CN114919942A

CN114919942A - Rail transfer system, rail system and shuttle

Info

Publication number: CN114919942A
Application number: CN202210579517.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梁喆; 王国鹏
Original assignee: Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-26
Filing date: 2022-05-26
Publication date: 2022-08-19

Abstract

The application discloses a rail transfer system, a rail system and a shuttle car, and relates to the technical field of intelligent logistics, wherein the rail transfer system comprises the rail system; the shuttle comprises a vehicle body and a gear arranged on the vehicle body; wherein, the track system includes: a multi-layer track including a first track extending in a first direction and a second track extending in a second direction; the first track is fixedly connected with the second track, and racks are arranged on the inner sides of the multiple layers of tracks; the track transfer mechanism is arranged at the connecting position of the first track and the second track; the track changing mechanism comprises a track changing cutting board, the track changing cutting board is hinged with the connecting position, and the connecting mode of the first track and the second track is changed through the form change of the track changing cutting board, so that the shuttle vehicle can be switched horizontally and longitudinally on the multilayer tracks through the meshing of the gear and the rack in the preset form. Stability and convenience that shuttle rail change was marchd are improved.

Description

Rail transfer system, rail system and shuttle

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of computers, in particular to a rail transfer system, a rail system and a shuttle vehicle.

Background

At present, the shuttle can realize turning through T type track transfer mechanism, and current shuttle and track structure, the shuttle can be gone through the track transfer from bottom level and come vertical track, upwards climbs to the horizontal track of top after, and the rethread track transfer mechanism becomes the state of climbing to the level state of traveling.

In the process of implementing the present application, the inventor finds that at least the following problems exist in the prior art:

the shuttle car can only climb to the topmost end in the vertical track climbing process and the running state is changed through the T-shaped track changing mechanism, so that inconvenience is brought to track changing and advancing of the shuttle car.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the embodiment of the present application provides a rail transfer system, a rail system, and a shuttle car, which can solve the problem that the conventional shuttle car can only climb to the topmost end in the vertical rail climbing process to change the running state through a T-shaped rail transfer mechanism, which brings inconvenience to rail transfer traveling of the shuttle car.

To achieve the above object, according to an aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided an orbital transfer system including:

a rail system; and

the shuttle car comprises a car body and a gear arranged on the car body;

wherein, the track system includes:

a multi-layer track including a first track extending in a first direction and a second track extending in a second direction; the first rail is fixedly connected with the second rail, and racks are arranged on the inner sides of the multiple layers of rails;

the track transfer mechanism is arranged at the connecting position of the first track and the second track; the track changing mechanism comprises a track changing cutting board, the track changing cutting board is hinged with a connecting position, and the connecting mode of the first track and the second track is changed through the form change of the track changing cutting board, so that the shuttle vehicle can be switched horizontally and longitudinally on the multilayer tracks through the meshing of the gear and the rack in the preset form.

Optionally, the connection locations comprise a first connection location and a second connection location, wherein the first connection location is located at both ends of the rail system and the second connection location is located in the middle of the rail system.

Optionally, the track transfer mechanism comprises a T-shaped track transfer mechanism and a cross-shaped track transfer mechanism, wherein the T-shaped track transfer mechanism is disposed at the first connection position, and the cross-shaped track transfer mechanism is disposed at the second connection position.

Optionally, the first connection position is provided with a three-way track, and the second connection position is provided with a four-way track.

Optionally, the T-shaped orbital transfer structure comprises a three-way track and an orbital transfer cutting plate, wherein the three-way track is arranged at the first connection position in a T shape, and the orbital transfer cutting plate is arranged at the position of the track intersection point of the three-way track at the first connection position; the cross-shaped orbital transfer structure comprises a four-way track and an orbital transfer cutting board, wherein the four-way track is arranged at the second connecting position in a cross manner, and the orbital transfer cutting board is arranged at the position of the track intersection point of the four-way track at the second connecting position.

Optionally, the multi-layer track further comprises an auxiliary wheel track, wherein the auxiliary wheel track is a linear track and is fixedly connected to one side of the first track close to the ground.

Optionally, the gears comprise a first drive gear set and a second drive gear set, wherein the first drive gear set is arranged at the head of the shuttle vehicle and the second drive gear set is arranged at the tail of the shuttle vehicle; and

the shuttle car further comprises an auxiliary wheel, the auxiliary wheel is arranged between the first driving gear set and the second driving gear set and located on two sides of the car body, and when the second driving gear set enters an area corresponding to the cross rail changing mechanism, the auxiliary wheel and the auxiliary wheel are in rail connection.

Optionally, the orbital transfer mechanism further comprises an orbital transfer motor, and the orbital transfer motor is in transmission connection with the orbital transfer cutting board and provides power for the form transformation of the orbital transfer cutting board.

Optionally, the orbital transfer system further includes a sensor module, disposed on the orbital transfer knife plate and the shuttle car, for detecting a relative position of the orbital transfer knife plate and the shuttle car.

Optionally, when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to the first relative position, the track-changing motor is triggered to start so as to drive the form of the track-changing knife board to be changed into a first opening form for the shuttle to pass through; when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to the second relative position, the track-changing motor corresponding to the cross track-changing mechanism is triggered to start so as to drive the form of the track-changing knife plate corresponding to the cross track-changing mechanism to be changed into a second opening form, so that the shuttle vehicle can smoothly pass.

Optionally, the second opening form is a form corresponding to the cross-shaped orbital transfer mechanism when the orbital transfer knife plate rotates clockwise by a preset angle from the first opening form.

According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, there is provided a rail system for running a shuttle car, including:

a multi-layer track including a first track extending in a first direction and a second track extending in a second direction; the first track is fixedly connected with the second track, and racks are arranged on the inner sides of the multiple layers of tracks;

Optionally, the track transfer mechanism comprises a T-shaped track transfer mechanism and a cross-shaped track transfer mechanism, wherein the T-shaped track transfer mechanism is arranged at the first connection position, and the cross-shaped track transfer mechanism is arranged at the second connection position.

Optionally, the multi-layer track further comprises an auxiliary wheel track, wherein the auxiliary wheel track is a linear track and is fixedly connected to one side, close to the ground, of the first track.

Optionally, a sensor module is further included for detecting the relative position of the orbital transfer knife plate and the shuttle.

According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, there is provided a shuttle car including:

the shuttle car is characterized by comprising a car body and a gear arranged on the car body, wherein the gear is configured to enable the shuttle car to keep a preset shape and perform horizontal and vertical switching on the multilayer track through meshing of the gear and a rack.

Optionally, the gears include a first drive gear set and a second drive gear set, wherein the first drive gear set is disposed at the head of the shuttle and the second drive gear set is disposed at the tail of the shuttle; and

the shuttle car also comprises an auxiliary wheel, the auxiliary wheel is arranged between the first driving gear set and the second driving gear set and positioned on two sides of the car body, and when the second driving gear set enters the corresponding area of the cross rail changing mechanism, the auxiliary wheel is in rail connection with the auxiliary wheel.

Optionally, the shuttle vehicle further comprises a sensor module for detecting the relative position of the orbital transfer knife plate and the shuttle vehicle; when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to the first relative position, the track-changing motor is triggered to start so as to drive the form of the track-changing knife board to be changed into a first opening form for the shuttle vehicle to pass through; when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to the second relative position, the track-changing motor corresponding to the cross-shaped track-changing mechanism is triggered to start so as to drive the form of the track-changing knife plate corresponding to the cross-shaped track-changing mechanism to be changed into a second opening form, so that the shuttle vehicle can stably pass.

Optionally, the second opening state is a state corresponding to the cross-shaped track-changing mechanism when the track-changing knife plate rotates clockwise by a preset angle from the first opening state.

One embodiment of the above invention has the following advantages or benefits: the orbital transfer system of the present application comprises a rail system; the shuttle car comprises a car body and a gear arranged on the car body; wherein, the track system includes: a multi-layer track including a first track extending in a first direction and a second track extending in a second direction; the first rail is fixedly connected with the second rail, and racks are arranged on the inner sides of the multiple layers of rails; the track transfer mechanism is arranged at the connecting position of the first track and the second track; the track changing mechanism comprises a track changing cutting board, the track changing cutting board is hinged with the connecting position, and the connecting mode of the first track and the second track is changed through the form change of the track changing cutting board, so that the shuttle vehicle can be switched horizontally and longitudinally on the multilayer tracks through the meshing of the gear and the rack in the preset form. The rail-changing mechanism is arranged on the rail system, the rail-changing knife board is arranged on the rail-changing mechanism, and the shuttle car can be switched transversely and longitudinally by matching the two groups of driving gears with the rails at the two ends under the condition of keeping the initial state through the state change of the rail-changing knife board, so that the direction of the shuttle car body does not need to be changed back and forth, and the stability and the convenience of rail-changing advancing of the shuttle car are improved.

Further effects of the above-mentioned non-conventional alternatives will be described below in connection with the embodiments.

Drawings

The drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are not to be construed as limiting the application. Wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an overall configuration of a tracking system according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a track connection of a track transfer system according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a shuttle car operating on a rail system according to some embodiments of the present application;

4 a-4 b are schematic structural views of the shuttle car according to some embodiments of the present application;

5 a-5 b are schematic views of the shuttle vehicle during vertical ascent according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

6 a-6 c are schematic views of the shuttle car during a track change process in some embodiments of the present application;

FIGS. 7 a-7 c are block diagrams of T-shaped derailing mechanisms according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 8a to 8d are structural diagrams of a cross-shaped track-changing mechanism in some embodiments of the present application.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The description of the exemplary embodiments is merely illustrative and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses. The present disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments herein. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of parts and steps, the composition of materials, numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments are to be construed as merely illustrative, and not as limitative, unless specifically stated otherwise.

The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in this disclosure is not intended to indicate any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element preceding the word covers the element listed after the word, and does not exclude the possibility that other elements are also covered. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships may also be changed accordingly.

In the present disclosure, when a specific device is described as being located between a first device and a second device, there may or may not be intervening devices between the specific device and the first device or the second device. When a particular device is described as being coupled to other devices, the particular device may be directly coupled to the other devices without intervening devices or may be directly coupled to the other devices with intervening devices.

All terms including technical or scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs unless specifically defined otherwise. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to one of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate. According to the technical scheme, the data acquisition, storage, use, processing and the like meet relevant regulations of national laws and regulations.

In the related art, the running state of the shuttle car can be changed through a T-shaped track changing mechanism only when the shuttle car climbs to the topmost end in the vertical track climbing process, so that inconvenience is brought to track changing and advancing of the shuttle car.

In view of this, the present application provides a track transfer system, a track system and a shuttle vehicle, which can conveniently change tracks while maintaining an initial state through state change of a track transfer knife plate, and improve stability and convenience of track transfer traveling of the shuttle vehicle without changing a vehicle body direction of the shuttle vehicle back and forth.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a track transfer system according to some embodiments of the present application, and as shown in fig. 1, the present application provides a track transfer system, including: a rail system 111; and at least one shuttle vehicle 103, the at least one shuttle vehicle 103 can keep a preset shape all the time, for example, the horizontal shape of the vehicle body can be kept to run on the rail system 111, namely, no matter the vehicle body runs on a horizontal rail or a vertical rail, the shuttle vehicle 103 can keep the horizontal shape of the vehicle body to run on the rail without frequently changing the shape, the running time is saved, if the shuttle vehicle carries goods, the risk of dropping the goods caused by frequently changing the shape can be avoided, and the safety of transporting the goods is ensured. The shuttle 103 includes a vehicle body 114 and a gear 113 provided on the vehicle body 114; wherein, track system 111 includes: a multi-layer track 109 including a first track 102 extending along a first direction and a second track 101 extending along a second direction, wherein the first direction includes, but is not limited to, a horizontal direction, for example, a direction inclined at an angle of 30 ° with the horizontal direction, and a direction inclined at an angle of 45 ° with the horizontal direction, and the angle inclined with the horizontal direction is not particularly limited in the embodiments of the present application; the second direction, including but not limited to a vertical direction, is inclined at an angle of 30 ° to the vertical direction, and is inclined at an angle of 45 ° to the vertical direction, and the angle inclined to the vertical direction is not particularly limited in the embodiments of the present application. The first track may be a horizontal track and the second track may be a vertical track, the horizontal track intersecting the numerical track. Wherein the first rail 102 and the second rail 101 are fixedly connected, such as riveted, welded, etc. The inner side of the multi-layer track 109 is provided with a rack 112 for the side which needs to be contacted when the shuttle vehicle runs on the track; the track-changing mechanism 110 is arranged at the connecting

positions

107 and 108 of the first track 102 and the second track 101, wherein the connecting position 107 is located at the edge of the track system, and the connecting position 108 is located at the middle position of the track system, i.e. the connecting position 108 is located between the two connecting positions 107. The track changing mechanism 110 comprises track changing

knife boards

104 and 105, the track changing

knife boards

104 and 105 are hinged with connecting

positions

107 and 108, and the connection mode of the first track 102 and the second track 101 is changed through the form change of the track changing

knife boards

104 and 105, so that the shuttle car 103 can be kept in a preset form, specifically, the original form when the shuttle car reaches the track of the track system, for example, the horizontal form or the inclined form is switched on the multi-layer track 109 through the meshing of the gear 113 and the rack 112. As shown in fig. 7a, the orbital transfer blade 104 has a rack on the side closer to the second rail 101, and has an arc shape on the side closer to the first rail 102.

This application through set up the orbital transfer mechanism on rail system to set up the orbital transfer cutting board on the orbital transfer mechanism, and make the shuttle can realize violently indulging the switching through two sets of drive gear cooperation both ends tracks under the condition that keeps initial state through the state transform of orbital transfer cutting board, need not to make a round trip to alternate the automobile body direction of shuttle, improve stability and the convenience that the shuttle derailed and march.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, the

connection locations

107, 108 include a first connection location 201 and a second connection location 202, i.e., the connection location 107 in fig. 1 corresponds to the first connection location 201 in fig. 2, and the connection location 108 in fig. 1 corresponds to the second connection location 202 in fig. 2. Wherein the first connection locations 201 are located at both ends of the rail system 111 and the second connection locations 202 are located in the middle of the rail system 111. In the embodiment of the present application, the connection positions of the first rail 102 and the second rail 101 are referred to as a first connection position 201 at the edge of the rail system, and are referred to as a second connection position 202 at the middle of the rail system. Illustratively, the first connection locations 201 are T-shaped and the second connection locations 202 are cross-shaped.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, the track transfer mechanism includes a T-type track transfer mechanism 203 and a cross-type track transfer mechanism 204, wherein the T-type track transfer mechanism 203 is located at the first connection position 201, and the cross-type track transfer mechanism 204 is located at the second connection position 202. As shown in fig. 2, the first connection position 201 is a position where the horizontal rail and the vertical rail at the edge meet each other, and the second connection position 202 is a position where the horizontal rail and the vertical rail at the middle meet each other. Wherein a centrally located vertical rail refers to a vertical rail that is midway between two marginally located vertical rails. The first connection position 201 is a position where the T-type orbital transfer mechanism 203 is located, and the second connection position 202 is a position where the cross-type orbital transfer mechanism 204 is located.

As shown in fig. 7a, in some embodiments, the first connection location 201 is provided with a three-way track 701, the three-way track 701 being a track corresponding to three directions. As shown in fig. 8a, the second connecting position 202 is provided with a four-way track 801, and the four-way track 801 is a track corresponding to four directions.

As shown in fig. 7a, fig. 8a, fig. 1, and fig. 2, the T-shaped orbital transfer structure 203 includes a three-way track 701 and an orbital transfer cutter plate 104, wherein the three-way track 701 is disposed at the first connection position 201 in a T-shape, and the orbital transfer cutter plate 104 is disposed at a track intersection point of the three-way track 701 at the first connection position 201. Specifically, one end of the orbital transfer knife plate 104 is hinged at an intersection 705 of two mutually perpendicular tracks in the three-way track 701 of the first connecting position 201, and the other end 704 of the orbital transfer knife plate 104 can rotate around the intersection 705 to change the connection state of the tracks, so as to change the running direction of the shuttle. Specifically, one surface of the orbital transfer knife plate 104 is tiled with a rack, and the other surface is arc-shaped, so that when the orbital transfer knife plate is opened, the shuttle 103 can travel along one of the three-way tracks 701 from the lower side of the arc-shaped side of the orbital transfer knife plate, and when the orbital transfer knife plate 104 is closed, the shuttle 103 can travel along the track where the surface of the rack is tiled with the orbital transfer knife plate 104 in the three-way track 701. For example, when the orbital transfer knife plate 104 is closed, the vertical track connected with the orbital transfer knife plate 104 is switched on, and the shuttle vehicle 103 runs along the vertical track where the orbital transfer knife plate 104 is located without orbital transfer; when the orbital transfer blade 104 is open, meaning that the shuttle 103 is to be orbited from the vertical rail to the horizontal rail, the shuttle 103 reaches the horizontal rail from the vertical rail via the arc-shaped rail 707. Therefore, the driving direction of the shuttle car 103 can be flexibly changed through the form change of the track changing knife plate 104.

The cross-shaped orbital transfer structure 204 comprises a cross-shaped track 801 and an orbital transfer cutter plate 105, wherein the cross-shaped track 801 is arranged at the second connecting position 202 in a cross shape, and the orbital transfer cutter plate 105 is arranged at the track intersection point of the cross-shaped track 801 at the second connecting position 202. Specifically, one end of the orbital transfer blade 105 is disposed at an intersection 805 of the horizontal rail and the vertical rail above the arc-shaped rail 804, and the other end 806 can rotate around the intersection 805 to change the connection state of the rails, thereby changing the traveling direction of the shuttle 103. Specifically, one surface of the orbital transfer knife plate 105 is tiled with a rack, and the other surface is arc-shaped, so that when the orbital transfer knife plate is opened, the shuttle 103 can run along one of the four-way tracks 801 from the lower side of the arc-shaped side of the orbital transfer knife plate, and when the orbital transfer knife plate 105 is closed, the shuttle 103 can run along the track where the surface of the orbital transfer knife plate 105 in the four-way track 801 is tiled with the rack. For example, when the orbital transfer blade 105 is closed, the vertical track to which the orbital transfer blade 105 is connected is on, and the shuttle 103 travels along the vertical track on which the orbital transfer blade 105 is located without orbital transfer; when the orbital transfer blade 105 is open, meaning that the shuttle 103 is to be tracked from the vertical track to the horizontal track, the shuttle is reaching the horizontal track from the vertical track via the arc-shaped track 804. Therefore, the driving direction of the shuttle car 103 can be flexibly changed through the form change of the track changing knife plate 105. The arc-shaped rail 804 refers to a transition rail to which a horizontal rail and a vertical rail in a rail system are connected, for example, a rail at a corner of the connected vertical rail and the horizontal rail is in an arc shape, that is, the arc-shaped rail 804.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments, the multi-layer track 109 further includes an auxiliary wheel track 106, and the auxiliary wheel track 106 is a linear track fixedly connected to the ground-facing side of the first track 102.

As shown in fig. 3, the state of the bottom orbital transfer blade 104 is the state shown as 704 in fig. 7b, that is, the orbital transfer blade 104 is opened to facilitate the shuttle 103 to pass through, and at this time, the shuttle 103 turns, and starts to climb upwards by the power provided by the meshing of the gear 113 and the rack 112. The auxiliary wheel 403 may be located on the auxiliary wheel track 106 or may be separated from the auxiliary wheel track 106, and the track on which the auxiliary wheel 403 is located is not particularly limited in this embodiment of the application.

Fig. 4 a-4 b are schematic views of the structures of the shuttle cars according to some embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 4a, in some embodiments, gear 113 comprises a first drive gear set 401 and a second drive gear set 402, wherein the first drive gear set 401 is disposed at a head 404 of shuttle 103 and the second drive gear set 402 is disposed at a tail 405 of shuttle 103; and the shuttle car 103 further comprises auxiliary wheels 403, as shown in fig. 6b, the auxiliary wheels 403 are arranged between the first driving gear set 401 and the second driving gear set 402 and positioned at two sides of the car body 114, and when the second driving gear set 402 enters a region 603 corresponding to the cross track change mechanism 204 shown in fig. 6b, the auxiliary wheels 403 are in rail contact with the auxiliary wheel tracks 106. As shown in fig. 4b, in some embodiments, the shuttle 103 further includes a drive shaft 406 and a motor 407. Each drive shaft 406 is connected to a set of gears. The motor 407 is disposed inside the shuttle 103 and is in transmission connection with the driving shaft 406, and the motor 407 provides power for the driving shaft 406 to enable the driving shaft 406 to drive the gear 113 to rotate, so that the shuttle 103 safely and stably travels.

As shown in fig. 5a, when the shuttle car 103 reaches the bottom horizontal rail track changing knife plate 104, the shuttle car 103 and the bottom horizontal rail track changing knife plate 104 are in a state. For example, at this time, the state of the orbital transfer knife plate 104 of the bottom horizontal rail is as shown in fig. 7a, that is, when the shuttle vehicle 103 reaches the position of the orbital transfer knife plate 104 of the bottom horizontal rail, the orbital transfer knife plate at the position is triggered to automatically open for the shuttle vehicle 103 to pass through, and the convenience of the shuttle vehicle in traveling is improved.

As shown in fig. 5b, the shuttle car 103 is maintained in the initial horizontal state after passing through the rail changing knife 104 of the bottom horizontal rail, and then travels on the vertical rail, i.e., the second rail 101. Therefore, the risk that loaded goods fall or are unstable when the shuttle vehicle 103 is subjected to form transformation on the vertical track, namely the second track 101 is avoided, the shuttle vehicle 103 can also keep the initial horizontal form operation on the vertical track, namely the second track 101, and the safety and stability of the loaded goods can be ensured.

As shown in fig. 7a, in some embodiments, the orbital transfer mechanism 110 further includes an orbital transfer motor 702, and the orbital transfer motor 702 is in transmission connection with the orbital transfer knife plate 104 to provide power for the form change of the orbital transfer knife plate 104.

In some embodiments, the orbital transfer system further comprises a sensor module disposed at any position on the

orbital transfer blades

104, 105 and the shuttle 103 for detecting the relative position of the

orbital transfer blades

104, 105 and the shuttle 103.

In some embodiments, when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to the first relative position 601 shown in fig. 6a, the track-changing motor 702 shown in fig. 7a and 8a is triggered to start, so as to change the configuration of the track-changing

knife boards

104 and 105 shown in fig. 7a and 8a into the first

open configuration

704 and 802 shown in fig. 7b and 8b, that is, the track-changing

knife boards

104 and 105 shown in fig. 7b and 8b are both open at this time, so as to allow the shuttle vehicle 103 to pass through; when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to the second relative position 602 shown in fig. 6b, only the track-changing motor 702 corresponding to the cross-type track-changing mechanism 204 shown in fig. 8a is triggered to start, but not the track-changing motor corresponding to the T-type track-changing mechanism 203 shown in fig. 7a is triggered to start, so as to drive the form of the track-changing knife plate 105 corresponding to the cross-type track-changing mechanism 204 to change into the second open form 803 shown in fig. 8d, and at this time, the positional relationship between the entire shuttle 103, the cross-type track-changing mechanism 204 and the track-changing knife plate 105 of the cross-type track-changing mechanism 204 is shown in fig. 6c, so as to avoid interference between the track-changing knife plate 105 of the cross-type track-changing mechanism 204 and the gear 113 of the shuttle 103, so as to allow the shuttle 103 to smoothly pass through.

In some embodiments, the second opening configuration 803 corresponds to the cross-shaped orbital transfer mechanism 204 when the orbital transfer blade 105 is rotated clockwise by a predetermined angle from the first opening configuration 802. The interference between the orbital transfer knife board of the cross orbital transfer mechanism and the gear of the shuttle can be avoided through the form transformation of the orbital transfer knife board, and the shuttle can pass smoothly, safely and stably.

In some embodiments, when the shuttle car 103 does not need to change the track and continues to climb upwards, the states of the track changing

knife boards

104 and 105 of the T-shaped track changing mechanism 203 and the cross-shaped track changing mechanism 204 are respectively in a closed state as shown in fig. 7c and 8c, so that the shuttle car 103 travels from the side with the racks of the track changing

knife boards

104 and 105 based on the power provided by the meshing of the gear and the rack of the shuttle car, and the shuttle car travels vertically upwards without changing the track is realized.

The embodiment of the application can realize that the shuttle car 103 keeps the initial form to change the rail and advance, and also can realize that the shuttle car 103 keeps the initial form and does not change the vertical upward advance of the rail, thereby greatly facilitating the operation of the shuttle car and improving the efficiency, the safety and the stability of the shuttle car for carrying goods.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present application provides a track system for running a shuttle 103, the track system 111 comprising: a multi-layer track 109 including a first track 102 extending along a first direction and a second track 101 extending along a second direction, wherein the first direction includes, but is not limited to, a horizontal direction, for example, a direction inclined at an angle of 30 ° with the horizontal direction, and a direction inclined at an angle of 45 ° with the horizontal direction, and the angle inclined with the horizontal direction is not particularly limited in the embodiments of the present application; the second direction, including but not limited to a vertical direction, is inclined at an angle of 30 ° to the vertical direction, and is inclined at an angle of 45 ° to the vertical direction, and the angle inclined to the vertical direction is not particularly limited in the embodiments of the present application. The first track may be a horizontal track and the second track may be a vertical track, the horizontal track intersecting the numerical track. Wherein the first rail 102 and the second rail 101 are fixedly connected, for example riveted, welded or the like. The inner side of the multi-layer track 109 is provided with a rack 112 at the side which needs to be contacted when the shuttle runs on the track; the track-changing mechanism 110 is arranged at the connecting

positions

107 and 108 of the first track 102 and the second track 101, wherein the connecting position 107 is located at the edge of the track system, and the connecting position 108 is located at the middle position of the track system, i.e. the connecting position 108 is located between the two connecting positions 107. The track changing mechanism 110 includes track changing

knife boards

104 and 105, the track changing

knife boards

104 and 105 are hinged with connecting

positions

107 and 108, and the form of the track changing

knife boards

104 and 105 is changed to change the connecting mode of the first track 102 and the second track 101 so as to keep the shuttle vehicle 103 in a preset form, specifically, the shuttle vehicle can be in an initial form when reaching the track of the track system, for example, a horizontal form or an inclined form and is switched horizontally and vertically on the multi-layer track 109 through the meshing of a gear 113 and a rack 112. As shown in fig. 7a, the orbital transfer blade 104 has a rack on the side closer to the second rail 101, and has an arc shape on the side closer to the first rail 102.

In the embodiment, the state of the rail changing knife plate is changed, so that the shuttle car can conveniently change the rail under the condition of keeping the initial state, the direction of the shuttle car body does not need to be changed back and forth, and the rail changing running stability and convenience of the shuttle car are improved.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, the

connection locations

107, 108 include a first connection location 201 and a second connection location 202, i.e., the connection location 107 in fig. 1 corresponds to the first connection location 201 in fig. 2, and the connection location 108 in fig. 1 corresponds to the second connection location 202 in fig. 2. Wherein the first connection locations 201 are located at both ends of the rail system 111 and the second connection locations 202 are located in the middle of the rail system 111. In the embodiment of the present application, the connection positions of the first rail 102 and the second rail 101 at the edge of the rail system are both referred to as a first connection position 201, and the connection positions at the middle of the rail system are both referred to as a second connection position 202. Illustratively, the first connection locations 201 are T-shaped and the second connection locations 202 are cross-shaped.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, the track transfer mechanism includes a T-type track transfer mechanism 203 and a cross-type track transfer mechanism 204, wherein the T-type track transfer mechanism 203 is disposed at the first connection position 201, and the cross-type track transfer mechanism 204 is disposed at the second connection position 202.

As shown in fig. 3, the state of the bottom orbital transfer blade 104 is the state shown as 704 in fig. 7b, that is, the orbital transfer blade 104 is opened to facilitate the shuttle 103 to pass through, and at this time, the shuttle 103 turns, and starts to climb upwards by the power provided by the meshing of the gear 113 and the rack 112. The auxiliary wheel 403 may be located on the auxiliary wheel track 106 or may be separated from the auxiliary wheel track 106, and the track on which the auxiliary wheel 403 is located is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present application.

orbital transfer blades

104, 105 and the shuttle 103 for detecting the relative position of the

orbital transfer blades

104, 105 and the shuttle 103.

knife boards

104 and 105 shown in fig. 7a and 8a into the first

open configuration

704 and 802 shown in fig. 7b and 8b, that is, the track-changing

knife boards

104 and 105 shown in fig. 7b and 8b are both open at this time, so as to allow the shuttle 103 to pass through; when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to the second relative position 602 shown in fig. 6b, only the track-changing motor 702 corresponding to the cross track-changing mechanism 204 shown in fig. 8a is triggered to start, but not the track-changing motor corresponding to the T track-changing mechanism 203 shown in fig. 7a is triggered to start, so as to drive the form of the track-changing knife plate 105 corresponding to the cross track-changing mechanism 204 to change to the second open form 803 shown in fig. 8d, and at this time, the positional relationship between the overall shuttle 103 and the cross track-changing mechanism 204 and the track-changing knife plate 105 of the cross track-changing mechanism 204 is shown in fig. 6c, so as to avoid interference between the track-changing knife plate 105 of the cross track-changing mechanism 204 and the gear 113 of the shuttle 103, so as to allow the shuttle 103 to smoothly pass.

In some embodiments, the second opening configuration 803 corresponds to the cross-shaped orbital transfer mechanism 204 when the orbital transfer blade 105 is rotated clockwise by a predetermined angle from the first opening configuration 802.

As shown in fig. 4a to 4b, the present application provides a shuttle car including:

the shuttle vehicle 103 is kept in a preset form, specifically, the shuttle vehicle can be in an initial form when reaching the track of the track system, for example, a horizontal form or an inclined form, and the horizontal and vertical switching is performed on the multi-layer track 109 through the meshing of the gear 113 and the rack 112. As shown in fig. 7a, the orbital transfer blade 104 has a rack on the side close to the second rail 101, and a circular arc shape on the side close to the first rail 102. At least one shuttle vehicle 103 can keep a preset shape, for example, the horizontal shape of the vehicle body can be kept to run on the rail system 111 all the time independently of each other, that is, no matter the shuttle vehicle runs on a horizontal rail or a vertical rail, the shuttle vehicle 103 can keep the horizontal shape of the vehicle body to run on the rail without frequently changing the shape, the running time is saved, if the shuttle vehicle carries goods, the risk of dropping the goods caused by frequently changing the shape can be avoided, and the safety of transporting the goods is ensured. Shuttle 103 may be used to travel on track system 111.

Fig. 4 a-4 b are schematic structural views of the shuttle car in some embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 4a, in some embodiments, gear 113 comprises a first drive gear set 401 and a second drive gear set 402, wherein the first drive gear set 401 is disposed at a head 404 of shuttle 103 and the second drive gear set 402 is disposed at a tail 405 of shuttle 103; and the shuttle car 103 further comprises auxiliary wheels 403, as shown in fig. 6b, the auxiliary wheels 403 are arranged between the first driving gear set 401 and the second driving gear set 402 and positioned at two sides of the car body 114, and when the second driving gear set 402 enters a region 603 corresponding to the cross track change mechanism 204 shown in fig. 6b, the auxiliary wheels 403 are in rail contact with the auxiliary wheel tracks 106. As shown in fig. 4b, in some embodiments, the shuttle 103 further includes a drive shaft 406 and a motor 407. Each drive shaft 406 is connected to a set of gears. The motor 407 is disposed inside the shuttle 103 and is in transmission connection with the driving shaft 406, and the motor 407 provides power for the driving shaft 406 to enable the driving shaft 406 to drive the gear 113 to rotate, so that the shuttle 103 travels.

As shown in fig. 5a, when the shuttle car 103 reaches the bottom horizontal rail track changing knife plate 104, the shuttle car 103 and the bottom horizontal rail track changing knife plate 104 are in a state. Illustratively, at this time, the state of the orbital transfer blade 104 of the bottom horizontal rail is as shown in fig. 7a, that is, when the shuttle vehicle 103 reaches the position of the orbital transfer blade 104 of the bottom horizontal rail, the orbital transfer blade at the position is triggered to open for the shuttle vehicle 103 to pass through.

As shown in fig. 5b, the shuttle car 103 keeps the initial horizontal state of traveling on the vertical rail, that is, the second rail 101 after passing through the orbital transfer blade 104 of the bottom horizontal rail. Therefore, the risk that loaded goods fall or are unstable when the shuttle vehicle 103 is subjected to form transformation on the vertical track, namely the second track 101 is avoided, the shuttle vehicle 103 can also keep the initial horizontal form operation on the vertical track, namely the second track 101, and the safety and stability of the loaded goods can be ensured.

In some embodiments, the shuttle further comprises a sensor module for detecting the relative position of the

orbital transfer blades

104, 105 and the shuttle 103; when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to the first relative position 601 shown in fig. 6a, the track-changing motor 702 shown in fig. 7a and 8a is triggered to start, so as to drive the track-changing

knife boards

104 and 105 shown in fig. 7a and 8a to change the form into the

first opening form

704 and 802 shown in fig. 7b and 8b, that is, the track-changing

knife boards

104 and 105 shown in fig. 7b and 8b are both opened at this time, so as to allow the shuttle vehicle 103 to pass through; when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to the second relative position 602 shown in fig. 6b, only the track-changing motor 702 corresponding to the cross track-changing mechanism 204 shown in fig. 8a is triggered to start, but not the track-changing motor corresponding to the T track-changing mechanism 203 shown in fig. 7a is triggered to start, so as to drive the form of the track-changing knife plate 105 corresponding to the cross track-changing mechanism 204 to change to the second open form 803 shown in fig. 8d, and at this time, the positional relationship between the overall shuttle 103 and the cross track-changing mechanism 204 and the track-changing knife plate 105 of the cross track-changing mechanism 204 is shown in fig. 6c, so as to avoid interference between the track-changing knife plate 105 of the cross track-changing mechanism 204 and the gear 113 of the shuttle 103, so as to allow the shuttle 103 to smoothly pass.

knife boards

For convenience of understanding, the working principle of the shuttle rail transfer of the application is explained:

when a server of the track changing system detects that the shuttle vehicle reaches the horizontal track changing mechanism, a track changing knife plate of the track changing mechanism is opened, the shuttle vehicle enters the vertical track through the bottom track changing mechanism, when the server of the track changing system judges that the shuttle vehicle needs to enter the horizontal track of the Nth layer, the T-shaped track changing mechanism and the cross track changing mechanism on the Nth layer are opened, and after the shuttle vehicle finishes steering, the track changing knife plate of the cross track changing mechanism is changed into the state shown in figure 8d, so that the track changing knife plate of the cross track changing mechanism and the gear of the shuttle vehicle cannot interfere with each other. Then the shuttle continues to move until the set destination is reached; when the execution main body judges that the shuttle vehicle needs to continuously climb, the track changing knife boards of the T-shaped track changing mechanism and the cross track changing mechanism on the Nth layer are kept in a closed state as shown in fig. 7c and 8c, and the shuttle vehicle continuously climbs to the set destination. The transverse and longitudinal switching is realized by matching two groups of driving gears of the shuttle car with the tracks at the two ends.

The rail-changing mechanism is arranged on the rail system, the rail-changing knife board is arranged on the rail-changing mechanism, the shuttle car can conveniently change the rail under the condition of keeping the initial state through the state change of the rail-changing knife board, the direction of the shuttle car body does not need to be changed back and forth, and the stability and the convenience for the shuttle car to advance in the rail-changing mode are improved.

The above-described embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations, and substitutions can occur, depending on design requirements and other factors. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A track transfer system, comprising:

a rail system (111); and

at least one shuttle (103), the shuttle (103) comprising a body (114) and a gear (113) disposed on the body (114);

wherein the rail system (111) comprises:

a multi-layer track (109) comprising a first track (102) extending in a first direction and a second track (101) extending in a second direction; the first track (102) is fixedly connected with the second track (101), and a rack (112) is arranged on the inner side of the multilayer track (109);

a track transfer mechanism (110) provided at a connection position (107, 108) of the first rail (102) and the second rail (101); the track changing mechanism (110) comprises track changing knife boards (104, 105), the track changing knife boards (104, 105) are hinged with the connecting positions (107, 108), and the connection mode of the first track (102) and the second track (101) is changed through the form change of the track changing knife boards (104, 105), so that the shuttle car (103) keeps a preset form and is transversely and longitudinally switched on the multilayer track (109) through the meshing of the gear (113) and the rack (112).

2. The orbital transfer system of claim 1, wherein the connection locations (107, 108) comprise a first connection location (201) and a second connection location (202), wherein the first connection location (201) is located at both ends of the rail system (111) and the second connection location (202) is located in the middle of the rail system (111).

3. The orbital transfer system according to claim 2, characterized in that the orbital transfer mechanism comprises a T-shaped orbital transfer mechanism (203) and a cross-shaped orbital transfer mechanism (204), wherein the T-shaped orbital transfer mechanism (203) is positioned in the first connection position (201) and the cross-shaped orbital transfer mechanism (204) is positioned in the second connection position (202).

4. A rail transfer system according to claim 3, characterized in that the first connection location (201) is provided with a three-way track (701) and the second connection location (202) is provided with a four-way track (801).

5. The orbital transfer system of claim 4, wherein the T-shaped orbital transfer structure (203) comprises the three-way track (701) and the orbital transfer blade (104), wherein the three-way track (701) is disposed in a T-shape at the first connection location (201), and the orbital transfer blade (104) is disposed at a track intersection location of the three-way track (701) at the first connection location (201);

the cross-shaped orbital transfer structure (204) comprises a four-way track (801) and an orbital transfer cutting plate (105), wherein the four-way track (801) is arranged at the second connecting position (202) in a cross shape, and the orbital transfer cutting plate (105) is arranged at the position of a track junction point of the four-way track (801) at the second connecting position (202).

6. The rail transfer system of claim 1, wherein the multi-layer track (109) further comprises an auxiliary wheel track (106), wherein the auxiliary wheel track (106) is a linear track fixedly connected to the first track (102) on a side close to the ground.

7. The tracking system according to claim 5, characterized in that the gear (113) comprises a first drive gear set (401) and a second drive gear set (402), wherein the first drive gear set (401) is arranged at the head (404) of the shuttle car (103) and the second drive gear set (402) is arranged at the tail (405) of the shuttle car (103); and

the shuttle car (103) further comprises auxiliary wheels (403), the auxiliary wheels (403) are arranged between the first driving gear set (401) and the second driving gear set (402) and located on two sides of the car body (114), and when the second driving gear set (402) enters a region (603) corresponding to the cross rail transfer mechanism (204), the auxiliary wheels (403) are in rail joint with the auxiliary wheel tracks (106).

8. The orbital transfer system of claim 3, wherein the orbital transfer mechanism (110) further comprises an orbital transfer motor (702), and the orbital transfer motor (702) is in transmission connection with the orbital transfer knife plate (104) and provides power for the form change of the orbital transfer knife plate (104).

9. The orbital transfer system of claim 8, further comprising a sensor module disposed on the orbital transfer blade (104, 105) and the shuttle (103) for detecting the relative positions of the orbital transfer blade (104, 105) and the shuttle (103).

10. The orbital transfer system according to claim 9, characterized in that when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to a first relative position (601), it triggers the orbital transfer motor (702) to start so as to drive the orbital transfer blades (104, 105) to change their configuration into a first open configuration (704, 802) for the shuttle (103) to pass through; when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to a second relative position (602), a track changing motor (702) corresponding to the cross track changing mechanism (204) is triggered to start, so that the form of a track changing knife plate (105) corresponding to the cross track changing mechanism (204) is driven to be changed into a second opening form (803), and the shuttle car (103) can smoothly pass through.

11. The orbital transfer system of claim 10, wherein the second opening configuration (803) is a configuration corresponding to the orbital transfer blade (105) of the cross-shaped orbital transfer mechanism (204) when the first opening configuration (802) is rotated clockwise by a predetermined angle.

12. A rail system for operating a shuttle car (103), comprising:

a track transfer mechanism (110) provided at a connection position (107, 108) of the first rail (102) and the second rail (101); the track changing mechanism (110) comprises track changing knife boards (104 and 105), the track changing knife boards (104 and 105) are hinged with the connecting positions (107 and 108), and the connecting mode of the first track (102) and the second track (101) is changed through the form change of the track changing knife boards (104 and 105), so that the shuttle car (103) is kept in a preset form and is transversely and longitudinally switched on the multi-layer track (109) through the meshing of the gear (113) and the rack (112).

13. The rail system according to claim 12, characterized in that the connection locations (107, 108) comprise a first connection location (201) and a second connection location (202), wherein the first connection location (201) is located at both ends of the rail system (111) and the second connection location (202) is located in the middle of the rail system (111).

14. The rail system according to claim 13, wherein the track transfer mechanism comprises a T-shaped track transfer mechanism (203) and a cross-shaped track transfer mechanism (204), wherein the T-shaped track transfer mechanism (203) is arranged in the first connection position (201) and the cross-shaped track transfer mechanism (204) is arranged in the second connection position (202).

15. The rail system according to claim 14, characterized in that the first connection location (201) is provided with a three-way rail (701) and the second connection location (202) is provided with a four-way rail (801).

16. The rail system of claim 12, wherein the multi-layer rail (109) further comprises an auxiliary wheel rail (106), wherein the auxiliary wheel rail (106) is a linear rail fixedly connected to the first rail (102) on a side close to the ground.

17. The track system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the orbital transfer mechanism (110) further comprises an orbital transfer motor (702), and the orbital transfer motor (702) is in transmission connection with the orbital transfer knife plate (104) to provide power for the form change of the orbital transfer knife plate (104).

18. The rail system of claim 17, further comprising a sensor module for detecting the relative position of the orbital transfer blade (104, 105) and the shuttle (103).

19. The rail system according to claim 18, characterized in that when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to a first relative position (601), the orbital transfer motor (702) is triggered to start so as to drive the orbital transfer blades (104, 105) to change their configuration into a first open configuration (704, 802) for the shuttle vehicle (103) to pass through; when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to a second relative position (602), a track changing motor (702) corresponding to the cross track changing mechanism (204) is triggered to start, so that the form of a track changing knife plate (105) corresponding to the cross track changing mechanism (204) is driven to be changed into a second opening form (803), and the shuttle vehicle (103) can smoothly pass through the track changing motor.

20. The rail system according to claim 19, wherein the second opening configuration (803) is a configuration corresponding to the cross-shaped orbital transfer mechanism (204) when the orbital transfer blade (105) is rotated clockwise by a predetermined angle from the first opening configuration (802).

21. A shuttle car, comprising:

the shuttle car (103) is kept in a preset shape, and the gear (113) is arranged on the car body (114), and the gear (113) is used for transversely and longitudinally switching on the multi-layer track (109) through meshing of the gear (113) and the rack (112).

22. A shuttle as claimed in claim 21, characterized in that said gears (113) comprise a first drive gear set (401) and a second drive gear set (402), wherein said first drive gear set (401) is arranged at a head portion (404) of the shuttle (103) and said second drive gear set (402) is arranged at a tail portion (405) of the shuttle (103); and

23. A shuttle vehicle according to claim 21, characterized by further comprising a sensor module for detecting the relative position of the orbital transfer blade (104, 105) and the shuttle vehicle (103);

when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to a first relative position (601), triggering the track transfer motor (702) to start so as to drive the track transfer knife boards (104, 105) to be changed into first opening forms (704, 802) for the shuttle (103) to pass through; when the sensor module detects that the relative position corresponds to a second relative position (602), a track changing motor (702) corresponding to the cross track changing mechanism (204) is triggered to start, so that the form of a track changing knife plate (105) corresponding to the cross track changing mechanism (204) is driven to be changed into a second opening form (803), and the shuttle vehicle (103) can smoothly pass through the track changing motor.

24. A shuttle as claimed in claim 23, characterized in that said second opening configuration (803) is the configuration corresponding to said cross-shaped orbital transfer mechanism (204) when the orbital transfer blade (105) is rotated clockwise by a predetermined angle from the first opening configuration (802).