JPH061529Y2 - Goods sorting equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] According to the present invention, an article placing portion in a shelf is formed in an inclined shape such that the article front part is lower toward the front side of the shelf so that the article can be lowered by its own weight.
The present invention relates to an article sorting facility provided with an instruction unit for instructing information of an article supplied from the shelf back side of the article placing section.

[Conventional technology]

The article placing section of the shelf is formed in an inclined shape such that the article is lowered toward the front side of the shelf due to its own weight when the article is placed on the entire shelf so that the article is lowered toward the front side of the shelf. ing.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

Therefore, when the article is placed on the article placing section, if the article is placed on the back side portion of the article, the article immediately descends to the shelf front side due to its own weight. For this reason, for example, when a container is placed on the back side part and sorting work is performed while loading articles based on the information of the instruction means into the container, the worker himself holds the container and loads the articles. It was difficult to improve work efficiency because there was a trouble to put it in. Further, when the back side portion of the article placing section is inclined so that it becomes lower toward the front side of the shelf, the number of articles to be put in, etc., when performing sorting work while putting articles in the container as described above. Since it was difficult to confirm the input status of the, there was a possibility that a work error occurred.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to solve the above drawbacks by simple modification.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In the article sorting facility according to the present invention, the article placing portion on the shelf is formed in an inclined shape such that the articles are lowered by their own weight, and the articles are fed from the shelf back side of the article placing portion. An instruction means for instructing information is provided, and the first characteristic configuration is that the back side portion of the article placing portion is formed in a state in which the weight of the article is prevented from descending to the front side of the shelf. There is a feature in that.

The second and third characteristic configurations specify preferable modes for implementing the first characteristic configuration.

A second characteristic configuration is characterized in that the back portion side portion of the article placing portion is formed in an inclined shape such that the back portion side is lower and the lower end thereof is provided with an article receiving receiving portion. .

The third characteristic configuration is characterized in that, in addition to the above-described second characteristic configuration, the back side portion of the article placing section is provided with a roller for receiving the article so that the article can be moved in the front-back direction of the shelf.

[Action]

 The operation of the first characteristic configuration is as follows.

When an article is placed on the back side portion of the article placement portion, the article is prevented from falling by its own weight toward the front of the shelf, so that the article placed on the back side portion has an external force applied thereto. Will be held stationary unless added. Therefore, when a container is placed on the back side part, and when sorting work is performed while inserting articles based on the information of the indicating means in the container,
The worker concentrates on the article loading work without holding the container. In this case, when the article loading operation is completed, the worker pushes and moves the container to the front side of the shelf.

The operation of the second characteristic configuration is as follows.

Since the back side portion of the article mounting portion is formed in an inclined shape such that the back side is lower, the article can be easily placed by placing the article from the back side, and Since an inclined state in which the articles placed on the placing section become lower toward the back side can be obtained, the visual confirmation can be easily performed, for example, when confirming the insertion state of the articles placed in the container. Moreover, since the back side portion of the article placing portion is provided with the article receiving portion at the lower end thereof, the placed article is prevented from falling from the back side portion.

The operation of the third characteristic configuration is as follows.

The article placed on the back side of the article placing section can be pushed and moved to the front side of the shelf with a small operation force by the rotating action of the roller.

[Effect of device]

 The effects of the first characteristic configuration are as follows.

Therefore, even when the sorting work is performed while the articles are put in the container, the work can be performed efficiently.

The effects of the second characteristic configuration are as follows.

In addition to the first characteristic configuration, since the article placed on the article placing section can be in a slanted state in which the article becomes lower toward the back side, it is easy to visually confirm the article, and work that avoids work mistakes can be performed. It is advantageous to let it be done.

The effects of the third characteristic configuration are as follows.

In addition to the above-mentioned second characteristic configuration, since the article placed on the back side portion of the article placing section can be pushed and moved to the front side of the shelf easily with a small operation force, fatigue of the worker can be suppressed. As a result, efficient work can be performed.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the article sorting facility includes a shelf (1) for storing articles, a conveyor (2) for article supply located on the back side of the shelf (1), and a shelf ( It is provided with a conveyor (3) for article transportation located on the front side of 1).

The shelf (1) has a plurality of shelves (7 in the illustration) in the width direction.
As shown in FIG. 1, each of the divided shelves (1a) is provided with an uppermost placing section (A) for accommodating an empty container (4) and an article. And a plurality of stages (two stages in the illustrated figure) for storing articles. Each of the article storage portions (B) for storing the articles is formed in an inclined shape in which the front side of the shelf is lower. On the other hand, the container-placing placement portion (A) is formed in an inclined shape that is lower toward the back of the shelf. Then, the articles sent by the article supply conveyor (2), the article placement section (B) from the container placement section (A)
Store in the empty container (4) that has been transferred to the
The weight is lowered toward the front side of the shelf in (B).

The article storage unit (B) for storing each article is used to store the articles by sorting them for each sorting, and, for example, articles corresponding to three sorting destinations in the lateral width direction. They are arranged side by side for storage. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the article placement section (B) for storing each article is
It is equipped with three loading areas (S) corresponding to sorting destinations.

That is, the article sorting work is basically performed according to the following procedure.

The articles conveyed by the article supply conveyor (2) are stored in the placement area (S) corresponding to the sorting destination. At this time, the loading area with the articles stored in the container (4)
Place it on (S). That is, a plurality of articles are stored in the placing area (S) in a state of being grouped in a container.

In this way, when the article storage work in each placement area (S) is completed, the articles stored in each placement area (S) are
Conveyor (3) for transporting articles as they are stored in the container (4)
To supply to. It should be noted that a conveyor for conveying articles (3)
Will send the articles contained in the container (4) to the shipping section.

The shelf (1) is divided into left and right zones (Z1) and (Z2), and when the sorting work of one zone is completed, the work is performed in a procedure of sorting the other zone. In addition, each of the mounting areas (S) will store a plurality of articles in a required number, but when the sorting work is completed for one type of articles, the next type of articles will be stored. The work is executed in the procedure for performing the work. For this reason,
The supply of goods by the conveyor (2) for supplying goods is managed so that the required number of one type of articles are collectively conveyed and then the required number of other types of articles are collectively conveyed. There is.

An instruction means (C) for instructing the information of the articles is provided in order to allow such an operator to perform such an article sorting operation efficiently without any mistakes, and this will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 3, a controller (6) for managing the operation of sorting work is provided, and a display device for displaying the number of articles stored as article processing information corresponding to each placement area (S). (H) and a push-button type completion switch (7) as an indicator for instructing storage completion information as article processing result information, and further corresponding to the left and right zones (Z1) and (Z2) respectively. A push button type zone completion switch as an indicator for instructing the completion of work in each zone as article processing result information.
(8) is provided. Of course, indicator (H), completion switch
(7), each of the zone completion switch (8) is a controller
It is connected to (6).

In the controller (6), the sorting data consisting of the types of articles to be sorted into each of the loading areas (S) and the sorting quantity of the articles of each type is in a state of being associated with the address of each loading area (S). Conveyor for goods supply
Item data indicating the type of the item conveyed in (2) is input.

The sorting data is created in advance based on order data from each sorting destination and stored in a recording medium such as a floppy disk, and the recording medium is set in a reading means attached to the controller (6). It will be input by doing. Also, the input of the article data is
By causing each article to hold information indicating the type of the article by a storage means such as a barcode, reading the information in the storage means by a reading means such as a barcode reader, and inputting the read information as article data. Done.

Therefore, the controller (6) basically executes the following processing.

Zone to work first when article data is entered
The number of articles to be stored in each of the placement areas (S) is displayed on each of the indicators (H) of (Z1).

When the completion switch (7) of each placement area (S) is pressed, the display operation of the display (H) of that placement area (S) is stopped.

When the work in all the mounting areas (S) is completed and the zone completion switch (8) is pressed, the indicator for the next zone (Z2) is displayed.
At (H), the number of articles to be stored in each of the placement areas (S) is displayed.

Then, in the zone (Z2), the above is executed.

When the work in all the mounting areas (S) is completed and the zone completion switch (8) is pressed, the processes from the above are repeatedly executed.

Incidentally, the container mounting portion (A) of the shelf portion (1a) at the left and right central portion of the shelf (1) stores the CRT (9) instead of storing the container. The CRT (9) displays what kind of article is currently being performed, and is managed by the controller (6).

In the figure, (10) is a power supply unit provided on the upper part of each shelf portion (1a), which is supplied with electric power from a main power supply (not shown), and is connected to each display (H) by an electric wire ( (Not shown).

As shown in FIG. 2, the article placing section (B) is composed of a back side portion (12) and a front side portion (13) with the connecting portion (11) as a boundary. The connecting part (11) connects the back part (12) and the front part (13) using two bolts and nuts (14).

Further, while the front part (13) is inclined with the connecting part (11) as the upper part and the shelf front side as the lower part, the back part (12) has the connecting part (11). ) Is the upper side, and the back side corresponding to the supply side of the article is installed in a lower slope. In this way, when the back side portion (12) is formed in an inclined shape that becomes lower toward the back side, when the container (4) is placed on the back side portion (12) of the article placing portion (B). In this container
(4) is prevented from falling by its own weight toward the front of the shelf.

Further, a frame body (16) to which the indicator (H), the completion switch (7) and the zone completion switch (8) are attached is provided at the lower end of the back side portion (12). The back portion of the above) functions as a receiving portion (T) for receiving articles. Therefore, the articles supplied and placed on the back part (12) are prevented from falling from the article placement part (B) whose weight is lowered toward the back part.

Further, a roller (17) for receiving the article so that the article can be moved in the front-back direction over the entire width of the article-placing part (B).
Is provided.

In this way, the back side portion (12) of the article placing portion (B) is configured to prevent the weight of the article from falling toward the front side of the shelf, so that the container (4) is placed in the back side portion (12). Place it in its container (4)
The work of putting articles in the container can be favorably performed without paying attention to the movement prevention of the container (4). When the container (4) stores the articles, the container (4) is pushed toward the front side of the shelf. At this time, the container (4) accommodating the article can be moved lightly by the rotating action of the roller (17). Therefore, the force for pushing the container (4) is also weak.

[Another embodiment]

Even if the back side portion (12) of the article mounting portion (B) is provided with a non-slip member such as a rubber member, the article placed on the back side portion (12) has a friction of the non-slip member. The resistance prevents the weight from descending toward the front of the shelf.

As the instructing means (C), various types such as a voice instructing type and a work slip issuing type can be used.

It should be noted that reference numerals are added to the claims of the utility model for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the invention is not limited to the structure of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of a shelf according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the shelf, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing the form of an article placing portion of the shelf, and FIG. 3 is an article sorting facility. Schematic plan view, 4th
The figure is a schematic side view showing an article sorting facility. (B) ... Article placement section, (C) ... Instructing means, (16) ... Article receiving section, (17) ... Roller.

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An article placing section (B) on a shelf (1) is formed in an inclined shape such that the article front side is lower so as to lower the article by its own weight, and a shelf back section of the article placing section (B). An article sorting facility provided with an instruction means (C) for instructing information of articles supplied from the side, the back side portion (12) of the article placing section (B).
The article sorting facility in which the articles are formed so as to prevent the articles from falling down by weight toward the front of the shelf. 2. The back side part (12) of the article placing part (B),
2. The article sorting facility according to claim 1, wherein the article sorting facility is formed in an inclined shape in which the lower side is closer to the back side, and the lower end thereof is provided with an article receiving receiving portion (T). 3. The back side part (12) of the article placing part (B),
Roller that receives items so that they can move in the front-back direction of the shelf
The article sorting facility according to claim 2, further comprising (17).