JP7390140B2 - scale vegetable harvester - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to a bulb vegetable harvester that harvests bulb vegetables such as garlic, onions, and rakkyo.

Patent Document 1 discloses a harvesting machine that pulls out and harvests onions and the like planted in rows on a ridge surface. Moreover, Patent Document 2 discloses a harvester equipped with a plurality of pulling and conveying devices so as to be able to harvest a plurality of strips of bulbous vegetables.

Patent No. 3184788 JP2016-36278A

The harvesting machine of Patent Document 1 transports the harvested material that has been dug up and drops it onto the ridge surface, and does not include a collection section for collecting the harvested material. Further, the harvester of Patent Document 2 has a layout in which the pulling and conveying device is arranged from the front lower end of the traveling machine toward the rear and upper side of the traveling machine in order to pull out the scale vegetables and transport them to the container. As a result, the overall height of the harvester becomes high, resulting in problems such as the overall size of the harvester and the poor balance of the machine.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a bulb vegetable harvesting machine that can be made compact as a whole.

The bulb vegetable harvesting machine of the present disclosure includes a traveling machine body,
A pulling and conveying device that pulls out scale vegetables planted in a field and conveys them rearward and upward while holding the stems and leaves;
a conveyor that receives the scale vegetables from the pulling conveyance device, conveys them rearward and upward, and collects them;
The pulling conveyance device is arranged in front of the conveyor.

According to this configuration, the pulling and conveying device that pulls out and conveys the bulbous vegetables and the conveyor that receives, conveys, and collects the bulbous vegetables from the pulling and conveying device are arranged side by side, so that the pulling and conveying device pulls and conveys the bulbous vegetables. Compared to a configuration in which the scale vegetable harvester is pulled out and transported to a container for collection, the overall height of the scale vegetable harvester can be lowered and the whole can be made more compact.

A perspective view showing the overall configuration of a scale vegetable harvesting machine according to the present embodiment Left side view of the bulb vegetable harvester shown in Figure 1 A perspective view showing a pull-out conveyance device, a shoulder alignment device, and a stem and leaf cutting device. A perspective view showing a pull-out conveyance device, a conveyor, and a harvesting section frame. Perspective view showing the conveyor, hopper and container platform Diagram to explain link mechanism Diagram showing the state in which the harvesting section is lowered Diagram showing the state in which the harvesting section is raised A perspective view showing a bulb vegetable harvesting machine according to another embodiment A diagram showing a lifting mechanism of a harvesting section according to another embodiment.

Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, in the following description, the left side when facing the advancing direction of the bulbous vegetable harvester 1 is simply called the left side, and similarly, the right side when facing the advancing direction is simply called the right side.

First, the general structure of the bulb vegetable harvester 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. The scale vegetable harvesting machine 1 is for harvesting multiple rows of scale vegetables planted on a ridge or in a field without ridges. In this embodiment, a scale vegetable harvester 1 that harvests garlic G planted in four rows will be described. In addition, examples of the bulb vegetables include onions, rakkyo, etc. in addition to garlic. In this embodiment, garlic G has a bulb part Ga and a stem and leaf part Gb.

A scale vegetable harvesting machine 1 includes a self-propelled traveling body 2 and a harvesting part 3 that digs up and harvests garlic G from a ridge in which garlic G is cultivated. The bulb vegetable harvester 1 also includes a conveyor 4 that conveys and collects the garlic G harvested by the harvesting section 3.

The traveling body 2 includes a body frame 21 formed in a three-dimensional frame shape, and a pair of traveling crawlers 20, 20 arranged on both sides of the body frame 21. A control section 22 is provided on the rear right side of the traveling body 2. In the scale vegetable harvester 1 of this embodiment, the left and right traveling crawlers 20, 20 travel across the ridges, but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, in the case of a field without ridges, the traveling crawlers 20, 20 run on the soil of the field after the scale vegetables have been harvested.

An engine 10 is mounted on the rear left side of the traveling body 2. A transmission case 11 is disposed below and in front of the engine 10 and between the left and right traveling crawlers 20 for transmitting the power from the engine 10 to the left and right traveling crawlers 20 by appropriately changing the speed.

The harvesting section 3 includes a weeding device 31, a raking device 32, a digging device 33, a pulling and conveying device 34, a soil removal device 35, a shoulder leveling device 36, a foliage cutting device 37, and a harvesting section frame 38. It is equipped with

The weed splitting device 31 lifts the stem and leaf portion Gb upward and separates the garlic G into rows. The raking device 32 rakes in the stems and leaves Gb of the garlic G and transfers them to the extracting and conveying device 34. The digging device 33 penetrates below the garlic G and breaks up the soil so that the garlic G can be easily pulled out. The extracting and conveying device 34 clamps the stem and leaf portion Gb delivered from the raking device 32 and conveys the clamped garlic G toward the rear and upper side in an upright position. The soil removing device 35 (corresponding to the first soil removing device) scrapes off the soil adhering to the bulb part Ga of the garlic G transported by the pulling and transporting device 34. The shoulder alignment device 36 uses the boundary portion between the bulb portion Ga and the stem and leaf portion Gb of the garlic G transported by the extraction and transportation device 34 as a shoulder portion, and aligns the heights of the shoulder portions. The foliage cutting device 37 cuts the foliage Gb of the garlic G whose shoulders are held by the shoulder alignment device 36 so that the foliage Gb remains at substantially the same height.

The weeding device 31 lifts up the stems and leaves Gb of the garlic G lying down in the field by passing between the rows, and weeds them. The weeding device 31 includes tines 31a that rotate vertically by power from the engine 10, and lifts the stems and leaves Gb of the garlic G upward by rotating the tines 31a. Five weeding devices 31 are provided to sandwich the rows in order to separate the garlic G into rows. In this embodiment, five weeding devices 31 are provided for four rows of planting. That is, N+1 weeding devices 31 are provided for N row planting. The grass cutting cases 31b of the two grass cutting devices 31 arranged on the left and right sides are fixed to a first frame 33c (described later). Further, the grass cutting cases 31b of the three grass cutting devices 31 arranged at the center are fixed to an upper frame 382 (described later) that extends in the left-right direction. The grass cutting device 31 is driven by a grass cutting drive shaft 31c that passes through the grass cutting case 31b.

The scraping device 32 includes tines 32a that are laterally rotated by power from the engine 10. The raking devices 32 are provided between adjacent weeding devices 31, respectively. The two scraping devices 32 on the left hand side collect the stems and leaves Gb of the two garlic cloves G on the left hand side and deliver them to the pulling and conveying device 34 on the left hand side. Similarly, the two right-hand scraping devices 32 collectively deliver the two right-hand stalks Gb of the garlic G to the right-hand pulling and conveying device 34 . The raking device 32 is fixed to the grass cutting drive shaft 31c, and is driven by power transmitted from the grass cutting drive shaft 31c.

The digging device 33 is arranged below the scraping device 32. The digging device 33 includes a digging blade 33a that is substantially U-shaped in front view and swings back and forth by the power from the engine 10, and a pair of left and right supports 33b, 33b that are connected to the digging blade 33a and can swing back and forth. Be prepared. Further, the digging device 33 includes a first frame 33c that supports a pair of left and right supports 33b, 33b so as to be able to swing back and forth and is fixed to the harvesting section frame 38, and a weeding device 31 using the first frame 33c as a foothold. and a second frame 33d for fixing. The support body 33b is rotatably supported by the first frame 33c and the second frame 33d, and can swing the digging blade 33a back and forth. The digging blade 33a is formed to have a width capable of digging up four rows. The digging blade 33a is inserted into the soil and positioned below the bulb Ga of the garlic G, and the scale vegetable harvester 1 is advanced while swinging the digging blade 33a back and forth, thereby breaking up the soil and softening the soil. This allows Garlic G to be easily pulled out. The digging device 33 includes skirting members 33e, 33e on both left and right sides of a digging blade 33a. The hemming member 33e is a rod-shaped member extending toward the front and lower side, and is used to hem the mulch by inserting its tip under the mulch while moving forward.

The pulling and conveying device 34 is arranged so as to be inclined from below the scraping device 32 toward the rear and upper side. The extracting and conveying device 34 pulls out the garlic G while pinching the stem and leaf portion Gb and conveying it rearward and upward, and conveys it rearward and upward.

Two extracting and conveying devices 34 are arranged in parallel on the harvesting section frame 38. Each extraction conveyance device 34 includes a drive pulley 34a that rotates by power from the engine 10, a driven pulley 34b that follows the drive pulley 34a, and a pair of left and right endless conveyor belts 34c that are wound around the drive pulley 34a and the driven pulley 34b. and has. The pair of left and right endless conveyor belts 34c hold the stems and leaves Gb of the garlic G, and the front end of the extracting and conveying device 34 pulls out the garlic G and conveys it rearward and upward.

The soil dropping device 35 is arranged below the pulling and conveying device 34. The soil removing device 35 is fixed to the harvesting section frame 38. The soil removing device 35 includes a soil removing drive shaft 35a that rotates by power from the engine 10, and an elastic body 35b formed by radially arranging rod-shaped bodies. By rotating the elastic body 35b with the rotation of the soil removal drive shaft 35a, the elastic body 35b comes into contact with the spherical portion Ga of the garlic G conveyed by the extraction conveyance device 34 and scrapes off the soil.

Two shoulder alignment devices 36 are arranged in parallel on the harvesting section frame 38. Each shoulder alignment device 36 is arranged substantially horizontally below the endless conveyor belt 34c that constitutes the pull-out conveyor device 34. Each shoulder alignment device 36 includes a plurality of pulleys 36a rotated by power from the engine 10, and a pair of left and right shoulder alignment endless belts 36b wound around the plurality of pulleys 36a. The shoulder aligning device 36 drives the left and right pair of shoulder aligning endless belts 36b in synchronization with the left and right pair of endless conveying belts 34c of the pulling conveying device 34, so that the stems and leaves Gb of the garlic G are pulled up by the pulling conveying device 34. The boundary between the bulb part Ga and the stem and leaf part Gb of the garlic G is used as a shoulder part, and the shoulder part is stopped by an endless shoulder alignment belt 36b, so that the heights of the shoulder parts are made equal.

The foliage cutting device 37 is arranged at the rear upper part of the shoulder alignment device 36. The foliage cutting device 37 includes a disc-shaped rotary blade 37a, and the rotary blade 37a is arranged substantially horizontally. The garlic G whose shoulders have been aligned by the shoulder alignment device 36 is cut by the rotary blade 37a so that the stems and leaves Gb remain at approximately the same height.

A discharge guide 341 is provided at the rear end of the pulling and conveying device 34 for discharging the cut stems and leaves Gb to the right and left sides. In plan view, the discharge guide 341 extends rearward from the front of the left and right inner drive pulleys 34a of the pair of drive pulleys 34a, 34a, passes between the drive pulleys 34a, 34a, and further extends behind the left and right outer drive pulleys 34a. It has a rod-shaped member 341a that extends outward from the left and right through the center. Two rod-shaped members 341a are provided at the top and bottom. The rod-shaped member 341a is arranged below the drive pulley 34a. Further, the discharge guide 341 includes a wheel 341b with a protrusion that rotates between two rod-like members 341a. The protruded wheel 341b rotates in conjunction with the drive pulley 34a. The discharge guide 341 can transport the stem and leaf portion Gb along the rod-shaped member 341a by a rotating wheel 341b with a protrusion. By providing the discharge guide 341 in the pulling and conveying device 34, the unnecessary stems and leaves Gb can be discharged to the left and right outside, thereby preventing the stems and leaves Gb from falling onto the conveyor 4.

The harvesting section frame 38 includes a pair of left and right side frames 381, 381, an upper frame 382 that connects the upper parts of the side frames 381, 381, and a rear frame 383 that connects the rear parts of the side frames 381, 381. . The side frame 381 has a substantially triangular shape when viewed from the side. The weeding device 31 and the soil removing device 35 are fixed to the upper frame 382 as described above.

The harvesting section frame 38 is supported by the conveyor 4 so as to be rotatable up and down. Specifically, the lower end of the side frame 381 is fixed to the conveyor 4 by a support member rotatably provided at the starting end of the conveyor 4, and the harvesting section frame 38 is rotated around the harvesting section rotation fulcrum 38a. Rotate to.

Further, the harvesting section frame 38 is supported by the traveling machine body 2 so as to be rotatable up and down. Specifically, the rear end of the side frame 381 is fixed to the traveling body 2 via a link mechanism 39 rotatably provided on the upper part of the traveling body 2. The link mechanism 39 includes a first link 391 rotatably connected to the harvesting section frame 38 , a second link 392 rotatably connected to the first link 391 and the body frame 21 , and a second link 392 rotatably connected to the harvesting section frame 38 . and a third link 393 connected to the third link 393.

The first link 391 is a rod-shaped member, one end of which is rotatably connected to the harvester frame 38, and the other end rotatably connected to the second link 392. The harvester frame 38 rotates about the rear fulcrum 38b with respect to the first link 391.

The second link 392 is a T-shaped member, one end of the T-shape is rotatably connected to the first link 391, and the other end of the T-shape is rotatably connected to the fuselage frame 21. There is. The first link 391 rotates about the first fulcrum 391a relative to the second link 392. The second link 392 rotates about the link rotation fulcrum 39a with respect to the body frame 21. Further, the lower end of the T-shape of the second link 392 is rotatably connected to the third link 393.

The third link 393 is a rod-shaped member, and one end is rotatably connected to the second link 392, and the other end is rotatably connected to the distal end shaft body 394a at the distal end of the piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder 394. The second link 392 rotates about the second fulcrum 392a relative to the third link 393. The third link 393 rotates around a third fulcrum 393a with respect to the distal end shaft body 394a.

The hydraulic cylinder 394 has a piston rod rotatably connected to the distal end shaft body 394a, and a cylinder tube rotatably connected to the body frame 21. The distal end shaft body 394a rotates about a fourth fulcrum 394b with respect to the hydraulic cylinder 394. The hydraulic cylinder 394 rotates about a cylinder rotation fulcrum 394c with respect to the body frame 21.

The harvesting section 3 includes gauge wheels 30 on both left and right sides of a harvesting section frame 38. The gauge wheel 30 is attached to the harvester frame 38 by a support 30a so that its height can be adjusted. The gauge wheel 30 travels on the ground surface to prevent the harvesting section 3 from sinking under the load of the digging blade 33a.

The conveyor 4 is arranged to be inclined from the front part of the traveling body 2 toward the rear and upper side. Further, the starting end of the conveyor 4 is arranged below the pull-out conveyance device 34 . That is, the rear part of the pull-out conveyance device 34 and the front part of the conveyor 4 are arranged so as to overlap in plan view. Thereby, the conveyor 4 can transport the spherical part Ga of the garlic G whose stem and leaf parts Gb have been cut and which have fallen from the extraction transport device 34 toward the rear and upper side.

The conveyor 4 is a bar conveyor including a plurality of bars 41 extending in the left-right direction. The plurality of bars 41 include bars 41 to which a plurality of protrusions 41a are attached at predetermined intervals, so that the ball portion Ga can be appropriately transported rearward. Both ends of the bar 41 are fixed to endless chains (not shown) built into a pair of left and right chain cases 42, 42. The endless chain is driven by power from the engine 10.

A transfer guide 43 is provided at the starting end of the conveyor 4 to receive the spherical portion Ga from the extraction conveyance device 34. By providing the transfer guide 43 at the starting end of the conveyor 4, it is possible to reliably catch the spherical portion Ga of the garlic G that has fallen from the extraction conveyance device 34 and convey it to the rear. The inheritance guide 43 includes a plate-shaped front guide 43a extending forward and upward from between the left and right chain cases 42, and a plate-shaped lateral guide 43b extending upward from the chain case 42. Further, a lower guide 43c is provided at the lower part of the front guide 43a so as to fill a gap between the frontmost bar 41 and the front guide 43a. The lower guide 43c is provided with a notch at a position corresponding to the protrusion 41a so that the protrusion 41a can pass therethrough, and has a comb shape in plan view.

A hopper 44 is provided at the rear of the conveyor 4, and the bulbs Ga of the garlic G transported by the conveyor 4 are collected into a container placed at the rear of the traveling body 2 via the hopper 44. Hopper 44 is arranged between engine 10 and control section 22.

The conveyor 4 may be provided with a soil removal brush 47 (corresponding to a second soil removal device) that scrapes off soil adhering to the conveyed ball portion Ga. The soil removal brush 47 is a rotating body in which rod-shaped elastic bodies are arranged radially. In this embodiment, two soil removal brushes 47 are provided. The soil removal brush 47 is attached so that its height from the conveyance surface made up of a plurality of bars 41 can be adjusted.

A container mounting table 23 on which a container is mounted is provided at the rear of the traveling body 2. The container mounting table 23 has a rectangular shape that is elongated in the left-right direction, and can place at least three containers side by side in the left-right direction. The hopper 44 is arranged at the center of the container mounting table 23 in the left-right direction. As a result, the empty container 23b and the full container 23c can be placed on the container mounting table 23 on both the left and right sides of the container 23a into which the bulb Ga is loaded from the hopper 44, so that an assistant can place the container Continuous work is possible by supplying and discharging.

The conveyor 4 is supported by the traveling body 2 so as to be vertically rotatable. Specifically, the rear end of the conveyor 4 is rotatably fixed to a vertical frame 21 a erected on the body frame 21 and rotates around a conveyor rotation fulcrum 45 .

The lower part of the conveyor 4 is fixed to the tip side shaft body 394a via the bracket 46. Thereby, by expanding and contracting the hydraulic cylinder 394, the conveyor 4 can be rotated up and down about the conveyor rotation fulcrum 45.

FIG. 7A is a side view of the bulb vegetable harvester 1 that harvests garlic G planted in a field without ridges. FIG. 7B is a side view of the bulb vegetable harvester 1 that harvests garlic G planted in a ridge. The harvesting section 3 and the conveyor 4 can change their posture between the state shown in FIG. 7A and the state shown in FIG. 7B by expanding and contracting the hydraulic cylinder 394.

When the hydraulic cylinder 394 is extended from the state shown in FIG. 7A, the tip side shaft body 394a is pushed forward, so the conveyor 4 rotates upward about the conveyor rotation fulcrum 45, and the conveyor 4 rotates as shown in FIG. 7B. The front end of No. 4 rises. Further, when the hydraulic cylinder 394 is extended from the state shown in FIG. 7A, the distal end shaft 394a is pushed forward, so the harvesting section frame 38 is It rotates forward about the partial rotation fulcrum 38a. As a result, the harvesting section 3 can rise without changing its posture, as shown in FIG. 7B. As a result, the relative positions of the garlic G and the harvesting section 3 do not change between the state shown in FIG. 7A and the state shown in FIG. 7B, so that the weeding device 31, raking device 32, digging device 33, pulling and conveying device 34, etc. There is no need to adjust the position of each device. Furthermore, since the front and back positions of the rear end of the extraction conveyance device 34 and the front end of the conveyor 4 are almost the same between the state shown in FIG. 7A and the state shown in FIG. 7B, the garlic G is Succession can be done smoothly.

As described above, the scale vegetable harvesting machine 1 of the present embodiment includes the traveling machine body 2 and the pulling and conveying device 34 that pulls out the garlic G planted in the field and conveys it rearward and upward while holding the stems and leaves Gb. and a conveyor 4 that receives the garlic G from the extraction conveyance device 34, conveys it rearward and upward, and collects it, and the extraction conveyance device 34 is arranged in front of the conveyor 4.

According to this configuration, the pulling and conveying device 34 that pulls out and conveys the garlic G and the conveyor 4 that receives, conveys, and collects the garlic G from the pulling and conveying device 34 are arranged in a row, so that the scale vegetable harvester The overall height of 1 can be lowered and the whole can be made more compact.

Further, a transfer guide 43 for receiving garlic G from the extraction conveyance device 34 may be provided at the starting end of the conveyor 4.

By providing the transfer guide 43 at the starting end of the conveyor 4, the conveyor 4 can reliably receive the spherical portion Ga of the garlic G that has fallen from the extraction conveyance device 34 and convey it rearward.

Further, the bulb vegetable harvester 1 may include a stem and leaf cutting device 37 that is disposed below the pulling and conveying device 34 and cuts the stem and leaf portion Gb of the garlic G that is conveyed by the pulling and conveying device 34.

By cutting the stem and leaf portion Gb with the stem and leaf cutting device 37, the spherical portion Ga can be dropped onto the conveyor 4 from the pulling and conveying device 34.

Furthermore, a discharge guide 341 may be provided at the rear end of the pulling and conveying device 34 to discharge the foliage Gb cut by the foliage cutting device 37 to the right and left sides.

By providing the discharge guide 341, the unnecessary stems and leaves Gb can be discharged to the left and right outside, thereby preventing the stems and leaves Gb from falling onto the conveyor 4.

Further, the bulb vegetable harvester 1 may include a soil removing device 35 that is disposed below the pulling conveyance device 34 and in front of the conveyor 4 and scrapes off soil from the garlic G conveyed by the pulling conveyance device 34.

According to this configuration, it is possible to scrape off the soil that has adhered to the garlic G before the garlic G is delivered from the extraction conveyance device 34 to the conveyor 4.

Moreover, the conveyor 4 may be equipped with a soil removal brush 47 for scraping off soil from the garlic G being conveyed.

According to this configuration, soil adhering to garlic G can be effectively scraped off before storing it in a container or the like.

The scale vegetable harvester 1 is also provided with a digging device 33 that is disposed in front of the pulling and conveying device 34 and digs up the garlic G by getting under it, and hems both ends of the mulch on both sides of the digging device 33. The hemming member 33e may be provided facing forward.

According to this configuration, both ends of the mulch can be prevented from coming into contact with the digging blade 33e.

Moreover, the scale vegetable harvester 1 may be provided with a container mounting table 23 that is arranged behind the conveyor 4 and on which a container for storing the garlic G transported by the conveyor 4 is placed.

Since the container can be placed on the container mounting table 23, the harvested garlic G can be easily collected.

[Other embodiments]
(1) As shown in FIG. 8, the conveyor 4 includes a lift conveyor 48 for transporting the harvested products to an iron container 48c placed on a transport vehicle (not shown) running parallel to the scale vegetable harvester 1. Good too.

(2) The mechanism for moving the harvesting section 3 up and down in conjunction with the conveyor 4 without changing its posture is not limited to the above embodiment. The mechanism for raising and lowering the harvesting section 3 may be configured with parallel links in which the harvesting section 3 and the conveyor 4 are each linked, as shown in FIG. 9, for example. In this case, a link is provided that is substantially parallel to the conveyor 4, and this link is rotatably supported by the harvesting section 3 and the vertical frame 21a, respectively. According to this configuration, the harvesting section 3 can be raised from the state shown in FIG. 9(a) to the state shown in FIG. 9(b) without changing its posture by extending the hydraulic cylinder 394.

(3) In the scale vegetable harvester 1 according to the embodiment described above, both left and right ends of the harvesting section 3 are located inside the left and right traveling crawlers 20, 20. According to this scale vegetable harvester 1, when garlic G is planted all over the field without ridges, the traveling crawler 20 tramples the garlic G in the rows planted on both sides of the harvesting section 3. Therefore, both ends of the harvesting section 3 including the extraction conveyance device 34 may be set wider than the body width of the traveling body 2, that is, the outer ends of the left and right traveling crawlers 20, 20. As a result, the traveling crawler 20 runs on the ground after being harvested by the harvesting section 3, so that the garlic G planted on the entire surface of the field can be harvested. For example, in order to be able to harvest six rows of garlic G, one weeding device 31 and one raking device 32 are added to the left and right sides, and one pulling and conveying device 34 is added to the left and right sides. The configuration may be such that the outer end of the traveling crawler 20 is located inside the grass device 31. At this time, in order to prevent the stems and leaves Gb discharged from the central pull-out conveyance device 34 from falling onto the conveyor 4, a discharge conveyance belt is separately provided that extends from the rear end of the central pull-out conveyance device 34 to either the left or the rear. .

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above based on the drawings, it should be understood that the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments. The scope of the present disclosure is indicated not only by the description of the embodiments described above but also by the claims, and further includes all changes within the meaning and scope equivalent to the claims.

1 Scale vegetable harvester 2 Traveling machine body 3 Harvesting section 4 Conveyor 23 Container mounting stand 31 Grass splitting device 32 Scraping device 33 Digging device 34 Pulling and conveying device 35 Soil removal device 36 Shoulder alignment device 37 Leaf cutting device 38 Harvesting section frame 39 Link Mechanism 43 Inheritance guide 47 Soil removal brush 48 Lift conveyor 341 Discharge guide

Claims (10)

A traveling aircraft,
A pulling and conveying device that pulls out scale vegetables planted in a field and conveys them rearward and upward while holding the stems and leaves;
a conveyor that receives the scale vegetables from the pulling conveyance device, conveys them rearward and upward, and collects them;
The pulling conveyance device is arranged in front of the conveyor,
A starting end of the conveyor is located below the pulling conveyance device,
In the bulb vegetable harvester, both ends of the harvesting section including the pulling and conveying device are set wider than the body width of the traveling body. A traveling aircraft,
A scale vegetable harvesting machine comprising a pulling and conveying device that pulls out scale vegetables planted in a field and conveys them rearward and upward while pinching the stems and leaves, the machine comprising:
The scale vegetable harvester collects the scale vegetables behind the pulling and conveying device,
In the bulb vegetable harvester, both ends of the harvesting section including the pulling and conveying device are set wider than the body width of the traveling body. The bulb vegetable harvester according to claim 1, wherein a starting end of the conveyor is provided with a transfer guide for receiving the bulb vegetables from the pulling and conveying device. The bulb vegetable harvesting machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a stem and leaf cutting device that is disposed below the pull-out conveyance device and that cuts the stem and leaf portions of the bulb vegetables conveyed by the pull-out conveyance device. . 5. The scale vegetable harvester according to claim 4, wherein a discharge guide is provided at the rear end of the pulling and conveying device to release the stems and leaves cut by the stem and leaf cutting device to the left and right outside. The scales according to claim 1 or 3, further comprising a first soil removing device that is disposed below the pulling conveyance device and in front of the conveyor and scrapes off soil from the scale vegetables conveyed by the pulling conveyance device. vegetable harvester. The bulb vegetable harvester according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor includes a second soil removing device that scrapes off soil from the bulb vegetables being conveyed. a digging device disposed in front of the pulling and conveying device to dig up and get under the bulbous vegetables;
The bulb vegetable harvester according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein hemming members for hemming both ends of the mulch are provided facing forward on both sides of the digging device. The bulb vegetable harvester according to claim 1, further comprising a mounting table arranged behind the conveyor and on which a container for storing the bulb vegetables transported by the conveyor is placed. The scale vegetable harvesting machine according to claim 2, 4, 5, or 8, wherein a plurality of the pulling and conveying devices are arranged in parallel to harvest a plurality of strips of the scale vegetable.

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