JPS64748Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention relates to a machine for filling pots with soil when transplanting potted seedlings into flowerpots. Then, a small pot shape, that is, a cutting mold of the same shape as the pot, is fitted from above into each pot, and the bed soil is filled into the pot from the hopper above, and the filled bed soil is further applied with vibration. A soil filling machine for flowerpots that forms holes for transplanting potted seedlings, in particular, the installation position of the cutting die can be freely changed in accordance with the arrangement of flowerpots placed on the pallet,
Moreover, the present invention relates to a bed soil filling machine for flower pots that simplifies the vertical movement mechanism of the bed soil filling device and also makes the bed soil filling device detachable.

[Prior art and its problems] Conventionally, in order to transplant seedlings grown in pots to flowerpots for shipping in gardening farms, many workers had to transplant them one by one, but due to poor work efficiency, transplanting was difficult. Problems such as the fact that the optimum season was often missed, had a negative impact on subsequent growth, and made it impossible to ship all at once. Moreover, since it requires a large number of workers, it has unnecessarily increased costs in these days of soaring labor costs. It is already known that some mechanization has been attempted for the purpose of improving the efficiency of such transplanting work, but these well-known machines are made of a plate with a suitable number of round holes. Since a cutting die for forming holes for transplanting potted seedlings is installed vertically on the back of the central part of the round hole, the lower flower pots must naturally be arranged on the pallet in accordance with the arrangement of the upper cutting die. It is difficult to use palettes other than the ones that are used, and it is necessary to provide a frame within the palette to determine the pot position.For this reason, if the user owns a different palette, it is difficult to use the This meant that a new board had to be installed with the cutting die installed in a different position to accommodate the new flowerpot position. or,
Similarly, in the case of a well-known machine, the vertical movement mechanism of the soil filling device, especially the support mechanism for the soil filling device, was provided separately within the machine frame, which not only made the mechanism complicated but also increased its weight. This increased the manufacturing cost of the machine and made it difficult to move the machine.

[Means for solving the problem] In view of the problem, the present invention is designed to allow the user to freely select a pallet for placing empty flower pots, and to reduce the weight of the machine. A large number of trochanters are horizontally arranged in parallel on the upper part of the frame plate on the front upper surface of the machine frame, which is formed in two stages with the front part low and the rear part high. A vibrating device with an overflow plate diagonally installed toward An earth filling unit is formed in which wire rods are arranged in parallel, and a bed soil filling device consisting of a box with an open top is positioned, and the bed soil filling device is configured to be movable up and down using the front support of the machine frame as a guide. This is a bed soil filling machine for flowerpots, which further includes a cutting die attached with a pot guide made of a weakly elastic material hanging on the lower surface of the soil filling so that the mounting position can be changed freely, and a bed soil filling device is detachably attached. The present invention is intended to present a bed soil filling machine for flowerpots constructed by the present invention.

[Example] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(a) The bed soil filling machine 1 is roughly divided into a machine frame 2, a vibration device 3, a bed soil filling device 4, and a hopper 5. The vibration device 3 and the bed soil filling device 4 are connected to an electric circuit for related operation. It communicates at

(b) The machine frame 2 is formed into two stages with a lower front part 6 and a higher rear part 7, and a vibration device 3 is arranged on the upper surface of the front part 6, and a hopper 5 is arranged at the upper end of the rear part 7,
Furthermore, the front support 8 of the rear part 7 is used as a guide rail for the vertical movement of the soil filling device 4.

(c) The vibrating device 3 has a large number of trochanters 10, 10, etc. arranged horizontally in parallel between the upper parts of two frame plates 9, 9,
An overflow soil outflow plate 11 is provided diagonally below the trochanters 10, 10, from the upper side of one side to the lower side of the other side, and support plates 12, 12 is provided, and the support plate 12,1
Transmission rods 13, 13 whose upper ends are screwed to 2 are vertically disposed downward. The transmission rods 13, 13 are connected to each other by a horizontal rod 14 at the lower proper places, and a vertical rod 15 is arranged approximately in the center of the horizontal rod 14, and a rotary wheel 16 is pivotally attached to the vertical rod 15. It is constructed so as to come into contact with a multi-pitch cam 18 wedged on a timer-equipped electric motor 17 placed on the holder. 19,19
is the guide plate of the transmission rods 13 and 13, and the machine frame 2
are attached to each.

(d) The bed soil filling device 4 is composed of a box body 20 and a drive section 21. The box body 20 has an open top and a wire rod 23 of an appropriate thickness is provided in the soil filling section 22 formed at the front part of the bottom. , 23 are arranged side by side at appropriate intervals, and a bottom plate is provided in the remaining portion on the rear side to form an excess soil mounting surface 24. A small pot-shaped cutting die 25 is vertically disposed on the back surface of the soil filling part 22 via stretched wire rods 23, 23 so that the mounting position can be changed freely, and the cutting die 25 is made of a material with a lower elasticity than near the periphery. A plurality of pot guides 26 are hung down, and the pot guides 26 are configured to guide various types of flower pots having slight diameter differences directly below as the cutting die 25 descends. The drive unit 21 is connected by a horizontal rod 28 with the open portions of U-shaped frames 27, 27 facing outward so as to be fitted onto the front support 8 from the inside. It can be slid up and down as a guide rail, and the mounting portion 2 of the box body 20 is provided at the upper part of the frames 27, 27.
9 and 29 are provided. Further, a vertical rod 30 is provided approximately in the center of the horizontal rod 28, and the vertical rod 30 can be freely changed in its vertical position.
A rotating shaft 31 is mounted near the lower end of the vertical rod 30, and an electric motor 32 with a braking device is placed below.
It is configured so as to come into contact with the cam 33 wedged on the cam 33. A plate 34 is disposed at a suitable position of the cam 33,
As the cam 33 rotates, it comes into contact with a limit switch 35 installed on the machine frame 2, thereby stopping the cam 33 at the starting position. or,
36 has one end locked to the machine frame 2 and the other end to the box body 20.
The bed soil filling device 4
It is constructed so that it does not drop suddenly when descending. That is, the elasticity of the spring 36 is made slightly weaker than the weight of the bed soil filling device 4. The electric motor 17 with a timer that drives the vibration device 3 and the electric motor 32 with a brake device that raises and lowers the soil filling device 4 are connected through an electric circuit, and after the vibration device 3 has vibrated for a set time, the motor 17 with a brake device is connected to The structure is such that the bed soil filling device 4 is raised.

(E) A stop rod 37, which is pivoted to the machine frame 2 at a suitable place, is provided near the upper limit position as the box body 20 of the bed soil filling device 4 rises, and a stop rod 37 is installed between the lower proper position of the stop rod 37 and the machine frame 2. A spring 38 is interposed, and the end of the operating rod 39 is pivoted to the machine frame 2 so that it can move freely in the horizontal direction. When rising, box body 2
The box 20 rises while pressing the stop rod 37 against the tension of the spring 38 on the side of the box 20, and when the box 20 rises to a predetermined position, the stop rod 37 moves to the bottom surface of the box 20 due to the tension of the spring 38. , is configured to hold the box body 20 in a predetermined position, and when the box body 20 is lowered, by moving the operating rod 39 laterally and outward, the stop rod 37 resists the spring 38 and closes the bottom surface of the box body 20. It is configured to be more detachable.

(F) The hopper 5 is disposed at the upper end of the rear part 7 of the machine frame 2, and is provided with a discharge port 40 above the soil filling section 22 of the bed soil filling device 4 located below. is attached.

[Function] Next, to explain the function of the bed soil filling machine 1 having the above configuration, the bed soil filling machine 1 is placed in a predetermined position, and the vibration device 3 is placed on both sides at the same height as the trochanters 10, 10... A roller conveyor (not shown) is deployed.
A pallet with suitable flower pots arranged thereon is sent onto the vibrating device 3. Next, when the operating rod 39 is operated to remove the stopper rod 37 from the lower surface of the box body 20, the bed soil filling device 4 descends at a predetermined speed against the spring 36. As the bed soil filling device 4 descends, the cutting dies 25, which have been previously attached to positions corresponding to the arrangement of flower pots in the pallet, are fitted into the flower pots. At this time, even if the arrangement of the flowerpots in the pallet is somewhat disordered, the pot guide 26 guides the flowerpots directly below the cutting die 25. Next, the shutter 41 of the hopper 5 is opened and the bed soil is supplied from the discharge port 40 onto the soil filling section 22, and the worker stirs the soil and pours the bed soil into the flower pot through the gaps between the wire rods 23, 23... Fill it with. Soil filling part 2
If there is some soil left on the container 2, it is pushed onto the surplus soil placement surface 24 at the rear of the box 20, but the soil that falls outside the flowerpot during filling falls onto the excess soil drain plate 11.

Next, the electric motor 17 with the timer set to a predetermined time
When activated, the vibration device 3 is activated by the action of the multi-pitch cam 18, and the soil in the flower pot is compacted appropriately. At the same time, the soil on the overflow plate 11 slides down the slope due to vibration and is discharged to the outside of the machine. After the vibrating action of the vibrating device 3 is finished, the drive section 21 is activated with a slight time lag, and the soil filling device 4 is raised to a fixed position above by the action of the cam 33 and is locked by the stopper rod 37. A flower pot with a hole for transplanting pot seedlings is slid on a roller conveyor (not shown) from above the vibrating device 3 to a transplanting work position, and the seedlings grown in the vinyl pot are taken out from the pot. Transplant into the hole. This work is repeated.

[Effects of the invention] As described above, the present invention has a large number of trochanters 10 on the upper surface of the front part 6 of the machine frame 2, which has a lower front part 6 and a higher rear part 7 formed in two stages. 10... are installed horizontally in parallel, and a vibration device 3 with an overflow plate 11 installed diagonally from the upper side of one side to the lower side of the other side is arranged below the trochanters 10, 10... A hopper 5 is disposed on the upper surface of the machine frame 2, and between the vibration device 3 and the hopper 5, an earth filling part 22 is provided in which wire rods 23, 23, etc. are arranged in parallel at appropriate intervals on the front side of the bottom part. A flower pot is constructed by arranging a bed soil filling device 4 consisting of a box body 20 with an open upper part and configured to be movable up and down using the front support 8 of the machine frame 2 as a guide. This is a bed soil filling machine 1, and furthermore, a cutting mold 25 with a pot guide 26 made of a weakly elastic material is vertically installed on the lower surface of the soil filling part 22 so that the mounting position can be changed freely, and a bed soil filling device 4 can be freely attached and detached. Since this is a flower pot bed soil filling machine 1 configured as follows, in the conventional well-known machine, a cutting die for forming a hole for transplanting potted seedlings is placed on the back side of the central part of the round hole of a plate having an appropriate number of round holes bored therein. Since the flowerpots were placed vertically, the lower flowerpots naturally had to be arranged on the pallet in accordance with the arrangement of the upper cutting dies, making it difficult to use anything other than the specified pallet, and making it difficult to place the pots within the pallet. Although it was necessary to arrange a defined frame, in the present invention, wire rods 23, 23 stretched in the soil filling part 22...
Since the cutting die 25 is attached to the machine, it is easy to move the mounting position, and there is no need for the user to separately purchase pallets that match the machine (cutting die arrangement).
Cutting dies 25 can be attached corresponding to the positions of the flowerpots arranged on the pallet. Furthermore, even if there is a slight misalignment between the flower pot position and the cutting die 25, the pot guide 26 guides the flower pot directly below the cutting die 25 when the soil filling device 4 is lowered, so that the flower pot is always in the center of the flower pot. A cutting die 25 is inserted therein.
In addition, in the case of the vibration device 3, conventionally spilled soil accumulated under the trochanter and it was difficult to remove it, but in the present invention, the spilled soil accumulates under the trochanters 10, 10... Since the plate 11 is provided, the soil spilled outside the flowerpot will not accumulate under the trochanters 10, 10, etc. or fall onto the electric motor, and will quickly move over the diagonally installed plate due to vibrations. It is something that is discharged outside. Moreover, since the front support 8 is used as a guide without separately providing a lifting guide for the bed soil filling device 4, the mechanism is not only simplified and the manufacturing cost is reduced, but also the weight is reduced and the movement of the machine becomes easy. In the past, when horticultural farmers grew seedlings in pots and transplanted them into pots for shipping, many workers had to transplant them one by one, resulting in poor work efficiency and delays in the appropriate transplanting period, which had a negative impact on growth. However, by using the bed soil filling machine of the present invention, the transplanting work can be carried out in a short period of time with a small number of people, so there is no need to miss the suitable time for transplanting. This method has truly remarkable effects, such as greatly reducing labor costs and thus reducing production costs.

Further automation can be achieved by attaching an electric actuating body to the shutter 41 of the hopper 5 and communicating with the electric circuit to operate the shutter 41 at a certain time lag after the bottom soil filling device 4 has finished lowering. It is also possible to configure the vibration device 3, the soil filling device 4, and the shutter 41 of the hopper 5 to be operated in conjunction with each other using a pneumatic actuation device, a hydraulic actuation device, or the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the bed soil filling machine according to the present invention. Figure 2 is also a side view. FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the vibrating device, partially cut away. Figure 4 is an enlarged front view of the bed soil filling device. Figure 5 is an enlarged plan view of the box. FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional front view of the cutting die attachment part. 1...Bed soil filling machine, 2...Machine frame, 3...Vibration device, 4...Bed soil filling device, 5...Hopper, 6...
...Front part of the machine frame, 7...Rear part of the machine frame, 8...Front support, 9
... Frame board, 10 ... Trochanter, 11 ... Excess soil outflow plate, 20 ... Box body, 22 ... Soil filling part, 23 ...
Wire rod, 25... Cutting die, 26... Pot derivative.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A large number of trochanters are horizontally arranged in parallel on the upper part of the frame plate on the front upper surface of the machine frame, which is formed in two stages with a lower front part and a higher rear part. A vibrating device with an overflow plate diagonally installed from the top of one side to the bottom of the other side was installed.
Along with deploying a hopper on the top of the rear machine frame,
Between the vibrating device and the hopper, a bed soil filling device consisting of a box with an open top and an earth filling section in which wire rods are arranged side by side at appropriate intervals on the front side of the bottom is positioned. A flowerpot floor soil filling machine in which the soil filling device is configured to be movable up and down using the front support of the machine frame as a guide. (2) The scope of the utility model registration claim, in which a cutting mold with a pot guide made of a weakly elastic material is attached to the lower surface of the soil filling is vertically installed so that the mounting position can be changed, and the bed soil filling device is configured to be detachable. The flower pot bed soil filling machine according to item 1.