JPH0513161Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] The present invention is a device for transferring a part of a seedling box in which seedlings have germinated while stored in a storage shelf for germination to a storage shelf for greening. More specifically, the present invention relates to a transfer device that is capable of watering the seedling boxes on both storage shelves after transfer under the same conditions.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, in order to transfer some of the seedling boxes in which seedlings have germinated while stored in the germination storage shelf to the greening storage shelf, the seedling boxes must be manually removed from the germination storage shelf and the seedling boxes must be moved. , and was stored in a separate storage shelf for greening.

[Problems that the invention aims to solve] However, manually transferring the seedling boxes from the germination storage shelf to the greening storage shelf requires a lot of labor, and the transfer process is difficult. The problem was that it required a large amount of space.

The present invention was developed in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is possible to automatically transfer seedling boxes from the germination storage shelf to the greening storage shelf, reducing labor and requiring less transfer space. The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for transferring seedling boxes between storage shelves for seedling boxes, which can contribute to labor and space saving, and also make greening conditions uniform.

[Means for solving problems]

The transfer device of the present invention is a device that sequentially transfers seedling boxes from a multi-tiered shelf storing seedling boxes to a large number of empty shelves formed at equal pitches to the shelves, in which the two shelves are placed relative to each other. Means for arranging both shelves side by side in a direction in which the seedling growing box can be inserted and removed by making the target height different by an integral multiple of the pitch of the shelves, and pushing out a part of the seedling growing box from the shelf where it is stored to the empty shelf. It is characterized by comprising means.

[Effect]

When a part of the seedling raising boxes is transferred from one shelf to the other by means of pushing out, the heights of the seedling raising boxes on both shelves are different, but the heights of the seedling raising boxes on both shelves at the time of transfer are different. If the relative height of the seedling box is selected appropriately, the height of the seedling box will be the same on both shelves if both shelves are set to the same height.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the apparatus of the present invention will be explained based on the drawings.

The device of the present invention doubles as a shelving device that transfers sown seedling boxes to each shelf of a storage cart for germination while being sequentially conveyed by a conveyor. The storage cart only moves up and down, and the storage cart has three rows of shelves in the front and rear directions, and when the seedling growing box is transferred to all the shelves in one row, it is moved back and forth by one row.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device used in the embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the same,
Fig. 4 is a side view of the main parts thereof, Fig. 5 is a side view of the storage cart, Fig. 6 is a side view of the storage cart lifting device which is the main part of the present invention, and Fig. 7a is a side cross section of the extrusion device. 7b is a plan view thereof, FIG. 8a is a plan view of the extrusion guide member, FIG. 8b is a front view thereof, and FIG.
The figure is an exploded perspective view of a level meter for height detection.

The transfer device 10 of the present invention is installed on one side of the transfer device 10, and while the seedling growing box S is being transported by the conveyor 21, bed soil is loaded into the seedling growing box S using a soil filling machine (not shown). At the end of the conveyor 21 in a seeding device (not shown), which is used for watering with a watering machine (not shown), then sowing with a seeding machine, and then laying the soil with a soil layering machine, there is a starting end thereof. It has a belt conveyor 11 which is rotatably connected in the vertical direction, and the terminal end of the belt conveyor 11 is connected to two rows of roller conveyors whose conveyance direction is parallel to the conveyance direction of the belt conveyor 11. The roller conveyors 12r and 12r are continuous at the center in the width direction of the pair of roller conveyors 12. A driving motor 1 is installed at the starting end of the belt conveyor 11.
1a is arranged. The rotation speed of the motor 11a can be changed and adjusted.

Each roller conveyor 12r, 12r is placed on a lifting platform 13 that can be moved up and down. The lifting platform 13 is maintained in a horizontal state by a panda graph-shaped support member 13a and one guide pole 13b erected on the side, and is raised and lowered by a hydraulic cylinder 13c interposed within the support member 13a. Ru.

A guide rail (not shown) is formed on the guide pole 13b, and a hollow mounting portion (not shown) provided on the lifting platform 13 is formed in the guide rail portion.
are engaged with each other, and guide rolls (not shown) rotatably attached to each side of the mounting portion are configured to clamp the guide rail portion and roll the guide rail portion into contact with each other.

The roller conveyor 12r has a drive roller that is rotationally driven by a drive motor (not shown) and a rotatable free roller, and a belt (not shown) is wrapped around each end of both. At the same time, the belt prevents the seedling box from slipping. The motor that drives the rollers can change and adjust the rotational speed of the rollers, and it is possible to synchronize the rotational speed of the belt conveyor 11 described above.

A pair of rotatable guide wheels 1 is provided on each outer side of the starting end and the ending end of the roller conveyor pair 12.
2g, 12g... are attached respectively, and each guide wheel 12g engages with a pair of guide rails 13d, 13d extending in the same direction as the conveyance direction of the roller conveyor 12r on the upper surface of each side of the lifting platform 13. The guide wheels 12g roll along each guide rail 13d, and the roller conveyor pair 12 can move on the lifting platform 13 in the conveying direction. Therefore, the roller conveyor pair 12 is the lifting platform 13.
When the belt conveyor 1 connected to the starting end of the roller conveyor pair 12 rises and falls as the belt conveyor 1 moves up and down,
The terminal end of the roller conveyor 1 rotates around its starting end to pull or press the roller conveyor pair 12 in a direction toward or away from the belt conveyor 11, thereby conveying the roller conveyor pair 12 to the lifting platform 13. move in the direction.

At the starting end of the pair of roller conveyors 12, a gate-shaped mounting member 12f is installed on each roller conveyor 12r,
12r, and the center of the mounting member 12f, that is, the two rows of roller conveyors 12r, 12r.
A downward U-shaped sorting guide 12e is pivotally supported above the center in the width direction. The width dimension of this sorting guide 12e is made approximately equal to the width dimension of one roller conveyor 12r, and the central upper surface of the end on the side of the belt conveyor 11 is pivoted to the mounting member 12f, and is slightly wider than the pivot point. A rod tip of an air cylinder 12g is pivotally supported on the upper surface of the terminal end portion of the roller conveyor pair 12. Air cylinder 12g has 1 pair of roller conveyors
It is pivoted on the side of 2, and its rod advances,
By moving in and out, the terminal opening of the sorting guide 12e is positioned on one roller conveyor 12r, and the air cylinder 12g is repeatedly moved in and out of the belt conveyor 1 every time one seedling box is delivered.
The seedling growing boxes sequentially conveyed in step 1 are alternately transferred onto the terminal end of each roller conveyor 12r. The air cylinder 12y is provided with a distribution guide sensor 35 that uses a limit switch to detect when the rod reaches its advance limit or retraction limit.

Further, a center guide 12t is provided upright between each roller conveyor 12r, 12r on the side of the terminal end of the sorting guide 12g, and a side guide 12u,
12u are each erected.

At the starting end of each roller conveyor 12r, a stopper 121 made of an elastic material such as hard rubber is arranged integrally with the roller conveyor 12, and stops the seedling growing boxes being conveyed at the end of each roller conveyor 12r. let Further, a shelving pusher 18 is disposed on one side of the terminal end to push the seedling raising boxes S transported to each terminal end integrally to the other side. The shelving pusher 18 is connected to a pair of roller conveyors 12.
An air cylinder 18a is mounted on the lifting table 13 so as to be located on one side, and has a cylinder stroke slightly longer than the width dimension of the roller conveyor pair 12, and an air cylinder 18a is installed parallel to the direction in which the rod advances and retreats of the air cylinder 18a. Guide shafts 18b, 18b slidably arranged on both sides, and air cylinder 1
Rod tip and guide shaft 18b, 1 at 8a
It consists of a flat pushing member 18c, which is attached to the end of the roller conveyor 8b and has a width approximately the same as the width of the seedling box, and when the air cylinder is operated to advance the rod, the end of each roller conveyor is The two seedling growing boxes S located respectively are pressed by a pushing member 18c and stored on one shelf T of a storage cart 45 for germination, which will be described later, which is arranged opposite to the shelf pusher 18. A cushioning material such as rubber is attached to the surface of the pushing member 18c that contacts the seedling box. The air cylinder 18a is provided with a seedling box storage sensor 32 using a reed switch to detect when the rod advances a predetermined length and the seedling box is stored in the shelf T.

Below the pair of roller conveyors 12, there is a tray 1 that can be pulled out and has a size that covers the entire conveying area.
3f is placed on the lifting platform 13, and the seedling box S
The falling mud etc. are stored in the receiving tray 13f, and the receiving tray 13f can be pulled out from below the roller conveyor pair, so that cleaning and maintenance of the roller conveyor pair 12, the lifting platform 13, etc. can be carried out. It's becoming easier to do.

A cover 12n that can be opened and closed is provided at the starting end of the roller conveyor pair 12.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the storage cart 45 for germination. The storage cart is framed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, and 34 upper and lower stages are provided at predetermined height positions of the front and rear opposing frame members with the horizontal portions facing inward. front/back direction of the drawing)
Three rows of shelves are formed in the front-rear direction, each having shelf T which can be formed at an angle, and each shelf T can accommodate two seedling boxes S in the depth direction. Casters 45a are provided at each corner of the bottom of the storage cart 45, respectively.

On the opposite side of the lifting platform 13 from where the shelving pushers 18 are arranged, a pair of storage carts 45 for germination are provided parallel to the conveying direction of the roller conveyor pair 12 in order to transport the germination storage cart 45 along the roller conveyor pair 12. chain 4
A chain conveyor 41 consisting of 1a and 41a is provided, and the chain conveyor 41 has a conveyance distance that is sufficiently longer than the conveyance distance of the roller conveyor pair 12. The chain conveyor 41 is
It is driven by a motor 41b disposed at the end in the transport direction. Around the conveyance area of the chain conveyor 41, two frames are constructed so as to surround a storage cart 45 that is placed on the chain conveyor 41 and moves.
Two guide bodies 42a and 42b are arranged in parallel in the conveyance direction. At the starting end of the chain conveyor 41,
The storage trolley 45 for germination is arranged so that the bottom part of the storage trolley 45 is placed on the chain conveyor 41.
A pair of guide rails 43 for guiding the lower caster 45a are provided so as to be inclined so that the starting end of the chain conveyor 41 is on the upper side.

An air cylinder is used at the center of the end of the chain conveyor 41, and by advancing the rod, a cushioning material attached to the tip of the rod is placed on the bottom of the end of the storage cart 45 for germination that is transported on the chain conveyor 41. Three stoppers 43 that come into contact with each other to stop the movement of the storage cart 45 for germination.
a, 43b, and 43c are provided along the conveyance direction of the chain conveyor 41, respectively. The stopper 43c closest to the starting end is the chain conveyor 41
When the front row of shelves of the germination storage trolley 45 transported by the storage trolley 45 is in a position facing the shelving pusher 18 in the shelving device 10, the bottom tip of the front end side of the trolley 45 is located. Similarly, the center stopper 43b is arranged at a position where the bottom tip of the front end side of the cart 45 is located when the central shelf row of the cart 45 is in a position facing the shelving pusher 18, and the stopper 43a at the final end is located , is arranged where the bottom tip of the front end side of the truck 45 is located when the rear shelf row of the truck 45 faces the shelving pusher 18.

A pair of photo switches are installed on the upper part of the guide body 42a on the terminal end side in the conveying direction above the chain conveyor 41 in order to detect the upper part of the front end side of the storage cart 45 for germination conveyed by the chain conveyor 41. Three truck sensors 33a, 33b, 33c sandwiched and facing each other are located at each stopper 43a, 4 provided at the end of the chain conveyor 41.
It is arranged slightly closer to the starting end in the conveyance direction than the upper position of 3b and 43c. Further, a truck sensor 33d using a similar photo sensor is disposed above the starting end side of the guide body 42b on the other side.

On the storage cart side of the shelving pusher 18 in the shelving device 10, there is a columnar level meter 4 shown in FIG.
4 are erected. As shown in FIG. 9, the level meter 44 consists of a level meter main body 44A and a mask plate 44B. The level meter main body 44A of the level meter 44 is composed of a vertically long plate having approximately the same height as the germination storage cart 45 placed on the chain conveyor 41, and is made to correspond to the height position of each shelf of the storage cart 45. Thirty-four slits 44a, 44a, . . . are formed at an even pitch. The mask plate 44B is a vertically elongated plate having approximately the same length as the level meter main body 44A, and is provided with slits 44c, 44b of different sizes every other time. It is established at a location corresponding to 44a... The mask plate 44B is slidably arranged relative to the level meter main body 44A,
The small slit 44b of the mask plate 44B is approximately the same size as the slit 44a of the level meter body 44A, and the vertical width of the large slit 44c is that of the level meter body 4.
It is approximately twice the size of the 4A slit 44a.
The slits 44b and 44c of this mask plate 44B are connected to the storage cart 45 for germination from the roller conveyor pair 12.
When transferring the seedling-raising box to , all the slits 44a, 44a, etc. of the level meter body 44A are opened, and when transferring the seedling-raising box from the storage cart 45 for germination to the storage cart 55 for greening. By sliding the mask plate 44B by the size of the slit 44a or 44b with respect to the slit 44a of the level meter main body 44A, every other slit 44B that masks the slit 44a of the level meter main body 44A is not open. Use by sealing the parts. That is, the large slit 44c and the level meter body 44
Half of the slits 44a, 44a, . A level sensor 34 made of a photocoupler is disposed on the upper surface of the lifting table 13 and is opposed to the level meter 44 with the level meter 44 interposed therebetween.

In this example, the seedling growing boxes S are transferred from the storage cart 45 to every other shelf, but if the seedling boxes S are transferred to every other shelf, the pattern of the mask plate 44B may be set accordingly.

The storage cart 55 for greening has the same shape as the storage cart 45 for germination, and has three rows of shelves in the front and back direction each having shelf T made of angles, and each shelf T has two rows. Seedling boxes can be stored in the depth direction. Casters 55a are provided at each corner of the bottom of the storage cart 55 for greening.

On the opposite side of the lifting platform 13 of the storage cart 45 for germination from the placement position of the shelving pusher 18, there is a storage cart for germination in order to transport the storage cart 55 for greening along the storage cart 45 for germination. A chain conveyor 51 consisting of a pair of chains 51a, 51a parallel to the conveyance direction of the seeds 45 is disposed, and the chain conveyor 51 has the same conveyance distance as the conveyance distance for germination. The chain conveyor 51 has a motor 5 disposed at its end in the conveying direction.
1b. Around the conveyance area of the chain conveyor 51, two guide bodies 52a and 52b are arranged in parallel in the conveyance direction, and are framed so as to surround a storage cart 55 for greening that is carried on the chain conveyor 51 and moves. . chain conveyor 5
A pair of guide rails 53 are installed at the starting end of the chain conveyor 51 to guide the casters 55a at the bottom of the greening storage cart 55 so that the bottom of the greening storage cart 55 is placed on the chain conveyor 51. The starting end is on the upper side.

An air cylinder is used at the center of the starting end of the chain conveyor 51, and by advancing the rod, a cushioning material attached to the tip of the rod is placed at the bottom of the end of the storage cart 55 for greening that is transported on the chain conveyor 51. Three stoppers 53 that come into contact with each other to stop the movement of the greening storage cart 55
a, 53c, and 53c are provided along the conveyance direction of the chain conveyor 51, respectively. The stopper 53c closest to the starting end is the chain conveyor 51.
When the front row of shelves of the storage cart 55 for greening transported by the storage cart 55 is in a position facing the shelving pusher 18 in the transfer device 10, the front end of the cart 55 is located, The center stopper 53b is similarly arranged at a position where the bottom tip of the front end side of the cart 55 is located when the central shelf row of the cart 55 is in a position facing the shelving pusher 18, and the stopper 53c at the final end is located at the bottom end of the front end of the cart 55. 5
The bottom end of the front end of the truck 55 is located when the truck 55 is in a position facing the shelving pusher 18 on the front end side of the truck 55.

A pair of photo switches are installed on the upper part of the guide body 52a on the terminal end side in the conveyance direction above the chain conveyor 51 in order to detect the upper part of the front end side of the greening storage cart 55 conveyed by the chain conveyor 51. Three truck sensors 37a, 37b, 37c sandwiched and facing each other are provided at the end of the chain conveyor 51, respectively, at stoppers 53a, 53.
b, 53c are located slightly closer to the starting end in the conveyance direction than the upper position of 53c. Also, the guide body 5 on the other side
A truck sensor 37d using a similar photo sensor is disposed above the starting end side of 2b.

As shown in FIG. 3, this storage cart 55 for greening is arranged so that its shelf T is one shelf higher than the storage cart 45 for germination. As a result, the height between the shelf T on which the seedling box S transferred from the storage cart 45 for germination to the storage cart 55 for greening exists and the shelf T of the seedling box S that was left in the storage cart 45 for germination is become equal. This is because the position of the irrigation nozzle that automatically sprays water to the seedling boxes S during greening is fixed, so each storage trolley 4
This is because it is necessary to make the shelf T in which the seedling raising boxes S 5 and 55 are stored the same tier. A lifting device 60 shown in FIG. 6 is used for this purpose. The lifting device is installed parallel to the extending direction of the chain conveyor 51, and as shown in FIG. And the L-shaped rod 62a, 6
At one end of 2b, lifting rollers 63a, 63b that come into contact with the lower surface of the storage cart 55 for greening are pivotally supported, while at the other end are the two L-shaped rods 62a, 62.
Attach a connecting rod 64 that connects b.
A cylinder 65 is provided at one end of the cylinder 4. Therefore, when the cylinder 65 is actuated, the L
The character rods 62a and 62b rotate clockwise in the figure,
It is configured to lift upward using the grounding wheels 61a and 61b as fulcrums, and lift the greening storage cart 55 to the position shown in FIG. 3.

Note that the seedling boxes are pushed out from the shelves of the storage cart 45 every three stages and transferred to the first storage cart 55, and this storage cart 55 is transferred, and the second storage cart 55 is juxtaposed to the storage cart 45 to remove the remaining seedlings. When transferring seedling boxes every three levels, this lifting device must be placed on a shelf to make the seedling boxes transferred to both storage carts 55, 55 and the seedling box remaining in the storage cart 45 at the same height. It is necessary to enable two stages of lifting, one stage and two stages.

The extrusion member 68c is a storage cart 4 for germination in a seedling box.
It is attached to the tip of the rod of the cylinder 18a in place of the pushing member 18c when the cylinder 18a is transferred from the cylinder 18a to the storage cart 55 for greening.
As shown in the figure, it consists of a flat plate part whose length is longer than the width dimension of the storage cart 45, and parts that stand upwardly on both sides of the flat plate part in the width direction, and one of the corresponding parts is attached to the shelf pusher 18. It is attached to the tip of the rod of the cylinder 18a.

Further, a guide plate 19 shown in FIGS. 8a and 8b is provided in the movement area of the push-out member 68c attached to the rod tip of the cylinder 18a of the shelving pusher 18 on the terminal end side of the roller conveyor pair 12. The guide plate 19 includes a flat plate portion 19a and guide wall portions 19 on both sides of the flat plate portion 19a in the width direction.
b, 19c are erected, and the guide wall portions 19b, 1
At the upper part of 9c, there is a push plate part 19d facing inward,
19e is provided, and further the guide wall portion 19
Guide opening walls 19f and 19g, which are curved and enlarged outward, are provided on the inlet sides of b and 19c. This guide plate 19 guides the extrusion member 68c attached to the tip of the rod of the cylinder 18a of the shelving pusher 18 so that it does not shift from side to side.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a guide chute 80 is provided between the germination storage cart 45 and the greening storage cart 55 at a position facing the shelving pusher 18.
... are arranged, and the shelves T of the storage cart 45 for germination are positioned slightly higher than the guide chute 80, and the shelves T of the storage cart 55 for greening are positioned slightly lower.

Next, first, the shelving operation of the seedling raising box S in which the seedlings have been sown will be explained. The seedling boxes that have been sown in the seeding device are transported to the shelving device 10 by the feeding conveyor 21.
The images are sequentially conveyed onto the belt conveyor 11 at. At this time, a storage cart 45 for germination is placed in advance on the chain conveyor 41 on the side of the shelving device 10, and when this state is detected by the cart sensor 33d, the storage cart 45 for driving the chain conveyor 41 is The motor 41b is operated, and the germination storage cart 45
is guided by the guide body 42b and moved, and when the front end in the transport direction is detected by the truck sensor 33c, the air cylinder 4 is activated to operate the stopper 43c.
3f is operated and the drive of the chain conveyor 41 is stopped. As a result, the row of shelves on the front end side in the conveyance direction of the storage cart 45 for germination is
The position is opposite to the shelving pusher 18 in .

On the other hand, the elevating table 13 in the shelving device 10 is at the lowest position, that is, the upper surface of the pair of roller conveyors 12 placed on the upper side thereof is at the lowest position of the storage cart 45 for germination placed on the chain conveyor 41. shelf T
and roller conveyor pair 1.
The rod of the air cylinder 12y is extended so that the rear opening of the sorting guide 12e at the second starting end is positioned above the roller conveyor 12r on the side closer to the chain conveyor 41. In this state, the sown seedling nursery box S is conveyed by the belt conveyor 11 onto the roller conveyor pair 12, and transferred to the chain conveyor 41 by the sorting guide 12e.
is conveyed onto the roller conveyor 12r on the side closer to .

The seedling raising box S conveyed onto the roller conveyor 12r is conveyed to its terminal end, contacts the stopper 12l, and stops on the terminal end. At this time, when the seedling box sensor 32a detects that the seedlings are being transported on the roller conveyor 12r, the air cylinder 12
y is operated to move the rod in and out, and the rear end of the sorting guide 12e is connected to the other roller conveyor 1.
When the air cylinder 12y is rotated so as to be positioned above the air cylinder 2r and the sorting guide sensor 35 detects this state, the operation of the air cylinder 12y is stopped. The seedling box S to be conveyed next is positioned on the other roller conveyor 12r by the sorting guide 12e, and is conveyed to the terminal end by the roller conveyor 12r. 32b detects the air cylinder 12.
When the seedling box sensor 32b detects that the seedling box S is being conveyed on y, the rod of the air cylinder 12y is advanced by a predetermined amount, and the air cylinder 18a of the shelving pusher 18 is operated to advance the rod. Each roller conveyor 12
The seedling growing boxes S located at the terminal end of r are pushed together and stored in the lowest shelf T of the row of shelves on the terminal end side in the transport direction in the storage cart 45 for germination. When the seedling box storage sensor 32 detects that the air cylinder 18a has advanced a predetermined amount and the two seedling boxes S have been stored on the lowest shelf T, the air cylinder 18a is operated to move the rods back and forth. , a hydraulic cylinder 13c for lifting and lowering the lifting platform 13,
It is operated to raise the lifting platform 13.

The height position of the lifting platform 13 is detected by detecting the slit 44a of the level meter 44 with the level sensor 34, and the level sensor 34 is detected when the level sensor 34 is raised by one shelf in the germination storage cart 45. When this is detected, the operation of the hydraulic cylinder 13c is stopped, and therefore the roller conveyor pair on the upper surface is
The germination storage cart 45 placed on the chain conveyor 41 is opposed to the second shelf T from the lowest side. In such a state, the seedling growing boxes S transported as described above are sequentially transported to the terminal end of each roller conveyor 12r and juxtaposed at the terminal end,
They are stored integrally on the shelf T of the storage cart 45 for germination by the shelving pusher 18, and then moved to the lifting platform 13.
Raise and lower one shelf level.

By repeating this operation, when the seedling boxes are stored in all the shelf rows on the front end side in the transport direction of the storage cart 45 for germination, the stopper 43c driving stopper 43c arranged in the transport area of the chain conveyor 41 The air cylinder 43f is operated to release the stopped state of the storage cart 45 for germination caused by the stopper 43c and to drive the motor 41b to operate the chain conveyor 41. As a result, the storage cart 45 for germination is transferred to the terminal end side in the transport direction, and when the front end in the transport direction is detected by the cart sensor 33b, the air cylinder 43e of the stopper 43b arranged in the transport area of the chain conveyor 41 is activated. At the same time, the operation of the chain conveyor 41 is stopped,
The central row of shelves in the germination storage cart 45 is opposed to the shelving pusher 18. During this time, driving of each roller conveyor 12r is stopped.

In this state, each roller conveyor 12r
The driving of is restarted, and the seedling raising boxes S are conveyed to the terminal end of each roller conveyor 12r. In this case, lifting platform 1
3 is the uppermost position, so the seedling raising boxes S are stored in the central row of shelves of the storage cart 45 for germination, starting from the uppermost shelf T and working downwards, and each shelf T is The storage operation of the seedling nursery box S is the same as described above,
Each time a seedling box S is stored on each shelf T, the lifting platform 1
3 is lowered by one shelf.

When the storage of the seedling raising boxes S on the shelves T in the central shelf row of the storage cart 45 for germination is completed, the storage cart 45 for germination is transported by the chain conveyor 41 in the same manner as described above, and the storage cart 45 for germination is transported by the chain conveyor 41, Storage trolley 4
The shelf row at the rear end in the transport direction in No. 5 is located at a position facing the shelving pusher 18, and then the lower shelf row T
Two seedling growing boxes are integrally stored on one shelf T.

Thus, with the seedling growing box S stored on each shelf T, the seedling growing boxes S are moved to that position or another location to promote germination of the seedlings.

Next, the operation when transferring the seedling box S to the greening storage cart 55 will be described. First, the pushing member 68c shown in FIGS. 7a and 7b is attached to the tip of the air cylinder 18a of the shelving pusher 18.
Install it in place of 8c. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the seedling raising boxes S are stored on each shelf T, and when the seedlings have germinated, the germination storage cart 45 and the empty greening storage cart 55 are placed on each shelf. It is placed on chain conveyors 41 and 51.

Initially, the storage cart 45 for germination and the storage cart 51 for greening are placed on the chain conveyors 41 and 51, and in this state, the cart sensors 33b and 37
When detected at point d, the motors 41b and 51b for driving the chain conveyor are operated, and the two rows of storage carts 45 and 55 are moved to the guide bodies 42b and 52.
When the conveyance direction terminal end side is detected by the truck sensors 33c and 37c, the air cylinders 43f and 53f are operated to operate the stoppers 43c and 53c, and the chain conveyors 41 and 51 The drive of is stopped. As a result, the shelf rows on the front end side in the transport direction of the two rows of storage carts 45 and 55 are positioned opposite to the shelving pusher 18 in the transfer device 10. At this time, the storage cart 55 for greening is lifted and installed so that it is at a position one shelf above by driving the cylinder 65 of the lifting device 60 shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the lifting table 13 in the transfer device 10 is positioned at the lower side due to the action of the level sensor 34, that is, the upper surface of the pair of roller conveyors 12 placed on the upper side thereof is
A shelf T one level higher than the lowest shelf T of the storage cart 45 for germination placed on the chain conveyor 41
at a position opposite to the chain conveyor 51
The position is opposite to the lowermost shelf T of the greening storage cart 55 placed above.

That is, the mask plate 70 that is placed over the level meter 44
is slid upward to seal every other step, that is, 17 slits 44b or 44a, and the second slit 4 from the bottom opposite to the slit 44c is sealed.
4a, the hydraulic cylinder 13c is stopped. In this state, the air cylinder 18a in the shelving pusher 18 is operated to advance the rod together with the pushing member 68c, and the two seedling boxes of the germination storage cart 45 are integrated.
The seedlings are pushed out from the germination storage cart through the guide piece 85 and stored on the lowest shelf T of the shelf row of the greening storage cart 55. When the seedling box storage sensor 32 detects that the air cylinder 18a has advanced a predetermined amount and the two seedling boxes S have been stored on the lowermost shelf T of the storage cart 55 for greening, the air cylinder 18a It is operated to move the platform 13 in and out, and then it is operated to raise the lifting platform 13.

The height position of the lifting platform 13 is detected by the level sensor 34. When the level sensor 34 detects that the platform 13 has been raised by two shelves of the germination storage cart 45 through the sealed portion of the level gauge 44 by the slits 44c and 44a, the operation of the hydraulic cylinder 13c is stopped, and the upper surface of the roller conveyor pair is raised to the fourth shelf T from the bottom of the germination storage cart 45 placed on the chain conveyor.
When this state is reached, the push-out member 68c at the rod tip of the cylinder 18a of the shelf-loading pusher 18 pushes the next seedling box S from the shelf T of the germination storage cart 45 onto the shelf T of the greening storage cart 55, where it is stored on that shelf T, and the lifting platform 13 is raised by two shelves.

By repeating such an operation, when all the seedling boxes S are stored in every two shelves T of the row of shelves of the storage cart 55 for greening from the storage cart 45 for germination, the lifting device 60 lifts the seedlings. The storage trolley 55 for greening is lowered, and the air cylinders 43f and 53f for driving the stoppers 43c and 53c arranged in the conveyance area of the chain conveyors 41 and 51 are operated, and the storage trolley for germination is lowered by the stoppers 43c and 53c. 45 and the storage cart 55 for greening are released from the stopped state, and the chain conveyors 41 and 5 are
1, the motors 41b and 51b are driven. As a result, the storage cart 45 for germination and the storage cart 55 for greening are transferred to the terminal end side in the conveyance direction, and when the front end in the conveyance direction is detected by the truck sensors 33b and 37b, the chain conveyor 41
and 51 stoppers 43b and 5 disposed in the conveyance area.
The air cylinders 43e and 53e of 3b are operated, and the chain conveyors 41 and 51 are stopped, and the central row of shelves in the storage cart 45 for germination and the storage cart 55 for greening are made to face the shelving pusher 18. . In this state, the afforestation storage cart 55 is lifted again to the position shown in FIG. 3 by the lifting device 60. At this time, the lifting platform 13 is at the uppermost position, so the storage of the seedling boxes S from the central shelf row of the germination storage cart 45 to the central shelf row of the greening storage cart 55 is carried out on the uppermost shelf. The storage operation of the seedling boxes S to each shelf T is the same as the above explanation, and the storage of the seedling boxes S to each shelf T of the greening storage cart 55 is carried out sequentially from the stage T to the bottom every two stages. Each time it is stored, the elevator platform 13 is lowered every two stages.

When the storage of the seedling boxes S on the shelves T in the central shelf row of the greening storage cart 55 is completed, the greening storage cart 55 is lowered by the lifting device 60, and the Similarly, the storage trolley 45 for germination and the storage trolley 55 for greening are transported by chain conveyors 41 and 51, and the row of shelves on the rear side in the transport direction of the storage trolley 45 for germination and the storage trolley 55 for greening is placed in the shelf. After the storage cart 55 for greening is lifted again by the lifting device 60, the two seedling boxes S are integrally moved from the lower shelf T to the position facing the pusher 18, every two stages. It is stored on one shelf T.

After this storage is completed, the seedling raising boxes S left in every two stages in the storage trolley 45 for germination and the seedling raising boxes S stored in every two stages in the storage trolley 55 for greening are installed with an irrigation system. The seedlings are then moved to a designated location and cultivated. Note that the above-mentioned lifting device 60 is used as a means for making the heights of the storage carts 45 and 55 different.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and measures such as installing the chain conveyor 51 itself high or configuring the sprocket that supports the chain of the chain conveyor 51 so as to be movable up and down may also be taken.

〔effect〕

Since the transfer device of the present invention is constructed as described above, the tiers of each shelf can be positioned in correspondence by shifting the relative height of each shelf by an integral multiple of the shelf pitch and arranging them side by side. This not only makes it easy to transfer the seedling boxes, but also allows the heights of the tiers on each shelf that house the seedling boxes to be the same by changing the relative height of the shelves after the seedling boxes are transferred. A single irrigation device with a fixed watering height can be applied to each shelf, and various irrigation devices with different watering heights or variable watering heights can be prepared. The present invention has excellent effects, such as eliminating the need to do so, reducing equipment costs, and uniformly raising seedlings due to the same irrigation conditions.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a plan view of the transfer device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the same, FIG. 3 is a front view of the same, and FIG. 5 is a side view of the storage cart, FIG. 6 is a side view of the storage cart lifting device, FIG. 7a is a side sectional view of the extrusion device,
Fig. 8b is a plan view thereof, Fig. 8a is a plan view of the extrusion guide member, Fig. 8b is a front view thereof, and Fig. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the level meter. S...Seedling box, T...Shelf, 18...Shelf pusher, 60...Lifting device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a device that sequentially transfers seedling boxes from multiple shelves storing seedling boxes to a large number of empty shelves formed at the same pitch as the shelves, the relative height of both the shelves is determined by determining the relative height of the shelves. It is characterized by comprising means for arranging both shelves side by side in a direction in which the seedling raising box can be inserted and removed with an integral number of difference, and means for pushing out a part of the seedling raising box from the shelf where it is stored to the empty shelf. A device for transferring seedling boxes.