JPH01236112A - Material uniforming method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make improvement in work efficiency by taking out after-processed parts and making them so as to be on standby before a housing housed with parts taken out at the preprocess is reached thereto, in the case of taking out the parts from plural sets of storage facilities and their uniformity. CONSTITUTION:Parts in a vessel B of a preprocess storage facility A are picked up on the basis of a picking command, cut out by a cutout conveyor G, and are housed in a housing F at a conveying unit being conveyed by a conveying unit forming conveyor E. The housing F is transferred to a charging device N as in an arrow by conveying devices D, D'. On the other hand, in parallel with this operation, at an after-process storage facility C, required materials are taken out and temporarily housed in a container J on a circulating container conveyor system K. Then, the parts are stored in a storage device M by a transferrer L, and they are charged into the housing F by a charging device N before the housing F is reached thereto. Thus, uniforming efficiency is improvable.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an article sorting method in which desired articles are taken out from a plurality of sets of storage equipment and predetermined sorting is carried out in a plurality of steps for each category. In particular, the items taken out from the storage equipment in the subsequent process are added to the storage box in which the items taken out from the storage equipment in the previous process are stored, and before the storage box arrives at the predetermined position, The present invention relates to a method of arranging articles in which the arranging of articles can be carried out efficiently and quickly by increasing the number of desired articles from a storage facility in a post-process.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional techniques related to the method of arranging goods include JP-A-56-3215, JP-A-61215410, Logistics No. 17 @ No. 2, March/April issue (Publication date: February 25, 1988) The one described on pages 31 to 32 of Japan, Publisher 2 Japan Logistics Management Council) is known.

To explain the conventional technology described in the above-mentioned publications, etc., Logistics Vol. 17, No. 2, March/April issue describes different types of storage equipment, namely, bulk flow shelves and horizontal rotating shelves. A method of arranging articles is described in which storage facilities are connected in series using a storage box conveying device that conveys storage boxes (oricons) that store items. In this case, the bulk flow shelves are used for goods that are shipped in relatively large quantities (AB
Horizontal rotating shelves are used as storage facilities for items that are shipped in relatively small quantities (C-controlled items), and by using these together, the cargo can be adjusted according to the shipping characteristics of all items. It is without so that it can be arranged.

In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 56-3215 discloses that the front side of a lane where products are stored by type is cut out onto trays that are transported at a constant speed and at regular intervals, and the trays are transported to a refilling station. However, a method of sorting goods is described in which the products in the tray are refilled into another container, emptied, and the empty tray is returned to the front of the lane.

In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 62-215410 discloses that a temporary article storage device (tray conveyor) is provided near the article take-out position of a rotating shelf for placing the taken-out articles on a plate, and for conveying a sorting container. Container transportation! jtTl was installed, and the articles taken out from the carousel were temporarily stored in the article temporary storage device until the sorting container was transported by the container conveyance device, and after the sorting container arrived, the article was temporarily stored. A method of sorting articles is described in which the articles are stored in a sorting container.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, the above-mentioned conventional technology had the following problems.

In other words, the method of arranging goods described in Mono dt Vol. 17, No. 2, March/April issue involves connecting storage facilities 2 & II in series, so one storage facility may be delayed in retrieving the goods. If this occurs, the storage box cannot be transported, and the other storage facility that has already completed the removal of items will have to wait for the delay caused by one storage facility, and the overall time for removing and sorting the items will be reduced. Therefore, by installing a storage box conveying device that can move storage boxes between the bulk flow shelves and the horizontal rotating shelves, it would be possible to reduce the time required for the work at the storage equipment where delays occur. In order to eliminate the waiting time that occurs in storage equipment and improve overall work efficiency, it is necessary to install a storage box transport device with a large buffer capacity, which requires a large amount of cost and space, and is not necessarily practical. Not the point.

In addition, the method of arranging goods described in JP-A No. 56-3215 involves taking out desired products (articles) from lanes 1 & Il (storage equipment), arranging them on a predetermined tray (container), and then placing the goods in the container. Items are repacked into shipping boxes (storage boxes) at a repacking station, but this method is intended for sorting items within a single set of storage equipment, and is not applicable to multiple sets of storage equipment. Connect the equipment with a storage box transport device,
Adding the articles taken out from the storage equipment in the subsequent process to the storage box containing the items taken out from the storage equipment in the previous process, and before the storage box arrives at the predetermined position, the storage box in the subsequent process Issues such as taking out desired items from equipment are not described or suggested at all.

In addition, the method of sorting articles described in JP-A-62-21-410 is such that after the articles temporarily stored on the article temporary storage device (tray conveyor) arrive at the sorting container (storage box), Although it is designed to store temporarily stored items, in this technology, the temporary item storage device merely has a buffer function, and the storage box containing the items taken out from the storage equipment in the previous process is There is no mention of adding together items taken out from storage equipment in the subsequent process, and this remains a technical issue.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for arranging articles that allows the removal and arranging of articles from a plurality of sets of storage facilities to be carried out in parallel.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention is an article sorting method in which articles are taken out from a plurality of sets of storage equipment, and the articles are sorted in a plurality of steps for each category, and the articles taken out from the storage equipment in the previous process are stored. Before the storage box is in place,
Articles are taken out in advance from the storage equipment in the post-process, and after the storage box arrives at the predetermined position, the items taken out in advance from the storage equipment in the post-process are stored and the items taken out in the pre-process are stored. The above object has been achieved by providing a method for arranging articles, which is characterized in that the articles are added to the above-mentioned storage boxes.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, when arranging articles in multiple processes, the articles are taken out from the storage equipment in the previous process, stored in a storage box, and transported to a predetermined position, and during this time, the items are taken out from the storage equipment in the subsequent process in parallel. When the storage box from the previous process arrives at the above-mentioned predetermined position, the items in the subsequent process are immediately added together.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, first, an embodiment of an article arranging apparatus suitable for carrying out the article arranging method of the present invention will be described.

No. 1121 is a schematic plan view showing an embodiment of an article sorting device, in which A is a storage facility having a frontage of multiple rows and multiple stages for storing articles 5 stored in containers B;
C is a storage facility having a plurality of article storage sections rotatably supported along an elliptical path, where the storage facility A is the storage facility for the previous process, and the storage facility C is the storage facility for the downstream process following the storage facility A. It is configured. Therefore, D is the storage facility for the previous process (R
A is a storage box transport device arranged along the front (front side) frontage surface, that is, the frontage surface on the exit side. A transport unit forming conveyor that transports each storage box F into a predetermined group of storage boxes as the first storage unit to a storage box transport device; G is a transport unit forming conveyor E;
This is a cutting conveyor that cuts out the storage box F and carries it out.

In addition, 1f is equipped with a container storage device, etc. for storage equipment A in the previous process, and is reciprocated left and right in Figure 1 along the rear (rear side) frontage to the storage equipment in the previous process, that is, the frontage on the entrance JilJ side. The moving stacker crane, I is the stanker crane I (
This is a container carrying conveyor that is arranged to run parallel to the outside of the running surface of the container.

Thus, J is a container that temporarily stores the articles taken out from the storage facility 6iC in the subsequent process, and K is a container conveyor that circulates along the two sides of the storage facility C in the subsequent process to transport the container J. A device, L, is an article transfer device that is placed on the container conveyor glK and transfers the articles stored in the container J, and M is an article transfer device that runs parallel to the bottom of the coffins in the second container conveyor. N is an article storage device disposed at the downstream end of the article storage device M and stores the article 6 taken out from the container J by the article transfer device; ``The article 6 taken out from the storage facility C in the post-process and stored is put into the storage box F, which stores the article 5 taken out from the storage Q6'a8 in the previous process, which has been transported by The input device O is an article carry-in conveyor that supplies articles to the storage facility C in the subsequent process.

To explain in more detail each part of the above-mentioned apparatus, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. It is mainly composed of a storage shelf (fluid shelf) 10 having a stage frontage, and furthermore, the storage shelf 10 can move the stored contents 23B forward by a stanker crane (l) by its own weight for each frontage. A free conveyor 11 is arranged so as to be inclined at the front end as shown in FIG.
A container receiver disposed at the front end of the free conveyor 11 to catch containers flowing down is provided with a stopper 12. Further, on the front surface of the storage shelf 10, there is formed an article takeout surface 14 divided into a plurality of zones α, β, γ, . . . , and each zone α, β, γ, . In the embodiment, a person in charge of each zone α, β, T, etc. is assigned so that the stored articles 5 can be taken out from the container B stored in each of 4 rows and 3 stages, a total of 12 frontages. has been done.

In addition, the storage shelf 10 has a takeout display 2 for each of the above-mentioned frontages.
313 is provided, and the display 13 includes a display 131 for displaying the number of articles 5 to be taken out from the container B, a completion S1 indicator 32 for clearing the display, and a take-out indicator lamp 133.

On the other hand, the storage box conveying device is disposed along the take-out surface 14 of the storage shelf 10, and the storage boxes are taken out from the respective openings in each scene α, β, T1, etc. of the take-out surface 14. The article 5 is stored in a storage box F and transported to a subsequent process. The storage box transport device is for each zone α.
, β, γ, . . . A plurality of belt conveyors are provided so as to be able to convey or stop a plurality of storage boxes F, that is, three storage boxes F in this embodiment, respectively, so that they can be conveyed independently of each other. 2a, 2b, 2c, . . . are connected in series. Furthermore, each belt conveyor 2a12b, 2c,...
- A detector 21 for detecting the storage box F is provided on each carry-out side, and which of the three storage boxes F is stopped corresponding to each zone α, β, T,... Three storage indicators 22 for displaying whether an article should be stored in the storage box F are arranged near the stop position of each storage box F along the storage box conveying device. In this embodiment, storage display 2S2
2 is an illuminated push button that also functions as a completion button.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the post-process storage equipment C has multiple stages of rotating shelves 30 that rotate along a horizontal circulation path, and in this embodiment, four stages as shown in FIG. The rotary shelf 30 is composed of stages, and the single rotating shelf 30 includes a drive chain that is hung between a drive gear and an idler gear, and a cardboard box that is connected to the drive chain at equal intervals and stores articles. , article storage section 31.31 for storing containers such as plastic containers.
,..., a traveling rail that movably supports the article storage sections 31, 31... on a horizontal circulation path, and a guide rail that circulates and guides the drive chain. In addition, on the longitudinal end face of the storage equipment C for the post-process, there is an article retrieval position 32 facing each one article storage section 31 equipped on each of the above-mentioned rotary shelves 30, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. Two picking tables 33 are arranged one above the other on both sides of the end face, and a picking table 33 protrudes from the lower side of each article takeout position 32. Furthermore, an article extraction indicator 3 is placed above the extraction position 32 of each article.
4 are arranged respectively. As shown in FIG. 6, the article take-out indicator 34 displays whether or not it is necessary to take out the article 6 from the storage facility C in the subsequent process, and is also an illuminated push button for inputting the completion of taking out the article 6. 341 and a digital display 342 that displays the quantity of articles 6 to be taken out.
It is composed of:

Therefore, the container conveyance device K includes a plurality of containers to be conveyed,
In this embodiment, the five containers J are configured to be temporarily stopped at a position opposite to the article removal indicator 34 of the storage facility C in the subsequent process, and an arrow mark is placed near the stopping position as shown in FIG. An article loading position indicator 35 consisting of an illuminated push button is arranged corresponding to each of the containers J when the container J is stopped.

Further, the container conveyance device K is constituted by a drive roller conveyor, and a stopper 36 is removably disposed between the rollers of the drive roller conveyor so as to stop the container J at a predetermined position when the stopper 36 advances. has been done.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the container J includes a container body 411, a side portion 412 that can be opened and closed, and a support shaft 41.
3. It is configured with a spring 414 wound around the support shaft 413, and the container body 411 has a bottom part 415.
and a side surface portion 416 fixedly installed on the bottom surface portion 415, and a support shaft 4 is provided near both upper ends of the side surface portion 416.
A hole for supporting the spring 13 and a hole 417 for hooking one end of the spring 414 are provided adjacent to each other.

In addition, the openable and closable side portion 412 is swingably supported with respect to the container body 411 via a support shaft 413.
Further, a spring 414 is wound around and attached to the outer periphery of the support shaft 413, and the spring 414 always biases the side portion 412 in the direction of closing. That is, one end of the spring 414 is hooked into a hole 417 of the side surface portion 416, and the other end is hooked onto a notch 412b provided in the lip of the side surface portion 412, respectively, so as to apply a biasing force to the side surface portion 412. Further, the extending portion 412a that is integrally formed with the side surface portion 412 extends substantially on the same plane as the side surface portion 412. Further, on both sides of the upper end of the side surface portion 412,
A pair of stops 418, 418 are provided and are adapted to engage the bottom portion 415 when the side portion 412 is closed.

Next, the first section describes an article transfer device suitable for use when taking out and transferring the bagged articles 6 from the container J.
This will be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 0 and 11. In each figure, 70
is a tilting device for tilting the transported container J, 71
is a pressing device that presses the extended portion 412a formed integrally with the side surface portion 412 of the container J, and the pressing device 7
1 is placed on a tilting device 70. The article transfer device ZL is configured to take out the article 6 stored in the container J and transfer it onto the storage device UM installed in parallel with the article transfer device. In this case, after storing the bagged items 6 in the container J in the storage facility C in the subsequent process, they are transferred to the storage box F. A storage type fiM is interposed between J and storage box F for transfer.

The tilting device M10 is for tilting the container J in the opening direction of the storage device, and is for tilting the container J in the opening direction of the storage device.
01, a swing frame 702, a support shaft 703, an air cylinder 704, and the like. ! ! Chori frame 7
02 is attached to the main frame 701 via a support shaft 703 and an air cylinder 704. Note that the upper part of the swing frame 702 has a substantially U-shape when viewed from the front.

The swing frame 702 also includes a shade 705 attached to the side edge facing the storage device M, and the chute 7
The shimmy door 05 and the regulating plate 706 are fitted into a groove along the bottom surface 415 of the container J to regulate the lower end of the container J. , the container J is tilted integrally with the swing frame 702. Further, the swinging frame 702 is equipped with a vibrating device (vibrator) 707 on the back side of the upper U-shaped portion. Note that the vibration device 707 assists the movement of the packed articles 6 sliding down the bottom surface 415 of the container J when the articles 6 are transferred, and does not necessarily need to be provided. .

Further, the holding device 71 is for opening the side surface 412 of the container J along with the tilting of the swinging frame 702, and the holding device 71 is for opening the side surface 412 of the container J with the tilting of the swinging frame 702.
A press roller 713 attached to the tip of 12,
Motor 714 with brake for swinging arm 712
, a chain 715 that is hooked between a motor with a brake 714 and a support shaft 711, and the like. still,
716 indicates that the pressing roller 713 is connected to the extending portion 41 of the container J.
This is a fixed guide for supporting the container J when pressing the container J, and is attached to the swing frame 702.

Incidentally, as the holding device 71, the above-mentioned motor 71 with a brake is used.
4, an air cylinder or the like may also be used. Furthermore, the holding device 71 may be attached to the main frame 701.

Therefore, the container transport device ffK carries the bagged articles 6
The container J containing the goods 6 is carried into the above-mentioned article transfer device, and the empty container J from which the bagged articles 6 have been taken out is carried out. It has a wi-ring route connecting the transfer device of
It consists of a roller conveyor. The container conveying device K has 1 space at intervals that can accommodate the transported containers J.
A pair of strokes and strokes 81 and 82 are provided sequentially from the upstream side.

In addition, the container transport equipment rLK has an upstream stator 7 nozu 8.
1, between the stopper 81 on the upstream side and the stopper 82 on the downstream side, and after the stopper 82 on the downstream side. The container transport device Kb located in the article transfer device is configured to be driven at a higher speed than the other container transport devices Ka%Kc.

In addition, the article storage device M is an article transfer device ff1.
A storage box that transports the goods 6 transferred from the container J to the goods loading device N via L, and transports the storage box F to which the goods 6 are to be added, approximately parallel to the container transport device. It is arranged above the conveyance device D',
The article storage device M is composed of two drive belt conveyors Ma and Mb as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the article loading device N disposed at the downstream end of the article storage device M is flexible and has a lower end formed as a free end e. The chute 801, the chute elevating device 802 that raises and lowers the free end e of the chute 801, and the storage box F so that the articles 6 discharged from the free end e of the shoot 801 are stored in the storage box F at an appropriate height without damaging them. It is configured to include a storage box lifting device 803 that moves up and down. Above chute 801
is formed as a rectangular cylindrical body connected via a fixed end to a fixed hopper 805 which is suspended and fixed to the top of a frame 804 formed in a tower shape, and from the fixed end f to the free end e. It is gradually narrowed down and is made of flexible material such as cloth or vinyl sheet. Note that the fixed end r is connected to the fixed hopper 805 via a stopper 806.

Thus, the chute lifting device 802 is connected to the frame 80.
4, an elevating body 808 that moves up and down guided by the bearing guide 807, an air cylinder 808a that is attached to the side surface to drive the elevating body 808' up and down, and an air cylinder 808a. A sprocket 809 is attached to the elevating body 808 that ascends and descends via the sprocket 809, and a chain 810 is hooked onto the sprocket 809. As the elevating body 808 ascends and descends, a chute connected to one end of the chain 810 via a weight 811 is attached. It is constructed so that the free end e of the can be moved up and down.

The storage box lifting table T1803 includes a bearing guide 812 attached to the side surface of the frame 804 along the flow direction of the articles 6, a storage box lifting table 813 that moves up and down guided by the bearing guide 812, and a storage box lifting table 813 that moves up and down while being guided by the bearing guide 812.
The storage box lifting platform 813 is inserted between the rollers 815 of the storage box transport device D° to place the storage iF at the corresponding position. The air cylinder 814 is used to raise the position from FIG. 12 to the upper imaginary line position in FIG. 13. In addition, 816 is a stopper that moves up and down between the rollers 815 and stops the storage box F from coming into contact with it and being transported further downstream when it advances.

Moreover, 817 is an article supply conveyor, and is equipped with a guide plate 818.

Moreover, pH-1, PH-2, and PH-3 are Photos isothi.

Next, an embodiment of the article arranging method of the present invention, which is carried out using the article arranging apparatus of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, will be described.

First, the peering process for taking out the stored articles 5 from the storage equipment in the previous process will be described in detail. A plurality of containers B stored in the storage shelf 10, which is the main component of the storage equipment, are placed in a state where the frontmost container B is in contact with the stopper 15 because the free conveyor 11 is disposed at the bottom. It is front packed.

Thus, when a pinking command is issued for zone α, the belt conveyor 2a corresponding to zone α stops, and the 34th conveyance belt stops corresponding to zone α. At this point in time, as described above, the display 131 of the take-out display 13 provided at each frontage of the storage shelf 10 is displayed on the control device (
The number of articles 5 to be taken out from the corresponding frontage surface in accordance with the command from the zone α (not shown) is displayed.
The take-out display lamp 133 on the corresponding frontage side is blinking based on a command from the control device, and any one of the three storage indicators 24 in zone α, or the top of the transport unit The storage display 24 for the storage box F on the side lights up sequentially based on commands from the control device. Therefore, the worker sequentially takes out the number of articles 5 corresponding to the taking-out display lamps 133 that are blinking sequentially from the taking-out surface 14 of the storage shelf 10 in the number displayed on the display 131, and presses the completion button 132 when the taking-out is completed. , is stored in the storage box F corresponding to the lit storage display 22, and when all the picking for the storage box F is completed, the storage display (
In the case of this embodiment, by pressing the illuminated push button 22, the other storage indicators and containers 22 in the zone α are lit, and the take-out indicator 13 is also turned on, so the take-out indicator 13 and the storage indicator 22 are turned on. The operator may repeat the above-mentioned picking operation according to the instructions.

The above-mentioned picking of the articles 5 stored inside the container B is performed by taking out the container B at the forefront onto the container holder 12.

After all the picking for the conveying unit in zone α is completed, the belt conveyor 2a is started by pressing the storage display 22, and at the same time, the belt conveyor 2b on the downstream side following the belt conveyor 2a is also started, A transport unit consisting of three storage boxes F is transported to zone β. Further, by pressing the storage display 22, a display for pinking the next transport unit is displayed on the takeout display 13 in the zone α.

Then, if there is a picking command in zone β as well, the transport unit will stop in zone β as in the above case, so picking can be performed in the same way as in the above case, and the pick-up display in zone β The timing at which the indicator 13 is displayed is the same even when there is a pinking command for the belt competition zone γ. In addition, in different zones,
It goes without saying that articles 5 of the same type may be stored in different storage boxes F.

Further, if there is no pinking command for zone α, the above-described picking in zone α is not performed, and the transport unit is transported past zone α to zone β. If there is no pinking command in zone β, the transport unit is transported to zone T, and if there is no pinking command in zone γ, it is transported to the next zone in the same way.

Then, transport ji1 to each zone a, β, T,...
If the transfer unit in the downstream zone is assigned and pinking is performed in each zone α, β, γ, etc., even if the conveyance unit in the downstream zone has not completely finished unloading, When the vehicle starts moving, the transport units that have completed pinking in the upstream zone are transported to the downstream zone.

As described above, the articles 5 sorted into the storage boxes F for each category are transported to the article loading device N by the storage box conveying device D'', and as described later, the articles 5 are transported to the article loading device N. Accordingly, the articles 6 taken out from the storage facility C in the subsequent process and stored in advance on the article storage device ZM are added together.

On the other hand, pinking from the storage facility C in the subsequent process is performed in units of five containers. The requested items for the five containers J are allocated from the article storage sections 31.31, . . Then, each rotary shelf unit 30 is rotated independently by the drive control device that receives the signal of the imitation command data, and each rotary shelf unit 3
Article storage section 31.31 that stores the items requested for sorting by 0.
,... takes out the article and stops at position 32.32,...,
Article 6 to be pinked by bunsha (not shown)
are sequentially pushed out to the picking tables 33, 33, . Therefore, when the articles 6 are pushed out onto the pinking table 33 in the order of the first rotary shelf 30 from the bottom and the fourth rotary shelf 30 from the bottom, the first rotary shelf 30 from the bottom first rotates. Illuminated push button 3 of article takeout indicator 34 corresponding to the shelf
41 and digital display 342 are displayed,
If this article 6 is to be sorted into a container Jc, the article insertion position indicator 35 corresponding to this container Jc
is displayed, take out the number of articles 6 displayed on the digital display 342 of the article takeout display 34, return the remaining articles 6 to the article storage section 31, and press the illuminated push button 341 to display the article insertion position indicator. 34, put the article 6 into the container Jc at that position, and press the article input position indicator 35 after the loading is completed. As a result of this pressing operation, the article 6 on the carousel 30 in the fourth row from the bottom is picked. After being pushed out onto the table 33, or if it has already been pushed out, the corresponding article removal indicator 34 and article insertion position display 2:35 are immediately displayed. The process is repeated in the same manner, and the articles 6 are sequentially removed from the article storage section 31 and sorted into predetermined containers J according to the order in which the article storage sections 31 arrive at the article retrieval position 32.

Note that if, for example, the container Je is also to be stocked from the same article storage section 31 of the first rotary shelf unit 30 from the bottom, the container Jo is You may arrange the goods for
In addition, all containers Ja to be sorted from a certain article storage section 31.

Jb, . Needless to say, it is rotated to position 32 to perform the sorting work.

Note that the pinked articles 6 are packed into the bag 7, which has been inserted into the container J in advance, and is made of polyethylene or the like.

In addition, when picking is completed for container J consisting of 5 containers J, J, ・
..., the worker presses the article loading position indicator 35 corresponding to the container J loaded last, thereby displaying the most downstream article loading position. The device 35 flashes to notify the worker that pinking has been completed for the five containers J, J, .
・By tying the opening of the bag 7 inserted in the bag 7 and pressing the blinking item input position indicator 34 at the downstream end, the stopper 36 is lowered, and the five containers J, J, ・
... are transported by the container transport device K to the article transfer device on the downstream side.

Items packaged in bags (hereinafter referred to simply as ``articles'')
6 is in a state where it cannot move freely within the bag 7, as shown in FIG.

The container J storing the bagged articles 6 is conveyed to the article transfer device by passing over the retracted upstream stopper 81 by the container conveyance device K, and is raised between the container conveyance devices Kb%KC. When the container J reaches the protruding stopper 82, the stopper 82 stops the container J. When the arrival of the container J is detected by a sensor not shown in the figure, the container transport device Kb is stopped, and the tilting device 7o is activated, and the container J is stopped by the stopper 82. J is inclined toward the storage device WM direction of the article. I! rl, by the operation of the air cylinder 704), the three-motion frame 702 swings counterclockwise in FIG. 10 as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. move. still,
At this time, the container conveyance device K a % KC is constantly operated. Further, when the arrival of the container J is detected as described above, the retracted container 81 rises and protrudes.
The subsequent container J is stopped so as not to be carried into the article transfer device.

Next, the air cylinder 704 starts operating to tilt the container J, and the arm 712 swings via the support shaft 711 to press the extension part 412a of the container J with the press roller 713, thereby tilting the container J. The side surface portion 412 swings via a support shaft 413, and the side surface portion 41
2 opens as shown in FIGS. 10 and 14, at this time,
The bottom part 415 is tilted by the tilt of the container J, and the swing frame 7 is moved by the vibration device 707 as necessary.
02. By applying vibration to the container J, the articles 6 in the container J are slid down as they are packed in bags and sent to the chute 705
Drive belt conveyor M of article storage device M via
Make sure to transfer onto a.

Since the articles 6 are taken out from the container J in a state in which the articles 6 are wrapped in the -4th shape, the degree of freedom for movement of the individual articles 6 is extremely small, and it is possible to prevent the articles 6 from colliding with each other. Moreover, when the side part 412 is fully opened by the arm 712 of the holding device 71, the drive belt conveyor Ma of the article storage device jM is driven. When it is confirmed by a sensor and a control device (not shown) that the article 6 has been fired while packed in a bag (a certain period of time has elapsed after the sensor detects the passage of the article 6), the I-works frame 702 , the arm 712 returns to its original state, and the vibration device 707 and the drive belt conveyor Ma of the article storage device ffM stop. And the stopper 82
At the same time, the container transport device ZKb is driven to carry out the empty container J from the article transfer device ZL to the container transport device Mc. Incidentally, when the subsequent container J arrives at the stopper 81 and is waiting while the article transfer device is transferring the article 6 stored in the container J as described above, After carrying out the empty container J, the stopper 81 is lowered, the subsequent container J advances to the stopper 82, is stopped by the stopper 82, and the manner of transferring the article to the next container J is performed in the same manner as above. repeated. Note that the arm 712 is attached to the swing frame 7
The articles 6 transferred at regular intervals to the drive belt conveyor Ma on the upstream side of the article storage device M may be configured such that the article 02 returns to its original state after one movement in the clockwise direction and descends. There is no article on the drive belt conveyor Mb, and the first article 6 stored on the drive belt conveyor Ma
When a photoswitch (not shown) provided at the downstream end of the drive belt conveyor Ma detects this, it is transferred to the drive belt conveyor Mb on the downstream side. Note that during this transfer, it is preferable that the drive belt conveyor M a % M b be operated at a higher speed than usual, and during this time, it is preferable that the article transfer device does not transfer the article 6. ,
It goes without saying that other control methods than those described above can be used as appropriate to store the articles 6 on the drive belt conveyors Ma and Mb.

The article 6 that has been transported on the article storage RM is
If the article 6 that was previously conveyed has already been loaded, it is transferred to the article supply conveyor 817 and conveyed toward the chute 801; If this has not been completed, the drive belt conveyor Mb stops as the article 6 blocks light from the photoswitch P H-2, waits until the loading of the article 6 that has been conveyed in advance is completed, and transfers the drive belt conveyor Mb to the fixed hopper 805. After
The free end e is transferred to the shoe 801 in the raised position. Note that the amount of articles 6 to be thrown in is large, and the chute 80
1, the negative part of the articles 6 stays on the article supply conveyor 817. The above article 6 is shoe) 80
1, that is, after a certain period of time has elapsed after the photo switch PH-1 is shielded from light, the article supply conveyor 817 stops.

On the other hand, the storage box F, which has been pinked from the storage facility in the previous process (IWA and transported on the storage box transport device D'), arrives at the stopper 816 and is transferred to the photo switch P11-.
3 is shielded from light, the air cylinder 814 is actuated, the storage box lifting table 813 on which the storage box F is placed rises, and the storage box F rises to its rising end position. In addition, if there is no article 6 to be taken out from the storage facility C in the post-process and added together,
That is, the stopper 816 does not advance onto the roller 815 and passes through the storage iF that stores only the articles 5 taken out from the storage facility A in the previous process.

When the article 6 is transferred to the shoe 801 and the storage iF is raised to the upper end position, the air cylinder 808
a is activated, the free end e of the chute 801 is lowered to a free state, and the article 6 is stored through the chute 801 iF.
Next, the air cylinder 8 is in contact with the article 5 that has already been pinked from the storage facility bNA in the previous process.
14 is activated and as the storage box F is lowered to the position where it is to be transported, the articles 6 are gradually put into the storage box F while coming into contact with the articles 5 already stored in the storage box F, and are stored in the previous process. The article 6 taken out from the storage facility C in the subsequent process is added to the storage box F that stores the article 5 taken out from the fiA. switch PI
(-1 stops after a certain period of time has elapsed. The descending speed of the air cylinder 814 is controlled by a speed controller ( (not shown).

When the storage box F is lowered, the storage box F is transferred to the storage box transport device D"
transported by. Note that the stopper 816 is configured to be released before the storage box F completes its descent.

The embodiments of the article sorting method of the present invention and the article loading device suitable for the embodiments have been described above.
The present invention is not limited to these, and for example, it is not necessary for all the storage boxes F to be stocked with articles from both the storage equipment A in the front process and the storage equipment C in the back process,
Depending on the assortment order, only the article 5 taken out from the storage facility A in the previous process or the storage facility in the subsequent process (Itf
This also includes a case where only the articles 6 taken out from C are sorted into storage box F. In this case, the storage boxes F that store only the items taken out from one of the storage facilities are distributed as evenly as possible between the storage boxes F that store the items taken out from both storage facilities. It is preferable to do so in order to balance the overall A'':I alignment ability.

Furthermore, the storage facilities A and C are not limited to fluidized shelves and horizontal rotating shelves, respectively, but may be fixed shelves, vertical rotating shelves, etc., and the present invention also applies when the storage facilities are 3 m or more long. Needless to say, the product arrangement method can be applied.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the article sorting method of the present invention allows the removal and sorting of articles from multiple sets of storage equipment to be carried out in parallel, so that each of the multiple sets of storage equipment can be handled with less space and cost. ability can be displayed at all times, and goods can be sorted efficiently and quickly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing an embodiment of an article sorting device suitable for an embodiment of the article sorting method of the present invention;
Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of the vicinity of the storage equipment in the previous process;
The figure is an enlarged side view, Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of the vicinity of the storage facility for subsequent processes, Figure 5 is the X-X homeland, Figure 6 is a front view of the item removal indicator, and Figure 7 is the FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the container; FIG. 9 is a side view (partially sectioned); FIG. 10 is a front view of the article transfer device; Fig. 11 is a side view thereof, Fig. 12 is a front view of the article loading device, Fig. 13 is a side view thereof, and Fig. 14 is an explanatory view showing the state of taking out the article from the transfer device r. It is. A... Pre-process storage equipment C... Post-process storage equipment F... Storage box 5.6... Article patent applicant Kao Co., Ltd. Figure 9/ / Figure 6 Figure 7 Entrance ~35 Procedural amendment (method) 1. Indication of the case Japanese Patent Application No. 63-64583 2, Name of the invention Method of arranging goods 3, Person making the amendment Relationship with the case Patent applicant (091) Kao Co., Ltd. 4, Agent Akasaka-ku, Minato-ku, Tokyo No. 6-29 Pacific Nogizaka 601 June 28, 1988 (Delivery mortar) 6. Drawings subject to correction Plan 7. Contents of correction

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An article sorting method in which articles are taken out from multiple sets of storage equipment and sorted in multiple processes for each sorting category, in which the articles taken out from the storage equipment in the previous process are stored. Before the storage box arrives at the predetermined position, the article is taken out from the storage equipment for the post-process, and after the storage box arrives at the predetermined position, the item is taken out from the storage equipment for the post-process in advance. A method for arranging articles, characterized in that the articles are added to the storage box storing the articles taken out in the previous step.