PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seedling transplanter having a spare seedling mounting table in which the loading of the seedling mats is easy by serial development and the seedling mats can be stably held with the seedling mats compactly stacked.SOLUTION: The seedling transplanter has the traveling vehicle body 2 capable of traveling on the agricultural field by the controlling part 31 for riding, the transplanting device 4 for transplanting seedlings of the seedling mats G to the agricultural field behind the traveling vehicle body 2 in series, and the spare seedling mounting table 38 for storing and holding the seedling mats G for replenishing to the transplanting device 4 in the outside part of the controlling part 31, the spare seedling mounting table 38 has the first and second seedling receiving members 81a, 83a supporting the seedling mats G so as to be able to guide and convey the same, the first seedling receiving member 81 is fixedly arranged, the second seedling receiving member 83a is movably arranged by the parallel link mechanism 86a, the range between the storing position C superposing on the first seedling receiving member 81a and the developed position A positioned in front of the seedling receiving member 81a in series and where the seedling mats G can be directly conveyed is a movable range.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】直列展開によって苗マットの積込みを容易にするとともに、コンパクトに積重ねた収納状態において苗マットを安定保持できる予備苗載台を備えた苗移植機を提供する。【解決手段】苗移植機は、乗用の操縦部31によって圃場を走行可能な走行車体2と、この走行車体2の後部で苗マットGの苗を圃場に順次植付けする植付装置4と、この植付装置4に補給するための苗マットGを操縦部31の外側部で収納保持する予備苗載台38とを備えて構成され、上記予備苗載台38は、苗マットGを前後方向に案内移送可能に支持する第1と第2の苗受部材81a,83aを備え、第1の苗受部材81aは固定配置し、第2の苗受部材83aは平行リンク機構86aによって可動配置するとともに、第1の苗受部材81aの上に重なる収納位置Cから同苗受部材81aの前側に直列して苗マットGを直通移送しうる展開位置Aまでの間を可動範囲とするものである。【選択図】図3
