CH705000A2

CH705000A2 - Automatic device for storing and moving suspended containers containing palletized goods to e.g. transport vehicle, has supporting frame fixed to storage platform through guide hooks that slide into guide profiles by using bearing balls

Info

Publication number: CH705000A2
Application number: CH8912011A
Authority: CH
Inventors: Richard Gaillard
Original assignee: Richard Gaillard
Priority date: 2011-05-24
Filing date: 2011-05-24
Publication date: 2012-11-30

Abstract

The device has a supporting frame (6) fixed and secured to a storage platform (5) through pairs of guide hooks (20) that slide into guide profiles (53) by using bearing balls (54), where a container (1) is suspended and secured to the frame by a bayonet attachment (52). The storage platform has motors (12) actuating removable toothed belts (13, 15, 16, 18, 19) secured to strips installed on top of the frame. The platform is equipped with removable stops (55) limiting the movement of the container and allowing positioning of the container at a new storage location.

Description

Domaine techniqueTechnical area

[0001] Le dispositif automatique de stockage et de déplacement pour conteneurs suspendus, objet de l’invention, s’inscrit dans le domaine de la logistique en général et dans les domaines de l’alimentation et autres biens de consommation de la grande distribution en particulier. The automatic storage and moving device for hanging containers, object of the invention, is in the field of logistics in general and in the fields of food and other consumer goods of the large distribution in particular.

Etat de la techniqueState of the art

[0002] Le dispositif automatique de stockage et de déplacement pour conteneurs suspendus, objet de l’invention, n’existe pas actuellement. Le stockage de marchandises, le plus souvent palettisées, s’exécute par le dépôt des palettes sur les rayons des colonnes et lignes de stockage. The automatic storage and movement device for suspended containers, object of the invention, does not currently exist. The storage of goods, most often palletized, is carried out by depositing the pallets on the shelves of the columns and storage lines.

Description détaillée de l’inventionDetailed description of the invention

[0003] Dispositif automatique de stockage et de déplacement pour conteneurs suspendus, caractérisé en ce que les conteneurs sont suspendus par leurs quatre angles supérieurs à un châssis de soutien. Automatic storage and moving device for hanging containers, characterized in that the containers are suspended by their four upper angles to a support frame.

[0004] Le dispositif comprend trois avantages conséquents. Le premier concerne l’entrée de marchandises en conteneurs suspendus qui sont déchargés et acheminés automatiquement à leurs emplacements de stockage. The device comprises three consequent advantages. The first concerns the receipt of goods in suspended containers that are unloaded and routed automatically to their storage locations.

[0005] Le second concerne la surface et le volume des entrepôts de stockage ainsi que la facilité de faire sortir les conteneurs pour les chargements sur des véhicules de transport, car chaque niveau peut contenir de très grandes quantités de conteneurs suspendus et dispose d’espaces vides permettant le déplacement rapide des conteneurs voisins à celui ou ceux qui sont destinés à la sortie. The second concerns the surface and the volume of storage warehouses and the ease of removing containers for loads on transport vehicles, because each level can contain very large quantities of containers hanging and has spaces empty allowing the rapid movement of the neighboring containers to that or those which are intended for the exit.

[0006] Le troisième concerne la sortie de marchandises en conteneurs suspendus qui sont sélectionnés et acheminés automatiquement à leurs emplacements de chargement de l’entrepôt sur les véhicules de transport. The third concerns the issue of goods in suspended containers that are selected and routed automatically to their warehouse loading locations on transport vehicles.

[0007] Le dispositif automatique de stockage et de déplacement pour conteneurs suspendus comprend, pour la mise de marchandises en conteneurs, à l’intérieur de l’entrepôt, un mécanisme de saisie des conteneurs et d’ancrage de ceux-ci à des châssis de support. Ces châssis de support sont ensuite insérés à des plate-formes de stockage et de déplacement qui garnissent les différents niveaux de stockage de l’entrepôt. Les crochets d’insertion sont équipés de billes pour coulisser sur les guides inférieurs des plate-formes de stockage. The automatic storage and movement device for suspended containers includes, for the placing of goods in containers, inside the warehouse, a mechanism for gripping the containers and anchoring them to the chassis of support. These support frames are then inserted into storage and moving platforms that house the different storage levels of the warehouse. The insertion hooks are equipped with balls for sliding on the lower guides of the storage platforms.

[0008] Les plate-formes de stockage sont équipées de moteurs permettant le déplacement latéral des conteneurs à l’aide de courroies crantées amovibles qui s’intègrent dans des bandes de tenue installées sur le dessus des châssis de support des conteneurs. The storage platforms are equipped with motors for lateral displacement of the containers using removable toothed belts that fit into the holding strips installed on the top of the support frames of the containers.

[0009] Les dispositifs intégrant les plate-formes de stockage sont équipés d’arrêts amovibles qui limitent le déplacement des conteneurs et leur permettent de se positionner de manière correcte à leurs nouveaux emplacements à l’intérieur des différentes lignes de stockage. Ces arrêts permettent également de verrouiller les conteneurs et de les empêcher de se déplacer, en particulier pour les entrepôts situés dans des zones sismiques. The devices incorporating the storage platforms are equipped with removable stops that limit the movement of the containers and allow them to position themselves correctly at their new locations within the various storage lines. These stops also lock the containers and prevent them from moving, especially for warehouses located in seismic zones.

[0010] Pour insérer ou pour sortir un conteneur des niveaux de stockage, une plate-forme de saisie équipée d’une prise mâle à baïonnette ou autre ancre le châssis de support du conteneur, équipé de prises femelles à baïonnette ou autre, et le bloque par des arrêts pour son déplacement. Plusieurs plate-formes de saisie peuvent être utilisées conjointement et chacune est intégrée dans un dispositif muni d’un système à élévation afin de permettre l’accès à tous les niveaux de stockage de l’entrepôt. To insert or remove a container storage levels, a gripping platform equipped with a bayonet plug or other anchor the support frame of the container, equipped with bayonet or other female sockets, and the blocked by stops for his move. Several capture platforms can be used together and each is integrated into a device with an elevation system to allow access to all levels of storage in the warehouse.

[0011] Le dispositif comprend un système automatique de transfert des conteneurs des véhicules de transport à l’entrepôt ou vice versa. Un châssis de transfert amovible, relié aux réseaux d’acheminement interne de l’entrepôt, permet l’accès à deux ou plusieurs niveaux de chargement - déchargement des véhicules de transport. The device comprises an automatic system for transferring containers from transport vehicles to the warehouse or vice versa. A removable transfer frame, connected to the internal routing networks of the warehouse, allows access to two or more levels of loading and unloading of the transport vehicles.

[0012] L’ensemble des manipulations de tous les dispositifs peut être concentré à une centrale d’engagement de l’entrepôt et une tablette électronique tactile permet la gestion des mouvements et transferts en zone de chargement - déchargement. All manipulations of all devices can be concentrated at a central warehouse and a touch-sensitive electronic tablet allows the management of movements and transfers in the loading area - unloading.

[0013] La gestion du stock peut être facilitée par puces RFID et lecteurs appropriés qui équipent les conteneurs et leurs plate-formes de stockage. Ces mêmes plate-formes peuvent être équipées d’un système de pesée qui indique le poids du conteneur et de son châssis en vue de gérer la charge utile des véhicules de transport lors des chargements. The management of the stock can be facilitated by RFID chips and appropriate readers that equip the containers and their storage platforms. These same platforms can be equipped with a weighing system that indicates the weight of the container and its frame to manage the payload of the transport vehicles during the loadings.

Liste des dessinsList of drawings

[0014] <tb>Dessin # 1<sep>Stockage vertical <tb>Dessin # 2<sep>Stockage vertical multiple <tb>Dessin # 3<sep>Dispositif et mécanisme de saisie et d’ancrage des plate-formes de support et des conteneurs <tb>Dessin # 4<sep>Plateforme pour le stockage et le déplacement des conteneurs <tb>Dessin # 5<sep>Plateforme pour la saisie et le déplacement des conteneurs stockés en ligne <tb>Dessin # 6<sep>Dispositif et mécanisme de chargement déchargement sur les ponts des véhicules et autres moyens de transport[0014] <tb> Drawing # 1 <sep> Vertical Storage <tb> Drawing # 2 <sep> Multiple Vertical Storage <tb> Drawing # 3 <sep> Device and mechanism for gripping and anchoring support platforms and containers <tb> Drawing # 4 <sep> Platform for Storing and Moving Containers <tb> Drawing # 5 <sep> Platform for entering and moving containers stored online <tb> Drawing # 6 <sep> Loading device and mechanism unloading on the decks of vehicles and other means of transport

Réalisation de l’inventionRealization of the invention

[0015] La forme la plus probable et potentiellement la plus quantitative d’exécution du dispositif automatique de stockage et de déplacement pour conteneurs suspendus est celle destinée au secteur de l’alimentation et autres biens de consommation de la grande distribution. Le dessin, folio N° 4, démontre cette forme d’application. The most likely and potentially most quantitative form of execution of the automatic device for storage and movement for hanging containers is that intended for the food and other consumer goods sector of mass distribution. The drawing, folio N ° 4, demonstrates this form of application.

[0016] Le conteneur (1) est suspendu et arrimé au châssis de support (6) par des fixations à baïonnette ou autre (52). Le châssis de support (6) est fixé et arrimé à une plate-forme de stockage (5) par deux paires de crochets-guides (20) qui coulissent dans deux profils doubles de guidage (53) à l’aide de billes (54) qui équipent les crochets (47, 48). The container (1) is suspended and secured to the support frame (6) by bayonet or other fasteners (52). The support frame (6) is fixed and secured to a storage platform (5) by two pairs of guide hooks (20) which slide in two double guide profiles (53) by means of balls (54). ) that equip the hooks (47, 48).

[0017] La plate-forme de stockage (5) est équipée de 3 moteurs (12) qui actionnent des courroies crantées (13) amovibles (15, 16 et 18, 19) qui s’intègrent dans des bandes de tenue (21) installées sur le dessus des châssis de support (6) des conteneurs (1). Les dispositifs intégrant les plate-formes de stockage (5) sont équipés d’arrêts amovibles (55) mus par des moteurs (56) qui limitent (57) le déplacement des conteneurs et leur permettent de se positionner de manière correcte à leurs nouveaux emplacements à l’intérieur des différentes lignes de stockage. The storage platform (5) is equipped with three motors (12) which actuate toothed belts (13) removable (15, 16 and 18, 19) which fit into the holding strips (21). installed on the top of the support frames (6) of the containers (1). The devices incorporating the storage platforms (5) are equipped with removable stops (55) driven by motors (56) which limit (57) the movement of the containers and allow them to position themselves correctly at their new locations inside the different storage lines.

[0018] Le châssis de support (6) est équipé sur ses quatre côtés d’une prise femelle (22) de type baïonnette ou autre qui permet à un dispositif de saisie extérieur de l’extraire de sa ligne de stockage pour son déplacement à la zone de chargement - déchargement de l’entrepôt de stockage, pour son transfert vers ou depuis un véhicule de transport. The support frame (6) is equipped on its four sides with a socket (22) bayonet type or other that allows an external gripping device to extract it from its storage line for its movement to the loading / unloading area of the storage warehouse, for its transfer to or from a transport vehicle.

Claims

An automatic storage and moving device for hanging containers, characterized in that (Drawing # 4) the containers (1) are suspended by their four upper angles (52) to a frame (6) which can slide by rails (53). ) to a storage platform (5), by rolling balls (54) which are installed in the support supports (20, 47, 48).

2. Automatic storage and moving device for suspended containers, according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises, for the placing of goods in containers (Drawing # 3), inside the warehouse, a mechanism for gripping the containers (34, 38, 39) and anchoring them (1) to support frames (6). These support frames are then inserted (Drawing # 4) to storage and moving platforms (5) that line (Drawing # 1) the different storage levels (2) of the warehouse.

3. Automatic storage and moving device for hanging containers, according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that (Drawing # 4) the storage platforms (5) are equipped with motors (12) for lateral displacement of the containers by means of removable toothed belts (13) which fit into holding strips (21) installed on the top of the support frames (6) of the containers (1).

4. Automatic storage and moving device for suspended containers, according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the devices (Drawing # 4) integrating the storage platforms (5) are equipped with removable stops (55), driven by a motor (56) which limit (57) the movement of the containers (1) and allow them to position themselves correctly at their new locations within the various storage lines. These stops (57) also lock the containers and prevent them from moving, especially for warehouses located in seismic zones.

5. Automatic storage and moving device for hanging containers, according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, (Drawing # 5) for inserting or removing a container from the storage levels, a gripping platform (7) equipped with a bayonet plug or other type (27) anchors the support frame (6) of the container, equipped with female bayonet or other type (22), and blocks it by stops (33) for its displacement . Several input platforms (7) can be used together (Drawing # 1) and each is integrated into a device with an elevation system (4) to allow access to all storage levels of the warehouse.

6. Automatic storage and moving device for suspended containers, according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it comprises (Drawing # 6) an automatic system for transferring the containers (46) from the transport vehicles to the warehouse or vice versa. A removable transfer frame (40), connected to the internal routing networks of the warehouse, provides access to two (40, 41) or multiple loading-unloading levels of the transport vehicles.

7. Automatic storage and moving device for suspended containers, according to claims 1 to 6, characterized in that all the manipulations of all the devices can be concentrated at a central warehouse engagement and (Drawing # 6 ) a touch-sensitive electronic tablet (50) makes it possible to manage movements and transfers in the loading-unloading zone.

8. Automatic storage and moving device for hanging containers, according to claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the management of the stock (Drawing # 4) can be facilitated by RFID chips and appropriate readers that equip the containers (1) and their storage platforms (5). These same platforms can be equipped with a weighing system that indicates the weight of the container (1) and its frame (6) to manage the payload of the transport vehicles during loading.

9. Automatic storage and moving device for suspended containers according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that (Drawing # 3) the device and mechanism for gripping and anchoring the container support platforms (34). ) may be installed on a lift-type vehicle for the seizure, removal or transport of the container to a truck deck or other transport vehicle or on a loading or unloading platform at a distribution or center center commercial.