CN113816059A - Storage system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of warehouse logistics, and discloses a warehouse system, which comprises a bracket; the horizontal rails are arranged in parallel in multiple layers, and each layer of horizontal rail comprises two horizontal rails arranged on the left and the right; the power rails are longitudinally arranged on the front side and the rear side of the bracket, each power rail can be connected with two adjacent layers of horizontal rails, and the power rails on the left side and the right side are arranged in a staggered mode; the auxiliary rails are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the bracket, and the auxiliary rails on the left side and the right side are arranged in a front-and-rear staggered manner; the valve mechanism is arranged at one end of the power track and comprises a reversing track, and the reversing track can be selectively connected with the horizontal track and the adjacent power track; the shuttle car comprises a driving wheel and a driven wheel, wherein the driving wheel is arranged diagonally, the driven wheel is arranged diagonally, the driving wheel and the driven wheel can walk on a horizontal rail, the driving wheel can walk on a power rail through a reversing rail, and the driven wheel can walk on an auxiliary rail through the reversing rail. The invention improves the goods picking efficiency through the structure.

Description

Storage system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of warehouse logistics, in particular to a warehouse system.

Background

In the prior art, an automatic warehousing system comprises a warehousing system and a conveying system, wherein the warehousing system comprises a vertical track and a horizontal track, a lift in the conveying system moves in the vertical track, and a shuttle vehicle moves in the horizontal track. When the goods are put in storage, the lifter vertically lifts the goods from the ground to a specified height, then the shuttle vehicles on the layer receive the goods, horizontally move to a specified goods location and unload the goods; when the goods are delivered out of the warehouse, the shuttle cars receive the goods from the designated goods location and convey the goods to the designated position on the layer, and the goods are vertically dropped to the ground by the lifter and then unloaded. The automatic warehousing system comprises a lift and a plurality of shuttle cars, all the shuttle cars correspond to the same lift, and the plurality of shuttle cars cannot work independently, so that the use of the lift directly influences the picking efficiency. If the elevator breaks down, the automatic warehousing system can be shut down completely, and the picking efficiency is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a storage system which can realize independent lifting and horizontal movement of a shuttle vehicle and improve the goods picking efficiency.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a warehousing system comprising:

a support;

the horizontal rails are horizontally arranged on the bracket and are arranged in multiple layers in parallel, and each layer of horizontal rail comprises two horizontal rails arranged on the left and the right;

the power rails are longitudinally arranged on the front side and the rear side of the bracket, each power rail can be connected with two adjacent layers of the horizontal rails, and the power rail on the left side and the power rail on the right side are arranged in a staggered mode from front to back;

the auxiliary rails are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the bracket and are parallel to the power rails, and the auxiliary rails on the left side and the auxiliary rails on the right side are arranged in a front-back staggered manner;

the valve mechanism is arranged at one end of the power track and comprises a reversing track, and the reversing track can be selectively connected with the horizontal track and the adjacent power track;

the shuttle car comprises driving wheels arranged diagonally and driven wheels arranged diagonally, the driving wheels and the driven wheels can both walk on the horizontal rail, the driving wheels can walk on the power rail through the reversing rail, and the driven wheels can walk on the auxiliary rail through the reversing rail.

Preferably, the auxiliary rail at the front side of the bracket is positioned in front of the power rail at the front side of the bracket, and the auxiliary rail at the rear side of the bracket is positioned behind the power rail at the rear side of the bracket.

Preferably, the driving wheels and the driven wheels on the same side are arranged in a staggered manner, the horizontal rail comprises a first rail and a second rail which are integrally and arranged in the same direction, the driving wheels move on the first rail, and the driven wheels move on the second rail.

Preferably, the driving wheel is a gear, and a rack is arranged on the first track.

Preferably, the shuttle car includes:

a frame body;

the driving assembly is arranged on the frame body;

the driving shaft is rotatably arranged on the frame body and is driven by the driving assembly to rotate, a first driving wheel is fixedly arranged at the first end of the driving shaft, and a first driving wheel and a first driven wheel are sequentially and fixedly arranged at the second end of the driving shaft;

the driven shaft rotates and installs in the support body, the first end of driven shaft has set firmly the second from the driving wheel, and the second end has set firmly second drive wheel and second action wheel in proper order, the first end of driven shaft with the first end of driving shaft lies in same one side, the second drive wheel with connect through the transmission of drive belt between the first drive wheel.

Preferably, the first end of the driving shaft is further provided with a third driven wheel, and the third driven wheel and the second driven wheel move on the same track.

Preferably, a fourth driven wheel is further arranged at the second end of the driven shaft, and the fourth driven wheel and the first driven wheel move on the same track.

Preferably, the first driving wheel and the third driven wheel are arranged in a staggered mode, and the second driving wheel and the fourth driven wheel are arranged in a staggered mode.

Preferably, the driving assembly includes a first motor and a speed reducer driven by the first motor, and the speed reducer is drivingly connected to the driving shaft.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: through setting up the horizontal orbit, the power track, supplementary track and valve mechanism, can make the shuttle can independently switch at horizontal direction and vertical direction and remove, the efficiency of picking up goods has been improved, and crisscross setting around the power track on horizontal track left power track and horizontal track right side, crisscross setting around the supplementary track on horizontal track left supplementary track and horizontal track right side, can make the shuttle when carrying out the removal switching of horizontal direction and vertical direction, it is more stable, and make the shuttle when longitudinal movement, it is in the horizontality all the time, can not drop with the goods of protection on it.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a warehousing system provided by the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of the invention at A of FIG. 1

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the track structure on both sides of a shuttle car on the warehousing system provided by the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the track configuration on the left side of the shuttle provided by the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the track configuration on the right side of the shuttle provided by the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the shutter mechanism of the present invention in both reversed and non-reversed positions;

fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a shuttle provided by the present invention;

fig. 8 is a perspective view of another perspective of the shuttle provided by the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the shuttle provided by the present invention;

fig. 10 is a top view of the shuttle car provided by the present invention.

In the figure:

1. a support; 11. a frame; 12. footing; 2. a horizontal rail; 21. a first track; 22. a second track; 3. a power track; 4. an auxiliary track; 5. a shutter mechanism;

6. a shuttle vehicle; 61. a frame body; 62. a drive assembly; 621. a first motor; 622. a speed reducer; 63. a drive shaft; 631. a first drive wheel; 632. a first drive pulley; 633. a first driven wheel; 634. a third driven wheel; 64. a driven shaft; 641. a second driven wheel; 642. a second transmission wheel; 643. a second drive wheel; 644. a fourth driven wheel; 65. a transmission belt; 66. a bearing seat; 661. a driving roller; 662. a conveyor belt; 663. a first drive assembly.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures.

In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, removably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "right", etc. are used in an orientation or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings only for convenience of description and simplicity of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used only for descriptive purposes and are not intended to have a special meaning.

The invention provides a warehousing system, as shown in fig. 1, comprising a bracket 1, a horizontal rail 2, a power rail 3, an auxiliary rail 4, a valve mechanism 5 and a shuttle car 6, wherein:

the support 1 is of a frame 11 structure, and may be formed by a plurality of vertically placed frames 11, and adjacent frames 11 may be fixedly connected by the horizontal rail 2 or connected by a cross beam. A footing 12 is provided at the bottom of the frame 11 to support the frame 11, and since a plurality of frames 11 are provided, the height of each frame 11 can be adjusted by the footing 12, thereby allowing the horizontal rail 2 on the stand 1 to satisfy a required levelness.

The horizontal rails 2 are provided with a plurality of layers, and the horizontal rails 2 of the plurality of layers are longitudinally spaced and arranged in parallel. And preferably, each layer of horizontal rails 2 comprises two horizontal rails 2 arranged at the left and right sides of the frame 11, and the two horizontal rails 2 are located on the same plane and used for the shuttle car 6 to move along the horizontal direction. In this embodiment, the shuttle 6 includes the action wheel and follows the driving wheel, and the action wheel and the follow driving wheel of shuttle 6 with one side set up in the crisscross, and above-mentioned action wheel and follow driving wheel can move on horizontal track 2, and the action wheel diagonal angle setting of shuttle 6 also is the diagonal angle setting from the driving wheel.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2, the horizontal rail 2 includes a first rail 21 and a second rail 22 integrally and equidirectionally arranged, wherein the driving wheel can move on the first rail 21, and the driven wheel on the same side as the driving wheel can move on the second rail 22. Preferably, a rack may be disposed on the first track 21, the driving wheel is disposed as a gear, and the driving wheel travels on the first track 21 by meshing the driving wheel with the rack. And the mode that the gear and rack mesh also can make the walking of shuttle 6 more stable. The second rail 22 is disposed closer to the shuttle car 6 than the first rail 21. It will be appreciated that the first track 21 may also be a chain structure, and the corresponding driving wheel is a sprocket. As shown in fig. 3, the power rails 3 are longitudinally installed at the front and rear sides of the frame 1, and both ends of each power rail 3 can be connected to the adjacent two power rails 3. Because every layer of horizontal track 2 includes two horizontal tracks 2 that set up about, consequently correspondingly, every horizontal track 2 all connects a power track 3, and the power track 3 that every layer of horizontal track 2 corresponds also is equipped with two, through this power track 3, the action wheel of shuttle 6 can move on this power track 3 to realize the switching from horizontal track 2 to power track 3, make the switching-over of shuttle 6 and in fore-and-aft walking more stable. Preferably, the power track 3 is also provided with a rack so that the driving wheel can be meshed with the rack, and the running stability of the shuttle car 6 is improved. The power track 3 can also be in a chain structure, and the corresponding driving wheel is a chain wheel.

In this embodiment, among the power rails 3 connected to the two horizontal rails 2 on the same layer, the power rails 3 on the left side and the power rails 3 on the right side are staggered back and forth (as shown in fig. 3 to 5, the power rails 3 on the left side are disposed on the rear side, and the power rails 3 on the right side are disposed on the front side), so that the shuttle car 6 is provided with driving wheels disposed diagonally, and the direction change and the longitudinal traveling of the shuttle car 6 are more stable. In the present embodiment, the front, rear, left, and right directions refer to the front, rear, left, and right directions of the stand 1.

The auxiliary rails 4 are longitudinally installed on the front and rear sides of the bracket 1 and are parallel to the power rails 3, and the auxiliary rails 4 are used for moving the driven wheels of the shuttle car 6. Through this auxiliary rail 4, can cooperate power track 3 for the switching-over and the fore-and-aft walking of shuttle 6 are more steady, when the vertical walking of shuttle 6 moreover, can ensure that shuttle 6 is in the horizontality all the time, avoid the goods on it to drop. Correspondingly, the auxiliary tracks 4 correspond to the power tracks 3 one by one, that is, two auxiliary tracks 4 corresponding to each layer of horizontal track 2 are also provided.

Optionally, the auxiliary track 4 on the left side and the auxiliary track 4 on the right side are staggered back and forth (as shown in fig. 3 to 5, the auxiliary track 4 on the left side is disposed in front, and the auxiliary track 4 on the right side is disposed in back), and then the driven wheels diagonally disposed in cooperation with the shuttle 6 make the reversing and longitudinal traveling of the shuttle 6 more stable.

In the present embodiment, it is preferable that the auxiliary rail 4 on the front side of the rack 1 is located in front of the power rail 3 on the front side of the rack 1, and the auxiliary rail 4 on the rear side of the rack 1 is located behind the power rail 3 on the rear side of the rack 1. On one hand, the distribution structure of the driving wheel and the driven wheel of the shuttle car 6 is matched, and on the other hand, the shuttle car 6 can be ensured to be in a horizontal state when walking.

The shutter mechanism 5 is mounted at one end of the power track 3, as can be seen in fig. 6, and the shutter mechanism 5 includes a direction-changing track that can be driven to rotate by a driving member so that the direction-changing track selectively connects the horizontal track 2 and the adjacent power track 3. That is, the driving member can drive the reversing track to connect two adjacent power tracks 3, so that the shuttle car 6 travels from one power track 3 to the adjacent power track 3, that is, the shuttle car 6 travels up and down longitudinally (the connection state of the reversing track at the upper part shown in fig. 6); the driving member can also drive the reversing track to be connected with one power track 3 and the horizontal track 2 connected with the power track, and can also enable the shuttle car 6 to walk from one power track 3 to the horizontal track 2 connected with the power track, namely the shuttle car 6 walks from the longitudinal direction to the horizontal direction (the connection state of the reversing track at the lower part shown in fig. 6).

The shuttle cars 6 are provided with a plurality of driving wheels and driven wheels of each shuttle car 6 can walk on the horizontal rails 2, the driving wheels can walk on the power rails 3 through the reversing rails, and the driven wheels can walk on the auxiliary rails 4 through the reversing rails. Specifically, referring to fig. 7-10, the shuttle car 6 includes a frame body 61, a driving assembly 62 mounted on the frame body 61, a driving shaft 63 driven by the driving assembly 62 to rotate, and a driven shaft 64 driven by the driving shaft 63 to rotate, wherein the driving wheel and the driven wheel are respectively disposed on the driving shaft 63 and the driven shaft 64, and the driving wheel and the driven wheel are driven to rotate, and the driving wheel on the driving shaft 63 and the driving wheel on the driven shaft 64 are diagonally disposed, and the driven wheel on the driven shaft 64 is also diagonally disposed, so that the shuttle car 6 can move on the horizontal rail 2 and the power rail 3.

Specifically, in this embodiment, referring to fig. 8, the driving assembly 62 includes a first motor 621 and a speed reducer 622 driven by the first motor 621, the speed reducer 622 is connected to the driving shaft 63 in a driving manner, the speed reducer 622 is driven to rotate by the first motor 621, and the driving shaft 63 can be driven to rotate by the speed reducer 622. Preferably, the first motor 621 may be a speed-adjustable motor to select a rotation speed as desired.

The driving shaft 63 is rotatably installed on the frame body 61, and the driving shaft 63 includes a first end and a second end rotatably installed on the frame body 61 through a bearing. A first driving wheel 631 is fixedly disposed at a first end of the driving shaft 63, and a first driving wheel 632 and a first driven wheel 633 are sequentially and fixedly disposed at a second end of the driving shaft, wherein the first driving wheel 631 can move on the first rail 21 of the horizontal rail 2 and the power rail 3, and the first driven wheel 633 can move on the second rail 22 of the horizontal rail 2 and the auxiliary rail 4. Preferably, a third follower 634 is further fixed to the first end of the driving shaft 63, and the third follower 634 can move on the second rail 22 and the auxiliary rail 4. The third driven wheel 634 is disposed to overlap with the first driving wheel 631 so as to avoid the corresponding first and second tracks 21 and 22. Through set up first driven wheel 633 and third from driving wheel 634 on the driving shaft 63 for the walking of horizontal orbit 2 and supplementary track 4 can all be passed through to the both sides of shuttle 6, effectively improves the walking stability of shuttle 6.

In this embodiment, the first driving wheel 631 is preferably a gear wheel, which is engaged with a rack on the first rail 21, so that the shuttle car 6 can walk more stably.

The driven shaft 64 is rotatably mounted on the frame body 61, and the driven shaft 64 is provided to face the driving shaft 63. The driven shaft 64 includes first and second ends rotatably mounted to the frame 61 by bearings. The driven shaft 64 has a first end fixedly provided with a second driven wheel 641, a second end fixedly provided with a second driving wheel 642 and a second driving wheel 643 in sequence, wherein the second driving wheel 643 is capable of moving on the first track 21 and the power track 3, and the second driving wheel 643 and the first driving wheel 631 are arranged diagonally.

The second driven wheel 641 can move on the second rail 22 and the auxiliary rail 4. Preferably, a fourth driven wheel 644 is further fixedly arranged at the second end of the driven shaft 64, and the fourth driven wheel 644 can move on the second rail 22 and the auxiliary rail 4. By arranging the second driven wheel 641 and the fourth driven wheel 644 on the driven shaft 64, both sides of the shuttle car 6 can walk through the horizontal rail 2 and the auxiliary rail 4, and the walking stability of the shuttle car 6 is effectively improved.

Preferably, the second driven wheel 641 and the third driven wheel 634 move on the same track, that is, the second driven wheel 641 and the third driven wheel 634 can be successively placed on the same second track 22 or the auxiliary track 4. It will be appreciated that the first driven wheel 633 and the fourth driven wheel 644 also move on the same track.

In this embodiment, the second driving wheel 643 and the fourth driven wheel 644 are arranged alternately to avoid the corresponding first track 21 and second track 22.

The first driving wheel 632 is in driving connection with the second driving wheel 642 through the driving belt 65, and when the first driving wheel 632 is driven by the driving shaft 63 to rotate, the driving belt 65 can move around the first driving wheel 632 and the second driving wheel 642 to drive the second driving wheel 642 to rotate, so that the second driving wheel 642 drives the driven shaft 64 to rotate.

In this embodiment, the second driving wheel 643 is a gear, and is meshed with the rack on the first track 21, so as to make the shuttle car 6 walk more stably.

Referring to fig. 1, a bearing seat 66 is further disposed on the frame body 61, two driving rollers 661 are disposed on the bearing seat 66, the two driving rollers 661 are connected through a transmission belt 662 in a transmission manner, one of the driving rollers 661 is driven to rotate by a first driving assembly 63, goods to be transported can be placed on the conveying belt 662, the driving rollers 661 are driven to rotate by the first driving assembly 63, the rotation of the conveying belt 662 can be achieved, and then the goods to be transported on the conveying belt 662 are conveyed into the storage box. The first driving assembly 63 may be a motor directly driving the driving roller 661 to rotate, or a motor driving a belt, and then the belt driving the driving roller 661 to rotate.

Above-mentioned warehouse system of this embodiment, through setting up horizontal track 2, power track 3, supplementary track 4 and valve mechanism 5, can make shuttle 6 independently switch at horizontal direction and vertical direction and remove, the efficiency of picking goods is improved, and crisscross setting around the power track 3 on horizontal track 2 left power track 3 and horizontal track 2 right side, crisscross setting around supplementary track 4 on horizontal track 2 left supplementary track 4 and horizontal track 2 right side, can make shuttle 6 when the removal that carries out horizontal direction and vertical direction switches, and is more stable, and make shuttle 6 when longitudinal movement, it is in the horizontality all the time, can not drop with the goods on the protection.

It should be understood that the above-described embodiments of the present invention are merely examples for clearly illustrating the present invention, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. Numerous obvious variations, adaptations and substitutions will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. A warehousing system, comprising:

a support (1);

the horizontal rails (2) are horizontally arranged on the bracket (1) and are arranged in multiple layers in parallel, and each layer of horizontal rail (2) comprises two horizontal rails (2) arranged on the left and the right;

the power rails (3) are longitudinally arranged on the front side and the rear side of the bracket (1), each power rail (3) can be connected with two adjacent layers of the horizontal rails (2), and the power rail (3) on the left side and the power rail (3) on the right side are arranged in a staggered manner from front to back;

the auxiliary tracks (4) are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the bracket (1) and are parallel to the power track (3), and the auxiliary track (4) on the left side and the auxiliary track (4) on the right side are arranged in a staggered manner from front to back;

the valve mechanism (5) is installed at one end of the power track (3), the valve mechanism (5) comprises a reversing track, and the reversing track can be selectively connected with the horizontal track (2) and the adjacent power track (3);

the shuttle car (6) comprises driving wheels arranged diagonally and driven wheels arranged diagonally, the driving wheels and the driven wheels can walk on the horizontal rail (2), the driving wheels can walk on the power rail (3) through the reversing rail, and the driven wheels can walk on the auxiliary rail (4) through the reversing rail.

2. Warehouse system according to claim 1, characterized in that the auxiliary track (4) at the front side of the rack (1) is located in front of the power track (3) at the front side of the rack (1), and the auxiliary track (4) at the rear side of the rack (1) is located behind the power track (3) at the rear side of the rack (1).

3. Warehouse system according to claim 1, characterized in that the driving wheels and the driven wheels on the same side are staggered, the horizontal track (2) comprises a first track (21) and a second track (22) which are integrated and arranged in the same direction, the driving wheels move on the first track (21) and the driven wheels move on the second track (22).

4. The warehousing system of claim 3, characterized in that said driving wheels are gears and said first track (21) is provided with a rack.

5. Warehousing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said shuttle (6) comprises:

a frame body (61);

a driving assembly (62) mounted on the frame body (61);

the driving shaft (63) is rotatably mounted on the frame body (61) and is driven to rotate by the driving assembly (62), a first driving wheel (631) is fixedly arranged at a first end of the driving shaft (63), and a first driving wheel (632) and a first driven wheel (633) are fixedly arranged at a second end of the driving shaft in sequence;

the driven shaft (64) is rotatably installed on the frame body (61), a second driven wheel (641) is fixedly arranged at the first end of the driven shaft (64), a second driving wheel (642) and a second driving wheel (643) are fixedly arranged at the second end of the driven shaft (64) in sequence, the first end of the driven shaft (64) and the first end of the driving shaft (63) are located on the same side, and the second driving wheel (642) is in transmission connection with the first driving wheel (632) through a transmission belt (65).

6. The warehousing system of claim 5, characterized in that the first end of the drive shaft (63) is further provided with a third driven wheel (634), and the third driven wheel (634) moves on the same track as the second driven wheel (641).

7. The warehousing system of claim 6, characterized in that the second end of the driven shaft (64) is further provided with a fourth driven wheel (644), the fourth driven wheel (644) moving on the same track as the first driven wheel (633).

8. The warehousing system of claim 7, characterized in that said first drive wheels (631) and said third driven wheels (634) are staggered, and said second drive wheels (643) and said fourth driven wheels (644) are staggered.

9. The warehousing system of claim 5, characterized in that said drive assembly (62) comprises a first motor (621) and a reducer (622) driven by said first motor (621), said reducer (622) being drivingly connected to said drive shaft (63).

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