JP2011011877A - Container carrying tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container carrying tool capable of reducing the labor of the loading/unloading work of a container to the container carrying tool.SOLUTION: The container carrying tool has a bottom 1a, a back 1b and right/left sides 1c and 1c, and installation parts 1d and 1e installed at the tip of a boom 3a of a loader device 3 so that tilt damp operation can be performed is arranged on a back face of the back 1b of a container carrying tool body 1 of opening a front part and an upper part. A roller conveyor 2 is laid on the bottom 1a for movably placing the container 4 in the longitudinal direction.

Description

  The present invention harvests agricultural products such as onions and carrots in a container (a rectangular box-shaped resin container with an open top), and transports the container from the field to a collection place or the like, such as a front loader or a wheel loader. The present invention relates to a container carrier that can be used by being attached to the tip of the apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a handling and conveying device that transfers a farm product harvested by a harvesting machine in a field to a tractor pulling trailer that accompanies the harvesting machine and carries it out (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-254975 A

However, the thing of the said patent document 1 needs to install a handling conveyance apparatus in a tractor separately. Moreover, this handling conveyance device is equipped with an arm mechanism whose position can be adjusted according to the mounting position of the container, driven by the external output of the tractor, and operated by an operating device provided in the cockpit of the tractor to lift the container, Since movement and landing are automated by sequence control, it becomes complicated and expensive.
An object of the present invention is to provide a container carrier that can reduce the labor of loading and unloading containers onto and from the container carrier.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a bottom portion, a back portion, and left and right side portions, and is tilted to the rear end of the back portion of the container carrier main body that is open at the front and the top, to the boom tip of the loader device. An attachment portion is provided for attachment so that the dumping operation is possible, and a roller conveyor for laying the container movably in the front-rear direction is laid on the bottom portion.
According to this configuration, the container transporter main body can be attached to the boom of the loader device and can be moved, tilted and dumped, and the roller transporter laid on the bottom of the container transporter main body allows the container transporter main body to be moved. By simply placing the container in front, it can be smoothly slid (loaded) to the back of the container carrier body.

In addition, when lowering the container from the container carrier body or when transferring it to a truck, the container carrier body can be slid down (sent out) by its own weight just by tilting the container carrier body slightly so that the front part is lowered, human power is not needed.
Thus, according to the present invention, it is possible to implement loading and unloading operations of the container on the container carrier main body by simple means.
In the roller conveyor, it is desirable that a plurality of rollers be arranged such that the axis of the support shaft is parallel to the left-right direction of the container carrier main body and spaced apart in the front-rear direction.

The rollers are preferably arranged in a plurality of rows in the left-right direction of the container carrier main body.
Furthermore, it is preferable that the attachment portion includes a support bracket attached to the tip of the boom of the loader device, and a connection bracket connected to a work tool cylinder mounted on the boom.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the container carrier which can reduce the labor of loading and unloading of the container to a container carrier can be provided.

It is a schematic perspective view of the container carrier which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the example of attachment structure of the roller conveyor to the bottom part of a container carrier. It is a schematic explanatory drawing of the loading operation | work of the container to the container carrier which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic explanatory drawing of the loading / unloading operation | work of the container to the container carrier which concerns on this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the container carrier according to the present invention has a roller conveyor 2 laid on the bottom 1 a of the container carrier body 1.
The container carrier main body 1 includes a bottom 1a, a back 1b that rises from the rear end of the bottom 1a, and side portions 1c and 1c that are connected to the back 1b from both the left and right sides of the bottom 1a. It has a shape.
Attachment portions 1d and 1e for attachment to a loader device 3 such as a front loader or a wheel loader are provided on the back surface (outer surface) of the back portion 1b.

The roller conveyor 2 has a plurality of freely rotating rollers so that the container 4 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) placed on the bottom 1 a of the container carrier body 1 can be moved in the front-rear direction of the container carrier body 1. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, 2 a is arranged such that the axis of the support shaft 2 b is parallel to the left-right direction of the container carrier main body 1 and spaced in the front-rear direction. The roller conveyor 2 is arranged in a plurality of rows in the left-right direction of the container carrier main body 1.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bottom 1a of the container carrier main body 1 includes outer rails 1a1, 1a2 on the left and right sides, a plurality of intermediate beams 1a3, 1a4, and front and rear connecting plates 1a5, 1a6. And is configured in a frame shape. The support shaft 2b of each roller 2a is disposed so as to pass through a plurality of intermediate bars 1a3, 1a4 between the left and right outer bars 1a1, 1a2, and a plurality of rollers 2a are provided between the bars (FIG. 1, FIG. 2 illustrates the case of two).

2 illustrates the case where the height of the container support surface by the roller 2a is the same as the upper surface of each rail, but the upper surface of each rail may be lower or higher. For example, when the upper surface of each crosspiece is made lower than the upper surface of the roller 2a, the container 4 can be loaded on the container carrier body 1 without being restricted by the loading width in the left-right direction. Moreover, when the upper surface of each crosspiece is made higher than the upper surface of the roller 2a, the containers 4 can be aligned and loaded within the arrangement interval width of each crosspiece.
The mounting portions 1d and 1e are divided into a portion attached near the lower end of the back portion 1b of the container carrier body 1 and a portion attached in the middle of the back portion 1b in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the one near the lower end is a support bracket 1 d that is attached to the tip of the boom 3 a that can be moved up and down of the loader device 3, and the one that is in the middle in the vertical direction is mounted on the boom 3 a. The connecting bracket 1e is connected to the working tool cylinder 3b.

The mounting portions 1d and 1e, the tip of the boom 3a, and the work tool cylinder 3b are detachably connected by detachable pins 5 and 6, whereby the container transporter main body 1 is connected to the loader device 3. The boom 3a is connected to the tip of the boom 3a so as to be detachable and capable of tilting and dumping.
The embodiment of the container carrier according to the present invention has the above configuration, and the operation thereof will be described next.
In order to use the container carrier of the present invention, the attachment parts 1d and 1e of the container carrier body 1 shown in FIG. 1 are replaced with the tip of the boom 3a of the loader device 3 and the working tool as shown in FIGS. The cylinder 3 b is connected by pins 5 and 6. Then, the lifting / lowering operation, the tilt / dump operation and the tilting operation of the container carrier body 1 are performed by the lifting / lowering operation of the boom 3a of the loader device 3 and the expansion / contraction operation of the work tool cylinder 3b.

For example, when the container 4 is loaded on the container carrier main body 1, as shown in FIG. 3, the work tool cylinder 3b is operated so that the front side of the bottom 1a of the container carrier main body 1 is slightly higher than the rear side. keep tilted. In this case, the inclination angle α with respect to the horizontal plane is inclined, for example, by α = 5 to 25 °. In this state, the worker 7 manually lifts the container 4 from the ground of the field and places it on the near side of the container carrier body 1. Thereby, the container 4 slides on the roller conveyor 2 by its own weight and moves to the back side of the container carrier main body 1.
The container 4 may be loaded by keeping the bottom 1a of the container carrier body 1 horizontal and the operator 7 pushing it in manually or by tilting and moving the container 4 after loading the container 4 as shown in FIG. good.

  Further, when the container 4 loaded on the container carrier body 1 is transferred to the loading platform 8a of the truck 8, the container transportation device body 1 loaded with the container 4 is placed on the loading platform 8a of the truck 8 as shown in FIG. Move to. For this, the loader device 3 is operated and moved. Then, the boom 3a is lowered, and the work tool cylinder 3b is operated so that the front side of the bottom 1a of the container transporter body 1 is tilted by the tilt angle α so as to be lower than the rear side. Make contact. Thereby, the container 4 slides on the roller conveyor 2 by its own weight, and moves from the bottom part 1a of the container carrier main body 1 onto the loading platform 8a of the truck 8.

As described above, according to the present invention, the container 4 can be used only by placing the container 4 in front of the container carrier body 1 by the roller conveyor 2 laid on the bottom 1a of the container carrier body 1 and using the inclination. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly slide (load) the container carrier body 1 to the back of the container carrier body 1 by its own weight. That is, when loading the container 4 onto the container carrier main body 1, it is not necessary to push the container 4 all the way into the container carrier main body 1, so that the labor for loading the aligned containers 4 can be reduced.
When the container 4 is lowered from the container carrier main body 1 or transferred to the truck 8, the container 4 is slid down by its own weight by simply tilting the container carrier main body 1 so that the front portion is lowered (send out). ) And no human power is required.

As described above, according to the present invention, the loading and unloading operations of the container 4 on the container carrier main body 1 can be realized by simple means.
Although the embodiment of the present invention is as described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment and can be implemented with various modifications. For example, the container carrier main body 1 may have a bottom plate, and may be provided with a side wall and a back wall. Furthermore, the roller conveyor 2 may be supported by a support shaft 2b that is independent between the crosspieces.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container carrier body 2 Roller conveyor 3 Loader apparatus 4 Container

Claims (4)

  A mounting portion is provided on the back of the back of the container carrier main body, which has a bottom, a back, and left and right sides, and is open at the front and top, so that it can be tilted and dumped at the tip of the boom of the loader device. A container transporter characterized in that a roller conveyor for laying the container movably in the front-rear direction is laid on the bottom.   2. The roller conveyor according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of rollers are arranged such that the axis of the support shaft is parallel to the left-right direction of the container carrier main body and spaced apart in the front-rear direction. Container carrier.   The container transporter according to claim 2, wherein the roller conveyor is arranged in a plurality of rows in the left-right direction of the container transporter main body.   The said attaching part is equipped with the support bracket attached to the boom front-end | tip of a loader apparatus, and the connection bracket connected with the working tool cylinder with which the said boom was equipped, The any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Container carrier described in 1.

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