JPH07304505A - Picking mechanism, picking device and equipment thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically take out a desired article which is stored in an inclined rack of multiple stages and plural rows, and dispense with installation of delivery mechanisms on the inclined racks of respective rows. CONSTITUTION:A recessed cut-out part whose center is cut off is formed at the front edge of an inclined rack 1. A stopper which inhibits sliding-dropping from occurring by bringing into contact with an article 9 positioned at the front edge is provided at the front edge of the inclined rack 1. A picking plate 23 is formed at a column 21 rotatably in a vertical surface so that its edge may pass the cut-out part. A holding plate 27 which inhibits the article 9 stored behind the end of the picking plate 23 form being sliding-dropped while the picking plate 23 is passing the cut-out part is also provided at the end of the picking plate 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutting mechanism and a picking device for selectively picking out different articles stored in a large number of inclined shelves, and equipment therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, picking is performed by an operator taking out a desired number of desired articles according to an order form, a display, or the like. Therefore, in the case of a variety of products and small-sized products such as a telephone card, the picking work is extremely complicated. In this type of conventional picking equipment, a plurality of rows of inclined shelves are provided, and different articles can be stored in each inclined shelf, and a desired number of desired articles can be taken out.

[0003]

However, in the conventional picking equipment, in order to automatically perform picking on each of the inclined shelves, a payout mechanism must be provided on each of the inclined shelves. When picking up an article such as a telephone card, a huge number of payout mechanisms are required, which significantly increases the facility cost, complicates maintenance management, and raises the failure rate. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to take out a desired article stored in a multi-tiered, multi-row inclined shelf, and it is not necessary to provide a payout mechanism on each row of the inclined shelf. An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and its equipment so as to automate picking work at low cost and with a low failure rate.

[0004]

The above object of the present invention is achieved by the following constitution. A cutting mechanism (29) for carrying out an article from a front end of an inclined shelf (1) in which an article (9) is slidably stored, wherein a center is cut off at a front end edge of the inclined shelf (1). A recessed notch (13), a stopper (15) provided at the front end edge of the inclined shelf (1) to prevent sliding by coming into contact with the frontmost article, and a column so that the tip side passes through the notch. A cutout plate (23) whose base end is rotatably provided on (21)
And a holding plate (27) which is provided at the tip of the cutout plate and abuts against an article stored behind the tip of the cutout plate when the cutout plate passes through the cutout portion to prevent the article from slipping off. ) And an actuator (25) that is provided across the pillar and the cutout plate and swings the cutout plate within a vertical plane, a cutout mechanism (29). A picking device (17) for picking an article (9) from a multi-tiered inclined shelf (1) arranged in a plurality of rows in a horizontal direction along a frontage, the picking device (17) being movable in the horizontal direction along the frontage. A movable base (19), the pillar (21) erected on the movable base, and the cutting mechanism (29) described above provided on the pillar corresponding to each of the multilevel inclined shelves.
Picking provided with a vertical transfer device (31) that is provided on the movable table adjacent to the pillar, and that conveys the articles carried out by the cutting plate of the cutting mechanism to a collection container provided on the movable table. Device (17). Picking equipment (4) for replenishing articles (9) to the inclined shelf (1) and picking articles from the inclined shelf (4)
1), which is a multi-tiered inclined shelf (1) arranged in a plurality of rows in the horizontal direction along the front and a rear end side of the inclined shelf that is movable in the horizontal direction along the front of the inclined shelf. Picking equipment comprising a self-propelled replenishing device (3) provided with a vertically movable replenishing stand (7) and the above-mentioned picking device (17) provided on the front end side of the inclined shelf ( Four
1).

[0005]

In the cutting mechanism having the above structure, when the cutting plate corresponding to the inclined shelf in which a desired article is stored is swung, the cutting plate passes through the notch portion of the front edge of the inclined shelf, , The frontmost article stored in the inclined shelf is placed on the cutout plate, and the cutout plate is further swung, so that the article that has passed over the stopper of the inclined step is slid off from the cutout plate, Will be unloaded from the inclined shelf. In the picking device configured as described above, a movable table having a cutting mechanism for one row of inclined shelves is provided movably in the horizontal direction along the front of the inclined shelves, and a rack row including the inclined shelves in which desired articles are stored is provided. By disposing the movable table, it is possible to face each shelf row with only one row of the cutting mechanism. In the picking equipment configured as described above, the self-propelled replenishing device replenishes the articles to the inclined stage, and the picking from each inclined shelf is performed by the picking device provided movably in the horizontal direction along the frontage. It is possible to automate collective operations from replenishment of articles to picking.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a cutting mechanism, a picking device and equipment therefor according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a side view of a picking equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a cutting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram when the cutout plate is operating. In this embodiment, telephone cards are sorted as articles. Figure 1
As shown in, the storage space for articles is provided with a plurality of inclined shelves 1 inclined toward the front end side, and the inclined shelves 1 are further provided in a plurality of rows in the front direction. That is, as many inclined shelves 1 as the product of the number of stages and the number of columns are provided.

A self-propelled replenishing device 3 is provided on the rear end side of the inclined shelf 1, and the self-propelled replenishing device 3 is provided with vertical moving means 5 so as to be movable horizontally along the front of the inclined shelf 1. ing. A replenishment stand 7 is provided on the vertical moving means 5 so as to be vertically movable, and the replenishment stand 7 conveys a placed article (hereinafter referred to as a "phone card") 9 in the vertical direction. The telephone card 9 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a plurality of telephone cards are bundled. Therefore, the replenishment base 7 is positioned at the rear end side of a desired shelf row / shelf, and the placed telephone card 9 is pressed by the replenishment actuator 11, so that the telephone card 9 can be placed on the predetermined inclined shelf 1. It is designed to be replenished from the rear end. Then, the supplemented telephone card 9 slides toward the front end side due to the inclination of the inclined shelf 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, a concave notch 13 is formed by cutting out the center at the front edge of the inclined shelf 1. The notch 1
3 is open at the front edge of the inclined shelf 1. That is, the front end edge of the inclined shelf 1 is divided into two with the notch 13 in between. A stopper 15 bent upward is formed at each of the tips 1a and 1b of the inclined shelf 1 divided into two parts.
5 is a telephone card 9 slid onto the inclined shelf 1
Hold it so that it does not fall from the front edge of the. The telephone card 9 held by the stopper 15 is held with its lower surface exposed through the notch 13.

As shown in FIG. 1, a self-propelled picking device (picking device) 17 is provided on the front end side of the inclined shelf 1, and the picking device 17 is movable in the horizontal direction along the front of the inclined shelf 1. Has become. A column 21 is erected on the moving table 19 of the picking device 17, and the column 21 has substantially the same height as the uppermost inclined shelf 1. Pillar 21 has an inclined shelf 1
A plurality of cutout plates 23 are provided corresponding to the above, and the cutout plate 23 has a base end rotatably fixed to the column 21 about a horizontal axis. The pillar 21 is provided with a plurality of actuators 25, and the actuator 25 is provided with a drive shaft 25a (see FIG. 2) that is connected to the cutout plate 23 and reciprocates. As the actuator 25, for example, a pneumatic type, a hydraulic type, or an electromagnet type is used. The operation of the actuator 25 is controlled by a control device (not shown) based on the picking information.

When the drive shaft 25a of the actuator 25 is reciprocally moved, the cutout plate 23 has its base end pivoted and its tip end side oscillated in the vertical plane. The cutting board 23 is
When swung, the tip passes through the notch 13 of the inclined shelf 1. That is, the cutout plate 23 that passes through the cutout portion 13 is
As shown in, only the frontmost telephone card 9a is placed on the upper surface. A holding plate 27 bent downward is formed at the tip of the cutout plate 23.
When passing through the cutout 13, the contact 7 comes into contact with the second telephone card 9b from the front so as to prevent the telephone card 9b from sliding off. Notch 13, stopper 1
The cutting mechanism 29 is configured with the cutting plate 23, the actuator 25, and the holding plate 27 as main members or portions.

The moving table 19 of the picking device 17 has a pillar 2
1, a vertical transfer device 31 is provided, and the vertical transfer device 31 has a circulating conveyor 35 stretched around upper and lower horizontal shafts 33a and 33b. The circulation conveyor 35 is provided with a plurality of small shelves 37, and the small shelf 37 on one side surface of the circulation conveyor 35 is configured to be moved downward along the base end side of the cutout plate 23. The telephone card 9a slipped from the upper surface of the cutout plate 23 is inserted into the small shelf 37. A collection container 39 is placed on the moving table 19,
The telephone card 9a conveyed by the movement of the circulating conveyor 35 is slid into the collection container 39 and collected.
When the circulating conveyor 35 is driven in synchronism with the swinging motion of the cutout plate 23, the telephone card 9 can be reliably inserted. Further, the circulation conveyor 35 may be constantly driven, which makes it possible to remarkably increase the transport speed while the telephone card 9 is inserted into the unspecified small shelf 37. By the above-mentioned self-propelled replenishing device 3, inclined shelf 1, and picking device 17, the picking equipment 4
1 is configured.

[0012] The picking equipment 41 configured as described above
The operation of the above will be described together with the operation of the cutting mechanism 29 and the picking device 17. When the number of telephone cards 9 stored in an arbitrary inclined shelf 1 becomes less than a predetermined value, the self-propelled replenishing device 3
The vertical moving means 5 is moved to the rack row including the inclined shelf 1, and the replenishment stand 7 on which the telephone card 9 for replenishment is placed is positioned at the rear end of the inclined shelf 1. Next, replenishment stand 7
When the telephone card 9 placed on the inclined shelf 1 is pressed by the replenishing actuator 11, the telephone card 9 is replenished from the rear portion of the inclined shelf 1 and slid down to the front end side due to the inclination of the inclined shelf 1. In this way, a predetermined number of telephone cards 9 are always stored in each inclined shelf 1.

Telephone card 9 stored in each inclined shelf 1
Among them, when picking a desired one, the picking device 17 is moved to a shelf row including the inclined shelf 1 in which the telephone card 9 is stored. After the picking device 17 is moved, the cutout plate 23 corresponding to the inclined shelf 1 is swung by the actuator 25, and the tip end side of the cutout plate 23 passes through the notch 13 of the inclined shelf 1 from below to above. As the cutout plate 23 passes upward, the frontmost telephone card 9 is placed on the upper surface of the cutout plate 23, and the cutout plate 23 is further swung upward. As a result, the telephone card 9 comes off the stopper 15 and slides down to the base end side of the cutout plate 23. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the second telephone card 9b from the front is brought into contact with the holding plate 27 to prevent the telephone card 9b from slipping off. Then, the telephone card 9a that has slid to the base end side of the cutout plate 23 is loaded from the base end of the cutout plate 23 to the small shelf 37 of the vertical transport device 31.

In the vertical transfer device 31 in which the desired telephone card 9a is loaded in the small shelf 37, when the circulating conveyor 35 is rotated and the small shelf 37 reaches the lower end, the inserted telephone card 9a is a collecting container. It will be collected at 39.
Further, when a plurality of telephone cards 9 of the same type are picked, the cutout plate 23 is swung as many times as the desired number. By repeating such an operation, a desired number of various kinds of telephone cards 9 are automatically collected in the collection container 39.

Although not shown, a plurality of picking devices 17 may be provided. With such a configuration, the moving range shared by each picking device 17 is narrowed and the moving time is shortened, so that quick picking can be performed. Further, the picking device 17 does not exclude a device fixedly provided corresponding to each shelf row. In such a configuration, the cutting mechanism 29
While the number of parts increases, it is not necessary to move the picking device 17, and a plurality of pickings can be performed at the same time, so that the picking speed can be improved. When the picking speed is given the highest priority, such a configuration may be adopted. Further, in the above-mentioned cutout mechanism 29, one telephone card 9 is slid down by the cutout plate 23, but the cutout plate 23 can be changed by changing the entire length thereof.
Any number can be slidable.

[0016]

As described in detail above, according to the cutting mechanism of the present invention, a cutting plate is formed in the vertical plane in which a notch is formed in the front end edge of the inclined shelf and the tip side passes through the notch. Since it is rotatably provided, it is possible to carry out a desired number of articles in a desired stage. Further, according to the picking device of the present invention, the movable table is provided so as to be movable in the horizontal direction along the front of the inclined shelf, and the cutting mechanism corresponding to each shelf is provided on the movable table. By moving the rack mechanism in the horizontal direction, the cutting mechanism can be arranged to face each shelf row, and the picking mechanism for one row can pick all the rack rows. As a result, the picking operation can be automated at low cost and with a low failure rate. Further, according to the picking equipment of the present invention, a self-propelled replenishing device provided with a vertically movable replenishment table is provided movably in the horizontal direction along the front of the inclined shelf on the rear end side of the inclined shelf. At the same time, since the picking device having the above-mentioned configuration is provided on the front end side of the inclined shelf, it is possible to automatically replenish articles to each inclined shelf and pick articles from each inclined shelf. From replenishment of articles to picking It is possible to automate all the operations of.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of the picking equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the cutting mechanism of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram when a cutting plate is activated.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 inclined shelf 3 self-propelled replenishing device 7 replenishing base 9 telephone card (article) 13 notch 15 stopper 17 picking device 19 moving base 21 pillar 23 cutting plate 25 actuator 27 holding plate 29 cutting mechanism 31 vertical transport device 39 collection Product container 41 Picking equipment

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cutting mechanism (29) for carrying out an article from a front end of an inclined shelf (1) in which an article (9) is slidably stored, the cutting mechanism (29) being formed at a front end edge of the inclined shelf (1). A concave notch (13) with the center cut off, a stopper (15) provided on the front end edge of the inclined shelf (1) to prevent sliding by coming into contact with the frontmost article, and the notch on the tip side. A cutting plate (23) whose base end is rotatably provided on the pillar (21) so as to pass therethrough, and the cutting plate provided at the tip of the cutting plate when the cutting plate passes through the cutout portion. A holding plate (27) that comes into contact with an article stored behind the tip of the plate to prevent the article from slipping off; and a swinging plate provided between the pillar and the cutout plate in the vertical plane. An actuator (25) for causing the cutting mechanism (29). 2. A picking device (17) for picking an article (9) from a multi-tiered inclined shelf (1) arranged in a plurality of rows in a horizontal direction along a frontage, the picking device (17) being arranged in a horizontal direction along the frontage. The cutout according to claim 1, wherein the movable table (19) is provided so as to be movable, the pillar (21) provided upright on the movable table, and the pillar (21) corresponding to each of the multi-tiered inclined shelves. A mechanism (29) and a vertical transfer device (31) that is provided on the movable table adjacent to the column and that conveys the article carried out by the cutting plate of the cutting mechanism to the collection container provided on the movable table. ) And a picking device (17). 3. A picking equipment (41) for replenishing an article (9) to an inclined shelf (1) and picking an article from the inclined shelf, wherein the picking equipment is arranged in a plurality of rows in a horizontal direction along a frontage. Self-propelled replenishment provided with a slanted shelf (1) and a replenishment stand (7) provided at the rear end side of the slanted shelf so as to be horizontally movable along the front of the slanted shelf and vertically movable. Picking equipment (41) comprising a device (3) and a picking device (17) according to claim 2 provided on the front end side of the inclined shelf.