JP2748092B2 - Automatic loading device for movable partition panel - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a movable partition panel which is movably hung on a ceiling rail and is used to divide a room into a plurality of rooms, for example, in a saloon or the like. The present invention relates to an automatic loading device for a movable partition panel for storage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-156866 discloses a conventional technique relating to this type of automatic loading apparatus for movable partition panels. The configurational features of this prior art are listed below.

A pair of front and rear suspension supports, which are attached to the upper end of a movable partition panel or a movable panel via a suspension support shaft so as to be rotatable left and right, are movably guided to a ceiling rail or a main rail. The movable panel is conveyed to a pair of parallel storage rails that extend crossing the main rail in plan view.

A guide rail disposed between the terminal end of the main rail and the pair of storage rails along the direction in which the main rail extends, and a pair of hanging supports adjacent to both ends of the guide rail. And a pair of direction change devices for changing the direction.
On one side of the main rail, a sub-rail extending in a direction opposite to the direction in which the guide rail extends is provided, and the sub-rail has a hanging support on the side of the main rail that is farther from the storage section. A self-propelled transport body having a hook body which is engaged with and disengaged from a lower shaft is mounted, and the pair of hanging supports are located at a position of a pair of direction change devices and a stop position at a main rail. Thus, the transport main body is reciprocated.

Further, as is apparent from the detailed description of the invention of this publication, the transport body of the movable panel, that is, the transport device and the loading / unloading self-propelled robot, that is, the driving means of the storage device is a rack provided on the sub rail. The pinion is rotated by meshing. In addition, power and control signals required for driving and controlling the transfer device and storage device of the movable panel, and for operating and controlling the mooring means are supplied by conductors extending from a power supply.

[0006]

In the above-mentioned prior art,
When the hook is disengaged from the hanging support shaft of the hanging support and the moving panel is transported, an extra load is applied to the hanging support shaft of the hanging support that suspends the heavy moving panel, and sometimes the hanging support shaft is damaged. Is not preferable from the viewpoint of safety. Also, depending on the manner in which the hook body is engaged and disengaged, the suspension support shaft may be pushed too much. In this case, the support roller comes into contact with the side surface of the main rail, and the travel of the suspension support body is not performed smoothly. There was something.

Further, in this prior art, a sub-rail extending in a direction opposite to a direction in which the guide rail extends is provided.
Since the hook of the transfer main body is disengaged from the suspension support shaft of the suspension support on the side farther from the storage section of the suspension support, and the movable partition panel is transferred to the position of the direction changing device, the transfer is performed. The sub rail that drives the main body by itself protrudes outside the storage room. The only way to prevent the sub-rail, on which the transport main body is driven by itself, from appearing outside the storage room, is to increase the space of the storage room itself, resulting in poor space efficiency.

In this prior art, a carry-in / out self-propelled robot for moving a moving partition panel in a storage room is mounted on a pair of storage rails, so that at least one pair of carry-in / out robots is provided. Along with the size of the storage rail, an auxiliary rail that is arranged in a straight line on the opposite side of the storage rail across the direction change device is required, and for this reason, the space of the storage room becomes large, There was a problem that the space efficiency became worse.

Further, if the self-propelled means of the transfer device and the storage device is of a rack and pinion type, the rack must be laid over the entire length of the subrail, and furthermore, the rack and the pinion gradually move during operation. Wear out,
Self-propelled movement of the carry-in device and the storage device will be hindered, and must be replaced as appropriate, which is troublesome.

Further, grease is applied to the rack and the pinion for the purpose of ensuring smooth rotation of the pinion and reducing abrasion, but this grease must be applied periodically, which is troublesome. At the same time,
There is also a drawback that dust easily adheres and causes a failure and stains of the movable partition panel.

Finally, the wiring operation of the wires for supplying the power and the control signal necessary for the traveling of the transfer device and the storage device, the control thereof, the operation of the mooring means and the control thereof, is performed by the transfer device and the storage device using the sub rail. Since it travels, it must be wired so as not to break the wire and not to hinder the traveling movement of the transport device and the storage device, which is a troublesome problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to prevent a load from being applied to a suspension shaft of a suspension member for suspending a movable partition panel having a large weight, to minimize the influence on the traveling of the suspension member at the time of mooring and transport, and to achieve smooth operation. To improve the space efficiency of the storage room, reduce the size of the storage room as much as possible, and solve the problems in the wiring of the wires that supply the power and control signals required for the transfer device and the storage device. Another object of the present invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the conventional rack and pinion drive system.

[0013]

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned problem is solved as follows. (1) A movable partition panel suspended from a ceiling rail by a pair of front and rear suspension supports and movable along the ceiling rail is provided in a storage room with a pair of intersections intersecting with the ceiling rail via a direction change device. In an automatic loading device for a movable partition panel which is automatically transferred to and loaded into a parallel storage rail, an upper end of the movable partition panel is located at a position in front of a front suspension member of the pair of suspension members. A transfer mooring shaft and a plurality of storage mooring shafts are respectively protruded at positions between the pair of hanging supports, and the storage room includes a first sub-rail provided along the ceiling rail. A transfer device that moves by itself from the start end to the end portion, and a storage device that self-runs on a second sub-rail that is provided along the storage rail is provided. In front of the movable partition panel being moved The anchoring means for anchoring the feeding mooring shaft is provided, wherein the storage device, by providing the anchoring means for anchoring the housing for anchoring axis of the movable partition panel which has stopped at the end of the first sub rail.

(2) In the above item (1), the driving device for self-propelling the transfer device along the first sub-rail is provided on the first sub-rail and supplied with power and control signals from a trolley wire. And a control signal are supplied to drive the drive wheels traveling on the first sub rail.

(3) In the above item (1) or (2), the driving device for self-propelling the storage device along the second sub-rail is laid on the second sub-rail and supplies power and a control signal. Power and control signals are supplied from the trolley wire, and the second
Drive wheels that run on the sub rails are driven.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the transportable movable partition panel is automatically moved by mooring the transport mooring shaft projecting from the upper end thereof by the mooring means of the transporting device, and at the end of the first subrail. After the mooring means is released, the direction changing device is operated, and thereafter, the mooring shaft for storage of the movable partition panel can be moored by the mooring means of the storage device to automatically travel to the storage position.

[0017]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
1 is a side view of a movable partition panel embodying the present invention. As is clear from FIG. 2, at the upper end of the movable partition panel (1), two hanging supports (10) are respectively provided on the hanging shafts (11).
It is attached by. The suspension support (10) is composed of two wheels arranged side by side and connected by an axle.
(11) is extended, and the movable partition panel is suspended by rolling the wheels in a substantially U-shaped ceiling rail (2) having an opening at the center of the lower surface, and manually suspended. You can run.

Of the suspension shafts (10) (10) arranged in front and rear of the movable partition panel (1) in the traveling direction, the suspension shaft (10) is located in front of the suspension shaft (10) in the traveling direction (left side in FIG. 2). Is provided with a transport mooring shaft (12), and two storage mooring shafts (13) (13) are projected between the two suspension support shafts (10) (10).

The movable partition panel (1), which has been deployed as a partition in a salon or the like, is stored along the ceiling rail (2) as shown by an arrow in FIG. 1 to be stored in the storage room (40). Each is manually loaded. In the storage room (40), a first sub-rail (7) is juxtaposed adjacent to the ceiling rail (2), and the first sub-rail (7) extends to the back of the storage room (40). I have. The end of the first sub rail (40) at the entrance of the storage chamber is a start end, and the end at the back of the storage chamber is the end.

The first sub-rail (7) has a transport device (4) to which a panel receiving device (9) is attached. The mooring means (14) of the panel receiving device (9) is
Movable partition panel sent manually along (2)
The movable partition panel (1) is moored by the transport mooring shaft (12) of (1), and the movable partition panel (1) is moved to the terminal end of the first sub-rail (7) by a transport device (4) driven by driving wheels described later. Automatically transported.

When the movable partition panel (1) stops at the end portion, the two suspension supports (10) and (10) are turned by the direction changing device.
(6) Located in (6). These direction change devices (6) (6)
From above, a pair of parallel storage rails (3) extend perpendicular to the ceiling rail (2) in the storage room (40) on the same plane as the ceiling rail. In the middle of these storage rails (3) and (3),
A pair of second sub-rails (8) (8) are laid in parallel.

On the second sub-rails (8), (8), there is provided a storage device (5) which is self-propelled by driving wheels, and the movable partition is provided by mooring means (42) (42) of the storage device. panel
(1) The two storage mooring shafts (13) are moored and a storage device is provided.
By the self-propelling of (5), the movable partition panel (1) is moved to a predetermined storage position.

Based on the above-described general understanding of the automatic transfer device of the present invention, the details of the transfer device (4) will be described with reference to FIGS. The transport device (4) includes four horizontal auxiliary wheels (17) abutting from the outside on a substantially U-shaped first sub-rail (7) having an open side, and a first sub-rail.
The first sub-rail (7) is movably mounted on the first sub-rail (7) by vertical auxiliary wheels (18) (19) abutting on the inside and outside of the (7), and is driven by a built-in motor (21) via a speed reducer. The first sub-rail (7) is driven by the driven wheels (20), and can reciprocate from the beginning to the end of the first sub-rail (7). The power and control signals for this are taken into the transport device (4) by the current collector (22) slidingly contacting the trolley wire (29) laid on the inner surface of the first sub-rail (7).

The transport device (4) includes a first sub rail
On the ceiling rail side of (7), a panel receiving device (9) is mounted via a horizontal sliding connection portion (28). This panel receiving device (9) comprises a mooring means (9) having a mooring groove (15) capable of engaging with a transport mooring shaft (12) at a front upper end of a movable partition panel (1) suspended from a ceiling rail. 14).

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the mooring means (14) is provided with a movable partition panel (1) by means of a sliding connection (16) extending in a direction perpendicular to the first sub-rail (7).
It is movably held toward. This movement is performed by a pinion (23) and a rack (24) driven by a motor (25). This relationship is better illustrated in FIG. Since the pinion (23) is a relatively large pinion,
The movement of the mooring means (14) is performed almost instantaneously, and the transport mooring shaft (12) of the movable partition panel (1) can be captured by the mooring groove (15) of the mooring means (14).

FIG. 5 is a side view of the panel receiving device of the transfer device (4) viewed from the opposite side of FIG. 4, that is, from the movable partition panel side. Extending vertically approximately in the center of the figure is
Panel receiving member (27).

As shown in FIG. 3, the panel receiving member has a relatively large vertical surface that comes into contact with the front end surface of the movable partition panel (1) that enters, and an elastic material is attached to the front surface thereof. is there. The rear portion is firmly received by a structural member (34) that slidably supports the above-described mooring means (14), and a rear portion of the structural member (34) has a front end of the elastic member (26). The part is firmly in contact.

The rear part of the elastic member (26) is supported by a strong support member (35) which looks like an inverted T-shape in FIG. The support member (35) is rigidly connected directly to the transport device (4), not shown in this figure, independently of the structural member (34) described above. The structural member (34) is connected to the sliding link (2
8) (see FIG. 3) so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction of the first sub-rail.

Reference numerals (30), (31), (32), and (33) shown in FIG.
Are first, second, third, and fourth sensors, respectively.
These sensors are the moving partition panel (1)
In this embodiment, the first and second sensors (30) and (31) are of a reflected light detection type,
And the fourth sensors (32) and (33) are of the light blocking type. The operation is as follows.

Movable partition panel that has been manually loaded
When the front end of (1) (entering from the left in FIG. 5) reaches the first sensor (30), a control signal is issued and the sub rail
The transport device (4) stopped at the start end of (7) starts to be driven forward at a low speed (forward to the right in FIG. 5). When the moving speed of the movable partition panel is manually set to about 4 to 6 m / min, the fine speed is preferably about 1 to 2 m / min.

The transport device which has started to run at a very low speed in this way
The second sensor (31) is activated immediately before (or immediately or simultaneously) the front end of the movable partition panel relatively decelerated with respect to (4) collides with the panel receiving member (27). ,
A control signal for moving the mooring means (14) to the movable partition panel is issued.

At the time when the second sensor (31) is operated, a position where the transfer mooring shaft (12) of the movable partition panel (1) and the mooring groove (15) of the mooring means (14) are just aligned. When the control signal is issued, the motor (25) immediately rotates the relatively large pinion (23) to move the rack (24), and instantaneously moves the mooring means (14) to which the rack is attached. Mooring shaft for moving the movable partition panel (12)
Is locked.

Immediately thereafter (or immediately before or simultaneously), the movable partition panel collides with the panel receiving member (27), and the impact is buffered by the elastic member (26). The tip of the light-shielding plate (36) attached to the structural member (34) supporting the panel receiving member (27) advances with the structural member (34) with the retreat of the elastic member (26) and the third sensor Cross (32). Then, a control signal is issued to increase the self-running speed of the transport device. This third
It is preferable that the constant forward speed detected by the sensor (32) is about 5 m / min. The transporting device (4) automatically travels to the subrail end together with the moored movable partition panel (1).

The fourth sensor (33) is a movable partition panel
In order to avoid the excessive impact of (1), the light-shielding plate (36) is moved by the fourth sensor (33) due to the excessive impact.
, A control signal for instantaneously increasing the self-running speed of the transport device (4) is issued.

As shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 1, the transport device (4)
When it reaches the end of the first sub-rail (7), it is detected by a sensor disposed at the end of the first sub-rail (7), as shown in FIG. The device (4) is stopped. In this stop position, the two suspensions (10) and their suspension shafts (11) are
Match with (6).

In this state, the direction changing device (6) is rotated by 90 degrees, and two hanging supports (10) are mounted on two parallel storage rails (3) (3) orthogonal to the ceiling rail (2). ) Can be transferred respectively.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are views for explaining a mechanism for storing the movable partition panel by the storage device (5). In the middle of the two storage rails (3) and (3), in parallel with these,
Slightly above, two second sub-rails (8) (8) are provided. The front ends of these second subrails are
The storage device (5) is movably mounted between the second sub-rails (8) by being connected together by a sub-rail connection member (41).

That is, as is apparent from FIG. 7, the second sub-rail has a substantially U-shaped cross section with the side faces facing each other open, and the storage device (5) is provided with a motor (49).
Self-propelled on the second sub-rail with the drive wheel (48) driven by the.

Reference numeral (44) in FIG. 6 denotes an auxiliary wheel. Reference numeral (50) denotes a current collector for transmitting power and control signals to the storage device from a trolley wire (51) attached to the inner surface of the second sub-rail shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7, an outward mooring groove (43) is formed at the tip of the mooring means (42) projecting outward from both sides from below the storage device (5). I have. As is clear from FIG. 6, these mooring grooves (43) are
Engage with the two storage mooring shafts (13) of (1). This engagement is performed by rotating the built-in motor (47) to rotate the disc (46), and the rods (45) and (45) pivotally attached to the periphery of the disc (46).
Acts to draw the L-shaped upper ends (42a) and (42a) of the mooring means (42) pivotally attached to the other ends inward or outward. Thereby, the mooring means (42) (4
In 2), the mooring shafts (13) and (13) for storing the movable partition panel can be moored.

Next, the operation of the storage device (5) will be described.
Initially, the storage device (5) is not in the starting position shown in FIG.
It is in the standby position, which is slightly advanced. In this standby position, the storage means (42) and (42) are at the positions retracted inward as indicated by the dotted lines in FIG. In this state, from the standby position, the storage device
(5) is advanced to the starting end position, and the storage means (42) (42) are extended outward, and the mooring shaft (4) for storing the movable partition panel (1) in the mooring grooves (43) and (43). 13) Mooring (13). Next, the drive wheels (48) are driven by the motor (49) to advance the storage device (5) along the second sub-rail, and the movable partition panel
(1) is moved to the storage position.

[0042]

According to the present invention, a mooring shaft is separately provided instead of mooring the mooring means on the suspension shaft of the suspending body, and this mooring shaft is moored by the mooring means. No extra load is placed on the suspension shaft of the suspension body for suspending the suspension. In addition, the mooring means is not improperly moored, so that the suspension support shaft is not pushed too much, and the running of the suspension support does not become abnormal.

Further, since the transfer mooring shaft is provided at the front position in the storage direction of the two suspension supports, the transfer device can be moored at the front position in the storage direction of the movable partition panel, and the sub-rail on which the transfer device is driven by itself. Can be made shorter than the conventional one, and the space of the storage room can be reduced.

In addition, the storage mooring means of the storage device moores the storage mooring shafts projecting from the front and rear positions between the two hanging supports, and transports the movable partition panel along the storage rail. The running sub-rails are provided inside the storage rails, so that the storage device is compact and the space in the storage room can be reduced.

Since the transport device and the storage device are configured to run on the sub rail by the drive wheels, the disadvantages of the conventional rack and pinion system are eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a movable partition panel suspended from a ceiling rail.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view of a transfer device of the automatic loading device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the transport device shown in FIG. 3 as viewed from one side.

5 is an enlarged side view of the transfer device shown in FIG. 3 as viewed from another side.

6 is an enlarged plan view of a part of the storage device of the automatic carry-in device shown in FIG.

7 is a sectional view of the storage device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) Movable partition panel (2) Ceiling rail (3) Storage rail (4) Transport device (5) Storage device (6) Direction change device (7) First sub rail (8) Second sub rail (9) Panel Receiving device (10) Suspension support (11) Suspension support shaft (12) Transport mooring shaft (13) Storage mooring shaft (14) Mooring means (15) Mooring groove (16) Sliding connection (17) Auxiliary wheel (18) Auxiliary wheel (19) Auxiliary wheel (20) Auxiliary wheel (21) Motor (22) Current collector (23) Pinion (24) Rack (25) Motor (26) Elastic member (27) Panel receiving member ( 28) Sliding connection part (29) Trolley wire (30) First sensor (31) Second sensor (32) Third sensor (33) Third sensor (34) Structural member (35) Support member ( 36) Shading plate (40) Storage room (41) Sub rail connecting member (42) Mooring means (42a) Upper end of mooring means (43) Mooring groove (44) Auxiliary wheel (45) Rod (46) Disk (47) Motor (48) Drive wheel (49) Motor (50) Current collector (51) Trolley wire

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A movable partition panel suspended from a ceiling rail by a pair of front and rear suspension supports and movable along the ceiling rail, intersecting the ceiling rail via a direction change device in a storage room. In an automatic loading device for a movable partition panel that is automatically transferred to and loaded into a pair of storage rails, a front portion of a front suspension member of the pair of suspension members at an upper end of the movable partition panel. A mooring shaft for transport at a position, and a plurality of mooring shafts for storage are respectively protruded at a position between the pair of hanging supports, and a first room is provided along the ceiling rail in the storage room. A transfer device that moves by itself from the start end to the end of the sub-rail, and a storage device that self-runs on a second sub-rail provided along the storage rail, wherein the storage device includes A movable partition that is moved to the room Mooring means for mooring the transport mooring shaft of the flannel, and the storage device is provided with mooring means for mooring the storing mooring shaft of the movable partition panel stopped at the end of the first sub-rail. Characteristic automatic loading device for movable partition panels. 2. A driving device for self-propelling the transfer device along the first sub-rail is laid on the first sub-rail, and is supplied with power and control signals from a trolley wire for supplying power and control signals, 2. The automatic loading device for a movable partition panel according to claim 1, wherein the drive wheels drive on the first sub rail. 3. A driving device for self-propelling the storage device along the second sub-rail is provided on the second sub-rail, and is supplied with power and control signals from a trolley wire for supplying power and control signals. 3. The automatic loading device for a movable partition panel according to claim 1, wherein the driving wheels drive on the second sub rail.