PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seedling transplanter which can steadily and easily perform seedling-arranging works.SOLUTION: In a seedling-conveying portion, many seedling holders are attached to the surface portion of an endless belt-like conveying belt at an interval in the extended direction of the carrying belt, and the conveying belt is hung in an approximately inverse triangle shape through a plurality of rollers to form an upper seedling-supplying region, one side lower seedling conveying region and the other side lower seedling holder-returning region each of the seedling holders comprises a fixed side holder-forming piece and a movable side holder-forming piece, and the posture of the movable side holder-forming piece can be changed into a nipping posture for nipping the stem portion of the seedling in close proximity to the fixed side holder-forming piece or into a waiting posture for waiting apart from the fixed side holder-forming piece and a posture-changing member for changing the posture of the movable side holder-forming piece from a nipping posture to a waiting posture is disposed close to the final end portion of the seedling holder-returning region.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】苗配置作業を堅実かつ容易に行うこと。【解決手段】苗搬送部は、無端帯状の搬送ベルトの表面部に、多数の苗ホルダー体を搬送ベルトの伸延方向に間隔を開けて取り付けて、搬送ベルトを複数のローラを介して略逆三角形状に掛け廻すことで、上部の苗供給域と一側下部の苗搬送域と他側下部の苗ホルダー戻り域を形成し、苗ホルダー体は、固定側ホルダー形成片と可動側ホルダー形成片とを具備すると共に、同可動側ホルダー形成片は、固定側ホルダー形成片に近接して苗の茎部を挟持する挟持姿勢と、固定側ホルダー形成片から離隔して待機する待機姿勢との間で姿勢変更自在とし、前記苗ホルダー戻り域の終端部近傍に、可動側ホルダー形成片を挟持姿勢から待機姿勢に姿勢を変更する姿勢変更体を配置した。【選択図】図6
