Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seedling transplanter
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Application No.: US17058501Application Date: 2019-05-16
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Publication No.: US11259470B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Masakazu Imaguchi
- Applicant: IMA CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: IMA CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: IMA CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Priority: JPJP2018-101431 20180528
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/019424 WO 20190516
- International Announcement: WO2019/230408 WO 20191205
- Main IPC: A01G9/08
- IPC: A01G9/08 ; A01G31/04

Abstract:
In order to reduce a possibility of damaging a seedling in the event of transplant of unit nursery beds when the seedlings are replanted from a seedling tray that supports unit nursery beds individually planted with seedlings germinated from seeds to a hydroponic panel capable of securing a longer seedling-to-seedling distance, a seedling transplanter (1) includes: a seedling tray (3) supported by a frame (2) and configured to support a nursery bed (7) having unit nursery beds (71) separable from each other and arranged in two directions on a plane; a hydroponic panel (4) supported by the frame (2) and provided with holes (41) for storing the unit nursery beds (71), the hydroponic panel (4) serving as a transplant destination of the unit nursery beds (71) on the seedling tray (3); and a holding member (5) supported by the frame (2) pivotally around a vertical axis and vertically movably to separate the unit nursery bed (71) from the nursery bed (7) by holding any one or a plurality of the unit nursery beds (71) on the seedling tray (3) arranged in the outermost side of the nursery bed (7) from a lateral face side of the unit nursery bed (71) in a width direction of the unit nursery bed (71), insert the unit nursery bed (71) into the hole (41) of the hydroponic panel (4), and release the unit nursery bed (71).
Public/Granted literature
- US11589519B2 Seedling transplanter Public/Granted day:2023-02-28
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