CN111731809A

CN111731809A - Manual sorting device

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Publication number: CN111731809A
Application number: CN201910535649.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王显旺; 冯宇
Original assignee: Beijing Jingdong Century Trading Co Ltd; Beijing Jingdong Shangke Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-06-20
Filing date: 2019-06-20
Publication date: 2020-10-02

Abstract

The invention discloses an artificial picking device, which comprises: a supply conveyor line having a supply moving mechanism for carrying the storage containers between a supply conveyor line body of the supply conveyor line and a supply sorting platform; the receiving conveying line is provided with a receiving moving mechanism, and the receiving moving mechanism is used for conveying the target container between a receiving conveying line body of the receiving conveying line and a receiving sorting platform; the delivery conveying line is positioned above the receiving conveying line and arranged in parallel with the receiving conveying line. This artifical equipment of selecting's confession a transfer chain and the more than lower two-layer mode of addressee transfer chain are arranged, make the workman can be simultaneously in the face of confession a selection platform and the platform is selected to the addressee to corresponding goods in the container of selecting the platform can be taken through simply stretching out one's hand, reduced the letter sorting degree of difficulty, improved letter sorting efficiency, and solved the tradition and selected the big problem in equipment occupation of land space, realized the purpose of intensive letter sorting.

Description

Manual sorting device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of logistics transportation, in particular to manual sorting equipment.

Background

The manual sorting station is an important node in the storage and logistics link, and goods in the storage container are placed in the target container in a manual carrying mode so as to solve the problem that the combination and placement work cannot be completed by a pure mechanical structure.

The manual sorting station in the prior art generally comprises a reversing system of a first conveying line and a second conveying line, wherein the first conveying line is used for conveying storage containers to one side of a sorting station, the second conveying line is used for conveying target containers to the other side of the sorting station, due to structural restriction of the conveying lines, sorting workers need to turn around to convey goods between the two containers, and sorting efficiency is low.

In addition, because the first conveying system and the second conveying system are both positioned at the same horizontal height, the transverse floor area is large, only one storage container and one target container are positioned in the manual sorting station at the same time, and the objects in different storage containers cannot be sorted into different target containers, so that the requirements of increasingly high-density sorting and high-efficiency sorting of the existing sorting center are difficult to meet.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the defect that manual sorting equipment in the prior art cannot meet the requirements of increasingly high intensive sorting and high-efficiency sorting of a sorting center, and provides the manual sorting equipment.

The invention solves the technical problems through the following technical scheme:

an artificial picking apparatus, comprising:

a supply conveyor line having a supply moving mechanism for carrying storage containers between a supply conveyor line body of the supply conveyor line and a supply picking platform;

the receiving conveying line is provided with a receiving moving mechanism, and the receiving moving mechanism is used for conveying a target container between a receiving conveying line body of the receiving conveying line and a receiving sorting platform;

the delivery conveying line is positioned above the receiving conveying line, and the delivery conveying line and the receiving conveying line are arranged in parallel.

This equipment is selected to manual work helps the workman to carry the container that corresponds between transfer chain body and selection platform through feed moving mechanism and receipts material moving mechanism to avoid causing the influence to the conveying flow of the transfer chain body that the letter sorting work influence of this container corresponds. Simultaneously, this artifical equipment of selecting's confession a transfer chain and the more than two-layer mode of addressee transfer chain are arranged, make the workman can be simultaneously in the face of confession a selection platform and the platform is selected to the addressee to can take the goods in the container that corresponds the selection platform through simply stretching out one's hand, need not turn round or bow at whole letter sorting in-process, reduced the letter sorting degree of difficulty, improved letter sorting efficiency, and solved the tradition and selected the big problem of equipment occupation of land space, realized the purpose of intensive letter sorting.

Preferably, the feeding moving mechanism and the receiving moving mechanism are both jacking transplanting mechanisms.

Preferably, the piece supplying conveyor line is provided with a plurality of the feeding moving mechanisms, and the plurality of the feeding moving mechanisms are arranged in parallel along the conveying direction of the piece supplying conveyor line body and are respectively butted with different piece supplying picking platforms.

The structure enables a plurality of sorting platforms for the supplied pieces to be arranged on the single conveying line body at the same time so as to store a plurality of storage containers at the same time and meet the increasingly complex sorting requirement.

Preferably, the receiving conveying line is provided with a plurality of receiving moving mechanisms, and the receiving moving mechanisms are arranged in parallel along the conveying direction of the receiving conveying line body and are respectively butted with different receiving sorting platforms.

The structure enables a plurality of addressee sorting platforms to be arranged on a single addressee conveying line body at the same time so as to store a plurality of target containers at the same time and meet increasingly complex sorting requirements.

Preferably, the sorting platform for the parts is obliquely arranged towards the manual sorting direction, so that sorting personnel can conveniently take the goods in the storage container, and the sorting comfort level of the sorting personnel can be improved.

Preferably, the end of the order picking platform is provided with a stop to prevent the storage container from falling off the inclined order picking platform.

Preferably, the piece feeding line further comprises a tipping device, and a turning plate of the tipping device is positioned on the surface of the piece picking platform and can turn relative to the surface of the piece picking platform.

The structure enables the storage container to be overturned through the overturning plate when the storage container is positioned on the surface of the sorting platform for the articles, so that the inclination angle of the storage container is further enlarged, and the manual sorting operation is more convenient and comfortable.

Preferably, the horizontal distance between the delivery picking platform and the manual picking position of the manual picking device is greater than the horizontal distance between the delivery picking platform and the manual picking position, so that the delivery picking platform positioned above the delivery picking platform can avoid causing obstruction to picking personnel to pick and place goods from the delivery picking platform.

Preferably, the manual picking apparatus further comprises a front fence extending in a vertical direction and disposed between the manual picking position of the manual picking apparatus and the consignee picking platform.

Preferably, the surface of the front guard plate is provided with an inward folded edge and a convex part so that the surface shape of the front guard plate is matched with the shape of the legs of the human body.

This inward hem is used for dodging sorting personnel foot, makes sorting personnel can more press close to equipment and stand, and the bellying then is used for supplying sorting personnel's knee and shank to support and lean on to slow down long-time standing and the fatigue that produces.

Preferably, the manual picking equipment further comprises a frame, the delivery conveying line is fixed on the upper layer of the frame, and the receiving conveying line is fixed on the lower layer of the frame.

Preferably, the manual picking equipment further comprises a display screen, the display screen is fixed on the rack and located above the piece supplying conveying line, and the display screen is used for displaying the positions of the storage containers and the target containers so that sorting personnel can know information such as the positions of goods in real time.

Preferably, the manual sorting equipment further comprises a sorting supply prompting lamp, wherein the sorting supply prompting lamp is electrically connected to the display screen and arranged on the sorting supply platform or the sorting receiving platform, so that sorting personnel are reminded to perform sorting work on the corresponding sorting platform in a manner of lighting the sorting lamp.

The positive progress effects of the invention are as follows:

this equipment is selected to manual work helps the workman to carry the container that corresponds between transfer chain body and selection platform through feed moving mechanism and receipts material moving mechanism to avoid causing the influence to the transport flow of the transfer chain body that the letter sorting work of this container corresponds.

Simultaneously, this artifical equipment of selecting's confession a transfer chain and the more than two-layer mode of addressee transfer chain are arranged, make the workman can be simultaneously in the face of confession a selection platform and the platform is selected to the addressee to can take the goods in the container that corresponds the selection platform through simply stretching out one's hand, need not turn round or bow at whole letter sorting in-process, reduced the letter sorting degree of difficulty, improved letter sorting efficiency, and solved the tradition and selected the big problem of equipment occupation of land space, realized the purpose of intensive letter sorting.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a side view of a manual picking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an artificial picking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a workpiece feeding line according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating a use state of the supply conveyor line according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of an incoming delivery line according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a use state of the manual picking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a rack of the manual picking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

supply conveyor line 1

A feed moving mechanism 11, a horizontal conveying belt 111, a jacking device 112

Parts feeding conveying line body 12

Feeding picking platform 13, stop 131, horizontal distance A

Tilting device 14, flap 141, flap drive 142

Delivery line 2

Material receiving and moving mechanism 21

Delivery line body 22

Picking platform 23, horizontal distance B

Display screen 16

Supply item indicator light 17

Frame 18

Front guard plate 19, folded edge 191, and protruding part 192

Side guard plate 20

Storage container 5

Target container 6

Manual picking position 8

Detailed Description

The invention is further illustrated by the following examples, which are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 5, the present invention provides a manual sorting apparatus, which specifically includes a delivery line 1 and an in-take delivery line 2. Wherein, supply a transfer chain 1 to have a feed moving mechanism 11, this feed moving mechanism 11 is used for carrying storage container 5 between a transfer chain body 12 and a delivery sorting platform 13 that supply a transfer chain 1, and the addressee transfer chain 2 also correspondingly has a receipts moving mechanism 21, receives the material moving mechanism 21 and is used for carrying target container 6 between the addressee transfer chain body 22 and the addressee sorting platform 23 of addressee transfer chain 2, simultaneously, supplies a transfer chain 1 to be located the top of addressee transfer chain 2, and supplies a transfer chain 1 and addressee transfer chain 2 parallel arrangement.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, the supply moving mechanism 11 of the supply conveyor line 1 is a horizontal transplanting mechanism, and includes a horizontal conveying belt 111 and a jacking device 112. The picking platform 13 is located at the end of the horizontal conveyor 111, and the lifting device 112 is disposed below the horizontal conveyor 111 for lifting the horizontal conveyor 111, so that when the horizontal conveyor 111 carries the storage container 5, the storage container 5 is prevented from contacting the picking platform 13 and the picking conveyor line 12, thereby reducing the carrying resistance. As to the specific principle and structure of the horizontal transplanting mechanism, since it is already a product disclosed in the prior art, it is not necessary to describe herein in detail.

In addition, although the containers are transported by the horizontal transfer mechanism in the present embodiment, other mechanical products that are already available in the prior art and can be used for transporting the storage containers 5 or the target containers 6 can also be used for the purpose of transferring the containers between the corresponding conveyor line bodies and the picking platforms.

This manual picking equipment passes through feed moving mechanism 11 and receipts material moving mechanism 21 with the help workman carries the container that corresponds between transfer chain body and picking platform to avoid causing the influence to the conveying flow of the transfer chain body that the letter sorting work of this container corresponds.

Simultaneously, two-layer mode is arranged about this artifical equipment of selecting more than confession transfer chain 1 and addressee transfer chain 2, makes the workman can be simultaneously in the face of confession an order platform 13 and addressee order platform 23 to can take the goods in the container that corresponds the order platform through simply stretching out one's hand, need not turn round or bow at whole letter sorting in-process, reduced the letter sorting degree of difficulty, improved letter sorting efficiency, and solved the tradition and selected the big problem of equipment occupation of land space, realized the purpose of intensive letter sorting.

The manual sorting equipment is used as a workstation capable of running independently, and the delivery line body 12 and the delivery line body 22 can be butted with corresponding ports on an original container delivery line through delivery line outlets and inlets of the delivery line body and the delivery line body, so that the purpose of arranging the manual sorting station conveniently and quickly is achieved, and the idea of modular design is embodied.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the piece picking platform 13 is arranged at an angle in the direction of the manual picking position 8 of the manual picking installation, so that the opening of the storage container 5 located on the piece picking platform 13 can be angled in the direction of the sorting staff, in order to facilitate the picking staff to pick or place goods in the storage container 5. In order to prevent the storage containers 5 from falling off the inclined picking platform 13, a stop is provided at the end of the picking platform 13. And picking platform 23 need not be inclined due to its relatively low height. The structure also meets the requirement of human engineering, and can effectively improve the sorting comfort level of sorting personnel.

A tilting device 14 is arranged on each piece picking platform 13 of the piece supply line 1, the tilting device 14 having a flap 141, the flap 141 being able to be tilted in the direction of the arrow in fig. 4 by means of a flap drive 142 (in the present example a hydraulic cylinder) of the tilting device 14. The flap 141 is disposed on the surface of the picking platform 13 so that the angle of inclination of the storage container 5 is further increased by the turning over of the flap 141 when the storage container 5 is transported to the picking platform 13 (as shown in fig. 4), making the manual sorting operation more convenient and comfortable.

In addition, the horizontal distance a of delivery picking platform 13 from manual picking position 8 of the manual picking apparatus should also be greater than the horizontal distance B of picking platform 23 from manual picking position 8 to avoid the delivery picking platform 13 from obstructing the pick-up personnel from picking and placing the goods from picking and placing platform 23.

As shown in fig. 2, the parts feeding line 1 of the manual picking apparatus has a plurality of feeding moving mechanisms 11, and the feeding moving mechanisms 11 are arranged side by side along the conveying direction of the parts feeding line body 12 (i.e., the direction indicated by the arrow in fig. 3) and respectively butt against different parts feeding platforms 13. The structure enables a plurality of supplied piece picking platforms 13 to be arranged on the single supplied piece conveying line body 12 at the same time so as to store a plurality of storage containers 5 at the same time, and meets increasingly complex picking requirements.

In addition, the incoming conveying line 2 of the manual sorting device is also provided with a plurality of receiving moving mechanisms 21, the receiving moving mechanisms 21 are arranged in parallel along the conveying direction of the incoming conveying line body 22 (namely the direction indicated by the arrow in fig. 5) and are respectively butted with different incoming sorting platforms 23, so that when a sorting worker uses the manual sorting device, the sorting worker can simultaneously work corresponding to a plurality of supplied sorting platforms 13 and the incoming sorting platforms 23, containers on the sorting platforms are not mutually influenced, and the sorting efficiency can be further improved. The layout direction of the consignee picking platform 23 relative to the consignee delivery line body 22 is similar to the layout of the consignee picking platform 13 relative to the consignee delivery line body 12, and the consignee picking platform 23 and the consignee picking platform 13 are all located on the same side of the corresponding delivery line body, and are in the up-and-down parallel layout, and the directions of delivering containers are completely the same.

As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, the manual picking apparatus has a total of two picking platforms 13 and six picking platforms 23. As shown in fig. 6, the containers on the piece picking platform 13 are storage containers 5, i.e. containers for the items to be sorted, typically bins; and the receptacle on the in-picking platform 23 is the target receptacle 6, i.e., the receptacle into which the sorted articles need to be manually placed, typically a packaging carton. This arrangement has the following advantages:

first, the target receptacles 6 are positioned on a relatively low in-take picking platform 23, considering that it is more labor-efficient to lower the sorted items than to raise them.

Secondly, in the field of logistics packaging, the number of target containers 6 is generally greater than that of storage containers 5, so that it is more reasonable to arrange a greater number of target containers 6 on the lower pick-receiving platform 23, which makes the center of gravity of the entire manual picking installation more stable.

As shown in fig. 2, the manual sorting apparatus further includes a display screen 16, the display screen 16 is disposed above the delivery line 1, and the display screen 16 is used for displaying the positions of the storage containers 5 and the target containers 6, so that the sorting personnel can know information such as the positions of the goods in real time. Preferably, the display screen 16 has a human-computer interaction function, i.e. the feeding moving mechanism 11 or the receiving moving mechanism 21 can be controlled to transport the containers from the conveying line bodies to the picking platforms by means of a touch screen or a keyboard input.

In addition, this manual picking equipment still includes a confession piece warning light 17, and confession piece warning light 17 is connected with display screen 16 electricity to set up on the confession piece is selected platform 13 or the letter reception and is selected platform 23 that correspond, when certain container got into when certain platform of selecting that corresponds, confession piece warning light 17 lighted, carries out the letter sorting work with the warning sorting personnel.

As shown in FIG. 7, the manual picking apparatus further includes a frame 18, a front guard plate 19 and a side guard plate 20. The frame 18 is a main body frame of the manual sorting equipment, the delivery line 1, the delivery line 2, the display screen 16, the delivery indicator light 17 and the like are respectively fixed on the frame 18, the delivery line 1 is fixed at an upper position of the frame 18, and the delivery line 2 is fixed at a lower position of the frame 18.

A front guard 19 is vertically disposed and secured to the frame 18, the front guard 19 being disposed at an end of the in-order picking platform 23 to separate the manual picking position 8 of the manual picking apparatus from various mechanical structures within the in-order picking platform 23 to provide safety to sorting personnel during the sorting process. Side guards 20 are provided on the left and right sides of the support frame 18 to prevent exposure of mechanical structures.

As shown in FIG. 7, the surface of the front guard plate 19 has an inward flange 191 and a convex portion 192. The inward folded edge 191 is used for avoiding the feet of sorting personnel, so that the sorting personnel can stand close to the equipment; the raised portions 192 are used for the knees and legs of the sorters to abut against, so as to reduce fatigue caused by standing for a long time.

While specific embodiments of the invention have been described above, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that this is by way of example only, and that the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims. Various changes and modifications to these embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and these changes and modifications are within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. An artificial picking apparatus, characterized in that it comprises:

2. The manual picking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the feeding and receiving movement mechanisms are each a lift-up and transplanting mechanism.

3. The manual picking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the supply conveyor line has a plurality of the supply moving mechanisms which are juxtaposed in the conveying direction of the supply conveyor line body and respectively butt-jointed to different ones of the supply picking platforms.

4. The manual sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the incoming conveying line has a plurality of the material receiving moving mechanisms, and the plurality of the material receiving moving mechanisms are arranged side by side in a conveying direction of the incoming conveying line body and are respectively butted against different incoming sorting platforms.

5. The manual picking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the item-presenting picking platform is inclined in a direction of manual picking.

6. The manual picking apparatus of claim 5, wherein the end of the piece feeding platform is provided with a stop.

7. The manual picking apparatus of claim 5, wherein the delivery line further has a tipping device, the flap of the tipping device being located on a surface of the delivery platform and being capable of being flipped relative to the surface of the delivery platform.

8. The manual picking apparatus of claim 1, wherein a horizontal distance of the delivery picking platform from a manual picking location of the manual picking apparatus is greater than a horizontal distance of the in-pick picking platform from the manual picking location.

9. The manual picking apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a front fence extending in a vertical direction and disposed between the manual picking position of the manual picking apparatus and the in-pick platform.

10. The manual picking apparatus of claim 9, wherein the surface of the front guard has inwardly folded edges and raised portions to conform the surface shape of the front guard to the shape of the legs of the human body.

11. The manual picking apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a frame, the delivery line being secured to an upper level of the frame, and the delivery line being secured to a lower level of the frame.

12. The manual picking apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a display screen secured to the frame and positioned above the supply conveyor line, the display screen displaying where the storage containers and the target containers are located.

13. The manual sorting apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a delivery notification light electrically connected to the display screen and disposed on the delivery platform or the consignee sorting platform.