JPH1134A - Structure of maneuvering part for combine harvester - Google Patents

Structure of maneuvering part for combine harvester

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Publication number
JPH1134A
JPH1134A JP15645797A JP15645797A JPH1134A JP H1134 A JPH1134 A JP H1134A JP 15645797 A JP15645797 A JP 15645797A JP 15645797 A JP15645797 A JP 15645797A JP H1134 A JPH1134 A JP H1134A
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seat
driver
operation panel
dustproof wall
vertical conveyor
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Masayoshi Nakada
昌義 中田
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Kubota Corp
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Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the strength of a dustproof wall in order to prevent dust from a vertical conveyor from scattering to the side of a driver's seat. SOLUTION: This structure of a maneuvering part for a combine harvester is obtained by arranging a driver's seat 14 on the lateral side of a vertical conveyor for conveying grain culms to the starting end of a feed chain of a thresher, installing the first operating panel 15 having plural lever guide parts 20 for separately inserting and passing various kinds of operating levers 16, 17, 21, 22 and 23 therethrough in an area extending from the lateral outside of the driver's seat 14 on the side of the vertical conveyor to the front side of the lateral outside thereof, three-dimensionally standing a dustproof wall 8 for preventing dust from the vertical conveyor from scattering to the side of the driver's seat 14 from the end on the side of the vertical conveyor of the first operating panel 15 with a width in the transverse direction, installing the second operating panel 25 for various kinds of switches 24, recessing the lateral face of the dustproof wall 8 on the side of the driver's seat 14 in the transverse direction within a prescribed range and composing the second operating panel 25 of the upward surface part of a recessed part H.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

【0001】[0001]

【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、刈取装置により刈
り取られた穀稈を脱穀装置のフィードチェーンの始端部
まで搬送する縦搬送装置の横側に運転座席を配置し、各
種操作レバーを揺動操作自在に各別に挿通させる複数の
レバーガイド部を備えた第1操作パネルを、前記運転座
席の縦搬送装置側の横外側からその横外側の前方側にわ
たって設け、前記縦搬送装置からの塵埃が前記運転座席
側に飛散するのを防止する防塵壁を、横方向に幅をもた
せて立体的に前記第1操作パネルの縦搬送装置側の端部
から立設し、各種操作スイッチ用の第2操作パネルを設
けてあるコンバインの操縦部構造に関する。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an arrangement in which a driver's seat is arranged on the side of a vertical conveying device for conveying grain stalks cut by a mowing device to the starting end of a feed chain of a threshing device, and swings various operation levers. A first operation panel having a plurality of lever guide portions that are operably inserted separately from each other is provided from a lateral outer side of the driver's seat on the vertical transport device side to a lateral outer front side thereof, and dust from the vertical transport device is removed. A dustproof wall for preventing scattering to the driver's seat side is provided three-dimensionally from the end of the first operation panel on the side of the vertical conveyance device with a width in the horizontal direction, and a second wall for various operation switches is provided. The present invention relates to a control unit structure of a combine provided with an operation panel.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】従来、上記のコンバインの操縦部構造で
は、運転座席の縦搬送装置側の横外側からその横外側の
前方側にわたって第1操作パネルを、また、縦搬送装置
の運転座席側の横外側に防塵壁を配置し、第1操作パネ
ルと防塵壁の間に、前記防塵壁とは別体に形成した第2
操作パネルを配置してあった。そして、このように配置
した状態において、運転座席と縦搬送装置の間の空間の
大部分を第1操作パネルと第2操作パネルが占めること
から、前記防塵壁を幅狭に形成してあった。
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the above-described combine control section structure, a first operation panel is provided from a lateral outer side of a driver's seat on a side of a vertical transport device to a front side of a lateral outer side of the driver's seat. A dustproof wall is disposed on the lateral outside, and a second dustproof wall formed separately from the dustproof wall is provided between the first operation panel and the dustproof wall.
An operation panel was arranged. In this state, since the first operation panel and the second operation panel occupy most of the space between the driver's seat and the vertical transport device, the dustproof wall is formed to be narrow. .

【0003】[0003]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】上記従来の技術によれ
ば、防塵壁を幅狭に形成してあったために、防塵壁の強
度が強くはなく、改善の余地が残されていた。
According to the above prior art, since the dustproof wall is formed narrow, the strength of the dustproof wall is not strong, and there is room for improvement.

【0004】本発明の目的は防塵壁の強度を強くするこ
とにある。
An object of the present invention is to increase the strength of a dust-proof wall.

【0005】[0005]

【課題を解決するための手段】請求項1による発明の構
成・作用・効果はつぎのとおりである。 〔構成〕冒頭に記載したコンバインの操縦部構造におい
て、前記防塵壁の運転座席側の側面を所定範囲にわたっ
て横方向に凹まして、その凹み部の上向きの面部分を前
記第2操作パネルに構成してある。
The constitution, operation and effect of the invention according to claim 1 are as follows. [Configuration] In the control section structure of the combine described at the beginning, a side surface of the dustproof wall on the driver's seat side is laterally recessed over a predetermined range, and an upwardly facing surface portion of the concave portion is configured in the second operation panel. It is.

【0006】〔作用〕防塵壁の運転座席側の側面を所定
範囲にわたって横方向に凹まして、その凹み部の上向き
の面部分を前記第2操作パネルに構成してあるから、図
2,図3に示すように、運転座席14の縦搬送装置7側
の横外側に第1操作パネル15を配置するとともに、こ
の第1操作パネル15と縦搬送装置7との間の空間を一
杯に使って、その空間に防塵壁8を配置することで、防
塵壁8の基端側の横幅を、従来よりも第2操作パネルの
横幅分だけ広くすることができる。また、防塵壁の運転
座席側の側面を所定範囲にわたって横方向に凹ました凹
み部の各壁部が防塵壁のリブとなる。
[Operation] The side surface of the dust-proof wall on the driver's seat side is laterally recessed over a predetermined range, and the upwardly facing surface portion of the recess is formed in the second operation panel. As shown in FIG. 5, the first operation panel 15 is arranged outside the driver seat 14 on the side of the vertical transport device 7 side, and the space between the first operation panel 15 and the vertical transport device 7 is fully used. By arranging the dust-proof wall 8 in the space, the lateral width of the dust-proof wall 8 on the base end side can be made wider than that of the related art by the width of the second operation panel. In addition, each wall of the recessed portion in which the side surface of the dustproof wall on the driver's seat side is laterally recessed over a predetermined range serves as a rib of the dustproof wall.

【0007】〔効果〕従って、請求項1の構成によれ
ば、防塵壁8の基端側の横幅を、従来よりも第2操作パ
ネルの横幅分だけ広くすることができ、しかも防塵壁に
リブを形成できるから、防塵壁の強度を強くすることが
できた。
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the width of the dust-proof wall 8 on the base end side can be made wider than that of the related art by the width of the second operation panel. Can be formed, so that the strength of the dustproof wall can be increased.

【0008】請求項2による発明の構成・作用・効果は
つぎのとおりである。 〔構成〕請求項1にかかる発明において、前記防塵壁を
前記第1操作パネルと一体に形成してある。
The construction, operation and effect of the invention according to claim 2 are as follows. [Configuration] In the invention according to claim 1, the dustproof wall is formed integrally with the first operation panel.

【0009】〔作用〕上記請求項1の構成による作用と
同様の作用を奏することができるのに加え、次の作用を
奏することができる。防塵壁と第1操作パネルを一体に
成形することで、それら二つの部品を一つに纏めること
ができる。また、防塵壁と第1操作パネルを別体に形成
した構造では、縦搬送装置からの塵埃が防塵壁と第1操
作パネルとの接続部分から運転座席側に侵入してくる不
具合もあるが、防塵壁と第1操作パネルを一体に成形す
ることで、このような不具合も回避できる。
[Operation] In addition to the same operation as the operation according to the first aspect, the following operation can be obtained. By forming the dustproof wall and the first operation panel integrally, the two parts can be integrated into one. Further, in the structure in which the dust-proof wall and the first operation panel are formed separately, there is a problem that dust from the vertical transport device enters the driver's seat side from a connection portion between the dust-proof wall and the first operation panel. By forming the dustproof wall and the first operation panel integrally, such a problem can be avoided.

【0010】〔効果〕請求項1の構成による効果と同様
の効果を奏することができるのに加え、構造の簡素化を
図ることができ、防塵効果を高めることができた。
[Effect] In addition to the same effect as the effect of the first aspect, the structure can be simplified, and the dustproof effect can be enhanced.

【0011】[0011]

【発明の実施の形態】以下、本発明の実施の形態を図面
に基づいて説明する。図1及び図2に本発明に係るコン
バインの前部を示している。このコンバインは機体前部
に刈取前処理部1を備えるとともに、その右横側に操縦
部2を配備し、後部に脱穀装置3を搭載して構成してあ
る。前記刈取前処理部1は、倒伏穀稈を引起す引起し装
置4と、株元を切断する刈取装置5と、刈取った縦姿勢
の穀稈を徐々に横倒れ姿勢に姿勢変更させながら、後方
の脱穀装置3のフィードチェーン6の始端部まで搬送す
る縦搬送装置7とを備え、後ろ側の横軸芯P周りに昇降
揺動自在に構成してある。
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show the front part of the combine according to the present invention. This combine has a cutting pre-processing unit 1 at the front of the fuselage, a control unit 2 on the right side, and a threshing device 3 at the rear. The pre-cutting processing unit 1 is a raising device 4 for raising the lodging grain culm, a cutting device 5 for cutting the root of the stock, and gradually changing the posture of the cut vertical grain culm to the horizontal falling position. And a vertical conveying device 7 that conveys the feed chain 6 of the rear threshing device 3 to the start end thereof, and is configured to be able to swing up and down around the horizontal axis P on the rear side.

【0012】前記縦搬送装置7は前記横軸芯P周りに昇
降揺動自在で、その縦搬送装置7の縦姿勢の逆U字状の
支持杆19には、穀稈の有無を検出する穂先側の第1セ
ンサS1と株元側の第2センサS2とを設け、これら両
センサS1,S2の間に搬送穀稈の穂先が位置するよう
に、縦搬送装置7を昇降揺動操作する扱深さ調節制御手
段(図示せず)を設けてある。
The vertical transport device 7 can freely move up and down around the horizontal axis P, and the inverted U-shaped support rod 19 in the vertical posture of the vertical transport device 7 has a head for detecting the presence or absence of a grain culm. A first sensor S1 on the side and a second sensor S2 on the stock side are provided, and the vertical conveying device 7 is moved up and down so that the spike of the conveyed culm is positioned between the two sensors S1 and S2. Depth adjustment control means (not shown) is provided.

【0013】前記操縦部2は、機体フレーム10の前端
に操向操作レバー11等を有する操縦ポスト12を立設
するとともに、その後方に原動部13を配備し、原動部
13の上部に運転座席14を設けてある。そして、運転
座席14の左側(運転座席の縦搬送装置側の横外側に相
当)から操縦ポスト12のほぼ横側部位まで延びる第1
操作パネル15を設け、この第1操作パネル15に形成
した複数のレバーガイド部20に、脱穀クラッチレバー
16・刈取クラッチレバー17・主変速操作レバー21
・アクセルレバー22・副変速操作レバー23等を前後
揺動操作自在に各別に挿通させてある。
The control section 2 has a control post 12 having a steering control lever 11 and the like at the front end of the body frame 10 and a driving section 13 disposed behind the control post 12. A driving seat is provided above the driving section 13. 14 are provided. A first extending from the left side of the driver's seat 14 (corresponding to the lateral outer side of the driver's seat on the side of the vertical transport device) to a substantially horizontal portion of the steering post 12.
An operation panel 15 is provided, and a plurality of lever guide portions 20 formed on the first operation panel 15 are provided with a threshing clutch lever 16, a reaping clutch lever 17, and a main transmission operation lever 21.
The accelerator lever 22, the sub-transmission operation lever 23 and the like are individually inserted so as to be swingable back and forth.

【0014】図2,図3,図4に示すように、縦搬送装
置7からの塵埃が運転座席14側に飛散するのを防止す
る防塵壁8を、横方向に幅をもたせて立体的に第1操作
パネル15の縦搬送装置7側の端部から立設してあり、
詳述すると、防塵壁8は前後方向視で中空山形形状で、
その上端を前下がりに傾斜させるとともに、前部の外側
端を前側ほど運転座席14側に近づく傾斜状態に、第1
操作パネル15とは別体に樹脂成形して、その下端部を
第1操作パネル15の下向きの下端部にピン(図示外)
を介して連結し、防塵壁8の後端側の上部には横方向に
貫通する前後に長い貫通孔9を形成して、その貫通孔9
の周りを把手18に構成してある。
As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, a dust-proof wall 8 for preventing dust from the vertical transport device 7 from scattering toward the driver's seat 14 is provided with a width in the horizontal direction and three-dimensionally. The first operation panel 15 is erected from the end on the side of the vertical transport device 7,
More specifically, the dustproof wall 8 has a hollow chevron shape when viewed in the front-rear direction.
The upper end thereof is inclined downward and the outer end of the front portion is inclined toward the driver's seat 14 closer to the front side.
Resin molding is performed separately from the operation panel 15, and a lower end thereof is pinned to a downward lower end of the first operation panel 15 (not shown).
A long through-hole 9 is formed in the upper part on the rear end side of the dustproof wall 8 before and after the dust-proof wall 8 penetrates in the lateral direction.
The handle 18 is formed around the handle.

【0015】さらに、図5にも示すように、防塵壁8の
運転座席14側の側面を所定範囲にわたって横方向に凹
まして、その凹み部Hの上向きの面部分を、各種操作ス
イッチ24A,24B,24C,24D(扱き深さ調節
スイッチ・刈取前処理部の横スライドスイッチ等)用の
第2操作パネル25に構成してある。
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the side surface of the dust-proof wall 8 on the driver seat 14 side is laterally recessed over a predetermined range, and the upward surface of the recess H is connected to various operation switches 24A and 24B. , 24C, 24D (handling depth adjustment switch, horizontal slide switch of the pre-cutting unit, etc.).

【0016】上記のように、防塵壁8は、その上端を前
下がりに傾斜させるとともに、前部の外側端を前側ほど
運転座席14側に近づく傾斜状態に形成してあるから、
運転座席14に座った状態の運転者の斜め前方側(防塵
壁8の前端側)の視界が下方に広がり、運転者は運転座
席14に座った普通の運転姿勢のままで、縦搬送装置7
の扱き深さ調節用の第1及び第2センサS1,S2や穀
稈引起こし装置4等の状況を容易に観察できるようにな
る。
As described above, the dustproof wall 8 is formed such that the upper end thereof is inclined forward and downward, and the outer end of the front portion is inclined so that the front end is closer to the driver seat 14 side.
The driver's view in the diagonally forward side (front end side of the dust-proof wall 8) in the state of sitting on the driver's seat 14 expands downward, and the driver can maintain the vertical transport device 7 in the normal driving posture sitting on the driver's seat 14.
It becomes possible to easily observe the conditions of the first and second sensors S1 and S2 for adjusting the handling depth of the stalk, the cereal stem raising device 4, and the like.

【0017】〔別実施形態〕前記防塵壁8を第1操作パ
ネル15と一体に樹脂成形してもよい。
[Another Embodiment] The dustproof wall 8 may be integrally formed with the first operation panel 15 by resin molding.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of the drawings]

【図1】コンバインの前部の側面図FIG. 1 is a side view of the front part of the combine.

【図2】コンバインの前部の平面図FIG. 2 is a plan view of the front part of the combine.

【図3】操縦部周りの一部切欠き正面図FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view around a control unit.

【図4】防塵壁と第1操作パネルとの斜視図FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a dustproof wall and a first operation panel.

【図5】防塵壁と第1操作パネルとの縦断面図FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a dustproof wall and a first operation panel.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

3 脱穀装置 5 刈取装置 7 縦搬送装置 8 防塵壁 14 運転座席 15 第1操作パネル 16,17,21,22,23 操作レバー 24 操作スイッチ 25 第2操作パネル H 凹み部 Reference Signs List 3 threshing device 5 mowing device 7 vertical transport device 8 dustproof wall 14 driving seat 15 first operation panel 16, 17, 21, 22, 23 operation lever 24 operation switch 25 second operation panel H recess

Claims (2)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 刈取装置により刈り取られた穀稈を脱穀
装置のフィードチェーンの始端部まで搬送する縦搬送装
置の横側に運転座席を配置し、各種操作レバーを揺動操
作自在に各別に挿通させる複数のレバーガイド部を備え
た第1操作パネルを、前記運転座席の縦搬送装置側の横
外側からその横外側の前方側にわたって設け、前記縦搬
送装置からの塵埃が前記運転座席側に飛散するのを防止
する防塵壁を、横方向に幅をもたせて立体的に前記第1
操作パネルの縦搬送装置側の端部から立設し、各種操作
スイッチ用の第2操作パネルを設けてあるコンバインの
操縦部構造であって、 前記防塵壁の運転座席側の側面を所定範囲にわたって横
方向に凹まして、その凹み部の上向きの面部分を前記第
2操作パネルに構成してあるコンバインの操縦部構造。
1. A driving seat is arranged on a side of a vertical conveying device for conveying a grain stem cut by a cutting device to a starting end of a feed chain of a threshing device, and various operation levers are individually inserted so as to swing freely. A first operation panel having a plurality of lever guide portions to be provided is provided from a lateral outer side of the driver seat on the side of the vertical transport device to a front side of the lateral outer side thereof, and dust from the vertical transport device scatters to the driver seat side. The dust-proof wall for preventing the first side is provided with a width in the lateral direction, and is three-dimensionally formed.
An operating panel structure of a combine which is provided upright from an end of the operation panel on the side of the vertical transport device and provided with a second operation panel for various operation switches, wherein a side surface of the dustproof wall on a driver seat side extends over a predetermined range. The control unit structure of the combine, wherein the control unit is configured to be recessed in a lateral direction, and an upwardly facing surface of the recess is formed in the second operation panel.
【請求項2】 前記防塵壁を前記第1操作パネルと一体
に形成してある請求項1記載のコンバインの操縦部構
造。
2. The control unit structure for a combine according to claim 1, wherein the dustproof wall is formed integrally with the first operation panel.
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