CN220392353U - Rail carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

The application belongs to the storage transportation field, especially relates to a rail transport vechicle, and this rail transport vechicle includes track, automobile body, climbing mechanism, flexible fork, appearance detection component and control unit. Through setting up climbing mechanism on the automobile body to set up flexible fork on climbing mechanism, when the automobile body moved to conveyer position or storage position and got the goods, whether the overall dimension of waiting to get the goods accords with the requirement through appearance detection component detection, to the goods that accords with the overall dimension requirement, control unit control flexible fork stretches out to transfer chain or storage position on, then jack-up flexible fork by climbing mechanism, make the goods leave conveyer or storage position, then flexible fork takes the goods to withdraw, climbing mechanism descends in place, the automobile body carries the goods to other conveyer positions or storage position place and puts goods. Through mutual cooperation of climbing mechanism and flexible fork, need not to all arrange a conveyer in every transport butt joint position, reduce cost.

Description

Rail carrier

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of warehouse transportation, in particular to a rail carrier.

Background

At present, goods are carried in a logistics conveying line by matching an RGV (Rail Guided Vehicle) trolley with a plurality of conveyors, the goods are carried by the conveyors and conveying mechanisms on the RGV, and then the goods are moved to other conveyor positions by the RGV trolley in a running way, so that a carrying function is completed. Although the conveying and carrying speed and the beat are high, one conveyor is required to be arranged at each conveying and docking position, and the cost is high.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a rail carrier, aims at realizing the transportation and the transportation of goods between storage positions or between storage positions and transfer chain.

To achieve the above object, the present application provides a rail-mounted carrier comprising:

a track;

the vehicle body is arranged on the track and can move along the length direction of the track;

the jacking mechanism is arranged on the vehicle body;

the telescopic fork is arranged on the jacking mechanism and can move along the height direction of the vehicle body under the action of the jacking mechanism;

the appearance detection assembly is arranged on the vehicle body and is used for detecting the appearance size of the goods to be inserted and taken by the telescopic fork; and

and the control unit is electrically connected with the telescopic fork and the appearance detection assembly respectively.

Optionally, the profile detection assembly includes a frame fixed to the vehicle body and a profile gauge disposed on the frame.

Optionally, the profile measuring instrument comprises a vision sensor and/or a laser sensor.

Optionally, the automobile body include the frame with set up in running gear on the frame, running gear is used for the drive the frame is followed orbital length direction removes, climbing mechanism with appearance detection subassembly all set up in the frame deviates from one side of track.

Optionally, the running gear includes action wheel, follow driving wheel and driving motor, the action wheel with follow driving wheel respectively rotate set up in on the frame and all with the upper surface contact of track, driving motor transmission connect in the action wheel.

Optionally, the telescopic fork includes flexible arm, flexible arm is used for reciprocating in first direction in order to carry the material, first direction with orbital length direction is perpendicular, the frame is in first direction's opposite both sides respectively are provided with at least one set of anti-toppling subassembly, anti-toppling subassembly is used for spacing the frame with orbital inclination scope.

Optionally, prevent toppling the subassembly and include fixed block, prevent inclining the piece and fastener, the fixed block be fixed in the frame is close to the side of track, prevent inclining the piece and be fixed in on the fixed block through the fastener, prevent inclining the piece and be used for supporting the track deviates from one side of frame.

Optionally, the rail has a flange extending in a length direction, the anti-tilting block includes a main body portion and a protruding portion connected to each other, the main body portion is connected to the fixing block by the fastener, and the protruding portion is located at a side of the flange facing away from the frame.

Optionally, the jacking mechanism and the telescopic forks are provided with a plurality of groups, the jacking mechanism is arranged on the vehicle body along the length direction of the track at intervals, and the telescopic forks are arranged on the jacking mechanism in a one-to-one correspondence manner.

Optionally, the rail carrier still includes power supply unit, power supply unit includes slide wire, support, current collector and block terminal, the slide wire is followed orbital length direction sets up, the current collector pass through the support install in on the automobile body, the current collector slip and electric connection in the slide wire, the block terminal set up in on the automobile body and electric connection in the current collector, the block terminal be used for the automobile body the climbing mechanism flexible fork the appearance detection subassembly and the control unit provides operating power.

The beneficial effect that this application provided has rail carrier lies in: compared with the prior art, the track carrier of this application is through setting up climbing mechanism on the automobile body to set up flexible fork on climbing mechanism, when the automobile body moved to conveyer position or storage position and got the goods, whether the overall dimension through the appearance detection component detection wait to get the goods meets the requirements, to the goods that accords with the overall dimension requirement, control unit control flexible fork stretches out to transfer chain or storage position on, then jack-up flexible fork by climbing mechanism, make the goods leave conveyer or storage position, then flexible fork takes the goods to withdraw, climbing mechanism descends in place, the automobile body carries the goods to other conveyer positions or storage position when putting the goods, climbing mechanism is with flexible fork and goods jack-up in place, flexible fork takes the goods to stretch out to the goods position, climbing mechanism descends to the place, after the goods is accomplished, flexible fork withdraws, realize whole transport action. Therefore, the lifting mechanism and the telescopic fork are matched with each other, and a conveyor is not required to be arranged at each conveying butt joint position, so that the cost is reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a track guided vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a connection structure of a truck body, a jack-up mechanism and a telescopic fork in a rail truck according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of a portion of a track truck according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a portion of a track guided vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a rail vehicle according to another embodiment of the present application.

Description of main reference numerals:

10. goods;

100. a track;

200. a vehicle body; 210. a frame; 221. a driving wheel; 222. driven wheel; 223. a driving motor;

300. a jacking mechanism;

400. a retractable fork;

500. a profile detection assembly; 510. a frame; 520. a profile measuring instrument;

600. an anti-toppling assembly; 610. a fixed block; 620. an anti-tilting block; 630. a fastener;

700. a guide assembly; 710. a mounting frame; 720. a guide wheel;

800. a cleaning assembly; 810. a cleaning frame; 820. brushing;

900. a power supply assembly; 910. a trolley line; 920. a bracket; 930. a current collector; 940. an electrical distribution box.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate an understanding of the present application, a more complete description of the present application will now be provided with reference to the relevant figures. Preferred embodiments of the present application are shown in the drawings. This application may, however, be embodied in many other different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "mounted" or "disposed" on another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

It is to be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate or are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate description of the present application and simplify description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be configured and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. The term "and/or" as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be further noted that, in the embodiments of the present application, the same reference numerals denote the same components or the same parts, and for the same parts in the embodiments of the present application, reference numerals may be given to only one of the parts or the parts in the drawings by way of example, and it should be understood that, for other same parts or parts, the reference numerals are equally applicable.

Embodiments of the present application provide a rail guided vehicle for realizing the transfer and conveyance of goods between storage locations or between storage locations and a conveyor line, as shown in fig. 1-2, the rail guided vehicle includes a rail 100, a vehicle body 200, a jacking mechanism 300, a telescopic fork 400, an appearance detection assembly 500, and a control unit (not shown in the drawings).

The vehicle body 200 is provided on the rail 100 and is movable along the longitudinal direction of the rail 100 (i.e., the extending direction of the rail 100). The jacking mechanism 300 is provided on the vehicle body 200, and the telescopic fork 400 is provided on the jacking mechanism 300 and is movable in the height direction of the vehicle body 200 by the jacking mechanism 300. The appearance detection assembly 500 is disposed on the vehicle body 200, and the appearance detection assembly 500 is used for detecting the appearance size of the goods to be inserted into the telescopic fork 400. The control unit is electrically connected to the telescopic fork 400 and the profile detection assembly 500, respectively.

In this embodiment of the present application, the lifting mechanism 300 is disposed on the vehicle body 200, and the telescopic fork 400 is disposed on the lifting mechanism 300, when the vehicle body 200 moves to the conveyor position or the storage position to pick up the goods, the appearance detecting assembly 500 detects whether the appearance size of the goods to be picked up meets the requirement, for the goods meeting the appearance size requirement, the control unit controls the telescopic fork 400 to extend to the conveyor line or the storage position, then the lifting mechanism 300 lifts the telescopic fork 400, so that the goods leave the conveyor or the storage position, then the telescopic fork 400 withdraws with the goods, the lifting mechanism 300 descends to the position, when the vehicle body 200 moves to other conveyor positions or the storage position with the goods 10 to place, the lifting mechanism 300 lifts the telescopic fork 400 and the goods to the position, the telescopic fork 400 withdraws with the goods to the position, after the lifting mechanism 300 descends to the position, the telescopic fork 400 withdraws after the goods are put, and the whole conveying action is realized. From the above, the jacking mechanism 300 and the telescopic fork 400 are matched with each other, so that a conveyor is not required to be arranged at each conveying butt joint position, and the cost is reduced.

The number of the rails 100 is two, and the two rails 100 are parallel and spaced apart. The control unit may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), but may also be other general purpose processors, digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), off-the-shelf programmable gate arrays (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, or the like. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like, such as a control card of chip type STM32F407 or STM32F 103. The control unit may be communicatively connected to the other components by any wired communication means.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the profile detection assembly 500 includes a frame 510 fixed to the vehicle body 200 and a profile gauge 520 provided on the frame 510.

Specifically, the profile gauge 520 includes a vision sensor and/or a laser sensor.

It should be noted that the vision sensor may be a monocular camera, a binocular camera, a structured light camera, a panoramic camera, an infrared camera, or a TOF (Time of Flight) camera, and the laser sensor may be a single-point laser, a multi-point laser, or a line laser sensor.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1-3, the vehicle body 200 includes a frame 210 and a traveling mechanism disposed on the frame 210, the traveling mechanism is used to drive the frame 210 to move along the length direction of the track 100, and the lifting mechanism 300 and the profile detection assembly 500 are disposed on a side of the frame 210 facing away from the track 100.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the running mechanism includes a driving wheel 221, a driven wheel 222, and a driving motor 223, where the driving wheel 221 and the driven wheel 222 are respectively rotatably disposed on the frame 210 through a rotating shaft and are both in contact with the upper surface of the track 100, the driving motor 223 is connected to the driving wheel 221 in a transmission manner, and the driving motor 223 drives the driving wheel 221 to roll on the upper surface of the track 100, so as to further realize the movement of the frame 210 on the track 100. The walking mechanism has simple structure and is convenient to install and arrange.

It is contemplated that in other embodiments, the running gear may be of other designs, for example, the running gear may include an unpowered running wheel mounted on the bottom of the frame 210 and in contact with the rail 100, a rack fixed to a side of the rail 100 and extending along the length of the rail 100, a motor fixed to the bottom of the frame 210, and a gear fixed to an output shaft of the motor, the gear engaging the rack, the gear being driven by the motor to rotate on the rack, i.e., the frame 210 may move on the rail 100.

In one particular embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 5, the carriage 210 is provided with a guide assembly 700 and a cleaning assembly 800 at opposite ends along the length of the rail 100.

The guide assembly 700 comprises a mounting frame 710 and two guide wheels 720, the mounting frame 710 is fixed on the frame 210, the mounting frame 710 is respectively fixed with a wheel shaft at two opposite sides of the track 100, the two guide wheels 720 are respectively rotatably arranged on the two wheel shafts, and the two guide wheels 720 are respectively rolled and pressed against two opposite sides of the track 100, so that the vehicle body 200 always moves along the track 100, the vehicle body 200 is prevented from sliding off the track 100, and the stability of the vehicle body 200 during movement along the two tracks 100 is improved.

The cleaning assembly 800 includes cleaning frames 810 installed at opposite ends of the carriage 210 along the length direction of the rail 100, and bristles 820 provided on the cleaning frames 810, the bristles 820 being in contact with the upper surface of the rail 100, thereby being designed to improve the stability of the vehicle body 200 during movement by cleaning foreign materials on the rail 100 through the bristles 820 of the cleaning assembly 800 when the vehicle body 200 moves along the rail 100.

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 1-3, the telescopic fork 400 includes telescopic arms for reciprocating in a first direction to convey material, the first direction being perpendicular to the length direction of the rail 100, and at least one set of anti-overturning assemblies 600 are disposed on opposite sides of the frame 210 in the first direction, and the anti-overturning assemblies 600 are used to limit the inclination range of the frame 210 and the rail 100.

As set forth above, the telescopic direction of the telescopic boom in the telescopic fork 400 is designed to be perpendicular to the length direction of the rail 100, so that the telescopic fork 400 can conveniently insert and take and place the goods arranged at the conveyor position or the storage position at both sides of the length direction of the rail 100, and at the same time, at least one group of anti-overturning assemblies 600 are respectively arranged at both opposite sides of the frame 210 perpendicular to the length direction of the rail 100, so that the car body 200 can be prevented from being overturned by overturning moment when the telescopic fork 400 stretches out to take and put the goods.

In a more specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the anti-toppling assembly 600 includes a fixing block 610, an anti-toppling block 620 and a fastening member 630, wherein the fixing block 610 is fixed to a side of the frame 210 near the track 100, the anti-toppling block 620 is fixed to the fixing block 610 by the fastening member 630, and the anti-toppling block 620 is used for abutting against a side of the track 100 away from the frame 210.

By arranging the anti-toppling assembly 600 as above, the structure is simple, and the installation and arrangement are convenient. Specifically, the fixing block 610 may be directly welded on the frame 210, the fastening member 630 is a screw, the fixing block 610 is provided with a threaded hole, the anti-tilting block 620 is provided with a through hole corresponding to the threaded hole, and the anti-tilting block 620 and the fixing block 610 can be connected by the screw penetrating through the through hole of the anti-tilting block 620 and the threaded hole of the fixing block 610. In order to improve the connection strength, the threaded holes, the through holes and the screws are all arranged in a plurality.

In one implementation, with continued reference to FIG. 4, the track 100 has a flange extending in a longitudinal direction, and the anti-roll block 620 includes a body portion and a boss portion that are coupled to each other, the body portion being coupled to the fixed block 610 by a fastener 630, the boss portion being located on a side of the flange facing away from the frame 210. When the telescopic fork 400 is extended to pick up and put the goods, the convex part on the anti-tilting block 620 hooks the flange on the track 100 to limit the tilting range of the frame 210 and the track 100, and prevent the car body 200 from tilting.

Specifically, the cross section of the rail 100 is i-shaped, and the rail 100 may be i-shaped steel. The main body part and the protruding part are of an integrated structure and can be formed by forging steel materials.

In one embodiment, the jacking mechanism 300 includes a motor, a driving shaft, a crank and a carrier, the telescopic fork 400 is disposed on the carrier, one end of the crank is connected to the driving shaft, the other end of the crank is connected to the carrier, and the driving shaft drives the crank to rotate under the action of the motor so as to drive the carrier to move up and down, thereby realizing lifting of the telescopic fork 400.

Of course, in other embodiments, the jacking mechanism 300 may further include an electric cylinder and a carrier, the telescopic fork 400 is disposed on the carrier, the electric cylinder is vertically disposed between the carrier and the vehicle body, and the carrier is driven to move up and down by the telescopic motion of the electric cylinder, so as to realize the lifting of the telescopic fork 400.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1-3, the jacking mechanism 300 and the telescopic forks 400 are provided with a plurality of groups, the plurality of groups of jacking mechanisms 300 are arranged on the vehicle body 200 at intervals along the length direction of the track 100, and the plurality of groups of telescopic forks 400 are arranged on the plurality of groups of jacking mechanisms 300 in a one-to-one correspondence. By the design, the rail carrying vehicle can carry a plurality of cargoes at one time, and the carrying capacity of the cargoes is improved.

Specifically, the lifting mechanism 300 and the telescopic fork 400 are shown as two sets, and thus the rail vehicle can carry two cargoes at a time. Of course, it is understood that the jacking mechanism 300 and the telescoping forks 400 may be provided in three groups, four groups, or more.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 5, the rail car further includes a power supply assembly 900, the power supply assembly 900 includes a trolley line 910, a bracket 920, a current collector 930, and a distribution box 940, the trolley line 910 is disposed on the ground between the two rails 100 along the length direction of the rails 100, the current collector 930 is mounted at the bottom of the car body 200 through the bracket 920, the current collector 930 is slidably and electrically connected to the trolley line 910, the distribution box 940 is disposed on the car body 200 and electrically connected to the current collector 930, and the distribution box 940 is used to provide an operating power supply for the car body 200, the jacking mechanism 300, the telescopic fork 400, the profile detection assembly 500, and the control unit.

The technical features of the above embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.

The foregoing examples merely represent several embodiments of the present application, which are described in more detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the application. It should be noted that it would be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements could be made without departing from the spirit of the present application, which would be within the scope of the present application. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present application shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A rail haulage vehicle, comprising:

a track;

the vehicle body is arranged on the track and can move along the length direction of the track;

the jacking mechanism is arranged on the vehicle body;

the telescopic fork is arranged on the jacking mechanism and can move along the height direction of the vehicle body under the action of the jacking mechanism;

the appearance detection assembly is arranged on the vehicle body and is used for detecting the appearance size of the goods to be inserted and taken by the telescopic fork; and

and the control unit is electrically connected with the telescopic fork and the appearance detection assembly respectively.

2. The rail vehicle of claim 1, wherein the profile detection assembly comprises a frame secured to the vehicle body and a profile meter disposed on the frame.

3. The rail car of claim 2, wherein the profile gauge comprises a vision sensor and/or a laser sensor.

4. The tracked carrier of claim 1, wherein the vehicle body comprises a frame and a running mechanism arranged on the frame, the running mechanism is used for driving the frame to move along the length direction of the track, and the jacking mechanism and the appearance detection assembly are both arranged on one side of the frame away from the track.

5. The track-guided vehicle of claim 4, wherein the running gear comprises a drive wheel, a driven wheel, and a drive motor, the drive wheel and the driven wheel are rotatably disposed on the frame and each contact an upper surface of the track, respectively, and the drive motor is drivingly connected to the drive wheel.

6. The track-guided vehicle of claim 4 or 5, wherein the telescoping forks comprise telescoping arms for reciprocal movement in a first direction to convey material, the first direction being perpendicular to the length of the track, the carriage being provided with at least one set of anti-toppling assemblies on each of opposite sides of the first direction, the anti-toppling assemblies being for limiting the range of inclination of the carriage and the track.

7. The rail car of claim 6, wherein the anti-toppling assembly comprises a fixed block, an anti-toppling block and a fastener, the fixed block being secured to the side of the frame adjacent the rail, the anti-toppling block being secured to the fixed block by the fastener, the anti-toppling block being adapted to bear against a side of the rail facing away from the frame.

8. The rail car of claim 7, wherein the rail has a flange extending in a longitudinal direction, the anti-roll block including a body portion and a boss portion connected to each other, the body portion being connected to the fixed block by the fastener, the boss portion being located on a side of the flange facing away from the frame.

9. The track-guided vehicle of any one of claims 1-5, wherein the lifting mechanisms and the telescopic forks are provided with a plurality of groups, the plurality of groups of lifting mechanisms are arranged on the vehicle body at intervals along the length direction of the track, and the plurality of groups of telescopic forks are arranged on the plurality of groups of lifting mechanisms in a one-to-one correspondence.

10. The tracked carrier of any one of claims 1-5, further comprising a power supply assembly including a trolley line disposed along a length of the track, a bracket, a current collector mounted to the body by the bracket, the current collector being slidably and electrically connected to the trolley line, and a power distribution box disposed to the body and electrically connected to the current collector, the power distribution box being configured to provide operating power to the body, the lift mechanism, the telescopic fork, the shape detection assembly, and the control unit.