JPS639488Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention mainly relates to a transport device used for transporting seedling raising devices such as paper pots.

A seedling nursery is known in which a large number of paper pots are glued together in a honeycomb shape to form a predetermined size (rectangle).The seedling nursery is filled with bed soil, seeds are sown, and seedlings are grown. I am trying to separate them and transplant the seedlings. This seedling nursery is made of relatively thin paper, so it is easily crushed if it comes into contact with other objects during transportation, and the individual pots are glued together so that they can be separated relatively easily. Care must be taken when handling it, especially when transporting it. Furthermore, when planting the grown seedlings, whether using a transplanter or by hand, it is desirable to divide the paper pot groups into easily manageable sizes.Furthermore, when moving the paper pot groups in which the seedlings have been raised, it is best to scoop them out. It was very nerve-wracking and troublesome work to raise and move.

The present invention was developed in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and it is possible to easily scoop up and move groups of paper pots after sowing or raising seedlings without destroying them. , it is an object of the present invention to provide a transport device such as a seedling raising device that can be separated into several sections to facilitate handling.

For this purpose, the present invention provides a
A fork portion on which a seedling growing device such as a group of paper pots is placed is disposed in a horizontally elongated state, and this fork portion is configured to be bendable into a plurality of sections in the length direction so that the group of paper pots can be separated into a plurality of sections. At the rear of the vehicle body, there is a foot push-out mechanism in which the rear end is fixed to the soil surface, the middle part protrudes upward in a mountain shape and is bent to be bendable, and the tip part is pivotally attached to the vehicle body. The fork part is held substantially horizontally and inserted into the bottom of the group of paper pots, and the traveling vehicle body is advanced by a foot pushing mechanism to scoop up the group of paper pots.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to the illustrated embodiments.

In Fig. 1, numeral 1 is a car body, and this car body 1
A pair of left and right wheels 3 are provided on both sides of a handle bar 2, and a rear main body 4 is attached between the wheels 3, 3. The rear main body 4 has a rectangular side surface and is elongated from side to side, and on the outside of the rear main body 4, the side surface has a channel shape.
A front main body 5 whose left and right length is shorter than the rear main body 4 is fitted so as to be movable from side to side.

As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of left and right annular supports 6 (one not shown) is fixed to the front lower part of the front main body 5, and a fork support rod 7 is vertically attached to the annular supports 6. It is rotatably inserted and supported.
The fork support rod 7 has a front body 5 extending upwardly.
A rotation restriction member 8 that bends backward along the upper edge is attached, and an engagement hole 8a formed in the upper part of this rotation restriction member 8 and an engagement hole formed in the front main body 5 are connected to each other. The rotation of the fork support rod 7 is restricted by inserting the engagement pin 9 between them, and when the engagement pin 9 is removed, the fork support rod 7 can be rotated forward. A stopper 10 provided at the lower part of the rod 7 abuts against the lower surface of the front body 5, thereby regulating the rod. Further, a fork portion 11 is attached to the fork support rod 7 facing forward.

The fork section 11 consists of three sections: a center fork 11C, a right fork 11R, and a left fork 11L, which are arranged in a horizontal line, and have a paper pot group P.
It is intended to place Among these, the central fork 11C is connected to the fork support rod 7 via the connecting member 12.
The left and right forks 11R and 11L (only the left fork 11L is shown in FIG. 2) can move up and down via the pivot member 13 and the pivot pin 13a at both ends of the central fork 11C. It is pivoted. The rotation range of the left and right forks 11R and 11L with respect to the center fork 11C is from the horizontal position downward to both forks 11C and 11R, 11C and 11
This is until the end portions of L abut each other, that is, until the left and right forks 11R, 11L are slightly lowered. This left and right fork 11R,
A support box 14 that supports the fork 11L in a horizontal state is fixed to the fork support rod 7, and a locking piece 15 attached to the left and right forks 11R, 11L is fitted into the support box 14 from below so as to be movable up and down. The locking piece 15 is locked or released by inserting and removing a locking pin 16 which is inserted and passes through the support box 14 and the locking piece 15.

On the other hand, a push-out plate 17 is provided on the fork portion 11 so as to be movable back and forth, and the push-out plate 17 includes a window 18 provided in the rear body 5 and the rear body 4.
An extrusion crank 19 is provided that extends downward from the handle 2. By stepping on this extrusion crank 19 with your foot, the extrusion plate 17 moves forward to extrude the paper pot group P placed on the fork portion 11. When the pressure on the crank 19 is released, the spring force returns it to its original position. Further, a foot pushing mechanism 20 for pushing the vehicle body forward is provided above the pushing crank 19. In this foot pushing mechanism 20, the front end of a push-out arm 23 is pivotally supported via a pin 22 to a pair of brackets 21 protruding from the lower back surface of the front main body 5. It has a foot bending/extending part 24 that projects upward in a mountain shape and is connected in a link shape, and a locking needle 25 that is inserted into the soil surface is provided at the rear end. Further, the foot pushing mechanism 20 includes a spring between the base of the pushing arm 23 and the front main body 5, which keeps the foot pushing mechanism 20 normally placed on the pushing crank 19 as shown in FIG. 26 are provided. The tension spring indicated by the reference numeral 27 in FIG. 1 is a spring that applies a tension force to prevent sudden tilting of the fork portion 11 when the pin 9 is removed and the fork portion 11 is tilted forward.

In a transport device such as a seedling nursery device configured in this way, when transporting the paper pot group P filled with bed soil and seeded, or the paper pot group P in which seedlings have been grown, to the destination, hold the handle 2 and press the vehicle body. 1 to a position facing the paper pot group P as shown in FIG. 1, and the tip of the fork portion 11 is positioned at the bottom of the paper pot group P. When the relative left and right positions of the fork part 11 and the paper pot group P are misaligned, the front body 5
Correct it to the appropriate position by moving it left or right.
When the pin 9 is removed, the fork part 11 descends by its own weight against the tension of the tension spring 27, and by tilting the handle 2 backward around the wheel 3, the fork part 11 is held almost horizontally. Ru.

In this state, the foot pushing mechanism 20 is pulled out as shown in FIG.
extends as shown by the imaginary line, and at the same time the vehicle body 1 moves forward as the wheels 3 roll, and the fork portion 11 is inserted into the bottom of the paper pot group P. When inserting the fork portion 11, the forward direction is corrected using the handle 2. Paper pot group P is fork part 1
Once it is on top of 1, raise the handle 2 forward,
Insert the pin 9 into the engagement hole 8a and remove the fork part 11.
The fork portion 11 is lifted by the handle 2 and transported to a desired location. When lowering the paper pot group P from the fork part 11, the pusher crank 19 is stepped on with the foot to move the pusher plate 17 forward and push the pot group forward.
When lowering this paper pot group P, fork part 1
If it is necessary to increase the levelness of the pin 1, the pin 9 can be removed.

When the paper pot group P is used to transport seedlings to be grown and transplanted, the locking pin 16 is pulled out with the fork part 11 inserted into the bottom of the paper pot group P, and the fork part 11 is removed using the handle 2.
, the left and right forks 11R and 11L tilt laterally around the pivot member 13, and as a result of this tilting, a group of paper pots P elongated from side to side is moved to P ₁ and P ₂ as shown in FIG. , P ₃ , it is divided into three parts and has an appropriate size as a supply and transportation unit when feeding to a transplanting machine or when transplanting by hand.

Note that since the front body 5 is removable from the rear body 4, other work equipment can be attached to the rear body 4 from which the front body 5 has been removed, that is, to the vehicle body side.

As explained above, according to the conveying device such as a seedling raising device of the present invention, the fork portion 11 on which the paper pot group P is placed is configured to be bendable from the central fork 11C to the left and right fork portions 11R, 11L, so that the paper pot group P is elongated. 3 without damaging the paper pot group
It can be divided into suitable sizes for supply to a transplanter or for manual planting. In addition, the foot pushing mechanism 2
0, since the rotation regulating member 8 etc. are provided, the fork part 1
Insert 1 horizontally into the bottom of paper pot group P,
Moreover, since the vehicle body is moved forward by stepping on the foot to scoop up the paper pot group P, the paper pots can be easily placed on the fork portion 11 and transported safely without breaking them.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire conveying device of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the main parts. 1... Vehicle body, 2... Handle stick, 3... Wheels,
4... Rear body, 5... Front main body, 6... Annular support, 7... Fork support rod, 8... Rotation regulating member, 8a... Engagement hole, 9... Engagement pin, 10 ……
Stopper, 11... Fork portion, 11C... Center fork, 11R... Right fork, 11L... Left fork, 12... Connection member, 13... Pivotal support member, 13a... Pivotal pin, 14... Support Box, 15... Locking piece, 16... Locking pin, 17...
...Extrusion plate, 18...Window, 19...Extrusion crank, 20...Foot extrusion mechanism, 21...Bracket, 22...Pin, 23...Extrusion arm,
24... Foot stepping bending/extending part, 25... Locking needle, 26,
27...Spring.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] At the front of the running vehicle, a fork section for placing seedlings such as a group of paper pots is placed in a horizontally elongated state.
This fork part is configured to be bendable into multiple sections in the length direction so that the paper pot group can be separated into multiple sections.
A foot pushing mechanism is provided in which the rear end is fixed by sticking into the soil surface, the middle part projects upward into a mountain shape and can be bent and extended, and the tip part is pivoted to the traveling vehicle body, and the fork part is held almost horizontally. A transporting device for a seedling nursery or the like, characterized in that the device is configured to be held in place and inserted into the bottom of a group of paper pots, and to scoop up the group of paper pots by advancing a running vehicle body using a foot pushing mechanism.