A work vehicle includes an driver's seat disposed in the rear region of a vehicle body, a left and a right fender that are disposed on the left and right laterally outward sides of the driver's seat, and a partition wall that divides, at a position behind the driver's seat, the vehicle body into a front region of the vehicle body on the front side of the partition wall and a rear region of the vehicle body on the back side thereof. Operation tools for operating working equipment provided on the vehicle body are disposed on one of the fenders, and the partition wall is provided offset toward a side where operation tools are disposed relative to the driver's seat.

A fully-automatic transplanting combined machine includes a traction apparatus, operation apparatus and a control system. The operation apparatus is mounted on the traction apparatus with a main body frame and is towed behind the traction apparatus. The operation apparatus includes a rotary tillage furrowing system, a system for slightly preparing soil and opening narrow furrows, a planting system, and a soil covering compacting system which are arranged successively from front to back. The planting system includes more than one planting unit. The fully-automatic transplanting combined machine is capable of orderly performing rotary tillage, cleaning stubble, leveling a border check, opening a furrow, cutting narrow slits, transplanting, covering soil, compacting soil in untilled soil at one process, so as to create the soil requirements for high-speed transplanting of blanket seedlings such as rape and other crops.

A fully-automatic transplanting combined machine includes a traction apparatus, operation apparatus and a control system. The operation apparatus is mounted on the traction apparatus with a main body frame and is towed behind the traction apparatus. The operation apparatus includes a rotary tillage furrowing system, a system for slightly preparing soil and opening narrow furrows, a planting system, and a soil covering compacting system which are arranged successively from front to back. The planting system includes more than one planting unit. The fully-automatic transplanting combined machine is capable of orderly performing rotary tillage, cleaning stubble, leveling a border check, opening a furrow, cutting narrow slits, transplanting, covering soil, compacting soil in untilled soil at one process, so as to create the soil requirements for high-speed transplanting of blanket seedlings such as rape and other crops.

The present invention provides a flexible reciprocating linear seedling separating device for a pot seedling transplanter, including a frame, a seedling cup opening and closing device, a linear transmission device, a seedling cup moving device, several seedling cups and a control system. A flexible linear transmission device is fixed on the frame, a seedling cup moving device is fixed on the flexible linear transmission device, and a seedling cup opening and closing device is fixed on the seedling cup moving device. Several seedling cups are fixed on the seedling cup moving device. The control system is respectively electrically connected with a motor of the linear transmission device and a cylinder of the seedling cup opening and closing device. The control system controls the motor to drive flexible linear transmission device to move seedling cup moving device, thereby driving the seedling cups to reach a designated position and receive the pot seedlings. The control system controls opening and closing of the seedling cups through a seedling cup opening and closing device and drop the pot seedlings onto the designated falling point. The seedling separating device of the present invention has simple structure, controllable procedure and high reliability; through flexible transmission, the movement is smooth, which can greatly reduce the noise and vibration. The motor drives the seedlings cups to move left and right in a straight line; the cylinder pushes the cups to open and close; the seedling cup is vertically downward, the seedling falling posture is better.

The present invention provides a flexible reciprocating linear seedling separating device for a pot seedling transplanter, including a frame, a seedling cup opening and closing device, a linear transmission device, a seedling cup moving device, several seedling cups and a control system. A flexible linear transmission device is fixed on the frame, a seedling cup moving device is fixed on the flexible linear transmission device, and a seedling cup opening and closing device is fixed on the seedling cup moving device. Several seedling cups are fixed on the seedling cup moving device. The control system is respectively electrically connected with a motor of the linear transmission device and a cylinder of the seedling cup opening and closing device. The control system controls the motor to drive flexible linear transmission device to move seedling cup moving device, thereby driving the seedling cups to reach a designated position and receive the pot seedlings. The control system controls opening and closing of the seedling cups through a seedling cup opening and closing device and drop the pot seedlings onto the designated falling point. The seedling separating device of the present invention has simple structure, controllable procedure and high reliability; through flexible transmission, the movement is smooth, which can greatly reduce the noise and vibration. The motor drives the seedlings cups to move left and right in a straight line; the cylinder pushes the cups to open and close; the seedling cup is vertically downward, the seedling falling posture is better.

An automatic feeding device and method for a seedling bed of a transplanter, comprising: a bracket installed on the transplanter; several trays, obliquely arranged on the bracket downwards, and the bottom of the trays being provided with release mechanisms for releasing the rice seedling bed; a conveyor belt, arranged on the bracket; a photoelectric sensor, arranged on the transplanting platform; and a controller, in communication connection with the photoelectric sensor, when the photoelectric sensor detects that the height of the remaining rice seedling bed on the transplanting platform is lower than the height of the photoelectric sensor. Only one driver is needed to operate, so that the labor input is greatly reduced, and the labor intensity is reduced; meanwhile, the space is saved by the reduction of the number of workers, enabling more seedling raw materials to be stored.

A seedling-package forming system includes a first conveyor including a first track and a first sheet arranged on the first track. A second conveyor is located at a downstream position and includes a second track and a second sheet arranged to lie on the second track. The second track is configured to transport the second sheet toward the first sheet. The first sheet and the second sheet are packed around a plurality of seedlings to form a seedling package.

A seedling package includes a seedling including a root structure in soil and a shoot structure protruding from the soil and a seedling-retainer band. The seedling-retainer band includes a first sheet arranged to partially surround a first side of the root structure of the seedling and a second sheet arranged to partially surround an opposite second side of the root structure of the seedling.

A seedling planter is configured to plant a plurality of seedlings in ground. The seedling planter includes a vehicle body, a seedling-storage unit, and a seedling-distribution unit. The seedlings are held together in the form of a seedling package that is stored within the seedling-storage unit. The seedling-distribution unit is configured to separate each seedling from the seedling package and plant each seedling in the ground as the vehicle body travels across the ground. A method includes forming the seedling package.

A planting system (100) for arrangement on a vehicle (110) comprises at least one plant arm (130) comprising a plant head (140) configured to penetrate ground and a plant feeding device (120) configured to feed plant seedlings (125) to the plant arm by dropping the plant seedlings from the plant feeding device. The plant arm comprises at least one articulation (180) and is configured to receive plant seedlings (125) and to guide the plant seedlings to the plant head. The planting system is configured to operate the plant arm by penetrating the ground and release the plant seedlings from the plant head into the ground while the plant system (100) is in motion and the plant head has a fixed position relative the ground. The plant seedlings fall from the plant feeding device (120) to the plant head (140) while the plant arm (130) is in motion.