JP2003175871A - Carrying vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a carrying vehicle having an operating panel capable of being stored in a vehicle body, enabling a worker to observe a display part installed thereon, and capable of being removed from the vehicle body to cope with a trouble by means of manual remote control. <P>SOLUTION: An adjusting window 11 is formed in the outer wall 2a of the vehicle body 2, and a body cover 12 is openably installed on the adjusting window 11. A cutout window part 13 is provided at the upper side of the body cover 12, and a cutout groove part 14 is provided at the upper edge thereof. A remote controller 9 is stored on the rear surface of the body cover 12. With the remote controller 9 stored, the worker can observe the display part 9 through the cutout window part 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control panel capable of remotely controlling a carrier vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a factory production line or the like, an unmanned transfer system is used to transfer parts, products to be manufactured, etc. between respective processing steps and assembly steps. In this unmanned transportation system, the unmanned transportation vehicle operates on a certain traveling route by automatic control based on a program set in a controller device or the like.

However, there are cases in which the carrier vehicle is manually operated by manual operation for reasons such as operation stoppage due to some abnormality occurring during operation, or wanting to travel an operation route different from the normal operation route. In such a case, for example, according to Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-63101, an operator manually (remotely) operates an operation panel 32 provided outside the vehicle body 31 of the automatic guided vehicle 30, as shown in FIG. I was driving freely.

[0004]

However, since the operation panel 32 is provided at a low position outside the vehicle body 31 near the floor, it is contaminated by dust or the like scattered during traveling in a clean room requiring environmental protection. There was a problem that they were easily vulnerable.

Further, as described above, when the operation panel 32 is in the low position, the operation panel must be operated with the middle waist when the transport vehicle is manually operated to cope with the trouble. It was also a very troublesome operation for the operator.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to maintain the cleanliness of the operation panel and improve the operability when the transport vehicle is manually driven.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the invention of claim 1, an adjusting window is formed in an outer wall portion of the vehicle body, and a vehicle body cover is attached to the adjusting window so as to be opened or closed or detachable. The gist of the present invention is that an operation panel that allows remote control of a transport vehicle is detachably housed inside the vehicle body that is closed by the vehicle body cover. According to this invention, the operation panel is normally housed inside the vehicle body.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, an adjustment window is formed in the outer wall portion of the vehicle body, a vehicle body cover is removably attached to the adjustment window, and the accommodation chamber is formed inside the vehicle body corresponding to the adjustment window. In addition, the gist is that the operation panel that allows remote control of the transport vehicle is detachably housed. According to this invention, the operation panel is normally stored in an independent storage chamber inside the vehicle body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the operation panel is provided with an operation unit for manually and remotely operating the transport vehicle, and a display unit for displaying various operating conditions regarding the transport vehicle. Use as a summary. According to the present invention, since the operation unit and the display unit are integrated on the operation panel, it is possible to deal with the trouble with the operation unit while confirming the trouble situation on the display unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the vehicle body cover is provided with a cutout window portion, and when the operation panel is housed on the back side of the vehicle body cover or in the storage chamber, the cutout window portion is provided with the cutout window portion. The main point is that the operation panel is visible. According to the present invention, the operator can view the operation panel through the cutout window portion provided in the vehicle body cover without opening or removing the vehicle body cover.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the vehicle body cover is provided with a notch groove portion capable of locking an extension cord connecting the operation panel and the controller device, and the operation panel is taken out of the vehicle body. In the state, the gist is that the operation panel can be operated regardless of whether the vehicle body cover is opened or closed. According to the present invention, the extension cord of the operation panel is locked in the notch groove portion, so that the operator can take out the operation panel from the vehicle body even when the vehicle body cover is closed and check the safety of the surroundings while standing up. However, it is possible to perform remote control manually.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the operating panel is removably attached to the back surface of the vehicle body cover.

According to the present invention, the operation panel can be easily attached and detached.

According to the invention of claim 7, an adjusting window is formed in the outer wall portion of the vehicle body, and a vehicle body cover is removably attached to the adjusting window and is detachably attached to the vehicle body cover. A gist of the present invention is that a remote control holding door having a groove is pivotally mounted so as to be openable and closable, and an operation panel for remotely controlling a transport vehicle is detachably accommodated on the back surface of the holding door.

According to the present invention, since the operation panel can be attached and detached only by opening and closing the remote control holding door, the vehicle body cover can be opened and closed only during maintenance of the controller device.
The frequency of exposure to the outside inside the vehicle body can be suppressed, and the cleanliness of the controller device can be maintained.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (First Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. A vehicle body 2 of an automatic guided vehicle (hereinafter referred to as a guided vehicle) is provided with a pair of front and rear traveling wheels 3 forming a part of a traveling portion 18 at the bottom thereof. The transport vehicle has a traveling direction of A, and A
The arrow indicates the front and the opposite direction is the rear.

A loading platform 5 for loading a load 4 is provided on the upper portion of the vehicle body 2, and a transfer device 6 is provided at a central position of the transport vehicle in the front-rear direction (traveling direction A of the transport vehicle in the figure). Equipped. The load 4 can be transferred from the side surface of the vehicle body 2 by driving the transfer device 6.

A storage portion 7 is arranged on the rear side of the mounting portion 5 of the vehicle body 2, and the storage portion 7 includes the outer wall 2a and the inner wall 2 of the vehicle body.
It is surrounded by b etc., and is not normally exposed to the outside.

The storage section 7 has a cargo handling operation, a destination instruction,
Various controller devices 8 for driving and controlling the automatic guided vehicle according to information such as operating conditions are provided. An operation panel 9 described later and the like are connected to the controller device 8 via an extension cord 94. A bumper 10 is provided on each of the front and rear portions of the vehicle body 2.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an adjusting window 11 is formed in a portion of the rear surface of the vehicle body 2 corresponding to the lower portion of the housing portion 7 of the vehicle body outer wall 2a. Maintenance of the controller device 8 is performed. A vehicle body cover 12 is attached to the adjusting window 11 such that one end thereof is hinged to the vehicle body outer wall 2a and the other end is engaged with the outer wall member 2a via a bolt or a stop lever so that the vehicle body cover 12 can be opened and closed.

The attachment of the vehicle body cover 12 to the vehicle body outer wall 2a is not limited to the opening and closing type by the hinge connection, but may be all the detachable type such as bolt fastening or clip fastening.

A notched window portion 13 is provided on the upper side of the vehicle body cover 12, and a notched groove portion 14 is provided on the upper edge thereof. The holder 1 is provided on the rear surface 12a of the vehicle body cover 12.
5 is provided, and the operation panel 9 is detachably accommodated in the holder 15.

As shown in FIG. 5, the operation panel 9 (hereinafter referred to as the remote controller 9) has a display portion 9a for displaying various operating conditions regarding the carrier on one side and a manual operation for the carrier on the lower side. The operation unit 9b for operating the display is arranged, and the display unit 9a includes an operation status display unit 90, an error code display unit 91, and a dog number display unit 92. Operating status display section 90
Are provided with LED lamps each indicating an operating condition such as "running fixed position" and "elevation fixed position", and LED lamps are provided beside the description, and the LED lamp corresponding to the operating condition at the present time is turned on. It is like this.

The error code display section 91 and the dog number display section 92 are each composed of a 7-segment LED display, and the error mode display section 91 uses the mode switching button 93 to display the error code "error mode" and the operation. It is possible to switch to the "destination display mode" for displaying the target position (see FIG. 5). The dog number display section 92 displays the position information of the vehicle, that is, the "current position number mode".

As shown in FIG. 2, when the remote controller 9 is housed in the holder 15 of the vehicle body cover 12, the display portion 9a is visible through the cutout window portion 13.
An extension cord 94 extends from the upper part of the remote controller 9, and the other end of the extension cord 94 is connected to the controller device 8 in the storage section 7. The reel 16 is interposed in the middle portion of the extension cord 94, and when the remote controller 9 is housed inside the vehicle body 2, the extra extension cord 94 is automatically wound up by the reel 16.

Although the remote controller 9 is attached to the back surface of the vehicle body cover 12 in the above embodiment, for example, the inner wall 2b having a U-shaped cross section that surrounds the inner wall 2b side of the storage section 7 or the adjustment window 11 from the inside of the vehicle body outer wall 2a. The display portion 9a may be arranged and attached to the cutout window portion 13 of the vehicle body cover 12 in the storage chamber 7a formed by.

Next, the operation of the transport vehicle will be described. When the carrier is out of the designated carrier route or when trouble occurs such as traveling stop, the worker is
By visually observing the display portion 9a of the remote controller 9 through the cutout window portion 13 in the closed state, the operating condition, the cause of the error, and the vehicle position are confirmed, and the cause of the abnormality is detected. When the operator recognizes that it is possible to return to the proper transport route by manual operation, the vehicle body cover 12 is opened, and the remote controller 9 is taken out from the holder 15 on the rear surface 12a of the vehicle body cover 12. The extension cord 94 of the remote controller 9 pulled out from the reel 16 is passed through the cutout groove portion 14 of the vehicle body cover 12, and the vehicle body cover 12 is closed in a locked state (see FIG. 4).

With the remote controller 9 taken out of the vehicle body 2, the surroundings are checked for safety and operation is checked, and if necessary, the operating section 9b is operated to evacuate the vehicle from the transportation route. Perform or perform maintenance work to restore operation. It is also possible to switch to the "destination display mode" with the mode switching button 93, and after confirming the original operation destination position, allow the transport vehicle to travel arbitrarily.

The following effects are obtained in this embodiment.

(1) Since the remote controller 9 is normally housed inside the vehicle body 2, it is unlikely to be contaminated by outside air or dust, and the cleanliness of the entire vehicle body 2 can be improved.

(2) The remote control 9 has an operating section 9b and a display section 9
Since "a" and "a" are aggregated, the operator can perform an appropriate operation using the operation unit 9b while looking at the display unit 9a.

(3) Since the remote controller 9 is attached to the rear surface 12a of the vehicle body cover 12, the operator is
The display portion 9a of the remote controller 9 can be visually observed through the cutout window portion 13 provided in the vehicle body cover 12 without opening and closing 2. Therefore, the opening and closing of the vehicle body cover 12 can be minimized, and the cleanliness inside the vehicle body 2 can be maintained.

(4) Since the extension cord 94 of the remote controller 9 is locked in the cutout groove portion 14, the worker can operate the remote controller 9 even when the vehicle body cover 12 is completely closed, for example.
It is possible to take out the vehicle from the vehicle body 2 and manually operate it while confirming the surrounding safety. This allows the worker to walk while standing up while being remotely controlled.

(Second Embodiment) The second embodiment, in which the vehicle body cover portion in the first embodiment is changed, will be described only for the portions different in configuration from the first embodiment. The same components as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIG. 6, the vehicle body cover 22 includes
A remote control holding door 23 is provided, and the remote control holding door 2
3, the cutout window portion 24 and the cutout groove portion 2 at appropriate positions.
5 are formed respectively. A holder 26 is provided on the back surface of the remote control holding door 23, and the remote controller 9 is detachably accommodated in the holder 26. When the manual operation by the remote controller 9 is required, the operator opens the remote controller exclusive door 23 and takes out the remote controller 9. In addition to the effects of the first embodiment, the second embodiment has the following effects.

(1) In the manual operation, since the remote control holding door can be opened and closed to take out the operation panel for remote operation, it is not necessary to open and close the entire body cover, and the body cover is a controller. It can be opened and closed only when the equipment is maintained. As a result, the frequency of exposure of the inside of the vehicle body 2 to the outside can be suppressed, and the cleanliness inside the vehicle body is maintained.

Each of the above-described embodiments can be modified and implemented as follows.

In the above embodiment, the remote controller 9 is arranged on the outer wall portion on the rear surface of the vehicle body 2. However, the arrangement location is not limited to this, and it may be arranged on the outer wall portion on the side surface of the vehicle body, for example.

In the above embodiment, the remote controller 9 may be detachable with a connector so that it can be used in a form commonly used by a plurality of vehicles.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the remote controller 9 is connected to the vehicle body 2 by the extension cord 94, but it may be constructed as a wireless remote controller.

If the present invention is applied to a carrier vehicle equipped with a purifying device for maintaining cleanliness inside the vehicle body, the operating panel can be cleaned while the operating panel is housed inside the vehicle body. Therefore, even if a manual operation is performed at a work site with low cleanliness outside the vehicle body, it is possible to maintain high cleanliness of the operation panel.

In the above embodiment, the cutout window portion 1
Although only the display portion 9a of the remote controller 9 is visible from the outside of the vehicle body 2 according to 3, the portion corresponding to the operation portion 9b may be cut out to be operable from outside the vehicle body 2. For example, it is also possible to cut out the mode switching button 93 and switch the display without opening and closing the vehicle body cover 12.

[0043]

According to the present invention, since the operation panel is normally housed inside the vehicle body, it is unlikely to be contaminated by outside air, dust or the like,
The cleanliness of the entire vehicle body can be improved.

Further, the operator can visually check the display section of the operation panel through the notched window provided in the vehicle body cover without opening and closing the vehicle body cover. Therefore, the opening and closing of the vehicle body cover is minimized, and the cleanliness inside the vehicle body can be maintained.

Further, after the operation panel is taken out from the vehicle body cover, remote control can be performed even when the vehicle body cover is completely closed, and the cleanliness of the controller equipment inside the vehicle body is maintained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a carrier according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a rear portion of the carrier vehicle according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which a vehicle cover of FIG. 2 is opened.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which the operation panel (remote control) of FIG. 2 is taken out of the vehicle.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of an operation panel (remote control) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a rear portion of a carrier vehicle according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an operation panel portion of a carrier according to the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 carrier 2 car body 2a outer wall 2b inner wall 5 Platform 7 storage 7a storage room 8 controller equipment 9 Operation panel (remote control) 9a display section 9b Operation part 11 Adjustment window 12, 22 Body cover 12a Rear surface of the body cover, 13 Notch window 14 Notch groove 18 Running section 94 Extension cord.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An adjustment window is formed on an outer wall portion of a vehicle body, and a vehicle body cover is removably attached to the adjustment window, and a carrier vehicle can be remotely operated inside the vehicle body closed by the vehicle body cover. A transport vehicle that has a control panel that is detachably stored. 2. A carrier vehicle having an adjustment window formed on an outer wall portion of a vehicle body, a vehicle body cover being releasably or removably attached to the adjustment window, and a storage vehicle formed inside the vehicle body corresponding to the adjustment window. A transport vehicle in which a control panel that can be remotely operated is detachably stored. 3. The operation panel is provided with an operation unit for remotely controlling a carrier vehicle, and a display unit for displaying various operating conditions regarding the carrier vehicle.
Or the carrier according to 2. 4. The vehicle body cover is provided with a cutout window portion, and the operation panel is visible from the cutout window portion when the operation panel is stored. Item 4. The transport vehicle according to any one of items 1 to 3. 5. The vehicle body cover is provided with a notch groove portion capable of locking an extension cord connecting the operation panel and the controller device, and the operation panel is operated in a state where the operation panel is taken out of the vehicle body. The transport vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the board is operable regardless of opening and closing of the vehicle body cover. 6. The operation panel is detachably attached to a back surface of a vehicle body cover.
The transport vehicle according to any one of 1. 7. An adjustment window is formed on an outer wall portion of a vehicle body, and a vehicle body cover is removably attached to the adjustment window, and a cutout window portion and a cutout groove portion are formed in the vehicle body cover. The remote control holding door is pivotally attached so that it can be opened and closed.
An operation panel for detachably operating a transfer vehicle is detachably housed on the back surface of the holding door.