JP2814816B2 - Garbage and document transport equipment in buildings - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vertical conveying apparatus for general documents which are generated in a building and need to be distributed and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a building, various kinds of miscellaneous garbage such as plastic, metal, glass, and wood chips are generated in large quantities, typically paper waste, and general documents must be distributed in the same building or sent to the outside. Often must. The above-mentioned refuse is collected exclusively by a cleaning staff and transported by using an elevator, or a dust chute or the like is used. Documents are also distributed directly by people or transported in air capsules.

[0003]

The transportation of refuse and documents in a building requires a lot of manpower, and it is difficult to combine various kinds of refuse in the case of dust chutes. In the case of an air capsule or an elevator, there is a problem that the transportation capacity is small because the transportation is batch type (the next one cannot be sent until one is sent).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and can continuously and vertically transport all kinds of refuse generated in a building and general documents which need to be distributed. , And transported goods (garbage and documents)
It is an object of the present invention to provide a vertical garbage / document transport device which can easily distinguish garbage and can easily collect garbage and distribute documents.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a device for transporting garbage and documents in a building according to the present invention comprises:
A container for garbage and paper is provided, and the container is provided with a flange for supporting the container.
A vertical conveyor, which is composed of a plurality of endless chains that rotate vertically while supporting the container horizontally, is installed in the building, and the vertical conveyor is moved by the vertical conveyor to move the container. A transfer device which is inserted from below, horizontally attaches a plurality of support frames supporting the flanges at predetermined vertical intervals, further supports the flanges of the containers to be carried in and out, and transfers the containers to and from the support frames. Are disposed on both sides of the support frame so as to be able to retreat from the transport path of the support frame. It is preferable that the container can be identified by the type of refuse (for example, combustible refuse and non-combustible refuse) and by color coding for documents. Further, the vertical conveyor is composed of two endless chains,
The diagonal direction of the support frame is attached to each endless chain. The support frame is provided with a flange support inserted between the transfer device and the side of the container. This transfer device is constituted by a belt conveyor that can be turned or slid in the lateral direction and retracted from the conveyance path of the support frame. Further, a vertical conveyor shaft incorporating the above-mentioned vertical conveyor, a container inlet and an outlet are provided side by side on the same front surface, and furthermore, the container flange is slidably supported to transfer the container to the transfer device or vice versa. Transfer the container
An unloading device shall be provided at the entrance and the exit, respectively. In this case, it is good to arrange the automatic guided vehicle of the container on each floor of the building.

[0006]

[Function] Put garbage generated on each floor of the building into a garbage container,
General documents should be placed in the document container. These containers are identified by color coding or the like. Then, these containers are manually or automatically carried into the transfer device. The vertical conveyor is operated vertically and continuously at a slow speed, and the loaded container is carried just above the empty support frame, and the ascending movement supports the carry-in container flange at the flange support portion of the empty support frame,
The container is transferred from the transfer device to the empty support frame. Thereafter, the transfer device is retracted from the transport path of the support frame, and the container is transported vertically while being supported horizontally. When unloading the container, the operation is reversed. Garbage containers and document containers are removed from the vertical conveyor at the designated place,
Each is processed. The document for the internal mail is also taken out when the document container reaches the floor.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a transfer device according to one embodiment of the present invention, which is shown as an unmanned system. FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing a vertical conveyor therein, and FIG.
4 is a top view of the vertical conveyor, FIGS. 4 and 5 are side views of the container loading / unloading device, and FIG. 6 is a front view of the container loading / unloading device. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a vertical conveyor shaft, in which a vertical conveyor 1 as shown in FIG. 2 is installed. The vertical conveyor shaft 10 is divided according to the floor number of the building, and the divided shafts are connected in a required number of lengths. And one
The dividing shaft 10a of the general floor above the floor and the dividing shaft 10b of the second basement floor have the entrance 11 of the container 2 in the same front.
And the outlet 12 are provided side by side. Reference numerals 13 and 14 denote a container carrying-in device and a container carrying-out device provided at the inlet 11 and the outlet 12, respectively. The specific configuration is shown in FIGS. Reference numeral 15 denotes a drive unit, and 16 denotes a take-up unit. The container 2 is placed on an automatic guided vehicle 3 and transported. Further, a flange 21 is provided on the upper portion of the container 2, and the container 2 is detachably attached to the vertical conveyor 1 via the flange 21. Container 2 is divided into a container for storing garbage and a container for storing documents. Containers for storing garbage are used for combustible garbage and non-combustible garbage, and for paper waste.
Divide into bottles and so on. Separate containers for documents into internal mail and external mail. Identification of these containers is performed by color coding or display. Automatic guided vehicle 3 for container 2
Moves along, for example, magnetic lines 31 and 32 laid on the floor. A magnetic sensor (not shown) for detecting the magnetic lines 31 and 32 is provided on the lower surface of the automatic guided vehicle 3. In the figure, reference numeral 33 denotes a station indicating a predetermined stop position, reference numeral 34 denotes a battery charging station of the automatic guided vehicle 3, reference numeral 35 denotes a waste disposal room, and reference numeral 36 denotes a mail center.

Next, the vertical conveyor 1 is composed of two endless chains 1a and 1b as shown in FIG. These endless chains are wound around a plurality of sprockets 17a and 17b, respectively, with the front chain 1a and the rear chain 1b shifted left and right so that the container 2 can be taken in and out from only one of the front sides, and vertically rotated synchronously. Then, a support frame 4 for transporting the container 2 is horizontally mounted on the front chain 1a and the rear chain 1b via the diagonal arms 41 as shown in FIG. The arm 41 is rotatably connected to the chains 1a and 1b by pins via a chain attachment (not shown). The support frame 4 is opened so that it can be inserted from the bottom of the container 2, and a flange support portion 42 is provided to support the flange 21 of the container 2. Such a container 2 and a detachable support frame 4 are vertically spaced at predetermined intervals in the chain 1a,
Attach horizontally to 1b. Further, transfer devices 5 for transporting the container 2 between the upper and lower support frames 4 are provided corresponding to the container loading / unloading devices 13 and 14. The transfer device 5 is composed of, for example, a belt conveyor, and is disposed on the left and right sides of the support frame 4, and supports the flange 21 of the container 2 and brings the container 2 above the support frame 4. The flange support portion 42 of the support frame 4 is inserted between the transfer device 5 and the side surface of the container 2. For this reason, the height of the flange support portion 42 is made larger than the height of the transfer device 5. The transfer device 5 is at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2 when the container 2 is loaded, but retreats from the transport path of the support frame 4 as shown by the broken line when passing through the support frame 4,
Avoid interference with support frames and the like. Although the evacuation driving device of the transfer device 5 is not shown, the belt conveyor frame may be turned or slid in a lateral direction by a cylinder or the like.

Next, the container loading / unloading devices 13, 14
Is composed of, for example, a pair of left and right roller rows as shown in FIGS. These roller rows are connected to the entrance 11,
It protrudes from the outlet 12 and supports and slides the flange 21 of the container 2. The roller row 13a of the container loading device 13 is inclined toward the entry side, and the roller row 14a of the container
Is inclined toward the exit side. Further, the roller rows 13a and 14a are elongated so that two containers 2 can be supported. In the figure, reference numeral 18 denotes a stopper for the container 2 which separates one container 2.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. Garbage generated in the building is sorted by type and placed in the garbage container on each floor, and documents are placed in a dedicated document container. These containers 2 are carried by an automatic guided vehicle 3 as needed, and are sent to a container carrying-in device 13. The container 2 is lifted slightly by a lift device (not shown) of the automatic guided vehicle 3 or the like, and the right and left roller rows 13a of the container carry-in device 13 support the flange 21. Thus, the container 2 is placed in the container loading device 13.
Waiting in a suspended state. On the other hand, the vertical conveyor 1 is continuously operated at a low speed. When the empty support frame 4 approaches the floor of the container 2 to be conveyed by a command from the central control room, the transfer device 5 rotates in the direction of arrow A to enter the conveyance path, and the stopper 18 is released, and The container 2 automatically slides on the row of rollers 13a, enters the vertical conveyor shaft 10 from the entrance 11, and the flange 21 of the container 2 moves onto the transfer device 5 that has entered the transport path. Since the belt conveyor of the transfer device 5 is rotating in the carrying-in direction, the container 2 is stopped immediately after being drawn directly above the empty supporting frame 4 as shown in FIGS. In this state, the empty support frame 4 subsequently rises, the flange support portion 42 of the empty support frame 4 is inserted from the bottom of the container 2, and the empty support frame 4 is supported by the transfer device 5 by the flange support portion 42. Flange 2 of container 2
Lift one. Therefore, the container 2 has been transferred from the transfer device 5 to the empty support frame 4. Next, the transfer device 5 rotates in the direction of arrow B, and retreats from the ascending transport path of the support frame 4. Thus, the container 2 is horizontally supported by the support frame 4 and is vertically conveyed in the building by the vertical conveyor 1.

The garbage container and the document container for external mail are conveyed to the basement of the building by the vertical conveyor 1, and the container unloading device 14 from the outlet 12 by the operation opposite to the above.
Sent out to That is, when the container 2 to be carried out approaches the take-out part on the second basement floor, for example, the transfer device 5
The belt conveyor of the transfer device 5 rotates in the unloading direction, enters the transport path, and is located on both sides of the support frame 4. The lowering of the support frame 4 causes the flange 2 of the container 2 to move.
1 is received by the transfer device 5, and the flange support portion 42 of the support frame 4 passes through between the transfer device 5 and the side surface of the container 2 and descends. Thus, the container 2 moves from the support frame 4 to the transfer device 5, and is discharged to the container discharge device 14 through the outlet 12 by the rotation of the belt conveyor. After unloading, transfer device 5
Rotates in the direction of arrow B, and retreats from the descending conveyance path of the support frame 4. The container 2 that has slid on the roller row 14a of the container unloading device 14 is stopped by the stopper 18 at the tip.
Next, the automatic guided vehicle 3 is moved below the container 2, the stopper 18 is released, and the container 2 is carried out. The garbage container is transported to the refuse processing room 35, and the external mail document container is transported to the mail center 36, where they are processed. Empty containers can be placed on the vertical conveyor 1 in the same manner as in the case of loading above.
, Transported vertically, and returned to the unloaded floor. The document container for the internal mail is also carried out to the distribution destination floorer in the same manner as described above. As described above, a large amount of garbage and documents can be vertically conveyed in separate containers and in a mixed form.

In the present invention, the container 2 may be provided with wheels and may be carried into or out of the vertical conveyor 1 by hand.

[0013]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (1) A large amount of refuse and documents in a building can be simultaneously and continuously vertically conveyed without requiring much manual work. Therefore, the time and personnel required for collecting garbage and distributing documents can be greatly reduced. (2) Garbage and documents can be identified by containers, and batch processing can be easily performed. (3) Since the flange of the container is supported by the support frame attached to the vertical conveyor, a heavy container can be transported stably. (4) Since the containers can be loaded and unloaded from the same front, the vertical conveyor can be installed along the wall of the building, and the space can be reduced. (5) Unmanned operation is possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of a vertical conveyor.

FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of a vertical conveyor.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the container loading device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the container unloading device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of a container loading / unloading device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vertical conveyor 2 Container 3 Automatic guided vehicle 4 Support frame 5 Transfer device 10 Vertical conveyor shaft 11 Inlet 12 Exit 13 Container loading device 14 Container unloading device 21 Container flange 42 Support frame flange support portion

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A container for storing garbage or documents, and a plurality of endless chains capable of loading and unloading the container from the same side , and rotating vertically while supporting the container horizontally.
A vertical conveyor consisting of down, and the horizontally mounted at predetermined vertical intervals vertical conveyor, inserted from below of the container by the upward movement of the vertical conveyor, a plurality of supporting frames for supporting the flange of the container, wherein A transfer device that is disposed on both sides of the support frame, is retractable from the transport path of the support frame, supports a flange of a container to be loaded and unloaded, and transfers the container to the support frame or vice versa. Equipment for transporting garbage and documents in the building. 2. The apparatus for transporting garbage and documents in a building according to claim 1, wherein the containers can be identified for each type of garbage and for documents. 3. The transport of garbage and documents in a building according to claim 1, wherein said vertical conveyor comprises two endless chains, and each endless chain is attached to a diagonal direction of said support frame. apparatus. 4. The apparatus for conveying garbage and documents in a building according to claim 1, wherein the support frame has a flange support portion inserted between the transfer device and a side surface of the container. 5. The transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the transfer device comprises a belt conveyor that can be turned or slid in a lateral direction and retracted from a conveyance path of the support frame.
A garbage and document conveying device in the building described. 6. A vertical conveyor shaft which incorporates the vertical conveyor and has an inlet and an outlet of the container side by side on the same front side, and protrudes from the inlet and the outlet, respectively, and slides a flange of the container. 6. A device for transporting garbage and documents in a building according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a container loading / unloading device for transferring a container to or from the transfer device while supporting the device in the building. 7. An apparatus for transporting garbage and documents in a building according to claim 6, wherein an automatic guided vehicle for said containers is provided on each floor of the building.