JPH0610756Y2 - Harvest collector - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a harvested material collecting device, for example, a large number of onions excavated by an onion harvester are sequentially collected in a small container. Regarding things.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as a harvested goods collecting apparatus of this kind, for example, as described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 52-32661,
A traverse conveyor can be temporarily stopped by an operating device, a cradle on which a container is placed is provided on one side of the traverse conveyor, and the traverse conveyor is temporarily stopped,
There is known a structure in which the harvested goods are stocked on the transverse conveyer, and a work assistant replaces a container full of harvested products with an empty container on the cradle during this time.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the structure described in the above publication, the temporary stop of the transverse conveyor and the replacement of the empty container are separate operation works, and the pedestal is used when the empty container is replaced. There is a problem that it requires a work assistant who requires labor to replace the container on the top.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and it is possible to drive and stop the conveyor and carry out the container by switching the common operation lever. It is an object of the present invention to provide a harvested goods collecting device that can be carried out in a desired manner and can significantly reduce the work labor.

[Constitution of device]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The harvested product collecting apparatus of the present invention comprises a machine frame, a conveyor provided in the machine frame for conveying the crops in one direction, and above the carry-out end of the conveyor. A shutter plate rotatably mounted on the machine frame in the vertical direction to open and close the carry-out end of the conveyor; and a shutter plate located at the lower rear of the carry-out end of the conveyor in the machine frame in the vertical direction. A container cradle that is rotatably provided and that carries and carries out a container that collects the harvested product that is carried out from the carry-out end of the conveyor, and that is provided in the machine frame to drive and stop the conveyor, and A clutch that lowers and rotates the shutter plate to a position where the carry-out end of the conveyor is closed when stopped, and the clutch and the container pedestal that are rotatably provided on the machine frame are operated, and the clutch is disengaged. In this case, an operation lever for rotating the container pedestal is provided.

(Operation) In the harvested goods collecting apparatus of the present invention, when the operation lever is rotated in one direction, the clutch is engaged and the conveyor is driven by this clutch, and the shutter plate is rotated upward. It is moved and the carry-out end of the conveyor is opened.

Then, the harvested product on the conveyor is conveyed toward the carry-out end, and the harvested product is sequentially collected from the carry-out end into the container on the container receiving stand.

In addition, if the operation lever is rotated halfway in the other direction,
The clutch is disengaged, the driving movement of the conveyor is stopped by this clutch, the conveyance of the harvested products on this conveyor is stopped, and the shutter plate is rotated downward, and the discharge end of the conveyor by this shutter plate. The part is closed.

Further, when the operation lever is further rotated in the other direction, the container cradle is tilted and tilted to one side, and the container that collects the harvested products automatically moves along the sloping surface of the container cradle. It is carried out from the table. Then, when the operation lever is again rotated in one direction, the clutch drives the conveyor again and the harvested product is collected in the container on the container receiving stand.

(Example) Hereinafter, one example of the present invention will be described based on an onion harvester shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the figure, 1 is a self-propelled onion harvesting machine. This onion harvesting machine 1 has a machine frame 2 and a crawler 3 is provided on this machine frame 2 and from the front part of this machine frame 2. To the rear, the left and right front wheels 4, the excavated body 5, the conveyor 6,
Scraping conveyor 7, lifting conveyor 8, chute body 9,
A foliage processing device 10 composed of a plurality of pairs of rollers, one pair of which is a pair, and a lateral feed conveyor 11 as a conveyor are continuously provided.

An engine 12 is mounted on the machine casing 2, and the conveyor 12 and the lifting conveyor 8 are rotated by the output from the engine 12 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. The conveyor 7 is designed to be rotated clockwise in FIG.
The pair of rollers of each set are rotated inward in the opposite directions.

Next, the transverse feed conveyor 11 has a conveyor frame 13 fixed to the rear end of the machine frame 2, and a front and rear rotary shaft 14 is parallel to the left and right between the left and right sides of the conveyor frame 13. A belt-shaped endless rolling member 16 is rotatably suspended between rollers 15 fixed to the left and right rotating shafts 14 at the carrying-out end portion of the endless rolling member 16. A driven pulley 17 is fixed to one end of the rotating shaft 14 located.

Further, the rotary shaft 14 located at the carry-out end portion of the endless traveling body 16.
A drive shaft 18 that is long in the front-rear direction is rotatably mounted on the conveyor frame 13 so as to be spaced apart from each other in the inward direction, and the drive shaft 18 is rotatably linked to the engine 12. Has been done. A drive pulley 19 is fixed to the drive shaft 18, and an endless belt 20 is loosely suspended between the drive pulley 19 and the driven pulley 17 so as to be rotatable.

A corner portion of one side of the clutch plate 21 formed in a substantially triangular shape is rotatably mounted on the drive shaft 18, and a pivot shaft 22 is attached to the other corner portion of the clutch plate 21. The interlocking piece 23 is rotatably attached to the shaft, and the roller support shaft 24 engages the endless belt 20 at the upper corner between the left and right corners to tension the endless belt 20. A clutch roller 25, which is loosely engaged, is rotatably supported.

Further, a coil spring 27 is stretched between the roller support shaft 24 and the locking portion 26 of the conveyor frame 13, and the clutch plate 21 is normally urged upward by the coil spring 27 and the clutch roller 25 Is designed to relax the tension of the endless belt 20. The clutch plate 21, the clutch roller 25, and the coil spring 27 constitute a clutch 28 that tensions or relaxes the tension of the endless belt 20.

A rotating piece 29 is rotatably mounted on the conveyor frame 13 at an upper end of the conveyor frame 13 so as to be rotatable by a support shaft 30 at an intermediate portion thereof. The upper end of the interlocking piece 23 of the clutch plate 21 is rotatably attached to one end of 29 by a shaft 31. One end of an interlocking rod 32 is rotatably attached to the other end of the rotating piece 29 by a shaft 33, and the other end of the interlocking rod 32 projects from one end of a rotary shaft 34. The protruding piece 35 is rotatably mounted on a shaft 36.

The rotating shaft 34 is a bearing 38 projecting from a side frame 37 of the machine frame 2.
A shutter plate 39 for opening and closing the carry-out end of the transverse feed conveyor 11, that is, the carry-out end of the upper end of the endless traveling body 16 is fixed to the rotary shaft 34. The shutter plate 39 is provided on the clutch 28.
When the endless belt 20 is loosened by the clutch roller 25, it is rotated downward to close the carrying-out end of the endless traveling body 16.

Next, on one side of the machine frame 2, that is, on one side of the lateral feed conveyor 11 located on the carry-out end side, a container supply device 40 is continuously provided so as to incline rearward and downward. The container supply device 40 includes a rectangular frame 41 and a large number of rollers 42.
And a plurality of containers 43 are sequentially movably supplied in the rearward and downward direction by this roller group.

In addition, the hanging frame 44 extends downward from the lower side of the conveyor frame 13 of the lateral feed conveyor 11 on the unloading side.
And a rectangular underframe 45 positioned at the rear of the frame 41 of the container feeding device 40 is horizontally fixed integrally to the lower end of the suspension frame 44.
The upper end of a column 46 standing vertically from the inner rear part of the is fixed to the rear side of the carry-out end of the conveyor frame 13, and the column 45 is cantilevered by the column 46 and the suspension frame 44. Suspended in a ceremony.

A rotating shaft 48 is rotatably mounted horizontally on a bearing piece 47 projecting from the front and rear lower portions of the substantially middle portion of the underframe 45.
A pair of rotating arms 49 are integrally projectingly provided in an intermediate portion of 48 in a state of being inclined outward at a predetermined inclination angle, and a supporting shaft 50 is provided between tip ends of the pair of rotating arms 49. A roller 51 is rotatably mounted on the shaft, and a mounting piece 52 is integrally provided on one end of the rotating shaft 48 so as to project therefrom.

Further, a shaft rod 54 is horizontally mounted on a bearing piece 53 projecting from the front and rear upper portions of the inside of the underframe 45, and a container receiving stand 55 is mounted on the shaft rod 54.
The lower inner end of the is pivotally mounted via a mounting piece 56. The container pedestal 55 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and its base plate 57 is located rearward of the rear end of the container supply device 40 and is provided at the same level or a lower level. Further, a series of stoppers 58 are formed on the upper rear edge and the upper outer edge of the base plate 57, and the front and rear portions of the lower outer side of the base plate 57 are supported by the support frame 59 on the outer side of the base frame 45. A leg body 60 made of an elastic member such as rubber is attached.

The container pedestal 55 is horizontally supported on the underframe 45 by the front and rear legs 60 and the mounting piece 56 pivotally attached to the shaft rod 54. Is the axis rod
It is rotatably supported in the vertical direction about 54.
In addition, the protrusion 61 at the lower middle of the base plate 57 of the container receiving base 55
A coil spring 63 is stretched between the underside and the protrusion 62 on the inner side of the underframe 45, and the coil spring 63 biases the container receiving base 55 toward the underframe 45 side.

Further, the guide member 64 is attached to the shaft rod 54 at the outer front and rear portions thereof.
This guide body is rotatably pivoted vertically through 65.
64 is formed in a plate shape, and is continuously provided in the inner extension direction at the same level as the base plate 57 of the container receiving base 55, and the locking pin 66 protruding from the vicinity of the outer end of the guide body 64 has the support rod 46. It is adapted to be locked by a stopper 67 at the bottom of the. A toggle spring 68 is wound around the shaft rod 54.
One end of the toggle spring 68 is locked to the underframe 45, and the other end of the toggle spring 68 is locked to the lower surface of the guide body 64. The toggle spring 68 causes the guide member 64 to
Is normally urged upwards, and its locking pin 66 stops
Is locked to the guide 64 and the base plate of the container receiving base 55.
The container 43 is continuously installed at the same level, and the container 43 is placed on a part of the guide body 64 and the container receiving base 55.

Next, a cover body 69 is integrally projectingly provided on the outer side portion of the side frame 37 of the machine frame 2, and a guide long groove 71 is formed in the upper plate portion 70 of the cover body 69 in the left-right direction with respect to the traveling direction. A locking groove 72 is formed at a right angle on the left end of the guide long groove 71.
Further, a round rod-shaped mounting shaft 74 is horizontally mounted between the upper portions of the front and rear side plates 73 of the cover body 69, and a triangular actuating plate 75 is mounted on the mounting shaft 74 at the top shaft mounting portion. It is rotatably attached to the shaft, and locking pins 76, 77 are provided at left and right corners of one side of the operating plate 75 so as to project, and bearing pieces 78 are provided on the left and right of the other end of the operating plate 75. Is projected.

Further, a lower end portion of an operating lever 79 is pivotally mounted on a horizontal shaft 80 between the left and right bearing pieces 78 so as to be rotatable in the left-right direction with respect to the traveling direction, and an upper portion of the operating lever 79 is provided with the guide long groove 71. From above, it is rotatably projected in the left-right direction. Also, a coil spring wound around the horizontal axis 80 of the operation lever 79.
One end of 81 is locked to the operating plate 75,
The other end is locked to the lower part of the operating lever 79, and the operating lever 79 is normally urged toward the locking groove 72 by the coil spring 81.

Further, the mounting shaft 74 has locking pins on the left and right of the working plate 75.
A pair of left and right actuating pieces 82, 83 rotated by 76, 77 are rotatably pivotally mounted at their opposing mounting portions, and are attached to the left and right extending end portions of the actuating pieces 82, 83. Pin 8
4 is projected. A coil spring 85 is stretched between the tip ends of the left and right actuating pieces 82, 83, and the coil spring 85 causes the left and right actuating pieces 82, 83 to project between the front and rear side plates 73 of the cover body 69. Left and right stoppers 8
It is designed to be locked to 6,87.

Further, one end of one wire 89 is rotatably attached to the attachment pin 84 of the one operation piece 82, and
The other end of the one wire 89 is rotatably attached to the mounting piece 52 by a shaft 90. Also, the other operating piece 83
One end of the other wire 91 is attached to the mounting pin 84 of the other through a coil spring 92, and the other end of the other wire 91 is attached to the lower side of the clutch plate 21 by a shaft 93. It is rotatably attached.

Further, at the carry-out end of the conveyor frame 13 in the lateral feed conveyor 11, the container 43 on the container receiving stand 55 is provided.
A chute body 94 that guides the harvested products is continuously provided. In the figure, 95 is a reticulated cover that covers the upper part of the horizontal feed conveyor 11, and 96 is a container plate that also covers the upper part of the foliage processing device 10 and that can be opened and closed.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

First, a plurality of containers 43 are placed side by side on each roller 42 of the container supply device 40 to prepare for the supply of the container 43, and the container 43 is placed on the container cradle 55, and the onion for the inside of the container 43 is set. Prepare for A's pickup.

Then, the engine 12 is started to drive the crawlers 3, and the machine is advanced by the left and right front wheels 4 which are steered along a plurality of rows of onion A as a harvest. And
The multiple rows of onion A are sequentially excavated by the digging body 5, and are carried into the transport conveyor 6 by the progress of the machine and the scraping action of the scraping conveyor 7, where the soil is shaken down to the upper rear. It is conveyed and sequentially carried into the lifting conveyor 8 from the carry-out end.

Further, each onion A carried into the lifting conveyor 8 is carried backward and upward, and is also carried in sequentially from the carrying-out end portion to the foliage processing device 10 via the chute body 9, and in each foliage processing device 10. The foliage of the onion A is cut and removed, and each onion A is sequentially loaded onto the transverse feed conveyor 11 from the carry-out end portion.

Next, the operating lever 79 is moved and locked in the locking groove 72 along the guide long groove 71, and the operating plate 75 is rotated by the operating lever 79 about the mounting shaft 74.
The locking pin 77 on one side pushes the operating piece 83 on one side against the coil spring 85.
83 is rotated about the mounting shaft 74.

Further, the coil spring 92 and the wire 91 attached to the mounting pin 84 are pulled by the rotation of the actuating piece 83 on the one side, and the clutch plate 21 is moved by the coil spring 27.
The clutch roller 25 of the clutch plate 21 is pressed against the endless belt 20 against the drive shaft 18, and the endless belt 20 is driven by the drive pulley 19 and the driven pulley 17.
Tension between the drive pulley 19 and the driven pulley 17
Are connected so that they can be linked. When the endless belt 20 is tensioned, the drive shaft 18 driven by the output from the engine 12 drives the drive pulley 19, the endless belt 20, and the driven pulley 17 to move the side end of the transverse feed conveyor 11 from the delivery end side. Axis of rotation
14 is rotated, and the endless traveling body 16 is rotated in the carrying-out direction via the roller 15.

Further, when the clutch plate 21 is pulled and rotated as described above,
The interlocking piece 23 pulls the turning piece 29, and the turning piece 29 supports the pivot.
While being rotated about 30, the rotating piece 29 pushes the interlocking rod 32, the rotating shaft 34 is rotated through the projecting piece 35, and the shutter plate 39 is rotated upward. Is
With this shutter plate 39, the carry-out end portion of the upper traveling portion of the endless traveling member 16 is opened.

Therefore, the onions A sequentially carried into the carry-in section of the transverse feed conveyor 11 as described above are carried out toward the carry-out end by the endless traveling body 16, and the chute body 94 is taken out from the carry-out end. Through the container cradle 55, the cargo is sequentially collected in the container 43.

Next, when a predetermined amount of onion A is collected in the container 43, the operation lever 79 is returned from the inside of the locking groove 72 into the guide long groove 71, and is opposed to the locking groove 72 along the guide long groove 71. When the operating plate 75 is moved in the direction, the one-side locking pin 77 gradually releases the pushing motion of the one-side operating piece 83 as the operating plate 75 interlocks with the other, while the operating piece 83 moves toward the coil spring 85.
Is returned and rotated about the mounting shaft 74 by the return force of
The operating piece 83 is locked by the stopper 87 on one side. Further, the return rotation of the one-side actuating piece 83 relaxes the return force of the coil spring 92 and the pulled wire 91, and the pulling force of the coil spring 27 performing the return operation causes the clutch plate 21 to center around the drive shaft 18. The endless belt 20 is loosened by being interlocked with the clutch roller 25 of the clutch plate 21 in a direction to loosen the endless belt 20 in the direction opposite to the above-mentioned case, and the endless belt 20 is loosened.
And are disconnected in a state where they cannot be linked. Then, the traveling of the endless traveling body 16 of the lateral feed conveyor 11 is stopped, and the endless traveling body 16 is stopped.
The onion A carried onto 16 is retained on this endless traveling body 16.

Further, when the clutch plate 21 is returned and rotated as described above,
The interlocking piece 23 pushes the rotating piece 29, and the rotating piece 29 supports the pivot.
While being rotated about 30 as a center in the opposite direction, this rotating piece 29 pulls the interlocking rod 32, the rotating shaft 34 is rotated through the protruding piece 35, and the shutter plate 39 is The shutter plate 39 is rotated downward, and the carrying-out end portion of the upper traveling portion of the endless traveling member 16 is closed by the shutter plate 39.

Next, when the operating lever 79 is further moved along the guide long groove 71 in the direction opposite to the engaging groove 72, the operating plate 75 is rotated by the operating lever 79 about the mounting shaft 74, and the operating plate 75 is rotated.
The locking pin 76 on the other side of 75 pushes the operating piece 82 on the other side against the coil spring 85, and the operating piece 82 on the other side is rotated about the mounting shaft 74.

Further, the rotation of the operating piece 82 on the other side pulls the wire 89 attached to the mounting pin 84, and
45 mounting pieces 52 are pulled against the coil spring 63,
By the pulling movement of the mounting piece 52, the rotary shaft 48 is rotated, and the rotary arm 49 integral with the rotary shaft 48 is pulled up and rotated. Further, when the rotating arm 49 is rotated, the container pedestal 55 is rotated and tilted inwardly around the shaft rod 54 against the coil spring 63 by the roller 51 at the tip end of the container receiving member 55. The container 43 that collects the onion A on the table 55 is slidably transferred from the inclined base plate 57 of the container receiving base 55 onto the guide body 64 that is integrally inclined in the inclination direction of the base plate 57.

In addition, the container 43 is transferred onto the guide body 64,
Is removed from the container cradle 55 and the operating lever 79 is returned to the position approximately in the middle of the guide long groove 71, the container cradle
55 is returned and rotated about the shaft rod 54 in the outward direction opposite to the above case by its own weight and the restoring force of the coil spring 63, and the legs 60 of this container pedestal 55 are again supported by the underframe 45. Supported by the frame 59, the container pedestal 55 is returned horizontally.

Then, the container 43 transferred onto the guide body 64 is slidably dropped along the inclined surface of the guide body 64 and is carried out from the guide body 64 to a carry-out surface such as a field. Further, the container 43 is disengaged from the guide body 64, and the guide body 64 is returned and rotated by the return force of the toggle spring 68.
The locking pin 66 of 64 is locked to the stopper 67 of the support column 46, the guide body 64 is held horizontally, and the guide body 64 is returned to the inner side of the base plate 57 of the container receiving base 55 that has been previously returned. It will be lined up again at the same level.

Further, the guide body 64 is continuously provided to the base plate 57 of the container receiving base 55, and the next container 43 is supplied from the container supply device 40 to a part of the guide body 64 and the base plate 57, and this container 43 is supplied. Prepare for the collection of onion A to the inside of 43.

Next, the operation lever 79 is again moved and locked from the position of the substantially middle portion of the guide long groove 71 along the guide long groove 71 into the locking groove 72, and by the operation of the operation lever 79, the same as the above case. The clutch 28 is connected to the horizontal feed conveyor
The endless traveling body 16 of 11 is rotated again, and the shutter plate 39 is rotated upward, and the carry-out end portion of the endless traveling body 16 is opened by the shutter plate 39. Then, a large number of onions A accumulated in the upper traveling portion of the endless traveling body 16 are sequentially collected from the carry-out end portion thereof into the container 43 on the container receiving base 55 via the chute body 94.

In this way, a large number of onions A that are sequentially dug up are successively and continuously collected in the plurality of containers 43.

[Effect of device]

According to the present invention, the machine frame is provided with a clutch for driving and stopping the conveyor, and for lowering and rotating the shutter plate at a position where the carry-out end of the conveyor is closed when the conveyor is stopped, and the machine frame is provided with the clutch and the clutch. Since the operation lever that operates the container cradle and rotates the container cradle when the clutch is disengaged is rotatably provided, it is possible to drive / stop the conveyor, open / close the shutter plate, and rotate the container. Carrying out can be reliably performed by switching operation of a common operating lever, which enables efficient collection work of harvested products and greatly reduces work effort. The operation of the plate and container pedestal is much simpler than that of individual operation and the operability can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view of a harvester equipped with a harvested goods collecting device, FIG. 2 is a side view of the same in the direction of the arrow, and FIG. -A line sectional view, FIG. 4 is the same as the above b-b line sectional view, FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the operating mechanism at the operating lever neutral position, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the same container carrying-out state. Is. 2 ... Machine frame, 11 ... Conveyor, 28 ... Clutch, 39 ...
… Shutter plate, 43 …… Container, 55 …… Container cradle, 79 …… Operating lever.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A machine frame, a conveyor provided on the machine frame to convey a harvest in one direction, and a conveyor which is located above the carry-out end portion of the conveyor and pivots vertically on the machine frame. A shutter plate that is freely provided to open and close the carry-out end portion of the conveyor, and a shutter plate that is located in the lower rear portion of the carry-out end portion of the conveyor and is vertically rotatable on the machine frame from the carry-out end portion of the conveyor. A container cradle for loading and unloading a container for collecting harvested products, and a shutter provided at the machine frame for driving and stopping the conveyor, and for closing the carry-out end of the conveyor when the conveyor is stopped. A clutch for rotating the plate downward, and an operation lever for rotatably provided on the machine frame to operate the clutch and the container pedestal, and to rotate the container pedestal when the clutch is disengaged. Crop collection apparatus characterized by comprising the, the.