PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the necessity of a worker to forcedly strongly grip a planting claw opening/closing lever when opening an underground-inserted planting claw, in a seedling transplanter for planting soil-stick seedlings of a vegetable or the like one by one by manual work.SOLUTION: A seedling transplanter includes: a cylindrical body 1 through which a soil-stick seedling passes a beak-shaped planting claw 2 (claw pieces 2a, 2b) openably/closably installed to the lower end part of the cylindrical body 1 a handle 4 fixed to the cylindrical body 1 a planting claw opening/closing lever 8 vertically swingably installed close to the handle 4 and a rod 11 having the upper end connected to the plaiting claw opening/closing lever 8 and the lower end connected to the planting claw 2 (the claw piece 2b). A coil spring 12 expanding and contracting in the long direction is set halfway along the rod 11.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】野菜などの土付き苗を人手により一株植えするための苗移植機において、土中に差し込んだ植付爪を開くとき、作業者が植付爪開閉レバーを無理に強く握らなくて済むようにする。【解決手段】苗移植機は、土付き苗が通過する筒体1と、その下端部に開閉自在に設置されたくちばし状の植付爪2(爪片2a,2b)と、筒体1に固定したハンドル4と、ハンドル4の近傍に上下揺動自在に設置された植付爪開閉レバー8と、上端が植付爪開閉レバー8に連結され、下端が植付爪2(爪片2b)に連結されたロッド11を備える。ロッド11の途中に長手方向に伸縮するコイルばね12が仕込まれている。【選択図】図1
