Single-opening inclined clamping type seedling cup

By designing a single-opening, inclined clamping seedling cup, the problems of complex structure, high cost, and poor applicability in existing agricultural transplanters are solved, achieving stable storage and efficient transportation of seedlings, and improving planting quality and equipment efficiency.

CN223714592UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-26HEBEI GENGYUN AGRI MASCH MFG CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520150625.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-22
Publication Date
2025-12-26
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-22

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Technical Problem

Existing agricultural transplanters have problems with their seedling cup designs, such as complex structure, high cost, poor applicability, and unstable seedling storage, which affect planting quality and efficiency.

Method used

The single-opening, inclined clamping seedling cup is designed with a structure that is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom. Combined with a single door and elastic components, the stable storage and transportation of seedlings are achieved through the coordinated control of the driving and actuating components, simplifying the structure and improving versatility.

Benefits of technology

It reduced production costs, improved the stability and survival rate of seedlings, enhanced the applicability and ease of maintenance of the equipment, and improved the working efficiency and planting quality of the transplanter.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a single-opening inclined clamping type seedling cup which is suitable for an agricultural transplanter. Comprising a seedling cup body and a single door, the seedling cup body is fixedly installed on a transmission part of the agricultural transplanter, an inner cavity is designed to be of a wide-end-up structure, a seedling loading port and a seedling unloading port are formed in the top and the bottom respectively, and a clamping plate is arranged at the bottom. The single door is rotationally arranged at the bottom of the seedling cup body and is matched with the clamping plate through the elastic piece to plug the seedling discharging opening. An assembling pin shaft is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the single door, the driving piece is installed on the pin shaft, and the acting piece is fixed to a rack of the agricultural transplanter. And when the driving part moves to the position of the acting part along with the transmission part, the acting part pushes the driving part and the single door to turn over to an open posture. According to the design, the structure is simplified, the manufacturing cost is reduced, the applicability and the maintenance convenience are enhanced, and meanwhile, the working efficiency of the agricultural transplanter and the crop planting quality are effectively improved.
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Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of agricultural transplanter technology, specifically a single-opening inclined clamping seedling cup. Background Technology

[0002] In existing agricultural transplanters, traditional seedling cup designs mostly adopt a double-opening structure, whose opening and closing control mechanism is usually quite complex, resulting in a cumbersome overall mechanical structure and thus increasing manufacturing and maintenance costs. Furthermore, the double-opening design often requires more sophisticated drive devices and control systems, which inherently increases the complexity and cost of the equipment and is not conducive to large-scale production.

[0003] On the other hand, traditional seedling cups cannot effectively ensure that seedlings are in an ideal upward orientation when stored. Seedlings may be flipped or placed unstablely during transportation, causing them to bend or tip over during final transplanting, which seriously affects planting quality and survival rate.

[0004] In addition, existing seedling cups generally suffer from poor applicability and inconvenient disassembly and maintenance. Because different models of agricultural transplanters or robotic arms have different installation interfaces, traditional seedling cups have poor versatility, and the disassembly and assembly process is cumbersome when replacement or repair is needed, which brings considerable difficulties to maintenance.

[0005] Therefore, there is an urgent need for a seedling cup design that can simplify the structure, improve applicability, and effectively ensure the stable transfer of seedlings, so as to improve the working efficiency of agricultural transplanters, reduce production costs, and improve the quality of crop planting. Utility Model Content

[0006] In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings in the existing technology, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a single-opening oblique clamping seedling cup, which has the advantages of simplified structure, stable function, strong applicability and convenient maintenance. It can significantly improve the working efficiency of agricultural transplanters, reduce manufacturing costs and effectively improve the quality of crop planting.

[0007] The technical solution adopted by this utility model to achieve the above objectives is: a single-opening oblique clamping seedling cup, installed on an agricultural transplanter, including a seedling cup body and a single-opening door. The seedling cup body is fixedly installed on the transmission component of the agricultural transplanter. The inner cavity of the seedling cup body is configured as a structure that is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom. The top and bottom of the seedling cup body are respectively provided with a seedling loading port and a seedling unloading port. A clamp plate arranged on one side of the seedling unloading port is fixedly connected to the bottom of the seedling cup body.

[0008] The single door is rotatably mounted on the bottom of the seedling cup body. An elastic element is fitted at the connection between the single door and the seedling cup body. The elastic element is used to match and combine the clamp with the single door and seal the seedling discharge port.

[0009] The outer side wall of the single-door is fixedly connected with a horizontally arranged assembly pin shaft, a driving member is assembled on the assembly pin shaft, an acting member is fixedly connected to the frame of the agricultural transplanting machine, and when the driving member runs to the position of the acting member along the transmission component, the driving member is pushed by the acting member to make the single-door flip and be in an open posture.

[0010] On the basis of the above technical solution, in order to ensure that the seedling cup body can be stably installed on the transmission component of the agricultural transplanting machine, the following technical solution is provided.

[0011] A gasket plate is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the seedling cup body, an assembly through hole is formed in the gasket plate, and the seedling cup body is fixedly installed on the transmission component through a bolt assembly arranged through the assembly through hole.

[0012] On the basis of the above technical solution, to ensure that the mechanical arm matched on the agricultural transplanting machine can stably transfer the seedlings in the seedling tray to the seedling cup body, the following technical solution is provided.

[0013] A displacement notch is formed in the top of the seedling cup body, and the displacement notch is arranged on one side of the seedling loading port.

[0014] On the basis of the above technical solution, in order to ensure that the driving member can be stably assembled on the assembly pin shaft and ensure that the driving member can be smoothly matched with the acting member to control the opening and closing postures of the single-door, the following technical solution is provided.

[0015] The driving member is rotatably installed on the assembly pin shaft, a first gasket and a first snap pin for positioning the driving member are assembled on the assembly pin shaft, and the driving member adopts a rotating bearing.

[0016] On the basis of the above technical solution, in order to ensure that the acting member can be effectively matched with the running driving member to effectively control the open posture of the single-door, and to effectively control the closed posture of the single-door under the cooperation of the elastic member, the following technical solution is provided.

[0017] The acting member comprises a flat section and a first inclined section and a second inclined section arranged on both sides of the flat section, respectively, and the outer edge parts of the flat section, the first inclined section and the second inclined section are in surface contact with the driving member.

[0018] On the basis of the above technical solution, in order to ensure that the single-door can be stably installed in a relative rotating posture, and to ensure that the single-door can be matched with the clamping plate to effectively block the seedling unloading port, the following technical solution is provided.

[0019] An ear seat A is fixedly connected to the bottom side wall of the seedling cup body, an ear seat B is fixedly connected to the top of the single-door, the ear seat A and the ear seat B are coaxially arranged and inserted with a positioning pin shaft, and a second gasket and a second snap pin are assembled on the end part of the positioning pin shaft.

[0020] On the basis of the above technical solutions, in order to ensure that the elastic member can be stably assembled and exert a stable force on the single-door to keep it in a normally closed state, the following technical solutions are provided.

[0021] The elastic member is a torsion spring, which is sleeved around the positioning pin shaft, and the two ends of the torsion spring abut against the seedling cup body and the single-door, respectively.

[0022] The utility model has the advantages of:

[0023] 1. Simplified structure and reduced cost: Compared with the traditional double-opening seedling cup, the present application adopts a single-door structure, reducing the number and complexity of mechanical components and avoiding a complicated opening and closing control system. This effectively reduces the production cost and simplifies the equipment, facilitating mass production.

[0024] 2. Effective directional storage of seedlings and improved planting quality: The inner cavity of the seedling cup body is designed in a structure that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, allowing the seedlings to maintain an upright posture during storage and avoiding the seedlings from being turned over or placed unstably. This ensures the stability of the seedlings during transplanting, reduces bending or dumping, and significantly improves the planting quality and survival rate of the seedlings.

[0025] 3. Enhanced applicability and versatility: The adjustable mounting structure, such as the redundant design of the spacer plate and assembly pin shaft, can flexibly adapt to the transmission components or mechanical arms of different models of agricultural transplanters, improving the versatility and solving the problem of poor applicability of traditional seedling cups. In addition, the components involved are assembled in a convenient and detachable manner, such as the design of the clamping pin and bolts, facilitating maintenance and replacement and reducing the difficulty of equipment maintenance.

[0026] 4. Stable opening and closing control and improved work efficiency: The opening and closing of the single-door are controlled through the cooperation of the acting element and the driving element, ensuring that the seedling cup remains closed during transportation and avoiding accidental leakage of the seedlings. At the same time, the smooth movement of the driving element ensures smooth opening and closing of the single-door during operation, improving the precision and efficiency of transplanting.

[0027] In summary, the single-opening inclined clamping type seedling cup has the advantages of simplified structure, stable function, strong applicability, and convenient maintenance, which can significantly improve the work efficiency of the agricultural transplanter, reduce the manufacturing cost, and effectively improve the quality of crop planting. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0028] Figure 1 The figure is a structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 2 The figure is another perspective structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0030] Figure 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the seedling cup body;

[0031] Figure 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the single opening door and the components mounted thereon;

[0032] Figure 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the single opening door and the components mounted thereon.

[0033] In the figure: 1 seedling cup body, 11 seedling loading port, 12 seedling unloading port, 13 clamping plate, 14 pad, 141 assembly through hole, 142 bolt assembly, 15 clearance notch, 16 ear seat A, 2 single opening door, 21 elastic member, 22 assembly pin shaft, 221 first gasket, 222 first locking pin, 23 driving member, 24 ear seat B, 25 positioning pin shaft, 251 second gasket, 252 second locking pin, 3 acting member, 31 straight section, 32 first inclined section, 33 second inclined section. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0035] Please refer to Figures 1-5 A single opening type inclined clamping type seedling cup is installed on an agricultural transplanting machine and comprises a seedling cup body 1 and a single opening door 2. The seedling cup body 1 is fixedly installed on a transmission component of the agricultural transplanting machine. The inner cavity of the seedling cup body 1 is designed as an upper wide and lower narrow structure. The top and bottom of the seedling cup body 1 are respectively provided with a seedling loading port 11 and a seedling unloading port 12. The bottom of the seedling cup body 1 is fixedly connected with a clamping plate 13 arranged at one side of the seedling unloading port 12.

[0036] The single opening door 2 is rotatably installed at the bottom of the seedling cup body 1. An elastic member 21 is assembled at the connection between the single opening door 2 and the seedling cup body 1. The elastic member 21 is used for matching and combining the clamping plate 13 and the single opening door 2 and blocking the seedling unloading port 12.

[0037] A horizontally arranged assembly pin shaft 22 is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the single opening door 2. A driving member 23 is assembled on the assembly pin shaft 22. An acting member 3 is fixedly connected to the frame of the agricultural transplanting machine. When the driving member 23 runs to the position of the acting member 3 along with the transmission component, the driving member 23 and the single opening door 2 are pushed by the acting member 3 to perform a flipping movement and are in an open posture.

[0038] The transmission component can adopt a chain or belt type transmission device, and a plurality of groups of seedling cups 1 are uniformly arranged on the transmission component. The seedling cups 1 are driven by the transmission component to circulate and transfer between the seedling tray and the transplanting nozzle arranged on the machine. The seedlings in the seedling cups 1 are transferred from the seedling loading port 11 at the top of the seedling cups 1 to the seedling tray by the mechanical arm arranged on the seedling tray.

[0039] Due to the design of the inner cavity of the seedling cup 1 being wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, the seedlings falling into the seedling cup 1 can be stored in a vertical upward posture at the bottom of the seedling cup 1, and the seedlings are prevented from leaking out of the seedling unloading port 12 at the bottom of the seedling cup 1 during the transfer process by the cooperation of the single-door 2 and the clamping plate 13 in the closed posture.

[0040] The acting element 3 is arranged at the position of the circulating and rotating transplanting nozzle. When the seedling cup 1 loaded with seedlings is transported to the position by the transmission component, the acting element 3 interacts with the driving element 23 on the single-door 2, and during the continuous operation of the transmission component, the acting element 3 can apply a force to the driving element 23 to make the single-door 2 turn outward and be in an open posture. The seedlings stored in the seedling cup 1 can leak into the corresponding position of the transplanting nozzle from the seedling unloading port 12, and the seedlings are planted in the soil by the transplanting nozzle and the matched planting mechanism.

[0041] The seedling cup 1 and the single-door 2 can be made of plastic die-casting to save cost and reduce weight, so that the elastic element 21 can act on the single-door 2 and make it in a normally closed posture.

[0042] In order to ensure that the seedling cup 1 can be stably installed on the transmission component of the agricultural transplanting machine, the following technical solutions are provided.

[0043] The outer side wall of the seedling cup 1 is fixedly connected with a backing plate 14, and the backing plate 14 is provided with an assembly through hole 141. The seedling cup 1 is fixedly installed on the transmission component by a bolt assembly 142 arranged through the assembly through hole 141.

[0044] The setting of the backing plate 14 can effectively increase the thickness of the seedling cup 1, thereby ensuring the stability of the bolt assembly 142. The seedling cup 1 is fixed to the transmission component by bolts, which facilitates disassembly, replacement and maintenance.

[0045] The backing plate 14 and the assembly through hole 141 arranged thereon are provided with two groups of symmetrically arranged assembly through holes on different outer wall surfaces of the seedling cup 1, so as to provide two pairs of mounting points to cope with different forms of transmission components or mechanical arms, thereby improving the universality of the seedling cup 1.

[0046] In order to ensure that the mechanical arm matched on the agricultural transplanting machine can stably transfer the seedlings in the seedling tray to the seedling cup 1, the following technical solutions are provided.

[0047] The top of the seedling cup body 1 is provided with a gap 15, and the gap 15 is arranged on one side of the seedling loading port 11.

[0048] The gap 15 can avoid the interference between the seedling cup body 1 and the running mechanical arm, so that the mechanical arm can run through the gap 15 to the seedling loading port 11, thereby ensuring that the seedling can be stably transferred to the seedling cup body 1.

[0049] Since the running path of the mechanical arm and the running path of the transmission component at the seedling tray position are perpendicular, in order to ensure that the seedling cup body 1 can be stably installed on the transmission belt or transmission chain of the transmission component, and the mechanical arm can stably transfer the seedling, the direction of the gap 15 is perpendicular to the plane of the mounting pad 14.

[0050] In order to ensure that the driving member 23 can be stably assembled on the assembly pin shaft 22, and ensure that the driving member 23 can be smoothly matched with the acting member 3 to control the opening and closing posture of the single door 2, the following technical solutions are provided.

[0051] The driving member 23 is rotatably installed on the assembly pin shaft 22, and the assembly pin shaft 22 is provided with a first gasket 221 and a first pin 222 for positioning the driving member 23, and the driving member 23 adopts a rotating bearing.

[0052] The assembly pin shaft 22 is also provided with two groups of concentric arrangements, and is respectively assembled to the two groups of symmetrically arranged side walls of the single door 2. In addition, the assembly pin shaft 22 is perpendicular to the plane of the pad 14. In actual application, only one of the two groups of assembly pin shafts 22 is provided with a driving member 23, and the bolt assembly 142 and the driving member 23 are respectively assembled to opposite positions, which can be respectively associated with the transmission component and the acting member 3 arranged at different positions, to avoid the spatial motion interference between the transmission component and the acting member 3.

[0053] The driving member 23 can also adopt a freely rotating circular structure such as a wheel, which can ensure that the driving member 23 is stably rotated on the assembly pin shaft 22, and when the acting member 3 contacts, the running driving member 23 can effectively reduce the friction between the acting member 3, thereby ensuring the smoothness of the opening and closing posture of the single door 2.

[0054] A first insertion hole is arranged on the assembly pin shaft 22, which can stably insert the first pin 222 on the assembly pin shaft 22, and effectively limit the first gasket 221 on the inner side of the first insertion hole. The arrangement of the first gasket 221 can avoid the direct contact between the driving member 23 and the first pin 222, which affects the running stability.

[0055] In order to ensure that the acting element 3 can effectively cooperate with the running driving element 23, realize effective control on the opening posture of the single door 2, and realize effective control on the closing posture of the single door 2 under the cooperation of the elastic element 21, the following technical scheme is provided.

[0056] The acting element 3 comprises a flat section 31 and a first inclined section 32 and a second inclined section 33 arranged on both sides of the flat section 31, and the outer edge parts of the flat section 31, the first inclined section 32 and the second inclined section 33 are in contact with the driving element 23.

[0057] The acting element 3 is cut from a steel plate and fixed to the frame of the agricultural transplanting machine, and arc transition surfaces are arranged at the ends of the first inclined section 32 and the second inclined section 33 to ensure stable transfer of the driving element 23 between the first inclined section 32, the flat section 31 and the second inclined section 33.

[0058] When the single door 2 runs to the acting element 3 with the transmission component, the driving element 23 on the single door 2 first contacts the first inclined section 32, and under the action of the first inclined section 32, the driving element 23 and the single door 2 are overturned as a whole, and then the single door 2 is in an open posture, when the driving element 23 runs to the flat section 31, the single door 2 is continuously in an open posture, so as to ensure that the seedlings in the seedling cup body 1 have enough time to transfer to the lower transplanting nozzle, and then the driving element 23 runs to the second inclined section 33, the second inclined section 33 is symmetrically arranged with the first inclined section 32, and then the single door 2 is gradually closed.

[0059] In order to ensure that the single door 2 can be stably installed in a relative rotating posture, and ensure that the single door 2 can cooperate with the clamping plate 13 to effectively block the seedling discharging port 12, the following technical scheme is provided.

[0060] The bottom side wall of the seedling cup body 1 is fixedly connected with an ear seat A16, and the top of the single door 2 is fixedly connected with an ear seat B24, the ear seat A16 and the ear seat B24 are coaxially arranged and are inserted with a positioning pin shaft 25, and the end of the positioning pin shaft 25 is provided with a second gasket 251 and a second locking pin 252.

[0061] The matching design of the ear seat A16 and the ear seat B24 can ensure that the positioning pin shaft 25 is stably inserted into the axis thereof, thereby ensuring that the single door 2 stably runs around the positioning pin shaft 25 at the bottom of the seedling cup body 1, and realizing the adjustment of the opening and closing postures thereof, a second insertion hole is arranged at the end of the positioning pin shaft 25 in a radial direction, so that the second locking pin 252 is stably inserted therein and effectively limits the second gasket 251 inside it, and the arrangement of the second gasket 251 can avoid the second locking pin 252 directly contacting the ear seat A16 or the ear seat B24 to affect the running stability.

[0062] Since the opening and closing posture of the single door 2 is realized by the driving element 23 installed on the assembly pin shaft 22, it is necessary to ensure that the assembly pin shaft 22 and the positioning pin shaft 25 are in parallel arrangement. The ear seat A16, the ear seat B24 and the assembly pin shaft 22 are provided with reinforced structures at the connection positions of the seedling cup body 1 or the single door 2 to ensure the overall structural strength.

[0063] In order to ensure that the elastic element 21 can be stably assembled and exert a stable force on the single door 2 to keep it in a normally closed state, the following technical solutions are provided.

[0064] The elastic element 21 is a torsion spring which is sleeved on the outer periphery of the positioning pin shaft 25, and the two ends of the torsion spring are in abutment with the seedling cup body 1 and the single door 2 respectively.

[0065] The positioning pin shaft 25 can ensure the normal installation of the torsion spring, and the torsion spring exerts a force on the single door 2 to rotate towards the side of the clamping plate 13, so as to realize the abutting arrangement of the single door 2 and the clamping plate 13, and keep the seedling discharging opening 12 in a normally closed posture.

[0066] It is obvious for those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, and can be realized in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present application. Therefore, the embodiments should be regarded as exemplary and non-limiting, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims rather than the above description, and all changes falling within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims are intended to be included in the present application. Any reference signs in the claims should not be regarded as limiting the claims involved.

[0067] In addition, it should be understood that although the present specification is described in terms of embodiments, not every embodiment contains only one independent technical solution, and the description of the specification is only for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should regard the specification as a whole, and the technical solutions in each embodiment can be properly combined to form other embodiments which can be understood by those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A single-opening diagonal pinch-type seedling cup, characterized by: The application relates to an installation on an agricultural transplanting machine, comprising a seedling cup body (1) and a single-door (2), wherein the seedling cup body (1) is fixedly installed on a transmission component of the agricultural transplanting machine, the inner cavity of the seedling cup body (1) is arranged in a structure of wide top and narrow bottom, the top and bottom of the seedling cup body (1) are respectively provided with a seedling loading port (11) and a seedling unloading port (12), and the bottom of the seedling cup body (1) is fixedly connected with a clamping plate (13) arranged at one side of the seedling unloading port (12). The single-door (2) is rotatably installed at the bottom of the seedling cup body (1), an elastic element (21) is arranged at the connecting position of the single-door (2) and the seedling cup body (1), and the elastic element (21) is used for matching and combining the clamping plate (13) and the single-door (2) and blocking the seedling unloading port (12). A horizontally-arranged assembly pin shaft (22) is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the single-door (2), a driving element (23) is arranged on the assembly pin shaft (22), an acting element (3) is fixedly connected to the frame of the agricultural transplanting machine, and when the driving element (23) runs to the position of the acting element (3) along with the transmission component, the driving element (23) and the single-door (2) are pushed by the acting element (3) to realize overturning movement and are in an open posture.

2. The single-opening diagonal clamping type seedling cup according to claim 1, wherein: A backing plate (14) is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the seedling cup body (1), an assembly through hole (141) is formed in the backing plate (14), and the seedling cup body (1) is fixedly installed on the transmission component through a bolt assembly (142) penetrating through the assembly through hole (141).

3. The single opening bevel clamping type seedling cup according to claim 1, characterized in that: A position-giving notch (15) is formed in the top of the seedling cup body (1), and the position-giving notch (15) is arranged at one side of the seedling loading port (11).

4. The single-opening diagonal clamping type seedling cup according to claim 1, wherein: The driving element (23) is rotatably installed on the assembly pin shaft (22), a first gasket (221) and a first clamping pin (222) used for positioning the driving element (23) are arranged on the assembly pin shaft (22), and the driving element (23) adopts a rotating bearing.

5. The single-opening diagonal clamp-type seedling cup according to claim 4, wherein: The acting element (3) comprises a flat section (31) and a first inclined section (32) and a second inclined section (33) arranged at the two sides of the flat section (31) respectively, and the outer edge portions of the flat section (31), the first inclined section (32) and the second inclined section (33) are in abutting contact with the driving element (23).

6. The single-opening diagonal clamp-type seedling cup according to claim 1, wherein: An ear seat A (16) is fixedly connected to the bottom side wall of the seedling cup body (1), an ear seat B (24) is fixedly connected to the top of the single-door (2), the ear seat A (16) and the ear seat B (24) are coaxially arranged and are inserted with a positioning pin shaft (25), and the end portion of the positioning pin shaft (25) is assembled with a second gasket (251) and a second clamping pin (252).

7. The single-opening diagonal clamp-type seedling cup according to claim 6, wherein: The elastic element (21) adopts a torsion spring, the torsion spring is sleeved to the periphery of the positioning pin shaft (25), and the two ends of the torsion spring are respectively in abutting contact with the seedling cup body (1) and the single-door (2).