JPH0680204A - Article housing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow articles to be automatically and quickly housed/taken out in/of each housing shelf in a given floor within a multi-layer building. CONSTITUTION:A guide rail is additionally provided within the elevator shaft of a multi-layer building 10, and a lifting table 15 is provided, so that it can be moved up and down along the guide rail. A resting means 25 which enables a mounted trolley 18 to be laterally moved over several places, is disposed over the lifting table 15, and concurrently each receiving and shipping means 23 is provided for the trolley in each floor or specified floors. And each housing shelf 20 and 21 is provided for each space section faced to the elevator shaft where no receiving and shipping means 23 is provided. And a control means is set in a given floor wherein the control means is furnished with operating control for each take-up machine, each transshipping means, and each receiving and shipping means over the lifting table, and with a stock control function.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for storing articles mounted on a truck, a pallet or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to store various kinds of large quantities of goods in various factories, warehouses, stores, etc., and to put them in and out quickly, an automatic warehouse consisting of a stacker crane and a multi-stage / multi-row shelf is adopted.

[0003]

However, as the height of the device increases, the structural member of the stacker crane also increases, and the traveling device also increases in size, which tends to be expensive. An object of the present invention is to provide a storage device for articles attached to a building on a multi-story floor, and particularly to provide an article storage device that can automatically perform loading, unloading and storage of articles on an arbitrary floor. .

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, an article storage apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a lift table provided so as to be able to move up and down along a guide rail, and several positions in the lift table. An article transfer device that is laterally movably disposed on the floor, an article loading and unloading apparatus that is installed on each floor or a specific floor, an article storage shelf that is placed in a space where the loading and unloading apparatus is not installed, and It is composed of a stand, a transfer device, a control device having an inventory control function of operation control of a loading / unloading device and the like. The transfer device is a shuttle fork that is horizontally movable and arranged on an elevator, and the loading / unloading device is a drive roller that is placed on the stage of each floor or a specific floor to move articles between the working chamber and the elevator. A conveyor such as a conveyor or a chain conveyor.

[0005]

It is possible to provide a storage device for articles that are attached to a building on a multi-story floor, and particularly to automatically insert, remove, and store articles on any floor. It can store a large amount of various items. At the loading / unloading stage of articles carried by a truck, article organization data is created based on warehousing information from the control device, and predetermined articles are stored in a cart, pallet or bucket. A dolly or the like containing the goods is supplied to the automatic sorting device by a conveyor. It is sent from the delivery section at the specified position to the loading / unloading device by the automatic sorting device. In the loading / unloading device, the dolly or the like is moved to an elevator. Next, based on the information from the control device, the elevating table is moved up and down to drive the transfer device and store it in a predetermined storage shelf. During this time, the traverser on the lift is driven by the position of the storage shelf to cause the transfer device to traverse in the direction orthogonal to the transfer direction. Further, based on the delivery information from the control device, the lifting platform is stopped at a predetermined storage shelf, and a dolly or the like is transferred from the storage shelf and wholesaled at a predetermined floor. When such warehousing and unloading are required for the same elevator, the warehousing and warehousing can be continuously processed, and the designated storage / removal processing of designated articles on the selected designated floor can be shortened.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a side view of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional front view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along line BB of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is line CC of FIG. FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of elevator shafts 11 (six in FIGS. 2 to 4) are arranged in parallel in a multi-storey building 10 at predetermined intervals, and each elevator shaft 11 is provided on left and right guide rails 12 and ropes are respectively provided. Mount the lifting platform (elevating car) 15 suspended on 13. At the top of the elevator shaft 11 is provided a machine room 14 with a rope hoisting device 16. Rope 13 with hanging lift 15
Install a hoisting device 16 for hoisting or unwinding. A dolly 18 that stores articles on the standard floor 19 at the bottom of the building is loaded or unloaded on the lift 15.
Each of the lifts 15 simultaneously mounts a dolly 18 containing articles and moves up and down from a standard floor 19 to an arbitrary floor. In the illustrated example, the case where the article is stored in the cart 18 and handled is shown.
Not limited to the cart, it may be mounted on a pallet or housed in a bucket (not shown).

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along the line BB of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along the line C-C of FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. The storage shelf 20 is provided on one side of the elevator shaft 11 centered on the elevator 15 on any floor including the storage stage 20, and the stage 22 is provided on the other side. The stage 22 is provided with a loading / unloading device 23 such as a drive roller conveyor or a chain conveyor capable of forward / reverse operation. The storage shelf 21 is also formed in the space portion of the elevator shaft 11 on the upper floor where the loading / unloading device 23 is not installed (FIG. 1). Two loading / unloading devices 23 are installed on the stage 22 of the illustrated example, and one loading / unloading device 23 is used for the loading / unloading port 2.
7. The other loading / unloading device 23 is provided with a loading / unloading port 28 in opposition to the working chamber 24, and another storage shelf 29 is formed in a space where the loading / unloading device 23 is not installed (FIG. 5). ).

The working chamber 24 is provided with, for example, as shown in FIG.
There is one in common for the two elevator shafts 11 adjacent to the right side of the floor. That is, the elevator shafts 11 are not provided on all the floors but are provided one by one for the two adjacent elevator shafts 11 only on a predetermined entry / exit floor. However, this working chamber 24 may be commonly provided for three or more adjacent elevator shafts 11,
It may be provided on all elevator shafts 11 on each floor, or may not be provided depending on the floor. The storage shelves 20 and 21 can be arranged at any height regardless of the floors of the building, except for the storage shelf 29 at the position where the loading / unloading device 23 is not provided on the stage 22 side.

An elevator platform (elevating car) 15 arranged in the elevator shaft 11 is provided with a transfer device (shuttle fork) 25 for transferring the dolly 18 to a storage rack or a stage 22 of a loading / unloading device. The transfer device 25 is supported by a traverser 26 that is horizontally movable at several positions in a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction. The transfer device (shuttle fork) is shown enlarged in FIG.
As shown in the arrow of FIG.
With respect to, the receiving work and the issuing work can be simultaneously processed in parallel. The dolly 18 is provided with a dolly number, an identification code (not shown) indicating the type and quantity of the stored article on the side surface, and stores the management information in the control device 40 when the dolly is loaded on the standard floor. The identification code is confirmed by the loading / unloading control panel 30 (FIG. 5) provided at the loading port 27 and the loading port 28 on the loading / unloading floor.

An example of the standard floor 19 is shown in FIG. Stage 3 with truck 31 docked with truck dog 32
3 to bring the goods into the automatic conveyor 3
Supply to 7. The automatic sorting device 37 is a device in which an electric carriage 38 with a belt or roller carrier is run on the sorting line, and sends it from the delivery unit 39 at the designated position to the loading / unloading device 23. The control device 40 has an operation control function for a hoisting machine, a transfer device, a loading / unloading device, and the like, and an article inventory management function. Although the control device 40 is provided on the reference floor 19 in the drawing, the control device 40 is not limited to the reference floor and can be arbitrarily arranged on the floor.

As shown in FIG. 3, a dolly 1 containing articles.
8 is supplied to the automatic sorting device 37 by the conveyor 34. A delivery unit 39 at a designated position by the automatic sorting device 37
From the storage device 23. In the loading / unloading device 23, as shown in FIG.
The carriage 18 is moved to the lift 15 as shown in FIG. Next, based on the information from the control device 40, the elevating table 15 is moved up and down to drive the transfer device 25 to drive the predetermined storage shelves 20, 21 or 29.
To store. At this time, depending on the position of the storage shelf, the traverser 2
6 is driven to traverse the transfer device 25 in the direction orthogonal to the transfer direction and stored in the storage rack at a predetermined position.

[0012] In order to leave the designated floor from the designated floor, the elevator 15 is moved to the designated floor based on the delivery information from the control device 40.
After stopping at a predetermined position of the storage shelves 20, 21 or 29 and using the transfer device 25 to take the designated carriage 18 to the lifting platform 15, it is elevated to the designated floor. On the designated floor, the transfer device 25 is operated again to move the dolly to the loading / unloading device 23, and the loading / unloading device 23 is driven to the loading / unloading side to be unloaded to the working room 24 on the designated floor via the carry-out port 28. When warehousing and unloading are required for the same lifting platform 15, warehousing and warehousing can be continuously processed, and the designated storage / removal processing of designated articles on the selected designated floor can be shortened.

[0013]

As described above, the present invention provides an article storage device attached to a building on a multi-story floor, and in particular, can automatically insert, remove, and store articles on any floor. In addition, the guide rails inside the elevator shuff can be the same member regardless of the height, and even if the article is moved laterally on the lift table, the load is "weight of the article transfer device" and "article transfer apparatus". It is sufficient to consider only "weight", and the economic effect is great. Can store and store a wide variety of goods.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional front view taken along the line AA of FIG.

3 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along the line BB of FIG.

4 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along the line CC of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a part of FIG. 4 in an enlarged manner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Multi-story building 11 Elevator shaft 12 Guide rail 13 Hoisting rope 14 Machine room 15 Lifting platform 16 Hoisting device 18 Bogie 19 Standard floor 20, 21, 29 Storage rack 22 Stage 23 Loading / unloading device 24 Working room 25 Transfer device 26 Traverser 27 Carry-in port 28 Carry-out port 30 Entry / exit control panel 31 Truck 32 Truck dog 33 Handling stage 34, 35 Conveyor 37 Automatic sorting device 38 Electric carriage with carry 39 Delivery unit 40 Control device

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] October 23, 1992

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Correction target item name] All drawings

[Correction method] Change

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An elevating table provided so as to be able to ascend and descend along a guide rail, an article transfer device arranged laterally movable at several positions in the elevating table, each floor or a specific Equipped with an article loading / unloading device to be installed on the floor, a storage shelf for articles placed in a space where the loading / unloading device is not installed, and operation control and inventory management functions for the elevator, transfer device, loading / unloading device, etc. Storage device including a control device. 2. The transfer device is a shuttle fork which is arranged on a lift so as to be movable laterally, and the loading / unloading device is arranged on a stage on each floor or on a specific floor so that an article is placed between the work room and the lift. 2. The article storage device according to claim 1, which is a conveyor such as a driving roller conveyor or a chain conveyor which is moved.