PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure a yield, reduce a seedling raising cost, and reduce labor for raising seedlings and carrying the seedlings without changing an interspace between seedlings by an interspace speed-change gear (in a different viewpoint from sparse planting) in seedling planting work.SOLUTION: A rice planter 1 according to the present invention includes: a planting claw 30 for raking a seedling for one rice plant from a seedling mat placed on a seedling tray 29 and planting it in a field a push-out piece 234 for pushing out the seedling clamped by the planting claw 30 and a push rod 235 for slidably moving the push-out piece 234 along the planting claw 30, where the push-out piece 234 is detachably attached to the push rod 235. The push-out piece 234 is configured to have a U-shape. A tip end side of the planting claw 30 is configured narrower than the base end side. An upper-end external side of the push-out piece 234 is formed into a chamfered shape, and the upper end of the push-out piece 234 is slidably brought into close proximity to the back face in the narrow tip end side of the planting claw 30.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 18COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】苗植え作業において、株間変速装置で株間を変更しなくても(疎植とは別の視点で)、収量の確保、育苗コストの低減並びに育苗・苗運び作業の労力軽減を図る。【解決手段】本願発明の田植機1は、苗載台29に載置された苗マットから1株分の苗を掻き取って圃場へ植え付ける植付爪30と、植付爪30で挟持した苗を押し出す押出片234と、押出片234を植付爪30に沿って摺動するプッシュロッド235とを備え、プッシュロッド235に押出片234が着脱可能に取り付けられる。また、押出片234はU字状の形状を有する構成であって、植付爪30の先端側を基端側よりも幅狭に構成し、押出片234の上端部外側を面取り形状に形成し、押出片234の上端側を植付爪30の幅狭な先端側の裏面に摺動自在に近接させている。【選択図】図18
