JPH0467551B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a mechanism for storing or unloading articles in a three-dimensional storage tower by using a hawk to transfer the stored articles.

(a) Conventional technology As shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-86272, regarding a conventional containment tower, left and right elevating hawks 21a and 21b are suspended by chains on the left and right sides of the central space E of the containment tower, and elevating guides are used. When raising and lowering along the rail 23 and disposing the transverse storage cart 25 in a storage room R installed on each floor, and storing, for example, a car in this storage room R, the left and right lifting hawks 21a, 21b are moved on the ground surface. Enter the car, raise it to a predetermined floor, and move the horizontal storage trolley 25 of the storage room R where it is planned to be stored to the left and right elevating hawks 2 that have ascended.
1a, 21b, and then lower the left and right elevating forks 21a, 21b, the car will be placed on the traverse storage trolley 25. It is being stored.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the above-mentioned conventional invention, when both ends of the elevating hawk fixing member 22 move up and down along the grooves of the elevating guide rail 23, the elevating hawk fixing member 22 moves up and down from the lateral storage carriage. Since the traversing path of 25 is crossed, the traversing drive device of the traversing storage cart 25 is
It cannot be installed in one place in the center of the transverse storage cart 25, but must be installed in two places, one at the front and the other at the rear of the transverse storage cart 25. This makes the structure complicated, and maintenance and inspection of the device is time-consuming and inconvenient. Also, since storage rooms R are installed on the left and right sides of the central space E of the parking lot, they can only be installed on sites with large frontages.

This invention aims to solve these problems.

(d) Means for solving the problem In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, this invention uses the ground floor of the central space E as an entrance for goods.
A storage room R for goods as shown in FIG. 3 is installed vertically in the basement or in front and back of the second floor or above, and the fixing members 2 that go up and down in this central space E are arranged separately on the left and right, and the left and right lifting hawks 1a, 1b is fixed to a fixing member 2, and this fixing member 2 is moved up and down along the left and right wall surfaces of the central space E to prevent it from crossing the movement path of the storage cart 6. Furthermore, the retractable hawk 7 intersects with the elevating hawks 1a and 1b.
are fixed to the left and right sides of the hawk fixing frame 8 of the storage cart 6,
A conveyor 11 or a cylinder device 12 for moving the storage cart 6 forward or backward is attached to one place at the bottom of the vertical frame of the hawk fixing frame 8, or a motor is attached to the wheel shaft of the storage cart 6 to move it back and forth. This problem is solved by arranging the moving storage cart 6 in each of the storage rooms R at the front and rear parts on the second floor or higher or underground.

(E) Effect Since this invention is configured as described above,
For example, when storing a car, enter the car into the left and right lifting hawks 1a and 1b on the ground surface of the central space E, and then operate the switch in the storage room R where the car is stored using the switch operation panel 13. , the left and right lifting hawks 1a, 1b on which the car is placed rise slightly above the floor of a predetermined floor, and the storage cart 6 of the designated storage room R moves to the above-mentioned lifting hawks 1a, 1.
Move to just below b and stop. Next, the left and right lifting hawks 1a and 1b on which the car is placed pass through the gap of the storage hawk 7 of this storage trolley 6 and descend.
At this time, the car is placed on the storage cart 6. Subsequently, the storage cart 6 moves in the original direction and returns to the storage room R, completing the storage of the vehicle.

In addition, in order to take out a car stored in the storage room R, when the switch corresponding to the storage room R is operated on the switch operation panel 13, the storage cart 6 on which the car is placed moves to the central space E, and at the same time left and right The elevating hawks 1a and 1b rise, receive the car on the storage trolley 6, and further rise slightly,
returns to the original storage room R and opens the central space E, so the left and right lifting hawks 1a, on which the car is placed,
1b descends to the ground level and the unloading operation is completed.

In addition, when loading and unloading articles, the articles are placed on the elevating hawks 1a and 1b using a transport vehicle, and from then on, the switches on the switch operation panel 13 are operated in the same manner as for loading and unloading the vehicle described above to load and unload the articles. conduct.

(F) Embodiments An embodiment of this invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.
1a is the left lifting hawk, 1b is the right lifting hawk,
2 is a fixing member for the left and right lifting hawks 1a and 1b, 3
are bent parts provided at both ends of the fixed member 2, 4 is a lifting guide rail, 5 is a chain, and the lower end of the chain 5 is attached to the tip of the bent part 3 on both left and right lifting hawks 1a, 1.
The fixed member 2 of b is fixed so as to be suspended and supported, and the bent part 3 and its chain 5 are driven by a motor M to move up and down in the inner hollow part of the elevating guide rail 4.

E is the central space, M is the motor, and the chain 5 is wound up or unwound to move the left and right lifting hawks 1a,
1b move up and down in the central space E synchronously while always maintaining the same height.

R is a storage room provided at the front and rear of each floor above the ground level or below the first floor of the central space E, and R' is an open space provided at the front and rear of the ground surface of the central space E for entry and exit of cars and goods. in the passageway or machine room.

6 is a storage cart placed in each storage room R, 7 is a storage hawk, 8 is a hawk fixing frame for fixing the storage hawk 7, and the storage hawk 7 is a vertically moving hawk 1 on the left and right.
It is fixed to the hawk fixing frame 8 so that it can freely pass through the gap between the hawks a and 1b.

Reference numeral 9 denotes wheels attached to the lower part of the frame at the four corners of the hawk fixing frame 8. Two wheels are attached to one place, two in the front and one in the front, and the intervals are determined so that the hawk can reciprocate smoothly on the rail 10.

Numeral 10 is a rail on which the storage cart 6 moves, and wheels 9 attached to the four corners of the hawk fixing frame 8 rotate on this rail 10 to move the storage cart 6.

A conveyor 11 is installed at the lower part of the vertical frame of the fixed frame 8 as shown in FIG. 4, and functions to move the storage cart 6 to the central space E by driving a motor (not shown). Furthermore, this conveyor 1
1 may be replaced by an endless chain, or may be moved by a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder device 12 as shown in FIG. In addition, storage trolley 6
When the moving distance is long, an auxiliary claw for feeding the conveyor 11 is attached to the lower center of the storage cart 6, and a two-stroke cylinder is used in the cylinder device 12. Further, instead of these drive devices, the wheels 9 of the storage cart 6 may be driven by a motor (not shown).

Reference numeral 13 denotes a switch operation panel equipped with electric circuit switches for raising and lowering the left and right lifting hawks 1a and 1b and for moving the storage cart 6 forward or backward.

Next, in another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the fixing member 2 of the elevating hawk moves up and down along the left and right walls of the central space E, and the direction of the storage hawk 7 of the storage cart 6 and the left and right elevating hawk In some cases, the directions of the hawks 1a and 1b are both vertical, and a drive device for the conveyor 11 or cylinder device 12 is attached to the lower part of the vertical frame at the center of the storage cart 6 to form a storage tower.

In addition, as shown in Figure 2, the storage room R may be installed above ground and underground, or the storage room R may be installed only underground, and as shown in Figure 9, the storage room R may be installed in one place. In some cases, it may only be installed in one location.

Furthermore, if the items to be stored are long items or large vehicles such as buses and trucks, two sets of left and right fixing members 2 are provided as shown in FIG.
In some cases, four elevating hawks 1a and 1b on the left and right sides are erected on each side, and the four elevating hawks 1a and 1b are raised and lowered at the same height and in synchronization.

In addition, as another embodiment, as shown in FIG.
In some cases, b is installed only in a position where four wheels of a car can be placed.

(g) Effects of the Invention As described above, the fixing members of the left and right elevating forks do not move up and down along the interface between each storage chamber and the central space, so the drive device for moving the storage cart is Since it only needs to be attached to one location at the bottom of the fixed frame, the structure is simple and construction costs are low, and maintenance and inspection are convenient as they do not require much effort.

In addition, since the storage rooms on each floor are arranged vertically, it can be installed on a deep site with a narrow frontage, which is extremely effective in making effective use of the site.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side view of the containment tower according to the present invention when it is installed above ground, Fig. 2 is a side view when it is installed above ground and underground, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the containment tower according to the present invention when it is installed above ground and underground. 4 is a side view of the drive device, FIG. 5 is a side view of another drive device, and FIGS.
FIG. 9 shows a plan view of different embodiments, and FIG. 10 shows a plan view of a conventional containment tower. Explanation of the symbols of the main parts, 1a... Lifting hawk,
1b... Elevating hawk, 2... Fixed member, 4... Elevating guide rail, 6... Storage trolley, 7... Storage hawk, 8... Hawk fixing frame, 10... Rail, E
...Central space, R...Storage room.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pair of left and right lifting hawks 1a,
1b in the central space E along the elevating guide rail 4, the ground floor of the central space E is used as the entrance for the goods, and the goods are placed in the front or rear of the ground or underground of other floors, or either one of them. A storage room R for articles is installed, a storage trolley 6 equipped with a traverse drive device is placed in this storage room R, and a fixing member 2 that can be raised and lowered from left to right within the central space E is provided and fixed to the storage trolley 6. A hawk-type article delivery mechanism characterized in that a storage hawk 7 and elevating hawks 1a and 1b fixed to a fixed member 2 intersect to enable delivery of articles, and the articles are entered and taken out of a warehouse. 2 Storage trolley 6 that shuttles between central space E and storage room R
is driven by a conveyor 11 or a hydraulic/air cylinder 12 provided on the floor of the storage room R, or is moved laterally by a motor attached to the wheel shaft of the storage cart 6.
Hawk-type article delivery mechanism described in Section 1.