JP2013039048A - Combine harvester - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a grain tank, the inside of which can be easily inspected, though the tank is formed by resin molding and is reinforced.SOLUTION: A grain tank (30) is installed behind the driver's seat (20). An opening (52) is formed in the upper surface (41) of the grain tank (30), and is equipped with a lid (43) freely openable and closable. The lid (43) is equipped with a lock member (51) which keeps the lid (43) closed, and a transparent swelling part (43a) is formed in the lid (43) excluding the mounting part of the lock member (51). Moreover, a projection brim (43b) which projects to the inside of the grain tank (30) is formed in the lower peripheral part of the opening and closing lid (43). In the projection brim (43b), the part distant from the slot (44) extends further downward than the part of the slot (44) side, and the lower extending part of the projection brim (43b) faces the slot (44) to the inside of the grain tank (30).

Description

The present invention relates to a combine equipped with a Glen tank.

The combine temporarily puts the threshing device and the threshing device for threshing the grain from the cockpit and the harvesting device for harvesting the cereal and the threshing grain on the traveling frame equipped with the crawler traveling device. Constructed with a Glen tank for storage
As shown in Patent Document 1, the conventional Glen tank has an upper part on the cockpit side projecting to the cockpit side in order to expand the volume, an inclined surface formed on the upper part of the projecting part, and this inclination The top surface is formed so as to be more gently rearward than the inclined surface following the upper end portion of the surface, the front inclined surface is provided with an inspection window, and the top surface is provided with an opening / closing lid.

JP 2009-261263 A

However, in the above-described conventional technology, it is possible to increase the volume of the Glen tank by forming the overhanging portion and efficiently perform the harvesting work, but the inclined surface formed with the inspection window on the upper portion of the bulging portion Therefore, it is necessary to open the open / close lid provided on the top and look inside the glen tank in order to check the whole glen tank. Internal inspection cannot be performed easily.
Further, since the mounting holes are formed in the parts where the inspection window and the opening / closing lid of the Glen tank are attached, there is a problem that the strength of the Glen tank is impaired.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to propose a glen tank that can easily perform internal inspection while enhancing the strength of resin molding.

The problems of the present invention are solved by the following technical means.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, a cockpit (20) is provided on the fuselage frame (2), a Glen tank (30) is provided on the rear side of the cockpit (20), and an upper surface of the Glen tank (30) is provided. In the combine in which an opening (52) is formed in (41) and a lid (43) that can be freely opened and closed is provided in the opening (52), the lid (43) is in a closed state. And a bulge portion (43a) that is transparent at the portion of the lid (43) excluding the mounting portion of the lock member (51). .
The invention according to claim 2 is the combine according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion edge (43b) protruding toward the inside of the Glen tank (30) is formed on the lower peripheral edge of the lid (43). .
The invention according to claim 3 communicates, on one side of the Glen tank (30), an inlet (44) of a cerealing device (54) for putting grains into the Glen tank (30), The projecting edge (43b) extends downward from a part on the side farther from the input port (44) than the part on the side of the input port (44), and a downwardly extending portion at the projecting edge (43b) is defined as the input port. The combine according to claim 2, which is opposed to (44).
In the invention according to claim 4, the inlet (44) of the cerealing device (54) for transferring the grain into the grain tank (30) is communicated with one side of the grain tank (30), The mounting hinge (50) for rotatably attaching the lid (43) to the Glen tank (30) side is provided at a portion of the lid (43) on the side away from the insertion port (44). 2 or a combine according to claim 3.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an operator who has boarded the cockpit (20) turns back and visually recognizes the inside of the Glen tank (30) from the transparent bulging portion (43a) of the opening / closing lid (43). be able to. That is, by forming the transparent bulging portion (43a) on the opening / closing lid (43), the inside of the Glen tank (30) can be confirmed in a wider range without opening / closing the opening / closing lid (43). Since the sunlight can be taken from the top surface (41) to the inside of the Glen tank (30), the visibility is improved.
In addition, since the bulging portion (43a) is formed on substantially the entire surface excluding the mounting portion of the lock member (51), it becomes difficult for grains or the like to adhere to the inner surface of the bulging portion (43a), and the grain tank (30 ) Internal inspection can be easily performed.
According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the invention, by providing the projection edge (43b), the grain that jumps in the Glen tank is prevented from opening (52) and the lid. It is possible to prevent jumping out from the gap of (43).
According to invention of Claim 3, in addition to the effect by the invention of Claim 2, the grain released into the Glen tank (30) from the inlet (44) of the milling cylinder (54) It is possible to prevent the projection edge (43b) that protrudes long from jumping out of the gap between the opening (52) and the opening / closing lid (43).
According to invention of Claim 4, in addition to the effect by the invention of Claim 1 or Claim 2 or Claim 3, the grain is transferred from the cerealing device (54) into the Glen tank (30). Even if the open / close lid (43) is opened during the operation, the side close to the insertion port (44) of the cerealing device (54) opens, so that the cereal released from the insertion port (44) of the cerealing device (54) It is possible to suppress the grains from directly jumping out of the grain tank (30).

It is a whole side view of a combine. The whole view of a Glen tank is shown, (a) front view, (b) right side view, (c) back view, (d) left side view, (e) top view, (f) perspective view. It is a back sectional view of a Glen tank. It is a partial enlarged front sectional view. It is an expansion perspective view of another Example. Furthermore, it is an expansion perspective view of another Example. The whole example Glen tank is shown, (a) front view, (b) right side view, (c) rear view, (d) left side view, (e) top view, (f) perspective view, is there. Further, an overall view of another embodiment of the Glen tank is shown, (a) front view, (b) right side view, (c) rear view, (d) left side view, (e) plan view, (f) perspective view, It is. Further, an overall view of another embodiment of the Glen tank is shown, (a) front view, (b) right side view, (c) rear view, (d) left side view, (e) plan view, (f) perspective view, It is. It is a side view of a grain discharge auger. It is a control block diagram of automatic control of a grain discharge auger. It is a control flowchart figure of the automatic control of a grain discharge auger. It is a control flowchart figure of the automatic control of a grain discharge auger.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to examples shown in the drawings.
In the present specification, the left side and the right side refer to directions in which the combine moves forward, and the front side and the rear side refer to the forward side and the reverse side of the combine, respectively.
In the overall view of the combine 1 shown in FIG. 1, the lower part of the fuselage frame 2 has a pair of left and right crawlers 4 made of a flexible material such as rubber and formed into an endless belt shape. The crawler 4 is provided with a traveling device 3 configured to be able to travel freely with a slight sinking, a cutting device 6 is mounted on the front of the body frame 2, and an engine (not shown) and threshing are mounted on the upper portion of the body frame 2. The device (not shown), the cockpit 20 and the Glen tank 30 are mounted on the traveling chassis 22.
The reaping device 6 is configured such that the entire reaping device 6 can be lifted and lowered by a telescopic action of a reaping lifting cylinder (not shown), and cereals vegetated on the farm can be harvested at a predetermined height. A weed cutting tool 7 is disposed at the lower front end of the reaping device 6, and the cereal raising device having an inclined shape is disposed behind it, and a cutting blade 5 is disposed at the rear bottom thereof. Between the cutting blade 5 and the starting end of the feed chain of the threshing device, a front conveyance device, a supply conveyance device, and the like are arranged so that the cereals can be successively conveyed and adjusted in depth.
The operation of the harvesting device 6 of the combine 1 is performed as follows. First, the engine is started and the main transmission lever 10 is operated so that the combine 1 moves forward. The harvesting clutch (not shown) is engaged with the harvesting clutch, and the threshing lever (not shown) is activated. Then, when the traveling frame 2 is moved forward while driving the rotating parts of the machine body, a cutting operation and a threshing operation are started.
The grain culm planted in the field is subject to weeding by the weeding tool 7 at the lower front end of the reaping device 6, and is then brought upright if it is in the lying state by the pulling action of the culm. The stock of the cereal reaches the cutting blade 5 and is cut and is scraped into the front conveying device and conveyed rearward, inherited by the supply conveying device and sequentially conveyed upward in the rear portion.
Furthermore, the cereal is inherited from the supply and transport device to the feed chain and the start end of the pinch and supplied to the threshing device. In the threshing device, a handling room with a handling cylinder is arranged on the upper side, a sorting room is provided integrally on the lower side of the handling room, and the tip of the harvested cereal rice cake that is fed and transported in the conveying direction is threshed. To sort.
The tip side of the grain pod supplied to the threshing device is sent to the handling room and threshed, and the grain having a high specific gravity is conveyed to the Glen tank 30 via the whipping cylinder 54 and temporarily stored in the Glen tank 30.
The remaining cereals that have been threshed after reaching the end of the handling room of the threshing device are sandwiched and transported between an unillustrated evacuation chain and an evacuation head chain, and are transferred to a cocoon cutter (not shown) at the rear of the threshing device. After being thrown in, it is cut and released to the field.
The Glen tank 30 is integrally molded with resin, and has the appearance shown in FIGS. 2 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f).
The front surface 49 of the Glen tank 30 is curved so as to accommodate the engine power transmission portion provided at the lower part of the cockpit seat 20, and an overhanging portion 30 a that projects toward the front side is formed at the upper portion to increase the capacity as much as possible.
A front inclined surface (inclined surface) 40 is formed on the upper surface side of the overhanging portion 30 a following the upper portion of the front surface 49, and the rear portion of the front inclined surface 40 rises more slowly than the front inclined surface 40 from the upper end portion. A rear inclined surface (top surface) 41 is formed, and a downward inclined surface 42 is formed toward the attachment portion 45 to the vertical auger 18.
An opening 52 is formed at substantially the center of the rear inclined surface 41, and an opening / closing lid 43 that closes the opening 52 is attached by a hinge 50 and fastened by a lock member 51. A seal 53 is sandwiched between the upper end edge of the opening 52 and the opening / closing lid 43.
In addition, the hinge 50 of the opening / closing lid 43 forms a protruding edge 43b extending annularly downwardly on the inner side of the opening / closing lid 43 at a position farthest from the insertion port 44 to which the flouring cylinder 54 is attached. The protrusion edge 43b is lengthened at a position far from the insertion port 44, and the grain that is sprung out vigorously by the jumping wing 54 of the milling cylinder 54 is dropped against the protrusion edge 43b. It does not jump out from between the opening / closing lid 43. The protrusion edge 43 b formed on the opening / closing lid 43 has an effect of improving the rigidity of the opening / closing lid 43.
The central portion of the opening / closing lid 43 is transparent and bulges upward to form a bulging portion 43a. As shown in the plan view of FIG. 2 (e), the bulging portion 43 a bulges to the periphery of the mounting portion of the lock member 51 so that the operator of the cockpit seat 20 can see through the interior of the Glen tank 30. . Note that the bulging portion 43a has a concave lens shape in which the thickness of the central portion is reduced or the density is lowered so that sunlight diffuses in the glen tank 30 and the grain is dried.
Alternatively, the bulging portion 43a may be formed in a convex lens shape by increasing the thickness of the central portion or increasing the density so that the inside of the glen tank 30 can be enlarged.
In the rear view of the Glen tank 30, the rear inclined surface 41 is substantially horizontal in the left-right direction, an inner descending inclined surface 47 is formed at the upper side on the inner threshing device side, and a lateral bulging portion 48 is formed at the center of the outer side surface. Is forming. A bottom mounting portion 46 that is attached to the traveling frame 2 is provided at the bottom.
In addition, you may form the whole opening-and-closing lid | cover 43 with a transparent member, and it becomes easy to visually recognize the inside of the glen tank 30 by doing in this way.
FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the Glen tank 30. An upper viewing window 55a and a lower viewing window 55b are provided above and below the front inclined surface 40 so that the upper viewing window 55a can clearly see the upper part in the Glen tank 30, The lower viewing window 55b allows the lower part of the Glen tank 30 to be clearly seen. Alternatively, the upper viewing window 55a is a normal non-enlarging window and the lower viewing window 55b is a window with a magnifying lens, so that the grain can be easily confirmed by the lower viewing window 55b when the grain in the Glen tank 30 is small. Also good.
FIG. 6 shows still another embodiment of the Glen tank 30. A left sight window 56a and a right sight window 56b are provided on the left and right sides of the front inclined surface 40, and either the left sight window 56a or the right sight window 56b is used as a magnifying lens. When the grain in the Glen tank 30 is small as an attached window, it is possible to confirm the accumulation of the grain with the window with a magnifying lens.
FIG. 7 is an external shape of the Glen tank 30 of another embodiment.
FIG. 8 is an external shape of the Glen tank 30 of another embodiment.
FIG. 9 is an external shape of the Glen tank 30 of another embodiment.
FIG. 10 shows a vertical auger 18 and a horizontal auger 19 for taking out the grains in the grain tank 30. The vertical auger 18 is turned by a turning motor 21 to change the direction of the horizontal auger 19. Can change the undulation angle. Further, the lateral auger 19 is configured to change the position of the discharge port 25 at the tip by extending and retracting the front lateral auger 19b with respect to the original lateral auger 19a by driving and rotating the telescopic screw 24 by the telescopic motor 23. .
FIG. 11 is an automatic control block diagram of an auger drive. The signals input to the auger control device 60 are an ON / OFF signal of an automatic extension switch 61, an ON / OFF signal of an automatic shortening switch 62, and an extension amount adjustment. Setting value of dial 63, setting value of shortening amount adjustment dial 64, on / off signal of overhang switch 65, on / off signal of storage switch 66, detection signal of extension side limit switch 67, and shortening side Signals output from the auger control device 60 as detection signals of the limit switch 68 are a drive signal for the swing motor 21, a drive signal for the lift solenoid 69 of the lift cylinder 22, and a drive signal for the telescopic motor 23.
As shown in the control flowchart of FIG. 12, when the automatic shortening switch 62 is pressed, the front auger 19b is automatically shortened to the position set by the shortening adjustment dial 64 or the position of the shortening limit switch 68.
As shown in the control flowchart of FIG. 13, when the automatic extension switch 61 is pressed, the front auger 19b is automatically extended to the position set by the extension adjustment dial 63 or the position of the extension limit switch 67.
The position that automatically expands and contracts can be changed by changing the drive time set by the timer.
In addition, when driving with the battery which each provides the traveling device 3, the reaping device 6, and the threshing device of the combine 1, if battery power falls, if it is made to supply all electric power preferentially to the battery of the traveling device 3. When the overall battery power is reduced, the combine 1 can be moved to the retracted position.

2 Airframe frame 20 Pilot seat 30 Glen tank 30a Overhang 40 Inclined surface (front inclined surface)
41 Top surface (rear inclined surface)
43 Opening / Closing Lid 43a Swelling Part 43b Protruding Edge 44 Inserting Port 50 Mounting Hinge 51 Locking Member 52 Opening Part 54 Graining Device (Graining Cylinder)

Claims (4)

A cockpit (20) is provided on the fuselage frame (2), a Glen tank (30) is provided on the rear side of the cockpit (20), and an opening (52) is formed on the upper surface (41) of the Glen tank (30). ), And the opening (52) is provided with a lid (43) that can be opened and closed. The lid (43) is provided with a lock member (51) that holds the lid (43) in a closed state. The combine is characterized in that a transparent bulging portion (43a) is formed at a portion of the lid (43) excluding the mounting portion of the lock member (51). The combine of Claim 1 which formed the protrusion edge (43b) which protrudes toward the inner side of a Glen tank (30) in the lower peripheral part of the said cover (43). An inlet (44) of a cerealing device (54) for introducing grains into the grain tank (30) is communicated with one side of the grain tank (30), and the protruding edge (43b) The part farther from the inlet (44) than the part on the (44) side is extended downward, and the downwardly extending portion of the projection edge (43b) is opposed to the inlet (44). 2. Combine according to 2. An inlet (44) of a cerealing device (54) for transferring grains into the grain tank (30) is communicated with one side of the grain tank (30), and the lid (43) is connected to the grain tank (30). 4. The combine according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the attachment hinge (50) that is pivotably attached to the side of the lid (43) is provided at a part of the lid (43) that is away from the insertion port (44). .

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