JP7171450B2 - Harvesting machine with reading device and reading device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a reading device and a harvester equipped with the reading device.

Grains such as rice and wheat are harvested with a combine harvester and temporarily stored in a grain tank, after which the grain temporarily stored in the grain tank is discharged into a container such as a container. In the operation of discharging grain in a combine harvester, it is necessary to grasp to which container the grain has been discharged, that is, it is necessary to grasp the discharge destination of the grain.
Patent Document 1 is known as a technique for grasping the discharge destination of grains. The combine disclosed in Patent Literature 1 includes a reaping section that reaps culms, a discharge auger that discharges grains to the outside from a discharge port, and an image acquisition section that is attached to the discharge auger and acquires an image.

JP 2015-077087 A

By displaying the image acquired by the image acquiring unit described above, the driver or the like can grasp to which container the grain discharged from the discharge auger is discharged. However, if the image is not clear, or if the image is clear but the container is not large enough to be identified, it may not be possible to grasp the container from which the grain was discharged, that is, the discharge destination of the grain.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a reading device and a harvester equipped with the reading device that can easily grasp the discharge destination (accommodation destination) of the grain.

The technical means taken by the present invention to solve the above technical problems are characterized by the following points.
The reading device includes a housing that houses a receiver that receives information from an electronic tag attached to a container that stores grain, and a lamp that is provided in the housing and notifies the operating state of the receiver to the outside. a mounting bracket attached to a discharge auger to which the housing is mounted and which discharges the grain ; and a canopy provided around the lamp , wherein the housing is provided with the lamp. a first vertical plate portion; a second vertical plate portion provided apart from the first vertical plate portion; a plate portion; and a lower horizontal plate portion connecting a lower end of the first vertical plate portion and a lower end of the second vertical plate portion. and a mounting wall bent from the upper wall portion and attached to a support member provided on the discharge auger, wherein the eave portion projects from the upper wall portion toward the first vertical plate portion. contains the part .

The housing includes a first side plate portion connecting one end sides in the width direction of the first vertical plate portion, the second vertical plate portion, the upper horizontal plate portion, and the lower horizontal plate portion and facing the discharge auger; a second side plate portion connecting the other widthwise end sides of the first vertical plate portion, the second vertical plate portion, the upper horizontal plate portion, and the lower horizontal plate portion and on the side opposite to the first side plate portion; The eaves portion includes a lateral eaves portion extending downward from the upper eaves portion and positioned on the second side plate portion side.

The mounting bracket is formed of a plate member integrally forming the upper wall portion and the upper eaves portion.
The harvester comprises a machine body, a driver's seat provided in the machine body, a reaping part provided in the front part of the machine body, a discharge auger having a tip part for discharging grains reaped by the reaping part, and a reading device provided in a discharge auger, wherein the reading device includes a housing that stores a receiving unit that receives information from an electronic tag attached to a container that stores the grain; a lamp that is provided and notifies the operating state of the receiving unit to the outside; a mounting bracket that is attached to the housing and is attached to a discharge auger that discharges the grain ; and a canopy provided around the lamp. and the housing includes a first vertical plate portion provided with the lamp, a second vertical plate portion provided apart from the first vertical plate portion, and an upper end of the first vertical plate portion and an upper horizontal plate portion connecting the upper end of the second vertical plate portion, and a lower horizontal plate portion connecting the lower end of the first vertical plate portion and the lower end of the second vertical plate portion, the mounting The bracket includes an upper wall portion to which the upper horizontal plate portion is attached, and an attachment wall bent from the upper wall portion and attached to a support provided on the discharge auger, and the eave portion is attached to the upper wall. an upper eaves portion protruding from the portion toward the first vertical plate portion.

The discharge auger is supported by the body so as to be rotatable between a storage position in which the tip portion is positioned within the width of the body and a discharge position in which the tip portion is positioned outside the width of the body, The housing has a wall facing the driver's seat when the discharge auger is in the retracted position, and the lamp is provided on the wall facing the housing.

The discharge auger is supported by the machine body so as to be rotatable between a storage position where the tip is positioned within the width of the machine body and a discharge position where the tip is positioned outside the width of the machine body, When the discharge auger is rotated from the storage position to the discharge position, the discharge auger includes a leading side that rotates first in a plan view and a trailing side that rotates following the preceding part, The reader is mounted on the trailing side of the discharge auger.
The housing includes a first side plate portion connecting one end sides in the width direction of the first vertical plate portion, the second vertical plate portion, the upper horizontal plate portion, and the lower horizontal plate portion and facing the discharge auger; a second side plate portion connecting the other widthwise end sides of the first vertical plate portion, the second vertical plate portion, the upper horizontal plate portion, and the lower horizontal plate portion and on the side opposite to the first side plate portion; The eaves portion includes a lateral eaves portion extending downward from the upper eaves portion and positioned on the second side plate portion side.
The mounting bracket is formed of a plate member integrally forming the upper wall portion and the upper eaves portion.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily grasp the discharge destination (accommodation destination) of the grain.

It is a perspective view of the state which attached the reading device to the discharge auger. It is an explanatory view explaining attachment of a reading device. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of the discharge auger; It is an enlarged plan view of the discharge auger. It is an enlarged bottom view of the discharge auger. It is a front view which attached the reading device to the discharge auger. It is a perspective view from the upper part of a reader. It is a perspective view from the downward direction of a reader. FIG. 4 is a plan view when the discharge auger is changed between the storage position and the discharge position; FIG. 10 is a plan view different from FIG. 9; FIG. 11 shows a variant of the reading device; 1 is a block diagram of an electronic tag and a reader; FIG. It is a side view of a combine.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
A harvester is a machine that harvests grains such as rice and wheat, and is, for example, a combine harvester that harvests grains. Taking a combine as an example, a harvester will be explained.
As shown in FIG. 13 , the combine 1 includes a machine body 2 , a travel device 3 , a driver's seat 4 and a prime mover 5 . The traveling device 3 is composed of a crawler device, and is provided on one side and the other side in the width direction of the body 2 (body width direction). The traveling device 3 can move forward, backward, turn, etc. by operating an operation member arranged near the driver's seat 4 . The traveling device 3 is composed of a crawler device, but is not limited to this, and may be a device having front wheels, reverse traveling, and the like. The driver's seat 4 is provided, for example, in the front part of the body 2 and on one side (eg, right side) of the body 2 in the body width direction. The prime mover 5 is composed of an internal combustion engine such as a diesel engine or a gasoline engine, and is provided below the driver's seat 4 .

The combine 1 includes a reaping unit 6 , a threshing device (not shown), a grain tank 7 , and a discharge auger (unloader) 8 . The reaping part 6 is provided in the front part of the machine body 2 and reaps the introduced reaping material. A threshing device threshes harvested grains (grains). The grain tank 7 stores grains (grains) threshed by the threshing device. The grain tank 7 is provided behind the driver's seat 4, for example.

The discharge auger 8 is a device for discharging grains (grains) stored in the grain tank 7 to the outside, and includes a vertical auger 10 and a horizontal auger 11 . The vertical auger 10 is positioned behind the grain tank 7 . Inside the vertical auger 10, a vertical feeding mechanism 13 such as a conveying screw is provided for feeding the grain fed from the grain tank 7 upward. The horizontal auger 11 is connected to the top of the vertical auger 10 . The horizontal auger 11 has a cylindrical horizontal cylinder 11a through which grains pass and extends in the horizontal direction, and a front end 15 of the horizontal cylinder 11a which is provided inside the horizontal cylinder 11a and receives the grain sent out from the vertical auger 10. and a vertical feed mechanism 11b such as a conveying screw for feeding to the bottom, and a vertical cylindrical body 11c attached to the distal end portion 15 of the horizontal cylindrical body 11a and extending in the vertical direction. The front end of the horizontal auger 11, that is, the vertical cylindrical body 11c is a portion for discharging grain, and the grain is discharged from an opening formed at the bottom.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the discharge auger 8, that is, the vertical auger 10 and the horizontal auger 11 are driven by a turning motor to turn (rotate) around the turning axis O1 at the rear part of the body 2. It is possible to Specifically, the discharge auger 8 has a storage position J10 where the tip portion 15 of the horizontal cylinder 11a is located within the width of the machine body 2 (between the left end of the machine body 2 and the right end of the machine body 2 A11), and the horizontal cylinder 11a. The front end portion 15 is supported by the body 2 so as to be rotatable over a discharge position J11 located outside the width of the body 2 (outside A12 of the body 2). In other words, when the discharge auger 8 is at the storage position J10, the distal end portion 15 of the horizontal cylinder 11a (the distal end portion of the discharge auger 8) is positioned above the reaping portion 6, and the discharge auger 8 is at the discharge position J11. At this time, the distal end portion 15 of the horizontal cylinder 11 a (the distal end portion of the discharge auger 8 ) is positioned outside the reaping portion 6 to the side or rear of the machine body 2 .

As shown in FIGS. 1, 9, 10 and 13, the discharge auger 8 has a reading device 20 attached thereto. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the reader 20 is a device that reads information from an electronic tag 45 attached to a container 40 that stores grain discharged from the harvester 1 to the outside. The container 40 is a flexible container bag (hereinafter referred to as a flexible container), a container, or the like. The flexible container bag is made of a deformable material such as chemical fiber. Also, the container is made of metal or the like. In this embodiment, container 40 is a container.

The electronic tag 45 is, for example, an RFID tag (Radio Frequency Identification) that transmits information about the container 40 (container information). The container information is at least identification information for identifying the container 40 (information for identifying the container 40). The identification information is a number or the like individually assigned to each container 40 . The identification information may be anything as long as it can identify the container 40, and is not limited to the examples described above. The container information may be capacity information of the size (length, width, capacity) of the container 40 or mounting information of the electronic tag 45 . Attachment information is information indicating the attachment position and the number of attachments of the electronic tag 45 for one container 40 .

The electronic tag 45 is, for example, a passive tag that converts radio waves (signals) from the reader 20 into electric power. In other words, the electronic tag 45 is a passive tag without a storage battery. As shown in FIG. 12, the electronic tag 45 has a storage section 101 for storing container information and an output section (hereinafter referred to as a transmission section) 102 . The storage unit 101 and the transmission unit 102 are housed in the housing. The storage unit 101 is configured by, for example, a non-volatile memory or the like, and stores identification information as container information. Note that the size (length, width, capacity) of the container 40 and the like may be stored as the container information. Upon receiving radio waves (signals) from the reader 20 , the transmitter 102 transmits the container information stored in the storage 101 to the outside, that is, to the reader 20 .

A housing for housing the electronic tag 45 , that is, the storage unit 101 and the transmission unit 102 is provided on the peripheral wall 41 of the container 40 . As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, one electronic tag 45 is provided for one container 40 . A plurality of electronic tags 45 may be provided in one container 40 . In the embodiment described above, the electronic tag 45 was a passive tag, but it may be an active tag.

On the other hand, the reader 20 is a device that reads information on the electronic tag 45 . As shown in FIG. 12, the reading device 20 outputs radio waves (signals) to the outside of the electronic tag 45, for example, and outputs various information (identification information, capacity information, attachment information) transmitted from the electronic tag 45. etc.) and a processing unit 20b for processing the received information (signal). The receiving unit 20a is composed of an antenna that receives a signal (information). The processing unit 20b includes an amplifier circuit that amplifies the signal received by the receiving unit 20a, an electric/electronic circuit that processes the signal (information), a CPU, and the like. The receiver 20 a and the processor 20 b are housed in the housing 21 .

The reading device 20 is connected to at least one of the control device 50 , the communication device 51 and the display device 52 . Information read by the reading device 20 can be acquired by at least one of the control device 50 , the communication device 51 and the display device 52 . In addition, the control device 50 is provided in the combine 1 and performs various controls of the combine 1 . A communication device 51 is also provided in the combine 1 and transmits information of the combine 1 to external devices such as a server and a mobile terminal. A display device 52 is also provided on the combine 1 to display various information of the combine 1 .

As shown in FIG. 1, the reader 20 is mounted on a support 30 provided on the side auger 11 of the discharge auger 8. As shown in FIG. The support 30 is provided, for example, closer to the distal end of the horizontal auger 11 (more distal than the central portion of the horizontal auger 11 in the longitudinal direction).
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the support 30 includes an upper stay 31 attached to the upper portion of the horizontal auger 11, a lower stay 32 attached to the lower portion of the horizontal auger 11, and an upper stay 31 and a lower stay 32. and a pair of mounting stays 33 provided across.

The upper stay 31 has an inverted U-shape in cross section, extends along the longitudinal direction of the horizontal cylinder 11a, and has its lower end fixed to the upper part of the horizontal cylinder 11a by welding or the like. The lower stay 32 is V-shaped in cross section, extends along the longitudinal direction of the horizontal cylinder 11a, and has its upper end fixed to the lower part of the horizontal cylinder 11a by welding or the like.
Upper ends of the pair of mounting stays 33 are fastened to the upper stay 31 by fasteners 34 such as bolts and nuts. A lower end of the mounting stay 33 is fastened to the lower stay 32 with a fastener 34 .

The mounting stay 33 includes an upper extension portion 33A extending from the upper stay 31 toward the right side in the width direction of the fuselage 2, a lower extension portion 33B extending from the lower stay 32 toward the right side in the width direction of the fuselage 2, and an upper It includes a connecting portion 33C that connects the extending portion 33A and the lower extending portion 33B. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, when focusing on the rotation of the discharge auger 8 from the storage position J10 to the discharge position J11, the upper extension part 33A is on the leading side ( The lower extending portion 33B also extends to the trailing side opposite to the leading side (direction of arrow A1), and extends to the trailing side of the side opposite to the leading side (direction of arrow A1). , and the connecting portion 33C is positioned on the trailing side. The connecting portion 33C is formed with an insertion hole through which a fastener 34 such as a bolt is inserted. The reading device 20 is attached to the connecting portion 33C side.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6 to 8, the reader 20 has a housing 21. As shown in FIG. The housing 21 is formed of resin or the like in a rectangular shape. Inside the housing 21, a receiver 20a and a processor 20b are housed. A power cable (not shown) for supplying electric power extends from the housing 21 to the outside, and the power cable is wired along the horizontal cylindrical body 11 a of the discharge auger 8 .

The housing 21 includes a first vertical plate portion 21A, a second vertical plate portion 21B, an upper horizontal plate portion 21C, a lower horizontal plate portion 21D, a first side plate portion 21E, and a second side plate portion 21F. there is
The first vertical plate portion 21A is a portion that stands up in the vertical direction (vertical direction). As shown in FIG. 9, when the discharge auger 8 is in the retracted position J10, the first vertical plate portion 21A is positioned in front of the driver's seat 4 and faces the driver's seat 4 . That is, the first vertical plate portion 21A is a wall that faces the driver's seat 4 when the discharge auger 8 is in the retracted position J10.

A notification unit (notification device) for notifying the operating state of the reading device 20 to the outside is attached to the first vertical plate portion 21A, that is, the facing wall. The notification unit (notification device) is provided with a lamp 60 that notifies the operating state of the reading device 20 by light (light source), for example. More specifically, the lamp 60 is a lamp for notifying the operating state of the receiving unit 20a, and the lamp 60 lights up when power is supplied to either the receiving unit 20a or the processing unit 20b. The power lamp 60a is turned off when there is no electronic tag 45, and the power lamp 60a is turned on when the receiving unit 20a is ready to receive information (signal) from the electronic tag 45 and cannot receive information (signal) from the electronic tag 45. and a communication lamp 60b which is extinguished when the Specifically, the communication lamp 60b is turned on when the reception intensity of radio waves in the receiver 20a of the reader 20 is higher than a predetermined threshold, and is turned off when the reception intensity is less than the threshold.

The communication lamp 60b may be turned on when the container information transmitted from the electronic tag 45 is received, and may be turned off when the container information is not received. Anything is fine. In this embodiment, the power lamp 60a and the communication lamp 60b are composed of, for example, LEDs that can be turned on or off. The power lamp 60a is a red LED that emits red, and the communication lamp 60b is a green LED that emits green. The colors of the power lamp 60a and the communication lamp 60b may be reversed. In the above-described embodiment, the notification unit (notification device) was the lamp 60, but instead of this, a device that notifies the operating state by sound (mechanical sound, voice) or the like may be used.

The second vertical plate portion 21B is a portion that stands up in the vertical direction (vertical direction) and is spaced apart from the first vertical plate portion 21A. The upper horizontal plate portion 21C is a portion that extends in the horizontal direction and connects the upper end of the first vertical plate portion 21A and the upper end of the second vertical plate portion 21B. Insertion holes 35 through which fasteners 34 such as bolts are inserted are formed at predetermined intervals in the width direction and the depth direction in the upper lateral plate portion 21C.
The lower lateral plate portion 21D is a portion extending in the horizontal direction and positioned below the upper lateral plate portion 21C. The lower horizontal plate portion 21D connects the lower end of the first vertical plate portion 21A and the lower end of the second vertical plate portion 21B.

The first side plate portion 21E is a portion that stands up in the vertical direction (vertical direction), and is one end side of the first vertical plate portion 21A, the second vertical plate portion 21B, the upper horizontal plate portion 21C, and the lower horizontal plate portion 21D ( left side). The second side plate portion 21F is a portion that stands up in the vertical direction (vertical direction) and is a portion that is spaced apart from the first side plate portion 21E. The second side plate portion 21F is a portion that connects the other end sides (right sides) of the first vertical plate portion 21A, the second vertical plate portion 21B, the upper horizontal plate portion 21C, and the lower horizontal plate portion 21D.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the housing 21 is attached to the discharge auger 8 via mounting brackets 23 . The mounting bracket 23 also serves as a canopy portion 81 (upper canopy portion 81a, horizontal canopy portion 81b) arranged around the lamps 60 (power lamp 60a, communication lamp 60b) provided on the housing 21 .
The configuration of the mounting bracket 23 and its relationship with the eaves portion will be described below.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 7 and 8, the mounting bracket 23 is configured by bending a metal plate member (flat plate), for example. When the mounting bracket 23 is made of a flat plate, the mounting bracket 23 includes a first plate 71, a second plate 72 bent downward from the first plate 71, and a third plate 73 bent upward from the first plate 71. and

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the first plate 71 is substantially parallel to the upper horizontal plate portion 21C, extends horizontally, and is larger than the upper horizontal plate portion 21C. The width L1 and depth L2 of the first plate 71 are longer than the width L3 and depth L4 of the upper lateral plate portion 21C of the housing 21 . In the first plate 71, a range (opposing portion) 71A to which the upper lateral plate portion 21C faces is an upper wall portion to which the upper lateral plate portion 21C of the housing 21 is attached. In the first plate 71, an upper wall portion (opposing portion) 71A is provided with insertion holes 36 through which fasteners 34 such as bolts are inserted at predetermined intervals in the width direction and the depth direction. The housing 21 is attached to the mounting bracket 23 by inserting the fastener 34 through the upper wall portion (opposing portion) 71A and fastening the fastener 34 to the upper lateral plate portion 21C of the housing 21 .

In the first plate 71, the portion that protrudes from the upper wall portion (opposing portion) 71A toward the first vertical plate portion 21A is an upper canopy portion 81a. It is located above the lamp 60b). The length L10 of the upper eaves portion 81a, that is, the projection length L10 of the upper eaves portion 81a protruding from the upper wall portion (opposing portion) 71A is, for example, the length of the first vertical plate portion 21A on which the lamp 60 is provided. It is set substantially the same as L11.

The second plate 72 is positioned on the right side of the second side plate portion 21F, and the portion overlapping the upper eaves portion 81a in the depth direction is the lateral eaves portion 81b. The lateral canopy portion 81b is positioned to the right of the lamps 60 (the power lamp 60a and the communication lamp 60b). The lower end of the lateral canopy portion 81b reaches the upper end of the lamp 60 (power lamp 60a, communication lamp 60b).
Therefore, the upper eaves portion 81a and the lateral eaves portion 81b are positioned above and to the sides of the lamps 60 (the power lamp 60a and the communication lamp 60b) to cover the lamps 60 above and to the sides. In other words, a substantially L-shaped eaves portion 81 is formed by the upper eaves portion 81a and the lateral eaves portion 81b.

The third plate 73 is a mounting wall attached to the support 30 provided on the discharge auger 8. The third plate (mounting wall) 73 has a predetermined insertion hole 74 through which a fastener 34 such as a bolt is inserted. The through-holes 74 formed at intervals are long holes extending in the vertical direction, and the fastener 34 is inserted through the through-hole 74, and the fastener 34 is inserted through the through-hole of the connecting portion 33C. The mounting bracket 23 can be attached to the support 30 by means of. Since the insertion hole 74 is an elongated hole, the vertical position of the housing 21 can be adjusted.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the mounting bracket 23 is attached to the support member 30, the lower end of the housing 21, that is, the lower horizontal plate portion 21D, is positioned above the lower end of the horizontal cylinder 11a. That is, the housing 21 is housed within a vertical range (height range L15) in the horizontal cylindrical body 11a. Therefore, light from the sun or the like can be blocked by the horizontal cylinder 11a, and the lamp 60 of the reading device 20 can be easily confirmed by the horizontal cylinder 11a.

According to the above, by positioning the tip of the discharge auger 8 above the container 40, that is, by setting the discharge auger 8 to the discharge position J11, the container information of the electronic tag 45 can be easily read by the reading device 20. The container information can identify one container 40 that has discharged the grain from among the plurality of containers 40 . The container information read by the reading device 20 can be transmitted, for example, to a mobile terminal possessed by the worker by the communication device 51 or to a server that manages grain harvesting. Alternatively, the container information read by the reading device 20 can be displayed on the display device 52 arranged near the driver's seat 4 of the combine harvester 1 .

The reading device 20 includes a housing 21 having a receiving section 20a for receiving information from an electronic tag 45 attached to a container 40 containing grains, and an operating state of the receiving section 20a provided in the housing 21 and transmitted to the outside. and a mounting bracket 23 which attaches to the discharge auger 8 to which the housing 21 is attached and which discharges the grain. According to this, when the discharge auger 8 is brought close to the receptacle 40 when discharging the grain, the information of the electronic tag 45 can be obtained by the receiving part 20a. can be easily comprehended.

The reading device 20 has a canopy 81 provided around the lamp 60 . According to this, even when light such as the sun shines into the reading device 20, the light can be prevented from entering the vicinity of the lamp 60 by the canopy part 81. Thus, the state of the lamp 60 can be easily grasped.
The housing 21 includes a first vertical plate portion 21A provided with a lamp 60, a second vertical plate portion 21B spaced apart from the first vertical plate portion 21A, an upper end of the first vertical plate portion 21A and a second vertical plate portion 21B. An upper horizontal plate portion 21C that connects the upper ends of the two vertical plate portions 21B, and a lower horizontal plate portion 21D that connects the lower ends of the first vertical plate portion 21A and the lower ends of the second vertical plate portions 21B. 23 includes an upper wall portion 71A to which the upper horizontal plate portion 21C is attached, and a mounting wall 73 bent from the upper wall portion 71A and attached to a support 30 provided on the discharge auger 8. It includes an upper canopy portion 81a that protrudes from the upper wall portion 71A toward the first vertical plate portion 21A. According to this, the upper part of the lamp 60 can be covered with the upper eaves part 81a, and the penetration of sunlight toward the lamp 60 from the upper side can be prevented.

The housing 21 is a first side plate portion that connects one end side in the width direction of the first vertical plate portion 21A, the second vertical plate portion 21B, the upper horizontal plate portion 21C, and the lower horizontal plate portion 21D and faces the discharge auger 8. 21E and the other widthwise ends of the first vertical plate portion 21A, the second vertical plate portion 21B, the upper horizontal plate portion 21C, and the lower horizontal plate portion 21D, and on the side opposite to the first side plate portion 21E. The eaves portion 81 includes a lateral eaves portion 81b extending downward from the upper eaves portion 81a and positioned on the second side plate portion 21F side. According to this, the lateral (horizontal) portion of the lamp 60 can be covered with the horizontal eaves portion 81b, and sunlight can be prevented from entering the lamp 60 from the lateral side.

The mounting bracket 23 is formed of a plate member integrally forming the upper wall portion 71A and the upper eaves portion 81a. According to this, since the mounting bracket 23 for mounting the housing 21 to the discharge auger 8 forms the upper eaves portion 81a, the number of parts can be reduced. That is, since the mounting bracket 23 and the upper eaves portion 81a are also used, the number of parts can be reduced and the work for attaching the upper eaves portion 81a can be simplified.

The harvester 1 includes a machine body 2, a driver's seat 4 provided on the machine body 2, a reaping part 6 provided in the front part of the machine body 2, and a discharge having a tip part for discharging the grains reaped by the reaping part 6. An auger 8 and a reader 20 provided in the discharge auger 8 are provided. The reader 20 is a box having a receiver 20a for receiving information from an electronic tag 45 attached to a container 40 containing grains. It comprises a body 21, a lamp 60 provided on the housing 21 and notifying the operating state of the receiving part 20a to the outside, and a mounting bracket 23 to which the housing 21 is mounted and mounted on the discharge auger 8 for discharging the grain. . According to this, the information of the electronic tag 45 can be obtained by the receiving section 20a only by bringing the discharge auger 8 closer to the container 40 after the grain is harvested by the harvesting section 6. FIG. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp to which container 40 the grain has been discharged. Further, since the eaves portion 81 is provided, even when light such as the sun shines into the reading device 20, the eaves portion 81 can prevent the light from entering the vicinity of the lamp 60, and the lamp 60 is turned on. It is possible to easily grasp the state of the lamp 60 such as whether it is on or off.

The discharge auger 8 is rotatably supported by the machine body 2 between a storage position J10 in which the tip is positioned within the width of the machine body 2 and a discharge position J11 in which the tip is positioned outside the width of the machine body 2. The body 21 has a facing wall where the discharge auger 8 faces the driver's seat 4 at the retracted position J10, and the lamp 60 is provided on the facing wall of the housing 21 . According to this, it is possible to easily check the operating state of the receiving section 20a from the driver's seat 4. FIG. That is, when the discharge auger 8 is in the retracted position J10, the operating state of the receiver 20a can be confirmed by visually recognizing the lamp 60 provided on the opposite wall from the driver's seat 4. FIG. Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the discharge auger 8 rotates around the turning axis O1 provided behind the driver's seat 4. Therefore, even when the discharge auger 8 is at the discharge position J11, The wall faces the driver's seat 4 side, and the operating state of the receiver 20a can be confirmed from the driver's seat 4 side even at the ejection position J11.

When the discharge auger 8 is rotated from the storage position J10 to the discharge position J11, the discharge auger 8 includes a leading side on which the rotation precedes and a trailing side on which the rotation follows in a plan view. The device 20 is mounted trailing in the discharge auger 8 . According to this, since the reading device 20 is provided on the rear side of the discharge auger 8, when the discharge auger 8 is rotated from the storage position J10 to the discharge position J11, the reading device 20 detects an object outside the machine body 2. contact can be suppressed.

In the embodiment described above, the mounting bracket 23 and the eaves portion 81 are integrally formed, but the mounting bracket 23 and the eaves portion 81 may be formed separately. For example, the upper eaves portion 81a may be attached to the first plate 71 having the upper wall portion 71A, or the lower eaves portion 81b may be attached.
It should be considered that the embodiments disclosed this time are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the scope of the claims rather than the above description, and is intended to include all modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the scope of the claims. In the above-described embodiment, the container 40 is composed of a rectangular parallelepiped container, but may be composed of a cylindrical flexible container. The communication device 51 of the reader 20 may wirelessly transmit the container information obtained from the electronic tag 45 from the discharge auger 8 to the body 2 side of the harvester 1 .

1: Harvester (combine)
2: Airframe 4: Driver's seat 6: Reaping part 8: Discharge auger 15: Tip part 20: Reader 20a: Receiving part 21: Housing 21A: First vertical plate part 21B: Second vertical plate part 21C: Upper horizontal plate Part 21D: Lower horizontal plate part 21E: First side plate part 21F: Second side plate part 23: Mounting bracket 30: Supporting tool 40: Container 45: Electronic tag 60a: Power lamp 60b: Communication lamp 81: Canopy part 81a: Top Eaves portion 81b: Horizontal eaves portion J10: Storage position J11: Ejection position

Claims (8)

a housing that houses a receiver that receives information from an electronic tag attached to a container that stores grain;
a lamp that is provided on the housing and notifies the operating state of the receiving unit to the outside;
a mounting bracket that attaches to a discharge auger to which the housing is mounted and that discharges the grain;
a canopy provided around the lamp;
and
The housing includes a first vertical plate portion provided with the lamp, a second vertical plate portion provided apart from the first vertical plate portion, an upper end of the first vertical plate portion and the second vertical plate portion. An upper horizontal plate portion that connects the upper end of the vertical plate portion, and a lower horizontal plate portion that connects the lower end of the first vertical plate portion and the lower end of the second vertical plate portion,
The mounting bracket includes an upper wall portion to which the upper horizontal plate portion is attached, and a mounting wall bent from the upper wall portion and attached to a support provided on the discharge auger,
The reading device, wherein the eaves portion includes an upper eaves portion projecting from the upper wall portion toward the first vertical plate portion . The housing includes a first side plate portion connecting one end sides in the width direction of the first vertical plate portion, the second vertical plate portion, the upper horizontal plate portion, and the lower horizontal plate portion and facing the discharge auger; a second side plate portion connecting the other end sides in the width direction of the first vertical plate portion, the second vertical plate portion, the upper horizontal plate portion, and the lower horizontal plate portion and on the side opposite to the first side plate portion;
2. The reading device according to claim 1 , wherein the eaves portion includes a lateral eaves portion extending downward from the upper eaves portion and positioned on the side of the second side plate portion. 3. The reading device according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting bracket is formed of a plate member integrally forming the upper wall portion and the upper eaves portion. Airframe and
a driver's seat provided in the aircraft;
a reaping unit provided at the front of the fuselage;
a discharge auger having a tip for discharging the grain harvested by the harvesting unit;
a reading device provided on the discharge auger;
with
The reader is
a housing that houses a receiver that receives information from an electronic tag attached to the container that stores the grain;
a lamp provided on the housing and notifying the operating state of the receiving unit to the outside;
a mounting bracket that attaches to a discharge auger to which the housing is mounted and that discharges the grain;
and a canopy provided around the lamp ,
The housing includes a first vertical plate portion provided with the lamp, a second vertical plate portion provided apart from the first vertical plate portion, an upper end of the first vertical plate portion and the second vertical plate portion. An upper horizontal plate portion that connects the upper end of the vertical plate portion, and a lower horizontal plate portion that connects the lower end of the first vertical plate portion and the lower end of the second vertical plate portion,
The mounting bracket includes an upper wall portion to which the upper horizontal plate portion is attached, and a mounting wall bent from the upper wall portion and attached to a support provided on the discharge auger,
The harvester, wherein the eaves section includes an upper eaves section projecting from the upper wall section toward the first vertical plate section . The discharge auger is supported by the body so as to be rotatable between a storage position in which the tip portion is positioned within the width of the body and a discharge position in which the tip portion is positioned outside the width of the body,
The housing has a facing wall facing the driver's seat when the discharge auger is in the retracted position,
The harvester according to claim 4 , wherein the lamp is provided on the opposite wall of the housing. The discharge auger is supported by the body so as to be rotatable between a storage position in which the tip portion is positioned within the width of the body and a discharge position in which the tip portion is positioned outside the width of the body,
When the discharge auger is rotated from the storage position to the discharge position, the discharge auger includes a leading side that rotates first in a plan view and a trailing side that rotates following the leading side . ,
5. The harvester according to claim 4 , wherein said reading device is mounted on the trailing side of said discharge auger. The housing includes a first side plate portion connecting one end sides in the width direction of the first vertical plate portion, the second vertical plate portion, the upper horizontal plate portion, and the lower horizontal plate portion and facing the discharge auger; a second side plate portion connecting the other end sides in the width direction of the first vertical plate portion, the second vertical plate portion, the upper horizontal plate portion, and the lower horizontal plate portion and on the side opposite to the first side plate portion;
5. The harvester according to claim 4 , wherein the eaves portion includes a lateral eaves portion extending downward from the upper eaves portion and positioned on the second side plate portion side. The harvester according to claim 4 or 7 , wherein the mounting bracket is formed of a plate member integrally forming the upper wall portion and the upper eaves portion.

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