Seedling with soil selecting and transporting apparatus for transplanting machi ne

摘要

A seedling with soil selecting and transporting apparatus for a transplanting machine can steadily and certainly discriminate good seedling with soil (P) and no good seedling with soil (P') without causing operation failure by deposition of clump of earth even if external vibration and/or slight disturbance is caused in transporting attitude of the seedling with soil. The seedling with soil selecting and transporting apparatus for a transplanting machine transports good seedling having leaf portion (P1) grown into a normal length and no good seedling (P') having leaf portion (P1') not grown into a normal length. The apparatus comprises a strip form transporting belt transporting good and no good seedling with soil in attitude fallen sideways in a condition concentrically mounting soil depositing portions on one outer side edge portion, and a clamping belt (47) clamping leaf portions of good seedling with soil among the good and no good seedling mounted on the strip form transporting belt. The strip form transporting belt (39) has one outer side edge deflected downwardly for slipping down only no good seedling having leaf portions not clamped by the clamping belt. IMAGE