JPH041788Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) This invention is attached to the mouth of a mushroom cultivation bottle.
The present invention relates to a harvesting ring for a mushroom cultivation bottle that allows mushroom cultivation and mushroom harvesting operations to be carried out more efficiently.

(Prior Art and Problems) Mushrooms such as enoki mushrooms, nameko mushrooms, and shimeji mushrooms are artificially cultivated using cultivation bottles. Among these mushrooms, nameko mushrooms require a lot of effort to harvest, and there is a problem in that the efficiency of harvesting work is low. In other words, when harvesting nameko mushrooms, traditionally, the mushrooms were harvested by cutting the stems one by one using scissors, and those grown in cultivation bottles that had grown to an appropriate size were selected and harvested one by one. be done. When harvesting mushroom mushrooms, it is necessary to keep an eye on the growing conditions of the mushrooms, and because the stems of mushroom mushrooms are short, it is difficult to cut them.Furthermore, mushrooms that grow near the mouth of the cultivation bottle are particularly difficult to harvest. Since it does not grow straight and grows outward, cutting must be done manually.

In addition, after harvesting, nameko mushrooms are cut to length for shipping, but this conventionally relies solely on manual labor, which results in poor work efficiency and also reduces freshness due to the long time it takes from harvest to shipping. There are other problems.

In order to make the stems of mushrooms grow straight, when cultivating enoki mushrooms, etc., paper wrapping is done by wrapping paper into a cylinder shape along the mouth of the cultivation bottle, but this paper-wrapping process is done for each cultivation bottle at a time. On the other hand, since the paper is secured to the mouth of the bottle with a rubber band or the like, there is a problem in that the work is complicated.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to make mushrooms with short axes, such as nameko mushrooms, grow straight, making it easier to harvest mushrooms. We provide harvest rings for cultivation jars.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention has the following configuration to achieve the above object.

That is, it is formed into a short cylindrical body to be fitted over the bottle opening of a cultivation bottle for artificial cultivation of mushrooms, and the lower inner wall surface of the short cylindrical body is provided as a fitting part that slides into contact with the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle. An elastic tongue piece is provided on the inner wall surface of the fitting part and comes into contact with the outer surface of the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle, and the height position thereof can be adjusted with respect to the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle. .

(Function) The harvesting ring 10 configured as a short cylindrical body is detachably attached to the outer periphery of the mouth of a cultivation bottle by bringing elastic tongue pieces 18 into elastic contact with the outer circumference. When cultivating mushrooms, the harvesting ring 10 is fitted into the bottle opening, and the upper part of the harvesting ring protrudes from the bottle opening, so that the stems of the mushrooms quickly extend. At the time of harvesting, the harvesting ring 10 is lowered from the bottle mouth to the shoulder of the cultivation bottle, and the stem of the mushroom is cut along the upper edge of the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle.

(Embodiments) Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a mushroom cultivation bottle harvesting ring according to the present invention. The harvesting ring 10 of this embodiment is formed into a short cylindrical body,
A fitting part 12 that fits into the outer periphery of the mouth of the cultivation bottle is provided on the base side, and a mushroom support part 14 is provided above the fitting part 12. As shown in FIG. 2, the inner circumferential wall of the fitting part 12 is formed to have an inner diameter that is in sliding contact with the outer circumferential edge of the bottle mouth part of the cultivation bottle 16, and the inner circumferential wall of the fitting part 12 has an inner diameter that is in sliding contact with the outer circumferential edge of the bottle mouth part of the cultivation bottle 16. Four elastic tongue pieces 18 to be locked are provided at equal intervals. The upper end of the inner surface of the elastic tongue piece 18 is provided with a claw part 18a that is hooked onto the outer peripheral upper edge of the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle.

Since the harvesting ring 10 is made of an elastic material such as polypropylene, by fitting the fitting part 12 to the outside of the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle 16, it is fixed by the elasticity of the material. However, by providing the elastic tongue piece 18, the inner wall surface of the elastic tongue piece 18 comes into elastic contact with the outer circumferential surface of the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 16, and the claw part 18a is hooked on the edge of the bottle mouth. It is possible to lock the harvesting ring 10 so that it does not slip down from the mouth.

The elastic tongue piece 18 is formed integrally with the fitting part 12, and is provided on both sides of the notch 19 so that the claw part 18a at the upper end of the elastic tongue piece 18 has elasticity so that it can move slightly back and forth. It's set. 20 is the support part 14
This is a reinforcing part that is connected to the outside of the elastic tongue piece 18 and reinforces the elastic tongue piece 18 and increases the strength of the fitting part 12.

The inner diameter of the support part 14 is formed to be slightly larger than the inner diameter of the fitting part 12, and a step is formed at the connection part between the inner wall surface of the fitting part 12 and the support part 14. Reference numeral 22 denotes a protective material having flexibility and heat insulating properties, such as foamed polystyrene, which is provided on the step and around the entire inner wall surface of the support portion 14. The protective material 22 is supported so as not to fall off by being compressed between the pressing material 24 and the inner wall surface of the support portion 14.

The height of the harvesting ring 10 including the fitting part 12 and the support part 14 is the height from the narrow diameter part of the cultivation bottle 16 to the shoulder, as shown in FIG. Good to have.

The above-mentioned harvesting ring 10 is fitted into the bottle mouth of the cultivation bottle 16 after inoculation of the inoculum and before the fruiting bodies of the mushrooms have not significantly extended from the bottle mouth, and the claw part 18a is attached to the upper edge of the bottle mouth as shown in FIG. Hang it and support it so that it floats above the mouth of the bottle. Nameko mushrooms gradually grow from the medium, grow to fill the bottle opening, and the fruiting bodies elongate.However, since the harvesting ring 10 is set at the bottle opening, they are prevented from coming out of the bottle from the bottle opening. The fruiting body extends upward. As a result, the fruiting bodies of mushrooms growing near the mouth of the bottle are corrected so that they grow straight without bending. Then, when the mushrooms have expanded to an appropriate size suitable for harvesting, the harvesting ring 10 is pushed down to the shoulder of the cultivation bottle 16 by removing the claw part 18a hooked to the upper edge of the bottle mouth from the bottle mouth. Since the harvesting ring 10 is elastic, the pushing down operation is very easy. As a result, the fruiting body of the mushroom has room from the upper end of the support part 14 by the amount of movement of the harvesting ring 10.
Align the cutter with the opening of the bottle, cut the mushroom mushroom stems, and harvest the mushrooms from the entire cultivation bottle at once.

Since the shaft of mushroom mushrooms is originally short, simply providing the support part 14 with the height as shown in Fig. 2 is enough to correct the shaft, and the movement of the harvesting ring 10 is about 1 cm. There is enough room.

In fact, the growth speed of mushrooms that grow in the center of the cultivation bottle is different from that of mushrooms that grow around the periphery of the bottle opening, so in some cases, mushrooms that grow faster in the center may be added in advance. It is also possible to harvest the entire cultivation jar at once after harvesting and adjusting the growth of the entire remaining cultivation jar to an average level. Furthermore, if the protective material 22 provided on the inner circumferential surface of the support part 14 is made of a heat insulating material as described above, the heat retention of the growing part of the mushroom can be improved, so that It is effective in equalizing the growth speed of mushrooms.

The above-mentioned harvesting ring 10 is similar to the cap of a cultivation bottle and is easy to handle; normally, the cap can be removed and replaced at a predetermined time after cultivation is completed, and it can be simply installed around the outer circumference of the neck of the cultivation bottle. Therefore, it does not get in the way when handling. Also, when harvesting mushrooms, push down to the shoulder of the cultivation bottle, so
It does not get in the way of harvest cutting work.

Since the above-mentioned harvesting method can be used, it becomes possible to perform the harvesting work much more efficiently than in the past, when mushroom mushrooms were harvested by cutting each mushroom shaft one by one with scissors.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the example of mushroom mushrooms was described, but of course the use of the harvesting ring is not limited to mushroom mushrooms, and similar cultivation methods can be used to cultivate mushrooms with short stems such as mushroom mushrooms. Needless to say, it can be used in the same way.

The present invention has been variously explained above using preferred embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and it goes without saying that many modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. That's true.

(Effects of the invention) The harvesting ring for cultivation bottles of the present invention is configured as described above, and has the effect of straightening the shafts when cultivating mushrooms such as Nameko mushrooms with short shafts. Since mushrooms can be harvested by cutting off their stems along the upper edge of the mouth, the efficiency of mushroom harvesting can be greatly improved. And since it can be shipped in a short time after harvesting, it has great effects such as being able to ship it in a fresh state.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the harvesting ring for a mushroom cultivation bottle according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the usage state of the harvesting ring. 10... Harvesting ring, 12... Fitting portion, 14
... Support part, 16 ... Cultivation bottle, 18 ... Elastic tongue piece, 18a ... Claw part, 19 ... Notch, 20 ... Reinforcement material, 22 ... Protection material, 24 ... Pressure material.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It is formed into a short cylindrical body to be fitted over the bottle opening of a cultivation bottle for artificial cultivation of mushrooms, and the lower inner wall surface of the short cylindrical body is provided as a fitting part that slides into contact with the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle. Mushroom cultivation characterized in that an elastic tongue is provided on the inner wall surface of the cultivation bottle and comes into contact with the outer surface of the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle, and the height position is adjustable with respect to the bottle opening of the cultivation bottle. Harvest ring for jars.