CN211197462U - Goods shelf and storage space - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a goods shelves and storage space, wherein, goods shelves include support frame (100), set up on support frame (100) and two alternate body (200) and set up on support frame (100) and can get goods mechanism (300) between two body (200) removal, body (200) have conveying piece (210) that are used for conveying goods (400), conveying piece (210) are constructed for when getting goods mechanism (300) and moving to the position that corresponds with conveying piece (110), convey goods (400) to get in goods mechanism (300). Through the technical scheme, the goods taking mechanism is arranged between the two shelf bodies of the goods shelf, namely the two shelf bodies share one goods taking mechanism, the shelf bodies on the two sides all discharge goods towards the middle, and a layout mode of shelf body-goods taking channel-shelf body is formed, so that the space utilization rate of the storage space is improved, and the storage capacity is improved.

Description

Goods shelf and storage space

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the field of warehousing, in particular to a goods shelf and a warehousing space.

Background

Warehouses, retail stores, and the like employ shelves to store and retrieve goods as needed. In order to save manpower, unmanned warehousing and corresponding automatic sorting systems are increasingly widely applied.

In the related art, a goods taking channel for an automatic goods taking mechanism to move is required to be arranged on the side of each goods shelf, and the goods taking mechanism receives goods from the goods shelf, moves to the edge of the goods shelf and conveys the goods to a goods transferring device capable of moving in the external space. By adopting the mode, the goods shelves are arranged in the way that the goods shelves and the goods taking channels are alternately arranged, and the goods taking channels occupy a large part of the storage space, so that the space utilization rate is low, and the storage capacity is limited.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of this disclosure is to provide a goods shelf, in order to solve the low space utilization of current storage space, the problem that the storing ability is low.

Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a storage space, so as to solve the problems of low space utilization and low storage capacity of the existing storage space.

In order to achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a goods shelf, including a support frame, two frame bodies arranged on the support frame and spaced from each other, and a goods taking mechanism arranged on the support frame and movable between the two frame bodies, wherein the frame bodies have a conveying member for conveying goods, and the conveying member is configured to convey the goods to the goods taking mechanism when the goods taking mechanism moves to a position corresponding to the conveying member.

Optionally, the rack body is provided with a plurality of conveying pieces in the height direction and the length direction respectively; the goods taking mechanism can be arranged between the two shelf bodies in a height direction and a length direction in a movable mode.

Optionally, the goods taking device further comprises a cross beam arranged between the two shelf bodies and extending along the length direction, and a vertical beam capable of moving along the cross beam and extending along the height direction, wherein the goods taking mechanism is movably arranged on the vertical beam.

Optionally, the conveying member comprises a conveying belt, pulleys at two ends of the conveying belt, and a motor for driving at least one pulley to rotate.

Optionally, the motor is disposed inside a space formed by the conveyor belt.

Optionally, the position of the conveying element is provided with a first electric connector electrically connected with the motor, the goods taking mechanism is provided with a second electric connector electrically connected with a power supply, and the shelf is configured to: when the goods taking mechanism moves to the position corresponding to the conveying element, the first electric joint and the second electric joint are electrically connected.

Optionally, the shelf is configured to: when the goods taking mechanism moves to the position corresponding to the conveying member, at least one of the first electric joint and the second electric joint moves towards the other and connects the two.

Optionally, the goods taking device further comprises a temporary storage part arranged at the edge part of at least one frame body and used for receiving goods from the goods taking mechanism.

Optionally, the bottom of the support frame is provided with a lockable walking wheel.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a storage space comprising a receiving area for receiving goods, the receiving area being provided with a shelf as described above.

Through the technical scheme, the goods taking mechanism is arranged between the two shelf bodies of the goods shelf, namely the two shelf bodies share one goods taking mechanism, the shelf bodies on the two sides all discharge goods towards the middle, and a layout mode of shelf body-goods taking channel-shelf body is formed, so that the space utilization rate of the storage space is improved, and the storage capacity is improved.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure without limiting the disclosure. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a pallet according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a conveyor and a pickup mechanism as the pickup mechanism moves to a position corresponding to the conveyor in a rack according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a pallet according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a pallet according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a storage space according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of the reference numerals

100 support frame 110 walking wheel

200 frame 210 conveying member

211 belt 212 pulley

213 first electric connector of motor 201

220-layer plate 300 goods taking mechanism

301 second electrical terminal 400 cargo

510 ground beam 520 vertical beam

530 Top Beam 600 temporary storage section

700 warehouse space

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present disclosure is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

In the present disclosure, the use of directional terms such as "upper" and "lower" means upper and lower in an actual use state, unless otherwise specified; "inner" and "outer" refer to the respective component parts' own profile; the length direction of the rack body refers to the extending direction of the rack body, and the longer the length of the rack body is, the more conveying members are arranged on the rack body; the width direction of the rack body means a direction perpendicular to the length direction on a horizontal plane, and the wider the width of the rack body, the more goods can be stored per conveying member thereof. The terms "first" and "second" are used throughout this disclosure to distinguish one element from another, and are not necessarily sequential or significant. Furthermore, in the following description, when referring to the drawings, the same reference numerals in different drawings denote the same or corresponding elements.

Referring to fig. 1, the present disclosure provides a shelf including a support frame 100, two shelf bodies 200 disposed on the support frame 100 and spaced apart from each other, and a pickup mechanism 300 disposed on the support frame 100 and movable between the two shelf bodies 200, the shelf bodies 200 having a transfer member 210 for transferring goods 400, wherein the transfer member 210 is configured to transfer the goods 400 to the pickup mechanism 300 when the pickup mechanism 300 is moved to a position corresponding to the transfer member 210. Thus, the goods taking mechanism 300 is arranged between the two shelf bodies 200, namely the two shelf bodies 200 share one goods taking mechanism 300, the shelf bodies 200 on the two sides all discharge goods towards the middle, and a layout mode of shelf body-goods taking channel-shelf body is formed, so that the space utilization rate of the storage space is improved, and the storage capacity is improved.

In addition, in the present disclosure, the shelf body 200 includes a front side close to the goods taking mechanism 300 and a back side opposite to the front side in the width direction, since the shelf provided by the present disclosure can realize the goods delivery from the middle of the two shelf bodies 200, the front side and the back side of the shelf body 200 can be respectively formed in an open structure, thereby realizing the effects of back side replenishment and front side goods delivery. In the replenishment and shipment mode, replenishment and shipment can be carried out simultaneously, so that the effect of shipment on the efficiency of shipment is avoided, and the condition that commodities in old dates are always in the inner sides during replenishment and shipment on the front side is also avoided.

It should be noted that the cargo sorting system provided by the present disclosure is applied to automatic picking, and the system is used in conjunction with a controller for receiving information (such as commodity category, placement position, etc.) of the cargo 400 to be picked, and for controlling the conveying member 210, the picking mechanism 300, and the like. It should be noted that the position corresponding to the conveying member 210 refers to a position that the pickup mechanism 300 needs to reach each time the pickup mechanism picks up a product. For example, when the picking mechanism 300 needs to receive a certain goods 400, the controller controls the picking mechanism 300 to move to a position corresponding to the position of the goods 400, and controls the conveying member 210 to convey the goods 400 to the picking mechanism 300.

In addition, the specific configuration of the picking mechanism 300 is not limited in the present disclosure, and may be, for example, a warehouse having a certain accommodation capacity as shown in fig. 1, a platform on which the goods 400 can be placed, or another suitable structure designed according to the use environment and the type of the goods 400, such as a tray or a mechanical gripper.

According to some embodiments, the magazine 200 may have a plurality of conveyors 210 in the height direction and the length direction, respectively, for example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the magazine 200 has three layers of conveyors 210 in the height direction and each layer has four conveyors 210 in the length direction thereof. Accordingly, the pickup mechanism 300 is configured to be movably disposed between the two racks 200 in a height direction and in a length direction so as to be able to reach a position corresponding to the transfer member 210 and receive the goods 400 at the position.

The shelf body provided by the present disclosure may be constructed in a frame type structure, and referring to fig. 1, the shelf body 200 may further include a plurality of laminates 220, each laminate 220 being disposed below the corresponding layer of the transfer member 210, respectively, the laminates 220 extending in a length direction of the shelf body 200 and being connected with end plates at both sides to improve strength. In addition, the laminate may also serve as a support member for attaching a label for goods or for mounting a first electric connector 201 described below, and the like.

The pickup mechanism 300 may be provided in any suitable form, and the present disclosure is not limited to the manner in which it moves. For example, referring to fig. 1, the shelf may further include a cross beam extending in a length direction disposed between the two shelves 200, and a vertical beam 520 movable along the cross beam and extending in a height direction, and the pickup mechanism 300 may be movably mounted on the vertical beam 520. In this way, the movement of the pickup mechanism 300 can be realized by two-axis interlocking, and the pickup mechanism 300 can be ensured to reach any position corresponding to the conveyor 210 while reducing the entire width as much as possible.

Referring to fig. 1, the pickup mechanism 300 may be hung on the vertical beam 520, so that the bottom of the pickup mechanism 300 is not covered by other devices, thereby facilitating the bottom shipment, and the cargo 400 collected by the pickup mechanism 300 may be easily delivered in the simplest manner using gravity shipment, for example, to a buffer unit described below.

Further, referring to fig. 1, the cross beam may be a ground beam 510 corresponding to the lower portion of the frame body 200 or a top beam 530 corresponding to the upper portion of the frame body 200. In order to improve the operational stability of the vertical beams 520, the pallet may be provided with both the floor beams 510 and the top beams 530, and the vertical beams 520 are slidably coupled between the floor beams 510 and the top beams 530. Wherein, the top beam 530 may be connected to the ground beam 510 by a pillar to form an integral body with the ground beam 510, or may be installed on the top of the frame body 200, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

The present disclosure is not limited to the moving manner of the vertical beam 520 relative to the cross beam and the moving manner of the pickup mechanism 300 relative to the vertical beam 520, and the following description will be made only by taking the moving manner of the vertical beam 520 slidably connected to the ground beam 510 as an example, and the moving manner of the pickup mechanism 300 may be a similar structure or any other suitable structure. Specifically, according to an embodiment, a guide rail extending along a length direction may be formed on the ground beam 510, a slider slidably engaged with the guide rail is formed at the bottom of the vertical beam 520, a rack extending along the length direction is further formed on the ground beam 510, and a gear capable of engaging with the rack and a driving member capable of driving the gear to rotate are provided at the bottom of the vertical beam 520. When the vertical beam 520 needs to move, the driving piece drives the gear to rotate, and the gear moves along the rack while rotating to drive the sliding block to slide along the guide rail. According to another embodiment, the ground beam 510 may be provided with a timing belt extending in a length direction of the frame body 200, and the vertical beam 520 is fixed to the timing belt such that the vertical beam 520 is movable in the length direction along with the timing belt.

The present disclosure does not limit the specific configuration of the conveying member 210, and referring to fig. 2, the conveying member 210 includes a conveyor belt 211, pulleys 212 at both ends of the conveyor belt 211, and a motor 213 for driving at least one pulley 212 to rotate. By adopting the belt conveying mode, on one hand, the conveyor belt 211 can support the goods 300, the goods can be placed on the conveyor belt 211 in rows, and the next goods 300 can be replaced to the position to be picked up when the goods are delivered once; on the other hand, the structure of the conveyor belt 211 is simple, and the conveyor belt 211 with a proper length can be selected according to the width of the rack body 200.

Further, referring to fig. 2, the motor 213 may be disposed inside a space formed by the conveyor belt 211, i.e., between an upper belt and a lower belt of the conveyor belt 211. Thus, the recessed design of the motor 213 provides a significant space savings without affecting the installation of other components and the replenishment process. Specifically, according to an embodiment, the output shaft of the motor 213 may be connected with a driving gear, the pulley 212 may be configured as a driven gear or may be coaxially connected with a driven gear, and the power output by the motor 213 inside the conveyor belt 211 may be transmitted to the pulley 212 and move the goods 400 through the arrangement of the gear train.

Further, referring to fig. 2, the conveyor 210 may be positioned with a first electrical connector 201 electrically connected to the motor 213, the pickup mechanism 300 may be provided with a second electrical connector 301 electrically connected to a power source, and the shelf is configured to: when the picking mechanism 300 moves to a position corresponding to the conveying member 210, the first electrical connector 201 and the second electrical connector 301 can be electrically connected, wherein the electrical connection can be in the form of any suitable conductive circuit such as a contact, a spring contact, and the like. That is, in the present embodiment, the motor 213 is not directly connected to the power source, and the motor 213 is energized only when the pickup mechanism 300 reaches the position corresponding to the conveyor 210 and the conveyor 211 needs to be operated. In this way, on the one hand, a space layout can be saved, it is not necessary to provide a power supply for each motor 213, and it is also not necessary to arrange a complicated wire line; on the other hand, since the first electric connector 201 and the second electric connector 301 are connected only when the goods taking mechanism 300 reaches the position corresponding to the conveying member 210, and the first electric connector 201 and the second electric connector 301 are disconnected when the goods taking mechanism 300 is not moved to the right position, the motor 213 is not electrified, and the goods 300 is ensured not to be conveyed by mistake. It should be noted that the power source may be an electric energy storage device, such as a battery, disposed on the cross beam or the vertical beam 520; it may also be a mains supply for the entire storage space, for example a domestic three-phase supply, to which the second electrical connector 301 is connected by wiring in the system.

Further, the present disclosure provides a shelf that may be configured to: when the pickup mechanism 300 moves to a position corresponding to the conveying member 210, at least one of the first electrical connector 201 and the second electrical connector 301 moves toward the other and connects the two. That is, at least one of the first and second electrical connectors 201 and 301 is movably connected at a corresponding position. Through the movable installation form, the goods taking mechanism 300 can be prevented from causing the first electric connector 201 or the second electric connector 301 to be collided during moving, so that the first electric connector 201 or the second electric connector 301 is damaged. Here, the first electrical connector 201 and the second electrical connector 301 may be a data communication connector capable of conducting electricity in the form of USB, Type-c, or the like, or may be a plug and a socket capable of conducting an electric circuit in general.

The present disclosure is specifically illustrated herein with an embodiment in which the first electrical connector 201 is fixed in position on the conveying member 210 and the second electrical connector 301 is movably mounted on the pick-up mechanism 300. Referring to fig. 2, when the goods taking mechanism 300 moves to a position corresponding to the conveying member 210, the second electric connector 301 can move laterally, i.e. along the width direction of the frame body 200, and is electrically connected to the first electric connector 201, and the motor 213 is powered to drive the pulley 212 to rotate, so that the goods can be sent to the goods taking mechanism 300. The second electrical connector 301 may be moved in the manner described above with reference to the vertical beam 520 and the pick-up mechanism 300, or may be moved in the manner of a linear push rod to save space. Here, the moving direction of the second electrical connector 301 may be a lateral movement as shown in the drawing, and may also be a movement in a height direction. In addition, since the two shelves 200 are shipped to the middle, two ends of the second electrical connector 301 can be respectively connected to the first electrical connectors 201 of the two shelves 200, and two second electrical connectors 301 can be disposed on the goods taking mechanism 300 to be respectively connected to the two first electrical connectors 201.

According to some embodiments, referring to fig. 3, the shelf provided by the present disclosure may further include a buffer 600 disposed at an edge portion of at least one shelf body 200, the buffer 600 being configured to receive the goods 400 from the goods taking mechanism 300. In a complete picking process, the picking mechanism 300 may need to acquire the goods 400 from multiple positions, and by providing the temporary storage portion 600, the goods 400 picked each time by the picking mechanism 300 can be temporarily conveyed to the temporary storage portion 600, and after the picking is completed, all the goods 400 in the temporary storage portion 600 can be conveyed to the goods transfer device (such as an AGV carrier) at one time, so as to realize centralized delivery.

It should be noted that in the present disclosure, the cargo transferring process of the conveying member 210 and the cargo taking mechanism 300, the cargo transferring process of the cargo taking mechanism 300 and the temporary storage portion 600, and the cargo transferring process of the temporary storage portion 600 and the cargo transferring device may be implemented in any suitable manner, for example, the cargo 400 at a high position falls into a low position through the positions of the two. Taking the delivery of the goods taking mechanism 300 and the temporary storage unit 600 as an example, here, the goods taking mechanism and the temporary storage unit are respectively configured as a cargo bin capable of accommodating the goods 400, the bottom of the goods taking mechanism 300 may have an openable bottom plate, and an opening is formed at the top of the temporary storage unit 600, referring to fig. 3, when the goods taking mechanism 300 moves to the edge of the frame body 200 and is located above the temporary storage unit 600, the bottom plate at the bottom of the goods taking mechanism 300 is opened, the goods 400 may fall into the temporary storage unit 600, and after the bottom plate is closed, the goods taking mechanism 300 may take the goods next time.

According to some embodiments, referring to fig. 4, the bottom of the support frame 100 may be provided with lockable walking wheels 110 so that the shelf can be conveniently moved to another location, and the location of the shelf can be properly positioned as needed when the storage space is arranged.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a storage space, referring to fig. 5, the storage space 700 includes a receiving area provided with the above-mentioned shelf. The storage space 700 provided by the present disclosure may be applied to the fields of unmanned stores, smart storage, etc., and has all the advantages of the shelf described above, which are not described herein again. In the example shown in fig. 5, the storage space 700 is provided with shelves as shown in fig. 1, but other embodiments of shelves or multiple shelves may be provided in the storage space 700.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiments, various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various combinations that are possible in the present disclosure are not described again.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure, as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. The goods shelf is characterized by comprising a support frame (100), two shelf bodies (200) arranged on the support frame (100) and spaced from each other, and a goods taking mechanism (300) arranged on the support frame (100) and capable of moving between the two shelf bodies (200), wherein the shelf bodies (200) are provided with conveying pieces (210) used for conveying goods (400), and the conveying pieces (210) are configured to convey the goods (400) to the goods taking mechanism (300) when the goods taking mechanism (300) moves to a position corresponding to the conveying pieces (210).

2. The rack according to claim 1, characterized in that the rack body (200) has a plurality of the conveying members (210) in the height direction and the length direction, respectively; the goods taking mechanism (300) can be arranged between the two shelf bodies (200) in a height direction and can move in a length direction.

3. The rack according to claim 2, characterized in that it further comprises a lengthwise extending cross beam arranged between two racks (200) and a height extending vertical beam (520) movable along the cross beam, the pick-up mechanism (300) being movably mounted on the vertical beam (520).

4. The pallet according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveyor (210) comprises a conveyor belt (211), pulleys (212) at both ends of the conveyor belt (211), and a motor (213) for driving at least one pulley (212) in rotation.

5. The rack according to claim 4, characterized in that the motor (213) is arranged inside the space formed by the conveyor belt (211).

6. The rack according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the position of the conveyor (210) is provided with a first electrical connector (201) electrically connected to the motor (213), and the pick-up mechanism (300) is provided with a second electrical connector (301) electrically connected to a power supply, the rack being configured to: when the goods taking mechanism (300) moves to a position corresponding to the conveying element (210), the first electric connector (201) and the second electric connector (301) are electrically connected.

7. The pallet of claim 6, wherein the pallet is configured to: when the goods taking mechanism (300) moves to the position corresponding to the conveying element (210), at least one of the first electric connector (201) and the second electric connector (301) moves towards the other and connects the two.

8. The rack according to claim 1, further comprising a buffer (600) provided at an edge of at least one shelf (200) for receiving the goods (400) from the pick-up mechanism (300).

9. The pallet according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom of the support frame (100) is provided with lockable walking wheels (110).

10. A storage space comprising a receiving area for receiving goods (400), characterized in that the receiving area is provided with a pallet according to any of claims 1-9.

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