JP3070337B2 - Rotary shelf equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotary shelf equipment which is used for order picking of articles by rotating a bucket containing various kinds of articles by type in a vertical or horizontal direction. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of rotary shelf equipment, there has been provided, for example, a rotary shelf equipment for moving a bucket in a vertical direction disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-27382.
That is, in the surrounding wall, a drive wheel and a driven wheel are disposed at appropriate intervals in the vertical direction, an endless rotating body is wound between these wheels, and a number of buckets are attached to the endless rotating body, A drive device for driving the drive wheel body in the forward and reverse directions is provided to form a rotary shelf, a carry-in / out port is formed in the front wall plate of the enclosure, and a console or a higher-level management device provided on the side of the carry-in / out port. A control device is provided for controlling the driving device in accordance with the input work mode signal to move a target bucket to a loading / unloading port.

[0003] In such a rotary shelf facility, a fluorescent lamp is often mounted at the loading / unloading port as an illuminating device for illuminating a hand at the time of loading / unloading work. Was.

[0004] 1. Lights when the shelf equipment is turned on, and turns off when the equipment is turned off. 2. When the power of the shelf equipment is turned on and the separately provided lighting switch is turned on, it turns on, and this lighting switch is turned off or
Alternatively, the light goes off when the power of the shelf equipment is turned off.

[0005]

However, in the conventional rotary shelf equipment, once the fluorescent lamp is turned on, the lighting switch is turned off or the power supply of the shelf equipment is turned off to turn off the fluorescent lamp. Therefore, even if the loading and unloading work in the rotary shelf equipment is completed, the fluorescent lamp remains lit unless these operations are performed, resulting in poor workability. In addition, during the working hours of the workers, the power supply of the shelf equipment is often kept on, and unnecessary fluorescent lights remain lit except when entering and leaving the work, which wastes energy. .

[0006] The present invention is to solve the above problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotary shelf facility that improves workability and saves energy.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary shelf apparatus having a drive wheel and a driven wheel disposed in an enclosure at appropriate intervals in the vertical and horizontal directions. And an endless rotating body is wound between these wheel bodies, a number of buckets are attached to the endless rotating body, and the driving wheel body is driven.
A rotary drive provided with a moving drive device to form a rotary shelf, in the vicinity of a loading / unloading port of a load of a bucket provided on the enclosure, an illuminating device and operating means of the shelf are disposed; A control device which turns on the power of the lighting device every time an operation signal of the operation means is input or every time an online operation signal is input , and turns off the power of the lighting device after a predetermined time from the input of the work completion signal of the operation means. It is characterized by having been provided.

Further, the rotary shelf equipment of the second invention is provided with a shutter and a sensor for detecting the open state of the shutter at the loading / unloading port of the load of the bucket of the first invention, and the control device detects the shutter by the sensor. A function of turning on the power of the illumination device when the shutter is open. The rotary shelf equipment according to the third invention.
Is the rotary shelf equipment according to the first or second invention.
The control device is operated when the operation completion signal of the operating means is input.
To set the time from when the work is completed until the lighting device is turned off
When the timer counts up and the time is up,
It is characterized by shutting off the power supply of the lighting device.
You.

[0009]

According to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the loading / unloading port is illuminated by the lighting device, so that the worker can work in a bright environment in which the load can be easily seen. In addition, this lighting device is provided for every input of the operation of the worker's shelf equipment or for input of the online operation signal .
It is turned on every time, and is turned off after a predetermined time due to a worker's operation to complete the work of the shelf facility.

Further, according to the second aspect of the invention, when the worker opens the shutter at the loading / unloading port, the lighting device is automatically turned on .
It is automatically turned off when the shutter is closed. Further third invention
With the configuration of, from the input of the work completion signal of the operating means,
The time to turn off the lighting device after the work is completed is set
The timer counts and lights up when the time is up
The device is turned off and turned off.

[0011]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a rotary shelf facility according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical side view of the rotary shelf facility, and FIG. 3 is a front view of a console of the rotary shelf facility.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an enclosure made of a panel material, and a front wall plate 1A.
, A rear wall plate 1B, left and right side wall plates 1C and 1D, and a top wall plate 1E, which are formed in a box shape, and are erected vertically on the floor 2. A pair of right and left driven wheels 3 is provided at an upper portion in the enclosure 1.
However, a pair of left and right driving wheels 4 are disposed at the lower portion, and an endless rotating body (such as a chain) 5 is wound between the two wheels 3 and 4 facing each other in the vertical direction. The drive shaft 6 to which the drive wheel 4 is attached is connected to an inner frame 7 provided in the enclosure 1.
Are rotatably supported via bearings (not shown), and are operatively connected to a forward / reverse drive motor 9 provided in the enclosure 1. The motor 9 is composed of a motor with an electromagnetic brake disposed on a base frame 10, and its output shaft 11 and the drive shaft 6 are linked to each other by a winding transmission mechanism 12. A number of buckets are provided between the pair of left and right endless rotating bodies 5.
13 is attached via a link plate 14. That is, the link plate 14 is a set of two, and the bucket 13 is swingably supported by the pin 15 connecting the free ends thereof. A guide rail 17 for guiding a roller attached to the free end of the lever 16 from the pin 15 is provided on the inner surface of the inner frame 7. One side of the movement path of the bucket 13,
That is, a loading / unloading port 18 is formed below the front wall plate 1A of the enclosure 1, and a receiving table (table) is formed at a lower portion outside the loading / unloading port 18.
19 is provided, and a console 20 is provided near the center of the upper end.
An illumination device 21 for illuminating 18 and table 19 is provided. A switch panel 22 is provided on the front wall plate 1A on the side of the loading / unloading port 18, and a shutter plate 23 for opening and closing the loading / unloading port 18 is provided on the back side of the front wall plate 1A in the enclosure 1.
A shutter plate is provided at a lower portion of the inner side surface of the loading / unloading port 18.
A proximity sensor 23A for detecting the closed position of the 23 is provided. Also, on the back side of the switch panel 22 in the enclosure 1,
A control device 24 described below is arranged.

As shown in FIG. 3, the console 20 comprises a display unit 26 and an operation unit 28 formed by sheet keys. The display unit 26 includes a liquid crystal display 29 and setting data (shelf number, number, code number,
And a lamp 30 for displaying the type of position, sub-partition), bucket fixed position, and abnormality.
A setting switch 31 with a lamp for selecting a mode (shelf bin setting mode) for setting the bucket 13 to be called to the loading / unloading port 18 at the time of manual setting (a shelf number setting mode); an online switch 32 with a lamp for selecting an online operation mode; The bucket 13 to be called to the loading / unloading port 18 is stored in the bucket 13 or a loading / unloading switch 33 with a lamp for selecting a mode (code setting mode) for setting a code number of a load to be stored (code setting mode); Forward / reverse switch 34 for driving forward / reverse rotation, start (start) / completion switch 35A and stop (stop) switch 35B used for manual setting, and manual setting (shelf bin setting mode or code setting mode). Set the number of the bucket 13 or the code number of the load, which is used for loading and unloading, A ten-key switch 36 having a ackee and set key, the bucket 13 reference position (H
P), an HP switch 37 for returning to P), a function key switch 38 for giving a special function in combination with another key, a release switch 39 for turning off the display when an abnormality occurs, and a load for the load in the bucket 13. A position switch 40 for turning on a frontage indicator (not shown) for picking. These console 20 switches
31 to 40, the display 29, and the lamp 30 are connected to the control device 24. The lamps of the switches 31 to 33 are turned on when the switch is selected.

The switch panel 22 is, as shown in FIG.
It comprises a power key switch 41 having a power off position, an on position, and an inspection position, a lamp 42 for displaying normal / abnormal by switching the display color between green and red, and an emergency stop switch 43. The switches 41 and 43 and the lamp 42 are connected to the control device 24.

As shown in FIG. 5, each of the lighting devices 21 has a fluorescent lamp cover 44, a resin end cap 45 attached to one end of the fluorescent lamp cover 44, and screws secured to the fluorescent lamp cover 45. Fluorescent lamp socket bracket 46,
It comprises a fluorescent lamp 47. The circuit of this fluorescent lamp 47 is
As shown in FIG. 6 (a), the proximity sensor 23A connected in parallel to the ON position contact of the power key switch 41 between the AC power supplies.
The contact b (contact which is turned on when the shutter plate 23 is not in the closed position) 23B and the output contact 24A of the control device 24 are connected in series and connected to the fluorescent lamp socket bracket 46.

The circuit of the fluorescent lamp 47 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, between the AC power supply, the ON position contact of the power key switch 41, the b contact 23B of the proximity sensor 23A, and the output contact 24A of the control device 24 are connected in series and connected to the fluorescent lamp socket bracket 46 to form. As shown in FIG. 6 (c),
A circuit formed by connecting the ON position contact of the power key switch 41 and the output contact 24A of the control device 24 in series between the AC power supplies and connecting to the fluorescent lamp socket bracket 46, as shown in FIG. A circuit formed by connecting the ON position contact of the power key switch 41 and the b contact 23B of the proximity sensor 23A in series between the AC power supplies, and connecting the AC power supply to the fluorescent lamp socket bracket 46, or the like can be considered.

The control device 24 has a communication function, and is connected to a higher-level management device (not shown) by, for example, the RS232C system, and operates the operation switches 31 to 40 of the console 20 and the switch panel 22. By operating the switches 41 and 43, online, mode signal such as shelf number setting, activation,
A stop operation signal and a setting signal consisting of the number of the bucket 13 or the code number of the load to be stopped facing the loading / unloading port 18 are input. A work mode signal composed of the number of the bucket 13 to be stopped is input, and the motor 9 is controlled by a known bucket control method in accordance with these input signals, and the target bucket 13 is stopped facing the loading / unloading port 18, A work end signal is output to a higher-level management device. Further, the control device 24 is provided with the output contact 24A.
Is turned on and off to control the turning on and off of the fluorescent lamp 47.

The control method for turning on and off the fluorescent lamp 47 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. It is assumed that the operation key is operated to the ON position of the power key switch 41 and the last operation mode is stored in each operation mode.

First, it is determined whether the shelf number setting mode has been selected (step-1), the code setting mode has been selected (step-2), or the online operation mode has been selected (step-3). I do.

When the shelf number setting mode is selected or the code setting mode is selected, when the key operation of the operation switches 34 to 40 of the console 20 is confirmed (step-4), the output contact 24A is turned on. As fluorescent light 47
Is turned on (step-5), the count of the first timer is reset (step-6), and it is confirmed whether the motor 9 has been driven within a predetermined time (step-7), and the drive of the motor 9 is confirmed. Then, it is checked whether the start / completion switch 35A has been operated (step-8). When the operation of the switch 35A is confirmed, or when the driving of the motor 9 is not confirmed in Step-7, the first timer is counted (Step-9). When the first timer times out (Step-10), the output is performed. The fluorescent lamp 47 is turned off by turning off the contact 24A (step-11).

When the online operation mode is selected, when the input of the work mode signal is confirmed online (step-12), the output contact 24A is turned on to turn on the fluorescent lamp 47 (step-13). The count of the second timer is reset (step-14), and it is confirmed whether the start / completion switch 35A has been operated (step-15). When this operation is confirmed, the count of the second timer is performed (step-16). When the second timer expires (step 17), step 11 is executed to turn off the output contact 24A and turn off the fluorescent lamp 47.

The set time of the first timer and the second timer is arbitrarily set after the work is completed until the fluorescent lamp 47 is turned off. According to the circuit of the fluorescent lamp 47 in FIG.
By turning on / off the output contact 24A of the control device 24 and detecting the shutter plate 23 of the proximity sensor 23A, the fluorescent lamp
47 is lit when the power key switch 41 is operated to the on position and the shutter plate 23 is opened, or when the output contact 24A of the control device 24 is turned on, the shutter plate 23 is closed and the control When the output contact 24A of the device 24 is turned off, the light is turned off.

Further, according to the circuit of the fluorescent lamp 47 shown in FIG.
By turning on / off the output contact 24A of the control device 24 and detecting the shutter plate 23 of the proximity sensor 23A, the fluorescent lamp
47 indicates that the power key switch 41 is operated to the ON position, the shutter plate 23 is opened, and the output contact 24A of the control device 24
Is turned on when is turned on, the shutter plate 23 is closed,
Alternatively, when the output contact 24A of the control device 24 is turned off, the light is turned off.

Further, according to the circuit of the fluorescent lamp 47 shown in FIG.
By turning on / off the output contact 24A of the control device 24, the fluorescent lamp 47 is turned on when the power key switch 41 is operated to the ON position and the output contact 24A of the control device 24 is turned on. Turns off when 24A turns off.

According to the circuit of the fluorescent lamp 47 shown in FIG. 6D, the power key switch 41 is operated to the ON position by the detection of the shutter plate 23 of the proximity sensor 23A. Is turned on when the shutter plate 23 is opened, and turned off when the shutter plate 23 is closed.

As described above, the loading / unloading port 1 is controlled by the lighting device 21.
8, in particular, by illuminating both sides thereof, the worker can work in a bright environment in which the load can be easily seen, and the lighting device 21 can be operated by operating the switches 34 to 40 of the console 20 of the worker or online in the work mode signal. Automatically turns off after a predetermined time from the operation of the start / completion switch 35A which is operated when the worker completes the work on the shelf equipment. Therefore, it is not necessary to operate the switch for the lighting device as in the prior art. Workability can be improved,
In addition, energy saving can be realized.

Further, since the console 20 is provided at the center of the loading / unloading port 18, the worker does not get in the way during loading / unloading work, and can input work data by using the console 20. Since the work can be performed, it is possible to concentrate on the work with almost no lateral movement, thereby improving the work efficiency. Further, the use of the table 19 installed in front of the loading / unloading port 18 is not restricted, and no trouble occurs even if the table 19 is removed.
Further, since the state of the shelf is displayed in front of the worker at the loading / unloading port 18 for carrying in / out work, the worker can monitor the state without moving while performing the work.

In this embodiment, the bucket 13 is vertically moved.
The console 20 is arranged near the center of the upper end of the loading / unloading port 18 of the rotary shelf equipment for moving the bucket, but the rotary shelf equipment for moving the bucket 13 in the horizontal direction is similarly located near the center of the upper end of the loading / unloading port 18. The same effect can be obtained by providing the lighting device 21 and automatically turning on and off the lighting device 21. Further, in this embodiment, the loading / unloading port 18 is provided only at one location, but the loading / unloading port 18 is provided at a plurality of locations, and each loading / unloading port 18 is provided.
The same effect can be obtained by providing the lighting device 21 in the 18 and automatically turning on and off the lighting device 21.

Further, in this embodiment, the close limit position of the shutter plate 23 is detected by the proximity sensor 23A, but it goes without saying that the open limit position may be detected.

[0030]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the loading / unloading port is illuminated by the illuminating device, so that the worker can work in a bright environment in which the load can be easily seen. Further, the illumination device, for each input of the operation of the rack system of workers, or enter the online operation signal
It is automatically turned on at every power and automatically turned off after a predetermined time by the worker's operation of completing the work on the shelf equipment, eliminating the need to operate the lighting device switch as in the past, improving workability and saving energy. Can be realized.

[0031] According to yet a second invention, when opening the shutter of the transfer port workers lighting device is automatically turned from Rukoto automatically turned off when the shutter is closed, the lighting device for a switch as in the prior art There is no need to operate, and workability can be improved. According to the third invention,
After the work completion signal is input from the operating means, lighting after the work is completed
Timer timer with time to turn off the device
When the time is up, the power to the lighting system is shut off.
Since it is turned off and turned off, the lighting device switch
There is no need to operate the switch to turn off the light, improving workability.
And energy savings.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a rotary shelf facility according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the rotary shelf equipment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a console of the rotary shelf equipment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a switch panel of the rotary shelf equipment.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a console and a lighting device of the rotary shelf facility.

FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram of a lighting device of the rotary shelf facility.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of lighting control performed by the control device for the rotary shelf equipment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Enclosure body 3 Driven wheel body 4 Drive wheel body 5 Endless rotating body 9 Motor 13 Bucket 18 Carry-in / out port 19 Table 20 Console 21 Lighting device 22 Switch panel 23 Shutter plate 23A Proximity sensor 24 Control device 26 Console display unit 28 Console operation unit ( Operating means) 41 Power key switch 47 Fluorescent lamp

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65G 1/00-1/20 A47B 49/00

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] A drive wheel and a driven wheel are disposed at an appropriate interval in the vertical or horizontal direction within an enclosure, and an endless rotating body is wound between these wheels to form an endless rotating body. A number of buckets are attached, a rotary shelf facility provided with a drive device for driving the drive wheel body to form a rotary shelf, in the vicinity of a loading / unloading port for loads of the bucket provided on the enclosure,
The lighting device and the operation means of the shelf equipment are arranged, and each time an operation signal of the operation device is input, or each time an online operation signal is input , the power supply of the lighting device is turned on, and from the time of input of a work completion signal of the operation device. A rotary shelf facility provided with a control device for shutting off a power supply of a lighting device after a predetermined time. 2. A shutter and a sensor for detecting an open state of the shutter are provided at a loading / unloading port of the load of the bucket, and the control device turns on a power supply of the lighting device when the shutter is opened by the sensor. The rotary shelf equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. The control device according to claim 1, further comprising:
Time from input to turning off the lighting device after work is completed
Counts the set timer, and the time is up
Then, the power supply of the lighting device is cut off.
Item 3. The rotary shelf equipment according to claim 1 or 2.