JPS597605A - Article storing, receiving and despatching device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform an efficient receiving and despatching work, by providing a device with fixed shelves and a picking truck which runs along the fixed shelves and automatically stops according to a program, and installing to the truck a display means for indicating a reception or despatch symmetrical height. CONSTITUTION:Based on a program recorded on a tape, a truck 3 automatically runs to the first delivery shelf and stops there. When the truck 3 stops, an operator, simultaneously, easily finds the position of the desired delivery shelf by aid of an display lamp 18 which lights based on the position of a delivery shelf recorded on the tape. Further, in that case, on the display picture on a control panel 20, the name of a book to be picked, or a code number and the number of books to be delivered are displayed. By aid of the lighting display lamp 18, the operator picks up the assigned book, and transfers the book to each delivery part 15a of delivery parts 15 corresponding to the given book shop so displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention has a fixed shelf and a fixed shelf that travels along a fixed route including a route portion along the fixed shelf, and automatically stops at the shelf position to be subjected to the loading/unloading work according to a set loading/unloading work program. The object of the present invention is to provide an article storage, loading/unloading device which is configured in combination with a cart for picking work, and can efficiently carry out manual loading/unloading operations from the top of the truck to fixed shelves.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the attached illustrative drawings. In FIG. This is a cart for picking work that travels on a fixed route 4 including v182. Reference numeral 5 indicates the delivery work position date set in the fixed route 4, 6 indicates the receiving work position set on the lower side of the delivery work position 5, 7 indicates the conveyor for carrying out, 8 indicates the conveyor for carrying in, and 9 indicates the packing position. 10 is a shipping conveyor, 11 is a sorting work area, and 12 is a receiving conveyor.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the trolley 6 includes a worker boarding section 13 that is open to the left and right sides, and a worker boarding section 13 that is open to the left and right sides, and a worker board that is provided on the rear side of the worker board 13 in the left and right directions. A conveyor 14 for loading and unloading that also serves as a shelf support, a gate-shaped frame 16 erected along the periphery of the work shelf 15 supported on the conveyor 14, and both left and right support sections of the portal frame 16, Each stage of the fixed shelves 1a and lb has a part 1.
An arrow-shaped indicator light 18 attached at a height corresponding to 7, a seat 19 and a control panel 20 provided on the front side of the operator boarding section 13 are provided. This trolley 6 is
A motor with a brake for sedimentation, a motor for steering, a steering control mechanism that controls the steering motor so that it automatically travels along the Y-bus wire laid under the floor, and drives these motors, etc. It is equipped with a battery that can be used as an unmanned automatic transport vehicle, and can be used as a conventionally known trolley. This trolley's running history 1! In a2, as shown in FIG. 2, the stop positions of the fixed shelves 1a and 1b are set in advance for each minimum section 21 in the carriage running direction in the part 17. Control for automatically stopping the trolley 6 at a selected and set trolley stop position (i.e., at the destination) from among these stop positions is as follows:
As is conventionally known. That is, for example, magnets are buried on the traveling route 2 side corresponding to the respective stop positions, and the magnets are counted by a count switch provided on the trolley 6 side. When the set number and the counted number match, the trolley 3 can be controlled to stop automatically. The stop position of the cart 6 is set so that when the cart 6 stops at a predetermined stop position, the operator boarding section 16 of the cart 6 is located right next to the target minimum section 21.

Although the fixed shelves ia and ib are shown as having partitions for each of the plurality of minimum sections 21, partitions may be provided for each of the minimum sections 21. The work shelf 15 includes a plurality of receiving portions 15a partitioned by partition plates in the shape of a grid pattern.

Next, based on FIG. 5, the procedure of a picking operation using the apparatus of the present invention will be explained using a book as an example.

Books are stored on each of the fixed shelves 1a, 1b, and their inventory status is managed by a computer, with the number of copies in stock and storage shelf position stored for each book name or code. In such a situation, the stock delivery settings are made to the inventory management computer based on the stock delivery slip consisting of the order book name and number of copies for each customer bookstore. Based on this delivery setting, the cassette tape recorder connected to the computer records the delivery shelf position (i.e. cart stop position), book name or code positive, number of copies, customer bookstore name, etc. on the cassette tape in the order of delivery work. be done.

The worker sets the warehousing work program setting cassette tape created as described above into the regenerator provided on the control panel 20 of the trolley 6, and operates the start button similarly provided on the control panel 20. . As a result, the cart 6 automatically travels to the first delivery shelf position based on the program recorded on the cassette tape, and automatically stops at the first delivery shelf position.

At this time, the target unloading shelf position is any one of the minimum sections 21 with multiple upper and lower stages located directly to the left and right sides of the worker boarding section 13 of the stopped trolley 3, but the fixed shelf ia, lb on either the left or right
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At the same time as the cassette tape is stopped, the operator can easily notice the arrow-shaped indicator light 18 which is selectively turned on based on the position of the first output shelf recorded on the cassette tape. Further, at this time, on the display screen provided on the control panel 20, the name or code shade of the book to be picked, the number of copies to be picked, and the customer bookstore name are displayed based on the record of the cassette tape.

The operator picks up a specified number of books displayed on the display screen from the target shelf position indicated by the illuminated arrow-shaped indicator light 18, that is, the minimum section 11i21, and
The multiple receivers on the work shelf 15 are in section 15a, and the specific receiver corresponding to the displayed customer bookstore name is in section 15.
Transfer to a. Of course, each consignment in the work shelf 15 is recorded in the sumo wrestler tag by associating the section 15a with the name of the customer bookstore, and the operator can move the books to the section 15a for the specific consignment designated on the display screen. It may be possible to post it.

When the picking operation for the first output shelf position is completed, the operator operates the start button. As a result, if there is a subsequent unloading operation, the trolley 6 automatically travels toward the next unloading shelf position and automatically stops at the target position, so that the picking operation is performed in the manner described above. car t',)
When the series of shipping operations recorded on the tape is completed,
By operating the start button, the trolley 6 automatically travels toward the home position and automatically stops at the unloading work position 5.

This completes the unloading work using the trolley 6, but the work shelf 15 on the trolley 6 that has stopped at the unloading work position 5 is connected to the conveyor 14 on the trolley that supports the work shelf 15. By driving the carry-out conveyor 7 located at the carry-out conveyor 7, the products are carried out onto the carry-out conveyor 7 and stored on this conveyor 7. The packer is
From the work shelf 15 on the conveyor 7, the books collected in one consignment receptacle u15a for each customer bookstore are taken out, packed in the packing work area 9, and carried out by the shipping conveyor 10.

The work of replenishing and storing books on the fixed shelves 1a and 1b can also be performed in the same manner as the above-mentioned unloading work.

That is, the books brought in by the receiving conveyor 12 are
The work is transferred to an empty work shelf 15 on the carry-in conveyor 8, and the work shelf 15 is carried onto the empty truck δ stopped at the warehousing work position 6 by the conveyor 8 and the conveyor 14 on the truck. Then, by inserting a warehousing work program setting tape into the regenerator of the trolley 6, which has been created in the same way as when taking out the warehouse, the warehousing work can be carried out in the same way as when taking out the warehouse.

Note that the cargo to be handled is not limited to books, but may be any other item. Also, the unloading work position 5 and the warehousing work position 6 are located at the same location, and the work shelves 15 are carried out from one end of the conveyor 14 on the trolley 6, and the empty work shelves 15 are loaded from the other end of the conveyor 14. You can do it like this. Further, an arrow-shaped indicator light 18 as a means for indicating the position of the loading/unloading work shelf is attached to the frame 16 fixed to the trolley 6, but it may also be provided on the work shelf 15. In this case, when the work shelf 15 is carried into a predetermined position on the trolley 6, the electrical contacts on the trolley side and the electrical contacts on the work shelf 15 side come into contact, and the indicator light control circuit on the trolley side and the electrical contact on the work shelf 15 side contact. It must be configured so that it can be connected to an indicator light.

The display means for indicating the position of the loading/unloading work shelf is not limited to the indicator light 18. For example, it is also possible to use a floodlight that illuminates the desired shelf position with a beam of light.

Further, a display device for indicating the position of the storage/unloading work shelf, for example, a display device for displaying the book cover (or book code 1lh) to be picked up and/or the number of copies to be delivered may be provided in the vicinity of the indicator light 18, for example. This display device includes the indicator light 1
8, the article storage, loading and unloading device according to the present invention can be installed on the frame 16 of the truck 6 or on the work shelf 15. It is combined with a picking work trolley that travels on a fixed route including the route part and automatically stops at the shelf position to be loaded and unloaded according to a set loading and unloading work program, and the trolley is equipped with Since the device is equipped with a display means that directly indicates the height at which the loading and unloading work is to be performed on the shelf on the side of the trolley that is activated and stopped based on Picking operations can be carried out very efficiently and efficiently without the worker having to walk along the shelves or searching for the desired shelf position.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the overall layout, Fig. 2 is a partially cross-sectional plan view showing fixed shelves and carts, Fig. 3 is a side view with the front fixed shelf omitted, and Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the fixed shelves and cart. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional front view, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure for unloading work.

Claims (1)

[Claims] It consists of a combination of a fixed shelf and a picking work trolley that travels along a fixed route including a path along the fixed shelf and automatically stops at the shelf position to be loaded and unloaded according to a set loading and unloading work program, The article storing and loading/unloading device is provided with a display means on the trolley that directly indicates the height at which the loading/unloading operation is to be performed on a shelf on the side of the truck that is activated and stopped based on the loading/unloading work program.