JP3450395B2 - Container storage section of root crop harvester - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is designed to extract root crops such as carrots and radishes planted in a field, and to cut the leaves to collect the containers. The present invention relates to a container storage section of a root crop harvester. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, root crops such as carrots and radishes planted in a field have been sandwiched and pulled diagonally upward at the rear of the machine and suspended. A harvesting transfer device to be transported is provided on one side of the machine body opposite to the boarding operation unit and the driving unit, and a leaf cutting device that cuts the foliage of root vegetables from the harvesting transfer device, and from a leaf cutting device A collection unit that collects the root crops is provided on one side of the machine on the same side as the harvesting transport device, and a container placement unit during collection of the collection unit is arranged at the rear of the machine. A container mounting table is provided between the device and the boarding operation section and the driving section, and empty containers are stacked and stored on the container mounting table, and containers storing root vegetables are arranged or stacked and stored. Was composed. However, when the container being collected is full of root crops, the empty containers stacked on the container mounting table are taken out one by one while being lifted, and a heavy full container is being collected. It is necessary to take out the container from the container mounting part, move it to the container mounting part, and set the empty container that has been taken out to the container mounting part during collection, and empty containers and full containers are mixed on the same container mounting part. Therefore, the work of replenishing containers to the container placement part during collection and the work of collecting containers from the container placement part during collection are troublesome, and there is room for improvement in the handling of containers. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to facilitate the operation of replenishing containers to and from the container receiver during collection. A feature of the present invention is to provide a harvesting transporting apparatus which clamps the foliage of root crops planted in a field, pulls it obliquely upward at the rear of the fuselage, and suspends and transports it. A board cutting operation unit and a driving unit are provided on one side of the machine body on the opposite side, and a leaf cutting device for cutting the foliage of root vegetables from the harvesting transport device, and collecting root vegetables from the leaf cutting device. A collecting unit (9) is provided on one side of the machine body on the same side as the harvesting transport device, and in the root crop harvesting machine in which the collecting container mounting part of the collecting unit is arranged at the rear of the machine body, an empty container is moved forward and backward. An empty container storage part to be placed in a state where the container is placed in a row is provided on the lateral outer side of the harvesting transport device in a state where the rear end is located at substantially the same level on one side of the collecting container placing part, Place containers containing root crops side by side A full container storage unit is provided between the harvesting transport device and the boarding operation unit and the driving unit in a state in which a rear end of the full container storage unit is located at substantially the same level on the other side of the collection container mounting unit. , Left and right with respect to the container
Rear end of the empty container storage section
Move the container horizontally between the rear ends of the container storage
The point is that a path is formed . That is, the empty container storage section is arranged laterally outside the harvesting transport device, and the full container storage section is separately arranged between the harvesting transport device and the boarding operation section and the driving section. Both the empty container storage section and the full container storage section are configured so that the containers are placed in a state of being arranged in front and rear, and the rear end portion is substantially at the same level as the side of the collecting container placement section being collected. When the container in the container storage section is full of harvested root vegetables during collection, it is moved sideways to the full container storage section while the full container is mounted, and the empty container is loaded. It is only necessary to perform a simple container movement operation that moves the container sideways to the collecting container placement part while keeping it.Also, the container movement between the empty container storage part, the collecting container placement part, and the full container storage part It can be performed orderly along a nearly U-shaped path in plan view,
As a whole, it is possible to easily execute a container replenishment operation to the collecting container mounting portion and a container collecting operation from the collecting container mounting portion. As a result, it has become possible to provide a root crop harvesting machine which is easy to handle containers for collecting root crops and which is more excellent in collection workability. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in order to hold a foliage of root vegetables such as carrot and radish planted in a field, pull it obliquely upward at the rear of the fuselage and carry it in a suspended manner. A harvesting transporting device 1 comprising a pair of left and right driven rotatable clamping transport belts is disposed on a body having a crawler type traveling device 2 on one side of the machine opposite to the riding operation unit 5 and the driving unit 6. A pair of left and right weeding tools 3 and a cutting blade 4 are provided on the front end side of the harvesting transfer device 1, and the foliage of root vegetables is raised by the weeding device 3 to smoothly transfer the harvesting transfer device 1. It is configured so that the soil on both sides of the root vegetables is cut off by the cutting blade 4 and the root vegetables are smoothly pulled out. A leaf cutting device 8 for cutting the foliage of root crops from the harvesting transfer device 1 is provided on one side of the machine body on the same side as the harvesting transfer device 1. Drivable position setting transfer device 8a and position setting transfer device 8 acting on the upper end of root crops suspended by transfer device 1
a cutting and conveying device 8b comprising a pair of left and right drivable holding and conveying belts which receive the foliage portion from a at a fixed position above the holding position, and root vegetables conveyed by the cutting and conveying device 8b. On the other hand, a pair of left and right rotatable rotary blades 8c for cutting the foliage at the root are provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the roller 8ac is attached to each of the holders 8ab attached to the left and right rotating chains 8aa in a state where the rollers 8ac are urged in the approaching direction by the springs 8ad. The supporting shaft is set so as to rotate by the movement of the foliage in the longitudinal direction, and as the harvesting conveyance device 1 pulls up, the root vegetables are raised until they come into contact with the rollers 8ac. A collecting unit 9 for collecting root vegetables from the leaf cutting device 8 is provided below the leaf cutting and conveying device 8 on one side of the machine body on the same side as the harvesting and conveying device 1 to form the collecting unit 9. Drop the small root vegetables into the lower container 11,
Sorting conveyor 9 for supplying a large-diameter container to collecting container 12 mounted on collecting container mounting portion 9a at the rear of the fuselage
b and a chute 9c for guiding root vegetables falling from the leaf cutting device 8 to the sorting conveyor 9b. An empty container storage unit 14 in which empty containers 13 are placed in a state of being arranged in front and rear is mounted in a vertically movable manner so that it can be stored in an upright posture toward the machine body. 1, the rear end portion of the empty container storage section 14 is arranged at substantially the same level on the side of the collecting container mounting section 9a. A full container storage section 16 in which containers 15 containing root vegetables are placed in a front-to-back arrangement is placed at a rear end of the container storage section 9a. The first conveyor 16a and the second conveyor 16b such as a roller type or a belt type for feeding the container from the first conveyor 16a forward are formed between the harvesting transport device 1 and the boarding operation unit 5 and the driving unit 6. The rear end portion of the full container storage section 16 is disposed at substantially the same level on the side of the collecting container mounting section 9a. That is, the empty container storage unit 14 and the full container storage unit 16 are separately arranged, and both the empty container storage unit 14 and the full container storage unit 16 are configured so that the containers are placed in a state of being arranged in front and rear. In addition, the rear end portion is formed at the same level as the lateral side of the collecting container mounting portion 9a, and when the container of the collecting container mounting portion 9a is full of harvested root vegetables, the container is full. Is moved laterally to the full container storage section 16 with the container being placed, and is laterally moved to the collecting container mounting section 9a with the empty container being mounted. The container movement over the full container storage section 16 is systematically performed along a substantially U-shaped path in plan view, and as a whole, the container refilling operation to the collecting container mounting section 9a and the collecting Container recovery operations from Tena mounting portion 9a are facilitated. A foliage transport device 10 including a drivable transport chain 10a for releasing the cut foliage from the leaf cutting device 8 to the outside of the machine, a clamping rail 10b, and the like. Are arranged so as to convey the cut foliage obliquely across the front of the fuselage on the other side of the fuselage. [Other Embodiments] The specific configuration for forming the empty container storage section 14 or the full container storage section 16 can be changed as appropriate. 16 may be formed. In the claims, reference numerals are provided for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in the attached drawings.

[Brief description of the drawings] FIG. 1 is an overall plan view FIG. 2 is an overall side view. FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrows AA in FIG. 2; [Explanation of symbols] 1 Harvesting transport device 5 Boarding Driving Department 6 Drive unit 8 Leaf cutting device 9 Collection section 9a Container collection part during collection 14 Empty container storage 16 Full Container Storage

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-5-268816 (JP, A) JP-A-5-168326 (JP, A) JP-A-5-53423 (JP, U) JP-A-5-26823 72021 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A01D 13/00-33/14

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims 1] A boarding operation of a harvesting transporting device (1) that sandwiches the foliage of root crops planted in a field, pulls it obliquely upward at the rear of the fuselage, and hangs and transports it. Part (5) and driving part (6)
A leaf cutting device (8) provided on one side of the machine body on the opposite side to cut the foliage of root vegetables from the harvesting transport device (1), and root vegetables from the leaf cutting device (8) A collecting unit (9) for collecting the waste is provided on one side of the machine body on the same side as the harvesting transport device (1), and the collecting container mounting part (9a) of the collecting unit (9) is arranged at the rear of the machine body. In the harvested root vegetable harvesting machine, the empty container storage section (14) for placing empty containers in a state of being arranged in front and rear, the rear end of which is substantially the same as one side of the collecting container placement section (9a). A full container storage section (16), which is provided on the lateral outer side of the harvesting transport device (1) in a state where it is positioned at a level, and in which containers storing root vegetables are placed in a front-to-back arrangement, has a rear end portion. In the state where it is located at almost the same level on the other side beside the container placing portion (9a) during collection It is provided between the harvesting transport device (1) and the boarding operation unit (5) and the driving unit (6), and swings to the left and right with respect to the collecting container mounting unit (9a).
Fully filled with rear end of empty container storage (14)
Place the container horizontally between the rear ends of the container storages (16).
Container storage section for root crop harvesters that form a path for movement .