Title:
SEEDLING CULTURE BOX STACKING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003246451
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To stack carried-in seedling culture boxes w in good order and correct attitude in lifting the seedling culture boxes placed on a conveying device and carried in, by a lift mechanism to sequentially stack them from below.
Vertical bar-like guide members 13, 14 applied to the seedling culture box w from the right and left sides are arranged on both right and left sides of a seedling culture box carry-in line. The state of the seedling culture box w being carried into the stacked position is sensed by a box arrival sensor 17 to actuate the lift mechanism 5, and the box arrival sensor 17 is arranged on the downstream side in the box carry-in direction away from the guide member 13.
Inventors:
Yamaguchi, Masato
Harada, Masayuki
Harada, Masayuki
Application Number:
JP2002000049657
Publication Date:
September 02, 2003
Filing Date:
February 26, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KUBOTA CORP
International Classes:
A01G9/00; B65G57/30; B65G60/00; A01G9/00; B65G57/00; B65G60/00; (IPC1-7): B65G57/30; A01G9/00; B65G60/00