Seedling transplanter

Abstract

To provide a seedling transplanter that can improve work efficiency by facilitating the collection of empty seedling trays after the seedlings have been removed. [Solution] A seedling transplanter according to one embodiment comprises a traveling vehicle body, a seedling planting unit attached to the traveling vehicle body, and a seedling rail on which seedling trays for seedlings supplied to the seedling planting unit are placed and which supports the seedling trays so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, with an opening provided on the rear side of the seedling rail, into which empty seedling trays after the seedlings have been removed can be dropped through the opening and moved to a storage unit, and an inclined body is provided from the rear end of the seedling rail that slopes upward and rearward.

Claims

1. The vehicle body and A seedling planting unit attached to the vehicle body, A seedling rail supports the seedling trays on which the seedlings to be supplied to the seedling planting section are placed, and the seedling trays are supported so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. It includes a storage section for accommodating the empty seedling trays after the seedlings have been removed, In a seedling transplanter in which an opening is provided on the rear side of the seedling rail, and the empty seedling tray is dropped through the opening and moved to the storage section, A seedling transplanter is provided with an inclined body that slopes upward and backward from the rear end of the seedling rail.

2. The seedling transplanter according to claim 1, wherein the inclined body has a plurality of rail bodies positioned on either side of the left and right center in a plan view of the seedling rail.

3. The seedling transplanter according to claim 2, wherein the inclined body is provided with a plate at the left and right center in a plan view of the seedling rail.

4. The seedling rail has left and right guide surfaces which are surfaces that guide the left and right ends of the seedling tray, The seedling transplanter according to claim 1, wherein, in a plan view of the seedling rail, guide portions are provided on both the left and right sides of the inclined body, and the left-right width of at least the front end of the guide portion is wider than the left-right width of the left and right guide surfaces of the seedling rail.

5. A stopper portion is provided at the rear of the inclined body to restrict the movement of the empty seedling tray. The seedling transplanter according to claim 1, wherein the straight-line distance from the stopper portion to the front end of the opening is greater than the length of the seedling tray in the front-to-back direction.

6. The seedling transplanter according to claim 5, wherein the stopper portion has a spring portion that biases the stopper portion toward the front end side of the inclined body.

7. The inclined body rotates in the front-rear direction with its front end as the pivot point, and is capable of rotating until its rear end is positioned in front of the rear end of the seedling rail. The seedling transplanter according to claim 1, wherein the pivot point of the inclined body is located below the upper surface of the seedling rail in a side view of the seedling rail.

8. The seedling transplanter according to claim 1, wherein the storage section is slidable in the front-to-back direction.

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