JPH09262014A - Root crop harvester - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Corrected) [Purpose] The height of the foliage varies depending on the type of root vegetables and the state of growth, making it possible to cope with the height of the foliage and effectively pulling it out of the soil to improve work performance. Let [Structure] A vibrating blade (1) that invades the soil and raises the roots of root vegetables to be raised, and a pulling conveyer that sandwiches the stems and leaves of the roots that are lifted by the vibrating blade (1) and pulls them diagonally upward and rearward ( 2) is provided to make it possible to vertically adjust the holding start end portion of the pull-out transport body (2).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a root vegetable harvesting machine for harvesting radish, carrot and the like to be planted in a field.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a radish is provided with a vibrating blade that floats up the roots of root vegetables that have penetrated into the soil and is planted, and a pull-out carrier that holds the foliage of the roots that are lifted up by the vibrating blade and pulls it up diagonally rearward and upward. A root vegetable harvester for harvesting carrots and carrots is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-5-68416, JP-A-6-209630, and JP-A-6-339318.

[0003]

However, the root vegetables to be planted in the field have different heights from the soil surface of the foliage and depths of the roots in the soil depending on the type and growth state of the root vegetables. Aims to provide a harvester that can effectively withdraw and improve work performance by making it possible to cope with the height of the foliage that varies depending on the type and growth of root vegetables. is there.

[0004]

Therefore, in order to provide the harvester as described in the preceding paragraph, the present invention provides a vibrating blade for invading the soil to raise roots of root vegetables, and A root vegetable harvesting machine is provided with a withdrawal carrier for holding the foliage of the oscillating blade, which is lifted obliquely upward and rearward, and the sandwiching start end of the withdrawal carrier is vertically adjustable.

[0005]

As a result, when root vegetables such as radishes and carrots are harvested in the field, the pinching start end of the pull-out carrier can be changed according to the height of the foliage from the soil surface depending on the type and growth condition. It is adjusted up and down to pinch the appropriate parts of the foliage and pull out effectively to harvest.

[0006]

EXAMPLE A root vegetable harvester according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. "FIG. 1" is a side view of a working state in which a vibrating blade (1) is penetrated into the soil, and "FIG. 2". Is a plan view of the same and "FIG. 3" is a front view thereof. One side of the traveling platform (4) equipped with the crawler (3) penetrates into the soil (left side) and is planted. A vibrating blade (1) for lifting the root portion (a1) of root vegetables, and a pulling conveyer (2) for sandwiching the foliage portion (a2), which is lifted by the vibrating blade (1), and pulling it up diagonally rearward and upward are provided. The control part (A) is arranged on the side (right side), and the transfer start end is located below the pinching end of the pull-out transfer body (2) to transfer it toward the rear side of the control part (A). A horizontal carrier (5) is provided horizontally, and a vertical carrier (6) for carrying backward from the carrier end portion of the horizontal carrier (5) is provided. So that for accommodating the carrier (5) vertical conveyance of I is lower (6) Root crop taken dug by placing the container (7) on the inside side of.

[0007] Further, on the front side of the nipping start end portion of the pulling / conveying body (2), a pair of laterally rotating type tines (8a) with scraping belts (8) (8) and a vertically rotating type tine (9a) are provided. The attached pull-up belts (9) and (9) are provided in a state in which they are inclined rearward, and the vibrating blade (1) is located below them.

The pulling and conveying body (2) comprises a plurality of connecting rods (12) formed by bending two lower rods (10) (10) and one upper rod (11) arranged side by side. ...
A holding belt (14) by the lower rods (10) (10) of the longitudinal frame body (13) configured by welding and connection by
The holding belt (14) is provided for supporting the (14) in an opposed manner.
(14) The opposing gutters are pressed against each other by a spring or the like to form a nipping passage to nipping the foliage portion (a2) and conveyed in the arrow (a) direction. )
The front and rear sides of the upper rod (11) are suspended by the movable support column (15) and the fixed support column (16) and are held in an inclined state in which the front portion is in the low position and the rear portion is in the high position.

Further, a cutter (17) for roughly cutting the stalks (a2) clamped and a discharge belt (at a portion of the frame body (13) above the waling end of the pull-out transporter (2). 18) is installed, (19) is this cutter
A guide plate is provided so as to cover (17) and the discharge belt (18), and (20) is a direction plate connected to the guide plate (19).

The laterally rotating type scraping belts (8) and (8) are installed in the scraping cases (21) and (21), and the scraping cases (21) and (21) face each other. Each tine (8a) protrudes and rises at the edge, and the vertically-rotating type lifting belts (9) and (9) face each other on the front side of the scraping cases (21) and (21). The tines (9a) are installed in the casings (22) (22), and the tines (9a) project and rise in front of the pull-up casings (22) (22), and then descend and go around. The scraping belt (8) and the pulling belt (9) are driven at the same speed.

Then, these scraping cases (21) (2
1) and the pull-up case (22) (22) are fixedly connected to the frame body (13) by a connecting member, and the pull-out conveyor (2), the scraping belts (8) (8) and the pull-up belt. (9) (9)
Are integrally configured.

Next, (23) is a holding rod which supports the base portion of the traveling machine base (4) and projects forward, and has a front end portion at which the attachment metal (24) of the vibrating blade (1) is moved up and down. Part is attached and the mounting metal (24) is positioned to the side of the scraping case (21), and the vibrating blade (1) is positioned below the scraping belt (8) and pulling belt (9). I'm getting in from someone. Further, (25) is a starting rod having a base fitted to an eccentric shaft formed at one end of the input shaft (26), and its front end is engaged with the upper end of the mounting metal (24) to vibrate. The blade (1) is configured to give vibration in the front-back direction, and an actuating arm (27) is projectingly provided from the base of the holding rod (23).
The rod (28a) of the cylinder device (28) is interlockingly connected to 7), and the vibrating blade (1) can be adjusted up and down by the holding rod (23) when the rod (28a) moves back and forth.

Further, the movable column (15) on the front side, which suspends the pull-out carrier (2), has two vertical rods (15a) (1).
The horizontal rod (15b) is pulled out from the upper end of 5a), and the carrier (2) is pulled out.
A vertical rod (15a) (15a) protruding from the gutter and holding the lower end of the vertical rod (15a) (15a) so as to sandwich the starting rod (25).
The fixed column (16) on the rear side is provided with a horizontal rod (16b) projecting from the upper end of a relatively long vertical rod (16a) firmly erected on the traveling platform (4). In the thing, the movable prop (1
5) is fixed pillar (1) by support rods (29) (29).
6) is connected to and supported by 6) and is erected, and each horizontal rod (15b) (16
The frame bodies (13) are respectively suspended at the tips of b).

When suspending the frame body (13),
An electric cylinder (30) is installed on the front side suspended by the movable support (15), and a manual expander (31) is installed on the rear side suspended by the fixed support (16). The pull-out carrier (2) can move up and down together with the frame (13). That is, the electric cylinder (30) adjusts the vertical movement of the nip start end of the pulling conveyance body (2) and the scraping belt (8) and the pulling belt (9), and the manually operated expander (3).
By 1), the vertical movement of the holding end portion of the pulling conveyance body (2) can be adjusted.

The lateral carrier (5) is in the form of a belt, and the belt (3) with the protruding pin (32a) is provided on the rear side thereof.
2) rotates at the same speed to move the lateral carrier (5) and the protruding pin (3).
2a) inherits the root vegetables that have been pulled up by the pulling carrier (2) and conveys them to the other side (right side). An abutment body (33) made up of rollers for abutting against the root portion (a1) that has been pulled up to change the posture is mounted, and the length of the foliage portion (a2) is cut to a constant length at the end of conveyance. A circular saw type cutter (34) is attached.

The vertical carrier (6) is also in the form of a strip, and the starting end of the carrier is located below the terminal end of the lateral carrier (5) so that the carrier end is inward. The plate (35) is extended to facilitate the storage work in the container (7). In addition, (36) is a slide plate which is bridged between the transporting end portion of the horizontal transport body (5) and the vertical transport body (6).

Therefore, the process at the time of harvest will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. That is, when the machine body is advanced forward along the root row at a low speed, the root portion (a1) is lifted by the vibrating blade (1) swinging in the front-rear direction, and the foliage portion is lifted by the scraping belt (8) and pulling belt (9). (A2) is scraped up, the scraped up foliage (a2) is clamped by the pulling-out carrier (2), and the root (a1) is pulled out from the soil and conveyed in the suspended state in the direction of arrow (a). At the end of the conveyance, the tip of the foliage (a2) is roughly cut by the cutter (17), and the rough cut is moved backward by the guide plate (19) as shown by the arrow (b). After being guided and discharged through the discharge belt (18), the root portion (a
1) is contacted with a roller contact member (33), and then the foliage portion (a2) is released from being clamped, and the root portion (a1) is placed on the horizontal carrier (5) in a state of falling sideways. At the same time, the foliage (a2) falls between the protruding pins (32a) and the arrow (c)
It is transported laterally like this.

Then, the roughly cut foliage portion (a2) conveyed to the conveying end portion is cut by a circular saw type cutter (34) with a certain length left, and is cut vertically from the slide plate (36).
Is carried forward to the rear as indicated by the arrow (d), and is sequentially stored in the container (7) by the operator from above the approach plate (35).

In this way, the radish is dug out and harvested, but even if different kinds of ginseng other than the radish or the same kind are grown, the height of the foliage part (a2) from the soil surface or the root part depends on the growth condition. Since the depth of (a1) in the soil is different, in that case, the cylinder device (28) is actuated and the vibrating blade (1) is moved up and down via the holding rod (23) to reach the depth of penetration into the soil. (L) is adjusted to an appropriate one, and the front end of the pulling / conveying body (2) is vertically moved by the electric cylinder (30) so that the proper position of the foliage portion (a2) is clamped. It makes it effective to pull out from the soil and convey it in a suspended state. Furthermore, when the contacting of the contacting body (33) to the root (a1) at the final stage of conveyance of the pulling-out carrier (2) is not at an appropriate position, the retractable carrier (2) is operated by operating the retractable device (31) on the rear side. The nipping end of () adjusts the edge up and down to improve the sideways falling on the lateral carrier (5).

Further, (37) is a fork-shaped support member for mounting the container (7), and (38) is a guide rail of the support member (37) for loading and unloading the container (7). , (39) attach the container (7) to the support member (3
7) A tool for releasing the fixation, which is placed at a predetermined position above, (40)
Is a step for a worker fixedly mounted on the fixing release tool (39).

Although the present invention is constructed as described above,
When the penetration depth (L) of the vibrating blade (1) into the soil is adjustable as described above, the depth of the root portion (a1) into the soil varies depending on the type of root vegetables and the state of growth. It is possible to improve the lifting efficiency and save the power without damaging the root (a1) and improve the work performance. Moreover, as shown in "Fig. 7", the belt-like vertical conveyance is possible. When the container (7) tilts the body (6) to incline the transportation surface, the material transported to the transportation end portion naturally moves to the moving board (35) and enters the operator's container (7). 8 can be stored more easily, and as shown in FIG. 8, the vertical carrier (6) can be freely rotated from the working state shown by the solid line to the state shown by the phantom line. As shown in FIG. 10 ”, the posture of the pulling conveyance body (2) is changed from the working state shown by the solid line to the virtual line. Handling properties will be useful when traveling or during storage and can reduce the whole fuselage width is improved if the capacity ones.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a vibrating blade (1) for raising the root portion (a1) of root vegetables to be planted by penetrating into the soil, and a vibrating blade (1) for lifting the root portion (a1). A root vegetable harvester provided with a withdrawal carrier (2) for sandwiching the foliage part (a2) and pulling it up rearward and obliquely upward, wherein the sandwiching start end part of the withdrawal carrier (2) is vertically adjustable. Since it was used as a root vegetable harvester characterized by the fact that the height and height of the foliage (a2) differ depending on the type of root vegetables to be planted and the growth condition, it can be pulled out and transported. The pinching start end of the body (2) can pinch the foliage part (a2) at an appropriate position, and the pulling out from the soil and the conveyance in the suspended state are effective, and the work performance is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a working state in which a vibrating blade is penetrated into the soil.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a work explanatory view shown on a side surface.

FIG. 5 is a work explanatory view shown in a plane.

FIG. 6 is an extraction diagram showing an operating portion of a vibrating blade.

FIG. 7 is a rear view showing another embodiment of the vertical transport body.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the vertical conveyance body.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing another example of the pull-out transport body.

FIG. 10 is a view showing another example of the pullout transporting body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vibrating Blade 2 Pulling Conveyor a1 Root a2 Stem and Leaf L Invasion Depth

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Norimitsu Sakakibara 1-32 Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka Yanma-Agricultural Machinery Co. Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A vibrating blade (1) for raising a root portion (a1) of root vegetables to be invaded and settled in the soil, and a foliage portion (a2) which is lifted by the vibrating blade (1) and is sandwiched between the rear portions. A root vegetable harvesting machine provided with a pull-out carrier (2) that is pulled up obliquely upward, characterized in that the sandwiching start end of the pull-out carrier (2) is vertically adjustable. Machine. 2. The penetration depth (L) of the vibrating blade (1) into the soil.
Is adjustable. Harvester for the listed root vegetables.