JP5416607B2 - Rice transplanter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention includes an engine, a transmission case that houses and / or supports a traveling transmission mechanism, and directly or indirectly supports a front axle, and a rear axle case that is spaced rearward from the transmission case and supports a rear axle. And a rice transplanter including a front-rear frame that connects the transmission case and the rear axle case.

  A transmission case that houses and / or supports an engine and a traveling transmission mechanism that shifts rotational power transmitted from the engine, and is disposed on the front side of the vehicle so as to directly or indirectly support a front axle. A transmission case, a rear axle case spaced from the transmission case to the vehicle rear side so as to support a rear axle, and a front-rear frame connecting the transmission case and the rear axle case, wherein the engine is a vehicle front-rear direction. A rice transplanter disposed between the front axle and the rear axle has been proposed (see Patent Document 1 below).

  In the rice transplanter described in Patent Document 1, the heavy engine is disposed between the front axle and the rear axle in the vehicle longitudinal direction, thereby realizing a good weight balance in the vehicle longitudinal direction. Although the effect of being able to be produced can be produced, it has the following disadvantages.

  That is, in the rice transplanter described in Patent Document 1, the engine is supported only by the front-rear direction frame at four positions, front-rear, left-right. In such a configuration, it is necessary to improve the strength of the longitudinal frame in order to stabilize the support of the engine. Therefore, the rice transplanter described in Patent Document 1 is provided with a pair of left front-rear direction frame and right front-rear direction frame as the front-rear direction frame, and as a result, the frame structure becomes complicated and heavy. It was.

JP 2004-243981 A

The present invention has been made in view of such prior art, and includes an engine, a transmission case that houses and / or supports a traveling transmission mechanism, and directly or indirectly supports a front axle, and a rear side from the transmission case. supporting the spaced apart arranged and the rear axle to the rear axle case, a rice transplanter having a front and rear direction frame for connecting the transmission case and the rear axle case, while achieving structural simplification of the longitudinal direction frame, wherein It is an object of the present invention to provide a rice transplanter in which an engine can be disposed between the front axle and the rear axle in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention accommodates and / or supports an engine and a traveling system speed change mechanism for shifting rotational power transmitted from the engine and supports a front axle directly or indirectly. A transmission case disposed on the front side of the vehicle, a rear axle case spaced from the transmission case to the rear side of the vehicle so as to support a rear axle, and a longitudinal frame connecting the transmission case and the rear axle case. The front-rear frame is a single frame disposed substantially in the center of the vehicle width direction, and the upper end of the front-rear frame is located above the upper surface of the front-rear frame. as is fixed the front mounting bracket, the engine, the back and forth between the underside of the the top surface of the longitudinal frame the engine In a state where the passage for passing resides, rear side is supported and the front to the rear axle case is supported by the front mounting bracket, the traveling transmission mechanism, the transmission in a state in which the pump shaft and the motor shaft along the width direction of the vehicle The transmission case includes an HST connected to a side surface on one side in the vehicle width direction of the case, and the transmission case is disposed on the other side in the vehicle width direction of the transmission case and a variable drive shaft connected coaxially with the motor shaft. The variable drive shaft is disposed between the output shaft for the work machine that outputs the rotational power operatively input from the variable drive shaft to the rear and one end side and the other end side of the transmission case in the vehicle width direction, and the variable drive A rear axle output shaft for outputting the rotational power operatively input from the shaft to the rear, and the engine output shaft to the pump shaft. Power is transmitted via a pulley / belt transmission mechanism arranged on one side in the vehicle width direction, and the vehicle is moved in the vehicle longitudinal direction from the rear axle output shaft to the input shaft of the rear axle case through the passage below the engine. Power is transmitted through the extending connecting shaft, and the working machine connecting shaft extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction on the other side in the vehicle width direction of the engine from the working machine output shaft to the working machine input shaft provided in the rice transplanter. The rice transplanter that is being transmitted power is provided.

Preferably, the transmission case has a constant speed drive shaft that is coaxially connected to the pump shaft, and an auxiliary that is mounted on a side surface of the transmission case on the other side in the vehicle width direction and is driven by the constant speed drive shaft. and a pump is provided, et al. are.

Wherein the transmission case, preferably, before Symbol Variable drive shaft and the traveling system output shaft and disposed substantially parallel to at below, the variable plurality of the traveling system is supported by the drive shaft drive gear and the plurality of traveling system A plurality of traveling system gear trains including a plurality of traveling system driven gears supported by the traveling system output shaft so as to be able to mesh directly or indirectly with the drive gear, and using the plurality of traveling system gear trains And a traveling system multi-stage transmission mechanism that multi-shifts and transmits the rotational power of the variable drive shaft to the traveling system output shaft, and a front side that is supported by the traveling system output shaft on one side in the vehicle width direction from the traveling system driven gear. an axle drive gear, the front axle drive shaft of the pair that is position coaxially with and to one another along the width direction of the vehicle, the rotational power of the pair being operatively received from the front axle drive gear Differential transmission to the front axle drive shaft A front wheel differential gear mechanism accommodated in sea urchin the transmission case, and an axle drive gear after being supported on the traveling output shaft in the vehicle width direction on one side than the front axle drive gear, the vehicle than the previous SL running system driven gear A work machine system transmission gear train including a work machine system drive gear supported by the variable drive shaft on the other side in the width direction , the output shaft for the rear axle is below the motor shaft, and the front end portion is the rear axle. One end of the work machine output shaft may be operatively connected to the variable drive shaft via the work machine system transmission gear train .

More preferably, the transmission case supports the variable drive shaft, the travel system output shaft, and the pair of front axle drive shafts, and accommodates the front wheel differential gear mechanism and the travel system multi-stage transmission mechanism. The side surface on one side in the vehicle width direction is a wide portion that acts as a mounting surface for the HST, and a narrow portion that extends rearward from the other side in the vehicle width direction on the rear end surface of the wide portion, And a narrow portion that accommodates at least a part of the mechanical transmission gear train.
The rear axle output shaft has a front end portion that is operatively connected to the rear axle drive gear, and a rear end portion that is exposed to the rear side on one side in the vehicle width direction from the narrow portion of the rear end surface of the wide portion. It extends along the front-rear direction of the vehicle in a state of extending rearward from the existing portion.

  The front-rear direction frame may be coupled to the transmission case below the rear axle output portion of the exposed portion of the rear end surface of the wide portion.

The rice transplanter according to the present invention includes a transmission case and a rear axle case that are spaced apart from each other in the front-rear direction, a front-rear frame that connects both the engine, and an engine. Since the front-rear frame is supported via the front mounting bracket, the engine can be disposed between the front axle and the rear axle in the vehicle front-rear direction while simplifying the structure of the front-rear frame.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a rice transplanter to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a side view of the rice transplanter shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the rice transplanter shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 4 is a plan view of an assembly including a transmission, a rear axle case, a longitudinal frame, and an engine in the rice transplanter shown in FIGS. FIG. 5 is a side view of the assembly shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a plan view of the assembly with the engine removed. FIG. 7 is a transmission schematic diagram of the rice transplanter. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the vicinity of the transmission with the engine and the pulley / belt transmission mechanism removed. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the internal structure of the transmission, showing a state where the transmission case and the HST are removed from FIG. FIG. 11 is a side view of the transmission internal structure. FIG. 12 is a top perspective view of the transmission internal structure. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XIII-XIII in FIG. FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the internal structure of the transmission with the front wheel differential gear mechanism and the pair of front axle drive shafts removed, showing a state in which the slide gear is positioned at the forward low speed position. FIG. 15 is a bottom view of the internal structure of the transmission with the front wheel differential gear mechanism and the pair of front axle drive shafts removed, showing a state in which the slide gear is positioned at the forward high speed position. FIG. 16 is a bottom view of the internal structure of the transmission with the front wheel differential gear mechanism and the pair of front axle drive shafts removed, showing a state in which the slide gear is positioned at the reverse drive position.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 to 3 show a perspective view, a side view, and a bottom view of a rice transplanter 1 to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the rice transplanter 1 includes a vehicle main unit 2 and a planting device 3 attached to the rear of the vehicle main unit 2.
The rice transplanter 1 further includes a fertilizer unit 4 attached to the rear part of the vehicle main unit 2 so as to be positioned in front of the planting device 3.

The vehicle main unit 2 includes a transmission case 110 and a traveling transmission mechanism housed and / or supported by the transmission case 110, and the transmission case 110 directly or indirectly supports a pair of left and right front axles 5F. A transmission 100 disposed on the vehicle front side, a rear axle case 310 that is spaced apart from the transmission case 110 toward the vehicle rear side and supports the pair of left and right rear axles 6, and the transmission case 110 and the rear axle case 310. A pair of left and right front frames 10F connected to the pair of front axles 5F, a pair of left and right front wheels 10F connected to the pair of front axles 5F, and a pair of left and right axles connected to the pair of rear axles 5R. A rear wheel 10R, an engine 40 supported by the vehicle frame, and the vehicle frame It includes a driver's seat 15 supported on the arm, and said operation unit 20 supported on the vehicle frame so as to be positioned in front of the driver's seat 15.
In the figure, reference numeral 25 denotes a spare seedling stage provided on both sides of the operation unit 20 in the vehicle width direction.

  FIGS. 4 and 5 show a plan view and a side view of an assembly including the transmission 100, the rear axle case 310, the front-rear frame 50, and the engine 40, respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, in the rice transplanter 1 according to the present embodiment, the engine 40 includes a bracket whose rear side is supported by the rear axle case 310 and whose front side is connected to the front-rear frame 50. Thus, the mid structure is arranged between the front axle 5F and the rear axle 5R with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, while simplifying the structure of the longitudinal frame 50. A mounting structure can be realized.

That is, in the conventional engine mid-mount rice transplanter, the transmission case and the rear axle case that are spaced apart in the vehicle front-rear direction are connected by the front-rear frame, and the engine is connected to the front axle and the rear axle in the vehicle front-rear direction. It was supported only by the said front-back direction frame in four places front-back, right-and-left so that it might be located in between.
In such a conventional configuration, it is necessary to improve the strength of the front-rear direction frame, and for this purpose, a pair of left front-rear direction frame and right front-rear direction frame are provided as the front-rear direction frame, which complicates the frame structure In addition, there is a problem that the weight is increased.

On the other hand, in the rice transplanter 1 according to the present embodiment, as described above, the engine 40 includes the bracket 55 whose rear side is supported by the rear axle case 310 and whose front side is connected to the front-rear frame 50. It is supported by.
According to such a configuration, while simplifying the structure of the front-rear frame 50, the engine 40 is positioned between the front axle 5F and the rear axle 5R in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, so The weight balance regarding the direction can be improved.

  Furthermore, according to the rice transplanter 1 according to the present embodiment, the distance between the transmission case 110 and the rear axle case 310 in the vehicle front-rear direction compared to the conventional configuration in which the engine is supported only by the front-rear frame. There is also an effect that can be shortened.

FIG. 6 shows a plan view of the assembly with the engine 40 removed.
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, in the present embodiment, the front-rear frame 50 is a single frame disposed substantially at the center in the vehicle width direction.
The bracket 55 has a pair of left and right front mounting brackets 56 a and 56 b fixed to the front and rear direction frame 50.

Each of the pair of front mounting brackets 56 a and 56 b is fixed to the front-rear frame 50 so that the upper end portion is located above the upper surface of the front-rear frame 50.
In other words, the pair of front mounting brackets 56 a and 56 b support the engine 40 in a state where a passage communicating between the front and rear exists between the upper surface of the front and rear frame 50 and the lower surface of the engine 40.

On the other hand, a pair of left and right rear mounting brackets 316a and 316b are fixed to the rear axle case 310 as shown in FIGS.
Each of the pair of rear mounting brackets 316a and 316b has a proximal end portion fixed to the rear axle case 310 and a distal end portion extending forward.

In the present embodiment, the engine 40 is supported by vibration isolation.
Specifically, a front stay 41F and a rear stay 41R are fixed to the front side and the rear side of the lower surface of the engine 40, respectively, and the front stay 41F is connected to the pair of front sides via a pair of left and right front vibration isolating rubbers 42F. The rear stay 41R is supported by the mounting brackets 56a and 56b, and the pair of rear mounting brackets 316a and 316b via the pair of left and right rear vibration isolating rubbers 42R.

In FIG. 7, the transmission schematic diagram of the said rice transplanter 1 containing the said transmission 100 is shown.
The transmission 100 includes an HST 120 and a traveling multi-stage speed change mechanism 150 that are inserted into a traveling system transmission path from the engine 40 to the front axle 5F and the rear axle 5R, and vehicle speed synchronized rotational power from the traveling system transmission path. Is taken out and output to the work machine (planting clutch case 400 in the present embodiment).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the transmission 100 includes, in addition to the mission case 110, the HST 120 including a pump shaft 121 operatively connected to the engine 40 and a motor shaft 123 that outputs variable rotational power, The traveling drive multi-stage shift capable of shifting the rotational power of the variable drive shaft 130 operatively connected to the motor shaft 123, the traveling system output shaft 140, and the variable drive shaft 130 to the traveling system output shaft 140 by multi-speed shifting. The mechanism 150, a pair of left and right front axle drive shafts 160 that output rotational power toward the pair of front axles 5F, and the driving system output shaft 140 operatively input rotational power to the pair of front axles. The front wheel differential gear mechanism 170 for transmitting differentially to the axle drive shaft 160 and the rotational power of the traveling system output shaft 140 are transmitted to the rear axle 5. The rear axle output shaft 180 that outputs toward the vehicle, the working machine output shaft 250 that outputs toward the working device (the planting clutch case 400 in the present embodiment), and the rotation of the variable drive shaft 130 And a work machine system transmission gear train 240 that transmits power to the work machine output shaft 250.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the engine 40 includes an engine main body 45 supported by the front-rear frame 50 and the rear axle case 310, and one engine in the vehicle width direction from the engine main body 45. And an engine output shaft 46 protruding to the side.

On the other hand, the HST 120 is connected to the side surface of the transmission case 110 on one side in the vehicle width direction so that the pump shaft 121 and the motor shaft 123 are along the vehicle width direction.
The engine output shaft 46 and the pump shaft 121 acting as the input shaft of the transmission 100 are operatively connected via a pulley / belt transmission mechanism 60.

As shown in FIG. 7, the rear axle case 310 is operatively connected to a rear axle input shaft 320 for operatively receiving rotational power from the rear axle output shaft 180 and the rear axle input shaft 320. In addition, a pair of left and right rear axle drive shafts 330 that output rotational power toward the pair of rear axles 5R are provided.
In the present embodiment, each of the pair of rear axle drive shafts 330 is operatively connected to the corresponding rear axle 5R via a clutch mechanism 340.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the rear axle output shaft 180 is above the upper surface of the front-rear frame 50 and acts as an input shaft for operatively inputting rotational power from the engine 40. It is located below the shaft 121.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the rear axle input shaft 320 is supported by the rear axle case 310 in a state of being positioned below the rear axle output shaft 180 and extending forward.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the rear axle output shaft 180 and the rear axle input shaft 320 extend in the front-rear direction through the passage in the front-rear direction and have free joints at both ends. They are operatively connected via a connecting shaft 350 provided.

According to such a configuration, the front side of the engine 40 is directly or indirectly supported by the front-rear frame 50 in a state where the rear side of the engine 40 is directly or indirectly supported by the rear axle case 310. In the rice transplanter 1 that can shorten the distance in the vehicle longitudinal direction of the transmission case 110 and the rear axle case 310 while the engine 40 is positioned between the front axle 5F and the rear axle 5R in the vehicle longitudinal direction, For the rear axle, there is no significant difference in height between the engine output shaft 46 and the input shaft (the pump shaft 121) of the transmission 100 and between the rear axle output shaft 180 and the rear axle input shaft 320. The input shaft 320 can be installed below.
Therefore, while performing power transmission between the engine output shaft 46 and the input shaft (the pump shaft 121) of the transmission 100 and between the rear axle output shaft 180 and the rear axle input shaft 320 without difficulty, The rear axle case can be reduced in size in the vertical direction.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the vicinity of the transmission 100 with the engine 40 and the pulley / belt transmission mechanism 60 removed.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the internal structure of the transmission 100, showing a state in which the transmission case 110 and the HST 120 are removed from FIG.
11 and 12 show a side view and an upper perspective view of the internal structure of the transmission 100, respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, the HST 120 is configured such that the pump shaft 121 and the motor shaft 123 are substantially the same height along the vehicle width direction, and the pump shaft 121 is located on the vehicle rear side from the motor shaft 123. Thus, the transmission case 110 is connected to the side surface on one side in the vehicle width direction.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XIII-XIII in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 13, the variable drive shaft 130 is operatively connected to the motor shaft 123 in a state of being coaxially arranged with the motor shaft 123.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 13, in the present embodiment, the transmission 100 includes a planetary gear mechanism 190 that combines the variable rotational power of the motor shaft 123 and the constant speed rotational power of the pump shaft 121. The variable drive shaft 130 is configured to operatively input the combined rotational power of the planetary gear mechanism 190.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 13, the planetary gear mechanism 190 rotatably supports a sun gear 191 and a planet gear 192 that meshes with the sun gear 191, and the sun gear 191 together with the planet gear 192. A carrier 193 that revolves around and an internal gear 194 that meshes with the planetary gear 192.

  The sun gear 191 is coaxially connected to the motor shaft 123 and is connected to the motor shaft 123 so as not to rotate relative to the axis, and acts as a first element for inputting variable rotational power.

The carrier 193 is operatively connected to the pump shaft 121 and functions as a second element for inputting constant speed rotational power.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 7, 11, and 12, the transmission 100 includes an auxiliary pump 200 mounted on the other side surface of the transmission case 110 in the vehicle width direction, In order to transmit the constant speed rotational power of the pump shaft 121 to the auxiliary pump 200, the end on one side in the vehicle width direction is connected to the pump shaft 121 so as not to rotate around the axis line. And a constant speed drive shaft 210.

  The carrier 193 includes a drive-side transmission gear 215 that is supported on the constant-speed drive shaft 210 so as not to rotate relative to the constant-speed drive shaft 210, and a carrier that is rotatable about the axis of the planetary gear mechanism 190 while supporting the carrier 193. The gear 216 is connected to the constant speed drive shaft 210 via a carrier gear 216 meshed with the drive side transmission gear 216.

  The internal gear 194 outputs, to the variable drive shaft 130, a combined rotational power obtained by combining the variable rotational power input to the sun gear 191 and the constant speed rotational power input to the carrier 193. Acts as an element.

In the present embodiment, power transmission from the internal gear 194 to the variable drive shaft 130 is selectively engaged or interrupted based on an external operation.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the transmission 100 includes a clutch mechanism 220 that selectively engages or shuts off power transmission from the planetary gear mechanism 190 to the variable drive shaft 130.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 13, the internal gear 194 is connected to a variable transmission shaft 135 disposed coaxially with the internal gear 194, and the variable drive shaft 130 is The cylinder shaft is inserted around the variable transmission shaft 135.

Then, the clutch mechanism 220 is configured to selectively engage or block the power transmission from the variable transmission shaft 135 to the variable drive shaft 130 based on an external operation. 130 is provided at the other end in the vehicle width direction.
In the present embodiment, the clutch mechanism 220 has a clutch operation shaft 221 that extends upward on the front side of the variable drive shaft 130 as shown in FIGS.

  As shown in FIGS. 10, 11, and 13, the traveling system output shaft 140 is supported by the transmission case 110 so as to be substantially parallel to the variable drive shaft 130 below the variable drive shaft 130. .

  The traveling system multi-stage speed change mechanism 150 is connected to the traveling system output shaft 140 so as to be able to mesh directly or indirectly with a plurality of traveling system drive gears supported by the variable drive shaft 130. A plurality of travel system gear trains including a plurality of travel system driven gears supported; and the travel system output shaft by changing the rotational power of the variable drive shaft 130 in multiple stages using the plurality of travel system gear trains. 140 is configured to be transmitted to 140.

  In the present embodiment, the traveling system multi-stage speed change mechanism 150 is configured so that the traveling system output shaft 140 can be selectively set to a forward high speed rotation state or a forward low speed rotation state.

Specifically, the plurality of traveling system drive gears include a forward low-speed drive gear 151 a and a forward high-speed drive gear 151 b that are supported by the variable drive shaft 130 so as not to rotate relative to each other.
The plurality of traveling system driven gears include a low-speed driven gear 152a and a high-speed driven gear 152b that can mesh with the forward low-speed drive gear 151a and the forward high-speed drive gear 151b, respectively.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 13, the low-speed driven gear 152 a and the high-speed driven gear 152 b are integrally movable in the axial direction in a state in which they cannot rotate relative to the traveling system output shaft 140. A single slide gear 153 is used.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, the slide gear 153 is connected to the fork shaft 155 and the fork shaft 155 supported by the transmission case 110 so as to be movable in the axial direction in a state substantially parallel to the traveling system output shaft 140. The traveling system output shaft 140 can be moved in the axial direction based on an external operation via the supported shift fork 156.

  In other words, the slide gear 153 includes the forward low speed position where the low speed driven gear 152a meshes with the forward low speed drive gear 151a and the high speed driven gear 152b via the fork shaft 155 and the shift fork 156 and the high speed driven gear 152b. The forward high speed position which meshes with the gear 151b can be taken.

In FIG. 13, the slide gear 153 is positioned at the forward low speed position.
14 and 15 are bottom views of the internal structure of the transmission 100 with the front wheel differential gear mechanism 170 and the pair of front axle drive shafts 160 removed, wherein the slide gear 153 is moved forward. The bottom view of the state located in the low speed position and the said advance high speed position is shown.

  In the present embodiment, the traveling system multi-stage transmission mechanism 150 is configured so that the traveling system output shaft 140 can be selectively brought into a reverse rotation state.

Specifically, the plurality of travel system drive gears further include a reverse drive gear 151c that is supported on the variable drive shaft 130 so as not to be relatively rotatable.
In addition to the forward low speed position and the forward high speed position, the slide gear 153 is configured to be able to take a reverse position where the low speed driven gear 152a meshes with the reverse drive gear 151c via an idle gear 154. ing.

  In the present embodiment, in order to bring out the reverse rotation state of the traveling system output shaft 140 while reducing the number of parts, the gears constituting the work machine system transmission gear train 240 are the reverse drive gear 151c and the reverse drive gear 151c. The idle gear 154 is also configured to act.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 12, the work machine system transmission gear train 240 is supported on the variable drive shaft 130 so as not to rotate relative to the plurality of traveling system drive gears 151a and 151b on the other side in the vehicle width direction. And a transmission gear 242 that is located on the vehicle rear side with respect to the work machine system drive gear 241 and meshes with the work machine system drive gear 241.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the transmission gear 242 is a first transmission gear that meshes with the work machine system drive gear 241 on the rear side of the work machine system drive gear 241. 242a and a second transmission gear 242b that meshes with the first transmission gear 242a on the rear side of the first transmission gear 242a.

The first transmission gear 242a is supported on the constant speed drive shaft 210 so as to be relatively rotatable.
The second transmission gear 242b is supported on the work machine system transmission shaft 243 supported by the mission case 110 so as to be relatively non-rotatable along the vehicle width direction on the vehicle rear side from the constant speed drive shaft 210.

In such a configuration, the low-speed driven gear 152a is configured to mesh with the first transmission gear 242a when the slide gear 153 is positioned in the reverse drive position.
That is, the work machine system drive gear 241 and the first transmission gear 242a also function as the reverse drive gear 151c and the idle gear 154, respectively.
FIG. 16 is a bottom view of the internal structure of the transmission 100 with the front wheel differential gear mechanism 170 and the pair of front axle drive shafts 160 removed, wherein the slide gear 153 is positioned at the reverse position. The bottom view of the state is shown.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the transmission 100 further includes a brake mechanism 230 that can selectively apply a braking force to the traveling system output shaft 140.
As shown in FIG. 13, the brake mechanism 230 is disposed so as to act on the end of the traveling system output shaft 140 on the other side in the vehicle width direction, and as shown in FIG. It is operated via a brake operation shaft 235 extending in the direction.

  The front wheel differential gear mechanism 170 inputs the rotational power of the traveling system output shaft via a front axle drive gear 145 supported on the traveling system output shaft 140 so as not to be relatively rotatable.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 13 to 16, the front axle drive gear 145 cannot be relatively rotated on the traveling system output shaft 140 on one side in the vehicle width direction from the plurality of traveling system driven gears 152 a and 152 b. It is supported.

  As shown in FIGS. 7, 10, and 11, the front wheel differential gear mechanism 170 is disposed coaxially with the pair of front axle drive shafts 160 and is engaged with the front axle drive gear 145. A pair of side bevel gears 172 supported at the inner ends in the vehicle width direction of the pair of front axle drive shafts 160 so as not to rotate relative to each other, a bevel pinion 173 meshing with both the pair of side bevel gears 172, A pinion shaft 174 that rotates around the rotation axis of the ring gear 171 together with the ring gear 171, and a pinion shaft 174 that supports the bevel pinion 173 in a relatively rotatable manner.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the front wheel differential mechanism 170 further includes a differential / diff lock switching mechanism 175 for switching between the differential state and the differential lock state.
The differential / diff lock switching mechanism 175 has a differential / diff lock switching operation shaft 176 extending substantially horizontally toward the front side of the vehicle.

  The rear axle output shaft 180 is supported by the transmission case 110 along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the front end portion is operatively connected to the traveling system output shaft 140, and the rear end portion is directed to the rear axle 5R. To output rotational power.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 10 to 13, the traveling system output shaft 140 has a rear axle drive gear 146 in the form of a bevel gear on one side in the vehicle width direction relative to the front axle drive gear 145. It is supported so that it cannot rotate.
The rear axle output shaft 180 supports a rear axle driven gear 181 in the form of a bevel gear that meshes with the rear axle driving gear 146 at the front end portion so that the rear axle driven gear 181 cannot be rotated relative to the rear axle, and provides rotational power to the rear from the rear end portion. It is supported by the mission case 110 so that it can output.

  One end of the work machine output shaft 250 is operatively connected to the variable drive shaft 130 via the work machine transmission gear train 240, and the other end is directed to the work machine (the planting clutch case 400). And supported by the mission case 110 so that rotational power can be output.

  As shown in FIGS. 6, 7, 12, and the like, in the present embodiment, the work machine output shaft 250 has a front end portion connected to the variable drive shaft 130 via the work machine system transmission gear train 240. The transmission case 110 is directly or indirectly supported in a state along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle so as to be operatively connected and to output rotational power rearward from the rear end portion.

  Specifically, the work machine system transmission gear train 240 supports the second transmission gear 242b in a relatively non-rotatable manner in addition to the work machine system drive gear 241 and the first and second transmission gears 242a and 242b. The work machine system transmission shaft 243 extending in the vehicle width direction, a third transmission gear 244 in the form of a bevel gear supported on the other side of the transmission shaft 243 in the vehicle width direction so as not to be relatively rotatable, and the third transmission gear And a fourth transmission gear 245 in the form of a bevel gear supported so as not to rotate relative to the front end of the work machine output shaft 250 so as to mesh with 244.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, etc., an auxiliary case 255 is fixed to the other side surface of the transmission case 110 in the vehicle width direction, and the work machine output shaft 250 is The auxiliary case 255 is supported along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the auxiliary case 255 uses a dead space located on the vehicle rear side of the auxiliary pump 200 so as to overlap the auxiliary pump 200 when viewed along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The work case output shaft 250 is attached to the auxiliary case 255 in the vehicle front-rear direction with the rear end portion extending rearward. It is supported.

  According to such a configuration, the working machine output shaft 250 and the working machine input shaft 410 of the planting clutch case 400 provided on the other side in the vehicle width direction of the rear axle case 310 are connected to the vehicle width of the engine 40. It can be connected without difficulty by the connection shaft 360 for work implements which is arranged on the other side in the direction and provided with universal joints at both ends.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the planted clutch case 400 is supported on the other side in the vehicle width direction from the engine 40 in the rear axle case 310.
The planting clutch case 400 supports the work machine input shaft 410 so as to be along the vehicle front-rear direction with the front end portion extending forward.

  Accordingly, when the vehicle is viewed in the vehicle front-rear direction using a dead space located on the vehicle rear side of the auxiliary pump 200, the transmission case 110 on the other side in the vehicle width direction is overlapped with the auxiliary pump 200. The auxiliary case 255 is mounted on a side surface, and the work machine output shaft 250 is supported by the auxiliary case 255 along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle without increasing the size of the transmission case 110 in the vehicle width direction. The work machine output shaft 250 and the work machine input shaft 410 can be connected via the work machine connection shaft 360 without forcibly tilting the work machine connection shaft 360.

  As described above, in the transmission 100, the transmission case 110, the pump shaft 121, and the motor shaft 123 disposed on the front side of the vehicle so as to directly or indirectly support the front axle 5F are provided in the vehicle. The HST 120 connected to one side surface of the transmission case 110 in the vehicle width direction along the width direction, the variable drive shaft arranged coaxially with the motor shaft 123 and operatively connected to the motor shaft 123 130, the traveling system output shaft 140 supported by the transmission case 110 so as to be substantially below and parallel to the variable driving shaft 130, and the plurality of traveling system driving gears supported by the variable driving shaft 130. 151a, 151b and the traveling system output shaft 140 so as to be able to mesh directly or indirectly with the traveling system drive gears. A plurality of traveling system gear trains including the plurality of traveling system driven gears 152a and 152b held therein, and using the plurality of traveling system gear trains, the rotational power of the variable drive shaft 130 is subjected to multi-stage shifting and The traveling system multi-stage transmission mechanism 150 to be transmitted to the traveling system output shaft 140; the front axle drive gear 142 supported by the traveling system output shaft 140 on one side in the vehicle width direction from the traveling system driven gears 152a and 152b; A pair of left and right front axle drive shafts 160 supported by the transmission case 110 so as to be coaxially positioned with respect to each other along the vehicle width direction, and rotation operatively input from the front axle drive gear 145 A differential gear mechanism 170 for front wheels that differentially transmits power to the pair of front axle drive shafts 160, and a vehicle width direction from the front axle drive gear 145. The rear axle drive gear 146 supported on the traveling system output shaft 140 on the side, and one end portion operatively connected to the rear axle drive gear 146 below the motor shaft 123, and the rear axle 5R from the other end portion. The rear axle output shaft 180 supported by the transmission case 110 and the variable drive shaft 130 on the other side in the vehicle width direction from the traveling system drive gears 151a and 151b so that rotational power can be output toward the vehicle. The working machine system transmission gear train 240 including the constructed working machine system drive gear 241 and one end of which is operatively connected to the variable drive shaft 130 through the work machine system transmission gear train 240 and the work from the other end. The work machine output shaft 250 supported by the mission case 110 so as to output rotational power toward the machine.

  According to the transmission 100 having such a configuration, the traveling system transmission path includes the HST 120 and the traveling system multi-stage transmission mechanism 150 in the traveling system transmission path from the engine 40 to the front axle 5F and the rear axle 5R. As a result, the transmission structure that can extract the vehicle speed-synchronized rotational power and output it to the working machine can be made as small as possible.

  In the present embodiment, the mission case 110 supports the variable drive shaft 130, the traveling system output shaft 140, and the pair of front axle drive shafts 160, as shown in FIGS. A wide-width portion 111 that houses the front-wheel differential gear mechanism 170 and the traveling multi-stage speed change mechanism 150 and has a side surface on one side in the vehicle width direction serving as a mounting surface of the HST 120, and a vehicle out of the rear end surfaces of the wide-width portion 112 A narrow portion 112 extending rearward from the other side in the width direction and accommodating at least a part of the work equipment transmission gear train 240.

  The rear axle output shaft 180 has a vehicle front-rear direction such that a rear end portion extends rearward from a portion of the rear end surface of the wide portion 111 located on one side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the narrow width portion 112. It extends along.

According to such a configuration, the rear end portion of the rear axle output shaft 180 can be positioned as far as possible on the vehicle front side without moving the mission case 110 toward the vehicle front side.
Therefore, the vehicle front and rear between the rear end portion of the rear axle output shaft 180 and the front end portion of the rear axle input shaft 320 without increasing the separation distance between the transmission case 110 and the rear axle case 310 in the vehicle front and rear direction. The direction length can be secured as much as possible.

  As in the present embodiment, the effect is that in the configuration in which the rear axle input shaft 320 is displaced in the vehicle width direction and the vertical direction with respect to the rear axle output shaft 180, the connecting shaft 350 This is particularly effective in that the inclination can be reduced.

1 Rice transplanter 5F Front axle 5R Rear axle 40 Engine 50 Front / rear direction frame 55 Bracket 56a Front mounting bracket 100 Transmission 110 Transmission case 111 Wide part 112 Narrow part 120 HST (travel system transmission mechanism)
121 Pump shaft (input shaft)
123 Motor shaft 130 Variable drive shaft 140 Travel system output shaft 145 Front axle drive gear 146 Rear axle drive gear 150 Travel system multi-stage transmission mechanism (travel system transmission mechanism)
151a, 151b Traveling system drive gears 151b, 151b Traveling system driven gear 160 Front axle drive shaft 170 Front wheel differential gear mechanism 180 Rear axle output shaft 240 Work machine system transmission gear train 241 Work machine system drive gear 250 Work machine output Shaft 310 Rear axle case 320 Input shaft 350 for rear axle Connecting shaft

Claims (5)

An engine and a transmission case disposed on the front side of the vehicle so as to accommodate and / or support a traveling transmission mechanism for shifting rotational power transmitted from the engine and to directly or indirectly support a front axle; A rice transplanter comprising a rear axle case spaced from the transmission case to the vehicle rear side so as to support a rear axle, and a longitudinal frame connecting the transmission case and the rear axle case,
The front-rear direction frame is a single frame disposed substantially in the center of the vehicle width direction,
A front mounting bracket is fixed to the front-rear frame so that the upper end portion is located above the upper surface of the front-rear frame,
The engine has a passage communicating front and rear between the upper surface of the front and rear frame and the lower surface of the engine, the rear side is supported by the rear axle case and the front side is supported by the front mounting bracket ,
The traveling transmission mechanism includes an HST coupled to a side surface on one side in the vehicle width direction of the transmission case in a state where the pump shaft and the motor shaft are along the vehicle width direction,
The transmission case is disposed on the other side in the vehicle width direction of the transmission case and connected to the motor shaft coaxially with the motor shaft. A rear axle that is disposed in the middle between the output shaft for the work machine that outputs and one end side and the other end side in the vehicle width direction of the transmission case, and that outputs rotational power operatively input from the variable drive shaft to the rear. And an output shaft for
Power is transmitted from the engine output shaft to the pump shaft via a pulley / belt transmission mechanism arranged on one side in the vehicle width direction of the engine, and from the rear axle output shaft to the input shaft of the rear axle case. Power is transmitted through a connecting shaft extending in the vehicle front-rear direction through the passage below the engine, and from the work machine output shaft to the work machine input shaft provided in the rice transplanter, in the vehicle width direction of the engine The rice transplanter is characterized in that power is transmitted via a working machine connecting shaft extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction on the other side . The transmission case includes a constant speed drive shaft that is coaxially connected to the pump shaft, and an auxiliary pump that is mounted on the other side surface of the transmission case in the vehicle width direction and is driven by the constant speed drive shaft. rice transplanter according to claim 1, characterized in that are provided, et al. The said transmission case, before Symbol substantially parallel-arranged running system output shaft and at lower than a variable drive shaft, to the variable plurality of the traveling system is supported by the drive shaft drive gear and the plurality of traveling system driving gear A plurality of traveling system gear trains including a plurality of traveling system driven gears supported by the traveling system output shaft so as to be able to mesh directly or indirectly, and the variable using the plurality of traveling system gear trains; A traveling-system multi-stage transmission mechanism that multi-shifts the rotational power of the drive shaft and transmits it to the traveling system output shaft, and a front axle drive gear supported by the traveling system output shaft on one side in the vehicle width direction from the traveling system driven gear When, and along the width direction of the vehicle position has been a pair of left and right front axle drive shaft coaxially with respect to each other and, the front axle the a pair of front axle rotational power input operatively from the drive gear It differential transmitted to the drive shaft before wheel diffusion And Rensharugiya mechanism, supporting the front and the axle drive gear after being supported on the traveling output shaft in the vehicle width direction on one side the axle drive gears, the variable drive shaft in the vehicle widthwise direction other side of the front SL running system driven gear And a work machine system transmission gear train including a work machine system drive gear that is
The rear axle output shaft is operatively connected to the rear axle drive gear at the front end below the motor shaft,
3. The rice transplanter according to claim 1, wherein one end of the work machine output shaft is operatively connected to the variable drive shaft via the work machine transmission gear train . The transmission case is a wide-width portion that supports the variable drive shaft, the travel system output shaft, and the pair of front axle drive shafts, and that houses the front wheel differential gear mechanism and the travel system multi-stage transmission mechanism, A side surface on one side in the vehicle width direction is a wide portion that functions as a mounting surface of the HST, and a narrow portion that extends rearward from the other side in the vehicle width direction on the rear end surface of the wide portion, and the work machine system transmission gear A narrow portion that accommodates at least a portion of the row,
The rear axle output shaft has a front end portion that is operatively connected to the rear axle drive gear, and a rear end portion that is exposed to the rear side on one side in the vehicle width direction from the narrow portion of the rear end surface of the wide portion. The rice transplanter according to claim 3, wherein the rice transplanter extends along the vehicle front-rear direction in a state of extending rearward from the portion of the vehicle.   5. The rice transplanter according to claim 4, wherein the front-rear frame is connected to the transmission case below the rear axle output portion in an exposed portion of the rear end surface of the wide portion.

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