JP2002305934A - Vegetable harvesting/transporting vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact vegetable harvesting/transporting vehicle of high operating efficiency. SOLUTION: This vegetable harvesting/transporting vehicle has the following construction and scheme: a space between crawler-type traveling units 6 and 6 set up respectively on a driving side vehicle body 4 and a driven side vehicle body 5 after moving the latter vehicle body 5 of narrower width in the direction of the vehicle width with respect to the former vehicle body 4 is made adjustable to a ridge width, the outer flank of the vehicle body 5 is equipped with a conveyor 7 supported in a forwardly inclined condition and capable of conveyance rearward, and a working chair 9 is provided between operative sections 8 set respectively on the initial end of the conveyor 7 and the front portion of the vehicle body 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle for harvesting and transporting vegetables such as cabbage and Chinese cabbage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various harvesting vehicles for harvesting vegetables and the like have been studied, such as automatic harvesters and semi-automatic harvesters. However, automatic harvesters are not efficient for simultaneous harvesting of all vegetables at once. Although it is a target, it is not suitable for thinning harvesting according to the growth of vegetables. For this reason, semi-automatic vegetable harvesting vehicles capable of thinning and harvesting have been developed.
And those described in JP-A-00-158999 and JP-A-2000-135024. JP 2000-15899
The technology of No. 9 simply provides a conveyor on a carrier so as to be freely rotatable, and has only a function of transporting vegetables harvested in a standing posture by an operator onto the carrier using a conveyor. The technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-135024 is one in which a transport conveyor is provided as an attachment to a so-called tractor-type management work machine, and a chair for harvesting vegetables is provided at the front of the body. This requires a dedicated operator of the aircraft and cannot be a compact configuration.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a compact and efficient vegetable harvesting and transporting vehicle.

[0004]

A driven-side vehicle body 5 having a narrow width is moved in a vehicle width direction with respect to a driving-side vehicle body 4 having a prime mover 1, a gear box 2 and the like, and having a carrier 3 mounted thereon. The distance between the crawler type traveling devices 6 and 6 can be adjusted in accordance with the ridge width, and a conveyor 7 supported in a forwardly inclined state and capable of being conveyed rearward is provided on the outer side of the driven body 5, and the starting end of the conveyor 7 is provided. A vegetable harvesting and transporting vehicle is provided in which a work chair 9 is provided between the unit and an operation unit 8 provided at the front part of the driving side body 4. Further, the vegetable harvesting and transporting vehicle according to claim 1 is configured such that the conveyor 7 can be adjusted in the front-rear position along a guide rail 10 provided in the front-rear direction on the side of the driven body 5. 2. The configuration of the vegetable harvesting and transporting vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor 7 is configured to be capable of adjusting the inclination of the conveyor 7 with respect to a moving frame 11 movable along a guide rail 10 provided in the front-rear direction on the side of the driven body 5. I do.

[0005]

When the vegetables are harvested, the driven body 5 is moved and adjusted relative to the drive body 4 in the vehicle width direction.
The left and right crawler-type traveling devices 6 and 6 are set in the ridges, and the vehicle is run while straddling the crop. During the adjustment of the vehicle width, the conveyor 7 supported on the outer side of the driven side vehicle body 5 in a forwardly inclined state and capable of being transported rearward is also moved together with the driven side vehicle body 5, so that the conveyor 7 does not need to be particularly adjusted and is always driven. Side body 5
It is located on the outer side and is opened without obstructing the upper part of the loading platform 3 to maintain good workability. Further, since the working chair 9 is provided between the start end of the conveyor 7 and the operating unit 8 provided in the front part of the driving-side vehicle body 4, the operator sitting on the chair 9 can operate the operating unit 8 on one side. While maneuvering, cabbage and the like on the ridge can be cut off and supplied to the start end of the conveyor 7 on the other side, so that work efficiency is high.
Further, since the respective components are efficiently arranged without creating a useless space in the front part of the vehicle body, the entire structure can be made compact. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the guide rail 1 is provided on the side of the driven vehicle body 5 in the front-rear direction.
Since the conveyor 7 is configured so that the front and rear positions can be adjusted along 0, for example, when packing boxed vegetables to be mounted on the loading platform 3 on the loading platform of a truck, the conveyor 7 is moved along the guide rails 10. When it is moved rearward, it is extended upward from the rear of the loading platform 3 to the rear and can be transported to a distant high position.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, the conveyor 7 can be tilted with respect to a moving frame 11 movable along a guide rail 10 provided in the front-rear direction on the side of the driven body 5. , The conveyor 7 can be adjusted in the front-rear direction with respect to the machine, and the inclination angle of the conveyor 7 can be adjusted at each of the front-rear adjustment positions, so that harvesting work and unloading of boxed vegetables on the loading platform 3 can be performed under optimum conditions. It can be carried out.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the drawings, reference numerals 6 and 6 denote left and right crawler-type traveling devices, which are formed by winding a crawler belt 14 around a driving sprocket 12 and rolling wheels 13 and 13. Reference numeral 15 denotes a track frame, and each of the wheels 13, 1
3 and a plurality of supporting legs 16, 1
6 is attached. The legs 16, 16 are inclined upward from the track frame 15 to the outside of the traveling devices 6, 6, and then extend vertically upward to be connected to the platforms of the vehicle bodies 4, 5. The legs 16, 16 are divided at a vertical portion in the middle thereof, and the upper and lower portions thereof are formed into a plug-in type by using square pipe materials having different diameters. Thus, the height of the vehicle bodies 4 and 5 can be adjusted.
The vehicle bodies 4 and 5 are divided into a wide driving body 4 having a prime mover 1 and a gear box 2 and the like, on which a carrier 3 is mounted, and a driven body 5 having a narrow width. , 6 are provided. The two vehicle bodies 4 and 5 are connected so as to be adjustable in space by right and left square pipe frames 18 and 18 which are inserted and fitted, and the space is adjusted by spline fitting between the gear box 2 side and the driven side vehicle body 5 side. By rotating a handle 20 for adjusting an interval provided on a side portion of the drive-side vehicle body 4, the driven-side vehicle body 5, which is screwed with the screw shaft 21, is narrow and lightweight.
Is moved in the vehicle width direction so that the vehicle width can be adjusted to be narrow or wide in accordance with the ridge width.

The front loading platforms 22, 22 of the vehicle bodies 4, 5 are formed as plate-like loading platforms one step higher than the loading platform 3, and the transmission shaft 19 and the like are located therein. Is provided with a transmission case 23 for driving the sprocket 12 of the traveling device 6. The carrier 3 of the driving body 4 is made of punched metal, and the main carrier 24 of the driven body 5 is made of a plate material. Reference numerals 25, 25 denote pipe frames provided along the side and rear of the loading platform. In the case of pipe frames provided between the vehicle bodies 4, 5, the pipe frames 25, 25 are moved in the vehicle width direction in accordance with vehicle width adjustment. It is slidably inserted. Auxiliary loading platforms 26, 26 are detachably connected to the rear portions of the loading platforms 3 and 24. A conveyor 7 is provided on the outer side of the driven side vehicle body 5.
The mounting frames 27, 27 made of U-shaped members from the outside are brought into contact with each other, and are fastened together with the supporting legs 16 to the driven vehicle body 5 by bolts 17. Square pipes 28 are welded to the upper surfaces of the mounting frames 27, 27 along the entire outer length of the driven side vehicle body 5, and vertical frames 29, 29 are welded to the front and rear ends of the square pipes 28 to stand. A guide rail 10 made of a pipe material is provided between the upper ends of the vertical frames 29, 29.

The movable frame 11 is formed by bending an upper portion of a short plate material so as to sandwich the guide rail 10, and has spindle-shaped rolls 30, 30 sandwiching the guide rail 10 from above and below at the left and right positions of the movable frame 11. The moving frame 1 is mounted on a shaft.
Reference numeral 1 is configured to be movable by rolling of the rolls 30 along the guide rail 10. Numeral 31 denotes a fixed lever of the moving frame 11, which is rotatably supported by a pipe 32 fixed to the moving frame 11 and rotatably operates a pin 34 having an arm 33 at a tip thereof, thereby moving the arm 33 to the lower square pipe 28. The movable frame 11 is fixed by contacting the side surface, and the fixed state is released by retracting the arm 33 upward. 35, 35 are round bushes made of resin, which are square pipes 28 of the moving frame 11;
The contact surface with the square pipe 28 is made small to facilitate movement, and the arm 33 and the bush 35 sandwich the square pipe 28 in a resilient state and fix the moving frame 11. Is assured.

Next, a mechanism for adjusting the inclination of the conveyor 7 will be described. A shaft 37 is attached to a front portion of a side frame 36 of the conveyor 7 and rotatably fitted into a boss 38 fixed to the moving frame 11.
The inclination of the conveyor 7 is adjusted about the shaft 37. Reference numeral 39 denotes a gas damper, a pin 4 having one end fixed to the moving frame 11.
0 and the other end is pivotally supported by a pin 41 protruding from the side frame 36 of the conveyor 7 to reduce the load when the conveyor 7 rotates and to operate the gas damper 39 by operating the switching lever 42. Are locked so that the conveyor 17 can be fixed at a predetermined inclined rotation position. Conveyor 7
After the bolt 43 fixed to the side frame 36 is passed through the arc-shaped long hole 44 formed in the moving frame 11, the guide nut 45 is fixed with a slight gap from the moving frame 11, and the conveyor 7 is stopped.
Sway stop and guide when adjusting the inclination of the. The conveyor 7 includes rollers 46, 46 which are mounted on the start and end between the side frames 36, 36, a flat belt 47 wound between the rollers 46, 46, and two belts on the surface of the belt 47 at a predetermined pitch. The lugs 48 are arranged in rows and driven by a motor 49 via a transmission box 50. 5
Switches 1 and 51 are provided on both the start end and the end of the conveyor 7. 52 is a guide / handle.

The chair 9 has its supporting rod 53 connected to the driven body 5.
It is fitted into a boss 54 fixed to the front part and held rotatably,
It is located between an operation unit 8 provided at a front portion of one side of the driving body 4 in a plan view and a conveyor 7 provided outside the driven body 5. Reference numeral 55 denotes a storage bag, which is supported by a boss 56 attached to the rear of the vertical frame 29 so as to be rotatable, and is positioned below the end of the conveyor 7 to temporarily store the vegetables to be conveyed. Further, the support rod 57 can be accommodated above the vehicle body by rotating the support rod 57 inward about the boss 56 by 90 degrees. Reference numeral 58 denotes a work table, which is attached to a support rod 60 rotatably held by a boss 59 attached to the rear side of the driven-side vehicle body 5. This is for carrying out the boxing and stapling of the vegetables to be supplied to the factory. The work table 58 also supports the support rod 60 around the boss 59 by 18 degrees.
By rotating it 0 degrees, it can be stored above the vehicle body.

Reference numeral 61 denotes an empty box storage frame, which is provided so as to protrude outside the drive-side vehicle body 4, so that the space above the loading platform 3 is secured as a space for placing the box after storing the vegetables. At the time of vegetable harvesting work, as described above, the driving side vehicle body 4
In response to this, the driven body 5 is moved and adjusted in the vehicle width direction, and the left and right crawler type traveling devices 6 and 6 are adjusted to the ridges so that the vehicle runs across the crop on the ridges. In this adjustment, the conveyor 7 is integrally moved and adjusted together with the driven body 5, and the chair 9, the storage bag 55, and the worktable 58 are also moved and adjusted integrally while being held by the driven body 5. Does not change and the relationship suitable for the work is maintained. The operator sitting on the chair 9 operates the operation unit 8 on one side to move the machine forward at a low speed. In addition, since the crawler type traveling devices 6 and 6 are guided in the grooves between the ridges and maintain the straight traveling state, after setting the speed, it is only necessary to connect and disconnect the clutch. Next, when the crop on the ridge is cut off from the base of the stock and placed on the start end of the conveyor 7, the other worker on the carrier 3 is transported upward and supplied to the storage bag 55. Do the boxing work with
After stapling, they are stacked on the loading platforms 3, 22, 24, 26.

Also, during this operation, the conveyor 7 can be moved back and forth and the inclination can be adjusted according to conditions such as the height of the ridges, so that the operation can be performed efficiently. Further, when loading the boxes with vegetables stored on the loading platform onto the loading platform of the truck, the square pipe 28 is connected to the square pipe 28 by rotating the fixing lever 31 upward and rotating the arm 33 at the tip of the pin 34 upward. Is released, and the conveyor 7 is moved rearward together with the moving frame 11 along the guide rail 10 by the rotation of the rolls 30 erected on the moving frame 11, and the conveyor 7 is moved rearward as shown in FIG. 7. By projecting the box upward and placing the box on the carrier 3 at the start end of the conveyor, the box can be transported rearward and upward. In addition. The lugs 48, 48 are made of a flexible material, and there is no problem even if a box is mounted. When the inclination is adjusted by adjusting the conveyor 7 to the height of the truck bed, the switching lever 4 is used.
After operating 2 to release the fixed state of the gas damper 39, the conveyor 7 is rotated and adjusted about the boss 38 of the moving frame 11 together with the shaft 37. When the conveyor 7 is moved forward and backward after the operation is completed, the conveyor 7 is adjusted back and forth so as to be positioned right beside the carrier 3, and the outside of the conveyor 3 is pushed up while the arm 33 is rotated upward by operating the fixed lever 31. The spindle-shaped roll 30 erected on the moving frame 11 is guided and rotated around the guide rail 10 made of a material, and the conveyor 7 is turned 180 degrees together with the moving frame 11 to be stored and mounted on the loading platform 3 with the handle 52. Supported. In addition, by rotating and storing the storage bag 55 around the support rod 53 and the worktable 58 around the support rod 57 on the loading platform 3, the overall size can be reduced, and transport and storage can be easily performed. .

[0013]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a truck portion.

FIG. 2 is an overall plan view.

FIG. 3 is an overall side view.

FIG. 4 is an overall rear view.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of a main part showing an attached state of the conveyor 7;

FIG. 6 is a side view of a main part showing a mounted state of the conveyor 7;

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state where a box is loaded on a truck or the like.

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of a main part showing a stored state of the conveyor 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 motor 2 gear box 3 carrier 4 driving body 5 driven body 6 crawler type traveling device 7 conveyor 8 operating section 9 chair 10 guide rail 11 moving frame

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yasumasa Tada 531-7, Terai-cho, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa Furisuko F-term (reference) 2B075 AA10 GA01 GA06

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A driven vehicle body (5), which has a prime mover (1) and a gear box (2), and has a carrier (3) mounted on an upper portion thereof, has a narrower driven vehicle body (5) moved in the vehicle width direction. The distance between the crawler-type traveling devices (6), (6) mounted on each of them can be adjusted in accordance with the ridge width, and is supported by the outer side of the driven vehicle body (5) in a forwardly inclined state and rearward. Vegetable harvesting and transportation comprising a conveyor (7) which can be transported, and a work chair (9) provided between a start end of the conveyor (7) and an operation unit (8) provided in a front part of a driving body (4). car. 2. The vegetable harvesting and transporting vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor (7) is configured to be able to adjust the front and rear position along a guide rail (10) provided on the side of the driven body (5) in the front and rear direction. 3. A movable frame (11) movable along a guide rail (10) provided in the front-rear direction on the side of the driven body (5).
The vegetable harvesting and transporting vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor (7) is configured so that the inclination can be adjusted.