JP2003095423A - Automatic deck sorting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problems of delays and errors in delivery by continuously and accurately sorting a variety of merchandise at a physical distribution center or a delivery center when the merchandise is stored in the same package on one deck and delivered to many destinations. SOLUTION: The automatic deck sorting device sorts, according to the destinations of cargo, the decks on which one or plural kinds of cargo are placed, and sends the sorted decks to the delivery port of each destination. The device is provided with a cargo receiving means, a deck recognition means for reading destination information and cargo information attached to the decks and/or the cargo bodies, a deck sending means for sending the decks to a predetermined delivery port for each destination, and an inspecting and sending means for sending the decks for which the destination information and the cargo information do not match. The means are interconnected by a transfer means capable of transferring the decks, and a control device is installed for collating the cargo information with separately inputted physical distribution information and for transferring the decks to a predetermined position using the transfer means according to the result.

Description

Description [0001] The present invention relates to a variety of materials,
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic sorting apparatus for a loading platform in a distribution center, a distribution center, or the like, which sorts and distributes items stored in a loading platform such as a pallet for each destination when shipping goods and the like to a large number of customers. 2. Description of the Related Art In a chain store such as a convenience store, the effect of reducing purchase costs can be expected by purchasing the products sold in each store collectively. However, at individual stores, it is necessary to purchase according to the sales tendency of each store, and the same product cannot be delivered to all stores at the same time.
Therefore, in order to deliver the required goods to each store at the required time, a distribution center is set up, and the products purchased in large quantities are separated into the necessary goods group for each store, and this is separated into each store without delay. Delivery method is adopted. FIG. 1 shows a sorting procedure at a distribution center. There are two cases for carrying goods in a distribution center. In case 1, a vendor stores various products in a roll box pallet for each destination store, carries them into a distribution center, and places them in the distribution center. After confirming the destination, product name, and quantity, the products are sorted to the delivery port to the destination store, and then flown. From here, they are delivered to each store by truck or other means. Here, the roll box pallet is
It is a loading platform with casters as shown in Fig. 2 and it is possible to check the load through the frame while loading the cardboard boxes etc. packed with each product, so that various products such as distribution centers can be transported and managed together Suitable for [0004] In Case 2, the same product is delivered from each vendor to the distribution center in a lump, picked up on a roll box pallet to be sent to each destination store in the distribution center, and sent to the destination store. Sort to the delivery port and drain. Here, picking refers to an operation of loading a required number of products that need to be sent to each destination store. [0005] As described above, the distribution center is provided with a delivery port corresponding to each destination store, and the destination and the product indicated on the delivery port or the loading platform placed in the loading port of the loading platform after picking are provided. Product information such as name and quantity,
Sorting is performed by checking and confirming with the merchandise shipping list for each store held by the worker, and moving to each delivery port if there is no problem, and moving to the inspection department if there is a problem with the quantity or the like. This collation and confirmation work involves counting and checking a wide variety of products placed on the loading platform from outside the loading platform, which is troublesome. In extreme cases, the delivery deadline to each store may be delayed. is there. [0006] Although the loading platform is moved on casters like the above-mentioned roll box pallet to make it easy to move, it is delivered to a delivery port corresponding to the destination where more than several tens of stores are located. Since it is necessary to carry a carrier with casters, the moving distance is long and the delivery port may be erroneously made. As described above, if the delivery is delayed or erroneous delivery occurs, the sales at each store may be hindered, which may lead to a compensation problem. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been developed in view of the above situation. In a distribution center or a distribution center, various products are bundled and housed in one carrier, and a large number of destinations are provided. It is an object of the present invention to propose an automatic sorting apparatus for a loading platform, which can advantageously avoid problems such as delay in delivery and erroneous delivery when sorting for delivery to a carrier. That is, according to the present invention, a loading platform on which one or a plurality of types of loads are placed is sorted for each destination of the loads, and is delivered to a delivery port for each destination. In an automatic sorting apparatus for a platform, a cargo receiving means, a platform recognizing means for reading destination information and load information attached to a platform and / or a package body, and an unloading means for discharging a platform to a predetermined delivery port for each destination. And inspection delivery means for paying out a loading platform that does not match the destination information and the loading information, wherein each of the means is connected by transporting means capable of transporting the loading platform, and a logistics input separately from the loading information. An automatic sorting device for a loading platform, comprising a control device for collating information with information and transferring the loading platform to a predetermined position by the transport means based on the result. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of an automatic sorting apparatus for a bed according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, in this example, a load receiving means including a load line input conveyor 1 and an elevator 3 of a loading platform 2,
It has a loading platform recognition means consisting of a recognition device 4, an inspection line reject conveyor 5, an inspection line re-feeding conveyor 6, an inspection delivery means consisting of an elevator 3, and a shipping line delivery conveyor 7 and an unloading means consisting of an elevator 3. By connecting these means with a transfer means including a truck 8 and a truck loop track 9 capable of transferring the carrier, the carrier 2 is sorted. In addition, number 10 is a bypass line of the track 9 for the loop bogie,
Carriage 8 is maintained. Further, the transfer means, the load receiving means, the inspection discharging means and the unloading means may be not only a tracked truck or a conveyor but also a trackless transport means. In order to sort the loading platform 2, a control device (not shown) compares the loading information and destination information of the load loaded on the loading platform 2 with the logistics information which is separately input, and checks the loading information and the destination information. If the information matches the distribution information, the carrier 2 is transferred to the unloading means of the delivery port corresponding to the predetermined destination, and if not, the carrier 2 is transferred to the inspection dispensing means. Reference numeral 11 denotes a receiving line input conveyor, and reference numeral 12 denotes a digital assort area, which constitutes an individual receiving line, and is used for sorting in case 2 described above. In the present invention, a usual portable flat pallet, bag or the like can be used as the loading platform 2, but the above-mentioned roll box pallet has a carrier. It is particularly advantageous to adapt because it is also easy to move in outside areas. Therefore,
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described focusing on an example in which a roll box pallet is used as the carrier 2. As shown in FIG. 3, packages to be sent to the same destination are collected on one roll box pallet 2, and a destination code is provided on the side of the roll box pallet 2 or the like. Destination information and product information such as product code and quantity are posted. This bulletin may be written in characters on a bulletin board, or may be displayed as a bar code. In addition, if a method is adopted in which a tag capable of electrically inputting and outputting information is directly attached to each luggage body, the destination information and the destination information in the roll box pallet can be electrically connected without installing a bulletin board on the side of the roll box pallet. This is particularly advantageous because the load information can be read. The work of packing the roll box pallets may be performed by a vendor and carried to a distribution center, or may be delivered to the distribution center for each individual product, and then requested by the destination in the distribution center. In this case, a predetermined load may be collected in a roll box pallet. In any case, the destination information of the load and the load information including the type and quantity of the product name and code, etc., which are collected on the roll box pallet, are posted on the roll box pallet and / or the load body. Now, the roll box pallet in which the loads are collected as described above is received by the automatic loading device sorting apparatus by the load receiving means. Here, the load receiving means is a means for placing the roll box pallet on the cart. The truck is transported between the respective means of the automatic sorting apparatus for the bed. Various known transporting means can be used. For example, a loop truck system in which the truck 8 moves on the truck loop track 9 as shown in FIG. In the case of the above-mentioned loop cart system, it is advantageous to employ a cargo receiving system as exemplified in FIG.
In FIG. 4, the roll box pallet 2 is tilted to
When the roll box pallet is pushed in so as to straddle a, the bottom of the roll box pallet is placed on the inclined compare 1a and rises incline, and enters the elevator 3 via the horizontal compare 1b. In this elevator 3, after the roll box pallet 2 is lifted to a position where the level is equal to the upper surface of the cart 8, the roll box pallet 2 is moved onto the cart 8. At the time of unloading, the load can be discharged by moving the roll box pallet 2 in the reverse procedure to that described above. The loading platform recognition means reads destination information, loading information, and the like attached to the loading platform and / or the loading body. As the reading device, various types of reading devices can be used according to the type of information held by the loading platform. For example, as described above, a character recognition unit can be used when information is described in characters on a bulletin board, and a bar code reading unit can be used when information is posted in a bar code. be able to. [0018] In addition, when an electrically writable and readable tag is attached to a product, necessary information can be read irrespective of the attitude of the product in the roll box pallet, which is particularly preferable. . Moreover, in this method, since the information of the goods loaded on the roll box pallet can be read, there is also an advantage that there is no danger of erroneously reading information such as a bulletin board attached to the roll box pallet. . In addition,
The information written in the tag can be accurately read by an electrical writing / reading device called a reader / writer, and its readable range is about 1 m, so that it is confused with the load information of another loading platform. Not even. The control device compares the load information input from the loading platform recognition means with the separately input distribution information to determine whether there is distribution information that matches the contents of the load information. The logistics information is information about the cargo passing through the distribution center and includes the type and quantity of the cargo destined for each destination. Here, if there is distribution information that matches the load information of the received loading platform, the control device instructs the bogie transfer means to send the loading platform to the destination as a conforming loading platform. On the other hand, if there is no distribution information that matches the load information, the control device instructs the bogie transfer means to send the load carrier having the load information to the inspection dispensing means as an unsuitable load platform. The loading platform sent to the inspection dispensing means is rechecked for the type and quantity of the load, and undergoes an inspection operation for transshipping to the correct type and quantity based on the distribution information. Then, the inspected carrier is sent again to the cargo receiving means and returned to the automatic carrier sorting apparatus. In addition, after inspection,
Since it is confirmed that both the destination information and the load information are genuine, the information may be returned to the automatic sorting device of the loading platform by inspection return means different from the load receiving means. As the inspection return means, one having the same function as the cargo receiving means may be provided. As described above, according to the present invention, various commodities are bundled and stored in one luggage carrier, and the luggage carriers in a distribution center or a distribution center for sorting for delivery to many destinations. Sorting can be performed continuously and accurately, and problems in sorting work such as delay in delivery and erroneous delivery can be solved. In particular, if an electrically readable tag is used as the platform recognition means for reading the package information and destination information, the package information of the package and the package information and destination information attached to the In this case, even if an error occurs, the inspection can be performed quickly and accurately, which is more preferable.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a sorting procedure in a distribution center. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a roll box pallet. FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a preferred example of an automatic sorting apparatus for a cargo bed according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a receiving means. [Explanation of Signs] 1 Conveyor for loading line loading 2 Carrier 3 Elevator 4 Recognition device 5 Inspection line reject conveyor 6 Inspection line re-introducing conveyor 7 Shipping line payout conveyor 8 Truck 9 Truck loop track 10 Loop truck track bypass line 11 Truck receiving Line input conveyor 12 Digital assort area

   ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page    (72) Inventor Masao Osaki             Kawatetsu D, 1-1-5 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo             Engineering Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 3F015 AA06 HA02 JC03 JC08 JC14                       JC17 JC18 JC23                 3F022 EE02 LL02 LL12 MM08 MM43                       MM59 PP04

Claims (1)

Claims 1. An automatic sorting apparatus for a loading platform on which a loading platform on which one or more types of loading are placed is sorted for each destination of the loading, and which is delivered to a delivery port for each destination. A cargo receiving means, a cargo platform recognizing means for reading destination information and cargo information attached to the cargo platform and / or the cargo body, and a shipping means for paying the cargo platform to a predetermined delivery port for each destination;
Inspection delivery means for paying out a loading platform that does not match the destination information and the loading information, and connecting each means with a transporting means capable of transporting the loading platform, and logistics information separately input with the loading information. And a control device for transferring the carrier to a predetermined position by the transfer means based on a result of the comparison.