CHIP SPAWN TRANSFER MEANS OF CHIP SPAWN SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND CHIP SPAWN PLANTING MACHINE

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chip spawn planting machine which can response to various forms required by users by automatizing a series of works ranged from taking out chip spawns from a tray state supplied to markets to supplying the taken chip spawns to logs and separating a chip spawn supply apparatus from a planting apparatus on the configuration. PSOLUTION: This chip spawn transfer means of the chip spawn supply apparatus comprises a planting unit for performing the works of hole formation, plantation and sealing, a set portion 113 for supporting a chip spawn-receiving tray 111, a chip spawn-taking means 114 for simultaneously taking out and dropping the chip spawns 7 from the chip spawn-receiving tray 111, a chip spawn posture-changing means 8 for changing the vertical postures of the taken chip spawns 7, and an air supply means for forcefully supplying the chip spawns 7 to the planting unit 12 with air. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI