JP2012100607A - Paddy field working machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paddy field working machine that has not troublesomeness in which every time operation conditions of paddy field operation are changed, adjustment actions for changing the amount of chemical applied, etc., are needed and is user-friendly.SOLUTION: A chemical spraying device 13 provided at the rear of a traveling machine includes diffusion means 27 for diffusing and spraying a chemical that is supplied from a lower outlet of a storage hopper 24 through a feed path, a shutter member 33 slidably movable from a close state for closing the feed path to an open state for forming an opening for chemical passage, and an actuator 34 for switching the shutter member 33. The operation of the actuator 34 is controlled in a mode in which the close state and the open state are alternately changed so that the period obtained by adding the time for maintaining the close state and the time for maintaining the open state is constant and in a mode in which the ratio of the time for maintaining the open state is higher as the speed of the working machine detected by a speed detection means is increased.

Description

  The present invention relates to a paddy field work machine in which a chemical spraying device is provided at the rear part of a traveling machine body.

Conventionally, a riding-type rice transplanter as an example of a paddy field machine having the above configuration has been configured as follows.
That is, the medicine stored in the storage hopper is supplied through the supply path, and is diffused and dispersed by the rotary vane type diffusing means, and is driven by a solenoid to close the supply path and in the supply path. A shutter member that is slidably movable over an open state that forms an opening for passing medicine is provided, and the shutter is synchronized with an operation of feeding and supplying a plurality of seedlings of planting target seedlings held in a riding type rice transplanter. It is configured to operate the member in an open state for a certain period of time, and further, by changing and adjusting the mounting position of the shutter member with respect to the solenoid, the supply amount of the medicine when the shutter member is operated in the open state is changed and adjusted. There was one configured to be able to do this (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2007-151559 A

  In the above-described conventional configuration, the shutter member is operated to open for a certain period of time in synchronism with the operation of feeding and supplying a plurality of seedlings in the planting target seedlings held in the riding type rice transplanter. If the interval is constant, the amount of medicine sprayed per unit area of the field is the same regardless of the speed of the traveling aircraft. For example, the seedling planting interval along the traveling direction of the traveling aircraft (hereinafter referred to as inter-strain distance) When (A) is changed, the spraying amount of the medicine per unit area of the field changes.

  As a result, according to the conventional configuration, when changing the inter-strain distance, the drug passage opening is adjusted by adjusting the position of the shutter member, for example, so that the spray amount of the drug per unit area becomes a preset set amount. Adjustment operations such as changing and adjusting the opening area of the substrate are necessary, and each time the inter-strain distance is changed, such a troublesome adjustment operation of the opening area is required.

  In other words, in the conventional configuration, every time the working conditions for paddy field work change, such as changing the inter-strain distance, a troublesome adjustment operation is required to change the amount of drug spraying, such as changing and adjusting the opening area of the drug passage opening. There was room for improvement in this regard.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use paddy field work machine that does not require any troublesome operations such as an adjustment operation for changing the amount of sprayed medicine every time the work conditions for paddy field work are changed.

The paddy field working machine according to the present invention is provided with a chemical spraying device at the rear part of the traveling machine body, and the first characteristic configuration is as follows:
The medicine spraying device diffuses and sprays the medicine supplied from the lower outlet of the storage hopper through the supply path, the closed state that closes the supply path, and the open state that forms the medicine passage opening in the supply path And a shutter member that is slidably movable, and an actuator that switches the shutter member between the closed state and the open state,
Control means for controlling the operation of the actuator, and vehicle speed detection means for detecting the vehicle speed of the traveling machine body,
The control means is configured to alternately switch between the closed state and the open state so that a period of the time for maintaining the closed state and the time for maintaining the open state is constant, and the vehicle speed The higher the vehicle speed detected by the detecting means, the greater the ratio of the time for maintaining the open state is, so that the operation of the actuator is controlled.

  According to the first characteristic configuration, by the operation of the actuator, the shutter member is alternately switched between the closed state and the open state so that the period of the time for maintaining the closed state and the time for maintaining the open state is constant. By switching, the medicine is supplied from the lower outlet of the storage hopper through the supply path to the diffusing means, and the medicine is diffused and dispersed in the field.

The higher the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting means, the larger the ratio of the time for which the shutter member is kept open (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “open time ratio”), in other words, through the supply path. The operation of the actuator is controlled so that the amount of medicine to be supplied increases and the amount of medicine sprayed becomes large.
In other words, the amount of medicine sprayed changes according to the vehicle speed, and even if the vehicle speed changes, it is possible to adjust the amount of medicine sprayed while the traveling vehicle travels a unit distance to be substantially the same. Become.

  Thus, since the amount of drug spraying is set according to the traveling speed of the traveling machine body, for example, when performing seedling planting work as paddy field work, the working conditions of paddy field work such as changing the inter-strain distance are Even if there is a change, it is possible to maintain the amount of medicine sprayed per unit area at the set amount without performing any special supply amount adjustment work.

  Therefore, it is possible to provide an easy-to-use paddy field work machine without the need for an adjustment operation for changing the amount of sprayed medicine every time the work conditions for paddy field work are changed.

  According to a second characteristic configuration of the present invention, in addition to the first characteristic configuration, the control unit maintains the closed state if the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection unit is less than a lower limit value for determining the work state. Thus, the operation of the actuator is controlled.

According to the second characteristic configuration, if the vehicle speed is less than the lower limit value for determining the work state, the shutter member is kept in the closed state and no medicine is sprayed.
When the vehicle speed is less than the lower limit value for work status determination, travel at low speed to finely adjust the work start position, travel at low speed to enter and exit between the fence and the field, etc. In such a case, the spraying of the medicine is not performed by keeping the shutter member in the closed state, and wasteful consumption of the medicine can be suppressed.

  According to a third characteristic configuration of the present invention, in addition to the second characteristic configuration, the control means has a vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection means equal to or higher than a lower limit value for the work state determination, and low speed work. If it is less than the upper limit value for area determination, the target value of the time ratio for maintaining the open state is set to a preset reference value, and the operation of the actuator is controlled. is there.

  According to the third characteristic configuration, the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the lower limit value for work state determination and paddy field work is being performed, but the vehicle speed is less than the upper limit value for low speed work area determination and the vehicle speed is slow. In this case, even if the vehicle speed changes within the speed range, the open time ratio is maintained at a constant value (reference value).

  For example, even when paddy field work is performed in this way, even when the vehicle speed is slow, if the time for maintaining the open state is uniformly changed according to the vehicle speed, the time for maintaining the open state is short. However, as described above, the speed that is equal to or higher than the lower limit value for the work state determination and lower than the upper limit value for the low-speed work area determination may be obtained. Even if the vehicle speed changes within the range, the open time ratio is maintained at the reference value, so that even if the vehicle speed is slow, it is possible to properly spray the medicine.

  According to a fourth feature configuration of the present invention, in addition to the third feature configuration, if the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection means is equal to or higher than an upper limit value for determining the low speed work area, The target value of the ratio of the time for maintaining the open state is set to increase as the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection means increases with the reference value as the minimum value and the preset upper limit value as the maximum value. The ratio is determined in a proportionally changing form, and the operation of the actuator is controlled so that the ratio of the time for maintaining the open state becomes the target value.

  According to the fourth feature configuration, if the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the upper limit value for low-speed work area determination, the reference value is set to the lowest value, the set upper limit value is set to the maximum value, and proportional to increase as the vehicle speed increases. Thus, the target value of the open time ratio is determined in such a manner that it changes, and the operation of the actuator is controlled so that the open time ratio becomes the target value.

  That is, when the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the upper limit value for determining the low-speed work area and the vehicle is running at a normal work speed, the open time ratio is set to change in proportion to the vehicle speed. By doing so, it becomes possible to keep the amount of medicine sprayed per unit area constant.

  In addition to the fourth feature configuration, the fifth feature configuration of the present invention is provided with manually operated adjustment means capable of changing and adjusting a set upper limit value with respect to a target value of the time ratio for maintaining the open state. It is in.

  According to the fifth characteristic configuration, the setting upper limit value with respect to the target value of the open time ratio can be changed and set by changing and adjusting the setting upper limit value by a manually operated adjusting means. The amount of change in the open time ratio when changing can be adjusted to a different value.

  In other words, when the target value of the ratio of time for maintaining the open state is determined in a form that is proportionally changed so as to increase as the vehicle speed increases, the vehicle speed becomes a unit when the set upper limit value is changed to the larger side. If the amount of change in the opening time ratio with respect to the amount changes becomes large, and the set upper limit value is changed to a small side, the ratio of the change in the opening time ratio with respect to the change in the vehicle speed becomes small.

  Therefore, for example, when the type of medicine to be supplied is different and the required amount of medicine per unit area of the field is changed to another type, the setting upper limit value is changed and adjusted by a manually operated adjustment means. This makes it possible to adjust the target value of the open time ratio to an appropriate value corresponding to the type of medicine.

  According to a sixth feature configuration of the present invention, in addition to any one of the first feature configuration to the fifth feature configuration, the opening for passing the medicine formed in the supply path is an opening along the sliding movement direction of the shutter member. This is in the shape of an oblong shape in which the opening width along the direction orthogonal to the slide movement direction is larger than the width.

  According to the sixth characteristic configuration, the medicine passage opening has a horizontally long shape in which the opening width along the direction orthogonal to the sliding movement direction is larger than the opening width along the sliding movement direction of the shutter member. The opening width along the sliding movement direction of the shutter member can be made small while ensuring a sufficiently large opening area to be supplied to the shutter member.

  That is, the slide movement distance by which the shutter member is slid by the actuator only needs to be short, the actuator can be downsized, and power consumption can be suppressed with an electric actuator.

  Further, when the slide movement distance is shortened, the switching operation between the closed state and the open state of the shutter member can be performed as fast as possible, and the time during which the shutter member exists at the intermediate position between the open state and the closed state can be reduced as much as possible. Therefore, for example, in the case of changing the open time ratio according to the change in the vehicle speed, etc., it becomes possible to control the actuator in a state where the error between the time actually maintained in the open state and the target value is small, It becomes possible to adjust the spraying amount of the medicine with high accuracy.

  The seventh characteristic configuration of the present invention is that, in addition to any of the first characteristic configuration to the sixth characteristic configuration, an opening area adjusting mechanism is provided that can change and adjust the opening area of the drug passage opening. .

  According to the seventh feature configuration, since the opening area of the medicine passage opening can be changed and adjusted by the opening area adjustment mechanism, the amount of medicine spraying can be changed by changing the opening area even if the operating conditions of the actuator are the same. The change adjustment range of the drug spraying amount can be further expanded than the adjustable range by the operation control of the actuator.

It is a whole side view of a riding type rice transplanter. It is a whole top view of a riding type rice transplanter. It is a rear view of a chemical spraying device. It is a vertical side view of a chemical spreader. It is a bottom view of a medicine spreader. It is a cross-sectional top view of a diffusion discharge mechanism. It is a vertical side view of a feeding mechanism. It is a cross-sectional plan view of a feeding mechanism. It is a vertical front view of a feeding mechanism. It is a disassembled perspective view of a feeding mechanism. It is an electric circuit diagram of a medicine spreader. It is a figure which shows the relationship between a vehicle speed and an open time ratio. It is a timing chart of opening and closing operation. It is a vertical side view of the feeding mechanism of another embodiment. (A) is a cross-sectional top view of the feeding mechanism of another embodiment, (b) is an exploded perspective view of the feeding mechanism. It is a vertical side view of the feeding mechanism of another embodiment. (A) is a cross-sectional top view of the feeding mechanism of another embodiment, (b) is an exploded perspective view of the feeding mechanism. It is a vertical side view which shows the connection state of the storage hopper and casing of another embodiment. It is a top view which shows the opening area adjustment mechanism of another embodiment.

Hereinafter, as an example of a paddy field working machine according to the present invention, a riding type rice transplanter equipped with a chemical spraying device will be described based on the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the riding type rice transplanter includes an engine 4 and a transmission case 5 on the front side of a traveling machine body 3 including a pair of left and right front wheels 1 and a pair of left and right rear wheels 2 that can be steered. The traveling unit 3 includes a steering unit 7 equipped with a steering handle 6 and the like and a driver seat 8 at the center of the traveling unit 3, and reserve seedling platforms 9 are disposed on the left and right sides of the traveling unit 3. A seedling planting device 12 is connected to the rear side of the traveling machine body 3 so that it can be moved up and down through a link mechanism 11 by operating a lift cylinder 10. A chemical such as a herbicide is placed behind the seedling planting device 12. A drug spraying device 13 for spraying is provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the seedling planting device 12 is configured in a four-row planting type. The mission case 5 is provided with a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission (not shown) that is operated to change speed by operating the speed change lever 16.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the seedling planting device 12 has two transmission cases 15 facing rearward on a support frame (not shown) that is connected to one feed case 14 and extends in the left-right direction of the machine body. Cantilevered. A planting arm 18 is supported by the crank mechanism 17 so as to be swingable up and down on both the left and right sides of the rear portion of the transmission case 15, and a planting claw 22 is provided on the planting arm 18. A grounding float 19 is supported on.
In addition, the seedling planting device 12 is provided with a seedling platform 20 so that it can be driven back and forth by a fixed stroke to the left and right. Each time the seedling platform 20 reaches the stroke end, the seedling planted is placed. A belt-type vertical feeding device 21 that feeds a fixed amount downward is provided on the seedling table 20.

  The power transmitted to the feed case 14 is transmitted to the transmission case 15 and the planting arm 18 is driven. On the other hand, the seedling table 20 is driven to reciprocate laterally by the power transmitted to the feed case 14. The planting arm 18 that swings up and down from the lower part of the seedling platform 20 takes out the seedlings one by one with the planting claws 22 provided at the tip of the planting plant, and plants the seedling platform 20 back and forth. When the stroke end of the lateral feed is reached, the vertical feed device 21 is driven by the power transmitted to the feed case 14 so that the seedling placed on the seedling raising table 20 is sent downward.

Next, the medicine spraying device 13 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the chemical spraying device 13 is supported by a support 23 fixedly erected from two transmission cases 15 in a state of being positioned above a set distance from the rice field in a seedling planting state. It has become. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the medicine spraying device 13 serves as a storage hopper 24 as a storage part for storing the medicine, and a feeding means for feeding out the medicine stored in the lower part of the storage hopper 24. The feeding mechanism 25, the diffusion / release mechanism 27 as a rotary diffusing means for diffusing the medicine that has been fed and dropped and supplied through the guide passage 26 serving as a supply path, and the electric control for controlling the operation of the feeding mechanism 25. And a unit 28.

  The feeding mechanism 25 and the diffusion / release mechanism 27 are configured to be accommodated in a casing 29. The casing 29 is made of a synthetic resin material and forms a guide passage 26 that drops and supplies the medicine to the diffusion / release mechanism 27. The part 30 is integrally formed. As shown in FIG. 5, the casing 29 has a left and right split structure in which the divided casing portions 29a and 29b on the left and right sides are connected to each other at the mating surfaces.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the feeding mechanism 25 includes a metal opening forming plate 32 in which a drug passage opening 31 is formed, a closed state in which the medicine passage opening 31 is closed, and a medicine passage opening. A metal shutter member 33 is slidably movable over an open state where the opening 31 is opened, and a solenoid 34 is provided as an actuator for switching the shutter member 33 between a closed state and an open state.

The opening forming plate 32 and the shutter member 33 are provided so as to overlap each other. When the shutter member 33 closes the opening 31 for passing the medicine formed in the opening forming plate 32, the opening forming plate 32 and the shutter member 33 are closed. When the shutter member 33 is slid to the position where the opening 31 for passing the medicine is opened, the opening 31 for passing the medicine is opened and opened, and in this opened state, the medicine falls downward through the opening 31 for passing the medicine. It is a configuration to be supplied.
In this configuration, only the shutter member 33 is present below the medicine passage opening 31 and no other member is present below the shutter member 33, so that the medicine is not easily clogged.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the opening 31 for passing the medicine is such that the opening width L1 in the direction along the moving direction of the shutter member 33 by the solenoid 34 is smaller than the opening width L2 in the direction orthogonal to the moving direction. In this way, the amount of movement of the shutter member 33 by the solenoid 34 can be shortened while the opening area is sufficiently large.

  The opening forming plate 32 is formed with a downward bent piece 32b that is bent downward at the opening side end portion of the horizontal surface portion 32a where the opening 31 for passing the medicine is formed, and at the solenoid 34 side end portion opposite thereto. An upward bent piece 32c that is bent upward is formed. In addition, the shutter member 33 is surrounded from above and below in order to prevent the shutter member 33 from separating downward at both sides in the width direction at the intermediate portion between the opening side end portion of the horizontal plane portion 32a and the solenoid 34 side end portion. Thus, a holding portion 32d that is bent in a substantially U-shape is formed.

  In the opening forming plate 32, the downward bent piece 32 b is engaged with a locking recess 35 formed on the inner side of the cylindrical portion 30 of the casing 29, and the shutter member 33 slides in a direction close to the solenoid 34. The continuous movement is restricted, and the upward bent piece 32c is engaged with the outer edge 36 of the cylindrical portion 30 of the casing 29 so that the shutter member 33 slides away from the solenoid 34. Is configured to be restricted from moving in a row.

  The shutter member 33 is formed in a band plate shape, and is configured to be pivotally connected to the operation rod 37 of the solenoid 34 by a connection pin 38, and is provided in a state of being in contact with the lower side of the opening forming plate 32. The holding portion 32d prevents the opening forming plate 32 from being separated vertically. Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, the medicine that fits between the opening forming plate 32 and the shutter member 33 at a position closer to the solenoid 34 side than the opening shielding position 33 </ b> A of the shutter member 33 is downward. A scraping hole 39 penetrating vertically is formed for dropping.

As shown in FIG. 4, a solenoid housing chamber 40 for housing the solenoid 34 is formed at one side of the casing 29 in the casing 29, and an electric motor in the diffusion / emission mechanism 27 is formed at the opposite side. A motor storage chamber 42 for storing the motor 41 is formed.
A slit hole 43 through which the shutter member 33 and the opening forming plate 32 are inserted is formed in the side wall of the cylindrical portion 30 on the solenoid housing chamber 40 side. A wide guide portion 44 for holding the opening forming plate 32 and the shutter member 33 in a horizontal posture is formed on the upper side of the slit hole 43, and the upper surface of the wide guide portion 44 is used for passing a medicine. An inclined surface 45 that is inclined downward toward the opening 31 is formed over the entire width. Further, on both sides in the width direction on the upper side of the slit hole 43, both side guide portions 46 for preventing the opening forming plate 32 from being lifted are formed.

  A lower guide portion 47 that receives and supports the shutter member 33 is formed on both sides in the width direction on the lower side of the slit hole 43, and below the scraping hole 39 when the shutter member 33 is switched to the open state. A wide discharge space 48 is formed so that the drug discharged from can be guided to the diffusion / release mechanism 27 (see FIG. 7).

  The shutter member 33 is moved and urged to the closed position (position where the medicine passing opening 31 is closed) by the coil spring 49 housed in the solenoid 34 acting on the connecting pin 38 via the washer 50, and the solenoid 34 is energized. By doing so, it is configured so that it can be moved to the open position (position where the drug passing opening 31 is opened) by pulling it against the urging force of the coil spring 49.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the diffusion / emission mechanism 27 includes a receiving surface 51 </ b> A in a lateral orientation and is driven and rotated around a vertical rotation axis, and the receiving body 51 includes the receiving body 51. The diffusion blade body 52 is provided upright on the receiving surface 51A, and an electric motor 41 that rotationally drives the receiving body 51 around the vertical rotation axis Y is configured.

  The receiving body 51 has a disk shape provided such that the plate surface is in a horizontal orientation while rotating around the longitudinal axis, and the diffusion blade bodies 52 are dispersedly arranged along the circumferential direction. In the state and in the state where it approached to the radial direction outward side from the rotating shaft center Y in the receiving body 51, multiple are provided radially. Therefore, the surrounding area including the rotation axis Y in the receiving body 51 is formed as a bladeless area Q where the diffusion blade 52 does not exist over the entire circumferential direction.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, six diffusion blade bodies 52 are provided in a state of being distributed and arranged at regular intervals of about 60 degrees along the circumferential direction. The body 52 has a lateral width corresponding to about half the distance of the radius of the receiving body 51 and has a height corresponding to a distance approximately half of the lateral width. It is configured to stand at a position close to the side.

  The receiving body 51 and the diffusing blade body 52 are integrally formed of a synthetic resin material. The receiving body 51 has a cylindrical shaft portion 80 that is fitted around the drive shaft 53 of the electric motor 41. Also, the cylindrical shaft portion 80 is configured such that the screw bi attached to the drive shaft 53 of the electric motor 41 and fitted sideways is pressed against the drive shaft 53 and the receiving body 51 is connected to the drive shaft 53. And are connected so as to rotate together.

As shown in FIG. 4, a guide passage 26 constituted by a cylindrical portion 30 formed integrally with the casing 29 is formed so as to guide the medicine to the bladeless region Q in the receiving body 51.
When the description is added, as described above, the surrounding area including the rotational axis Y in the receiving body 51 is formed as the bladeless area Q where the diffusion blade 52 does not exist over the entire circumferential direction. As shown, the outlet 54 at the lower end of the guide passage 26 is provided at a position corresponding to the bladeless region Q in plan view. More specifically, the outlet 54 at the lower end of the guide passage 26 is provided at a position corresponding to a position located on the outermost radial direction side in the bladeless region Q.

  By dropping and supplying the medicine to the most radially outer side portion in the bladeless region Q, the spreading and discharging action by the diffusion blade body 52 can be performed as quickly as possible while leveling the dropped medicine in the circumferential direction. ing. By the way, it can fall to a position close to the rotation axis Y, but in that case, the function of leveling the drug in the circumferential direction is easy to exert, but the residence time becomes long and the diffusion and release action by the diffusion blade 52 is delayed. There is a risk that the diffusion and release timing of the drug will be delayed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the disc-shaped receiving body 51 has a shape in which the central portion protrudes downward, and the receiving surface 51A located on the upper side of the receiving body 51 is closer to the rotation axis Y side. It is formed in the inclined surface of the center dent shape located in the downward direction. By configuring in this way, the function of leveling the drug in the circumferential direction is more easily exhibited.

  The guide passage 26 is formed in a form that makes the opening area on the feeding mechanism 25 side larger than the opening area on the outlet 54 side. In other words, the guide passage 26 has a substantially quadrangular cross-sectional shape in plan view, and an inner surface 55 (on the radially outer side among the four inner surfaces forming the guide passage 26 ( 4), an inclined surface 56 is formed so that the width of the guide passage 26 in the direction along the radial direction gradually decreases toward the outlet 54 side. However, the inner surface 57 located on the radially inner side of the receiving body 51 is formed as a flat surface along the vertical direction.

  With such a configuration, the medicine that is fed out from the feeding mechanism 25 and guided downward is guided to flow inward in the radial direction by the inclined surface 56, so that the medicine is directed toward the passage of the diffusion blade 52. Avoiding the guidance, it is easy to drop and supply the bladeless area Q.

  An electric motor 41 for rotating the receiving body 51 around the vertical rotation axis Y is provided in a state of being positioned above the receiving body 51, and a solenoid 34 provided in the feeding mechanism 25 is provided by the electric motor 41. It is provided in the state located in the side part of. Thus, by arranging the electric motor 41 and the solenoid 34 in a state in which they are arranged in the horizontal direction, the external dimensions in the vertical direction of the medicine spraying device 13 can be made compact.

  A ceiling wall 58A for partitioning the upper side is provided on the upper side of the receiving body 51. On the outer peripheral side of the receiving body 51, the drug is diffused and released outward from a part of the circumferential direction. And a drug that is diffused and released outwardly from other regions in the circumferential direction of the receiving body 51 on both side portions of the regulating vertical wall 58B. Diffusion direction adjusting plates 59 and 60 for adjusting the diffusion and emission direction are provided.

The diffusion direction adjusting plates 59 and 60 are attached to the ceiling wall portion 58A by bolts Bo. The bolts Bo are loosened, the left and right rotational positions are changed, and tightened again to change the drug diffusion / release direction (opening angle). It is configured to be able to change and adjust.
In changing and adjusting the diffusion and release direction (opening angle) of the drug, the diffusion direction adjusting plates 59 and 60 are arranged around the vertical axis with respect to the ceiling wall portion 58A instead of the position adjustment by loosening the bolt Bo. It may be configured to be pivotable and attached in a state where the position is maintained by friction, and to be able to change the position against the frictional holding force by manual operation.

  The regulating vertical wall 58B is provided in a state of being integrally formed with the casing 29, and in the vicinity of the outer peripheral edge of the receiving body 51 so as to cover the outer peripheral portion of the receiving body 51 along the circumferential direction for about a half circumference. It is formed in a semicircular arc shape in plan view so as to have a predetermined vertical width and along the outer peripheral edge.

  Further, diffusion direction adjusting plates 59 and 60 are attached to both side ends of the regulating vertical wall 58B so as to have substantially the same vertical width as that of the regulating vertical wall 58B and extend in the front-rear direction. . The adjusting plates 59 and 60 are provided in a state of being connected to the inner surface of the regulating vertical wall 58B, and can adjust the diffusion / release direction by guiding the drug acting with the centrifugal force as the receiving body 51 rotates. It is configured as follows. Incidentally, in the one shown in FIG. 6, the lengths of the left and right diffusion direction adjusting plates 59 and 60 are set to be substantially the same length.

  A rechargeable battery is not mounted on the traveling body 3 of this riding type rice transplanter, and a generator 61 driven by the engine 4 (for example, a generator provided for lighting a headlamp or the like) is used. The electric power generated in this manner is configured to be supplied to the electric control unit 28 in the medicine spraying device 13. Incidentally, since the battery is not mounted, the engine 4 is configured to be started by a recoil type starting device (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 11, the electric control unit 28 rectifies the AC power supplied from the generator 51 via the power on / off switch 62 by the rectifier circuit 63 and then adjusts the voltage to 12 V DC by the first regulator circuit 64. The DC 12V power is used as power for driving the electric motor 41 and solenoid 34, and the output of the first regulator circuit 64 is adjusted to a DC voltage of 5V by the second regulator circuit 65. Thus, the circuit is configured to be used as driving power for the control device 66 as control means. The DC 12V power is configured to be supplied to the solenoid 34 via a switching transistor 67 that is on / off controlled by a control device 66.

A vehicle speed sensor 68 is provided as vehicle speed detection means for detecting the vehicle speed of the traveling machine body by detecting the rotational speed of the axle (not shown) of the rear wheel 2 in the traveling machine body 3. The result is input to the control device 66.
The control device 66 is composed of a microcomputer, and is configured to alternately switch between the closed state and the open state so that the cycle of the time for maintaining the closed state and the time for maintaining the open state is constant, and the vehicle speed. The operation of the solenoid 34 is controlled in such a manner that the ratio of the time during which the open state is maintained increases as the vehicle speed detected by the sensor 68 increases.

  Further, if the vehicle speed Vx detected by the vehicle speed sensor 68 is less than the lower limit value Vs1 for determining the work state, the control device 66 sets the target ratio Px for maintaining the open state (hereinafter referred to as the open time ratio) Px. If the value is set to zero and the vehicle speed Vx detected by the vehicle speed sensor 68 is equal to or higher than the lower limit value Vs1 for work state determination and lower than the upper limit value Vs2 for low speed work area determination, the opening time If the target value of the ratio Px is set to the reference value Ps2, and the vehicle speed Vx detected by the vehicle speed sensor 68 is equal to or higher than the upper limit value Vs2 for determining the low speed work area, the target value of the open time ratio Px is set. The reference value Ps2 is set to the minimum value, and the preset upper limit values (Pmax, Ps1) are set to the maximum value. The vehicle speed Vx detected by the vehicle speed sensor 68 increases in proportion to increase in proportion. Determine the opening time ratio P There so that the target value, and is configured to control the actuation of the solenoid 34.

  A spray amount adjuster 69 is provided as a manually operated adjustment means that can freely change and adjust the set upper limit value with respect to the target value of the open time ratio Px. The spreading amount adjuster 69 is composed of a potentiometer, and is provided so as to be manually operable from the outside of the casing 29 as shown in FIG.

Next, a specific processing operation by the control device 66 will be described.
In the control device 66, the correlation of the open time ratio Px with respect to the change in the vehicle speed Vx as shown in FIG. 12 is preset and stored.
FIG. 12A shows the correlation between the vehicle speed Vx and the open time ratio Px in a state where the spray amount adjuster 69 is operated to the maximum position of the operation range that can be changed, and FIG. This is a correlation between the vehicle speed Vx and the open time ratio Px in a state where the amount adjuster 69 is set at an intermediate position of the operation range in which the change operation can be performed.

Explaining these figures, when the spread rate adjuster 69 is operated to the maximum position, as shown in FIG. 12A, the target value of the open time ratio Px when the vehicle speed Vx is the maximum vehicle speed is the maximum value. Set to Pmax. When the spread amount adjuster 69 is set to an intermediate position between the minimum position and the maximum position, as shown in FIG. 12B, the target value of the open time ratio Px when the vehicle speed Vx is the maximum vehicle speed is an intermediate value. If it is set to Ps1 and the operation position of the application amount adjuster 69 is between the maximum position and the intermediate position, the target value of the open time ratio Px is also set to the intermediate value.
In short, when the spread rate adjuster 69 is operated, the upper limit value (the value at the right end of the straight line shown in FIG. 12) of the range that can be set as the target value of the open time ratio Px when the vehicle speed Vx is at the maximum vehicle speed. As a result, the correlation between the vehicle speed Vx and the opening time ratio Px changes.

  The lower limit value Vs1 for determining the work state and the reference value Ps2 (see FIG. 12) of the target value of the open time ratio Px are always set in advance as constant values and do not change. However, the upper limit value Vs2 for determining the low-speed work area changes in accordance with the change of the upper limit value of the range that can be set as the target value of the open time ratio Px by operating the application amount adjuster 69.

  The description of how to determine the upper limit value Vs2 for determining the low speed work area will be made. When the upper limit value is determined by operating the spread rate adjuster 69, the upper limit value and the origin (the vehicle speed Vx and the open time ratio Px are either A straight line connecting the point that is also zero) is determined. Then, the vehicle speed when the open time ratio Px on the straight line becomes the reference value Ps2 is set as the upper limit value Vs2 for determining the low speed work area.

  Accordingly, when the spread rate adjuster 69 is operated in a direction to lower the open time ratio Px below the intermediate value Ps1, and the open time ratio Px is lowered to the reference value Ps2, the upper limit value Vs2 for determining the low speed work area and the maximum Although the vehicle speed Vmax is the same value, when a commonly used medicine is used, the operation position of the spraying amount adjuster 69 is the operation position shown in FIG. 12 (a) and FIG. 12 (b). It is used at a position intermediate to the operation position indicated by.

  As is apparent from FIG. 12, the reference value Ps2 is equal to the vehicle speed Vx when the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the lower limit value Vs1 for work state determination and lower than the upper limit value Vs2 for low speed work area determination. It is set to a value larger than the value of the open time ratio Px that changes in proportion (the state indicated by the straight line in FIG. 12).

  Then, when the power on / off switch 62 is turned on while the engine 4 is operating and the power is supplied, the control device 66 reads the detection value of the vehicle speed sensor 68, and the detection value and dispersion of the vehicle speed sensor 68. A target value of the open time ratio Px is determined from the correlation set by the operation position of the amount adjuster 69.

  If the vehicle speed Vx at that time is less than the lower limit value Vs1 for work state determination, the target value of the open time ratio Px is set to zero. This is because it is assumed that traveling at such an extremely low speed is not a paddy field operation (seedling planting operation) but, for example, a moving operation for adjusting the planting start position.

  If the vehicle speed Vx detected by the vehicle speed sensor 68 is equal to or higher than the lower limit value Vs1 for work state determination and lower than the upper limit value Vs2 for low speed work area determination, the vehicle speed is changed within the speed range. However, the target value of the open time ratio Px is kept constant at the reference value Ps2. Thus, when paddy field work (seedling planting work) is performed at a low speed, the delivery mechanism 25 can reliably deliver the medicine by securing the reference value Ps2 as the open time ratio Px. .

  If the vehicle speed Vx detected by the vehicle speed sensor 68 is equal to or higher than the upper limit value Vs for low-speed work area determination, the target value of the open time ratio Px is set to a preset upper limit value (the reference value Ps is the minimum value). Pmax, Ps1) are set as maximum values, and are set in a form that changes in proportion to increase as the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor 68 increases.

Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the time Ton for maintaining the closed state and the time Toff for maintaining the open state are combined so that the open time ratio Px of the shutter member 33 becomes the target value determined as described above. The operation of the solenoid 34 is controlled by alternately switching between the closed state and the open state so that the period Tp is constant.
Thus, even if the planting interval along the aircraft traveling direction is changed by controlling the operation of the solenoid 34 in such a manner that the opening time ratio Px is increased as the vehicle speed Vx is increased, The spraying amount of the medicine per unit area can be kept constant.

  In addition, after the seedling planting operation is completed in the field, when the medicine remains in the storage hopper 24, the lid 85 made of a synthetic resin material provided in the storage hopper 24 is removed, and the discharge port The medicine which opened 86 can be discharged.

[Another embodiment]
(1) In the above embodiment, in the above embodiment, the opening 31 for passing the medicine is opened and closed by the opening forming plate 32 and the shutter member 33. Instead of such a structure, the following <a It is good also as a structure as described in <b>.

<a> As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, an opening forming plate 32 in which an opening 31 for passing a medicine is formed, a shutter member 33 slidably movable by a solenoid 34, and the shutter member 33 elastically from below. It is good also as a three-layer structure which piled up each of the leaf | plate spring type pressing member 70 to push-operate.

  In this configuration, the opening forming plate 32 and the pressing member 70 are structured to be fitted in the inner wall of the cylindrical portion 30 of the casing 29 in the horizontal direction, and the pressing member 70 bypasses the opening 31 for supplying the medicine, A pressing piece 71 that presses the shutter member 33 upward is formed at the center. An inclined surface 33B is formed at the tip of the opening shielding portion 33A of the shutter member 33 so as to be inclined with respect to the direction orthogonal to the sliding movement direction.

  With this configuration, when the shutter member 33 slides from the open state to the closed state, the shutter member 33 is pushed by the distal end portion of the shutter member 33, and the distal end portion of the shutter member 33, the opening forming plate 32, and the pressing member 70. The medicine sandwiched between the portions surrounded by the inner wall of the cylindrical portion 30 is pushed out in the direction perpendicular to the sliding movement direction by the inclined surface 33B, and is prevented from accumulating at that portion.

<B> As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, an opening forming plate 32 in which an opening 31 for passing a medicine is formed, a shutter member 33 slidably movable by a solenoid 34, and the shutter member 33 is elastic from below. The point is a three-layer structure in which a pair of leaf spring type pressing members 70 each formed with a pair of small pressing pieces 72 so as to be pushed and operated are the same as in the above <a>, The forming plate 32 is formed with locking pieces 32e that are locked to the edge of the casing 29 on both sides of the shutter plate 33 in the sliding direction, and restricts the accompanying movement in the sliding direction.

  And in this structure, when the shutter member 33 becomes a closed state, the clearance gap W is formed between the shutter member 33 and the inner wall of the cylinder part 30, and it prevents that a chemical | medical agent is inserted | pinched between them. I am doing so.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the same storage hopper 24 is always used. However, the storage hopper 24 is replaced with one having a different capacity, and the solenoid 34 is set according to the storage amount of the storage hopper 24. The control content may be changed.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 18, a detection switch 74 for capacity determination is provided at a connection location of the storage hopper 24 to the casing 29, and the small capacity storage hopper 24a is pressed against the detection switch 74 when connected. The action unit 75 is provided, and the large capacity storage hopper 24b is configured so as not to act on the detection switch 74 even if connected, and the control device 66 determines whether the solenoid 34 is operated based on the detection information of the detection switch 74. It may be configured to switch the control content to a content suitable for the storage amount of each hopper. In addition, as a change of the control content at this time, in addition to the control content of the solenoid 34, the rotation number of the electric motor 41, the angles of the diffusion direction adjusting plates 59 and 60, and the like may be changed and adjusted.

  When switching the control content of the solenoid 34 to the content suitable for the storage amount of each hopper, it may be configured to switch based on a switching operation by manual operation instead of the detection information of the detection switch 74.

(3) In the above embodiment, the opening area of the drug passage opening 31 is always constant. However, the opening area adjusting mechanism 76 capable of finely adjusting the opening area by manual operation or automatic operation is provided. You may comprise so that it may be provided.
For example, as shown in FIG. 19, the opening area adjustment mechanism 76 includes a slide adjustment plate 77 in a state of overlapping the medicine passage opening 31, and the slide adjustment plate 77 is positioned little by little by the screw feed mechanism 78. It is the structure which finely adjusts the opening area of the opening 31 for chemical | medical agent passage by making it change.

(4) In the above embodiment, the vehicle speed sensor 68 for detecting the rotation speed of the axle of the rear wheel 2 is provided as the vehicle speed detection means. However, as the vehicle speed detection means, for example, detection information and shift speed of the engine rotation speed are provided. If the vehicle speed is detected by the detection information of the operation position of the lever 16 or if a gear type transmission device is provided, the vehicle speed is detected from the information of the shift switching position by the shift operation tool and the detection information of the engine speed. The configuration for detecting the vehicle speed can be implemented with various changes.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is a paddy field work machine such as a riding type rice transplanter or a fertilizer applicator, and can be applied to a paddy field work machine provided with a chemical spraying device at the rear of the traveling machine body.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Traveling machine body 13 Drug distribution device 24 Storage hopper 26 Supply path 27 Diffusion means 31 Drug passage opening 33 Shutter member 34 Actuator 66 Control means 68 Vehicle speed detection means 69 Adjustment means 76 Opening area adjustment mechanism Px Ratio of time for maintaining open state Ps reference value Pmax setting upper limit value L1, L2 opening width Vx vehicle speed Vs1 lower limit value for work state determination Vs2 upper limit value for low speed work area determination

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A paddy field machine equipped with a chemical spraying device at the rear of the traveling machine body,
The medicine spraying device diffuses and sprays the medicine supplied from the lower outlet of the storage hopper through the supply path, the closed state that closes the supply path, and the open state that forms the medicine passage opening in the supply path And a shutter member that is slidably movable, and an actuator that switches the shutter member between the closed state and the open state,
Control means for controlling the operation of the actuator, and vehicle speed detection means for detecting the vehicle speed of the traveling machine body,
The control means is configured to alternately switch between the closed state and the open state so that a period of the time for maintaining the closed state and the time for maintaining the open state is constant, and the vehicle speed A paddy field work machine configured to control the operation of the actuator in such a manner that the ratio of the time for maintaining the open state is increased as the vehicle speed detected by the detection means is increased.   The controller is configured to control the operation of the actuator so as to maintain the closed state when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting unit is less than a lower limit value for determining a working state. Item 1. A paddy field machine according to item 1.   If the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection means is equal to or higher than the lower limit value for determining the work state and less than the upper limit value for determining the low speed work area, the control means maintains the open state. The paddy field work machine according to claim 2, wherein the operation value of the actuator is controlled by setting a target value of a time ratio to be set to a preset reference value.   If the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection means is equal to or higher than the upper limit value for determining the low-speed work area, the control means sets the target value of the ratio of time for maintaining the open state as the reference value. The time for maintaining the open state, with the minimum value set in advance and the preset upper limit set as the maximum value, which is determined in a form that changes in proportion to increase as the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection unit increases. The paddy field work machine according to claim 3, wherein the operation of the actuator is controlled so that the ratio is equal to the target value.   5. The paddy field work machine according to claim 4, further comprising a manually operated adjusting means capable of changing and adjusting a set upper limit value with respect to a target value of the ratio of the time for maintaining the open state.   2. The medicine passage opening formed in the supply path has a horizontally long shape in which an opening width along a direction perpendicular to the sliding movement direction is larger than an opening width along the sliding movement direction of the shutter member. The paddy field machine of any one of -5.   The paddy field work machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising an opening area adjusting mechanism capable of changing and adjusting the opening area of the medicine passage opening.

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