PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a soil feeding apparatus for solving such problems that when feeding soil to the feed hopper of a soil sending-out device, soil is not equally fed to the feed hopper, and the particle diameter of soil on one side of the feed hopper is large and the particle diameter of soil on the other side is small, thus they are uneven.SOLUTION: The soil feeding apparatus is so formed that a soil sending-out device 10 which feeds bed soil or cover soil from the upper side to a raising seedling container 2 in transfer with a transfer stand 1 is installed on the upper place of the transfer stand 1, a bucket conveyor 20 which has a bucket 28 for replenishing soil to the feed hopper 11 of the soil sending-out device 10 is installed on the either right or left side of the transfer direction of the raising seedling container 2 of the feed hopper 11 of the soil sending-out device 10, an induction device 40 which induces soil abandoned through the reverse of the bucket 28 is installed on the upper part of the bucket conveyor 20, and the induction device 40 is provided with a movable induction plate 42 which reciprocatingly turns in a direction intersecting the transfer direction of the raising seedling container 2.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】土繰出し装置の供給ホッパへ土供給する際、供給ホッパ内に均等に土を供給できない。供給ホッパ内の一方側の土の粒径が大きく、他方側の土の粒径が小さく不揃いとなる。【解決手段】移送台1により移送中の育苗容器2に上方から床土または覆土を供給する土繰出し装置10を、前記移送台1の上方位置に設け、該土繰出し装置10の供給ホッパ11の前記育苗容器2の移送方向の左右何れか一方側の側方に、前記土繰出し装置10の供給ホッパ11に土を補給するバケット28を有するバケットコンベア20を設け、該バケットコンベア20の上部には、前記バケット28が反転して放擲した土を誘導する誘導装置40を設け、該誘導装置40は、育苗容器2の移送方向と交差する方向に往復回動する可動誘導板42を設けて構成した土供給装置。【選択図】図1
