JPH0451568Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (a) Field of the invention This invention relates to a seedling growing pine loading device for loading seedling growing pine into a seedling growing box, which is used as a substitute for soil for the seedling growing box.

(b) Background of the invention Conventionally, as the seedling growing pine loading device of the above example,
For example, there is a device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 118128/1983.

That is, this is a seedling growing mat loading device that loads a relatively hard seedling growing mat made of polyurethane foam or paper into a solid shape by allowing it to fall naturally into a seedling growing box.

Although a special loading mechanism is not required to load relatively hard seedling mats into the seedling box, for example, it is possible to insert a seedling mat made of rock fiber impregnated with fertilizer into the seedling box described above. case,
When the insertion operation is performed by the conventional means, the above-mentioned lock fiber seedling growing mat has a problem in that the mat is damaged because the fibers are arranged in the same direction and are compressed.

(c) Purpose of the invention This invention is designed to prevent, for example, when loading seedling mats made of rock fiber impregnated with fertilizer into a seedling box.
To provide a seedling growing pine loading device which can prevent the pine from being damaged or damaged, and can automatically load the above-mentioned seedling growing pine into a seedling growing box while centering it using a unique mechanism.

(d) Summary of the invention In this invention, left and right receiving plates for holding the seedling growing pine are rotatably arranged in two positions, a horizontal position and an inclined position, above the seedling growing box, and The seedling raising pine is equipped with a push plate that can be raised and lowered to push the seedling raising pine on the receiving plate, which is rotated and held in a horizontal state, into the seedling raising box below using the left and right receiving plates, which are rotated in an inclined manner, as guides. It is characterized by being a loading device.

(e) Effect of the invention According to this invention, the seedling pine on the left and right receiving plates held in a horizontal position is set as a push guide by rotating the receiving plates in an inclined manner, and the seedling pine is positioned above the pine. By the downward movement of the pushing plate, the seedlings are pushed into the lower nursery box while being guided by the guide mentioned above.
Even if the pine is made of lock fiber, it can be easily pushed and loaded into the above-mentioned seedling growing box without any loss or damage.

Moreover, since the above-mentioned receiving plate, which is rotatably held in an inclined position, centers the seedling mat during pushing, there is an effect that the automatic loading of the mat can be carried out even better.

(F) Embodiment of the invention An embodiment of the invention will be described below in detail based on the drawings.

The drawings show a seedling growing pine loading device, and in FIGS. 1 to 3, this seedling growing pine loading device includes a box conveying device 2 that sequentially transports synthetic resin seedling growing boxes 1 one by one, and the above-mentioned seedling growing boxes 1. A box feeding device 4 separates seedling raising boxes 1 one by one from the lower end of a rectangular cylindrical magazine 3 in which boxes 1 are stacked vertically and supplies them onto a box conveying device 2.
and a pine conveying device 5 which is disposed above the intermediate conveying position of the box conveying device 2 and which sequentially conveys, for example, fertilizer-impregnated lock fiber seedling growing pine a one by one; and this pine conveying device 5. Above, the seedling growing pines a are separated one by one from the lower end of a rectangular cylindrical magazine 6 that stores the laminated pines A in which the above-mentioned seedling growing pines a are stacked in the vertical direction, and the pine conveying device 5
The mat feeding device 7 that supplies the mats to the top and the feeding end portion of the box conveying device 2 mentioned above are arranged,
A stopper device 8 is provided to appropriately stop the seedling raising box 1 on this transport device 2 at a predetermined fixed position for the pine pushing operation, and a stopper device 8 is disposed on the seedling growing box 1 in this fixed position and is sent from the previous stage pine transporting device 5. It is equipped with a pine loading device 9 for pushing the seedling growing box a that has been brought into the seedling growing box 1 described above.

The box conveying device 2 described above has left and right bases 10,1.
The drive shaft 1 is mounted between the starting end and the ending end of 0.
Sprockets 13 and 12 are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance.
13, 14, 14, and the chains 15, 15 are stretched between the sprockets 14, 13 from beginning to end, and the driven sprocket 16 is fitted to the end of the drive shaft 12 on the terminal side. A driving sprocket 20 is fitted to the rotating shaft of a motor 19 attached to the support column 17 via a bracket 18, and the driving sprocket 20 and the above-mentioned driven sprocket 1 are connected to each other.
A chain 21 is stretched between the two chains 15 and 6, and the two chains 15, 15 are configured to travel in the direction of arrow b by driving the motor 19 described above.

The box feeding device 4, which separates the seedling growing boxes 1 in the magazine 3 one by one, is constructed as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3.

That is, the lower rack 2 is placed above the bases 10, 10 at both the front and rear ends of the lower part of the magazine 3.
2, 22 are arranged, and each of these lower racks 22, 2
2 through the pinions 23, 23 on the upper rack 2.
4 and 24, and the lower rack 2 mentioned above.
2, and locking pieces 27, 27 are attached to the inner ends of the upper racks 24, 24 via beams 26, 26, respectively.

Further, bevel gears 28, 28 are fitted to the shaft ends of the pinions 23, 23, respectively, while bevel gears 28, 28 are always connected to both ends of the interlocking shaft 30 stretched between the bearings 29, 29. The piston rod 34 of the cylinder 33 is connected to the free end of the lever 32 fitted to the shaft end portion of one pinion 23, and when the piston rod 34 is retracted and moved toward the cylinder head side. , the lower receiving plate 25 is retreated via the gear device 35 made up of the above-mentioned elements 28 to 31 and the pair of front and rear rack and pinion mechanisms 36, 36;
The upper locking piece 27 is moved forward, and the locking piece 27 holds the stacked seedling growing boxes 1. More specifically, it locks the stepped portion at the outer peripheral edge of the lower seedling growing box 1, and also locks the step part on the outer peripheral edge of the lower seedling growing box 1. Chain a single seedling box 1 to 15,1
5 and is configured to be supplied dropwise.

Further, the locking piece 27 in the magazine 3 described above,
Openings 37, 37 for causing the locking piece 27 to protrude into the magazine 3 are formed in the portion facing the locking piece 27.

The mat conveying device 5 mentioned above is a conveying device disposed between the lower part of the magazine 6 and the front part of the mat loading device 9.
An endless belt 41 is stretched substantially horizontally between a driving roller 39 connected to a driving roller 39 and a driven roller 40.

The pine supply device 7 which separates the pine seedlings a one by one from the above-mentioned magazine 6 is constructed as shown in FIGS. 2, 4, and 5.

That is, lower racks 43, 43 are arranged on the left and right holding plates 42, 42 at a predetermined interval, and pinions 44, 4 are placed on each of these lower racks 43, 43.
Upper racks 45, 45 are disposed through the upper racks 4, and a receiving plate 4 is provided at the inner end of the lower racks 43, 43.
6, and a plurality of needles 4 are connected to the inner ends of the upper racks 45, 45 via needle holders 47.
8... are installed respectively.

Also, bevel gears 49, 49 are fitted to the shaft ends of the pinions 44, 44, respectively, while bevel gears 49, 49 are fitted to both ends of the interlocking shaft 51 stretched between the bearing plates 50, 50. The piston rod 55 of the cylinder 54 is connected to the free end of the lever 53 which is fitted to the shaft end of the interlocking shaft 51, and when the piston rod 55 is extended and reciprocated, As shown in FIG. 5, the lower receiving plate 46 is moved backward, and the upper needle 48 is advanced, as shown in FIG. It is composed of

In other words, by contracting and moving the piston rod 55 back toward the cylinder head from the state shown in FIG. 5, the piston rod 55 is moved as shown in FIG. The lower receiving plate 46 is moved forward and the upper needle 48 is moved backward.

That is, from the state shown in FIG. 4 to the state shown in FIG. A plurality of, for example, two layers of seedling growing pines a, a located in
By holding the bottom layer of single seedling pine a
The structure is such that the separated seedling pine a is separated one by one and dropped onto the belt 41 of the pine conveying device 5.

In addition, the needle 48 in the magazine 6 described above
Needle holes 58, 58 for protruding the needle 48 into the magazine 6 are provided in the portion facing the needle 48.
An opening is formed.

The pine loading device 9 for pushing the seedling growing pine a separated one by one into the seedling growing box 1 as described above is constructed as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6 to 9.

That is, the left and right chains 1 of the box conveying device 2
5, 15 at a predetermined interval
is hung horizontally, and on the shafts 59, 59 there is a receiving plate 6 which also serves as a receiving plate for the seedling growing pine a and a pushing guide plate.
0,60 with the horizontal position shown in FIGS. 6 and 9,
It is rotatably mounted in two positions: the inclined position shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

As shown in FIG.
The above-mentioned bevel gear 6 is fitted to both ends of the interlocking shaft 63 stretched between the bearing plates 62, 62.
A piston rod 67 of a cylinder 66 is connected to the free end of a lever 65 fitted to the shaft end of the above-mentioned interlocking shaft 63, and the piston rod 67 is extended. During operation, the receiving plate 6 in the horizontal state shown in FIG.
0 and 60 are configured to rotate in an inclined manner as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

On the other hand, above the above-mentioned receiving plates 60, 60, a pushing plate 69 having a planar area slightly smaller than that of the seedling growing pine a is arranged, and a piston rod 71 of a cylinder 70 is connected to this pushing plate 69. There is.

Then, as shown in FIG. 6, after receiving the separated seedling pine a on the receiving plates 60, 60 held in a horizontal state, the cylinder 6 as shown in FIG.
6 and the gear device 68, the above-mentioned receiving plate 6
0 and 60 along the inner edge of the opening of the seedling box 1, then as shown in FIG. While centering, raise seedlings in a slightly larger area than the inside size of the box.
are pushed into the seedling raising box 1, and then, as shown in FIG. 9, the above-mentioned pushing plate 69 and receiving plate 60,
60 is configured to return to its original state again.

Incidentally, guide rods 72, 72 for raising and lowering are provided upright on the above-mentioned push-in plate 69.

The stopper device 8 that appropriately stops the seedling raising box 1 transported to the fixed position for the pine pushing operation is the first stopper device 8.
The configuration is as shown in FIGS. 0 to 12.

That is, the pivot 7 is connected between the left and right bases 10, 10.
3 is stretched, and the cylinder body 7 is pivotally connected to this pivot 73.
Attach the L-shaped stopper piece 75 to 4, and
A cylinder 78 is stretched between the bracket 76 on the lower surface of the stopper piece 75 and the bracket 77 on the base support 17 side shown in FIG. A compression spring 80 is stretched between the spring seat 79 and the spring seat 79.

Then, as shown in FIG. 10, the seedling raising box 1 is held in position by the stopper piece 75 described above until the pushing of the seedling growing pine a is completed, and after the pushing of the seedling growing pine a is completed, the piston rod 81 of the cylinder 78 is moved into the cylinder. As shown in FIG. 11, the stopper piece 75 is moved downward toward the head side,
is rotated counterclockwise to release the lock on the above-mentioned seedling-raising box 1, and then when the empty seedling-growing box 1 without the seedling-growing mat a inserted is transported to a predetermined position, the above-mentioned cylinder 78 The fluid supply to the piston rod side chamber is cut off, and as shown in FIG. 12, the stopper piece 75 and the piston rod 81 are returned to their original positions by the restoring force of the compression spring 80, as shown in FIG. It is configured to stop and hold.

The illustrated embodiment is constructed as described above, and its operation will be explained below.

First, when the motor 19 of the box conveying device 2 is driven, the two chains 15, 15 travel in the direction of arrow b.

Therefore, by operating the cylinder 33 of the box feeding device 4, the pair of front and rear rack and pinion mechanisms 36, 36
When the receiving plate 25 and the locking piece 27 are relatively moved in opposite directions through the can be supplied.

The seedling box 1 thus supplied onto the chains 15, 15 is transported to a fixed position below the pine loading device 9 by the chains 15, 15 traveling in the direction of the arrow b, and then pushed to the stopper of the stopper device 8. The piece 75 stops at the above-mentioned fixed position.

On the other hand, a receiving plate 4 in a pine supply device 7 at the bottom of a magazine 6 that stores seedling pine a... in a stacked manner.
6, 46 as shown in FIG.
When the piston rod 55 of the cylinder 54 is protruded inwardly and the protruding movement is transmitted to the gear device 56 and the pair of left and right rack and pinion mechanisms 57, 57, the rack and pinion mechanisms 57, 57 In operation, as shown in Figure 5, the receiving plate 4
At the same time as needles 6 and 46 move back, needles 48 and 4
8 advances, and the needles 48, 48 pierce and hold a plurality of seedling growing pines a at the bottom of the stacked pine A except for the seedling growing pin a at the bottom layer, so that the seedling growing pines a at the bottom layer are held. is separated into one sheet and falls onto the belt 41 of the mat conveying device 5.

Next, when the motor 38 of the pine conveying device 5 is driven to cause the belt 41 to run in the direction of the arrow c, the seedling pine a on the belt 41 is transferred to the horizontal receiving plate 60 of the pine loading device 9, 60.

Next, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the receiving plates 60, 60 are tilted as shown in FIG. When 69 is moved downward, the above-mentioned seedling growing pine a is pushed into the seedling growing box 1 while being guided by the left and right receiving plates 60, 60.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9, the above-mentioned push-in plate 69 is moved through the piston rod 71 of the cylinder 70 for lifting and lowering the push-in plate and the cylinder 66 for rotating the receiving plate.
and return the receiving plates 60, 60 to their original positions.

Next, when the cylinder 78 of the stopper device 8 shown in FIG. 10 is operated and the piston rod 81 of the cylinder 78 is moved downward, the stopper piece 75 rotates counterclockwise about the pivot 73, so that it is positioned at a fixed position. After the seedling raising pine a has been pushed in, the seedling raising box 1 is transferred to the chains 15, 15 of the box conveying device 2.
As shown in FIG. 11, the material is transported toward the next process line, such as a seeding line (not shown).

Next, as shown in FIG. 12, when the empty seedling growing box 1 in which the seedling pine a has not yet been pushed is transported to a predetermined position, the fluid supply to the piston rod side chamber of the cylinder 78 in the above-mentioned stopper device 8 is cut off. Then, the stopper piece 75 and the piston rod 81 return to their normal original positions due to the restoring force of the compression spring 80, and are positioned at a fixed position relative to the empty seedling growing box 1.

Thereafter, by repeating each of the above-mentioned operations, the single seedling growing pine a, which has been separated one by one from the stacked pine A, is successively pushed into the seedling growing box 1 at the placement part, that is, the pushing part of the pine loading device 9. After completion of pushing, the seedling raising box 1 is transported to a soil covering line via a seeding line.

In short, the seedling growing pine a on the left and right receiving plates 60, 60 held in a horizontal position is
60 is rotated in an inclined manner and set as a guide for pushing, and the above-mentioned receiving plates 60, 60 are guided to center the seedling pine a by lowering the pushing plate 69 located above the pine a. It is possible to push the seedlings into the lower seedling raising box 1 while doing so.

As a result, even if the seedling-raising pine is a lock fiber pine a that is relatively easily damaged, the pine a can be easily pushed into the seedling-raising box 1 and automatically loaded without any loss or damage. There is.

Note that the seedling growing pine a loaded into the seedling growing box 1 with the above-mentioned device is not limited to the exemplified seedling growing pine a made of lock fiber, but may be, for example, a rice seedling growing pine formed using a three-dimensional structure porous body of wood fiber. Of course, other seedling-raising pine trees may be used.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of this invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a seedling pine loading device, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the seedling pine loading device, FIG. 3 is a side view of the seedling pine loading device, and FIG. The figures are a sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the mat feeding device, FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the mat loading device, FIG. 10 is an enlarged side view of the stopper device, FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the stopper device, and FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of the stopper device. FIG. a... Seedling growing mat, 1... Seedling growing box, 60... Receiving plate, 69... Pushing board.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] Left and right receiving plates for holding the seedling growing pine are rotatably arranged in two positions, a horizontal position and an inclined position, above the seedling growing box, and above these left and right receiving plates, A seedling growing pine loading device is equipped with a push plate that can be raised and lowered to push the seedling growing pine on the receiving plate, which is rotated and held in a horizontal state, into the seedling growing box below using the left and right receiving plates, which are rotated in an inclined manner, as guides. .