JP2003026313A - Rack device of automated warehouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rack device with high article storage efficiency by minimizing a dead space. SOLUTION: At least, a part of a front-side horizontal connecting material 37 and, at least, a part of a horizontal diagonal connecting material 41 are positioned in a same horizontal space so that the vertical dead space of the rack device 3 can be reduced with a prescribed strength retained by the front- side horizontal connecting material 37 and the horizontal diagonal connecting material 41, thereby improving the article storage efficiency of the rack device 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rack device for an automatic warehouse.

[0002]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a rack device which has a high dead space by minimizing dead space.

[0003]

[Means for Achieving the Object] The present invention employs the following means in order to achieve the object. The invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a plurality of front struts arranged side by side at predetermined intervals, rear struts arranged behind the front struts at predetermined intervals therebetween, and front struts adjacent to each other. A front horizontal connecting member for connecting the left and right columns, and a horizontal diagonal connecting member for connecting the front column and the diagonally rear rear column. The front horizontal connecting member has an L-shaped cross section. The end of the horizontal piece of the front horizontal tie material and the end of the front side of the horizontal diagonal connecting material are made of rod-shaped bars, and one end is applied to the bracket provided on the column, and the other end is applied to the bracket from below. The bracket is applied from above and fixed so that at least a part of the front-side horizontal connecting member and at least a part of the horizontal diagonal connecting member are located in the same horizontal space. The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that the horizontal diagonal connecting member is a round pipe, and the end portion of the horizontal diagonal connecting member made of the round pipe is flat to form a flat end portion for connection. 1 is described. The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the front-side horizontal connecting member and the horizontal diagonal connecting member are attached to a bracket by one connecting member.

[0004]

The present invention has the following effects due to the above-described structure. According to the invention of claim 1, since at least a part of the front side horizontal connecting member and at least a part of the horizontal diagonal connecting member are located in the same horizontal space, the front side horizontal connecting member and the horizontal pairing member are arranged. It is possible to reduce the dead space in the vertical direction of the rack device and improve the article storage efficiency of the rack device while maintaining a predetermined strength by the corner connecting member. According to the invention of claim 2, the horizontal diagonal connecting member is formed of a round pipe, not the strip plate, and the end portion of the horizontal diagonal connecting member formed of the round pipe is made flat to form a flat end portion for connection. As a result, the horizontal diagonal connecting member having high strength can be easily manufactured as compared with the case where the connecting plate is welded to the end portion of the bar. According to the invention of claim 3, the fixing work of the end portion of the front side horizontal connecting member and the front end portion of the horizontal diagonal connecting member can be performed all at once.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. The following points will be clarified. (1) The front means the stacker crane passage side, the rear means the rear side of the rack device, the left means the left side in FIG. 1, and the right means the right side in FIG. (2) Members such as brackets, mounting plates, etc. located on the leftmost, rightmost, bottommost and topmost of the rack device (hereinafter,
It is called an end member. ) Has no related member outside, below, or above them, which is related to them, so it is natural that the unnecessary part of the middle part of the rack device is cut out and omitted. Therefore, with respect to the end member, the reference numeral "A" is attached to the reference numeral of the intermediate member having the same function and action without any special explanation. (3) Bolts and nuts are generally used as the first connector, but the first connector is not limited thereto. (4) As the second connecting member, after the shaft portion is fitted into the through holes formed in the members to be connected to each other, a predetermined work is performed so that the second connecting member comes out to the end portion of the shaft portion protruding from the through hole. A known rivet in which a stop bulge is formed is suitable,
It is not limited to that.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of rack devices 3 and 4 are erected on the floor 1 so as to open a stacker crane passage 2 which is long in the left-right direction.

A pair of upper and lower guide rails 6 are arranged in the stacker crane passage 2 so that the longitudinal direction thereof is oriented in the left-right direction, and a known stacker crane (not shown) is guided by these guide rails 6 so as to be movable left and right. It is done like this. This stacker crane has a traveling carriage,
The traveling carriage has a lift that can be raised and lowered by a mast, and a slide fork that is horizontally slidable in the front-rear direction by a well-known advancing and retracting mechanism.

Next, the rack device 3 (the upper one in FIG. 1) will be described. The rack device 3 has a plurality of rack device constituent members 8 which are erected at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the rack device components 8 are arranged at a predetermined interval in the front-rear direction, and a pair of front and rear columns 9 are connected by a connecting bar 10 of a required book, and a height of these columns 9 is increased. Shelf member 1 provided at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction
2 and.

As shown in FIG. 6, the front and rear struts 9 are made of a pipe material having a rectangular cross section with a left-right width W smaller than the front-rear width D.
Main body 9a in the form of a groove, and a pair of connecting walls 1 projecting toward the other pillar 9 at both edges of the slit 13.
4 and. The projecting length of the connecting wall 14 is not more than half the front-back width of the main body 9a of the column 9.

The connecting bar 10 is a round pipe (a pipe having a circular cross section), and the connecting bar 10 is a round pipe.
The second connecting member 1 is attached to the connecting wall 14 with the flat ends 10a formed by flattening both ends of the
It is fixed by 6.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, each of the columns 9 is erected on the floor 1 via a support 21. The support 21 is provided with a base 22 attached to the floor surface 1 by a known means, and a column support member 28 directly or indirectly provided on the base 22 or indirectly through a height adjusting tool 23 in this embodiment. And have.

The height adjuster 23 includes a nut 24 fixed to the base 22 side, a nut 25 fixed to the lower surface of the column support member 28, a nut 24 and a screw rod 26 screwed into the nut 25. have. As is well known, the screw rod 26 has an upper half with a right-hand thread and a lower half with a left-hand thread.
With such a structure, the height position of the column support member 28 can be adjusted by rotating the screw rod 26. The column support member 28 has a hole for allowing the screw rod 26 to escape, and the base 22 has a cavity for allowing the screw rod 26 to escape so as to allow the screw rod 26 to move up and down.

A second support wall 28 of the support 21 is provided with a first support wall 29 that abuts a side wall of the support column 9 facing the slit 13 and a second support wall 30 that fits between the pair of connecting walls 14. ing.

Of the first rising wall 29 and the support column 9,
The side wall facing the slit 13 is connected by the second connecting tool 16. The second rising wall 30 and the connecting wall 14 are connected by a second connecting tool 16.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the shelf member 1 is
Reference numeral 2 denotes a front and rear arm member 33 having an intermediate portion fixed to the front and rear columns 9 by a second connecting tool 16, and an article support portion of which one piece is horizontal at end portions of the front and rear arm member 33 facing each other. And an article support bar 34 made of a bar material having an inverted L-shaped cross section. An article storage shelf is constituted by a pair of left and right article support rails 34 that face each other without interposing the column 9.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, brackets 36 are attached to the left and right side walls of the main body 9a of the front supporting column 9 at required parts in the height direction by the second connecting tool 16. A front horizontal tie member 37 is fastened to the brackets 36 facing each other by a first connecting member 38. The front horizontal tie member 37 is a rod member having an L-shaped cross section, and a horizontal piece is applied to the upper surface of the bracket 36.

The bracket 40 is attached to the rear column 9 so that it is positioned at the same height as the right bracket 36 of the column 9 and at a diagonal position.
Are attached by the second connector 16. A horizontal diagonal connecting member 41 is secured to the bracket 40 and the bracket 36 on the right side of the column 9 by a first connecting member 38. The horizontal diagonal connecting member 41 is formed of a round pipe (a pipe having a circular cross section), and the flat end portions 41a formed by flattening both ends of the horizontal diagonal connecting member 41 formed of the round pipe are horizontal portions of the bracket 36. And is applied to the horizontal portion of the bracket 40 from below.

The left end of the horizontal piece of the front horizontal tie member 37 and the flat end 41a of the horizontal diagonal connecting member 41 on the front side are fixed to the bracket 36 at once by one first connecting member 38.

At least a part of the front side horizontal connecting member 37 and at least a part of the horizontal diagonal connecting member 41 are located in the same horizontal space. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the horizontal diagonal connecting member 41 is completely positioned in the horizontal space including the front horizontal connecting member 37. With such a configuration, the vertical dead space of the rack device 3 is reduced and the rack device 3
The article storage efficiency can be improved.

As shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 8 and FIG. 1, the first connection plate 44 is arranged on the rear support column 9 for each predetermined number of columns so that the first connection plate 44 is located slightly below the bracket 40 and the second connection is made. It is attached by a tool 16. A second mounting plate 45 is attached to the remaining rear pillars 9 (excluding the leftmost and rightmost) at the same height as the first mounting plate 44.

The first mounting plate 44 has a shape projecting to the left and right of the support column 9, while the second mounting plate 45 projects to only one of the left and right.

At least three rear columns 9 are connected to the first mounting plate 44 and the second mounting plate 45,
One rear horizontal connecting member 47 is attached to these columns 9 by the first connecting member 38. The end portion of the rear horizontal tie member 47 and the end portion of the rear horizontal tie member 47 located next to the rear end are joined at the position of the first mounting plate 44.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the first mounting plate 44 (including the first mounting plate 44A) and the first mounting plate 44 (including the first mounting plate 44A) located obliquely downward are , Adjustable brace 48
Are connected by. As the brace 48, one having a turn bag (not shown) in the middle is generally used. The first connector 38 is used to connect the brace 48 and the first mounting plate 44 (first mounting plate 44A).

The first mounting plate 44 and the second mounting plate 45 are fixed to the rear side wall of the rear column 9, and the rear horizontal connecting member 47 is a rear surface of the first mounting plate 44 and the second mounting plate 45. It is fixed to. Therefore, the portion of the column 9 to which the rear horizontal tie member 47 is fixed is pulled by the brace 48.
The force that twists it is hard to act on.

The rack device 4 is a state in which the rack device 3 is horizontally rotated 180 degrees.

The rack device 3 and the rack device 4 are manufactured by the usual construction method except that the rear columns 9 (rack device constituent members 8) of the required book are connected at once by the rear horizontal tie members 47. It will be constructed.

In FIG. 2, the horizontal line C indicates the article support bar 34.
The upper surface of FIG.

[0028]

[Modifications, etc.] Modifications will be described below. (1) The cross-sectional shape of the pillar 9 is arbitrary. (2) The horizontal diagonal connecting member 41 may be made of other than a round pipe.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a simplified horizontal sectional view with an intermediate omitted, showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view taken along line II-II in FIG. 1 and is a skeletonized view.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG.

4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion B of FIG. 1 where a shelf member is omitted.

7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG.

8 is a sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

9 props 36 bracket 37 Front side horizontal tie 41 Horizontal diagonal connecting material

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of front struts that are arranged at right and left at predetermined intervals, a rear stanchion that is arranged behind the front struts with a predetermined space between them, and connect front struts adjacent to each other. A front horizontal connecting member for each of the left and right columns, and a horizontal diagonal connecting member for connecting the front column and the diagonally rear rear column. The front horizontal linking member has an L-shaped cross section. Made of wood, the end of the horizontal piece of the front horizontal tie and the front end of the horizontal diagonal connecting material are attached to one bracket mounted on the column, one is applied from the bottom of the bracket and the other is attached to the bracket. A rack device for an automatic warehouse, which is applied from above and fixed so that at least a part of the front horizontal tie member and at least a part of the horizontal diagonal connecting member are located in the same horizontal space. 2. The horizontal diagonal connecting member is made of a round pipe, and the end portion of the horizontal diagonal connecting member made of the round pipe is flat so as to be a flat end portion for connection. Automatic warehouse rack equipment. 3. The rack device for an automated warehouse according to claim 1, wherein the front horizontal connecting member and the horizontal diagonal connecting member are attached to a bracket by one connecting member.