JP2016166079A - Elevating conveyance device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevating conveyance device, which is improved in cargo conveying capacity.SOLUTION: A support 21 extends in a vertical direction. An endless driving transmission member 23 is supported on the support 21, and circles and moves in a vertical plane so as to secure a pair of elevating paths 25 arranged parallely in a longitudinal direction. A first vertical guide rail 27 and a second vertical guide rail 29 are arranged separately from each other in a longitudinal direction in the vicinity of the pair of elevating paths 25. A fixed member 31 is connected to the endless driving transmission member 23. A turning member 33 is supported turnably on the fixed member 31 and moves the pair of elevating paths 25. A comb teeth-shape supporting member 35, fixed to the turning member 33, can support a cargo W from below. A guide roller 37, provided in the turning member 33, is guided to the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29 so as to keep the turning member 33 and the supporting member 35 in a horizontal state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevating / conveying device, and more particularly, to an elevating / conveying device that loads a package into or out of an automatic warehouse having a plurality of stages of shelves.

There is known an automatic warehouse provided with a plurality of transport vehicles corresponding to each stage of the rack. Each transport vehicle transfers a load between the transport vehicle and each shelf while traveling in the direction in which the rack extends in each step. In such an automatic warehouse, an elevating / conveying device is provided for loading a package into each stage of the rack or unloading a package from each stage of the rack.
Patent Document 1 discloses a lifting device including a lifting platform that moves up and down along one mast.

JP 2012-188225 A

  In the lifting device described above, only one load can be lifted and lowered at a time. In other words, the conveying capacity of the lifting device is not sufficient. Therefore, the elevating device cannot carry in / out a large amount of luggage to / from the automatic warehouse in a short time.

  The subject of this invention is improving the conveyance capability of a load in a raising / lowering conveyance apparatus.

  Hereinafter, a plurality of modes will be described as means for solving the problems. These aspects can be arbitrarily combined as necessary.

The lifting and lowering conveying device according to an aspect of the present invention is a lifting and lowering conveying device that lifts and conveys a load. The lifting and lowering conveying device includes a column, an endless drive transmission member, a first vertical guide rail and a second vertical guide rail, a fixing member, a rotating member, a comb-like support member, and a guide roller. ing.
The support column extends in the vertical direction.
The endless drive transmission member is supported by the support column and moves around in a vertical plane to secure a pair of lifting paths arranged side by side in the front-rear direction.
The first vertical guide rail and the second vertical guide rail are disposed away from each other in the front-rear direction in the vicinity of the pair of lifting paths.
The fixing member is fixed to the endless drive transmission member.
The rotating member is rotatably supported by the fixed member and moves along a pair of lifting paths.
The comb-shaped support member is connected to the rotating member and can support the load from below.
The elevating guide roller is provided on the rotating member, and is maintained in the horizontal state by being guided by the first vertical guide rail and the second vertical guide rail.

  In this apparatus, the rotation member and the support member move along the lifting path by the endless drive transmission member together with the fixing member. When the conveyor of another device through which the comb teeth can pass is taken out to the lifting path, the support member passes through the conveyor, so that the delivery of the luggage is performed between the support member and the conveyor.

  When the rotating member moves in the vertical direction, the lifting guide roller is guided by the first vertical guide rail and the second vertical guide rail, so that the rotating member and the comb-shaped support member are in a horizontal state. Maintained. In this case, since the position of the lifting guide roller guided by the first vertical guide rail and the second vertical guide rail is separated from the endless drive transmission member in the front-rear direction, vibration from the endless drive transmission member is caused by the lift guide roller. It is hard to be transmitted to. Further, the postures of the rotating member and the supporting member are stabilized. As described above, the speed of the circular movement of the endless drive transmission member can be increased, thereby improving the ability of the elevating and conveying device to convey the load.

  The elevating guide rollers may include elevating rollers that are provided in pairs on both sides in the front-rear direction of the rotating member and sandwich the first vertical guide rail or the second vertical guide rail therebetween. In this apparatus, the rotating member moves in the lifting path without being reversed at the upper end and the lower end of the column. Therefore, in one lifting path, a pair of lifting rollers located on the side away from the endless drive transmission member in the front-rear direction among the pair of lifting rollers are guided by the first vertical guide rail, and in the other lifting path, both pairs A pair of elevating rollers on the side away from the endless drive transmission member in the front-rear direction among the elevating rollers is guided by the second vertical guide rail. In this apparatus, since the pair of raising and lowering rollers sandwich the first vertical guide rail or the second vertical guide rail, the postures of the rotating member and the supporting member are stabilized.

The lifting and lowering conveying device may further include a turning rail disposed at the upper end of the support column, and a turning guide roller provided on the turning member and guided by the turning rail.
In this apparatus, the turning guide roller is guided by the turning rail, so that the postures of the rotating member and the supporting member are stabilized when the upper end of the column is moved.

  In the lifting and lowering conveying apparatus according to the present invention, the load carrying ability is improved.

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1. First Embodiment (1) Schematic Configuration of Elevating and Conveying Device A lifting and conveying device 1 according to a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of the elevating and conveying apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the lifting / lowering conveying device.
The elevating / conveying device 1 is a device that carries the cargo W into or out of the automatic warehouse 3 having a plurality of stages of shelves. In the following description, the left-right direction in FIG. 1 is referred to as the front-rear direction (first horizontal direction), and the direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction is referred to as the left-right direction (second horizontal direction).

  As shown in FIG. 1, the elevating / conveying device 1 is arranged between the entrance / exit section 5 of the automatic warehouse 3 and the entrance / exit station 7, and transports the cargo W between them. The automatic warehouse 3 is an automatic warehouse of each stage shuttle type, and a transport vehicle (not shown) is arranged to be able to reciprocate for each stage of the rack. The loading / unloading unit 5 is a device for loading and unloading the luggage W into / from the automatic warehouse 3. The loading / unloading unit 5 has a plurality of stages 5A to 5K. The stages 5A to 5K respectively have conveyors 9A to 9K for transporting the luggage W in the front-rear direction. On the right side of the conveyors 9 </ b> A to 9 </ b> K, a transport vehicle (not shown) that travels through each stage of the automatic warehouse 3 is arranged. The conveyors 9A to 9K are supported by a linear guide so as to be movable back and forth, and can be moved in the front and rear direction by pushers 13A to 13K each having an operation cylinder. Thereby, the conveyors 9A to 9K can move between a first position in a first elevating path 25a (described later) and a second position outside the first elevating path 25a in the front-rear direction.

The loading / unloading station 7 has a plurality of stages 7A to 7B. The stage 7A is arranged on the upper side of the loading / unloading station 7, and the stage 7B is arranged on the lower side of the loading / unloading station 7. The stages 7A to 7B respectively have conveyors 11A to 11B for transporting the luggage W in the front-rear direction. The conveyors 11A to 1B are supported by a linear guide so as to be able to move back and forth, and can be moved in the front and back direction by pushers 14A to 14B having operation cylinders, respectively. Thereby, conveyor 11A-11B can move between the 1st position in the 2nd raising / lowering path | route 25b (after-mentioned) and the 2nd position which remove | deviated from the 2nd raising / lowering path | route 25b to the front-back direction outer side.
As shown in FIG. 2, the conveyors 9A to 9K and 11A to 11B have a plurality of rollers that extend in the left-right direction and are supported by slide members in a cantilever manner.

(2) Detailed Configuration of Elevating and Conveying Device A detailed configuration of the elevating and conveying device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 are partially enlarged front views of the lifting and lowering conveying device. FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged plan view of the lifting and lowering conveying device.
The elevating / conveying device 1 is a device that moves the plurality of comb-teeth trays 17 around and conveys the cargo W between the support members 35 and the conveyors 9A to 9K and 11A to 11B that can pass in the vertical direction. .

(2-1) Circumferential structure of the lifting / lowering conveying device The lifting / lowering conveying device 1 has a column 21. The support column 21 extends in the vertical direction.
The elevating and conveying apparatus 1 has an endless drive transmission member 23. The endless drive transmission member 23 is supported by the support column 21 and moves around in a vertical plane to secure the lifting path 25 in the front-rear direction. The vertical plane is parallel to the front-rear direction. The lifting / lowering path 25 has a first lifting / lowering path 25a on the automatic warehouse 3 side and a second lifting / lowering path 25b on the loading / unloading station 7 side. Specifically, the endless drive transmission member 23 is a chain. The elevating / conveying device 1 includes a first direction changing member 51 and a second direction changing member 53 that support the upper portion and the lower portion of the endless drive transmission member 23. The first direction changing member 51 and the second direction changing member 53 are sprockets. The lifting / lowering conveyance device 1 has a lifting / lowering motor 55. The elevating motor 55 drives the first direction changing member 51 to move the endless drive transmission member 23 around. In this embodiment, the endless drive transmission member 23 continues to rotate counterclockwise in FIG.

The lifting / lowering conveying apparatus 1 has a first vertical guide rail 27 and a second vertical guide rail 29. As shown in FIG. 3, the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29 are disposed apart from each other in the front-rear direction in the vicinity of the lifting path 25. More specifically, the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29 are respectively disposed on both sides in the front-rear direction in the region on one side in the left-right direction of the lifting path 25. The upper and lower ends of the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29 are terminated in the middle. Therefore, as will be described later, the comb-teeth tray 17 has the first vertical guide rail 27 at the upper and lower ends of the column 21. And it is possible to turn away from the second vertical guide rail 29.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the first vertical guide rail 27 includes a first plate 39 extending in the front-rear direction and a second plate 41 extending in the left-right direction. The second vertical guide rail 29 includes a third plate 43 extending in the front-rear direction and a fourth plate 45 extending in the left-right direction.

(2-2) Structure of Comb Teeth of Lifting and Conveying Device The comb tooth tray 17 is a mechanism attached to the endless drive transmission member 23 and conveys the luggage W. The comb tooth tray 17 has a fixing member 31. The fixing member 31 is connected to the endless drive transmission member 23. The fixing member 31 is a member extending outward from the endless drive transmission member 23. The fixing member 31 circulates together with the endless drive transmission member 23 and reverses at the upper end and the lower end of the column 21.
The comb tooth tray 17 has a plurality of rotating members 33. The rotating member 33 is rotatably supported by the fixed member 31 and moves in the first lifting path 25a and the second lifting path 25b. Specifically, the rotation member 33 is supported so as to be suspended by the rotation support portion 31 a of the fixed member 31. Since the rotation member 33 is rotatable with respect to the fixed member 31, the rotation member 33 moves around without being reversed.

The comb-teeth tray 17 has a plurality of comb-shaped support members 35 (hereinafter referred to as support members 35). The support member 35 is fixed to the rotation member 33. Specifically, the support member 35 has a plurality of comb teeth 35a extending in the left-right direction at the lower end of the rotating member. Since the support member 35 is fixed to the rotating member 33, the support member 35 is not reversed at the upper end and the lower end of the column 21.
As shown in FIG. 3, the comb teeth 35a have a structure in which one end in the left-right direction is supported in a cantilever manner. The comb teeth 35a can pass between the rollers of each conveyor when the conveyors 9A to 9K and 11A to 11B are in the lifting path 25.

(2-3) Guide Structure of Elevating and Conveying Device The elevating and conveying device 1 has a lifting guide roller 37. The elevating guide roller 37 is provided on the rotating member 33 and is guided by the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29 to maintain the rotating member 33 and the support member 35 in a horizontal state.

  Specifically, the elevating guide roller 37 has a pair of first elevating rollers 47 that sandwich the first vertical guide rail 27 or the second vertical guide rail 29 therebetween. A pair of first elevating rollers 47 are provided on both sides of the rotating member 33 in the front-rear direction. The pair of first elevating rollers 47 has a rotation axis facing the left-right direction. When the support member 35 is moving along the first elevating path 25a, a pair of first elevating rollers 47 on the automatic warehouse 3 side (a pair of first elevating rollers on the side away from the endless drive transmission member 23 in the front-rear direction). A roller 47) is guided by the first plate 39 of the first vertical guide rail 27. When the support member 35 is moving along the second elevating path 25b, a pair of first elevating rollers 47 on the loading / unloading station 7 side (a pair of first elevating rollers on the side away from the endless drive transmission member 23 in the front-rear direction) Roller 47) is guided by the third plate 43 of the second vertical guide rail 29.

When the rotating member 33 is moving in the vertical direction, the elevating guide roller 37 is guided by the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29 so that the rotating member 33 and the support member 35 are moved. Maintained level. In this case, the position where the elevating guide roller 37 is guided by the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29 is separated from the endless drive transmission member 23 in the front-rear direction. Is not easily transmitted to the lifting guide roller 37. Further, the postures of the rotation member 33 and the support member 35 are stabilized. As described above, the speed of the circular movement of the endless drive transmission member 23 can be increased, thereby improving the conveyance capability of the load W of the elevating and conveying device 1.
In addition, since the position where the elevating guide roller 37 is guided by the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29 is separated from the endless drive transmission member 23 in the front-rear direction, vibration from the endless drive transmission member 23 is generated. The load transmitted to the raising / lowering guide roller 37 is small. In addition, maintenance of the lifting guide roller 37 is facilitated.

  The fixed member 31 is provided with a pair of second lifting / lowering rollers 49 disposed on both sides in the vertical direction. The pair of second elevating rollers 49 has a rotation axis facing the front-rear direction. When the support member 35 is moving along the first elevating path 25 a, the pair of second elevating rollers 49 are guided by the second plate 41 of the first vertical guide rail 27. When the support member 35 is moving along the second elevating path 25 b, the pair of second elevating rollers 49 are guided by the fourth plate 45 of the second vertical guide rail 29.

(3) Transfer Operation of Elevating and Conveying Device In the elevating and conveying device 1, the rotating member 33 and the support member 35 move along the elevating path 25 by the endless drive transmission member 23 together with the fixing member 31. The support member 35 passes through the conveyors 9A to 9K or 11A to 11B when the conveyors 9A to 9K or 11A to 11B through which the comb teeth 35a can pass are sent to the lifting path 25, so that the support member 35 and the conveyor The package W is delivered between 9A to 9K or 11A to 11B.

As an example of the transfer operation, an operation of transferring the load W from the conveyor 9B to the support member 35 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 11 are schematic diagrams illustrating the transfer operation of the lifting and lowering conveying device.
In FIG. 6, the empty support member 35 moves up the second elevating path 25b toward the conveyor 9B.
In FIG. 7, the pusher 13 </ b> B moves the conveyor 9 </ b> B on which the luggage W is placed to the second lifting / lowering path 25 b side.
In FIG. 8, the conveyor 9B stops in the 2nd raising / lowering path | route 25b.

In FIG. 9, the support member 35 is close to the lower surface of the conveyor 9B.
In FIG. 10, the support member 35 scoops the load W, passes through the conveyor 9 </ b> B, and further rises. Further, the conveyor 9B is moved by the pusher 13B so as to be detached from the second lifting path 25b.
In FIG. 11, the conveyor 9 </ b> B is removed from the second elevating path 25 b, and the next support member 35 on which the luggage W is placed can pass.

As an example of the transfer operation, the operation of transferring the load W from the support member 35 to the conveyor 11B will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 15 are schematic diagrams illustrating the transfer operation of the lifting and lowering conveying device.
In FIG. 12, the support member 35 on which the load W is placed descends along the first elevating path 25a toward the conveyor 11B.
In FIG. 13, the pusher 14B moves the empty conveyor 11B to the first lifting path 25a side.

In FIG. 14, the conveyor 11B stops in the 1st raising / lowering path | route 25a.
In FIG. 15, the support member 35 passes the conveyor 11 </ b> B leaving the luggage W on the conveyor 11 </ b> B.
In FIG. 16, the support member 35 is further lowered. Further, the conveyor 11B is moved by the pusher 14B so as to be detached from the first elevating path 25a.
In FIG. 17, the conveyor 11 </ b> B is disengaged from the first lifting path 25 a, so that the support member 35 on which the next load W is placed can pass.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the luggage W is conveyed from the automatic warehouse 3 to the elevating and conveying apparatus 1 and then the luggage W is conveyed from the elevating and conveying apparatus 1 to the loading / unloading station 7. However, an example in which the cargo W is transported from the loading / unloading station 7 to the lifting / lowering transport device 1 and then the cargo W is transported from the lifting / lowering transport device 1 to the automatic warehouse 3 is similarly established.

(4) Turning Structure and Turning Operation The turning operation at the upper end of the lifting / lowering conveying apparatus 1 of the support member 35 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 18 to 22. 18 to 22 are schematic diagrams illustrating a turning operation of the lifting and lowering conveying device.
The elevating / conveying device 1 has a turning rail 61 arranged at the upper end of the elevating / conveying device 1. The swivel rail 61 has a first rail 61a and a second rail 61b that are disposed apart on both sides in the front-rear direction. The first rail 61a and the second rail 61b have arcuate inner peripheral surfaces, the first rail 61a is disposed above the first elevating path 25a, and the second rail 61b is the second elevating path 25b. It is arranged above. That is, the turning rail 61 is disposed above the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29. The first rail 61a and the second rail 61b are arranged at the same height at both ends in the middle in the front-rear direction. However, the first rail 61a and the second rail 61b are arranged so as to be shifted in the left-right direction.

  The elevating / conveying device 1 has a turning guide roller 63 provided on the rotating member 33 and guided by the turning rail 61. The turning guide roller 63 includes a first turning roller 63a and a second turning roller 63b. The rotation shaft of the first turning roller 63a and the second turning roller 63b is directed in the left-right direction. The first turning roller 63a and the second turning roller 63b are arranged side by side in the front-rear direction. The first turning roller 63a and the second turning roller 63b are arranged at a position sandwiching the turning support portion 31a in the front-rear direction when viewed from the front. However, the first turning roller 63a and the second turning roller 63b are arranged to be shifted in the left-right direction.

As shown in FIG. 18, when the comb-teeth 17 approaches the upper end of the lifting and lowering conveying device 1, thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 19 to 21, the first turning roller 63a is the inner peripheral surface of the first rail 61a. The second turning roller 63b is guided in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the second rail 61b. Thus, since the first turning roller 63a and the second turning roller 63b are respectively guided by the first rail 61a and the second rail 61b, the rotating member 33 and the supporting member are supported in the revolving operation at the upper end of the elevating / conveying device 1. The member 35 is maintained in a horizontal state.
Finally, the comb-teeth tray 17 moves away from the upper end of the lifting / lowering conveyance device 1.

2. Features of Embodiments The lifting / lowering conveying device 1 (an example of a lifting / lowering conveying device) is a device that moves the cargo W up and down. The elevating and conveying apparatus 1 includes a column 21 (an example of a column), an endless drive transmission member 23 (an example of an endless transmission drive member), a first vertical guide rail 27 (an example of a first vertical guide rail), and a second vertical guide. Rail 29 (an example of a second vertical guide rail), a fixing member 31 (an example of a fixing member), a rotating member 33 (an example of a rotating member), and a comb-like support member 35 (an example of a supporting member) And an elevating guide roller 37 (an example of an elevating guide roller).
The support column 21 extends in the vertical direction.
The endless drive transmission member 23 is supported by a support column and moves around in a vertical plane to secure a pair of lift paths 25 (an example of a lift path) arranged side by side in the front-rear direction.
The first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29 are arranged away from each other in the front-rear direction in the vicinity of the pair of lifting paths 25.
The fixing member 31 is connected to the endless drive transmission member 23.
The rotating member 33 is rotatably supported by the fixed member 31 and moves through the pair of lifting paths 25.
The comb-like support member 35 is fixed to the rotating member 33 and can support the load W.
The elevating guide roller 37 is provided on the rotating member 33 and is guided by the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29 to maintain the rotating member 33 and the support member 35 in a horizontal state.

In the lifting / lowering conveyance device 1, the rotation member 33 and the support member 35 move along the lifting path 25 by the endless drive transmission member 23 together with the fixing member 31. When the conveyor of another device through which the comb teeth 35a can pass is taken out to the lifting path 25, the support member 35 passes through the conveyor, so that the load W is transferred between the support member 35 and the loading platform.
When the rotating member 33 is moving in the vertical direction, the elevating guide roller 37 is guided by the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29, so that the rotating member 33 and the comb-shaped The support member 35 is maintained in a horizontal state. In this case, since the position of the elevating guide roller 37 guided by the first vertical guide rail 27 and the second vertical guide rail 29 is separated from the endless drive transmission member 23 in the front-rear direction, the vibration from the endless drive transmission member 23 Is not easily transmitted to the lifting guide roller 37. Further, the postures of the rotation member 33 and the support member 35 are stabilized. As described above, the rotational movement of the endless drive transmission member 23 can be increased, thereby improving the ability of the elevating / conveying device 1 to convey the load.

3. Other Embodiments Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. In particular, a plurality of embodiments and modifications described in this specification can be arbitrarily combined as necessary.

In the above-described embodiment, the lifting and lowering conveying device is used for both loading and unloading of luggage to and from the automatic warehouse, but it may be used only for loading or unloading.
The endless drive transmission member may be a belt.

  The present invention can be widely applied to an elevating / conveying apparatus that loads a package into or out of an automatic warehouse having a plurality of stages of shelves.

1: Lifting / conveying device 3: Automatic warehouse 5: Entry / exit section 7: Entry / exit station 17: Comb tray 21: Post 23: Endless drive transmission member 25: Lifting path 25a: First lifting path 25b: Second lifting path 27 : First vertical guide rail 29: second vertical guide rail 31: fixing member 31a: rotation support portion 33: rotation member 35: support member 35a: comb teeth 37: lifting guide roller 39: first plate 41: first 2 plate 43: 3rd plate 45: 4th plate 47: 1st raising / lowering roller 49: 2nd raising / lowering roller 51: 1st direction change member 53: 2nd direction change member 55: Lifting motor 61: Turning rail 61a: First rail 61b: second rail 63: turning guide roller 63a: first turning roller 63b: second turning roller W: luggage

Claims (3)

An elevating / conveying device for elevating and transporting luggage,
A column extending vertically,
An endless drive transmission member that is supported by the column and secures a pair of elevating paths arranged side by side in the front-rear direction by moving around in a vertical plane;
A first vertical guide rail and a second vertical guide rail disposed apart from each other in the front-rear direction in the vicinity of the pair of lifting paths;
A fixing member fixed to the endless drive transmission member;
A rotating member that is rotatably supported by the fixing member and moves in the pair of lifting paths;
A comb-like support member connected to the rotating member and capable of supporting the load from below;
An elevating guide roller that is provided on the rotating member and that is guided by the first vertical guide rail and the second vertical guide rail to maintain the rotating member and the support member in a horizontal state;
Elevating and lowering conveying device.   2. The lifting guide roller includes a pair of lifting rollers provided on both sides in the front-rear direction of the rotating member and sandwiching the first vertical guide rail or the second vertical guide rail. The lifting transport device described. A swivel rail disposed at the upper end of the column;
The raising / lowering conveyance apparatus of Claim 1 or 2 further provided with the guide roller for rotation provided in the said rotation member and guided by the said turning rail.

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