DE1929405A1 - Support for storage shelves - Google Patents

Description

Clark equipment. Company in Buchanan, Michigan (V.St.A.)

Storage shelving support.

The invention relates to goods handling and storage systems, in particular to those systems the vertical shelf arrangements and a stacker vehicle which along stacking aisles between the Shelves is movable to stack items in the shelves to put it down or to take it out of it.

In typical goods handling and storage systems of this type, an on iron or rail is on the Floor movable handling or stacking vehicle provided, which stacked goods laterally in selected shelves creates in or removes from these after the stacked goods in the vertical direction by one on the Vehicle provided elevator and in the longitudinal direction by the movement of the vehicle in the stacking aisle up to has been moved to the selected shelf. Because of the height of the vehicle and the storage arrangement and because of the required alignment accuracy is more normal wise a great difficulty in aligning the vehicle satisfactorily in front of the shelves. The alignment becomes particularly difficult if, as ■ usual there are irregularities in the subsurface or the load-bearing surface.

According to the invention, this has the memory arrangement and the stacker truck system comprising a frame assembly with horizontal load supports provided by vertical support posts are supported, and a stacking vehicle, that of rails arranged in the stacking aisles

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is carried. The rails and the vertical support posts are supported on a support structure, which can be aligned in the vertical direction to raise or lower the support and thereby the posts and the 'rails at the same time align.

The drawing shows exemplary embodiments of the invention.

Flg. 1 is a simplified rear view of a Goods handling and storage system and a stacking vehicle according to the invention;

Pig. 2 is a single representation of one of the

^ adjustable support arrangements that make the gelelse and support the vertical posts;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the central rack structure of the storage system according to FIG. 1, of which Line II-II seen without there * stacking vehicle;

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the system of Figure Ij

Figure 5 is another embodiment of the adjustable support assembly.

The goods turnover «and storage system according to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4 comprises a storage arrangement 10 with a Hehr number of shelves« such as the Regalfaoh 11, which are arranged in horizontal rows and vertical W "columns", and a goods turnover or -stapel vehicle 30. The storage arrangement 10 consists of a middle rack structure 20 "a side rack structure 18 and a side rack structure 19" which are arranged so that they form stacking aisles 15 and 16 between them. The stacking vehicle 30 can move on tracks or rails 14 or 13 in the stacking aisles 15 or and comprises support wheels 31, an elevator unit 32 that can extend laterally (shown in simplified form), a drive for the vehicle and the elevator arrangement (not shown ), a base frame 33 »a structure

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an upper guide roller '' ^ "" and a 4 'connection 3 &"for control and power transmission. " \ '^r;'·

' ^: """ In the middle rack structure, vertical support posts provide the main vertical support. The left vertical support posts (according to Pig. 1) are labeled 21A (only one left support post is visible) and the right vertical support posts are labeled 22A to 220. Each pair of posts (e.g. 21A and 22A) is side by side on one Each pair of posts forms a post arrangement with a suitable outer framework, which is formed by diagonal struts, ttfie ζ. 23A and upper cross connections 2 ^ -Ä- to 24G for the respective post arrangement 14 and 13 are provided for guiding the vehicle on either side of the stacking aisle within it near the posts Shear and the frame construction. Similar Diagonal struts 16 and 17werden Uend in the lateral RegälrähinenkonstruktIonen 18 ^j 19 and are used * k shown in Figo in veVeihfachter form.

Establishing a ^ greater rigidity between> the Pfostenanbrdnurigeh horizontal "stiffeners" namely upper horizontal Versteifungeh '27A- 27E' and lower horizontal "'stiffeners = 28A are provided to 2 E _$ MFT d" n horizontal "supported Lastaüf lisgen-% IA to 4IM 'for di # öbersteii R% gai-subjects and the; comparable taätauflägen 42Ä ϋο% 2Μ> 43A to- # 5Μ * 44A ^ to ^ ifeilMiand ^ Ä ^ bfs Ji5M # Ü ¥ ^{; 3} df # »each lower Shelf-viewers are connected. "B ## ⁴ Ia ^ t requirements, which form the ^: supporting / underlays -Sei? Ifteg & lfSöher- *, ¹ are * ü-Pröfile, dle; ivon Tragläs§henX46ft to ^ 6öt on the rough, right vRegftl- ■ fÄ8he'rn ^{: i} tindWoii ^ ■ Traglaschen''46A -bis: 56ο aft den-: upper _ ■ - ■ - left "shelf compartments" are held. He ^ n-entispicechen, ·

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Carrying straps for the lower shelves, such as 4-7 to 50 and 57 to 60, all with the corresponding Posts are connected.

The rack frame 20 also includes support means for the posts and rails, such as the Support assemblies 25A on the left (only one is visible in Pig. 1) and 26A through 26G on the "right side (according to Pig. 1), one of which is arranged in the vicinity of a vertical support post is. The support arrangements include means for simultaneous vertical alignment of the tracks (and the vehicle) as formed by the I-beam 91 and the vertical support posts that are attached to the beams. The means of vertical alignment includes shims 92 which are used to support the I-beam at selected locations along the Raising or lowering stacking aisles and a vertical one Alignment both for the support of the stacker vehicle and for the support arrangement of the shelves in the Area of the respective vertical support posts and a properly aligned track to create for the vehicle.

Another embodiment is shown in Fig. 5 * It comprises a cross member 81 which carries the rails and the posts and has adjustable bolts 82 and 85 which are arranged on the outside on each side near the respective support posts to the posts 21A and 22A and to support the rails 13 and I ^. Adjusting the bolts 82 and 83 in the vertical direction moves the adjacent area of the rail and the adjacent vertical support post. These cross members 81 are used throughout the construction, one for each post arrangement.

The side rack frames 18 land 19 are constructed similarly to the middle shelf device 20, with the exception that normally only one for each post arrangement

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Support order is required. you will be placed on the side walls of the building. The above the stacking aisles reaching struts 51 and 61 are attached between the rack frames to the top to bring about the necessary rigidity. The horizontal Diagonal struts 71A, 71B, 71C, 71D (shown in simplified form in FIG. 3) are on top of the arrangement attached to ensure the horizontal alignment of the frame structure.

In operation, the wheels 31 of the stack vehicle roll 30 on tracks 13 or 14. To the over connections 51 and 61 extending through the stacking aisles above channel-shaped profiles 52 and 62 attached, the one form the upper guide for the roller 35 of the stacker vehicle, to ensure a lateral alignment of the upper part of the vehicle. The elevator 32 moves in the structure 34 up and down and has an extendable platform on, which moves into the shelves and is withdrawn from them. The stacker vehicle moves into the Stacking aisles on the wheels 13. At the ends of the stacking aisles, it can be transferred from one stacking aisle to the other will; but it can also be a special stacking vehicle can be used for every stacking aisle. One under the The lower horizontal row of shelves near the lower part of the stacker vehicle contains the channel 70 Control and power lines for controlling the vehicle via the power and control tap 36. The shelves lind the vehicle can be adjusted in the vertical direction aligned with the amount of the support orders. . .

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Claims (1)

Claims. . _Y _ _r , I 1. Goods handling and storage system with rack frames / 'die Shelf compartments arranged in rows and one above the other form a stacking aisle between each Leave to be, characterized in that the rack frames (18,19,20) include the following features a) a plurality of vertical posts (21A, 22A; ...); b) several support elements carried by the post (4lA, 42A, ..., 45Ar ...) * oil the support for the Build loads in the shelves; c) a passageway extending the stacking track (13 * 1 * 0, ä ^as © can be worn in the longitudinal vehicle; d) Support arrangements for posts and rails e) an alignment device that supports the support assemblies simultaneously aligns in the vertical direction at selected points along the stacking aisle. 2 * Goods handling and storage system according to claim 1, characterized in that each rack structure several? fostenaaorders (21A, 22A; .. «) includes that each Post annoyance a pair of perpendicular to the direction of the Stacking aisles ösit spaced-apart posts (21A or 22A; · ..) and one between the posts each pair of posts has attached lattice framework and that the one post arrangements in a row parallel tin stacking aisle (15,16) are arranged. 3 * goods handling and «storage system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is a Stacking vehicle (30) comprises, which is in the stacking aisle extending upright structure (34) and one of this carried elevator with laterally extendable means (32) for storing or removing items to be stored in or out of the shelves. 4. Goods handling and storage system according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the The track is given by longitudinal girders, the vertical posts are connected to the longitudinal girders and the straightening device raises or lowers the longitudinal beams at along the same selected points. 5. Goods handling and storage system according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that that the track to support the stacker vehicle is formed by a pair of support rails that on opposite sides of the stacking aisle are arranged. 6. Goods handling and storage system according to claim 4 and 5, characterized in that the support rails formed by laterally open channels having longitudinal beams (91) and the vertical posts on the Longitudinal beams (9I) are attached and that the alignment device, the longitudinal beams (91) at selected locations along it rises and falls. 7 · Goods handling and storage system according to claim 6, characterized in that the aligning device Removable washers (92) placed under the side rails near the vertical posts includes. 8. Goods handling and storage system according to claim 4 and 5 » characterized in that it comprises transverse beams (81) arranged perpendicular to the direction of the stacking aisle, which extend below a respective post arrangement and between the posts and carry these posts, that the support rails ( 13 # 14) are carried by the crossbeams (81) and that the alignment device comprises adjustable bolts (82, 83) which carry the crossbeams (81). 909851/1317 Blank page