JP2002249205A - Cargo handling facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cargo handling facility in which the layout of a carrying means is formed appropriate, and the entire means is miniaturized. SOLUTION: A rectangular box-like enclosure body 11 enclosing appliances 21, 51 and 101 is provided. A preset range in at least one corner part of the enclosure body 11 in the vertical direction is formed in a cut part 16. A carrying means 141 passing the outside of the cut part 16 is provided. Carriage by the carrying means 141 can be rapidly and efficiently performed at the shortest distance sufficiently close to the enclosure body 11 by utilizing a carriage passage part located outside the cut part 16. By disposing the carrying means 141 sufficiently close to the enclosure body 11, the disposition space from the enclosure body 11 to the carrying passage becomes narrow, the layout of the carrying means 141 can be easily formed in a appropriate shape, and the entire facility can be miniaturized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a load handling facility employed for storing and transporting a load in a clean room, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind, for example, an automatic warehouse as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-279023 has been provided. That is, in this conventional configuration, a pair of racks having a large number of storage positions in the horizontal direction are arranged in parallel at intervals. A transfer device is provided between the pair of racks with the interval as a travel route,
A rotary rack is provided outside each end of the traveling route.

[0003] The transfer device includes a traveling vehicle traveling along a lifting rail installed on one rack, a turntable provided on the traveling vehicle, an arm and a hand provided on the turntable. It is configured.

According to such a conventional structure, the transfer station, the storage positions of both racks, and the storage position of the transfer station can be determined by a combination of lifting and lowering of the lift rail, traveling of the traveling vehicle, rotation of the turntable, and operation of the hand. Items can be transferred to and from the shelf of the rotating rack. At that time, the rotating rack is appropriately rotated. Further, an overhead traveling vehicle supported and guided by a traveling rail on the ceiling side is provided above the rack, so that articles can be transferred to and from a transfer station provided on the rack side. .

[0005]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional structure, the construction of the vertical height of the internal equipment such as the rack is restricted by the layout of the overhead traveling vehicle and the scale of the building. Therefore, it cannot be easily adopted in a place where a clean space such as a clean room is desired to be as narrow as possible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a cargo handling facility capable of suitably forming a layout of a conveying means and having a compact structure as a whole.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cargo handling facility, comprising: a rectangular box-like enclosure surrounding equipment; At least one of the corners and the set range in the up-down direction are formed in the cut portion, and a conveying means passing outside the cut portion is provided.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the transfer by the transfer means is performed quickly and efficiently at the shortest distance sufficiently close to the surrounding wall by utilizing the transfer path portion located outside the cut portion. Can be done Further, since the transporting means can be disposed sufficiently close to the enclosure, the arrangement space from the enclosure to the transport path can be reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the cargo handling equipment according to the first aspect, wherein the enclosure has a load passing portion for transferring the load to and from the transport means. It is characterized by having been done.

Therefore, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the load can be transferred between the equipment in the enclosure and the transport means through the load passing portion. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the cargo handling equipment according to the first or second aspect, wherein the equipment in the enclosure includes a rotating shelf, a fixed shelf, and transfer means operable on these shelves. Is characterized by the following.

Therefore, according to the third aspect of the present invention, in the enclosure, the load can be stored by the rotating shelf and the fixed shelf, and the load can be put in and out of the rotating shelf and the fixed shelf by the transfer means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the cargo handling equipment according to the third aspect, wherein the rotating shelf is rotatably provided around a vertical rotating shelf axis. A plurality of load receiving portions are provided on a rotating circular path centered on the shelf axis, and transfer means is provided outside and outside of the rotary shelf. It is provided rotatably around a transfer axis parallel to the axis, and is configured to be operable on a transfer circular path tangentially superimposed on the rotating circular path. Is characterized in that a fixed shelf is provided.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the rotating shelf is rotated around the axis of the rotating shelf, and the target load receiving portion is positioned at the overlapping portion of the rotating circular path and the transfer circular path. Loading and unloading can be performed on the receiving portion by the transfer means. In addition, by rotating the transfer operation portion of the transfer means around the transfer means axis, loading and unloading can be performed on the fixed shelf by the transfer means.

Further, the load handling equipment according to claim 5 of the present invention is characterized in that, in the structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the inside of the enclosure has a clean atmosphere.

Therefore, according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the equipment can be installed in a sufficient clean atmosphere. The cargo handling equipment according to claim 6 of the present invention is the above-described claim 1.
In the configuration according to any one of the above items (1) to (5), the surrounding wall is provided in a clean room.

Therefore, according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the enclosure on which the equipment is installed can be installed in a sufficiently clean atmosphere.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, the clean room 1 is of a downflow type in which clean air A is blown out from, for example, a ceiling 2 side and discharged to a lower side of a floor 3. A load storage facility 10 is installed in the clean room 1. Here, the load storage facility 10 includes a rectangular box-shaped surrounding wall 11, a rotating shelf 21, a transfer unit 51, and a fixed shelf 101 disposed in the surrounding wall 11. The rotating shelf 21, the transfer unit 51, and the fixed shelf 101 are each an example of a device.

The surrounding wall body 11 includes a frame assembly 12 and a lower outer plate 13 attached to a lower half outside the frame assembly 12.
And an upper outer plate 14 attached to the upper half outside the frame assembly 12. At this time, a transparent plate made of resin or the like is used for at least a part of the lower outer plate 13 and the upper outer plate 14, mainly for the upper outer plate 14, so that a load storage room (load) in the surrounding wall 11 is externally provided. The storage space 15 can be grasped. Further, at least one corner portion of the surrounding wall body 11 and a vertical setting range, for example, the total height of the upper outer plate 14 in the vertical direction are set as the setting range, and four corner portions are formed in the cut portion 16. I have.

The enclosing wall 11 having the above structure is opened up and down, whereby clean air A is passed through the enclosing wall 11 from the ceiling 2 side.
The load storage room 15 in 1 has a clean atmosphere. The surrounding wall 11 is a leg 1 provided at a lower portion of the frame assembly 12.
It is arranged on the floor 3 via 7.

In FIG. 2 to FIG. 5, the rotating shelf 21 is disposed at a position closer to one side in the load storage chamber 15. The rotating shelf 21 is provided rotatably around a vertical rotating shelf axis 22, and the rotating shelf axis 22 is
A plurality of load receiving portions 32 are provided on a rotating circular path 23 centered on.

That is, the base plate 24 is placed on the floor 3.
A disk-shaped rotator 26 is provided on the base plate 24 via a circular LM guide 25 around the rotary shelf axis 22. A hexagonal cylindrical longitudinal body 27 is erected from the center of the rotating body 26 so as to be positioned on the rotating shelf shaft center 22, and a closing plate 27A is provided on the upper end of the longitudinal body 27. Is provided. A vertical pin 28 erected from the center of the closing plate 27A.
Is a support plate 1 provided on the upper part of the surrounding wall body 11.
8 is freely rotatably supported via a bearing device 29.

Hexagonal annular plates 30 are provided at a plurality of positions in the vertical direction of the vertical body 27 so as to be fitted to the outside. 2
7. The load receiving portions 32 are disposed at six positions (a plurality of positions) in the circumferential direction of each annular plate 30, and these load receiving portions 32 are in the shape of a plate frame, and the base ends thereof are connected to the annular plate 30 through the connecting members 33. Is supported by the annular plate 30 in a cantilever manner in a state of protruding laterally outward.

The load receiving portion 32 is formed with a recess 34 which is open to the top and bottom and at the free end (outside), and a positioning pin is formed at three (single or multiple) locations around the recess 34. 35 are erected. A reflection mirror 36 constituting a part of the load detection means is provided at a base end portion of the load receiving portion 32, and a reflection tape 37 constituting a part of the level detection means is provided at a free end portion.

A rotating shelf driving means 41 for rotating the rotating shelf 21 is provided. That is, a rotation drive unit 42 is provided at a corner of the base plate 24, and a drive gear 44 is attached to a downward drive shaft 43 from the rotation drive unit 42.
Is provided. A ring gear 45 is provided on the periphery of the rotating body 26, and the drive gear 44 is always meshed with the ring gear 45. Here, the rotation drive unit 4
Reference numeral 2 includes a motor, a speed reducer, and the like, and is configured to drive the drive shaft 43 in the forward and reverse directions.

Therefore, by driving the drive shaft 43 in the forward and reverse directions by the rotation drive section 42 of the rotary shelf drive means 41,
The rotating shelf 21 via the drive gear 44 and the ring gear 45
Can be rotated forward and reverse around the rotating shelf axis 22. At that time, the rotating shelf 21 is configured to rotate at a maximum of 180 °. An example of the rotating shelf 21 is configured by the above 22 to 45 and the like.

In FIGS. 2, 3 and 6 to 8, the transfer means 51 is provided at a position near the other side in the load storage chamber 15. Transfer action part 81 of this transfer means 51
Is provided rotatably about a transfer axis 52 parallel to the rotary shelf axis 22 and the rotary circular path 23.
It is configured to be operable on a transfer circular path 53 that is tangentially superposed on the transfer circular path 53.

That is, a base frame 54 is provided on the floor 3, a post 55 is erected from the base frame 54, and a guide rail 56 is provided on the front side of the post 55. The post body 55 includes a pair of left and right side members 55A, a rear member 55B provided between the inner side surfaces of the side members 55A, and a front member 55C provided on the front side of the rear member 55B. These front members 5
The guide rails 56 are provided on the front side of 5C, respectively. An upper frame 57 is provided at an upper end of the post body 55, and a cover body 58 is provided on the front member 55C.
Is provided.

An elevating unit 60 guided by the guide rail 56 via a guided body 59 so as to be vertically movable (LM guide).
Is provided, and a lifting / lowering drive unit 61 interlocked with the lifting / lowering unit 60 is provided. That is, the lifting unit 60
Is a longitudinal member 60 connected to the guided body 59 side.
A and a horizontal member 60B continuously connected from the lower end of the vertical member 60A to the front form an L-shape in a side view.

The elevating drive means 61 includes the base frame 5
4, a driven wheel body 63 provided in the upper frame 57, and a rotating body (such as a timing belt) 64 wound between the two wheel bodies 62, 63. , A guide wheel 65 disposed near the drive wheel 62, a rotary drive unit 66 interlocked with the drive wheel 62, and the like. Here, each of the wheel bodies 62, 63, 65 is a pair of left and right, and the rotating bodies 64 are also provided in a pair of left and right.

At this time, each rotating body 64 comprises a lower rotating part 64A wound around the driving wheel body 62 and an upper rotating part 64B wound around the driven wheel body 63. And the post body 5
The free ends located on the front surface side of 5 are connected to the guided body 59 side, and the free ends located on the rear surface side are connected via a tension adjuster 67. The rotation drive unit 66 is constituted by a motor, a speed reducer, etc., which can be driven forward and backward, and a pair of drive wheels 62
Is attached.

A rotary member 70 rotatable around the transfer axis 52 is provided on the horizontal member 60B of the elevating section 60, and a vertical member vertically suspended from a central portion of the rotary member 70 at that time. A shaft 71 is rotatably supported by a bearing 72 on the side of the lateral member 60B. A rotation driving means 73 linked to the vertical axis 71 is provided.

That is, the rotation driving means 73 includes a rotation driving portion 74 provided from the vertical member 60A to the horizontal member 60B, a driving wheel 76 attached to a downward driving shaft 75, A driven wheel 77 attached to the shaft 71, an endless rotating body (such as a timing belt) 78 wound between the two wheels 76, 77, and a plurality of guide wheels disposed in the lateral member 60B. 79 and the like. Here, the rotation drive unit 74 is configured by a motor, a speed reducer, and the like that can be driven forward and backward.

The transfer operation portion 81 is of a fork type, and is disposed so as to be able to move back and forth in the front-rear direction (lateral direction) with respect to the rotating body 70. It is provided freely. That is, the transfer operation section 81 is configured by a support plate 81A in the front-rear direction, a displacement control plate 81B provided upright from an intermediate portion of the support plate 81A, and the like.
In addition, positioning pins 82 are provided upright from a plurality of positions on the support plate 81A in front of the displacement control plate 81B.

A pair of left and right rail members 83 are disposed on the rotating body 70 in the front-rear direction, and a front-rear guide member 84 is provided between the rail members 83 and at the center in the left-right direction. ing. Then, the support plate 81A
At the rear end and on the lower surface side, L
A guided body 85 constituting the M guide is provided.

There is provided a retreat driving means 90 for reciprocating the transfer operation portion 81 in the front-rear direction. That is, the extension / retraction driving means 90 includes a screw shaft 91 disposed along the guide body 84, a nut body 92 provided on the lower surface side of the transfer operation portion 81 and screwed to the screw shaft 91, It comprises a rotation drive unit 94 mounted on the rotating body 70 and linked to the screw shaft 91 via a belt linking mechanism 93. Here, the rotation drive section 94 is configured by a motor, a speed reducer, and the like that can be driven forward and backward.

The support plate 81A of the transfer section 81
Is configured to be able to move up and down with respect to the recess 34 of the load receiving portion 32. The post body 55 is provided with a dust-proof belt 87 that allows the guided body 59 to move up and down and closes a gap between the two cover bodies 58. A dust-proof belt 88 that allows the portion 81 to move back and forth and that can close the upper part of the guide body 84 is provided.

The transfer means 51 by the above 52 to 94, etc.
Is configured. The transfer action portion 81 of the transfer means 51 is rotatably provided around a transfer axis 52 parallel to the rotary shelf axis 22 and is tangentially superimposed on the rotary circular path 23. It is configured to be operable on the transfer circular path 53.

2, 3, 9, and 10, the fixed shelf 101 is located at a position near the other side in the load storage room 15 and at four places (single place or At a plurality of locations). That is, in the surrounding wall body 11, horizontal flat bars 102 are connected to a plurality of vertical positions on the frame assembly 12 side, and each flat bar 102 is provided with a load supporting portion 103. These load supporting portions 103 are plate-shaped, and the base ends thereof
It is connected to the flat bar 102 side through the flat bar 104, and is thus supported in a cantilever manner on the flat bar 102 side so as to protrude laterally forward.

The load supporting portion 103 is formed with a concave portion 105 which is open to the top and bottom and at the free end (outside), and is positioned from three (single or plural) positions around the concave portion 105. A pin 106 is provided upright. Note that the transfer operation portion 81 is
The supporting plate 81A is configured to be able to move up and down. Above 1
An example of the fixed shelf 101 is constituted by 02 to 106 and the like.

1 to 3 and 9, the fixed shelf 1
On the 01 side, a receiving cargo handling unit 111 and a loading cargo handling unit 1
16 are provided. That is, the penetration part 112 for entrance and the penetration part 117 for exit are formed in the lower outer plate 13 on the other side of the surrounding wall body 11, and these penetration parts 112, 11 are formed.
The cargo handling portions 111 and 116 are provided so as to extend through the inside and outside of the enclosure 11 through 7.

The inner end portions of the cargo handling units 111 and 116 are located in a protruding manner in the fixed shelf 101 disposed closest to the other side. At that time, the cargo handling unit 111,
After the inner end portion of 116 is bent in plan view,
The fixed shelf 101 is rushed into the fixed shelf 101 from right behind. Due to the rush, the fixed shelf 101 has the load support portions 103 and the like removed at a predetermined number of upper and lower stages.

The inner ends of the load handling sections 111 and 116 are formed in the same manner as the load support section 103 so that the transfer means 51 can operate thereon.
3,118 are provided. The cargo handling unit 11
The same external positioning pin 1
14, 119 are provided. The cargo handling unit 11
A transport means (not shown) such as a belt conveyor device that can be moved up and down is provided at the portions 1 and 116.

As described above, the rotating shelf 21, the transfer means 51, and the fixed shelf 101 are provided in the enclosure 11, and the rotating shelf 21, the transferring means 51, and the fixed shelf 101 are connected to each other by the rotating circular path. Both 23 and the transfer circular path 53 are provided as a single unit. The fixed shelves 101 are provided at four places (a plurality of places) on the transfer circular path 53.

The rotating shelf 21 is provided with a group of load receiving portions 32 in a plurality of upper and lower stages.
Are provided in a plurality of upper and lower stages. Further transfer means 51
Are configured to be able to operate corresponding to a plurality of upper and lower stages of the rotating shelf 21 and the fixed shelf 101. The rotating shelf 21, the transfer means 51, and the fixed shelf 101 are disposed in the enclosure 11 in which a clean atmosphere is maintained. The positioning pins 35 and 8 are provided on the lower surface side of the cassette (one example of a load) 120.
A fitting portion 121 that allows fitting of the groups 2, 106, 113, 114, 118, and 119 is formed in a concave long hole shape.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, a conveying means 131 is provided which passes outside the cut portion 16 in the enclosure 11. That is, the conveying means 131 includes a rail device 132 on the ceiling side, a movable body 133 of a suspended traveling type supported and guided by the rail device 132 and capable of automatically traveling, and a load holding portion 134 provided on a lower side of the movable body 133. Etc. The transport path 135, which is the travel path of the moving body 133, is formed such that the curved path section 135a is located outside the cut section 16.

The enclosure 11 has a load passing portion 1 for transferring the cassette 120 to and from the transport means 131.
9 are formed. That is, on the outer side of the fixed shelf 101 close to the rotating shelf 21, the load passing portion 19 is formed in the upper outer plate 14 by an opening. In the portion of the fixed shelf 101 opposed to the load passing section 19, a transfer means 136 capable of transferring the cassette 120 to and from the load holding section 134 of the moving body 133 is provided.

Here, the transfer means 136 is, for example, of a fork type or the like.
The transfer means 51 is configured to be able to transfer the cassette 120 freely.

The operation of the first embodiment will be described below. In the clean room 1, the clean atmosphere is maintained by the downflow method by discharging the clean air A blown out from the ceiling 2 side to the lower side of the floor 3. In addition, a part of the clean air A from the ceiling 2 side is caused to flow down into the enclosure 11 of the load storage facility 10 installed in the clean room 1 so that the enclosure 1
1 also maintains a clean atmosphere.

In such a clean room 1, the cassette 1
In order to store and store the container 20 in the load storage facility 10, first, the cassette 120 to be stored is placed on the outer end portion of the receiving cargo handling section 111, and the fitting section 121 is fitted to the external positioning pin 114. Let it. At that time, the cassette 120
It is supplied by a manual operation or a storage device. The cassette 120 placed on the outer end portion of the receiving cargo handling portion 111 is transported by the transporting means, and is positioned at the inner end portion of the receiving cargo handling portion 111 through the receiving penetration portion 112, and the fitting portion 1
21 is fitted to the internal positioning pin 113.

Next, the transfer means 51 receives the cassette 120 located at the inner end of the receiving cargo handling section 111. At this time, as shown by a solid line in FIG. 6, in a state where the empty transfer operation portion 81 is retracted into the rotating body 70, the rotation and elevation of the transfer operation portion 81 are performed simultaneously or One of them is performed before and after.

That is, the rotation of the transfer operation section 81 drives the rotation drive section 74 of the rotation drive means 73 in the forward and reverse directions.
The drive wheel 76 is rotated in the normal and reverse directions via the drive shaft 75.
Thereby, the longitudinal axis 71 can be rotated in the normal and reverse directions through the endless rotating body 78 and the driven wheel body 77, so that the transfer operation portion 81 is rotated around the transfer axis 52 through the rotating body 70. Can be rotated in reverse.

When the transfer operation portion 81 is moved up and down, the rotation driving portion 66 of the lifting and lowering driving means 61 is driven in the normal and reverse directions, and the drive wheel 62 is rotated through the driving shaft 68 in the normal and reverse directions. Thus, the rotating body 64 can be rotated in the forward and reverse directions, and the transfer operation section 81 can be moved up and down via the guided body 59 and the elevating section 60.

By rotating and raising and lowering the transfer operation portion 81 in this manner, the transfer operation portion 81 can be opposed to the inner end portion of the receiving cargo handling portion 111 at a slightly lower level. .

Next, the transfer operation portion 81 is protruded.
That is, the rotation drive unit 94 of the retracting drive unit 90 is driven, and the screw shaft 91 is rotated via the belt interlocking mechanism 93. Thereby, the nut body 92 is screwed and moved, so that the transfer operation unit 81 can be protruded and moved. At this time, the transfer operation unit 81 guides the guided body 85 by the guide body 84, As shown by the imaginary line in FIG. The transfer action portion 81 is moved
It may be located below the cassette 120 placed on the inner end portion of the receiving cargo handling section 111.

In this state, the transfer operation section 81 is slightly raised via the lifting section 60 by the operation of the lifting drive means 61 as described above. Then, the transfer action section 81 rises through the recess at the inner end portion of the receiving cargo handling section 111, and thus the cassette 120 placed on the inner end portion of the receiving cargo handling section 111 can be lifted, At this time, the positioning pins 82 are fitted to the fitting portions 121. Then, the cassette 120 can be positioned above the rotating body 70 by reversing the movement of the transfer operation portion 81 by operating the retraction drive means 90 in the reverse direction to that described above.

Next, by rotating the transfer operation portion 81 and moving it up and down as required, the cassette 120 can be opposed to the target load support portion 103 of the target fixed shelf 101 as described above. At this time, the transfer operation section 81
Is located slightly above the load support 103.

Then, in the same manner as described above, the transfer operation portion 81
The cassette 120 is moved out of the
The cassette 120 can be placed on the load support unit 103 by moving the transfer operation unit 81 slightly downward. At this time, the fitting portion 121 is
6 and then the transfer operation portion 81 is moved in and out. As a result, the cassette 120 located at the inner end of the receiving cargo handling unit 111 can be stored in the fixed shelf 101. That is, the storage operation of storing the cassette 120 supplied to the storage handling unit 111 for storage into the load support unit 103 of the fixed shelf 101 provided on the transfer circular path 53 ends.

The cassette 120 located at the inner end of the receiving cargo handling section 111 can also enter the rotating shelf 21. That is, as described above, the cassette 120 positioned at the inner end portion of the receiving cargo handling section 111 is
, The rotating shelf 21 is rotated in advance and prepared.

The rotation of the rotary shelf 21 drives the rotary drive unit 42 of the rotary shelf drive means 41 in the forward and reverse directions, and rotates the drive gear 44 through the drive shaft 43 in the forward and reverse directions. Thus, the ring gear 45 can be rotated in the forward and reverse directions, and thus the group of load receiving portions 32 can be rotated around the rotary shelf axis 22 via the vertical axis body 27 and the like. At this time, the group of load receiving portions 32 is rotated on the rotary circular path 23, and
When the roller 2 reaches a position where it tangentially overlaps the transfer circular path 53, its rotation is stopped.

The rotation of the rotary shelf 21 is performed forward or reverse at a maximum of 180 ° in a direction in which the intended rotation distance of the load receiving portion 32 is shorter with respect to the above-mentioned overlapping position, so that the rotation can be performed quickly and efficiently. Can be rotated. In addition, during the work received by the transfer means 51, by rotating and preparing the rotary shelf 21 in advance, the overall operation efficiency can be improved. When the target receiving section 32 is in the overlapping position from the beginning,
The rotation of the rotating shelf 21 is not performed.

As described above, after the intended load receiving portion 32 is stopped at the overlapping position, the transfer means 51 is operated in the same manner as described above, so that the cassette 120 supported by the transfer action portion 81 is removed. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
Can be placed on top. At this time, the fitting portion 121 is fitted to the positioning pin 35. As a result, the receiving cargo handling unit 111
The cassette 120 positioned at the inner end portion of the cassette 120 can be placed on the intended load receiving portion 32 of the rotating shelf 21, and the rotating shelf 2 of the cassette 120 supplied to the loading
The storage operation for 1 is completed.

The cassette 120 stored in the fixed shelf 101 can be similarly moved to the rotating shelf 21 and stored by operating the transfer means 51 or rotating the rotating shelf 21. At that time, during the operation of receiving the cassette 120 of the fixed shelf 101 by the transfer means 51, the rotary shelf 21 is rotated and prepared in advance, so that the overall operation efficiency can be improved. At that time, when the target load receiving portion 32 is in the overlapping position from the beginning, the rotation of the rotating shelf 21 is not performed.

By operating the transfer means 51 in the opposite manner as described above, the unloading operation of the cassette 120 can be performed.
That is, the cassette 120 placed on the target load receiving portion 32 of the rotating shelf 21 can be positioned at the inner end of the unloading load handling portion 116 and the target load of the target fixed shelf 101 can be set. The cassette 120 placed on the support portion 103 can be located at the inner end portion of the outgoing cargo handling portion 116. Then, the cassette 120 located at the inner end portion of the outgoing load handling section 116 is transported by the transport means, and is positioned at the outer end portion of the outgoing load handling section 116 through the outgoing through portion 117, so that the outgoing work can be performed. finish.

The cassette 120 stored in the rotating shelf 21 can be similarly moved to the fixed shelf 101 (taken out) and stored by the operation of the transfer means 51 or the rotation of the rotating shelf 21.

In each operation as described above, the fitting portion 121 of the cassette 120 is moved to the positioning pins 35, 82, 10
6, 113, 114, 118, and 119 can prevent the cassettes 120 from colliding with each other due to the centrifugal force during rotation, or the cassette 120 from being displaced or falling off.

As described above, the transfer means 51 only rotates the transfer action portion 81 around the transfer axis 52 and does not perform traveling movement, so that an occupied space for traveling movement is unnecessary. Thus, the entire structure including the rotating shelf 21 and the fixed shelf 101 can be made compact.

In addition, the amount of storage can be increased by the rotating shelf 21 and the fixed shelf 101, and the transfer means 51 having no traveling configuration can lower the transfer operation portion 81 to near the floor. The storage level by the load receiving portion 32 of the rotating shelf 21 and the storage level by the load support portion 103 of the fixed shelf 101 can be lowered to near the floor, so that the storage amount can be further increased. Therefore, it can be easily and suitably adopted in a place where the clean space such as the clean room 1 is to be reduced as much as possible.

Since the clean air A flows in the enclosure 11 by the downflow method, the rotating shelf 21
And dust generated by the transfer means 51 can be quickly removed along with the flow. Therefore, in the load storage room 15, the cassette 1 is placed in a sufficiently clean atmosphere (cleanness).
20 can be stored.

As described above, in addition to the loading / unloading of the cassette 120 via the loading / unloading handling unit 111 and the loading / unloading unit 116, the loading / unloading through the load passing unit 19 is also performed. That is, as shown in FIGS.
The actual moving body 13 holding the cassette 120
3 or the empty moving body 133 that does not hold the cassette 120 is caused to travel along the transport path 135 by the support and guidance of the rail device 132 and is stopped facing the load passing portion 19.

After the moving body 133 is stopped facing the load passing portion 19 in this manner, the cassette 120 can be transferred to and from the load holding portion 134 of the moving body 133 by operating the transfer means 136. . In addition, delivery means 1
With respect to the cassette 36, the cassette 120 can be transferred by operating the transfer means 51 as described above. Thereby, the loading and unloading of the cassette 120 can be smoothly performed through the load passing portion 19.

The above-described traveling of the moving body 133 on the transport path 135 is performed at a shortest distance that is sufficiently close to the surrounding wall 11 by using the curved path section 135a located outside the cut section 16 or the like. It can be performed efficiently. further,
By arranging the transporting means 131 sufficiently close to the surrounding wall 11, the arrangement space from the surrounding wall 11 to the transport path 135 can be reduced, and the layout can be easily performed.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
1 will be described. That is, the upper part of the enclosure 11
The upper floor clean room 6 is located through the upper floor 5. Thereby, the upper outer plate 14 and the cut part 16 are located in the upper floor clean room 6. And the surrounding wall 1
1 is provided with a conveying means 141 that passes outside the cut portion 16.

The transport means 141 includes a rail device 142 laid on the upper floor 5, a bogie type movable body 143 supported and guided by the rail device 142, and capable of running automatically.
A load holding unit 144 provided on the upper side of the moving body 143
Etc. The transport path 145, which is the traveling path of the moving body 143, is formed such that the curved path section 145a is located outside the cut section 16.

In the second embodiment, the moving object 1
43 can be quickly and efficiently performed at the shortest distance sufficiently close to the surrounding wall 11 by utilizing the curved path portion 145a located outside the cut portion 16 or the like. Further, the transport means 141 can be disposed sufficiently close to the surrounding wall 11 so that the surrounding wall 11
Can be narrowed, and the layout can be easily arranged on the upper floor 5.

In the above-described embodiment, the vertical height of the upper outer plate 14 is set as the set range, and four corners are formed in the cut portion 16. And the form in which the overall height in the vertical direction from the upper outer plate 14 to the lower outer plate 13 is the set range is formed in the cut portion. Is also good. Furthermore, the cut part is one corner,
Alternatively, a form in which cut portions are formed at a few corners may be used.

In the above embodiment, the surrounding wall 11
A load passing portion 19 for transferring the cassette 120 to and from the transport means 131 is formed. However, the load passing portion 19 is not formed, and a format in which the transfer of the cassette 120 is not performed may be adopted. .

In the embodiment described above, the rotating shelf 21, the fixed shelf 101, and the transfer means 51 are used as the devices in the enclosure 11.
Are shown, but this may be other devices, instruments, etc.

In the above-described embodiment, the transfer means 51 has the transfer action portion 81 acting on the bottom surface of the cassette 120.
And the like, which may be locked from below into a locked portion protruding laterally from the side portion or the upper portion.

In the above-described embodiment, the type in which the rotating body 70 is rotatable around the transfer axis 52 is shown as the transfer means 51, but this also includes the transfer operation portion 81. The transfer means 51 may be entirely rotatable around a transfer axis positioned at the post 55, for example.

In the above embodiment, the rotating shelf 21
The transfer means 51 and the fixed shelf 101 are arranged as one (single) rotating circular path 23 and one (single) transferring circular path 53. A type in which two (plural) transfer circular paths 53 are provided as one (single), and three (plural) rotational circular paths 23 are transfer circular paths 53.
Is arranged as one (singular), rotating circle path 23
One (single) and two (plural) transfer circular paths 53, and both the rotary circular path 23 and the transfer circular path 53 are disposed as two (plural) And so on.

In the above embodiment, the transfer circular path 53
Although the fixed shelves 101 are provided at a plurality of locations above, the fixed shelves 101 may be provided at a single location.

In the above-described embodiment, the rotating shelf 21 is rotatable in the normal and reverse directions, and is configured to rotate at a maximum of 180 °.
A format performed as described above, a format in which rotation is performed in only one direction, and the like may be used.

In the above embodiment, the rotating shelf 21 is prepared in advance during the operation of the transfer means 51 on the fixed shelf 101.
After the operation of the transfer means 51 for one is completed, the rotating shelf 21 may be prepared.

In the above-described embodiment, the rotating shelf 21, the transfer means 51, and the fixed shelf 101 are disposed in the enclosure 11 in a clean atmosphere. It may be a provided format or the like. Further, the enclosure 11 may be of a type disposed in an atmospheric room.

In the above-described embodiment, the cassette 120 is shown as a load, but this may be another article.
Also, a format for handling pallets may be used. In the above-described embodiment, the incoming cargo handling section 111 and the outgoing cargo handling section 116 are provided corresponding to the two fixed shelves 101 farthest from the rotating shelf 21. A configuration may be provided in which an incoming cargo handling unit 111 and an outgoing cargo handling unit 116 are provided in correspondence with the fixed shelf 101 approaching the 21 and the two furthest fixed shelves 101. In this case, the two sets of receiving cargo handling units 11 are distributed to both sides.
1 and an outgoing cargo handling section 116 can also be provided.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, the conveyance by the conveyance means uses the conveyance path portion or the like located outside the cut portion to make the shortest distance sufficiently close to the surrounding wall. Can be performed quickly and efficiently. Furthermore, since the transporting means can be arranged sufficiently close to the enclosure, the arrangement space from the enclosure to the transport path can be narrowed, so that the layout of the transportation means can be easily and suitably formed, and Can be made compact.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
The load can be transferred between the device in the enclosure and the transport means through the load passing portion. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the load can be stored in the enclosure by the rotating shelf and the fixed shelf, and the load can be transferred to and from the rotating shelf and the fixed shelf by the transfer means. be able to.

Further, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the rotary shelf is rotated around the axis of the rotary shelf, and the target load receiving portion is positioned at the overlapping portion of the rotary circular path and the transfer circular path. Thus, it is possible to load and unload the cargo with respect to the cargo receiving portion by the transfer means. Also, by rotating the transfer action portion of the transfer means around the transfer means axis,
Loading and unloading can be performed on the fixed shelf by the transfer means.

As described above, since the transfer means does not perform traveling movement only by rotating the transfer acting portion, an occupied space for traveling movement and the like can be eliminated, and the rotating shelf and the fixed shelf can be separated. The entire structure including the device can be made compact. In addition, the storage amount can be increased by the rotating shelf and the fixed shelf, and the transfer means without the traveling configuration can lower the transfer operating portion to near the floor, thereby lowering the storage level of the rotating shelf and the fixed shelf accordingly. And the storage amount can be further increased. Therefore, it can be easily and suitably adopted in a place where a clean space such as a clean room is desired to be as narrow as possible.

Further, according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the apparatus can be installed in a sufficiently clean atmosphere. Further, according to the above-described claim 6 of the present invention, the surrounding wall on which the devices are installed can be installed in a sufficient clean atmosphere.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a load storage facility according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the load storage facility.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view of the same load storage facility.

FIG. 4 is a partially cut-away side view of a lower part of a rotating shelf in the load storage facility.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway side view of the upper part of the rotating shelf in the same load storage facility.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway side view of a lower part of the transfer means in the same load storage facility.

FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway side view of the upper part of the transfer means in the same load storage facility.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway plan view of a transfer means in the load storage facility.

FIG. 9 is a side view of a fixed shelf in the same load storage facility.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a fixed shelf in the same load storage facility.

FIG. 11 shows the second embodiment of the present invention, and is a partially cutaway side view of a load storage facility.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Clean room 5 Upper floor 6 Upper floor clean room 10 Load storage equipment 11 Enclosure wall 12 Frame assembly 13 Lower outer plate 14 Upper outer plate 15 Load storage room 16 Cut part 19 Load passing part 21 Rotating shelf 22 Rotating shelf axis 23 Rotating circle Path 25 LM guide means 26 Rotating body 27 Vertical axis body 30 Ring plate 32 Load receiving part 34 Depression 35 Positioning pin 41 Rotating shelf drive means 42 Rotation drive part 51 Transfer means 52 Transfer axis 53 Transfer circular path 55 Post body 56 Guide rail 59 Guided body 60 Elevating unit 61 Elevating drive unit 66 Rotary drive unit 70 Rotary unit 73 Rotary drive unit 74 Rotary drive unit 81 Transfer operation unit 81A Support plate 81B Displacement regulating plate 84 Guide body 85 Guided body 90 Exit Retreat drive means 94 Rotation drive unit 101 Fixed shelf 102 Flat bar 103 Load support unit 105 Recess DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Incoming goods handling part 116 Outgoing goods handling part 120 Cassette (load) 131 Conveying means 132 Rail device 133 Moving body 134 Load holding part 135 Conveying path 135a Curve path part 136 Delivery means 141 Conveying means 142 Rail device 143 Moving body 144 Load holding part 145 Transport path 145a Curve path part A Clean air

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A rectangular box-shaped surrounding wall is provided to surround a device, and at least one corner of the surrounding wall and a setting range in a vertical direction are formed in a cut portion and pass outside the cut portion. A cargo handling facility comprising a transport means. 2. The load handling facility according to claim 1, wherein a load passing portion for transferring the load to and from the transport means is formed in the enclosure. 3. The load handling equipment according to claim 1, wherein the equipment in the enclosure comprises a rotating shelf, a fixed shelf, and transfer means operable on these shelves. 4. The rotating shelf is provided so as to be rotatable around a vertical rotating shelf axis, and a plurality of load receiving portions are provided on a rotating circular path centered on the rotating shelf axis. A transfer means is provided outside the side of the shelf, and a transfer action portion of the transfer means is provided rotatably around a transfer axis parallel to the rotary shelf axis, 4. The load handling equipment according to claim 3, wherein the transfer path is configured to be operable on a transfer circular path tangentially superimposed on the circular path, and a fixed shelf is provided on the transfer circular path. 5. The load handling facility according to claim 1, wherein the inside of the enclosure has a clean atmosphere. 6. The load handling facility according to claim 1, wherein the surrounding wall is disposed in a clean room.