JP2013224185A - Article storage shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article storage shelf capable of easily installing a support body in a state of being capable of regulating movement in the horizontal direction and upward movement of the support body.SOLUTION: An article storage shelf has: openings 23 formed on one of paired horizontal members 16 so that one end part 17a of a support body 17 can be freely inserted thereinto from obliquely upward in a state of setting the support body 17 in an inserting inclined attitude and formed so that a size in the vertical direction is smaller than a vertical width of the one end part 17a of the support body 17 of a horizontal attitude; engaging object parts 20 for engaging with engaging parts 19 in response to the fact of changing an attitude of the support body 17 to the horizontal attitude from the inserting inclined attitude in a state of inserting the one end part 17a of the support body 17 into the openings 23 and regulating the movement in the horizontal direction of the support body 17 by the engagement; and an abutting object part 22 for regulating the upward movement of the support body 17 by allowing abutting object parts 21 to abut from below.

Description

  According to the present invention, a support shelf for supporting an article includes a pair of horizontal members provided at a front end portion and a rear end portion of the support shelf in the front-rear direction of the shelf, and a support body installed across the pair of horizontal members. The present invention relates to an article storage shelf.

Such an article storage shelf is configured to store articles in a state where the articles are placed and supported by a support.
In such an article storage shelf, conventionally, the support body is provided with external reinforcing materials at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the shelf, and each of the pair of horizontal members is provided with a tongue piece, and the external reinforcing material of the support body is provided. Some of them are fixed to each other by a connecting tool in a state of being placed and supported on a tongue piece of a horizontal member (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Moreover, although not specified in the cited document 1, when fixing a support body to a horizontal material with a fixing tool, the support body and the horizontal material are formed with insertion holes for allowing the fixing tool to pass therethrough.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-266938

  However, in the above-described conventional article storage shelf, since the support is connected to the horizontal member using the connection tool, the connection tool is in a state in which the insertion hole of the support and the insertion hole of the horizontal material are aligned. It is necessary to connect and fix with. For this reason, although the support can be controlled to move in the horizontal direction or move upward with respect to the horizontal material, it is necessary to connect and fix the support with a connector, which makes installation of the support troublesome. It was.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an article storage shelf in which a support can be easily installed in a state in which the support can be restricted from moving horizontally or upward. The point is to provide.

In the article storage shelf according to the present invention, a support shelf for supporting an article is installed across a pair of horizontal members provided at the front end portion and the rear end portion of the support shelf in the longitudinal direction of the shelf, and the pair of horizontal members. And a first characteristic configuration thereof,
The support includes an engaging portion that engages with an engaged portion of each of the pair of horizontal members from above on both ends in the shelf front-rear direction, and one end in the shelf front-rear direction. The contact portion is provided with a contact portion at a tip side from the engagement portion in
The support in which one end of the pair of horizontal members is formed so that the one end portion of the support body can be inserted obliquely from above while the support body is in an inclined posture for insertion, and the size in the vertical direction is horizontal. As the posture of the support is changed from the inclined posture for insertion to the horizontal posture with the opening formed smaller than the vertical width of one end of the body and the one end of the support inserted in the opening. The engaged portion engages and the engaged portion restricts the movement of the support body in the horizontal direction by the engagement, and the engaged portion is engaged with the engaged portion. The contact portion is configured to be provided with a contacted portion that restricts the upward movement of the support body by contacting from below.
The engaged portion of each of the pair of horizontal members is shaped so that the engaging portion of the support engages as the support is changed from the inclined posture for insertion to the horizontal posture. It is in a formed point.

That is, when installing the support, after inserting the front end of the support into the opening of one of the horizontal members obliquely from above with the support in the insertion inclined posture, the support is inclined for insertion. Change the posture from horizontal to horizontal.
In this way, by changing the posture of the support body to the horizontal posture, the engaging portion provided at the front end portion of the support body is engaged with the engaged portion of one horizontal member, and the rear end portion of the support body is engaged. The engaging portion provided is engaged with the engaged portion of the other horizontal member, and the support body can be installed in a state extending over the pair of horizontal members.
And in the state installed in this way, a support body restrict | limits that a support body moves to a horizontal direction with respect to a horizontal material because an engaging part engages with the to-be-engaged part of one horizontal material. Then, the contact portion is in contact with the contact portion of the one horizontal member, so that the support body is restricted from moving upward with respect to the one horizontal member.

  As described above, after inserting the front end portion of the support body into the opening of one of the horizontal members obliquely from above while the support body is in the inclined posture for insertion, the posture of the support body is changed from the inclined posture for insertion to the horizontal posture. The support can be easily installed in a state where the horizontal movement and upward movement of the support can be restricted.

  According to a second characteristic configuration of the article storage shelf according to the present invention, in the first characteristic configuration, the support body is formed in a U-shape in which a plate-like body is bent and a lower part is opened in the longitudinal direction of the shelf. There is in point.

  That is, since the support is formed in a U-shape with the lower part opened in the longitudinal direction of the shelf, the strength of the support can be increased, and the support is formed by bending the plate-like body. Therefore, it is easy to form the support, and the manufacturing cost of the support, and thus the manufacturing cost of the article storage shelf, can be suppressed.

  The third feature configuration of the article storage shelf according to the present invention is the first or second feature configuration, wherein the support is formed to have a width in the shelf width direction smaller than the width of the article to be supported, and the support shelf is A plurality of the support bodies are juxtaposed in the width direction of the shelf at an interval narrower than the width of the article to be supported, and the article is supported by the plurality of supports. There is in point.

  In other words, by forming the width of the support in the shelf width direction smaller than the width of the article, the support becomes smaller and lighter than that formed larger than the width of the article so that the entire lower surface of the article is placed and supported. The cost of the support can be reduced, and the support can be easily installed. Further, although the support is small, the article can be stably supported by supporting the article with a plurality of supports.

  According to a fourth feature configuration of the article storage shelf according to the present invention, in the third feature configuration, the horizontal member includes a plurality of each of the opening, the engaged portion, and the contacted portion in the width direction of the shelf, The support body is configured to be freely installed at an arbitrary position in the width direction of the shelf.

  In other words, since the support installation location is configured to be freely installed at any location in the width direction of the shelf, for example, the support is densely installed in the width direction of the shelf, and an article can be placed at any location in the width direction of the shelf. For purposes such as increasing the storage efficiency of the article storage shelf as it can be stored, or providing a support according to the width of the article in the width direction of the shelf and providing the minimum support to reduce the weight of the article storage shelf Accordingly, the installation position of the support can be freely changed, so that the article storage shelf is easy to use.

  The fifth feature configuration of the article storage shelf according to the present invention is the state in which the support shelf travels and moves along the shelf width direction on the front side of the support shelf in any one of the first to fourth feature configurations. In the state corresponding to each of the plurality of article conveyance carts provided in the vertical direction, a plurality of vertical materials are provided, and one of the pair of horizontal members is opened on the front side in the shelf front-rear direction when viewed in the width direction of the shelf. A power supply line that is formed in a U shape and is provided at a front end portion of the support shelf and that supplies power to the article transport carriage is provided below the engagement portion engaged with the engagement portion. It is in the point.

That is, since a plurality of support shelves are provided in the vertical direction in a state corresponding to each of the plurality of article transport carts provided in the vertical direction, compared to a case where a plurality of support shelves are provided for one article transport cart. Thus, the articles can be efficiently conveyed.
Since the power supply line is provided using one of the horizontal members, it is not necessary to separately provide a member for supporting the power supply line, and the configuration of the article storage shelf can be simplified. In addition, since the power supply line is positioned below the engaging portion, it is possible to avoid that one end of the support interferes with the power supply line when the support is installed.

Perspective view of automated warehouse Perspective view of goods storage shelf Top view of goods storage shelf Front view of goods transport cart The figure which shows before and after formation of a support frame Diagram showing the installation procedure of the support frame Exploded perspective view of support frame and beam material Diagram showing the size relationship between the support frame and the front beam material

Hereinafter, an embodiment when the article storage shelf of the present invention is applied to an automatic warehouse will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic warehouse is provided with an article storage shelf 1 that stores articles W, and an article transport carriage 2 that travels along the width of the shelf along the front side of the article storage shelf 1. .
The article storage shelf 1 is provided with a support shelf 3 for article support and a relay conveyor 4 arranged in parallel with the support shelf 3 in the width direction of the shelf. A plurality of support shelves 3 are provided in the vertical direction, and a plurality of article transport carts 2 and relay conveyors 4 are provided in the vertical direction in a state corresponding to the support shelves 3.
And it is comprised so that the articles | goods W may be conveyed between the support shelf 3 and the relay conveyor 4 by driving | running | working operation | movement of the article conveyance carriage 2, and the transfer operation of the transfer apparatus 5 with which the article conveyance carriage 2 was equipped. .

  In short, the article transport cart 2 is provided in the vertical direction in a state of traveling and moving on the front side of the support shelf 3 along the width direction of the shelf, and the support shelf 3 corresponds to each of the article transport carts 2. In the vertical direction, a plurality are provided. At each stage where the support shelf 3 is provided, the article transport cart 2 transports the article W from the relay conveyor 4 to the support shelf 3 and stores the article W in the article storage shelf 1, and the article transport cart 2. The article W is transported from the support shelf 3 to the relay conveyor 4 and taken out from the article storage shelf 1.

  Further, the automatic warehouse is provided with a lift device 7 that conveys the article W between a plurality of relay conveyors 4 and a loading / unloading conveyor (not shown). The articles W taken out to the relay conveyor 4 by the article transport cart 2 are conveyed to the loading / unloading conveyor by the lift device 7, and the articles W carried from the outside by the loading / unloading conveyor are stored by the lifting device 7. It is conveyed to the relay conveyor 4 corresponding to the support shelf 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the article storage shelf 1 is configured by arranging a plurality of support frame 13 in the shelf width direction and laying a support shelf 3 for supporting the article across the support frame 13 adjacent in the shelf width direction. In the article storage shelf 1, a plurality of support shelves 3 are provided in the vertical direction and the horizontal width direction of the shelf.
The strut frame 13 is configured in a truss structure with a pair of front and rear struts 11 erected on the floor surface and a beam member 12 in an inclined posture connected across the pair of front and rear struts 11.

Next, the support shelf 3 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the support shelf 3 includes a pair of front and rear beam members 16 provided at the front and rear ends of the support shelf 3 in the front-rear direction of the shelf, and a pair of front and rear beams. It comprises a support frame 17 as a support that is laid over the material 16, and is formed in a ladder shape.
One of the pair of front and rear beam members 16 provided at the front end portion 17a of the support shelf 3 is referred to as a front beam member 16a, and the other provided at the rear end portion 17b of the support shelf 3 is referred to as a rear beam member. 16b.

  The front beam member 16a is connected to the front column 11 at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and is disposed across a pair of front columns 11 adjacent to each other in the shelf width direction. Both ends of the rear beam member 16b in the longitudinal direction are connected to the rear column 11, and the rear beam member 16b is installed across a pair of rear columns 11 adjacent to each other in the shelf width direction.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the support frame 17 is configured to include engaging portions 19 that engage with the engaged portion 20 of the beam member 16 from above on both ends in the front-rear direction of the shelf. The engagement portion 19 provided at the front end portion 17a of the support frame 17 is engaged with the engaged portion 20 of the front beam member 16a, and the engagement portion 19 provided at the rear end portion 17b of the support frame 17 is rearward. The support frame 17 is configured to be mounted on the support shelf 3 by engaging with the engaged portion 20 of the horizontal member.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the support frame 17 is formed in a U-shape in which a plate-like body (see FIG. 5A) is bent and opened downward in the shelf front-rear direction view (see FIG. 5B). The support frame 17 thus formed is formed so that the width in the shelf width direction is smaller than the width in the shelf front-rear direction and the width of the article W to be supported. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of support frames 17 are juxtaposed in the shelf width direction at intervals that are narrower than the width of the article W supported by the spaces between the support frames 17 adjacent in the shelf width direction. 17 is configured to support the article W.

As shown in FIG. 4, the front beam member 16 a is formed in a U shape with the front side opened as viewed in the width direction of the shelf, and the support frame 17 engaged with the engaged portion 20 of the front beam member 16 a. A power supply line 8 for supplying power to the article transport carriage 2 is provided below the front engagement portion 19a so that the engagement portion 19 and the power supply line 8 do not interfere with each other.
A current collector 9 provided in the article transport carriage 2 is inserted from an opening formed in the front beam member 16a, and the article transport carriage 2 is supplied with electric power supplied from the feeder line 8 and the current collector 9. It is configured to move and to move the transfer device 5.

(Engagement structure)
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the front end portion 17a of the support frame 17 is formed in a shape protruding forward from the intermediate portion 17c for placing and supporting the article W, and is a pair of vertical lines aligned in the shelf width direction. It consists of a plate-shaped part of posture. The front end portion 17a of the support frame 17 is provided with an engagement portion 19 formed in a shape that is recessed upward (hereinafter referred to as a front engagement portion 19a). A contact portion 21 is provided at a location on the side.
The rear end portion 17b of the support frame 17 is formed in a U-shape in which a pair of vertical plate-like portions are shorter than the intermediate portion 17c, and the engagement portion 19 (hereinafter, referred to as a pair of vertical plate-like portions). A rear engagement portion 19b).

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the front beam member 16a is formed such that the front end portion 17a of the support frame 17 can be inserted obliquely from above with the support frame 17 in an inclined posture for insertion, and in the vertical direction. The front slit 23 as an opening formed with a size smaller than the vertical width of the front end portion 17a of the support frame 17 in a horizontal posture, and the support frame 17 in a state where the front end portion 17a of the support frame 17 is inserted into the front slit 23. As the posture is changed from the inclined posture for insertion to the horizontal posture, the front engagement portion 19a engages and the engagement portion 20 (hereinafter referred to as the front cover) restricts the movement of the support frame 17 in the horizontal direction by the engagement. When the front engaging portion 19a is engaged with the front engaged portion 20a, the contact portion 21 contacts from below to restrict the upward movement of the support frame 17. It is constituted by a contact portion 22.
Note that the inclined posture for insertion is a posture in which the support frame 17 is inclined so that the upper surface of the support frame 17 is positioned downward toward the front side in the shelf front-rear direction, as shown in FIG. Further, the horizontal posture is a posture in which the upper surface of the support frame 17 is horizontal as shown in FIG. 6B, and is a posture of the support frame 17 installed on the support shelf 3.

  As shown in FIG.6 and FIG.7, the front slit 23 is formed in the shape along a shelf front-back direction and an up-down direction from the upper wall part in the front beam material 16a to a vertical wall part. A plurality of front slits 23 are formed in the front beam member 16a at equal intervals along the shelf width direction, and the support frame 17 is engaged by inserting the front end portions 17a into the two adjacent front slits 23. It is configured as follows.

As shown in FIG. 8, the vertical width L1 of the front slit 23 is formed narrower than the vertical width L3 of the front end portion 17a of the support frame 17 in the horizontal posture. Further, the width L2 from the lower end edge to the front end edge of the front slit 23 is formed wider than the vertical width L3 of the front end portion 17a of the support frame 17 in the insertion inclined posture.
Therefore, when the support frame 17 is in the horizontal posture, the front end portion 17a of the support frame 17 cannot be inserted into the front slit 23, and when the support frame 17 is in the insertion inclined posture, the front end of the support frame 17 is not inserted. The portion 17a can be inserted into the front slit 23 obliquely from above.
Incidentally, the width L2 from the lower end edge to the front end edge of the front slit 23 is formed narrower than the vertical width L4 of the intermediate portion 17c in the support frame 17 in the inclined posture for insertion.

Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the front engagement portion 19 a is moved forward by changing the posture of the support frame 17 from the inclined posture for insertion to the horizontal posture with the front end portion 17 a of the support frame 17 being inserted into the front slit 23. Engages with the vertical wall portion of the beam member 16a. That is, the front engaged portion 20a is formed at the vertical wall portion of the front beam member 16a.
Further, the width of the front slit 23 in the front-rear direction of the shelf is formed to be narrower than the width of the front end portion 17a of the horizontal support frame 17 in the front-rear direction of the shelf, and the front engagement portion 19a is engaged with the front engaged portion 20a. In the joined state, the upper wall portion of the front beam member 16a is located in the vicinity of the portion directly above the contact portion 21. Therefore, when the contact portion 21 contacts the upper wall portion of the front beam member 16a, the upward movement of the front end portion 17a of the support frame 17 with respect to the front beam member 16a is restricted. That is, the contact portion 22 is formed at the upper wall portion of the front beam member 16a.

The rear beam member 16b is formed in a square shape when viewed in the width direction of the shelf, and a rear slit 24 having a shape extending in the longitudinal direction of the shelf and in the vertical direction is formed from the upper wall portion to the front wall portion of the rear beam member 16b. Has been. Then, by changing the posture of the support frame 17 from the inclined posture for insertion to the horizontal posture, the rear end portion 17b is inserted into the rear slit 24 of the rear beam material 16b, and the rear engagement portion 19b is positioned in front of the rear beam material 16b. A rear slit 24 is formed to engage with the wall portion. That is, the rear engaged portion 20b is formed in the vertical wall portion of the rear beam member 16b.
A plurality of the rear slits 24 are formed in the front beam member 16a at equal intervals along the shelf width direction. And the support frame 17 is comprised so that the rear-end part 17b may be inserted and engaged with two adjacent rear slits 24. FIG.

Therefore, when installing the support frame 17, after inserting the front end part 17a of the support frame 17 into the front slit 23 of the front beam material 16a from diagonally above in the state where the support frame 17 is in the insertion inclination posture, the support frame 17 The posture is changed from the inclined posture for insertion to the horizontal posture.
Thus, by changing the posture of the support frame 17 to the horizontal posture, the front engagement portion 19a formed at the front end portion 17a of the support frame 17 is engaged with the front engaged portion 20a of the front beam member 16a, The rear engagement portion 19b formed at the rear end portion 17b of the support frame 17 is engaged with the rear engagement portion 20b of the rear beam member 16b, and the support frame 17 is changed from the front beam member 16a to the rear beam member 16b. It is installed in a state that extends.

The support frame 17 is moved in the longitudinal direction of the shelf or in the lateral width direction of the shelf with respect to the front beam material 16a by the front engagement portion 19a engaging the vertical wall portion of the front beam material 16a. And the contact portion 21 contacts the upper wall portion of the front beam member 16a, thereby restricting the support frame 17 from moving upward relative to the front beam member 16a.
Further, the support frame 17 is restricted from moving in the lateral width direction of the support frame 17 with respect to the rear beam material 16b by the rear engagement portion 19b engaging the front wall portion of the rear beam material 16b. Yes.

[Another embodiment]
(1) In the above embodiment, the plate-shaped body is bent and the U-shaped support body is formed as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the shelf. For example, a plurality of plate-shaped bodies are fixed by welding to form the plate-shaped body. The method for forming the plate-like body may be appropriately changed, and the shape of the support in the longitudinal direction of the shelf may be other shapes such as an H-shape.

(2) In the above embodiment, the support is formed such that the width in the shelf width direction of the support is smaller than the width of the article W, and the interval between the supports adjacent in the shelf width direction is smaller than the width of the article W. Although installed and configured to support the article W by a plurality of supports, the width of the support in the shelf width direction is formed larger than the width of the article W so that the article W is supported by one support. You may comprise.

(3) In the above embodiment, a plurality of support shelves 3 are provided in the vertical direction in a state corresponding to each of the plurality of goods transport carts 2 provided in the vertical direction. Provided with a plurality of support shelves 3 arranged in the vertical direction, the support shelves 3 are arranged in a vertical direction with respect to one article transport carriage 2. It may be provided.
In the above embodiment, a plurality of support shelves 3 are provided in the vertical direction, but only one support shelf 3 may be provided in the vertical direction.

(4) In the above embodiment, the power supply line 8 is provided in the internal space of one horizontal member. However, the power supply line 8 may be provided on the lower surface of one horizontal member, and the power supply line 8 is provided on a dedicated rail. It may be provided.

(5) In the above embodiment, the article storage shelf is applied to an automatic warehouse, but the application location of the article storage shelf is appropriately changed, such as picking equipment in which an operator manually puts and removes an article with respect to the article storage shelf. May be.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Goods storage shelf 2 Goods conveyance trolley 3 Support shelf 16 Horizontal material 16a One horizontal material 16b The other horizontal material 17 Support body 17a One end part 17b Other end part 19 Engagement part 20 Engagement part 21 Contact part 22 Contact Section 23 Opening

Claims (5)

A support shelf for article support includes a pair of horizontal members provided at a front end portion and a rear end portion in the front-rear direction of the shelf in the support shelf, and a support body that is installed across the pair of horizontal members. An article storage shelf,
The support includes an engaging portion that engages with an engaged portion of each of the pair of horizontal members from above on both ends in the shelf front-rear direction, and one end in the shelf front-rear direction. The contact portion is provided with a contact portion at a tip side from the engagement portion in
The support body in which one end of the pair of horizontal members is formed so that one end portion of the support body can be inserted obliquely from above with the support body in an inclined posture for insertion, and the size in the vertical direction is horizontal. As the posture of the support is changed from the insertion inclined posture to the horizontal posture in a state where the opening formed smaller than the vertical width of the one end portion and the one end portion of the support member is inserted into the opening portion. The engaged portion that engages and restricts the movement of the support body in the horizontal direction by the engagement, and the engagement portion is engaged with the engaged portion. A contact part that regulates the upward movement of the support by contacting the part from below;
The engaged portion of each of the pair of horizontal members is shaped so that the engaging portion of the support engages as the support is changed from the inclined posture for insertion to the horizontal posture. An article storage shelf that is formed.   The article storage shelf according to claim 1, wherein the support is formed in a U-shape in which a plate-like body is bent and a lower part is opened in the longitudinal direction of the shelf. The support is formed with a width in the shelf width direction smaller than the width of the article to be supported,
The support shelves are arranged in parallel in the shelf width direction at intervals that are narrower than the width of the articles supported by the gap between the supports adjacent in the shelf width direction, and the articles are supported by the plurality of supports. The article storage shelf according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the article storage shelf is configured to do so.   The horizontal member includes a plurality of each of the opening, the engaged portion, and the contacted portion in the lateral width direction of the shelf, and the support member is configured to be freely installed at an arbitrary position in the lateral width direction of the shelf. Item storage shelf according to Item 3. A plurality of the support shelves are provided in the vertical direction in a state corresponding to each of the article transport carts provided in the vertical direction in a state of traveling and moving along the width direction of the shelf on the front side of the support shelf,
One of the pair of horizontal members is formed in a U-shape with the front side in the front-rear direction of the shelf open in the width direction of the shelf and is provided at the front end of the support shelf, and is engaged with the engaged portion. The article storage shelf according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a power supply line that supplies electric power to the article transport carriage is provided below the combined engaging portion.

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