JP2009045994A - Working vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a working vehicle capable of smoothly and exactly adjusting an elevating height of a working machine connected to a traveling machine body by an elevating operation tool. <P>SOLUTION: This working vehicle is provided with the elevating operation tool 24 performing an elevating operation of the working machine connected to the traveling machine body 3 and a display part 36 displaying various kinds of information to control the elevating height of the working machine according to an operation position of the elevating operation tool 24. In the working vehicle, the operation position of the elevating operation tool 24 is displayed on the display part 36 for a prescribed time by detecting the elevating operation of the working machine by the elevating operation tool 24. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a work vehicle including a lifting operation tool that performs a lifting operation of a working machine connected to a traveling machine body.

A work vehicle that includes an elevating operation tool that performs an elevating operation of a work machine connected to a traveling machine body and a display unit that displays various types of information, and that controls the elevating height of the work machine according to the operation position of the elevating operation tool. As is conventionally known, in such work vehicles, the height of the work implement is adjusted by checking the position of the work implement, the operation position of the lift operation tool, etc. There was a problem in doing exactly. In order to improve this problem, a work vehicle shown in Patent Document 1 that displays information related to the elevation height of a work machine on a display unit is known.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-126016

However, the work vehicle described in the above document requires an operation for displaying information related to the lifting height of the work implement on the display unit, and there remains a problem in smoothly performing the lifting operation of the work implement.
An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems and to provide a work vehicle capable of smoothly and accurately adjusting the height of the work machine connected to the traveling machine body by the lifting operation tool.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the work vehicle according to the present invention includes a lifting operation tool 24 for performing a lifting operation of a work machine connected to the traveling machine body 3 and a display unit 36 for displaying various types of information. In a work vehicle that controls the lifting height of the work implement according to the operation position of the tool 24, the operation position of the lifting tool 24 is detected by detecting the lifting operation of the work tool by the lifting tool 24. Is displayed for a predetermined time.

  Second, the operation position of the lifting operation tool 24 is digitally displayed.

  Third, the operation position of the lifting operation tool 24 is displayed in an analog manner.

  According to the work vehicle of the present invention configured as described above, since the operation position of the lifting / lowering operation tool is displayed on the display unit every time the lifting / lowering operation tool performs the lifting / lowering operation of the work implement, Therefore, the height of the work implement can be adjusted accurately and smoothly.

  Further, by digitally displaying the operation position of the lifting operation tool on the display unit, the operator can more objectively grasp the operation position of the lifting operation tool.

  Furthermore, by displaying the operation position of the lifting operation tool in an analog manner on the display unit, the operator can sensuously grasp the operation position of the lifting operation tool.

  1 and 2 are an overall side view and a cabin plan view of a tractor to which a work vehicle of the present invention is applied. The tractor includes a traveling machine body 3 having a front wheel 1 and a rear wheel 2, and a cabin 4 provided in a range extending from the center of the upper part of the traveling machine body 3 to the rear part, and a link mechanism 6 is provided behind the traveling machine body 3. A rotary tiller (not shown), which is a work machine, is connected via a lift. The link mechanism 6 is mechanically connected to a lift arm (not shown) supported at the rear end of the traveling machine body 3 so as to be swingable up and down. The lift arm is pivoted up and down by an expansion / contraction operation of a lifting / lowering actuator 5 (see FIG. 6) made of a hydraulic cylinder, and drives the rotary tiller to move up and down.

  A front operation unit 8 is provided in front of an operator seating seat 7 in the cabin 4, a work implement speed change lever 9 is provided obliquely forward to the right, and a side panel 13 is provided inside the left and right rear fender covers 11 and 12. 14 are provided.

  The front operation unit 8 surrounds and protects the meter panel 17 in a state in which the meter panel 17 is visible from an operator seated on the seat 7 and a steering wheel 16, a meter panel 17 disposed in front of the steering handle 16. A visor 18, a control lever 19 provided between the meter panel 17 and the steering handle 16 for adjusting the rotational speed of an engine (not shown), a forward / reverse switching lever 21 for switching the forward / backward movement of the machine body, and the front and rear wheels 1 , 2 and other pedals such as a clutch pedal 22 for intermittently driving power.

  The left side panel 13 is provided with a travel speed change lever 23 that performs a total of 16 travel speed shifts with 8 main shifts and 2 sub-shifts.

  The right side panel 14 includes an elevating lever 24 (elevating operation tool) for elevating and lowering the rotary tiller, a plowing depth setting dial 26, and an openable switch box storing various settings and controls. 27 are provided. The configuration of the right side panel 14 will be described later.

  An operator seated on the seat 7 performs a traveling operation of the traveling machine body 3 by the steering handle 16, the control lever 19, the forward / reverse switching lever 21, the traveling speed change lever 23, the clutch pedal 22, and the like. On the other hand, in addition to operating the rotary tiller with the work gear shift lever 9 for changing the shift of the rotary tiller, the lifting lever 24, etc., the tillage depth when the rotary tiller is landed on the field scene with the tillage setting dial 26 Adjust the height.

Next, the right side panel 14 will be described.
3 and 4 are a plan view and a front view of the right side panel. The right side panel 14 is an FRP member made of a hollow cover body extending in the front-rear and up-down directions, and the upper peripheral edge of the outer side (right side) abuts along the inner side surface (left side surface) of the right fender cover 12, The lower end is fixed to the floor surface 28 (see FIG. 2) of the cabin 4.

  On the upper surface of the right side panel 14, an armrest surface 29 having a lateral width that narrows toward the front is formed. The rear half of the armrest surface 29 is partially formed by the upper surface of the switch box 27 described above, and the front end of the armrest surface 29 is formed in a curved shape downward.

  A recess 31 is formed on the inner side of the upper half of the upper surface of the right side panel 14 so as to be adjacent to the inner side of the armrest surface 29. The plowing depth setting dial 26 described above is installed in the rear half of the concave portion 31, and the front half is provided with a convex portion 32 having a circular arc surface 32a that forms a mountain shape upward in a side view, and the inner side of the convex portion 32. A cover portion 33 is formed so as to protrude upward from the inner side surface of the right side panel 14. And the above-mentioned raising / lowering lever 24 is accommodated and supported between the convex part 32 and the cover part 33 so that rotation back and forth is possible. In addition, the raising / lowering lever 24 and the convex part 32 are comprised so that the rotation locus | trajectory of the front-end | tip of the raising / lowering lever 24 may follow the circular arc surface 33a of the convex part 33 by the side view.

Next, the meter panel 17 will be described.
FIG. 5A is an external view of the meter panel in a state where the display unit is switched to the standard screen, and FIG. 5B is an external view of the meter panel in a state where the display unit is switched to the position screen. A meter 34 is disposed at the center of the meter panel 17, and a display unit 36 including a liquid crystal display (LCD) is disposed on the right side.

  The meter includes a scale 34a on which numbers from “0” to “3” are arranged, and a pointer 34b indicating the scale 34a. Here, the tractor performs switching operation between a road traveling mode in which various automatic controls for work on the field are turned off and a field traveling mode in which various automatic controls for work on the field are turned on. It is comprised so that it can switch by.

  In the road traveling mode, a value obtained by multiplying the value of the scale 34a indicated by the pointer 34b by 10 becomes the traveling speed (km / h) of the tractor. For example, when the pointer 34b indicates a value of “2.5”, it indicates that the tractor 1 is traveling at 25 km / h. On the other hand, in the agricultural field traveling mode, a value obtained by multiplying the value of the scale 34a indicated by the pointer 34b by 1000 is the engine speed per minute. For example, when the pointer 34b indicates a value of “1.5”, it indicates that the engine speed is 1500 rpm.

  In the display unit 36, switching between the standard screen and the position screen is performed under a predetermined condition described later.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, a water temperature graph that displays the temperature of the engine coolant in the upper left portion 36a of the display section 36 of the standard screen, and a remaining amount graph that displays the remaining amount of fuel in the lower left portion 36b. However, the number of rotations per minute of a PTO shaft (not shown) that transmits power to the rotary tiller side is displayed in the lower right portion 36c, and the current traveling speed is displayed in the upper right portion 36d. By the way, the 16 driving speeds are classified into three stages, low speed, medium speed, and high speed. When the driving speed is low, the letter “L” is displayed to the left of the speed indication and the driving speed is medium speed. In this case, the letter “M” is displayed on the left side of the step number display, and the letter “H” is displayed on the left side of the step number display when the traveling shift step number is high. Further, the upper center portion 36e of the display unit 36 of the standard screen displays the engine speed in the road traveling mode and the traveling speed (km / h) of the tractor in the agricultural field traveling mode.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the characters “position” are displayed on the left portion 36f of the display portion 36 of the position screen, and the position values from “0” to “100” are displayed as numbers in the center 36g. (Digital display) The position values from “0” to “100” are displayed in a continuous bar graph (analog display) on the right portion 36h. Note that the characters “100”, “H”, “L”, and “0” are displayed in order from the upper side to the lower side on the left side of the bar graph on the right part 36h of the display unit.

  The position value indicates the operation position of the elevating lever 24, and the elevating height of the rotary tiller with respect to the traveling machine body 3 is controlled according to the operation position. As the position value increases, the rotary tiller is adjusted to a higher position with respect to the traveling machine body 3, and as the position value decreases, the rotary tiller is adjusted to a lower position with respect to the traveling machine body 3. Yes.

  For example, when the position value indicates “0”, it means that the elevating lever 24 is rotated downward to the operation position where the rotary tiller is lowered, and when the position value indicates “100”, the elevating lever 24 is moved up and down. This means that the lever 24 is turned upward to the operation position where the rotary tiller is raised as much as possible.

Next, switching control between the standard screen and the position screen in the display unit 36 will be described.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the control device. This tractor is equipped with a control device 37. The control device 37 includes five control units 38A to 38E configured by a microcomputer or the like. Communication between the control units 38 </ b> A to 38 </ b> E is performed by a CAN (Controller Area Network).

  On the input side of the first control unit 38A, which is one of the five control units 38A to 38E, an engine rotation sensor 39 that detects the rotational speed of the engine and a rotary angle by detecting the swing angle of the lift arm described above. A lift potentiometer 41 (potentiometer, elevating height detecting means) for detecting the elevating height of the tilling device relative to the traveling machine body 3 and a position sensor for detecting the operating position of the elevating lever 24 by detecting the rotational position of the elevating lever 24. 42 (a potentiometer, an operation position detecting means) and other sensors 43 including a temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of engine cooling water and a remaining amount detecting means for detecting the remaining amount of fuel are connected. . The aforementioned lifting actuator 5 is connected to the output side of the first control unit 38A. Then, the first control unit 38A controls the rotary tiller to move up and down by extending and retracting the lift actuator 5 so that the value of the lift tension 41 becomes a value corresponding to the value of the position sensor 42. The value of the position sensor 42 is the position value described above.

  An operation switch 44 that is a travel speed change tool is connected to the input side of the second control unit 38B that is one of the five control units 38A to 38E, and a third control that is one of the five control units 38A to 38E. A speed change actuator 46 is connected to the output side of the section 38C. Then, in response to the operation of the operation switch 44, the speed change actuator 46 is driven to switch the traveling speed of the tractor to a predetermined speed. In addition, the fourth control unit 38D, which is one of the five control units 38A to 38E, performs display control of the display unit 36 based on information from the other control units 38A, 38B, 38C, and 38E, and the control units 38A to 38E. The fifth control unit 38E, which is one of the above, controls the meter 34 in the meter panel 17.

  FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart of the control device. When the processing is started, the control device 37 proceeds to step S1. In step S1, a change in the position value of the position sensor 42 is detected, and if a change in the position value is detected, the process proceeds to step S2. In step S2, the timer is set to a predetermined time to start counting down, and the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, the display unit 36 is switched to the position screen on the assumption that the operation of changing the lifting height of the rotary tiller with respect to the traveling machine body 3 is performed, and the process returns to step S1.

  If no change in position value is detected in step S1, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, it is detected whether or not the timer countdown has ended. If it has ended, the process proceeds to step S5. In step S5, since a predetermined time has elapsed since the display unit 36 was switched to the position screen, the display unit 36 is switched to the standard screen, and the process returns to step S1. If the timer countdown has not ended in step S4, since the predetermined time has not elapsed since the display unit 36 was switched to the position screen, the display unit 36 is held on the position screen, and the process returns to step S1. . The predetermined time set in the timer is set to such a time that the operator can sufficiently confirm the display content of the display unit 36 switched to the position screen.

  According to the tractor configured as described above, the display unit 36 automatically switches to the position screen every time the rotary tiller is lifted / lowered by the lift / lower lever 24, so that the operator can change the operation position of the lift / lower lever 24. Easy to confirm. Further, since the display unit 36 is disposed in the meter panel 17 in front of the operator seated on the seat 7, the operation position of the elevating lever 24 can be confirmed more easily. Further, when the predetermined time elapses, the display unit 36 is switched from the position screen to the standard screen, and various information is displayed again. Therefore, the display unit 36 displays information related to the operation position of the elevating lever 24 on the display unit 36. There is no need to reduce the amount of information to be displayed, and the merit is great.

1 is an overall side view of a tractor to which a work vehicle of the present invention is applied. It is a cabin top view. It is a top view of a right side panel. It is a front view of a right side panel. (A) is an external view of the meter panel in a state where the display unit is switched to the standard screen, and (B) is an external view of the meter panel in a state where the display unit is switched to the position screen. It is a block diagram of a control apparatus. It is a processing flow figure of a control device.

Explanation of symbols

3 Traveling machine body 24 Lifting lever (lifting operation tool)
36 Display

Claims (3)

  A lifting operation tool (24) for performing a lifting operation of the work machine connected to the traveling machine body (3) and a display unit (36) for displaying various types of information are provided, depending on the operation position of the lifting operation tool (24). In a work vehicle for controlling the lifting height of the work implement, the operation position of the lift operating tool (24) is predetermined on the display unit (36) by detecting the lifting operation of the work implement by the lifting operation tool (24). Work vehicle that displays time.   The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the operation position of the lifting operation tool (24) is digitally displayed.   The work vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the operation position of the lifting operation tool (24) is displayed in an analog manner.

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