JPH08149916A - Harvester for head-forming vegetable - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a harvester for a head-forming vegetable, capable of carrying out a consistent operation from an operation for extracting a head-forming vegetable in a field to an operation for removing a rhizome part B and shells, etc., forming the head-forming vegetable into a shipping state and packing into a case, immediately shipping the head-forming vegetable packed into the case from the field and extremely improving operation efficiency. CONSTITUTION: This harvester for head-forming vegetable is equipped with a vegetable extracting mechanism 8 for pulling out a head-forming vegetable A in a field. The rear part of the vegetable extracting mechanism 8 is furnished with a vegetable transporting mechanism 9 for sending the extracted head- forming vegetable A toward the rear upper part. A vegetable finishing mechanism 37 for removing a rhizome part B and shells, etc., of the head-forming vegetable A and forming the head-forming vegetable A into a shipping state is installed between A vegetable packing part 64 for packing the head-forming vegetable A formed into a shipping state into a case and the vegetable transporting mechanism 9. The vegetable finishing mechanism 37 has a cutter, a slider 47, a vegetable placing recessed part 48 with a guide hole 49, a vegetable receiving material 52 and a discharging conveyor 53.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a headed vegetable harvester,
For example, it relates to harvesting headed vegetables such as cabbage, Chinese cabbage and lettuce.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a headed vegetable harvesting machine of this type, for example, a divider for extracting headed vegetables from a field is provided, and the headed vegetables from the divider are supported at the rear portion of the divider and conveyed backward. A conveyor is provided, and a cutter is provided at the rear end of the conveyor to temporarily cut the rhizome of headed vegetables from a position spaced from the root, and the rhizome is cut behind this cutter by this cutter. A configuration is known in which a container for storing headed vegetables is provided.

[0003]

In the configuration in which the cutter of the rear end of the transfer conveyor cuts the rhizome of the headed vegetable from the position separated from the root and stores it in the container, the container is stored in this container. A large number of the headed vegetables thus produced are carried out to a boxing work place outside the field, and the demon skin of the heading vegetables is manually removed at this boxing work place. For example, it is described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 54-23854. It is necessary to cut the rhizomes of the bulbous vegetables with such a vegetable root excision device and then package them in a box, and remove the rhizomes of the bulbous vegetables and the demon skin from the work of extracting the bulbous vegetables in the field for shipment. Since it is not possible to mechanize the integrated work from shaping and boxing of headed vegetables to shipping of boxed vegetables immediately from the field, it is necessary to transport the boxes from the field to box them. With freshness of heading vegetables may decrease by a change, there is a problem not preferable, that in order to improve work efficiency.

The present invention has been made in view of the above point, and the rhizome and the demon skin of the headed vegetables are removed from the work of extracting the headed vegetables in the field to shape the headed vegetables for shipping. It is possible to mechanize the integrated work until the boxing work, and it is possible to ship the boxed headed vegetables immediately from the field, so that it is possible to ship the headed vegetables even before the freshness of the headed vegetables declines and the work efficiency is greatly improved. The object is to provide a heading vegetable harvester that can be improved.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a head-mounted vegetable harvesting machine, comprising a vegetable extracting mechanism for extracting head-bound vegetable in a field.
A vegetable transport mechanism that is arranged in the rear part of the vegetable extracting mechanism and conveys the headed vegetables extracted by the vegetable extracting mechanism toward the upper rear side, and a vegetable boxing unit for boxing the headed vegetables shaped for shipping. A vegetable finishing mechanism that is arranged between the vegetable transport mechanism and the vegetable boxing unit, removes the rhizomes and demon skin of the bulbous vegetables that are carried out from the vegetable transport mechanism, and shapes the bulbous vegetables for shipping. It is equipped with.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a head-mounted vegetable harvesting machine according to the first aspect, wherein the vegetable finishing mechanism has a rotatable cutter for cutting a rhizome of the headed vegetable, and a reciprocating cutter. A vegetable placing recess for freely mounting a headed vegetable and a slider having a guide hole formed at the bottom of the vegetable placing recess to guide the rhizome of the headed vegetable cut by the cutter downward. It was done.

A heading vegetable harvester according to a third aspect is the heading vegetable harvester according to the first or second aspect, wherein the vegetable finishing mechanism is located on the side of the vegetable transporting mechanism and transports the heading vegetables delivered from the vegetable transporting mechanism. A vegetable receiving body for receiving and a discharge conveyor inclined upward toward the front for discharging foreign substances such as demon skin separated from the heading vegetables received by the vegetable receiving body from between the vegetable conveying mechanism. It was done.

The headed vegetable harvester according to claim 4 is the headed vegetable harvester according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
The vegetable transport mechanism includes a lifting conveyor that lifts the heading vegetables rearward and upward, and this lifting conveyor has an endless traveling body that rotates upward and rearward, and an interval between the endless traveling body and the outer peripheral portion of the endless traveling body. In this case, a large number of transport projections each of which has a supporting recess for projecting sequentially and supporting the headed vegetables, and an elastic discharge which is disposed on the front surface of each of the transport projections and elastically deforms toward the support recessed side by the weight of the headed vegetables It is equipped with a body.

[0009]

In the head-mounted vegetable harvesting machine according to claim 1, when the head-mounted vegetable harvesting machine is run along the ridges of the field containing head-mounted vegetables, the head-mounted vegetables harvesting mechanism sequentially picks up the head-mounted vegetables. Each headed vegetable extracted by the vegetable transfer mechanism arranged at the rear part of the vegetable extraction mechanism is sequentially conveyed upward and rearward, and each headed vegetable is sequentially transferred to the vegetable finishing mechanism from the carry-out end of the vegetable transfer mechanism. Be shipped.

Then, the rhizome and the demon skin of each headed vegetable are removed by this vegetable finishing mechanism, the headed vegetables are sequentially shaped for shipping, and the headed vegetables shaped for shipping are vegetable boxes. The bulb-shaped vegetables, which are successively carried out to the packing section and shaped for shipping at the vegetable packing section, are sequentially packed in a predetermined number in a predetermined packing box and packed. Then, it prepares for shipment from the field.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the headed vegetable harvesting machine, when the headed vegetables are placed in the vegetable mounting recesses of the slider with the roots of the headed vegetables facing downward, the rooted heads of the headed vegetables are placed in the vegetable mounting recesses. The root portion of the rhizome is exposed while being projected downward from the guide hole at the bottom of the guide.

Then, when the slider on which the heading vegetables are placed advances toward the cutter which is rotationally driven, the root part of the rhizome of the heading vegetables placed on the slider and the demon skin are cut by the cutter. Then, the rhizome and demon skin of the headed vegetables are removed, and the headed vegetables are shaped as shipped headed vegetables. At this time, since the headed vegetables are placed in the vegetable mounting recesses with the rhizomes hanging down from the guide holes and protruding, the roots of the rooted heads of the headed vegetables are cut orderly by the cutter.

In the headed vegetable harvesting machine according to the third aspect, the headed vegetables delivered from the vegetable transport mechanism are received by the vegetable receiving body, while the foreign substances such as demon skin separated from the headed vegetables are delivered to the discharge conveyor. And is transported toward the upper front, and is discharged to the field from between the vegetable transport mechanism. Then, the headed vegetables on the vegetable receiving body are prepared for mounting on the vegetable mounting concave portion of the slider.

In the headed vegetable harvesting machine according to the present invention, the headed vegetables conveyed from the vegetable extracting mechanism are conveyed by elastic ejectors at the respective conveying projections provided on the endless moving body of the lifting conveyor. These head-mounted vegetables are lifted and transported upward and rearward, and the head-mounted vegetables on each transfer protrusion that is circulated to the carry-out end are finished by the elastic discharger. It is delivered to the mechanism.

At this time, when each headed vegetable is placed on each conveying projection through the elastic ejecting body, each elastic ejecting body elastically moves toward the supporting concave portion of the conveying protruding body due to the weight of each heading vegetable. After being deformed, each headed vegetable is lifted and conveyed upward and rearward in a stable state by the respective conveyance projections via the curved elastic discharge body.

When each heading vegetable is circulated to the carry-out end portion by each of the carrying projections, the center of gravity of the heading vegetable moves, and elastically deforms due to the weight of the heading vegetable. Each heading vegetable is carried out toward the vegetable finishing mechanism by the elastic return action of each elastic discharger. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the heading vegetables from being caught by the respective transport protrusions located at the carry-out end portion of the endless traveling body in which the turn-around traveling speed is high.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The structure of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a harvester main body, and this harvester main body 1 has a machine frame 2, and a crawler 3 is provided below the machine frame 2. Further, a power source 4 such as an engine for driving the crawler 3 to travel is mounted on the upper part of the machine casing 2, and an operating mechanism 5 having an operating handle 5 a for operating the power source 4 and the crawler 3. Is provided.

At the front end of the machine frame 2, there is a vegetable extracting mechanism 8 for extracting heading vegetables A such as cabbage, Chinese cabbage and lettuce in the field, and a vegetable extracting mechanism 8 located behind the vegetable extracting mechanism 8. A vegetable transporting mechanism 9 for transporting the headed vegetables A extracted in step upward and rearward is connected and supported. The vegetable transport mechanism 9 transports the headed vegetables A extracted by the vegetable extraction mechanism 8 in sequence and transports them backward, and the transport conveyor 10.
And a lifting conveyor 11 that conveys each heading vegetable A carried out from the carrying-out end portion of the above toward the upper rear.

The transfer conveyor 10 has a conveyor frame 12 connected to and supported at the front end of the machine frame 2, and the conveyor frame 12 has two sets of a vertical direction, one pair on the left and right of the front end. Roller support shafts 13 are fixed side by side, and guide rollers 14 are rotatably mounted on the roller support shafts 13 of each set. In addition, two pairs of vertical pairs are formed at the rear end of the conveyor frame 12 located behind the roller support shafts 13 of each set, one pair corresponding to the roller support shafts 13 of each set. The drive shafts 15 are rotatably supported, and the drive rollers 16 are fixed to the drive shafts 15 of each set.

A pair of endless belts 17 are suspended between the guide roller 14 and the driving roller 16 which face each other in the front-rear direction, and are rotatably suspended toward inner parts in mutually opposite directions. The heading vegetables A are sandwiched between the inner traveling parts 18 of the pair of endless belts 17 which face each other, and are conveyed rearward. 18a in the figure
Is a pair of inner traveling parts of the pair of endless belts 17 facing each other.
It is a plurality of tension rollers that move 18 toward the rear in parallel.

Further, in the two sets of vertical drive shafts 15 of which the pair is one set, one drive shaft 15 of the one set of drive shafts 15 is close to the lower end portion of the endless belt 17. The upper and lower discs 19 that abut the rhizome B of the headed vegetable A are fixed, and the other drive shaft 15 of the pair of drive shafts 15 has a peripheral portion between the upper and lower discs 19. A disk-shaped cutter 21 having an annular blade 20 formed on it is fixed.

Then, by the peripheral portions of the upper and lower discs 19 and the annular blade 20 of the cutter 21, the rhizome B of the headed vegetable A is formed.
Is designed to disconnect. Further, the two sets of vertical drive shafts 15 are provided with the output from the power source 4 via an interlocking medium (not shown) so that the inner traveling parts 18 of the pair of endless belts 17 face each other in opposite directions. It is supposed to go around.

Further, a connecting frame 22 is attached to the front end portion of the conveyor frame 12, and the connecting frame 22 is attached.
22 is the vegetable extracting mechanism 8 for extracting the heading vegetable A from the field
Is supported. This vegetable extracting mechanism 8 has a pair of left and right dividers 23 in the front-rear direction, which form a pair between the inner traveling portions 18 of the pair of endless belts 17 that guide and extract the heading vegetable A. Between the left and right dividers 23 of the set, there is formed a vegetable guide port 24 in which the rear end portions of the pair of endless belts 17 facing the inner traveling portions 18 are narrow and the front end portions are widely opened. Reference numeral 25 in the figure denotes the left and right gauge wheels that support the conveyor frame 12.

Then, the left and right dividers 23 of each set sequentially pull out the two headed vegetables A from the field for each row, and the headed vegetables A for each row are paired with the endless belts 17 of each set. The rhizome B is sandwiched between the inner traveling parts 18 facing each other, and is conveyed between the peripheral edges of the upper and lower discs 19 and the annular blade 20 of the cutter 21.

Next, the lifting conveyor 11 has a vertical conveyor frame 26 that is connected and supported at the front end of the machine frame 2 with a slight inclination toward the rear upper side. A left and right drive shaft 27 is rotatably mounted on the upper end portion, and left and right drive rollers 28 are fixed on both sides of the drive shaft 27, respectively. A roller support shaft 29 in the left-right direction is provided at the lower end of the conveyor frame 26.
The right and left driven rollers 30 corresponding to the left and right driving rollers 28 are mounted on the left and right parts of the roller support shaft 29, respectively.

Between the drive roller 28 and the driven roller 30 facing the front and rear of the left and right parts, two fields of the field are carried out by the inner traveling parts 18 of the pair of endless belts 17 facing each other.
An endless traveling body 31 that lifts the headed vegetable A of the strip toward the upper rear is rotatably suspended.

Further, the left and right endless traveling bodies 31 are formed by rigid members made of a metal or synthetic resin for supporting and lifting the heading vegetables A at predetermined intervals on the outer circumference thereof. A large number of transport protrusions 32 each having an outward shape are integrally provided so as to project outward, and each of the transport protrusions 32 has a support recess 33 protruding rearward on the side opposite to the transport direction, and is substantially side view. It is formed in a V shape.

Further, each of the conveying projections 32 has a claw-shaped elastic discharge in the left-right direction, which is made of a rubber plate or the like, which is elastically deformed toward the supporting recess 33 side by the weight of the heading vegetables A on the front surface in the conveying direction. Each body 34 is provided. The upper ends of the elastic ejectors 34 are fixed to the upper ends of the respective transport protrusions 32, and the lower ends thereof are fixed to the lower ends of the respective transport protrusions 32.

Then, each of the elastic dischargers 34 has a headed vegetable A
When the weight of the elastic ejector 34
Elastically deform toward the inside of the support recess 33 of each of the transport projections 32 to support the headed vegetables A, and the transport projections 32 supporting the headed vegetables A via the elastic dischargers 34 are folded back from the carry-out end portion. When traveling, the heading vegetables A are carried out rearward by the transport projection 32, and the elastic returning action of the elastic discharging body 34 assists the carrying out of the heading vegetables A to entangle the heading vegetables A. It is designed to prevent it.

Next, a plurality of columns are provided on the upper part of the machine casing 2.
A support frame 36 is horizontally fixed via 35, and the rhizome B of the heading vegetable A carried out from the carry-out end of the lifting conveyor 11 and the demon skin are removed from the upper portion of the support frame 36. A vegetable finishing mechanism 37 for shaping the headed vegetable A for shipping is provided.

The vegetable finishing mechanism 37 is the support frame.
A rectangular long frame 38 fixed in the left-right direction is fixed to the upper part of 36, and a vertical rotation shaft 40 is rotatably mounted by a bearing body 39 at an intermediate portion in the left-right direction of the frame 38, This axis of rotation
A disc-shaped cutter 43 having an annular blade 42 at its peripheral edge is fixed at the center of the upper portion of the flange 41 fixed to the upper end of 40. The rotary shaft 40 is rotationally driven by the output from the power source 4 via an interlocking medium (not shown).

A guide frame 44 is fixed to the upper part of the gantry 38, and left and right supporting pieces 45 are integrally projected in parallel to each other at the front end and the rear end of the guide frame 44. On the front and rear support pieces 45, a large number of guide rollers 46 for guiding a slider to be described later in the left-right direction are rotatably mounted at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction.

The right and left parts centering on the cutter 43 are supported by a large number of guide rollers 46 of the front and rear support pieces 45 in the left and right direction, that is, a substantially rectangular shape which is supported so as to be movable back and forth toward the cutter 43. Left and right shaped sliders 47 are provided respectively. In addition, the left and right sliders 47 are respectively formed with vegetable placement recesses 48, which are recessed downward, for placing the heading vegetables A in the center thereof, and the cutters 43 are provided at the bottoms of the left and right vegetable placement recesses 48, respectively. Guide holes 49 are formed to allow the rhizomes B of the headed vegetables A to be cut off at 4 to project downward.

The left and right guide holes 49 are formed in such a size that the root of the rhizome B of the headed vegetable A and the lower end of the demon skin are exposed so that they can be cut and removed by the cutter 43. The cutter 43 is adapted to be rotated along the opening edge of 49. Then, the vegetable placing recess 48 having the guide hole 49 is formed by a processing means such as a press working of a single metal plate having radial cut grooves 49a communicating with the guide hole 49.

Further, operation handles 50 for moving the sliders 47 forward and backward toward the cutter 43 are provided at the outer ends of the left and right sliders 47, respectively. Further, vertical stoppers 51 for positioning the left and right sliders 47 are projectingly provided at both left and right ends of the guide frame 44.

Further, the vegetable finishing mechanism 37 is the pedestal.
Heading vegetables A carried out from the carry-out end of the lifting conveyor 11 are located on the front side of the support frame 36 at the front side of 38.
A vegetable receiving body 52 that receives the vegetables, and guides the headed vegetables A to the vegetable receiving bodies 52, and discharges foreign substances such as demon skin separated from the heading vegetables A to the field through the lifting conveyor 11. It has a conveyor 53.

The vegetable receiving body 52 has a flat plate-like saucer plate 54, and a series of substantially U-shaped sides in a plan view is provided at both left and right ends of the saucer plate 54 and rear ends of the left and right sliders 47 side. The frame piece 55 is erected integrally. Further, the discharge conveyor 53 has an endless traveling body 56 suspended in a freely slanting manner in an upwardly inclined state, and a cushion material 57 such as sponge is provided on the outer surface of the endless traveling body 56. It is stuck together.

The endless rolling body 56 includes a driving roller 59 rotatably mounted between the front ends of the conveyor frame 58 and a driven roller 60 rotatably mounted between the rear ends of the conveyor frame 58. Suspended between freely. Also,
The front end portion of the endless traveling body 56 is arranged at an interval at which the transport projections 32 of the lifting conveyor 11 travel in close proximity.

A guide body 61 is disposed below the front end portion of the endless traveling body 56 and discharges into the field the foreign substances such as the demon skin of the headed vegetable A delivered from the endless traveling body 56. It is fixed. Further, the drive roller 59 of the endless traveling body 56.
Is linked to the drive shaft 27 of the lifting conveyor 11 via a link medium. Then, the drive roller 59 of the endless traveling body 56 is rotationally driven by the output from the drive shaft 27, and the drive roller 59 causes the endless traveling body 56 toward the unloading end portion of the lifting conveyor 11. It is supposed to go around.

Further, the vegetable finishing mechanism 37 is the pedestal.
It has a support leg 62 which is located on the rear side of the support frame 38 and stands upright on the support frame 36. On the support leg 62, a vegetable placing table 63 for placing the bulb-shaped vegetables A shaped for shipping is placed horizontally. Is integrally fixed to.

Next, vegetable packing parts 64 are disposed on the left and right columns 35 located on the rear side of the harvester main body 1. The vegetable packing portion 64 has the left and right columns 35 and a box mounting table 65 fixed to the machine frame 2 of the harvester main body 1. The box mounting table 65 has a cross link 66 and the cross link 66.
A packaging work table 68 is supported by a coil spring 67 supporting 66 so as to be vertically movable. In the cross link 66, a cross portion of a pair of links is pivotally supported by a support shaft 69 so as to be freely opened and closed.

The heading vegetables A shaped for shipping on the boxing work table 68 are to be boxed in a cardboard box or the like. Due to the weight, the packing work table 68 is gradually lowered by the cross link 66 and the coil spring 67 supporting the cross link 66.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

When the power source 4 is driven by operating the operating handle 5a of the operating mechanism 5, the output from the power source 4 causes the endless track band 3a of the crawler 3 to circulate, and the conveyor belt 3a.
Each pair of 10 pairs of inner endless belts 18 of a pair of endless belts 17
Are respectively rotated at the same speed toward the inside in mutually opposite directions, and the upper and lower discs 19 and the cutter 21 are in opposite directions to each other by the pair of drive shafts 15 at the rear end of each pair of endless belts 17 of each pair. It is driven to rotate inward.

Further, the output from the power source 4 causes the endless moving bodies 31 on both sides of the lifting conveyor 11 to rotate backward at the same speed, and the driving shaft 27 of the lifting conveyor 11 is driven.
The endless rotating body 56 of the discharge conveyor 53 is rotated forward through the interlocking medium, and the cutter 43 of the vegetable finishing mechanism 37 is rotationally driven.

When the headed vegetable harvester travels along the ridge of the field containing headed vegetable A, the vegetable picking mechanism 8
Each headed vegetable A is guided into the vegetable guide port 24 between the pair of dividers 23 of each set, and the pair of dividers 23 of each set in which the rear side of each vegetable guide port 24 is gradually narrowed down the two fields of the field. The headed vegetables A are sequentially extracted, and the two headed vegetables A extracted by the pair of transfer conveyors 10 of each set of the vegetable transfer mechanism 9 arranged at the rear part of the vegetable extraction mechanism 8 are directed rearward. Sequentially transported.

That is, the two headed vegetables A extracted by the pair of dividers 23 in each set are the endless belts 17 of the conveyer conveyors 10 in each set and pair from the divider 23 in each set.
Of the two headed vegetables A are conveyed to the rear side by being sandwiched between the inner traveling parts 18 facing each other, and are conveyed to the carry-out end parts of the inner traveling parts 18 of the endless belt 17 facing each other. The upper and lower discs 19 of the set and the annular blade 20 between the upper and lower discs 19
The rhizome B of the two headed vegetables A is sequentially cut and removed by the cutter 21 with the intervening cutter.

The two headed vegetables A are successively carried out from the carry-out end portions of the paired conveyer conveyors 10 of the vegetable conveyer mechanism 9 toward the carry-in portions of the left and right endless traveling bodies 31 of the lifting conveyor 11. The two headed vegetables A are sequentially placed and supported via the elastic discharge bodies 34 by the respective transport projections 32 located at the carry-in portions of the left and right endless traveling bodies 31 of the lifting conveyor 11, and
Each of these heading vegetables A is lifted and conveyed rearward and upward, and the heading vegetables A on the respective conveying projections 32 that have been circulated to the carry-out end portion are directed toward the vegetable finishing mechanism 37 via the elastic discharger 34. Be shipped.

At this time, when each headed vegetable A is placed on each carrying projection 32 via the elastic ejecting body 34, each elastic ejecting body 34 is transported by the weight of each heading vegetable A. 32
The head-shaped vegetables A are elastically deformed toward the supporting recess 33 side, and are stably supported by the respective conveying projections 32 via the curved elastic discharge bodies 34, and are lifted and conveyed rearward and upward.

When each heading vegetable A is circulated to the carry-out end portion by each of the carrying projections 32, the center of gravity of the heading vegetable A moves, and the weight of each heading vegetable A increases. Each headed vegetable A is successively carried out toward the vegetable finishing mechanism 37 by the elastic return action of the elastically deformed elastic dischargers 34. Therefore, it is possible to prevent each heading vegetable A from being caught in the folding direction of the endless traveling body 31 by the respective transport projections 32 located at the carry-out end portions of the left and right endless traveling bodies 31 at which the folding back traveling speed becomes faster. .

When each headed vegetable A is carried out to the vegetable finishing mechanism 37, each headed vegetable A becomes a vegetable finishing mechanism.
While being carried out and dropped on the endless traveling body 56 of the discharge conveyor 53 of 37, it is carried out and carried on the saucer plate 54 of the vegetable receiving body 52 from the endless traveling body 56.

At this time, since the cushion material 57 is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the endless traveling body 56, the endless traveling body 56 is
Even if each headed vegetable A is carried out and dropped, the headed vegetable A is prevented from being damaged. Further, since the endless traveling body 56 is arranged so as to be inclined forward and upward, even if the endless traveling body 56 is traveling forward, the sloped surface of the endless traveling body 56 is not limited. At each heading vegetable A rolls backward and is carried in and carried out on the saucer plate 54 of the vegetable receiving body 52.

Since the saucer plate 54 has a series of side frame pieces 55 at both left and right end portions and a rear end portion, the series of side frame pieces 55 is provided.
Each heading vegetable A is received at and is prevented from falling from the saucer plate 54. Furthermore, each heading vegetable A is carried out and dropped onto the endless traveling body 56 of the discharge conveyor 53, so that the onihide and the like separated from each heading vegetable A and each heading vegetable A are carried out and endlessly traveling body. The miscellaneous materials, etc. carried onto the 56 are carried forward by the endless traveling body 56, and the carrying conveyor is carried from the carrying-out end.
It is guided by the guide body 61 between 11 and and discharged to the field.

Next, when each headed vegetable A is carried onto the saucer plate 54 of the vegetable receiving body 52, the headed vegetable A is taken out from the saucer plate 54 and the headed vegetable A is moved to the left and right sliders 47. When the rhizome B is placed in each vegetable placing recess 48 with the root portion B facing downward, the rhizome B of each heading vegetable A is directed downward from the guide hole 49 at the bottom of each vegetable placing recess 48. The root portion of each rhizome B and the lower end of the devil skin are exposed from each guide hole 49 while being projected in a suspended state.

Then, when the left and right sliders 47 on which the heading vegetables A are placed are advanced toward the cutter 43 that is being driven to rotate, the rhizomes of the heading vegetables A placed on the left and right sliders 47 are set. The root portion of B, the demon skin, etc. are cut by a cutter 53, the rhizome B, the demon skin, etc. are removed from each headed vegetable A, and the headed vegetable A for shipping is shaped.

At this time, each headed vegetable A has a rhizome B as a guide hole.
By being placed in each vegetable placing recess 48 in a state of hanging down from 49, each headed vegetable A is supported in each vegetable placing recess 48 and is difficult to move. The cutter 53 cuts the root portion of the rhizome B of each headed vegetable A in an orderly manner, and prevents the root portion and the like of the rhizome B from being cut in a defective state such that the cut end becomes oblique.

Further, the root portion of the rhizome B of each headed vegetable A, the demon skin, etc. are cut and removed to shape the headed vegetable A for shipping, and the sliders 47 on the left and right are retracted from the cutter 43. The backward movement is stopped at the position where the left and right sliders 47 are in contact with the stoppers 51 at the outer ends. And
The ball-shaped vegetables A that have been shaped for shipping are taken out from the vegetable-mounting recesses 48 of the left and right sliders 47, and the ball-shaped vegetables A are placed on the vegetable mounting table 63.

As described above, the rhizome B and the demon skin of each headed vegetable A are removed by the vegetable finishing mechanism 37, the headed vegetables A are sequentially shaped for shipping, and each headed for shipping is shaped. The heading vegetables A are sequentially placed on the vegetable placing table 63 arranged near the vegetable packing portion 64.

Next, a shipping box such as a corrugated cardboard box was placed on the packing work table 68 of the box placement table 65 of the vegetable packing section 64, and was taken out from the vegetable placement table 63 into this shipping box. By storing a predetermined number of headed vegetables A in sequence, this vegetable packing unit 64
Each heading vegetable A that has been shaped for shipping at 1 is sequentially boxed and packed in a predetermined number in the shipping box. And then
Prepare for shipment from the field.

At this time, when a predetermined number of headed vegetables A are stored in the shipping box on the vegetable table 63, the headed vegetables A are
The vegetable placing table 63 is lowered by the weight of, and the shipping box is gradually lowered to a height where the bulb vegetables A can be easily stored in the shipping box. It will be easier.

[0062]

According to the invention of claim 1, a vegetable extracting mechanism for extracting headed vegetables in the field is provided, and the heading vegetables extracted by the vegetable extracting mechanism are directed rearward and upward at the rear part of the vegetable extracting mechanism. And a vegetable transport mechanism for transporting the vegetables, and the rhizome and the demon skin of the bulbous vegetables delivered from the vegetable transport mechanism between the vegetable packaging mechanism and the vegetable packaging unit for packaging the bulbous vegetables shaped for shipping Since a vegetable finishing mechanism that removes the heading vegetables and shapes the heading vegetables for shipping is provided, the roots and demon skins of the heading vegetables are removed from the work of extracting the heading vegetables in the field, and the heading vegetables are shipped for shipment. It is possible to mechanize the integrated work from shaping to boxing work, and it is possible to ship the boxed headed vegetables immediately from the field, so that it is possible to ship the headed vegetables immediately before the freshness of the headed vegetables declines and to improve the work efficiency. Big It is possible to provide a heading toppers that can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the vegetable finishing mechanism comprises a rotatable cutter for cutting the rhizome of the headed vegetables, and a vegetable placement device for advancing and retracting toward the cutter for mounting headed vegetables. Since the concave portion and the slider having the guide hole for projecting the rhizome of the headed vegetable cut by the cutter downward are provided in the bottom of the vegetable placing concave portion, the headed vegetable is placed in the vegetable placing concave portion. When you place it, the rhizome of this headed vegetable can easily project downward from the guide hole at the bottom of the vegetable placing recess, and by advancing the slider on which this headed vegetable is placed toward the cutter. , The cutter can easily remove the rhizome portion of the heading vegetable from the root portion. In this case, since the bulb vegetables are placed in the vegetable placing recesses, the rhizomes of the bulb vegetables can be cut orderly from the root portion with a cutter, and there is a problem that the cut end becomes oblique. It can be prevented and the bulb vegetables can be easily shaped for shipping.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the vegetable finishing mechanism is located on the vegetable conveying mechanism side and receives the headed vegetables delivered from the vegetable conveying mechanism, and the vegetable receiving mechanism receives the vegetable receiving body. Since it is equipped with a discharge conveyor that is inclined upward toward the front for discharging foreign substances such as devil skins separated from the headed vegetables to be discharged from between the vegetable transfer mechanism and the vegetable transfer mechanism. It is possible to reliably receive the headed vegetables to be prepared and prepare for the finishing of the headed vegetables, and to prevent foreign matters such as demon skin separated from the headed vegetables by the discharge conveyor from being carried into the vegetable receiver.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the vegetable transport mechanism includes a lifting conveyor for lifting the headed vegetables rearward and upward, and the lifting conveyor includes an endless traveling body that rotates rearward and upward. , A large number of transport projections each having a supporting concave portion that sequentially projects at an outer peripheral portion of the endless traveling body and supports the headed vegetables, and the weight of the headed vegetables disposed on the front surface of each of the transport projections. Since the elastic discharge member elastically deformed on the side of the supporting recess is provided, the headed vegetables can be reliably supported and transferred on each of the conveying projections via the elastic discharge member elastically deformed on the side of the supporting recess. At this carry-out end part, the elastic return action of the elastic discharge body, together with the transport projection, can reliably carry out the headed vegetables, and prevent the headed vegetables from being rolled in the direction in which the endless rolling body is folded back. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a heading vegetable harvester showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view with the vegetable finishing mechanism omitted.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the above vegetable finishing mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a cut state of a rhizome of a headed vegetable.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a carry-out state of headed vegetables according to the same as above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 Vegetable Extraction Mechanism 9 Vegetable Transfer Mechanism 11 Lifting Conveyor 31 Endless Circulating Body 32 Conveying Projection Body 33 Supporting Cavity 34 Elastic Discharge Body 37 Vegetable Finishing Mechanism 43 Cutter 47 Slider 48 Vegetable Placing Cavity 49 Guide Hole 52 Vegetable Receiving Body 53 Discharge conveyor 64 Vegetable boxing section A Heading vegetable B Rhizome section

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hiroaki Iwamoto 5155 Shiokawa, Maruko-cho, Ogata-gun, Nagano Matsuyama Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A vegetable extracting mechanism for extracting head-bound vegetables from a field, and a vegetable conveying mechanism arranged at a rear portion of the vegetable extracting mechanism for conveying headed vegetables extracted by the vegetable extracting mechanism rearward and upward. , A vegetable packaging part for packaging the bulb-shaped vegetables shaped for shipping, and a rhizome part and a demon skin of the bulbous vegetables which are disposed between the vegetable transport mechanism and the vegetable packaging part and are carried out from the vegetable transport mechanism A heading vegetable harvesting machine, comprising a vegetable finishing mechanism for removing headings and shaping the heading vegetables for shipping. 2. The vegetable finishing mechanism comprises a rotatable cutter for cutting a rhizome of headed vegetables, a vegetable placing recess for advancing and retreating toward the cutter for placing headed vegetables, and this vegetable placing recess. The head-mounted vegetable harvesting machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a slider having a guide hole formed at a bottom portion of the head for projecting a rhizome portion of the head-shaped vegetable cut by the cutter downward. 3. The vegetable finishing mechanism is located on the vegetable transport mechanism side and receives a headed vegetable delivered from the vegetable transport mechanism and a demon separated from the headed vegetable received by the vegetable receiver. The ball head vegetable harvesting machine according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a discharge conveyor that is inclined upward and upward to discharge foreign matters such as leather from between the vegetable transport mechanism. 4. The vegetable transport mechanism includes a lifting conveyor that lifts the headed vegetables rearward and upward, and the lifting conveyor conveys an endless traveling body that rotates rearward and upward, and the endless traveling body. A large number of transport projections each having a supporting recess for sequentially supporting the headed vegetables arranged at intervals on the outer periphery, and a plurality of transfer projections disposed on the front surface of each of the transfer projections and elastic toward the support recess side due to the weight of the headed vegetables. The ball head vegetable harvesting machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a deformable elastic discharge body.