JP5232692B2 - Crawler type traveling device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a crawler type traveling device.

  As a crawler type traveling device used for a tractor or the like, a traveling frame is provided on the vehicle body side of a traveling vehicle so as to be swingable about a lateral axis through a swinging shaft. The front idler and the rear idler are supported on the drive wheels, and the drive wheels that are rotationally driven by the axle of the traveling vehicle are disposed above the front and rear idlers, and a crawler belt is wound around the front and rear idlers and at least one of the front and rear idlers Is supported by the swing frame via a tension applying device, the tension applying device being fixed to the outer end portion of the swing frame in the front-rear direction and having an outer tube blocking wall on the base end side, and an outer tube An inner cylinder having an inner cylinder blocking wall on the front end side, and a spring receiver disposed in the outer cylinder and supported by the outer cylinder blocking wall so as to be adjustable in the front-rear direction. And body, there is provided an interposed a spring between the spring receiving member and the inner cylinder closing wall.

  In this type of conventional crawler type traveling device, the outer cylinder body is integrally formed with the outer cylinder main body and the outer cylinder blocking wall, and the outer cylinder body having the outer cylinder blocking wall is located on the outer end side of the swing frame. It was fixed by welding (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-217055 A

Long-term use of a tractor, etc. causes wear between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder due to sliding, and rattling occurs between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, which causes the idler to move up and down. As a result, wear and noise were generated, and the tension bolt was damaged. In such a case, in the conventional crawler type traveling device, the outer cylinder is swung in order to replace the outer cylinder in order to prevent backlash generated between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder. Since it is fixed to the frame by welding, it is necessary to replace the outer cylinder with the swing frame, which is very uneconomical.
In view of the above problems, the present invention can replace only the outer cylinder main body or the inner cylinder side and use the swing frame as it is even if play occurs between the outer cylinder body and the inner cylinder body. It is what I did.

The technical means of the present invention for solving this technical problem includes a swing frame supported on a vehicle body side of a traveling vehicle so as to be swingable about a horizontal axis through a swing shaft. A front idler and a rear idler are supported on the front and rear of the frame, driving wheels that are rotationally driven by the axle of the traveling vehicle are disposed above the front and rear idlers, and a crawler belt is wound around the front and rear idlers and the front and rear idlers. At least one of them is supported by the swing frame via a tension applying device, and the tension applying device is fixed to the outer end portion of the swing frame in the front-rear direction and has an outer tube closing wall on the base end side. An inner cylinder that is removably inserted into the outer cylinder at the front end in the front-rear direction and has an inner cylinder obstruction wall at the front end, and is disposed within the outer cylinder and is supported by the outer cylinder obstruction wall so as to be adjustable in the front and rear directions. Spring receiver When, a crawler type traveling device comprising a spring interposed between the spring receiving member and the inner cylinder closing wall,
The outer cylinder body is configured by separating the outer cylinder main body and the outer cylinder blocking wall, and the outer cylinder blocking wall is erected and fixed to the outer end side of the swing frame, and is fitted to the outer cylinder blocking wall. The joint portion is protruded, the base portion of the outer cylinder main body is fitted and fixed to the fitting portion, and the outer cylinder main body is mounted on the outer end portion of the swing frame and is detachably fixed. .

  According to another technical means of the present invention, the swing frame includes a main frame to which a wheel disposed between the front and rear idlers is attached, the swing shaft disposed above the main frame, and the main frame. A front connecting member that connects the swing shaft and the front end side of the main frame; and a rear connection member that connects the swing shaft and the rear end side of the main frame. The end opposite to the moving shaft is fixed to the outer cylinder blocking wall, the outer cylinder blocking wall and the lower end of the fitting portion are fixed to the outer end of the main frame, and the outer cylinder is attached to the outer end of the main frame. Is placed and fixed with a fastener.

  According to another technical means of the present invention, the fitting portion is formed in a gate shape having a pair of left and right side walls and an upper wall connecting the upper ends of the pair of side walls, and the outer cylinder body is a rectangular tube. The bottom wall of the base part of the outer cylinder body is cut out to form a gate-type outer fitting part having a pair of left and right side walls and an upper wall part connecting the upper ends of the pair of side walls. The portion is configured to be externally fitted to the fitting portion so that it can be inserted and removed from above or in the front-rear direction.

  According to the present invention, the outer cylinder body is configured by separating the outer cylinder main body and the outer cylinder blocking wall, and the outer cylinder blocking wall is erected and fixed to the outer end side of the swing frame. A fitting part projects from the cylinder closing wall, and the base part of the outer cylinder main body is fitted and fixed to the fitting part, and the outer cylinder main body is placed on the outer end of the swing frame and is detachably fixed. Therefore, even if play occurs between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, only the outer cylinder main body or only the outer cylinder main body and the inner cylinder side can be replaced, and the swing frame can be used as it is. Economical.

It is a side view of a frame support and a swing frame. It is a side view of a tractor equipped with a crawler type traveling device. It is a side view of a crawler type traveling device. It is a rear view of a crawler type traveling device. It is a side view of a rocking | fluctuation frame. It is a partially broken plan view of a swing frame. (A) is a partial cross-sectional rear view of the swing frame 19, and (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. (A) is a side view of a frame support body, (b) is a partial cross-sectional rear view of a frame support body. It is side surface sectional drawing of a tension | tensile_strength provision apparatus. It is a perspective view of a LOSS and its supporting part. It is a disassembled perspective view of a frame support body and a rocking | fluctuation frame. It is a disassembled perspective view of a wheel part. It is front sectional drawing of a wheel part.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a semi-crawler tractor (traveling vehicle) 1 in which a semi-crawler type crawler type traveling device 2 is independently attached to the left and right instead of a rear wheel of a four-wheel tractor that can be traveled by a pair of left and right front and rear wheels. is there.
The vehicle body 1A of the tractor 1 is mainly configured by attaching a power transmission case 4 to the rear portion of the engine 3 via a flywheel housing. The power transmission case 4 is formed by connecting a transmission case to the rear portion of the clutch housing, for example. 3 includes a power transmission mechanism that transmits power from 3 to an axle 5 (rear axle) that drives the crawler type traveling device 2.

The rear axle 5 protrudes outward in the left-right direction from left and right axle cases 6 (rear axle cases) provided on the left and right sides of the rear portion of the vehicle body 1A, and is freely rotatable about the left-right axis about the rear axle case 6. As shown in FIG. 4, mounting flanges 7 are provided on the left and right outer ends of the left and right rear axles 5.
A driver's seat 11 is disposed on the rear portion of the vehicle body 1A, and fenders 12 are provided on both sides of the driver's seat 11 so as to cover the upper side and the inner side of the crawler type traveling device 2. 13 is provided. The lops 13 have a pair of left and right support columns 14 and an upper connecting rod 15 that connects the upper ends of the pair of support columns 14.

  1, 3 to 8, and 11, each of the left and right crawler type traveling devices 2 includes a frame support 18 fixed to the vehicle body 1 </ b> A side of the tractor 1, and a horizontal axis about the frame support 18. The swing frame 19 is swingably supported by the swing frame 19, front and rear idlers 20 and 21 provided before and after the swing frame 19, and a plurality ( Three wheels 22 in this embodiment, and driving wheels 23 (sprockets) disposed above the wheels 22 and supported on the vehicle body 1A side so as to be rotatable about a lateral axis. , A drive wheel 23, front and rear idlers 20 and 21, and a crawler belt 24 wound around the wheel 22.

The drive wheel 23 is bolted to the mounting flange 7 on the outer end side of the rear axle 5 and is supported by the rear axle case 6 together with the rear axle 5 so as to be rotatable about a lateral axis.
Engagement teeth 25 are provided on the outer peripheral side of the drive wheel 23 at a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction. On the other hand, the crawler belt 24 has engagement holes 26 into which the engagement teeth 25 are inserted and engaged. The crawler belt 24 is formed so as to circulate and rotate when the driving wheel 23 is rotationally driven by the rear axle 5 of the tractor 1. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a cored bar 31 is embedded in the crawler belt 24 at a constant pitch in the longitudinal direction of the belt, and the engagement holes 26 are provided between the cored bars 31. A pair of left and right cored bar projections 32 for guiding the rolling wheels are provided so as to project from the intermediate portion to the belt inner peripheral surface side.

The frame support 18 is disposed on both left and right sides of the front and rear mounting plates 27 so as to sandwich the mounting portion 6 a provided on the rear axle case 6, and the front and rear mounting plates 27. It consists of a pair of left and right support plates 28 provided so as to extend downward from the lower end side, a connecting plate 29 that connects the upper end sides of the left and right support plates 28, and a cylinder that penetrates the left and right support plates 28. The main component is a bearing member 30.
The front and rear mounting plates 27, the left and right support plates 28, and the connecting plate 29 are welded to each other, and the bearing member 30 is welded to the left and right support plates 28.

The front mounting plate 27 is fixedly attached to the rear axle case 6 by a plurality of (two in the illustrated example) bolts 35 that pass through the mounting plate 27 and are screwed into the screw holes of the rear axle case 6. The mounting plate 27 is fixedly attached to the rear axle case 6 by a plurality of (six in the illustrated example) bolts 36 that pass through the mounting plate 27 and are screwed into the screw holes of the rear axle case 6. Are fixedly attached to the rear axle case 6 by bolts that pass through the left and right support plates 28 and are screwed into the screw holes of the rear axle case 6.
The installation plate 41, the reinforcing side plate 42, and the lops mounting plate 43 are fixed to the lower ends of the pair of left and right columns 14 of the lops 13 by welding or the like, and the installation plate 41 is placed on the rear axle case 6. A lower portion of 43 is arranged on the rear surface side of the rear mounting plate 27 and is fastened and fixed to the rear axle case 6 by the six bolts 36 together with the rear mounting plate 27. As a result, the pair of struts 14 of the lops 13 are erected and fixed to the rear axle case 6.

A plurality (six) of mounting holes 38 through which the plurality of bolts 36 are inserted into the rear mounting plate 27 are provided corresponding to the screw holes of the rear axle case 6, and some of the plurality of mounting holes 38 (intermediate in the vertical direction) The two mounting holes 38a are formed with small diameters to be reamer holes, and some of the plurality of bolts 36 (two bolts 36a in the middle in the vertical direction) are reamer bolts. And the lops mounting plate 43 are fastened and fixed to the rear axle case 6.
Therefore, by using a reamer bolt for the bolt 36, the rear mounting plate 27 or the frame support 18 can be positioned at the time of assembly. By increasing the number of bolts 36 as compared with the conventional case, the rear mounting plate 27 or the frame support 18 is supported. The looseness of the body 18 or the lops 13 can be prevented. Further, the front mounting plate 27 and the rear mounting plate 27 are formed in a U-shape and fixed to the front and rear of the rear axle case 6 so that the frame support 18 is integrated with the vehicle body 1A. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of backlash.

Further, the bearing member 30 has a left-right axial center, and the axial center of the bearing member 30 is located below the axial center of the rear axle 5 and at the same position as the axial center of the rear axle 5 in the front-rear direction. It is provided to do.
Further, the support plate 28 on the outer side in the left-right direction has an extending portion 51 that extends to the front side of the support plate 28 on the inner side in the left-right direction.
Further, the outer support plates 28 of the left and right frame supports 18 are connected by a connecting body 52 as shown in FIG. 4, and this connecting body 52 is a plate to be attached that is bolted to the lower surface side of the vehicle body 1A. 53.

The swing frame 19 has a main frame 56, a swing shaft 57 disposed in the left-right direction above a middle part in the front-rear direction of the main frame 56, and a front of the swing shaft 57 and the front side of the main frame 56. A connecting member 58; a rear connecting member 59 that connects the swing shaft 57 and the rear side of the main frame 56; a swing shaft 57 side of the front and rear connecting members 58 and 59; And an intermediate connecting member 60 for connecting the two.
In the swing frame 19 having the above-described configuration, between the front and rear connecting members 58 and 59 and the main frame 56 (in this embodiment, the front and rear connecting members 58 and 59 and the main frame 56 are intermediately connected. The portion surrounded by the member 60 is open in the left-right direction, and is formed in a structure in which soil does not easily accumulate on the main frame 56.

The main frame 56 is formed of a thick strip material, and is arranged so that the thickness direction is the vertical direction and the longitudinal direction of the strip is the front-rear direction.
The main frame 56 is disposed below the drive wheels 23. On the lower surface side of the main frame 56, the rolling wheels 22 are respectively attached to the front end side, the rear end side, and the front-rear direction center side. Further, a crawler detachment preventing member 63 for preventing the crawler belt 24 from detaching is provided on the lower surface of the main frame 56. A pair of crawler disengagement prevention members 63 are provided in the front and rear, and are arranged between adjacent rolling wheels 22.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the wheel 22 is a grease-up type wheel 22, and includes a mounting bracket 65, a shaft 66, and a pair of left and right wheel bodies 67. The mounting bracket 65 has a left and right support cylinder 69 and a pair of mounting portions 70 on both front and rear sides of the support cylinder 69. The mounting bracket 65 is bolted to the lower surface of the main frame 56 via the pair of mounting sections 70. It is fastened and fixed by a fastener 71 such as.
The shaft 66 has a large-diameter portion 73 in the center, and has a pair of left and right support shaft portions 74 on both the left and right sides of the large-diameter portion 73, and the shaft 66 has a pair of left and right inclined shaft portions 75 in the middle. A pair of left and right screw shaft portions 76 are provided at both left and right ends, and the pair of left and right inclined shaft portions 75 are inclined so as to gradually increase in diameter toward the center side of the shaft 66. Each ring body 67 has an attachment cylinder part 77 and a rising base part 78 that rises in a disk shape from the attachment cylinder part 77, and a storage recess 79 is formed between the attachment cylinder part 77 and the rising base part 78.

  The shaft 66 is inserted into the support cylinder 69 of the mounting bracket 65, and a pair of left and right bearings 81 are provided between the pair of support shaft portions 74 of the shaft 66 and the support cylinder 69 of the mounting bracket 65. On the other hand, a shaft 66 is supported by a pair of left and right bearings 81 so as to be rotatable around a left and right axis. The mounting cylinder portion 77 of the pair of left and right ring bodies 67 is fitted on the pair of left and right inclined shaft portions 75 of the shaft 66, and the ring body 67 is mounted by the nuts 82 and 83 that are screwed into the screw shaft portions 76 of the shaft 66. A cylindrical portion 77 is fastened and fixed to the inclined shaft portion 75. Thus, a pair of left and right wheel bodies 67 are supported by the mounting bracket 65 so as to be rotatable about the left and right axis together with the shaft 66 and a pair of left and right collars 87 which will be described later.

  A pair of left and right retaining rings 85 are provided on the outer sides of the pair of bearings 81 in the left and right direction, the pair of retaining rings 85 are fitted and fixed to the support cylinder 69, and a pair of left and right oil seals are disposed on the outer sides of the retaining ring 85 in the left and right direction. 86 is provided. The pair of oil seals 86 are fitted between the outer end portion of the support cylindrical body 69 and the mounting cylindrical portion 77 of the pair of left and right ring bodies 67. An annular collar 87 is provided outward in the left-right direction of the pair of oil seals 86, and the pair of left and right collars 87 are press-fitted into the storage recesses 79 of the pair of ring bodies 67, respectively. The collar 87 is pressed against the oil seal 86 by press-fitting the collar 87 into the housing recess 79 of the ring body 67.

In order to prevent the oil seal 86 from coming off, a retaining groove 88 formed by performing V-cut processing on the inner surface of the support cylinder 69 of the mounting bracket 65 is formed on the inner surface of the support cylinder 69. The oil seal 86 is prevented from coming off from the support cylinder 69 by engaging the engaging protrusions.
A grease enclosing passage 90 extending from the outside to the pair of left and right bearings 81 is formed on one side of the shaft 66 in the left-right direction, and a grease nipple 91 is provided at the outer end of the enclosing passage 90 (shaft 66). .

In the configuration of the roller 22 shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, it is possible to configure the grease-up type roller 22 by slightly processing the conventional oil-type roller 22, resulting in a large cost fluctuation. In addition, the material of the oil type roller 22 can be used as the grease-up type roller 22, and the oil seal 86 can be used because it is easy to press-fit the oil seal 86 and is economical.
That is, there are two types of waterproofing of the wheel 22: an oil type and a grease-up type. Oil type oil seals are expensive to replace at the time of maintenance and cause oil leakage due to falling down when the oil seal is press-fitted. easy. In contrast, the grease-up type oil seal is easy to press-fit and inexpensive, but the structure of the oil seal is different because the structure of the oil seal is different. It was difficult to use the same roller as a grease-up type roller, which was uneconomical. However, in the configuration of the wheel 22 of the above embodiment, the press-fitting portion of the oil-type oil seal is not necessary, so that the collar 87 is press-fitted into that portion, so that the grease-up type oil seal 86 is hit. It can be used as the grease-up type wheel 22 by changing the processing of a part of the oil type wheel. Further, as the oil seal 86 is prevented from coming off, the oil seal 86 can be prevented from coming off by forming a retaining groove 88 by V-cut processing on the inner surface of the support cylinder 69 of the mounting bracket 65. Therefore, by changing the structure of the oil-type wheel by partial processing, the material of the oil-type wheel can be used as the grease-up type wheel 22 without a large cost fluctuation. By pressing the collar 87 into a conventional oil type roller, it becomes possible to make the collar 87 a contact surface of the oil seal 86, and the grease-up type oil seal 86 sufficiently serves as a seal. Will be able to.

As shown in FIG. 13, a through hole 93 is formed in the ring body 67. This through-hole 93 is used to pull out the flanged metal portion 86a and collar 87 of the flanged portion of the oil seal 86 fitted to the ring body 67 side when disassembling the wheel 22 to replace the oil seal 86 or the like. Is.
1, 3, and 11, the crawler detachment preventing member 63 includes a mounting plate portion 95, a support leg portion 96, and a guide portion 97 that protrudes forward and backward from the lower end of the support leg portion 96. And both ends in the front-rear direction are formed in a tapered shape in which the left and right widths are gradually narrowed. Both the left and right sides of the guide portion 97 are disposed between the pair of left and right core metal protrusions 32 of the crawler belt 24, and the left and right surfaces of the guide portion 97 slide on the opposing inner surfaces of the pair of core metal protrusions 32. The sliding length before and after the guide portion 97 is maximized. By increasing the length of the guide portion 97 in the front-rear direction, the area of the crawler belt 24 that contacts the cored bar protrusion 32 is increased, the crawler belt 24 is less likely to come off, and the guide width is increased by increasing the guide width. As the wear of the guide portion 97 progresses, it is possible to prevent the guide portion 97 from getting over the core metal protrusion 32 of the crawler belt 24 and leading to the derailment, and the guide portion 97 becomes longer. As a result, it is possible to prevent the core metal protrusion 32 of the crawler belt 24 from deviating beyond the guide portion 97. Further, by ensuring a minimum gap between the guide portion 97 and the core metal protrusion 32 and maximizing the front-rear width of the guide portion 97, backlash of the crawler belt 24 is reduced, and the rollers 22 and the crawler belt 24 are reduced. The wear of the guide portion 97 due to the contact with the metal core protrusion 32 becomes uniform, the uneven wear of the guide portion 97 is reduced, and the replacement of parts can be reduced.

  That is, as shown by a chain line in FIG. 11 (in FIG. 11, the conventional crawler detachment preventing member 63A is replaced by a conventional crawler detachment preventing member 63 instead of the crawler detachment preventing member 63 of the present application). The guide portion 97 of the member 63A is narrow in the long range on the front side and the rear side, and the core metal protrusion 32 of the crawler belt 24 comes into contact with the middle portion of the guide portion 97 first, and the middle portion of the guide portion 97 is worn. As a result, the gap between the guide portion 97 and the core metal projection 32 of the crawler belt 24 is increased, and play and uneven wear tend to occur. However, in this embodiment, the guide portion 97 is moved from the front end portion to the rear end portion. Since the guide surface can be formed over substantially the entire length, uneven wear can be prevented and wheel disengagement can be prevented by the guide portion 97 uniformly contacting the core metal protrusion 32 of the crawler belt 24. That.

  1, 3, 5 to 7, 9, and 11, a tension applying device 104 that applies tension to the crawler belt 24 is provided on the front side of the main frame 56. The tension applying device 104 is fixed to an outer end portion of the swing frame 19 in the front-rear direction and has an outer cylinder body 106 having an outer cylinder blocking wall 107 on the base end side, and protrudes to the front end side in the front-rear direction. An inner cylinder 108 that is removably inserted and has an inner cylinder blocking wall 109 on the distal end side, and a spring receiver 110 that is disposed in the outer cylinder 106 and is supported on the outer cylinder blocking wall 107 so as to be adjustable in the front-rear direction. A spring 111 interposed between the spring receiver 110 and the inner cylinder blocking wall 109 is provided.

The outer cylinder body 106 is configured by separating the outer cylinder main body 112 and the outer cylinder blocking wall 107 from each other, and the outer cylinder blocking wall 107 is erected and fixed to the outer end side of the swing frame 19. A fitting part 113 projects from the blocking wall 107, the base part of the outer cylinder main body 112 is fitted and fixed to the fitting part 113, and the outer cylinder main body 112 is placed on the outer end of the swing frame 19. It is detachably fixed by a fastener 115 such as a bolt and nut.
An end portion (front end portion) of the front connecting member 58 opposite to the swing shaft 57 is fixed to the outer cylinder blocking wall 107 by welding, and the lower ends of the outer cylinder blocking wall 107 and the fitting portion 113 are fixed to the main frame 56. The outer cylinder main body 112 is mounted on the outer end (front end) of the main frame 56 and fixed by a fastener 115 by being fixed to the outer end (front) by welding.

  A mounting plate 117 protrudes from the lower end portion of the outer cylinder blocking wall 107. The fitting portion 113 is formed in a gate shape having a pair of left and right side walls 113a projecting upward from the left and right ends of the mounting plate 117 and an upper wall 113b connecting the upper ends of the pair of side walls 113a. The outer cylinder main body 112 is formed in a rectangular tube shape, the bottom wall 112a of the base (rear end) of the outer cylinder main body 112 is cut out, and a pair of left and right side walls 125a and a pair of side walls are formed at the base of the outer cylinder main body 112. A gate-shaped outer fitting portion 125 having an upper wall 125b connecting between the upper ends of 125a is formed, and the outer fitting portion 125 is configured to be detachably fitted to the fitting portion 113 from above or from the front side. Has been.

A pair of left and right fixing pieces 127 project outwardly in the left-right direction at the front end portion (outer end portion) of the main frame 56, and a pair of left and right mounting pieces 128 project outwardly in the left-right direction. The outer cylinder main body 112 is placed on the outer end portion of the main frame 56 through the bottom wall 112a, and the attachment piece 128 is placed on the fixed piece 127. The attachment piece 128 and the fixed piece 127 are connected to each other. The fastener 115 is detachably fastened and fixed.
The front support bracket 105 that supports the front idler 20 is provided on the front surface of the inner cylinder blocking wall 109 of the tension applying device 104, and the front idler 20 is attached to the mounting member 142 that is bolted to the front surface side of the front support bracket 105 in the left-right direction. The front idler 20 is pressed against the crawler belt 24 by the urging force of the spring 111 so that tension is applied to the crawler belt 24 and the spring receiver 110 is moved forward and backward. By doing so, the tension of the crawler belt 24 can be adjusted.

The outer cylinder blocking wall 107 extends from the main frame 56 inward in the left-right direction.
A mounting plate 143 formed in an L shape in side view is fixed to the rear end portion of the main frame 56 by welding or the like, and a rear support bracket 144 is fixed to the mounting plate 143, and on the rear surface side of the rear support bracket 144, A rear idler 21 is attached to an attachment member 145 fixed with bolts so as to be rotatable about a left-right axis.
1, FIG. 3 to FIG. 8 and FIG. 11, the mounting plate 143 extends from the main frame 56 inward in the left-right direction. The front and rear connecting members 58 and 59 are made of a pipe material. In particular, in this embodiment, the front and rear connecting members 58 and 59 are made of square pipes, and are arranged on the inner side in the left-right direction of the drive wheel 23.

The front connecting member 58 has one end in the longitudinal direction fixed to the left and right outer end of the swing shaft 57, and the other end in the longitudinal direction fixed to the extending portion of the outer cylinder blocking wall 107. It is inclined forwardly downward from 57 toward the front end of the main frame 56.
A reinforcing member 146 welded to the main frame 56, the outer cylinder blocking wall 107, and the front connecting member 58 is provided on the outer side on the lower end side of the front connecting member 58.
The rear connecting member 59 has one end in the longitudinal direction fixed to the outer end in the left-right direction of the swing shaft 57 and the other end in the longitudinal direction fixed to the mounting plate 143. It is inclined downward toward the end.

The intermediate connecting member 60 is formed in a bottomed rectangular tube shape having an axial center in the vertical direction, the upper end side is fixed to the rear end side lower surface of the front connecting member 58 and the front end side lower surface of the rear connecting member 59, and the lower end side is the main The frame 56 is fixed to the inner side surface in the left-right direction.
In the present embodiment, the intermediate connecting member 60 is formed of two members, an outer member 148 on the outer side in the left-right direction and an inner member 149 on the inner side in the left-right direction.
The outer member 148 extends to the inner side in the left-right direction from both the front and rear sides of the outer wall 60a and constitutes the front and rear portions of the intermediate connecting member 60. The front and rear walls 60b and 60c are formed in a U shape in plan view, and the upper end of the outer member 148 is fixed to the lower surface of the rear end side of the front connecting member 58 and the lower surface of the front end side of the rear connecting member 59. The lower end side is fixed to the inner side surface of the main frame 56 in the left-right direction.

The inner member 149 includes an inner wall 60d that forms the inner side of the intermediate connecting member 60 in the left-right direction, and a bottom wall 60e that extends outward in the left-right direction from the lower end of the inner wall 60d and forms the bottom of the intermediate connecting member 60. And is formed in an L shape.
At the lower part of the intermediate connecting member 60, a reinforcing member 150 formed in an L shape from a vertical wall 150a fixed to the outer surface of the intermediate connecting member 60 and a lower wall 150b fixed to the upper surface of the main frame 56 is provided. Is provided.
The swing shaft 57 includes a shaft main body 151 formed of a cylindrical body having a left and right axial center, an outer closing plate 152 that closes the left and right outer end sides of the shaft main body 151, and a left and right inner end side of the shaft main body 151. And an inner closing member 153 inserted and fixed.

A screw hole 154 having an axial center in the left-right direction is formed through the inner closing member 153.
The swinging shaft 57 is inserted into the bearing member 30 of the frame support 18 concentrically from the left and right outer ends of the frame support 18 so that the portion extending from the middle in the left and right direction to the inner end is inserted into the bearing member 30 in the left and right direction. The swing frame 19 is supported by the frame support 18 so as to be swingable about the swing shaft 57.
Further, the bolt 155 passes through a retaining plate 156 disposed on the inner end side in the left-right direction of the bearing member 30 and is screwed into the screw hole 154 of the inner closing member 153, whereby the bearing member 30 of the swing shaft 57. It is designed to keep it from coming off.

In the swing frame 19 having the above-described configuration, a truss structure is formed by connecting the swing shaft 57 and the front side and the rear side of the main frame 56 with front and rear connecting members 58 and 59 formed of square pipes. Strength is ensured.
The crawler type traveling device 2 includes a rocking restricting means for restricting rocking of the rocking frame 19 around a rocking shaft 57 within a predetermined range.
According to the embodiment, the outer cylinder body 106 is configured as a separate body by separating the outer cylinder main body 112 and the outer cylinder blocking wall 107, and the outer cylinder blocking wall 107 is formed on the outer end side of the swing frame 19. The fitting portion 113 protrudes from the outer cylinder blocking wall 107, the base portion of the outer cylinder main body 112 is fitted and fixed to the fitting portion 113, and the outer cylinder main body 112 is attached to the swing frame 19. Since it is placed on the outer end and is detachably fixed by the fastener 115, the outer cylinder 106 and the inner cylinder 108 are worn by sliding due to long-term use, and the outer cylinder The sliding wear is increased by the mud accumulated between the body 106 and the inner cylinder 108, and play occurs between the outer cylinder 106 and the inner cylinder 108. When the movement comes to occur, the outer cylinder 106 and the inner cylinder 1 8, the fastener 115 is removed and the base portion of the outer cylinder main body 112 is removed from the fitting portion 113, and only the outer cylinder main body 112 is replaced or the outer cylinder main body 112 and the inner cylinder It is only necessary to replace the cylindrical body 108 to the front support bracket 105, and it is not necessary to replace the entire swing frame 19, and the swing frame 19 can be used as it is, which is very economical.

  Moreover, the fitting portion 113 is formed in a gate shape having a pair of left and right side walls 113a and an upper wall 113b connecting the upper ends of the pair of side walls 113a, and the outer cylinder main body 112 is formed in a square cylinder shape, The bottom wall 112a at the base of the main body 112 is cut away to form a gate-type outer fitting portion 125 having a pair of left and right side walls 125a and an upper wall 125b connecting the upper ends of the pair of side walls 125a. Since the outer cylinder main body 112 is removed from the swinging frame 19, the outer cylinder main body 112 is removed after the fastener 115 is removed. The base portion of the outer cylinder main body 112 may be removed upward from the fitting portion 113, and when the swinging frame 19 is attached to the outer cylinder main body 112, the outer fitting is performed on the outer surfaces of the pair of side walls 113 a. Part 12 Are fitted together so that the base portion of the outer cylinder main body 112 covers the fitting portion 113 from the upper side or the front side, and the outer cylinder main body 112 is placed on the main frame 56 and attached to the attachment piece 128. The outer cylinder body 106 may be easily replaced by simply tightening the fixing piece 127 with the fastener 115 to fix the outer cylinder body 106 to the swing frame 19.

In the above embodiment, the front idler 20 is supported by the swing frame 19 via the tension applying device 104. Instead, the tension applying device 104 is provided on the rear side of the swing frame 19, and the rear The idler 21 may be supported on the swing frame 19 via the tension applying device 104. Further, both the front idler 20 and the rear idler 21 may be supported on the swing frame 19 via the tension applying device 104.
Further, the traveling vehicle in which the crawler type traveling device 2 according to the present invention is adopted may be a vehicle other than the tractor 1, and the crawler type traveling device 2 may be provided instead of the front wheels.

1 Tractor (traveling vehicle)
1A Body 5 Axle (rear axle)
8 Frame support 19 Swing frame 20 Front idler 21 Rear idler 22 Roller wheel 23 Drive wheel 24 Crawler belt 56 Main frame 57 Swing shaft 58 Front connecting member 104 Tension applying device 106 Outer cylinder body 107 Outer cylinder blocking wall 108 Inner cylinder Body 109 Inner cylinder closing body wall 110 Spring receiving body 111 Spring 112 Outer cylinder main body 112a Bottom wall 113 Fitting part 113a Side wall 113b Upper wall 115 Fastener 125 Outer fitting part 125a Side wall 125b Upper wall

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A swinging frame (19) is provided on the vehicle body (1A) side of the traveling vehicle (1) via a swinging shaft (57) so as to be swingable about an axis in the left-right direction. ), The front idler (20) and the rear idler (21) are supported, and the drive wheels (23) driven to rotate by the axle (5) of the traveling vehicle (1) are disposed between the front and rear idlers (20, 21). A crawler belt (24) is wound around the front and rear idlers (20, 21) and the drive wheels (23), and at least one of the front and rear idlers (20, 21) is rocked via a tension applying device (104). The tension applying device (104) supported by the moving frame (19) is fixed to the outer end in the front-rear direction of the swing frame (19) and has an outer cylinder blocking wall (107) on the base end side. (106) and the outer cylinder 106) and an inner cylinder (108) having an inner cylinder blocking wall (109) on the distal end side, which is removably inserted into the distal end side in the front-rear direction, and an outer cylinder obstruction disposed in the outer cylinder (106). A spring receiver (110) supported on the wall (107) so as to be adjustable in the front-rear direction, and a spring (111) interposed between the spring receiver (110) and the inner cylinder blocking wall (109). A crawler type traveling device,
The outer cylinder body (106) is configured by separating the outer cylinder main body (112) and the outer cylinder blocking wall (107), and the outer cylinder blocking wall (107) is separated from the swing frame (19). While being fixedly installed on the outer end side, the fitting portion (113) protrudes from the outer cylinder blocking wall (107), and the base portion of the outer cylinder main body (112) is fitted and fixed to the fitting portion (113). The crawler type traveling device is characterized in that the outer cylinder main body (112) is placed on the outer end of the swing frame (19) and is detachably fixed.   The swing frame (19) includes a main frame (56) to which a wheel (22) disposed between the front and rear idlers (20, 21) is attached, and the swing disposed on the upper side of the main frame (56). A moving shaft (57), a front connecting member (58) for connecting the swing shaft (57) and the front end side of the main frame (56), and a rear end of the swing shaft (57) and the main frame (56) And a rear connecting member (59) for connecting the front connecting member (58) and the end of the front connecting member (58) or the rear connecting member (59) on the opposite side to one of the swing shafts (57). The lower end of the outer cylinder blocking wall (107) and the fitting portion (113) are fixed to the outer end of the main frame (56), and the outer cylinder is attached to the outer end of the main frame (56). The (106) is placed and fixed with a fastener. Crawler type traveling device according. The fitting portion (113) is formed in a gate shape having a pair of left and right side walls (113a) and an upper wall (113b) connecting between upper ends of the pair of side walls (113a), and the outer cylinder main body (112). Is formed in a rectangular tube shape, and a bottom wall (112a) of a base portion of the outer cylinder main body (112) is cut out to connect an upper wall between a pair of left and right side walls (125a) and an upper end of the pair of side walls (125a) ( 125b), and a gate-shaped outer fitting portion (125) is formed, and the outer fitting portion (125) is fitted to the fitting portion (113) so as to be detachable from above or in the front-rear direction. The crawler type traveling device according to claim 1, wherein the crawler type traveling device is provided.

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