JPH05105210A - Conveying and storing device for article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform both carrying-in and-out only at a conveying entrance and exit on one side by making a flow rack, whose one side is set as a conveying entrance and exit for articles and pallets and whose other side is set as a barrier and a stopper mechanism, a down slope respectively toward the conveying entrance and exit side. CONSTITUTION:A number of pallets 6 where articles W are placed are placed in order on both sides of guide rails 1 from the side of a carrying entrance and exit 7 of a flow rack 5. After respective pallets 6 slide while rotating rollers 2 on both sides of the guide rails 1, they come into contact with a barrier 8 and stop, so that, they can be stored in a serial condition in order. For taking out respective pallets 6, they are made to get over a stopper mechanism 9 on the side of the conveying entrance and exit 7 or they are made to rise to a position where they do not come into contact with the stopper mechanism 9. Then, the following respective pallets 6 travel by themselves to the side of the conveying entrance and exit 7 according to the down slope of both sides of the guide rails 1. It is thus possible to perform both carrying-in and-out of the articles W only at the conveying entrance and exit 7 on one side.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article conveying and accommodating device for accommodating a large number of articles in and out of a warehouse or other physical distribution facility.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device for handling, carrying and storing a large number of articles in a distribution facility such as a warehouse or a distribution center, there is a carry-in / out port, and a guide rail that gently inclines from the carrying start side to the terminal side. There is known a transfer / accommodation device including a flow rack having a fluidized shelf. As the transport and storage device, a rack installed in a physical distribution facility in a plane direction and a height direction is provided with an inclined guide rail in which a large number of rollers are rotatably provided to form a fluidized shelf. When the pallet on which the article is placed is placed on the guide rail from the storage entrance by hand or a forklift, etc., the bottom of the article or pallet slides while rotating the roller, and the guide rail is inclined to reach the end of conveyance, and the stopper It came into contact with the mechanism and stopped.

[0003]

However, in this conventional article transport accommodating apparatus having a fluidized shelf, the article loading port side at the loading side end and the loading port side at the loading side end are fixed, and one side Since the goods are handled by flowing from one side to the other,
Forklift passages are provided on both sides, and for the movement of the forklift, the warehousing work moves to the article storage port at the end on the loading side
Also, the unloading work had to be moved to the end on the unloading side. Therefore, since the forklift is moved around the rack each time, the traveling distance is long and time-consuming, and it is complicated and the workability is poor. To solve this,
Normally, the center of the rack is appropriately divided to provide a dedicated passage for the forklift travel, but there was a vicious circle that the storage efficiency was reduced by that much, and there was a problem.
The present invention properly eliminates these conventional drawbacks, and the management of goods may be last-in / first-out, that is, the preparation of the assortment for shipping has already been completed in advance, and the delivery vehicle is waiting for arrival and loading. For temporary storage of items for storage, items that are shipped together in a specified short-term storage, and items that do not cause problems even after the first-in, first-out operations without the forklift rotating around the rack each time. It is an object of the present invention to provide an article transporting / accommodating apparatus capable of significantly improving workability by allowing work in one direction and improving article storage efficiency without requiring a forklift passage in one direction.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a flow rack having a loading / unloading port for an article or a pallet on which the article is placed and a plurality of rollers rotatably arranged in a frame is gently inclined in one direction. In the article transporting and accommodating device provided with, a flow rack having a pallet loading / unloading port on one side and a collision wall or a stopper mechanism on the other side is provided at the loading / unloading port side with a gentle inclination. It is a transport and accommodation device.

[0005]

When the pallet 6 on which the article W is placed is placed on the conveyance start end of the gently inclined guide rail from the carry-in / out port 7 on one side of the frame, and the subsequent pallet is pushed in next, the preceding pallet is the roller of the guide rail. Is slid on the roller while rotating, is pushed up in contact with the guide roll, is sequentially accommodated on the guide rail in series, reaches the end wall 8 at the end of the conveyance, and is stopped by the stopper mechanism 9 such as a protrusion. .. At the time of unloading, the pallet 6 is smoothly pushed down with a gentle inclination by overcoming or removing the stopper mechanism 9 provided on the loading / unloading port 7 side, and the gradual loading port becomes the unloading port and is sequentially unloaded from here. .. Then, while carrying out the work on the side of the article carrying-out port side,
Preparations for assortment for shipping have already been completed in advance, temporary storage items waiting for arrival and arrival of the delivery vehicle, items that are shipped all at once for a specified short-term storage, and there is no problem with last-in / first-out For storage of goods, both loading and unloading work can be done in one direction without the forklift rotating around the rack each time, and it is necessary to replace items such as accidentally taking out different items or returning extra items. Even when a problem occurs, by loading and unloading at the same article loading / unloading port, articles can be automatically switched between warehousing and unloading, and articles can be stored in the first-in / first-out mode, and the forklifts are forwarded one by one. Goods can be put in and out at the same place without the need to convey goods, work efficiency can be greatly improved, and the storage area can be used effectively.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. The guide rail 1 is a pair of guide rails arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval, and a roller 2 rotatably supported. In the case of using a pallet 6 on which articles are placed, the pallets 6 are arranged at a slant angle of 1 to 3 degrees, preferably 1.5 to 2 degrees with respect to the horizontal line from the transport start end to the transport end. The flow rack 5 is formed to be inclined, and in the case of transferring the article W, the guide rail 1 is arranged at an inclination angle of 7 to 10 degrees, preferably 7.5 to 9 degrees. An intermediate rail 3 is provided between the both side guide rails 1 and 1 only when it is considered necessary in design when accommodating a heavy object or the like.
In order to prevent delusion of the pallet 6 in the left-right direction, both side surfaces of the pallet 6 are slidably contacted by the brake rolls 13 arranged at appropriate positions in the longitudinal direction and the guide rolls 4 rotatably supported at small intervals. It is useful.

In this case, the pallet 6 has a strip-shaped sliding plate having a smooth surface such as a steel plate or a hard resin plate fixed to both sides of its bottom surface over the entire length, and the lower surface of these sliding plates is fixed to the both side guide rails. It is made to slide on the rollers 1, 2 of 1, 1. A stopper mechanism 9, such as a stopper wall, a protrusion, a stopper roll, an opening / closing plate, and an inverted inclined plate having a protrusion, is arranged at the end of the guide rails 1 and 1 for transportation. The guide rails 1, 1
Are arranged in multiple rows in the horizontal and height directions in a frame in a warehouse or the like, and one side of this frame is used as a pallet loading / unloading port 7 and the other side is a collision wall 8 such as a partition wall or a low height. It is formed on the flow rack 5 composed of a contact member such as a stopper wall or a protrusion having a stopper mechanism, and is effectively used as a first-in / first-out type structure for a facility where space can be reserved on only one side.

A description will be given of a usage mode of the article transporting and accommodating apparatus thus constructed. A pallet 6 on which articles W are placed is placed on desired side guide rails 1 and 1 from a loading / unloading port 7 side by a forklift or the like, Next, when the subsequent pallet is pushed in, the preceding pallet 6 slides while rotating the rollers 2 of the guide rails 1 and 1, and the guide rolls 4 prevent delusions in the left and right directions while the guide rails 1 and 1 are guided.
1 is moved toward the collision wall 8 and abuts against the collision wall 8 to stop, so that a large number of pallets are accommodated in series on the both side guide rails 1 and 1 in sequence. Next, in order to take out the pallet 6 on which the article W is placed, the pallet 6 can be pulled out by overcoming the stopper mechanism 9 provided on the carry-in / out port 7 side or by raising the pallet 6 to a position not hitting the stopper mechanism 9 by a forklift or the like. To do. And the next pallet 6 that follows
Is the guide rail 1 at the position where the pallet 6 was unloaded.
Since it moves up and slides to the loading / unloading port 7, it can be taken out in the same manner as described above. Therefore, when it is necessary to enter the goods during the goods exiting work, or if you accidentally take out an article that is not the designated article, or want to return an extra article, or when you perform replacement work, the forklift will move from the exit side to the entrance. It is possible to process all at once without running around each time, greatly improving workability and contributing to labor saving.

In the embodiment of FIG. 5, the frame is provided with an impact wall 8 in the center, and a plurality of gently inclined flow racks 5 descending on both sides of the impact wall 8 are arranged in parallel in the plane direction and the height direction. Then, the apparatus is used as a conveying and accommodating apparatus for articles arranged oppositely, and is effectively used when many items are arranged and used. In this case, the guide rails 1 are not limited to have the same length, but may have different lengths.

A brake roll 13 is provided on the intermediate rail 3 so that the sliding speed of the pallet 6 can be braked, but the intermediate rail 3 can be omitted if necessary. Further, the stopper mechanism 9 can be replaced by a detachable pin or an L-shaped projection, or other stopper member can be used. Further, it is preferable that the guide rail 1 is also detachably mounted in the frame so that it can be replaced or repaired.

[0011]

According to the present invention, one side of a frame is provided with a loading / unloading port for articles or a pallet on which articles are loaded, and the other side is provided with a flow rack having an impact wall or a stopper mechanism with a gentle inclination to the loading / unloading side. By doing so, you can carry in and carry out goods from one side, so the management of goods can be done last in, first out,
In other words, we have already completed the assortment preparation for shipping,
For storage of temporary storage items waiting for arrival of the delivery vehicle, items that are shipped all at once for a specified short-term storage, and items that have no problems in the last-in / first-out operation, both the loading and unloading work are racked each time. You can work in one direction without turning the forklift around the area, and you can easily replace items and correct erroneous work.You can save labor in loading and unloading items, and you do not have to use the lift passage to store items. As a result, the efficiency of storing articles and the storage efficiency can be significantly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a part of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of a main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a simplified perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention arranged in a warehouse.

FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory side view of a loading / unloading operation using a fluidized shelf.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Guide rail 2 Roller 4 Guide roll 5 Rack 6 Pallet 7 Carry-in / out port 8 Impact wall

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An article transporting / accommodating apparatus comprising a frame having a loading / unloading port for an article or a pallet on which an article is placed, and a flow rack in which a large number of rollers are rotatably arranged, and which is gently inclined in one direction. The article is characterized in that one side of the framework is provided with a loading / unloading port for articles or a pallet on which the articles are placed, and the other side is provided with a flow rack having an impact wall or a stopper mechanism with a gentle inclination to the loading / unloading side. Containment device.