JPH1042677A - System for harvesting field crop - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for harvesting field crops capable of readily carrying out the load taking of the field crops in a field and efficient transportation thereof to a load collection site. SOLUTION: This system for harvesting field crops comprises a harvester 2 designed to harvest cabbages K raised in a field H and then place the cabbages K near a harvesting site in the field H and a load taking device 10. The cabbages K harvested with the harvester 2 are filled in a container C and taken as a load with the load taking device 10 installed on a load- carrying platform 22 of a load taking working vehicle 1, equipped with crawler type mobile devices 25, composed so as to enable the travel in the field H and on a road R and is capable of traveling in the field H, moving to the vicinity of the harvested cabbages K, subsequently loading the container C onto the load-carrying platform 22 with the load taking device 10, then traveling in the field H and on the road R and carrying out the transportation thereof to a load collection site S, where the container C is unloaded by reusing the load loading device 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an in-field
The present invention relates to a system for transporting the crops harvested in the field to a collection point, and further to a crop harvesting system capable of efficiently and easily transporting heavy vegetables such as cabbage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Crops such as vegetables harvested in a field are:
It is transported to the collection site of agricultural cooperatives. Here, since a dedicated harvester is used for harvesting heavy vegetables such as cabbage, the labor of the worker is reduced in the harvesting work.

[0003]

However, in order to transport the harvested cabbage to the collection site, it is necessary to load the cabbage on a transporting vehicle (loading), but this loading is performed manually by an operator. Was forced to perform heavy labor on workers. In particular, recently, the aging of people engaged in agricultural work has been progressing, so it was very difficult to load heavy vegetables.

[0004] In addition, during loading work on a transport vehicle,
In order to minimize the amount of manual movement, it is preferable to move the transport vehicle as close as possible to the harvest position. Here, since it is difficult for a normal truck to travel in a field, a vehicle such as a tractor that can travel in the field, such as a tractor, is used as a transport vehicle even when transporting vegetables. However, the traveling speed of the tractor is slow, so that there is a problem in that a large amount of time is lost when traveling on a general road from the field to the pickup place.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and it is possible to easily load agricultural products in a field and efficiently transport the agricultural products to a collection site. It aims to provide a harvesting system.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a crop harvesting system according to the present invention, wherein a crop grown in a field is harvested by a harvester and then placed near a harvesting position in the field. The crops harvested by the harvester are picked up by a pick-up means provided on a carrier of the transport vehicle. The transport vehicle is configured to be able to travel on the field and on the road, and after traveling in the field and moving to the vicinity of the harvested crop, loads the crop on the loading platform by the loading means, and travels on the field and on the road. And transport them to the crop collection area.

According to such a crop harvesting system,
If the worker arranges and moves the harvested crops so that they can be easily unloaded by the unloading means, the work that requires a lot of labor, such as loading on a transport vehicle, can be performed by the unloading means. it can. The transport vehicle is
Since it is configured to be able to run on a field and a general road, it is possible to continuously and efficiently transport the crops from the loading to the collection place.

It is preferable that the crop harvested by the harvester is packed in a container and the container is loaded by a loading means. According to the crop harvesting system configured as described above, the worker only needs to manually perform the work of packing the harvested crops in the container. Also, when loading the containers on the carrier of the transport vehicle, the entire container can be loaded on the carrier, so that the loading operation can be easily performed.

[0009] Further, it is preferable that the transport vehicle that travels in the field and on the road has a configuration in which a crawler-type traveling device is provided at one of the front and rear sides of the vehicle body and road traveling wheels are provided at the other side. . The crawler type traveling device has high running performance even on a rough road such as in a field because it is composed of a drive wheel, a driven wheel, and a crawler belt wrapped around the drive wheel and the driven wheel, Since it also has wheels for traveling on roads, it can travel at high speed on general roads.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a crop harvesting system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described. First,
The unloading work vehicle 1 which is a transport vehicle used in the present crop harvesting system will be described with reference to FIG. The unloading work vehicle 1 includes a vehicle body 20 configured based on a light truck, and a unloading device 1 attached to the vehicle body 20.
It consists of 0. The vehicle body 20 has a driving cabin 21 at the front and a flat bed 22 at the rear.

On the left and right below the driving cabin 21, wheels 24 for traveling on the road are provided, and on the left and right below the loading platform 22, crawler-type traveling devices 25 are provided. The crawler-type traveling device 25 has a drive wheel 25a disposed on the front side of the vehicle body 20 and a driven wheel 25b disposed on the rear side of the vehicle body 20, and a crawler belt 25c is hung on each wheel 25a, 25b. It is composed by turning.

A loading device 10 is mounted on the rear upper surface of the loading platform 22 of the vehicle body 20 configured as described above. The unloading device 10 includes a column 11 that is attached to the loading platform 22 so as to be able to pivot horizontally, an up-and-down arm 12 that is arranged to be able to undulate with respect to the column 11, and an end portion of the up-and-down arm 12. Horizontal arm support member 13
A horizontal arm 14 disposed at the lower end of the horizontal arm support member 13 so as to be horizontally pivotable;
And a fork portion 15 disposed so as to be horizontally rotatable with respect to.

The up / down arm 12 is configured to be a parallel link by two up / down arm members, and an air cylinder (balancer) 18 applies an auxiliary force to raise the up / down arm 12. The driving of the air cylinder 18 is performed by supplying compressed air (hereinafter simply referred to as “air”) filled in an air tank 17 disposed slightly forward of the unloading device 10 in the loading platform 22. .

A handle 16 is provided at the upper part of the fork portion 15. When the operator moves the handle 16, the hoisting operation of the hoisting arm 12 and the horizontal turning operation of each horizontal turning portion are performed. The part 15 can be moved to a desired position. Then, the crop is placed on the fork portion 15, and air is supplied from the air tank 17 to the air cylinder 18 so that the air cylinder 18 generates a thrust capable of canceling the weight of the crop.

Thus, the worker holding the handle 16 can lift the crop placed on the fork 15 without requiring a large force. Thereafter, the fork portion 15 is moved onto the carrier 22 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2 so that the turning operation of each horizontal turning portion is performed, and then the thrust is reduced by bleeding air from the air cylinder. Then, the crops picked up can be placed on the bed 22.

Here, in the unloading work vehicle 1, the horizontal turning center of the unloading device 10 with respect to the loading platform 22 is located behind (the loading platform) the rotation center of the rear wheel (driven wheel) 25b of the crawler traveling device 25. 22). As a result, the crops placed on the ground behind and beside the unloading work vehicle 1 can be easily lifted. Since the loading device 10 is disposed at the rear of the loading platform 22, the front of the loading platform 22 can be widely used, and the loading and unloading of the agricultural products on the loading platform 22 can be easily performed.

Further, since the rear wheel of the unloading work vehicle 1 is constituted by the crawler traveling device 25, it can travel easily even on irregular terrain such as in a field, but in any place. Even if there is, it is desirable not to perform the fine movement of the unloading work vehicle 1 in the vicinity of the place where unloading is performed.

Here, in the unloading work vehicle 1, the fork portion 15 can be moved to the left, right, left and right of the vehicle body 20 by performing the horizontal turning operation of the unloading device 10. As a result, it is possible to load and unload crops from the left and right sides and the rear of the vehicle body 20,
The degree of freedom of the stop position of the unloading work vehicle 1 with respect to the place where the agricultural products to be unloaded is located can be increased, and fine adjustment of the stop position is not required, so that the work efficiency can be improved.

A cabbage harvesting system for harvesting cabbage using the unloading work vehicle 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. The cabbage K grown in the field H is harvested by the cabbage harvester 2 as shown in FIG. The cabbage harvesting machine 2 has a crawler-type traveling device that can travel in the field H, and a container C formed in a basket shape for collection is placed at the rear. Then, while pulling forward as shown by the arrow F, the cabbage K planted in the field H is pulled out, and then the root and outer leaves are cut off, and only the head portion is packed in the container C.

In the container C, about 150 cabbage K
The container C, which is full of cabbage K, is separated from the cabbage harvester 2 and placed in the field H. The container C packed with the cabbage K and placed in the field H is loaded on the loading platform of the unloading vehicle 1. The unloading vehicle 1 travels in the field H, moves to the vicinity of the containers C scattered in the field H, and uses the unloading device 10 to move the container filled with cabbage to the loading platform 22.
Load on top. A notch for inserting a fork is formed in the lower part of the container C, and a pallet or a trolley is formed in the lower part of the container C so that the fork part 15 can be easily positioned (easily inserted) in the lower part of the container C during the loading. (Both not shown) are preferably arranged.

The unloading work vehicle 1 in which the container C filled with the cabbage is loaded on the loading platform 22 in this way travels in the field H by utilizing the traveling performance of the crawler traveling device 25 as shown in FIG. Then, go out onto the general road R. afterwards,
As shown in (C), the vehicle travels along the general road R, moves to the collection site S as shown in (D), and again uses the unloading device 10 to remove the container C loaded on the loading platform 22 at the collection site S. Unloading or transshipping to another truck. Then, at the collection site S, the worker M of the collection site
The cabbage K is taken out and refilled into a cardboard box D for shipping.

According to the cabbage harvesting system as described above, of the operations from harvesting in the field H to unloading in the collection site S, operations other than the harvesting can be performed by the single unloading work vehicle 1. Work efficiency is very good. In addition, since the harvester 2 is used in combination, the farmer's worker does not need to bend his hips and carry heavy cabbage by hand, thereby greatly reducing the labor of the farmer's worker. be able to.

In the above embodiment, the harvested crops are packed in the container C and then loaded on the carrier 22. However, in the crop harvesting system according to the present invention, the container C is not always necessary. Not
Instead of the fork portion 15 in the loading device 10, a support member for supporting the crop, such as a box-shaped loading member, may be provided so that the crop can be loaded.
Further, even when the container C is used, the unloading device 10 does not necessarily need to support the lower side of the container C, but may support the upper portion to perform the unloading.

Further, the transport vehicle does not necessarily have to have a crawler-type traveling device, and may be a transport vehicle having a different configuration such as a four-wheel drive vehicle as long as it can travel on fields and roads. Of course it is good.

[0025]

As described above, the crop harvesting system according to the present invention loads the crops harvested by the harvester into the transport vehicle and transports them to the crop collection point. Here, a loading means is provided on the carrier of the transport vehicle, and loading and unloading of harvested crops to and from the carrier is performed by the loading means, so that it is not necessary to move heavy objects manually. It does not require a lot of labor for the operator. Furthermore, since a single vehicle can travel in the field and on general roads, the crops can be loaded and quickly transported to the crop collection site.

It is preferable that the harvested crops be packed in a container so as to be unloaded by a loading means. With such a configuration, the loading time of the harvested crops on the transport vehicle is reduced. Can be shortened. In addition, if a transporting vehicle having a crawler-type traveling device is used, it is possible to improve running performance in a field.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows (A) to (D) the flow of harvested crops in the crop harvesting system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an unloading work vehicle used in the crop harvesting system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Unloading work vehicle 2 Harvester 10 Unloading device 20 Body 25 Crawler type traveling device C Container K Cabbage

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Ritsu Miyagi 1015-2 Yamashita, Ryoke, Ryoke, Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture Inside Aichi Corporation Ageo Factory

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A harvester that harvests crops grown in a field and places it near a harvesting position in the field, a transport vehicle that can run on the field and roads and has a bed, and Loading means for picking up crops harvested by the harvester and placed in the field, wherein the transport vehicle travels in the field and the cropping means places the crops on the loading platform. A crop harvesting system characterized by transporting to a crop collecting place by traveling in a field and on a road after loading. 2. The crop harvesting system according to claim 1, wherein the crop harvested by the harvester is packed in a container, and the container is unloaded by the unloading means. 3. A crawler-type traveling device, comprising: a driving wheel, a driven wheel, and a crawler belt wrapped around the driving wheel and the driven wheel, the crawler traveling device being provided at one of a front side and a rear side of the vehicle body. 3. The crop harvesting system according to claim 1, further comprising: a road running wheel provided on the other of the front side and the rear side of the vehicle body. 4.