JP2586072Y2 - In-building transfer equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an in-building transport system for transporting a plurality of types of containers using a hoistway of a cage which stops and stops at each floor of a building or the like as a common transport route.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, hotels, hospitals, and the like are known to be equipped with a garbage collection facility and a laundry collection facility for collecting garbage and laundry generated on each floor.

[0003] Specifically, dust generated on each floor is sucked and collected by suction means such as a blower through a dedicated dust chute, and sent to a garbage truck via a separator, a storage / discharger and the like. The laundry is also suctioned and collected by a common blower with the garbage via a dedicated chute, and is transferred from the laundry storage tub to a laundry collection vehicle.

[0004]

Problems to be Solved by the Invention By the way, a separate garbage chute and a laundry chute are provided separately from each other, and the handled material is collected via these chutes. Te must be to ensure the transport space for each, such as handling product waste, there has been a problem to be forced to large and complex of transport equipment.

The present invention has been made to effectively solve the above problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an in-building transfer facility which can achieve simplification, downsizing and space saving of the facility.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In a transport equipment in a building, which has a cage for lifting and lowering a hoistway formed in a building and transporting a plurality of types of containers to each floor of the building with the cage, the cage is formed on each floor. A garbage input room for accommodating a plurality of garbage containers, and a mail room for accommodating a mail container formed separately on each floor from the garbage input room,
A garbage transfer conveyor that is installed in the garbage loading chamber and carries a garbage container into and out of the cage through a delivery port formed in the hoistway, and is installed in the mail room and is independent of the delivery port. A mail transfer conveyor for carrying mail containers in and out of the cage through another delivery port, and a garbage container installed on a specific floor and carried by the cage through a delivery port formed in the hoistway. A garbage container collection and return line for collecting and returning empty containers to the cage, and a delivery port formed in the hoistway for sending outgoing mail containers installed on a specific floor different from the specific floor and conveyed by the cage. Mail container collection and return line for collecting mail via the container and returning the receiving mail container to the cage. A supported opening / closing door, an identification sensor installed near each of the delivery ports for identifying the type of container, and a garbage transfer conveyor and a garbage container connected to these identification sensors when a garbage container is detected. The collection / return line is driven, and the opening / closing door leading to the mail transfer conveyor and the mail container collection / return line is locked in a closed state. When a mail container is detected, the mail transfer conveyor and the mail container are rotated. the door leading to waste for transfer conveyor and waste container collecting return line drives the revenue return line is obtained by construction and a controller for locking in the closed state.

[0008]

[Function] As described above, the garbage container and the mail container are housed separately in the garbage input room and the mail room, and are transported by a common cage, so that the facility can be simplified and the space can be saved. Is transported into and out of the cage by type, and is collected and returned by type, so that a plurality of types of containers can be easily managed.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a transport facility for transporting a plurality of types of containers to buildings such as office buildings, hospitals, hotels, and multipurpose buildings via a common transport route. In this embodiment, two types of garbage containers 1 for storing garbage and a mail container 2 for storing mails are handled. In order to transport these containers 1 and 2 via a common transport path, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3,
In the building, a cage 3 stopping on each floor is hung by a wire 4 and provided so as to be able to move up and down along a hoistway 5. The cage 3 has a pair of horizontally opposed pairs of containers 1 and 2. The delivery ports 6a and 6b are opened, and a cage transfer conveyor 7 composed of a roller conveyor for transferring the containers 1 and 2 to each floor is installed at the bottom. 8 is a counter weight.

On each floor, a refuse input chamber 11 is formed.
As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 3, a dust transfer conveyor 12 comprising a roller
It is set up for A plurality of garbage containers 1 for storing garbage generated on the floor are provided on the garbage transfer conveyor 12.
Are arranged in a row toward the cage 3, and a plurality of trash containers 1 are provided for each type of trash, such as combustibles, non-combustibles, and recycling. Delivery port 1 for delivering garbage container 1 to garbage input room 11
The delivery port 13 is opened and closed by an opening / closing door 15 that moves up and down by a motor 14. 16
Is a door for entering and exiting the trash input chamber 11 .

A mail room 21 is formed on each floor so as to face the garbage loading room 11 with the hoistway 5 interposed therebetween. In the mail room 21, a mail transfer conveyor 22 composed of a roller conveyor is installed. I have. 1 to accommodate the mailpieces or the like to this message for transferring conveyor 22 to the two mail
Container 2 is installed. That is, the mail transfer conveyer 22 is separated from the trash transfer conveyer 12 and separately installed on the same floor. The mail room 21 has a delivery port 2 opened in the hoistway 5 similarly to the garbage input room 11.
The delivery port 23 is opened and closed by an opening / closing door 25 supported by a motor 24 so as to be able to move up and down. Reference numeral 26 denotes a door for entering the mail room 21 .

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, on the first basement floor (B1F), an opening / closing door 3 which is raised and lowered by a motor 31 is provided.
2, a delivery port 33 opened and closed by the opening / closing door 32 is formed, and the garbage container 1 transported by the cage 3 is collected and the empty container 1b after collection is collected.
Waste collection and return line 34 for transferring waste to cage 3
Is installed. A garbage container collection and return line 34 is provided with a real container conveyor 35 for transporting the real container 1a containing garbage and an empty container conveyor 36 for unloading the empty container 1b.
A running path 38 of an unmanned trolley 37 for transporting the garbage container 1 is connected to 5 and 36. A reversing device 39 is provided on the side of the traveling path 38, and the reversing device 39 reverses the actual container 1a and puts the trash into the storage / discharge facility 41. On the side of the storage / discharge facility 41, a conveyor 42 for storing recycling containers is installed in parallel.

On the first floor, a delivery port 4 opened to the hoistway 5
4 is formed, and an opening / closing door 46 driven by a motor 45 is opened and closed so as to open and close the delivery port 44. At the delivery port 44, the mail container collection return line 4
7 is connected. This mail container collection return line 4
7 is adapted to return the received credit mail container 2b in the cage 3 is recovered outgoing mail containers 2a conveyed by the cage 3. Therefore, the mail container collection and return line 47 is separated from the garbage container collection and return line 34 installed underground, and is installed separately and independently. Specifically, the mail container collection / return line 47 includes a reception line 48 connected to the delivery port 44 and a transmission line 49 installed in parallel with the reception line 48.
And Behind these lines 48 and 49, FIG.
As shown in the figure, a reception standby line 51 and a transmission standby line 52 are installed as mail sorting and storage facilities, and the reception mail box 53 and the transmission mail box 5 are provided behind the reception standby line 51 and the transmission standby line 52.
4 is provided, and a postal car 55 enters and exits behind it.

[0015] FIGS. 3 and 4, the identification sensor 61, such as a light sensor for identifying the type of container 2 in the vicinity of the floor of the delivery port 13, 2 3,3 3,44,
6 2, 6 3, 64 are installed, and these identification sensors 6
A controller 65 is connected to 1 , 62, 63 and 64. The controller 65 includes identification sensors 61 and 6
One of the transfer conveyors 12 and 22 and one of the container collection and return lines 34 and 47 corresponding to the types of the containers 1 and 2 obtained from the containers 2, 63 and 64 are driven. That is, in the case of the present embodiment, the identification sensors 61 and 63
When the garbage container 1 is detected, the corresponding garbage transfer conveyor 12 and the garbage container collection and return line 34 are driven. Conversely, when the identification sensors 62 and 64 detect the mail container 2, , The mail transfer conveyor 22 and the mail container collection / return line 47 corresponding to.

More specifically, in order to identify the containers 1 and 2, the containers 1 and 2 are marked with a mark for each type, arrangement order and destination floor .
62, 63 and 64 detect and transmit to the controller 65. For example, colors are assigned to the types of the containers 1 and 2, and an alignment number is assigned to each type. Furthermore, when the mail container 2 handles registered mail, valuables, etc., the mail container 2
Attach a lock means such as a key to the. Further, the controller 65 stops the driving of the motor 24 for opening and closing the opening and closing door 25 of the mail room 21 on each floor and the motor 45 for opening and closing the opening and closing door 46 of the mail container collection and return line 47 during the transport operation of the trash container 1. The doors 25 and 46 are locked in a closed state. Therefore, the controller 65 is configured to lock the open / close door 15 of the garbage input room 11 on each floor and the open / close door 32 of the garbage container collection / return line 34 in the closed state during the transport operation of the mail container 2.

In order to carry in and out three or more garbage containers 1 on the garbage transfer conveyor 12, a controller 65 is required.
Is a garbage transfer conveyor 1 for loading and unloading the garbage containers 1 one by one according to a signal output from the identification sensor 61.
2 is stopped.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

In this embodiment, since the garbage container 1 and the mail container 2 are handled as described above, the operation pattern of the cage 3 constitutes a time chart as shown in FIG. 5, for example. That is, mail is delivered on a regular basis in the daytime, and garbage is transported in the nighttime. The cage 3 is operated intermittently during mail delivery, and continuously operated when collecting and delivering garbage generated on each floor.

Specifically, the flow is as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. FIG. 6 shows an intermittent operation for regularly delivering mail, and FIG. 7 shows a continuous operation for collecting and transporting garbage.

As shown in FIG. 6, first, the main power is turned on,
It is determined whether the time is the mail delivery time zone or the garbage collection / transport time zone. In the case of the mail delivery time zone, the power supply for the mail delivery time zone is turned on. .

When the power supply for the mail delivery time zone is turned on, the open / close door 15 of the trash input chamber 11 and the open / close door 32 of the trash container collection / return line 34 are locked in a closed state, and the mail delivery operation is started. . At the start, the time is determined. If the time is not the regular time, the flow returns to the previous. If the time is the regular time, the substantial mail delivery operation starts. First, cage 3 rises to the top floor in an empty state,
Outgoing mail container 2 containing outgoing mail on that floor
Collect a. The cage 3 descends to the first floor, unloads the outgoing mail container 2a through the mail container collection and return line 47, receives the incoming mail container 2b instead, and delivers it to the top floor. That is, the outgoing mail container 2a is replaced with the incoming mail container 2b. After the top floor replacement work is completed, the process proceeds to the lower floor replacement work, and the same work is intermittently repeated for each floor. Next, it is determined whether or not the delivery work on all floors has been completed. If not completed (NO), the flow returns to the work on the top floor again.

When it is determined that the work on all floors has been completed (YES), it is determined whether or not the one-day delivery work has been completed. will flow to return to the previous, in the case has been completed (YES) power supply for the mail delivery time zone is turned OFF, the opening and closing door 15, 3 2 of the lock for the garbage of all floors is released.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the dust collection and transport time period is detected, the dust power is turned on and the mail room 21 is turned on.
Is locked in the closed state, and the dust collection and transport operation is started. At the start, it is determined whether it is the set time or not. If it is not the set time (18:00) (NO), the flow returns to the previous. If it is the set time (YES), the cage 3 is empty and reaches the Nth floor. The container is raised to collect the actual container 1a on that floor. The collected real container 1a is transferred to the cage 3 and transferred to the garbage container collection return line 34 installed under the ground. The empty container 1b that has been collected in the garbage container collection and return line 34 and has discharged the garbage is returned to the original Nth floor via the cage 3 again. Next, it is determined whether or not the container collection work on all floors has been collected. If the collection has not been performed (NO), the cage 3 stops moving up to the N-1 floor, and the flow of collecting the garbage container 1 on that floor. Return to
If it is determined that the container collection work on all floors has been completed (YES), the power supply for operation during garbage collection and transportation is turned off, the main power supply is turned off, and the work for one day is completed.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show the use of a common cage 3 to form three independent rooms for each type of container on each floor, and set up a transfer conveyor for each room. For example, a garbage container 1 for handling garbage, a mail container 2 for handling postal matter, and a linen container 9 for handling linens such as sheets and towels are distributed and transferred to each room by type.

FIG. 8 shows that one transfer port 72 opened and closed by an opening / closing door 71 is formed on each floor, and a main transfer conveyor 73 composed of a roller conveyor or the like is installed. 3 rooms 7 in parallel along
4 , 75 and 76 are formed. The transfer conveyors 77 , 78, and 78 are separated from each other in the rooms 74 , 75, and 76 so as to branch off from the main transfer conveyor 73 .
79 are installed. An identification sensor 81 is provided in the vicinity of the delivery port 72, and a signal detected by the identification sensor 81 is sent to a controller 82, and the controller 82 transfers any one of the containers 1, 2, 9 corresponding to the detected container. A drive command is issued to the conveyors 77 , 78, 79. Therefore, the containers 1, 2, 9 are individually carried in and out of each room corresponding to the type of container using the common delivery port 72.

FIG. 9 shows a case in which the rooms carried in the cage 3 are different and the users are different, so that dedicated rooms 83 , 84, 85 are formed for each of the products. That is, the rooms 83 , 8 surround the three side surfaces of the hoistway 5.
4, 85 are formed and each room 83 , 84,
Three delivery ports 89 , 90, 91 which are opened and closed by the opening / closing doors 86 , 87, 88 for each 85 are formed separately and independently. Transfer conveyers 92 , 93, 94 are installed in the rooms 83 , 84, 85, respectively. Therefore, the identification sensors 95 , 96,
97 is provided, and the controller 98 includes an identification sensor 95 ,
Only when the containers 96, 97 have identified the predetermined containers 1, 2, 9, the transfer conveyor 9 corresponding to the identified containers.
2 , 93 and 94 will be driven.

FIG. 10 shows a time chart of the cage 3 when the common cage 3 handles various kinds of containers. When there are many types of containers transported by the cage 3, transport is performed for each type. That is,
During the time period from S1 to E1, one intermittent operation is performed.
One continuous operation is performed in the time period of 2 to E2, and S3
During the time period from E3 to E3, the intermittent operation is performed, and during the Sn-En time period, the main auxiliary operation n in which the main operation is performed intermittently and the auxiliary operation is also performed. Therefore, by combining the operation patterns of the cage 3 for each use of the cage 3, the transportation is performed with high efficiency for many purposes.

As described above, according to the present invention, different types of containers 1 and 2 are transported via the common transport path by using the cage 3 which stops moving up and down on each floor. Since it is not necessary to form the carrier, simplification, downsizing and space saving of the transport equipment can be achieved. In addition, since the types of the containers 1 and 2 are identified and only the identified containers 1 and 2 are transported, a plurality of types of containers 1 and 2 are not mixed, and the containers 1 and 2 are not mixed.
Can be easily managed.

[0030]

[Effects of the Invention] In summary, according to the present invention, the following excellent effects are exhibited.

(1) It is not necessary to transport different types of containers via a common transport path using a cage that stops moving up and down on each floor, and it is unnecessary to form a transport path for each type of container. Simplification, downsizing, and space saving of the transfer equipment can be achieved.

(2) When a garbage container is detected, the opening / closing door leading to the mail transfer conveyor and the mail container collection / return line is locked in a closed state, and only the garbage container is transported. Since only the mail container is transported with the opening / closing door leading to the transfer conveyor and the garbage container collection / return line closed, the garbage container and the mail container are not mixed, and the container can be easily managed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outline of the building transport equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a main part of each floor.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a main part of each floor.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a collection return line.

FIG. 5 is a time chart showing a cage operation pattern.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flow for transporting a garbage container.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flow for delivering a mail container.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of each floor when three types of containers are transported.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of each floor when three types of containers are transported.

FIG. 10 is a time chart showing a cage operation pattern.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Garbage Container 2 Mail Container 3 Cage 12 Garbage Transfer Conveyor 22 Mail Transfer Conveyor 34 Garbage Container Collection Return Line 47 Mail Container Collection Return Line 61 Identification Sensor 62 Identification Sensor 63 Identification Sensor 64 Identification Sensor 65 Controller 77 Transfer Conveyor 78 Transfer Conveyor 79 Transfer Conveyor 81 Identification Sensor 82 Controller 92 Transfer Conveyor 93 Transfer Conveyor 94 Transfer Conveyor 95 Identification Sensor 96 Identification Sensor 97 Identification Sensor 98 Controller

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ identification code FI E04F 17/10 E04F 17/10 A (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B65F 5/00 B65G 47/52-47 / 71 B66B 17/16 E04F 17/10

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] Claims: 1. An in-building transport system for transporting a plurality of types of containers to each floor of a building by using a cage for lifting and lowering a hoistway formed in the building, and a plurality of trashes formed on each floor. A garbage input room for accommodating containers and the garbage input room are separately formed on each floor, and are provided in the mail room for accommodating a mail container and the garbage input room, and are formed in the hoistway. A garbage transfer conveyor that carries garbage containers into and out of the cage through a delivery port, and a mail container that is installed in the mail room and is loaded into and removed from the cage through another delivery port that is independent of the delivery port. The mail transfer conveyor and the garbage containers installed on the specific floor and conveyed by the cage are collected through the delivery port formed in the hoistway, and the empty containers are returned to the cage. Garbage container collection and return line, and the outgoing mail container that is installed on a specific floor different from the above specific floor and conveyed by the cage through the delivery port formed in the hoistway, and receives the incoming mail A mail container collection and return line for returning containers to the cage, an opening / closing door provided at each of the delivery ports and supported by a motor so as to be able to move up and down, and for identifying the type of the container installed near each of the delivery ports. And the above-mentioned opening / closing door which is connected to these identification sensors and drives the trash transfer conveyor and the trash container collection / return line when detecting the trash container, and communicates with the mail transfer conveyor and the mail container collection / return line. to lock in the closed state, the mail transfer conveyor and mail container times when it detects a mail container Building in conveying equipment, characterized in that the door leading to the waste for the transfer conveyor and waste container collecting return line with a return line <br/> drives and a controller for locking in the closed state.