PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem that in a closed-loop shaped moving cultivation device 1, watering all of cultivation benches 10 requires large amount of time.SOLUTION: A pair of transportation conveyors 40A, 40B which are arranged in parallel and in which directions of transportation are opposite to each other, and a pair of guiding devices 20A, 20B are arranged in a closed loop shape. A plurality of cultivation benches 10 on each of the guiding devices 20A (20B) are moved in a mutual contact state by driving a pair of transfer devices 21A, 21B to circulate the cultivation benches 10. Each of the cultivation benches 10 comprises a watering tube 81 and a water feeding pipe 82 extended along the longitudinal direction of each of the guiding devices 20A (20B). By moving a group of the cultivation benches 10 along each of the guiding devices 20A, (20B), water feeding pipes 82 are connected through detachable pipe joints 83, and each of the cultivation benches 10 is watered through each of the water tubes 81 from the water feeding pipes 82.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】閉ループ状の移動栽培装置1において、全ての栽培ベンチ10に灌水させるまでに多大な時間を要する問題を解消する。【解決手段】搬送方向を互いに逆向きにして平行状に並ぶ一対の搬送コンベヤ40A,40Bと、一対の案内装置20A,20Bとを閉ループ状に配置する。一対の移載装置21A,21Bの駆動によって、各案内装置20A(20B)上にある複数の栽培ベンチ10を玉突き状に搬送し、複数の栽培ベンチ10を循環させる。各栽培ベンチ10は、灌水チューブ81と、各案内装置20A(20B)の長手方向に沿って延びる注水管82とを備える。各案内装置20A(20B)に沿った栽培ベンチ10群の移動によって着脱可能な管継手83を介して注水管82群を連接させ、注水管82群から各灌水チューブ81を介して各栽培ベンチ10に灌水するように構成する。【選択図】図1
