JPH0632905Y2 - Attachment / detachment support device for flexible screw conveyor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a supporting device for a flexible screw conveyor that can convey powdery or granular material such as grains in any direction.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, there is a technique of providing a receiving member that receives the lower surface of the conveyor in order to prevent extreme bending at the attachment part when attaching this kind of flexible screw conveyor to the take-out cylinder at a high position. Although it is described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 46-33105, etc., in these technologies, the flexible screw conveyor is fixed to the take-out cylinder instead of being detachable. No consideration was given when attaching or detaching the flexible screw conveyor.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) This invention is configured such that the flexible screw conveyor is detachably attached to the take-out cylinder, and the flexible screw conveyor is supported at the time of this attachment / detachment to prevent the conveyor from being extremely bent. It is an object of the present invention to provide a flexible screw conveyor attachment / detachment support device that prevents the above-mentioned problems and facilitates the operation of attaching / detaching the conveyor.

(Means for Solving the Problems) A mounting rod 8 is attached to the end of the tube 4 and a transfer rod 5 for fixing a shaft 14 to the tip is extended outside the take-out barrel 8, and the tip of the shaft 14 is projected. Then, the bearing 15 is held by the bearing 15, and the bearing 15 and the mounting cylinder 8 are connected by the connecting rods 16 and 16 to form the discharging portion 7 of the flexible screw conveyor 2. The shaft 14 is inserted from the side by the transmission device 69 on the other side.
Is configured to be driven, and the discharge portion 7 of the take-out cylinder 56 is
Supporting attachment / detachment of a flexible screw conveyor in which a receiving member 77 extending from the insertion side and having a downward escape portion 78 is provided at the base portion, and the flexible screw conveyor 2 can be supported by the receiving member 77. The device configuration.

(Operation and Effect of the Invention) When the flexible screw conveyor 2 is attached to the take-out cylinder 56, first, the base of the conveyor 2 is gripped and the conveyor 2
The discharging portion 7 of the above is inserted from one side of the extracting cylinder 56 and mounted on the transmission device 69 on the other side.
At the base of the receiving member 77 for attachment, a downward escape portion 78 is formed, so that an operator who holds the flexible screw conveyor 2 can move from the holding position without being disturbed by the receiving member 77. The discharge unit 7 of the conveyor 2 can be accurately attached to the transmission device 69 on the inner side of the take-out tube 56, which is farther away.

Further, the flexible screw conveyor 2 mounted on the take-out cylinder 56 is prevented from being extremely bent by the receiving member 77 extending from the take-out cylinder 56 to prevent the conveyor 2 from being damaged. Is.

Further, the receiving portion 77 provided on the take-out cylinder 56 is provided with a relief portion 78 at the base portion.
Therefore, even if the mounting position of the receiving member 77 and the mounting position of the flexible screw conveyor 2 come close to each other due to a manufacturing error or the like, the two do not interfere with each other at their bases, and are reliably Can be supported by.

(Example) In addition, in a figure example, 1 is a grain tank, 2 is a flexible screw conveyor, 3 is a grain extraction device, and these comprise the grain conveyance device.

The flexible screw conveyor 2 includes a flexible tube 4, a coil spring-shaped transfer rod 5 installed in the tube 4, and a grain receiving portion 6 and a grain discharging portion 7 provided at both ends of the tube 4.
It consists of and.

The grain receiving portion 6 and the discharging portion 7 have substantially the same structure, and the receiving portion 6 is slightly longer and configured as follows. Reference numeral 8 denotes a mounting cylinder which expands one side, and the end of the expanding portion is bent outward to form a contact portion 9. Further, a connecting cylinder 10 is fixed in the small diameter portion, and the connecting cylinder 19 and the like are provided. Both ends are connected by inserting the end into the tube 4 and tightening the outer circumference of the tube with a tightening tool 11.

The tip of the transfer rod 5 is connected to the connecting tube 12 by a stopper 13, and a shaft 14 is formed on the connecting tube 12 so that the tip is a square axis.
Is fixed. Reference numeral 15 denotes a bearing, which is attached to the tip ends of the three connecting rods 16 and 16 for supporting the shaft by projecting the angular shaft portion at the tip of the shaft 14 and for attaching the base end to the mounting tube 8. In addition,
The connecting rods 16 and 16 are a large-diameter mounting cylinder 8 and a small-diameter bearing 15.
A taper shape is connected between the and, so that they can be easily attached to and detached from a tank or the like.

Next, the grain extracting device 3 to which the discharging portion 7 of the flexible screw conveyor 2 can be attached will be described. Reference numeral 20 is a base, and a motor 21 is internally mounted with its output shaft 22 facing upward. A power supply box 23 is internally provided.
The power supply box 23 includes a power switch 24, a switch 26 for automatic operation using a control circuit 25, which will be described later, and a manual operation that does not use the circuit 25, and a switch for switching connection when a reverse phase of a three-phase power supply is detected. And 27 are provided. Two
Reference numeral 8 is an opening / closing lid.

Reference numeral 29 is a fixed cylinder fixedly installed on the base 20, and 30 is a sliding cylinder in which a gear box 31 is attached and supported at the upper end and a lower portion is slidably inserted into the fixed cylinder 29.

The fixed cylinder 29 and the sliding cylinder 30 form a support cylinder such as a gear box 31.

A fixed shaft 32 is formed as a hexagonal shaft, and its lower end is connected to the output shaft 22 of the motor 21 via a loosely fitting connecting portion 135. That is, the fixed shaft 32 is fitted in a loose fitting state to the short hexagonal metal 34 fixed to the upper end of the connecting cylinder 33 keyed to the output shaft 22 to absorb errors in the left-right direction during processing and mounting. In addition, the pin 35, which is inserted into the connecting cylinder 33, is inserted into the fixed shaft 32 in a loosely fit manner to prevent the fixed shaft 32 from coming off, and absorb errors in the vertical direction during processing and assembly. It is configured accordingly.

Reference numeral 36 is a sliding shaft made of a pipe material, and a metal 37 forming a hexagonal hole is fixed to the lower end of the sliding shaft, and the metal 37 is held by a bearing 136 attached to the lower end of the sliding cylinder 30. The fixed shaft 32 is slidably fitted. Further, a metal 38 having a square hole is fixed to the upper end of the sliding shaft 36, and an input shaft 39 composed of a square shaft of an upper gear box 31.
Is fitted. 40 is a spring and is the base 20
It is interposed between the sliding cylinder 30 and the sliding cylinder 30 and urges the sliding cylinder 30 upward.

Reference numeral 41 denotes a fixing tool, which is attached to the upper end of the fixing tube 29, forms a thread groove 137 on the outer circumference, and forms an inclined upper portion of the inner peripheral surface, and a fixing ring 42, which is screw-fitted to the outer circumference of the fixing ring 42, A rotary ring 44 provided with the handle 43, a tightening ring 45 formed in a trapezoidal shape in a side cross-section and partially cut out in the circumferential direction, and located between the tightening ring 45 and the flange 46 at the upper end of the rotary ring 44. It is constituted by a wedge-shaped ring 47 and the like. By tightening the rotary ring 44, the wedge-shaped ring 47 is pushed down and the tightening ring 45 is pressed inward from the vertical direction by its inclined surface so that the sliding cylinder 36 can be tightened and fixed. I am doing it.

A mounting ring 48 is fixed to the upper end of the sliding cylinder 36 forming a support cylinder, and a gear box 31 and a lower lid 49 of the gear box 31 are fixed by bolts 50 from the mounting ring 48 side. A bevel gear 51 is attached to the upper portion of the input shaft 39 in the gear box 31, and is meshed with a bevel gear 53 at the end of the transmission shaft 52 that extends obliquely upward from the gear box 31. 54 is an oil seal and 55 is a bearing.

One side surface of the gear box 31 is inclined upward and the rear side of the grain extracting cylinder 56 is attached along the inclined surface so that the upper portion of the extracting cylinder 56 covers the upper portion of the gear box 31. The take-out tube 56 has a parallel storage area 59 between the front and rear side plates 57 and 58, which also serves as a grain flow down path, and has a lower part formed in a funnel shape, and a discharge tube 60 is rotatably attached. .

The transmission shaft 52 extends from the gear box 31 through the take-out cylinder 56 and has a space 62 in a large diameter pipe case 61 that is held at one end by the gear box 31 and penetrates the take-out cylinder 56. It is internally mounted and is axially mounted by a bearing 63 fitted in the other end of the pipe case 61. The other end of the pipe case 61 is attached to a transmission part holding plate 64 that is attached to the outside of the front plate 57, and the space 62 of the pipe case 61 has one end thereof connected via a connecting part 65 to a gear. The space 6 of the pipe case 61 communicating with the box 31
2 has a breather function for the small-volume gear box 31.

Reference numerals 66 and 66 denote insertion holes of the two flexible screw conveyors 2 and 2 formed on the rear side plate 58, which are opened at both upper sides with respect to the shaft mounting position of the transmission shaft 52. The insertion hole 66,
The front side plate 57 corresponding to 66 has tapered fitting holes 67, 67 for receiving the tapered parts at the tips of the bearings 15, 15 of the flexible screw conveyor discharge parts 7, 7, and the holding plate 6 as well.
The cylindrical shafts 138, 138 for transmittingly fitting and supporting the shafts 14, 14 projecting from the bearings 15, 15 of the flexible screw conveyors 2, 2 are fitted to the bearings 68, 68 at corresponding positions.
It is mounted via.

Reference numeral 85 denotes a stopper which is pivotally supported at the center thereof, and fixes the abutting portions 9, 9 of the flexible screw conveyors 2 and 2 simultaneously from the outside under pressure contact.

Reference numeral 69 denotes a transmission device, which includes a pulley 70 attached to the end of the transmission shaft 52 and pulleys 71, 7 attached to the ends of the cylindrical shafts 138, 138.
1 and a belt 72 wound between these pulleys. A transmission case 73 is provided in the front part of the take-out cylinder 56, and an opening / closing lid 74 is provided.

The side plates 75, 75 of the take-out cylinder 56 are
58 extends further forward and backward than 58, and has a side plate portion of the transmission case 73 and a portion that covers the side of the gear box 31.

On the upper surface of the gear box 31, a support plate 76 that is wide on the left and right
A pair of receiving members 77, 77 extending obliquely downward to receive the bases of the two flexible screw conveyors 2, 2 mounted on the take-out cylinder 56 are fixed to the left and right sides of the support plate 76. I am doing it. The receiving member 77 is composed of two rods, and an escape portion 78 is provided near the base portion between the receiving member 77 and the lower surface of the flexible screw conveyor 2. A receiving plate 79 that curves downward is provided on a portion of the receiving member 77 other than the relief portion 78 between the two rods, and an elastic plate 80 is attached on the receiving plate 79.

Reference numeral 81 denotes an oil filling plug, which is provided on the upper surface of the gear box 31 and is detachable from a hole 82 formed in a support plate 76 attached to the gear box 31.

In addition, a pair of support protrusions 83, 83 is provided on the front surface of the lower surface of the base 20.
A pair of idler wheels 84, 84 are mounted on the rear portion of the lower surface.

Further, a partition plate 86 that separates the take-out barrel 56 from the center to the left and right is provided between the center of the upper surface of the take-out barrel 56 and above the pipe case 61. For example, only one flexible screw conveyor 2 is provided. The grain is prevented from scattering from the insertion hole 66 to the take-out tube 56 of the other conveyor 2 that is removed when the grain is conveyed.

Reference numeral 87 denotes an operation box, which has a semicircular concave groove formed on the rear side in the vertical direction so as to extend substantially along the outer periphery of the fixed cylinder 29, and is fitted into the fixed cylinder 29 via an elastic plate 139 and tightened. The band 140 is attached with a loose tightening force. Therefore, the operation box 87 is configured to be rotatable around the fixed cylinder 29.

Reference numeral 88 denotes a full sensor, which is attached to the front side plate 57 of the grain extracting cylinder 56 and detects the accumulation of a certain amount of grains in the extracting cylinder 56.

Reference numeral 89 denotes a grain detecting sensor for preventing idling of the flexible screw conveyor 2, which is a take-out cylinder 56 and one side plate 75.
It is provided near the lower end.

Next, the control device will be described. In the power supply box 23 in the base 20, a power supply switch 24 for connecting and disconnecting the three-phase power supply, a three-phase power supply anti-phase detection circuit 90, and a connection at the time of the anti-phase detection. Changeover switch 27, automatic operation using the above-mentioned sensors 88 and 89, and manual automatic changeover switch 26 for switching between manual operation, motor drive relay contact 93, and overload current of three-phase power supply are detected. An overcurrent detection circuit 94 is provided.

Further, on the operation panel 95 of the operation box 87, the start switch 9 for outputting a command signal to the motor control circuit 25.
6, a stop switch 97, a power lamp 98 for displaying "ON" of the power switch 24 in the power box 23, a negative phase detection lamp 99 that lights up when the negative phase detection circuit 90 detects a negative phase, and an overcurrent An overload indicator lamp 100 that lights up when the detection circuit 94 detects it and a full indicator lamp 101 that lights up when the fullness sensor 88 detects it are provided.

Further, the overcurrent detection circuit 94 is connected to the motor control circuit 25, and the detection output of the overcurrent detection circuit 94 outputs an open signal of the motor drive relay contact 93 from the motor control circuit 25 to stop the motor 21. I am doing it.

In addition, the fullness detection sensor 88 is connected to the motor control circuit 25 and is configured to stop the motor 21 at the time of this detection, and the grain in the take-out cylinder 56 is discharged from the discharge cylinder 60 to detect the fullness. When the sensor 88 is turned off, the signal is input to the motor control circuit 25 via the timer 102 (about 9 seconds) to restart the motor 21. In addition, the set time of the timer 102 is a time during which the grains supplied from the take-out cylinder 56 and staying in the hopper of the huller or the like are taken in.

Further, the grain detection sensor 89 is provided with a timer 103 (about 12
It is connected to output to the motor control circuit 25 via the second), and is configured to stop the motor 21 after the timer 103 counts when the sensor 89 is detected. In addition, the set time of the timer 103 is set such that the grain extracting cylinder 56
It is set to be longer than the time until the grain is conveyed to the grain detecting sensor 89 and is longer than the time when the grain is not present in the grain extracting cylinder 56 controlled by the full sensor 88 and the timer 102. . 104 is a DC power supply circuit, and 105
Is the current transformer.

The grain tank 1 includes front and rear side plates 108 at the bottom of the storage section 107,
A discharge spiral 109 is mounted between the shafts 108 so that the grains inside can be transferred to the discharge unit 110. Reference numeral 111 denotes a flow rate regulating plate, which is provided in a mountain shape on the discharge spiral 109, and adjustment plates 113 and 113 for adjusting a gap between the flow grain plate 112 are provided at both lower ends thereof.

Reference numeral 114 denotes a rotary shutter, which is attached to a cylindrical shaft 116 pivotally supported in the metal 115 of the side plate 108 and rotated to open and close the outlet 117 of the discharge unit 110. Inside the cylindrical shaft 116, a shaft 106 of the discharge spiral is mounted via bearings. Also, the discharge spiral 109
The flow regulating plate 111 has its terminal end positioned slightly before the starting end of the outlet 117, and when the discharge portion 110 is clogged,
It is configured to allow grains to escape upward from the space () between the rotary shutter 114 and the flow rate regulating plate 111. 11
Reference numeral 8 denotes a rotary shutter operation lever.

Reference numeral 119 denotes a transmission shaft, which is mounted on the lower portion of the grain tank 1 and has one end protruding from the side plate to attach the pulley 120 and a belt 122 to the pulley 121 at the end of the discharge spiral shaft 106. It is constructed so that it can be stretched and transmitted. 123
Is a tension clutch pulley, which is a clutch lever 125 rotatably mounted on a metal 115 lid by a shaft 124.
Is operated via a wire (not shown) by the above operation, and the belt 122 is stretched and stretched to interrupt the transmission between the pulleys 120 and 121 and interrupt the drive of the discharge spiral 109.

The other end of the transmission shaft 119 is located slightly below the outlet 117 and a joint member 126 is provided at the end.

Reference numeral 127 denotes a transfer box, which is formed in a box shape that opens upward and has an opening 128, through which the receiving portions 6 and 6 of the two flexible screw conveyors 2 and 2 can be inserted, on the front surface.
128, bearings 15 and 15 of the conveyors 2 and 2 on the rear surface.
129 for holding the shaft 14 and projecting the shafts 14 and 14 rearward,
129 is provided, and the two flexible screw conveyors 2,
2 can be inserted and mounted.

At the bottom of the take-over box 127, idle wheels 130, 130 are provided.
Rails 131 and 131 that are provided on the grain tank 1 side by supporting
The shaft 14 on one side protruding from the transfer box 127 is inserted into the lower position of the take-out port 117 along the upper side and the transmission shaft 116 is inserted.
It is configured so that it can be fitted to the joint member 126 of No. 1 so as to be transmitted and can be fixed at this position.

When the grain conveying device is used for conveying grains harvested by the combine and for loading into the dryer, first, the flexible screw conveyors 2 and 2 are received from the discharge portion 110 of the grain tank 1. The parts 6 and 6 are removed together with the transfer box 127, the flexible screw conveyor 2 and the grain extracting device 3 are installed on the side of the dryer, and the grain tank 1 is mounted on a truck or the like and the grains from the field are mounted. , And the flexible screw conveyors 2 and 2 are transferred to the tank 1 again in the box 1
It is attached together with 27 and the work of loading the grain into the dryer is performed. In such work, the motor 2 is attached to the grain extracting device 3 side.
1, full sensor 88, grain sensor 89, and electrical equipment such as power supply box 23, operation box 87, and control equipment are all provided, and flexible screw conveyors 2 and 2 and grain tank 1 are attached and detached. Is simply a takeover box 127
Can be easily carried out only by mounting the lower part of the tank discharge part 110.

It is necessary to move the grain extraction device 3 and insert the discharge tube 60 into the extension hopper of the dryer at the time of the loading operation to the dryer. First, at the time of the movement, the gear box of the grain extraction device 3 is required. Receiving member 7 firmly attached to 31
7, the base 20 is tilted toward the front idler wheels 84, 84 to float the support protrusions 83, 83, which are then moved by the idler wheels 84, 84. Further, at the time of this movement, by loosening the fixing tool 41 of the sliding cylinder 30, the take-out cylinder 56 is rotated together with the sliding cylinder 30 with respect to the base 20, and a long flexible member attached to the take-out cylinder 56 is provided. The longitudinal direction of the sex screw conveyor 2 can be easily moved along the moving direction.

Next, when the discharge cylinder 60 is inserted into the tension hopper of the dryer, the fixing tool 41 of the sliding cylinder 30 is loosened, and the sliding cylinder 3 is inserted.
0 Adjust the take-out cylinder 56 attached to the upper end up and down and rotate,
Further, the discharge tube 60 is rotated and expanded and contracted.

When the power switch 24 is turned on in this state and the start switch 96 is pushed, the motor 21 is driven and transmitted to the fixed shaft 32 via the output shaft 22 and the loose fitting connection portion 135, and further to the metal 37, the sliding shaft 36, The input shaft 39 of the gear box 31 is driven via the metal 38. A bevel gear 53 keyed to the input shaft 39 and a bevel gear 53 meshed with the bevel gear 53.
Is transmitted to the transmission shaft 52 and drives the transmission device 69 at the other end of the transmission shaft 52. Pulleys 71, 71 attached to the left and right cylindrical shafts 138, 138 are driven from a pulley 70 at the other end of the transmission shaft 52 via a belt 72, and the cylindrical shafts 138, 138 are driven.
Flexible screw conveyor 2 Shaft 1 of discharge part 7
4, 14 are driven, and the transfer rods 5, 5 are rotated.

The power of the shaft 14 at the end of the receiving portion 6 of the flexible screw conveyor 2 on one side is transmitted through the joint member 126 to the transmission shaft 119.
Drive the pulley 120, the belt 122, the pulley 121.
The discharge spiral 109 is driven via.

The grain transferred by the discharge spiral 109 is the outlet 117.
Is supplied to the take-up box 127 from the container, is received by the receiving portions 6 and 6 of the flexible screw conveyors 2 and 2, is transferred in the tube 4 by the rotation of the transfer rod 5, and is taken out from the discharging portions 7 and 7. It is supplied into the cylinder 56, flows down, and is supplied from the discharge cylinder 60 to the tension hopper of the dryer.

In this grain conveying and feeding process, when the conveying ability is large and the feeding hopper is filled with the grains, the succeeding conveyed grains are accumulated in the storage portion 59 of the discharge cylinder 60 and the take-out cylinder 56 and become full. The sensor 88 senses and stops the motor 21 to suspend the transportation of the grain. When the grains in the storage section 59 are exhausted by the intake of the grains by the dryer, the full sensor 88 senses it, and after the timer 102 has timed, the motor 21 is activated again to continue the transportation work.

Further, when the transportation of the grains in the grain tank 1 is completed and further the transportation of all the grains in the flexible screw conveyors 2 and 2 is completed, the grain detection sensor 89 in the lower part of the take-out cylinder 56 senses,
After the timer 103 measures the time, the motor 21 is stopped and the work is finished.

When the capacity of the dryer is low and the two flexible screw conveyors 2 and 2 are used, and the fullness detection sensor 88 frequently operates, the transmission side screw conveyor 2 to the grain tank 1 is left. The other conveyor 2 can be removed to perform the work, and in the case of carrying out the transfer work without using the grain tank 1, the receiving portions 6 and 6 of the flexible screw conveyor 2 are removed from the transfer box 127, It is also possible to insert the receiving parts 6 and 6 directly into the grain and convey them.

Further, a concave portion 140 for positioning and guiding the connecting rod 16 of the discharge portion 7 of the flexible screw conveyors 2, 2 is provided on the outer periphery of the insertion hole 66 of the take-out cylinder 56, and the discharge portion 7 is mounted at a predetermined position. In addition, the tightening protrusion 141 of the tightening tool 11 of the tube 4 can be always positioned downward, and the tightening protrusion 141 is received when the discharge part 7 is mounted on the take-out cylinder 56. This mounting work is easy if it is locked by the receiving plate 79 of 77 and once held.

A locking member may be specially provided instead of the tightening protrusion 141.

Further, the embodiment shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 is composed of one flexible screw conveyor 2 and a grain extracting device 3 which can be equipped with the one conveyor 2 discharge part 7. A transport device for transporting the grain supplied from the receiving unit 6 and having the same configuration as the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view of a grain extracting device, FIG. 2 is a view of the main part seen from the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of the main part of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a front sectional view of the take-out tube, FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view of the operation box mounting portion, FIG. 7 is an overall perspective view, and FIG. The figure is a control circuit, FIG. 9 is a side sectional view of the grain tank, FIG. 10 is a front sectional view of a main portion of the grain tank, FIG. 11 is a perspective view of another embodiment, and FIG. 12 is FIG. FIG. 3 is a front sectional view of the take-out cylinder of FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 2 is a flexible screw conveyor, 7 is a discharge part, 56 is a take-out cylinder, 69 is a transmission device, 77 is a receiving member, 7
Reference numeral 8 indicates a relief portion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A transfer rod 5 having a mounting tube 8 attached to the end of the tube 4 and a shaft 14 fixed to the tip of the tube 8 is extended to the outside of the tube 8. The bearing 15 and the mounting cylinder 8 are held and connected by connecting rods 16 and 16 to form a discharging portion 7 of the flexible screw conveyor 2, and the discharging portion 7 is inserted from one side of the discharging cylinder 56. Side gear 69
The shaft 14 is configured to be driven by the
6 is provided with a receiving member 77 that extends from the insertion side of the discharge portion 7 and has a relief portion 78 that extends downward at the base portion. The receiving member 77 allows the flexible screw conveyor 2 to be supported. Detachable support device for screw conveyor.