PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transplantation apparatus capable of clamping plants which are arranged in parallel laterally and vertically with clamping instruments and widening a gap in lateral and vertical directions at once.SOLUTION: A transplantation apparatus that transplants plants between a plurality of medium boards comprises: a plurality of X-axis rails 11 each of which supports a plurality of X-axis sliders 11a, for which a plurality of clamping instruments 14 that clamp plants are individually provided, movably in a longitudinal direction Y-axis rails 12,13 which are substantially orthogonal to the X-axis rails 11 and support each of Y-axis sliders 12a,13a provided at both ends of each X-axis rail 11, movably in a longitudinal direction links 11b,12b,13b which respectively connect the X-axis sliders 11a and the Y-axis sliders 12a,13a in an interlocked manner and a drive mechanism 15 which changes a gap between the clamping instruments 14 in X-axis directions and Y-axis directions by severally moving the X-axis slider 11a and the Y-axis sliders 12a,13a which are located at end portions of the X-axis rail 11 and the Y-axis sliders 12a,13a.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】縦横に並置された植物を挾持具で挾持して一度に縦横方向の間隔を広げることができる移植装置を提供する。【解決手段】複数の培地盤間で植物を移植する移植装置に、植物を挾持する複数の挾持具14が各別に設けられたX軸スライダ11aを長手方向へ移動可能にそれぞれ複数支持する複数のX軸レール11と、X軸レール11に対して略直交しており、各X軸レール11の両端に設けられたY軸スライダ12a,13aそれぞれを長手方向へ移動可能に支持するY軸レール12,13と、X軸スライダ11a、Y軸スライダ12a,13aをそれぞれ連動連結するリンク11b,12b,13bと、X軸レール11及びY軸スライダ12a,13aの端部に位置するX軸スライダ11a、及びY軸スライダ12a,13aそれぞれを移動させることにより、X軸方向及びY軸方向における挾持具14の間隔を変更させる駆動機構15とを備える。【選択図】図2
