JP2001309711A - Method for storing tea leaf in tea ridge striding and traveling type tea reaper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new method for storing tea leaves, capable of solving a truck waiting state in which a truck is not in time and the following tea reaping operation cannot be carried out when reaped tea leaves are transferred in performing a tea reaping operation by applying a sulky type tea reaper. SOLUTION: This method for storing tea leaves is characterized in that, in the sulky type reaper in which a tea reaping machine body 3 equipped with a reaping blade is attached to a traveling machine body 2 which strides over a tea ridge T and travels, plucking of tea leaves, lopping of branch and trunk, etc., are carried out and plucked tea leaves A, etc., are transported to a container type storage part 6 behind the tea reaper by a relay transportation apparatus 5 and stored, a leaf storage bag 10 is inserted into the container type storage part 6 and the reaped tea A is stored in the leaf storage bag 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a riding-type tea ridge running tea cutter having a container for accommodating cutted tea at the rear thereof, and in particular, reloading cut tea leaves from a tea cutter to a truck. The present invention relates to a novel tea leaf accommodating method capable of eliminating the time for waiting for a truck returning from a tea factory and starting the next tea cutting operation smoothly.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION When performing a tea harvesting operation such as plucking in a relatively large tea plantation, an operator rides directly on the tea harvester as a tea mower capable of cutting and storing a large amount of tea leaves at once. Conventionally, there is a so-called riding type that performs work. This riding-type tea mower usually has an appropriate tea mowing body for performing tea cutting work such as plucking attached to a traveling machine body that runs across a tea ridge. , A container-type storage section for directly stacking a large amount of reaper in bulk is provided. When reloading a large amount of the reaper in a truck, the reaper is temporarily lifted in a state in which the reaper is contained in a container, and then, for example, the container is slid to the loading platform side of the truck. To drop and reload.

[0003] However, such a riding-type tea mower has the following problems. That is, since this type of tea-cutter is a riding type, it can cut a large amount of tea leaves at a stroke and can shorten the cutting time, but as described above, the storage form of the cutted tea is exclusively piled up. Since the transfer of reaping tea cannot be performed unless there is an empty truck, for example, if the truck does not return from the tea factory, it will be necessary to wait for the truck and perform the next plucking operation etc. There was no problem.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and reflects the advantage of the riding type tea mower, which has a short cutting time, as it is in the efficiency of the whole operation. Therefore, the present invention has attempted to develop a new method for storing tea leaves that can eliminate the waiting state of trucks without relying only on trucks for transshipment of harvested tea.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for storing tea leaves in a tea ridge crossing type tea cutting machine, comprising: a tea cutting machine provided with a cutting blade; Attached, the harvested tea is performed, such as cutting of the trunk, and the harvested tea is transferred to the container-type storage section behind the tea cutter by the relay transfer device, and is used in a riding type tea cutter that is stored. The container-type storage section is characterized in that a leaf bag is inserted therein and reaping tea is stored in the leaf bag. According to this invention, the cut tea leaves are stored in the leaf-collecting bag in the container-type storage section. Therefore, when unloading the cut tea from the container, for example, unless an empty truck has returned from the tea factory, the collected tea leaves are collected. It can be temporarily placed on the ground or the like in a state of being stored in the leaf bag, and the situation where the next tea cutting work cannot be performed due to waiting for the truck can be solved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tea leaf accommodating apparatus for a tea ridge crossing type tea-cutter according to the first aspect.
The leaf bag is attached in a suspended state inside the container, and the bottom portion of the bag is configured to be openable and closable. According to the present invention, since the bottom of the leaf bag hung on the container is configured to be openable and closable, it is determined that the truck does not return from the tea factory by the time of the next transshipment, for example, when performing tea cutting work in advance. The bottom of the bag should be closed, while the bottom of the bag should be opened if it is determined that the truck will return from the tea factory by the next transshipment. We can respond according to. That is, when it is determined that the truck does not return from the tea factory, the stored harvested tea is temporarily placed on the ground or the like at the time of transshipment, and when it is determined that the truck returns from the tea factory. In the meantime, reaping tea is dropped from the container to the truck as it is conventionally.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the requirements described in the first aspect, the tea leaves accommodating device in the tea ridge running type tea mower according to the first aspect of the present invention cuts the reaping when accommodating the reaping tea in the container type accommodating portion. The present invention is characterized in that tea leaves are subdivided and stored in a plurality of leaf bags. According to this invention, the harvested tea is divided into a plurality of leaf bags and accommodated therein, so that the weight of one leaf bag is reduced. For this reason, for example, when each leaf bag is once placed on the ground by hand, the number of times of transport itself increases, but the weight to be transported at one time is light, and even an elderly worker who has relatively little physical strength is reasonable. Work can be done.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. In the description, first, an example of a tea mower that can carry out the tea leaf accommodating method of the present invention will be described, and then the tea leaf accommodating method of the present invention will be substantially described while describing a mode of accommodating cutted tea by the tea mower. . As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, as an example, a tea ridge running tea cutter 1 capable of implementing the present invention is supported by the traveling machine 2 that runs across the tea ridge T and the traveling machine 2. It comprises a tea cutter 3, a container 4 provided behind the tea cutter 3, and a relay transfer device 5 for transferring the cut tea A from the tea cutter 3 to the container 4.

The "container-type storage section" described in this specification is a general term for members that mainly include the container 4 and are substantially involved in storing the reaper A. It will be described later. The tea-cutting machine body 3 is a general term for a plucking machine body for picking tea leaves, and a pruning machine body for cutting a trunk to fix a tree shape and to restore the vigor. The term “cutting tea” refers to a plucked tea leaf, a pruned trunk, and the like. At present, what is stored in the container 4 is limited to only the pruned tea leaves, and the trunks cut by the pruning machine are directly dropped onto the tea ridge T or the like to be used as a part of the fertilizing effect, It is often used for topsoil for field management, and is rarely sent to the container 4. However, since it is conceivable that the pruned branch is once sent to the container 4 and collected, then further processed and reused, the pruning operation and the pruning operation are collectively referred to in the present invention. The harvested tea leaves and the pruned trunk are collectively referred to as harvested tea. Hereinafter, each component will be described.

First, the traveling body 2 will be described. As an example, the traveling body 2 has a frame portion 21 formed in a substantially gate shape so as to straddle a tea ridge T as shown in FIGS.
2, and the tea mower body 3 is mounted above the crawler 22. Then, a control unit 23 for operating the crawler 22 and the tea mower body 3, an engine unit 24 for driving a fan and the like of the crawler 22 and the relay transfer device 5, the tea mower body 3 and the relay transfer device 5
A slider and a winch involved in elevating and lowering the vehicle, a driver seat 25 on which an operator sits, and the like are provided on the frame portion 21.

Next, the tea cutter 3 will be described. The tea cutter 3 is used for plucking tea leaves, cutting branches, and the like.
As described above, a plucking machine, a pruning machine, or the like is applied. Here, the plucking machine 30 as an example will be briefly described. The plucking machine body 30 is of a so-called full-cut type, and two plucking machine frame pipes 3
1, and a plucking machine frame substrate 32 is provided substantially in parallel thereunder along an arc on the upper surface of the tea ridge T,
Further, a plucking machine engine 33 is mounted on the plucking machine frame pipe 31. The plucking engine 33 drives a cutting blade 34 to which a clipper blade is applied as an example, and blows air from a fan integrally assembled below the plucking engine 33 onto the plucking machine frame substrate 32. The air duct 35 is disposed diagonally above and forward of the cutting blade 34. Note that the cutting blade 34 is provided substantially on the front of the plucking machine frame substrate 32.

Next, the container 4 having the characteristic configuration of the present invention will be described. This is, for example, 350k
g, which can accommodate a large amount of reaping tea A, and is formed in a substantially box-like shape, and is substantially a container body 41 forming a container periphery as shown in FIGS. A mounting body 42 on which the reaping tea A is to be mounted;
It comprises a leaf bag 10 inserted inside the container body 41. As an example, the container body 41 has a frame 43 as a skeleton and a net 44 stretched inside the frame 43 for the purpose of ensuring air permeability. It is also possible to apply a panel or the like. As the mounting body 42, a belt conveyor 45 is applied as an example.

The leaf bag 10 stores reaping tea A in the container body 41,
A container capable of storing reaping tea A having substantially the same capacity as that of the above is mounted in a suspended state with the receiving open end 11 substantially upward. In addition, the bottom of the leaf bag 10 is configured to be openable and closable with a string or the like as an example in a state attached to the inside of the container main body 41. Note that the leaf collecting bag 10 shown in FIG. 3 is provided in two so as to divide the container body 41 into two in the width direction of the tea ridge T, but this number can be changed as appropriate.

Note that the container body 41 is originally made of reaper A.
However, the purpose of inserting the leaf collecting bag 10 in this manner is that even if a large amount of reaping work can be performed at once by a riding type tea reaper, the stored reaping tea A can be stored. This is because if the truck R has not arrived at the time of transshipment, the next operation cannot be performed, that is, a so-called truck waiting state is set. That is, the leaf bag 10
Is inserted into the container body 41, so that if the truck R is not present at the time of transshipment, the harvesting tea A is placed on the ground or the like in a state where the leaf collecting bag 10 is filled, and immediately the next tea cutting work is performed. It is something that can be moved.

The purpose of opening and closing the bottom open end 12 of the leaf bag 10 is to open and close the bottom open end 12 when it is determined that the truck R will be in time at the next transfer. The main body 41 is raised so that the reaping tea A is dropped onto the truck R as it is, so that the original transfer operation of the tea reaper having the container 4 can be followed. That is, by adopting such a method, for example, the worker does not need to transport the leaf bag 10 filled with the reaping tea A to the truck R, so that not only the reloading operation can be easily performed, but also the subsequent reaping. There is no need to accompany the leaf bag 10 when transferring the tea A, and the handling of the cutted tea A becomes easier. Further, it is not necessary to attach the leaf collecting bag 10 to the tea cutter every time the transshipment is performed.

As described above, in this embodiment, if the truck R is in time at the time of transshipment, the reaping tea A stored in the container 4 is directly transferred to the truck R. Therefore, as an example, FIG. As shown in the drawing, after the container 4 is raised, only the container main body 41 is slid backward, thereby opening the discharge port E at the bottom of the container main body 41 and dropping from the discharge port E. Note that the belt conveyor 45 is applied as the mounting member 42 even when the discharge port E is relatively small.
This is because by driving the belt conveyor 45, the reaping tea A can be efficiently discharged. Thus, the mounting body 4
2 is different depending on the discharge mode of the reaping tea A. For example, after simply raising the container 4, the truck R
When the container enters the lower part of the container and the container bottom is opened and the reaping tea A is dropped, the mounting member 42 is simply configured as a double door.

Next, the relay transfer device 5 will be described. This is cut tea A cut by the tea cutting machine body 3.
Is guided to the receiving open end 11 of the leaf bag 10 inserted in the container body 41. As an example, a blow-up fan 51, a blowing duct 52,
It comprises a transfer path 53 and a discharge guide section 54. As an example, two blow-up fans 51 are provided on the left and right of the upper part of the traveling body 2, driven by the engine unit 24 which is a driving source of the crawler 22,
It sends wind inside.

The blower duct 52 is formed so that the wind blown from the blower fan 51 goes around the side of the tea cutter and joins with the transfer wind sent from the blower duct 35 of the tea cutter body 3. After joining,
The reaping tea A is transported upward in a transport path 53 provided in an inclined state or the like. And this ventilation duct 52
As an example, the side portion is doubled, and is configured to be able to expand and contract as the tea mower body 3 moves up and down. Only the blow-up fan 51 operates regardless of the vertical movement of the tea mower body 3. Fixed on top.

The transfer path 53 is for transporting the cut tea A upward, and has plating or tritetrafluoroethylene (trade name: Teflon) on the inner surface thereof to prevent sticking of the cut tea A during transfer or to reduce transfer resistance. : DuPont (registered trademark) coating or the like. The discharge guide 54 is for guiding the reaping tea A discharged from the transfer path 53 to the receiving open end 11 of the leaf collecting bag 10. In this embodiment, the discharge guide 54 is integrated with the upper part of the container 4. It can be attached.

As described above, the relay transfer device 5 mainly carries out the function of transferring the reaping tea A from the tea reaper 3 to the container 4, but if it is desired to assist this transfer operation, the transfer is performed. An auxiliary fan can be provided above or below the path 53. On the contrary, if the transfer wind of the tea mower body 3 can be moved upward in the transfer path 53, there is no need to drive the blow-up fan 51. . In this way, the container 4 as a main member, and members substantially related to accommodating the reaper A, including the transfer path 53 and the discharge guide portion 54, are collectively referred to as a container-type accommodating portion 6.

Further, in this embodiment, since the container for storing the reaping tea A is the large-capacity container 4, the discharging of the reaping tea A to the truck R involves the lifting and lowering of the container 4. A container moving device 7 is separately provided. As an example, the container 4 is separated from the main body of the tea mower together with the discharge guide portion 54, and the lifting / lowering body 71 which raises the container 4 to a required height above the truck bed, and then only the container main body 41 is slid backward from this state. And a slide body 72 for discharging the reaping tea A. In addition, about such a device related to the discharge of the harvested tea A, that is, the handling, and its operation mode, etc.
The description is omitted here, and the applicant's application is filed in Japanese Patent Application No.
No. 272267, entitled "Device for handling reaping tea in a tea ridge running tea cutter".

A tea ridge crossing type tea-cutter 1 capable of implementing the present invention.
Has a configuration as described above, and while the following describes various housing modes for housing the reaper A in the container main body 41 by such a tea reaper, the method of storing tea leaves according to the present invention will be described. Will be described. [Accommodation Mode 1] When a leaf bag whose bottom is always closed is inserted into the container body. A major object of the present invention is to first use a truck when a riding-type tea-cutter attempts to transship reaping tea A. This is to eliminate the waiting state. Therefore, leaf bag 1
As 0, the bottom open end 12 does not necessarily need to be configured to be openable and closable as described above, and it is possible to apply the leaf bag 10 whose bottom is always closed.

In this case, the reaping tea A is supplied to the container body 41.
Are accommodated in the leaf bag 10 attached to the main body. If the truck R returns from the tea factory or the like at the time of transshipment, the reaping tea A is transferred to the truck R in a state of being filled in the leaf bag 10, but the truck R returns from the tea factory or the like at the time of transshipment. If not, harvesting tea A is a leaf bag 1
It is once placed on the ground or the like in a state where it is filled with zeros, and is collected when the truck R returns. The worker who once puts the cutting tea A on the ground can immediately shift to the next cutting work. In addition, when the leaf bag 10 whose bottom is always closed as described above is used, it is necessary to attach the leaf bag 10 to the tea cutter every time the truck R is transferred, regardless of whether the truck R is in time. . Further, in the case of such an embodiment, it is desirable that the rear side of the container main body 41 be configured to be freely openable and closable or to be constituted only by a frame so that the work of lowering the leaf collecting bag 10 from the tea-cutter can be performed more easily.

In the above description, when the truck R cannot be made in time for transshipment, the above description has been made such that the reaper A is once placed on the ground. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this mode. In such a case, as shown in the skeleton diagram of FIG.
Transfer from truck C to truck R,
This can be performed in a state where there is almost no difference in elevation, and the labor of the operator can be greatly reduced. In particular, considering that a riding type tea-cutter has a large-capacity container, the weight of one bag is usually 100 to 12 even if the leaf collecting bag 10 is divided into two.
Since it reaches 0 kg, application of such a trolley C has a great effect in reducing the burden on the worker.

[Accommodation Mode 2] When a leaf bag whose bottom open end is openable and closable is applied, the leaf bag 10 whose bottom open end 12 is freely openable and closable,
When inserted into the container body 41, when performing the tea cutting work, it is determined in advance whether or not the truck R has returned from the tea factory or the like at the time of the next transshipment, and the tea cutting work is started. That is, if it is determined that the truck R can be made in time for the next transshipment, the conventional reloading method in which the container body 41 is lifted and dropped directly on the truck R at the time of transshipment only by opening the bottom open end 12 (FIG.
5) can be applied as it is. On the other hand, if it is determined that the truck R is not in time for the next transshipment, the tea cutting operation is performed in a state where the bottom open end 12 is closed. It is placed on the ground or the trolley C in the same manner as described above.

In this accommodation mode 2, whether or not the truck R has returned from the tea factory or the like at the time of the next transshipment is predicted in advance. However, if the bottom open end 12 can be closed, the bottom open end 12 can be closed from the beginning of the tea cutting operation.
May be started while the truck is open, and the bottom open end 12 may be closed only when the truck R cannot catch up. On the contrary, if the bottom open end 12 can be opened even when the leaf collecting bag 10 is almost full of the reaping tea A, the operation is performed with the bottom open end 12 closed from the beginning of the tea cutting operation. Starting, the bottom open end 12 may be opened only when the track R is in time.

[Accommodation Mode 3] In the case of subdividing cutted tea into a plurality of leaf bags in the container body As described above, the operation of operating the tea cutter by inserting the leaf bag 10 into the container body 41 as described above. This eliminates the situation of waiting for trucks during transshipment, but the bottom open end 12
Irrespective of the opening / closing, the weight of one leaf collecting bag 10 still tends to be heavy. Of course, in such a situation, the load on the worker can be greatly reduced by applying the cart C or the like whose working height can be adjusted as described above, but the weight of the leaf collecting bag 10 itself is reduced. Not something. Therefore, in this case, the reaping tea A is divided into a plurality of leaf bags 10 and stored in the container body 41 for the purpose of reducing the weight of each leaf bag 10.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, when the weight of one leaf bag 10 becomes, for example, about 25 kg, the receiving open end 11 of the leaf bag 10 is closed and the leaf bag 10 is stacked in the container body 41. Go. Of course, since the purpose of subdivision is to reduce the weight of one bag, 25 kg is only a guide and there is no need to make the weight of each bag uniform. If the truck R has returned from the tea factory or the like at the time of transshipment, the reaping tea A is transferred to the truck R in a state of being divided into the leaf collecting bags 10, and the truck R must have returned from the tea factory or the like at the time of transshipment. For example, the reaping tea A is temporarily placed on the ground, the trolley C, or the like in a state of being divided into the leaf collecting bags 10. In this way, reaping tea A is supplied to a plurality of leaf bags 10.
By dividing into small bags, the weight of each bag is reduced, and even elderly people with relatively little physical strength can easily carry each bag.

[0029]

According to the method for storing tea leaves in the tea ridge running tea cutter according to the first aspect of the present invention, when unloading the cut tea leaves from the container 4, for example, an empty truck R returns from the tea factory. If not, it can be once placed on the ground or on a cart C with the leaf bag 10 filled. Therefore, there is no stagnation of the tea cutting work due to waiting for the truck, and the advantage of the riding-type tea cutter that the cutting time is short can be maximized.

Further, according to the method for storing tea leaves in the tea ridge running tea cutter according to the second aspect, the bottom of the leaf collecting bag 10 is configured to be openable and closable, so that the truck R can be moved to the tea factory by the next transshipment. When it is determined that the vehicle returns from the ground, the user can simply drop the bottom open end 12 and drop it directly from the tea cutter to the truck R to reload.
In other words, when it is determined that the truck R can be made in time by the time of transshipment, the subsequent treatment of the reaping tea A does not involve the leaf bag 10, and the original advantages of the tea reaper that performs the bulk loading can be fully utilized. It is. In addition, since the leaf collecting bag 10 is replaced only in the case where the truck R cannot be made in time, the number of times of bag replacement is reduced.

Furthermore, according to the method for storing tea leaves in the tea ridge running tea cutter according to the third aspect, the cutted tea A is divided into a plurality of leaf collecting bags 10 and stored in the container body 41. The weight of one leaf bag 10 can be reduced. Therefore, for example, when each leaf bag 10 is manually transferred to the ground, the trolley C, the truck R, or the like, the number of times of transportation increases,
The weight to be transported at one time is light. Particularly, in recent years, tea farmers tend to be aging. However, such a subdivision method allows even elderly workers with relatively little physical strength to work without difficulty.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a tea ridge running tea-cutter capable of implementing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an operation mode when a leaf bag whose bottom is always closed is inserted into a container body.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing an operation mode in a case where a leaf bag whose bottom open end is openable and closable is applied.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing an operation mode when reaping tea is subdivided into a plurality of leaf bags in the container body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tea ridge crossing type tea cutter 2 Running body 3 Tea cutter machine 4 Container 5 Relay transfer device 6 Container type accommodation part 7 Container moving device 10 Leaf bag 11 Receiving open end 12 Bottom open end 21 Frame part 22 Crawler 23 Control Unit 24 Engine unit 25 Pilot's seat 30 Plucking machine body 31 Plucking machine frame pipe 32 Pruning machine frame board 33 Pruning machine engine 34 Cutting blade 35 Ventilation duct 41 Container body 42 Mounting body 43 Frame 44 Net 45 Belt conveyor 51 Blow-up fan 52 Ventilation duct 53 Transfer path 54 Discharge guide part 71 Elevating body 72 Slide body A Harvesting tea C Bogie E Outlet R Truck T Cha ridge

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cutting machine equipped with a cutting blade is attached to a traveling machine running across a tea ridge to pluck tea leaves, cut a trunk, etc., and transfer the cut tea by a relay transfer device. In a riding type tea-cutter that is transported to and accommodated in a container-type accommodation section behind the tea-cutter, the container-type accommodation section has a leaf bag inserted therein and accommodates reaping tea in the leaf bag. A method for accommodating tea leaves in a tea ridge crossing type tea-cutter, characterized in that: 2. The tea ridge straddle according to claim 1, wherein the leaf collecting bag is attached in a suspended state inside the container, and a bottom portion of the bag is configured to be freely opened and closed. A method for storing tea leaves in a running type tea cutter. 3. The tea ridge straddle according to claim 1, wherein the cut-away tea leaves are stored in a plurality of leaf collecting bags when storing the cut tea in the container-type storage section. A method for storing tea leaves in a running type tea cutter.