KR20100063245A - Apparatus for inoculating and sealing mushroom spawn - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus for inoculating and sealing mushroom spawn is provided to reduce manufacturing costs by reducing the number of working process, and to improve productivity of mushroom with a sealing process sealing an inlet of a culture medium bag. CONSTITUTION: A conveyor(110) transfers a culture bag of which top if opened and a culture medium is received. A guide rail(120) guides the upper both ends of the culture bag. A spawn inoculation part(130) inoculates spawn in the culture bag after opened the top of the culture bag. A sealing part(140) fuses the top of the culture bag. The spawn inoculation part includes an adsorption cylinder(131), a first adhesion cylinder(132), an elevating cylinder(133), and a spawn inoculation tool(134). The sealing part includes a bonding machine(143). A first sensor(150) and a second sensor(160) are installed on the conveyor.

Description

Automatic inoculation and sealing device of mushroom spawn {Apparatus for inoculating and sealing mushroom spawn}

The present invention relates to an automatic inoculation and sealing device of mushroom spawn to automatically inoculate the spawn in the culture bag containing the mushroom medium and automatically seal the inlet of the culture bag inoculated with the spawn.

In general, in the cultivation of mushrooms, the medium may be supplied with nutrients for the growth of mushroom spawn, and is made of cotton, rice straw, etc., and is prepared through stirring, fermentation, sterilization, and the like. The cultivation of the mushroom is performed through the inoculation operation of mixing the spawn of the mushroom in the culture medium or the encapsulation operation and injecting the culture medium thus prepared.

However, the spawn seed inoculation work is difficult to automate, most of which is made by hand in a separate process. In particular, when the medium is contained in the culture bag, the upper part of the culture bag does not have a uniform shape and is inclined to both sides, so that the worker must inoculate the seed with the medium in the state where the inlet of the culture bag is unfolded. Since the sealing operation to seal the inlet of the culture bag after the operation must also be made additionally, the work is cumbersome, there is a problem that the productivity is greatly reduced.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described conventional problems, mushroom cultivation by inoculating the seed of the mushroom in the medium and the sealing operation for sealing the inlet of the culture bag containing the medium mixed with the seed is automatically made in a single process The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic inoculation and sealing device for mushroom spawn that can reduce the production cost by increasing productivity and reducing labor.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic seeding and sealing device of mushroom spawn according to the present invention is a conveyor for transporting the culture bag containing the medium and the top is opened rear; A guide rail installed along the conveyor to guide both sides of the upper side of the culture bag so that the upper portion of the culture bag conveyed backward along the conveyor is not inclined; A seed inoculation unit which inoculates the top of the culture bag transferred along the guide rail and inoculates the seed into the open culture bag; And a sealing unit disposed at the rear of the spawn inoculation unit and heat-sealing the upper end of the culture bag passing through the spawn inoculation unit.

In addition, the spawn inoculation unit is disposed on the left and right sides of the culture bag transported along the guide rails so that the cylinder rods face each other, the adsorption cylinder for adsorbing and opening the upper portion of the culture bag; A pair of upper and lower portions of the culture bag, which is placed on the upper side of the suction cylinder so as to maintain the standing state vertically below the spawn inoculation part, does not incline left and right by the adsorption cylinder, and pushes the upper both sides of the adhered culture bag to closely adhere to each other. A first contact cylinder; A lifting cylinder which simultaneously raises the first adhesion cylinder and the adsorption cylinder until the first adhesion cylinder reaches the top of the culture bag A in a state in which the top of the culture bag is in close contact with the culture bag; And a seed inoculator that descends into an open culture bag and inoculates the seed in the medium contained in the culture bag.

In addition, the second close-up cylinder pulling the front and back upper end of the culture bag, the second lifting cylinder for lifting the second close-up cylinder, and the lower portion of the second close-up cylinder so that the top of the culture bag passed through the spawn inoculation part is in close contact with the front and rear. It is positioned and consists of a bonding machine for heat-sealing the upper portion of the culture bag in the front and rear upper end is pulled through the second close cylinder.

In addition, a first sensor for detecting that the culture bag has entered the spawn inoculation portion on the conveyor, and a second sensor for detecting that the culture bag has entered the sealing portion.

The automatic inoculation and sealing device of the mushroom spawn according to the present invention configured as described above is a seeding inoculation work for mixing the spawn of the mushroom in the medium and a sealing operation for sealing the inlet of the culture bag containing the medium mixed with the spawn automatically in a single process As a result, the productivity of the mushroom cultivation is improved and the labor cost is reduced, thereby reducing the production cost.

The features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims are defined in the technical spirit of the present invention on the basis of the principle that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of the term in order to explain his invention in the best way. It must be interpreted to mean meanings and concepts.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Like reference numerals refer to like elements, and only different parts will be mainly described so as not to overlap for clarity.

As shown in Figures 1 to 4, the present invention is inclined to the top of the culture bag (A) conveyed along the conveyor 110, and the conveyor (110) for conveying the culture bag (A) containing the medium backwards The guide rail 120 guides both sides of the upper side of the culture bag A and the upper part of the culture bag A transferred along the guide rail 120 so as not to be adsorbed, and then, the seed is placed in the opened culture bag A. It consists of a seedling inoculation part 130 to inoculate, and a sealing part 140 for heat-sealing the upper end of the culture bag A passed through the seedling inoculation part 130.

The conveyor 110 is horizontally installed in the front and rear directions. In the front of the conveyor 110, a culture bag (A) containing the medium to be seeded inoculation is provided with an input part 111 is inserted into the rear of the conveyor 110, the culture bag complete both the seeding inoculation work and the sealing work A discharge part 112 through which (A) is discharged is provided. The spawn inoculation unit 130 and the sealing unit 140 are sequentially disposed between the input unit 111 and the discharge unit 112.

As shown in Figure 5, the culture bag (A) is open at the top and a hole is formed on one side, the air distribution plate of the non-woven material that can be air flow to the through hole is adhered or welded to the moisture in the medium at the time of use It is generally manufactured to be solid so that it does not flow out through the through hole. And the material of the culture bag (A) is 120 ℃ because the raw material of the sawdust contains a medium that has been formulated to be 60% moisture and sterilize at least 2 hours in a high temperature steam of more than 120 ℃ and then cooled it Heat-resistant vinyl without shrinkage at above high temperatures is suitable.

Therefore, the guide rail for guiding the upper both sides of the culture bag (A) in the inlet 111 of the conveyor (110) so that the upper portion of the culture bag (A) is not tilted in the process of being transported backward along the conveyor (110) ( 120) is installed. And the spawn inoculation portion 130 is disposed adjacent to the rear of the guide rail 120. The spawn inoculation unit 130 is provided with a lift spawn injector 134 for spraying spawn through a separate lift cylinder 135. In the present embodiment, for example, the seed inoculator 134 is formed in the form of a nozzle for spraying the liquid seed in the medium, but the seed inoculator 134 is formed in the form of a moving tube medium to the seed of the solid state Inoculation may be performed by dropping in.

The seed inoculation unit 130 is arranged to face each other on the left and right sides of the culture bag (A) transferred along the guide rail 120, respectively, the adsorption cylinder (131) for adsorbing and opening the upper portion of the culture bag (A) Equipped. The adsorption cylinder 131 is disposed at the upper portion of the high medium bag than the medium contained in the culture bag (A). And the suction port 131a is installed in the cylinder rod end of the suction cylinder 131. The adsorption port (131a) is in close contact with the culture bag (A) to vacuum suction the culture bag (A). The adsorption port 131a is connected through a separate air suction line to be selectively given suction force by external action. The adsorption cylinder 131 may be installed in plural in the front-rear direction to allow stable adsorption over the entire upper portion of the discharge bag, as in this embodiment, the adsorption holes 131a in the front-rear direction on the rod of each cylinder Attached to the suction port (131a) in accordance with the operation of the rod may be installed.

Therefore, considering that the cylinder rods are disposed to face each other, when the cylinder rods are pulled out from the adsorption cylinder 131, the adsorption port 131a is in close contact with the culture bags A between the culture bags ( Both upper sides of A) are vacuum adsorbed. In addition, when the adsorption cylinder 131 is operated such that the cylinder rod returns to its original position in the vacuum adsorption state, the culture bag A is opened with the upper side adsorbed by the adsorption port 131a.

In addition, the seed inoculation unit 130 is adsorbed so that the upper portion of the culture bag (A) in close contact by the adsorption cylinder 131 does not incline from side to side and maintains a standing state vertically below the seed inoculator 134. A pair of first adhesion cylinders 132 positioned on the upper portion of the cylinder 131 to push and close the upper both sides of the culture bag A in close contact are provided. A separate close contact 132a is attached to the rod end of the first close contact cylinder 132. The close contact 132a is a flat plate member having a predetermined length in the front-rear direction. When the rod of the first close contact cylinder 132 is pulled out, the close contact 132a is in close contact with the upper part of the culture bag A so that the upper part of the culture bag A is in the entire region. It is to be positioned vertically below the seed inoculator 134 in a stable state without being excited.

In addition, the seed inoculation unit 130 is provided with a lifting cylinder 133 for raising the first contact cylinder 132 and the adsorption cylinder 131 at the same time. The lifting cylinder 133 raises the first adhesion cylinder 132 so that the first adhesion cylinder 132 is in close contact with the top of the culture bag (A) and the first adhesion cylinder 132 is culture bag (A) The upper portion of the seed inoculator 134 is lowered to be in close contact with the vertical.

On the other hand, on the conveyor 110, the first sensor 150 for detecting that the culture bag (A) has entered the spawn inoculation unit 130 is installed. The first sensor 150 sends a signal to stop the operation to the conveyor 110 when the culture bag (A) reaches a predetermined position, and at the same time the adsorption cylinder 131 and the first contact cylinder 132 and the seed inoculator At 134, an operation signal for spawn inoculation is sent. In the present exemplary embodiment, the first and second sensors 150 and 160 are illustrated as an example of a photosensor made by pairing a reflector and a camera.

Sealing unit 140 is a second adhesion cylinder 141 for pulling the upper end of the culture bag (A) passed through the spawn inoculation unit 130 in front and rear, and a second lifting cylinder 141 lifting the second Bonding machine which is located at the lower portion of the lifting cylinder 142 and the second adhesion cylinder 141 and heat-sealed the upper portion of the culture bag (A) in the front and rear upper end is pulled through the second adhesion cylinder 141 ( 143).

The second close cylinder 141 is disposed to face each other in the front and rear direction, and a vertical bar 141a is attached to the rod end of the second close cylinder 141 facing each other. The vertical bar 141a is introduced into the culture bag A when the second lifting cylinder 142 lowers the second adhesion cylinder 141 to pull the front and rear ends of the culture bag A.

The bonding machine 143 is composed of a heating cylinder (143a) and a third contact cylinder (143b) respectively installed to face each other on both sides of the upper end of the culture bag (A). The heating cylinder 143a has a heating plate 143c having a predetermined length in the front-rear direction so as to have a heating section wider than the width of the culture bag A at the rod end, and a current supplied from the outside to the heating plate 143c. There is a built-in or attached heating wire that generates heat. In addition, the third adhesion cylinder 143b is provided with an adhesion plate 143d corresponding to the heating plate 143c at the rod end.

Although not shown, the culture plate (A) is melted during sealing of the culture bag (A) while the upper portion of the culture bag (A) is prevented from sticking to the surface of the heating plate (143c) of the heating plate (143c) The surface is preferably to which a non-stick material is applied, coated or attached. In addition, the bonding machine 143 is preferably provided with a timer that can control the operating time of the heating wire to control the operating time of the heating plate (143c).

In addition, a second sensor 160 is installed on the conveyor 110 to detect that the culture bag (A) has entered the sealing unit 140. The second sensor 160, when the culture bag (A) reaches a certain position, sends a signal to stop the operation to the conveyor 110 side, and at the same time the culture bag (141) and the bonding machine (143) side Send the operation signal for sealing of A).

The automatic seeding and sealing device of the mushroom spawn of the present invention made in such a configuration is operated as follows.

First, when the culture bag A containing the medium is supplied to the inlet 111 of the conveyor 110, the culture bag (A) supplied to the inlet 111 is riding the conveyor 110, seedling inoculation unit Is transferred to 130. At this time, the culture bag (A) is transferred to the seed inoculation part 130 side in a stable state without the upper both sides are inclined by the guide rail 120 installed in the inlet 111.

When the culture bag A completely enters the spawn inoculation unit 130, the conveyor 110 receiving the signal from the first sensor 150 that detects this stops the operation. And the first sensor 150 sends an operation signal to open the upper portion of the culture bag (A) to the suction cylinder 131, the first contact cylinder 132 and the lifting cylinder 133.

First, as shown in FIG. 6A, the first cylinder 150 in a state where the lifting cylinder 133 receiving the signal of the first sensor 150 descends the adsorption cylinder 131 and the first adhesion cylinder 132. ) Is withdrawn.

As shown in FIG. 6B, when the rod of the first adhesion cylinder 132 is withdrawn, the contact hole 132a attached to the rod end is positioned below the top of the culture bag A at the bottom of the seed inoculator 134. Push both sides of the culture bag (A) as closely as possible. Therefore, the upper portion of the culture bag (A) is able to maintain a standing state stably without lifting over the whole period in the vertical down of the seed inoculator 134.

As shown in FIG. 6C, when the upper portion of the culture bag A is in close contact with the first adhesion cylinder 132, the lifting cylinder 133 moves the adsorption cylinder 131 and the first adhesion cylinder 132 to the original position. Raise. In this process, the adsorption cylinder 131 is moved to the upper end of the contact bag in close contact with the top of the culture bag (A). When the adsorption cylinder 131 and the first adhesion cylinder 132 is raised to the original position, the rod of the first adhesion cylinder 132 is withdrawn and the adsorption port 131a approaching the upper end of the culture bag A is the culture bag ( The vacuum adsorption is performed while being in close contact with both sides of the top of A).

As shown in FIG. 6D, when the upper end of the culture bag A is vacuum-adsorbed through the first adhesion cylinder 132, the rod of the adsorption cylinder 131 returns to its original position. Accordingly, the upper end of the culture bag (A) is opened along the adsorption port (131a).

As shown in Figure 6e, when the top of the culture bag (A) is completely open, the seed inoculator 134 is lowered into the culture bag (A) to spray the seed.

When the seed seeding inoculation is completed, the seed seed inoculator 134 is raised to the original position, and the culture bag A is transferred to the sealing unit 140 while the stopped conveyor 110 is operated again. When the culture bag (A) is completely entered into the sealing unit 140, the conveyor 110 receives a signal from the second sensor 160 that detects this stops the operation. In addition, the second sensor 160 sends an operation signal to allow the second adhesion cylinder 141 and the bonding machine 143 to seal the upper portion of the culture bag A.

First, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the second lifting cylinder 142 receiving the signal of the second sensor 160 is incubated with a vertical bar 141a attached to the rod end of the second tight cylinder 141. The second close cylinder 141 is lowered until it is positioned inside the upper end of the bag A. When the vertical bar 141a is positioned inside the upper end of the culture bag A, the operation of the second lifting cylinder 142 is stopped, and the rod of the second close cylinder 141 is drawn out.

As shown in FIGS. 7C and 7D, when the rod of the second close cylinder 141 is withdrawn, the culture bag (141a) attached to the rod end is pulled out until the top of the culture bag A is pulled tight. Each move forward and backward of A).

As shown in FIG. 7E, when the vertical bar 141a pulls the upper end of the culture bag A tightly, the movement of the vertical bar 141a is stopped and the bonding machine 143 operates as follows. First, the heating cylinder 143a and the third adhesion cylinder 143b are operated at the same time so that the heating plate 143c and the adhesion plate 143d are brought into close contact with both sides of the upper portion of the culture bag A. As a result, the entire upper portion of the culture bag A is in a state of being completely in contact without being lifted. In this state, the upper part of the culture bag A is fused with each other by heat generation of the heating plate 143c, and a sealing process is performed. The heating plate 143c performs the heating operation when the heating cylinder 143a starts the operation or when the second sensor 160 detects the culture bag A, and the heating plate 143c is installed in the bonding machine 143. Only a certain period of time during which the sealing operation is performed by the timer.

When the sealing operation is completed, the heating plate (143c) and the contact plate (143d) is returned to its original position and at the same time the conveyor 110 is operated again, the culture bag (A) is the discharge portion 112 of the rear of the conveyor (110) It is transferred to the subsequent process through.

1 is an external perspective view of the automatic seeding and sealing device of the mushroom spawn according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front view of the automatic seeding and sealing device of the mushroom spawn according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a left side view of the automatic seeding and sealing device of the mushroom spawn according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a right side view of the automatic seeding and sealing device of the mushroom spawn according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the culture bag applied to the present invention.

6A to 6E are diagrams sequentially showing the operation of the seed inoculation unit constituting the present invention.

7A to 7E are a right side view and a front view of a sealing unit, respectively, for showing an operating state of the sealing unit constituting the present invention;

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

110.Conveyor 111.Input

112 ... outlet 120 ... guide rail

130 ... spawn section 131 ... adsorption cylinder

131a ... suction port 132 ... first contact cylinder

132a ... close contact 133 ... lift cylinder

134 ... spawn inoculator 140 ... sealing part

141.Secondary contact cylinder 141a ... vertical bar

142 ... 2nd lifting cylinder 143 ... bonding machine

143a ... Heating cylinder 143b ... 3rd tight cylinder

143c ... Heating plate 143d ... Contact plate

150 ... first sensor 160 ... second sensor

A ... culture bag

Claims (4)

Conveyor for transporting the culture bag containing the medium and the top is opened to the rear; A guide rail installed along the conveyor to guide both sides of the upper side of the culture bag so that the upper portion of the culture bag conveyed backward along the conveyor is not inclined; A seed inoculation unit which inoculates the top of the culture bag transferred along the guide rail and inoculates the seed into the open culture bag; And Automatic inoculation and sealing device of the mushroom spawn, characterized in that it comprises a sealing portion which is arranged in the rear of the spawn inoculation portion and heat-sealed the top of the culture bag passed through the spawn inoculation portion. The method of claim 1, The spawn inoculation part Adsorption cylinders disposed on the left and right sides of the culture bags transported along the guide rails so that the cylinder rods face each other, respectively, for adsorbing and opening the upper portion of the culture bags; A pair of upper and lower portions of the culture bag, which is placed on the upper side of the suction cylinder so as to maintain the standing state vertically below the spawn inoculation part, does not incline left and right by the adsorption cylinder, and pushes the upper both sides of the adhered culture bag to closely adhere to each other. A first contact cylinder; A lifting cylinder which simultaneously raises the first adhesion cylinder and the adsorption cylinder until the first adhesion cylinder reaches the top of the culture bag in a state in which the upper part of the culture bag is in close contact with the culture bag; And A device for automatic inoculation and sealing of mushroom spawn comprising a spawn seed injector which descends into an open culture bag and inoculates spawn in the medium contained in the culture bag. The method of claim 1, The sealing part A second close-up cylinder which pulls the front and rear upper and lower ends of the culture bag so that the upper end of the culture bag passing through the spawn inoculation unit comes into contact with the front and rear sides; A second elevating cylinder for elevating the second close cylinder; An automatic inoculation and sealing apparatus for mushroom spawn, characterized in that it is provided at the lower portion of the second adhesion cylinder and a bonding machine for heat-sealing the upper portion of the culture bag in the front and rear upper end is pulled through the second adhesion cylinder. The method of claim 1, The inoculation and sealing device of the mushroom spawn, characterized in that the first sensor for detecting that the culture bag has entered the spawn inoculation portion, and the second sensor for detecting that the culture bag has entered the sealing portion on the conveyor.

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