JPH0654613A - Root vegetable harvester - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely pull out root vegetables, cut the root part behind a machine body and house the root part in a container by providing a digging-up blade below the front part of a harvesting and conveying zone and arranging a container for housing the root part below a foliage treating device. CONSTITUTION:A digging-up blade 8 is provided below the front part of pulling- out conveying belts 6 and 6 and a foliage part of root vegetable is raked in by raking-in belts 9 and 9. The foliage part is cut from the root part by a foliage treating device 10 and the dropping root part is housed in a container 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a self-propelled plant in which root vegetables are extracted from a field, harvested, conveyed to the rear of the machine, the stems and leaves are cut from the roots, and the roots are stored in a container. It relates to root crop harvesters.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, carrots, radishes, and root vegetables such as turnips that are vegetated in the field of an agricultural tractor (traveling machine) are sandwiched by a pair of left and right endless belts and pulled from the field to be harvested. There has been proposed a root vegetable harvester equipped with a harvesting / transporting zone that transports the harvested root vegetables while hoisting them to the rear of the machine and discharges them to the field. And
The root vegetables discharged in the field were collected and the stems and leaves were cut from the roots.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional root vegetable harvesting machine, the root vegetables are extracted from the field and harvested, and the harvested root vegetables are conveyed while being lifted toward the rear of the machine body. Since it is only discharged from the end of the transport to the field,
After that, it is necessary to collect this and to cut the foliage from the root, which requires a lot of labor and time in addition to the labor and time for the harvesting work. In addition, since the harvesting / transporting zone is integrally supported by the machine body, there is a problem that the cropping width and cropping system of root vegetables cannot be adjusted sufficiently. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides (1) a traveling machine holding root vegetables grown in a field between a pair of left and right endless belts and pulling out from the field. In a root vegetable harvesting machine equipped with a harvesting / transporting zone for harvesting and transporting this harvested root vegetable while hoisting it toward the rear of the machine, a digging blade to dig up the root vegetables under the front part of the harvesting / transporting zone. A container for accommodating the processed root part is provided below the forehand processing device, as well as a foliage processing device for cutting the foliage part from the root part of root vegetables at a predetermined position below the rear end side of the harvesting / conveying zone. And (2) the harvesting / conveying zone is configured to be movable in the width direction of the machine body.

[0005]

With the above construction, the root vegetable harvester of the present invention performs the following actions. A digging blade for digging root vegetables at the front lower part of the harvesting / transporting zone, and a foliage processing device for cutting the foliage from the root of the root vegetable at a predetermined position below the transporting rear end side of the harvesting / transporting zone. Since a container for storing the treated roots is arranged below the root, it is possible to harvest root vegetables from the field with less resistance and cut the stems and leaves from the roots during the transportation process to store only the roots in the container. , Can be done by one worker. Since the harvesting / transporting zone can be moved in the width direction of the machine, the harvesting / transporting zone can be moved according to the cropping system, and the adaptability is expanded.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 is a root vegetable harvester (in this embodiment, it is applied to a carrot harvester).
Then, this root vegetable harvesting machine 1 is equipped with crawlers 2 and 2 which are paired left and right to enable super-spindle turning. An engine 3 is mounted in the center of the machine body between the crawlers 2 and 2, and a hydraulic unit 4 driven by the engine 3 is mounted in the vicinity thereof. A transmission 5 is provided at a rear position of the engine 3 between the crawlers 2 and 2 so that the crawlers 2 and 2 are driven to change speed and steer. Also, from the lower front near the one side of the airframe to the rear of the airframe through the upper side of the airframe, the foliage S of the carrot C vegetated in the field is sandwiched and pulled out, and the upper and lower two stages are conveyed while being lifted backward. The pair of left and right pull-out conveyor belts 6 and 6 are attached to the support frame 7.
Supported by.

Below the front of the pull-out conveyor belts 6 and 6,
Providing a digging blade 8 for digging under the carrot C in the field,
Further, on the upper side of the tip rotating portion of the pull-out conveying belts 6 and 6, there are coaxially provided scraping belts 9 and 9 for scraping the foliage portion S of the carrot C. The protrusions 9a, 9a ... Are provided. A foliage processing device 10 for cutting the foliage S from the root R of the carrot C at a predetermined position is provided below the transportation rear ends of the pull-out transport belts 6, 6, and the foliage S is cut below the foliage treatment device 10. The container 11 that accommodates the root portion R that is dropped due to being placed is placed on the container placing table 12 and arranged.

The pull-out conveyor belts 6 and 6 pivotally support the rear portion of the support frame 7 at the upper ends of the support frames 14 and 14 standing upright from the rear horizontal frame 13 of the machine body so as to be vertically rotatable about a fulcrum 14a. The front portion of the support frame 7 is supported on the front horizontal frame 15 of the machine body via a hydraulic cylinder 16, and the front end side is vertically adjusted by the expansion and contraction operation of the hydraulic cylinder 16. The pull-out conveyor belts 6 and 6 move in the left-right direction, that is, in the width direction of the machine body, with respect to the support horizontal frames 14 and 14 relative to the rear horizontal frame 13 and the base of the hydraulic cylinder 16 relative to the front horizontal frame 15. It is possible.

The basal portions of the foliage discharging belts 17, 17 are coaxially provided on the rear end rotating portions of the pull-out conveying belts 6, 6 and extend toward the rear end side of the machine body. The stalks and leaves S are sandwiched and conveyed and discharged to the rear of the machine body. Below the foliage discharge belts 17, 17, a foliage discharge cover 18 is provided to prevent the discharged foliage portion S from falling into the container 11.
A control section 19, a step 20, a control seat 21 and the like are provided on the side of the machine body opposite to the pull-out conveyor belts 6 and 6.

The pull-out conveyor belts 6 and 6 include
Power is transmitted to one of them via a transmission system 22, and the pulling-out conveyor belt 6 from this one pulling shaft 23 to a transmission unit 24.
The power is transmitted to the other pull-out conveyance belt 6 via the so that the pull-out conveyance belts 6 and 6 rotate inward relative to each other. Further, power is coaxially transmitted from the pull-out conveyor belts 6 and 6 to the foliage discharge belts 17 and 17, and is also transmitted to the foliage processing device 10 by a transmission system (not shown). The foliage processing device 10 includes a pair of cutting and positioning rolls 25, 25 that rotate inward together.
And the disc-shaped cutter blade 26, the root portion R of the carrot C conveyed by the pull-out conveyor belts 6, 6 is positioned by the convex portion, and the forage portion S is cut from a predetermined position by the cutter blade 26. I am trying.

On the other hand, the excavation blade 8 is supported by the lower arm 27 and the upper link 28 so as to be vertically movable with respect to the machine body, and is vertically adjusted by the expansion and contraction operation of the hydraulic cylinder 29 interposed between the lower arm 27 and the machine body. Has become. Further, a vibration crank mechanism 30 is connected to the upper link 28, and the excavating blade 8 is reciprocally moved (vibrated) back and forth around a support portion with the lower arm 27.
The lower part of the root portion R of the carrot C vegetated in the field is dug up to pull out the carrot C with the pull-out transport belts 6 and 6 with a small resistance.

As shown in FIG. 4, the above-mentioned scraping belts 9 and 9 are belts only, without providing a large number of scraping projections 9a, 9a ... Which is fixed in the open state in the direction of the letter V, or the supporting portions of the scraping belts 9 and 9 to the rotation shafts of the pull-out conveying belts 6 and 6 are rotatably supported within a predetermined range. , The stem S of the carrot C, which is scraped as shown by the arrow, by inserting a return spring into the support.
It is also possible to automatically adjust the size according to the amount of scraping.

In the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the root portion R of the carrot C, which is nipped and conveyed by the pull-out conveyor belts 6 and 6, is located between the cutting and positioning rolls 25 and 25 of the foliage processing apparatus 10 in the course of its movement. It is designed to be automatically introduced into
As shown in FIG. 5, guide bodies 31, 31 and screw conveyors 32, 32 may be provided between the pulling / conveying belts 6, 6 and the cutting positioning rolls 25, 25 to guide them.

That is, in FIGS. 5 and 6, a pair of left and right synthetic resin plates, a metal plate, and a plurality of rollers are linearly formed between the pulling / conveying belts 6 and 6 and the cutting positioning rolls 25 and 25. Guide body 3 consisting of roller guides arranged in a row
1, 31 are arranged. 7 and 8, a pair of left and right screw conveyors 32, 32 are arranged between the pull-out conveying belts 6, 6 and the cutting positioning rolls 25, 25.
The small-diameter portions 32a, 32a are formed at the terminal end of 2, and the leading ends of the cutting positioning rolls 25, 25 are inserted into the small-diameter portions 32a, 32a, so that the cutter blade 26 can be adjusted back and forth. .

Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the gap s between the cutting positioning rolls 25, 25 and the cutter blade 26 of the foliage processing apparatus 10 is adjustable, and is cut from the root R of the carrot C. The cutting height of the foliage S can be adjusted. By this adjustment, in addition to carrots, kinds of root vegetables,
It is possible to cut to a desired cutting height according to regional characteristics and marketability.

Root vegetable (carrot) harvester 1 having such a configuration
First, in accordance with the cropping system, the pull-out conveyor belts 6, 6 are moved to appropriate positions by lateral movement of the support frames 14, 14 with respect to the rear lateral frame 13 and lateral movement of the hydraulic cylinder 16 with respect to the front lateral frame 15. Fix it. In this example, as shown in FIG. 1, two rows of ginseng C vegetated in the field are harvested at the same time. Then, with the pull-out conveyor belts 6 and 6, the excavating blades 8, the scraping belts 9 and 9, the foliage processing device 10, and the foliage discharge belts 17 and 17, respectively, being driven, the worker sits on the control seat 21 and operates the control section. 19 is operated and the machine performs harvesting while traveling by the crawlers 2 and 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lower part of the two rows of ginseng row C cultivated in the field is excavated by the excavating blade 8 which is vibrated by the vibrating crank mechanism 30 and the upper link 28, as shown in FIG. The foliage S of the carrot C is scraped by the scraping belts 9, 9. At this time, when the scraping belts 9 and 9 are provided with projections 9a, 9a ... For scraping, the scraping property is improved. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a support portion for supporting the rotation shafts of the pull-out conveyor belts 6, 6 of the scraping belts 9, 9 is rotatably supported within a predetermined range, and a return spring is inserted in the support portion. Then, the carrot C is automatically expanded / contracted according to the amount of the foliage S of the carrot C scraped, and an appropriate scraping operation is performed.

The foliage portion S of the carrot C scraped by the scraping belts 9 and 9 is sandwiched between the starting ends of the pulling and conveying belts 6 and 6, and is lightly pulled out from the field and lifted toward the rear of the machine body. Be transported. And the root R of carrot C
When the foliage reaches the position of the foliage processing device 10, it is guided so as to be drawn between the cutting positioning rolls 25, 25 rotating inward with each other, and the foliage part S is pulled upward by the pull-out conveyance belts 6, 6. The upper edge of the root R is positioned between the convex portions of the cutting positioning rolls 25, 25. In this state, the foliage S is cut at a predetermined position by the cutter blade 26, the root R falls and is housed in the container 11, and the foliage S remaining on the pull-out conveyor belts 6, 6 is further conveyed and foliage discharged. It is discharged to the field behind the machine via the belts 17, 17.

When guide members 31, 31 are provided between the pull-out conveying belts 6, 6 and the cutting positioning rolls 25, 25 to guide the root portion R, the root portion R and the pull-out conveying belts 6, 6 are provided. The length L of the sandwiched foliage S is
It becomes constant as shown in FIG. 5, and more stable cutting work is performed. In addition, a pair of left and right screw conveyors 32, 32 are arranged between the pull-out conveying belts 6, 6 and the cutting positioning rolls 25, 25, and the screw conveyors 32, 3 are arranged.
When the small-diameter portions 32a and 32a are formed at the terminal end of 2, the foliage S is sent by being pulled up by the screw conveyors 32 and 32, the position of the root R is regulated more accurately, and the precision is high. Cutting work is performed. Further, the cutter blade 26 can be adjusted back and forth at the positions of the small diameter portions 32a and 23a.

Further, when the gap s between the cutting positioning rolls 25, 25 and the cutter blade 26 of the foliage processing apparatus 10 is adjustable, the foliage S cut from the root R of the carrot C is sewn.
The cutting height can be freely selected. By this adjustment, it is possible to cut to a desired cutting height according to the type of carrot, root vegetables, regional characteristics, marketability and the like.

[0021]

As described above, according to the root vegetable harvester of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. A digging blade for digging root vegetables is provided below the front of the harvesting / transporting zone, and a foliage processing device that cuts the foliage from the root of the rooting vegetable at a predetermined position is provided below the transporting rear end side of the harvesting / transporting zone. Since the container that houses the processed roots is placed below the foliage processing device, the foliage of root vegetables dug up by the digging blade is pinched by the harvesting / transporting zone, and there is little resistance as the machine progresses It can be pulled out and transported to the rear of the machine. Then, the root portion is cut from a predetermined position by a foliage processing device from the foliage portion of the root vegetables sandwiched and conveyed by the harvesting / conveyance zone, the falling root portion is accommodated in a container, and the foliage portion can be discharged outside the machine. .

Since the harvesting / transporting zone can be moved in the width direction of the machine body, the harvesting / transporting zone is laterally moved according to the cropping system, and appropriately positioned at a position near the center of the machine body, an offset position, or the like. It is possible to carry out various harvesting operations. Therefore, the cropping system, the type of root vegetables, the adaptability to the area, etc. can be expanded, and the range of use can be expanded.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall plan view of a root vegetable harvester according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 4 is an overall plan view of a harvester showing another embodiment of the foliage scraping device.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a second embodiment of the foliage processing device.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a third embodiment of the foliage processing apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 9 is a rear view of the foliage processing device.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Root Vegetable (Carrot) Harvester 2 Crawler 3 Engine 4 Hydraulic Unit 5 Transmission 6 Extraction Conveyor Belt 7 Support Frame 8 Digging Blade 9 Scraping Belt 10 Stem and Leaf Processor 11 Container 12 Container Placement Table 13 Rear Lateral Frame 14a Support Point 14 Support Frame 15 Front horizontal frame 16,29 Hydraulic cylinder 17 Stem-and-leaves belt 18 Stem-leaves discharge cover 19 Steering section 20 Step 21 Steering seat 22 Transmission system 23 Rotating shaft 24 Transmission section 25 Cutting and positioning roll 26 Cutter blade 27 Lower arm 28 Upper link 30 Additional Shaking crank mechanism 31 Guide body 32 Screw conveyor 32a Small diameter part C Carrot S Stem and leaf part R Root part

Claims (2)

[Claims] A root vegetable growing in a field is clamped by a pair of left and right endless bands on a traveling machine body, pulled out from the field and harvested, and the harvested root vegetable is lifted toward the rear of the machine body. In a root vegetable harvester equipped with a harvesting / transporting zone for transportation, a rooting blade for digging root vegetables is provided below the front part of the harvesting / transporting zone, and the root part of the root vegetable is located below the rear end side of the harvesting / transporting zone. 1. A root vegetable harvesting machine, comprising: a foliage processing device for cutting a foliage part from a foliage at a predetermined position, and a container for storing a processed root part provided below the foliage processing device. 2. The root vegetable harvesting machine according to claim 1, wherein the harvesting / conveying zone is configured to be movable in the width direction of the machine body.