JPH0717265B2 - Greening truck transfer device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION “Industrial field of application” The present invention relates to a transfer device for a green truck.

“Conventional technology” Normally, mat-like seedlings used for planting work with rice transplanters are grown in seedling raising facilities. To grow mat-like seedlings in a nursery, stack empty seedling raising boxes, supply the seedling raising boxes to the seeding conveyor line one by one, fill the soil with soil, and irrigate.
Sowing, covering with soil, stacking the seedling boxes, putting in a germination room, heating and humidifying with steam in the germination room for 2 to 3 days for germination,
Workers plant the seedling raising boxes that house the stacked and germinated seedlings one by one in greening shelves.

"Problems to be solved by the invention" Most of the work at the seedling raising facility is automated,
It takes a lot of time and labor for the operator to put the seedling raising boxes for storing the stacked and germinated seedlings into the greening shelves one by one, which reduces the work efficiency in the seedling raising facility.

“Means to be Solved by the Invention” In view of the above circumstances, in order to improve work efficiency in a seedling raising facility, a greening trolley having multiple shelves is automatically loaded with seedling raising boxes for accommodating stacked and germinated seedlings. A multi-stage loading device for seedling raising boxes is installed.

The present invention is the transfer device for a greening trolley, which transfers the greening trolley to a work conveyor in order to receive the seedling raising box in the above-mentioned seedling raising box multi-stage loading device. The relocation device for the green truck is
A trolley kicking device is installed at the entrance lifter of the green truck.
Attaching a trolley pulling lock to the work conveyor that transfers the greening trolley, and activating the trolley pulling lock to the trolley kicking device as the work conveyor is driven. Is configured to be sent to the work conveyor.

[Operation] The bogie kicking device provided in the entrance lifter section of the greening cart is operated by the bogie tension lock provided in the work conveyor for transferring the greening cart, and the greening cart is transferred from the entrance lifter section to the working conveyor.

[Example] First, an outline of a seedling raising facility will be described with reference to FIG.

Stacked empty nursery boxes 1 and seeding conveyor line 2
The seedling raising boxes 1 are supplied to the upstream side of the seedlings one by one, and the soil from the hopper 3 is put into the seedling raising box 1, water is sprinkled from the sprinkler 4, seeded from the hopper 5, covered with soil from the hopper 6, and the seedling raising box 1 is Are stacked in a stacking chamber 7 and placed on a carrier 8 and put in a germination chamber 9 where they are heated and humidified with steam for 2 to 3 days for germination. Seedling box 1 for storing seedlings that have been stacked and sprouted
... are put into the greening cart 12 at predetermined intervals by the multi-stage loading box 11 for growing seedlings and the seedlings are greened in the shelf nursery room 13.

Next, an outline of the nursery box multi-stage loading device 11 will be described with reference to FIG.

The nursery box multi-stage loading device 11 includes a nursery box 1 of a carrier truck 8 on which a nursery box 1 for accommodating stacked germinated seedlings is mounted, a separating section A of the carrier truck 8 and a stacked nursery box 1 for each box. A sending section B for sending out, a shelf conveyor 14 that receives the seedling raising boxes 1 transferred one by one, and rises by one step, and a shelf conveyor
A green truck 12 for receiving the nursery box 1 from 14; a pusher 15 for pushing out the nursery box 1 from the shelf conveyor 14; and a carrier truck 8 for separating the nursery box 1 ...
And a carrier cart collecting device C for collecting

Small rectangular frame 21 with stacked nursery boxes 1 ...
The carrier 8 provided with wheels 22 on the conveyor moves on the supply conveyor 23 to reach the separating section A of the nursery box 1. Then, inside the frame 21 of the carrier vehicle 8, the chain conveyor 24 is lifted by the cylinder to lift the stacked seedling raising boxes 1 ... And stop when they are flush with the feeding section B, and the chain conveyor 24 is driven to drive the seedling raising boxes 1.
Is moved to the sending section B. Next, the stacked nursery box 1
.. is slightly raised by the conveyor and the locking claws are operated to lock the second seedling raising box 1 ... from the bottom and hold the second seedling raising box 1 ... from the bottom. After that, the conveyor descends with only one of the seedling raising boxes 1 at the bottom end. The separated seedling raising box 1 at the lowermost end is transferred by a transfer conveyor and received by a shelf conveyor 14 equipped with a lifter. Shelf conveyor 14 is seedling box 1
When 1 box comes, it goes up by 1 step, and when it comes 1 box, it goes up by 1 step again and stacks 15 raising seedling boxes 1 at a predetermined interval. When 15 boxes of nursery boxes 1 are stacked, all 15 boxes are pushed out by the pusher 15 and handed over to the greening cart 12 having waiting shelves at predetermined intervals. A total of 60 boxes of 4 rows of 15 boxes of nursery boxes 1 in one row are stacked on the greening cart 12. To do this, lift the green truck 12 with a lifter to the same height as the work conveyor, and lift the green truck 12
Moves to the vicinity of the shelf conveyor 14 and stops. Green truck
The sensor detects whether or not there is a nursery box 1 ... in front of 12, and when the nursery box 1 ... is not present, the nursery box 1 ...
Push to the far side in the green truck 12 Operate the pusher 15 with a long stroke to push in the nursery box 1 ...
When the sensor detects that the green leaves are on the far side of the green truck 12, the pusher 15 pushes the nursery box 1 ... to the far side of the green truck 12 with a short stroke.
Insert a certain distance between and. When the two rows of nursery boxes 1 in front of the vegetation truck 12 are located on the far side and the front side, the sensor detects it and advances the vegetation truck 12 by one pitch to stop. Two rows of nursery boxes 1 are housed on the far side and the front side. The greening cart 12 containing the four rows of seedling raising boxes 1 moves and lowers the greening cart 12.

Next, the transfer device for the green truck of the present invention will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 1, the transfer device of the greening trolley has a pusher 15 so that the pusher 15 can push the seedling raising boxes 1 ...
A work conveyor (31) for moving the green truck (12) is arranged in a direction orthogonal to the operating direction of. An inlet lifter section 32 of the greening carriage 12 is arranged on the upstream side of the work conveyor 31, and an outlet lifter section 33 of the greening carriage 12 is arranged on the downstream side. The inlet lifter portion 32 and the outlet lifter portion 33 are fixed to both ends of a chain 37 stretched around the sprockets 35 and 36 at both upper ends of the frame 34. When the inlet lifter section 32 rises to the position of the work conveyor 31, the outlet lifter section 33 descends to drop the greening cart 12 having the nursery boxes 1 ... onto the floor. On the other hand, the inlet lifter section 32
When the plant descends to the floor, the nursery box 1 is placed in the entrance lifter section 32.
Place an empty green truck 12 that is not loaded with the exit lifter section 33
Stands up to the work conveyor 31 and waits for the greening cart 12 loaded with the nursery boxes 1 ...

As shown in FIG. 2, a trolley kicking device 41 is provided at the entrance lifter portion 32 of the greening trolley 12, and a trolley pulling lock 42 is provided at the work conveyor 31. The trolley kicking-out device 41 is operated by the trolley pulling lock 42 to transfer the greening trolley 12 to the work conveyor 31.

The trolley kicking device 41 of the inlet lifter section 32 includes a receiving member 43 and a kicking member that are rotatably attached to the inlet lifter section 32 that receives the rotational force of the trolley tension locking device 42 of the work conveyor 31.
It consists of 44. The base end of the receiving member 43 is rotatably mounted around the rotary shaft 45, and the gear 46 is fixed to the base end of the receiving member 43. Further, the kicking member 44 has its base end at the rotation shaft 47.
A gear 48 is fixed to the base end of the kicking member 44 and meshes with the gear 46 of the receiving member 43. Further, the kicking member 44 is pivoted by a tension spring 49 so that it can pass to the approaching side of the green truck 12 and is tilted to be stopped by a stopper 50. The trolley pulling lock 42 is a work conveyor
The pushing member 51 is provided at a position located on the rear end of the greening carriage 12 of the work conveyor 31 attached to the work conveyor 31.

3 and 4 and 5 show an empty green truck 12 on the work conveyor 31.
Shows the state of being transferred. The work conveyor 31 is driven by a motor 52.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the work conveyor 31 rotates and the carriage pulling lock 42 abuts on the receiving member 43, the gear 46 at the base end of the receiving member 43 rotates in the direction of the arrow, and the gears accordingly. 48 rotates and rotates the kicking member 44 in the direction of the arrow against the tension spring 49, and the kicking member 44 hits the greening carriage 12 mounted on the inlet lifter section 32, as shown in FIG.
Reprinted above. When the carriage tension lock 42 is disengaged from the receiving member 43 as the work conveyor 31 is driven, the tension spring 49
Thus, the kicking member 44 is pulled back until it comes into contact with the stopper 50, and the receiving member 43 is brought into the engagement posture with the carriage pulling lock 42. The green truck 12 is transferred by the work conveyor 31 and stopped, and the pusher 15 receives the nursery boxes 1 ... After that, as shown in FIG. 8, the greening cart 12 on which the nursery boxes 1 ... Are placed is pushed out by the pushing member 51 of the work conveyor 31 and transferred to the exit lifter section 33. The exit lifter section 33 descends and the nursery box 1
The greening cart 12 on which ... is placed is dropped onto the floor, and the greening cart 12 is put in the shelf nursery room 13 to grow seedlings.

[Advantages of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a receiving member and a trolley kicking device that operates in conjunction with the receiving member are provided in the entrance lifter portion of the vegetation truck, and the trolley is used as a work conveyor for transferring the vegetation truck. Attach the tension locking device, the truck tension locking device and the receiving member engage with the driving of the work conveyor, and the trolley kicking device is operated in conjunction with this engagement, and the trolley kicking device becomes a green truck. It is a greening cart transfer device configured to engage and send the greening cart to the work conveyor, and can be automatically transferred to the work conveyor from the inlet lifter part of the greening cart that receives the seedling raising box. Further, the present invention utilizes the power of the work conveyor that receives and conveys the greening trolley, and by using the trolley pull locking device that attaches the kicking device provided in the inlet lifter portion that does not have a motive power conveyance function to the work conveyor. By operating it, the inlet lifter part does not need to have a power transfer function, the structure is extremely simple, the cost is low, and the work conveyor has all the initiative to hand over the green truck. A complicated structure for adjusting the delivery timing is unnecessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a transfer device for a green truck, FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the transfer device, FIG. 3 is a front view of a work conveyor, FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. 3, FIGS. 6 to 8 are front views for explaining a state in which a greening carriage is transferred to a work conveyor and loaded and unloaded, FIG. 9 is a schematic front view of a seedling raising facility, and FIG. It is a schematic plan view of a box multi-stage loading device. 1 …… seedling raising box 12 …… greening cart 11 …… multi-stage nursery loading device 32 …… entrance lifter section 41 …… cart kicking device 31 …… work conveyor 42 …… cart pulling lock

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A multi-stage nursery box loading device for delivering a shelf-shaped seedling raising box to a greening trolley, and a receiving member and a trolley kicking device that operates in conjunction with the receiving member at an entrance lifter portion of the greening trolley. And a carriage pulling lock is attached to the work conveyor for transferring the green truck, and the carriage pulling lock and the receiving member are engaged as the work conveyor is driven, and the carriage kicking device is interlocked with this engagement. And a pedestal kicking device is engaged with the vegetation truck to feed the vegetation truck to the work conveyor.