PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fertilizer applicator which can easily discharge fertilizers remaining after work to the outside of a machine, in the fertilizer applicator which is mounted to a seedling transplanter for transplanting seedlings such as paddy into a farm field, and supplies the fertilizers to the seedling-planted farm field.SOLUTION: A plurality of fertilizer application hoppers 1 for storing fertilizers are arranged, a payout device 2 for paying out the fertilizers supplied from the fertilizer hoppers 1 is arranged, a fertilizer duct 7 for guiding the fertilizers falling from the payout device 2 to a farm field is arranged, a plurality of discharge passages 9, 10 for discharging the fertilizers remaining in the fertilizer hopper 1 are arranged, a discharge duct 8 for guiding the fertilizers discharged from the plurality of discharge passages 9, 10 to the outside of a machine is arranged, an air activation device 5 for supplying transfer air to the discharge duct 8 and the fertilizer duct 7 is arranged, and a fertilizer discharge position of one discharge passage 9 of the plurality of discharge passages and a fertilizer discharge position of the other discharge passage 10 are not overlapped on each other in the fore-and-aft direction.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】圃場に水稲など苗を移植する苗移植機に搭載し、苗植付後の圃場に肥料を供給する施肥装置において、作業後に残っている肥料を機外に容易に排出することができるものを提供する。【解決手段】肥料を貯留する複数の施肥ホッパ1を設け、施肥ホッパ1から供給される肥料を繰り出す繰出装置2を設け、繰出装置2から落下する肥料を圃場に案内する施肥ダクト7を設け、施肥ホッパ1に残る肥料を排出する複数の排出通路9,10を設け、複数の排出通路9,10から排出される肥料を機外まで案内する排出ダクト8を設け、排出ダクト8及び施肥ダクト7に搬送風を供給する起風装置5を設けると共に、複数の一方の排出通路9の肥料排出位置と他方の排出通路10の排出通路の肥料排出位置が前後方向で重複しない構成とする。【選択図】図4
