CN103444363A - Rotating and lifting header assembled with husking machine for three-row corn harvester - Google Patents

Rotating and lifting header assembled with husking machine for three-row corn harvester Download PDF

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CN103444363A
CN103444363A CN2013103466634A CN201310346663A CN103444363A CN 103444363 A CN103444363 A CN 103444363A CN 2013103466634 A CN2013103466634 A CN 2013103466634A CN 201310346663 A CN201310346663 A CN 201310346663A CN 103444363 A CN103444363 A CN 103444363A
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李玉珏
张自振
张传磊
续超
袁晓萍
张学春
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A rotating and lifting header assembled with a husking machine for a three-row corn harvester is structurally characterized in that a travelling gearbox is disposed in the front of a complete machine and mounted on a rack, a husking machine frame is disposed above the travelling gearbox, the front portion of the husking machine frame is fixedly connected with a header frame and mounted on the rack through a mounting frame, the rear portion of the husking machine frame is assembled on the mounting frame through a connecting rod, a header transmission case is mounted in the rear of the header frame, a stalk pulling roll is mounted at the front output end of the head transmission case, an ear picking plate and a grain lifting chain are disposed above the stalk pulling roll, and a hob and a fixed blade are mounted below the stalk pulling roll. Due to the structure, the header is connected with the husking machine into a whole, and is compact, lightweight, low in mounting gravity center, capable of harvesting three rows at one time and suitable for harvesting in plains as well as hilly areas.

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The rotation and lifting ceding of Taiwan of assembling debarker for a kind of three row maize harvesting machines
Technical field
The present invention relates to the rotation and lifting ceding of Taiwan of a kind of three row maize harvesting machines with the assembling debarker, belong to mechanical field.
Background technology
Three row corn harvesters of Development and Production on domestic market, arranged apart with debarker, after fruit ear is gathered in the crops by the ceding of Taiwan, need to be transported in debarker and carry out peeling by elevator, interrupt the foreign material such as straw, cauline leaf at course of conveying and be difficult to get rid of, affect the peeling effect.Use three traditional row corn harvesters, because of arranged apart with debarker, debarker all is placed in upper position of engine, causes machine gravity very high, easily overturns, and can not be adapted at knob and carry out harvest operation.For this reason, we have invented a kind of three row maize harvesting machines and have used and the be assembled together ceding of Taiwan of lifting of debarker.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is the rotation and lifting cedings of Taiwan of a kind of three row maize harvesting machines with the assembling debarker, mainly by nearside divider (1), dial standing grain driven sprocket (2), rice-pulling chain (3), harvesting plate (4), supporting bearing base (5), stem pulling roller (6), ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7), hobboing cutter (8), stationary knife (9), ceding of Taiwan power input sprocket (10), ceding of Taiwan power input shaft (11), ceding of Taiwan frame (12), installation frame (13), taiwan cut off and landing oil cylinder (14), frame (15), moving gear box (16), peeling frame (17), connecting rod (18), peeling rollers (19), reciprocating sieve (20), kernel recovery box (21), press fringe roller (22), ear poking roller (23), debarker power input shaft (24), dial standing grain drive sprocket (25), the left drive sprocket of transmission case (26), the right drive sprocket of transmission case (27), debarker power input sprocket (28), power transmission shaft (29), supporting bearing base (30), Left Drive sprocket wheel (31), bearing pin (32), right drive sprocket (33), ceding of Taiwan power drive sprocket (34), cutter power drive sprocket (35), axle of carrier pulley (36), cutter power driven sprocket (37), tumbler gears (38) etc. partly form, its following structural features: moving gear box (16) is placed in the complete machine front portion, be arranged on frame (15), peeling frame (17) is placed in the top of moving gear box (16), anterior and ceding of Taiwan frame (12) is fixed together, ceding of Taiwan frame (12) is assembled together with the front end of installation frame (13), the rear end of installation frame (13) passes on left bearing pin (32) and is slidably mounted on frame (15) above, and right side is slidedly assemblied on the supporting bearing base (30) be assembled together with frame (15), peeling frame (17) rear portion is by bearing pin and connecting rod (18) one end assembly connections, and connecting rod (18) other end is assemblied on frame (15) by bearing pin, it is upper that taiwan cut off and landing oil cylinder (14) is assemblied in installation frame (13) by bearing pin one end, and the other end is arranged on frame (15) by bearing pin, peeling rollers (19) vertically is arranged on peeling frame (17) by the two end axles bearing, ear poking roller (23), pressure fringe roller (22) are placed in peeling rollers (19) top, by the two end axles bearing, be arranged on peeling frame (17), reciprocating sieve (20), kernel recovery box (21) are placed in peeling rollers (19) below, be arranged on installation frame (13), debarker power input shaft (24) is placed in peeling frame (17) front portion, by the two end axles bearing, is arranged on peeling frame (17), ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7) is arranged on the rear portion of ceding of Taiwan frame (12), and stem pulling roller (6) rear end is connected with the front output of ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7), and front end is arranged on ceding of Taiwan frame (12) by supporting bearing base (5), harvesting plate (4) is placed in stem pulling roller (6) top, is arranged on ceding of Taiwan frame (12), dial standing grain driven sprocket (2) and be arranged on ceding of Taiwan frame (12) front end, be connected with the standing grain drive sprocket (25) of dialling on being arranged on ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7) by rice-pulling chain (3), nearside divider (1) is placed in the complete machine forefront, is arranged on ceding of Taiwan frame (12), hobboing cutter (8) is arranged on the side plate of ceding of Taiwan frame (12) below by the two end axles bearing, and stationary knife (9) is placed in hobboing cutter (8) top, rear, is arranged on the side plate of ceding of Taiwan frame (12) below, tumbler gear (38) is arranged on hobboing cutter (8) right side, with the tumbler gear on being arranged on axle of carrier pulley (36), be meshed, cutter power driven sprocket (37) is arranged on axle of carrier pulley (36), by chain, with the cutter power drive sprocket (35) that is arranged on ceding of Taiwan power input shaft (11) right-hand member, be connected, ceding of Taiwan power input shaft (11) is arranged on ceding of Taiwan frame (12) by the two end axles bearing, the ceding of Taiwan power drive sprocket (34) that is arranged on its right-hand member is connected with the right drive sprocket of transmission case (27) that is arranged on ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7) right side by chain, the right drive sprocket of transmission case (27) is connected with the debarker power input sprocket (28) that is arranged on debarker power input shaft (24) right-hand member by chain, the left drive sprocket of transmission case (26) that is arranged on ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7) left side is connected with the sprocket wheel that is arranged on ear poking roller (23) left end by chain, and be connected with the sprocket wheel that is arranged on pressure fringe roller (22) left side by chain, ceding of Taiwan power input sprocket (10) is arranged on the left end of ceding of Taiwan power input shaft (11), by chain, with the right drive sprocket (33) that is arranged on power transmission shaft (29) right-hand member, be connected, power transmission shaft (29) is arranged on supporting bearing base (30) by bearing, power transmission shaft (29) left end, the results power of accepting to be provided by main frame by chain are provided Left Drive sprocket wheel (31).
The rotation and lifting ceding of Taiwan of assembling debarker for a kind of three row maize harvesting machines, its domestic animal feature is: debarker is assemblied in the back of the ceding of Taiwan, and forms a rotary integral.
The rotation and lifting ceding of Taiwan of assembling debarker for a kind of three row maize harvesting machines, its domestic animal feature: be equipped with the hobboing cutter (8), the stationary knife (9) that carry out the corn stalk cutting below the ceding of Taiwan.
Because the present invention has adopted said structure, the ceding of Taiwan and debarker are linked to be integral body, small and exquisite, lightweight, and the installation center of gravity is low, once can gather in the crops three row, harvesting superior performance, but stalk mincing and returning to the field, ceding of Taiwan energy free lifting; Directly enter the debarker peeling without elevator after fruit ear results, solved the ceding of Taiwan arranged apart of traditional and debarker after carrying out the fruit ear results, interrupt the foreign material such as straw, cauline leaf by elevator to the debarker course of conveying and be difficult to the problem of getting rid of.Unique ceding of Taiwan structure configuration, can be applicable to Plain and can be applicable to the harvest operation of knob again.
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Accompanying drawing 1 is the rotation and lifting ceding of Taiwan front view of a kind of three row maize harvesting machines of the present invention with the assembling debarker.
Accompanying drawing 2 is the rotation and lifting ceding of Taiwan vertical view (remove part covering) of a kind of three row maize harvesting machines of the present invention with the assembling debarker.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing 1, a kind of three row maize harvesting machines of 2 couples of the present invention of accompanying drawing are further described by the embodiment of the rotation and lifting ceding of Taiwan of assembling debarker: results power arrives Left Drive sprocket wheel (31) by chain by transmission of power, drive right drive sprocket (33) rotation by power transmission shaft (29), right drive sprocket (33) arrives transmission of power on ceding of Taiwan power input sprocket (10) by chain, drive ceding of Taiwan power input shaft (11) and be arranged on the ceding of Taiwan power drive sprocket (34) of its right-hand member, cutter power drive sprocket (35) rotation, ceding of Taiwan power drive sprocket (34) by chain by transmission of power to the right drive sprocket of transmission case (27) that is arranged on ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7) right side, drive is arranged on stem pulling roller (6) rotation of its front output, ear harvesting operation while realizing results, drive the left drive sprocket of transmission case (26) rotation of dialling standing grain drive sprocket (25) and its left end being installed of section mounted thereto simultaneously, dial standing grain drive sprocket (25) and drive rice-pulling chain (3) work by group standing grain driven sprocket (2), group standing grain operation while realizing results, the left drive sprocket of transmission case (26) arrives transmission of power on the drive sprocket of ear poking roller (23) left end by chain, drives ear poking roller (23) rotation, presses fringe roller (22) rotation, the force feed operation while realizing the fruit ear peeling by chain-driving simultaneously, the right drive sprocket of transmission case (27) arrives transmission of power on debarker power input sprocket (28) by chain simultaneously, drive debarker power input shaft (24) rotation, drive peeling rollers (19) rotation be arranged on peeling frame (17), the peeling operation while realizing results by the bevel gear of installing in the middle, cutter power drive sprocket (35) arrives cutter power driven sprocket (37) by chain by transmission of power, drive axle of carrier pulley (36) rotation, drive hobboing cutter (8) rotation by one group of tumbler gear (38), stalk shreds under the interaction of hobboing cutter (8) and stationary knife (9).
The course of work that machine carries out harvest corn is: when maize harvesting machine enters field with the operating rate preparation work, first by the hydraulic operation handle, control taiwan cut off and landing oil cylinder (14) action, the ceding of Taiwan is adjusted to suitable height, operation results clutch lever makes to gather in the crops transmission of power to Left Drive sprocket wheel (31), drives harvesting, cutting, peeling, dials fringe, presses the spike body rotation.Maize harvesting machine hangs up the walking gear, aim at the corn walking in field, ceding of Taiwan front end nearside divider (1) is propped up the maize straw of lodging, by rice-pulling chain (3), maize straw is fed to counterrotating stem pulling roller (6) middle, stalk backward, move downward, by the hobboing cutter (8) of rotation and the interaction of stationary knife (9), corn stem is shredded, fruit ear is taken by harvesting plate (4), by rice-pulling chain (3), fruit ear is transported in debarker, counterrotating peeling rollers (19) carries out peeling to fruit ear, simultaneously by ear poking roller (23), press the rotation of fringe roller (22) to make fruit ear transfer out backward debarker.The reciprocating sieve (20) that the fruit ear skin peeled by peeling rollers (19) and part seed are fallen below debarker is upper, under the effect of reciprocating sieve (20), the fruit ear skin is sieved on the ground, and seed falls in kernel recovery box.

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1. a rotation and lifting ceding of Taiwan of assembling debarker for the row maize harvesting machine, mainly by nearside divider (1), dial standing grain driven sprocket (2), rice-pulling chain (3), harvesting plate (4), supporting bearing base (5), stem pulling roller (6), ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7), hobboing cutter (8), stationary knife (9), ceding of Taiwan power input sprocket (10), ceding of Taiwan power input shaft (11), ceding of Taiwan frame (12), installation frame (13), taiwan cut off and landing oil cylinder (14), frame (15), moving gear box (16), peeling frame (17), connecting rod (18), peeling rollers (19), reciprocating sieve (20), kernel recovery box (21), press fringe roller (22), ear poking roller (23), debarker power input shaft (24), dial standing grain drive sprocket (25), the left drive sprocket of transmission case (26), the right drive sprocket of transmission case (27), debarker power input sprocket (28), power transmission shaft (29), supporting bearing base (30), Left Drive sprocket wheel (31), bearing pin (32), right drive sprocket (33), ceding of Taiwan power drive sprocket (34), cutter power drive sprocket (35), axle of carrier pulley (36), cutter power driven sprocket (37), tumbler gears (38) etc. partly form, its following structural features: moving gear box (16) is placed in the complete machine front portion, be arranged on frame (15), peeling frame (17) is placed in the top of moving gear box (16), anterior and ceding of Taiwan frame (12) is fixed together, ceding of Taiwan frame (12) is assembled together with the front end of installation frame (13), the rear end of installation frame (13) passes on left bearing pin (32) and is slidably mounted on frame (15) above, and right side is slidedly assemblied on the supporting bearing base (30) be assembled together with frame (15), peeling frame (17) rear portion is by bearing pin and connecting rod (18) one end assembly connections, and connecting rod (18) other end is assemblied on frame (15) by bearing pin, it is upper that taiwan cut off and landing oil cylinder (14) is assemblied in installation frame (13) by bearing pin one end, and the other end is arranged on frame (15) by bearing pin, peeling rollers (19) vertically is arranged on peeling frame (17) by the two end axles bearing, ear poking roller (23), pressure fringe roller (22) are placed in peeling rollers (19) top, by the two end axles bearing, be arranged on peeling frame (17), reciprocating sieve (20), kernel recovery box (21) are placed in peeling rollers (19) below, be arranged on installation frame (13), debarker power input shaft (24) is placed in peeling frame (17) front portion, by the two end axles bearing, is arranged on peeling frame (17), ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7) is arranged on the rear portion of ceding of Taiwan frame (12), and stem pulling roller (6) rear end is connected with the front output of ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7), and front end is arranged on ceding of Taiwan frame (12) by supporting bearing base (5), harvesting plate (4) is placed in stem pulling roller (6) top, is arranged on ceding of Taiwan frame (12), dial standing grain driven sprocket (2) and be arranged on ceding of Taiwan frame (12) front end, be connected with the standing grain drive sprocket (25) of dialling on being arranged on ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7) by rice-pulling chain (3), nearside divider (1) is placed in the complete machine forefront, is arranged on ceding of Taiwan frame (12), hobboing cutter (8) is arranged on the side plate of ceding of Taiwan frame (12) below by the two end axles bearing, and stationary knife (9) is placed in hobboing cutter (8) top, rear, is arranged on the side plate of ceding of Taiwan frame (12) below, tumbler gear (38) is arranged on hobboing cutter (8) right side, with the tumbler gear on being arranged on axle of carrier pulley (36), be meshed, cutter power driven sprocket (37) is arranged on axle of carrier pulley (36), by chain, with the cutter power drive sprocket (35) that is arranged on ceding of Taiwan power input shaft (11) right-hand member, be connected, ceding of Taiwan power input shaft (11) is arranged on ceding of Taiwan frame (12) by the two end axles bearing, the ceding of Taiwan power drive sprocket (34) that is arranged on its right-hand member is connected with the right drive sprocket of transmission case (27) that is arranged on ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7) right side by chain, the right drive sprocket of transmission case (27) is connected with the debarker power input sprocket (28) that is arranged on debarker power input shaft (24) right-hand member by chain, the left drive sprocket of transmission case (26) that is arranged on ceding of Taiwan transmission case (7) left side is connected with the sprocket wheel that is arranged on ear poking roller (23) left end by chain, and be connected with the sprocket wheel that is arranged on pressure fringe roller (22) left side by chain, ceding of Taiwan power input sprocket (10) is arranged on the left end of ceding of Taiwan power input shaft (11), by chain, with the right drive sprocket (33) that is arranged on power transmission shaft (29) right-hand member, be connected, power transmission shaft (29) is arranged on supporting bearing base (30) by bearing, power transmission shaft (29) left end, the results power of accepting to be provided by main frame by chain are provided Left Drive sprocket wheel (31).
2. the rotation and lifting ceding of Taiwan of assembling debarker for a kind of three row maize harvesting machines according to claim 1, its domestic animal feature is: debarker is assemblied in the back of the ceding of Taiwan, and forms a rotary integral.
3. according to claim 1, a kind of rotation and lifting ceding of Taiwan of assembling debarker for three row maize harvesting machines claimed in claim 2, its domestic animal feature: be equipped with the hobboing cutter (8), the stationary knife (9) that carry out the corn stalk cutting below the ceding of Taiwan.
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