PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking type rice planting machine that easily changes a traveling speed and inter-seedling distance.SOLUTION: The walking type rice planting machine is provided with: a shift operation shaft 111 which is slid and operated in the axis direction to change the transmission ratio of power transmitted to a left wheel 4L and a right wheel 4R by a power transmitting mechanism 7, and which is rotated and operated about the axis to change the transmission ratio of power transmitted to a planting device 5 by the power transmitting mechanism 7 a travel speed changing lever 137 which is disposed at a position reachable by the hand of the worker engaged in planting operation and which slides and operates the shift operation shaft 111 in the axis direction and an inter-seedling speed changing lever 135 which is disposed at a position not reachable by the hand of the worker engaged in the planting operation and which rotates and operates the shift operation shaft 111 about the axis.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】走行速度の変更と株間の変更を容易に行うことができ、作業性を向上させることが可能な歩行型田植機を提供する。【解決手段】軸線方向に摺動操作されることにより伝動機構7が左車輪4Lおよび右車輪4Rへ伝達する動力の変速比を変更するとともに、軸線回りに回動操作されることにより伝動機構7が植付装置5へ伝達する動力の変速比を変更する変速操作軸111と、植付作業中の作業者から手が届く位置に配置され、変速操作軸111を軸線方向に摺動操作する走行変速レバー137と、植付作業中の作業者から手が届かない位置に配置され、変速操作軸111を軸線回りに回動操作する株間変速レバー135と、を具備した。【選択図】図11
