PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent dropping of seedlings transported by seedling takeout claws of a transplanter to ridges.SOLUTION: In a transplanter 1 equipped with a seedling takeout mechanism 24 having a lateral pair of seedling takeout claws 32 which take out a seedling N from a seedling tray at a seedling takeout position and discharge the seedlings N at seedling discharge positions, a seedling receiving means 28 receiving seedlings N transported by the lateral pair of the seedling takeout claws 32 is installed below a transport locus M of the lateral pair of the seedling takeout claws 32 transporting the seedling N from the seedling takeout position to a seedling releasing position.COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT【課題】移植機の苗取爪によって搬送される苗の畝への落下を防止する。【解決手段】苗取出位置にて苗トレイより苗Nを取り出し、苗放出位置にて該苗Nを放出する左右一対の苗取爪32を有する苗取出機構24を具備する移植機1において、苗取出位置から苗放出位置まで苗Nを搬送する左右一対の苗取爪32の移動軌跡Mの下方に、該左右一対の苗取爪32によって搬送中の苗Nを受ける苗受け手段28を設ける。【選択図】図1
