JP2008007225A - Article storage facility - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article storage facility, maintaining high cleanliness of an article in a storage part of an article storage body. <P>SOLUTION: The article storage facility comprises: an article storage body 3 having a plurality of storage parts 2 arranged vertically and horizontally; article carrying apparatus 5 respectively arranged in front and rear moving spaces 4 of the article storage body 3 and moved in the moving spaces 4 to take out and put articles B from/in the storage parts 2; downflow type cleaning air ventilating means 6 flowing cleaning air from upper sides to lower sides in the moving spaces 4. Storage part cleaning air ventilating means 34 are respectively provided for each of the plurality of storage parts 2, to make the cleaning air pass from side parts of the storage parts 2 toward a width direction and flow the cleaning air from an upper side to the lower side between neighboring storage parts 2 in the width direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is arranged in each of an article storage body provided with a plurality of storage units arranged in the width direction and a moving space before and after the article storage body, and moves the moving space to put articles into and out of the storage unit. The present invention relates to an article storage facility provided with an article conveying device to be performed and a downflow type purified air ventilation means for flowing purified air from the upper side to the lower side in the moving space.

  The above-described article storage equipment is used, for example, for storing plate-like articles such as glass substrates for plasma displays in a clean environment with little dust. Of the article transport devices arranged in the moving spaces before and after the article storage body, one of the article transport devices stores the article in the storage portion of the article storage body, and the other article transport device stores the article. The article is taken out from the storage unit, and the article is transferred between one article conveying apparatus and the other article conveying apparatus while using the article container.

  A conventional article storage facility is a storage unit for an article storage body, which is movable between a transfer position between one article transfer apparatus and a transfer position between the other article transfer apparatus and A movable body that can be placed and supported is provided, and purified air ventilation means for allowing purified air to flow from the upper side to the lower side in the moving space is disposed in the ceiling portion above the article storage body (for example, Patent Document 1). reference.)

  In another conventional article storage facility, the article storage body is configured by an article storage shelf provided with a plurality of storage units arranged in the horizontal width direction and the vertical direction, and the article storage shelf and the ceiling portion above the moving space, A plurality of purified air ventilation means for passing purified air from the upper side to the lower side in the moving space are arranged in a line (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2002-370804 A JP-A-8-71872

In the above-described conventional article storage facility, the purified air is only ventilated from the upper side to the lower side in the moving space by the purified air ventilation means. Therefore, the cleanliness of the articles stored in the respective storage portions of the article storage body is increased. There is a possibility that it cannot be kept high.
In other words, in the conventional article storage facility, the purified air ventilation means is disposed on the ceiling portion above the article storage body, so that the purified air can be ventilated from above on the article storage body. . Therefore, there is a possibility that purified air can be passed from the upper side to the lower side with respect to each of the plurality of storage units. However, for example, a plate-shaped article such as a glass substrate is generally held in each storage unit and held in each storage unit in a state of being arranged at intervals in the vertical direction. Even if the purified air is ventilated from the upper side to the lower side, the purified air cannot be ventilated so as to keep the cleanliness of the articles stored in the storage units high.
In the article storage facility described in Patent Document 2, the article storage body is configured by an article storage shelf in which a plurality of storage units are arranged in the vertical direction. It is difficult to allow purified air to flow through the storage unit located on the lower side only by doing so, and there is a possibility that the cleanliness of the articles stored in the storage unit located on the lower side cannot be kept high.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to this point, and an object thereof is to provide an article storage facility capable of keeping the cleanliness of articles stored in each storage section of the article storage body high. is there.

In order to achieve this object, the first characteristic configuration of the article storage facility according to the present invention is arranged in each of an article storage body provided with a plurality of storage portions arranged in the lateral width direction and a moving space before and after the article storage body. And an article conveying apparatus that moves the moving space to put in and out the article and a downflow type purified air ventilation means for flowing the purified air from the upper side to the lower side in the moving space. In the goods storage facility
For each of the plurality of storage units, purified air passes through the storage unit in the lateral width direction from the lateral side portion of the storage unit, and downward from the upper side between the storage units adjacent in the lateral width direction. The storage portion purified air ventilation means for flowing to the side is provided.

Since the storage section purified air ventilation means allows the purified air to pass through the storage section in the lateral width direction from the lateral side of the storage section to each of the plurality of storage sections, the horizontal direction relative to each of the plurality of storage sections Purified air can be ventilated. Therefore, for example, even if the article is held by the article holder and stored in the storage unit in a state of being arranged at intervals in the vertical direction, such as a plate-like article such as a glass substrate, Thus, the purified air can be accurately ventilated. Since the direction in which the purified air is vented is the direction in which the storage portion passes from the lateral side portion of the storage portion in the lateral width direction, the storage portion purified air ventilation means is disposed in the lateral width direction of the article storage body with respect to the storage portion. Can be made. Therefore, the article transporting device disposed in each of the moving spaces can take in and out the articles in the storage unit in the front-rear width direction of the article storage body, and can prevent the storage unit purified air ventilation means from interfering. Further, the storage unit purified air ventilation means causes the purified air that has passed through the storage part to flow from the upper side to the lower side between the storage units adjacent in the lateral width direction. The purified air can be made to flow without hindering the flow of the purified air that is made to flow downward.
From the above, it has become possible to provide an article storage facility that can keep the cleanliness of articles stored in the storage section of the article storage body high without interfering with the loading and unloading of articles by the article transporting apparatus.

  According to a second characteristic configuration of the article storage facility according to the present invention, the storage unit purified air ventilation means purifies from the lateral side of the storage unit in the lateral width direction between the storage units adjacent to each other in the lateral width direction. Ventilation means for ventilating air and an air flow space in which air can flow in a form in which the article storage body is passed in the vertical direction are alternately arranged in the lateral width direction.

For each of the plurality of storage units, the ventilation means disposed between the storage units actively vents the purified air so that the storage unit passes through the storage unit in the lateral width direction from the lateral side of the storage unit. be able to. And the purified air which passed the accommodating part flows in the air flow space arrange | positioned between the accommodating parts adjacent to a horizontal width direction from the upper side to the downward side.
As described above, the storage unit purified air ventilation unit can be configured simply by arranging the ventilation unit and the air flow space alternately between the storage units in the lateral width direction of the article storage body. It is possible to keep the cleanliness of the article accurately high while making it easy.

  A third characteristic configuration of the article storage facility according to the present invention is that the article storage body is configured by an article storage shelf provided with a plurality of the storage units arranged in a horizontal width direction and a vertical direction.

  By configuring the article storage body with an article storage shelf, it is possible to efficiently arrange a plurality of storage units in the horizontal width direction and the vertical direction while using an article storage shelf with a simple configuration. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the configuration while efficiently arranging a plurality of storage units in a limited space.

  According to a fourth characteristic configuration of the article storage facility according to the present invention, the storage unit is configured to be capable of storing an article holder that holds a plurality of plate-like articles in a state of being arranged in the vertical direction with an interval therebetween. The purified air ventilation means passes purified air from the lateral side of the storage part in a form that allows the purified air to pass through the gap between the plate-like articles in the vertical direction with respect to the article holder stored in the storage part. In the point which is comprised so that the said storage part may be allowed to pass through in the width direction.

  The storage section purified air ventilation means can positively vent the purified air through the gap between the plate-like articles in the vertical direction with respect to the article holder, so that the purified air is accurately supplied to the plurality of plate-like articles. It can be ventilated. Therefore, the cleanliness of the plurality of plate-like articles held by the article holder can be kept accurately high.

  According to a fifth characteristic configuration of the article storage facility according to the present invention, a plurality of opposing storage sections are arranged in the width direction on the opposite side of the article storage body in each of the moving spaces before and after the article storage body, and An article storage body for allowing an article to be taken in and out of the opposing storage section in the article transport device is provided, and the purified air ventilation means stores the purified article from the side opposite to the moving space. The moving space is made to flow from the upper side to the lower side by passing the opposing storage portion in the front-rear width direction of the body.

In each of the moving spaces, not only the article storage body but also the opposite article storage body provided with an opposing storage section capable of taking in and out the article by the article transporting device is provided. The article can be stored in the opposite article storage body, and the article can be efficiently stored in a limited space. Since the article transporting apparatus also serves as both the loading and unloading of articles with respect to the article storing body and the loading and unloading of articles with respect to the opposing article storing body, the configuration can be simplified.
In addition, the purified air ventilation means allows the purified air to flow from the upper side to the lower side by allowing the purified air to pass from the opposite side to the moving space in the front-rear width direction of the facing article storage body and from the upper side to the lower side. Purified air can be blown in the horizontal direction also for the storage section, and the purity of the articles stored in the counter storage section can be kept high.

  A sixth characteristic configuration of the article storage facility according to the present invention is that an article processing unit that performs processing on an article is disposed on each of the opposed article storage bodies on the side opposite to the moving space.

  The article conveying device arranged in each of the moving spaces stores the articles carried from the article processing unit arranged on the opposite side of the moving space in the opposing article storage body in the storage part of the article storage body, Articles stored in the storage section of the article storage body can be carried out to the article processing section disposed on the opposite side of the moving space in the opposing article storage body. And the delivery of the articles | goods between the articles | goods conveying apparatuses arrange | positioned at each of movement space can be performed using an article | item storage body. Therefore, an article carried in from one article storage unit can be delivered from one article transport apparatus to the other article transport apparatus using the article storage body, and the other article transport apparatus receives the delivered article. Can be carried out to the other article storage unit. As described above, by using the article storage body, it is possible to deliver the article between the one article processing unit and the other article processing unit while keeping the cleanness of the article high.

An embodiment of an article storage facility according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the article storage facility is installed in a clean room 1, and includes an article storage body 3 including a plurality of storage units 2 arranged in the width direction, and movement of the article storage body 3 in the front-rear direction. An article conveying device 5 that is arranged in each of the spaces 4 and moves the moving space 4 to move the article B in and out of the storage unit 2, and a downflow type in which the purified air flows from the upper side to the lower side in the moving space 4 The purified air ventilation means 6 is provided.
In each of the moving spaces 4 before and after the article storage body 3, a plurality of opposing storage sections 7 are arranged in the width direction on the opposite side of the article storage body 3, and the article transporting device 5 is provided with respect to the opposing storage section 7. An opposing article storage body 8 that allows the article B to be taken in and out is provided.
In addition, an article processing unit 9 that performs processing on the article B is disposed on the opposite side of the moving space 4 in each of the opposing article storage bodies 8.

  The clean room 1 is composed of a porous grating floor 10 in which a large number of air holes are formed in the floor portion, and the purified air is vented toward the floor side from a ceiling blowing portion 11 formed in the ceiling. It is configured as follows. In the clean room 1, a space surrounded by the booth 12 is formed with an upper portion and a side periphery. The article storage body 3, the opposing article storage body 8, and the article transport device 5 are included in the space surrounded by the booth 12. Is installed.

The article storage body 3 includes an article storage shelf 13 provided with a plurality of storage sections 2 arranged in the horizontal width direction and the vertical direction. The article storage shelves 13 are installed on the grating floor 10 and supported by a pair of front and rear columns 14 and a pair of front and rear columns 9 that are erected at intervals in the width direction of the shelf, and are spaced apart in the vertical direction. It is comprised from the mounting support part 15 provided apart. A pair of front and rear columns 14 and a pair of left and right mounting support portions 15 form a single storage portion 2, and a plurality of the storage portions 2 are arranged side by side in the vertical and horizontal directions. In each storage unit 2, those adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction of the shelf and those adjacent to each other in the vertical direction communicate with each other so as to allow air flow.
The lowermost storage section 2 is provided so as to be located above the set height, and a lower flow space 16 in which purified air flows is formed below the lowermost storage section 2. . Incidentally, the height of the lowermost storage unit 2 is higher than the height at which the article B is conveyed to the article processing unit 9.

  The opposing article storage body 8 is installed on the grating floor 10 so as to face the article storage body 3 with the moving space 4 interposed therebetween, and is provided on both sides of the article storage body 3 in the front-rear width direction. The opposing article storage body 8 is constituted by an opposing article storage shelf provided with a plurality of opposing storage sections 7 arranged in the horizontal width direction and the vertical direction, similarly to the article storage body 3. Since the configuration of the opposing article storage body 8 is the same as that of the article storage body 3, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the storage unit 2 and the opposing storage unit 7 are configured to be capable of storing an article holder 18 that can hold, for example, a plate-like article 17 such as a glass substrate as the article B. . The article holder 18 includes an upper frame body 18a and a lower frame body 18b formed in a lattice shape, a plurality of coupling bodies 18c that couple the upper frame body 18a and the lower frame body 18b, and upper and lower sides of the coupling body 18c. It is comprised from the rod-shaped support part 18d provided in the state extended in the horizontal direction at intervals in the direction. And the plate-shaped article | item 17 is hold | maintained side by side at intervals in the up-down direction in the state mounted and supported by each support part 18d, and air in all of the upper part of the article | item holding body 18, and a side part. It is configured to be flowable. As described above, the article holder 18 is configured to hold a plurality of plate-like articles 17 in a state where the article holders 18 are arranged in the vertical direction at intervals.

As shown by the arrows in FIG. 2, the purified air ventilation means 6 sends purified air to the opposite article storage body 8 from the side opposite to the moving space 4 in the front-rear width direction of the opposite article storage body 8. The moving space 4 is made to flow from the upper side to the lower side by passing through the opposing storage portion 7.
The purified air ventilation means 6 purifies the clean room ventilation means 19 that supplies the purified air in a form that circulates in the clean room 1 and the opposing storage portions 7 of the opposing article storage body 8 provided in the booth 12. A storage unit ventilation means 20 for ventilating air and an exhaust opening 21 for exhausting the air in the booth 12 to the clean room 1 outside the booth 11 are configured.

The clean room ventilation means 19 is configured to circulate the purified air to the clean room 1 in a form in which the air that has passed through the grating floor 10 is purified and blown out from the ceiling blowing section 11 as purified air.
The clean room ventilation means 19 includes an intake chamber 22 provided on the lower side of the grating floor 10, an air chamber chamber 23 provided on the upper side of the ceiling outlet 11, a HEPA filter provided in parallel with the ceiling outlet 11, and the like. The air filter 24, the connection flow path 25 that connects the intake chamber 22 and the air chamber 23, the circulation fan 26 that is provided in the connection flow path 25 and sucks the intake chamber 22, and circulates in the connection flow path 25. It is comprised from the pre filter 27 provided in the air discharge side of the air blower 26.

The air in the clean room 1 is sucked into the intake chamber 22 through the grating floor 10 by the ventilation action of the circulation fan 26, flows through the connection flow path 25, is cleaned by the prefilter 27, and reaches the air chamber chamber 23. . Then, the air that has reached the air chamber chamber 23 is purified by the air filter 24 and blown downward from the ceiling blowing section 11 into the clean room 1 as purified air.
In this way, the air in the clean room 1 is circulated while being cleaned by the pre-filter 27 and the air filter 24 so that the purified air is constantly supplied to the clean room 1 in a form of blowing downward from the ceiling blowing portion 11. It is configured.

An outside air intake passage 28 is connected to the suction side of the circulation fan 26 of the connection passage 25, and an outside air intake amount adjusting damper 29 is provided in the outside air intake passage 28. An exhaust passage 30 is connected to the discharge side of the circulation fan 26 in the connection passage 25, and an exhaust amount adjustment damper 31 is provided in the exhaust passage 30.
A predetermined amount of the air in the clean room 1 circulated by the clean room ventilation means 19 is fresh by adjusting the respective opening degrees of the outside air intake amount adjusting damper 29 and the exhaust amount adjusting damper 31. It is configured to be exchanged with air.

The storage portion ventilation means 20 is provided on the side wall portion 12 a of the booth 12 corresponding to each of the plurality of opposing storage portions 7. The storage unit ventilation means 20 is configured to allow the purified air to pass through the opposing storage unit 7 from the side opposite to the moving space 4 in a state where the purified air in the clean room 1 is purified and ventilated in the booth 12. ing.
The storage section ventilation means 20 passes through the opposing storage section 7 from the side opposite to the moving space 4 in a state in which the dust removal filter 32 for removing dust and the purified air outside the booth 12 is sucked and passed through the dust removal filter 32. It is comprised from the ventilation fan 33 which allows purified air to ventilate.
The purified air ventilated in the booth 12 by the blower fan 33 is ventilated along the front-rear width direction of the opposing article storage body 8 so as to pass through the opposing storage section 7 from the side opposite to the moving space 4. It passes through the opposing storage part 7 in a state of passing through the gap between the plate-like articles 17 in the vertical direction with respect to the article holder 18 stored in the opposing storage part 7.

  The exhaust opening 21 is provided only on the side wall 12 a of the booth 12 facing one of the opposing article storage bodies 8 disposed on the front and rear sides of the article storage body 3. The exhaust opening 21 is disposed at the lower end of the side wall 12 a of the booth 12 so as to face the lower flow space 16.

  In the booth 12, the purified air is ventilated by the blower fan 33, so that the pressure of the purified air is increased. On the other hand, since the purified air is exhausted through the exhaust opening 21, the pressure of the purified air is lowered. Then, due to the pressure difference of the purified air, the air in the booth 12 passes through the opposing storage portion 7 from the side opposite to the moving space 4 and flows down the moving space 4 from the upper side to the lower side. It becomes. A part of the purified air flowing from the upper side to the lower side of the moving space 4 flows toward the exhaust opening 21 and is exhausted outside the booth 12 and then flows downward. To the intake chamber 22 through the grating floor 10. The remaining part flows downward as it is and reaches the intake chamber 22 through the grating floor 10.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in FIGS. 5 and 6, in the article storage body 3, purified air is supplied from the lateral side portion of the storage section 2 to each of the plurality of storage sections 2. The storage section purified air ventilation means 34 is provided for allowing the storage section 2 to pass in the horizontal width direction and flowing from the upper side to the lower side between the storage sections 2 adjacent in the horizontal width direction.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the storage section purified air ventilation means 34 ventilates the purified air in the lateral width direction from the lateral side of the storage section 2 between the storage sections 2 adjacent in the lateral width direction. The air flow space 36 in which the air can flow in a form in which the means 35 and the article storage body 3 are passed in the vertical direction is alternately arranged in the horizontal width direction.
The storage section purified air ventilation means 34 allows the purified air to pass through the gap between the plate-shaped articles 17 in the vertical direction with respect to the article holder 18 stored in the storage section 2 in the storage section 2. It is comprised so that the accommodating part 2 may be allowed to pass from a horizontal side part to a horizontal width direction.

In other words, each of the storage units 2 adjacent to each other in the widthwise direction of the article storage body 3 has an upper end opened in the booth 12 and a lower end connected to the grating floor 10. A through passage 37 is provided to penetrate 3 in the vertical direction. And the ventilation means 35 and the air flow space 36 are alternately arrange | positioned with respect to the through-passage 37 lined up in the horizontal width direction of the article | item storage body 3. As shown in FIG.
Two ventilation means 35 are arranged in the through-passage 37 in a state where the directions in which the purified air is passed are opposite to each other. The ventilation means 35 sucks the air in the storage portion dust removal filter 38 and the through-passage 37 and passes the storage portion dust removal filter 38 through the storage portion 2 from the lateral side of the storage portion 2 in the lateral width direction. It is comprised from the ventilation fan 39 for the accommodating part which ventilates.
The air flow space 36 is configured using the through passage 37 as it is, and the purified air that has passed through the storage portion 2 passes through a plurality of ventilation holes 37 a formed in a portion of the through passage 37 that faces the storage portion 2. It is comprised so that it may flow in the through-passage 37 and the article | item storage body 3 may pass in an up-down direction.

  In each storage unit 2, the purified air is ventilated by the storage unit blower fan 39, so the pressure of the purified air increases. On the other hand, since the purified air flowing into the air flow space 36 is exhausted by the grating floor 10, the pressure of the purified air at the lower end of the air flow space 36 is lowered. Due to the pressure difference of the purified air, the purified air passes through the storage portion 2 in the lateral width direction of the article storage body 3 from the lateral side portion of the storage portion 2 in each of the plurality of storage portions 2 and is stored adjacent to the lateral width direction. The air flow space 36 between the parts 2 flows from the upper side to the lower side.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the plate-shaped article 17 is carried out from the article processing section 9 or the plate-shaped article 17 is carried from the article processing section 9 to each of the opposing article storage bodies 8. A plurality of article carry-in / out sections 40 are provided. In the article carry-in / out section 40, the plate-like articles 17 are taken out one by one from the article holder 18 and supplied to the article processing section 9, or the plate-like articles 17 supplied one by one from the article processing section 9 are supplied. The article holder 18 is configured to be held.
In each article loading / unloading section 40, a pair of left and right lifting support bodies 41 for placing and supporting the article holding body 18 so as to be movable up and down, and a plate-like article 17 on which the plate-like article 17 can be placed and supported. And a transport body 42 having a plurality of drive rollers that can freely transport the transport roller. The transport body 42 is disposed between a pair of left and right lifting support bodies 41.
The communicating part that communicates the article carry-in / out part 40 and the article processing part 9 is also surrounded by the booth 12, and purified air ventilation for carrying in and out is made to vent the purified air from the upper side to the lower side through the communicating part. Means 43 are provided.

When the plate-like article 17 is supplied to the article processing unit 9 one by one in the article carry-in / out unit 40, the article holder 18 is moved down by the pair of left and right lifting support bodies 41, so that Two plate-like articles 17 are placed and supported on the carrier 42. Thereafter, the plate-like article 17 is placed and supported by the carrier 42 and conveyed to the article processing unit 9. By repeating such an operation, the plate-like articles 17 are taken out one by one from the article holder 18 and supplied to the article processing unit 9.
When the plate-like article 17 supplied one by one from the article processing unit 9 is held on the article holder 18 by the article carry-in / out unit 40, the carrier 42 puts one plate-like article 17 on the article holder 18. The plate-shaped article 17 is held by the article holder 18 by lifting the article holder 18 by the pair of right and left lifting supports 41. By repeating such an operation, the plate-like articles 17 supplied one by one from the article processing unit 9 are sequentially held on the article holder 18 in a state of being arranged in the vertical direction.

Each of the article conveying devices 5 includes a traveling carriage 46 that travels while being guided by a guide rail 44 provided on the grating floor 10 of the moving space 4 and a ceiling-side guide rail 45 provided on the booth 12. A stacker crane including an elevator 48 that can be raised and lowered along an elevator mast 47 provided on a carriage 46 and an article transfer device 49 that is mounted on the elevator 48 and transfers an article holder 18. Configured.
And although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, the control apparatus which controls the action | operation of the article conveyance apparatus 5 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the article transfer device 49 moves in and out of a swivel base 50 that can swivel around the vertical axis P <b> 1 and a mounting portion 51 provided on the swivel base 50. The link mechanism 52 is supported freely. The article transfer device 49 is configured such that the placing unit 51 can be swiveled and moved back and forth by the swivel base 50 and the link mechanism 52.
The link mechanism 52 has a pair of operation links 53 whose base end portions are connected to the swivel base 50 so as to be rotatable about the vertical axis P2 and about the vertical axis P3 with respect to the distal end of the operation link 53. The swing link 54 is pivotably connected and is pivotally connected to the mounting portion 51 around the vertical axis P4.
A protruding state in which the mounting portion 51 protrudes from the lifting platform 48 and the mounting portion by interlocking the pair of operation links 53 with a transfer electric motor (not shown) and swinging them around the vertical axis. It is configured to be switchable to a retreat state in which 51 is retreated with respect to the lift 48. Then, the article transfer device 49 switches between the protruding state (see FIG. 8) and the retracted state (see FIG. 7), so that the storage unit 2, the opposing storage unit 7 and the article loading / unloading unit 40 with respect to the lifting support body 41. The article B is configured to be transferred.

For example, when the plate-shaped article 17 carried in from one article processing unit 9 is temporarily stored and carried out to the other article processing unit 9, the operation of the article conveying device 5 will be described.
First, the case where the plate-shaped article 17 carried in from one article processing unit 9 is temporarily stored will be described.
When the plate-like articles 17 supplied one by one from one article processing section 9 are held by the article holder 18 in the article carry-in / out section 40, the one article transport device 5 moves the traveling carriage 46 on the traveling platform. The lifting / lowering table 48 is moved to the lifting / lowering support body 41 of the article loading / unloading section 40 and the article holder 18 is received from the lifting / lowering support body 41 by the lifting / lowering 48 and the operation of the article transfer device 49. Thereafter, a storage target storage unit in which the article holder 18 is to be stored is selected from the plurality of storage units 2, and the one article transport device 5 is configured to run the traveling carriage 46, raise and lower the lifting platform 48, and the article. By the operation of the transfer device 49, the lifting / lowering table 48 is moved to the transfer target storage unit 2, and the received article holder 18 is stored in the transfer target storage unit 2.
The one article transporting device 5 stores the article holder 18 holding the plate-like article 17 carried in from the one article processing section 9 in the opposing storage section 7 of the one opposing article storage body 8. You can also

Next, a case where the plate-like article 17 held by the article holder 18 stored in the storage unit 2 is carried out to the other article processing unit 9 will be described.
The storage unit 2 in which the article storage body 18 holding the plate-like article 17 carried out from the plurality of storage units 2 to the other article processing unit 9 is stored is selected as the storage unit 2 to be transferred, and the other The article transport device 5 moves the lifting platform 48 to the storage section 2 to be transferred by moving the traveling carriage 46, raising and lowering the lifting platform 48, and operating the article transfer device 49. The article holder 18 stored in the section 2 is taken out. Thereafter, the other article transporting device 5 carries out the article carrying out the plate-like article 17 to the other article processing unit 9 by the traveling of the traveling carriage 46, the raising / lowering of the elevator 48, and the operation of the article transfer device 49. The article holder 18 is transferred to the elevating support 41 of the entrance 40. Then, the article carrying-in / out unit 40 supplies the plate-like articles 17 to the article processing unit 9 one by one.
The other article transporting device 5 can also store the article holding body 18 stored in the storage section 2 in the opposing storage section 7 of the opposing article storage body 8.

[Another embodiment]
(1) In the above embodiment, the storage section purified air ventilation means 34 includes the ventilation means 35 and the air flow space 36, but the storage section purified air ventilation means 34 includes a plurality of storage sections 2. As long as the purified air is allowed to flow from the upper side to the lower side between the storage units 2 adjacent to each other in the horizontal width direction through the storage unit 2 in the horizontal width direction from the horizontal side portion of the storage unit 2, respectively. In many cases, the configuration can be appropriately changed.

(2) In the above embodiment, the through passage 37 is provided between the storage portions 2 adjacent to each other in the width direction of the article storage body 3, and the ventilation means 35 and the air flow space 36 are provided to the through passage 37. Although it arrange | positions alternately in the width direction of the article | item storage body 3, how to arrange | position the ventilation means 35 and the air flow space 36 between the storage parts 2 adjacent in the width direction of the article | item storage body 3 is determined. Changes can be made as appropriate.
For example, a series of spaces that allow the article storage body 3 to communicate in the vertical direction are provided between the storage portions 2 adjacent to each other in the lateral width direction of the article storage body 3, and the ventilation means 35 and the air flow space are provided in the space. 36 can be alternately arranged in the width direction of the article storage body 3. In this case, the ventilation means 35 is fixedly supported on the column 14 or the like.

(3) In the above embodiment, the article storage body 3 is configured by the article storage shelf 13 in which a plurality of storage units 2 are arranged in the horizontal width direction and the vertical direction, but simply a plurality of storage units 2 are arranged in the horizontal width direction. The article storage body 3 can also be used, and the configuration of the article storage body 3 can be changed as appropriate.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the storage unit 2 is configured to store the article holding body 18 holding the plurality of plate-like articles 17 as the article B. However, any article can be stored. This can be changed as appropriate. Further, the number of the article holders 18 holding the plate-like articles 17 can be changed as appropriate. Further, the article holder 18 holds a plurality of the plate-like articles 17 in a state where the article holders 18 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction, but in what state the plurality of plate-like articles 17 are held appropriately. It can be changed.

(5) In the above-described embodiment, the opposing article storage body 8 is provided on the opposite side of the article storage body 3 in each of the moving spaces 4, but this is performed without providing the opposing article storage body 8. Is also possible. In addition, although the article processing unit 9 is provided on the opposite side of the moving space 4 in each of the opposing article storage bodies 8, it is also possible to carry out without providing the article processing unit 9.

(6) In the above embodiment, the purified air ventilation means 6 includes the clean room ventilation means 19, the storage part ventilation means 20, and the exhaust opening 21, thereby allowing the purified air to flow from the opposite side to the moving space 4. The moving space 4 is caused to flow from the upper side to the lower side by passing through the opposing storage portion 7 in the front-rear width direction of the storage body 8, but in order to make the purified air flow in this way, any configuration is provided. This can be changed as appropriate.

Top view of goods storage equipment AA sectional view of FIG. DD sectional view of FIG. Perspective view of article holder Top view of the article container Side view of article storage Top view of the article transport device in the retired state Top view of the article conveying device in the protruding state

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 Storage part 3 Article storage body 4 Moving space 5 Article conveyance apparatus 6 Purified air ventilation means 7 Opposite storage part 8 Opposite article storage body 9 Article processing part 13 Article storage shelf 17 Plate-shaped article 18 Article holding body 34 Storage part Purified air ventilation means 35 Ventilation means 36 Air flow space

Claims (6)

An article storage body provided with a plurality of storage sections arranged in the width direction;
An article transporting device that is disposed in each of the moving spaces before and after the article storage body and moves the moving space to put in and out the articles to and from the storage section;
An article storage facility provided with downflow type purified air ventilation means for flowing purified air from the upper side to the lower side in the moving space,
For each of the plurality of storage units, purified air passes through the storage unit in the lateral width direction from the lateral side portion of the storage unit, and downward from the upper side between the storage units adjacent in the lateral width direction. An article storage facility provided with storage section purified air ventilation means for flowing to the side.   The storage section purified air ventilation means causes the ventilation means and the article storage body to vertically move the purified air in the lateral width direction from the lateral side portion of the storage section between the storage sections adjacent to each other in the lateral width direction. The article storage facility according to claim 1, wherein air flow spaces in which air can flow in a form that is allowed to pass through are alternately arranged in the lateral width direction.   The article storage facility according to claim 1, wherein the article storage body is configured by an article storage shelf including a plurality of the storage units arranged in a horizontal width direction and a vertical direction. The storage unit is configured to be capable of storing an article holding body that holds a plurality of plate-like articles in a state of being arranged at intervals in the vertical direction,
The storage section purified air ventilation means allows the purified air to pass through the gap between the plate-shaped articles in the vertical direction with respect to the article holder stored in the storage section. The article storage facility according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the storage unit is configured to allow the storage unit to pass through in the horizontal width direction. In each of the moving spaces before and after the article storage body, a plurality of opposing storage sections are arranged in the widthwise direction on the opposite side of the article storage body, and the article is transferred to and from the opposing storage section by the article transport device. An opposing article storage body is provided,
The purified air ventilation means allows the purified air to flow from the upper side to the lower side by allowing the purified air to pass through the opposing storage portion in the front-rear width direction of the opposing article storage body from the side opposite to the moving space. The article storage facility according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which is configured as described above.   The article storage facility according to claim 5, wherein an article processing unit that performs processing on an article is disposed on each of the opposing article storage bodies on the side opposite to the moving space.

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