WO1998037754A1

WO1998037754A1 - Seed bacteria container feeding mechanism in seed bacteria inoculation apparatus

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Publication number: WO1998037754A1
Application number: PCT/JP1998/000745
Authority: WO
Inventors: Masao Kondo
Original assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 1997-02-27
Filing date: 1998-02-23
Publication date: 1998-09-03
Also published as: JP2937160B2; KR20000065133A; JP3872213B2; CN1154408C; JPH1189423A; CN1217630A; KR100344031B1; JPH10234227A

Abstract

A seed bacteria container feeding mechanism wherein a conveyor (2) for intermittently conveying in a row unit a container (7) accommodating groups of cultivation containers (6) aligned in a plurality of rows, lid opening/closing means (9) for opening and closing a lid of each cultivation container (6) at a seed bacteria inoculation position, seed bacteria loading means (11) for scraping out a predetermined quantity of the seed bacteria S inside the seed bacteria container (10) and inoculating the seed bacteria s into the cultivation container (6), the lid (5) of which is opened by the lid opening/closing means (9), a seed bacteria container loading member (12) for fitting upside down the neck portion (10A) of the seed bacteria container (10), and seed bacteria container feeding means (44) capable of supporting thereon a predetermined number of seed bacteria container loading members (12) for serially feeding the seed bacteria container loading members (12) are provided. This apparatus can serially feed the seed bacteria loading member (12) having the seed bacteria containers (10) set thereto to the seed bacteria loading means (11) and can improve efficiency of the seed bacteria loading operation.

Description

Description Seed container supply mechanism in the inoculum inoculation device Technical field

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an inoculum inoculation apparatus for inoculating a mushroom cultivation container with a culture medium filled with a mushroom inoculum. Background art

As a conventional apparatus of this type, Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-42802 published by the Japan Patent Office is known. This conventional structure is equipped with a turntable, a lid opening device, a lid closing device, a seed filling device, a supply conveyor, and an unloading conveyor. The operator takes out a plurality of cultivation containers sealed in, one by one from the containers and supplies them to the supply conveyor. Thereby, in the process of moving the cultivation container supplied on the evening table along the circumference, the lid is first opened by the lid opening device, and then the inoculum is filled in the cultivation container by the inoculum filling device, After this, the lid is sealed by the lid closing device, and the product is carried out by the carry-out conveyor.

The cultivation containers carried out in this way were stored in containers one by one by an operator, and the containers containing a predetermined number were stored in cultivation shelves. However, this system requires a worker to supply cultivation containers one by one from the container to the supply conveyor, and stores the rooted cultivation containers in the container one by one from the unloader, which is inefficient. There was a problem.

Therefore, the container containing the cultivation container is supplied to the position corresponding to the inoculum inoculation by a supply conveyor so that the cultivation container is filled with the inoculum in a state where the container is contained in the container. — 1 7 4 3 1 This is proposed in the official gazette. This is achieved by supplying containers containing cultivation containers arranged in multiple rows to a position corresponding to the inoculum inoculation by a supply conveyor, and using suction cups of a vacuum device that is a lid opening / closing device provided above the position corresponding to the inoculum inoculation. Open the lids of the cultivation containers in the container at once It is configured to release.

In addition, as a seed incubator, a seed in a seed container is picked up by a picking tool, and the picked seeds are dropped and stored in a channel bracket serving as a seed guiding member. Two flat shirts are placed below the bottom of the container, and the upper part of the shirt is provided with round holes corresponding to the mouths of the cultivation containers in the container. The relative amount of seeds is supplied and filled in each round hole by sliding relative to each other, and then the lower shirts are opened in each row, so that the seeds are collected in a group of cultivation containers in the container. After the lid is closed by the lid opening / closing device, the container is moved to and taken out from the carry-out conveyor placed beside the conveyor, and the cultivation containers in the container are taken in and out one by one. Can be omitted.

The inoculum filling device used for the various types of mushroom inoculum inoculation devices described above is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-258585 / 19 issued by the Japan Patent Office and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-258585 / 1988. As disclosed in Publication No. 0, etc., the inoculum container containing the inoculum is mounted upside down on the receiving member provided on the main body frame, and in this state, the inoculating container is rotated by rotating the receiving member. The inoculation is performed by injecting a predetermined amount of inoculum by filling the inoculation container by rotating the ejection rod provided with an ejection blade from the mouth of the inoculum container and rotating it into the container. are doing.

In this case, when the inoculum in the inoculum container disappears due to the ejection of the inoculum by the ejection blade, the empty inoculum container is manually removed from the receiving member one by one, and a new inoculum is newly added. The inoculated seed container must be attached to the receiving member provided on the main frame. During the replacement of these various containers, the inoculum inoculation device is not operated and is stopped, resulting in inoculation. There is a problem that the operation rate of work is easily reduced.

Considering this point, as known in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-328843 published by the Japan Patent Office, the inoculum container is adjusted according to the position of the cultivation container in the container. The set position of the inoculum container that is supported by turning it upside down is set to a position where the inoculum is inoculated from the inoculum container and a position where the inoculum container is replaced at a position retracted sideways from the inoculation position. Inoculation between the inoculum inoculation position and the position evacuated to the side A moving means for moving the container is provided to constitute a mechanism for exchanging the seed container.

However, even with this mechanism for exchanging seed cells, each empty seed cell container on the frame of the seed cell inoculator is removed, and the seed cell container newly containing the seed cells is individually separated from the main body of the inoculator. In the event that the work must be set on a frame, and consequently other work is performed by carrying the container, such as loading or unloading the container, replacing the inoculum container will result in other work. There is still a problem that work cannot be performed at all and work loss occurs. In view of the above, the present invention provides a method for supplying a seed container by setting a neck portion of the seed container in advance in an inverted state on a seed container loading member so that a plurality of the set seed containers can be sequentially supplied to the seed filling device. It is an object of the present invention to provide an inoculum inoculation device that can efficiently perform a replacement operation. Disclosure of the invention

The present invention provides a transfer conveyor for intermittently transferring containers in which a group of cultivation containers are arranged in a plurality of rows in row units, a lid opening / closing device for opening and closing a lid of the cultivation container at a seed inoculation position, and a seed cell in the seed cell container. A seed inoculation device for inoculating the seed in a cultivation container with a lid opened by the lid opening and closing device; a seed cell container loading member for mounting the neck of the seed container upside down; A predetermined number of seed cell container loading members can be placed, and the seed cell filling device is provided with a seed cell container supply section for sequentially supplying the seed cell container charging member. It can be supplied to the inoculum filling device, and the efficiency of the inoculum filling operation can be increased.

Further, the inoculum container supply section is provided with a carry-in / supply driving means capable of intermittently supplying the inoculum container loading member, and the inoculum container supply section is provided on an upper flat surface of a main body frame of the inoculum ejection device. Provided on the surface of the cultivation container, and a mounting hole for mounting the same number of seed cells as the number of rows of the cultivation containers is provided on the surface of the seed cell container loading member. The seed-filling device further includes a seed-filling device that guides the seed-containing container loading member to a seed-extracting position via the seed-containing container supply unit, and is inclined at a predetermined angle with the flat surface of the main body frame. The guide holes are provided so that the respective mounting holes of the inoculum container loading member are provided. The inoculated seed container filled with the inoculum is set upside down, and only a predetermined number of the inoculated inoculated container loading members are placed on the inoculated container supply section. Since the loading members can be sequentially and intermittently supplied to the inoculum filling device, there is no need to replace each inoculum container as in the conventional device, and therefore a seed container supply mechanism in the inoculum inoculation device that can improve work efficiency is provided. can do. Further, the guide guide portion is configured to slidably guide the inoculum filling member by its own weight, and the inoculum container loading member is provided at an ejection position for ejecting the inoculation of the inoculum container. A position restricting portion fixedly supported on the guide portion; a seed container that is located on the unloading side of the guide portion and is inoculated from the guide portion when the position restricting portion is opened; And a seed container carrying-out / receiving portion for receiving the seed container loading member is provided, and the seed bacteria are emptied when the position regulating portion is opened at the guide guide portion located downstream of the position regulating portion. A stopper is provided for determining a moving region of the seed container loading member together with the seed container, and the stopper is capable of releasing a position regulating state of the seed container loading member by a stopper. By providing a stopper releasing means, a seed cell container loading member fixed and supported by the position regulating member and a seed cell container loading member in which the next standby seed cell is set are sequentially placed on the guide member. The inoculated seed container can be disposed in a connected state, and when the inoculated seed container is emptied, the position-controlling member is opened to load the empty seed container. The component slides on the guide member, and at the same time, the next standby seed container loading member slides and moves along the guide member to the position where the seed is discharged. Can be easily switched between the appropriate number of seed containers filled with, and the appropriate number of empty seed containers, and each of the empty containers during the switching operation of the seed container. The seed container loading member loaded with the seed container can be sent out from the guide member of each unit to the seed container carrying-out receiving portion, or can be easily removed, and each seed container can be replaced one by one as in the conventional device. Therefore, it is possible to provide a seed cell container supply mechanism in the seed cell inoculation apparatus that can increase the working efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing the overall configuration of a seed inoculum inoculation apparatus applied to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a main side view of the seed inoculum inoculation apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a main part of a seed cell container switching mechanism provided in the seed cell inoculation device of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a seed cell container and a seed cell container loading member of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a front view of a main part showing a set state in a partial cross section, and FIG. 5 is a front view of a main part showing a partial cross section of an open state of the inoculum container and the inoculum container loading member in FIG. 4; Fig. 6 is an overall schematic main side view of the inoculum inoculation device showing the supply state of the inoculum container. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The schematic configuration and operation of the inoculum inoculation device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the overall schematic diagram of the inoculum inoculation device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. A transfer conveyor 2 is provided over substantially the entire length of the main body frame 1 of the inoculum inoculation device, and the transfer conveyor 2 is provided so as to be able to start and stop by operating a switch on the operation panel 3. An endless chain 4 is extended in parallel between a plurality of sprockets provided on both ends of the frame 1. A cultivation vessel 6 filled with a culture medium mainly composed of rice bran and rice bran and sealed with a lid 5, for example, a plastic container 7 containing four columns and four rows is transferred to a transfer container at the transfer start side. The container 7 is placed on the chain 4 of the conveyor 2, and when the transfer conveyor 2 is started, the container 4 can be transported toward the transfer end by traveling of the chain 4.

At a substantially central position of the main body frame 1, a cultivation container 6 is provided as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-103543 published by the Japan Patent Office previously proposed by the present applicant. A container positioning device 8 is provided for detecting the arrival of the appropriate inoculum inoculation position, and positioning the cultivation containers 6 in a horizontal row in the container 7 while detecting the detected position. A lid opening / closing device 9 that opens and closes the lid 5 of the cultivation container 6 arranged in a horizontal line at the inoculum inoculation position is provided.

When the lid 5 of the cultivation container 6 is opened by the lid opening / closing device 9, the inoculum in the inoculum container 10 A seed filling device 11 is configured to extract a predetermined amount of S and inoculate it into the open cultivation container 6.

The inoculum inoculation device of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6 in addition to FIGS. 1 and 2 described above. Corresponding four inoculum containers 1 0 Neck 1 1 OA side is installed upside down Inserting hole 1 2 A A substantially flat-shaped loading plate 1 2 A equipped with inoculum container loading member 12 consisting of B The inoculum container loading member 12 is placed and supported on a guide portion 13 composed of guide rails 13 A attached to both sides of the main body frame 1.

In this embodiment, the guide rail 13 A of the guide portion 13 allows both ends of the inoculum container loading member 12 to be placed, and the weight of the loading plate 12 B of the inoculum container loading member 12. It is slidably disposed at a predetermined angle inclined state and is fixedly attached to the main body frame 1.In addition, the guide portion 13 has at least a portion of the flat plate at a position corresponding to the position where the inoculum S is exposed. A guide plate 13 B is provided to prevent lifting of the loading plate 1 2 B, and a guide rail 13 A is provided in an inclined state. A stopper 14 is provided for defining a sliding movement area of the member 12.

In addition, flat pillars 15 are erected on both sides of the main body frame 1 corresponding to the ejection position of the inoculum container 10 for ejecting the inoculum S, and the air cylinder 16 is mounted on each of the pillars 15. A support plate 17 is fixed between the upper ends of the pistons 16A of the air cylinders 16 and the support plate 17 is rotated to a position corresponding to the bottom 10B of the inoculum container 10 respectively. A sprocket 18 serving as a transmission member is rotatably supported via a rotating shaft 19, and a pressing support member 20 is provided at a lower end of the rotating shaft 19. A disc-shaped pressing plate 21 having the same size as the bottom 10 B of the inoculum container 10 is prevented from rotating with respect to the rotating shaft 19, and the bottom of the inoculum container 10 is spontaneously opened. It is configured to urge 10 B. A motor plate 22 having a gear head is fixedly mounted on a support plate 17 facing the sprocket 18 side, and a driving sprocket 23 is provided on a rotating shaft of the motor 22. The drive sprockets 23 and the respective pressing An endless roller chain 25 is bridged between a sprocket 18 for rotating the rate 21 and a driven sprocket 24 provided on the support plate 17, and the motor 22 and each sprocket A seed container rotating drive member 26 is constituted by 18, 23, 24 and a roller chain 25, and a plurality of the seed bacteria container rotation drive members 26 are driven by an endless roller chain 25 by the rotation drive of the motor 22. The rotation of the sprocket 18 is transmitted, and the rotation of the pressing plate 21 via the rotation shaft 19 is transmitted as the sprocket 18 rotates.

In addition, at the extraction position where the inoculum S of the inoculum container 10 is ejected, a positioning shaft 27 is provided on both end sides of the support plate 17 toward the inoculum container loading member 12 so as to face the left and right. Fitting holes 28 are formed at both ends of the loading plate 12 of the inoculum container loading member 12 facing the tip of the positioning shaft 27, respectively. 8 and the fitting hole 28 constitute a position restricting portion 29 for fixing and supporting the loading plate 12B constituting the inoculum container loading member 12 on the guide guide portion 13. .

In this embodiment, the positioning shaft 27 constituting the position regulating portion 29 is formed so as to reciprocate in the axial direction with the operation of the piston 16A of the cylinder 16, and this reciprocating operation is performed. It is supported by the bearing 15A provided on the support 15 for stability, and the tip of the positioning shaft 27 or the insertion side of the fitting hole 28 must be formed in a taper shape. Thereby, the insertion operation of the positioning shaft 27 and the fitting hole 28 can be performed smoothly.

In the above-described embodiment, when the inoculum container 10 was loaded and held in the inoculum container loading member 12, the inoculum container 10 filled with the inoculum S was inverted and formed in a flat plate shape. Attach the neck 1 OA of the inoculum container 10 to the four mounting holes 12 A of the loading plate 12 B and set it.On the other hand, activate the air cylinder 16 and set the screw 16 of the air cylinder 16 A is maintained at the raised position, and the lift of the piston 16 A raises the support plate 17 and the pressing plate 21 attached to the support plate 17 and the position regulating portion 2 9 attached to the support plate 17. Of the inoculum container loading member 12 in which the inoculum container 10 has been set upside down in an upside-down state, and the loading plate 1 2B of the inoculum container 10 has been set up. The press The air cylinder 16 is fixed on the piston 16 A by lowering the piston 16 A of the air cylinder 16 by placing it on the guide rail 13 A of the guide 13 located below the rate 21 side. The pressing plate 21 attached to the supporting plate 17 and the positioning shaft 27 of the position restricting portion 29 move down, and the pressing plate 2 1 presses and supports the bottom 10 B of each inoculum container 10, and the tip of the positioning shaft 27 serves as a part of a position regulating portion 29 provided on a flat loading plate 12 B. The seed bacterium container loading member 12, which is inserted into the fitting hole 28 to be slidably placed on the guide 13, is fitted with the positioning shaft 27, which is the position regulating portion 29, and the fitting hole 2. 8 and fixed in place to support the inoculum container 10 Advance preparation that put the process out can 搔 of inoculum S of is completed.

In addition, in this embodiment, according to the number (four) of the cultivation containers 6 to be stored in the container 7 in a row unit, various kinds of bacteria containers 10 are placed on the loading plate 12 B constituting the seed microorganism container loading member 12. Four mounting holes 12 A for receiving the OA are formed, and support shafts 30 are erected between the mounting holes 12 A, respectively. A substantially columnar piece 3OA that supports the body 10C of the inoculum container 10 is fixedly attached to the upper end of the seed container 10. Although not shown, a shoulder 10D between the trunk 10C and the neck 10A of the inoculum container 10 inserted concentrically with the mounting hole 12A and upside down is inserted. May be mounted and fixed on the loading plate 12 B of the seed microorganism container loading member 12.

Further, a loading plate 1 2B constituting the inoculum container loading member 12 is fixedly supported on the guide portion 13 via a position regulating portion 29 comprising the positioning shaft 27 and the fitting hole 28. Of the inoculum container 10, which is placed upside down in the mounting hole 12 A of the loading plate 12 B at the position where the inoculum S is ejected from the inoculum container 10 A tubular inoculum guide cover 31 that can guide the inoculated inoculum S is provided in one portion of the main body frame corresponding to a position below 10 A.

In addition, the above-mentioned inoculum filling device 11 has a mounting hole 1 2A provided in a loading plate 12B of the inoculum container loading member 12 fixedly supported by the position regulating portion 29. An extraction rod 32 having an extraction blade 32A serving as an extraction member for extracting the inoculum S in the inoculum container 10 through the extraction rod 32 is provided. The rotation transmission of the motor 33 serving as the output rotation drive unit is configured to be transmitted via the chain 34, and the output rod 32 is taken on the plate 35 together with the motor 33. It is attached.

The protruding rod 32 provided with the protruding blade 32 A serving as the above-mentioned picking member is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-103504, published by the Japan Patent Office previously proposed by the present applicant. As shown in the figure, the plate 35 that supports the respective extension rods 32 is provided so as to be able to move up and down with the rotation of the extension blade 32A.

In this embodiment, a screw rod 37 is screwed into a female screw cylinder 36 provided on a plate 35, and the screw rod 37 is connected to an externally rising drive unit via an endless chain 38. The rotation of the motor 39 is transmitted to the screw rod 37 via the endless chain 38, and the plate 35 is raised with the rotation of the screw rod 37, An extension rod 32 provided with the extension blade 32 A attached to the plate 35 is designed to be lifted.

When the extension rod 32 reaches the ascending end, the motor 39 serving as the above-mentioned ascending and rising drive unit rotates in reverse so that it returns to the descending end when it reaches the ascending end. The plate 35 is configured to return downward.

In addition, a seed tube 40 for guiding and storing the seed S is provided below each of the four mounting holes 12 A provided in the seed container loading member 12, and a lower end of the various tube 40. The part is provided with a shirt sleeve 41 for opening and closing the lower end of the opening.

Below the shirt evening 41, a seed feeding tube 42 for guiding the inoculum S to the mouth of the cultivation container 6 when the shirt evening 41 is opened is provided. The lid 43 is movably provided together with the lid opening and closing device 9 via a link arm by the cylinder 43, and the inoculum is inoculated when the lid 5 is opened by the lid opening and closing device 9 due to the operation of the cylinder 43. The supply tube 42 moves to the cultivation container 6 position, and the inoculum supply tube 42 is movably arranged so as to retreat to a position away from the cultivation container 6 when the cover 5 is closed by the lid opening / closing device 9. Have been.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the upper position of the main body frame 1, that is, the guide On the loading side of the guide portion 13, a predetermined number of loading plates 12B constituting the inoculum container loading member 12 can be placed, and the inoculum container that can supply the loading plates 12B intermittently sequentially. Supply unit 4 4 is installed.

The inoculum container supply section 44 has an endless chain 46 laid in parallel between respective sprockets 45 provided at both ends of the main frame 1 on a flat surface on the upper side of the main body frame 1. A motor 47 serving as a carry-in / supply driving means is connected via a gear to one of the positions 45, and the inoculum container loading member 1 placed on the endless chain 46 by the rotation of the motor 47 is driven. 2 is configured to be sent intermittently.

In addition, between the upper side and the lower side of the endless chain 46 spanned between the sprockets 45, a regulating plate 48 for suppressing loosening of the chain 46 is provided. On both sides of the chain 46, guide side plates 49 for guiding the inoculum container loading member 12 are provided, and adjacent to the unloading side of the endless chain 46, the guide rails 1 of the guide portion 13 are provided. The transfer guide piece 50 is attached and fixed to the guide side plate 49 located at the carry-out side end of the chain 46. When the container loading member 12 shifts from the chain 46 to the guide rail 13 A, which is disposed at an angle, the rear end side of the loading plate 1 2 B of the inoculum container loading member 12 is moved from the guide rail 13. It is designed to prevent the surface from turning upside down.

In this embodiment, a seed container carrying-out receiving part 51 to which the seed cell container loading member 12 is delivered is provided on the carrying-out side of the guide rail 13A of the guide part 13; The container carrying-out receiving part 51 is formed in a frame shape as a whole, and carrying-out rails 51A are arranged on both sides in accordance with the width of the guide rail 13A, and the carrying-out end of the carrying-out rail 51A. A drop prevention stopper 51B is formed at the portion.

The stopper 14 is connected to a cylinder 52 serving as a stopper releasing means so as to be able to protrude and retract from the conveying surface of the guide rail 13A. As a result, the loading plate 1 2B, on which the inoculum S on the guide rail 13 A is empty, loaded with the inoculum container 10 is slid along the inclined surface, and the inoculum container receiving / receiving section 5 is moved. 1 is the unloading rail 5 1 A

0 The loading plate 12B is formed so as to be positioned and stopped by the fall prevention stopper 51B.

Next, the operation of the normal inoculation step in the above configuration will be described. First, the air cylinder 16 is operated to maintain the piston 16 A of the air cylinder 16 at the raised position, and the lifting of the piston 16 A causes the support plate 17 and the pressing plate 2 attached to the support plate 17 to move. The positioning shaft 27 of the position restricting portion 29 attached to the side 1 and the support plate 17 is maintained in an up state, and the inoculum container loading member which is set in advance in a state in which the inoculum container 10 is turned upside down in this up state. The loading plate 1 2 B is placed on the guide rail 13 A of the guide guide 13 located below the pressing plate 21, which is the position where the inoculum S is discharged, and then the air cylinder When the piston 16A of 16 is moved down, the support plate 17 fixed to the piston 16A is also lowered, and the pressing plate 21 attached to the support plate 17 is moved with this lowering operation. And the position of the position regulating part 29 The shaft 27 descends, and the pressing plate 21 presses and supports the bottom 10 B of each of the inoculum containers 10. The tip of the positioning shaft 27 is a flat plate-shaped loading plate 12 B. Is inserted into the fitting hole 28 which forms a part of the position control part 29 provided in the incubator, whereby the seed bacteria container loading member 12 slidably mounted on the guide part 13 is moved to the position control part. By inserting the positioning shaft 27 and the fitting hole 28, it is fixed and supported at the specified inoculum inoculation position, and the preliminary preparation in the extraction process of the inoculum S in the inoculum container 10 is completed. .

After the completion of this preliminary preparation, a container 7 containing a predetermined number of cultivation containers 6 with lids 5 is placed on the transfer conveyor 2 and the container 7 is transferred. Upon reaching the inoculation position, the transfer conveyor 2 stops, and then the cultivation container 6 is positioned and fixed at the inoculum inoculation position with the container positioning device 8 regulating the vertical direction and the sensation position of the cultivation container 6.

At the time of positioning by the container positioning device 8, in this embodiment, the output rotation driving member MOD 33 is also driven for a preset time, and the rotation of the output rod 32 causes the inside of the seed cell container 10 to rotate. The inoculum S is removed by the extraction blade 32 A, and the extracted inoculum S is stored in the lower end of the inoculum guide tube 40.

At this time, a part of the inoculum container rotation drive member 26 is formed when the ejection rod 32 rotates. The motor 22 also operates, and with the rotation of the motor 22, the pressing plate 21 is rotated via the rotating shaft 19, and the pressing plate 21 presses and supports the inoculum container 10. While rotating the inoculum container 10, the screw rod 37 rotates with the rotation of the motor 39 serving as the elevating drive unit, and the plate 35 is raised, and the plate 35 is mounted on the plate 35. The protruding rod 32 provided with the protruding blade 32 A is guided upward in the depth direction of the inoculum container 10.

The rotation direction of the inoculum container 10 by the inoculum container rotation drive member 26 and the rotation direction of the extraction blade 32 A by the rotation of the motor 33 serving as the extraction rotation drive part are reversely rotated. The rotation of the inoculum S 10 improves the extraction efficiency of the inoculum S and the ability to rotate the inoculum container 10 to extract the inoculum S close to the inner wall of the inoculum container 10 well. I am aiming.

Next, after the positioning by the container positioning device 8 is performed, the lid 5 of the cultivation container 6 is rotated to the lid opening position by the lid opening / closing device 9 in accordance with the operation of the cylinder 43, and interlocked with this lid opening operation. The inoculum supply tube 42 moves right above the cultivation container 6 from which the lid 5 has been removed, and the inoculum supply tube 42 is arranged on an axis connecting the inoculum guide tube 40 and the cultivation container 6.

When the lid of the lid opening / closing device 9 is completely opened, the shirt 41 is opened, so that the inoculum S in the inoculum guide tube 40 is supplied to the cultivation container 6 in a horizontal row unit via the inoculum supply tube 42. After the supply of the inoculum S is completed, the shirt 41 returns to close the lower open end of the inoculum guide cylinder 40, and the inoculum supply cylinder 42 is cultivated by the return operation of the cylinder 43. Simultaneously with the evacuation and return from the position of the container 6, the lid opening / closing device 9 is rotated and returned to cover the lids 5 of the cultivation containers 6 in a horizontal row inoculated with the inoculum S.

Therefore, by sequentially operating the above-described series of steps, the inoculum S can be continuously inoculated in the cultivation container 6 in the container 7 in a horizontal row unit.

By the way, in the above-described embodiment, a replacement mechanism of the seed container which is a main object of the present invention will be described. In the process of continuously inoculating the cultivation containers 6 in the container 7 while intermittently feeding them one by one in a horizontal row, the output rotation drive unit is used to discharge a predetermined amount of the inoculum S in the inoculum container 10. The motor 33 is driven for a preset time, and the seed rod S in the seed container 10 is removed by the extraction blade 32 A by the rotation of the extraction rod 32.

Two However, with the operation of removing the bacteria S, the screw rod 38 is intermittently rotated by the rotation of the motor 39 serving as the above-mentioned ascending and raising drive unit, and the plate 35 is guided to ascend. The protruding rod 32 provided with the protruding blade 32 A mounted on 35 is also guided upward, and when the protruding blade 32 A position reaches the rising end during this ascent guide, i.e., the inoculum When the inoculum S in the container 10 becomes empty, a motor (not shown), which serves as the ejection drive unit, is reversely rotated by the operation of a sensor (not shown), and the plate 3 is moved through the screw rod 37. 5 is returned down to the lower end.

At this time, that is, when the inoculum S in the inoculum container 10 is empty, the support plate 17 is raised by the operation of the air cylinder 16, and the bottom portion 1 of the inoculum container 10 is moved by the ascending operation. At the same time that the pressing support portion 20 that presses B is released, the positioning shaft 27 that forms a part of the position restricting portion 29 is also raised, and the pressing and fixing support of the seed container 10 is released. At the same time, the positioning shaft 27 comes out of the fitting hole 28 provided in the loading plate 12 B of the seed container loading member 12, and as a result, the four seed containers 10 10 that are empty become empty. The inoculated bacterial container loading member 12 which has been loaded is released from the position regulating portion 29, whereby the guide rail 13 slides and shifts along the slope of the guide rail 13A of the guide portion 13 to be inclined. Provided at the lower end of the 13 A slope The seed container loading member 12 loaded with the four seed containers 10, whose position is regulated by the topper 14 and waiting at the same time as the next one, is at the same time as the seed seed extraction position along the slope of the guide rail 13 A. And the four inoculum containers 10 filled with the inoculum S that were in the standby state are automatically replaced with the four inoculated inoculum containers 10 .

■ After the replacement of the inoculum container 10, when the piston 16 A of the cylinder 16 is lowered, the support plate 17 fixed to the piston 16 A is lowered. The positioning shaft 27 attached to the support plate 17 and the pressing plate 21 descend, and the tip of the positioning shaft 27 is fitted to the loading plate 1 2B of the inoculum container loading member 12 While being inserted into the hole 28, the bottom 10B of the four inoculum containers 10 newly supplied by the pressing plate 21 is pressed and supported, whereby the inoculum S in the various inoculum containers 10 is Preparation for extraction is performed, and then, as described above, the rotation of the extraction blade 32A and the seed container 10 causes the seed S to be removed.

Three Extraction is performed sequentially.

Simultaneously with the switching operation of the inoculum container 10, the inoculum container supply unit 44 installed on the carry-in side of the guide guide unit 13 is endlessly driven by the rotation of the motor 47, which is the carry-in drive means. The loading plate 1 2B of the inoculum container loading member 12 placed on the chain 46 is intermittently fed, and by this feeding, the loading plate 1 2B placed on the unloading side end of the chain 46 is moved. It is newly fed into the supply side of the inner rail 13 A arranged at a predetermined angle and slides along the inclined surface of the guide rail 13 A by its own weight of the inoculum container loading member 12. Then, the seed container loading member 12 fixedly supported on the guide portion 13 by the position regulating portion 29 and the seed microorganism container loading member 12 to wait next are sequentially arranged in a connected state.

Accordingly, the loading plate 1 2B of the seed cell container loading member 12 loaded with the four seed cell containers 10 emptied during the switching operation of the seed cell container 10 is guided by the unit guide 13 for each unit. It can be easily removed from the rail 13A, and it is not necessary to replace the seed container 10 one by one as in the conventional device, so that the work efficiency can be improved.

Also, when replenishing the seed container 10, the seed container 10 is loaded and set in advance into the four mounting holes 12 A provided in the loading plate 12 B of the seed container loading member 12, and this setting is performed. A predetermined number of the inoculum container loading members 12 in the state are placed on the endless chain 46 of the inoculum container supply section 44 so that a predetermined number of them can be placed and stocked. The inoculum container loading member 12 loaded with individual inoculum containers 10 can be transported as a unit onto the rail-shaped guide guide section 13 to be easily supplied, whereby the inoculum container 10 is supplied. The effect is that the work can be performed easily.

In this embodiment, in addition to the inoculum container loading member 12 set in a state in which the inoculum S is exposed, the inoculum container loading member 12 in the standby state is continuously connected to the guide guide portion 13. Although the structure of connecting the rail 13A is adopted, the length of the guide member 13 consisting of the guide rail 13A may be extended and more seed cell container loading members 12 may be provided so as to be settable. Depending on the size of the cultivation container 6 to be stored in the container 7, the number of row units may be different, such as three or five.

Four However, the number of mounting holes 12 A provided in the loading plate 12 B of the inoculum container loading member 12 may be set in accordance with the number of rows in the container 7.

Also, as described above, when the seed container loading member 12 loaded with the empty seed container 10 is sent out along the inclined surface of the guide guide part 13, in the embodiment, the seed container loading member 1 is used. As the feed amount of 2, the distance between the stopper 14 provided on the lower end side of the guide 13 and the end surface of the seed container loading member 12 supported at the seed inoculation position on the sending side is set as the seed container. By setting the length substantially in accordance with the depth dimension that is the feeding direction of the loading member 12, it is possible to slide and transfer one of the inoculum container loading members 12 along the guide portion 13. As a result, as described above, the seed cell container loading member 12 loaded with the empty seed cell container 10 may be directly taken out. However, as disclosed in the embodiment, the guide member 13 comprising the guide rail 13 A is used. Stopper 14 at guide side of guide rail 13 A Is connected to a cylinder 52 as a stopper releasing means so as to be able to protrude and retract with respect to the transfer surface of the inoculum, and the inoculum container loading member 1 is provided on the downstream side of the bracket stopper 14, that is, on the unloading side of the guide rail 13 A. By placing the seed container carrying-out receiving part 51 to which the seed cell 2 is delivered, the seed container loading member 12 loaded with the empty seed container 10 emptied by pulling the stopper 14 down by the operation of the cylinder 52 As a result, the loading plate 12 B loaded with the inoculated seed container 10 on which the inoculum S on the guide rail 13 A has been emptied slides and moves along the inclined surface, and is unloaded as the inoculum container unloading receiving portion 51. Can be transferred to the rail 51A, a predetermined amount of the inoculum container loading member 12 is stocked, and then the inoculated inoculum container loading member 12 loaded with the empty inoculum container 10 is closed. Can be removed together for each bird There are cormorants effects have to be able to easily perform the replacement work, such as the supply of seed bacteria container 1 0 and remove.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention.For example, the inoculum container loading member 12 is replaced by a substantially flat loading plate 12B. Although it is formed, it may be formed as a seed bacterium container loading member consisting of a loading plate formed into a frame shape according to the shape and size of the seed bacterium 10. Although the embodiment has been described as an example, for example, a plurality of rollers may be arranged in parallel to constitute a guide portion. In the embodiment, the guide guide and the inoculum container carry-out / reception unit are separately formed and installed. However, the guide guide unit may be extended to have the function of the inoculum container carry-out / reception unit. .

In the embodiment, the position of the inoculum container loading member 12 is fixedly supported at the extraction position of the inoculum S. In the embodiment, the position is determined by inserting the positioning shaft 27 and the fitting hole 28. However, instead of the fitting hole 28, a groove or a recess may be used.The positioning shaft 27 is attached to a support plate 17 that presses and supports the seed container 10 and the support plate 17 Although the projecting member is projected downward, the positioning member may be positioned and fixed by positioning pins individually provided on the body frame side of the inoculation device. Industrial applicability

According to the present invention, a container containing a group of cultivation containers arranged in a plurality of rows is intermittently transported in row units, the lid of the cultivation container is opened at the inoculum inoculation position, and the inside of the inoculum container at the inoculation position is located. In the inoculum inoculation device, which injects a specified amount of the inoculum into a cultivation container with an open lid and inoculates the inoculum, the inoculum container is loaded with the inoculum container in one row when refilling the inoculum container The structure is such that the components are transported to the guide unit by the seed container supply unit as a unit, and are easily supplied to the seed container supply unit.This makes it easy to supply the seed container to the seed cell extraction position. This is effective for providing a seed container supply mechanism in the seed inoculation device capable of improving the efficiency of the seed inoculation operation.

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Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A transfer conveyor that intermittently transports containers in which rows of cultivation containers are arranged in multiple rows, and a lid opening / closing device that opens and closes the cultivation container lid at the inoculum inoculation position, and the inoculum in the inoculum container An inoculation device for inoculating the inoculum into a cultivation container having a lid opened by the lid opening / closing device, an inoculation container loading member for mounting a neck portion of the inoculation container upside down, and the inoculation container A seed container supply mechanism in a seed inoculum inoculation device, comprising: a seed container supply unit capable of mounting a predetermined number of loading members, and sequentially supplying the seed container loading member to the seed cell filling device.

2. The inoculum container in the inoculum inoculation device according to claim 1, wherein the inoculum container supply unit is provided with a carry-in supply drive unit that can intermittently supply the inoculum container loading member. Supply mechanism.

3. The inoculum container supply mechanism of the inoculum inoculation device according to claim 1, wherein the inoculum container supply section is provided on an upper flat surface of a main body frame of the inoculum inoculation device.

4. The inoculum in the inoculum inoculating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inoculum container loading member has a mounting hole in which the same number of inoculum containers as the number of row units of the cultivation container can be mounted. Container supply mechanism.

5. The inoculum container supply mechanism in the inoculum inoculation device according to claim 1, wherein the transfer conveyor is provided below the inoculum filling device and the inoculum container supply unit.

6. The inoculum filling device guides the inoculum container loading member to the inoculum ejection position via the inoculum container supply unit, and is inclined at a predetermined angle with the flat surface of the main body frame. 4. The seed container supply mechanism in the seed inoculation device according to claim 3, further comprising a provided guide portion.

7. The inoculum container supply mechanism in the inoculum inoculation device according to claim 6, wherein the guide guide portion slidably guides the inoculum filling member by its own weight.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising a position restricting portion for fixing and supporting the inoculum container loading member on the guide guide portion at an ejection position for ejecting the inoculum of the inoculum container. A seed container supply mechanism in the inoculum inoculation apparatus described in the above.

9. The inoculum container, which is located on the carry-out side of the guide and guide portion, and in which the inoculum container loading member is delivered together with the inoculum container in which the inoculum is emptied from above the guide guide portion when the position regulating portion is opened. A seed container supply mechanism in the seed inoculation device according to claim 8, further comprising a carry-out receiving portion.

10. In the guide portion located downstream of the position restricting portion, the moving region of the seed container loading member is defined together with the seed container in which the seed cells are empty when the position restricting portion is opened. 9. The inoculum container supply mechanism in the inoculum inoculation device according to claim 8, further comprising a stopper.

11. The inoculum in the inoculum inoculation device according to claim 10, wherein the stove is provided with a stopper releasing means capable of opening a position-regulating state of the inoculum container loading member by a stopper. Container supply mechanism.

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