JPH0858954A - Feeder for seeds or soil - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Objective] By detecting the amount of the feed in the tank 31 and controlling the operation of the lifting device 2, efficient and labor-saving feeding work of seeds or soil can be efficiently performed. Can be done. [Structure] The supply in the hopper 21 is pumped to the discharge port 2
2 to discharge into the tank 31 of the feeding device 3
And a tank 31 for receiving a supply discharged from the discharge port 22, and a transfer device 4 for transferring the tray 5 disposed below the tank 31.
A sensor 9 for detecting the lower limit amount and the upper limit amount of the supply material fed from the lifting device 2 is provided in the tank 31, and the lifting device of the lifting device 2 is provided by the upper limit amount detection command of the sensor 9. Two
The operation of No. 4 is stopped and the lifter 24 is operated by the lower limit amount detection command.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a seed or bed soil supplying device which can be used for sowing seedling raising boxes or soil filling devices.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pumping device for feeding a material such as bed soil or seed paddy to a tank for supplying bed soil or a tank for seed padding of a seeding device as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-71203. A bucket conveyor type is known and used as disclosed in JP-A-6-64723.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional lifting device, the soil contained in the hopper is lifted by the bucket conveyor and supplied from the discharge port to the tank for floor soil supply located below. However, even if the soil in the hopper has been completely discharged and emptied, the conveyor has a waste of being continuously rotated and has a drawback of causing a trouble of interrupting the supply of soil to the seeding device. .

Further, there is a problem that the conveyor continues to be rotated even when the soil in the tank for supplying the floor soil is exhausted, and the work requires a labor to constantly inspect the working state by visual inspection. Was.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A seed or bed soil supply apparatus according to the present invention for solving the problems of the conventional apparatus includes a hopper 21 for containing a seed or bed soil supply. On the carrier device 4 that is provided below the discharge port 22 of the pumping device 2, the pumping device 2 is composed of a pump 25 that pumps the feed from the hopper 21 and discharges it from the discharge port 22. In a feeding device 1 comprising a feeding device 3 having a tank 31 for feeding the feed in a tray 5 such as a nursery box, the lower limit of the amount of feed fed from the lifting device 2 in the tank 31 and the upper limit A sensor 9 for detecting the limit amount is provided, and the operation of the lifter 24 of the lifting device 2 is stopped by the upper limit amount detection command of the sensor 9, and the lifter 24 is operated by the lower limit amount detection command. It has a feature.

[0006]

[Operation] The feed stored in the hopper 21 is pumped by the operation of the pump 24, stored in the adjacent tank 31, and then supplied in a fixed amount to the tray 5 transported by the transport device 4. It At this time, the sensor 9 provided in the tank 31 detects the upper limit amount of the supply material, and thereby stops the pumping supply of the pumping device 2. Further, by detecting the lower limit amount, the lifting and feeding of the lifting device 2 is automatically performed. Further, when the sensor 6 detects the lower limit amount of the supply in the hopper 21, the alarm device 8 is activated to notify the operator of the supply supply time.

[0007]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 is a supply device composed of a pumping device 2 and a feeding device 3, and a seed paddy or a bed soil or the like is placed on a tray 5 such as a seedling box on a conveying device 4 constituted by a roller type conveyor or the like below the feeding device 3. It is designed to supply a fixed amount of the above feed and to pack it in a box.

The lifting device 2 supports a traveling wheel 20 at a lower portion thereof to accommodate a feed, and a hopper 21.
And a lifting conveyor 25 (lifting machine) in which a bucket conveyor 24 is housed in a cylindrical lifting cylinder 23 which is integrally formed with the discharge port 22 in the upper part. The bucket conveyor 24 is stretched between a sprocket M1 attached to the rotating shaft of the motor M and a sprocket 26 whose lower end is pivotally supported on the bottom of the hopper 21, so that the supplies in the hopper 21 are fed. The material is scraped up by a (lifter) and is fed from the discharge port 22 to the feeding device 3 side.

A rod-shaped sensor 6 having a lower limit detection sensor 61 and a lower limit detection sensor 62 for detecting the lower limit amount and the lower limit amount of the feed is detachably attached and lifted in the hopper 21. It is connected to a control box 7 installed on the side surface of the delivery tube 23. As a result, when the sensor 6 detects the lower limit amount of the supply with the lower limit sensor 61, the alarm lamp (alarm device) 8 installed on the upper part of the feeding conveyor 25 is turned on and rotated, and the lower limit sensor 62 sets the lower limit amount. When detected, the motor M is stopped and the bucket conveyor 24 is stopped. Incidentally, 27 is a switch for stopping the operation of the motor M, and 28 is a power outlet.

The feeding device 3 is installed above the conveying device 4 composed of a roller type conveyor, etc., and is provided with a tank 31 for containing the feed discharged from the discharge port 22 and a feeding roller 32 at the feeding port of this tank 31. The tray 5 is configured as follows, and the feed device is fed in a fixed amount by the rotation of the feeding roller 32 and is fed in the front-rear direction at a constant speed by the transport device 4.
It is designed to be supplied in a predetermined amount and packed in a box.

Further, a sensor 9 having a lower limit sensor 91 for detecting the lower limit amount of the supply and an upper limit sensor 92 for detecting the upper limit amount is detachably mounted in the tank 31 via a mounting tool 93, and the control is performed. Connected to Box 7. Thereby, when the lower limit sensor 91 detects the lower limit amount of the supply, the lower limit lamp 94 of the control box 7 provided on the side of the lifting device 2 is turned on, and the motor M of the lifting device 2 is turned on. The conveyor 24 is rotated to pump up the supply in the hopper 21 and supply it into the tank 31.

The supply is filled in the tank 31 by the supply of the lifting device 2, and when the upper limit sensor 92 provided on the tank 31 side detects the upper limit amount, the upper limit lamp 95 is turned on by the command of the sensor 92. At the same time, the motor M is turned off to stop the feeding of the bucket conveyor 24. With the above-described configuration, the lifting device 2 that includes the traveling wheels 20 and that can be transported and moved is attached to the feeding device 3 for seed paddy or floor soil installed in the transport device 4, and the tank 3 of the feeding device 3 is provided.
1 has a sensor 9 and a hopper 21 on the side of the lifting device 2 has a sensor 6
It is possible to satisfactorily perform the supply operation of the supply material in the state where the is attached.

At this time, the sensor 9
The sensor 6 and the sensor 6 are detachably provided and installed in the supply device 1 through the control box 7, so that the supply device 1 which does not have the above-mentioned control device can be easily installed without requiring a large modification. The supply of the supply can be controlled automatically. In addition, the hopper 21
Since the sensor 6 having the lower limit detection sensor 61 and the lower limit detection sensor 62 therein can be used to give an alarm of the timing of replenishing the supply of the supply to the hopper 21, the simple supply device 1 is provided at a low price. In addition, it is possible to efficiently and satisfactorily perform the labor-saving supply operation of the supply material without causing any trouble.

[0014]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION A seed or bed soil supply apparatus according to the present invention comprises a hopper 21 for containing a feed such as grain or bed soil.
On the carrier device 4 that is provided below the discharge port 22 of the pumping device 2, the pumping device 2 is composed of a pump 25 that pumps the feed from the hopper 21 and discharges it from the discharge port 22. In a feeding device 1 comprising a feeding device 3 having a tank 31 for feeding the feed in a tray 5 such as a nursery box, the lower limit of the amount of feed fed from the lifting device 2 in the tank 31 and the upper limit A sensor 9 for detecting the limit amount is provided, and the operation of the lifter 24 of the lifting device 2 is stopped by the upper limit amount detection command of the sensor 9, and the lifter 24 is operated by the lower limit amount detection command. I am configuring.

Therefore, when the supply (seed or soil floor) reaches the lower limit with the sensor 9 provided in the tank 31 of the feeding device 3, the pumping device 2 is automatically stopped. It is possible to prevent the above-mentioned troubles appropriately, and the worker can save labor of complicated work of paying attention to the operating condition one by one, and perform other works efficiently.

Further, since the worker can supply the supply of the supply by the sensor 6 provided in the lifting device 2 without erroneous supply of the supply, a good supply operation can be performed efficiently and the supply of the supply can be performed. It is possible to eliminate troubles caused by poor supply.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lifting device.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a supply device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Supply Device 2 Lifting Device 3 Feeding Device 6 Sensor 9 Sensor 21 Hopper 22 Discharge Port 24 Bucket Conveyor (Lifter) 25 Lifting Conveyor (Lifter) 31 Tank

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pumping device 2 comprising a hopper 21 for storing a feed such as grain or soil and a pump 25 for pumping the feed from the hopper 21 and discharging it from an outlet 22. The transport device 4 installed below the discharge port 22 of the lifting device 2.
In the feeding device 1 including the feeding device 3 having the tank 31 for feeding the feed into the tray 5 such as the nursery box above, the lower limit amount of the feed fed from the feeding device 2 into the tank 31. And a sensor 9 for detecting the upper limit amount are provided, and the lifter 2 of the lifting device 2 is operated by the upper limit amount detection command of the sensor 9.
4. A feeder for seeds, soil, etc., characterized in that the operation of No. 4 is stopped and the pump 24 is operated by a lower limit amount detection command. 2. A hopper 21 of the lifting device 2 is provided with a sensor 62 for detecting the lower limit amount of the supply, and when the sensor 62 detects the lower limit amount of the supply, an alarm device 8 such as a lamp or a voice. The seed or bed soil supply device according to claim 1, which operates the device.