JP2928768B2 - Lotus root digging machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lotus root excavator that moves freely in a lotus field, and excavates and cultivates cultivated lotus roots without requiring any human intervention.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hasuda has 30 mud layers on a plow (ground).
A lotus root is grown so as to crawl in mud close to the cultivation layer at the time of harvesting. Lotus roots are harvested in the winter, and the harvesters must work with considerable effort in the cold winds of lotus fields in cold winds.

[0003] In order to reduce such labor, conventionally, as a method and apparatus, a method of removing the upper layer soil of a lotus root with a tractor fork and harvesting (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-187720). Or a method of excavating lotus roots by injecting water with a water injection nozzle installed on a float (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-29862, Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-25)
See No. 0526. ).

[0004]

However, in the lotus field, the wheels of the tractor are caught in muddy fields, making it impossible to move as expected, giving anxiety to cultivators. Not only is the float unable to demonstrate its mobility in the muddy water of Hasuda, but it is also troublesome to store it when not in use, including the float. Further, even if the upper soil on the tillage is mechanically removed by a tractor or the like, the worker must excavate the lotus root with a hoe, and the labor is not reduced. When water injection is used, a large amount of water is required, and a water supply facility such as a well and tap water is required on the side of the lotus, and there is a problem that equipment costs are required.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and it is possible to move quickly without having to step on a muddy field in a lotus field, and not to worry about a cultivator even on land. With a mobile work vehicle that can be moved, the mud around the lotus root is removed with compressed air, and the lotus root is raised with air bubbles to dig it up functionally, and the dug lotus root is automatically assisted for harvesting It is conveyed without the use of manpower to like, thoroughly to reduce the effort of lotus root digging work, to provide a lotus root digging Ri machine. And, if there is a water supply facility on the side of Hasuda, in addition to the compressed air, lotus root that can spray the pressurized water alone
To provide a drilling Ri machine.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides a front float and a rear float which are rotatably connected to each other by a connector and which can be steered by operation of a hydraulic cylinder; A pair of left and right front paddy wheels attached to the float, and a pair of left and right rear paddy wheels attached to the rear float, and a hydraulic motor, a driver's seat, an operating device, and a lotus digging disposed on the front float. Power including a working device, an engine, a hydraulic pump, and an air compressor mounted on the rear float, and a propeller shaft, a universal joint, and a differential device for driving the front paddy wheels and the rear paddy wheels by the hydraulic pump with four wheels. Transmission system,
Provide a lotus excavator, consisting of

According to the present invention, an endless track type paddy traveling wheel may be used in place of the paddy wheel attached to the front float and the rear float. That is, the present invention is a front float and a rear float that are rotatably connected to each other by a connector and can be steered by the operation of a hydraulic cylinder, and a pair of left and right front paddy traveling wheels of an endless track type attached to the front float, And a pair of left and right endless track-type rear paddy traveling wheels attached to the rear float, a driver's seat disposed on the front float, an operating device, and a working device for digging lotus roots, and mounted on the rear float. An engine, a hydraulic pump, and an air compressor, and a plurality of left and right traveling wheels driven by the hydraulic pump and driven by the endless track type front paddy traveling wheel and rear paddy traveling wheel. A lotus excavator including a hydraulic motor may be used.

According to the present invention, there is provided a working device comprising: a swivel base provided at a front portion of a front float and capable of performing a horizontal swiveling operation;
A boom pivotally attached to the swivel, an arm pivotally attached to the tip of the boom, and a bucket pivotally attached to the tip of the arm, wherein the boom, the arm and the bucket are respectively hydraulic cylinders. is a hydraulically operated operation, the bucket provides lotus root excavation Ri machine comprising an injection nozzle and drainboard shaped grating portion for injecting compressed air from the air compressor.

The bucket according to the present invention comprises a support rod having a base end pivotally connected to the distal end of the arm, an annular pipe provided at the distal end of the support rod, and a plurality of jets protruding from the front side of the annular pipe. It comprises a nozzle, a cover that covers the injection nozzle, a reinforcing member that reinforces the annular pipe, and a lattice-shaped lattice portion that is attached to the inside of the annular pipe.

In the present invention, a water intake valve device is provided on the rear float, and the supply of compressed water from the injection nozzle in addition to the compressed air from the air compressor or the supply of the compressed air from the air compressor is stopped. The configuration was such that only pressurized water could be injected.

The paddy wheel or paddy traveling wheel of the present invention may be provided with a paddle portion on the outer peripheral surface thereof, which has a function of increasing the frictional force on the traveling surface and also functioning as a web pad.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on embodiments with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3,
The lotus excavator 1 of the present invention includes a front float 2 and a rear float 3 formed of FRP, and the front float 2 and the rear float 3 are connected to each other by a coupler 4 so as to be rotatable in horizontal and vertical directions. . A hydraulic cylinder 5 for steering is provided between the front float 2 and the rear float 3, and the steering operation is performed by the expansion and contraction operation.

The front float 2 is provided with a pair of left and right front paddy wheels 6, and the rear float 3 is provided with a pair of left and right rear paddy wheels 7. A pair of left and right axle case mounting members 8 are provided at the bottom of the front float 2, and the axle case 9 for the front paddy wheel 6 is pivotally mounted by the axle case mounting members 8. An axle case attachment member 10 is provided, and the axle case attachment member 10 pivotally attaches an axle case 11 for the rear paddy wheel 7.

The front float 2 is provided at the front with a working device 12 for excavating or harvesting lotus roots, and behind the operating device 13, a driver's seat 14, a hydraulic motor 15 and a gear box 16 are provided. Have been.

The configuration of the working device 12 will be described. A swivel 17 that swings horizontally is provided at the front of the front float 2. The swivel base 17 may be swiveled by a separately provided hydraulic motor via a speed reduction mechanism.
A hydraulic cylinder may be arranged between the front float 7 and the front float 2, and the swivel 17 may be swung by expansion and contraction.

A base end of a boom 18 is pivotally mounted on the swivel base 17, and a hydraulic cylinder 19 is provided between the swivel base 17 and the boom 18. The boom 18 is rotated by this expansion and contraction. A base end of an arm 20 is pivotally attached to a distal end of the boom 18, and a hydraulic cylinder 21 is provided between the boom 18 and the arm 20, whereby the arm 20 rotates. Further, a bucket 22 for digging lotus roots is pivotally attached to the tip of the arm 20, and a hydraulic cylinder 23 is provided between the arm 20 and the bucket 22.
2 swings.

As described above, the boom 18, the arm 20 and the bucket 22 move the swivel 17 with respect to the front float 2.
As a result, the boom 18, the arm 20, and the bucket 22 can be independently rotated to change the inclination angle, thereby expanding and contracting in the front-rear direction as a whole, and It can be stabbed and raked in at an angle.

In FIGS. 4 to 7, the bucket 22
Support rod 2 pivotally attached to the tip of arm 20 and extending in the front-rear direction
4 and an annular pipe 25 provided at the tip of the support rod 24
And a reinforcing rod 2 extending in the front-rear direction at the center of the annular pipe 25.
6. Inside the annular pipe 25, there is provided a lattice-like lattice portion 27 extending in the front-rear direction. Reinforcing rod 2
At the center of 6, there is formed a mounting portion 28 to which the tip of the piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder 23 is attached.

At the center of the base end of the annular pipe 25, there is provided a stopper 30 which communicates with the inside of the annular pipe 25 and to which the tip of the air supply pipe 29 is attached. A plurality of injection nozzles 31 project forward from the front surface of the annular pipe 25. As shown in FIG. 1, 2, 4, and 6 by an imaginary line 33 and in FIG.
1 is provided with a cover 33 to cover except for the injection port 32, so that the injection nozzle 31 does not damage the lotus root during operation. The bucket 22 is formed slightly curved downward as a whole.

The hydraulic motor and the power transmission system will be described with reference to FIGS. As the hydraulic motor 15 disposed on the front float 2, a continuously variable rotary swash plate type hydraulic motor is employed, and the output of the hydraulic motor 15 is transmitted to a gear box 16 provided below or adjacent thereto. You. The output of the gearbox 16 is transmitted to a front differential device 36 and a rear differential device 37 via a front propeller shaft 34 and a rear propeller shaft 35, respectively, and further, by the front axle and the rear axle, the front paddy wheel 6 and the rear paddy wheel. 7 is driven. Thereby, the front paddy wheel 6 and the rear paddy wheel 7 are respectively driven, and the four-wheel drive of the lotus excavator 1 is realized.

The front propeller shaft 34 and the rear propeller shaft 35 are connected to the output shaft of the gearbox 16 and the front and rear differential devices via two universal joints 38, respectively, so that the front float 2 and the rear float 3 are mutually connected. Even with relative movement, hydraulic motor 1
5 is transmitted to the front and rear differential devices 36 and 37, respectively.

The rear float 3 has an engine 39 and two hydraulic pumps 40, 4 driven by the engine 39.
1. The air compressor 42 and the like are mounted. One of the two hydraulic pumps is connected to the hydraulic motor 15 through a hydraulic pipe 43 to drive the hydraulic motor 15. The other hydraulic pump 41 is connected to the steering hydraulic cylinder 5 and the hydraulic cylinders 19, 21, and 23 of the working device 12 via hydraulic passage switching valve devices and the like controlled by the operation of the respective hydraulic pipes 44 and 45 and the operating device 13. And each hydraulic cylinder is operated.

The air compressor 42 is connected to the engine 39
Is driven through the transmission belt 46 by the air opening / closing valve 4.
7 and the plug 3 of the bucket 12 via the pneumatic feed pipe 29
It is communicated to 0.

During normal work, the air opening / closing valve 47 is opened and only the compressed air is supplied to the bucket 22 to perform the work. However, when there is a water source 48 such as a well near the lotus, the compressed air is used. Alternatively, pressure water may be sent, or the air compressor 42 may be stopped and the air opening / closing valve 47 may be closed to send only pressure water. For this reason, the lotus excavator 1 of the present invention is provided with a water intake valve device 49, and a water supply pipe 50 from a water source 48 is connected to the inlet side of the water intake valve device 49,
The intake valve device 49 is opened so that water can be joined to the air pressure pipe 29. The junction 51 may be provided with a jet device that forms a constricted portion in the air pressure pipe 29 to generate a negative pressure and take in the water flow from the water supply pipe 50 from the surroundings.

The operating device 13 arranged on the front float 2
Has a switch and a lever 51, and the operator can operate the engine 39, the hydraulic pump 4
0, the hydraulic motor 15 is controlled to perform running operations of the front float 2 and the rear float 3 such as starting / stopping, increasing / decelerating, moving forward / backward of the front and rear paddy wheels 6, 7;
The hydraulic pump 41, the oil passage switching valve device, and the like are controlled to operate the hydraulic cylinders 5, 19, 21, and 23, respectively, to perform the steering traveling and the operation of the working device 12.

In FIG. 8, the paddy wheels 6, 7 are formed by fixing a rubber ring 53 to a frame wheel 52 by baking. The rubber ring 53 includes a rigid base 54 fixed to the frame wheel 52 by baking, and a plurality of rigid paddles 55 projecting outward from the base 54. Paddle section 55
Has the effect of digging into the ground when moving on land and inside the lotus, producing frictional forces and propelling it as webbing in the water in the lotus, effectively functioning as an amphibious wheel. Demonstrate.

In FIG. 9, when working using the lotus root digging machine 1 of the present invention, the harvested lotus root 56 is
It is convenient to float an auxiliary float 57 for storing the harvested lotus root 56 so as to receive and store the lotus root directly. The auxiliary float 57 is connected to the front float 2 or the rear float 3 via a rope 58 or the like, and the rope 58 may be used by dragging the rope 58 to the side of the front float 2 as needed.

In the embodiment described above, a pair of left and right paddy wheels is provided on each of the front float and the rear float to provide a four-wheel drive vehicle. It is good also as a crawler by providing a wheel. Specifically, a pair of left and right front paddy traveling wheels of an endless track type are provided on the front float, and a pair of left and right rear paddy traveling wheels of the endless track type are provided on the rear float, and these pair of left and right paddy traveling of these endless tracks are provided. A hydraulic motor is provided independently for each of the wheels, and each of the plurality of hydraulic motors is driven by the hydraulic pump 40. In other words, a traveling mechanism itself that drives each of a pair of left and right traveling wheels of an endless track type by a hydraulic motor is known in an agricultural work machine, a power shovel, a trencher, and the like. This is applied to the front and rear floats, which are features of the present invention. If the endless track is a rubber crawler, and if the same structure as the rigid paddle portion 55 of the paddy wheels 6, 7 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rubber crawler, the functions described later will be exhibited similarly to the paddy wheels 6, 7, and the effect will be obtained. To play.

At the tip of the arm 20, in addition to the bucket 22 for digging lotus roots, a bucket for various agricultural operations such as a bucket for paddy / field and field cultivation, rice harvesting, and rice harvesting is arranged. , as well as lotus root diggers Ri machine, cultivation in paddy fields and fields, can be used as a general-purpose agricultural machine that can harvest work. Furthermore, a bucket for civil engineering work such as excavation and transportation work, and other buckets and work tools for various kinds of work are attached to the tip of the arm, so that the lotus excavator 1 can be used for various works. Can be.

Next, the operation of the lotus excavator 1 according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described. The operator starts the engine 39, operates the hydraulic pump 40, and drives the hydraulic motor 15. By operating the operation lever 51 of lotus root drilling Ri machine 1, the road can be moved up Hasuda traveling by conventional automotive Similarly paddy wheels 6,7.

[0031] In the lotus root digging Ri work in the Hasuda, lotus root
Drilling Ri machine 1 is traveling on a culture plate 60 above in water of Hasuda. In this case, lotus root diggers Ri machine 1 is the front float 2 and rear float 3
Therefore, even if the lotus inside has a layer of mud 61 of 30 to 50 cm, the mobility as a four-wheel drive vehicle is exhibited, and the front and rear paddy wheels 6, The paddle portion 55 grips the plow 60 sufficiently to generate a propulsive force. In addition, the floats 2 and 3 appropriately apply buoyancy to the whole lotus excavator 1 so as to prevent the front and rear paddy wheels 6 and 7 from getting stuck in the mud layer 61 and becoming unable to move. It is possible to move smoothly.

The operator, by expansion and contraction of the steering cylinder 5 by the operation unit 13, to the pivot forward float 2 to the left and right, to which the rear float 3 is to follow turning right and left, lotus root diggers Ri machine 1 Steering becomes possible. In this manner, the front float 2 and the rear float 3 are independently connected to each other and can be steered, so that small turning is possible, and the front and rear paddy wheels 6, 7 cannot be moved by the mud 61 on the plow 60. Such a situation is prevented, and the traveling steering performance is excellent.

When harvesting the lotus root 56, the worker moves the lotus digging machine 1 to a position just before the row of the grown lotus root 56. Then, the air opening / closing valve 47 is opened by the operating device 13, the operation of the air compressor 41 is started, and the supply of compressed air is started by the air pressure pipe 29.

The operator starts the hydraulic pump 41, operates the operating device 13 and operates the boom 18, the arm 20, and the bucket 22 by the hydraulic cylinders 19, 21, and 23, as shown in FIG. The bucket 22 is inserted into the mud 61 below the lotus root 56 from the front, and the nozzle 31
To inject compressed air. Then, the earth and sand 63 around the lotus root 56 is deleted by the jetting force of the compressed air, and the air after jetting rises in the water as bubbles 62 and blows up the lotus root 56 while blowing up the earth and sand 63 by the force of the air lift.
Will emerge one after another. In this state, the bucket 22 can be operated to harvest the lotus root 56 by scooping it on the vertical lattice portion 27 of the bucket. As described above, the compressed air is injected from the injection nozzle 31 to advance the lotus digging machine 1 while operating the bucket 22, and the plurality of lotus roots 56
Is harvested in the bucket 22 .

The operator uses the operating device 13 to turn the turntable 1.
7 to turn the boom 18, the arm 20, the bucket 2
2 turns sideways. An auxiliary float 57 connected to the front or rear float 3 via a rope or the like is dragged to the side of the front float 2 to position the bucket 22 above the auxiliary float 57, and the bucket 22 is operated by the hydraulic cylinder 23 The harvested lotus root 56 can be stored in the auxiliary harvest float 57.

[0036]

According to the lotus excavator of the present invention, the front and rear floats are rotatably connected to each other to form a four-wheel drive vehicle, so that both on land and in the lotus can make small turns and are powerful. Can be moved to Moreover, due to the buoyancy of the front and rear floats, the whole lotus excavator works moderately upward, and the weight of the lotus excavator causes the front and rear paddy wheels to bite into the cultivator or the mud on it, causing the front and rear paddy wheels to move. It is possible to prevent a person from getting stuck or getting into the Hasuda area, and there is no concern for workers. This effect also occurs similarly in a configuration in which a pair of endless track type paddy traveling wheels driven by a hydraulic motor are attached to each of the front float and the rear float.

Since the bucket for digging the lotus root of the present invention utilizes compressed air, the compressed air is used to remove soil, sand, and the like around the lotus root.
Blowing off the mud and digging up the lotus root, the jetted air rises as a bubble, lifts the lotus root by the air lift action together with earth and sand, mud, etc., and can harvest this in the bucket, and the lotus root harvested in the bucket,
Since it can be automatically transported to the float for harvesting without human intervention, labor for digging and raising work in the cold wind can be greatly reduced.

[0038] Further, the lotus root excavation Ri machine of the present invention, since to be able to pressure water also injected from the injection nozzle provided intake valve device, when there is a water supply facilities on the side of Hasuda, in addition to compressed air, or alone It is also possible to inject pressure water with.

Further, if buckets and working tools for various uses such as agricultural work and civil engineering work are interchangeably mounted on the tip of the arm, it can be used not only for a lotus excavator but also for various works.

If the front and rear paddy wheels are baked with rubber rings on the frame wheels, and paddles are formed on the outer periphery of the rubber rings, the tires will bite into the road surface, the tillage, etc. in the same manner as ordinary tires. It has a frictional effect and acts as a webbed in the water of Hasuda, generating effective propulsion in the water. In this case, the same effect can be obtained by adopting an endless track type paddy traveling wheel in place of the paddy wheel, and in particular, using a rubber crawler as the endless track and forming a paddle portion on the outer periphery thereof.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a lotus excavator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall plan view of the lotus excavator of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall bottom view illustrating a power transmission system of the lotus excavator according to the present invention.

4 is a perspective view of a bucket for lotus root digging lotus drilling Ri machine of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a cover of a bucket, and is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 6;

FIG. 6 is a plan view illustrating a bucket.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a main part of a bucket.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a paddy wheel.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an operation for storing a lotus root in an auxiliary float by a lotus root digging machine.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an operation by the lotus excavator according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 lotus excavator 2 front float 3 rear float 4 coupler 5 steering hydraulic cylinder 6 front paddy wheel 7 rear paddy wheel 9 front axle case 11 rear axle case 12 working device 13 operating device 14 driver's seat 15 hydraulic motor 16 gearbox 19, 21, 23 Hydraulic cylinder for work 22 Bucket for digging lotus 31 Injection nozzle 33 Cover 34 Front propeller shaft 35 Rear propeller shaft 36 Front differential device 37 Rear differential device 39 Engine 40, 41 Hydraulic pump 42 Air compressor 48 Well 49 Intake valve device 57 Auxiliary float

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A front float and a rear float which are rotatably connected to each other by a coupler and which can be steered by operation of a hydraulic cylinder, a pair of left and right front paddy wheels mounted on the front float, and mounted on the rear float. A pair of left and right rear paddy wheels, a hydraulic motor disposed on the front float, a driver's seat, an operating device, and a working device for digging a lotus root, an engine mounted on the rear float, a hydraulic pump,
And a power transmission system including a propeller shaft, a universal joint, and a differential device for driving the front and rear paddy wheels by four wheels by the hydraulic pump. . 2. A front float and a rear float which are rotatably connected to each other by a coupler and which can be steered by the operation of a hydraulic cylinder; a pair of left and right front paddy traveling wheels of an endless track type attached to the front float; A pair of right and left rear paddy traveling wheels of an endless track type attached to the rear float, a driver seat, an operating device, and a work device for digging lotus roots arranged on the front float, and mounted on the rear float. Engine, hydraulic pump,
And an air compressor; and a plurality of hydraulic motors driven by the hydraulic pump and provided to drive a pair of left and right traveling wheels of the endless track type front paddy traveling wheel and rear paddy traveling wheel. Lotus root excavator characterized by being done. 3. A working device, wherein the working device is provided at a front portion of a front float and is capable of horizontal turning operation, a boom pivotally mounted on the turning table, an arm pivotally mounted on a tip of the boom, and the arm. A bucket pivotally attached to a tip end, wherein the boom, the arm, and the bucket are each operated by a hydraulic operation of a hydraulic cylinder, and the bucket is an injection nozzle and an air nozzle that inject compressed air from an air compressor. A lotus root according to claim 1 or 2, comprising:
Drilling Ri machine. 4. A bucket comprising: a support rod having a base end pivotally connected to a distal end of an arm; an annular pipe provided at the distal end of the support rod; a plurality of injection nozzles protruding from a front side of the annular pipe; The cover which is put on the injection nozzle, a reinforcing member which reinforces the annular pipe, and a lattice-shaped lattice part attached inside the ring of the annular pipe are provided. Lotus excavator. 5. A water intake valve device is provided on the rear float, and the injection nozzle supplies compressed water in addition to compressed air from an air compressor, or stops supply of the compressed air from the air compressor to supply only compressed water. 5. The lotus excavator according to claim 1, wherein the excavator is capable of jetting. 6. A paddle wheel or a paddle traveling wheel is provided with a plurality of outwardly protruding paddle portions having a function of increasing the frictional force on the traveling surface and also functioning as a web pad. Claims 1, 2, 3, and 4
Or described 5 lotus root diggers Ri machine.