JP2893006B2 - Rice transplanter seedling mount - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a seedling mounting table for a rice transplanter having a plurality of seedling receiving portions and a partition for partitioning the plurality of seedling receiving portions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a seedling mount in a rice transplanter as described above is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-53214. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5 of the above-mentioned publication, the lower end of a partition (8 in FIG. 5 of the above-mentioned publication) and a seedling mounting portion (FIG. The end of 7) is connected to form the entire seedling mounting table.

[0003]

As described above, when the lower end of the partition and the end of the seedling mounting portion are connected to each other on the seedling mounting table, the lower end of the partition and the seedling mounting portion are connected. Is located on the upper surface of the seedling placement part.

[0004] When the seedlings placed on the seedling placement part are vertically fed to the seedling takeout side along the seedling placement part, the lower end of the partition part and the end of the seedling placement part are moved. There is a possibility that roots of the seedlings may enter the joints, which may hinder the vertical feeding of the seedlings to the seedling take-out side. An object of the present invention is to provide a seedling rest of a rice transplanter, in which the seedlings placed on the seedling placement part are vertically fed to the seedling take-out opening side without hindrance. It is intended to be configured to be one.

[0005]

[1]

A seedling mounting table is provided with a plurality of seedling mounting portions and a partition portion for partitioning the plurality of seedling mounting portions.In the upper wall portion of the partition portion, one of the partitioning portions extends along the longitudinal feeding direction of the seedling. Engagement that divides the upper wall portion and the vertical wall portion into the other upper wall portion and the vertical wall portion, and connects one and the other upper wall portions of the divided partition portions in abutted state. The connecting portion is provided on the back surface of the upper wall portion of the partition portion, and in a connection state of one of the divided partition portions and the other upper wall portion, the engagement connecting portion is applied to the back surface of the other upper wall portion of the partition portion. It is configured to be attached.

[2] In the configuration of the preceding paragraph [1], by engaging the seedlings in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal feeding direction, one of the divided partition portions and the other upper wall portion are connected in abutting state. In addition, an engagement connecting portion is formed.

[0007]

[Action]

[I] According to the feature of claim 1, a seedling mounting table having a plurality of seedling placing portions and a partition portion is divided at an upper wall portion of the partition portion and provided on a back surface of the upper wall portion of the partition portion. Since the divided seedling rest (upper wall part of the partition part) is connected by the divided engagement connecting part, the seedling rest is placed in the connected state of the divided seedling rest (upper wall part of the partition part). There is no situation where the divided part of the seedling rest is located on the upper surface of the part. As a result, when the seedlings placed on the seedling placement part are fed vertically to the seedling takeout side along the seedling placement part, the roots of the seedlings do not enter the divided part of the seedling placement base, Is smoothly fed vertically along the seedling mounting portion toward the seedling takeout opening side.

[II] If the engagement connecting portion is separated from the butted portion of the upper wall portion of the divided partition portion, the portion between the upper wall portion of the divided partition portion and the engagement connecting portion may be formed. Deflection may occur, and a gap may be formed in the butted portion of the upper wall portion of the divided partition portion even in the connection state by the engagement connection portion. When such a gap is generated, the partition portion may be deformed, which may hinder the vertical feeding of the seedlings in the seedling placing portion.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the engagement connection portion is provided on the back surface of the upper wall portion of the partition portion, and the engagement connection portion approaches the butting portion of the upper wall portion of the divided partition portion. As a result, the state where bending occurs in the portion between the upper wall portion of the divided partition portion and the engagement connection portion as described above is reduced, and the upper wall portion of the divided partition portion is reduced. The generation of a gap in the butted portion can be suppressed. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress a state in which the partitioning portion is deformed and hinders the vertical feeding of the seedlings in the seedling placing portion.

[III] According to the feature of the first aspect, since the engagement connecting portion according to the above [I] is provided on the back surface of the upper wall portion of the partition portion, the divided seedling mounting table (the partition portion) In the connection state of the upper wall portion), the engagement connection portion does not protrude from the partition portion to the back side of the seedling mounting table. Accordingly, when the seedling mounting table is supported on the seedling planting apparatus so as to be able to move laterally, the engagement connecting portion described in the above [I] does not hinder the support.

[IV] According to the feature of claim 1, in the connected state of the divided seedling mounting bases (upper wall portion of the partition portion), the engagement connection portion of one upper wall portion of the partition portion is formed by the partition portion. Of the other partition wall, the upper wall portion of the divided partition portion is brought into contact with the engagement connecting portion, so that the upper wall portion of the divided partition portion is the seedling of the seedling mounting portion. A state of displacement in a direction orthogonal to the mounting surface is prevented. In this way, by preventing the displacement of the seedling mounting portion in the direction orthogonal to the seedling mounting surface and assisting the connection operation of the engagement connecting portion, the divided seedling mounting base (upper wall portion of the partition portion) The connection by the engagement connection portion of (2) becomes reliable. In this case, since the engagement connection portion is provided with the above-described position shift prevention function, the above-described position shift is prevented by the engagement connection portion without providing a dedicated position shift prevention structure. This eliminates the need for a special structure for preventing displacement.

[V] According to the feature of the second aspect, similar to the case of the first aspect, the “action” described in the above-mentioned [I] to [IV] is provided. "Is provided. For example, FIG.
As shown in the figure, when assembling by connecting the divided seedling mounting bases (upper wall portions of the partition portion), the seedlings are divided along a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal feeding direction of the seedlings (for example, the left and right direction of the sheet of FIG. 1). It is considered a common sense to assemble by connecting the divided seedling rests (the upper wall part of the partition part) by bringing the seedling rests (the upper wall part of the partition part) close to each other. Can be

[0013] According to the second aspect of the present invention, the engaging connecting portion engages from the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal feeding direction of the seedlings, so that the divided seedling mounting base (upper wall portion of the partition portion) is connected as described above. In the assembling process, the moving direction of the divided seedling mounting table (upper wall portion of the partition portion) is substantially the same as the direction of engagement of the engagement connecting portion. Thereby, when connecting the divided seedling mounting bases (upper wall portions of the partitioning parts) and assembling them, the divided seedling mountings are placed in a direction orthogonal to the vertical feeding direction of the seedlings, which can be said to be a common-sense assembly form. If the platform (upper wall portion of the partition portion) is moved, the engaging connection portion is engaged as it is, and the divided seedling mounting platform (upper wall portion of the partition portion) is connected.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a seedling mounting table of a rice transplanter constituted by a plurality of seedling mounting sections and partition sections, the seedling mounting section is divided at an upper wall portion of the partition section,
By configuring so that the divided seedling rests (upper wall part of the partition part) are connected by the engagement connecting part arranged inside the partition part, the root of the seedling enters the divided part of the seedling rest. The seedlings could be smoothly fed vertically to the side of the seedling take-out port along the seedling placement portion without dripping, and the planting performance of the rice transplanter could be improved.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, by providing the engaging connection portion on the back surface of the upper wall portion of the partition portion, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a gap at the abutting portion of the upper wall portion of the divided partition portion. Can prevent the vertical feeding of seedlings at the seedling placement part from being hindered by deformation of the partitioning part, and the seedlings can be smoothly moved along the seedling placement part to the seedling removal port side. The planting performance of the rice transplanter was further improved.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the engaging connection portion provided on the back surface of the upper wall portion of the partition does not protrude from the partition to the rear side of the seedling mounting table. When the support is movably supported in the lateral direction, the engagement connection portion does not hinder the support, and is advantageous in that the support structure of the seedling mounting table is not complicated. Further, by arranging the engagement connection portion by effectively utilizing the space called the inside of the partition portion, it is advantageous in terms of making the whole seedling mounting table compact.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the upper wall portion of the divided partition from being displaced.
The connection state of the seedling mounting table was assured, and the durability of the seedling mounting table could be improved. Furthermore, since the engagement connecting portion can also be used as a structure for preventing the displacement, a dedicated blocking structure for the displacement can be eliminated, which is advantageous in terms of simplification of the structure.

According to the feature of claim 2, the "effect of the invention" of the above-mentioned claim 1 is provided similarly to the case of the claim 1, and in addition to the "effect of the invention", the following "invention" is provided. Of the effect. As in the feature of claim 2, from the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal feeding direction of the seedlings, which may be said to be a common sense assembly form of the divided seedling mounting base (upper wall part of the partition).
By configuring so that the engagement connection part is engaged, if the divided seedling mounting base (upper wall part of the partition part) is moved in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal feeding direction of the seedling, the engagement connection is performed as it is. Since the parts are easily engaged, the assembling property is good.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of resin seedling mounting base units 1 (corresponding to a seedling mounting portion) on which a single row of seedlings are mounted are connected to form a riding type rice transplanter or the like. The seedling mounting table mounted on the seedling planting device is configured. A vertical feeding device 2 for feeding a seedling to the seedling removal port side by a certain distance every time the seedling mounting table reaches the stroke end of the lateral movement, on the side of the seedling loading port side of the seedling loading unit 1, a seedling for preventing the seedling from floating Holder 3a
A seedling presser 3 for preventing the seedlings from floating is also provided at an intermediate portion of the seedling mounting base unit 1 in the longitudinal feeding direction of the seedlings.
b is provided.

When connecting the seedling mounting unit units 1 to each other,
As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 4, partition walls 4 (corresponding to vertical wall portions) protruding from the mounting surface side are integrally formed on both lateral end sides of the seedling mounting base unit 1. An upper wall portion 5 extending laterally and outwardly is formed integrally with the upper end of the partition wall to form a partition portion. A pair of engaging members 6 engaged and connected to each other (corresponding to an engaging connecting portion)
And the engagement member 7 are connected to the upper wall 5 of each of the seedling mounting base units 1.
Are formed separately and integrally in a suitable arrangement in the vertical feeding direction of the seedling, and the locking member 6 and the engaging member 7 are configured to be located on the back surface of the upper wall portion 5. ing.

With the above construction, the engaging member 6 formed on one side of the adjacent seedling mounting base unit 1 and the engaging member 7 formed on the other side are engaged with each other in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal feeding direction of the seedlings. By joining, the seedling mounting base unit 1 is connected with the one and the other upper wall portions 5 abutting each other.
As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, adjacent seedling mounting unit 1
In the state of connection, the locking member 6 formed on one side of the seedling mounting base unit 1 is connected to the upper wall 5 of the other seedling mounting base unit 1.
Contact the back of

When the locking member 6 and the engaging member 7 are formed as shown in FIG. 5, the injection molding of the seedling mounting base unit 1 can be performed at low cost by using two types of dies 8, 9. Have been. As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG.
a, the support 11 of the stay 10 to which the 3b is attached;
A metal fitting 12 having a U-shaped cross-sectional shape that opens downward is provided, and the metal fitting 12 is fixed to a concave portion locally formed in the partition wall 4 of the adjacent seedling mounting base unit 1. The metal fittings 12 are configured to enter the inner surface of the partition wall 4 so that the mounting strength of the tools 3a and 3b is increased and the metal fittings 12 do not adversely affect the longitudinal feeding of the seedlings.

[Another Example] The shape, material and connection number of the seedling mounting base unit 1 and the shape, number and arrangement of the locking members 6 and the engaging members 7 can be appropriately changed. The seedling mount of the present invention can be applied to various types of rice transplanters.

In the claims, reference numerals are provided for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in the attached drawings.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a seedling mounting table.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of a seedling mounting table.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a locking member.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an engagement member.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a molding state of a seedling mounting unit;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional plan view of a seedling table near the seedling holder.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Seedling placement part 4 Vertical wall part of partition part 5 Upper wall part of partition part 6 Engagement connection part

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A plurality of seedling mounting portions; and a partition portion for partitioning the plurality of seedling mounting portions, the seedling mounting table is formed, and an upper wall portion of the partition portion is provided. ), The partitioning part is arranged along the vertical feeding direction of the seedling on one upper wall part (5) and a vertical wall part (4), and on the other upper wall part (5) and a vertical wall part (4).
And the upper wall part (5) of one and the other of the divided part.
An engagement connecting portion (6) for connecting the partition walls in a state of being abutted on the back surface of the upper wall portion (5) of the partition portion, and one and the other upper wall portions (5) of the divided partition portions.
In the above connection state, the seedling mounting of the rice transplanter, wherein the engagement connection portion (6) is applied to the back surface of the other upper wall portion (5) of the partition portion. 2. Engaging the seedlings in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal feed direction so as to connect one and the other upper wall portions (5) of the divided partitions in abutting state.
2. The seedling mounting of a rice transplanter according to claim 1, wherein said engaging connection (6) is constituted.