CN220432256U - Transport vehicle capable of being connected and transport system capable of being connected - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a pluggable carrier and a pluggable carrier system, wherein the pluggable carrier comprises a bottom frame, a carrier mechanism and a plugging mechanism, a fork of the carrier mechanism can move between at least a forward position and a lateral position on the carrier frame, the lateral position is used for taking goods from the fork, the plugging mechanism can be driven by a driving mechanism to move in a direction approaching to and away from the carrier mechanism, and a bearing part of the plugging mechanism can move between a first position and a second position on the carrier frame so as to be suitable for transferring the goods between the bearing part and the fork in the forward position when in the first position and transferring the goods between the bearing part and an AGV trolley when in the second position. According to the utility model, the carrier can realize cargo connection in a narrow area, and rapid cargo circulation is realized.

Description

Transport vehicle capable of being connected and transport system capable of being connected

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of warehouse transportation, in particular to a transportation vehicle capable of being connected and a transportation system capable of being connected.

Background

The carrier is through fork in the side direction fork getting the goods, can be used to the operation in narrow and small storage space, however, be limited to space and dispatch route influence, current carrier carries out once get behind the goods put in a set of goods shelves passageway, need go beyond the goods shelves region and connect, withdraws from narrow storage space to carry out the goods transportation, especially is unfavorable for the quick circulation of heavy load high-order goods.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a carrier vehicle and a carrier system can dock.

Specifically, the application is realized by the following technical scheme:

embodiments of a first aspect of the present application provide a dockable truck comprising:

the chassis is provided with a travelling mechanism and a driving mechanism;

the carrying mechanism is arranged at one end of the underframe and comprises a carrying frame and a fork, the fork can move on the carrying frame at least between a forward position and a lateral position, and the lateral position is used for the fork to take goods on the goods shelf;

the device comprises a body, a conveying mechanism and a driving mechanism, wherein the body is arranged at the other end of the body, the body is far away from one end of the conveying mechanism, the conveying mechanism can be driven to move in a direction close to and far away from the conveying mechanism by the driving mechanism, the conveying mechanism comprises a conveying frame and a bearing part, a space is arranged at the bottom of the conveying frame, the bearing part can move between a first position and a second position on the conveying frame, the bearing part is suitable for conveying goods with a fork at a forward position when in the first position, and conveying goods with an AGV trolley in the space when in the second position.

In some embodiments, the docking frame includes a pair of side frames, a plurality of pairs of the bearing portions are respectively disposed in circulating guide rails of the pair of side frames, and each pair of the bearing portions can synchronously and circularly move along the circulating guide rails between the first position and the second position.

In some embodiments, the endless rail has an oval shape with the major axis of the oval being oriented perpendicular to the horizontal plane.

In some embodiments, each of the bearing portions includes a bearing body and a plurality of horizontally laterally extending tines.

In some embodiments, the support is provided with a presence detection device.

In some embodiments, the docking mechanism includes a movable frame disposed at the bottom, rollers are disposed on the movable frame, and the chassis includes a linear guide disposed at the bottom, and the rollers are engaged with the linear guide.

In some embodiments, a pull rope encoder is arranged on the movable frame and is used for detecting the position of the connection mechanism in the direction approaching to and separating from the carrying mechanism.

In some embodiments, the handling frame comprises a gantry, a lifting frame, a horizontal lateral movement frame, and a rotating frame, wherein the lifting frame is arranged on the gantry in a lifting manner, the horizontal direction-finding movement frame is arranged on the lifting frame in a horizontal direction-finding movement manner, the rotating frame is arranged on the horizontal direction-finding movement frame in a rotatable manner, and the fork is arranged on the rotating frame.

In some embodiments, guide wheels are provided on both sides of the chassis, respectively.

Embodiments of the second aspect of the present application provide a dockable handling system, comprising an AGV trolley and the truck of the first aspect, the AGV trolley being adapted to transfer cargo in the space with the support in the second position.

According to various embodiments of the utility model, the carrying mechanism and the connection mechanism are respectively arranged on the underframe, the fork of the carrying mechanism can move between a forward position and a lateral position, the bearing part of the connection mechanism can move between a first position and a second position, the fork transfers goods with the goods shelf at the lateral position, when the connection mechanism is close to the carrying mechanism, the fork transfers goods with the bearing part at the first position at the forward position, and the bearing part transfers goods with the AGV trolley at the second position.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the application and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a dockable truck in an embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a docking mechanism in an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a first docking station of a dockable handling system according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a second docked state of the dockable handling system in an embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a third docked state of the dockable handling system according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

Reference numerals:

10: a chassis; 11: a walking mechanism; 12: a linear guide rail; 13: a guide wheel;

20: a carrying mechanism; 21: a transport rack; 211: a door frame; 212: a lifting frame; 213: a horizontal lateral movement rack; 214: a rotating frame; 22: a fork;

30: a connection mechanism; 31: a side frame; 32: a support part; 321: a body; 322: a tooth fork; 33: a space; 34: a circulating guide rail; 35: a moving rack; 36: a roller; 37: a pull rope encoder.

Detailed Description

The utility model will now be discussed with reference to several embodiments. It should be understood that these embodiments are discussed only in order to enable a person of ordinary skill in the art to better understand and thus practice the utility model, and are not meant to imply any limitation on the scope of the utility model.

As used herein, the term "comprising" and variants thereof are to be interpreted as meaning "including but not limited to" open-ended terms. The term "based on" is to be interpreted as "based at least in part on". The terms "embodiment" and "one embodiment" are to be interpreted as "at least one embodiment. The term "another embodiment" is to be interpreted as "at least one other embodiment". The terms "first," "second," and the like, may refer to different or the same object. Other explicit and implicit definitions are also possible below.

Some specific values or ranges of values may be referred to in the following description. It should be understood that these numerical values and numerical ranges are merely exemplary, which may be advantageous to put the inventive concept into practice. However, the description of these examples is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model in any way. These values or ranges of values may be set otherwise, depending on the particular application and requirements.

After the carrier works in the narrow storage space, the carrier needs to exit the narrow storage space to finish cargo transferring work, which is not beneficial to rapid circulation of cargoes, the carrier is taken as a scene example of the narrow storage space in the storage space, after the carrier forks and takes the tray in the storage space, the carrier needs to exit the storage space to transfer the fork and take the tray to the goods placing place, or after the tray is placed in the storage space, the carrier needs to exit the storage space to fork and take the tray again in the goods placing place, so that the carrying operation time is increased, and the operation is complex.

The above-described problems are at least partially solved by a dockable truck as set forth in embodiments of the utility model. The structure and the working principle of the dockable carrier and the dockable carrying system according to the exemplary embodiment of the utility model will be described below with reference to fig. 1 to 5. Referring first to FIG. 1, a schematic diagram of a dockable truck in an embodiment of the utility model is shown. As shown in fig. 1, in general, the docking carrier according to the embodiment of the present utility model includes a chassis 10, a carrying mechanism 20, and a docking mechanism 30, where the chassis 10 is used to support a main body portion of the carrier, and the traveling mechanism 11 is used to drive the main body portion to travel, the carrying mechanism 20 is used to fork the pallet and place the pallet, and the docking mechanism 30 is used to transfer the pallet between the carrying mechanism 20 and the AGV trolley, so that the carrier can empty or load the pallet by the pallet fork 22 without moving the carrier.

In one embodiment, the travelling mechanism 11 comprises a driving wheel and a driven wheel, the driving wheel can be arranged at the front part of the carrier, and can also be arranged at the rear part of the carrier, and the travelling mechanism 11 drives the carrier to integrally move and steer.

In one embodiment, the handling mechanism 20 is disposed at the rear of the chassis 10, the handling mechanism 20 comprising a handling frame 21 and a fork 22, the handling frame 21 being adapted to provide a load bearing capacity to the fork 22 and the cargo, and a base being movable by the fork 22, the fork 22 being disposed on the handling frame 21 and being movable at least between a forward position, in which the fork 22 is oriented forward for transferring the pallet with the docking mechanism 30, and a lateral position, in which the fork 22 is oriented sideways for picking up or placing the pallet from the pallet.

In one embodiment, the movement path of the forks 22 between the forward position and the lateral position may be a direct rotation of the forks 22 or a lifting movement, a horizontal lateral movement and a rotational compound movement of the forks 22, for which the carrier rack 21 illustratively comprises a mast 211, a lifting rack 212, a horizontal lateral movement rack 213 and a turret 214, the lifting rack 212 being lifted relative to the mast 211 by means of guide rails and chains on the mast 211; the lifting frame 212 is provided with a horizontal lateral guide rail, and the horizontal lateral moving frame 213 horizontally and laterally moves relative to the lifting frame 212 through the horizontal lateral guide rail; the rotating frame 214 is driven by a motor or hydraulically, and rotates relative to the horizontal lateral moving frame 213 in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane, so as to realize three-degree-of-freedom movement of the pallet fork 22, and the rotating range of the rotating frame 214 can be 180 degrees, namely, from one lateral direction to the other lateral direction of the docking carrier, and the pallet is forked from two sides of the carrier.

In one embodiment, the docking mechanism 30 is disposed at the front of the chassis 10, the docking mechanism 30 includes a docking frame, the docking frame is composed of a pair of side frames 31, the side frames 31 may be frame-shaped or plate-shaped, a circulating rail 34 with matched track and position is formed on the pair of side frames 31, a supporting portion 32 is disposed in the circulating rail 34, the supporting portion 32 can move on the side frames 31 along the track of the circulating rail 34, and the pair of supporting portions 32 support the tray together and drive the tray to move relative to the side frames 31. Illustratively, the circulation rail 34 may be oblong with the long sides oriented perpendicular to the horizontal plane to match the lifting trajectory and amplitude of the support 32 to the forks 22 as closely as possible to improve the flexibility of transferring pallets between the forks 22 and the support 32.

The track of the endless track 34 includes a first position on the side of the endless track 34 adjacent the transport mechanism 20, and in one embodiment, the first position is not limited to being located at the bottom or top of the endless track 34, and the second position may be located at the bottom of the endless track 34 to facilitate transfer of the pallet to an AGV cart traveling on the floor.

In one embodiment, the bottom of the docking cradle is provided with a space 33 for the AGVs to travel into the space 33 and to be in the docking cradle bottom position, facilitating the AGVs to transport the tray with the support 32 in the second position of the bottom.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, a linear guide rail 12 is arranged on the underframe 10, a movable frame 35 is arranged at the bottom of the connection frame, rollers 36 are arranged on the movable frame 35, and the rollers 36 are matched with the linear guide rail 12, so that the connection mechanism 30 can freely move back and forth on the base; a drive mechanism (not shown) is also provided, which may be, for example, a hydraulic cylinder, an air cylinder, or an electric push rod, and has one end connected to the chassis 10 and the other end connected to the docking mechanism 30, so as to drive the docking mechanism 30 to move along the linear guide 12 in a direction approaching and moving away from the conveyance mechanism 20. In another embodiment, the bottom of the handling mechanism 20 may also move along linear rails to move closer to and further from the docking mechanism 30 without movement of the docking mechanism 30.

In one embodiment, the supporting parts 32 are arranged in pairs, and the number is not limited, for example, 3 pairs of supporting parts 32 can be arranged, each supporting part 32 comprises a supporting body 321 and a plurality of horizontal laterally extending forks 322, the supporting body 321 is used for being connected with a moving block in the circulating guide rail 34, the forks 322 are used for supporting a tray, the plurality of forks 322 arranged along the supporting body 321 can ensure stable supporting of the tray, and the top of each fork 322 can be formed into a concave-convex structure matched with the shape of the bottom of the tray, so that the forks 322 are embedded with the bottom of the tray, and the stability of the tray is further improved.

In one embodiment, the support 32 is provided with a seat detecting device (not shown) for detecting whether the tray is supported on the support 32.

In one embodiment, the moving frame 35 is provided with a pull rope encoder 37, and a pull rope of the pull rope encoder 37 is connected with the bottom frame 10 or the carrying mechanism 20, so as to detect the position of the docking mechanism 30 in the direction approaching to and separating from the carrying mechanism 20, so as to judge whether the distance between the docking mechanism 30 and the carrying mechanism 20 meets the pallet transferring requirement.

In one embodiment, guide wheels 13 are further arranged on two sides of the underframe 10 and are used for being matched with guide rails at the bottom of the goods shelf so as to avoid collision between the carrier and the goods shelf.

According to the embodiment of the utility model, the pluggable carrying system comprises a carrying vehicle and an AGV trolley, in specific operation, after a pallet is taken from a pallet by a pallet fork 22 which is positioned at a lateral position, namely a side pallet fork, the pallet fork 22 is moved to a proper position by a horizontal lateral movement mechanism, the pallet fork 22 is rotated to a forward position by a rotation mechanism, namely a direction towards a plugging mechanism 30, the plugging mechanism 30 is driven to move towards the direction close to the carrying mechanism 20 by a driving mechanism until a stay cord encoder 37 detects that the plugging mechanism 30 is stopped in place or the carrying mechanism 20 is driven to move towards the direction close to the plugging mechanism 30, a pair of bearing parts 32 are driven to move along a circulating guide rail 34 so that the pair of bearing parts 32 are positioned at a first position, and the pallet 22 falls down to transfer the pallet onto the bearing parts 32; the drive mechanism 30 that refutes is kept away from each other with transport mechanism 20, moves a pair of supporting portion 32 to the second position (as shown in fig. 3), and control AGV dolly is gone into in the space 33 (as shown in fig. 4), realizes the tray through the elevating system of AGV dolly and transports the back, drives the AGV dolly away from the carrier to under the condition that the carrier does not withdraw from goods shelves region, can unload the tray on fork 22 through AGV dolly and mechanism 30 that refutes, or load the tray on fork 22, improve the goods circulation speed greatly.

In another embodiment, the distance between the handling mechanism 20 and the docking mechanism 30 can be adjusted without moving, i.e. the distance between the handling mechanism 20 and the docking mechanism is constant, the fork is lifted above the docking mechanism 30, the fork 22 is rotated to the forward position and falls down, the tray is placed on the supporting portion 32, the supporting portion 32 is moved to the second position to be transported with the AGV trolley at any time, and meanwhile, the tray transporting operation is synchronously performed by other supporting portions 32, so that the cargo circulation speed is further improved. Illustratively, the AGV trolley may follow the transport vehicle and may perform cyclical transfer operations with the support 32 at any time.

Any references to directions and orientations in the description of the embodiments herein are for convenience only and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model in any way. The following description of the preferred embodiments will refer to combinations of features, which may be present alone or in combination, and the utility model is not particularly limited to the preferred embodiments. The scope of the utility model is defined by the claims.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the utility model is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and improvements that fall within the spirit and scope of the utility model.

Claims (10)

1. A pluggable carrier comprising:

the chassis (10) is provided with a travelling mechanism (11) and a driving mechanism;

a handling mechanism (20) arranged at one end of the underframe, the handling mechanism comprising a handling frame (21) and a fork (22), the fork being movable on the handling frame at least between a forward position and a lateral position for the fork to pick up pallet goods;

the device comprises a frame (10) and a carrier (32), wherein the frame is provided with a first position and a second position, the carrier is provided with a carrier (10) which is arranged at the other end of the frame, the carrier can be driven to move by the driving mechanism in a direction close to and far away from the carrying mechanism, the carrier is provided with a space (33) at the bottom, the carrier can move between the first position and the second position, and the carrier is suitable for the carrier to transfer goods with the fork at the forward position when the carrier is arranged at the first position, and the carrier is suitable for AGV trolley in the space when the carrier is arranged at the second position.

2. The truck of claim 1 wherein the docking frame includes a pair of side frames (31), a plurality of pairs of the bearing portions being disposed within the endless tracks of the pair of side frames, respectively, each pair of the bearing portions being cyclically movable along the endless track (34) in synchronization between the first and second positions.

3. The cart of claim 2, wherein the endless rail has an oval shape with a major axis of the oval shape being perpendicular to a horizontal plane.

4. The cart of claim 2, wherein each of said support portions includes a support body (321) and a plurality of horizontally laterally extending tines (322).

5. The cart of claim 4, wherein the support portion is provided with a presence detector.

6. The truck according to claim 1, characterized in that the docking mechanism comprises a mobile carriage (35) arranged at the bottom, on which carriage rollers (36) are arranged, the undercarriage comprising a linear rail (12) arranged at the bottom, the rollers cooperating with the linear rail.

7. The cart according to claim 6, wherein a pull rope encoder (37) is provided on the movable rack for detecting a position of the docking mechanism in a direction approaching and separating from the transporting mechanism.

8. The truck according to claim 1, characterized in that the handling frame (21) comprises a mast (211), a lifting frame (212), a horizontal lateral movement frame (213) and a turning frame (214), the lifting frame being arranged on the mast in a lifting movement, the horizontal direction-finding movement frame being arranged on the lifting frame in a horizontal direction-finding movement, the turning frame being arranged on the horizontal direction-finding movement frame in a turning manner, the forks being arranged on the turning frame.

9. The truck according to claim 1, characterized in that the chassis is provided with guide wheels (13) on both sides, respectively.

10. A dockable handling system comprising an AGV trolley and a carrier according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the AGV trolley is operable to transport cargo within the space with the support in the second position.