JPH1014383A - Combine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To shorten the time required for discharging grains and improve the workability of discharging grains. SOLUTION: A discharge auger (1) is stored in a grain tank (15).
7), an elevating member (59) for elevating and lowering the discharge auger (17), and a revolving member (60) for revolving the discharge auger (17) are provided. In the combine for automatically moving the discharge auger (1), when the discharge auger (17) reaches the grain discharge position by automatic control, the discharge auger (1) is moved.
7) is automatically lowered to the kernel discharge start height.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a combine for taking out and storing grains subjected to threshing and sorting in a threshing unit in a grain tank.

[0002]

Conventionally, the discharge auger at the storage position supported by the auger rest of the machine has been automatically moved to a grain discharge position such as a truck bed, but has reached above the truck bed. After lowering the discharge auger to the height that the worker can reach, the worker must ride on the truck bed and operate the discharge switch at the tip of the discharge auger to discharge the grains, so that the discharge auger moves to the truck bed. It is necessary for the worker to wait on the machine side until it arrives, move down to the truck bed after moving down on the machine side,
There is a problem that it is not easy to shorten the time required for discharging the grains and to improve the workability of discharging the grains.

[0003]

According to the present invention, a grain tank is provided with a discharge auger, a lifting member for raising and lowering the discharge auger, and a turning member for rotating the discharge auger are provided. A combine for automatically moving a discharge auger to a discharge position, wherein the discharge auger is automatically lowered to a grain discharge start height when the discharge auger reaches the grain discharge position by automatic control. By simply moving the discharge auger from the storage position to the grain discharge position, the operator can get away from the machine and get on the truck bed and perform the discharge operation on the truck bed. There is no need for the operator to wait on the machine side until the discharge position is reached, so that it is possible to easily shorten the time required for discharging the grains and improve the workability of discharging the grains. It is.

[0004]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is an overall side view of the combine, Fig. 2
Is a plan view of the same, in which (1) is a track frame on which the traveling crawler (2) is mounted, (3) is a machine frame installed on the track frame (1), and (4) is a feed chain (5). Threshing unit, which is a threshing machine having a handling drum (6) and a processing drum (7) built therein, and a cutting blade (9) having a cutting blade (9) and a culm transport mechanism (10). Department, (11)
Is a hydraulic cylinder that raises and lowers the mowing unit (8) via the mowing frame (12), (13) is a straw processing unit that faces the end of the straw chain (14), (15) is a unit from the threshing unit (4). A grain tank for carrying the grains through a frying cylinder (16),
(17) is an upper discharge auger for carrying out the grains of the tank (15) out of the machine, (18) is an operation cabin having an operation section (19) and an operator seat (20), and (21) is an operation cabin ( 18) An engine provided below, configured to continuously harvest and thresh grain culms.

As shown in FIG. 3, reference numeral (22) in the figure denotes a handling room in which an axial-flow-type handling drum (6) suspended in the longitudinal direction of the body is provided, and (23) denotes a handling room (22). ) Is a handle for inserting cereal stems, (24) is a crimp net stretched under the handling chamber (22), and (25) is rocking in the front-rear direction with the front end facing the crimp net (24) below. A swinging sorting machine freely supported, (26) and (27) are front and rear feed pans of a sorting machine (25) arranged in two stages above and below the crimping net (24), and (28) is a front feed pan ( 26) A sorting screen line provided on the rear end side so as to be swingable up and down, (29) is a chaff sheave continuously provided behind the rear end of the rear feed pan (27) and (30).
Is a Glen Sheave disposed below the chaff sheave (29),
(31) is a dust fan which is a pre-fan which feeds a sorting wind between upper and lower feed pans (26) and (27).
2) Karamin, which is the main blower for supplying the sorting wind between the chaff sheave (29) and the Glen Sheave (30) and below the Glen Sheave (30), (33) communicates with the graining cylinder (16) and the grain tank (15) No. 1 conveyor for taking out the grains, (34) No. 2 conveyor for reducing the No. 2 product through a No. 2 reduction conveyor (35) above the sieving line (28) of the sorter (25), 36) is a drive shaft for swinging the sorting board (25) back and forth and up and down, and (37) is a suction and exhaust fan arranged above the rear end of the sorting board (25), and the handling cylinder (6) The grains threshed by the processing cylinder (7) are sorted by a rocking sorter (25), and only the sized grains are taken out to the grain tank (15), and the straw is discharged through a straw chain (14). It is sent to the processing unit (13) and the straw cutter (13
After cutting according to a), it is configured to be discharged outside the machine. Reference numeral (38) is a fourth gutter disposed below the straw chain (14).

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG.
6) is erected, and the upper left side of the tank (15) is protruded above the threshing section (4) arranged adjacent to the left side, and a bulging section (39) is provided on the upper left side of the tank (15). The bulging portion (39) is disposed so as to cover the threshing portion (4), so that the storage capacity of the tank (15) is increased. The balance is maintained so that the driving performance in wet fields can be improved.

The fry conveyor (4) of the fry cylinder (16)
0) The lower end is linked to the first conveyor (33) via the relay conveyor (41), and the first conveyor (3
The right end of 3) is projected to the right outside from the threshing unit (4), and is linked to the front end of the relay conveyor (41) in the front-rear direction via a pair of bevel gears (42). A relay case (43) that connects the lower end of a fry conveyor (40) to an end via a pair of bevel gears (not shown) to form a relay conveyor path having a substantially L shape in plan view.
To connect the threshing unit (4) to the threshing cylinder (16), and to throw the grain threshed in the threshing unit (4) into the inlet (16a) at the top of the threshing cylinder (16) at the rear of the grain tank (15). More tank (1
5) It is configured to be put into and stored.

Further, a horizontal auger (44) is provided at the bottom of the grain tank (15), and a vertical auger (45) is attached between the upper discharge auger (17) and the horizontal auger (44).
Threshing unit (4) 4th gutter (38) and tank (1
5) The fryer cylinder (16) is erected in a surplus space between the rear side wall, and the vertical feeding auger (45) and the fryer cylinder (16) are arranged in parallel at the rear of the tank (15). It is designed to be erected to simplify maintenance and inspection work.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a discharge port (46) of the upper discharge auger (17) is provided so as to be rotatable around the axis of the auger (17). The arm rotation shaft (47) is fixed at the axial center position of the tip of the auger (17), and the shaft (47)
A pair of rotating arms (48) and (49) are rotatably mounted on the auger (17) and a guide shaft (51) slidably supported by a lower guide (50). (48) are connected via a universal joint shaft (52),
When the slide shaft (51) is slid backward, the joint shaft (52) is pulled so that the arm (48) in a substantially horizontal position is provided so as to be turned downward by approximately 90 degrees, while the arm (48) in a lower vertical position is provided. 49) The rotating pin (5
3) is fixed to the discharge port (46), and the arm (48)
At the time of turning, the discharge port (46) is rotated by approximately 90 degrees via the pin (53), and the direction of the discharge port (46) is changed from the downward direction to the horizontal direction.

A return compression spring (5) is provided between the spring seat (54) of the slide shaft (51) and the guide (50).
5), and the spring (55) force and the discharge port (4
6) It is provided so as to be held in the downward opening by its own weight.
A mountain-shaped guide (56) having a slope at a predetermined angle is provided below the slide shaft (51), and an auger rest (57) for storing and holding the auger (17) is provided with a mountain-shaped guide having an inverted slope. A guide (58) is provided, and when the auger (17) is stored in the auger rest (57), the slide shaft (51) is opposed to the spring (55) by the contact of the inclined surface of each guide (56) (58). It is forcibly moved to the rear side, and the opening direction of the discharge port (46) is changed in the horizontal direction, so that the grains are prevented from spontaneously falling from the discharge port (46).

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, a hydraulic lifting cylinder (59) for raising and lowering a front end portion around a rear base portion of the discharge auger (17) is provided, and the vertical feeding auger (4) is provided.
5) An electric turning motor (60) is provided at the upper end to connect the discharge auger (17) base rotatably about the horizontal axis and to rotate the upper half of the vertical feed auger (45) about the axis. The upper half of the vertical feed auger (45) and the discharge auger (17) are rotated around a substantially vertical axis of the feed auger (45), and the discharge port at the tip of the discharge auger (17) is controlled by the control of the elevating cylinder (59). (46) is raised and lowered, and the discharge port (46) at the tip of the discharge auger (17) is turned left and right under the control of the turning motor (60).

Further, as shown in FIGS. 7, 8 and 10,
A remote control box (61) is provided outside the discharge port (46) at the tip of the discharge auger (17), and an up switch (62), a down switch (63), and a left turn switch (6) are provided.
4), right turn switch (65), grain discharge switch (6)
6) Attach the automatic set switch (67) to the remote control box (61). In addition, each of the switches (6
Lift switches (6) having the same function as (2) to (67)
8), down switch (69), left turn switch (7
0), right turn switch (71), grain discharge switch (7
2) Attach the automatic set switch (73) to the operation section near the driver's seat (20) of the machine, and raise and lower the discharge auger (1) by the lifting cylinder (59).
7) A potentiometer type elevation position sensor (74) for detecting the vertical oscillation angle, and a potentiometer type rotation position sensor for detecting the horizontal oscillation angle of the discharge auger (17) which is rotated left and right by the rotation motor (60). (7
5) and the augerrest (5
7) a volume-type swivel setting device (76) for setting the horizontal swing angle of the discharge auger (17), and the highest position when the discharge auger (17) reaches the kernel discharge position by automatic control operation. Volume lowering setter (77) for setting the amount of lowering of the discharge auger (17), and an electromagnetic lifting valve (7) for operating the lifting cylinder (59).
8), a volume-type lift setting device (90) for setting the highest position when the discharge auger (17) is turned, and the switches (62) to (67) and (68) to (73) by a microcomputer. Grain controller composed of (79)
To be connected. The setting devices (76) and (77) are provided in a driving operation unit near the driver's seat (20).

Then, the raising switches (62) (6)
8) The operator operates the lowering switches (63) and (69), the left turning switches (64) and (70), and the right turning switches (65) and (71) to move the discharge auger (17) up and down and turn. As well as being performed manually, as shown in FIG.
By operating the automatic set switch (73) near the driver's seat (20), the discharge auger (17) at the storage position by the augerrest (57) is raised to a position at which the auger (57) escapes from the augerrest (57). ), While turning to the set position of the turning setter (76) while moving up to the initially set highest position, moving the truck (81) stopped on the agricultural road (80) to the grain discharging position above the loading platform, and descending. This operation automatically lowers the discharge auger (17) to the set height of the setting device (77) and moves the discharge port (46) of the discharge auger (17) above the truck (81) bed. Automatic set switch (73) at seat (20)
The operator who has operated from the field gets out of the field and gets on the truck (81) bed, and operates the grain discharge switch (66) on the tip side of the discharge auger (17) to operate each auger (17) (44) (4).
An auger switch (not shown) for driving 5) is turned on, and each switch (62) to (65) is operated while each auger (17), (44), (45) is operated, and a grain tank (15) is operated. The inside grain is carried out to the truck (81) loading bed.

When the operation of discharging the grains from the grain tank (15) to the truck (81) loading bed is finished, the grains are discharged either at the tip of the discharge auger (17) or near the driver's seat (20). After the respective augers (17), (44) and (45) are stopped by operating the discharge switch (66) or (72), the truck (81) is operated by operating the automatic set switch (67) or (73). The discharge auger (17) above the bed rises to the highest position of the lift setting device (90) initially set by the operator, and then the discharge auger (17) descends while pivoting to the position above the auger rest (57). , Discharge auger (17) is auger rest (57)
When it reaches the upper side, the discharge auger (17) is lowered and the storing operation supported by the auger rest (57) is automatically performed.

As is apparent from the above, the grain tank (1
5) A discharge auger (17) is provided, and an elevating cylinder (59) as an elevating member for elevating and lowering the discharge auger (17), and a turning motor (60) as a turning member for turning the discharge auger (17). A combiner for automatically moving the discharge auger (17) from the storage position to the grain discharge position, wherein the discharge auger (17) is automatically moved when the discharge auger (17) reaches the grain discharge position by automatic control. The operator automatically lowers to the grain discharge start height and starts moving the discharge auger (17) from the storage position to the grain discharge position, and the operator gets away from the machine and gets on the truck (81) loading platform, and 81) The discharge operation can be performed on the bed, and the operator does not need to wait on the machine side until the discharge auger (17) reaches the kernel discharge position as in the related art, and the kernel discharge operation time is short. And it is configured so as attained and grain discharge improve workability. In addition, the discharge auger (1
7) starts rotating when the ascending position rises from the storage position to the escape position above the auger rest (57), and the discharging auger (17) moves to the grain discharging position by rotating while moving up. As compared with the control in which the discharge auger (17) is horizontally raised after the discharge auger (17) is fully raised,
7) The traveling time is shortened. Also, by initially setting the height of the discharge auger (17) at the time of reaching the grain discharge position by the raising setting device (90), the lowering setting device (77) and the lowering operation after reaching the grain can be omitted. After the discharge auger (17) at the auger rest (57) position is raised almost vertically to the highest position of the lift setting device (90), the discharge auger (17) is turned substantially horizontally and moved to the grain discharge position. You can also do things.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4, 9 and 10,
A full switch (82) and an upper position switch (83) are provided inside the grain tank (15) below the input port (16a) of the frying cylinder (16), and an upper position switch (83) is provided inside the grain tank (15). ), The middle position switch (8
4) and a lower position switch (85) are provided, and a discharge switch (87) is provided on the upper side of the chevron upper surface guide (86) of the horizontal auger (44) near the transfer portion with the vertical auger (45), and is full. , An upper position, a middle position, a lower position, and an indicator (88) for displaying the storage state of each grain, a buzzer (89) for notifying the worker of the storage state, and the switches (8).
2) to (85) and (87),
Connect to 9).

When the upper position switch (83) is turned on by the grains in the grain tank (15), the buzzer (89) sounds intermittently, and the working point (full reciprocation cutting? For example, when the worker arrives at the headland, the harvesting of the next step is not performed, the grains of the grain tank (15) are discharged to the truck (81), and the location where the harvesting is stopped and the truck (81) are stopped. Work can be performed to reduce the distance to and from the grain tank (1
When the full switch (82) is turned on by the grains in 5), the buzzer (89) sounds continuously, informing the operator of the stop of the mowing, and the grain clogging in the fryer cylinder (16) and the like beforehand. It is configured to prevent it. Also, when discharging the grains from the grain tank (15) to the truck (81) loading bed, if the amount of grains is smaller than the position of the discharge switch (87), the discharge display on the display (88) is turned off and the buzzer (89) is turned off. ) Several times (for a certain period of time)
It only sounds intermittently and informs the operator of the empty space of the grain tank (15). The operator can visually check the grain tank (15) inside the grain tank (15) and check the empty state of the grain tank (15). In addition, it is configured such that the worker can determine the remaining workable amount and the full state.

This embodiment is configured as described above, and when the grain remains in the grain tank (15) by the harvesting operation,
It moves to the headland, approaches the truck (81) of the farm road (80), and carries out the grains of the grain tank (15) to the truck (81) loading bed by the discharge auger (17).
As shown in the flowchart of FIG.
7) When (73) is turned on, when the discharge auger (17) is stored at the auger rest (57) position, the elevating cylinder (59) is operated to cause the discharge auger (17) to escape from the auger rest (57). When the ascending operation is performed and the ascending movement is performed to the swirling start position, the swiveling motor (60) is operated to perform the swiveling operation, and the ascending operation is performed to elevate the discharge auger (17) while swirling. When reaching the turning position (the grain discharging position) of the turning setting device (76), the discharge auger (1) is set by the amount set by the descending setting device (77).
7) is lowered, and the discharge auger (1) is moved to the grain discharge position.
When the operator operates the grain discharge switches (66) and (72), the discharge auger (17) is operated to activate the grain tank (15).
Are transported to the truck (81) loading platform.

When the work of carrying out the grain from the grain tank (15) is completed, the automatic augment switch (67) or (73) is operated to operate the discharge auger (17).
Rises to the storage start position (the highest position or the operator's initial setting position), performs a swiveling operation, and performs a descending operation. The discharge auger (17) descends while rotating, and the discharge auger ( When 17) arrives at the auger rest (57) position, the automatic control for lowering the discharge auger (17) by the lowering operation to store it in the auger rest (57) and to move the discharge auger (17) to the storage position ends. .
The automatic storage control of the discharge auger (17) can be automatically started by the empty detection of the discharge switch (87).

Further, as shown in the flow chart of FIG. 13, the amount of grain in the grain tank (15) is changed by each switch (8).
2) to (85) and (87), and when the grain is full, the buzzer (89) is continuously operated to notify the worker to prevent clogging of the grain, and when the grain is in the upper position, the buzzer (89) is intermittently operated, and the worker judges whether or not he / she can return to the headland one more round trip, stops the harvesting work at the headland near the truck (81), and makes a contact with the truck (81). Makes reciprocating movement easy. In addition, the grain in the grain tank (15) is carried out to the truck (81) loading platform by approaching the truck (81), so that the grain tank (15) is emptied and the grain is released, so that the buzzer is released. (89) is operated intermittently for a fixed time (several times), and the grain tank (15) is operated.
Notify the operator that is now empty.

[0021]

As is apparent from the above embodiments, the present invention provides a grain tank (15) provided with a discharge auger (17), and a lifting member (59) for raising and lowering the discharge auger (17); A swivel member (60) for rotating the auger (17) is provided to automatically move the discharge auger (17) from the storage position to the grain discharge position. When reached by control, the discharge auger (17) is automatically lowered to the kernel discharge start height,
By simply moving the discharge auger (17) from the storage position to the grain discharge position, the operator moves away from the machine and moves the truck (8).
1) Since the operator can get on the loading platform and perform the discharging operation on the truck (81) loading platform, the operator does not need to wait on the machine side until the discharging auger (17) reaches the grain discharging position as in the related art. It is possible to easily shorten the time required for discharging the grain and improve the workability of discharging the grain.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a combine.

FIG. 2 is an overall plan view of the combine.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory sectional view of a threshing unit.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory rear view of a tank unit.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory plan view of a threshing unit.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a tank unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a discharge auger.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a discharge port.

FIG. 9 is a side view of a rear portion of the tank.

FIG. 10 is a discharge auger control circuit diagram.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of movement of a discharge auger.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of kernel discharge control.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of kernel amount display control.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (15) Grain tank (17) Discharge auger (59) Lifting cylinder (lifting member) (60) Rotating motor (rotating member)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A discharge auger is provided in a grain tank, an elevating member for raising and lowering the discharge auger, and a turning member for turning the discharge auger are provided, and the discharge auger is automatically moved to a storage position or a grain discharge position. A combine, wherein the discharge auger is automatically lowered to a grain discharge start height when the discharge auger reaches a grain discharge position by automatic control.