JP3119703B2 - Shipping 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 shipping device, and more particularly to a shipping device for an oil tank station for loading a plurality of oil liquids on a tank truck.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, oil depots handle a plurality of oil types so as to accept orders for various oil types such as regular gasoline, high-octane gasoline, kerosene, and light oil from delivery destinations. Therefore, various types of oil liquids are loaded into the tank lorry that enters and exits such an oil depot according to the order from the delivery destination.

[0003] Further, the oil tank is provided with a plurality of oil liquid storage sites so that the oil liquid can be simultaneously and efficiently loaded into a plurality of tank trucks. However, the number of loading arms is limited in order to load into the hatch of the tank lorry vehicle provided in one loading area, so not all loading areas have loading arms for all oil types. In addition, as for a load arm of an oil type that is frequently used for loading, a large number of loading arms are installed in place of the loading arm that is less frequently loaded.

Conventionally, when a tank lorry is moved to a loading yard, a driver of the tank lorry has independently selected a loading yard and loaded the oil liquid.

[0005]

However, the conventional shipping device does not guide the tank lorry truck to the loading site, and the loading site is selected by the driver of the tank lorry vehicle at its own discretion. Before moving to the site, the selection of the oil / liquid storage area must be made in advance by comparing the oil type of the oil / liquid to be loaded into the hatch and the oil type that can be loaded at each oil / liquid storage area. If the driver selects a loading area where there is no oil type to be loaded on the tanker truck just because the driver is vacant, and then moves the tanker truck, it is necessary to change the loading station to satisfy the loading schedule this time. The driver has to move many times, and there is a problem that the operation of selecting a loading area not only places a burden on the driver, but also makes it impossible to load efficiently.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide a shipping device that can efficiently load an oil liquid into a tank truck.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is provided in an oil depot having a plurality of loading stations for loading an oil liquid on a tank truck,
In a shipping device that controls loading of an oil liquid to a tank truck, a storage device that stores oil type data of an oil liquid to be loaded in the tank truck and stores loadable oil type data for each of the plurality of storage locations. Means, comparing the oil type data of the tank lorry stored in the storage means with the oil type data of the plurality of loading yards, and comparing the oil type data to be loaded on the tank lorry with the load type. A selection means for selecting a place, and a notifying means for notifying the loading place selected by the selection means are provided.

[0008]

The selecting means can load all the oil types to be loaded on the tank truck by comparing the oil type data to be loaded on the tank truck with the oil type data stored in the storage means and the oil type data for each loading area. Automatically select the loading dock. The result of the selection is reported by the reporting means to inform the driver of the tank lorry vehicle which loading place to go to. The driver moves the tank lorry to the loading area notified by the notification means to load the oil liquid. This frees the driver from the task of selecting a loading area and reduces the burden of the work. In addition, the driver can load all the oil types to be loaded on the tank lorry vehicle in a single move, and efficiently use the oil liquid. Can be loaded.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A shipping apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7 are flowcharts showing a control configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8 is an overall configuration diagram of an oil depot to which the shipping device of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 9 is a shipping control device 1 and a refueling control device. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the connection between 6 and each device, and FIG.

First, the structure of the oil tank will be described with reference to FIGS. 8, 9 and 10. FIG. In FIG. 8, reference numeral 1 denotes a shipping control device provided in an office. This shipping control device 1 is used by a customer at an oil depot for receiving an order for an oil liquid from a customer. It is connected to the order receiving device 4 to which reservation data including the code and the oil type and quantity of the oil liquid to be delivered to this customer code is inputted, and should be loaded for each hatch of each lorry vehicle based on the reservation data from the order receiving device 4. The oil type / quantity of the oil liquid is automatically allocated, and the oil type / quantity of each hatch is stored in a vehicle-specific reservation file described later. Also, as shown in FIG. 9, the shipping control device 1 includes a magnetic card reader / writer 2 for reading a lorry card (vehicle number card) 20 provided for each tank lorry vehicle, a display 3, A slip printer 5 that prints out the oil type and quantity of the oil type to be loaded on the corresponding tank truck and a refueling control device 6 described later are connected.

Further, as shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the storage means in the shipping control device 1 is provided with a vehicle-specific reservation file, a reservation file, a loading status file, a vehicle master, a loading master, and an equipment use master. Have been.

As shown in FIG. 13 (A), the vehicle-specific reservation file includes a vehicle number for specifying each tank truck, and the oil type previously loaded in each hatch of the tank truck corresponding to this vehicle number. The oil type code indicating the oil type, the oil type code indicating the oil type of the oil liquid to be loaded this time in each hatch of the tank lorry vehicle corresponding to this vehicle number, the reserved amount indicating the quantity of the oil liquid, This is for storing the vehicle-specific reservation data including the actual quantity indicating the quantity of the loaded oil liquid and the loading number indicating the loading area to which the oil liquid to be loaded this time can be supplied.

As shown in FIG. 13B, the reservation file is for storing the reservation data supplied from the order receiving device 4 described above.

The loading status file is used to store the loading status of each loading location. As shown in FIG. 13C, the presence / absence of standby lorry vehicles waiting for loading, which will be described later, for each loading location, and The presence or absence of a loading lorry is stored.

As shown in FIG. 14A, the vehicle master stores a vehicle number for specifying each lorry vehicle and the capacity of each hatch of the tank lorry vehicle corresponding to this vehicle number. is there.

[0016] As shown in FIG. 14B, the loading yard master stores a loading yard No. for specifying each loading yard and this storage No.
Loading port 16 (loading arm 1)
This is for storing the oil type of the oil liquid that can be loaded from 1).

As shown in FIG. 14 (C), the equipment use master includes a load No. for specifying each load and a load N
This is for storing the total supply amount of the oil liquid supplied from each loading port 16 (loading arm 11) of the loading area corresponding to o.

The refueling control device 6 is provided for each loading area, is connected to the above-mentioned shipping control apparatus 1 via a communication line (not shown), and the type and quantity of oil to be loaded on the tank truck coming to the loading area. And the like, and based on the data exchange, based on the data from the shipping control device 1, from each loading arm 11 present in the loading area where the refueling control device 6 is provided, from each hatch of the tank truck. To control the actual refueling operation to the vehicle. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the refueling control device 6 is provided near each hatch H of the tank truck 17.
Hatch sensor 7 for reading a hatch card 18 for identifying a vehicle, a remote switch 8 operated by a refueling operator when starting refueling to a tank truck 17, a ground 9, and a vehicle written on the above-mentioned Lori card 20. It is connected to the magnetic card reader / writer 10, the display 14, etc., which reads the separate reservation data and writes the loading result for the vehicle-specific reservation data on the lorry card 20, and controls these operations.

Here, the tank truck 1 in the oil depot is used.
7 is described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

First, when the tank lorry 17 arrives at the oil depot, the driver (operator) causes the card reader 2 to read the lorry card 20 corresponding to the tank lorry 17 (step S1-1). The shipping control device 1 receives this, reads out the vehicle-specific reservation data corresponding to the vehicle number stored in the lorry card 20 from the vehicle-specific reservation file, and reads the vehicle including the oil type and quantity assigned to each hatch of the tank lorry 17. The separate reservation data is displayed on the display 3 (step S1-2). The driver of the tank truck 17 sees this, and if there is a problem with the assignment contents, resets the customer, oil type, and quantity for each hatch of the tank truck 17. (Step S1-3). When the driver has solved all the assignment problems, he or she performs an input to confirm the completion of the setting (steps S1-4, S1-5).

Upon receiving the input of the completion of the setting, the shipping control device 1 determines a loading area that can supply the oil type for each hatch from the oil type for each hatch set in steps S1-2 and S1-3. Vehicle-specific reservation data is created from the oil type, quantity, and loading area for each hatch, and the vehicle-specific reservation data is stored in
It is written to 0 and stored in a file for each vehicle reservation (step S1-6). Next, a hatch allocation process described later is performed (step S1-7). After the hatch allocating process is completed, the loading instruction sheet and the shipping slip based on the above-described vehicle-specific reservation data are printed by the slip printer 5 (step S).
1-7). The slip is issued for each delivery destination, and as shown in FIG. 11, the necessity of gas purging, unloading order, product name, quantity, etc. are described for each hatch. Also, as shown in FIG. 12, the loading instruction sheet indicates whether gas purging is required for each hatch, the name of the product to be loaded this time, the type of oil, the quantity, the loading area No., and the unloading destination (delivery destination).
Etc. are printed.

Next, the driver moves the tank truck 17 to the designated loading site based on the loading number described in the printed loading instruction and loads the oil (step S).
1-8).

Here, the method of determining the ladle No. in step S1-7 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the shipping control device 1 loads the magnetic card reader / writer 2 of the standby loading vehicle (the magnetic card reader / writer 2 of the shipping control device 1), and then reads the magnetic card reader / writer of the loading area.
In a state where the lorry card 20 is not read by the writer 10, there is no tank lorry waiting for loading of the oil liquid at the loading site, and the loading lorry (shipping control device 1)
After the Lori card 20 is read by the magnetic card reader / writer 2 of the first embodiment, the magnetic card reader / writer 10 is moved to the loading area, and the Lori card 20 is read by the magnetic card reader / writer 10 of the loading area. It is determined from the loading status data stored in the loading status file whether or not there is a loading pit without a tank lorry vehicle in an unloaded state (step S2a-).
1).

If it is determined in step 2a-1 that there is no waiting lorry truck and there is no loading lorry truck, the shipping control device 1 determines the oil type of the oil liquid that can be supplied at this loading yard. The tank lorry 17 has all the oil types to be loaded by comparing these oil types with the oil type of the oil liquid to be loaded into the tank lorry 17 stored in the vehicle-specific reservation file. It is determined whether there is a loading area (step S2a-2).

In step S2a-2, if there is a loading area in which all the oil types to be loaded on the tank lorry 17 are present, based on the data of the equipment use master stored in the storage means in the shipping control device 1. Calculate the total value of the frequency of use of the equipment corresponding to each oil type from the storage areas, and select the total value, that is, the storage area with the least frequency of use, and determine whether there are multiple storage areas. Judge (Step S2a-
3).

In step S2a-3, if there is only one loading place that is not frequently used, the loading place is taken into consideration. If there are a plurality of loading places, the transportation efficiency of the tank truck is taken into consideration in the shipping control device 1. Based on the data relating to the storage location stored in the storage means, for example, a storage facility closest to the office is selected from a plurality of storage locations, and stored as a standby lorry vehicle at the storage location in a storage facility status file. Loading area for each hatch included in the vehicle-specific reservation data corresponding to the tank truck 17 stored in the vehicle-specific reservation file
The storage area No. is stored in the storage area for storing the No.
This loading area No. Is written in the low card 20. (Steps S2a-4, S2a-
5).

If it is determined in step S2a-2 that there is no storage area in which all reserved oil types in the empty storage area can be loaded, the most efficient (ie, the moving distance of the tank truck 17 can be minimized) Set up the loading area so that the cargo can be loaded. First, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of yards where the reserved oil type can be loaded most frequently among the vacant depots, based on the oil type data stored in the storage master and the oil of the tank lorry 17 stored in the vehicle-specific reservation file. The determination is made by comparing with the seed data (step S2b-1).

When there are a plurality of such storage sites, the total value of the equipment use frequency of each oil type among the storage sites is calculated, and it is determined whether there is a plurality of storage sites having the smallest total value. (Step S2b-2).

In the case of a single facility, the loading place is selected by selecting the loading place closest to the office in the case of a plurality of places, and the type of oil that can be supplied from the loading place is compared with the type of oil to be loaded in each hatch. The hatch that can supply the oil liquid from this storage area is determined, and the storage area No. is stored in a location corresponding to the hatch of the vehicle-specific reservation data stored in the vehicle-specific reservation file. (Steps S2b-3, S2b-4). As a result, among the hatches of the tank lorry 17 where the liquid oil is loaded this time, the type of oil that can be supplied at the loading site is associated with the hatching to be loaded and the loading site No. is stored.

Next, the shipping device 1 determines whether or not there is a hatch to which a loading place is not allocated (step S2b-5). If there is no hatch to which a loading area is not allocated in step S2b-5, that is, the hatch allocation processing ends when the loading area is allocated to all the hatches. If there is a hatch to which no loading area is assigned, it is determined whether there is a loading area to which a reserved oil type of an unassigned hatch can be loaded among the empty loading areas (step S2b-6).

If it is determined in step S2b-6 that there is a loading area in which the reserved oil type can be loaded from among the empty loading areas, step S2b-6 is executed.
Steps 2b-1 to S2b-5 are repeated to determine the loading area for the hatch. If there is no storage at which the reserved oil type can be loaded from the empty storage at step S2b-6, the processing from step S2c-1 described later is performed, and the storage is allocated to the hatch.

In step S2a-1, when there is no loading yard where there is no standby lorry and no loading lorry at the loading yard, that is, when there is no empty loading yard, first, the loading master is stored. Based on the data, it is determined whether there are a plurality of loading yards in which all of the oil types (hereinafter referred to as reserved oil types) to be loaded in the tank lorry vehicle 17 are among the loading yards having the least number of standby lorry vehicles ( Step S2c-1).

Here, when there are a plurality of loading sites where all the reserved oil types can be loaded, the total supply amount from each loading port of the loading site is read out from the equipment use master, and the frequency of use of the equipment of each oil type (loading site). The total value of each total liquid supply amount) is calculated, and it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of landing sites with the smallest total value (step S).
2c-2).

Here, when the loading yard with the smallest total value is single, the loading yard is assigned to the loading yard when there is more than one loading yard with the smallest total value, and when the loading yard is closest to the office. The storage No. of each hatch stored in the vehicle-specific reservation data corresponding to the tank lorry vehicle 17 stored in the vehicle-specific reservation file and stored in the vehicle-specific reservation file is stored as a standby lorry vehicle at the storage site. The storage area No. is stored in the storage area to be written, and the vehicle-specific reservation data having this storage area No. is written into the low card 20 (steps S2c-3, S2c-4, S2c-5).

If it is determined in step S2b-1 that there is no loading station capable of loading all the reserved oil types at the loading station with the least number of standby lorry vehicles, steps S2c-5 to S2c-9.
Is executed.

First, in step S22, the oil type data stored in the loading area master is compared with the oil type data of the tank lorry vehicle stored in the vehicle-specific reservation file. It is determined whether there are a plurality of loading places where the most reserved oil types can be loaded. If there is only one loading yard with the largest number of reserved oil types among the loading yards with the least standby lorry vehicles, assign the loading yard to a hatch corresponding to the oil type that can be supplied from that loading yard, and reserve by vehicle Loading place N of vehicle-specific reservation data corresponding to tank truck 17 in the file
o. (S2c-8).

If it is determined in step S2c-5 that there are a plurality of loading bays where the most reserved oil type can be loaded, the total value of the equipment use frequency of each loading port 16 is calculated for each of those loading bays. Allocate the least number of yards to hatches, and if there are multiple such yards, assign the yard near the office to the hatch corresponding to the type of oil that can be supplied from that yard. The hatch store No. is stored in the reservation file (2c-6, 2c-7).

The above control is performed in steps S1-3 to S1 described above.
The process is performed until all the hatches to which the oil liquid is loaded in 1-6 are assigned to the hatches, and when all the hatches are assigned to the hatches, they are stored in the loading status file as standby lorries. Is done. Next, the operation in the loading area will be described with reference to FIGS. Next, the driver moves the lorry 17 to the loading site based on the loading instruction, and connects the ground connector 9 to the tank lorry 17 (step S3-).
1). Further, the driver causes the magnetic card reader 10 of the refueling control device 6 to read the low card 20 (step S3-2). Then, the refueling control device 6 sets the lowry card 2
It is determined whether or not the loading site is a loading instruction site based on the loading No. for each hatch stored in 0 (step S3-3).

The refueling control device 6 proceeds to step S3-3.
If the moved dump and the designated dump are the same,
If it is determined, the display 14 shows the hatch H of the lorry 17.₁
~ H _ThreePort 16 and oil corresponding to the type of oil to be loaded
Display seeds and quantities and store them in Rori Card 20
Vehicle number and the corresponding loading number are sent to the shipping control device 1.
Send. Then, the shipping control device 1 responds to this vehicle number.
Tank truck 17 is located at the loading site corresponding to the loading site No.
Recognizing that loading is in progress, this is the loading status file 2
Refueling control from the storage area of the standby lorry car with the No. 1 loading point
Deleting the vehicle number supplied from device 6 and loading
The vehicle number is stored in the storage area of the tank truck.
You. The driver can confirm the loading address indicated on the display 14.
Hatch H at the loading port 16 of the room 11₁~ H_FourInsert to
Step S3-4). Next, the driver uses hatch card 1
8 into the hatch sensor 7 of the loading arm 16
(Step S3-5). Next, the driver
Switch 8 to set the loading quantity and the loading start switch.
15 is turned on (steps S3-6, S3-7). loading
When start switch 15 is turned on, refueling to prevent oil mixture
The control device 6 determines the oil type indicated and the oil type loaded from the loading port.
Is determined (step S3-8).

Here, if the oil type is the same, the oil supply control device 6 then controls the oil supply control device 6 to prevent overflow.
It is determined whether or not the set loading quantity matches the loading indication quantity for the hatch of the tank truck 17 stored in the loading card (step S3-9). Here, when the hatch capacity and the loading instruction amount match, the refueling control device 6 starts the pump 19, opens the metering valve 13, and starts loading the tank truck 17 into the hatch ( Step S3-10). During loading, a pulse signal from the flow valve 12 is input to the refueling control device 6, the loading amount is monitored, and the loading amount is displayed on the display 14. The refueling control device 6 stops the pump 19 when the loading quantity reaches the set value, and
3 is closed, and further, the loading area No., the loading port No., and the loading amount are transmitted to the shipping control device 1, and loading is completed (Step S).
3-11). Further, the shipping control device 1 which has received the loading port No. and the loading amount reads out the total supply amount of the loading port at the loading port corresponding to the loading port No. from the equipment use master, and stores this value in step S3. The loading amounts transmitted in -11 are added together, and this is updated and stored in the equipment use master as the total supply amount from the loading port number.

When the loading is completed, the refueling control device 6 determines whether the loading at the designated loading site is completed (step S3-12). In step S3-12, when the loading at the designated loading site is completed, a display notifying the completion is displayed on the display 14.

The driver sees this and disconnects the ground (step S3-13). Next, the driver looks at the loading instructions,
Confirm loading instruction at another loading area (step S3-1)
4). If the driver determines that there is no loading instruction at another loading area, it means that all loading to the tank truck 17 has been completed.

On the other hand, in step S3-3, the refueling control device 6
Does not coincide with the designated dump (ie, the assigned dump), an alarm is output to notify the driver to move to the correct dump (step S3-1).
5).

The driver knows that the loading area is not instructed by the alarm, disconnects the ground, and moves the tank truck 17 to the instructed loading area (step S3-).
16, S-17).

When the driver performs steps S3-1 and S3-2 at the loading site where the tank truck 17 has been moved, the determination in the steps is performed again, and the control after step S3-3 is performed.

If the loading arm of the oil type specified in step S3-8 is not inserted into the hatch, that is, the loading arm of an oil type different from the oil type to be loaded on the hatch is inserted into the hatch. If so, an alarm is issued (step S3-18). The driver learned from the alarm that a loading arm of an oil type different from the oil type to be loaded into the hatch was inserted into the hatch, removed the hatch card and the loading arm (step S3-19), and corresponded to the correct hatch. Insert the loading arm into the hatch and insert the hatch card into the hatch sensor (steps S3-4, S3-
5). After the hatch card is inserted into the hatch sensor, the control from step S3-6 described above is performed.

Further, in step S3-9, if the hatch capacity of the tank truck 17 stored and stored in the loading card does not match the loading instruction quantity, an alarm is output (step S3-9). S3-2
0). When an alarm is output, work and control are performed in accordance with the procedure from step S3-6.

If it is determined in step S3-12 that loading has not been completed at the designated loading site, the process returns to step S3-4, and the above-described control is performed in accordance with the procedure from step S3-4.

In step S3-14, if there is a loading instruction at another loading place, the driver is moved to the loading place instructed, and the above-described operation and control are performed in accordance with the procedure from step S3-1.

When the low card 20 is read by the magnetic card reader / writer 2 of the shipping control device 1 as described above,
The shipping control device 1 automatically selects the loading site for the tank truck 17 based on the actual operation status of the loading site at the present time and the past shipping results of each loading site, and prints out the loading site as a loading instruction. It is easy to determine whether to move to the loading dock.

[0052]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the loading area where the oil liquid can be loaded into all the hatches of the tank lorry is automatically set, the worker (driver) is required to carry out the loading operation. It is not necessary to judge the condition, and all hatches can be loaded in one loading area, so that the oil liquid can be loaded efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an operation of a shipping control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the shipping control device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an operation of setting a loading site in the shipping control device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an operation of setting a loading yard in the shipping control device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an operation of setting a loading site in the shipping control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the refueling control device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the refueling control device of the refueling control device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of a shipping device.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a shipping device.

FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a loading site.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a slip.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a loading instruction.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining data stored in a shipping control device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating data stored in a shipping control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shipping control device 2 Magnetic card R / W 4 Order receiving device 5 Chit printer 6 Refueling control device 7 Hatch sensor 8 Remote switch

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takashi Shimoyama 1-3-6 Fujimi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Tokiko Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Saka ▲ No ▼ Takaaki Kami 1 Fujimi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture No. 6-3, Tokiko Giken Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-4-294790 (JP, A) JP-A-3-226493 (JP, A) JP-A-3-226492 (JP, A) JP-A-1-226591 (JP, A) JP-A-1-226592 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B67D 5/22

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A shipping device provided in an oil depot having a plurality of loading stations for loading an oil liquid into a tank lorry vehicle and controlling loading of the oil liquid into the tank lorry vehicle; A storage unit that stores oil type data and oil type data that can be loaded at each of the plurality of storage locations, and an oil type data of the tank lorry vehicle stored in the storage unit and each of the plurality of storage locations. Selecting means for comparing the oil type data that can be loaded with the oil type data to be loaded on the tank lorry vehicle, and a notifying means for notifying the loading area set by the selecting means; A shipping device comprising: