Cotton picker with linkage folding of walking board and guardrail

By designing a linkage rod and linkage hinge on the cotton harvester to achieve the linkage folding of the walkway and guardrail, and using a hydraulic cylinder to drive the walkway to rotate, the problem of the existing cotton harvester walkway and guardrail not being able to fold in linkage is solved, improving transportation convenience and automation.

CN223872860UActive Publication Date: 2026-02-06RAILWAY CONSTR HEAVY IND XINJIANG CO LTD +1
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520460850.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-17
Publication Date
2026-02-06
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-17

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

The existing cotton harvester's walkway and guardrail cannot be folded in conjunction, making disassembly and restoration difficult, affecting the harvesting progress, and the overall width is too large during transportation.

Method used

Design a cotton harvester with a walkway and guardrail that fold together. The walkway and guardrail are folded together by a linkage rod and a linkage hinge. The walkway is driven to rotate by a hydraulic cylinder, and a limit block is used to ensure the stability of the folded state.

Benefits of technology

The system enables the walkway and guardrail to fold together, reducing the overall width of the cotton harvester, facilitating transportation, reducing manual labor intensity, and improving the degree of automation.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to a cotton picker with a walking board and a guardrail in linkage folding. The cotton picker comprises a cotton picker frame, the walking board, the guardrail and a linkage folding assembly. Walking boards are rotationally arranged on the two opposite sides of the cotton picker frame. A guardrail hinged support is arranged at the bottom of the guardrail, and the top of the guardrail hinged support is hinged to the walking board. The linkage folding assembly comprises a linkage rod and a linkage hinged support. The linkage hinged support is fixedly arranged on the back face of the cotton picker frame, one end of the linkage rod is hinged to the linkage hinged support, and the other end of the linkage rod is hinged to the bottom of the guardrail hinged support. The walking board on the frame of the cotton picker can be switched between the unfolded state and the folded state, when the walking board rotates from the unfolded state to the folded state, the rotary table of the walking board drives the guardrail to rotate, the bottom of the guardrail is under the action of the linkage rod, the guardrail can rotate in the direction opposite to the rotating direction of the walking board relative to the walking board, rotation of the walking board cannot be affected, and the walking board can be folded. The overall width of the cotton picker is reduced, and overall transportation of the cotton picker is facilitated.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of agricultural machinery, especially to a cotton picker with walkway and guardrail linkage folding. BACKGROUND

[0002] In recent years, with the improvement of agricultural mechanization level, cotton harvesting gradually tends to mechanization. The existing cotton picker can be divided into two-row machine, three-row machine, four-row machine and six-row machine according to the number of harvesting rows in single operation, and can be divided into box type machine and packing machine according to the cotton unloading mode. The six-row cotton picking and packing machine has high operation efficiency and low fuel and packing film use cost per unit area, but the overall width size of the cotton picker is large, which causes the problem of overwidth during the transportation process. Therefore, the walkway and guardrail need to be disassembled or folded before transportation to reduce the overall width size. The walkway and guardrail of the cotton picker have large overall mass and many types and quantities of parts, so the disassembly and later recovery are difficult, which affects the harvesting progress. The existing folding walkway and guardrail cannot be folded in linkage with the walkway, which affects the folding of the walkway. SUMMARY

[0003] (I) Technical problem to be solved

[0004] The utility model provides a cotton picker with walkway and guardrail linkage folding, aims at solving the technical problem that the walkway and guardrail cannot be folded in linkage when the walkway of the existing cotton picker is folded.

[0005] (II) Technical scheme

[0006] In order to solve the above problems, the utility model provides a cotton picker with walkway and guardrail linkage folding, which comprises a cotton picker frame, a walkway, a guardrail and a linkage folding assembly.

[0007] The walkway is rotatably arranged on the opposite sides of the cotton picker frame.

[0008] The bottom of the guardrail is provided with a guardrail hinge seat, and the top of the guardrail hinge seat is hinged to the walkway.

[0009] The linkage folding assembly comprises a linkage rod and a linkage hinge seat. The linkage hinge seat is fixedly arranged on the back surface of the cotton picker frame. One end of the linkage rod is hinged to the linkage hinge seat, and the other end of the linkage rod is hinged to the bottom of the guardrail hinge seat.

[0010] When the walkway is rotated to be perpendicular to the cotton picker frame, the guardrail can be kept perpendicular to the cotton picker frame under the action of the linkage rod and the linkage hinge seat.

[0011] Preferably, the cotton picker further comprises a driving assembly.

[0012] The driving assembly comprises a hydraulic cylinder, a connecting plate and a walkway connecting rod; one end of the hydraulic cylinder is hinged to the bottom surface of the cotton picking vehicle frame, three hinge points are arranged on the connecting plate, the first hinge point on the connecting plate is hinged to the bottom surface of the cotton picking vehicle frame, the second hinge point on the connecting plate is hinged to the other end of the hydraulic cylinder, the third hinge point on the connecting plate is hinged to one end of the walkway connecting rod, and the other end of the walkway connecting rod is hinged to the walkway; the hydraulic cylinder can drive the walkway to rotate through the connecting plate and the walkway connecting rod.

[0013] Preferably, an oil cylinder mounting seat is arranged on the bottom surface of the cotton picking vehicle frame, and one end of the hydraulic cylinder is hinged to the oil cylinder mounting seat.

[0014] Preferably, the base of the hydraulic cylinder is hinged to the oil cylinder mounting seat, and the first end of the piston rod on the hydraulic cylinder is hinged to the second hinge point on the connecting plate.

[0015] Preferably, the cotton picking vehicle frame and the walkway are connected through a hinge.

[0016] Preferably, the cotton picking machine further comprises a limiting block, which can be mounted to the side surface of the cotton picking vehicle frame when the walkway is rotated to be perpendicular to the cotton picking vehicle frame, so as to limit the walkway.

[0017] Preferably, the guardrail comprises a pair of vertical railings and a plurality of horizontal railings.

[0018] The plurality of horizontal railings are parallel to each other, the horizontal railings are located between the two vertical railings, and the end portions of the horizontal railings are fixedly connected with the vertical railings; and the hinge seat of the guardrail is arranged at the bottom of the vertical railings.

[0019] (Three) beneficial effects

[0020] In the cotton picking machine, the walkway on the cotton picking vehicle frame can be switched between an unfolded state and a folded state; when the walkway is rotated from the unfolded state to the folded state, the rotating table of the walkway drives the guardrail to rotate, the bottom of the guardrail is acted on by the linkage rod, the guardrail rotates in a direction opposite to the rotating direction of the walkway, and thus the guardrail keeps perpendicular to the top surface of the cotton picking vehicle frame when the walkway is completely folded, the overall height of the guardrail is improved, the linkage folding of the guardrail and the walkway does not affect the rotation of the walkway, the overall width of the cotton picking machine is reduced, and the overall transportation of the cotton picking machine is facilitated. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] Figure 1 The overall structure of the cotton picking machine when the walkway is in the unfolded state is shown in the cotton picking machine.

[0022] Figure 2 As Figure 1 Enlarged view at A;

[0023] Figure 3 As

[0024] Figure 4 As

[0025] Figure 5 As Figure 4 Enlarged view at B;

[0026] Figure 6 As

[0027] Figure 7 As Figure 6 Enlarged view at C.

[0028] [Legend of reference signs]

[0029] 1: cotton picker frame; 11: oil cylinder mounting seat; 12: hinge;

[0030] 2: walkway;

[0031] 3: guardrail; 31: guardrail hinge seat; 32: vertical rail; 33: horizontal rail;

[0032] 4: linkage folding assembly; 41: linkage rod; 42: linkage hinge seat;

[0033] 5: drive assembly; 51: hydraulic cylinder; 52: connecting plate; 53: walkway connecting rod; 54: first hinge point; 55: second hinge point; 56: third hinge point;

[0034] 6: limiting block. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] In order to better explain the utility model, so as to facilitate understanding, the following will be combined with the specific embodiments, the utility model is described in detail.

[0036] It should be noted that all directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.) in the embodiments of the utility model are only used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement condition, etc. between the components in a certain specific posture (as shown in the drawings), if the specific posture changes, the directional indications will also change accordingly.

[0037] In addition, in the utility model, the description such as "first", "second" is only used for the purpose of description, and can not be understood as indicating or suggesting relative importance or implicitly indicating the quantity of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features limited by "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the utility model, the meaning of "multiple" is at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0038] In the utility model, unless otherwise specifically defined and limited, the terms "connection", "fixing" and the like should be understood broadly, for example, "fixing" can be fixed connection, can also be detachable connection, or integral; can be mechanical connection, can also be electrical connection; can be directly connected, can also be indirectly connected through intermediate medium, can be the communication or interaction relationship between two elements, unless otherwise specifically limited. For ordinary skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the utility model can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0039] The utility model provides a kind of with walkway 2 and guardrail 3 linkage folding cotton picker, and cotton picker includes cotton picker frame 1, walkway 2, guardrail 3 and linkage folding assembly 4. Walkway 2 is rotationally arranged in the opposite sides of cotton picker frame 1. The bottom of guardrail 3 is provided with guardrail hinge base 31, and the top of guardrail hinge base 31 is hinged with walkway 2. Linkage folding assembly 4 includes linkage rod 41 and linkage hinge base 42;Linkage hinge base 42 is fixedly arranged on the back of cotton picker frame 1, one end of linkage rod 41 is hinged with linkage hinge base 42, and the other end of linkage rod 41 is hinged with the bottom of guardrail hinge base 31. Walkway 2 is rotated to be perpendicular to cotton picker frame 1, and guardrail 3 can be kept perpendicular to cotton picker frame 1 under the action of linkage rod 41 and linkage hinge base 42.

[0040] The utility model discloses a folding walkway for cotton picking machine, which comprises a cotton picking machine frame 1 and a walkway 2, wherein the walkway 2 is connected to the cotton picking machine frame 1 through a hinge 12, and the walkway 2 is provided with a guardrail 3.

[0041] Further, the cotton picking machine further comprises a driving assembly 5. The driving assembly 5 comprises a hydraulic cylinder 51, a connecting plate 52 and a walkway connecting rod 53. One end of the hydraulic cylinder 51 is hinged to the bottom surface of the cotton picking machine frame 1. The connecting plate 52 is provided with three hinge points. The first hinge point 54 on the connecting plate 52 is hinged to the bottom surface of the cotton picking machine frame 1. The second hinge point 55 on the connecting plate 52 is hinged to the other end of the hydraulic cylinder 51. The third hinge point 56 on the connecting plate 52 is hinged to one end of the walkway connecting rod 53. The other end of the walkway connecting rod 53 is hinged to the walkway 2. The hydraulic cylinder 51 can drive the walkway 2 to rotate through the connecting plate 52 and the walkway connecting rod 53.

[0042] In the above scheme, the hydraulic cylinder 51 is used as the power source. The extension and retraction of the hydraulic cylinder 51 drives the connecting plate 52 to rotate around the first hinge point 54. The connecting plate 52 drives the walkway 2 to rotate through the second hinge point 55 and the walkway connecting rod 53. The existing folding walkway 2 scheme usually uses a gas spring as the power unit. During the folding process, additional manual power is required. However, the present scheme uses the hydraulic cylinder 51 as the power source to drive the walkway 2 to rotate, which avoids manual intervention, reduces the labor intensity during the transfer process of the cotton picking machine, and improves the degree of automation.

[0043] In the preferred embodiment, the bottom surface of the cotton picking machine frame 1 is provided with a cylinder mounting seat 11. One end of the hydraulic cylinder 51 is hinged to the cylinder mounting seat 11. Specifically, the cylinder mounting seat 11 is welded to the bottom surface of the cotton picking machine frame 1. The base of the hydraulic cylinder 51 is hinged to the cylinder mounting seat 11. The first end of the piston rod on the hydraulic cylinder 51 is hinged to the second hinge point 55 on the connecting plate 52. The piston rod can slide in the hydraulic cylinder 51. The cotton picking machine frame and the walkway 2 are connected through the hinge 12.

[0044] Further, the cotton picker further comprises a limiting block 6, which is capable of being installed to the side of the cotton picker frame 1 when the walking platform 2 is rotated to be perpendicular to the cotton picker frame 1, for limiting the walking platform 2. Specifically, when the walking platform 2 is in the unfolded state, the first surface of the walking platform 2 is attached to the side of the cotton picker frame 1, and when the walking platform 2 is in the folded state, the first surface of the walking platform 2 is perpendicular to the side of the cotton picker frame 1. In order to ensure the safety of the cotton picker during transportation, the limiting block 6 is installed to the side of the cotton picker frame 1 by fasteners, and at this time, the first surface of the walking platform 2 is capable of abutting against the limiting block 6, avoiding the accidental resetting of the walking platform 2 and the guardrail 3 during transportation.

[0045] Finally, the guardrail 3 comprises a pair of vertical rails 32 and a plurality of horizontal rails 33. The plurality of horizontal rails 33 are parallel to each other, and the horizontal rails 33 are located between the two vertical rails 32, and the end of the horizontal rail 33 is fixedly connected with the vertical rail 32; the guardrail hinge base 31 is arranged at the bottom of the vertical rail 32.

[0046] It should be understood that the above description of the specific embodiments of the present application is only for the purpose of illustrating the technical route and characteristics of the present application, and the purpose is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the content of the present application and to implement it, but the present application is not limited to the above specific implementation. Any changes or modifications made within the scope of the claims of the present application should be covered within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A cotton harvester with a walkway and guardrail that fold together in a coordinated manner, characterized in that, The cotton harvester includes a cotton harvester frame (1), a walkway (2), a guardrail (3), and a linkage folding assembly (4); The cotton harvester frame (1) is provided with walkways (2) on both sides of its opposite sides; The bottom of the guardrail (3) is provided with a guardrail hinge seat (31), and the top of the guardrail hinge seat (31) is hinged to the walkway (2). The linkage folding assembly (4) includes a linkage rod (41) and a linkage hinge seat (42); the linkage hinge seat (42) is fixedly installed on the back of the cotton harvester frame (1), one end of the linkage rod (41) is hinged to the linkage hinge seat (42), and the other end of the linkage rod (41) is hinged to the bottom of the guardrail hinge seat (31). When the walkway (2) rotates to be perpendicular to the cotton harvester frame (1), the guardrail (3) can remain perpendicular to the cotton harvester frame (1) under the action of the linkage rod (41) and the linkage hinge seat (42).

2. The cotton harvester with a walkway and guardrail that fold in conjunction as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The cotton harvester also includes a drive assembly (5); The drive assembly (5) includes a hydraulic cylinder (51), a connecting plate (52), and a walkway connecting rod (53). One end of the hydraulic cylinder (51) is hinged to the bottom surface of the cotton harvester frame (1). The connecting plate (52) has three hinge points. The first hinge point (54) on the connecting plate (52) is hinged to the bottom surface of the cotton harvester frame (1). The second hinge point (55) on the connecting plate (52) is hinged to the other end of the hydraulic cylinder (51). The third hinge point (56) on the connecting plate (52) is hinged to one end of the walkway connecting rod (53). The other end of the walkway connecting rod (53) is hinged to the walkway (2). The hydraulic cylinder (51) can drive the walkway (2) to rotate through the connecting plate (52) and the walkway connecting rod (53).

3. The cotton harvester with a walkway and guardrail that fold in conjunction as described in claim 2, characterized in that, A hydraulic cylinder mounting seat (11) is provided on the bottom surface of the cotton harvester frame (1), and one end of the hydraulic cylinder (51) is hinged to the hydraulic cylinder mounting seat (11).

4. The cotton harvester with a walkway and guardrail that fold in conjunction as described in claim 3, characterized in that, The base of the hydraulic cylinder (51) is hinged to the cylinder mounting base (11), and the first end of the piston rod on the hydraulic cylinder (51) is hinged to the second hinge point (55) on the connecting plate (52).

5. The cotton harvester with a walkway and guardrail that are linked and folded as described in any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that, The cotton harvester frame and the walkway (2) are rotatably connected by a hinge (12).

6. The cotton harvester with a walkway and guardrail that fold in conjunction as described in any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that, The cotton harvester also includes a limiting block (6). When the walkway (2) rotates to be perpendicular to the cotton harvester frame (1), the limiting block (6) can be installed on the side of the cotton harvester frame (1) to limit the walkway (2).

7. The cotton harvester with a walkway and guardrail that are linked and folded as described in any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that, The guardrail (3) includes a pair of vertical railings (32) and a plurality of horizontal railings (33); The horizontal railings (33) are parallel to each other, and the horizontal railings (33) are located between two vertical railings (32), and the ends of the horizontal railings (33) are fixedly connected to the vertical railings (32); the guardrail hinge (31) is provided at the bottom of the vertical railings (32).