JPH04350010A - Shelf structure for automated storage and retrieval system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase a capacity of load on a transport means at the time of transport of members in a automated storage and retrieval system. CONSTITUTION:A shelf support member 6 provided fixingly with a pin receiver 4 is provided fixingly at a support 1, and arrangement is made that a shelf support 2 may be enable of making a turning movement with a pin 5 as a center by inserting the pin 5 into an arm 3 provided fixingly at the shelf support 2. At the time of transport, an occupying space can be made small by turning the shelf support 2 from a posture in which the shelf support 2 protrudes vertically against the support 1 as shown in the drawing, to such a posture in which the article mounting surface 2a of the shelf receiver 2 faces the side surface of the support 1 in parallel.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shelf structure for an automated warehouse that allows efficient transportation of members constituting the shelves.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Automated warehouses are used to store articles in factories and warehouses, in which stacker cranes are moved and moved up and down in front of a plurality of shelves arranged in a matrix to transfer articles. In this type of automated warehouse, multiple shelf supports are installed horizontally protruding from the pillars.
Some have shelf structures that are erected at intervals so that shelf supports extend between them.

0003

[Problem to be solved by the invention] When constructing an automated warehouse with such a shelf structure, the processing steps up to and including fixing the shelf supports to the supports are completed at the factory, and then transported to the site and the supports are erected. Construction work was being carried out to set it up. The pillars with fixed shelf supports are bulky, and when loaded onto a truck or other means of transportation, they occupy a large space, which increases the number of times they are transported and the number of means of transportation, leading to problems with poor transportation efficiency.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an automated warehouse shelving structure which minimizes the space taken up when transporting components prior to construction.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an article mounting surface of a plurality of shelf supports that are horizontally protruded from vertically erected supports when constructing an automated warehouse. The shelving structure of the automated warehouse is configured such that each shelf bracket can be rotated so that it faces approximately parallel to the side surface of the support column around the vicinity of the attachment point of each shelf bracket to the support column. did.

[0006]

[Operations and Effects] Since the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, the following operations and effects are achieved.

In the shelving structure for an automated warehouse according to the present invention, each shelf bracket is positioned near the attachment portion of the shelf bracket to the support column so that its article placement surface faces substantially parallel to the side surface of the support column. It can be rotated around. In other words, each shelf support can be folded into a position along the pillar.

Therefore, according to the shelving structure for an automatic warehouse according to the present invention, each shelf bracket is placed in a folded position rather than in a position protruding from a support during transport before constructing an automatic warehouse, so that transportation is facilitated. When loaded onto a vehicle, it occupies only a small amount of space and many can be transported at once.

[0009]

[Embodiment] The embodiment shown in the drawings will be explained below.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a part of an embodiment of an automated warehouse shelf structure according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a partially folded view of the same embodiment. FIG.

[0011] In each figure, pillars 1 are vertically installed on the floor at a plurality of intervals to form an automated warehouse. Goods W
is placed on the article placement surface 2a of the shelf support 2 that projects horizontally from the iron support 1. The shelf support 2 is made of iron plate and has an L-shape in FIG. 1 having a long portion 2c and a short portion 2d with a vertically curved curved portion 2b in between. The article W is placed on this shelf support 2 with the bottom surface near one end, and the bottom surface near the other end is placed on another shelf support 2 extending in the direction from another support to the support 1, although it is omitted in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is now listed and supported. The article W is scooped up from the exposed bottom surface between the two shelf supports 2 by a fork of a stacker crane (not shown) and delivered. In addition to the shelf supports 2 shown in the figure, the support column 1 is provided with a plurality of them on the upper and lower sides and on the opposite side surface thereof, but these are omitted in the figure.

An arm 3 is welded to the curved portion 2b of the shelf support 2, and a pin support 4 is inserted at both ends into the hole at the end of the arm 3.
A pin 5 supported by 4 is inserted therethrough. The pin receivers 4, 4 are fixed to a shelf mounting member 6, and the shelf mounting member 6 is fixed to the side surface of the support column 1. Therefore, the shelf support 2 can rotate around the pin 5 with respect to the support column 1.

The shelf mounting member 6 has a U-shape with an open top in FIG. It is permanently installed. The outer surface of the short vertical portion comes into contact with the surface of the short portion 2d of the shelf support 2, and acts as a stopper that limits rotation of the shelf support 2. The short vertical part of the shelf support mounting member 6 and the short part 2d of the shelf support 2 have holes that match when they are in contact with each other, and a fixing pin 7 is inserted into this hole to fix the shelf support 2. do.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. As mentioned above, the shelf support 2 is rotatable around the pin 5, so during transportation, as shown in FIG. Can be folded. In such a folded state, compared to the state in which the shelf support 2 protrudes as shown in Figure 1, it occupies less space, and therefore a large number can be loaded onto a transport means such as a truck, thereby improving transport efficiency. be able to.

[0015] This embodiment is a structure for lightweight objects, and
Its dimensions are from the center of the support column 1 to the edge of the shelf support 2.
300mm, the distance between adjacent pillars 1 is 600-900m
m, and the weight of the article W to be handled is 10 to 60 kg.
That's about it.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above,
It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and can be modified as appropriate within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a part of an embodiment of a shelf structure for an automated warehouse according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in a folded state.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pillar 2 Shelf support 2a　Article placement surface 3 Arm 4 Pin holder 5 Pin 6　Shelf receiving mounting member

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] When constructing an automated warehouse, each article placement surface of a plurality of shelf supports protruding horizontally from a vertically erected support is centered around the attachment portion of each shelf support to the support. . A shelf structure for an automated warehouse, characterized in that each shelf support is rotatable so that it faces substantially parallel to the side surface of the support.