JPH0812092A - Vehicle loaded article accommodating device and method for accommodating and discharging article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To stack and store a number of articles having any shape by elevating and sinking rack units between positions below and above the conveying surface of a conveying unit, wherein the conveying surface of the conveying unit is arranged as not interfering with the placing part of each rack unit. CONSTITUTION:Articles 4 are inserted into an accommodation device from outside a vehicle and placed on rollers 11, 12 (roller surfaces flush with conveying surface SR) of a roller conveyor unit 6. When a drive unit is operated so that chains 8A-8D are lifted, the rack unit 7A in the uppermost stage is hung up while its horizontal attitude is held. When the rack unit 7A is passing the roller surfaces SR, the articles 4 placed on the roller surfaces SR are scooped up by a plurality of rods 16 as the placing surface 17 of the rack unit 7A. Then the articles are fed one by one onto the roller surfaces SR, and other rack units 7B-7F are alike raised, and the articles 4 are loaded also on these units 7B-7F.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle-loaded article storage device and a vehicle-loaded article storage apparatus for storing a large number of various articles on a vehicle for loading and transporting the articles on a vehicle such as a truck. Storage of goods using the goods storage device
It relates to a method of discharging.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when transporting a large number of articles by a vehicle, it is usual to simply stack the articles on a loading platform such as a truck or to provide a shelf on the loading platform and place the articles on the rack. Met.

[0003]

When a large number of articles are simply stacked on the bed as described above, the articles are limited to those having a stackable shape, for example, articles stored in a box. There is.

Further, when a shelf is provided on the loading platform, the shape of the article is not restricted, but a work space for inserting and removing the article from the shelf on the loading platform is required, and the effective storage space on the loading platform is reduced. There is a problem in that the number of workers is reduced, and the burden on the operator is great because they are inserted into and removed from the upper and lower shelves. Furthermore, since it is difficult to insert and take out the upper shelves, it is necessary to avoid installing the shelves to the upper part, so that the upper space on the loading platform cannot be effectively used and the storage capacity can be increased. However, there was a problem that it had to be restricted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to load and store a large number of articles having an arbitrary shape, and moreover, to effectively use the space on the loading platform to store a large number of articles. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle-loaded article storage device and a storage / discharge method using the same, which reduces the burden on the worker.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the vehicle-loaded article storage device of the present invention basically has a carrying surface for placing articles and transferring them horizontally. A transport unit, a plurality of rack units having a mounting portion capable of horizontally mounting the article, and a lifting member for lifting the plurality of rack units at a predetermined vertical interval while keeping the plurality of rack units in a horizontal state, An elevating and lowering drive device for elevating and lowering the lifting member. The transport unit, the rack unit, the lifting member, and the lifting drive device are configured to be able to be lifted and lowered between a position below and a position above the transport surface. And it is characterized in that it is disposed.

According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided the vehicle loaded article storage device according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the lifting member is made of a chain or a strip having flexibility as a whole. A plurality of rack units are mounted at positions vertically spaced apart from each other on the lifting member.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle loading article storage device according to the first aspect, wherein the transport unit is a roller conveyor unit in which a plurality of rollers are arranged in a horizontal direction. The upper surfaces of the plurality of rollers are the transport surface.

Further, a vehicle-loaded article storage device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the vehicle-loaded article storage device according to the first aspect, wherein the transport unit has one or more endless belts or chains. It is composed of an annular conveyor, and the upper surface of the endless annular conveyor is the transfer surface.

Further, a method for storing and discharging a vehicle-loaded article according to a fifth aspect of the present invention relates to a method of using the vehicle-loaded article storage device according to the first aspect, wherein the vehicle-loaded article storage according to the first aspect. When storing and discharging a target article using the device, at the time of storage, the plurality of rack units are made to stand by at a position lower than the transport surface of the transport unit in advance, and the article is placed on the transport surface of the transport unit. The lifting member is lifted in the state of being fed, and the lifting member moves the uppermost rack unit from the lower side to the upper side of the transfer surface to transfer the article on the transfer surface onto the mounting surface of the rack unit. , And each time a new article is fed onto the transport surface, the lifting member is raised,
The rack units are sequentially moved from the lower side to the upper side of the transport surface so that the articles are placed on the mounting surfaces of the rack units, whereby each rack unit supports each article at the position above the transport surface, while discharging In the above, the lifting member is lowered to lower each rack unit to a position below the transport surface of the transport unit, whereby the articles on the placement surface of the rack unit are sequentially transferred onto the transport surface, and the The feature is that they are sequentially discharged.

[0011]

In the vehicle loading article storage device of the present invention,
The plurality of rack units each having a mounting portion for horizontally mounting an article can be lifted up and down at a predetermined interval while maintaining a horizontal state by a lifting member. Here, the transport unit and the rack unit move the rack unit between a position below and a position above the transport surface without the transport surface of the transport unit and the mounting portion of the rack unit interfering with each other. Is configured to get. Therefore, when storing the articles transferred from the outside of the vehicle onto the transport surface of the transport unit, a plurality of rack units are made to stand by at a position lower than the transport surface in advance, and the uppermost rack unit is lifted. When the member is pulled up above the transportation surface, the article on the transportation surface is transferred onto the mounting surface of the rack unit. That is, the articles are not transferred by the transport unit and are stored in the rack unit. In this way, by sequentially pulling up a plurality of rack units from a position below the transport surface to a position above the transport surface, the articles on the transport surface are sequentially transferred onto the loading surface of each rack unit, and each article is transported. It can be stored on each rack unit suspended in the space above the unit.

In discharging the articles stored and stored as described above to the outside of the vehicle, the lifting member is lowered to lower the rack unit, and the rack unit is passed from above the transport surface to below the transport surface. Bring it up. When the rack unit passes the transport surface, the articles on the rack unit remain on the transport surface, and the transport unit horizontally transports the article on the transport surface and discharges it to the outside of the vehicle. By sequentially lowering the rack units below the transport surface in this manner, the articles on each rack unit are sequentially returned to the transport surface of the transport unit, and then sequentially transported in the horizontal direction to be carried out of the vehicle. You can

Here, when a chain or a strip having flexibility as a whole is used as the lifting member,
Since the lifting member can be flexed between the rack units, when the rack units are made to stand by below the transport surface, the rack units are stacked on the fixed surface below the transport surface (each rack unit The rack unit can be kept in a stand-by state (contacting with the top and bottom).

As the transport unit, a roller conveyor in which a plurality of rollers are arranged in a horizontal direction, or a belt conveyor in which an endless annular belt is arranged in a horizontal direction,
Further, it is possible to use a chain conveyor in which endless annular chains are horizontally arranged, and a chain conveyor in which endless annular chains are horizontally arranged.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an example of the vehicle loading article storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 show the main constituent units of the vehicle loading article storage device, and FIGS. 7 shows the operation status of the vehicle loading article storage device in stages. In this embodiment, a roller conveyor is used as the transport unit of the vehicle loaded article storage device.

In FIG. 1, a vehicle 1 for transporting a large number of target articles 4 is a truck having a luggage carrier 1a with a canopy, and on the luggage carrier 1a of the vehicle 1, a feature of the invention 2 The base storage devices 2A and 2B are arranged in parallel with each other and in parallel with the traveling direction of the vehicle 1.

Further, the storage devices 2A and 2B will be described. Since the storage device 2A and the storage device 2B have the same configuration, only one of them will be described. Storage device 2A
Supports one roller conveyor unit 6, a plurality (six in the illustrated example) of rack units 7A to 7F, four lifting members 8A to 8D, a drive unit 9, and each of these elements. Upper and lower two-stage frame unit 10 for
It is constituted by A and 10B.

Each of the frame units 10A and 10B is made of a channel material or the like so as to form a rectangular parallelepiped ridge line as a whole, and is vertically and detachably coupled by a bolt or the like (not shown). In the illustrated example, the two upper and lower layers are stacked. However, as will be described later, the upper and lower three layers may be stacked, or, of course, only one layer may be stacked.

As shown in detail in FIG. 2, the roller conveyor unit 6 includes a plurality of drive rollers 11 that can be driven in both forward and reverse directions and a plurality of free rollers 12 that can freely rotate.
And 8 are alternately arranged at a predetermined interval in parallel, and a support arm 13 for supporting each end of each drive roller 11 and free roller 12 is erected vertically from a lower elongated base frame 14. It will be. Such a roller conveyor unit 6 includes the above-described upper and lower two-stage frame unit 10
It is housed in the lower frame unit 10B of A and 10B, and the base frame 14 is detachably fixed to the lower portion of the frame unit 10B with bolts or the like. It should be noted that the driving roller 11 has a driving motor incorporated therein in the illustrated example, but may be driven by an arbitrary driving means from the outside depending on the circumstances.

On the other hand, the rack units 7A to 7F are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of short bar members 16 are arranged at predetermined intervals between two parallel long bar-shaped frame members 15a and 15b, so that a ladder structure is formed as a whole. is there. In addition, the plurality of rods 16 constitute a placing portion 17 for placing an article. Here, the plurality of rods 16 have an arrangement pitch P1 equal to the pitch P2 of the rollers of the roller conveyor unit 6 (including both the drive roller 11 and the free roller 12), and the distance between the rods 16 relative to each other. S1 is set to be larger than the outer diameter R of the roller of the roller conveyor unit 6. The interval S2 between the frame members 15a and 15b is set to be larger than the width W1 of the roller conveyor unit 6 (more accurately, the distance between the outer sides of the support arms 13 at both ends of each roller). Therefore, each rack unit 7
A to 7F are each roller 11, 12 of the roller conveyor unit and its supporting arm 13 while keeping the horizontal state.
The portion of the bar 16 (mounting portion 17) of each rack unit 7A to 7F is passed between the rollers 11 and 12 of the roller conveyor unit 6 without interfering with
It is possible to move up and down between the upper position and the lower position of the upper surface position (roller surface, that is, the transport surface) of 1, 12.

The plurality of rack units 7A to
7F is suspended from the drive unit 9 by four chains 8A to 8D as lifting members, respectively, as shown in FIG. That is, each rack unit 7A-
On the outer surface side of each frame member 15a, 15b of 7F, for example, claw-shaped or pin-shaped locking portions 18a, 18b are provided at symmetrical positions, and the left and right locking portions 18a, 18b are provided.
The space S2 of 18b is set to be smaller in the lower rack unit. On the other hand, from the four corners of the drive unit 9, the chains 8A-
8D is hoisted and hung so that it can be lowered, and these chains 8A to 8D are rack units 7A to 7F.
The engaging portions 18a and 18b are detachably engaged with each other. In addition, the locking portions 18a of the upper and lower rack units 7A to 7F,
The engagement positions of the chains 8A to 8D with respect to 18b are set at predetermined intervals in the length direction of the chains 8A to 8D. Here, since the space S2 between the left and right locking portions 18a and 18b of each rack unit 7A to 7F is set to be smaller in the lower rack unit, when the rack units 7A to 7F are hoisted, the chains 8A to 8D.
Will be stretched in an inclined manner.

The drive unit 9 is the uppermost frame unit 1 of the upper and lower frame units 10A and 10B.
The base frame 20 is detachably fixed to the upper surface of 0A by bolts or the like, and as shown in detail in FIG.
Pillow blocks 21A to 21D are arranged near the four corners of the shaft, and a support shaft 22a is provided between the pillow blocks 21A and 21C.
However, the support shaft 22b is provided between the pillow blocks 21B and 21D.
Are rotatably attached to each support shaft 22.
The a and 22b are provided with hanging sprockets 23a to 23d which mesh with the chains 8A to 8D in order to suspend the chains 8A to 8D from the drive unit 9, and the support shaft 22b is further provided with chains 8A and 8C. Relay sprockets 24a, 24b meshing with the chains 8A, 8C are provided for relaying. And each chain 8
The tips of A to 8D are connected to the weight 25 and hang down from the sprockets 24a, 23b, 24b, and 23d. The support shaft 22b is configured to be rotated via a rotation transmission mechanism 28 such as a belt by a rotation drive source 27 such as a geared motor fixed to the upper surface of the base frame 20 and capable of rotating and driving in both forward and reverse directions. There is.

The storage device 2 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 above.
Operation of A and 2B and situation during use Fig. 1 and Fig. 4
~ It demonstrates below with reference to FIG.

The article 4 to be transported / stored is the vehicle 1
1 is inserted into the storage device 2A from the lower left side to the upper right side in FIG. 1, and is placed on the rollers 11 and 12 (roller surface = conveying surface SR) of the roller conveyor unit 6. A container is shown as the article 4 in the illustrated example, and the material, the intermediate product, or the final product is actually placed in this container, but it is omitted in the drawing. Of course, depending on the shape of the material or product, the material or product may be placed directly on the roller conveyor without using a container.

As described above, the article 4 is on the rollers 11, 12 of the roller conveyor unit 6 (roller surface = conveyance surface SR).
The state of being placed on the upper side is shown in FIG. In this state, the chains 8A to 8D are fed out to the maximum, and the rack units 7A to 7F are vertically stacked below the rollers 11 and 12 to be stacked (standby state). Then, each excess portion of the chains 8A to 8D between the rack units 7A to 7F hangs downward in a U-shaped curved state.

When the rotary drive source 27 such as the geared motor of the drive unit 9 is operated from the above-mentioned state, the rotary drive force is given to the rotation transmission mechanism 28 and the support shaft 22b, and the sprockets 24a, 24b, 23a. The chains 8A to 8D are lifted via ~ 23d. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, the rack unit 7A at the top is first
Is hung up while keeping the horizontal state. Then, when the rack unit 7A passes through the roller surface SR, the article 4 placed on the roller surface SR is scooped up on the plurality of rods 16 as the placement portion 17 in the rack unit 7A. That is, the rollers have been transferred from the rollers 11, 12 of the roller conveyor unit 6 onto the rack unit 7A. This state is shown in FIG.

After that, the ascending of the chains 8A to 8D is temporarily stopped, and during this time, if some articles 4 are sequentially fed from the main transport line 1 onto the roller surface SR of the roller conveyor unit 6 in the same manner as described above, the drive unit is again driven. The rotation driving source 27 of 9 is operated to raise the chains 8A to 8D, and the second rack unit 7B is raised from the lower position to the upper position of the roller surface SR. As a result, the article 4 on the roller surface SR is transferred to the rack unit 7B, and the rack units 7C to 7F are raised in the same manner in sequence, so that the article 4 is also placed on the rack unit 7C to 7F.
Can be reprinted. At the stage when the transfer of the article 4 to the rack unit 7F is completed, all the rack units 7A to 7F are located above the roller surface SR. This state is shown in FIG. Here, the chain 8
Although it has been described that the rack units 7A to 7F are lifted intermittently by A to 8D, the rack units 7A to 7F are lifted when the timing of loading the article 4 into the roller conveyor unit 6 is appropriate. Can also be performed continuously.

As described above, when one of the storage devices 2A is full, the article 4 is loaded from the outside of the vehicle into the other storage device 2B.
The articles 4 can be sequentially stored in the rack units 7A to 7F of the other storage device 2B by inserting the articles 4 in the same manner.

On the other hand, when the articles stored in the storage devices 2A and 2B are carried out of the vehicle 1, the operation opposite to the above may be performed. That is, for example, the rotary drive source 27 in the storage device 2A is operated in the reverse direction to lower the chains 8A to 8D by a predetermined length.
At this time, first, the lowest rack unit 7F passes through the roller surface SR of the roller conveyor unit 6 from the upper side to the lower side, and at that time, the articles 4 on the mounting portion 17 (a plurality of rods 16) of the rack unit 7F are It remains on the roller surface SR. Therefore, if the drive roller 11 of the roller conveyor unit 6 is operated in the opposite direction to the above-mentioned case, the article 4 is transferred on the roller surface SR toward the outside of the vehicle and discharged from the storage device 2A to the outside of the vehicle. . Next, when the second rack unit 7E from the bottom passes the roller surface SR from the upper side to the lower side, the article 4 in the rack unit 7E is transferred onto the roller surface SR and carried out to the outside of the vehicle in the same manner as described above. Then, the articles 4 in the rack units 7D to 7A are carried out to the outside of the vehicle in the same manner.

In the above operation, each rack unit 7
Since the left and right engaging portions 18a and 18b in A to 7F are set such that the distance between them becomes smaller in the lower rack unit, the chains 8A to 8D are stretched obliquely when the rack units 7A to 7F are hoisted. Will be done. Therefore, compared to the case where the chains 8A to 8D are stretched in parallel (vertical), the front-back direction (the storage device 2A,
The swinging of the rack units 7A to 7F in the direction parallel to the loading / unloading direction of the article 4 to / from 2B is restricted, and the stability is extremely stable. When the rack units 7A to 7F are stacked below the roller surface, the positions of the engaging portions 18a and 18b are horizontally displaced between the upper and lower adjacent rack units, so that the excess chains 8A to 8D are formed between them. Minutes are U
It will bend like a letter. Therefore, each rack unit 7
The excess portion of the chains 8A to 8D between A to 7F is the locking portion 18.
It is possible to effectively prevent the entanglement between a and 18b and the entanglement between the chains. Therefore, even when the rack units 7A to 7F are hoisted, the locking portion 18
It is prevented that smooth lifting is hindered by the entanglement of the chains 8A to 8D with respect to a and 18b, the entanglement of the chains 8A to 8D themselves, and the like.

In the above embodiment, each storage device 2
When it is desired to increase the storage capacity of articles in A and 2B, the rack unit 7 suspended from the chains 8A and 8B is used.
It is only necessary to increase the number of A to 7F and further increase the number of frame units 10A and 10B stacked vertically.
The chains 8A to 8D are detachably engaged with the locking portions 18a and 18b of the rack units 7A to 7F,
Further, since the upper and lower frame units 10A and 10B are also detachably connected to each other, the rack units 7A to
It is extremely easy to add 7F and increase the number of stages of the frame units 10A and 10B. Further, according to the unit structure as in the embodiment, even when the unit is installed on a cargo bed with a canopy having a narrow opening (door portion), each unit is disassembled and carried on the cargo bed, and the installation location on the cargo bed is set. You can easily assemble with.

FIG. 8 shows the storage device according to the present invention.
Roller conveyor unit 6 and rack unit 7 when a roller conveyor unit is used as the transport unit
The other example of the part of A-7F is shown.

In FIG. 8, the roller conveyor unit 6
Each of the drive rollers 11 and the free rollers 12 are two or more (two in the illustrated example) unit drive roller 11
A, 11B and unit free rollers 12A, 12B are arranged in series at predetermined intervals. Both ends of each of the unit rollers 11A and 12A are supported by supporting arms 13a and 13b, respectively, and both ends of the other unit rollers 11B and 12B are supporting arm 1 respectively.
Each of the support arms 1 is supported by 3c and 13d.
There is a gap between 3b and each support arm 13c.

On the other hand, each of the rack units 7A to 7F has a bar-shaped intermediate support member 33A and both-side support members 33B in the widthwise central portion and both side portions in the frame 32 having an elongated rectangular shape along the lengthwise direction. , 33C has been handed over. Here, the interval S3 between the intermediate support member 33A and the side support members 33B and 33C of the rack units 7A to 7F is the width between the outer edge portions of the support arms 13a and 13b of the roller conveyor unit 6 (support arms 13c and 1C).
It is set to be larger than W2 (equal to the width between the outer edges of 3d). Further, on the outer surface on the long side of the frame body 32, locking portions 18a and 18b similar to the above, to which the chains 8A to 8D are detachably coupled, are provided symmetrically.

Also in the example as shown in FIG. 8, when the rack units 7A to 7F are moved up and down by the chains 8A to 8D, the rack units 7A to 7F cause the unit rollers 11A and 11B of the roller conveyor unit 6 to move;
Without interfering with 12A and 12B, the rack units 7A to 7F are moved up and down between the lower and upper sides of the roller surface,
As a result, the articles can be transferred between the roller surface of the roller conveyor unit 6 and each of the rack units 7A to 7F.

FIG. 9 shows the parts of the belt conveyor unit 51 and the rack units 7A to 7F in the example in which the belt conveyor unit is used as the carrying unit of the storage device.

In FIG. 9, the belt conveyor unit 5
1 has a configuration in which two belt conveyors 51A and 51B are arranged in parallel and their upper surfaces (conveying surfaces) are horizontal. Each belt conveyor 51A, 51B is
The endless annular belts 53A and 53B are arranged so as to span the drive roller 55 and the driven roller 57, and the drive roller 55 and the driven roller 57 are respectively provided with a support arm 59.
The drive roller 55 is supported by a rotary drive means (not shown). Further belts 53A, 53B
A bed 61 for horizontally supporting the belts 53A and 53B between the rollers 55 and 57 is provided on the lower surface side of the upper surface side of the roller.
Are provided, and these beds 61 have support arms 6
3 supported.

The rack units 7A to 7F have the same structure as that shown in FIG. Then, the intermediate support member 33A and the side support members 33 of the rack units 7A to 7F are provided.
The belt conveyor 51 is more than the space S4 between B and 33C.
The width W3 of A and 51B is set to be small.

Also in the example as shown in FIG. 9, when the rack units 7A to 7F are moved up and down by the chains 8A to 8D, the rack units 7A to 7F make the belt conveyors 51A and 5B of the belt conveyor unit 51.
Each rack unit 7A-7F without interfering with 1B
Is moved up and down between the lower side and the upper side of the conveyance surface, whereby the articles can be transferred between the conveyance surface of the roller conveyor unit 6 and each of the rack units 7A to 7F.

Of course, instead of the belts 53A and 53B shown in FIG. 9, an endless annular chain may be used to form a so-called chain conveyor.

10 to 12 show another example of the drive unit 9. 10 to 12, the vehicle 1 (see FIG. 1) is provided at the center of the frame body 100 of the drive unit 9.
A screw shaft 102 is bridged along the traveling direction of the screw shaft 102, and the screw shaft 102 can be rotated about the shaft center by a rotation driving device 104 such as a motor. A slide piece 106 is screwed onto the screw shaft 102, and guide rods 108A and 108B penetrate through portions near both ends of the slide piece 106. Both ends of the guide rods 108A and 108B are fixed to the frame body 100. Further slide piece 1
One end of the chains 8A and 8B as the above-mentioned lifting members is fixed to one end of 06, and the slide piece 106
One end of the chains 8C and 8D as the above-mentioned lifting members is fixed to the other end of the. Chain 8A, 8
C is a sprocket 110 on one end side of the frame 100, respectively.
Suspended via A, 110C, and chains 8B, 8
C is a sprocket 110 on one end side of the frame 100, respectively.
It is suspended via B and 110D via sprockets 110E and 110F on the other end side of the frame 100. The above rack units 7A and the like are suspended by these chains 8A to 8D (not shown in FIG. 10).

In the drive unit 9 of FIG. 10, when the rotary drive device 104 is driven, the screw shaft 102 rotates about the shaft center and the slide piece 106 moves in the vehicle traveling direction. Along with this, the chains 8A to 8D are pulled up or fed out downward, and the rack unit 7A and the like are raised or lowered in the same manner as described above.

[0043]

According to the vehicle-loaded article storage device of the present invention, articles are inserted from the outside of the vehicle onto the transport surface of the rack unit and the rack unit is lifted upward from a position below the transport surface of the transport unit. Articles on the transport surface of the transport unit can be stored on the rack unit by placing them on the rack unit and holding the rack unit in a suspended state above the transport surface. A large number of articles can be stored easily, and since the articles can be inserted and removed only on the transfer surface of the transfer unit, the work is easy and the insertion and removal can be easily automated. Further, since the space on the loading platform of the vehicle can be effectively utilized up to the upper side, a large storage amount can be secured.

Further, particularly in the vehicle-loaded article storage device according to the invention of claim 2, since the hoisting member is made of a flexible chain or strip, a plurality of rack units are provided below the carrying surface of the carrying unit. When standing by at a position, the lifting member can be bent to keep a plurality of rack units stacked, so even if a large number of rack units are used to increase the storage capacity, the height of the transport surface can be increased. Does not need to be so high, and therefore articles can be easily inserted and removed from the outside of the vehicle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle-loaded article storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a transport unit and a rack unit applied to the apparatus of FIG.

3 is a perspective view showing a drive unit, a lifting member, and a rack unit used in the apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a situation when the device of FIG. 1 is used,
FIG. 3 is a schematic vertical sectional front view showing a rack unit standby state.

5 is a diagram showing a situation when the apparatus of FIG. 1 is used,
FIG. 6 is a schematic vertical sectional front view showing a state in which an article on a roller conveyor is transferred to an uppermost rack unit.

6 is a diagram showing a situation when the device of FIG. 1 is used,
FIG. 4 is a schematic vertical sectional front view showing a state immediately after an article is transferred to the uppermost rack unit.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a situation when the device of FIG. 1 is used,
FIG. 3 is a schematic vertical sectional front view showing a state where articles are housed in all rack units in a device.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another example of the transport unit and the rack unit used in the device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing still another example of the transport unit and the rack unit used in the device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing another example of the drive unit used in the device of the present invention.

11 is a vertical cross-sectional front view of the drive unit shown in FIG. 1, taken along line XX.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an assembling state of the chain and the sprocket in the drive unit shown in FIG.

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 1 Vehicle 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E Storage Device 4 Article 6 Roller Conveyor Unit 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F Rack Unit 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D Chain as Lifting Member 9 Drive Unit 11 Drive Roller 12 Free roller 17 Placement part SR Transport surface

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A transport unit having a transport surface for loading and horizontally transporting an article, a plurality of rack units having a loading section capable of horizontally loading the article, and the plurality of rack units. The transport unit and the rack unit have a lifting member for lifting the lifting member at a predetermined interval while keeping it in a horizontal state, and a lifting drive device for lifting the lifting member. And the mounting portion of the rack unit, without interfering with each other, the rack unit is configured to be able to move up and down between a position below and above the transfer surface of the transfer unit, and the transfer unit, A vehicle-loaded article storage device, characterized in that a rack unit, a hoisting member, and a lifting drive device are arranged on the vehicle. 2. The lifting member is made of a flexible chain or strip as a whole, and the plurality of rack units are attached to the lifting member at positions vertically spaced apart from each other. The vehicle-loaded article storage device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The transport unit comprises a roller conveyor unit in which a plurality of rollers are arranged in a horizontal direction, and the upper surfaces of the plurality of rollers are the transport surface. Vehicle loading device storage device. 4. The transport unit comprises one or more endless annular conveyors having an endless annular belt or chain, and the upper surface of the endless annular conveyor is the transport surface. The vehicle loading article storage device according to item 1. 5. When storing and discharging a target article using the vehicle-loaded article storage device according to claim 1, at the time of storage, the plurality of rack units are previously placed below a transport surface of the transport unit. When the article is fed onto the transport surface of the transport unit, the lifting member is lifted and the lifting rack member moves the uppermost rack unit upward from below the transport surface to transport. The articles on the surface are transferred onto the loading surface of the rack unit, and the lifting member is raised each time an article is newly fed onto the transport surface, so that the rack unit is sequentially moved from the bottom to the top of the transport surface. The articles are moved and placed on the placement surface of each rack unit, whereby each article is supported by each rack unit at a position above the transport surface, while Lowers the lifting member to lower each rack unit to a position below the transport surface of the transport unit, whereby the articles on the placement surface of the rack unit are sequentially transferred onto the transport surface, and the articles are transported by the transport unit. A method of storing and discharging articles loaded on a vehicle, which is characterized by sequentially discharging.