JP4909133B2 - Agricultural machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an agricultural machine that can perform an offset work efficiently.

Conventionally, for example, a pre-processing body (banking body) equipped with a tiller mounted on the rear part of a tractor that is a traveling machine body and receiving power from the tractor and cultivating a part of the main fence and a farming field to raise it in a bowl shape and the front A drum-shaped trimming body (crown-forming body) that is formed into straw while rotating the soil cultivated by the treatment body, supports the pretreatment body and the trimming body by one frame structure, and one transmission frame A wiping machine that transmits power to the pretreatment body and the trimming body from the transmission frame, the pretreatment body and the trimming body being adjustable in the horizontal direction around the transmission frame, and the transmission frame. There is known an agricultural machine such as a paddle coater that supports the base side of the main body side frame so that the amount of offset in the horizontal direction can be adjusted via a parallel link (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-199405 A

  However, in the conventional agricultural machine described above, the forward traveling of the tractor and the drive rotation of the pretreatment body and the trimming body are stopped at the corner of the field, and the electric cylinder is extended to rotate the pretreatment body and the trimming body 180 degrees. After moving, the drive rotation of the pretreatment body and the trimming body must be restarted to cause the tractor to travel backward, and there is a possibility that the offset work cannot be performed efficiently.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the agricultural machine which can perform an offset operation | work efficiently.

  The agricultural machine according to claim 1, wherein the parallel crank includes a machine frame connected to the traveling vehicle, a parallel first opposed link that forms a pair opposed to each other, and a parallel second opposed link that forms a pair opposed to each other. A rotating frame that is configured by a mechanism and is rotatably attached to the machine frame; and working means that is attached to the rotating frame and performs an offset operation. Based on the rotation of the rotating frame with respect to the machine frame and the rotation of the second opposed link with respect to the first opposed link, the working means performs an offset work while moving along a work reference line. To do.

  The agricultural machine according to claim 2 is the agricultural machine according to claim 1, wherein an intermediate part of one of the first opposed links of the pair is rotatably attached to the machine frame. A working means is attached to the end of the first opposing link.

  The agricultural machine according to claim 3 is the agricultural machine according to claim 1, wherein one end of the first opposing link of the pair of first opposing links is rotatably attached to the machine frame. A working means is attached to the end of the first opposing link.

  According to the present invention, when the traveling vehicle turns forward at the corner of the field, the working means is based on the rotation of the rotating frame with respect to the machine frame and the rotation of the second opposing link with respect to the first opposing link. Since the offset work is performed while moving along the line, the offset work can be efficiently performed, and the frame structure can be simplified by constructing the rotating frame with a parallel crank mechanism, and manufacturing, maintenance, etc. Can be easily performed.

  An embodiment of an agricultural machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an agricultural working machine (offset working machine). This agricultural working machine 1 is connected to the rear portion of a tractor (not shown), which is a traveling vehicle, for example, and a linear work reference line, for example It is a wrinkling machine that performs a wrinkling work that is an offset work while moving along A.

  The farm work machine 1 includes a machine frame 2 connected to a three-point link (work machine lifting support device) at the rear of the tractor.

  The machine frame 2 has a frame main body 3, and a top mast 4 and a lower arm 5 protrude forward from the frame main body 3, and a top pin 6 is attached to the tip of the top mast 4. A lower pin 7 is attached to the part. An input shaft 8 is rotatably attached to the frame body 3, and the input shaft 8 is connected to the PTO shaft of the tractor via a universal joint or the like. Further, the frame attached portion 9 projects rearward from the frame main body portion 3.

  In addition, the farm work machine 1 includes a rotating frame 11 that is attached to a frame attached portion 9 of the machine frame 2 so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis (rotating fulcrum) 10.

  The rotating frame 11 includes a pair of front and rear parallel first opposed links (first parallel links) 13a and 13b that are spaced apart from each other and a pair of left and right parallel second opposed links (second parallel links) 14a that are spaced apart from each other. It is constituted by a parallel crank mechanism 15 having 14b.

  The first opposing links 13a and 13b are shorter than the second opposing links 14a and 14b, and the longitudinal central portion, which is the longitudinal intermediate portion of the front opposing first opposing link 13a, of the pair of front and rear first opposing links 13a and 13b. It is attached to the frame attachment portion 9 of the machine frame 2 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 10. The front end portions of the second opposing links 14a and 14b are attached to the longitudinal end portions of the first opposing links 13a on the front side so as to be rotatable around the shaft 16 in the vertical direction. The longitudinal ends of the first opposing links 13b on the rear side are attached to the rear ends of the second opposing links 14a and 14b so as to be rotatable about the vertical shaft 17. In this way, each side of the parallelogram of the parallel crank mechanism 15 is constituted by links 13a, 13b, 14a, and 14b that are rotatably connected to each other.

  Further, the farm work machine 1 is attached to the revolving frame 11 constituted by the parallel crank mechanism 15 and extends to a fence A which is a work reference line along one side of the farm field by traveling of the tractor in a state of protruding from the tractor. A working means 21 is provided for performing a smearing work that is an offset work while moving straight along.

  The working means 21 includes a support frame 22 fixed to a right end portion, which is one end portion of the first opposing link 13b on the rear side of the rotating frame 11, and a paddle and a ridge A that are rotatably attached to the support frame 22. A new ridge A is formed by compacting the embankment (rotary) 23 that is cultivated and raised to the heel A, and the soil that is rotatably mounted on the support frame 22 and is raised by the accelerating body 23 behind the embankment 23. And a wrinkle forming body (disk) 24.

  The embankment body 23 has a rotating shaft 25 in the front-rear direction, and a plurality of tilling claws 26 are attached to the rotating shaft 25, and these tilling claws 26 are covered with a cover body 27 for preventing scattering of soil. An arm 28 protrudes from the rear surface of the cover body 27, and a detection means 30 such as a sensor for detecting the position of the working means 21 with respect to the heel A is provided at the tip of the arm 28. Further, the ridge forming body 24 has a left-right rotating shaft 31, and the rotating shaft 31 has a truncated cone-shaped ridge side surface forming member 32 that forms a downward inclined ridge surface toward the field surface and a horizontal surface. A cylindrical collar upper surface forming member 33 that forms a cylindrical collar upper surface is attached. A power transmission means (not shown) for transmitting power from the input shaft 8 is connected to the rotating shaft 25 of the embankment body 23 and the rotating shaft 31 of the ridge forming body 24, and each rotating shaft 25, 31 has its power. It receives power from the transmission means and rotates in a predetermined direction.

  Further, the farm work machine 1 includes a first extension / contraction means 41 which is an extension / contraction drive means for rotating the rotation frame 11 with respect to the machine frame 2 and second opposing links 14a and 14b with respect to the first opposing links 13a and 13b. And a second expansion / contraction means 42 which is an expansion / contraction drive means for changing the angle formed by the first opposing links 13a, 13b and the second opposing links 14a, 14b.

  The first expansion / contraction means 41 is configured by an expandable / contractible cylinder 43 made of, for example, an electric hydraulic cylinder. The cylinder 43 has a cylinder portion 44 and a rod portion 45 that goes in and out of the cylinder portion 44. The base end of the cylinder portion 44 is attached to the frame main body portion 3 of the machine frame 2 so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis 46, and the tip of the rod portion 45 is connected to the first opposing link 13 a on the front side of the rotating frame 11. It is attached to the left end portion so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis 16.

  The second expansion / contraction means 42 is configured by an expandable / contractible cylinder 47 made of an electric hydraulic cylinder or the like, for example, like the first expansion / contraction means 41. The cylinder 47 has a cylinder portion 48 and a rod portion 49 that enters and exits the cylinder portion 48. The base end of the cylinder portion 48 is attached to the left end portion of the first opposing link 13a on the front side of the rotating frame 11 so as to be rotatable about the vertical axis 16, and the tip of the rod portion 49 is the right side of the rotating frame 11. The second opposing link 14a is attached to a middle portion in the longitudinal direction so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis 50. A control means (not shown) is electrically connected to these two cylinders 43 and 47, the detection means 30 and the like.

  Next, operation | movement of the agricultural machine 1, etc. are demonstrated.

  As the tractor travels straight forward, the working means 21 moves straight along one ridge (working reference line) A constituting one side of the field and performs a dip coating operation on the one ridge A (FIG. 2). reference).

  Then, when the worker who has reached the corner of the field and turns on the tractor turns the tractor forward and turns, the working means 21 responds to the turning angle of the tractor as shown in FIGS. Based on the rotation of the rotating frame 11 with respect to the machine frame 2 and the rotation of the second opposing links 14a and 14b with respect to the first opposing links 13a and 13b, the tractor is continued regardless of forward turning. In this way, it is possible to continuously perform the smearing operation to the end portion of the reed A with respect to the reed A, and thus the refinishing operation for the entire reed A is completed.

  During this glazing operation, the cylinders 43 and 47 are controlled so that no pressure change occurs, and the heel side surface forming member 32 of the working means 21 is pressed against the heel side surface of the heel A with a substantially constant pressure. Difficult desired ridge A is formed.

  Thus, according to the agricultural machine 1, during the forward turning of the tractor in the corner of the field, the rotation of the rotation frame 11 with respect to the machine frame 2 and the rotation of the second opposite links 14a and 14b with respect to the first opposite links 13a and 13b. Regardless of the forward turning of the tractor based on the movement, the working means 21 performs the painting process while moving straight along the kite A to the end of the kite A. The painting operation can be performed, and the frame structure can be simplified by configuring the rotating frame 11 with the parallel crank mechanism 15, and manufacturing, maintenance, and the like can be easily performed.

  In the above embodiment, the longitudinal intermediate portion of one of the first opposing links 13a of the rotating frame 11 is attached to the frame attached portion 9 of the machine frame 2 so as to be rotatable about the shaft 10, and the other The configuration in which the support frame 22 of the working means 21 is fixed to one end of the first opposing link 13b has been described. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, one end of one first opposing link 13a is the frame of the machine frame 2. Even if the support frame 22 of the working means 21 is fixed to one end portion of the other first opposing link 13b, the same operation and effect can be obtained. it can. In the configuration shown in FIG. 7, the first angle sensor 51 for detecting the rotation angle of the rotation frame 11 with respect to the machine frame 2 and the rotation angle of the second opposing links 14a and 14b with respect to the first opposing links 13a and 13b. A second angle sensor 52 is provided on the rotating frame 11 to detect the above. Further, a first external sensor 54 for detecting the position of the working means 21 with respect to the heel A is provided in front of the heel forming body 24 at the tip of the first arm 53 protruding from the cover body 27, and protrudes from the support frame 22. A second external sensor 56 for detecting the position of the working means 21 relative to the heel A is provided at the distal end of the second arm 55 behind the heel former 24.

  In addition, the agricultural machine may be a grooving machine that performs a grooving operation that is an offset operation, in addition to a trouser that performs a culling operation that is an offset operation.

  The first expansion / contraction means 41 is not limited to the cylinder 43 but may be a damper or a variable arm.

  Furthermore, the work reference line may be a laser beam, a wire, or the like in addition to the inclined surface or the upper surface of the ridge A.

It is a top view of the agricultural working machine which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of an agricultural working machine same as the above. FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram following FIG. 2. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing following FIG. FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram following FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram following FIG. 5. It is a top view of the agricultural working machine which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Agricultural machine 2 Machine frame
11 Rotating frame
13a, 13b First opposing link
14a, 14b Second opposing link
15 Parallel crank mechanism
21 Work means A Work base line

Claims (3)

A machine frame connected to the traveling vehicle;
Rotation comprised of a parallel crank mechanism having a parallel first opposed link forming a pair that is spaced apart from each other and a parallel second opposed link forming a pair spaced apart from each other, and rotatably attached to the machine frame Frame,
It is attached to this rotating frame and has working means for performing offset work,
When the traveling vehicle turns forward at a corner of a farm field, the working means is operated based on the rotation of the rotating frame with respect to the machine frame and the rotation of the second opposing link with respect to the first opposing link. Agricultural machine characterized by offset work while moving along a line. An intermediate part of one first opposing link of the pair of first opposing links is rotatably attached to the machine frame, and a working means is attached to an end of the other first opposing link. The agricultural machine according to claim 1. The end of one first opposing link of the paired first opposing links is rotatably attached to the machine frame, and the working means is attached to the end of the other first opposing link. The agricultural machine according to claim 1.

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