JP2000236730A - Walking type cabbage harvester - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking type cabbage harvester capable of one man operating, making and encasing the headed part of the harvested cabbage. SOLUTION: A harvesting and conveying part 8 of this walking type cabbage harvester comprises a right and left pair of raking devices 4 that rake in a cabbage C growing in a farm, accompanied with the progress of a machine body mounted on the front end part of a machine body 2 mounting a controlling device 3 on the rear end, conveyers 9, 10 following to the raking devices 4 to clamp, pull out and carry backward the cabbage C that is raked by the raking devices 4, and a cutter 7 cutting off unwanted parts of the cabbage mounted on the lower of the conveyer 9, 10. A worktable for making and encasing protruding to a side of the machine body is installed in parallel to the harvesting and conveying part 8. A transverse feed and selecting conveyer discharging the unwanted parts of the cabbage C that is conveyed and discharged from the harvesting and conveying part 8, to the side of the machine body and cross-feeding the headed part is installed on the rear end of the conveying part 8. A part of the worktable 18 for making and encasing is tilted to the operator B side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a walking type cabbage harvester which can perform a harvesting operation by itself and can prepare and pack a head portion of a harvested cabbage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a cabbage harvesting machine for harvesting head vegetables such as cabbage vegetated in a field, the cabbage vegetated in a field is pulled out and harvested as the machine advances, and the harvested cabbage is used in the machine. A harvesting / transporting device for transporting the cabbage prepared by the harvesting / transporting device, by removing unnecessary rhizomes and lower lobes in the process of being transported by the harvesting / transporting device, There is a well-known device provided with an unloading device including an endless conveyor that unloads a head portion toward a storage device (container). Further, there is also an apparatus in which an accommodation cart is accompanied by a harvester to accommodate a head portion of cabbage harvested by the harvester.

[0003]

The above-mentioned cabbage harvester is of a riding type, has a pair of right and left crawler traveling devices, and is mainly composed of a pilot who mainly performs a steering operation and a preparation operator who mainly performs a preparation operation. Need workers, and
The aircraft was large and the price was expensive. Further, another worker was required for the storage trolley. For this reason, there was a problem that it was not suitable for small-scale farmers to introduce. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides: At the tip of the traveling fuselage equipped with a steering device at the rear end,
A pair of left and right rakes are provided to scrape the cabbage vegetated in the field as the machine advances, and the cabbage squeezed by the rake is clamped, pulled out, and conveyed rearward. And a cutting device that cuts off unnecessary parts of cabbage is provided at the lower part of the transport device to form a harvesting and transporting unit. It is characterized by having a table.

B. At the rear end of the harvesting and transporting unit, there is a horizontal feed sorting conveyor that transports and discharges unnecessary parts of cabbage that is transported and discharged by the harvesting and transporting unit to the side of the machine, and also laterally transports the head part. And

C. It is characterized in that a part of the preparation / boxing worktable is inclined toward the worker.

[0007]

According to the above construction, the walking type cabbage harvester of the present invention operates as follows. . The above A. With the configuration described above, the head portion of the cabbage harvested by the harvesting / transporting section and from which unnecessary portions have been cut is prepared and packed in a box for preparation and boxing. The harvester is small, light, compact and can be transported on a light four-wheel truck. Therefore, the price of the harvester can be reduced and it is suitable for small-scale farmers to introduce.

[0008] B. above. By having the configuration of
Unnecessary portions of the cabbage that are transported and discharged by the harvest transporting unit are transported by a horizontal feed sorting conveyor and discharged to a field. The head portion discharged from the harvesting / transporting unit is laterally conveyed by a lateral feed sorting conveyor, and is prepared and boxed in a preparation and boxing work table.

[0009] C. above. By having the configuration of
The worker who performs the boxing work on the preparation / boxing worktable can work in an easy posture on the inclined portion of the preparation / boxing worktable.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a walking type cabbage harvester,
Is a pair of right and left that rakes the cabbage C vegetated in the cultivation ridge N in the field into the front end portion of the traveling body 2 provided with a steering device 3 including a steering handle, an operation lever and the like at the rear end. Scraping device 4 consisting of a scraping disk
Is provided. The scraping device 4 protrudes forward from the machine body 2 and is vertically adjustable by a pair of vertically adjustable left and right height gauge wheels 5 and 5 which are in contact with the shoulder of the cultivation ridge N. Also, the height gauge wheels 5, 5 can adjust the interval between the left and right.

Subsequent to the scraping device 4, there is provided a transport device 6 for pulling out the cabbage C scraped by the scraping device 4, nipping the cabbage C, and transporting the cabbage C rearward. A harvesting / transporting unit 8 is configured by providing a cutting device 7 for removing unnecessary portions of the cabbage C below the transporting device 6. The transporting device 6 is provided with a screw conveyor 9 for nipping and transporting the extracted rhizomes of the cabbage C from the left and right sides between the scraping device 4 and the cutting device 7, and from above to behind the screw conveyor 9. A holding and conveying belt 10 for holding and transporting the head portion of the cabbage C from both left and right sides is provided.

The cutting device 7 comprises a pair of disk-shaped rotary cutting blades, a large-diameter rhizome cutting blade 7a mainly for cutting the rhizome of the cabbage C, and a small-diameter outer blade mainly for cutting the outer leaves of the cabbage C. The leaf cutting blade 7b is provided with its tip slightly wrapped and having a slight vertical step. The height of the rhizome cutting blade 7a and the outer leaf cutting blade 7b of the cutting device 7 can be adjusted by a cutting device height adjusting handle 11. On the lower left and right sides of the front of the harvesting and transporting unit 8, the left and right sides of the pair of support arms protruding forward from the body 2 are automatically brought into contact with the grooves on both sides of the cultivation ridge N of the cabbage C so as to automatically guide the body. A pair of grounding guide wheels 12 are pivotally supported. The grounding guide wheel 12 has a camber angle, and the height and the left and right width thereof are adjustable.

Although not shown, the harvesting / conveying section 8 has a rear end pivotally supported by the machine body 2 so as to be vertically rotatable, and has a front end portion held by the two coil springs 13 against the machine body 2. When the cabbage harvester 1 is automatically moved along the cultivation ridge N of the cabbage C while the operator A releases the control device 3, the harvesting / transporting unit 8 moves up and down the cultivation ridge N and the left and right grooves. It automatically moves up and down to float. An engine 14 is mounted on the body 2 on the rear side of the transport device 8, and a pair of left and right traveling wheels 15 is provided below the body 2. The engine 14 may be a motor driven by a battery as a prime mover. Power is transmitted from the engine 14 to the traveling wheels 15 and the harvesting / transporting unit 8 via a transmission, and left and right steering hands of the steering device 3 are provided with side clutches for performing left and right steering operations of the aircraft.

A worker A cuts an unnecessary portion of the cabbage C discharged from the nipping and conveying belt 10 with a kitchen knife or the like, and finishes and prepares the head portion of the cabbage C discharged from the nipping and conveying belt 10. A worktable 16 for preparation is provided. The nipping and conveying belt 1
Unnecessary portions such as the lower leaves of the cabbage C discharged together with the head portion of the cabbage C discharged from the end portion of 0 are discharged to the side of the fuselage, and the head portion finished and prepared by the worker A is placed. A horizontal feed sorting conveyor 17 that feeds horizontally is provided so as to rotate in the left-right direction.

A preparation and boxing worktable 18 is provided in parallel with the cabbage harvester 1 so as to project to the side of the engine 14 side. This preparation / boxing worktable 18 is
One traveling wheel 8 traveling in a groove of a cultivation ridge N of cabbage C
a running wheels 15 receiving power from the engine 14
It runs in synchronization with. The preparation / boxing work table 18 is formed with an inclined work table 18b in which a part of the box mounting table is inclined to the auxiliary worker B side, and an empty box mounting table for holding empty boxes. 18c is provided. The horizontal feed sorting conveyor 17 extends to the rear side of the preparation / boxing worktable 18, and places the head portion finished and prepared by the worker A, transfers it laterally, and is delivered to the auxiliary worker B. Sorting ・
Boxed. The traveling wheels 8a of the preparation / boxing worktable 18 do not necessarily need to be driven by power.

Next, the operation of the cabbage harvester 1 configured as described above will be described. Cabbage harvester 1
When the harvesting work is performed in the field where the cabbage C is cultivated, the traveling wheels 15, 15 and 18a are introduced by straddling the cultivation ridge N of the cabbage C, and the ground contact guide wheels 12, 12 are placed on both sides of the cultivation ridge N. Position the height gauge wheels 5 and 5 to grow ridge N
In a state in which the scraping wheels 4 and 4 are opposed to the row of cabbage C, the scraping wheels 4 and 4, the cutting device 7, the screw conveyors 9 and 9,
Each of the rotation driving units such as the horizontal feed sorting conveyor 17 is rotationally driven. Then, when the airframe is run by the running wheels 15, 15, 18a, the cabbage C vegetated on the cultivation ridge N becomes
The rhizomes are scraped by the scraping wheels 4 and 4, are pinched from both sides by the screw conveyors 9, 9, pulled out by the rotation of the screw conveyors 9 and 9 and the advance of the machine body, and are sent rearward without stagnation. The airframe can be guided by the ground guidance wheels 12 and 12 to automatically travel.

The head portion of the cabbage C, whose rhizomes are pinched and conveyed by the screw conveyors 9, 9, is moved in a stable posture with the side portions being pinched from the left and right by the pinching and conveying belt 10 in the process of being conveyed backward. Unnecessary portions are cut off by the cutting device 7 during the movement. The cabbage C from which the unnecessary portion has been cut off is transported rearward by the pinching / conveying belt 10 and discharged from the conveying end of the head portion. The worker A holds the cabbage in his hand and finishes and prepares it on the preparation worktable 16 with a kitchen knife or the like. . The head portion of the cabbage C, which has been finished and prepared, is placed on a lateral feed sorting conveyor 17 and laterally conveyed. Unnecessary items such as lower leaves discharged from the transport end of the nipping transport belt 10 onto the horizontal-feed sorting conveyor 17 are transported by the horizontal-feed sorting conveyor 17 and discharged to the field on one side of the machine body.

When the cabbage harvester 1 is performing the harvesting operation of the cabbage C, the machine body is guided by the ground guiding wheels 12 and 12 and runs automatically, and the worker A releases the hand from the control device 3. Finish preparation of the head portion is performed as described above.
When the cabbage harvesting machine 1 runs automatically, if the cultivation ridge N and the left and right grooves of the cabbage C have undulations, the machine body will move up and down. The cabbage C is harvested without any trouble by automatically moving up and down in the range and floating.

Cabbage C, which is finished and prepared by operator A, placed on a horizontal feed sorting conveyor 17 and transported laterally
Is the auxiliary worker B of the preparation / boxing worktable 18.
And is prepared by removing unnecessary materials such as lower leaves on the inclined worktable 18b, and packed in a box. The boxed products are loaded to some extent on the preparation / boxing worktable 18, or placed in a field and collected separately.

[0020]

As described above, according to the walking type cabbage harvester of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

[0021] A pair of left and right scraping devices for scraping cabbage vegetated in a field with the progress of the machine are provided at the tip of the traveling body provided with a control device at the rear end, and the scraping device is followed by the scraping device. A transport device for nipping and pulling the cabbage scraped by the above and transporting the cabbage backward is provided, and a cutting device for cutting off unnecessary portions of the cabbage is provided at a lower portion of the transport device to constitute a harvest transport unit. Preparation and overhang to one side of the machine in parallel with the transport unit
A boxing workbench is provided, so that the head portion of cabbage harvested by the harvesting and transporting unit and cutting off unnecessary parts can be prepared and prepared.
It can be prepared and boxed in a boxing workbench. The harvester is small, light, compact and can be transported on a light four-wheel truck. Therefore, the price of the harvester can be configured at a low price, which is suitable for introduction by small-scale farmers.

[0022] At the rear end of the harvesting and transporting unit, an unnecessary part of the cabbage that is transported and discharged by the harvesting and transporting unit is transported to the side of the machine and discharged, and a horizontal feed sorting conveyor that laterally transports the head part is provided. Unnecessary portions of the cabbage that are transported and discharged by the transport unit can be transported by a horizontal feed sorting conveyor and discharged to a field. Further, the head portion discharged from the harvesting / transporting section is finish-prepared, laterally conveyed by a lateral-feed sorting conveyor, and can be prepared / boxed in a preparing / boxing workbench.

[0023] Since a part of the preparation and boxing work table is inclined to the worker side, the worker who performs the box packing work on the preparation and boxing work table can adjust the preparation and boxing work in an easy posture on the inclined part of the preparation and boxing work table. Boxing work can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a walking cabbage harvester according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the work state.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Walking-type cabbage harvesting machine 2 Body 3 Operating device 4 Scraping device 5 Height gauge wheel 6 Conveying device 7 Cutting device 7a Rhizome cutting blade 7b Outer leaf cutting blade 8 Harvesting conveying unit 9 Screw conveyor 10 Nipping and conveying belt 11 Cutting Device height adjustment handle 12 Ground guide wheel 13 Floating coil spring 14 Engine (motor) 15 Running wheel 16 Cabbage finish preparation work table 17 Lateral feed sorting conveyor 18 Preparation and box packing work table 18a Running wheel 18
b Inclined work table 18c Empty box mounting table A Worker B Auxiliary worker C Cabbage N Cabbage growing ridge

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Obuchi 684 Nakafurune, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture Kobashi Kogyo Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 2B075 AA10 GA01 GA06

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pair of left and right scraping devices for scraping cabbage vegetated in a field with the progress of a machine body are provided at a front end portion of a traveling machine body provided with a steering device at a rear end portion. A transporting device for nipping and pulling the cabbage scraped by the scraping device and transporting the cabbage backward is provided, and a cutting device for cutting off unnecessary portions of the cabbage is provided at a lower portion of the transporting device so that the harvest transporting unit is provided. Preparation and extension to one side of the machine in parallel with the harvesting and transporting section
A walking type cabbage harvester characterized by providing a work table for packing. 2. A lateral feed sorting conveyor, which transports unnecessary portions of the cabbage transported and discharged by the harvest transport unit to the side of the machine and discharges it, and laterally transports the head portion, at the rear end of the harvest transport unit. The walking cabbage harvester according to claim 1, wherein the cabbage harvester is provided. 3. The walking cabbage harvester according to claim 1, wherein a part of the preparation and boxing worktable is inclined toward the worker.