JP3691867B2 - Grain container handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to an improvement in a grain container handling apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art and its problems]
As shown in FIG. 12, this conventional cereal container handling apparatus is detachably mounted with support means having casters at the front and rear four places on the left and right outer sides of the cereal container. The lifting / lowering lifter provided on the loading platform of the transport vehicle is acted on the top surface of the transport vehicle so that the grain container is slightly lifted from the loading platform surface, and the lifting / lowering caster mechanism is attached / detached, and the grain container is mounted on the loading platform. However, they are stored in a predetermined place.
According to such a conventional example, not only is the loading or unloading operation of the cereal container to the transport vehicle complicated, but when storing the cereal container when not in use, a large space as it is in the planar shape of the cereal container is required. In addition, there are inconveniences in handling such as being unable to pass through narrow spaces.
[0003]
The object of the present invention is to facilitate the loading and unloading of the cereal container on the carrier platform, enabling the cereal container to be moved and stored in a vertical position, greatly reducing the storage space and improving the movement efficiency. There is to plan.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The structure of the present invention that solves the problems of the prior art is that a screw transfer body is pivoted in the longitudinal direction of the bottom center of a plane rectangular grain container that can be mounted on a carrier bed of a transport vehicle, and the grain transfer of this screw transfer body At the bottom of the discharge port provided at the end is connected a transport body that accepts the discharged cereal from the discharge port and discharges it to the outside, and rotates the cereal discharge port part equipped with a motor that drives the transfer body in the transport body In the cereal container which is connected, the movement support means of the cart structure is detachable at a substantially central position on the left and right long sides of the cereal container, and the cereal container is in two horizontal and vertical positions with respect to the movement support means The pivot direction is such that the vertical posture of the cereal container can be obtained only by the downward rotation on the side where the cereal discharge port is installed. The provision of regulatory means, And, cereals outlet portion are those that have means for locking the rotation to cereals container, the preventing means Ri floating of the motor at the time of the vertical orientation of the cereal container.
Means for locking the rotation of the grain outlet port provided with the motor constituting the grain container and means for preventing the motor from lifting when the grain container is in a vertical posture are provided.
[0005]
[Action]
By providing a rotation direction restricting means in the pivot support so that the vertical posture of the cereal container can be obtained only by downward rotation on the side where the cereal discharge port and the motor are rotatably attached, As a result, there is little swinging of the cereal discharge port part, damage to the mechanism part can be prevented, and stability of the cereal container in a vertical posture can be improved. It is possible to easily prevent the motor, which is higher than the cereal discharge port, from being lifted in a vertical posture, and to further improve the stability of the cereal container by swinging.
[0006]
【Example】
Next, details of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 is a side view showing the movement and storage of the cereal container, FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state where the cereal container is mounted on or unloaded from the carrier bed, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a connecting mechanism between the moving carriage and the cereal container, FIG. 6 is a side view of the lifting / lowering lifter provided on the cereal container, and FIG. FIG. 8, FIG. 8 is a front view of the lifting lifter, FIG. 9 is a plan view of the cereal discharge mechanism, FIG. 10 is a partially cutaway side view of the cereal mechanism, and FIG. 11 is another embodiment of the regulating body shown in FIG. It is a perspective view shown.
[0007]
The present invention includes a moving support A and a cereal container B pivotally supported by the moving support A, and the moving support A is configured as follows. In other words, casters 3 are respectively attached to the front and rear ends of the platform 2 that is slightly longer than the height h of the grain container B with the hopper 1 removed, and the knock pin 4 is inserted into the upper center of the platform 2. A support base 6 having a square pipe structure with a small hole 5 is suspended, and a support base 6a having a square pipe structure and a small hole 5a that fits the small hole 5 is formed on the support base 6. Fits so that it can be expanded and contracted. An arm 7 having a square tube structure is horizontally provided on the inner side of the upper end of the support basket 6a, more specifically, on the upper end on the side facing the cereal container B. The disc 8 integrally formed with the restricting protruding piece 8a is provided, and a horizontal rotation support shaft 9 is connected to the arm 7. A small hole 11 through which the knock pin 10 is inserted is provided at the tip of the rotation support shaft 9. .
On the other hand, a frame 12 having a U-shaped planar shape is provided on one side surface of the arm 7 having the rectangular tube structure, and a lock rod 13 that is relatively long and parallel to the axis of the arm 7 is provided on the frame 12 and the disk 8. It is inserted so as to be horizontally movable, and is provided with an urging force that is always directed in the direction of the grain container B with respect to the lock basket 13 by a spiral ridge 14 provided between the inner surface of the frame 12 and the lock basket 13. is there. Further, the base portion of the “shaped connecting rod 15 that is connected to the vertical grain device B is pivotally supported on the inner side of the lower end of the supporting base rod 6. The movable support A is configured as described above. As will be apparent from FIG. 4, the height of the pivot support shaft 9 is as described in the description of the operation described later between the bottom of the grain container B supported horizontally by this and the top surface of the carrier bed. It is designed so that an appropriate interval is configured.
[0008]
Next, the grain container B is configured as follows. In particular, as shown in FIG. 4, a vertical frame 16a and a horizontal frame 16b constitute a cubic frame 16 having a rectangular planar shape, and the cross-sectional shape becomes a flat V shape along the long side direction of the cubic frame 16. A bottom plate 17 composed of both inclined plates 17a and a U-shaped cereal transfer portion 17b provided between the bottom ends of both inclined plates 17a is stretched, and screw transfer driven by a motor 18 to the cereal transfer portion 17b. Mount the body 19. On the other hand, a circular discharge cylinder 17c is provided on the lower surface of the grain delivery end of the grain transfer part 17b, and the discharge cylinder 17c is pivotally supported by the cubic frame 16 as shown in FIGS. A circular receiving cylinder 20a formed on the top of the cereal discharge port 20 is connected in a suspended state. The cereal discharge port 20 is connected to a cereal transport body having a flexible pipe structure with an auger or spiral transfer body, although not shown in particular, on the base plate 21 of the auger. A motor 22 for driving the screw transfer body and the spiral transfer body is mounted. In the figure, 23 is a semicircular guide rail that supports the rotation of the cereal discharge port 20, 24 is a rolling wheel that is mounted on the guide rail 23 provided at the end of the base plate 21, and 25 is the cereal discharge port. A long lock rod that is penetrated and supported on one side of the portion 20 along the longitudinal axis thereof, and the tip of the lock rod 25 has an arcuate guide side wall provided on one side of the guide rail 23. It is inserted and engaged in a lock hole 23b formed in 23a so as to be detachable, and is always directed in the direction of the guide side wall 23a by a spiral ridge 26 projecting between the inner surface of the grain outlet 20 and the lock rod 25. An urging action is applied to the lock rod 25. Further, a holding bracket 23c for preventing the rolling wheel 24 from rising up is provided at the upper end of the arcuate guide side wall 23a.
As shown in FIG. 5 in particular, the rotation support shaft 9 of the movable support A is inserted and supported in a substantially central part of the vertical rod 16a provided at the central part on both long sides constituting the cubic frame 16. A rotation restricting portion to which the shaft cylinder 9a, the locking holes 27a and 27b for holding the horizontal posture and the vertical posture of the grain container B into which the lock rod 13 is fitted, and the rotation restricting protrusion 8a are engaged. A regulating body 29 provided with a recess 28 having an arcuate guide surface 28b that forms two upper and lower portions 28a is attached. The arcuate guide surface 28b has a radius that is a distance connecting the center point of the shaft tube 26 and the inner side surface of the rotation restricting protrusion 8a provided on the disk 8 constituting the movable support A. The guide surface 28b is slidably contacted with the inner surface of the rotation restricting protrusion 8a, and the rotation restricting portion 28a is turned and locked to the rotation restricting protrusion 8a. As described above, when changing the posture of the cereal container B pivotally supported in the horizontal posture to the vertical posture, the side where the movable member having the cereal discharge port portion 20 is installed is regulated to rotate downward in the inclined direction. The movable member such as the discharge port 20 and the motor 22 is not subjected to unnatural and unreasonable stress, and these members are not damaged, so that the posture can be changed smoothly.
The regulating body 29 is formed in a U shape so as to sandwich the vertical rod 16a from the side and is fixed to the vertical rod 16a by welding means. As shown in FIG. Positioning stoppers 30 are provided on the upper and lower sides of the flange 16a, and the upper and lower ends of the regulating body 29 are brought into contact with and supported between the positioning stoppers 30. 31 and the restricting body 29 can be detachably mounted on the vertical rod 16a by the tightening action of the tightening bolt 31. This is because the regulating body 29 is attached to a conventional cereal container already sold so that the handling device of the present invention can be adapted and used.
Further, the central portion of the lever 33 that pivotally supports a relatively large wheel 32 at one end is pivotally attached to the substantially central portion of the lowermost horizontal rail 16b on the left and right long sides constituting the cubic frame 16, and this A base portion of the connecting rod 34 is connected to the other end of the lever 33 in a right angle direction, and one end of the connecting rod 34 projects slightly outward from the cubic frame 16 as shown in FIG. An operating rod 35 having a pipe structure is attached obliquely, and an elevating lifter 37 constructed by inserting an operating lever 36 which is long and provided with a retaining structure at both ends is attached to the operating rod 35. In the figure, reference numeral 38 denotes a hook rod that is engaged with the lower surface of the lowermost horizontal rod 16b in order to prevent the wheel 32 in the vertical posture from being inadvertently operated by a load. The grain container B of the present invention is configured as described above. Further, in the figure, 39 is a transport vehicle and 40 is a loading platform.
[0009]
[Description of handling work]
When the cereal container B in the storage state is mounted on the loading platform 40 of the transport vehicle 39, the cereal container B in the vertical storage position of FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the movable support A is guided so as to sandwich the loading platform 40 of the transport vehicle 39, and the state shown in FIG. Then, when the lifter 37 is operated and set as shown in the figure, the cereal apparatus B is slightly lifted up, and the caster 3 of the movable support A floats as shown in FIGS. In this state, the moving support A is removed from the cereal container B, and when the lifter 37 is operated and stored inside the cubic frame 16, the cereal apparatus B is placed on the loading platform 40.
When all the harvesting operations by the combine are completed and the cereal container B is stored, the cereal container B is lifted up onto the loading platform 40 by the lifter 37. Next, after connecting the moving support A to the cereal container B and returning the lifter 37 to the old state, the caster 3 of the moving support A is grounded and the cereal apparatus B is slightly lowered, but the cereal container B is lifted from the loading platform 40. It is in a state. In this state, the moving support A is moved away from the loading platform 40, or the transport vehicle 39 is moved forward to remove the loading platform 40 from the lower side of the cereal device B, and then the cereal device B in a horizontal posture is manually moved. It is changed to a vertical posture, and after this posture is locked, it is moved to a predetermined location and stored. Since the moving support A is moved by the caster 3, the direction of operation is arbitrarily changed, and the side of the cereal device B is preceded by the passage through a narrow place.
[0010]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
(A) A rectangular cereal container is pivotally supported between a pair of left and right movement support means and can be held in two postures, a horizontal posture and a vertical posture, so that it can be easily mounted on a carrier and unloaded from the carrier. It is possible to move in a narrow place with a vertical posture, and the storage space can be greatly reduced.
(B) By providing a rotation direction restricting means in the pivot support so that the vertical posture of the cereal container can be obtained only by downward rotation on the side where the cereal discharge port and the motor are rotatably attached, The swing of the cereal discharge port portion having a movable structure is small, and the damage to the mechanism portion can be prevented, and the stability of the cereal container in a vertical posture can be improved.
(C) It is possible to easily prevent the motor that is above the cereal discharge port from being lifted up in the vertical posture, and to further improve the stability of the cereal container by swinging.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view showing a movement and storage state of a cereal container.
FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which a cereal container is mounted on or unloaded from a loading platform of a transport vehicle.
4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a connecting mechanism for a moving cart and a cereal container.
FIG. 6 is a side view of an elevating lifter unit provided in a cereal container.
FIG. 7 is a plan view of an elevating lifter unit.
FIG. 8 is a front view of a lifter unit.
FIG. 9 is a plan view of a cereal discharge mechanism.
FIG. 10 is a partially cutaway side view of a grain mechanism unit.
FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of FIG. 8;
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a conventional cereal container handling apparatus.
[Explanation of symbols]
A Moving support B Grain container 1 Additional hopper 2 Underframe 3 Caster 4 Knock pin 5 Small hole 5a Small hole 6 Support base 6a Support rod 7 Arm 8 Disk 8a Rotation restricting protrusion 9 Rotating support shaft 9a Shaft 10 Knock pin DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Small hole 12 Frame 13 Lock rod 14 Spiral ridge 15 Connection rod 16 Cubic frame 16a Vertical rod 16b Horizontal rod 17 Bottom plate 17a Inclined plate 17b Grain transfer part 17c Discharge cylinder 18 Motor 19 Screw transfer body 20 Grain discharge port 21 Plate 22 Motor 23 Guide rail 23a Guide side wall 23b Lock hole 24 Roller wheel 25 Lock rod 26 Spiral ridge 27a Lock hole 27b Lock hole 28 Recess 28a Rotation restricting portion 28b Guide surface 29 Restricting body 30 Stopper 31 Tightening bolt 32 Wheel 33 Lever 34 Continuous rod 35 Control rod 36 Operation lever 37 Lift lifter 38 Wheel 39 Transport vehicle 40 Load

Claims (2)

And Jikuka bottom central longitudinal screw conveying member of planar rectangular cereal containers can be mounted on the loading platform of trucks, the outlet bottom provided cereal conveying end of the screw conveying member, from the outlet A cereal container having a cereal discharge port connected to a carrier for receiving discharged cereals and discharging the cereals to the outside and connected to a cereal discharge port provided with a motor for driving the transfer body in the carrier. the right and left long side substantially center position of detachably moving support means of the carriage structure, and with cereal container to the mobile support means horizontally, pivotally supports connected so as to be supported by the second posture of the vertical, the axis A cereal container characterized in that a rotation direction restricting means is provided at the support connection part so that the vertical posture of the cereal container can be obtained only by downward rotation on the side where the cereal discharge port part is installed. Handling equipment. The grain container according to claim 1, wherein the grain outlet has means for locking rotation with respect to the grain container and means for preventing the motor from lifting when the grain container is in a vertical posture. apparatus.

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