PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seedling transplanter provided with a seedling rest in which a seedling box never falls from a preliminary seedling placing table even when a machine body inclines or shakes in the condition that the preliminary seedling placing table develops back and forth.SOLUTION: The seedling transplanter includes: a plurality of movement link members 39a, 39b, and 39c which are rotatably connected to a plurality of preliminary seedling placing tables 38a, 38b, and 38c, respectively, and are operable between a condition that each of the preliminary seedling placing tables overlaps vertically and a condition that the preliminary seedling placing tables develop back and forth supporting members 37a, 37b, and 37c that are connected to each of the movement link members, respectively, and supports each of the preliminary seedling placing tables and front and rear control members 47a, 47b, and 47c each arranged on a front side and a rear side, which is warped to the front side, of each supporting member in a freely switchable manner between a working condition to restrict the movement of the seedling box and a non-working condition not to disturb the movement of the seedling box.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】予備苗載台が前後方向に展開した状態で機体が傾いたり揺れたりしても予備苗載台から苗箱が落下することがない苗載台を備えた苗移植機を提供すること。【解決手段】 複数設けた予備苗載台38a,38b,38cの各々に回動自在にそれぞれ連結して各予備苗載台を上下に重複した状態と、前後方向に展開した状態とに操作可能にした複数の移動リンク部材39a,39b,39cとを備え、各移動リンク部材にそれぞれ接続して、各予備苗載台を支持する支持部材37a,37b,37cと、各支持部材の前側と該前側に対して偏倚した後側に、苗箱の移動を規制する作用状態と苗箱の移動を妨げない非作用状態に切替自在にそれぞれ配置した前側と後側の規制部材47a,47b,47cを備えた苗移植機である。【選択図】図3