JP6557200B2 - Article carrying-in / out apparatus and article carrying-in / out method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure of a carry-in / out port for carrying in / out an article, and more particularly to a technique effective when applied to carry-in / out of an article to / from a place where isolation from an external environment is necessary.

  Maintaining isolation when goods are taken in and out of places that need to be isolated from the external environment, such as taking goods in and out of clean rooms such as semiconductor manufacturing plants and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, and taking out fuel debris from inside the reactor building However, there is a demand for a structure of a carry-in / out port through which articles can easily pass.

  As a background art in this technical field, for example, there is a technique such as Patent Document 1. In Patent Document 1, “a flexible sheet curved in a wave shape so as to swing in the horizontal direction instead of an entrance door or shutter is arranged from the front of the entrance to the back, The entrance is closed at the valley, and when moving in and out, a forward wave is generated in the seat, and when the end of the seat becomes a mountain or valley, it goes in and out, and moves with the advance of the mountain or valley. Closure member and closure structure "are disclosed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-13366

  As described above, there is a demand in various industrial fields for carrying in / out ports through which articles can be easily passed while maintaining an isolated state. For example, in a conventional general clean room, an air shower device is provided in the front chamber. The high-speed jet air cleaned by the HEPA filter (High-Efficiency Particulate Air filter) is directly applied to the surface of people and items to remove adhering dust. In addition, an air lock function that shuts off the outside air and the clean room is provided by providing double doors and preventing the doors from opening simultaneously.

  By the way, in the dust removal by the conventional air shower device, when the shape of the article to be carried is complicated, the dust removal is insufficient in the portion where the high-speed jet air is not directly applied, or the diffusion material has a large mass and high kinetic energy. May not be sufficiently isolated by air shower.

  The closed structure of the above-mentioned patent document 1 has a complicated structure such as a drive device for causing the flexible sheet to generate a forward wave, and requires the conveyor to be controlled in accordance with the forward wave. It is not easy.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an article carrying-in / out apparatus that allows easy passage of articles while maintaining a state of isolation from the external environment with a relatively simple structure.

  It is another object of the present invention to provide an article carrying-in / out method that allows easy passage of articles while reliably maintaining a state of isolation from the external environment by a relatively simple method.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is an article carry-in / out apparatus for carrying in / out an article in a space that needs to be isolated from an external environment, the frame serving as a casing of the article carry-in / out apparatus, A plurality of deformable elastic members provided in the frame to extend in the loading / unloading direction of the article and separating the external environment from the space, and the elastic members are filled in a bag It is a gel .

The present invention is also an article carrying-in / out method for carrying in / out an article in a space that needs to be isolated from the external environment, wherein the external environment and the space provided extending in the carrying-in / out direction of the article are provided. The article is carried in and out along the boundary portions of a plurality of deformable elastic members that isolates from each other , and the elastic member is a gel filled in a bag .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the goods carrying in / out apparatus with easy passage of goods is realizable with a comparatively simple structure, maintaining an isolation | separation state with an external environment reliably.

  Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize an article carrying-in / out method in which an article can be easily passed through while maintaining a state of isolation from the external environment with a relatively simple method.

  Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of embodiments.

It is a front view of the goods carrying-in / out apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is A-A 'sectional drawing in FIG. 1A. It is a front view of the goods carrying-in / out apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is B-B 'sectional drawing in FIG. 2A. It is B-B 'sectional drawing in FIG. 2A. It is a figure which shows the goods carrying-in / out apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a C-C 'arrow line view in Drawing 4A. It is a C-C 'arrow line view in Drawing 4A. It is a figure which shows the goods carrying-in / out apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is D-D 'arrow line view in FIG. 5A. It is a front view of the goods carrying-in / out apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is E-E 'sectional drawing in FIG. 6A. It is a front view of the goods carrying-in / out apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is F-F 'sectional drawing in FIG. 7A. It is G-G 'sectional drawing in FIG. 7B. It is F-F 'sectional drawing in FIG. 7A. It is sectional drawing of the goods carrying in / out apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the goods carrying in / out apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the goods carrying in / out apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows dust and a gel conceptually. It is a figure which shows dust and a gel conceptually.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description of the overlapping portions is omitted.

  With reference to FIG. 1A to FIG. 3, an article carry-in / out apparatus of Example 1 will be described. FIG. 1A is a front view of an article carry-in / out apparatus according to the present embodiment using a gel-filled bag. FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A ′ of FIG. 1A, and shows a cross-sectional structure of the article carry-in / out apparatus. 2A and 2B are views showing a state in which a cart is carried in by the article carrying-in / out device, and corresponds to FIGS. 1A and 1B, respectively. Moreover, FIG. 3 has shown the state which carried in the trolley | bogie to the middle of the goods carrying in / out apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the article carrying-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment is viewed from the carrying-in / out entrance 1 side, a frame 3 installed on the floor 2, a gel bag 4 fixed to the frame 3, and a gel bag 4 And the gel sphere 5 filled inside. The frame 3 is a housing of the article carry-in / out device. The gel bags 4 are installed at three or more locations on the inner upper side and the left and right side surfaces of the frame 3, and the upper gel bag 4 presses the side gel bag 4 with its own weight to maintain airtightness.

  The gel bag 4 is filled with gel balls 5 by installing a bag for gel injection on the frame 3 and charging the gel with a hose or the like. Or the form which manufactures the gel bag 4 previously filled with the gel ball | bowl 5, and attaches it to the flame | frame 3 may be sufficient.

  The bag constituting the gel bag 4 is preferably made of a material having sufficient strength to fill and hold the gel sphere 5 therein, for example, a high-strength material such as aramid fiber or carbon fiber (carbon fiber). Use fiber. However, the gel bag 4 is not limited to these materials, and it is more preferable to select an optimal material bag depending on the application and scale of the article carrying-in / out apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 1B, the article carrying-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment is provided with the gel bag 4 extending to the frame 3 along the depth direction of the carry-in / out entrance 1, that is, the article carrying-in direction. By installing the gel bag 4 with a sufficient width in the depth direction of the article carry-in / out device, it is possible to reliably maintain the isolation state from the external environment even when the article is carried in.

  FIG. 2A to FIG. 3 show a state when the carriage is carried in by the article carrying-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment. When carrying in an article such as a cart 6, it is carried in along the boundaries between a plurality of gel bags 4 provided inside the frame 3. The gel bag 4 filled with gel balls 5 is an elastic member that can be easily deformed (deformable) and has a certain amount of mass. Therefore, the gel bag 4 is deformed in accordance with the shape of the carry-in object such as the cart 6 and the cart passes. After that, the shape of the gel bag 4 is restored and the airtightness can be maintained. Thereby, carrying-in objects, such as the trolley | bogie 6, can be carried in, maintaining the isolation | separation state with an external environment.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, articles can be easily carried in and out with a relatively simple structure while reliably maintaining a state of isolation from the external environment.

  With reference to FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C, the article carrying in / out apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 4A is a side view of the article carry-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment that uses the gel sphere without putting it in a bag, and shows an end near the carry-out port. FIG. 4B is a view showing the vicinity of the carry-out port when FIG. 4A is viewed from the C-C ′ direction, and shows a state where the lid 8 is closed. Moreover, FIG. 4C has shown the state which pushes out the lid | cover 8 and a carry-in thing is carried in from the inside.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the article carrying-in / out apparatus according to the present embodiment is filled with gel spheres 5 in the airtight holding device 7, and has a carry-in port and a carry-out port having lids 8 at both ends of the airtight holding device 7. Is provided. FIG. 4A shows only one end (carrying outlet) of the airtight holding device 7. The lid 8 has a divided structure as shown in FIGS. 4A to 4C.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, when the carry-in object is not carried in, the lid 8 divided into a plurality of parts is closed, and the gel sphere 5 is held inside the airtight holding device 7. On the other hand, when carrying in a load, as shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4C, it is pushed by the load and the lid 8 is opened, and the load 9 is loaded. After the carried-in item 9 passes through the airtight holding device 7, the lid 8 is returned to its original state by an elastic force such as a spring or rubber, and the lid 8 is closed.

  When the lid 8 is opened and the carry-in article 9 passes, a certain amount of the gel sphere 5 leaks to the outside together with the carry-in article 9, so that a new gel sphere 5 is supplied into the airtight holding device 7 with a hose or the like. It may be. Alternatively, the lid 8 may have a double structure, and a mechanism (equipment) for collecting the gel sphere 5 overflowing from the airtight holding device 7 may be provided between the two lids so that the gel sphere 5 does not overflow to the outside. it can.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, articles can be easily carried in and out with a relatively simple structure while reliably maintaining a state of isolation from the external environment. The article carrying-in / out apparatus according to the present embodiment is suitable for carrying in / out a relatively light and small article such as a pass box in a clean room.

  With reference to FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, the articles | goods carrying in / out apparatus of Example 3 is demonstrated. FIG. 5A is a plan view of the article carrying-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment in which the gel sphere is used without being put in a bag. FIG. 5B is a view of FIG. 5A as viewed from the direction DD ′, showing a state in which the load 9 is carried in from one (right side) opening port 10, and the other (left side) opening port 10 is the lid 8. Indicates a closed state.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the article carrying-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment is provided with two carrying-in (carrying-out) article passages 11 filled with gel spheres inside the airtight holding device 7, and carrying-in (carrying out) goods. Opening ports 10 with lids are respectively installed at both ends of the passage 11.

  In the case of a structure in which the lid 8 of the opening port 10 can be opened and closed only on one side by providing two carry-in (unload) passages 11 and separating the carry-out passage and the carry-in passage as in the present embodiment, for example, FIG. As shown in FIG. 5B, even if the lid 8 of the right opening port 10 opens only to the front side of the paper and the lid 8 of the left opening port 10 opens only to the back of the paper, It will be possible to handle both loading and unloading.

  Further, since the carry-out passage and the carry-in passage are separately provided, carrying out and carrying in can be performed at the same time, and the work efficiency of the carry-in / out operation can be improved. Even when a contaminated article is carried out and a new article that is not contaminated is carried in, the carry-out path and the carry-in path are different, so that contamination of the new article can be prevented.

  With reference to FIG. 6A to FIG. 7C, the article carry-in / out apparatus of Example 4 will be described. FIG. 6A is a front view of the article carrying-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment that uses a combination of a gel-filled bag and a gel alone. FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line E-E ′ of FIG. 6A and shows a cross-sectional structure of the article carry-in / out device. 7A and 7B are views showing a state in which the cart is carried in by the article carry-in / out device, and corresponds to FIGS. 6A and 6B, respectively. Moreover, FIG. 7C has shown the state which carried the trolley in the middle of the goods carrying in / out apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the article carry-in / out device of the present embodiment includes a frame 3 installed on the floor 2 as viewed from the carry-in / out entrance 1 side, and a sliding door 12 provided on the front side of the frame 3. , Is composed of. Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, the cross-sectional structure includes the sliding doors 12 provided on both sides of the frame 3, that is, both on the carry-in port side and the carry-out port side, and provided on the inner sides of the respective slide doors 12. A gel bag 4 fixed to 3, a gel ball 5 filled in the gel bag 4, and a plurality of gel balls 13 filled in the center of the article loading / unloading device sandwiched between the gel bags 4 on both sides. It is configured.

  The gel bags 4 are respectively installed at three or more locations on the inner upper side and the left and right side surfaces of the frames 3 on both sides, and the upper gel bag 4 presses the side gel bag 4 with its own weight to maintain airtightness. In addition, the gel bag 4 provided on both the carry-in side and the carry-out side, together with the sliding door 12, serves as a restraint (fixing part) that prevents the plurality of gel balls 13 filled in the center from leaking outside. Also plays a role.

  FIG. 7A to FIG. 7C show a state when the carriage is carried in by the article carrying-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7A, the sliding door 12 of the carry-in / out entrance 1 is opened, and a carry-in item such as the carriage 6 is carried into the article carry-in / out device. At this time, since the plurality of gel balls 13 filled in the center of the article carry-in / out apparatus are suppressed by the gel bag 4, they do not leak out of the article carry-in / out apparatus. Although FIG. 7A shows an example of a double-open sliding door, it is not limited to this, and a single-open sliding door or a sliding door may be used.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 7B and 7C, the carriage 6 is carried along the boundaries between the plurality of gel bags 4. Since the gel bag 4 filled with the gel balls 5 and 15 is easily deformed and has a certain amount of mass, the gel bag 4 is deformed in accordance with the shape of the carry-in such as the cart 6 and the gel bag is passed after the cart passes. The shape of 4 returns to its original shape, and airtightness can be maintained. Moreover, airtightness can be improved more by filling the several gel ball | bowl 13 and 14 in the center of an article carrying in / out apparatus. As shown in FIGS. 7B and 7C, the gel ball 14 is compressed and deformed by receiving pressure when the cart 6 is carried in. However, since the gel is highly stretchable, after the cart 6 has passed, Return to the original shape.

  As described above, in the article loading / unloading apparatus according to the present embodiment, the gel bag is deformed when the loaded (unloaded) article passes through, and the article can easily pass through the gel bag filled in the center. Since the gap is filled, the isolation is further improved. Thereby, carrying-in objects, such as a trolley | bogie 6, can be carried in, maintaining a isolation | separation state with an external environment more reliably.

  With reference to FIG. 8, the article carrying in / out apparatus of Example 5 is demonstrated. The article carrying-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment is a modification of the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 7B. The article carrying-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment is an example in which only the gel bag 4 filled with the gel balls 5 and 15 is used and the gel alone is not filled in the center.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the gel bags 4 are installed at three or more locations on the inner side of the frame 3 on both sides and on the left and right sides, respectively, and the upper gel bag 4 presses the side gel bag 4 with its own weight. Keep it airtight. For this reason, it is also possible to ensure airtightness only by the gel bag 4 without filling the center of the article carrying-in / out apparatus as in the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 8, by providing the cavity 16 without filling the center of the article carrying-in / out apparatus, it is possible to perform operations such as cleaning, washing, and assembling the article in the cavity 16. That is, the cavity 16 can be used as a front chamber (intermediate chamber).

  With reference to FIG. 9A to FIG. 10B, an article carry-in / out apparatus of Example 6 will be described. 9A to 9C are cross-sectional views of the article loading / unloading apparatus of the present embodiment in which an adhesive (adsorptive) gel is used alone without a gel-filled bag, and the carriage 6 is simultaneously loaded (unloaded) with the carriage 6. The state where the dust 19 adhering to is removed is shown. Moreover, FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B are figures which show notionally the mechanism in which dust is removed by the adhesive gel.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, the article carry-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment is configured by a frame 3 that is a housing of the article carry-in / out apparatus, and adhesive gels 17 and 18 fixed to the frame 3. The adhesive gels 17 and 18 are installed at three or more locations on the inner upper side and the left and right side surfaces of the frame 3, and the upper adhesive gel 17 presses the side adhesive gel 18 by its own weight to maintain airtightness.

  First, as shown in FIG. 9A, the carriage 6 with the dust 19 attached to the surface is carried into the article carry-in / out device from the carry-in / out entrance 1.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 9B, the carriage 6 is carried along the boundaries of the plurality of adhesive gels 17 and 18 provided inside the frame 3. Since the adhesive gels 17 and 18 are easily deformed and have a certain amount of mass, the gel gel 4 is deformed according to the shape of the carry-in such as the carriage 6 and the shape of the gel bag 4 is restored after the carriage passes. Airtightness can be maintained. When the carriage 6 passes through the boundary between the plurality of adhesive gels 17 and 18, the dust 19 attached to the carriage 6 is adsorbed by the adhesive gels 17 and 18.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 9C, the gel surface adsorbed and soiled with the dust 19 is gradually dried and peeled off together with the dust 19. In this way, the cart 6 is easily carried in and out while maintaining the isolation from the external environment, and the dust 19 is removed from the cart 6.

  FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B conceptually show the mechanism by which the dust 19 is removed by the adhesive gels 17 and 18. First, as shown in FIG. 10A, when a carrying-in (carrying-out) object to which dust adheres passes, a large number of dusts 19 are adsorbed to the surface 20 of the adhesive gel. After that, as shown in FIG. 10B, the gel surface contaminated with a large number of dusts is gradually dried, peeled off together with the dust 19, and the inner surface 21 of the adhesive gel is exposed, so that the gel surface becomes sticky again. To have.

  That is, the dirty surface portion is peeled off, and a new clean and sticky portion appears from the inside, so that it can be used repeatedly. Further, since the dust 19 can be removed to a certain extent, it is easy to remove the adhesive gel surface 20 and the dust 19 that have been peeled off during cleaning in the article carrying-in / out apparatus.

  As described above, according to the article carrying-in / out apparatus of the present embodiment, it is possible to carry in a carry-in object such as a cart 6 while maintaining a state of isolation from the external environment more reliably. The dust adhering to the (unloading material) can effectively remove the contamination.

  The article carrying-in / out apparatus and the article carrying-in / out method described in each of the above-described embodiments include the carrying-in / out of articles in clean rooms such as semiconductor manufacturing factories and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, and the removal of fuel debris from the reactor building interior. Needless to say, it is also effective in the fields of general industries that require isolation from the outside environment, such as food processing facilities, petrochemical factories, and insect-proof isolation rooms.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and includes various modifications. For example, the above-described embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Further, a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. Further, it is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Carry-in / out port, 2 ... Floor, 3 ... Frame, 4 ... Gel bag, 5,15 ... Gel ball (filling), 6 ... Carry-in thing (cart), 7 ... Airtight holding device, 8 ... Cover, 9 ... Carry-in thing DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Opening port (with a lid), 11 ... Carrying in (carrying out) article passage (gel ball filling), 12 ... Sliding door, 13, 14 ... Gel ball, 16 ... Cavity (intermediate chamber), 17, 18 ... Adhesion Adhesive gel, 19 ... dust, 20 ... surface (outside part) of adhesive gel, 21 ... inside part of adhesive gel.

Claims (13)

An article loading / unloading device for loading / unloading articles in a space that needs to be isolated from the external environment,
A frame serving as a housing of the article carrying-in / out device;
A plurality of deformable expansion and contraction members that extend in the carry-in / out direction of the article on the inner side of the frame and separate the external environment from the space;
Equipped with a,
The article carrying-in / out apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a gel filled in a bag . An article loading / unloading device for loading / unloading articles in a space that needs to be isolated from the external environment,
A frame serving as a housing of the article carrying-in / out device;
A plurality of deformable expansion and contraction members that extend in the carry-in / out direction of the article on the inner side of the frame and separate the external environment from the space;
With
Opening ports with lids serving as carry-in / out ports for the article are respectively provided at both ends of the frame,
The article carrying-in / out apparatus characterized in that the inside of the frame is filled with gel. The article carry-in / out apparatus according to claim 2 ,
The lid has a divided structure, and is pushed open by the article when the article passes through.
The article carrying-in / out apparatus is closed by the elastic force of the lid after the article passes. The article carry-in / out apparatus according to claim 2 ,
Two passages are provided inside the frame,
The gel is filled in the two passages;
The opening / closing device with the lid can be opened only in one direction. The article carrying-in / out apparatus according to claim 1 ,
The plurality of elastic members are provided in the inside of the frame and divided in the carry-in / out direction of the article,
An article carrying-in / out apparatus characterized in that gel balls are filled between the elastic members provided separately. The article carrying-in / out apparatus according to claim 1 ,
The plurality of elastic members are provided in the inside of the frame and divided in the carry-in / out direction of the article,
An article carrying-in / out apparatus characterized in that a cavity serving as an intermediate chamber is provided between the divided elastic members. An article loading / unloading device for loading / unloading articles in a space that needs to be isolated from the external environment,
A frame serving as a housing of the article carrying-in / out device;
A plurality of deformable expansion and contraction members that extend in the carry-in / out direction of the article on the inner side of the frame and separate the external environment from the space;
With
The said elastic member is a gel which has adhesiveness, and adsorb | sucks the dust adhering to the said article | item at the time of carrying in / out of the said article | item with the said gel, The goods carrying in / out apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The article carry-in / out apparatus according to claim 7 ,
After the said gel adsorb | sucks the said dust, the gel of the part which adsorb | sucked the said dust peels off with the said dust, and the gel which has adhesiveness again appears on the surface of the said expansion-contraction member, The article carrying in / out apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. An article carrying-in / out method for carrying in / out an article in a space that needs to be isolated from an external environment,
The article is carried in / out along boundary portions of a plurality of deformable elastic members separating the external environment and the space provided extending in the carrying-in / out direction of the article ,
The method for carrying in and out an article , wherein the elastic member is a gel filled in a bag . An article carrying-in / out method for carrying in / out an article in a space that needs to be isolated from an external environment,
The article is carried in / out along boundary portions of a plurality of deformable elastic members separating the external environment and the space provided extending in the carrying-in / out direction of the article,
The article carrying-in / out method, wherein the elastic member is a gel ball filled in a carrying-in / out route of the article. An article carrying-in / out method for carrying in / out an article in a space that needs to be isolated from an external environment,
The article is carried in / out along boundary portions of a plurality of deformable elastic members separating the external environment and the space provided extending in the carrying-in / out direction of the article,
The article carrying-in / out method, wherein the plurality of expansion / contraction members are divided and provided in the carrying-in / out direction of the article in the carrying-in / out route of the article. An article carrying-in / out method for carrying in / out an article in a space that needs to be isolated from an external environment,
The article is carried in / out along boundary portions of a plurality of deformable elastic members separating the external environment and the space provided extending in the carrying-in / out direction of the article,
The method for carrying in and out an article, wherein the elastic member is an adhesive gel, and dust adhering to the article is adsorbed by the gel when the article is carried in and out. The article carrying-in / out method according to claim 12 ,
After the said gel adsorb | sucks the said dust, the gel of the part which adsorb | sucked the said dust peels off with the said dust, and the gel which has adhesiveness again appears on the surface of the said expansion-contraction member, The article carrying in / out method characterized by the above-mentioned.

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