JPH066313U - Auto flow rack replenishment system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To reduce the cycle time of replenishment work for auto flow racks. [Structure] A crane 5 that replenishes each frontage 2 of an automatic flow rack 1 with an article W is provided with an article supply port 4 along a rail 9.
Drive in front of. The replenished articles are conveyed on the conveyor 10. The crane 5 stops at an arbitrary position, and the roller conveyor 7 receives the article W whose traveling direction is changed by rotating the diverter 11. Article W
Are conveyed onto the chain conveyor 8, and the chain conveyor 8 rises to pick up the article W and transfers it to the article supply port 4.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an autoflow rack replenishment system that supplies articles to the frontage of an autoflow rack, and more particularly to an autoflow rack replenishment system that can shorten the replenishment cycle time.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Auto-flow racks used at shipping centers store articles in each of a number of frontages that are lined up, and take out a certain number of certain types of articles from frontages for shipment in accordance with a shipping request. In order to supply goods to the autoflow rack, a replenishment system including a crane that travels up and down in front of a plurality of goods supply ports of the autoflow rack is used.

FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of a conventional auto flow rack and replenishment system. The auto flow rack 1 has a plurality of frontages 2 arranged in a matrix, and each frontage 2 has a product take-out port 3 and a product supply port 4. A crane 5 runs along a rail 9 in front of the article supply port 4 in order to replenish the autoflow rack 1.

The crane 5 includes a traveling vehicle body 6, a roller conveyor 7, and a chain conveyor 8. The articles W are temporarily stored on the roller conveyor 7 and sent to the chain conveyor 8. The chain conveyor 8 can be raised and lowered, and the article W on the roller conveyor 7 is scooped up and sent to the article supply port 4 of the autoflow rack 1.

A roller conveyer 20 is provided near the end of the auto flow rack 1, and is connected to the roller conveyer 7 of the crane 5 to transfer the article W to the crane 5.

[0006]

According to the article replenishing system for the autoflow rack, the crane 6 moves to the article receiving position at the end of the autoflow rack 1 to receive the article W, and then the roller conveyor 7 is provided. And the roller conveyor 20 had to be connected. Therefore, the cycle time for replenishing goods has been long.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an autoflow rack replenishment system capable of shortening the cycle time for replenishing articles.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is a system including a crane that travels and moves up and down in front of a plurality of article supply ports of an auto flow rack to supply articles to the article supply ports, and is parallel to the traveling path of the crane. An auto-flow rack replenishment system equipped with a conveyor arranged adjacent to each other and a diverter on the crane side for changing the traveling direction of articles conveyed on the conveyor and transferring the articles onto a crane. Configured.

[0009]

[Action]

 Since the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, it has the following effects.

In the automatic flow rack replenishing system according to the present invention, the articles are transferred to the crane by a conveyor which is arranged parallel to and adjacent to the traveling path of the crane. The diverter provided on the crane side changes the traveling direction of the articles conveyed on the conveyor and transfers them onto the crane. Cranes can pick up items anywhere on the front of the AutoFlow Rack item supply port.

[0011]

【Example】

 The illustrated embodiment will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of an automatic flow rack replenishing system according to the present invention. The same members as those shown in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 1, a roller conveyor 10 is arranged parallel to the rail 9 on the side of the rail 9 of the crane 5 opposite to the autoflow rack 1. The crane 5 is also provided with a diverter 11. The diverter 11 can change the traveling direction of the article W conveyed on the roller conveyor 10 to the traveling direction of the crane 5.

When replenishing the articles W to the automatic flow rack 1, the crane 5 operates the diverter 11 at an arbitrary position to rotate the diverter 11 in the posture shown in the figure. The route of the article W conveyed on the roller conveyor 10 is changed from the roller conveyor 10 to the roller conveyor 7 of the crane 5.

The article W placed on the roller conveyor 7 is conveyed directly above the chain conveyor 8, and the chain conveyor 8 is lifted and operated to move from the article supply port 4 of the auto-flow rack 1 into the frontage 2. Supplied.

According to such an embodiment, since the crane 5 can receive the article W at an arbitrary position in front of the article supply port 4 of the autoflow rack 1, the end of the autoflow rack 1 is different from the conventional one. There is no need to move to a nearby location, thus shortening the cycle time for restocking work.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be appropriately modified within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

[0018]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the autoflow rack replenishment system of the present invention, since the articles can be transferred to the crane in front of any place of the article supply port of the autoflow rack, the traveling time of the crane can be reduced. It is possible to save money and thus reduce the cycle time of the restocking work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view schematically showing an embodiment of an automatic flow rack replenishing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view schematically showing an example of a conventional automatic flow rack replenishing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Auto Flow Rack 2 Frontage 4 Article Supply Port 5 Crane 6 Traveling Cart 7 Roller Conveyor 8 Chain Conveyor 9 Rail 10 Roller Conveyor 11 Divertor W Article

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A system including a crane that travels and moves up and down in front of a plurality of article supply ports of an autoflow rack to supply articles to the article supply ports, the system being arranged in parallel and adjacent to a traveling path of the crane. An automatic flow rack replenishing system comprising: a conveyor and a diverter on the crane side for changing the traveling direction of the article conveyed on the conveyor and transferring the article on the crane.