JP2001299075A - Grain tank device in combine harvester - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To design cost reduction by a simple structure by sharing a part of a grain tank when changing the specification of the grain tank in a combine harvester. SOLUTION: The structure of the grain tank 3 in the combine harvester is characterized in that a capacity-increasing tank 5 having an upper grain-lifting opening 4 is detachably installed in the upper side of the grain tank 3 having a lower grain-lifting opening 2 facing to a threshing and grain-lifting machine 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a grain tank device for a combine, and particularly to setting and setting a grain tank according to the specifications of the combine, threshing capacity, etc., and changing the capacity of the grain tank. With simplicity, cost reduction is achieved.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a technology in which a Glen tank can be separated vertically so as to be easily divided and assembled.

[0003]

The capacity of the combine tank often varies depending on the cutting and threshing ability. Further, even with a combine having the same harvesting ability, the capacity of the Glen tank may be changed to a large or small size depending on the size of the field. In such a case, it is uneconomical to prepare the entire Glen tank in a form corresponding to the capacity, and it takes time to attach and detach the Glen tank.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an upper frying port 4 is provided above a Glen tank 3 having a lower frying port 2 for viewing the threshing and frying machine 1. The combine tank 5 is configured so that the increasing tank 5 is detachably provided.

[0005] The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the increasing tank 5 is formed so as to have a large accommodation capacity in the lower part as an unexpanded form. The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the upper frying port 4 is provided at a position higher than the storage position of the auger auger 6 for discharging the Glen tank 3 by the auger receiver 7. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the Glen tank 3 is connected to a threshing machine 8. The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that a part of the increasing tank 5 is provided upright outside the engine cover 9.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the amount of harvested grains to be stored is reduced, only the lower grain tank 3 is mounted, and the threshing machine 1 is installed in the lower frying port 2. The configuration is as follows. To increase the storage capacity, an increasing tank 5 is attached to the upper end of the Glen tank 3 and the threshing and graining machine 1 is viewed through the upper graining opening 2. In this manner, the attachment and detachment of the increasing tank 5 and the threshing machine 1
By communicating with the upper or lower frying spout 4
By sharing the lower Glen tank 3, the structure can be simplified and the cost can be reduced. Further, assembly and disassembly are facilitated, and maintenance can be easily performed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the increasing tank 5
Can be stabilized, and the grain can be smoothly flowed down to the Glen tank 3. According to the third aspect of the invention, when the threshing auger 6 is stored and supported in the auger receiver 7, the threshing and fryer 1 connected to the upper frying port 4 is located on the side. Even if is turned to move to the increasing tank 5 side, it can be secured without being received by the threshing and raising machine 1 and directly colliding with the increasing tank 5.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the Glen tank 3 is integrally connected to the threshing machine 8 and supported, the swinging is reduced even in a bulky form in which the increasing tank 5 is connected to the upper end. A stable configuration can be achieved. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, hot air, dust, and the like flowing from the rear or below flowing along the outer surface of the engine cover 9 are guided further upward by the upper volume increasing tank 5 to the driver's seat side. Can be reduced.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention is embodied as a Glen tank device for storing harvested and threshed grains of a combine. The grain tank is mounted on the vehicle body adjacent to the threshing device, and accommodates harvested grains, except for a threshing and frying machine that extracts threshing and sorting grains. Also,
When the storage kernels are full, the storage kernels can be discharged from the Glen tank to the outside of the machine by an auger auger.

Therefore, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that an increasing tank having an upper frying port is detachably provided above a Glen tank having a lower frying port for viewing the threshing machine. As a configuration of the combine's Glen tank device, it is possible to set the grain tank capacity according to the scale by increasing or decreasing the grain storage capacity by attaching and detaching the increasing tank, and sharing the Glen tank This is simple and reduces costs.

[0012] The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the increasing tank has a large capacity at the lower portion as an unexpanded form, and the mounting of the increasing tank can be stabilized. The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the upper fryer is provided at a position higher than the storage position of the auger receiving auger for discharging the grain in the Glen tank by the auger receiver. To prevent collision with the increasing tank when turning.

Further, the invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the Glen tank is connected to a threshing machine, and has a stable supporting structure when an increasing tank is attached. Further, the invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that a part of the increasing tank is erected on the upper side outside the engine cover, so that hot air or dust flowing from the rear is removed from the outer surface of the engine cover. The fuel is further guided upward by the increased tank portion to reduce the flow into the front driver's seat side.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A combine vehicle body 10 is provided with a pair of left and right crawlers 11, and can be driven by an engine E mounted on a lower rear portion of a driver's seat 12 at a front position side. The outside of the engine E is covered with an engine cover 9 and a step floor 13 and a cab 1
4 and the like are arranged. Glen tank 3 is located in the driver's seat 12
, A bottom tank 16 having a transfer spiral 15 extending in the front-rear direction is provided at the bottom, and an upper tank 17 is assembled on the upper side thereof. This upper tank 17 can be connected by fitting the lower end thereof to the bottom tank 16 and opening the upper end thereof. On the threshing apparatus 19 side, the threshing port 20 of the threshing and raising machine 1 is provided. The lower frying mouth 2 to be connected is formed.

The Glen tank 3 may have a single structure in which the bottom tank 16 and the upper tank 17 are integrated. On the side of the vehicle body 10 opposite to the driver's seat 12 and the Glen tank 3, a reaper 21 and a threshing device 1
9 is mounted. The grain stalks cut by the front cutting device 21 are conveyed and supplied to the rear threshing device 19 feed chain 46, threshed in the threshing room 22 of the threshing device 19, and sorted in the lower sorting room 23. A bottom gutter 24 is provided at the bottom of the sorting chamber 23 so that sorted kernels can be transferred to the Glen tank 3 side. The threshing machine 1 is connected to the first gutter 24, and can be grained to the Glen tank 3.

The threshing machine 1 has a bracket 2
At 5 and 26, it is connected and supported on the upper part of the threshing machine body 8 on the back side of the threshing device 19 by tightening bolts 27. This bracket 2
5 is provided with a lock pin 28 for engaging a lock hook 29 provided on the back of the Glen tank 3.
The upper part of the Glen tank 3 can be connected and supported to the threshing machine 8. A lever 31 is connected to the lock hook 29 via a link 30, and the engagement with the lock pin 28 can be released by operating the lever 31. Reference numeral 32 denotes a striker fitted to the lock pin 28.

On the rear side of the Glen tank 3, there is provided a grain discharging auger 6 for discharging the grains transported by the transport spiral 15 of the bottom tank 16 to the outside of the machine while raising the grains. The dumping auger 6 is composed of a vertical auger 33 erected on the rear side of the transfer spiral 15 and a horizontal auger 34 that can turn around the vertical auger 33 and can turn up and down, and has an auger opening 35 at the tip. . An auger receiver 7 is provided on the threshing machine body 8 on the front upper side of the threshing device 19 to support the horizontal auger 34 so as to be in a storage posture. At this time, the horizontal auger 34 is supported in a form extending in the front-rear direction along the threshing device 19 side of the Glen tank 3.

On the Glen tank 3, an increasing tank 5 is provided.
Are linked. The increasing tank 5 is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape with a wide bottom opening 37 and a narrow top opening 38. The bottom opening 37 is overlapped with the upper end opening 18 of the Glen tank 3, and a connecting member 36 is formed. Can be connected. In addition, this increasing tank 5
A cover 40 with a window 39 can be attached to the upper opening 38. An upper frying port 4 is formed on the threshing machine 1 side of the increasing tank 5, and the frying port 2 of the threshing machine 1 is formed.
0 can be concatenated.

At the front side of the Glen tank 3 and the increasing tank 5, there are provided opening windows 41, 42 which can be opened and closed. Further, a cover 43 projecting forward is integrally formed outside the front portion of the increasing tank 5.
An auxiliary cover 44 is connected to the lower side of the third cover 3. Increase tank 5
In the form in which the driver seat 12 is attached, the covers 43 and 44 are connected to the upper end of the front engine cover 9 and
Cover the outside of the rear part. These covers 43, 4
Due to 4, dust flowing from the rear or lower part to the front,
It can be guided forward or upward to prevent inflow to the driver's seat 12 side.

The cover 43 and the auxiliary cover 44
Is formed integrally with the increasing tank 5, but the covers 43 and 44 themselves may be in a tank form capable of storing grains (FIG. 7). In this embodiment, the auxiliary cover 44
A discharge port 45 may be formed at the lower end of the portion so that the discharge port 45 can be viewed through a communication port (not shown) of the Glen tank 3 during installation.

With the attachment and detachment of the increasing tank 5, the frying port 20 of the threshing and frying machine 1 is replaced with an upper frying port 4 and a lower frying port 2. In the Glen tank 3 specification, it is common that the grain-lifting machine 1 is formed low, and in the bulking tank 5 specification, it is generally formed to be high.
If the height does not match, the threshing machine 1 can be replaced with an appropriate height or the specifications can be changed. Also,
When the threshing machine 1 is commonly used so as to be adapted to any of the tanks 3 and 5 specifications, the height of the machine 1 or the mouth 20 is expanded and contracted, and the moving mouth is used as a moving mouth. 20
The height position can be adjusted.

An increasing tank 5 is provided above the Glen tank 3.
Is attached, the frying port 20 of the threshing and raising machine 1 is higher than the horizontal auger 34 supported on the auger receiver 7,
Even if the horizontal auger 34 is turned and the increasing tank 5 approaches, the threshing machine 1 does not directly collide.

At the time of the combine operation, when the bulking tank 5 is attached and the frying port 20 of the threshing and frying machine 1 is connected to the upper frying port 4 for fry storage, the lower frying port 2 is closed by a shutter. Keep it. Since the harvested grains are also stored in the increasing tank 5, when the harvested grain is full, the combine operation is temporarily stopped and the grain is discharged by the discharge auger 6. At this time, the grains in the Glen tank 3 are discharged by the transfer spiral 15 to discharge the auger 6, and the stored grains in the increasing tank 5 are also discharged by flowing down.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a Glen tank according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the Glen tank portion.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the combine.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an increasing tank portion showing a partially different embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Threshing machine 2 Lower-fry machine 3 Glen tank 4 Upper-frying port 5 Increasing tank 6 Threshing auger 7 Ogre receiving 8 Threshing machine 9 Engine cover

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Toshihiko Okada 1 Toya-cho, Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime Prefecture Iseki Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. Engineering Department (72) Inventor Yasushi Ihara Yasura 1 Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime Prefecture Iseki Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd.F-term (reference) ME16 MG02

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An increasing tank 5 having an upper frying port 4 is detachably provided above a Glen tank 3 having a lower frying port 2 for viewing the threshing and frying machine 1. Combine grain tank device. 2. The grain tank device of a combine according to claim 1, wherein the increase amount tank 5 is formed in a non-expanded form so as to have a large lower accommodation amount. 3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said upper frying spout 4 is provided at a position higher than a storage position of an auger auger 6 for aerating a grain tank 3 by an auger receiver 7. Glen tank device of the combine described. 4. A combine grain tank device according to claim 1, wherein said grain tank is connected to a threshing machine. 5. The fuel tank according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the fuel tank is erected on an upper side outside the engine cover.
5. The combine grain tank device according to 2, 3, or 4.