JPH0632406A - Facility of cylindrical automatic warehouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the mechanism and raise the capability of warehousing and delivering management per hour, in a cylindrical automatic warehouse being constructed for supporting loads on each step of ring-shaped load supporting tables as being properly spaced in the circumferential direction and being applicable to such as a multistory parking garage. CONSTITUTION:In the center part of load supporting levels, of respective steps, of a cylindrical rack 1, rotating load transferring tables 3a-3d which can be rotated around the vertical axis 2 are set, and ring-shaped load supporting tables 4a-4d are installed around respective steps of the rotating load transferring tables 3a-3d. On the abovementioned ring-shaped load supporting tables 4a-4d, load supporting parts 7 capable of transferring loads in the radial direction between those supporting tables and the rotating load transferring tables 3a-3d are arranged side by side at proper peripheral intervals, and also an article warehousing elevating conveyor 5 and an article deliverying elevating conveyor 6 equipped with elevating load transferring tables 13, 14 respectively that can be alternatively connected to the rotating load transferring tables 3a-3d on respective steps by their elevating motions, are installed side by side.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is designed to support loads on ring-shaped load supports at each stage at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction.
The present invention relates to a cylindrical automated warehouse that can be used in multi-storey parking lots.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional automatic warehouse equipment of this kind uses a rotary load transfer table that moves up and down through the central portion of the ring-shaped load support table of each stage, For example, the lower limit level of the loading platform is set as the loading / unloading load transfer level, and at the time of loading / unloading work, after loading the load on the lifting / lowering load loading table at the loading / unloading load transfer level, the lifting / lowering load While raising the transfer table to the storage level, the vertical rotation load transfer table is moved around the vertical axis so that the vertical rotation load transfer table is connected to the storage position on the ring-shaped load support table at the storage level. The load is sent out from the lifting and lowering load transfer table connected to the desired storage position to the ring-shaped load support table. Further, since the unloading work is performed in the reverse order of the warehousing work, the lifting / lowering rotary load transfer table also performs the rotating operation about the vertical axis and the lifting / lowering operation during the unloading work.

In such a conventional cylindrical automatic warehouse facility, the mechanism is complicated and high-speed operation is difficult due to the existence of the lifting and lowering load transfer table for performing the lifting and rotating operations. In any of the work, the lifting and lowering load transfer table must be returned to the load transfer level for loading and unloading before it can be used for the next work, so the loading and unloading processing capacity per hour is extremely low, and extremely efficient. It was bad.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its features are shown by the reference numerals of the embodiments described later. In the cylindrical automated warehouse equipment of the present invention, the rotary load transfer tables 3a to 3d rotatable about the vertical axis 2 are arranged at the center of each stage load supporting level of the cylindrical rack 1, and Ring-shaped load supporting bases 4a to
4d is installed on the ring-shaped load supporting bases 4a to 4d, and load supporting portions 7 capable of radial load transfer between the rotary load transfer bases 3a to 3d are arranged at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction. While being installed side by side, the rotary load transfer tables 3a to 3d at the respective stages are moved up and down
It is characterized in that an elevating and lowering transfer device 5 for warehousing and an elevating and lowering transfer device 6 for unloading, which are provided with the lifting and lowering load transfer tables 13 and 14 that can be alternatively connected, are provided side by side.

Further, in the present invention according to claim 2, the rotary load transfer tables 3a to 3d of the respective stages and the elevating load transfer tables 13 and 14 of the elevating transfer devices 5 and 6 for loading and unloading. Relay load transfer means 8a to 8d, 9a to 9d connectable to and are arranged on the ring-shaped load support bases 4a to 4d at the respective stages, and each of the hoisting and conveying devices 5, 6 for loading and unloading Is attached to the outside of the cylindrical rack 1.

Further, in the present invention according to claim 3, the elevating and lowering conveying devices 5 and 6 for warehousing and unloading vertically move the ring-shaped load supporting bases 4a to 4d of the respective stages inside the cylindrical rack 1. Are arranged so as to pass through in the direction, and the hoisting and lowering load transfer tables 13, 1 of the hoisting and conveying devices 5, 6 for warehousing and warehousing
4, the load is directly transferred between the rotary load transfer table 3a to 3d.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a cylindrical rack in which a plurality of upper and lower load supporting levels are provided inside. , And rotating load transfer tables 3a to 3d rotatable about the vertical axis 2,
Ring-shaped load supporting bases 4a to 4d, which are installed around the rotary load transfer bases 3a to 3d, are installed. Reference numeral 5 is an elevating / conveying apparatus for warehousing, and 6 is an elevating / conveying apparatus for warehousing, which are attached so as to project to both outer sides in the diametrical direction of the cylindrical rack 1.

On the ring-shaped load supporting bases 4a to 4d at the respective stages, the vertical axis is avoided while avoiding the position inside the elevating / conveying device 5 for warehousing and the position inside the elevating / conveying device 6 for unloading. 2, load supporting portions 7 are provided in a radial direction at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction, and a relay load is provided at a position inside the elevating / conveying device 5 for warehousing and a position inside the elevating / conveying device 6 for unloading. Transfer means 8a to 8d and 9a to 9d are provided.
Further, the load supporting portions 10 are provided along the diametrical direction on the rotary load transfer tables 3a to 3d of the respective stages.

The loading / unloading transfer device 5 and the loading / unloading transfer device 6 have the same structure, and are moved up and down along the vertical lift guide columns 11 and 12, respectively.
3, 14 are provided. This lifting load transfer stand 13,1
4 is the lowest stage rotary load transfer table 3a and relay load transfer means 8
a, 9a, when it is at the descending limit level, the lifting / lowering load transfer bases 13 and 14 are configured to be substantially flush with the floor surface 15. Stand 1
Entry / exit 16 and 17 that make up the passage between the above
Are provided on the surrounding walls 18 and 19 surrounding the lifting and lowering transport devices 5 and 6.

The load supporting portions 10 on the rotary load transfer tables 3a to 3d, the load supporting portions 7 on the ring-shaped load supporting tables 4a to 4d,
A transfer drive conveyor is provided on the lifting / lowering load transfer tables 13 and 14 of the lifting / lowering transfer devices 5 and 6, but any other transfer means, for example, a part of the load, corresponding to the load to be handled. It is also possible to provide a pusher that pushes back, a transfer means that uses a pulling tool that engages with a part of the load, and pulls in.
Further, the load supporting portions 10 on the rotary load transfer tables 3a to 3d may be configured to send a load to any side in the diametrical direction and to be able to pull in the load from any side in the diametrical direction. The load may be drawn in from one end side and sent out from the other end side. Further, it can be configured so that the load is sent out and pulled in at one end in the diametrical direction.

In the cylindrical automatic warehouse facility constructed as described above, when loading a load W such as an automobile, the loading / unloading table 13 of the loading / unloading elevator 5 is made to stand by at the descent limit level. In this state, the load W is transferred from the floor surface 15 onto the lifting load transfer table 13. Next, for example, if the warehousing level is the third load supporting level from the bottom, the elevating load transfer table 13 is raised to the warehousing level and then the elevating load transfer table 1
3 and the transfer drive conveyor of the relay load transfer means 8c connected thereto are driven in the loading direction to move the lifting load transfer table 1
The load W on No. 3 is transported and transferred onto the relay load transfer means 8c. On the other hand, the rotating load transfer table 3c is rotated so that the load receiving end of the load support portion 10 on the rotating load transfer table 3c is transferred to the relay load transfer means 8
Connect to c. Thereafter, the transfer load transfer means 8c and the transfer drive conveyor of the load support portion 10 on the rotating load transfer table 3c are driven in the loading direction to load the load W on the relay load transfer table 8c. Is transferred and transferred onto the load supporting unit 10 of the rotary load transfer table 3c.

When the load W has been loaded onto the rotary load transfer table 3c, the rotary load transfer table 3c is rotated around the vertical axis 2 so that the load delivery end of the load support 10 is moved. , Of the load supporting parts 7 on the ring-shaped load supporting base 4c to be connected to the load supporting part 7 to be stored. In this state, the rotary load transfer table 3c
The load supporting unit 10 and the transfer drive conveyor of the load supporting unit 7 to be stored on the load supporting base 4c are driven in the storage direction to load the load W on the load supporting unit 10 of the rotary load transfer base 3c. It is carried in and transferred onto the load supporting unit 7 to be stored.

An elevating and lowering load transfer table 1 of the warehousing and elevating and conveying device 5 which is emptied by transferring and transferring the load W onto the relay load transfer means 8c.
3 can be immediately lowered to the lower limit level for the next warehousing work and the next warehousing work can be started.
Incidentally, the load supporting bases 4a, 4b, 4 at other load supporting levels
Also in the warehousing operation for d, the elevating load transfer table 13 is stopped at the warehousing level, and the relay load transfer means 8a, 8b, 8d connected to the elevating load transfer table 13 and the rotary load transfer table are connected. By using 3a, 3b and 3d, the same operation as above can be performed.

The warehousing operation for unloading the load W stored in the cylindrical rack 1 can be performed in the reverse order of the warehousing operation. That is, the load supporting portions 7 of the unloading target are connected to the load receiving ends of the load supporting portions 10 on the rotary load transferring tables 3a to 3d so that the load transferring portions 3a to 3d at the shipping level are connected.
3d is rotated, and each transfer drive conveyor is driven in the shipping direction to load the load W on the load support portions 7 of the load support bases 4a to 4d into the load support portions 10 of the rotary load transfer bases 3a to 3d. Transfer to the top. Next, after rotating the rotary load transfer tables 3a to 3d so that the load sending-out end of the load support part 10 is connected to the relay load transfer means 9a to 9d, both transfer drive conveyors are moved. Driven in the shipping direction, the rotating load transfer table 3a
The load W on the load supporting unit 10 of 3d is transferred to the relay load transfer means 9a.
~ 9d is transferred and transferred.

Next, in a state where the elevating load transfer table 14 of the elevating and lowering transportation device 6 is stopped at the evacuation level, the relay load transfer means 9a to 9d and the elevating load transfer table 14 are connected. After the transfer drive conveyor is driven in the unloading direction to carry out and transfer the load W on the relay load transfer means 9a to 9d onto the elevating load transfer table 14, the elevating load transfer table 14 is moved. It is only necessary to lower the load W on the lifting / lowering load transfer table 14 to the floor surface 15 by lowering it to the lower limit level.

As shown in FIG. 2, the relay loading / unloading means 8a-8d for warehousing and the relay loading / unloading means 9 for unloading.
a to 9d are eliminated, and the elevating and lowering conveying device 5 and the elevating and lowering conveying device 6 for unloading are arranged in the cylindrical rack 1 so as to vertically penetrate the ring-shaped load supporting bases 4a to 4d. You can also In this case, the rotary load transfer tables 3a to 3 at the respective stages
Between the load supporting portion 10 on the d and the elevating / lowering load transfer tables 13 and 14 of the loading / unloading elevating / conveying device 5 and the evacuation / elevating / conveying device 6, the respective transfer drive conveyors are used to load W will be directly transferred and transferred.

[0017]

As described above, according to the cylindrical automatic warehouse equipment of the present invention, the lifting and lowering of the load is carried out by two units which are separately arranged for loading and unloading. The horizontal rotation transfer of the load for loading and unloading to and from the load supports radially arranged on the ring-shaped load support at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction is carried by each stage load support. Since it is carried out by a dedicated rotary load transfer table, the mechanism is simpler and the high-speed operation is easy compared to the case where a single lifting rotary load transfer table that can rotate and lift is installed in the center. It can be done.

Further, the warehousing work and the warehousing work can be carried out, for example, at the warehousing level and the warehousing level, so that the goods to be put in and the goods to be put out on the rotating load transfer table do not interfere with each other. If they are different, it can be done in parallel at the same time, and if the load is lifted from the loading / unloading transfer device to the rotating load transfer table at the target loading level, the loading / unloading transfer device will be immediately executed. Can be used for the next warehousing operation, so that the warehousing / discharging processing capacity per hour can be significantly increased, and the warehousing / unloading work can be performed extremely efficiently.

According to the device of the present invention as defined in claim 2,
Relay load transfer means connectable to the rotary load transfer tables of the respective stages and the elevating load transfer tables of the elevating and lowering transport devices for loading and unloading are arranged on the ring-shaped load supporting bases of the respective stages. Since it is installed, for example, when the rotating load transfer table at the warehousing level is in the process of leaving the garage, or even when it is not facing the elevating and lowering transport device for warehousing It is possible to lower the load onto the load transfer means and lower the elevating load transfer table for the next warehousing work. Even if not, the load can be transferred and transferred from the rotating load transfer means at the unloading level to the relay load transfer means. It is used as a buffer) and is effective as an elevating and lowering transportation device for loading and unloading and a rotating load transfer device at each stage Well operation is to it can be.

Further, according to the cylindrical automated warehouse equipment of the present invention as claimed in claim 3, the loading and unloading elevating / conveying apparatus is provided with a ring-shaped load supporting base at each stage inside the cylindrical rack. Is arranged so as to pass through in the vertical direction, and the load is directly transferred between the lifting load transfer table and the rotary load transfer table of each of the elevator and transfer devices for loading and unloading. Therefore, compared to the case where the elevating / conveying device for loading and unloading is extended to the outside of the cylindrical rack, the entire equipment can be made compact and the load transferring means for relay is not required, so the cost can be reduced. Can be planned.

[Brief description of drawings]

1A is a cross-sectional plan view, and FIG. 1B is a vertical front view.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Cylindrical rack 2 Vertical axis 3a Rotational load transfer table 3b Rotational load transfer table 3c Rotational load transfer table 3d Rotational load transfer table 4a Ring load support table 4b Ring load support table 4c Ring load support table 4d Ring-shaped load support 5 Lifting / transporting device for warehousing 6 Lifting / transporting device for unloading 7 Load support part (with driving conveyor for transfer) 8a Relay for transferring cargo (with driving conveyor for transferring) 8b Relay for receiving Load transfer means (with transfer drive conveyor) 8c Warehousing relay load transfer means (with transfer drive conveyor) 8d Warehousing relay load transfer means (with transfer drive conveyor) 9a Outgoing relay load transfer Loading means (with transfer drive conveyor) 9b Delivery relay load transfer means (with transfer drive conveyor) 9c Delivery relay load transfer means (with transfer drive conveyor) 9d Delivery relay load transfer means (Transfer drive conveyor Can) 10 load supporting portion (transfer with mounting drive conveyor) 13 lifting load transfer rack (transfer with mounting drive conveyor) 14 lifting load transfer rack (transfer with mounting drive conveyor) W load (such as automobiles)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cylindrical rack is provided with a rotary load transfer table rotatable around a vertical axis at the center of each step load support level, and a ring is provided around each rotary load transfer table. -Shaped load support table is installed, and load support sections capable of transferring the load in the radial direction between the rotary load transfer table and the ring-shaped load support table are arranged side by side at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction. At the same time, a cylindrical automatic warehouse is provided with an elevating and lowering transfer device for loading and unloading and an elevating and lowering transfer device for loading and unloading, which are provided with an elevating and lowering load transfer table that can be selectively connected to the rotating load transfer table of each stage by elevating Facility. 2. A ring-shaped load for each stage is provided with relay load transfer means that can be connected to the rotary load transfer table of each stage and the lift load transfer table of each of the elevating and lowering conveying devices for loading and unloading. 2. The cylindrical automated warehouse facility according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical automated warehouse equipment is arranged on a support table, and each of the elevating / conveying apparatus for loading and unloading is attached to the outside of the cylindrical rack. 3. The elevating / conveying devices for warehousing and warehousing are arranged so as to vertically pass through the ring-shaped load supporting bases of the respective stages inside the cylindrical rack, and The cylindrical automated warehouse facility according to claim 1, wherein the load is directly transferred between the lifting load transfer table and the rotating load transfer table of each lifting and lowering transportation device for unloading.