JP3352846B2 - Container storage device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container storage device in which a plurality of containers accommodating articles are arranged in the depth direction of a shelf booth and stored in the booth.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a container storage device disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-25602, a passage is formed in parallel with the frontage surface of a three-dimensional shelf provided with a number of shelf booths in the vertical and horizontal directions. A container transporter is disposed so as to be able to travel along the vehicle, and a handle which can be engaged and disengageable with each other is attached to the opposite end faces of the two containers, and the two containers are moved by the handle to the depth of the shelf booth. They were stored in a shelf booth in a state where they were lined up and connected to each other.

In order to carry out a container from the shelf booth, the container transporter is driven to a horizontal position of a required shelf booth, and a lifting platform attached to the container transporter is opposed to the required shelf booth. After raising and lowering to
After engaging the engaging claws reciprocally provided on the loading / unloading platform with the handle of the container on the shelf front side, pulling the container onto the loading / unloading platform or loading the container into the shelf booth. Has pushed the container on the loading / unloading platform toward the shelf booth with the engaging claw.

[0004]

In the container storage device disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-25602, a container (hereinafter referred to as a near side container) stored in a shelf front side of a shelf booth is carried out, or the front side of the container is taken out. When the side container is loaded into the shelf booth, the container (hereinafter referred to as the “backside container”) stored on the back side of the shelf in the shelf booth and the front side container are connected to each other. The side container had to be slid back and forth at the same time, and as a result, the power for driving the engaging claw back and forth was great.

When the front container is to be carried out,
After transferring the front side container onto the lifting platform, the lifting platform must be lifted upward to release the combined state of the handle of the back side container and the handle of the front side container, or the front side When loading containers, it is necessary to lower the loading / unloading platform and connect the handle of the near side container on the loading / unloading platform to the handle of the back side container in the shelf booth. It took a long working time to enter.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a container storage device which overcomes the above-mentioned drawbacks. In a container storage device in which a plurality of containers are arranged and stored along the shelves and are loaded and unloaded into and out of the shelf booths by a container transporter having a loading / unloading platform and traveling along the shelf frontage, The loading / unloading platform is provided with support members for supporting the container in a reciprocating slide along the depth direction, and a handle is provided on an end surface of the container, and the container on the loading / unloading platform is moved to the loading / unloading platform and the shelf booth. While sliding on the supporting member, the container is transferred to the shelf frontage position of the shelf booth, or the container located on the shelf frontage side of the shelf booth is supported by the shelf booth and the lifting platform. While sliding Zaijo moves the transfer device causes transfer onto the bed descending 該昇, the container located on the shelf frontage side of the shelf booth to the rear side position of the shelf booth,
Or a moving device for moving the container located on the back side of the shelf booth to a position on the shelf frontage side of the shelf booth, the lifting platform is provided, and the moving device is disposed below the transfer device, A multi-stage slide member, a tip slide member of the multi-stage slide member being located below an upper surface of a base slide member of the multi-stage slide member, and a support of an engagement piece capable of removably engaging with a handle of the container. member is provided at the tip under side of the tip sliding member, said container arranged along the depth direction in the shelf booth, is characterized in that it has been separated without being connected to each other, respectively.

[0007] Since the present invention is configured as described above,
The container stored in the back of the shelf booth can be moved to the shelf front face by the moving device. As a result, it is necessary to interconnect a plurality of containers stored side by side along the depth direction of the shelf booth. Then, only the front side container stored on the shelf front side of the shelf booth is moved to the loading / unloading platform by the transfer device, and is moved from the lifting / lowering platform to the shelf front side of the shelf booth, and the shelf of the front side container is moved. Carrying in and out of the booth,
Because it can be performed regardless of the back side container,
The container support member between the lower surface of the container and the shelf booth
Abrasion of the upper surface can be suppressed as much as possible, and the power required for loading and unloading containers into and out of the shelves can be greatly reduced. The time required for carrying in and out can be reduced.

Further, when the container at the back of the shelf booth is to be carried out, as described above, the container at the entrance side of the shelf booth is carried out by the transfer device and temporarily placed in a suitable place. the shelf Booth far side container is moved to the position facing the shelf frontage surface by the moving device, and then may be transferred onto the lifting loading platform by the transfer device the shelf booth inner side container, the shelf booth inner side container The work in the reverse order to the above-mentioned work may be executed for carrying in the work.

As described above, in the present invention, the depth of the shelf booth
Multiple containers stored side by side along the row direction
Since there is no need to connect , storing containers with low frequency of use in the back of the shelves and storing containers with high frequency of use on the shelves between the shelves can be used to transport frequently used containers. In addition, it is possible to stop the containers that are not frequently used as they are, to save the power of the container storage device as a whole, and to improve the efficiency of transporting the containers.

Further, in the present invention, since the moving device is provided below the transfer device, the width of the loading / unloading carrier can be reduced to shorten the front-rear length of the container transporter. As a result, the container carrier can be reduced in size and weight, and when the container on the back side of the shelf booth is carried in / out, the small weight carrier can be moved a short distance without running the heavy container carrier. Can be switched between the transfer device and the transfer device in a short time, and the power for loading and unloading the container at the back of the shelf booth can be saved to save labor and operate. The required time can be reduced.

Further, in the present invention, the transfer device is a single-function device which performs a simple operation and has a simple structure similarly to the transfer device to the lifting platform in the container storage device for storing one container in the depth direction. As a single-function device with a simple structure that only slides the container in the front and rear direction within the shelf booth is sufficient, the entire device is particularly complicated even if the transfer device and the transfer device are provided. It is inexpensive and lightweight without the need to make it. Then, the multistage switch constituting the moving device
The slide member at the end of the ride member is
The distal slide is located below the upper surface of the proximal slide member.
At the lower end of the guide member, it is detachably engaged with the handle of the container.
Since the support piece of the engagement piece that can be fitted is provided,
Components of the moving device from the supporting surface of the supporting member
Move the container inside the shelf booth while it is positioned
Can be carried out, thus requiring a vertical gap between the shelves
Minimize and improve the storage efficiency of the three-dimensional shelf
You.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to raise / lower the transfer device without raising / lowering the lifting / lowering platform, so that the engaging member of the transfer device is connected to the container. The container can be engaged with the handle, and the transfer of the container can be efficiently performed within a short time.

Still further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the moving device and the transfer device can be integrally moved up and down without raising and lowering the loading / unloading platform, so that the moving device and the transfer device can be moved together. By selectively executing the operation of the transfer device, it is possible to easily and efficiently carry the container in and out of the shelf booth.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 14 will be described below. Two storage shelves 2 in the container storage device 1 are disposed on both sides of the shelf passage 7,
On each of the storage shelves 2, a number of pillars 3 are erected at predetermined intervals in the left-right horizontal direction at the front and rear, and are directed inside the respective front and rear pillars 3 in the vertical direction at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. Angled container supporting member 4 is integrally attached to the shelf booth 5
The shelf booth 5 is provided with two front and rear containers 8a and 8b (hereinafter, when it is necessary to distinguish them, suffixes “a” and “b” are added, and there is no need to do so). In such a case, the subscripts a and b are not added) are stored side by side.

A handle 9 whose tip is bent downward at a right angle is integrally attached to the front and rear end surfaces of the rectangular parallelepiped container 8.

Further, storage shelves 2 are provided at the bottom and top of shelf passage 7.
A traveling rail 10 and a guide rail 11 are erected in parallel with the shelf front face 6 of the container transporter 12, and a container carrier 12 is provided with a traveling carriage 13 capable of traveling on the traveling rail 10 while being guided by the guide rail 11, A mast 14 erected in the vertical direction at both ends in the traveling direction of the traveling carriage 13, and a lifting platform 15 provided on the mast 14 so as to be able to move up and down, the container carrier 12 is built in the traveling carriage 13. The traveling motor (not shown) can reciprocate in the shelf passage 7.

Furthermore, the loading / unloading platform 15 of the container transporter 12
In the state where the loading / unloading platform 15 faces the required shelf booth 5, a pair of left and right container support members 16a and 16b (hereinafter, when it is necessary to distinguish Are provided with subscripts a and b, and if not necessary, the subscripts a and b are not provided). The container 8 supported by the support member 4 includes the container support member 4 and the container support member 16.
The container 8 which is slid on and transferred to the container support member 16 of the loading / unloading platform 15 or supported by the container support member 16 of the loading / unloading platform 15 is the container support member 4 in the shelf booth 5.
It has been transferred to.

In addition, the container 8 located on the shelf opening surface 6 side in the shelf booth 5 is transferred to the elevator carrier 15,
Alternatively, a transfer device 20 for transferring the container 8 in the loading / unloading platform 15 to the shelf opening face 6 side of the shelf booth 5,
A moving device 41 for moving b to the shelf front face 6 side or moving the rear container 8b on the shelf front face 6 side to the back side of the shelf booth 5 is vertically arranged in parallel.

Next, the structure of the transfer device 20 shown in detail in FIGS. 7 to 9 will be described. In the loading / unloading platform 15, the base member is adjacent to the base slide member 42 of the moving device 41 located substantially at the center of the pair of left and right container support members 16a and 16b, and to the left container support member 16a in FIGS. In this position, guide rails 21 and 22 are disposed in parallel with the container support members 16a and 16b, and a slide guide receiving piece 24 slidably fitted to the guide rails 21 and 22 is It is provided integrally on the lower surface.

An advance / retreat motor 25 is provided below the container support member 16a and the guide rail 22 and at the rear end side (the upper end side in FIG. 7), and the advance / retreat motor 25 is connected to a drive sprocket 28 via a coupling 26. The driven sprocket 29 is rotatably pivotally supported at both front and rear ends of a base 27 supporting the guide rail 22, and an idler sprocket 30 is rotatably supported adjacent to the base 27. As shown in FIG. 10, both ends of the chain 31 bridged over the driving sprocket 28, the driven sprocket 29, and the idler sprocket 30 are integrally connected to the tip of a mounting piece 32 projecting downward from the sliding block 23. When the forward / backward motor 25 rotates forward and backward, the sliding block 23 can move back and forth.

As further shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, an engaging piece drive rack is provided on the top surface of the proximal slide member 42.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a driven pinion 34 which is integrally mounted with the engagement piece drive rack 33 is
The driven pinion is rotatably supported by the sliding block 23,
A drive pinion 35 integral with 34 is provided so as to be exposed above the slide block 23, and a pair of left and right turning shafts 36 are rotatably pivotally mounted at symmetric positions with respect to the guide rail 21 on the moving device 41. A pinion 37 meshing with the drive pinion 35 and a pinion 38a are integrally mounted below the turning shaft 36a near the mast 14, and a pinion 38 meshing with the pinion 38a is mounted on the turning shaft 36b. A pinion 38b having the same number of teeth and dimensions as 38a is integrally mounted, an engagement piece 39 is integrally provided at the upper end of the pinion 38, and an engagement roller 40 is pivotally mounted on the tip of the engagement piece 39. In a state where the sliding block 23 is located at the front end (the left end in FIG. 3) of the lifting platform 15, the engaging piece 39 is directed to the shelf booth 5a on the front end side of the lifting platform 15, and the engaging roller 40 is moved to the shelf. Engage with the handle 9a of the front side container 8a in the booth 5a, and the sliding block 23 faces rearward. Along with the movement, the engaging piece 39 expands outward, then closes inward and rotates 180 °, and the sliding block 23 is moved to the rear end of the lifting platform 15 (the right end in FIG. 4). In this state, the engaging piece 39 is directed toward the rear booth 5b on the rear end side of the lifting / lowering carrier 15 so that the engaging roller 40
Can be engaged with the handle 9a in the shelf booth 5b.

Next, the structure of the moving device 41 shown in detail in FIGS. 11 to 14 will be described. The moving device 41 includes a telescopic (aka nested) base end slide member 42.
, An intermediate slide member 43, and a distal slide member 44, and the proximal slide member 42 is provided integrally with the lifting platform 15.

The base slide member 42 includes a top plate 42a,
The left and right side plates 42b, which are downwardly attached to both sides of the top plate 42a and are integrally connected, and the bottom plate 42c, which is integrally connected to the lower ends of the left and right side plates 42b, are formed into a hollow prismatic shape. Guide grooves 45 oriented in the front-rear horizontal direction are formed on the inner surfaces of the upper and lower central portions of both side plates 42b.

Further, the intermediate slide member 43 is formed in a channel type by a top plate 43a and left and right side plates 43b which are suspended downward and integrally connected to both sides of the top plate 43a.
Guide rollers 46 and 47 are pivotally mounted on the outer side and inner side of 43b so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis in the left and right directions, two at the front and rear ends and four at the front and rear center.

Further, the tip slide member 44 is formed in an inverted channel type by a bottom plate 44a and left and right side plates 44b which are integrally connected to the both sides of the bottom plate 44a in an upright manner. And guide grooves 48 oriented in the horizontal direction
The outer guide roller 46 of the intermediate slide member 43 is fitted into the inner guide groove 45 of the base slide member 42 so as to be slidable back and forth, and is fitted to the inner guide roller 47 of the intermediate slide member 43. Outer guide groove 48 of tip slide member 44
Are slidably fitted back and forth.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, a slide drive motor 49 is mounted on the other side of the base slide member 42 in the front-rear longitudinal direction (near the container support member 16b). A drive sprocket 50 is integrally fitted to a rotating shaft projecting vertically upward from the motor 49,
The proximal slide member 42 is adjacent to the slide drive motor 49.
A driven sprocket 52 is integrally fitted with the upper end of a rotating shaft 51 rotatably pivoted to the top plate 42a of the top plate 42a, and an endless chain 53 is bridged between the two driving sprockets 50 and the driven sprocket 52.
As shown in FIG. 13, a drive pinion 54 fitted to the lower end of the rotating shaft 51 is engaged with a rack 55 integrally fitted to the top plate 43a of the intermediate slide member 43, and a slide drive motor 49 is provided. Is rotated forward and backward, the intermediate slide member 43 is slid back and forth with respect to the base slide member.

Further, a rack 56 is integrally mounted on the lower surface of the top plate 42a of the base slide member 42, and a rotation shaft 57 is pivotally mounted on the center of the top plate 43a of the intermediate slide member 43 in the front-rear longitudinal direction so as to be rotatable about a vertical line. Gears are provided at the upper and lower ends of the rotating shaft 57.
A pair of pinions 60 meshed with the gear 58 and meshed with the rack 56 are provided on the top plate 43a of the intermediate slide member 43.
A rack 61 is integrally mounted on the bottom plate 44a of the tip slide member 44, and is located forward and backward with the lower gear 59 interposed therebetween, and meshes with the gear 59 and meshes with the rack 61.
A pair of pinions 62 are pivotally attached to the top plate 43a of the intermediate slide member 43, and the intermediate slide member 43 is
When the front slide member 44 slides back and forth, the front slide member 44 slides back and forth by the same distance with respect to the intermediate slide member 43, and the base slide member 42, the intermediate slide member 43, and the front slide member 44 as a whole. It can be expanded and contracted.

As shown in FIG. 14, support pieces 63 project from the lower surface of both ends of the bottom plate 44a of the tip slide member 44 at predetermined intervals in the front and rear, respectively. A pair of left and right slide rods 64 are fitted into the piece 63 in a front-rear direction, and an upwardly-facing engaging piece 66 is integrally attached to the tip of the engaging piece supporting member 65.
A receiving piece 67 protrudes from the upper surface of 65 at a predetermined interval in the front and rear, and the pair of front and rear receiving pieces 67 are slidably fitted to the slide rod 64 and loosely fitted to the slide rod 64. The buffer coil spring 68 includes a support piece 63a near the end and a receiving piece 67a near the base.
The engaging piece 66 can be removably engaged with the handle 9 of the container 8, and when the moving device 41 operates, the buffer coil spring 68 is compressed to A large impact force does not act on the handle 9.

Since the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 14 is constructed as described above, the front container 8a stored in the one shelf booth 5a shown in FIG. For loading, the lifting block 15 is lowered to a height where the upper end of the engaging roller 40 is located below the lower end of the handle 9a of the near side container 8a, and then the sliding block 23 approaches the shelf front surface 6. When the forward / backward motor 25 is driven to the position, FIG.
As shown in the figure, when positioned at the longitudinal center of the guide rails 21 and 22, an engagement piece 39 oriented outward at a right angle,
The sliding block 23 turns 90 degrees in the moving direction, and the engaging roller 40 is positioned below the handle 9a of the front container 8a. In this state, if the lifting platform 15 is raised, the engagement roller 40 can be engaged with the handle 9a of the front container 8a.

Next, when the forward / backward motor 25 is rotated in the reverse direction, the sliding block 23 moves backward toward the other shelf 5b, and the engaging piece 39 expands outward by 90 °, and then moves about 9 °.
The handle 9a of the front-side container 8a engaged with the engagement roller 40 at the tip of the engagement piece 39 during this series of operations is closed by 0 ° inward and directed to the other shelf booth 5b. Shelf booth 5b
, And the front side container 8a is completely transferred onto the container support member 16 of the lifting platform 15 as shown in FIG. By performing the reverse operation, the container 8 on the loading / unloading platform 15 can be transferred to the front side of the one shelf booth 5a.

The front-side container 8a transferred onto the container supporting member 16 of the loading / unloading platform 15 is
After being transported to another shelf booth 5 or a container unloading port (not shown) by the above operation, it is loaded into these other shelf booths 5 by the operation of the transfer device 20, or is discharged to the container unloading port.

In the state where the front container 8a is carried out from one shelf booth 5a, the rear container 8a
In order to carry out b, the slide drive motor 49 is driven so that the engagement piece 66 is located immediately below the handle 9a of the rear container 8b in one of the shelf booths 5a as shown in FIG. Slide member 43 and tip slide member 44
Is extended toward the back side container 8b,
Is raised, the engagement piece 66 can be engaged with the handle 9a of the rear side container 8b.

In this engaged state, the slide drive motor 49
Is reversed to retract the intermediate slide member 43 and the front end slide member 44, the rear container 8b can be moved to a position where the handle 9a of the rear container 8b approaches the shelf front surface 6. In the same manner as described above, by the reverse operation of the moving device 41, the rear container 8b approaching the shelf front face 6 can be moved to the rear side of the one shelf booth 5a.

Further, in order to transfer the rear container 8b moved near the shelf front face 6 to the container supporting member 16 of the lifting platform 15, the lifting platform 15 is lowered and the rear container 8b is moved.
After the engaging piece 66 of the moving device 41 engaged with the handle 9a of the transfer device 20 is removed, the sliding block 23 of the transfer device 20 is
b, and move the engaging roller 40 to the rear side container 8b.
When the lifting platform 15 is raised after being positioned immediately below the handle 9a of the rear container 8b, the engaging roller 40 is attached to the handle 9a of the rear side container 8b.
And the same transfer device 20 as described above.
With the operation described above, the back side container 8b can be transferred onto the container support member 16 of the lifting platform 15.

Since the transfer device 20 is disposed above the moving device 41, the width of the loading / unloading platform 15 is significantly reduced as compared with the case where the transfer device 20 and the moving device 41 are disposed in the horizontal direction. As a result, the size and weight of the container transporter 12 can be reduced, the cost can be reduced, and the driving power can be reduced by reducing the size and weight of the container transporter 12.

Further, a transfer device 20 is disposed below the container 8 supported by the container support member 16 of the lifting / lowering platform 15, and the sliding block 23 of the transfer device 20 moves back and forth under the container 8 back and forth. In response to the reciprocating movement of the sliding block 23 of the transfer device 20 between the container support members 16, the engagement piece 39 of the transfer device 20 rotates about 180 °, Since the engagement roller 40 at the end of 39 can move extra by a distance approximately twice as long as the length of the engagement piece 39 as compared with the movement distance of the sliding block 23, the front-rear length of the lifting platform 15 is reduced. The length can be set slightly larger than the front-rear dimension of the container 8, and the space between the shelf opening surfaces 6 of the shelf booths 5a, 5b is set to a necessary minimum to improve the space storage efficiency of the storage shelf 2. be able to.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 14, the transfer device 20 is integrally provided above the moving device 41.
Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 16, the transfer device 20 may be configured to move up and down.

That is, the sliding block 23 is connected to the guide rail 22
The sliding block 23a is separated into a sliding block 23a on the side and a sliding block 23b on the side of the guide rail 21. On one sliding block 23a, an elevating roller 71 for holding the drive rail 70 from front and rear is arranged in the horizontal direction. The sliding block 23a is rotatably pivoted about the center, and when the sliding block 23a moves forward and backward by the drive of the moving motor 25, the sliding block 23b also moves forward and backward correspondingly.

The lift platform 15 is integrally provided with two vertically movable guide rails 72 which are vertically oriented at predetermined intervals in the front and rear directions. The lift guide rails 72 are provided with arms 74 via lift pieces 73. Are mounted so as to be able to move up and down, and the guide rail 21 and the engagement piece drive rack 33 are integrally mounted on the arm 74,
An elevating motor 75 is provided on the elevating guide rail 72, and a driven gear 77 is pivotally mounted on the elevating guide rail 72 so as to mesh with a driving gear 76 integral with the rotating shaft of the elevating motor 75.
A pinion 78 integral with 77 engages with a rack 79 integral with the lifting piece 73, and when the lifting motor 75 rotates in the forward and reverse directions, the arm 74
And the sliding block 23b moves up and down, and the engagement roller 40
Can be detachably engaged with the handle 9 of the container 8.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the transfer device 20 is moved up and down by the lifting motor 75, and the engaging roller 40 is The handle 9 can be engaged or disengaged, and the transfer device 20 can be operated quickly and easily.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the moving device 41 is fixed to the lifting platform 15 while the
Only the upper and lower members can be moved up and down. However, as shown in FIGS.
The guide rail 21 of the transfer device 20 and the engagement piece drive rack 33 are integrally provided above the base slide member 42 as in the embodiment of FIGS. The transfer device 20 and the moving device 41 may be integrated, and in this embodiment, the transfer device 20 does not need to be moved up and down.
Since not only the moving device 41 but also the moving device 41 can be moved up and down, the transferring device 20 and the moving device 41 can be operated quickly and easily to carry out the loading and unloading of the container 8 efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view illustrating an embodiment of a container storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a container.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a shelf booth and a loading / unloading cargo before starting the transfer of containers.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which a front side container is transferred from the shelf booth to the first and second loads.

FIG. 5 is a plan view before moving a back side container in a shelf booth.

FIG. 6 is a side view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a lifting / lowering load;

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of a lifting / lowering load;

FIG. 9 is a first side view of the lifting load.

FIG. 10 is a side view of a main part of the transfer device.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a state where the moving device is extended.

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional front view taken along the line XIII-XIII of FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged side view of a main part of FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a plan view of another embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a plan view of still another embodiment.

18 is a front view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Container storage device, 2 ... Storage shelf, 3 ... Column, 4 ... Container support member, 5 ... Shelf booth, 6 ... Shelf entrance face, 7 ... Shelf passage, 8 ... Container, 9 ... Handle, 10 ... Travel rail, 11… Guide rail, 12… Container transporter, 13… Truck, 14…
Mast, 15: Lifting platform, 16: Container support member, 20: Transfer device, 21, 22: Guide rail, 23: Sliding block, 24 ...
Sliding guide receiving piece, 25 ... forward / backward motor, 26 ... coupling, 27
... Base, 28 ... Drive sprocket, 29 ... Drive sprocket, 30 ... Idler sprocket, 31 ... Chain, 32 ... Mounting piece, 33 ... Engagement piece drive rack, 34 ... Drive pinion, 35 ... Drive pinion, 36 ... Rotating shaft , 37, 38 ... pinion, 39 ... engagement piece, 40 ... engagement roller, 41 ... moving device, 42 ... base slide member, 43 ... intermediate slide member, 44 ... tip slide member,
45 ... guide groove, 46, 47 ... guide roller, 48 ... guide groove, 49 ... slide drive motor, 50 ... drive sprocket, 51 ... rotating shaft, 52 ... driven sprocket, 53 ... endless chain, 54 ... drive pinion, 55, 56 ... rack, 57 ... rotating shaft, 58, 59 ... gear, 60 ... pinion, 61 ... rack, 62 ... pinion, 63 ... support piece, 64 ... slide rod, 65 ... engagement piece support member, 66 ... engagement piece , 67 ... receiving piece, 68 ... buffer coil spring, 70 ... drive rail, 71 ... lift roller, 72 ... lift guide rail, 73 ... lift piece, 74 ... arm, 75 ... lift motor, 76 ... drive gear, 77 ...
Driven gear, 78 ... pinion, 79 ... rack.

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] A plurality of containers accommodating articles are arranged in the shelf booth in a depth direction and stored in the shelf booth. The container booth is provided with a loading / unloading platform and travels along the shelf frontage. In the container storage device in which the container is carried in and out of the container, the shelf booth and the lifting platform are provided with support members for supporting the container slidably in a depth direction, and a handle is provided on an end face of the container. The container on the loading / unloading platform is slid on the support member between the loading / unloading platform and the shelf, and is transferred to the shelf front side of the shelf, or on the shelf front side of the shelf. A transfer device for transferring the located container onto the lifting / lowering platform while sliding the container on the shelf / supporting member of the lifting / lowering platform; and Is moved to the rear side position, or a moving device for moving the containers located in the shelf booth back side on the shelf frontage side position of the shelf booth, the lifting loading platform is provided, the mobile device of the transfer device disposed below Rutotomo
A multi-stage slide member, and a tip slide member of the multi-stage slide member is provided with the multi-stage slide member.
A support for an engagement piece which is located below the upper surface of the base end slide member of the storage member and which can be removably engaged with the handle of the container.
A container storage device , wherein a holding member is provided below the distal end of the distal slide member, and the containers arranged along the depth direction in the shelf booths are separated without being connected to each other. 2. The container storage device according to claim 1, wherein the moving device is fixed to the lift platform, and the transfer device is configured to be vertically movable with respect to the lift platform. . 3. The container storage device according to claim 1, wherein the moving device and the transfer device are integrally formed with each other so as to be vertically movable with respect to the lifting platform.