MUD-REMOVING STRUCTURE OF CROP SEEDLING HARVESTER

摘要

PURPOSE: To provide a mud-removing transfer apparatus having a structure to remove attached mud by transferring a mud-removing claw in lateral direction relative to the transfer direction to attain sure and more effective mud- removing function and excellent performance such as the removal of the mud at a part unable to clean by conventional apparatus. ;CONSTITUTION: This harvester is provided with a clamping and hoisting apparatus to hold a seedling dug out from the ground and lift and transfer the seedling backward in suspended state and a mud-removing transfer apparatus 3 acting on the root of the transferred seedling to apply a transfer force to the seedling while removing the mud. The mud-removing transfer apparatus 3 has a circulating chain 19 holding a number of laterally movable mud-removing claws 18 to be thrusted into the root. The mud-removing claw 18 is oscillated by a driving and oscillating mechanism 3B. The driving and oscillating mechanism 3B is used in a state to reciprocate an interlocking member 23 extending across a plurality of the mud-removing claws 18. The interlocking member 23 has a sliding guide structure to interlock the mud-removing claws 18 in a laterally contacting state while allowing the transfer of the claw 18 driven by the circulating chain 19.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1995,JPO