PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seedling transplanter in which the configuration of a link arm is devised to prevent the sides of a preliminary seedling stand from being closed and to facilitate the taking out of seedlings placed on the preliminary seedling stand.SOLUTION: A link mechanism R is provided for turnably connecting a plurality of preliminary seedling stands 38a, 38b, 38c to a support machine frame 49. The link mechanism R includes one link arm 39 turnably attached to one side of each of the preliminary seedling stands 38a, 38b, 38c, and a link rod 40 having approximately the same length as the link arm 39 and adapted for aligning the positions of the preliminary seedling stands 38a, 38b, 38c when turning of the one link arm 39 switches the plurality of preliminary seedling stand members 38a, 38b, 38c between a deployed state in which they are aligned in the front and rear direction and a stacked state in which they are aligned vertically. The seedling transplanter has rotary arms 45a, 45b, 45c, 45x which, when the preliminary seedling stands 38a, 38b, 38c are in the deployed state and in the stacked state, can firmly hold the stands in either of the states.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】リンクアームの構成を工夫することで、予備苗載せ台の側方を塞ぐことがないようにし、予備苗載せ台に載置した苗を取り出しやすくした苗移植機を提供すること。【解決手段】支持機枠49複数の予備苗載せ台38a,38b,38cを回動自在に連結するリンク機構Rを設け、該リンク機構Rは予備苗載せ台8a,38b,38cの一側に回動自在に取り付けられた一本のリンクアーム39と、一本のリンクアーム39の回動により複数の予備苗載せ部材38a,38b,38cが前後方向に並ぶ展開状態と上下方向に並ぶ積層状態に切り替えときに予備苗載せ台38a,38b,38cの位置をそれぞれ揃える、リンクアーム39とほぼ同じ長さのリンクロッド40を有し、予備苗載せ台38a,38b,38cが展開状態と積層状態にある時に、それぞれの状態を確実に保持し得るようにした回動アーム45a,45b,45c,45xを有する苗移植機である。【選択図】図3
