AUTOMATIC FEEDER FOR POTTED-SEEDLING FRAME IN RICE TRANSPLANTER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic feeder for a potted-seedling frame in a rice transplanter, capable of surely supplying the potted-seedling frame to a seedling tray, even when the feeder is affected by vibration or strong wind.;SOLUTION: This automatic feeder for the potted-seedling frame in the rice transplanter is structured in the following: plural pairs of seedling frame-supporting rods 23 having an approximately U-shaped cross-section are arranged to vertically stand at a predetermined pitches in such a manner that openings of the U-shaped cross- sections face inward to be opposite to each other; one and the other of the pair of seedling frame-supporting rods intermittently move along a pair of circular tracks at the same time, respectively; a guide plate 29 for supporting and guiding the bottom edge of the potted-seedling frame P to a seedling frame-feeding position S2 is located under the seedling frame-supporting rods 23; both the side edges of the potted-seedling frame are each inserted into a pair of the U-shaped cross-sectional portions oppositely facing in the seedling frame-supporting rods 23; the bottom edge of the potted-seedling frame is supported and guided by the guide plate 29 to be transferred; and the potted- seedling frame is released from the guide plate 29 at the seedling frame-feeding position S2 to be dropped onto the seedling table 1.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2002,JPO