PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semi-automatized fruit bagging machine for aiming at improvement in reduction of load on a worker due to one-by-one bagging operation for fruits by hands in an orchard.SOLUTION: The fruit bagging machine is constituted of: a bag-housing part 65 housing a bundle of bags in a single frame 1 a bag-taking out mechanism 4 for feeding out a single bag 2 from the bag housing part 65 a bag-opening mechanism 5 for opening the opening of a bag whose opening is closed, through a pair of binding mechanism 29a, 29b a bag-narrowing mechanism 7 narrowing down the fruit-inserted bag opening a tying tool-housing box 87 for housing a tying tool 85 and a bag-tying mechanism 6 for applying the tying tool 85 to the narrowed bag opening. The machine enables mechanization of the most part of the bagging operation for fruits so as to achieve improvement in reduction of load on the worker and working efficiency.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】果樹園での人手による果実ひとつずつの袋掛け作業に伴う作業者の負担軽減と作業能率の改善を狙って、半自動化された果実袋掛け機の開発が望まれていた。【解決手段】1つの枠組1の中に、袋束を収納する袋収納部65と、袋収納部65から1個の袋2を送り出していく袋取出し機構4と、袋口の閉じた袋を1対のはさみ機構29a、29bを使って袋口を開く袋開口機構5と、果実を挿入された袋口を絞る袋絞り機構7と、結束具85を収納する結束具収納箱87と、絞られた袋口に結束具85を装着する袋結束機構6からなる果実袋掛け機を構成した。これにより、果実の袋掛け作業の大部分を機械化して作業者の負担軽減と作業能率の向上を実現した。【選択図】図1
