JP2014171458A - Combine baler - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the transfer efficiency of reaped crops to a roll baler device from a reaper while improving reaping efficiency and operability.SOLUTION: A reaper is arranged over the substantially-whole area in a machine body width direction in front of a vehicle body frame, and a driver seat is arranged at a first side being a front side of the machine body width direction in an installation space above the vehicle body frame. A transfer duct has a succession part which is connected to the reaper, and a fore-and-aft extension part which is connected to the succession part, and progresses along a machine body fore-and-aft direction in a space at a second side of the machine body width direction rather than the driver seat. A first sidewall at the first side of the machine body width direction in the succession part is inclined so as to be positioned at the second side of the machine body width direction from the first side of the machine body width direction as progressing toward an upper end side from a lower end side.

Description

  The present invention relates to a self-propelled combine baler including a harvesting device, a roll baler device, and a transport duct that defines a crop transport path from the harvesting device to the roll baler device.

  A self-propelled combine baler in which a self-propelled traveling machine main body having a traveling device, a vehicle body frame mounted on the traveling device and a driver seat supported by the vehicle body frame is provided with a mowing device and a roll baler device Has been proposed and used.

  In the following Patent Document 1, the traveling device, the body frame, the driver's seat, the reaping device, the reaping device disposed in front of the body frame, and a rear space on the body frame. There is disclosed a self-propelled combine baler that includes the roll baler device arranged, and in which the reaping device and the roll baler device are connected by a transport duct.

  Specifically, the reaping device includes a reaping case disposed along the body width direction in front of the body frame, and a reaping drive shaft supported in the reaping case in a state along the body width direction. A plurality of flare blades supported by the cutting drive shaft, wherein the plurality of flare blades generate a conveying wind for cutting the crop and conveying the harvested crop as the cutting drive shaft rotates. .

  The combine baler described in Patent Document 1 includes the conveyance duct, whereby crops that are cut by the flail blade and conveyed toward the bale chamber by the conveyance air by the flail blade are scattered around. This is useful in that it can be prevented.

  However, the combine balun described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that it is difficult to maneuver because the driver's seat is supported by the vehicle body frame while being offset from the vehicle body frame to one side in the vehicle width direction. It was.

Japanese Patent No. 4061209

  The present invention has been made in view of such prior art, and includes a traveling device, a vehicle body frame placed on the traveling device, a driver's seat supported by the vehicle body frame, a reaping device, and a roll baler device. An object of the present invention is to provide a combine combiner that is capable of improving the transport efficiency of harvested crops transported from the harvesting device to the roll baler device without impairing the harvesting efficiency and maneuverability.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a traveling device, a vehicle body frame mounted on the traveling device, and a space on the first side in the body width direction and on the front side of the installation space on the vehicle body frame. An installed driver's seat, a roll baler device disposed in a space behind the driver seat in the installation space, a flail type mower disposed in front of the vehicle body frame, and the mower device to the roll baler device. The flail type mowing device is a mowing case provided over substantially the entire region of the body frame in the body width direction, and includes a front wall, a rear wall, and an airframe. A cutting case having first and second side walls on the first and second sides in the width direction, provided with an intake opening that opens downward and a discharge opening that opens upward, and the cutting cage in a state along the width direction of the machine body A cutting drive shaft supported by the first and second side walls of the cutting case so as to be housed in a cutting case, and a plurality of flail blades supported by the cutting drive shaft, A front end opening is connected to the discharge opening of the cutting case, a front end opening is connected to a rear end opening of the succession part, and a rear end opening is directly or indirectly connected to the bale chamber of the roll baler device. The front-rear direction extending part is arranged so as to be along the front-rear direction of the body in the space on the second side in the body width direction from the driver seat in the installation space, The transfer part has a front wall, a rear wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall that are connected to the front wall, the rear wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall of the cutting case, respectively. The side wall is a lower end side continuous with the first side wall of the cutting case. A combine balun that is inclined so as to be positioned from the first side in the body width direction to the second side in the body width direction as it goes to the upper end side connected to the corresponding first side wall of the longitudinally extending portion. .

  Preferably, guide vanes positioned from the first side to the second side in the body width direction are provided on the inner surface of the front wall of the transfer portion from the lower end side to the upper end side.

  Preferably, the combine baler may further include a transport mechanism that transports the harvested crop discharged from the longitudinally extending portion toward the baler chamber of the roll baler device.

  Preferably, when the combine baler includes a cabin that covers the driver's seat, the front-rear direction extending portion is positioned below a window portion on the second side in the body width direction of the cabin.

In the combine baler according to the present invention, the harvesting device is disposed in front of the vehicle body frame over substantially the entire region of the vehicle body width direction of the vehicle body frame, and the driver seat is the first side in the vehicle body width direction of the installation space on the vehicle body frame. And a transport duct that defines a transport route for harvested crops from the harvesting device to the roll baler device is coupled to the inheriting unit coupled to the harvesting device and the inheriting unit, and is included in the installation space. A space extending on the second side of the vehicle body width direction from the driver seat has a longitudinally extending portion along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. As it goes to the side, it is inclined so as to be located from the first side in the body width direction to the second side in the body width direction.
Therefore, the mowing efficiency is improved by providing the mowing device over substantially the entire region of the vehicle body width direction of the body frame, and maneuverability is improved by the driver seat being positioned in the installation space on the body frame. While obtaining the effect of improvement, the harvested crop that is cut by the mowing device and discharged backward is easily guided toward the roll baler device through the transfer duct including the inheriting portion and the longitudinally extending portion. can do.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a combine baler according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the combine baler. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the combine baler. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the combine baler. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the harvesting device and the transport duct in the combine baler as seen from the front and from the first side in the body width direction. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the reaping device and the transport duct as viewed from the rear and from the first side in the body width direction. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IX-IX in FIG. FIG. 10 is a perspective front view of the reaping device and the transport duct. FIG. 11 is a perspective side view of the reaping device and the transport duct.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a combine baler according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 to 4 show a front view, a side view, a plan view, and a perspective view of the combine baler 1 according to the present embodiment, respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the combine baler 1 is supported by a traveling device 10 having a pair of left and right crawlers 11, a vehicle body frame 20 mounted on the traveling device 10, and the vehicle body frame 20. The driver's seat 30, the reaping device 100, and the roll baler device 40, and a transport duct 200 that defines the transport path of the harvested crops from the reaping device 100 to the roll baler device 40 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3 and the like, the driver's seat 30 is located on the first side in the body width direction of the installation space on the body frame 20 (right side in the state of facing the forward direction in the present embodiment) and on the front side. Arranged in space.

  Various operation members (not shown) such as a steering handle and a transmission device are provided in front of and around the driver seat 30.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the combine baler 1 according to the present embodiment includes a cabin 35 that covers the driver seat 30.

  The reaping device 100 is directly or indirectly supported by the body frame 20 in a state of being disposed in front of the body frame 20.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the combine baler 1 is provided with a support frame 60 that can swing around a pivot shaft 61 along the body width direction. The conveyance duct 200 connected to the cutting case 110 in 100 is supported by the support frame 60.

  That is, in the present embodiment, the reaping device 100 is supported by the vehicle body frame 20 through the transport duct 200 and the support frame 60 so as to be rotatable around the pivot shaft 61.

  Further, the combine baler 1 is provided with a hydraulic cylinder (not shown) that raises and lowers the harvesting device 100, the transport duct 200, and the support frame 60 about the pivot shaft 61.

  5 and 6 show longitudinal side views of the reaping device 100 and the transport duct 200 along the line V-V in FIG. 1 and the line VI-VI in FIG. 2, respectively.

The reaping device 100 is a flail type reaping device having a plurality of flail blades 130.
Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the reaping device 100 includes a reaping case 110 provided in front of the body frame 20 over substantially the entire region of the body frame 20 in the body width direction, and the reaping case. A cutting drive shaft 120 housed in 110 and a plurality of flail blades 130 supported by the cutting drive shaft 120 are provided.

FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of the reaping device 100 and the transport duct 200 as viewed from the front and from the first side in the body width direction.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the reaping device 100 and the transport duct 200 as viewed from the rear and from the first side in the body width direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the cutting case 110 includes a front wall 111, a rear wall 112, and first and second side walls 113 and 114 located on the first and second sides in the body width direction, respectively. The front wall 111, the rear wall 112, the first side wall 113, and the second side wall 114 form an accommodation space provided with an intake opening 110a that opens downward and a discharge opening 110b that opens upward. .

  The cutting drive shaft 120 is supported by the first and second side walls 113 and 114 of the cutting case 110 so as to be accommodated in the cutting case 110 in a state along the body width direction, and has at least one end portion. Is extended outward from the harvesting case 110, and is configured to input rotational power directly or indirectly from a drive source provided in the combine baler 1.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the reaping drive shaft 120 is supported by the first and second side walls 113 and 114 along the body width direction, and at least one end portion. A drive shaft body 121 extending outward from the cutting case 110, a pair of left and right support plates 122 supported in the cutting shaft 110 so as not to rotate relative to the drive shaft body 121, and along the body width direction And a plurality of (three in the illustrated embodiment) support shafts 123 supported by the pair of left and right support plates 122 in a state of being sequentially arranged in the circumferential direction with respect to the drive shaft main body 121. Yes.

  The plurality of flail blades 130 are supported by the cutting drive shaft 120 so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft 131 (see FIG. 5) along the body width direction, and centrifugal force accompanying rotation of the cutting drive shaft 120 is supported. In this way, the crop is raised in the radial direction to cut the napped crop, and the crop is also cut by cooperation with a fixed blade (not shown) provided in the mowing apparatus 100.

Further, when the plurality of flail blades 130 are rotated in accordance with the rotation of the cutting drive shaft 120, the flare blades 130 generate a conveying wind for discharging the cut crops outward from the cutting case 110 through the discharge openings 110b. Let
In the present embodiment, the plurality of flail blades 130 are supported by the plurality of support shafts 123.

The roll baler device 40 forms the feed crop supplied to the baler chamber into a roll-shaped feed bale.
Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the roll baler device 40 opens a fixed housing 41 and a closed position where the baler chamber is formed under the cooperation of the fixed housing 41 and the baler chamber. A movable casing 42 that can take an open position, a plurality of fixed-side rotating rollers (not shown) supported by the fixed casing 41, and a plurality of movable-side rotating rollers (not shown) supported by the movable casing 42. (Not shown).

  The plurality of movable-side rotating rollers and the plurality of fixed-side rotating rollers are configured so that the movable casing 42 and the plurality of fixed-side rotating rollers form a substantially circular roll space in a side view when the movable casing 42 is positioned at the closed position. Each is supported by the fixed casing 41.

  In the roll baler device 40, rotational power to which the plurality of movable-side rotation rollers and the plurality of fixed-side rotation rollers are operatively transmitted from the drive source in a state where the movable casing 42 is positioned at the closed position. The feed crop in the roll space is automatically rotated to form a roll-shaped feed bale, and the feed crop newly introduced into the roll space is rotated around the axis of the feed bale. The feed bale is rolled up to increase the diameter.

FIG. 9 shows a cross-sectional view along the line IX-IX in FIG.
10 and 11 show a perspective front view and a perspective side view of the reaping device 100 and the transport duct 200, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 4, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, and the like, the transport duct 200 includes a inheriting part 210 coupled to the cutting case 110 and a longitudinally extending part 250 coupled to the inheriting part 210. And have.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the longitudinally extending portion 250 is substantially the same position as the driver's seat 30 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body in the installation space on the vehicle body frame 20 and in the lateral direction of the vehicle body. Is arranged along the front-rear direction of the body in the space on the second side in the body width direction from the driver's seat 30 (left side in the state of facing the forward direction in the present embodiment).

  As shown in FIG. 5, the longitudinally extending portion 250 has a front end opening 250 a connected to a rear end opening 210 b of the transfer portion 210 and a rear end opening 250 b directly or indirectly to the bale chamber of the roll baler device 40. It is communicated to.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the combine baler 1 transports the harvested crop discharged from the transport duct 200 toward the baler chamber of the roll baler device 40. 50 is provided.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the rear end opening 250 b of the front-rear direction extending portion 250 is indirectly communicated with the bail chamber via the transport mechanism 50.

  In the present embodiment, the longitudinally extending portion 250 includes first and second side walls 253 and 254 located on the first and second sides in the body width direction, and the first and second side walls 253 and 254, respectively. A first end wall 251 connecting the edges on one side of the first side wall 251 and a second end wall 252 connecting the edges on the other side of the first and second side walls 253, 254. It is curved so as to be upwardly convex when viewed along the body width direction.

Preferably, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 4, and the like, the longitudinally extending portion 250 is positioned below the window portion 36 on the second side in the body width direction of the cabin 35.
According to such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the visibility from the driver seat 30 from being obstructed by the transfer duct 200.

The transport mechanism 50 can take various forms.
For example, the transport mechanism 50 is disposed along the body width direction and a drive shaft (not shown) that is disposed along the body width direction and is driven by rotational power that is operatively transmitted from the drive source. A driven shaft (not shown) provided, a pair of left and right endless bodies (not shown) wound around the drive shaft and the driven shaft, and a plurality of connecting members connecting between the pair of endless bodies And it may have a plurality of connecting members (not shown) spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the endless body.

  The joint portion 210 includes a discharge opening 110b of the cutting case 110 and a front end opening 250a of the front-rear extension portion 250 provided in front of the body frame 20 over substantially the entire region of the body frame 20 in the body width direction. Communicate.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 11, the transfer part 210 includes a front wall 211 extending between the front wall 111 of the cutting case 110 and the first end wall 251 of the front-rear extension part 250, and A rear wall 212 extending between the rear wall 112 of the cutting case 110 and the second end wall 252 of the front-rear extension portion 250, and a first side wall 113, 253 of the cutting case 110 and the front-end extension portion 250. And a second side wall 214 extending between the cutting case 110 and the second side walls 114 and 254 of the longitudinally extending portion 250.

  Here, the first side wall 213 of the transfer part 210 is connected to the front and rear sides from the lower end side connected to the first side wall 113 of the cutting case 110 as shown in FIGS. 1, 6 to 8 and 10. The direction extending portion 250 is inclined so as to be located from the first side in the body width direction to the second side in the body width direction as it goes to the upper end side that is connected to the first side wall 253.

According to the combine baler 1 having such a configuration, the following effects can be obtained.
That is, among the plurality of flail blades 130, the flare blades 130 a (see FIGS. 6 and 10) positioned substantially at the same position as the front-rear extending portion 250 in the body width direction are cut, and thereafter, the flare blades 130 are mainly used. The harvested crop that is directly thrown by the blade 130a and / or thrown upward by the conveying wind by the flail blade 130a passes through the internal space of the inheriting portion 210 and smoothly extends in the front-rear direction. Enter 250.

  On the other hand, among the plurality of flail blades 130, the flare blades 130 b (see FIGS. 6 and 10) located on the first side in the body width direction from the front-rear direction extending portion 250 are cut, and thereafter, the flare blades 130 are mainly used. The harvested crop that is directly thrown by 130b and / or thrown upward by the conveying wind by the flail blade 130b is forwarded by the first side wall 213 of the transfer part 210 to the front end of the front-rear extension part 250. Guided to opening 250a.

  Therefore, by providing the reaping device 100 over substantially the entire region of the body frame 20 in the body width direction, the reaping efficiency is improved, and the driver's seat 30 is positioned in the installation space on the body frame 20 to improve the maneuverability. The cutting crop that is cut by the reaping device 100 and discharged rearward can be easily guided toward the roll baler device 40 by the transport duct 200.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 9 to 11, etc., in the present embodiment, the inner surface of the front wall 211 of the transfer part 210 is changed from the first side in the body width direction toward the upper end side from the lower end side. Guide vanes 220 located on the second side are provided.

  By providing the guide wing 220, the harvested crop that is directly thrown upward by the flail blade 130b located on the first side in the body width direction from the longitudinally extending portion 250, and / or the flail blade 130b. The harvested crop thrown upward by the conveying wind can be more smoothly directed to the front end opening 250a of the front-rear direction extending portion 250.

In the illustrated embodiment, first and second guide vanes 220 a and 220 b are provided as the guide vanes 220.
The lower end of the first guide vane 220a is located on the first side in the body width direction and at substantially the same position in the vertical direction with respect to the lower end of the second guide vane 220b, while the upper end is the first guide vane 220a. The two guide blades 220b are arranged so as to be positioned at substantially the same position in the body width direction and upward in the vertical direction with respect to the upper end portion of the guide blade 220b.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Combine baler 10 Traveling apparatus 20 Car body frame 30 Driver's seat 35 Cabin 36 Cabin window part 40 Roll baler apparatus 50 Conveying mechanism 100 Mowing apparatus 110 Mowing case 110a Intake opening 110b Discharge opening 111 Front wall 112 Rear wall 113 First side wall 114 First 2 side wall 120 reaping drive shaft 130 flail blade 200 transfer duct 210 transfer part 210a transfer part front end opening 210b transfer part rear end opening 211 transfer part front wall 212 transfer part rear wall 213 transfer part first side wall 214 transfer part The second side wall 220a of the first guide vane 220b, the second guide vane 250, the longitudinally extending portion 250a, the front end opening 250b of the longitudinally extending portion, and the rear end opening of the longitudinally extending portion.

Claims (4)

A traveling device; a vehicle body frame placed on the traveling device; a driver's seat disposed in a space on the first side in the body width direction of the installation space on the vehicle body frame; A roll baler device disposed in a space behind the driver's seat; a flail type mowing device disposed in front of the vehicle body frame; and a transport duct defining a transport path for harvested crops from the mowing device to the roll baler device; With
The flail type mowing device is a mowing case provided over substantially the entire body width direction of the body frame, and includes a front wall, a rear wall, and first and second side walls on the first and second sides in the body width direction. A cutting case provided with an intake opening that opens downward and a discharge opening that opens upward, and the first and second of the cutting case so as to be accommodated in the cutting case in a state along the body width direction. A cutting drive shaft supported by the second side wall, and a plurality of flail blades supported by the cutting drive shaft;
The transfer duct has a front end opening connected to the discharge opening of the cutting case, a front end opening connected to the rear end opening of the succession part, and a rear end opening directly to the bale chamber of the roll baler device or A longitudinally extending portion that is indirectly communicated,
The front-rear direction extending portion is disposed along the front-rear direction of the fuselage in the space on the second side in the width direction of the fuselage from the driver seat in the installation space,
The joint portion includes a front wall, a rear wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall that are connected to the front wall, the rear wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall of the cutting case, respectively. One side wall extends from the first side of the body width direction to the upper end side of the cutting wall extending from the lower end side connected to the first side wall of the cutting case to the corresponding first side wall of the longitudinally extending portion. A combine baler which is inclined so as to be positioned on the second side.   The guide wing located in the body width direction 1st side from the 1st side to the 2nd side is provided in the inner surface of the front wall of the above-mentioned connecting part from the lower end side to the upper end side. Combine harvester.   The combine baler according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a transport mechanism that transports the harvested crop discharged from the longitudinally extending portion toward the baler chamber of the roll baler device. Further comprising a cabin covering the driver seat;
The combine balun according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the longitudinally extending portion is positioned below a window portion on the second side in the body width direction of the cabin.

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