JP2001269044A - Combine harvester - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To aim the compactification of a machine body, and the improvement of handleability and operability. SOLUTION: A grain culm feeding conveyor for a threshing section (4) comprises a front-side feeding conveyor chain (36) receiving reaped grain culms from a grain culm-transferring mechanism (10) placed on the side of a reaping section (8) and a main feeding conveyor chain (5) receiving the reaped grain culms from the front-side feeding conveyor chain (36) and transferring them to the rear part of a machine body. The front-side feeding conveyor chain (36) has the receiving end placed near the terminal end of the root-side conveyor (35) of the grain culm-transferring mechanism (10); and overlapped near the receiving end-side of the main feeding conveyor chain (5). A box (97) is placed inside the front-side feeding conveyor chain (36).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a combine for continuously cutting and threshing grain culms.

[0002]

Conventionally, when the amount of grain culm fed to the feed chain is increased due to an increase in the size of the cutting section, for example, for cutting five or six rows, the grain stalk inheriting posture at the feed chain start end is increased. There are problems such as disorder and grain stems falling off easily.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention provides a cereal culm supply / conveyance device for a threshing unit, comprising: a front supply / conveying chain for receiving a harvested cereal culm from a cereal culm conveyance mechanism provided on a cutting unit side;
A main supply transport chain that receives the harvested grain culm from the front supply transport chain and transports the harvested grain culm to the rear of the machine, and the front supply transport chain has a start end of a stock side transport device of the grain culm transport mechanism. A combiner configured to face the end portion and to overlap the front side of the main supply / conveyance chain, wherein a gear box is provided inside the front supply / conveyance chain; It is possible to easily reduce spilling or turbulence in the culm on the front side, and also to easily prevent wrapping of straw waste or simplify maintenance work, etc., making it easier to make the machine compact or improve handling operability. What you get.

[0004]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is an overall side view of the combine, Fig. 2
Is a plan view of the same, in which (1) is a track frame on which the traveling crawler (2) is mounted, (3) is a machine frame installed on the track frame (1), and (4) is a feed chain (5). Threshing unit, which is a threshing machine having a handling drum (6) and a processing drum (7) built therein, and a cutting blade (9) having a cutting blade (9) and a culm transport mechanism (10). Department, (11)
Is a hydraulic cutting cylinder for raising and lowering the cutting unit (8) via the cutting frame (12), and (13) is a straw chain (14).
A straw cutter having a terminal end, (15) a grain tank for carrying the grains from the threshing unit (4) through a fryer (16), and (17) a machine for grain from the tank (15). A discharge auger to be carried out, (18) an operation cabin provided with an operation section (19) and a driver's seat (20), and (21) an engine provided below the operation cabin (18), for continuously feeding grain culms. It is configured to cut and thresh.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a raising case (2) for six rows having raising tines (23) for raising uncut culms which are taken in through the weeding plates (22).
4) ..., a six-stroke star wheel (25) and a scraping belt (26) that scrape the stem side of the raised grain stalk, and a cutting blade that cuts the scraped grain stem. 9) and the lower right transport chain (2
7) and the upper right transport tine (28), and the central lower transport chain where the cut culm of the central two rows is merged near the feed intermediate position of the lower right lower transport chain (27) and the upper right transport tine (28). (29) and the upper center transport tine (3
0) and the cut culm for the left two rows are transported to the lower right transport chain (2
7) and a lower left transport chain (31) and an upper left transport tine (32) that join near the feed end position of the upper right transport body (28); A vertical transport chain (33) for inheriting and transporting the root side of the harvested grain culm of the row, and the upper right transport tine (2)
8) a rear upper transport tine (34) for transporting the spike end side of the cut stalk culm for 6 rows that joins the feed end to the threshing unit (4);
A chain before auxiliary transfer (35) and a chain after auxiliary transfer (3) which are provided at the feed end portion of the vertical transfer chain (33) and receive and transport the harvested culm in a proper posture to the feed chain (5).
6) is provided in the cutting section (8) for cutting 6 rows, and the cut and harvested culms for 6 rows are inherited and joined to the vertical transport chain (33), supplied to the feed chain (5) and threshed. It is composed.

A raising drive pipe (37) is erected on the cutting frame (12), and a raising drive case (38) is attached to the upper end of the pipe (37).
The driving force is transmitted to each raising case (24)... As a set of two lines via a pulley, and a raising conveyance tine (39) is attached to the raising driving case (38). The tip side is configured to be passed on to the rear tines (28), (30), and (32) by the three tines (39) for six rows.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the driving force of the engine (21) is transferred to the input shaft (4) of the counter case (40).
1) to transmit the threshing driving force to each part such as the handle cylinder (6) of the threshing unit (4) via the counter case (40), and to transmit the right and left traveling crawlers (2) and (2) to the transmission case (42). ) Is transmitted from the counter case (40). Also, the constant speed driving force from the counter case (40) and the vehicle speed tuning driving force from the transmission case (42) are transmitted to the cutting single shaft (43), and the cutting single shaft (43) is connected to the cutting double shaft (44). The harvesting three shafts (45) are connected to each other via the shaft, and the raising shaft (47) is connected to the three shafts (45) via the raising input shaft (46).

Then, the chain (36) after the auxiliary conveyance is driven via the single cutting shaft (43), and the scraping belt (2) is moved to the right two-row star wheels (25) (25).
6) (26), the right transport chain (27) and the transport tine (28), the vertical transport chain (33), the rear upper transport tine (34), and the chain before the auxiliary transport (35) Drive through). Also, the left and right cutting blade input shafts (48) and (48) are connected to the three cutting shafts (45) to drive the left and right cutting blades (9) and (9), which are divided into right and left, respectively. Minute star wheel (25) ... and scraping belt (26) ..., middle and left transfer chains (29) (3)
1) and the transport tines (30) and (32) are driven via the raising input shaft (46). In addition, each of the raised tines (23) for six rows and three raised transport tines (39) ...
Is driven through the raising shaft (47), and while maintaining the minimum speed by the constant speed driving force of the counter case (40), the traveling speed and the vehicle speed tuning driving force of the transmission case (42) are controlled. The mowing unit (8) is configured to be driven at the synchronized speed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a raising transmission case (49) is attached to the raising driving pipe (37), and a high speed gear (50) and a low speed gear (5) are mounted on the raising input shaft (46).
A standard gear (52) is arranged between 1), and a high speed gear (53) and a low speed gear (54) are connected to each gear (50).
The switching gear (55), which always meshes with (51) and meshes with the standard gear (52), has dog clutch claws (56), (57).
, And dog clutch claws (58) (59) for engaging the pawls (56) (57) are provided on each gear (53) (54), and a raising transmission shaft (6) connected to the raising shaft (47).
0) A switching gear (55) is slidably engaged on the upper side,
Shift fork (61) for sliding the switching gear (55)
Is provided on the shift shaft (62), and the elevating shift lever (63) is connected to the shift shaft (62). Since the speed is changed in the order of high speed, standard, and low speed, the conventional structure in which the speed between the high speed and the standard is low is adopted. In addition to improving gear shifting operability,
The constant engagement of the high-speed gear (50) and the low-speed gear (51) eliminates insufficient strength due to half-meshing, etc.
(51) Prevent breakage, and make the claws (56) (57) (5)
8) The case (49) is configured to be compact by transmitting power by the engagement of (59).

Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a tine chain (65) is stretched inside the raising case (24) via a driving sprocket (64) or the like, and the chain (6) is extended.
5) Attach a plurality of raising tines (23) ... at equal intervals,
Upper, middle and lower tine guides (66) (67) made of synthetic resin
(68) is fixed to the raising case (24), and the tine (2) is raised by the tine guides (66), (67), and (68).
3), the iron plate reinforcing plate (69) is fixed to the case (24) inside the middle tine guide (67) having the highest stalk pulling force, and the tine (23) of the middle tine guide (67) is supported. The supporting strength is improved by the reinforcing plate (69), and the deformation of the middle tine guide (67) is prevented, and the opening of the case (24) is prevented by the reinforcing strength of the case (24) by the reinforcing plate (69). Further, the thickness of the molding resin of the middle tine guide (67) is reduced so that the processing accuracy can be improved and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the end of the middle lower transfer chain (29) is connected to the middle of the lower right transfer chain (27), and the end of the lower left transfer chain (31) is connected to the end of the lower right transfer chain (27). After joining, the middle two grain culms join the right two grain culm in the middle of the chain (27), and the left two grain culm join the right four grain culm at the end of the chain (27). , 6 husks are fed to the threshing unit (4) and the chain (2
7) A two-joint spring that resiliently presses one end side in the middle. The other end is fixedly fastened to the machine side with a bolt (71), and a two-joint spring that resiliently presses one end at the end of the chain (29) (31). (72) (73) Bolts (74) (7
5) The chain (27) is stopped and fixed, and the other end of the four-joint spring (76) for resiliently pressing one end at the end of the chain (27) is fixed to the machine side with a bolt (77). Also, a two-joint spring (70)
(72) (73) The middle part is wound twice to form a winding,
The middle of the confluence spring (76) is wound once to form a winding,
Each spring (70) (72) (7) is made of the same metal wire material.
3) Form (76) and form a double-joining spring (70) (72)
(73) The force of the four-joint spring (76) is made larger than the force and the tip of the spring winding prevention guide (78) at the end of the chain (29) is connected to the chain (27) between the springs (70) and (76). ), The tip of the spring winding prevention guide (79) at the end of the chain (31) is extended into the locus of the chain (27) behind the spring (76).

As described above, in a combine for connecting a plurality of transport chains (27), (29), and (31) for transporting the harvested culm in a C-shape, the chain (27)
The force of the converging spring (76) on the feed end side is maximized, the force of the converging spring (70) on the feed start end side of the chain (27) is formed small, and the converging spring (70) is used in a place where the number of grain stems to be transported is small. Reduce the force and join the spring (7
6) Increase the force to properly maintain the holding force of the cereal culm by the transport chains (27) (29) (31) and the converging springs (70) (76) to prevent stagnation of the cereal culm at the confluence and smoothly move backward. Springs (70), (72), (73), and (76), with one end fixed to the machine and the other end resiliently pressed by the transfer chains (27), (29), and (31). The number of windings of the converging springs (70), (72), and (73) of the two-jawed portions of the transport chains (27), (29), and (31) is larger than the number of turns of the converging springs (76) of the four-jawed portion And the number of turns of the converging springs (70) (72) (73) (76) to set the clamping force with the transport chains (27) (29) (31).
The metal wire materials forming the converging springs (70), (72), (73) and (76) can be formed with the same spring force and different spring forces, and the setting and processing of the converging springs (70), (72), (73) and (76) The configuration is such that simplification and the like can be performed.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 10, 11 and 12, a tubular body (80) is erected and fixed on a cutting frame (12) into which the two cutting shafts (44) are inserted.
The upper drive shaft (81) to be connected to 4) is inserted into the cylindrical body (80), and the middle part of the cylindrical body (80) and the drive shaft (81) is penetrated into the rear upper transfer tine (34) case. (34) The cylinder (80) and the drive shaft (81) are extended upward, and the case (82) of the upper right transfer tine (28) is attached to the upper end of the cylinder (80) via brackets (83) and (84). The bolts (85) and (85) are detachably fastened and fixed, and the upper drive shaft (86) is supported by the boss (82a) of the case (82). The sprocket (8) is attached to the shaft (86).
7), a tine chain (88) of the upper right transfer tine (28) is stretched, and the shafts (81) and (86) are fitted and connected to the splines (89) so as to be vertically separable. 80) The upper end is detachably fitted to the lower end of the boss (82a), and the upper right conveying tine (28) is arranged so as to be overlapped with the upper right conveying tine (28) at the upper end of the rear upper conveying tine (34). By disassembling the brackets (83) and (84), the tine (28) can be removed in a state of being assembled in the case (82).

As described above, in the combine for feeding the harvested grain culm to the threshing unit (4) by the upper right transport tine (28) and the rear upper transport tine (34), which are front and rear transport members divided and formed in front and rear, The upper right transport tine (28) feed end is provided to overlap the upper rear transport tine (34) feed start end, and the drive shaft (81) of the upper right transport tine (28) is provided.
The intermediate portion is passed through the rear upper transport tine (34), the inherited portion of each of the transport tines (28), (34) is vertically overlapped, and the drive shaft (81) is provided at the feed end of the upper right transport tine (28).
The length of the inherited portion can be secured longer than necessary by the structure provided with, and the handling operability of each transport tine (28) (34) and the function of inheriting grain culm are improved, and the upper right transport tine (28) The drive shafts (81) and (86) of the upper right transfer tine (28) are vertically divided between the upper and lower rear transfer tines (34), and the drive shafts (81) and (86) are separated vertically. The upper right transfer tine (28) can be removed without disassembly, and the lower rear upper transfer tine (34) can be improved in workability such as maintenance or repair.

Further, as shown in FIG. 13, a synthetic resin tine guide (91) (91) is fixed to the case (90) of the rear upper transfer tine (34) by an iron plate reinforcing plate (92) (92). The tine (34) is supported at both ends by the tine guides (91) and (91), and the tine (3) is
4) to prevent falling or falling off, and
4) penetrate the pin hole (93), drive the pin (94) into the pin hole (93) and connect it to the tine chain (95) so as to prevent the pin (94) for mounting the tine (34) from falling off. It is composed.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, a lifting / lowering fulcrum pipe (96) for interpolating the cutting single shaft (43).
A chain (36) is attached to the left end via the gear case (97), and the rear chain (36) is extended in the front-rear direction between the chain (35) and the chain (5). Rear chain (3) almost parallel to (5)
6), a rear chain (36) starting end is arranged in the middle of the front chain (35) conveyance, a feed chain (5) starting end is arranged in the middle of the rear chain (36) conveyance, and the raising drive pipe (37) is arranged. ), The front end of the clamping frame (98) is fixed, and the front end of the rod-shaped inheritance guide (99), which comes into contact with the rear chain (36) upper conveying section from above, is connected to the frame (9).
8) The bearing (100) at the rear end is rotatably supported, the rear end of the guide (99) is rotatably mounted up and down, and one end is connected to the frame (98) via a bolt (101). The other end of the pinching spring (102) is connected to the guide (99).
The guide (99) is connected to the rear chain (36) by adjusting the force of the pinching spring (102).
While holding and transporting the stalks, the guide (9)
9) The pinching spring (102) is raised by lifting
Acts over the fulcrum, and deploys and supports the guide (99) upward to remove straw chips from the rear chain (36).

Further, the front ends of the leaf spring stock guide (103) and the bar-shaped guide (104) are attached to the frame (98), and the rear ends of the guides (103) and (104) are on the upper side of the feed chain (5). The feed chain (5) and each of the guides (103) are elastically pressed against the starting end conveying surface from above.
(104) The culm is sandwiched and transported between (104), and the rear ends of the succession guide (99) and the stock guide (103) are set to substantially the same length, and the rear ends of the guides (99) and (103) The rear end of the guide (104) extends further rearward, and one end of the rod-shaped receiving guide (105) is fixed to the lower surface of the front chain (35) before auxiliary conveyance, and the feed is performed via the front part of the rear chain (36). The other end of the receiving guide (105) is extended to the front of the chain (5), and the front chain (35) and each guide (9) are extended.
9) At the lower side of (103) and (104), the receiving guide (105) is attached obliquely to these, and the front chain (3) is mounted.
It is configured such that the lower bending of the grain stem root conveyed from 5) to the feed chain (5) via the rear chain (36) is regulated by the receiving guide (105).

As described above, the auxiliary transport chain (36), which is a succession transport member for transferring the grain stalk from the pre-auxiliary transport chain (35), which is the terminal transport member of the cutting unit (8), to the feed chain (5). To improve the succession performance of the grain culm to be fed from the cutting unit (8) to the feed chain (5), and the grain culm may fall off at the start end of the feed chain (5) even in a large structure where the amount of grain culm increases. The posture of the culm is prevented from being disturbed, and one end of a receiving guide (105) serving as a culm guide member is fixed to the lower surface of the front chain (35), and the feed chain (5) is passed through the starting end of the rear chain (36). ) The other end of the receiving guide (105) is extended to the starting end side, and the conveying space from the front chain (35) to the feed chain (5) is gradually enlarged to smoothly convey and move the cereal stem. Chain (36)
And the feed chain (5) to attract the same grain culm and prevent the culm posture from being disturbed.

A rear chain (36) is provided on a lifting fulcrum pipe (96) which is a lifting fulcrum of the mowing part (8), and the relative position between the rear chain (36) and the feed chain (5) is always kept substantially constant. In this way, the transfer of the cereal stalk is performed stably, and the succeeding guide (9), which is a clamping guide member of the rear chain (36), is used.
9) is extended from the mowing part (8) side, so that even if the mowing part (8) rises, the grain culm transfer between the front chain (35) and the rear chain (36) can be smoothly performed, and the rear chain ( 36), a succession guide (99) is detachably mounted via a clamping spring (102), and the clamping force of the succession guide (99) is changed by changing the force of the clamping spring (102). The inheritance guide (99) is retracted to a position beyond the fulcrum of the spring (102) to simplify cleaning and the like.

As is clear from the above, the cereal culm supply / transportation device for the threshing unit (4) is provided by a front supply / conveyance chain which receives the harvested cereal culm from the cereal culm transport mechanism (10) provided on the cutting unit (8) side. A post-conveyance chain (36) and a feed chain (5), which is a main supply conveyance chain for receiving the harvested culm from the post-conveyance chain (36) and conveying it to the rear of the machine; Rear chain (36)
The leading end of the feed chain (5) faces the vicinity of the end of the pre-auxiliary transfer chain (35), which is the stock-side transfer device of the grain culm transfer mechanism (10), and faces the start end of the feed chain (5). In the combine configured to be superimposed, a gear case (97) as a gear box is provided inside the chain (36) after the auxiliary transfer. Further, spilling or turbulence of the culm at the front side of the feed chain (5) is reduced, and furthermore, prevention of winding of straw waste or simplification of maintenance work is performed, so that the body is made compact or handling operability is improved.

Further, the succession guide (99) of the chain (36) after the auxiliary conveyance is replaced with two stock guides (103) and a rod-shaped guide (10) on the short side and the long side of the feed chain (5).
The stock guide (103) on the shorter side of the feed chain (5) is provided at a higher position on the inner side than that of (4).
9) Provided at a lower position on the outer side than (104), provided with a rod-shaped guide (104) on the long side of the feed chain (5) between the other two guides (99) (103), and The chain (5) (36) and the guides (99) (1) so that the grain stem from the front chain (35) can be smoothly inherited.
03) (104) is arranged, and the cereal culm from the front chain (35) is transferred to the rear chain (36) and the feed chain (5) almost without being bent in the vertical direction, and the culm spills or the conveying posture. In addition to reducing turbulence, etc., the successor guide (99), the stock guide (103) and the rod-shaped guide (1)
04), receiving guide (105) in the direction of intersection at the lower side
And a receiving guide (105) substantially parallel to a straight line connecting the front side of the post-conveying chain (36) and the feed chain (5).
To extend the lower part of the culm to support each chain (5)
(36) The grain culm is prevented from bending downward on the front side, and the culm is prevented from being spilled or disturbed, so that the culm can be smoothly inherited, and the culm at the inherited portion is prevented.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, a reduction gear case (106) is fixed to a cutting frame (12) into which the two cutting shafts (44) are inserted. 106) and the case (1)
06), a handling arm (109) is fixed to an output shaft (108), and a vertical transport chain (33) is connected to the arm (109) via a rod (110).
The arm (109) is swung by 7), and the chain (33) is set with the input portion on the feed start end side as a fulcrum.
The feed end side is brought into contact with and separated from the pre-assistance transfer chain (35), and the feed chain (5) is configured to adjust the handling depth of the grain stalk to be conveyed. In addition, the arm (1
09) The boss (111) of the output shaft (108) is fixedly fastened to the slit surface (112) of the output shaft (108) by a bolt (113), and a potentiometer-type depth-of-operation position sensor for detecting the depth-of-operation adjustment position of the chain (33) (114) is fixed to the case (106) via a bracket (115), and the sensor arm (1) is fixed to the boss (111).
16) the rotation arm (117) of the sensor (114)
And swings the rotating arm (117) in conjunction with the handling arm (109).
By fixing 13), erroneous detection of the sensor (114) is prevented, and the output of the sensor (114) is formed in a non-linear form.
The amount of adjustment movement of the chain (33) on the short culm side and the long culm side is made larger than that of the standard culm length portion, so that the grain culm can be prevented from falling off by adjusting the long culm side handling depth.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, a side cover (118) for closing the left side surface of the reaper (8).
The fulcrum pipe (119) is fixed to the front edge of the side cover (118), and the cutting frame (1) is fixed.
The lower end of the fulcrum pin (121) is fixed to the cover frame (120) to be fixed to 2) via the bracket (122), and the upper end of the fulcrum pin (121) is fixed to the fulcrum pipe (11).
9) from below, the fulcrum pipe (119) and the fulcrum pin (121) are loosely fitted, and are rotatable about the fulcrum pin (121) inclined in the same direction as the front edge of the cover (118). Attach cover (118). Further, the lower end of the stopper pin (123) is erected and fixed to the cover frame (120), and the engaging pin (124) moving over the upper end side of the stopper pin (123) is connected to the fulcrum pipe (11).
9) and one end of the hook arm (126) is rotatably attached to the cylindrical body (125) to be fixed to the cutting frame (12), and the other end of the hook arm (126) is detachably engaged. Cover the hook plate (127) (1
18), and when the cover (118) is rotated around the fulcrum pin (121) in the outer direction of the machine to open the left side of the reaper (8), the engaging pin (124) rides over the upper end of the stopper pin (123). ) Is moved and the engagement pin (124) is moved.
Contacts the stopper pin (124), and the hook plate (1)
The hook arm (126) is locked to the cover (1) 27).
18) is supported at the open position.
By loosely fitting the fulcrum pin 9 and the fulcrum pin 121, the cover 118 can be moved up and down with a small operation force when it is opened and closed, and the structure for opening and closing the cover 118 can be simplified, and the weight and manufacturing cost can be reduced. It is configured as follows.

[0024]

As is apparent from the above embodiments, the present invention provides a cereal culm feeding and conveying device for the threshing unit (4) by using a culm conveying mechanism (10) provided on the cutting unit (8) side. And a main supply transport chain (5) for receiving the harvested culm from the front supply transport chain (36) and transporting it to the rear of the machine, and forming the front supply transport chain (36). 36) faces its start end near the end of the stock side transfer device (35) of the grain culm transfer mechanism (10) and faces the start end side of the main supply transfer chain (5). In the combine configured to be superimposed, a gear box (97) is provided inside the front supply / conveyance chain (36), and the main supply / conveyance chain (5) is provided.
It is easy to reduce spills or turbulence in the front side, and also to prevent wrapping of straw waste or to simplify maintenance work, making it easier to make the machine compact or improve handling operability. It can be planned.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a combine.

FIG. 2 is an overall plan view of the combine.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory side view of a cutting unit.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory plan view of a reaper.

FIG. 5 is a drive system diagram of a mowing unit.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a raising transmission unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory front view of a raising case.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory sectional view of the same.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a lower transport chain unit.

FIG. 10 is a drive explanatory diagram of an upper transfer tine unit.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of the upper transfer tine.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of the junction.

FIG. 14 is a side view of the chain portion before and after the auxiliary transport.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 16 is a side view of a handling motor mounting portion.

FIG. 17 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 18 is a side view of a side cover attaching portion.

FIG. 19 is a plan view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (4) Threshing section (5) Feed chain (main supply transport chain) (8) Cutting section (35) Chain before auxiliary transport (stock side transport device) (36) Chain after auxiliary transport (front supply transport chain) (97) ) Gear case (gear box)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A corn stalk supply / conveying device for a threshing unit (4), comprising: a front side supply / conveying chain (36) for receiving cut culms from a culm conveying mechanism (10) provided on a cutting unit (8) side; A main supply transport chain (5) that receives the harvested grain culm from the front supply transport chain (36) and transports the harvested culm to the rear of the machine is formed. The front supply transport chain (36) has a start end at the grain culm transport. In the combine configured to face the vicinity of the end of the stock-side transfer device (35) of the mechanism (10) and to be superimposed facing the start end of the main supply transfer chain (5), A combine having a gear box (97) provided inside a transfer chain (36).