JPH0423389Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial application field This invention involves planting sawdust seed fungi (a mixture of sawdust and shiitake fungi) into a hole formed in a shiitake mushroom cultivation log, and then plugging the opening of the hole. This invention relates to a plugging device for inoculating bacteria into shiitake mushroom cultivation logs that is driven in and closed.

Conventional technology The conventional method for cultivating shiitake mushrooms has been to plant sawdust seed fungi into a number of holes drilled in logs, but in order to prevent the sawdust seed fungi planted in the holes from spilling out, Currently, a number of plugs made of styrofoam are held in each hand and inserted into the opening of each hole one at a time.

Problems that the invention aims to solve As described above, in the past, the sawdust starter was planted in the log and the hole, and the plug was inserted separately.
There was a problem with very poor work efficiency. In particular, since the stopper is made of styrofoam as mentioned above, there is a problem in that the stopper clings to the hand due to static electricity, making it difficult to work with.

The present invention is intended to solve these problems, and aims to improve work efficiency by simultaneously planting sawdust seed fungi and inserting plugs into holes in logs.

Means for Solving the Problem In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a container with an opening at the bottom end for storing sawdust seed bacteria, and a necessary amount of sawdust seed bacteria placed on the substrate from the bottom end of the container on the side of the container. A sawdust starter storage section includes a push plate that is pushed into the pipe from the side, a cylindrical stopper storage section that stores a large number of Styrofoam stoppers in the vertical direction, and a downward load on the stoppers in the stopper storage section. A driving cylinder having a driving shaft installed in parallel with the stopper housing and movable up and down, a cylinder device that moves the driving shaft up and down, and a driving cylinder that drives the stopper at the lower end of the stopper storage by upward movement of the driving shaft. a flexible part that communicates between the pipe of the sawdust starter storage part and the lower end of the driving tube below the stopper pushing position by the pushing plate of the driving part; A hose is provided, and an air supply means is provided to force-feed the sawdust starter bacteria pushed into the pipe to the lower end of the driving cylinder through the hose, and the pushing plate, the air supply, the driving shaft, and the pushing plate are continuously operated. It is designed so that it can be carried out.

Function: With this configuration, the planting of the sawdust seed fungus into the hole of the log and the insertion (driving) of the plug can be performed in a series of operations, thereby improving work efficiency.
In addition, the sawdust starter storage part and the driving part are connected with a flexible hose, so when carrying out work, you only have to hold the driving part in your hand, and when you hold the whole part in your hand, It is lighter in weight and easier to carry.

Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 to 7, 1 is a sawdust starter storage unit equipped with a container 2 for storing sawdust starter bacteria, and 3 is connected to this sawdust starter storage unit 1 with a flexible hose 4, and the sawdust starter module is fed from the sawdust starter storage unit 1. This is a driving part where an appropriate amount of sawdust seed fungi is ejected, and then a styrofoam stopper 5 is ejected. The sawdust starter storage section 1 is provided with a cylindrical container 2 whose lower end is supported on a substrate 6 and whose upper and lower ends are open, floating above the substrate 6, and a pipe 7 extending approximately horizontally close to the lower end of the container 2. A pushing plate 8 is attached to the substrate 6 and slides between the substrate 6 and the lower end of the container 2 on the substrate 6 to push the sawdust starter bacteria falling from the lower end of the container 2 and placed on the substrate 6 into the pipe 7 side. The pipe 7 is slidably provided, and the push plate 8 allows the pipe 7 to be inserted through the elongated hole 9 in the side of the pipe 7.
A compression rod 10 that is slidable inside the pipe 7 is provided in order to compress the sawdust starter bacteria pushed into the pipe 7 into a mass of an appropriate size. More specifically, the container 2 has a plate 11 placed and fixed on the substrate 6 fixed to the lower end by welding, and the lower end opening of the container 2 is aligned with the circular hole 11a of the plate 11. A plate body 11 is placed on band plates 12 provided on both sides of the upper surface of the substrate 6 and fixed with bolts 13. Further, the container 2 is located at the end of the substrate 6, and the elongated hole 9 of the pipe 7 is aligned with the gap between the substrate 6 and the plate 11 which is open in this state. Further, the pushing plate 8 is connected to the rod 15 of the air cylinder device 14 supported by the base plate 6 via the connecting member 16, and the pushing plate 8 is connected to the band plate 12 through the connecting member 16.
It is located in between and has the same thickness as the band 12. Reference numerals 14a and 14b are air supply ports provided for reciprocating the rod 15 of the air cylinder device 14. Furthermore, the compression rod 10
is pipe-shaped, and an air supply port 17 is provided at the end protruding from one end of the pipe 7, and a rod 20 of an air cylinder device 19 supported on the base plate 6 via a support member 18 is connected thereto. They are connected via a member 21. 19a, 19
b is an air supply port provided for reciprocating the rod 20 of the air cylinder device 19.

As configured above, one end of the hose 4 connecting with the driving part 3 is inserted into the other end of the pipe 7 of the sawdust seed storage part 1 and fixed with a screw 23.

On the other hand, the driving part 3 has a cylindrical stopper storage part 24 facing in the vertical direction, and is arranged in parallel near the lower end of the stopper storage part 24 facing in the vertical direction, with the lower end protruding slightly below the lower end of the stopper storage part 1. A cylindrical driving tube 25, a driving shaft 26 provided inside the driving tube 25 so as to be slidable up and down, and a driving shaft 26 provided in the driving tube 25 to allow the driving shaft 26 to slide up and down.
an air cylinder device 28 attached to the upper end of 5 and having a rod 27 connected to the driving shaft 26;
, a handle 29 attached to the upper end side of the driving tube 25, a pin 31 fixed to the upper end side of the driving shaft 26 and protruding outward from a groove 30 on the side of the driving tube 25, and the driving tube 25. A rotating member 33 is located outside of the driving tube 25 and is pivotally supported by the shaft 22 at the upper end of the driving cylinder 25, and the elongated hole 32 engages with the pin 31 and rotates as the pin 31 moves up and down.
The lower end opening 24 is opposite to the lower end opening 24a of the plug storage portion 24 and has a thickness corresponding to one plug 5.
A bottom plate 34 is provided at a distance from a, and a bottom plate 34 is supported by the lower end of the rotating member 33 and slides on the bottom plate 34 between a closed state and an open state to open the lower end opening 24a of the stopper storage portion 24. When 24a moves from the open state to the closed state, the stopper storage section 2
4 and a push-out plate 35 for horizontally pushing out the bottom stopper 5 placed on the bottom plate 34 from the opening 25b of the side wall of the driving cylinder 25 into the driving cylinder 25, the lower end of the driving cylinder 25 A short, upwardly directed cylindrical portion 36 is provided in series at a position slightly above the opening 25a. The inside of this cylinder part 36 is inserted through the inside of the driving cylinder 25, and this cylinder part 3
The other end of the hose 4 is screwed into the hose 6. 28a and 28b are air supply ports provided for reciprocating the rod 27 of the air cylinder device 28. By the way, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the stopper 5 is made by making slits 38 at appropriate intervals in the longitudinal direction of a long styrofoam cylinder 37, leaving the center at the center.
They are formed in a continuous state in large numbers and can be easily separated at the center portion 39. A large number of continuous plugs 5 are inserted into the plug storage portion 24 from the upper end, and a load is applied from above by the weight 40. Further, the air cylinder devices 14 and 19 of the sawdust starter storage section 1 and the driving section 3
The supply of air to the air cylinder device 28 and the supply of air to the air supply port 17 are configured to be performed at different timings by operating a switch 41 provided on the handle 29. The air cylinder device 14 that drives the compression rod 10 is operated first, then the air cylinder device 19 that drives the compression rod 10 is operated, and then the air supply port 17 is operated.
an air cylinder device 28 that supplies air to the driving shaft 26 and finally drives the driving shaft 26;
is configured to operate.

To explain the operation in the above configuration, first, the driving part 3 is inserted into the hole 43 of the shiitake mushroom log 42.
Hold the handle 29 and place it on the lower end of the driving cylinder 25, and in this state press the switch 41, and the reciprocating action of the air cylinder device 14 will force the sawdust starter from the lower part of the container 2 into the pipe 7 with the pusher plate 8. Thereafter, by the reciprocating action of the air cylinder device 19, the compression rod 10 is used to compress the pipe 7.
The sawdust starter bacteria inside is made into a lump of an appropriate size, and then air is supplied to the air supply port 17 to make the pipe 7.
The sawdust starter bacteria inside is sent to the driving tube 25 through the hose 4, and the lower end opening 2 of the driving tube 25 is fed into the driving tube 25.
The sawdust seed fungus 44 is planted in the hole 43 of the log 42 from 5a. Thereafter, the driving shaft 26 moves up and down inside the driving cylinder 25 due to the reciprocating movement of the air cylinder device 28, and drives the plug 5 inside the driving cylinder 25 into the lower end opening 25a of the driving cylinder 25.
It is driven into the hole 43 of the extruded log 42.
Further, the rotary member 33 is reciprocated by the vertical axis of the driving shaft 26, and the plug 5 to be used for the next driving is pushed out into the driving cylinder 25 from the opening 25b of the side wall of the driving cylinder 25 by the pushing plate 35. Push it in. By repeating the above operations, the sawdust seed fungus 4 is applied to each hole 43 of the log 42.
Planting 4 and driving in plugs 5 can be done at the same time, improving work efficiency.

In the above embodiment, the plate body 11 at the lower end of the container 2 is placed and fixed on the band plates 12 provided on both sides of the upper surface of the substrate 6, but the plate body 11 at the lower end of the container 2 is placed and fixed on the band plates 12 provided on both sides of the upper surface of the substrate 6. By replacing it with , the amount of sawdust starter bacteria pushed into the pipe 7 can be changed. Alternatively, sawdust seed bacteria can be pushed into the pipe 7 by adjusting the amount of movement of the pushing plate 8 by turning the adjustment screw 45 protruding from the rear of the air cylinder device 14 to adjust the amount of protrusion and retraction of the rod 15. The amount of can be changed.

Effects of the invention As described above, according to the invention, the sawdust seed fungus is planted in the hole of the log and the plug is inserted (dried).
can be performed in a series of operations, improving work efficiency. In addition, the sawdust starter storage section and the driving section are connected with a flexible hose, so when carrying out the work, it is only necessary to hold the driving section in hand, and when carrying out the work by holding the whole section in hand, It is lighter in weight and easier to carry.

In particular, according to the present invention, the sawdust seed fungus is forced to the lower end of the driving tube by air, so air is mixed with the sawdust seed fungus due to the pressure feeding, and the bacteria and The infiltration of air is promoted and the growth after the fungus is inoculated can be accelerated.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is an overall perspective view, Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the sawdust starter storage section, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a continuous stopper, and Fig. 4 is the same. A sectional view, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the divided stopper, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are explanatory views of the operation of the driving part. 1... Sawdust starter storage section, 2... Container, 3... Driving part, 4... Hose, 5... Plug, 6... Board, 7... Pipe, 8... Push plate, 9... Long hole , 10... Compression rod, 14... Air cylinder device, 17... Air supply port, 19... Air cylinder device, 24... Bung housing, 24a... Lower end opening, 25... Driving tube, 25a... ...lower end opening, 25b...opening, 26...driving shaft, 28...air cylinder device, 29...handle, 33...rotating member, 34...bottom plate, 35
... Extrusion plate, 36 ... Cylinder part, 40 ... Weight, 4
1... Switch, 42... Log, 43... Hole,
44...Sawdust seed fungus.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A sawdust seed storage comprising a container with an opening at the bottom for storing sawdust seed, and a push plate for pushing the required amount of sawdust seed placed on a substrate from the lower end of the container into a pipe provided on the side of the container from the side. a cylindrical stopper storage part for storing a large number of stoppers made of polystyrene foam in the vertical direction; a weight that applies a downward load to the stoppers in the stopper storage part; and a vertically movable drive installed in parallel with the stopper storage part. a driving section comprising a driving cylinder provided with a shaft, a cylinder device for vertically moving the driving shaft, and a pushing plate for feeding the plug at the lower end of the plug storage into the driving cylinder by upward movement of the driving shaft; A flexible hose is provided that communicates between the pipe of the sawdust starter storage section and the lower end of the driving tube below the position where the plug is pushed out by the pusher plate of the driving section, and the sawdust seed starter pushed into the pipe is transferred to the hose. A plugging device for inoculating bacteria into shiitake mushroom cultivation logs, which is provided with an air supply means for pumping air to the lower end of the driving cylinder through the driving cylinder, and is configured to continuously operate the pushing plate, the air supply, the driving shaft, and the pushing plate.