JPH07147820A - Container storage part for harvester of root vegetables - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate a container supply operation to a container placing part during recovery of a recovery part and a container recovery operation from the container placing part during the recovery of the recovery part in a harvester for root vegetables in which a harvesting conveyor for pulling out, hanging and transporting of root vegetables is laid at the opposite side of an operating part at one lateral side of machine body and a leaf cutting device for cutting a foliar part of harvested root vegetables and the recovery part for recovered root vegetables from which leaves are cut off and removed are installed at the same side as that of the harvesting conveyor at one side of the machine body. CONSTITUTION:A longitudinally side-by-side type empty container storage part 14 is laid at a lateral outside part of a harvesting conveyor 1 in a state of the rear end of the empty container storage part being positioned at the side and in the approximately same level as that of a container placing part 9a during recovery. A longitudinally side-by-side type full container storage part 16 is installed in a state of the rear end of the full container storage part being positioned at the side and in the approximately same level as that of the container placing part 9a and between the harvesting conveyor 1 and an operating part 5 during recovery.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container accommodating portion of a root vegetable harvester which is constructed so that root vegetables such as carrots and radishes planted in a field can be extracted, cut into leaves, and collected in a container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the above-mentioned root vegetable harvester is a harvester that holds the foliage of root vegetables planted in the field such as carrots and radish planted in the field and pulls it diagonally upward at the rear of the machine and hangs it. A transportation device for cutting is provided on one side of the machine opposite to the boarding operation part and the driving part, and a leaf cutting device for cutting the foliage of the root vegetables from the harvesting transportation device, and a root vegetables from the leaf cutting device. It has been proposed that a collection unit for collecting the waste be provided on the side of the machine on the same side as the harvesting transport device, and that the container placement part during collection of the collection unit is located at the rear of the aircraft. A container mounting table is provided between the operation section and the driving section, and empty containers are stacked and stored on the container mounting table, and containers for storing root vegetables are arranged and stacked to be stored. It was

[0003]

However, when the container being collected is filled with root vegetables, the empty containers stacked on the container mounting table are lifted up one by one and taken out, and a heavy full container is placed on the container during recovery. It is necessary to take out the empty container and transfer it to the container placing table, and set the taken out empty container to the container placing part during collection, because the empty container and the full container are mixed in the same container placing table. Since the container replenishment work to the collecting container placing part and the container collecting work from the collecting container placing part were troublesome, there was room for improvement in handling the container.

An object of the present invention is to facilitate the container replenishment work to the container placement part during collection and the container collection work from the container placement part during collection.

[0005]

A feature of the present invention is to provide a harvesting transporting device that holds a foliage portion of root vegetables planted in a field, pulls it obliquely upward at the rear of the machine, and hangs and transports it. The harvesting unit, which is provided on the side of the machine opposite to the drive unit and the driving unit, cuts the foliage of the root vegetables from the harvesting transport device, and the collection unit that collects the root vegetables from the leaf cutting device. An empty container that is placed on the side of the machine on the same side as the carrier device and has a container placement part in the collection part of the collection part located in the rear part of the machine. A storage unit is provided on the lateral outer side of the harvesting transfer device with its rear end located at the same level on the side of the container placement unit during collection, and the containers containing root vegetables are lined up front and back. The full container storage part to be placed,
It is provided between the harvesting transfer device and the boarding operation part and the driving part with the rear end thereof being located on the side of the container placement part during collection at substantially the same level.

[0006]

In other words, the empty container storage units are arranged laterally outward of the harvesting transport device, and the full container storage units are individually disposed between the harvesting transport device and the boarding operation unit and the drive unit, respectively. Both the container storage section and the full container storage section are configured so that the containers are placed side by side, and the rear end is located at the same level on the side of the container placement section during collection. When the container in the container placement section is full of harvested root vegetables during collection, it is moved horizontally to the full container storage section with the full container placed and the empty container is placed. It is only necessary to perform a simple container movement operation such as lateral movement to the container loading part during collection, and the container movement across the empty container storage part, the container loading part during collection, and the full container storage part can be performed almost in plan view. Carried out in an orderly manner along the path of the shape,
As a whole, it is possible to easily perform the container replenishing work to the collecting container placing part and the container collecting work from the collecting container placing part.

[0007]

As a result, it has become possible to provide a root vegetable harvesting machine which is easy to handle a container for collecting root vegetables and which is further excellent in recovery workability.

[0008]

[Example] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a pair of left and right sides are held in order to hold the stems and leaves of root vegetables such as carrots and radishes planted in the field, pull them out diagonally upward at the rear of the machine, and suspend and convey them. A harvesting transporting device 1 composed of a holding and transporting belt which can be driven and rotated is provided on a machine body having a crawler type traveling device 2 arranged on one side of the machine body opposite to the boarding operation section 5 and the driving section 6. A pair of right and left weeding tools 3 and a soil cutting blade 4 are provided on the front end side of the harvesting transporting device 1, and the foliage of root vegetables is raised by the weeding implement 3 and smoothly transferred to the harvesting transporting device 1. The soil on both sides of the kind is cut by the earth cutting blade 4 so that the root vegetables can be smoothly extracted.

A leaf cutting device 8 for cutting the roots and leaves of the root vegetables from the harvesting transporting device 1 is provided on one side of the machine body on the same side as the harvesting transporting device 1 to form the leaf cutting device 8. A position-determining transport device 8a, which is actuable on the upper end of root vegetables suspended by the transport device 1, and a position-determining transport device 8
The cutting conveyor 8b, which is composed of a pair of left and right drivable holding conveyor belts, which receives the foliage portion from a in a state of being held at a fixed position above the holding position, and root vegetables conveyed by the cutting conveyor 8b. On the other hand, a pair of left and right rotary blades 8c for driving and rotating are provided for cutting the foliage at the root.

In the position-determining transfer device 8a, as shown in FIG. 3, the rollers 8ac are attached to the holders 8ab attached to the left and right rotating chains 8aa with the springs 8ad biased in the approaching direction. The spindle is oriented so as to rotate by the movement of the stems and leaves in the longitudinal direction, and as the harvesting conveying device 1 pulls it up, the root vegetables are raised until they come into contact with the roller 8ac.

A collecting section 9 for collecting root vegetables from the leaf-cutting device 8 is provided below the leaf-cutting and conveying apparatus 8 on one lateral side of the machine on the same side as the harvesting-conveying apparatus 1 to form the collecting section 9. , Root vegetables having a small diameter are dropped into the lower container 11, and those having a large diameter are disposed on the rear portion of the machine during the collecting container placement portion 9a.
There is provided a sorting conveyor 9b for supplying the collecting container 12 placed on the sheet collecting container 12 and a chute 9c for guiding root vegetables falling from the leaf cutting device 8 to the sorting conveyor 9b.

[0012] A harvesting transporting device is provided by a table in which an empty container storage section 14 for mounting empty containers 13 in a front-rear direction is mounted so as to be vertically swingable so that it can be stored in an upright posture closer to the machine body. It is formed on the lateral outer side of 1, and the rear end portion of the empty container storage portion 14 is arranged on the lateral side of the collecting container placing portion 9a at substantially the same level.

A full-container container 16 for placing containers 15 containing root vegetables in a front-back arrangement is provided at the rear end of the container container 9a for collecting the containers, which is a roller type or belt type container. The first conveyor 16a and the second conveyor 16b such as a roller type or a belt type that feeds the container from the first conveyor 16a forward are formed between the harvesting transfer device 1 and the boarding operation unit 5 and the driving unit 6. The rear end portion of the full container storage portion 16 is arranged on the side of the collecting container placement portion 9a at substantially the same level. That is, the empty container storage unit 14 and the full container storage unit 16 are separately arranged, and both the empty container storage unit 14 and the full container storage unit 16 are configured to be placed with the containers arranged side by side. At the same time, the rear end portion is formed to be located on the side of the collecting container placing portion 9a at substantially the same level, and when the container in the collecting container placing portion 9a is full of harvested root vegetables, a full container Is moved horizontally to the full container storage section 16 while being placed, and is moved horizontally to the collecting container placement section 9a while the empty container is placed, and the empty container storage section 14 and the collecting container placement section 9a are also moved. , The container movement over the full container storage portion 16 is performed in an orderly manner along a substantially U-shaped path in plan view, and as a whole, the container replenishment work for the collecting container placement portion 9a and the collecting Container recovery operations from Tena mounting portion 9a are facilitated.

The leaf and leaf portion conveying device 10 including a drivable conveying chain 10a for discharging the cut foliage portion from the leaf cutting device 8 to the outside of the machine body and a holding rail 10b, and the leaf conveying device 1 and the harvesting conveying device 1 are provided. Is arranged so that the cut foliage is conveyed diagonally across the front of the machine on the other side of the machine on the opposite side.

[Other Embodiments] The specific configuration for forming the empty container storage portion 14 and the full container storage portion 16 can be changed as appropriate. For example, the empty container storage portion 14 can be formed by a conveyor, or the table can be filled with the full container storage portion 16. 16 may be formed.

It should be noted that reference numerals are added to the claims for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 Overall plan view

[Figure 2] Overall side view

FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Harvesting Transport Device 5 Boarding Operation Section 6 Driving Section 8 Leaf Cutting Device 9 Collection Section 9a Collection Container Placement Section 14 Empty Container Storage Section 16 Full Container Storage Section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A harvesting transporting device (1) for holding a foliage portion of root vegetables planted in a field, pulling it obliquely upward at the rear of the machine, and suspending and transporting the harvesting transporting device (5) and a driving part (6). )
A leaf cutting device (8) provided on one lateral side of the machine body on the side opposite to and cutting the foliage of the root vegetables from the harvesting transfer device (1), and a root vegetable from the leaf cutting device (8) A collecting section (9) for collecting the is provided on one side of the machine body on the same side as the harvesting transfer device (1), and the collecting container placing section (9a) of the collecting section (9) is arranged at the rear part of the machine body. In the root vegetable harvester described above, an empty container storage section (14) for mounting empty containers in a front-rear state is provided, and its rear end is on the same level as the side of the collecting container mounting section (9a). Is located on the lateral outer side of the harvesting transporting device (1) in a state of being located at, and a rear end portion of the full container storing portion (16) is provided on which containers for storing root vegetables are placed side by side. The harvest is performed while being located at the same level on the side of the container placing part (9a) during collection. A container accommodating part of a root vegetable harvester provided between the carrier device (1) and the boarding operation part (5) and the driving part (6).