JP5164023B2 - Packaging structure of circulating grain dryer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a circulating grain dryer for a farmer, and more particularly to a packaging structure (packing structure) when shipping its components from a production factory.

  Conventionally, as described above, the packaging structure (packing structure) of the component parts when the circulating grain dryer is shipped from the production factory has been disclosed in Patent Document 1. This is mounted in the upper opening of a dryer main body (described as a drying chamber in the same publication), which is one of the components of a circulating grain dryer, by filling a groove in which the grain flows down with a fitting. A component (such as an upper spiral or a tension hopper) is placed on an upper portion of the fitting body and the like, and is wrapped and wrapped with a tape or the like.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-38233

By the way, the packaging structure of the circulation type grain dryer has the following problems. In the above packing structure, the component parts are housed in the upper opening of the dryer main body and packed together. However, since there are many other components of the circulation type grain dryer, for example, storage is performed. A plurality of tank side plates for assembling the tank are packaged separately. For this reason, since there are a large number of separately packaged items, at the installation site, when unpacking / assembling a plurality of the above-mentioned packing parts, waste materials such as wooden frames, steel frames, plastic bags, cardboard boxes, etc., which are packing materials Is generated in large quantities, and extra disposal costs are required to dispose of the waste packaging materials. In addition, when the number of parts to be packed is large, the work time for carrying cargo such as trucks becomes longer, and the time required for unpacking at the installation site also requires that much time. For this reason, it is desired to further reduce the amount of packaging material used while further reducing the number of packaging of the component parts to improve transportation efficiency and the like.
In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a structure for packing components of a circulating grain dryer at a low cost.

In order to solve the above problem, according to claim 1,
A dryer body lower part 3 for drying and discharging the grains;
A plurality of side plates 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d,. A grain storage tank portion 2 which is a quadrangular columnar frame 8 and which covers the upper opening of the frame 8 with top plates 10a and 10b,
In the circulation type grain dryer comprising: a reflux part 5 for refluxing the grain discharged from the lower part 3 of the dryer main body to the grain storage tank part 2;
The left and right side plates 6 a, 7 a, 6 c, 7 c... Are detachable from the left and right side portions 3 e, 3 g of the lower part 3 of the dryer main body by fixing members 28.

According to claim 2,
The left and right side plates 6 a, 7 a, 6 c, 7 c... May be superposed by side plate engaging portions 41 arranged at respective end portions of the two side plates up and down.

Furthermore, according to claim 3,
The left and right side plates 6a, 7a, 6c, 7c,..., May have an outer surface that is an inner surface side of the grain storage tank portion when assembled.

  According to the packing structure of the present invention, the left and right side plates, which are the component parts of the grain storage tank, are detachably attached to the left and right side portions of the lower part of the dryer main body, and are collectively packed. The amount (the amount of waste after unpacking) can be further reduced, and the effect of reducing the packing cost, improving the transportation efficiency, and shortening the unpacking time is achieved. In addition, since the left and right side plates are assembled in a vertically assembled state and attached, the areas of the left and right side portions of the lower part of the dryer main body can be effectively used, and the effect of collecting the side plates in an integrated manner can be achieved. Furthermore, since the upper and lower layers of the side plates are overlapped via the side plate engaging portions provided at the end portions (edge portions), the side plates can be prevented from being displaced and can be prevented from rattling during transportation. Further, since the inner surface side of the side plate is attached to the outside, there is an effect of protecting the dryer main body lower portion 3 without scratching the outer surface of the side plate.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a circulation type grain dryer 1. The circulation type grain dryer 1 includes a dryer body 4 in which a grain storage tank unit 2 and a dryer body unit 3 are overlapped, and the grains discharged from the dryer body lower part 3 are supplied to the grain storage tank. A reflux unit 5 is provided for transporting to the unit 2 for reflux. In the following description, “front and rear” and “left and right” are described as “front side” as one side surface 3a, “rear side” as other side surface 3b, “left side” as side surface portion 3e, and “right side” as side surface portion 3g.

The grain storage tank portion 2 is provided on the upper peripheral portion of the lower portion 3 of the dryer main body with a plurality of side plates 6a (right side) and 6b (front side).
, 6c (left side), 6d (rear side), 7a (right side), 7b (front side), 7c (left side), 7d (rear side) and the top plates 10a and 10b. That is, the assembly side plate 6 for one stage in which the shorter side end portions of the four side plates 6 (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) are fitted and connected to the upper end portions of the four sides of the upper peripheral portion 3c. A quadrangular columnar frame by fitting and overlapping one side of the assembly side plates 7 in which the shorter ends of the other four side plates 7 (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) are connected to each other. 8 is configured. A detachable fixing member is used for a fitting connection portion between the assembly side plate 6 for one stage and the assembly side plate 7 for one stage. For example, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5, an engagement convex portion 3 d provided with a key insertion port 3 f is formed on the upper peripheral edge portion 3 c of the dryer main body lower portion 3, and each side plate 6 (6 a, 6 b, 6c, 6d) is formed with a fitting hole 6e for fitting with the engaging convex portion 3d, and after fitting the engaging convex portion 3d into the fitting hole 6e, the key 42 is inserted into the key insertion port 3f. Press-fit. In addition, about formation of the said engagement convex part 3d, it shall not be formed integrally in the said upper peripheral part 3c side previously, but should be formed separately, and the separate formation product should be formed in the said upper peripheral part 3c side. You may make it provide the insertion hole which inserts an engaging convex part.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the body 8 is reinforced between the side plates 6a and 6c and between the side plates 6c and 6d on the inner surface of the assembly side plate 6 (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) for one stage. Tank stays 14 and 17 are installed horizontally. Mounting portions 14b and 17b for inserting and fixing the end portions 14a and 17a of the tank stays 14 and 17 are disposed at arbitrary positions on the inner surface of the side plate 6 (6a, 6b, 6c and 6d). It is.

  After this assembly, the upper opening of the side plate 7 (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) at the top is closed and sealed with the two top plates 10a, 10b.

  The top plates 10a and 10b have fitting holes for insertion into engagement convex portions 7e disposed on the joining edge portions of the side plates 7 (7a, 7b, 7c and 7d) at arbitrary positions on the peripheral portions thereof. A plurality of 10c are arranged, and each fitting hole 10c is inserted and fitted into the corresponding engaging convex portion 7e so that the upper opening of the side plate 7 is closed. The engaging convex portion 7e has a convex shape in which an insertion hole 7f into which a key-shaped wedge 9 can be inserted as shown in FIG. 1, and after assembly, the wedge 9 is press-fitted into the insertion hole 7f. The top plates 10 a and 10 b can be fixed to the side plate 7.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the dryer body lower part 3 includes a drying unit 11 that blows hot air to dry the grains and a cereal collection / discharge unit 12 that collects the grains and discharges them outside the machine. It is configured. The drying unit 11 has a horizontal hot air drum 11e in the center and grain lower layers 11d, 11d and exhaust air drums 11c, 11c in a horizontal position at both sides of the hot air wind tunnel 11e. The one side opening of the hot air drum 11e communicates with a hot air generator (not shown) disposed outside one side surface 3a of the dryer main body lower portion 3, and the hot air generator 13 is connected by a burner box 33. Covered. On the other hand, in each other side opening of the exhaust wind drums 11c, 11c, an exhaust fan (not shown) disposed outside the other side surface 3b (opposite side surface of the one side surface 3a) in the lower part 3 of the dryer body. ) Is connected.

  The grain collecting / discharging unit 12 includes a rotary valve 12a disposed at a position where the lower ends of the grain lower layers 11d, 11d merge, a grain collecting plate 12b having a funnel-shaped vertical cross section disposed horizontally below the rotary valve 12a, and It consists of a lower conveying screw 12c.

  The reflux unit 5 includes an elevator 15a and an upper conveying screw 15b. The conveyance start end side (lower part) of the elevator 15a communicates with the discharge side of the lower conveyance screw 12c, while the conveyance end side (upper part) communicates with the conveyance start end side of the upper conveyance screw 15b. A grain scattering plate 16 is mounted on the conveyance end side of the upper conveyance screw 15b.

  A control box 18 for controlling the operation of the circulating grain dryer 1 is mounted on the upper part of the hot air generator 13 disposed adjacent to the elevator 15a.

  About the circulation type grain dryer 1 demonstrated above and each component part, it is not a special thing but is a well-known thing.

Regarding the packaging structure of the circulation type grain dryer in the present invention:
FIG. 4 shows a packing work flow for explaining the features of the packing structure of the present invention. For convenience of explanation, the packing work flow will be described in steps 1 to 5 (packing completion).

Step 1: Refer to FIG. 5 (enlarged explanatory diagram) In Step 1, in the upper opening of the lower part 3 of the dryer body, other components (hereinafter referred to as “components”) constituting the circulating grain dryer 1 are placed. It superposes | stacks and this component is mounted so that it may be settled in the upper opening inside (the upper opening edge part 3c) of the said dryer main body lower part 3. FIG. In the present embodiment, for example, the cardboard sheet 19, the side plates 6 b and 7 b, the cardboard sheet 20, the side plates 6 d and 7 d, the cardboard sheet 21, the tank stays 17 and 17, and the partition plate 22 that is a component of the drying unit 11. , 22 (not described above) were polymerized and mounted. In the present embodiment, the uppermost tank stays 17, 17 and the partition plates 22, 22 which are components of the drying unit 11 do not protrude outward from the upper opening edge 3 c of the dryer body lower part 3.

  Subsequently, in order to close the upper opening of the lower part 3 of the dryer main body, the top plates 10a and 10b are superposed on this to close the opening. When the top plates 10a and 10b are superposed, the engagement holes (top plate engaging portions) 10c provided at the edges of the top plates 10a and 10b are engaged with the engaging projections provided at the upper opening edge 3c. It is inserted into the portion (top plate engaging portion) 3d so that the top plates 10a and 10b are positioned so as not to be displaced.

Step 2: Refer to FIG. 6 (enlarged explanatory view) In Step 2, other components are accommodated in the exhaust wind tunnels 11c and 11c. In the lower part 3 of the dryer main body, the side surfaces of the air exhaust drums 11c and 11c are formed as a built-in door 11a or an openable open / close side plate 11b. In step 2, the tension door 11a and the opening side plate 11b are opened, and the other components are placed in the spaces A, B, C, D of the exhaust drums 11c, 11c as shown in FIGS. Pack and store. When storing and packing the component parts in the spaces, the component parts are stored in a state of being wrapped in a protective sheet 23a or the like or in a state of being put in a cardboard box 23b.

Step 3: Refer to FIG. 7 (Expanded explanatory view) In Step 3, the side plates 6a and 7a and the side plates 6c and 7c, which are still other components, are replaced by the tension door 11a and the opening and closing side plate 11b in the lower part 3 of the dryer body. The left and right side surfaces 3e and 3g are detachably attached to the left and right side portions 3e and 3g, respectively, to replace the packing material for protecting the lower portion 3 of the dryer main body. As shown in FIG. 7A, the side plates 6a and 7a are attached to the side surface 3g of the lower part 3 of the dryer main body. At the time of attachment, the side plates 6a and 7a are attached with the inner side (the tank inner surface side when assembled) facing outward. Further, the side plate 6a and the side plate 7a are attached in such a manner that their ends are overlapped and joined in the vertical direction. Further, the overlapping joining of the end portions of each other includes a fitting hole 24 disposed at one end portion, and an engaging convex portion 25 fitted to the fitting hole 24 disposed at the other end portion. It is joined by the engaging part 41 formed by the above, and positioning is performed so that the end parts do not shift.

  The side plates 6a and 7a are fixed to the side surface 3g so as to be detachable by an arbitrary fixing member. In the present embodiment, the bolts 28 are fixed to the bolt screw holes 26 provided on the side surface 3g by bolts 28 through the mounting holes 27 provided on the edge portions of the respective side plates (in FIG. Example of location). On the other hand, the side plates 6c and 7c are attached to the side surface portion 3e in the same manner. In addition, when attaching the said side plates 6a and 7a and the side plates 6c and 7c, it is good to carry out by pinching | interposing the buffer material sheet 29 between the side parts 3e and 3g. A modification will be described. In the above-described embodiment, the grain storage tank portion 2 has a two-stage structure of the side plates 6 and 7. Alternatively, the side plates 6a, 7a, 6c, 7c may be superposed on the side surface portions 3e, 3g of the dryer main body lower part 3 with bolts (not shown).

  In step 3, another packaging device is further devised. That is, the tank stay 14, which is one of the components of the grain storage tank unit 2, is used as a part of the packing material that protects one side surface 3 a (the side on which the burner box 33 is disposed) in the lower portion 3 of the dryer body. It is in the point to utilize. On the one side surface 3a, frame bodies 30 and 30 for protecting the components such as the burner box 33 are detachably fixed by an arbitrary fixing member. In the present embodiment, the frame bodies 30, 30 are formed in a U-shape by upper and lower horizontal portions 30c, 30c and a vertical portion 30d using steel rod-like square bars, and each of the horizontal portions 30c, 30c End portions are formed with connection portions 30a and 30a provided with bolt insertion holes 30b (see FIG. 7A). The frame bodies 30, 30 are attached with bolts 31 such that the connection portions 30a, 30a are brought into contact with bolt insertion holes 32 provided at the left and right ends of the side surface 3a.

  The vertical portion 30d is formed with an attachment portion 30e for attaching the end portions 14a, 14a formed in a flange shape in the tank stay 14. The mounting portion 30e includes a recess 30f in which the stay body portion of the tank stay 14 can be fitted, and a bolt insertion hole 30g corresponding to a bolt screw hole 14c provided in the end portion 14a. The tank stay 14 is detachably fixed to the mounting portion 30e by fitting the stay body portion into the recess 30f and through the bolt 31 through the bolt screw hole 14c and the bolt insertion hole 30g. In this embodiment, the tank stay 14 is attached to each of the upper, middle, and lower positions of the vertical portion 30d, and the components are used as packing materials. The tank stay 14 attached to the lower position of the vertical portion 30d is convenient for an operator to lift the lower dryer body 3 when the dryer lower body 3 is lowered from the truck bed during transportation. is there.

  Furthermore, the use as a packing material for the tank stay 14 is also used for the lower part of the other side surface 3b of the lower part 3 of the dryer body. That is, as shown in FIG. 7B, frame bodies (other side surface frame bodies) 43, 43 for attaching the end portions 14a of the tank stay 14 to the lower left and right end portions of the other side surface 3b. Is provided. Each frame body 43, 43 has a bolt screw hole 43a formed at the connecting portion of the plate-shaped member having an L-shaped cross section in the same manner as the mounting structure of the frame bodies 30, 30, and a corresponding position at the lower part of the other side surface 3b. A bolt insertion hole 34 provided in the ground is formed, and is detachably attached to the other side surface 3 b by a bolt 35. In addition, the structure in which each end 14a of the tank stay 14 is detachably attached to each frame 43, 43 is the same structure as the attachment 30e. That is, the bolt 36 is fixed through the bolt insertion hole 43b and the bolt screw hole 14c. Further, a recess 43c into which the stay body portion of the tank stay 14 can be fitted is also formed. Thereby, when the tank stay 14 attached to the lower part of the other side surface 3b is lowered in the dryer main body 3 from the truck bed during transportation, like the tank stay 14 attached to the lower part of the one side surface 3a, It is convenient for the operator to lift the lower part 3 of the dryer main body.

Step 4: Refer to FIG. 8 (enlarged explanatory view) Step 4 is a front and rear perspective view of the lower part 3 of the dryer main body in a state where the packing operation in Step 5 is completed.

Step 5: See FIG. 9 (enlarged explanatory diagram) Step 5 is the finishing of the packing operation. A bag-shaped protective sheet 37 is entirely covered on the lower portion 3 of the dryer main body after packing in the step 5, and further, wooden square bars for stacking 38, 38,... Is fixed to the lower part 3 of the dryer body with bolts 39. In addition, on the side surface 3 a of the lower portion 3 of the dryer main body, a surplus space inside the so-called packing frame 40 constituted by the frame body 30 and the tank stays 14, 14, 14 is exhausted from the exhaust fan. The bent tube 44 connected to the air vent is placed and packed together.

  According to the packing structure of the present invention described above, the side plates 6a and 7a and the side plates 6c and 7c, which are components of the grain storage tank unit 2, are detachably attached to the side surfaces 3e and 3g of the lower body 3 of the dryer. Therefore, the number of packages and the amount of packing material used (the amount of waste after unpacking) can be further reduced. Further, since the side plates 6a and 7a and the side plates 6c and 7c are attached in a state where they are vertically superposed, the area of the side surface portions 3e and 3g of the lower portion 3 of the dryer body can be effectively utilized, and the side plate engaging portions 41 are interposed. Due to all polymerization, it also has the effect of preventing slippage and rattling during transportation. Further, since the inner surface side of the side plate is attached to the outside, there is an effect of protecting the dryer main body lower portion 3 without scratching the outer surface of the side plate.

  In addition, since a tank stay which is one of the components is used for a part of the packing frame 40 that protects the burner box 33 and the like on the one side surface 3a of the lower portion 3 of the dryer main body, the number of packages is also reduced in this respect. It is effective in reducing the amount of packing material used (the amount of waste after unpacking).

  Furthermore, the component parts are packed inside the upper opening of the dryer main body lower part 3, and the top plates 10a and 10b are also superposed on the upper opening of the dryer main body lower part 3 so that they can be packed together. It is effective in reducing the number of packaging and the amount of packaging materials used (the amount of waste after unpacking). Further, the overlapping of the edges of the top openings of the top plates 10a, 10b and the dryer main body lower portion 3 is performed by the top plate engaging portions provided on the top plates 10a, 10b and the upper opening edges of the dryer main body lower portion 3 Due to the polymerization through 10c and 3d, the effect of preventing displacement and backlash during transportation is also exhibited. Furthermore, the top plate engaging portions 10c, 3d are used when assembling the top plates 10a, 10b and the side plates 6 (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d), and therefore do not need to be provided specially.

It is a front perspective view of a circulation type grain dryer. It is a longitudinal front sectional view of the circulation type grain dryer of FIG. It is the figure which showed the attachment state of the tank stay in the inside of the said grain storage tank part. The packing work flow for demonstrating the feature point of the packing structure of this invention is shown. FIG. 5 is an enlarged and detailed explanatory view of step 1 in the packing work flow of FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is an enlarged explanatory view of step 2 in the packing work flow of FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is an enlarged explanatory view of step 3 in the packing work flow of FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is an enlarged explanatory view of step 4 in the packing work flow of FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is an enlarged explanatory view of step 5 in the packing work flow of FIG. 4.

Explanation of symbols

1 Circulating grain dryer 2 Grain storage tank 3 Lower dryer body 3a One side (front side)
3b Other side (rear side)
3c Upper opening edge 3d Engaging convex part (top plate engaging part)
3e Side (left side)
3f Key insertion slot 3g Side (right side)
4 Dryer body 5 Reflux part 6 (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) Side plate 6e Fitting hole 7 (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) Side plate 7e Engaging projection 7f Insertion hole 8 Frame body 9 Wedge (key)
10a Top plate 10b Top plate 10c Fitting hole (top plate engagement part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Drying part 11a Placing open / close door 11b Openable / closable side plate 11c Exhaust cylinder 11d Grain flow layer 11e Hot air cylinder 12 Grain collection / discharge part 12a Rotary valve 12b Grain collection board 12c Lower conveyance screw 13 Hot air generator 14 Tank stay 14a End part 14b
14c Bolt screw hole 15a Elevator 15b Upper conveying screw 16 Grain scattering plate 17 Tank stay 17a End 17b Mounting portion 18 Control box 19 Cardboard sheet 20 Cardboard sheet 21 Cardboard sheet 22 Partition plate 23a Protective sheet 23a Cardboard box 24 Fitting hole 25 Joint convex portion 26 Bolt screw hole 27 Mounting hole 28 Bolt 29 Buffer sheet 30 Frame 30a Connection portion 30b Bolt insertion hole 30c Horizontal portion 30d Vertical portion 30e Mounting portion 30f Recess 30g Bolt insertion hole 31 Bolt 32 Bolt 33 Burner box 34 Bolt Insertion hole 35 Bolt 36 Bolt 37 Protective sheet 38 Square bar 39 Bolt 40 Packing frame 41 Side plate engaging portion 42 Key
43 Frame (frame on the other side)
43a Bolt screw hole 43b Bolt insertion hole 43c Recess 44 Bend tube

Claims (3)

A dryer body lower part 3 for drying and discharging the grains;
A plurality of side plates 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d,. A grain storage tank portion 2 which is a quadrangular columnar frame 8 and which covers the upper opening of the frame 8 with top plates 10a and 10b,
In the circulation type grain dryer comprising: a reflux part 5 for refluxing the grain discharged from the lower part 3 of the dryer main body to the grain storage tank part 2;
A packaging structure for a circulation type grain dryer, wherein the left and right side plates 6a, 7a, 6c, 7c... Are detachably attached to left and right side portions 3e, 3g of the dryer main body lower part 3 by fixing members 28.   2. The circulation type grain dryer according to claim 1, wherein the left and right side plates 6 a, 7 a, 6 c, 7 c... Are superposed by side plate engaging portions 41 disposed at respective end portions of the two side plates up and down. Packing structure.   3. The circulation type grain dryer according to claim 1, wherein the left and right side plates 6 a, 7 a, 6 c, 7 c... Have a surface that becomes an inner surface side of the grain storage tank portion when assembled. Packing structure.

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