotation of the rotating shaft 17a.
Vibration is applied to the floor surface 12a to advance the stem X toward the stem extracting means 13 side.

In the stalk storage chamber 12, a predetermined gap L slightly larger than the diameter of the stalk X with respect to the floor surface 12a (see FIG. 4).
Are arranged so that the partition plate 18 faces each other,
A large number of planting stems X are stored in the stem storage room 12 on the back side of the partition plate 18.
On the 3rd side, the planting stems X are transported through the gap L with the floor surface 12a. Therefore, the planting stems are arranged in a row toward the stem extracting means 13 and are advanced.

The relationship between the distal end of the floor surface 12a and the L-shaped latching portion 16 is shown in FIG. 2 by providing protrusions 12b at predetermined intervals on the distal end side of the floor surface 12a. Although not shown, the projection 12b is provided with a locking projection. In addition, the convex portion 12b is provided on the opposite side of the latch portion 16.
Are formed so as to provide recesses 16a. The projection 16b is provided with a locking projection 16c (see FIG. 3).

Therefore, the planting stem X placed on the front end of the floor surface 12a does not fall off, and the ascending retaining portion 16 slips through the front end of the floor surface 12a while falling. Can take in the planting stem X placed on the tip side of the plant.

Further, on the outside of the stem removing means 13,
Planting stem X taken into stem extracting means 13
Are dropped into the field one by one. At the opening on the upper surface of the pipe body 19, the planting stem X hung on the L-shaped hooking portion 16 of the stem take-out means 13 descends from the top with the movement of the chain belt 15. Released at the time. Pipe body 19
The stem X for planting discharged into the upper opening of the pipe body 19 falls in the pipe body 19, falls from the lower opening part of the pipe body 19 into the field, and is planted.

The tractor 10 plows the field with the rotary 21 and, as shown in FIG. 6, takes the ridge A with the bite plate 20 composed of the left and right plates 20a, 20a and the support shaft 20b, and falls while taking the ridge A. The soil is covered on the stem X for planting (see FIG. 7).

Although not shown, a guide frame slightly wider than the length of the planting stem X is formed on the floor surface 12a, and the planting stem X is regulated by the guide frame so that the planting stem X can be removed by the stem removal means 13. You may be made to move forward.
Further, the gap L of the partition plate 15 may be formed as an opening facing the guide frame.

Further, two stem removing means 13 are usually provided at a rear end side of the planting machine 11 at a predetermined interval, and in this case, the rear side floor surface 12a reaching the stem removing means 13 is provided. A floor vibration means 17 may be provided for each.

As power for the floor vibrating means 17 and the stem removing means 13, a 12V battery and a 12V motor attached to the traveling vehicle 10 are used.

Since the automatic planting machine for sugar cane according to this embodiment is constructed as described above, first, the sugar cane planting plant for planting in the stem storage room 12 of the planting machine 11 connected to the traveling vehicle 10 is used. Store stem X. When the operator starts operation and issues a command for planting work, the planting machine 1
The stem removal means 13 on the rear end side of 1 starts operating.

Further, the floor vibration means 17 provided on the back side of the floor surface 12a of the stem storage room 12 operates. For this reason, the planting stem X is subjected to vibration and the stem removing means 13
Is advanced on the inclined floor surface 12a gradually inclined toward the lower part of the vehicle. At this time, the planting stems X are regulated by the partition plates 18 separated by a predetermined gap L slightly larger than the diameter of the stems X. Therefore, the planting stems X are directed one by one toward the stem extracting means 13. Are aligned and advanced.

Thus, the planting stems X taken in by the stalk take-out means 13 are raised by the stalk take-out means 13 and rotate one by one from the uppermost position into the upper opening of the pipe body 19 at a time. Thrown into a pipe 1
9 and fall from the lower opening of the pipe body 19,
The soil is covered by the bite board 20 and planted in the field.

Therefore, compared to the conventional sugarcane planting operation in which the stem for planting is manually dropped from the traveling vehicle to the field one by one, all the operations can be performed manually by one operator, and automatically. Since the planting stalks can be dropped into the field, the workability during planting can be improved, and the cost can be reduced. The planting work time may be about 40 minutes per 10a, but the workability is remarkably improved as compared with the related art since labor of an assistant is not required.

Further, since no assistant is required other than the operator, danger at the time of planting operation can be eliminated. For this reason, it is possible to efficiently and safely plant sugarcane stalks, thereby reducing the labor and cost of work.

The shape and shape of the traveling planting machine 11 shown in FIG.
The structure and the shape and structure of the stalk take-out means 13, the floor vibration means 17 and the like are shown in one embodiment, and the design can be changed as appropriate as long as they fulfill the functions described above.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, sugarcane stalks can be efficiently and safely planted, and the labor and cost in the planting operation can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of an automatic sugarcane planting machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a floor surface and a hanging portion in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory sectional view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a partition plate and a floor surface in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing floor vibration means in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a bite plate in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a planting state of a sugarcane field.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a conventional sugarcane stalk planting operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Running vehicle 11 Planting machine 12 Stem storage room 12a Floor 13 Stem take-out means 14 Rotary drum 15 Chain belt 16 Latch 17 Floor vibrating means 17a Rotating shaft 17b Arm 18 Partition plate 19 Pipe body 20 Bit plate 21 Rotary 22 Stem conveying mechanism X Stem for planting A Row

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A planting stem connected to a traveling vehicle is arranged and transported one by one from a stem storage room of a planting machine. The stem removing means rotates the planting stems one by one while rotating. A method for planting sugarcane, characterized in that stems for planting that are taken in and taken out are discharged one by one from a stem taking-out means into a vertical pipe body, and dropped into a field while falling down in the pipe body to plant. 2. A stalk storage room provided on a pedestal portion of a planting machine connected to a traveling vehicle for storing stalks for planting, and a stalk storage room provided at a rear end side of the planting machine for planting from a stalk storage room. A stalk take-out means for taking the stalks one by one while rotating the stalks, and a stalk transport mechanism for sequentially aligning and transferring the planting stalks stored from the stalk storage chamber toward the stalk take-out means. And a pipe body for dropping the stems for planting released from the stem removing means one by one into a field.