JPH05213410A - Linen classifying/storing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To classify linens accurately/speedily while precluding the possibility of a misunderstanding, a hallucination and a maloperation by inputting a user code number to a computer of a control device while using a ten-key when the linens are loaded. CONSTITUTION:As for classification patterns of classification bins 11, several kinds of patterns are prepared with every user, and are memorized in a control computer. Even with combinations of bin numbers and lane numbers 21-1-21-16 of storage lanes, after relationships with the classification patterns are taken into consideration, several kinds of patterns are programmed, and are memorized in the control computer. A display panel 202 is arranged in the vicinity of the classification bins 11, and kinds of linens in the respective classification bins are displayed. A feature of the linens with every user is taken into consideration, and the combinations of the classification patterns, storage lane marks and the number of the classification bins are selected to use codes, and a program to be set is incorporated into a command of the control computer. Every time when the users of the linens are changed, the user codes are inputted to a ten-key board 201.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liner sorting and storing device for sorting, storing, and sorting a washing machine, a dry cleaner, a dirty linen before a continuous washing machine, and clothes in a laundry factory.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally washed sheets, wrapping cloth, yukata, pillowcases, face towels, bath towels, table cloths,
2. Description of the Related Art A continuous water washing machine is generally known that sorts and sorts various kinds of objects to be washed such as table napkins, hospital clothes, surgical clothes, and cock coats, and launders a certain amount of the same kind. As a system for loading the objects to be washed into this continuous water washing machine in an automatically set order, there is a self-weighting sling bag system incorporating a monorail system that uses the ceiling space of a factory. FIG. 9 shows the conventional structure. Regarding the items to be washed, those collected from a general hotel are sheets,
A mixture of yukata, pillowcases, towels, bath mats, etc. is added to those from the resort hotel, including table cloths, table napkins, hand cloths, and cook coats. In addition, the items collected from the hospital contain a lot of dirty items such as sheets, wrapping cloths, sick clothes, and pillow covers, and in some cases, surgical clothes to which human blood and medicines are attached may enter. Most of the items collected from Kenko Land and saunas are colorful room wear and bath towels that drip water.

Many kinds of these, and the lot amount is 100k.
Dirty to-be-washed items having a wide range of g to 6000 kg are loaded and transferred on the conveyor 10 based on the priority order of shipping to the customer.
Can be placed on top. Contaminated items to be washed are transported on the conveyor,
When the worker comes to the side of the sorting bin 11, the item to be washed is sorted based on the sorting pattern (FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6) set by the loading operator whenever necessary, and is loaded into a predetermined sorting bin. This work is required when the customer changes (especially when the customer's business such as general hotel → hospital → resort hotel → Kenko Land changes)
Since it is necessary to change the setting, it is troublesome for laundry workers having customers of more than 100 companies. If you forget or make a mistake in this setting, you may not have the required sorting bins, or you may be able to make linen-type bins that you will not use, or the sorting bins may be placed unevenly with respect to the number of workers. In the worst case, I did not notice that the customer changed
It was the time when they were sorted and stored. At this time, the type of linen stored is mistakenly thrown into the continuous washing machine, washed with the wrong formulation, dried, and brought to the finishing department in a state where it does not become a product, and the entire laundry process is large. Be confused. For example, if a towel is erroneously recognized as a table cloth, the towel that has been washed until it is decolorized is dropped in front of the table cloth or the roll ironer for finishing sheets, without being dried.

Next, the linen taken out of the sorting bin 11 is transferred to the filling station 13 via the transfer device 12, and is dropped there into an empty bag on standby. The sling bag 31 filled with linen is lifted to a high place by the elevator 14, and then slides by utilizing the inclination and the weight of the rail, enters the designated lane of the storage rail 21, and stops. Normally, this lane is designated for each type of linen, so the bin number of the sorting bin and the lane number are a specific combination. That is, in the case of the general hotel linen of Table 1, the sheets of the bin numbers 1, 5, 9, and 12 are the lanes 21 a and 21 b, and the bin numbers 3, 4, and 4.
Towels, bath mats 7, 8 and 10 have lanes 21c and 21d, and Yukata with bottle numbers 2 and 6 have lane 21e.
Assuming that the last bin 11 specifies lanes 21f, lanes 21a and 21b are storage lanes for sheets, and towels and bath mats are stored in both lanes 21c and 21d. The remaining Yukata and pillow covers will be stored in lanes 21e and 21f, respectively. The combination of this bin number and lane symbol (number) is the main control panel 1
The digital switch on 02 is set whenever necessary.
The time when the setting needs to be changed means that the sorting pattern has been changed, and it is necessary to change the setting shown in Table 1 to the setting shown in Table 2.

[Table 1]

[Table 2] Note: * indicates the part where the combination setting of bin number and lane code (number) is changed.

Should this setting be forgotten, for example, the wrapping cloth must be called from the 21c / d lane where the towels are stored. In addition, the white coat must also be called from the towel lane 21c / d, and neither the wrapping cloth nor the white coat can be called for washing until the towel storage is exhausted (because it is impossible to jump ahead and go out first). ). Even if the setting of the sorting pattern is changed or the combination of the bin number and the storage rail lane symbol (number) is changed, it is necessary to convey the necessity of the change to the sorting worker by transferring the dirty linen to the transfer conveyor 10. It is a worker who loads. If this worker does not loudly and correctly communicate that the customer for loading linen has changed, the sorting worker may miss the messenger, forget to change the setting, or make a mistake. Occurrence of troubles to set up the linen, which may hinder the operation of the linen factory.

[0006]

To efficiently sort and sort a wide variety of linens such as general hotel (room) linen, resort hotel linen, hospital linen, sauna health land linen with a limited sorting bin and the number of workers. Has
It is effective to switch and use the sorting patterns, but this switching is often not performed accurately and promptly due to insufficient instructions, immature workers, and illusions. Further, since the result of the above switching is not displayed at a glance so that a sorting worker can understand it, there is a case where a mistake in sorting or a confusion of work such as mixing of types is caused. On the other hand, if the sorting pattern changes and the type of linen sent from some sorting bins to the storage rail changes, the storage rail lane must be changed accordingly. This is normally done by operating a digital switch provided on the main control panel 102 (FIG. 1), which corresponds to a sorting bin of a different linen type. However, since this change operation is performed for a plurality of digital switches at a place slightly apart from the sorting device, there are often exposed defects such as being late in change due to forgetting change, setting error, and taking too much time. The present invention is intended to solve the above conventional problems.

[0007]

Therefore, according to the present invention, a linen loading / loading apparatus including a numeric keypad for data input in the vicinity is provided.
Transfer belt conveyer, sorting bins (adjacently installed) for sorting and loading linen on the transfer belt conveyer, transfer / filling device for taking linen from the sorting bin group and filling empty bags, and filling sling bag In a sorting storage device with a linen sling bag consisting of an overhead monorail that transfers and distributes waste to multiple storage lanes and a control, display, and monitoring device, input the customer's code number into the computer of the control device using the numeric keypad when loading linen In this way, a control device programmed including a display device to give the optimum sorting pattern to the sorting bin group and clearly indicate it and to select the most reasonable combination of sorting bin number and storage rail number. It is a provision, and this is the means for solving the problem. .

[0008]

With regard to the sorting patterns of the sorting bins (plurality), several kinds of sorting patterns are prepared for each customer source such as resort hotels, general hotels, hospitals and health lands, and are stored in the control computer. Regarding the combination of one bin number and the lane symbol (number) of the storage rail, some kinds of programs are stored in the control computer in consideration of the relationship with the sorting pattern. In addition, a display window or display panel is provided near each sorting bin at an easy-to-see position to display what sort of linen type (linen code) each sorting bin should sort. Also, in consideration of the characteristics of linen for each customer and customer, sorting patterns for customer codes and storage lane symbols (numbers)
Select a combination of and the sorting bin number and incorporate the setting program into the command of the control computer. The linen loading person inputs the customer code into the numeric keypad installed near the loading conveyor each time the customer of the linen changes.

As described above, before the worker loads the linen on the transfer conveyor, the customer code number (three digits) is entered in the ten-key pad with LED display. This customer code number is transmitted to a computer in the main control panel that controls the sling bag system, and is used there to search for a sorting pattern. When the corresponding pattern is determined, it is subdivided into the sorting linen product type code and given to each sorting bin. In addition, since the status of the type code allocation of each sorting bin is displayed on the panel near the bin, the sorting worker selects the linen that has been conveyed and puts it into the bin according to the display. On the other hand, the result of the sorting pattern search is transmitted to the bin number / lane symbol (number) combination search and received.
The result is stored in the sequencer in the main control panel, and by controlling the branch in front of the storage rail, storage is performed for each linen product type (including similar products). This is because the linen product code is transferred from the bottle to the bag during filling. This storage status is displayed on the screen of the personal computer monitor, so that the worker can smoothly call the bag and wash the work while checking the monitor screen.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments of the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 3 show the embodiments of the present invention. Now the customer is 1
There are 30 companies, and their code numbers, industries, and linen contents are shown in Table 3.
It is assumed that the categories are set as follows. In this case, customer code numbers 001-023 (general hotel), 042-060
The sorting patterns for (resort hotels) and 115-129 (large hospitals) are shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, respectively.
It becomes the street. In the case of customer code numbers 024 to 041 (deluxe hotel), in the sorting pattern of FIG. 4, the sheet color of the bin number 12 is the high-quality sheets and the sheet color of the bin numbers 1, 5, 9 is 1 of the white sheets. One or two bottles for large sheets, one of the towel colors in bottle numbers 3 and 7 in the bathrobe, and one or two of Yukata in bottle numbers 2 and 6.
It will be changed into a gown.

[Table 3]

For customer code numbers 061, 062 (restaurant), bin numbers 1 and 2 are table napkins, bin number 5 is table cloth, and bin numbers 6 and 10 are cooks in the sorting pattern of FIG. Bottle number 8 has been changed to coat and small linen such as cock hat. Further, regarding customer codes 063-090 (health center, sports club, sauna), in order to facilitate the work of putting heavy towels having a lot of water, for example, the sorting patterns as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 are used. Customer code 101 to 1
For 14 (general hospital), the sorting pattern of FIG. 6 can be used as it is. In this case, a white coat is placed in the sorting linen,
Since there is no surgical gown etc., you can just leave it in an empty bottle. If there is a large amount of linen and it is not desirable to place an empty bottle, the linen with the largest amount may be assigned in the order of bin numbers 4, 10 and 12. Customer code 1
For 30 (nursing hospital), a diaper (diaper) may be processed separately, and the sorting pattern of a general hospital may be used.

As in the above example, there are 7 to 8 customer industries,
Even if the linen varieties have the same cleaning recipe and finishing method but more than 10 types, the number of storage rail lanes is 16 lanes. Further, the customer code number, the type of business, and the linen content (excluding diapers) in Table 3 can be roughly classified into two types according to the nature and severity of dirt. That is, the hotel linen that is used in an air-conditioned room with a bath and toilet and is replaced every day, the health center only for sweat and moisture, and the towels in the sauna are light and easy-to-clean dirty linen. On the other hand, hospital coats, such as lab coats, surgical gowns that easily adhere to human blood and chemicals, sheets that are changed and washed once or twice a week, wrapping cloths, sick clothes, pillow covers, seasonings, oils and fats,
Restaurant linens such as table cloths, table napkins, and cock coats that are soiled with spices, coffee, tea, etc. are heavily soiled, and stains that are difficult to remove even after washing are attached, so wash them carefully over time and bleach. Also needs to work. In order to smoothly process linens with greatly different washing prescriptions like this, a high-efficiency continuous washing machine that adjusts bleaching by washing in a short time suitable for the former linen, and carefully washing and bleaching over time It is necessary to apply two types of continuous washing machines for difficult linen.

Next, the embodiment of FIG. 3 will be described.
1 is a high-efficiency continuous washing machine, and storage rails 21-1 to 21-12
The continuous washer 82 for the difficult-to-clean linen, which is located closer to
Are usually located far away. This is because the sling bag 51 called from the storage rail can reach the input port 61 of the continuous washing machine 81 in a shorter time and be ready for dropping. In the storage rail lane, the linen washed by the high-efficiency continuous washing machine is 21-1, -2, -3,-that is close to the exit (when the sling bag 32 is provided).
Stored in 4th grade, difficult-to-wash linen was separated from the exit 21-1
It will be stored in lanes 3, -14 and -15. The relationship between the amount of linen and the number of storage rails is also important. For example, in the case of hotel linen, sheets and towels account for 40% of the total linen sorted, and
10% for Yukata, gowns, pillowcases, tablecloths, etc.
Less than Therefore, considering the color and type of the sheets, give them three lanes 21-1, -2, and -3. Considering the color and type for one towel, the next 21-4, -5,-
Giving 6 lanes makes sense. Others give Yukata, room wear 21-7, gown 21-8, bathrobe 21-9, and pillow cover that gets dirty with hairdresser etc. is 21-10 because it belongs to difficult wash linen. Also, hospital linen mainly consists of sheets and wrapping cloth, but since it belongs to difficult-wash linen, two lanes of 11-11 and -12 are used, and the next 21-13 lane is used for storage of hospital clothes and white coats. Further, in the restaurant linen, since table cloths and table napkins mainly occupy, lanes 21-14 are given, and 21-15 lanes are given to the remaining small items such as a cook coat, a cook hat and the like. It is a good system that the last lane 21-16 of the storage rail is left as a normal empty rail, and the linen that needs to be washed urgently is allowed to pass through and left as an express rail for sending it to the continuous washing machine.

The relationship between the linen product type and the storage rail lane number set as described above can be summarized as shown in Table 4. Therefore, if the linen product type is replaced with the bin number of each sorting pattern, the bin / lane combination shown in FIG. The table is displayed as numbers and completed as shown in Table 5. In addition, in order to properly use 1/2/3 or 4/5 lanes like the sheets or towels (white) shown in Table 5, the priority order of the shared lanes is set in the computer and the lanes in front of the storage rails are set. You need to control the branch. That is, in the case of sheets, the sheets containing the sheets are stored in the ascending order of the lane number, and when the sheets are full, the bags are moved to the next lane. When lane 3 has been stored and is full, it is returned to the young lane and stored again.

[Table 4]

[Table 5]

The sorting pattern is displayed as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, with the loading / transfer conveyor 10 sandwiching the sorting bin.
The linen type name is displayed using a dot matrix or the like, or the type code is displayed using a 7-segment LED, at a position corresponding to each sorting bin on the panel 202 facing each other. However, this is an example and other positions may be used. The above is one embodiment, and the number of customer codes, the number of industries, the number of linen types, the number and the number of sorting bins,
The sorting pattern, the sorting bin number / storage lane number combination, and the support software vary depending on the arrangement of storage rails, the number of lanes, the type and number of continuous washing machines, and all are included in the scope of the present invention.

[0016]

Since the present invention is configured as described above in detail, for example, there are 130 customers, and there are two types of linen, a high efficiency continuous washing machine and a difficult-to-wash linen dedicated continuous washing machine. Assuming that the loading cycle time is 2 minutes and 4 minutes respectively, the loading speed of the dirty linen on the loading / transporting conveyor is about 40 kg / min, while the customer changes within 10 minutes for large customers. Once every three to four minutes for small and medium-sized customers. Also, the loading worker
Conventionally, it is necessary to convey the customer's name or code number in a clear way to the worker who has set a turning point at this interval for sorting work and sorts by facing the sorting bin. They communicated in a loud voice that was as strong as the noise. In the present invention, this is replaced by the input of the ten-key pad, and it is not necessary to rely on the voice, which reduces the fatigue of the loading operator.

A worker who sorts by facing the sorting bin will see a new display of the sorting pattern on the front panel when the transported linen is interrupted, so that the newly transported linen is It may be sorted according to the pattern and input. Conventionally, a worker here can convey a customer name or a customer code by voice from a loading worker directly or through an intercom, but it is not easy to correctly grasp the customer name in factory noise, and it is difficult It was a job to use. This occurs once in 3 to 4 minutes and is instructed at least once in 10 minutes or less at the longest time, so there is a trouble to confirm it, and misidentification and malfunction often occur. When the sorting operator confirms the customer code or the customer name, he / she needs to change the linen product type handled by each sorting bin according to the pattern. A customer code / name / sorting pattern comparison table prepared separately is required. Although the handling type of each sorting bin was reset while looking or based on the memory of an experienced person, there were many troubles such as illusions and misrecognition of instructions. Especially when there are many industries and there are many changes in linen varieties, there are many erroneous settings, which seriously hinders operations. The present invention eliminates the false recognition and erroneous setting of the operator,
Since everything is set correctly by the computer, the operation has a great effect that it can be operated flexibly and smoothly.

Further, since the bag storage rail lanes are used properly according to the linen product type, it is necessary to change the sorting pattern and change the combination of the bin and the storage lane when the linen product handled for each sorting bin changes. Come out.
In the present invention, since the computer automatically and accurately performs this, there is no room for misidentification, illusion, or erroneous operation by the operator. In the case of express washing, the linen of all sorting bins goes to the limited express lane, so you can easily determine the sorting bin / storage lane combination, but you can set the sorting pattern and the order of loading and the sorting bin to the limited express lane. Regarding the order of transfer, etc., it is necessary to set specific conditions in order to effectively use the continuous washing machine. For example, the sorting bins for linen to be washed in the high rate continuous washing machine are
Set more than the number of items to be washed in the continuous washing machine for difficult-to-clean linen, while the loading order is 100 kg for high-rate and then 5 for difficult-wash
0kg is put and 100kg for high rate is loaded again. By doing this, it is possible to transfer to the express lane with 2 bags for high rate, 1 bag for difficult washing, 2 bags for high rate, and it is necessary to add linen at intervals of 2 minutes. As a result, the continuous washing machine for difficult washing, which is charged at intervals of 4 minutes, can be operated without interruption, and the express washing can be effectively performed. The sorting pattern and the sorting bin number / storage rail number combination selection program in this case can also be considered as an application program of the present invention, and a highly effective program based on customer conditions can be incorporated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a layout view of sorting patterns and display patterns in a sorting storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a setting control device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a layout view of a sling bag in the sorting storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a bin sorting pattern.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a bin sorting pattern different from the above.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a bin sorting pattern different from the above.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a bin sorting pattern different from the above.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a bin sorting pattern different from the above.

FIG. 9 is a layout view showing a conventional sling bag system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Loading / Transporting Conveyor 11 Sorting Bin 12 Conveying Device 13 Filling Station 14 Elevator 16 Empty Bag 17 Empty Bag Storage Lane 19 Sorting Worker 21a-21f Filled Bag Storage Lane 31 Filled Bag 32 Called Bag 51 Filled Bag 61 Continuous Washer Linen input port 62 Continuous washing machine input port 81 Continuous washing machine 91 Empty bag return 101 System monitor device 102 System main control device 103 Sorting pattern setting device 201 Numeric keypad 202 Sorting pattern display panel

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A linen loading / transporting belt conveyor having a numeric keypad for data input in the vicinity, sorting bins (plurality) adjacently installed for sorting and loading the linen on the transporting belt conveyor, from the sorting bin group. A liner sling bag sorting storage device consisting of a transfer / filling device that takes out linen and fills empty bags and an overhead monorail that transfers and distributes the filled sling bag to multiple storage lanes and a control / display / monitoring device when loading linen By inputting the customer's code number into the computer of the control device using the numeric keypad, an optimal sorting pattern is given to the sorting bin group and clearly indicated, and the most rational combination of sorting bin number and storage rail number is provided. A control system programmed to include a display device A linen sorting and storage device characterized by being equipped with a control device.