JP2001072216A - Weighing type goods sorting equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a weighing type goods sorting equipment capable of accurately and quickly ensuring the quantities of goods kept within a carrying container, and of simply and surely picking the specified quantities of the goods every sorting delivery point out of the carrying container. SOLUTION: The equipment is provided with goods information processing device 20, into which the goods storing information of a carrying container B carried from a goods carrying-in device 10, is inputted, a first weight measuring device 30 measuring the whole received weight W1 of the carrying container B and the great quantity of stored goods A, a received goods display device 40 ensuring the quantities of goods in the carrying container B, a picking navigation device 50 for picking the specified quantities of the goods out of the carrying container B, a second weight measuring device 60 measuring the remaining weight W2 of the carrying container B under a picking condition and the remaining goods, and with a good delivery device 70 delivering the specified quantities of the picked-up goods A in order.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise sorting facility, and more particularly to a merchandise sorting facility such as a distribution / delivery center which accepts and confirms a large number of merchandise stored in a carry-in container and checks the number of merchandise stores and users. The present invention relates to a weighing type product sorting facility capable of picking a predetermined quantity of products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a commodity distribution process, it is extremely important to sort commodities delivered from a manufacturer by store or user. In order to respond to recent mass consumption, a distribution center has been set up to facilitate the distribution of goods from manufacturers to retailers such as supermarkets, department stores, and retail stores. The type and quantity of the goods in the carry-in container delivered from the manufacturer are confirmed, and the goods are sorted into the kind and quantity of the goods according to the order of the delivery destination before shipping.

[0003] In such a product sorting process, generally, after reading a bar code or the like attached to a cardboard box of a product or individual product on a supply / transport line, the product is accepted and confirmed. Products are sorted based on the sorting information for each store and user that has been input to the automatic sorting device in advance.Various types of automatic sorting devices have been developed that investigate and analyze the current status of these sorting operations and automate them. Has been put to practical use.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional automatic sorting apparatus, when a large number of goods stored in a sealed type transport container such as a cardboard box or a plastic case called a real case are received and confirmed. To
After reading the display such as a bar code attached to the outer surface of the cardboard box, etc., open the box and count the number of stored products manually to confirm the actual product and its product quantity, or A method is adopted in which only the bar code attached to a cardboard box or the like is read and the actual product and its quantity are estimated without manual counting. In addition, there is a problem that the reliability is lacking due to the need for confirmation time, and the latter estimation method requires only a short work but lacks the reliability.

On the other hand, when accepting and confirming a large number of products stored in a transport container such as an open type container called an oricon, a display such as a bar code attached to the product stored in the transport container is read. A method of checking the actual product and its product quantity is adopted. With such a product reading method, the reliability of acceptance confirmation can be ensured, but the stored products are once taken out and the total number is read. Therefore, there is a problem that a large amount of work labor and work time are required.

Further, in the conventional automatic sorting apparatus, when picking (sorting) a predetermined number of products from a carry-in container, a picking worker can pick products at a time in consideration of the product shape such as the shape and weight of the product. The quantity is determined empirically, and the product quantity is repeatedly picked as the number of picking units until the specified quantity for each sorting destination is reached, but it depends greatly on the empirical rules of the picking operator and the personal quantity calculation burden. Therefore, there is a problem that operation errors are likely to occur, which is inefficient.

In the case of picking at a plurality of sorting destinations, it is important to find the largest common divisor of the number of picking units according to the quantity of goods for each sorting destination in order to improve the picking efficiency. The greatest common denominator of the number of picking units must be set each time in accordance with changes in picking products, sorting destinations, etc., and must depend heavily on the personal abilities and rules of thumb of the picking worker. It was a very annoying problem.

[0008] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to be able to accurately and promptly accept and confirm the quantity of commodities in a carry-in container that has been carried in, and to quickly and simply obtain a predetermined quantity of commodities for each sorting destination from within the carry-in container. An object of the present invention is to provide a measuring-type product sorting facility that can perform picking and exhibit excellent sorting work efficiency.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, a weighing type product sorting apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a product loading device for sequentially loading a large number of products stored in a loading container corresponding to a product type;
A merchandise information processing device into which merchandise storage information of a carry-in container carried in by the merchandise carry-in device is input, and a total receiving weight of the carry-in container having the merchandise storage information input therein and a large number of merchandise stored therein. A first weight measuring device, a merchandise acceptance display device for confirming the number of commodities in the carry-in container, a picking navigation device for picking a predetermined amount of merchandise from within the carry-in container, and a picking navigation device. A second weight measuring device for measuring the total remaining weight of the picked-in carry-in container using the navigation device and the remaining merchandise, and a predetermined amount of merchandise picked using the picking / navigation device; A product unloading device for sequentially unloading the unloading containers for each destination, wherein the product information processing device is A product quantity determining means for calculating the product quantity in the carry-in container from the total received weight, and a product quantity to be output to the product receiving display device by comparing the product quantity determined by the product quantity calculating means with the product storage information. The above problem has been solved by having the matching means.

The picking / navigation device in the weighing type product sorting equipment according to the present invention includes a picking quantity display means for designating and displaying a picking quantity based on picking information registered in advance in the product information processing device; Picking excess / deficiency quantity display means for subtracting and displaying the picking excess / deficiency quantity based on the total receiving weight and the total remaining weight, and it was confirmed that the picking excess / deficiency quantity of the picking excess / deficiency quantity display means became zero. In this case, the above problem is further solved by having a picking quantity updating means for updating the picking quantity of the picking quantity display means according to a preset sorting destination.

[0011] Here, the goods carrying device in the measuring type goods sorting equipment of the present invention is a belt conveyor which is usually used according to the work situation of the goods acceptance confirmation work area,
Various conveyors such as a sled conveyor can be employed.

[0012] Further, the product unloading device in the weighing type product sorting equipment of the present invention includes a product induction device, a tilt type transport device, a belt type transport device, a slat conveyor, a product shooter and the like according to a sorting work form after picking. Various unloading devices which are appropriately combined can be adopted.

The "loading container" which can be handled in the measuring type product sorting equipment of the present invention is a storage container which can store a large number of products such as a normally used cardboard box, a plastic case and the like. Regardless of the presence or absence of the unsealing portion or the insole portion, or the usage mode, any container may be used as long as the container weight according to the shape of the entire container is constant.

[0014] A "conveyance container" for sequentially discharging a predetermined quantity of picked products in the weighing type product sorting equipment of the present invention is a container which can be handled corresponding to a picking-up product discharging device or the like. If it is, it may be a carry-out container having any form,
When a tilt-type transport device is followed, it is preferable to use a tilt-type tray from the viewpoint of overall work efficiency of the sorting operation.

Further, the "commodity storage information" used in the measuring type product sorting equipment of the present invention includes at least product information such as a product name, a total number of products, and product weight stored in a carry-in container, a container name of a transport container, Means container information such as the weight of the carrying container, or data is registered in advance with a terminal keyboard or the like, or is input to the product information processing device by reading with a barcode reader or the like when the product is loaded, and data is registered. This is information that can be used as basic data for determining and comparing the quantity of commodities to be processed in the commodity information processing apparatus.

The "picking information" used in the measuring type merchandise sorting equipment of the present invention is input to the merchandise information processing apparatus by registering data in advance with a terminal keyboard or the like, and the picking quantity of the picking / navigation apparatus is selected. Display picking quantity on display means,
This is information that can be used as basic data for calculating the quantity of picking excess or deficiency in a product information processing device or the like.

The weight of the carry-in container and the weight of the carry-in container, which are required as basic data when performing arithmetic processing in the merchandise quantity calculating means of the merchandise information processing apparatus and the picking excess / deficient quantity displaying means of the picking / navigation apparatus. The “weight per product” is obtained as the product storage information described above, but can also be obtained by utilizing the first weight measuring device, and can be registered in the product information processing device. Any of these may be adopted.

That is, as for the "weight of carry-in container" and "weight of product unit", first, the total receiving weight of the carry-in container carried in and a large number of commodities stored in the carry-in container is set to the first.
By measuring with a weight measuring device and measuring the total weight when one product is removed from the carry-in container, the weight of the product unit is determined from the difference between these weights, and the carry-in container is determined based on the weight of the product unit. Can be calculated.

[0019]

According to the present invention, the merchandise sorting apparatus of the present invention, when confirming the goods in the carry-in container, firstly, the goods storage information of the carry-in container carried in by the goods carry-in device is inputted to the commodity information processing device. At the same time, the total weight of the carry-in container and a large number of articles stored therein is measured by the first weight measuring device.

The product information processing device calculates the product quantity in the carry-in container from the total received weight by the product quantity calculating means referring to the weight of the carry-in container and the weight of the product unit. The quantity is collated with the commodity storage information by the commodity quantity collation means and output to the commodity acceptance display device, and the commodity quantity in the carry-in container is confirmed based on the commodity quantity thus determined.

Next, when picking a predetermined quantity of goods from the carry-in container, the measuring-type merchandise sorting equipment of the present invention first uses the pick-up navigation container by the second weight measuring device to pick up the carry-in container. And the total remaining weight of the remaining products.

The picking / navigation device displays the picking quantity on the basis of the picking information registered in advance in the commodity information processing device by the picking quantity display means, and displays the total receiving quantity by the picking excess / deficiency quantity displaying means. Based on the weight and the total remaining weight, the picking excess / deficiency quantity is subtracted and displayed, and then, when it is confirmed by the picking quantity updating means that the picking excess / deficiency quantity has become zero, the picking quantity of the picking quantity display means is determined in advance. The information is updated according to the set sorting destination, and the information processing is repeated to guide the picking operation.

Finally, the weighing type product sorting equipment of the present invention sequentially discharges a predetermined number of products picked by the product unloading device by using the picking and navigating device in the unloading container for each sorting destination.

[0024]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 5 relate to a weighing type product sorting facility of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an overall arrangement of a weighing type product sorting facility according to an embodiment of the present invention. Is a side view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a schematic system configuration diagram thereof.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Loading apparatus 10 composed of a belt-type transport conveyor for sequentially loading a large number of products A stored in a container, and product storage information C of a loading container B loaded by the product loading apparatus 10.
And a product information processing device 20 including a personal computer or the like for processing data by inputting the data, and a total receiving weight W1 of the carry-in container B to which the product storage information C is input and the products A stored in a large number of the containers. A first weight measuring device 30 composed of a load cell type weight detector, a commodity receiving display device 40 composed of a display for confirming the number of commodities in the carry-in container B, and a prescribed number of commodities from the carry-in container B; Two picking and navigation devices 5 comprising a digital display for picking A
0, 50, and two second weight measuring devices 6 comprising a load cell type weight detector for measuring the total remaining weight W2 of the carry-in container B in the picking state and the goods A remaining in the carry-in container B.
0, 60, and a product unloading device 70 including a belt-type transport conveyor for sequentially unloading a predetermined number of picked products A in unloading containers D for each sorting destination.

In order to improve the sorting work efficiency after picking, the weighing-type merchandise sorting apparatus according to the present embodiment uses the unloading container D as a tilt-type tray and the merchandise unloading device 70 as a tilt-type with the merchandise induction device. The transporting device and the product shooter may be sequentially connected.

Further, the commodity loading apparatus 10, the commodity information processing apparatus 20, the first weight measuring apparatus 30, the commodity receiving and displaying apparatus 40, the picking / navigation apparatus 50, the second weight, which constitute the measuring type commodity sorting equipment of the present embodiment. Measuring device 6
0. The layout of the product unloading device 70 is not limited to the layout shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the work of confirming acceptance and picking of the conveyed product is performed in consideration of the work space, the work efficiency of the worker, and the like. As long as the layout is set as described above, any other layout may be used.

In the present embodiment, the picking / navigation device 50 and the second weight measuring device 60 are
Although the base units are arranged, one unit, or three or more units may be arranged according to the number of sorting destinations, the number of installed product unloading devices 70, the unloading efficiency, and the like.

Next, as shown in the schematic system configuration diagram of FIG.
Input means 21 consisting of a barcode reader or a keyboard for easily inputting the weight of the loading container B and the weight w1 of the loading container B registered in advance and the weight w2 of the product unit. A product quantity calculating means 22 for calculating and calculating the product quantity of the product, and a product quantity matching means 23 for comparing the product quantity calculated by the product quantity calculating means 22 with the product storage information C and outputting the same to the product acceptance display device 40 have.

The product information processing device 20 includes:
The following logical expressions are registered, and the information processing for confirming product acceptance is logically and reliably executed. That is, W1 is the total receiving weight of the carry-in container B measured by the first weight measuring device 30 and the goods A stored in the carry-in container B, w1 is the weight of the carry-in container B registered in advance, and w2 is the weight of the merchandise unit. Then, the product quantity N calculated and calculated by the product quantity calculation means 22 is N = (W1-w)
1) It has a relationship of / w2.

On the other hand, as shown in the schematic system configuration diagram of FIG. 3, the picking / navigation device 50 composed of the digital display is provided with a picking quantity P1 based on picking information registered in advance in the product information processing device 20.
Picking quantity display means 51 for designating and displaying
Picking excess / deficiency quantity display means 52 for subtracting and displaying the picking excess / deficiency quantity P2 based on the total receiving weight W1 and the total remaining weight W2, and the picking excess / deficiency quantity P2 of the picking excess / deficiency quantity display means 52 becomes zero. A picking quantity updating means 53 having a push button type switch for updating the picking quantity P1 of the picking quantity display means 51 in accordance with a preset sorting destination when it is confirmed that the picking quantity has been reached.

As shown in FIG. 4, the picking / navigation device 50 has a picking quantity display means 51 and a picking excess / deficiency quantity displaying means 52 and a picking quantity updating means 53 which are integrally assembled. The pick-up operator X2 is configured so that it can be seen at a glance, and a picking operation without waste can be achieved.

In the picking / navigation device 50, the following logical expressions are registered, and information processing for picking goods from the carry-in container B is executed. That is, the total receiving weight of the carry-in container B measured by the first weighing device 30 and the goods A stored in a large number of them is W1, the carry-in container B in the picking state measured by the second weighing device 60, and The total remaining weight of the remaining product A is W2, and the weight of the carry-in container B is w.
1. Assuming that the weight of the merchandise unit is w2 and the picking quantity is P1, the picking excess and deficiency quantity P2 displayed by the picking excess and deficiency quantity display means 52 is P2 = P1- (W1-W).
2) It has a relationship of / w2.

The thus-obtained weighing-type merchandise sorting equipment of the present embodiment is provided with the merchandise information processing device 20 and the first weight measuring device 30, etc., so that the merchandise A in the carry-in container B is accepted and confirmed. In doing so, it is possible to determine and confirm the product quantity N in the carry-in container B by weight calculation, without depending on the rule of thumb of the worker X1 who is in charge of acceptance confirmation and human calculation load as in the related art. Thus, it is possible to accurately and promptly accept and confirm the number N of goods in the carry-in container B carried in.

The product quantity N determined by the product quantity determining means in the weighing type product sorting equipment of the present embodiment employs an induction device, a tilt-type reciprocating discharge device, and a product shooter as a part of the product discharge device. Not just for confirmation of acceptance,
It can be used in various ways as sorting management data for sorting a large number of carried-in products through all the work processes of the product sorting equipment without excess or shortage.

In the measuring type product sorting equipment of this embodiment, the picking / navigation device 50 and the second weight measuring device 60 are provided, so that a predetermined quantity of products for each sorting destination are picked from the carry-in container B. When picking, picking can be performed at random while being guided by the picking quantity P1 and the picking excess / deficiency quantity P2 displayed on the picking / navigation device 50. Without depending on empirical rules, it is possible to quickly and easily pick a predetermined quantity of products from the carry-in container B for each sorting destination, and to exhibit excellent sorting work efficiency.

[0037]

As described above, the measuring-type merchandise sorting equipment of the present invention has the above-described configuration, and therefore, has the following effects. (1) The product storage information of the carry-in container carried in by the product carry-in device is input to the product information processing device and the first
The total receiving weight of the carry-in container and a large number of goods stored in the carry-in container is measured by the weight measuring device. Then, the goods information processing device calculates the number of goods in the carry-in container from the total received weight by means of the goods quantity determining means, and performs the dividing. Since the product quantity output is compared with the product storage information by the product quantity collation means and output to the product acceptance display device, the product quantity in the carry-in container can be confirmed based on the product quantity determined in this way. In addition, it is possible to accurately and quickly accept and confirm the quantity of goods in the carry-in container without requiring a great deal of labor and time for receiving and confirming the goods in the carry-in container as in the related art.

(2) The total weight of the picked-in carry-in container using the picking / navigation device and the remaining merchandise remaining in the container is measured by the second weight measuring device, and the picking / navigation device displays the picking quantity. The picking quantity is designated and displayed based on the picking information registered in advance in the product information processing device by means, and the picking excess / deficiency quantity is subtracted and displayed based on the total received weight and the total remaining weight by the picking excess / defective quantity display means, and then When it is confirmed that the picking excess / deficiency quantity has become zero by the picking quantity updating means, the picking quantity of the picking quantity display means is updated according to the preset sorting destination, and the information processing is repeated to repeat the picking work. Is guided all the time to the specified quantity Since the goods can be sequentially unloaded in the unloading container for each sorting destination, the personal ability and experience of the inefficient picking worker when picking a predetermined quantity of goods for each sorting destination from the conventional loading container. Without depending on the rules, it is possible to quickly and easily pick a predetermined quantity of products for each sorting destination from within the carry-in container,
Excellent sorting work efficiency can be exhibited.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an overall arrangement of a weighing type product sorting facility according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the overall arrangement of a weighing type product sorting facility according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram illustrating an outline of a weighing type product sorting facility according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a picking navigation device used in the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Commodity loading apparatus (belt type conveyor) 20 ... Commodity information processing apparatus (personal computer) 21 ... Input means (barcode reader, keyboard) 22 ... Commodity quantity calculation means 23 ... · Product quantity collation means 30 ··· First weight measuring device (load cell type weight detector) 40 ··· Product acceptance display device (display) 50 ··· Picking navigation device (digital display) 51 ··· · Picking quantity display means 52 ··· Picking excess / deficiency quantity displaying means 53 ··· Picking quantity updating means (push button type switch) 60 ··· Second weight measuring device (load cell type weight detector) 70 ···・ Commodity unloading device (belt-type conveyor) A: Commodity B: Carry-in container C: Commodity storage Report D ··· Unloading container N ····························································· Total remaining weight w1 ... Weight of carry-in container B w2 ... Weight of product unit X1 ... Worker of acceptance confirmation X2 ... Picking worker

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shoji Hayashi 4-17-96 Tsurumi-ku, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Inside Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kazuyoshi Yoshida 4--17, Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka No. 96 Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Koichiro Nakajima 4-17, Tsurumi-ku, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka F term in Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Ltd. 3F022 EE05 EE08 MM11 MM36 MM43 PP03

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A product loading device for sequentially loading a large number of products stored in a loading container according to a product type, and product information to which product storage information of the loading container loaded by the product loading device is input. A processing device, and a first weight measuring device for measuring a total receiving weight of the carry-in container in which the product storage information is input and a plurality of products stored therein,
A goods reception display device for confirming the number of goods in the carry-in container, a picking navigation device for picking a predetermined amount of goods from within the carry-in container, and carrying in a picking state using the picking navigation device A second weight measuring device for measuring the total remaining weight of the container and the goods remaining in the container, and a predetermined quantity of goods picked up by using the picking / navigation device are sequentially carried out by a carry-out container for each sorting destination. In a weighing type product sorting equipment comprising a product unloading device for, the product information processing device, a product quantity determining means for calculating the product quantity in the carry-in container from the total receiving weight,
A weighing-type merchandise sorting facility, comprising merchandise quantity collating means for collating the commodity quantity determined by the commodity quantity determining means with the commodity storage information and outputting it to the commodity acceptance display device. 2. The picking / navigation device, wherein a picking quantity display means for designating and displaying a picking quantity based on picking information registered in advance in the commodity information processing apparatus; Picking excess / deficiency quantity display means for subtracting and displaying the picking excess / deficiency quantity based on the picking excess / deficiency quantity based on the picking excess / deficiency quantity display means. 2. The weighing type product sorting equipment according to claim 1, further comprising a picking quantity updating unit for updating the picking quantity according to a preset sorting destination.