JPH06327346A - Grain tank in combine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the subject grain tank enlarged in volume along with facilitated maintenance through providing a front expanded part of specific design in the front thereof and revolvably supporting the grain tank on the vertical shaft in the rear thereof. CONSTITUTION:A front expanded part 6a is provided in the front of a grain tank 6 in such a way that its front side wall is sloped so that the outside is forwardly situated relative to the inside. The grain tank is revolvably supported in the rear on the vertical shaft 15 located outside and the front of said tank is ensured to be revolvable toward the outside left and right, thus facilitating the maintenance of the grain tank.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a combine grain tank.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A combine harvester, a threshing unit, and a combine tank having a grain tank for storing grains that have been threshed and sorted in the threshing unit, in which the threshing unit and the Glen tank are arranged side by side in parallel. , A structure that rotatably supports on the rear side and on the outer side vertical axis and can rotate the front part laterally outward to facilitate maintenance of the interval between the threshing unit and the Glen tank There is.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has further improved such a combine to facilitate the maintenance of the interval between the threshing section and the Glen tank,
It aims to expand the storage capacity of the Glen tank.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, in a combine equipped with a grain tank 6 that stores grains that have been threshed and sorted in the mowing unit 3, the threshing unit 5, and the threshing unit 5, the threshing unit 5 and the Glen tank 6 are arranged side by side to form a grain. The tank 6 is rotatably supported by the vertical axis 15 located on the rear side and the outer side, and the front portion thereof can be rotated to the left and right outer sides. The grain tank of the combine is characterized in that the front inflating portion 6a is formed as an inclined surface positioned more forward than the outside.

[0005]

The grain culms cut by the cutting unit 3 are removed by the threshing unit 5.
The grains that have been threshed in the threshing unit 5 after being transported to
It is stored in the adjacent Glen tank 6. In the front part of the grain tank 6, a front expansion part 6a is formed, in which the front side wall is formed as an inclined surface that is positioned more forward than the inner side, so that the grain storage capacity can be increased, and When the Glen tank 6 is rotated outward in the left-right direction with the vertical axis 15 located on the rear side and the outer side as a fulcrum, the front portion of the Glen tank 6 can be rotated laterally outward and the threshing unit 5 and the Glen tank adjacent to each other can be rotated. The maintenance of the space between 6 and 6 becomes easy.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings will be specifically described below. First, FIGS. 1 to 4 will be described. Above the crawler type left and right traveling devices 1, there is a machine base 2
In the front of the upper part of the machine base 2, a movable mowing section 3 is arranged, on the rear side of the mowing section 3, a control section 4 and a prime mover are arranged, and on the rear side thereof, a threshing section 5 and The Glen tanks 6 are arranged side by side on the left and right, and the straw processing device 7 is arranged at the rearmost part of the machine base 2.

The threshing unit 5 includes a threshing chamber 8, a handling drum 9 rotatably provided in the threshing chamber 8, a handling net (not shown) covering a lower outer peripheral portion of the handling barrel 9, and a lower portion of the threshing chamber 8. Oscillating sorting shelves (not shown), Kara-mino (not shown), first helix (not shown), second helix (not shown), grain culm sandwich feed for supplying culms to the threshing chamber 8 The device 10 and the threshing chamber 8 are constituted by an upper cover 11 and the like which covers the upper side.

Next, the Glen tank 6 will be described.
A grain tank 6 that stores the grains that have been threshed and sorted by the threshing unit 5 is provided behind the control unit 4. The grains stored in the Glen tank 6 are transported backward by the lower spiral 12, then fried by the fried auger 13 located behind the Glen tank 6, and further laterally by the transport auger 14. It is configured to be transported and taken out of the machine. This Glen tank 6 is, as shown in FIG.
It is rotatably supported by a vertical axis 15 on the rear side and the outer side in the above, and the front part of the Glen tank 6 can rotate to the left and right outside. When viewed from above, the front side wall of the Glen tank 6 is formed as an inclined surface that is located more forward in the left-right direction, and constitutes a front inflating section 6a. As shown in FIG. 4, the right side wall 6b has a long length.
Between the front end of the and the rear end of the cockpit 4 adjacent to the front side,
There is almost no gap, and the accommodating volume is increased within a range in which the Glen tank 6 can rotate. The rotation of the Glen tank 6 in the left-right direction is performed manually in this embodiment, but may be performed by power.

Further, FIG. 5 will be described. A lower spiral tube 16 projects rearward from the lower rear portion of the Glen tank 6, and a fried auger tube 17 is connected to the lower spiral tube 16. The rear wall 6c of the Glen tank 6 is bent rearward and upward from the vicinity of the lower spiral cylinder 16 and is expanded rearward to form a rear inflating portion 6d to expand the capacity. next,
A transmission device for the drive portion of the Glen tank 6 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, power from a prime mover (not shown) is transmitted to the inside of the gear box 18 via a transmission device (not shown) such as a pulley and a belt, and the gear box 18
From the pulley of the output shaft 19 to the transmission belt 20 and the pulley 21.
Is transmitted to the Glen shaft 22 via
From the lower spiral 1 via a coupling (not shown)
It is transmitted to the shaft portion of 2. Although not shown in the drawing, this coupling is in a joined state when the front portion of the Glen tank 6 is housed inside, as shown in FIG. 2, but the front portion of the Glen tank 6 is laterally outside. The structure is such that it can be disengaged when it is rotated toward one side.

Next, FIGS. 6 and 7 will be described. A configuration in which the spiral fried type grain fried apparatus 24 for fried the threshed grains of the threshing unit 5 lifts the grains to the Glen tank 6 will be described. Grain discharging unit 24a of grain lifting device 24
On the other hand, a guide plate 23 having an ascending slope is provided to convey the fried grain to the distance while guiding it upward and store it in the grain tank 6, so that the filling rate can be improved. A rotary blade (not shown) is provided above the guide plate 23.
May be provided so that the grains from the grain lifting device 24 are relayed by the rotary blades and transferred further.

Next, FIGS. 1, 2 and 8 will be described. The grain lifting device 24 of the threshing unit 5 is arranged in the vicinity of an intermediate portion in the front-rear direction of the adjacent Glen tank 6 so that the grains that have been threshed in the threshing unit 5 are transferred from the grain lifting device 24 to the Glen tank 6
It is a configuration that is supplied to. Also, in the Glen tank 6,
The lower spiral 12 that transfers the grains to the rear side is arranged at the bottom,
The grain sent to the rear side by the lower spiral 12 is fried by the fried auger 13 behind the Glen tank 6, and further, the grain fried by the fried auger 13 is moved horizontally by the transport auger 14. It is configured to be conveyed in the direction and taken out of the machine. Then, it is vertically rotated by a hydraulic vertical movement device 25 provided at the base of the transport auger 14 to vertically rotate the transport auger 14, and a gear type gear provided at the base of the transport auger 14 is used. A turning device (not shown, which is composed of a pair of umbrella gears, a motor for driving the umbrella gears, etc.)
The transport auger 14 can be rotated about the axis of the. Then, a discharge cylinder holder 27 is provided at the upper end of the grain fried apparatus 24 of the threshing unit 5 via a stay 26, and the transfer auger 14 stored within the machine body width is supported by the discharge cylinder holder 27. It is configured. In the conventional device, a special supporting device (not shown) extended from the machine stand 2 or the threshing unit 5 is configured to support the transport auger 14. However, in this embodiment, a grain tank type combine harvester is used. Since the grain hoisting device 24 of the threshing unit 5 which is a necessary component is effectively used as the supporting device for the transport auger 14, the supporting device for the transport auger 14 is reduced while reducing the number of parts and cost. Can be configured.

Next, FIGS. 9 and 10 will be described.
In the combine having the mowing section 3, the control section 4, the threshing section 5, the Glen tank 6, etc., the tip end of the narrow guide 30 is rotatably attached to the shaft support section 29 in the grass body 28 located outside the mowing section 3. The section is supported. This narrow guide 3
0, when working, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 10, project to the lateral outside of the machine to keep the uncut culms away from the machine,
The planted culm is prevented from being stepped on by the crawler type traveling device 1, and when traveling on the road, as indicated by a virtual line, the pedestal culm is rotated about the shaft support 29 in the direction of the arrow to support the arm 31.
The side arm 31a support bolt 32 is moved to the end of the guide groove 33a of the support plate 33 to move the disc spring 34 and the support bolt 3a.
1, the nut 35 is locked, the narrow guide 30 is housed inside, and the rear end can be housed in a state in which the rear end is located below the grain culling carrier device 10 of the threshing unit 5. With this structure, when the narrow guide 30 is stored,
The narrow guide 30 does not get in the way and the aircraft can approach to the edge, and since the narrow guide 30 is located below the grain-carrying and carrying device 10 of the threshing unit 5, the threshing work can be performed smoothly even in the stored state. You can

Next, the operation of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 will be described. When the combine is run, the grain culms are mowed by the mowing unit 3, and the grain culm is sent to the rear threshing unit 5 by the grain culm transporting device 36 to be threshed and wind-selected. The grain that has undergone threshing and wind selection is stored in the grain tank 6 via the grain lifting device 24. The grains in the Glen tank 6 are taken out of the machine via the lower spiral 12, the fried auger 13, and the transport auger 14. Further, at the time of maintenance between the threshing unit 5 and the Glen tank 6, by rotating the Glen tank 6 around the vertical axis 15 to the left and right outside, maintenance of the space between the threshing unit 5 and the Glen tank 6 becomes easy. .

Although the mowing and threshing work is performed in this manner, the front part of the Glen tank 6 has a front inflating section 6a which is formed by an inclined surface located toward the front as it goes outward. Although it can be rotated for easy maintenance, the storage capacity can be increased and the Glen tank 6
The outer wall and the rear end of the control section 4 adjacent to the front side can be approached, the cover can be omitted, and the rear wall 6c of the Glen tank 6 is moved from the vicinity of the lower spiral cylinder 16 to the rear upper side. Since the expanded portion 6d is formed after being bent, the capacity can be expanded.

[0015]

As described above, since the front inflating portion 6a is formed in the front portion of the Glen tank 6 by the inclined surface located toward the front toward the outside, the Glen tank 6 can be rotated outward in the left-right direction. While facilitating maintenance between the threshing unit 5 and the Glen tank 6, the storage volume can be increased, and the gap between the outer wall of the Glen tank 6 and the member adjacent to the front side can be reduced. , The cover can be omitted.

[Brief description of drawings]

1] Side view

FIG. 2 is a cutaway plan view.

FIG. 3 is a plan view.

FIG. 4 Side view

FIG. 5 is a side view and a perspective view.

FIG. 6 Side view

FIG. 7 is a cutting front view.

FIG. 8 is a side view and a plan view.

FIG. 9 is a side view.

FIG. 10 is a rear view and a cut side view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Traveling device 2 Machine stand 3 Mowing section 4 Control section 5 Threshing section 6 Glen tank 6a Front expansion section 6b Right side wall 6c Rear wall 6d Rear expansion section 7 Waste treatment device 8 Threshing chamber 9 Handling barrel 10 Grain-carrying and conveying device 11 Upper cover 12 Lower helix 13 Lifted auger 13a Grain throwing section 14 Transport auger 15 Vertical axis 16 Lower helix cylinder 17 Lifted auger cylinder 18 Gearbox 19 Output shaft 20 Transmission belt 21 Pulley 22 Glen axis 23 Guide plate 24 Grain Grain lifting device 25 Vertical movement device 26 Stay 27 Discharge cylinder holder 28 Dividing body 29 Shaft support 30 Narrow guide 31 Support arm 32 Support bolt 33 Support plate 33a Guide groove 34 Disc spring 35 Nut 36 Grain culm transport device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a combine having a grain tank 6 for storing grains that have been threshed and sorted in the mowing section 3, threshing section 5 and threshing section 5, the threshing section 5 and the grain tank 6 are arranged side by side. However, the Glen tank 6 is rotatably supported by the vertical axis 15 positioned on the rear side and the outer side, and the front portion thereof is rotatable left and right outward. The combine grain tank is characterized in that the front inflating portion 6a is constituted by forming the side wall into an inclined surface located more forward than the inner side.