Automatic uniform distribution apparatus and automatic adjusting method for threshed material from harvester

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11039573-B2
Application number	US-201916982054-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2018
Priority date	Mar 20, 2018
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

An automatic uniform distribution apparatus for the threshed material from the combine harvester comprises a tangential flow threshing and separating device, a shaking plate threshed material detecting device, a shaking plate, a shaking plate flow guiding mechanism, an axial flow threshing and separating device, a chaff screw conveyor, a return plate, a return plate flow guiding mechanism, a return plate threshed material detecting device, a vibrating sieve, and an on-line detection controller. Force sensors are provided at lateral positions below discharge ports of the shaking plate and the return plate to measure flow rates of the threshed material in lateral regions of the shaking plate and the return plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automatic uniform distribution apparatus for a threshed material from a combine harvester, the automatic uniform distribution apparatus comprising a tangential flow threshing and separating device, an axial flow threshing and separating device, a chaff screw conveyor and a vibrating sieve, wherein a shaking plate and a return plate are disposed above two ends of the vibrating sieve, the shaking plate is located below the tangential flow threshing and separating device, and the return plate is located below the axial flow threshing and separating device and the chaff screw conveyor, the shaking plate comprises a shaking plate flow guiding mechanism mounted on a side thereof onto which the threshed material from the tangential flow threshing and separating device falls, a shaking plate threshed material detecting device is mounted at a discharge port of the shaking plate, the return plate comprises a return plate flow guiding mechanism mounted on a side thereof onto which the threshed material from the axial flow threshing and separating device falls, a return plate threshed material detecting device is mounted at a discharge port of the return plate, the shaking plate threshed material detecting device and the return plate threshed material detecting device are both connected to an input terminal of an on-line detection controller, and the on-line detection controller is configured to control action processes of the shaking plate flow guiding mechanism and the return plate flow guiding mechanism.

2. The automatic uniform distribution apparatus for the threshed material from the combine harvester according to claim 1 , wherein the shaking plate flow guiding mechanism comprises a first ball-head push rod, a shaking plate electric cylinder fixing bracket, a shaking plate electric cylinder, a shaking plate welding plate, shaking plate flow guiding bars and a first connecting rod; one end of each of the shaking plate flow guiding bars is connected to the shaking plate by a hinge, the shaking plate electric cylinder is connected to a lower side of the shaking plate by the shaking plate electric cylinder fixing bracket and pushes the first ball-head push rod by the shaking plate electric cylinder so as to drive the hinge to rotate, so that an angle of the shaking plate flow guiding bars on the shaking plate is adjustable, and other ends of the shaking plate flow guiding bars are connected to each other by the shaking plate welding plate and the first connecting rod to achieve linkage of the shaking plate flow guiding bars.

3. The automatic uniform distribution apparatus for the threshed material from the combine harvester according to claim 2 , wherein the shaking plate threshed material detecting device comprises a shaking plate detecting device mounting bracket, shaking plate threshed material detecting plates are mounted above the shaking plate detecting device mounting bracket, shaking plate force sensors are mounted below the shaking plate threshed material detecting plates, and two ends of the shaking plate detecting device mounting bracket are connected to a rack by a first shaking plate vibration damper and a second shaking plate vibration damper.

4. The automatic uniform distribution apparatus for the threshed material from the combine harvester according to claim 3 , wherein the shaking plate electric cylinder is connected to an output terminal of the on-line detection controller, and the shaking plate force sensors are connected to the input terminal of the on-line detection controller.

5. The automatic uniform distribution apparatus for the threshed material from the combine harvester according to claim 1 , wherein the return plate flow guiding mechanism comprises a second connecting rod, a return plate welding plate, a return plate electric cylinder fixing bracket, a return plate electric cylinder, a second ball-head push rod and return plate flow guiding bars; one end of each of the return plate flow guiding bars is connected to the return plate by a hinge, the return plate electric cylinder is connected to a lower side of the return plate by the return plate electric cylinder fixing bracket and pushes the second ball-head push rod by the return plate electric cylinder so as to drive the hinge to rotate, so that an angle of the return plate flow guiding bars on the return plate is adjustable, and other ends of the return plate flow guiding bars are connected to each other by the return plate welding plate and the second connecting rod to achieve linkage of the return plate flow guiding bars.

6. The automatic uniform distribution apparatus for the threshed material from the combine harvester according to claim 5 , wherein the return plate threshed material detecting device comprises a return plate detecting device mounting bracket, return plate threshed material detecting plates are mounted above the return plate detecting device mounting bracket, return plate force sensors arc mounted below the return plate threshed material detecting plates, and two ends of the return plate threshed material detecting device are connected to a rack by a first return plate vibration damper and a second return plate vibration damper.

7. The automatic uniform distribution apparatus for the threshed material from the combine harvester according to claim 6 , wherein the return plate electric cylinder is connected to an output terminal of the on-line detection controller, and the return plate force sensors are connected to the input terminal of the on-line detection controller.

Assignees

• Univ Jiangsu

Inventors

• Xu Lizhang
• Zhou Ying
• Li Yaoming
• Tang Zhong
• Ma Zheng

Classifications

• A01D41/1272 Primary

  for measuring grain flow · CPC title

• A01D41/1278

  for automatic steering · CPC title

• A01F12/446

  Sieving means · CPC title

• A01D75/282

  acting on the grain cleaning and separating device (grain cleaners, separators per se A01F12/44) · CPC title

• A01D41/1276

  for cleaning mechanisms · CPC title