EP3456677A1 - Dispositif de distribution de marchandise type d'ascenseur destiné à l'acquisition, le stockage et la distribution de marchandises dans un bâtiment - Google Patents

Dispositif de distribution de marchandise type d'ascenseur destiné à l'acquisition, le stockage et la distribution de marchandises dans un bâtiment Download PDF

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EP3456677A1
EP3456677A1 EP17191351.0A EP17191351A EP3456677A1 EP 3456677 A1 EP3456677 A1 EP 3456677A1 EP 17191351 A EP17191351 A EP 17191351A EP 3456677 A1 EP3456677 A1 EP 3456677A1
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Christian Studer
Raphael Bitzi
Reto Tschuppert
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  • the present invention relates to a goods distribution arrangement by means of which goods can be accepted, stored and distributed within a building.
  • Modern buildings usually have elevators, with the help of which passengers can be transported within the building, for example, between different floors.
  • passengers can be transported within the building, for example, between different floors.
  • goods can also be transported with these elevators, the goods generally having to be brought by persons into an elevator car and removed again on another floor.
  • an alternative goods distribution arrangement by means of which goods can advantageously be accepted, stored and, in particular, distributed to other floors within a building.
  • a goods distribution arrangement by means of which a Tooverteilvorgang can be largely automated within a building, the Tireverteilvorgang can be easily and safely designed and / or goods receiving and delivery can be adapted to the needs of the supplier or the addressee.
  • a commodity distribution assembly that is inexpensively manufactured, easy to install in a building, and / or reliable to operate.
  • the cab can be moved by a cabin drive along a mainly vertical shaft.
  • the goods receiving compartments are arranged on different floors and stationary and their interior is accessible in each case from an area in a respective floor outside the shaft.
  • the goods receiving compartments are arranged in particular adjacent to the shaft.
  • the goods transport boxes are adapted to be received both in the interior of the goods receiving compartments and in the cabin.
  • the Displacement device is set up to relocate one of the goods transport boxes from one of the goods receiving compartments towards the cabin and out of the cabin into one of the goods receiving compartments.
  • Embodiments of the merchandise distribution arrangement described herein may be used to provide a possibility for novel intra-building logistics and associated transportation, storage and distribution of goods within a building.
  • the described distribution arrangement is sometimes referred to as Smart Goods Elevator (SGE).
  • the goods distribution arrangement thereby has at least the components claimed and can enable them both to accept goods in an advantageous and / or largely automated manner and, if appropriate, temporarily store them as well as to transport them within the building to other floors.
  • a delivery of goods within a building for example, to different collection points on different floors within the building allows, with place and / or time of delivery and provision at the collection point freely selectable and may be defined defined by a user.
  • Functions of the goods distribution arrangement can be adjusted to the wishes and requirements of users following, for example by a user via a mobile device such as a smartphone directs his wishes via the Internet to a higher-level data management system and this instructs the Grillverteilan Aunt accordingly, previously assumed, for example, by a delivery service Deliver goods at a desired time to a collection point on the floor of the user's home.
  • the goods distribution arrangement has a cabin which, like an elevator car, can be vertically displaced from passenger elevators within a shaft.
  • the shaft may also have inclined or horizontal sections in which the cab can be relocated.
  • the cabin of the goods distribution arrangement can be significantly smaller.
  • a height of such a cabin for example, be smaller than passenger lifts, for example, half as high or less than 1 m or less than 0.7 m.
  • the cabin of the goods distribution arrangement can be designed for significantly lower loads than is typically the case with passenger lifts, for example for loads of less than 100 kg or less than 50 kg.
  • the goods distribution arrangement can be significantly lower than in passenger elevators, so that, for example, no lockable car door and / or landing door, no light curtain, no emergency call system, etc. need to be provided.
  • the cabin can be similar to passenger lifts by means of flexible support means such as ropes or straps and moved within the shaft. Since lower loads are to be transported, this may possibly be dispensed with a provided at an opposite end of the support means counterweight.
  • the goods distribution arrangement may have a plurality of cabins coupled with each other, i. for example, as a double cabin, or independently, i. e. as cabins to be controlled separately from a multiple cabin system, can be relocated.
  • a shaft can be provided in the building specifically for this purpose, extending vertically through the building space, due to the smaller dimensions of the cabin only a relatively small cross section, for example, a cross section of less than 1 m 2 or less than 0.5 m 2 I need you.
  • areas can be used in the passenger elevator shaft in which neither a passenger cabin nor a counterweight moves for the same.
  • the co-used for this passenger elevator shaft can thus have the same size or only be slightly larger than an elevator shaft of a conventional passenger elevator.
  • each so-called goods receiving compartments are provided on different floors of the building. These each represent an enclosed volume into which a product can be introduced and then at least temporarily stored therein.
  • a goods receptacle should be able to be filled on the one hand by an area in a respective floor, i. be accessible from outside the shaft, so that a user can easily bring his goods to be transported in the goods receiving compartment.
  • the goods receptacle should be located close to or directly adjacent to the shaft and connected to it via an access opening, so that a recorded in the goods receptacle goods spent directly from the goods receptacle with the shortest possible displacement paths in the waiting cabin in the bay and from there to other floors.
  • the goods distribution arrangement has several special goods transport boxes.
  • These goods transport boxes are adapted, for example, in terms of their dimensions and / or functionalities to be included in the space enclosed by one of the goods receiving compartments interior.
  • dimensions of a goods transport box may be selected such that typical goods to be transported can be received therein.
  • the dimensions may vary, but are generally at least significantly smaller than those of conventional passenger elevators.
  • the shipping boxes may have a width, height, and depth, each typically less than 1 meter. For many applications, these dimensions, or at least one of these dimensions, may be even less than 0.7 m or less than 0.5 m.
  • the goods transport boxes can have an external geometry adapted to the shape of the goods receiving compartments.
  • the goods transport boxes can be cuboid. Other shapes such as cylindrical geometries or the like are possible.
  • the goods transport boxes may consist of easily processed and / or inexpensive materials such as sheet metal, plastic, composites or the like.
  • the goods transport boxes may have a floor and one or more side walls.
  • the interior of a goods transport box can advantageously be completely surrounded completely by lateral walls, similar to a pot or an open-topped box, so that a product can be introduced from above into the goods transport box.
  • the goods transport box can have an openable and closable lid in order to be able to completely enclose the interior when closed.
  • the lid can be opened, for example, by a user in order to insert a product into the goods transport box.
  • it may be provided to lock the goods transport box or its lid can.
  • a mechanism provided for this purpose can be operated manually or preferably automatically by a controller.
  • the relocation device of the goods distribution arrangement is configured to move the goods transport boxes out of the goods receiving compartments receiving them and into the cabin or the goods transport boxes, for example at another time after they have been transported to another floor with the cabin, out of the booth to move a goods receiving compartment located there into it.
  • a displacement direction is typically horizontal.
  • the displacement device may have one or more mechanisms for this purpose, as well as one or more actuators, by means of which it is possible to work together with the goods transport box in order to be able to shift it actively driven.
  • the goods distribution arrangement may comprise an input interface for entering goods-specific data and a controller for controlling the car drive and / or the displacement device, taking into account the previously entered product-specific data.
  • the Stephanteilan Aunt may have an input interface, by means of which the goods distribution arrangement information can be transmitted regarding the goods to be transported, so that this information below during the actual transport of the goods using the of the cabin drive driven cab and using the displacement device can be taken into account by a controller controlling these components.
  • the input interface may be, for example, a human-machine interface such as a keyboard, a touch screen, etc., by means of which, for example, a user may transmit the desired merchandise-specific data to the merchandise distribution arrangement.
  • a machine-machine interface or a data carrier-machine interface can be used, for example, to be able to transmit goods-specific data generated by a machine or stored in a machine or a data carrier to the goods distribution system.
  • a user can generate and / or store corresponding data in a portable device such as a smartphone and then transmit it to a data receiving device of the goods distribution device by means of various techniques such as electromagnetic, optical or ultrasound-based data transmission.
  • corresponding data can also be stored on a machine-readable data carrier, for example in optically readable, magnetically readable, electrically readable or other manner, and then read out by a data receiving device.
  • a machine-readable data carrier for example in optically readable, magnetically readable, electrically readable or other manner, and then read out by a data receiving device.
  • an authentication of the user for example by entering a user ID and a password may be necessary.
  • the goods-specific data may be a variety of data concerning the characteristics, origin, destination or the like of the goods to be transported.
  • the goods-specific data may include information about a sender, an addressee, a content, a desired delivery time, a desired handling or the like of the goods to be transported. Based on this data, the controller can then control a relocation process within the commodity distribution arrangement.
  • based on the specified addressee can be determined to which floor the goods should be delivered.
  • Information about a specified desired delivery time can be considered in order to deliver the goods on time.
  • Information about a sender can be used in order to be able to send the sender an acknowledgment of receipt when delivering the goods, for example.
  • Information about a desired handling or type of goods to be transported can be taken into account, for example, if the goods are a particularly sensitive object which should be handled with care in order to avoid damage. In this case, for example, transport speeds can be set reduced within the Tooverteilan Alba.
  • a building may also have several goods distribution arrangements serving the same floors or different floors.
  • the controls of the goods distribution arrangements are particularly coordinated. It is possible that for inputting goods-specific data for all goods distribution arrangements only a single input interface and / or for controlling the car drive and / or the displacement device of all Strandverteilan effet only a single controller is provided.
  • the displacement device is mounted on the cabin, so that it is displaced together with the cabin along the shaft.
  • the displacement device merely as a component installed on the cabin.
  • the relocating device can then be moved together with the cabin to each supplied by the goods distribution arrangement floor and there remove goods transport boxes from locally located goods receiving compartments and transport into the cabin or vice versa with the cabin transported goods transport boxes in a store located on the floor goods receiving compartment.
  • the goods receiving compartments themselves can in this case be designed as passive components, ie they do not themselves have the ability to actively shift a goods transport box. Even the goods transport boxes themselves can be passive components.
  • Theressverteilan Aunt can thus satisfy a single displacement device, which can be brought together with the cabin to a desired location within theêtverteilan angel. As a result, a complexity of the goods distribution arrangement and / or their costs can be kept low.
  • the displacement device may comprise a coupling mechanism and a displacement mechanism.
  • the coupling mechanism may be arranged to controllably effect a mechanical coupling between a transport box to be transported and the displacement mechanism.
  • the displacement mechanism may be adapted to pull the goods transport box to be relocated from one of the goods receiving compartments into the cabin or to move the goods transport box to be relocated out of the cabin into one of the goods receiving compartments.
  • the displacement device can essentially have two components.
  • the coupling mechanism serves to mechanically couple a goods transport box to be conveyed within the goods distribution arrangement with the displacement mechanism.
  • the mechanical coupling should be such that subsequently the displacement mechanism can exert suitable forces on the goods transport box in order to be able to pull them out of a goods receiving compartment or to be able to push into them. Typically, these forces are exerted in the horizontal direction.
  • the mechanical coupling can therefore be established in various ways, for example by a gripping mechanism, a snap mechanism, a compressing mechanism or the like. In other words, the mechanical coupling can be done by a frictional connection, a positive connection or a frictional connection.
  • the coupling should be controlled, i. E. the mechanical connection between the goods transport box and the displacement mechanism can be established under control and, if necessary, also be controlled again.
  • the relocation mechanism may then, after the goods transport box has been coupled thereto, serve to relocate the goods transport box in a controlled manner.
  • the displacement can be linear, in particular horizontal.
  • the displacement mechanism may push the goods transport box along guide means such as rails.
  • the displacing mechanism may be similar to a forklift truck for first lifting a goods transport box slightly and then displacing vertically in a sliding or pulling manner generally.
  • Both the coupling mechanism and the displacement mechanism can be made relatively simple. This results in particular from the approach sought herein of not directly transporting the goods as such, so that the relocating facility would have to cooperate directly with these goods, but instead to provide goods transport boxes that can have standardized mass and properties and then receive the goods ,
  • the goods distribution arrangement may further comprise a fixing device by means of which the goods transport box can be fixed in the cabin and / or in one of the goods receiving compartments.
  • the goods distribution arrangement with the aid of the fixing device can cause the goods transport box, once it has been inserted into the cabin or into one of the goods receiving compartments, to be fixed there and thus unable to move relative to the cabin or the goods receptacle.
  • the self-moving cabin it is thus possible, for example, to prevent the goods transport box received therein from undesirably moving inside the cabin or even out of it during a journey.
  • the fixing device can cause a mechanical coupling between the goods transport box and the cabin or the goods receiving compartment, for example in a positive, non-positive or frictional manner.
  • the fixing device can advantageously cooperate with provided on the goods transport box counterparts, which may be provided in a standardized manner and / or at standardized positions on the transport box.
  • the goods receiving compartments are arranged on different floors of the building adjacent to the shaft, but outside the shaft.
  • the goods receiving compartments in the floors accommodating them not within the shaft, but outside adjacent to the Shaft be arranged.
  • one of the goods receiving compartments may be arranged in a corridor adjacent to the shaft in a building floor.
  • the goods receiving compartments are thus accessible to users of the goods distribution arrangement as well as in the context of, for example, an installation and / or maintenance simply from outside the shaft ago.
  • the goods receiving compartments can also be arranged inside the shaft.
  • the goods receiving compartments can each have a flap which can be reversibly opened and closed in order to allow access to the goods transport box accommodated in the interior of the respective goods receiving compartment.
  • access to the space enclosed by the goods receiving compartment can be closed by means of a flap provided on the goods receiving compartment and, if necessary, released by opening the flap.
  • the flap can cover an opening in the goods receiving compartment. Through the opening, for example, a user can gain access to a goods transport box accommodated in the interior.
  • the flap or the opening may have a cross-sectional area which is dimensioned sufficiently to bring goods to be transported into the interior of the goods receiving compartment or to be able to remove them.
  • a cross-sectional area may be at least 0.1 m 2 , at least 0.2 m 2 or at least 0.5 m 2 .
  • the flap may be fixedly connected to a housing of the goods receiving compartment otherwise enclosing the interior and / or may be pivotable relative thereto, for example.
  • the goods receiving compartments can have a drawer which can be opened horizontally in order to allow access to the goods transport box accommodated in the interior of the respective goods receiving compartment.
  • the drawer can cover similar to the previously described flap an opening in the goods receptacle, as long as it is closed.
  • the opening can be released. It can either by the access opening in the received in the goods receiving compartment goods transport box are released through the opening.
  • the goods transport box can be moved out of a housing of the goods receiving compartment together with the drawer in order to gain particularly easy access to it and to be able to insert or remove a product, for example.
  • the goods transport box for example, be fixed to or in the drawer.
  • the goods receiving compartments may be controllably lockable and unlockable.
  • a lock can be arranged for example on the previously described flap or the drawer of the goods receiving compartment described above or cooperate with this, to block or allow an opening thereof.
  • the lock may preferably comprise an actuator by means of which the lock can be locked and unlocked.
  • a locking state can be controlled.
  • the controller which optionally also controls the car drive and / or the displacement device of the goods distribution arrangement, also make a control of the locking state with respect to one or each of the goods receiving compartments.
  • a goods receiving compartment normally be locked, so that no access is possible in the interior, and unlocking of the goods receiving compartment can only be instructed by the controller in the presence of predefined conditions.
  • a lock is not released until a user has correctly authenticated.
  • a user can authenticate himself to a man-machine interface, a machine-machine interface or a data carrier-machine interface, for example by entering a code, by means of his mobile terminal as his smartphone transmits a code or by means of a data carrier like a smartcard, a code stored on it transmitted. The user thus obtains access to the goods transport box accommodated in the interior of the goods receiving compartment and the goods stored therein only after correct authentication.
  • the goods transport boxes each have a wall which is dimensioned and arranged such that, while the respective goods transport box is received in one of the goods receiving compartments, it covers an access opening through which the goods transport box can be moved out of the goods receiving compartment into the cabin.
  • the goods transport box preferably has side walls, at least one wall of which is dimensioned such that its cross section corresponds approximately to the cross section of the access opening between the goods receiving compartment and the car arranged in the shaft. Since this wall is generally remote from a user using the goods distribution device during a state in which the goods transport box is located in the respective goods receiving compartment, it is also referred to as the rear wall of the goods transport box.
  • the back wall does not necessarily need the access opening completely, i. in the sense of being hermetically sealed, but it may suffice that the rear wall covers substantial areas of the access opening, so that e.g. no objects can pass through any remaining gaps between the access opening and the rear wall.
  • the rear wall can thus prevent, for example, a user from accidentally or deliberately not bringing goods into the goods transport box but into the shaft located behind it.
  • contamination of the shaft can be prevented by articles introduced into the goods receiving compartments or the goods transport boxes.
  • Security of the goods distribution arrangement can also be increased since users can not inadvertently extend through the goods receiving compartments into the shaft located behind.
  • the goods distribution arrangement may further comprise a tempering device, by means of which at least one of the goods receiving compartments and goods transport boxes can be tempered.
  • one or more tempering devices can be provided in the goods distribution arrangement, with the aid of which a goods receiving compartment and / or a goods transport box can be brought to a desired temperature or kept at this temperature.
  • the tempering device can be configured as a cooling device in order to cool the component to be tempered below an ambient temperature, or the tempering device can be designed as a heating device to heat the component to be tempered above the ambient temperature.
  • the tempering device can be attached to the goods transport box or integrated into this.
  • goods accommodated therein such as foods to be chilled or heated, drugs or the like, can be directly and efficiently kept at a desired temperature.
  • the goods transport box can thus be configured as a special heating goods transport box and / or as a refrigerated goods transport box. If appropriate, only a few of the several goods transport boxes accommodated in the goods distribution arrangement can be designed as such special goods transport boxes and if necessary be used for corresponding transport missions.
  • it can also be provided to temper a goods receiving compartment of the goods distribution arrangement, so that indirectly a product can be tempered in a goods transport box received therein.
  • the tempering device can control or regulate a temperature to be adopted.
  • the tempering device can communicate with or be controlled by a control of the goods distribution arrangement, for example.
  • the controller can, due to information that they e.g. has received from a user delivering the goods or that they can recognize directly on the goods, determine that a product should be tempered and then instruct the tempering suitable.
  • the goods distribution arrangement further comprises a sensor system by means of which a content of one of the goods transport boxes can be monitored.
  • a sensor system can be used to monitor the contents of a goods transport box, for example with regard to its presence and / or physical properties.
  • a sensor can detect, for example, when a product is inserted into the goods transport box or taken out of it.
  • the sensors can detect properties of the goods, on the basis of which information can be obtained, based on which in turn the goods distribution arrangement can be advantageously operated.
  • the sensor system can detect when a product is too heavy or otherwise not suitable to be transported without damage with the goods distribution arrangement can.
  • a sensor can also detect when a product is particularly hot or cold and should be heated or cooled during storage and transport within the Tooverteilan angel.
  • the sensor system may comprise at least one sensor such as an optical sensor, a camera, a weight sensor, a temperature sensor, a dimension sensor, a motion sensor and / or an acceleration sensor.
  • a sensor such as an optical sensor, a camera, a weight sensor, a temperature sensor, a dimension sensor, a motion sensor and / or an acceleration sensor.
  • the sensor can be designed to detect desired physical properties, for example, within the goods transport box or goods received there.
  • a simple optical sensor for example in the form of a photodiode, can for example be used as part of a light barrier in order to be able to detect the presence of a product in the goods transport box.
  • a camera can take pictures of the recorded product and analyze it if necessary, in order to derive information about the goods.
  • Various types of cameras in particular black-and-white cameras, color image cameras, 3D cameras, etc. can be used.
  • a weight sensor may be provided to detect a weight of the goods transport box or a product received therein.
  • a Temperature sensor and / or a dimensional sensor are used to be able to determine the temperature or dimensions within the goods transport box or of goods recorded therein.
  • a motion sensor can detect movements within the transport box. As a result, it can be detected, for example, if there is a living being within the transport box, such as an animal or even a person, which may not be transported with the goods distribution arrangement.
  • An acceleration sensor can detect accelerations acting on the transport box or goods received therein. Corresponding information can be used, for example, in order to be able to recognize malfunctions within the goods distribution arrangement or to be able to transport sensitive goods with particular care.
  • the goods transport boxes may be individually marked with a label.
  • the goods distribution arrangement furthermore has a recognition device for the unique recognition of each of the goods transport boxes on the basis of their individual identification.
  • each or at least some of the goods transport boxes may have an individual identification that distinguishes them from other goods transport boxes.
  • a tag may be, for example, a bar code, a QR code, a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag, or the like.
  • RFID Radio Frequency IDentification
  • the marking can reproduce information about properties of the goods transport box and / or about goods received therein. With the aid of its recognition device, the goods distribution arrangement can then differentiate the various goods transport boxes.
  • goods transport boxes for special goods transports.
  • goods to be tempered can be transported with a temperature-controlled goods transport box, particularly sensitive goods can be transported with a specially padded goods transport box, particularly clean goods to be transported such as food or Be transported with a specially cleaned or even disinfected goods transport box, etc.
  • the goods distribution arrangement may further comprise a storage compartment for temporarily storing at least one goods transport box therein.
  • the storage compartment should not be accessible from an area in a respective floor outside the shaft.
  • the goods distribution arrangement should not only be designed to be suitable for receiving and transporting goods, but it may also be desired to be able to store goods over a certain period of time.
  • a delivery service can deliver a product to the goods distribution arrangement and then store the goods until an addressee is able to accept the goods.
  • the goods can of course be stored in their goods transport box in one of the goods receiving compartments, whereby this is blocked for further use. Therefore, it may be advantageous to provide special storage compartments in which the goods transport boxes can be temporarily stored.
  • a storage compartment should not be accessible from outside the shaft.
  • storage compartments may be arranged inside the shaft and be provided, for example, in parts of the shaft which are not needed to move the car.
  • storage compartments can connect next to the shaft and be accessible from there by appropriate access openings so that one of the goods transport boxes, for example, pushed from the cabin in one of the storage compartments and can be removed later again from this.
  • Storage compartments can also be arranged in a corridor adjacent to the shaft in a building floor. In this case, however, they are arranged and stated that they are not accessible from the floor, so in particular have no accessible from the floor opening or flap. For example, they can be arranged adjacent to the shaft on a ceiling of the floor.
  • a storage compartment can be dimensioned similarly to one of the goods receiving compartments and / or one of the goods transport boxes, tempered by means of a tempering device and / or monitored by means of a sensor system.
  • all goods transport boxes within a Tooverteilan angel have standardized dimensions, so that, for example, the relocation device can be relatively simple in order to cooperate with these standardized goods transport boxes and to be able to relocate.
  • a goods distribution arrangement only a few types of goods transport boxes, for example, different dimensions are used, for example, depending on the application, a different type of goods transport box can be used, but each type can have standardized dimensions and / or properties, for example, advantageous the relocation facility to be relocated.
  • manufacturing costs or logistics costs can be kept low.
  • a risk of malfunction within the Warrenverteilan angel be kept low because not as in conventional goods lifts relocation of differently shaped and dimensioned goods needs to be made in a cabin, but only the standardized goods transport boxes must be moved over defined routes.
  • specially adapted goods transport boxes can be used for certain transport purposes.
  • hot or cold goods can be stored and / or transported with specially thermally insulated goods transport boxes or even with actively transporting goods transport boxes.
  • transportation for both the goods and the goods distribution arrangement can be made safer and / or more reliable.
  • sensitive goods can be transported in specially padded goods transport boxes.
  • Goods in which there is a risk that they emanate dirt or even a liquid can be transported in appropriately sealed transport boxes to prevent soiling of the goods distribution arrangement.
  • Goods may be tracked ("tracked") during transportation within the goods distribution arrangement due to individualized goods transport boxes. By monitoring the goods transport box, for example, it can also be established and / or documented that a product has not been manipulated or even removed without authorization during storage.
  • the goods transport box By suitably designing and dimensioning the goods transport box, further malfunctions or incorrect handling of the goods distribution arrangement can be avoided.
  • the fact that the rear wall of the goods transport box can largely cover an access opening between the goods receiving compartment and the shaft prevents dirt, objects or even persons or their limbs from entering the shaft and being damaged by the car moving through the shaft or interfere with their operation.
  • Fig. 1 shows a goods distribution arrangement according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 1 1 shows an embodiment of a goods distribution arrangement 1 according to the invention.
  • the goods distribution arrangement 1 can be used to accept goods 3, store them temporarily, if necessary, and finally distribute them within a building 5, such as a high-rise building, to destinations.
  • the goods distribution arrangement 1 has a car 7, which, driven by a cabin drive 9, can be displaced vertically within a shaft 11 extending through the building 5.
  • cabin drive 9 while various technical options can be used, as they are used in passenger lifts. Since the elevator-like goods distribution arrangement 1 is designed primarily for carrying small loads, it can e.g. suffice to use as cabin drive 9 an electric drive machine 10, for example in the form of an electrically driven winch, which drives one or more belts 57, in particular toothed belts, wherein the belts 57 are deflected at a deflection 59 on a ceiling of the shaft 11 and on the cabin 7 are mounted and thus can move the cabin controlled. There is no counterweight necessary, which among other things an installation can be simplified.
  • the electric drive machine 10 may be located at the bottom or in a pit of the shaft 11 and thus be easily accessible.
  • each goods receiving compartment 13 In each of several floors 15 within the building 5 one or more goods receiving compartments 13 are arranged in each case.
  • the goods receiving compartments 13 are each positioned and configured such that an interior space 17 of a respective goods receiving compartment 13 from outside the shaft 11 forth, in particular from a region 19 such as a corridor in a respective Floor 15 ago, is accessible.
  • Each goods receiving compartment 13 may be formed, for example, as a kind of box in which a housing surrounds the interior 17 and thus delimits it from the area 19 within the floor 15. In one Rear, adjacent to the shaft 11 area of the interior 17 of the goods receiving compartment 13 via an access opening 41 to the shaft 11 is connected.
  • Each of the goods receiving compartments 13 may have a flap 35 or a drawer 37 or the like, which can be opened to gain access to the interior 17 of the goods receiving compartment 13.
  • the flap 35 can thereby be pivoted open and closed along a direction of movement 36.
  • the flap 35 can be folded up to gain access to the interior 17 of the goods receiving compartment 13 and then to fill a product 3. Subsequently, the flap 35 can be folded down again to close the goods receiving compartment 13.
  • a design as a drawer 37 this can be opened and closed along a horizontal direction of movement 32.
  • the flap 35 or drawer 37 may have a handle 38 in order to grip and move them for opening and closing.
  • a goods transport box 21 may have, similar to a box, a bottom and one or more side walls 39, which surround a receiving volume 22.
  • the goods transport box 21 may be open at the top or, alternatively, be covered at the top by a lid to be opened and closed.
  • Each of the goods transport boxes 21 can be designed such that in their receiving volume 22 on the one hand finds the goods to be transported 3 space, on the other hand, the goods transport box 21 into the interiors 17 of each of the goods receiving compartments 13 fits.
  • the Rushverteilan extract 1 also has a displacement device 23, by means of which one of the goods transport boxes 21 moved out of one of the goods receiving compartments 13 and introduced into the car 7 or vice versa moved out of the car 7 and can be moved into one of the goods receiving compartments 13 inside.
  • this displacement device 23 is shown very schematically. It has a coupling mechanism 29 in order to effect a mechanical coupling to a corresponding coupling counterpart 30 on one of the goods transport boxes 21.
  • the displacement device 23 has a displacement mechanism 31, by means of which the goods transport box 21 is coupled pulled in a largely horizontal direction of movement 32 from the interior 17 of the goods receiving compartment 13 toward the car 7 and can be pushed from the car 7 toward the interior 17 of the goods receiving compartment 13.
  • the displacement device 23 is arranged on the car 7 and can be moved together with this vertically through the shaft 11 towards the various goods receiving compartments 13 arranged adjacent thereto.
  • a user wants to deliver a product 3 in the building 5 and, for example, wants to be delivered to an addressee living on another floor 15, he can go to one of the goods receiving compartments 13 in order to transfer the product 3 to the goods distribution arrangement 1 there.
  • the user can open the drawer 37 or the flap 35.
  • a lock 53 unlocks the drawer 37 or the flap 35.
  • Such authentication may be done, for example, using a human machine input interface 25.
  • the input interface 25 can communicate with a controller 27 of the goods distribution arrangement 1, which can also control a function of the lock 53 in addition to the car drive 9 and the displacement device 23.
  • the input interface 25 can furthermore be used to deliver, for example, specific data relating to the goods 3, such as data relating to the addressee, the floor 15, a desired time of delivery, a desired handling or treatment of the goods during storage and transport , etc., to enter. Also, this specific data may be sent to the Control 27 are transmitted so that they can control the associated with her components of the goods distribution arrangement 1, taking into account this commodity-specific data.
  • specific data relating to the goods 3 such as data relating to the addressee, the floor 15, a desired time of delivery, a desired handling or treatment of the goods during storage and transport , etc.
  • the user Once the user has stored the goods 3 in the receiving volume 22 of a goods transport box 21, he can close the flap 35 or drawer 37 again.
  • the goods distribution arrangement 1 can then optionally lock the lock 53 again.
  • the controller 27 to move the car 7 toward the floor 15, in which the goods 3 was stored in the local goods receiving compartment 13. With the displacement device 23, the goods transport box 21 located there can then be pulled together with the goods 3 therein in the car 7, preferably controlled by the controller 27. Subsequently, the car 7, again preferably controlled by the controller 27, to another position within of the shaft 11.
  • the car 7 can be moved to a destination floor of the addressee. There, the displacement device 23, the goods transport box 21 in the local goods receiving compartment 13 push. The addressee may then, optionally after he has in turn authenticated himself at an input interface 25 and the lock 53 has been unlocked, open the goods receiving compartment 13 in order to access the goods 3 stored in the goods transport box 21 accommodated therein.
  • the car 7 can be moved, for example, to a storage compartment 51.
  • a storage compartment 51 may be provided similar to the goods receiving compartments 13, for example in one of the corridors on one of the floors 15 of the building 5.
  • the storage compartments 51 are not accessible from outside the shaft 11, in particular not from the area 19 from which the goods receiving compartments 13 are accessible.
  • a rear Be provided in the region of the shaft 11 one or more storage compartments 51.
  • the goods 3 can be inserted together with the receiving goods transport box 21 of the displacement device 23 in one of the storage compartments 51, stored there and then removed at a desired later date from there again, and then with the car 7 to a desired destination Floor 15 driven and delivered to an addressee.
  • a fixing device 33 can cooperate with the goods transport box 21 to prevent unwanted movements of the goods transport box 21 within the cabin 7 or within the goods receiving compartment 13 or the storage compartment 51 prevent.
  • Individual or each of the goods transport boxes 21 may be specially adapted for certain transport purposes.
  • the transport purposes may differ from goods to goods and from order to order.
  • goods transport boxes 21 can be provided, which can be tempered by means of a tempering device 43 at temperatures deviating from an ambient temperature.
  • the tempering device 43 can be designed as required for heating and / or cooling the goods transport box 21 and the goods 3 received therein.
  • the tempering device 43 may be connected via a power supply connection 44 with an energy source provided in the building 5.
  • a power cable can be connected to a socket provided for this purpose.
  • a tempering device 43 can also be formed on the goods receiving compartments 13 and / or the storage compartments 51.
  • the goods distribution arrangement 1 can furthermore have a sensor system 45.
  • the sensor 45 may include one or more sensors 46.
  • the sensors 46 may be provided at various locations and for various purposes within the commodity distribution assembly 1.
  • sensors 46 may be arranged as part of the sensor system within the goods transport boxes 21 and / or in the interior 17 of the goods receiving compartments 13.
  • optical sensors can detect whether a product 3 has been introduced into a goods transport box 21.
  • other sensors such as capacitive sensors, touch sensors, etc. may be used.
  • a camera can record optically detectable properties of the product 3 and, for example, analyze it with an image recognition logic.
  • a weight sensor can detect a weight of the goods 3.
  • a temperature sensor can measure a temperature of the recorded product 3.
  • a dimension sensor can determine spatial dimensions of the product 3.
  • a motion sensor can detect, for example, movements within the goods transport box 21.
  • An acceleration sensor can detect accelerations acting on the goods transport box 21.
  • the controller 27 which can preferably communicate with the sensor system 45, for example by wire or wireless, derive, for example, how the goods 3 are to be transported and / or stored.
  • a commodity 3 such as a food to be heated or cooled should be tempered, that a commodity 3 such as a fragile commodity 3 should be transported with particular care, that an alleged commodity 3 is moving and thus likely to is a living being, which may not be transported with the Tooverteilanssen, etc.
  • the presented Warrenverteilan Aunt 1 may provide each or at least some of the goods transport boxes with a label 47.
  • a marking may be, for example, a bar code or the like, by means of which the goods transport box can be individually recognized.
  • the goods distribution arrangement 1 can in this case via one or more recognition devices 49, by means of which each of the goods transport boxes 21 can be recognized on the basis of their individual identification 47.
  • the recognition means 49 can be designed, for example, as a camera or scanner in the event that the labels are optically readable.
  • the recognition devices 49 may, for example, be provided at a suitable position within the goods receiving compartments 13 and / or within the storage compartments 51.
  • the product distribution arrangement 1 presented here can be part of an intelligent goods transport system which, in addition to the goods distribution arrangement 1, uses a controller, a data cloud and mobile applications ("apps" on mobile terminals such as smartphones).
  • Theressverteilan Aunt is an elevator-like, autonomous unit for the vertical transporting and temporary storage of goods 3 in a building 5.
  • Theêtverteilan Aunt 1 has its own control unit in the form of intelligent goods control, which optimizes the transport and storage of goods 3.
  • each controller may be connected to a commodity data cloud ("cloud”) over the Internet.
  • cloud commodity data cloud
  • occupants of a building 5 as well as delivery services or the like can, for example, be registered via a web server in the data cloud and be able to communicate with it, for example via a smartphone app.
  • the commodity data cloud can organize the exchange of data between the controller and the users, for example with regard to delivery requests, notifications, identifications, etc.
  • a delivery service may identify or register at an interface terminal, for example in an entry floor, define a recipient and / or classify a commodity.
  • the delivery service can be assigned a goods receiving compartment in the entrance floor.
  • the delivery service may place the goods in the goods receptacle or in the receptacles contained therein Place goods transport box.
  • the recipient can be notified, for example, by a smartphone app.
  • the receiver may optionally define a pickup time and / or pickup floor.
  • the goods can then be brought to the goods distribution arrangement to a storage compartment and stored there temporarily. At the specified pickup time, the goods distribution arrangement can then bring the goods to the desired pick-up floor.
  • the recipient may authenticate to the terminal.
  • the goods receiving compartment accommodating the goods transport box with the goods can be unlocked and the recipient can remove the goods.
  • a product can also be handed over by a resident of the building to the goods distribution arrangement, if he wishes, for example, that the goods should then be transported onward by a delivery service.
  • the goods can be stored in the meantime and, as soon as the delivery service is at the building, transported into a goods receiving compartment, from which the delivery service can remove the goods and then move on.
  • the transport system presented herein makes it possible to accept and / or pick up deliveries at a desired time and at a desired location within a building. Furthermore, no transport operations need to be carried out by means of the passenger elevator, whereby this can be relieved. Time and cost savings are also made possible for delivery services, postmen, etc., as they no longer have to travel long distances within a building.
  • the elevator-type goods distribution arrangement used for the transport system has, inter alia, several goods receiving compartments with associated goods transport boxes which are arranged on different floors of the building, and a cabin in the form of an elevator-like vehicle which can transport the goods transport boxes between the various goods receiving compartments.
  • the goods to be transported are recorded during transport in the goods transport boxes.
  • Each served floor may have one or more goods receiving compartments.
  • the goods receptacles are used by users to accept or deliver goods.
  • the goods transport boxes may have standardized dimensions and / or other standardized properties such as mechanical and / or electrical interfaces to other components of the goods distribution arrangement.
  • the goods transport boxes can be firmly incorporated into the Tooverteilan Aunt, i. not be removable from this. Alternatively it can be provided that users can remove individual goods transport boxes in order to be able to load them, for example.
  • the transport cabin of the goods distribution arrangement moves the goods transport boxes horizontally and, with the aid of the displacement device provided thereon, vertically between different goods receiving compartments or storage compartments. Users have access to the goods receptacles to accept or deliver goods. Not every floor has to be served by the goods distribution arrangement.
  • a serviced floor has one or more goods receiving compartments.
  • All goods receiving compartments of a floor are preferably connected to a terminal as an interface.
  • the terminal controls locking mechanisms of the goods receiving compartments.
  • All terminals are in turn connected to an entire control of the goods distribution arrangement, for example via a bus system.
  • the goods receiving compartments can be provided with a door, with a flap or with a drawer.
  • the storage compartments are used for the temporary storage of goods transport boxes. They may be located at different locations within the merchandise distribution arrangement, for example on "blind" floors or at inaccessible positions within the shaft, or in the form of non-accessible compartments in similar positions as the goods receiving compartments.
  • the article distribution arrangement may further provide for additional storage and containment facilities adapted for specific purposes, for example, to increase input or output capacity by some sort of buffer, or to clean or unload cargo transport boxes.
  • Goods receiving compartments and storage compartments can be designed and arranged as individual modules. For example, a fixed distance between a goods storage compartment and guide rails can facilitate horizontal movement of goods transport boxes. Each receiving compartment may have a unique identifying feature such as a bar code.
  • cabins can be designed with a single deck or with multiple decks.
  • each a goods transport box can be included in each of the multiple decks.
  • Each deck can have its own relocation facility. It can also be provided that several cabins are located in the goods distribution arrangement and that they can move separately controlled within the shaft.
  • Another way to increase the transport capacity is to scale by, for example, operating several goods distribution arrangements in parallel within a building.
  • the mentioned layouts and configurations can also be combined with each other.

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