JPH08112029A - Bagging apparatus in combine harvester - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a bagging apparatus capable of attaching and detaching an unhulled rice bag to and from an unhulled rice receiving rod easily and not requiring a labor by linking a shutter operated by an opening and closing lever with the unhulled rice receiving rod through an interlocking mechanism and by providing the apparatus with a device for locking the opening and closing lever during the period of the opening of the shutter. CONSTITUTION: This bagging apparatus in a combine harvester comprises linking a shutter 6 operated by an opening and closing lever 8 with an unhulled rice receiving rod 7 through an interlocking mechanism so as to lower the unhulled rice receiving rod on closing the shutter of a hopper after the completion of bagging and to elevate the unhulled rice receiving rod on opening the shutter for widely opening the mouth of the bag during the bagging, and forming a locking groove 10a for locking the opening and closing lever to prevent the unhulled rice bag from lowering on packing the unhulled rice fully in the bag.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bag filling device in a combine in which opening and closing operations of a shutter and up and down operations of a paddy receiving rod are interlocked.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional combine bagging apparatus has a paddle-supporting rod on the left and right of a hopper of a paddy tank as shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-9236, and a supporting hole for a bag is inserted into the paddle-supporting rod. The bag is suspended under the hopper, the shutter is opened, and the bag is filled with paddy from the hopper.

[0003]

In the conventional device as described above, since the paddy bar is fixed and the relative position between the hopper and the paddle bar does not change, the paddle bar is close to the hopper. The attachment and removal of the paddy bag to and from the paddy bar is not performed smoothly, and it is troublesome to put the paddy bag in and out. Moreover, since the shutter of the hopper is opened and closed many times, it requires labor. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a bag filling apparatus for a combine that is easy to attach and remove the paddy bag to and from the paddy rod and does not require labor.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, the present invention provides the following bag filling apparatus for combine harvesters. That is, when the shutter is closed, the paddle is lowered, and when the shutter is opened, the paddle is raised, so that the shutter moved by the opening / closing lever and the paddle are connected through the interlocking mechanism, and when the shutter is opened, It is a bag filling device in a combine, which is provided with a device for locking an opening / closing lever.

[0005]

[Operation] When the shutter of the hopper is closed after bagging, the paddy bar descends to facilitate the taking in and out of the bag from the paddle, and when the shutter of the hopper is opened during bagging, the paddle is opened. In this way, the bag mouth is opened wide so that paddy can be easily filled. Therefore, when the paddle is raised or lowered,
Performing an arc motion, widen the left and right paddy bars to widen the bag mouth when ascending, and narrow it when descending to make it easier to put the paddy bag in and out of the paddle bar. Further, when the paddy bar is full of paddy, it is possible to prevent the paddy bag from being lowered by its own weight by the locking device of the opening / closing lever of the shutter.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments shown in the drawings will be described below. First, the bagging device in the conventional combine will be described. In FIG. 7, (A) is a pretreatment device, which has a seat (3) behind the steering column (B) and threshing behind the seat (3). There is a paddy tank (4) for storing the used grains, the hopper (5) is equipped with a shutter (6), and the paddy bars (7) are provided on the left and right of the hopper (5).
The paddy bag (a) is attached to this, and the paddy cradle (1) which also serves as a step for an auxiliary worker who mounts and supports the paddy bag (a) is on the crawler (2). In the above items, the paddle rod (7) is fixed and the paddle rod is close to the hopper.
Therefore, it is troublesome to take in and out the paddy bag, and the shutter of the hopper is opened and closed many times, which requires labor. Therefore, in the present invention, when the shutter is closed, the paddle is lowered, and when the shutter is opened, the paddle is lifted so that the shutter is moved by an opening / closing lever and the paddle is connected through an interlocking mechanism.

In FIG. 1, (6) is a shutter,
(7) is a paddy bar, and (8) is an opening / closing lever. The open / close lever (8) is slidable along the guide groove (10) of the guide plate (9), and has a lock groove (10a) at the end of the guide groove (10). The opening / closing lever (8) is normally held at the position shown by a spring (not shown). The opening / closing lever (8) is swingable around a fulcrum (11), and an operation bar (12) is fitted to the end of the opening / closing lever (8), and the operation bar (12) is fixed to the shaft (13). ) Are arranged in parallel with each other along with the shaft (14) and are rotatably supported by bearings (15) and (16). The shafts (13) and (14) have gears (17) (1) that mesh with each other.
8), and when the shaft (13) is rotated in the clockwise direction indicated by the arrow in the figure by the operating bar (12) of the opening / closing lever (8), the gear (1
7) The shaft (14) is rotated counterclockwise as shown by the arrow by the engagement of (18).

The shafts (13) (14) have laterally extending rods (19) (20), and the rods (19) (20).
The slide arms (21) and (22) are fitted in. Since the slide arm (21) is hidden by the shutter (6) in the figure, the structure of the slide arm (21) will be described with reference to the slide arm (22), but the same structure as the slide arm (22) is described. Is. The slide arms (21) (22) have their slit grooves (23).
It is attached to the rods (19) and (20) at (24),
At the other end, the slit grooves (27) and (28) are fitted on the pins (25) and (26) of the shutter (6), and the shutter (6) is moved left and right by the slide arms (21) and (22). , Open and close the hopper. The drawing shows a closed state. The slide arms (21) and (22) are rotatably supported at their bending points by a support shaft (29) fixed to the frame. That is, the slide arm (2
2) When one (22a) moves in the direction of arrow a, the support shaft (2
The slide arm rotates in the direction of arrow c around 9) and the other side (22b) moves in the direction of arrow b. The tip (20a) of the rod (20) is U-shaped and is fitted to the link (30), and the paddy bar (7) is fitted to the lower end of the link (30). The base end of the paddy bar (7) is rotatably supported by the frame.
The mounting position of the paddy bar (7) to the link (30) is Z-shaped (7a). The attachment structure of the rod (20) to the link (30) is the same for the rod (19). At the fitting position of the slit (24) of the slide arm (22) and the rod (20),
The pin (31) is attached to the rod (20) so that the washer (32) is pressed against the slit groove (24) of the slide arm (22), and the washer (32) is attached.
Plays the role of bearing.

As described above, since the opening / closing lever (8) is connected to the shutter (6) and the paddy bar (7), when the opening / closing lever (8) is moved upward from the illustrated position, the fulcrum (11) is reached. The actuating bar (12) is pushed downward about the center of the arrow, and the gears (17) and (18) rotate in the arrow direction. This causes the rods (19) (20) to move in the downward direction of the arrow, so that the shutter (6) moves in the closing direction of the arrow via the slide arms (21) (22). Also, the rod (1
9) The paddy bar (7) is moved downward in a circular arc shape via the link (30) at the tips of (20).
Take the state shown in. As described above, when the paddy bag is filled with paddy and the shutter is closed, the paddy bar (7) moves in a direction in which the paddy bag can be easily taken out. At that time, the paddy bar (7)
Moves in an arc shape in the direction of arrow d in FIG. 1 and takes the position shown in FIG. 6e with the mouth of the paddy bag narrowed, so that the paddy bag can be easily taken out from the paddy bar (7). That is, the rice bag mouth is farther from the hopper mouth, and can be easily taken out without being damaged by the hopper mouth. This is the position shown in FIGS. After taking out the paddy bag from the paddy rod (7) as described above, the next empty paddy bag is attached to the paddle rod (7) and the open / close lever (8) is moved downward to guide the groove (10). When it is engaged with the lock groove (10a), the actuating bar (12) moves upward in the opposite direction to the front, so that the gears (17) (18) move in the direction opposite to the arrow direction and the rods (19) (20) move. Since it moves upward, the shutter (6) moves in the opening direction opposite to the arrow direction via the slide arms (21) and (22). that time,
The link (30) lifts the paddy bar (7), but as shown in FIG. 6f, the paddle bar (7) moves in an arc and moves in the direction to open the opening of the paddy bag. Therefore, the rice bag has a posture in which the rice can be easily filled. This is the state shown in FIGS.
In this case, the bag mouth of the paddy is covered with the hopper mouth so that the paddy does not scatter from the bag mouth.

Since the opening / closing lever (8) is engaged with the lock groove (10a) when the shutter (6) is opened, the opening / closing lever (8) is fixed and the paddy bag is lowered by its own weight when the paddy is full. To be prevented. When the opening / closing lever (8) is moved up and down at the position shown in FIG. 1, the paddy bag is shaken in the vertical direction and an appropriate amount of paddy is put therein.

As described in the above embodiments, when the shutter is closed, the paddle is lowered, and when the shutter is opened, the paddle is raised. It is characterized by a bag packing device in a combine that is equipped with a device that locks the opening and closing levers when the shutter is opened.By moving the paddle support rod downward when the shutter is closed, it is easy to take in and out the paddy bag. Also, by moving the paddy support rod upward when the shutter is opened, the paddy can be easily filled without the paddy being scattered. Since the opening / closing lever can be fixed by the lock device, it is possible to prevent the paddy bag from being lowered by its own weight when the paddy is full. In a preferred embodiment, a rod that swings in the vertical direction by swinging in the vertical direction by an opening / closing lever is provided, and the shutter can be opened / closed from the rod via a slide arm, and the rod is connected via a link. By using the combine bagging device configured to move the paddy bar up and down, the opening and closing of the shutter and the vertical movement of the paddle bar can be interlocked with each other to open and close the bag so that the bag can be smoothly packed. be able to. Further, by fitting the paddy bar to the link that can be raised and lowered by the rod at its Z-shaped portion, the paddle mouth is moved up and down and the circular motion is performed so that the bag mouth is narrowed when the paddy bag is taken in and out. In this way, smooth loading and unloading can be performed, and when filling the paddy, the bag mouth of the paddy bag can be opened wide so that the paddy bag can be easily filled. By moving the paddle up and down, the paddle can be taken out of the hopper mouth when loading and unloading the paddy bag, and when filling the paddy, the paddle mouth is wide open so that it covers the hopper mouth. It can prevent scattering. It should be noted that the interlocking mechanism of the opening / closing lever, the shutter, and the paddy bar is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and a lock device for the opening / closing lever is provided even when the shutter is closed within the spirit of the present invention. The design can be changed arbitrarily.

[0012]

According to the present invention, when the shutter is closed, the paddy bar descends and is moved away from the hopper, so that the paddy bag can be easily taken in and out, and when the shutter is opened, the paddy bar rises and the paddy bag mouth. Is easy to fill by covering the mouth of the hopper and there is no scattering of paddy. Opening and closing the shutter and raising and lowering the paddle support rod can be done with a single opening and closing lever, so no labor is required.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the position of a paddy rod when the shutter is closed.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a position of a paddy rod when the shutter is opened.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the above.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the operation of a paddy rod.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of a conventional combine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Shutter 7 Paddy bar 8 Opening / closing lever 9 Guide plate 10 Guide groove 10a Lock groove 11 Support point 12 Actuating bar 13 Shaft 14 Shaft 17 Gear 18 Gear 19 Rod 20 Rod 21 Slide arm 22 Slide arm 29 Spindle 30 Link

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The paddy bar descends when the shutter is closed,
A bag for combine harvesters that is equipped with a device that locks the opening / closing lever when the shutter is opened by connecting the shutter that moves with the opening / closing lever and the paddy supporting rod so that the paddy rod moves up when the shutter opens. Stuffing device.