JP2000191104A - Article storage facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article storage facility capable of carrying in/carrying out of an article in an extremely efficient manner without increasing the size of the whole equipment, or greatly increasing the cost. SOLUTION: An article storage facility is provided with an article storage shelf provided with a plurality of article storage parts, an article handling part in which an article to be carried in is carried in from the outside, or an article to be carried out is carried outside, and an article carrying means to carry the article between the article handling part 3 and a plurality of article storage parts 1, an article transfer part BI which is capable of transferring the article between the article carrying means and itself, and carrying in the article from the outside, or carrying out the article to the outside and an article relaying part BU capable of carrying in the article from the outside or carrying out the article to the outside are continuously provided in the article handling part, and cargo handling and carrying means 90, 91, 92 to carry the articles between the article transfer part BI and the article relaying part BU are provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article storage shelf provided with a plurality of article storage sections, an article handling section in which articles to be stored in are carried in from outside, or articles to be taken out are taken out, The present invention relates to an article storage facility provided with article transporting means for transporting articles between the article handling section and the plurality of article storage sections.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an article storage facility having the above-described structure, as shown in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-347276, an article handling section is used to transfer articles between an elevator equipped with a conveyor as article transport means. A pair of left and right storage spaces in which vehicles can be transferred, which is an example of the present invention, in which goods (vehicles) to be carried into one storage space are kept on standby and goods are unloaded from the other storage space. There was one that was configured to be able to.

[0003]

In the above-described configuration, if the storage space for loading and unloading articles is only one, if the loading and unloading of articles are instructed at the same time, the article transport means Will carry out one of the unloading work and the carry-in work (for example, the unloading work) with priority, and at that time, while carrying out the goods from one storage space, the other work is performed. Articles (articles to be carried in) can stand by in one storage space, so that the working efficiency can be improved as compared with a configuration having only one storage space.

However, even in the above-mentioned conventional configuration, for example, when a plurality of articles are carried in at the same timing while the article carrying means is carrying out another article carrying operation, any one of them is required. Only the goods will stand by in the storage space, and the other goods must wait outside the equipment until the storage space is vacant after the loading or unloading work is completed. ,
There was still room for improvement in terms of work efficiency, such as the need for people to manage the goods.

In order to solve the above-mentioned disadvantage, it is conceivable to increase the number of article conveying means corresponding to a plurality of storage spaces. However, since it is necessary to have a structure to transfer the goods separately, the equipment becomes large, and if the number of such equipment is increased, the whole equipment becomes large and the cost becomes high. There is.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to carry out loading / unloading of articles as efficiently as possible without enlarging the configuration of the entire equipment or incurring a significant increase in cost. An object of the present invention is to provide an article storage facility that can be executed.

[0007]

According to the characteristic configuration of the present invention, articles can be transferred to the article handling section with the article transport means, and articles can be carried in or out from the outside. An article transfer section capable of carrying out articles to and an article transfer section capable of carrying in articles from outside or unloading articles to the outside are juxtaposed, and the article transfer section and the article transfer section are arranged side by side. There is provided a cargo handling / transporting means for transporting the articles between them.

Therefore, for example, when a plurality of articles are carried in at the same timing while the article carrying means is carrying out another article carrying operation, one article is carried into the article transfer section and the other is carried. The article can be carried into the article transfer section. Then, the article conveying means, which has completed the operation of conveying the another article, firstly transfers the article carried into the article transfer section and conveys it to a predetermined article storage section. Next, the article carried into the article transfer section is transported to the article transfer section by the cargo handling and transporting section, and the article transport section transfers the article transported to the article transfer section and stores the article in a predetermined article storage area. To the department. That is, the worker can simultaneously carry in a plurality of articles into the article transfer section and the article transfer section, and these are sequentially conveyed to the article storage section by the article conveying means.

Further, when another article is carried out after the article to be carried out is transferred to the article transfer section by the article transfer section, the article transferred to the article transfer section is handled by the cargo handling and transfer section. By transferring the article to the article transfer section, the next article can be transferred to the article transfer section. For example, even if the work of unloading the article by the worker is delayed, The efficiency of the transport operation does not decrease.

As a result, it is possible to carry out article loading / unloading operations as efficiently as possible without enlarging the configuration of the entire equipment, such as installing a plurality of article conveying means which are large-sized apparatuses, or incurring a significant increase in cost. Has become possible to provide an article storage facility that enables the above.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, as the article handling section, an article handling section for storing used only to carry in articles to be received from the outside, and exits. Since an article handling section for unloading, which is used only for unloading articles outside, is provided separately, for example, the work efficiency in each of the unloading work (unloading work) and the warehousing work (loading work) of the articles. Can be prevented, and the work of carrying in and out the articles can be executed more efficiently.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in accordance with the first or second aspect, a plurality of article transfer portions are provided on both sides of the article transfer section, so that more articles are provided. Can be put on standby, and the work of carrying in and out the articles can be executed more efficiently.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the article is a vehicle, and the article transfer section and the article transfer section in the article handling section are mounted on a road surface on which the article vehicle travels. , So that the vehicle can get on and off by traveling.

Therefore, even if the article is heavy, it is possible to cope with the loading and unloading work to and from the article transfer section and the article transfer section by traveling on and off the road surface.
The work can be carried out efficiently.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An article storage facility according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the article storage facility is provided with a plurality of article storage units 1 for storing a vehicle whose load is supported by rubber tires, as an article, in a vertical and horizontal direction. A pair of article storage shelves 2 are arranged at an interval, and one side of a part corresponding to the ground floor of one article storage shelf 2 is provided with an article handling section 3 for storage, and on the opposite side. An article handling unit 4 for delivery is provided. Further, between the pair of article storage shelves 2, each article storage section 1 is moved by a movement including a lifting operation.
A stacker crane 6 having a loading / transporting part 5 whose position is changed to a transfer position and an article carrying-in / out position with respect to the stacker crane 6. In a state where the vehicle S is stored, the vehicle S is stored from the article handling section 3 for storing in any one of the article storage sections 1 or
It is configured to be able to be carried out from the stored article storage unit 1 to the article handling unit 4 for retrieval. In addition, between the loading / unloading unit 5 located at the article loading / unloading position and the article handling unit 3 for storage, and between the loading / unloading unit 5 located at the article loading / unloading position and the article handling unit 4 for delivery. Between them, relay conveyor devices 7 and 8 are provided, respectively.

The configuration of the stacker crane 6 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a pair of front and rear square tubular vertical frames 28, an upper frame 29, and a lower frame 3 are provided.
0 are connected to each other to form a frame body F. The frame body F is arranged along a support rail 31 installed on a floor between a pair of article storage shelves 2 and an upper part of the article storage shelves 2. The upper guide rail 32 is configured to be guided and supported so that it can move and travel within a set range. That is, the frame body F is supported by the support rails 31 from the left and right sides.
The lower side is positioned by the ring body 33 acting on
A ring body 34 acting on the upper guide rail 32 from both left and right sides
In a state where the upper side is positioned, the traveling wheels 35 provided on both front and rear sides are movably supported along the support rail 31 and one of the traveling wheels 35 is driven by the traveling electric motor 35A. It is configured to drive and travel.

An elevating body 36 is supported in a space surrounded by the frame body F so as to be able to move up and down freely. The elevating body 36 is provided with a loading / conveying conveyor 37. The elevating body 36 is provided with four guide rollers 39 provided on each of the front and rear pair of vertical frames 28 on a support bracket 38 located on both front and rear sides. Is guided so as to be able to move up and down in a state where the movement is restricted, and is suspended and supported so as to be able to move up and down by a wire 40 for driving up and down and a wire 41 for weight balance on both front and rear sides.

One end of the lifting drive wire 40 is connected to the upper side of the support bracket 38, and is passed through a guide pulley 42 provided on the upper frame 29 and a guide pulley 43 provided on the lower frame 30. After being wound around a driving pulley 45 that is driven to rotate by a lifting motor 44, the other end is connected to the lower side of the support bracket 38. The weight balance wire 41 is
One end is connected to the upper side of the support bracket 38, and via a guide pulley 46 provided on the upper frame 29,
The other end side is configured to be connected to a balance weight 47 that is provided to be able to move up and down inside each of the rectangular frame-shaped vertical frames 28.

Therefore, while moving the frame body F in the front-back direction, the elevating body 36 is moved up and down, and
The configuration described above is such that by carrying out the carrying operation by the carrying conveyor 37, the vehicle can be carried and carried in order to transfer the vehicle (article) between the article storage section 1 and the self. Have been. Accordingly, the placing and transporting unit 5 is constituted by the elevating body 36 and the placing and transporting conveyor 37.

The placing / conveying conveyor 37 includes a pair of left and right roller conveyors 37A and 37B. Each of the roller conveyors 37A and 37B is rotatably supported by a support frame 48 in a plural number. Rollers 49 are arranged in parallel, and an endless rotating chain 51 is wound around each sprocket 50 provided on each of the plurality of rollers 49.
The endless rotating chain 51 is rotated by an electric motor 52 disposed at an intermediate position between the left and right roller conveyors 37A and 37B, and the plurality of rollers 49 are integrally rotated in one of forward and reverse directions. Is configured to be able to carry a vehicle mounted on the vehicle.

The loading and conveying conveyor 37 includes:
Switching between an article placement / transport position where the article is placed and transported between the article storage portion 1 when the transfer position is relative to the article storage portion 1 and a storage position where the article is retracted to the placement / transport conveyor side. Freely, and in the article mounting and transporting posture,
Auxiliary transport sections 54 are provided at both ends in the transport direction so as to be placed and supported on the receiving section 53 of the article storage section 1 in a state where the elevation with respect to the loading and transporting conveyor 37 is regulated.

More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a roller support shaft 55 located on both sides in the transport direction of each of the roller conveyors 37A and 37B is rotatable around the axis of the support shaft 55. A pair of swing members 56 and 57 are pivotally supported on the swing member 56, and an auxiliary roller 58 similar to the roller 49 is laid freely over the free end side of each of the swing members 56 and 57 to form an auxiliary transport unit 54. Have been. One of the rocking members 56 and 57 located outside the loading and conveying conveyor 37 is formed to be longer than the other, and the operation arm 59 is integrally formed to be substantially L-shaped. The L-shaped swinging member 56 is received by the stopper 60 fixed to the support frame 48, and as shown in FIG. 5 (a), retracts inward of the conveyor, as shown in FIG. 5 (b). The auxiliary roller 58 is arranged in parallel with the other rollers 49 at the same vertical position level as shown in FIG. It is configured to be able to swing freely, and to prevent further swing after being switched to each of the above postures.

When the L-shaped swinging member 56 is switched to the article placing and transporting posture at the transfer position of the loading and conveying conveyor 37 with respect to the article storage section 1, the tip end portion of the swinging member 56 stores the article. Receiving part 5 provided on the part 1 side
3 so as to be received and supported. At this time, since the operation arm 59 is received by the stopper 60 and further upward swing is prevented, the L-shaped swing member 56 is restricted from rising relative to the loading and conveying conveyor 37. In this state, the receiving part 53 is placed and supported. When the lifting / lowering body 37 is moved up and down or the frame body F moves, the L-shaped rocking member 56
Can be moved while avoiding interference with the article storage unit 1 and the like.

A drive arm 63 which is swingable around a horizontal axis X1 and one end of which is linked to the operation arm 59 with an elongated hole and which is linked with the other end of a balance arm 61 and which is rotated by an electric motor 62. And the drive arm 63 is rotated in the forward and reverse directions by the push-pull rod 64 so that the L-shaped rocking member 56 changes its posture between the storage posture and the article placement and conveyance posture. It is configured.
The loading and transporting section 5 of the stacker crane 6 moves between the pair of article storage shelves 2 and, when positioned at the transfer position with respect to the article storage section 1 of one of the article storage shelves 2, A pair of auxiliary transport units 54 provided to correspond to each of the pair of article storage shelves 2 are configured to be located at a transfer position of the article storage shelf 2 with respect to the article storage unit 1. It is interlocked and connected so that it can be simultaneously switched to the posture. That is, the drive arms 63 of each of the pair of auxiliary transport sections 54 are arranged close to each other with the gears 65 that rotate together with the respective drive arms 63 engaged with each other. When the turning operation is performed, the other driving arm 63 is also turned in the direction corresponding to the same posture by the interlocking engagement of the gear 65.

Each of the article storage sections 1 is also provided with a loading / conveying conveyor 66 as a storage section transport apparatus for placing / transporting articles (vehicles) between the article transport section 5 and the loading / transporting section 5 of the stacker crane 6. When the articles are transferred by (1) at the transfer position, the placing and transporting conveyor 37 in the placing and transporting section 5 of the stacker crane 6 and the placing and transporting conveyor 66 on the article storage section 1 side move up and down. The positions in the directions are almost at the same height and are close to each other, so that the articles can be smoothly transferred by their cooperation. However, the loading / conveying conveyor 66 on the article storage unit 1 side is configured to be non-drive type, and the electric motor 52 on the stacker crane 6 side.
It is configured to drive using the driving force of In other words, the pair of left and right roller conveyors 66A and 66B constituting the placing and conveying conveyor 66 on the article storage unit 1 side is
A plurality of rollers 68 are arranged in parallel with each other so as to be rotatable and rotatable with respect to each other, and an endless rotating chain 70 extends over each sprocket 69 provided on each of the plurality of rollers 68.
Are wound, and the left and right roller conveyors 66
A connecting shaft 71 for interlocking the A and 66B is provided in a state located at the end on the stacker crane 6 side.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, each of the roller conveyors 37A, 37A on the stacker crane 6 side is used.
Drive shaft 72 for driving 7B by electric motor 52
A drive gear 7 that can be switched between a driving state in which the electromagnetic clutch 73 rotates integrally and a non-driving state in which the idle rotation state occurs.
The outer peripheral portion of the pair of swing plates 75, 75 supported by the drive shaft 72 so as to be freely rotatable on both sides of the drive gear 74. In connection with this, a relay gear 77 that is always meshed with the drive gear 74 is supported on the support shaft 76.

In addition, a driven gear 78 is rotatably mounted on the connecting shaft 71 of the article storage unit 1 at a position corresponding to the relay gear 77 so as to be rotatable integrally therewith. The electric motor 7 has a configuration in which a drive arm 80 driven by 79 is interlockedly connected by a push-pull rod 81.
By actuating the drive arm 80 at 9 to swing the swing plate 75, the relay gear 77 is retracted inward of the conveyor as shown in FIG. 7A, and FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the relay gear 77 is meshed with the driven gear 78, and the drive gear 74 is configured to be freely switchable to a state meshed with the driven gear 78 via the relay gear 77. Each of the support shaft 76 and the connection shaft 71 has a pair of axes for regulating the distance between their axes to a distance at which the meshing (backlash) between the relay gear 77 and the driven gear 78 is appropriate. The rollers 82 and 83 are mounted (see FIG. 8).
Therefore, when the relay gear 77 and the driven gear 78 are switched to the meshing state and the electromagnetic clutch 73 is switched to the driving state, the driving force of the electric motor 52 is reduced to the driving gear 74,
It is transmitted through the relay gear 77, the driven gear 78, and the connecting shaft 71, so that the placing and carrying conveyor 66 on the article storage unit 1 side is driven in the same carrying direction as the placing and carrying conveyor 37 on the stacker crane 6 side. Become.

In this manner, the driving state in which the driving operation is performed by being connected to the placing / conveying conveyor 66 on the article storage unit 1 side;
The switching drive unit K is configured as a driving unit that can be switched to a non-driving state in which the connection with the loading / conveying conveyor 66 is released. As will be described later, the switching drive unit K and the auxiliary transport unit 54 switch the switching drive unit K to a driving state with the switching of the auxiliary transport unit 54 to the article mounting / transporting posture, and The auxiliary transport unit 54 and the switching drive unit K are controlled so as to be switched in an interlocking manner so that the switching drive unit K is switched to the non-drive state as the 54 is switched to the storage position.

When the stacker crane 6 is not located at the position corresponding to the transfer of the stacker crane, the loading / conveying conveyor 66 in the article storage section 1 is in a non-driving state. A shelf roller brake B is provided as a blocking means that can be switched between a blocking action state in which each roller 68 in the loading and conveying conveyor 66 is prevented from floating and a blocking release state.

That is, as shown in FIG.
1, at a lateral portion of the driven gear 78, a pair of braking members 84 and 85 rotatably supported by a support frame 67 around lower horizontal axes X2 and X3 pull their free ends together. The connecting shaft 71 is sandwiched by the braking members 84 and 85, and is braked by the clamping force of the tension spring 86 to prevent the rotation. The rollers 68 of the loading / conveying conveyor 66 are configured to be prevented from floating.

Each of the braking members 84, 85 is provided with a gear 84a, 85a so as to be rotatable integrally around the axis.
Is provided so that the gears 84a and 85a mesh with each other, and the brake arm 85 located on the stacker crane 6 side is integrally provided with an operation arm 85b toward the lower side than the rotation axis. Is formed.
Also, an air cylinder 87 is provided on the stacker crane 6 side.
A pusher 88 that slides toward the operation arm 85b is provided in the stacker crane 6.
When the operation arm 85b is pushed by the pusher 88 in a state where the transfer arm is set to the transfer position with respect to the article storage unit 1, the braking members 84, 85 are separated from the free ends by the interlocking movement of the gears 84a, 85a. The braking operation of the braking members 84 and 85 on the connecting shaft 71 is released to switch to the blocking release state.

Next, the article transfer operation between the stacker crane 6 and the article storage unit 1 is performed in the following procedure. (A) First, the loading and conveying unit 5 of the stacker crane 6
It is stopped at a standby position located slightly above a predetermined transfer position for the article storage unit 1 to be transferred. (B) The presence or absence of an article in the corresponding article storage unit 1 is confirmed by a sensor (not shown). (C) All the auxiliary transport units 54 are switched from the storage posture to the article placement / transport posture. At this time, the auxiliary roller 58
Are located at the same vertical position level as the other rollers 49, and the loading and conveying conveyor 37 on the stacker crane 6 side.
And the loading and conveying conveyor 66 on the article storage unit 1 side. (D) The loading and transporting unit 5 of the stacker crane 6 is lowered to a predetermined transfer position (where the transporting surfaces of the respective roller conveyors have substantially the same vertical height). At this time, the L-shaped swinging members 56 provided at the four corners of the loading and conveying section 5 are received and supported by the receiving section 53, and are stably supported. (E) Each of the switching drive units K is switched to a driving state. (F) The shelf roller brake B on the side corresponding to the article storage unit 1 to be transferred is switched from the blocking operation state to the blocking release state, and the electromagnetic clutch 73 is switched to the driving state. (G) Activate the electric motor 52 for placement and conveyance. At this time, the loading and conveying conveyors 37 and 66 on the stacker crane 6 side and the article storage unit 1 side are driven, and the vehicle is smoothly transferred. If it is confirmed by a sensor (not shown) that the original has been transferred to a predetermined position, the electric motor 52
To stop. (H) Then, the shelf roller brake B is switched to the blocking operation state, and the electromagnetic clutch 73 is switched to the non-drive state. (I) Each of the switching driving units K is switched to a non-driving state. (J) Raise the loading and conveying section 5 of the stacker crane 6 to the standby position. (K) Each auxiliary transport unit 54 is switched from the article placement / transport attitude to the storage attitude. The above operation is repeatedly executed.

With the above configuration, the gap between the placement and conveyance conveyor 37 on the stacker crane 6 side and the placement and conveyance conveyor 66 on the article storage section 1 side is reduced by the auxiliary transfer section 54, and the article storage section 1 Side receiving part 53
, The loading / conveying section is stably supported, and the transfer operation of the vehicle is smoothly performed in a state where there is little vertical displacement.

Next, the configuration of the article handling section 3 for storing will be described. As shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the article handling unit 3 for storing can transfer and convey the vehicle to and from the loading and conveying conveyor 37 of the stacker crane 6 via the relay conveyor 7. A central vehicle carry-in section BI is provided as an article transfer section capable of carrying in articles from the outside, and a left and right side of the central vehicle carry-in section BI serves as an article transfer section through which articles can be carried in from the outside. The side vehicle carrying-in parts BU are respectively provided and configured. Further, the article handling section 3 includes the central vehicle loading section BI.
There is provided a cargo handling / transporting means for transporting articles between the vehicle and each of the side vehicle carry-in sections BU.

More specifically, the central vehicle carry-in section BI and the side vehicle carry-in sections BU are respectively provided with conveyors 90, 91 and 92 for handling the cargo. , 91, and 92 are configured to be directly supported on the road surface (travel road surface) of the traveling location where the vehicle moves as shown in FIG. An inclined guide portion 93 is provided for guiding the incoming vehicle between a traveling road surface and an article placement surface located at a higher level than the traveling road surface.
Each of the conveyor devices 90, 91, and 92 has the same basic configuration for transporting the vehicle, but has a different support structure for the road surface.

The basic structure for transporting the vehicle will be described. As shown in FIG. 12, a plurality of rollers 19 are arranged in parallel in a state where the rollers 19 are rotatably supported by a support frame 18 of a conveyor device. Then, an endless rotating chain 21 is wound around each sprocket 20 provided on each of the plurality of rollers 19, and each of the left and right roller conveyors 10A, 1A.
0B, and the endless rotation chain 21 is driven by the electric motor 22 to rotate the respective rollers 19 integrally, so that the vehicle mounted thereon can be mounted and transported. It is configured as follows. The rollers located on one end side of the left and right roller conveyors 10A and 10B are connected so as to rotate integrally with a connection shaft 23, and one roller motor 22 drives each roller conveyor 10A and 10B. Has become.

[0037] The conveyor 90 for unloading is located at the center, where the loading operation position is set on the traveling road surface.
It is provided movably up and down over a retreat position where it moves upward and retreats. That is, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 14, a support frame 96 including four columns 94 and a crosspiece 95 connecting them is provided above the handling conveyor device 90. Four hoisting devices 98 are attached to the supporting member 9 supporting the entirety of the supporting member 9 for lifting and supporting the portions corresponding to the four corners with the wires 97. By operating each hoisting device 98, the centrally located cargo handling device The conveyor device 90 is configured to be lifted and retracted upward.
In the loading operation position, the positioning projection 99 is engaged with the guide hole 100 provided on the road surface to be positioned.

The handling conveyors 91 and 92 located on the left and right sides are respectively slidably movable on the road surface in the direction in which the conveyors are arranged. A vehicle loading position located on the right side and a central handling conveyor device 9 respectively.
0 is retracted upward, and is configured to be slidable between a vehicle transfer position located below the central cargo handling conveyor device 90. That is, as shown in FIG. 13, a plurality of drive wheels 101 with electric motors are rolled and guided along guide rails 102 provided on the traveling road surface at appropriate positions in the support member 9 supporting the entire conveyor device. The vehicle is configured to be slidable between the vehicle loading position and the vehicle transfer position. The detection of each of the above-mentioned positions is detected by a detection sensor (not shown) acting on a detection piece fixed in advance to a set position on the road surface side.

As described above, each of the handling conveyors 90,
Reference numerals 91 and 92 denote a configuration in which the entire apparatus moves, and a gap for movement is required between the relay apparatus and the conveyor apparatus 7. Therefore, the right and left rollers on which the vehicle is mounted during the transfer operation of the vehicle. Since a gap is formed between the conveyors 10A and 10B and the relay conveyor 7, it is possible to move closer to the relay conveyor 7 so as to reduce the gap. That is, as shown in FIG. 12, the guide roller 24 provided on the support frame 18 rolls along the guide rail 25 provided on the support member 9 for supporting the entire conveyor apparatus, thereby causing the conveyor apparatus 1 to rotate.
0A and 10B are slidably provided, and an air cylinder 27 as a moving operation means is connected to the support member 9 between the fixed bracket 26 and the support frame 18, and the air cylinder 27 is extended and contracted to operate. The roller conveyors 10A and 10B are configured to perform a position change operation between a position where the roller conveyors 10A and 10B move closer to the transfer conveyor device side and a position where the roller conveyors move backward. Note that the detection of reaching each of the above-mentioned positions is performed by a limit switch RS acting on a detection piece d fixed in advance to a set position of the support member 9. Although not described in detail, the relay conveyor 7 has a configuration similar to that of the placement conveyor 66 on the article storage unit side, and is driven from the stacker crane side. or,
The configuration of the article handling section 4 for retrieval is the same as the configuration of the article handling section 3 for entry, except for the transfer direction of the vehicle, which is different from the transport direction.

According to such a configuration, for example, when the stacker crane 6 is performing the unloading operation of the vehicle,
Even in the case where two or three vehicles to be stored overlap at the same time, after setting the order to be stored, the vehicle to be stored first is loaded into the central vehicle loading section BI, and other vehicles are loaded. To one of the side vehicle carry-in sections BU. Here, the loading operation ends. When the stacker crane 6 moves to the loading / unloading position, the loading / conveying section 5 of the stacker crane 6 is driven, and the vehicle is transported by relaying by operating the unloading conveyor device 90 in the central vehicle loading section BI. Is transferred to the loading / transporting unit 5 via the conveyor 7. Thereafter, the conveyor device 90 for handling the cargo in the central vehicle entrance BI is raised to the retreat position, and the conveyor device (91) for handling the cargo in the right or left side vehicle entrance BU is moved from the vehicle entrance position to the vehicle. The vehicle is slid to the loading position, and the vehicle is similarly transferred to the stacker crane 6 to return the cargo handling conveyor device (91) to the vehicle loading position. Finally, at the other side vehicle loading unit BU, a conveyor system for handling cargo (9
2) is slid from the vehicle loading position to the vehicle transfer position, and the vehicle is similarly moved to the stacker crane 6.
, And returns the handling conveyor device (92) to the vehicle carrying position. Thereafter, the conveyor device 90 for handling cargo in the central vehicle loading section BI is lowered from the retreat position to return to the loading standby state. In the article handling unit 4 for unloading, when there is no driver for the vehicle to be unloaded, the vehicle is transferred to the conveyer device for unloading in the side vehicle unloading unit in the reverse order to that for entry. Can be kept on standby.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the articles are transported between the article handling section and the plurality of article storage sections by the placing and transporting section 5 of the stacker crane 6 and the conveyor apparatuses 7 and 8 for relay transport. This constitutes an article conveying means. Each of the conveyors 90, 91, 92 for handling the cargo constitutes a handling / transporting means.

[Another Embodiment] (1) In the above embodiment, a pair of side vehicle carry-in portions BU as the article transfer portions are provided on both sides of the central vehicle carry-in portion BI as the article transfer portion. However, instead of such a configuration, a configuration in which only one article receiving portion is provided, or a configuration in which three or more article receiving portions are provided may be used.

(2) In the above embodiment, an article handling section for entry used only to carry in articles to be taken in from the outside, and a delivery section used only for taking out articles to be taken out. Although the article handling section and the article handling section are separately provided, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, a configuration may be adopted in which unloading and loading are performed from the same place. It is convenient if a turntable is provided in the portion where the conveyor device is provided to enable forward entry and exit.

(3) In the above embodiment, the loading / conveying section on the stacker crane side moves between the pair of article storage shelves and is located at the transfer position with respect to the article storage section of one of the article storage shelves. When positioned, the case where it is configured to be located at the transfer position with respect to the article storage section of the other article storage shelf is exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and the horizontal one side area of one article storage shelf is The moving and transporting unit may be moved, and the article storage shelf is not limited to a configuration in which a plurality of article storage units are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, but may be arranged in one row in the vertical direction or only in one row in the horizontal direction. An arrangement configuration may be used.

(4) In the above embodiment, the article storage section is provided with a non-driving type loading / conveying conveyor, and is provided with a drive means which can be switched between a state driven from the stacker crane and a state not driven. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and may include a driving-type loading / conveying conveyor, similarly to the loading / conveying conveyor on the stacker crane side.

(5) In the above-described embodiment, a configuration in which a stacker crane is used as the configuration for vertically moving and horizontally moving the placing and transporting unit in order to move to a position corresponding to a desired article storage unit has been described. Instead of such a configuration, the following configuration may be used. For example, an elevator having a length corresponding to the horizontal movement range of the placing and transporting section is provided, and the placing and transporting section is supported on the elevator so as to be horizontally movable. The horizontal movement of the placing / conveying section and the above-described configuration may be such that the moving section can be moved to a position corresponding to a desired article storage section. or,
In such a configuration, on the elevating platform, a configuration in which a vehicle as an article horizontally moves along the vehicle front-rear direction, a configuration in which the vehicle horizontally moves along the vehicle width direction, and the like.
You may make it implement in various forms.

(6) In the above embodiment, the case where the vehicle is stored as an article has been exemplified. However, the present invention is not limited to the vehicle, and any article may be used as long as it can be placed and stored and can be placed and transported.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the vicinity of an article carrying-in / out position.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a stacker crane.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a stacker crane.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a switching drive unit.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a switching drive unit.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation state of a switching drive unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation state of a switching drive unit.

FIG. 9 shows a shelf roller brake.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an article handling unit for storage.

FIG. 11 is a front view of an article handling unit for storage.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of a conveyor system for handling cargo.

FIG. 13 is a vertical cross-sectional front view of a side-loading conveyor device.

FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional front view of a central handling conveyor device.

FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view showing an arrangement configuration of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 article storage section 2 article storage shelf 3 article handling section for entry 4 article handling section for exit 5,7,8 article transport means 90,91,92 cargo handling transport means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An article storage shelf provided with a plurality of article storage sections, an article handling section in which articles to be stored are carried in from outside, or articles to be unloaded are taken out, and the article handling section and said article handling section. An article storage facility provided with article transporting means for transporting articles to and from a plurality of article storage sections, wherein the article handling section is capable of transferring articles between the article transporting section and the outside. An article transfer section capable of carrying goods in or out of the product and an article transfer section capable of carrying goods in or out of the article are provided side by side. An article storage facility provided with a cargo handling / transporting means for transporting articles between the section and the article transfer section. 2. An article handling section for use only to carry in articles to be received from the outside as the article handling section, and an article handling section used only for taking out articles to be taken out from the outside. 2. The article storage facility according to claim 1, wherein the article handling unit is provided separately. 3. The article transfer part is provided in a plurality on both sides of the article transfer part.
Article storage facility as described. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the article is a vehicle, and the article transfer section and the article transfer section in the article handling section are configured so that the vehicle can get on and off a road surface on which the article vehicle runs. The article storage facility according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is installed.