JPH1077108A - Article storage equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce operation costs and manufacturing costs while attaining size reduction in an article storage equipment which can prevent the falling of a housed article. SOLUTION: An article storage equipment is provided with a housing shelf B provided by vertically and laterally juxtaposing plural article housing parts 1 provided in a condition where article taking in and out ports are opened on the shelf front face side and an article carrying means to carry articles between an article carrying in and out part to its housing shelf and respective article housing parts, and is constituted so as to close the article taking in and out ports of the article housing parts to prevent the falling of articles and close the article taking in and out ports of plural article housing parts adjacent in a condition of closing an article falling preventive regulating body 8a constituted so as to be freely openable-closable. The article taking in and out ports of the different article housing parts are arranged in a plurality so as to be closed, and an opening-closing operation means H which automatically opens the article taking in and out ports when the articles are taken in and out of the article housing parts by the article carrying means and automatically closes the article taking in and out ports according to a finish of taking in and out of the articles, is arranged on the installing part side of the housing shelf.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage shelf provided with a plurality of article storage sections which are provided with an article access opening opened on the front side of the shelf, arranged vertically and horizontally, and an article loading / unloading section for the storage shelf. An article conveying means for conveying an article between the article storage section, an article dropout opening of the article storage section closed to prevent the article from falling, and an article drop prevention regulating body configured to be freely opened and closed; Opening / closing operation means is provided for automatically opening the article slot when the article is taken in and out of the article storage section by the article conveying means, and for automatically closing the article slot when the article is put in and taken out. Related to the stored goods storage facility.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An article storage facility is designed to prevent stored articles from falling out of an article slot even if the storage shelf is shaken in the event of an earthquake or collision of another object with the storage shelf.
Although an article drop-preventing regulating body for opening and closing the article entrance is provided, conventionally, for example, a Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-3711.
As described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 0, an article drop prevention regulating body that opens and closes the article inlet / outlet is provided for each article inlet / outlet, and each time articles are taken in and out of the article storage unit by the article transport means, The opening / closing operation means is configured to move the article drop prevention regulating body provided in the article storage section to a position where the opening / closing operation can be opened / closed by the article transport means.

[0003]

According to the above-mentioned conventional article storage facility, the opening / closing operation means is moved by the article carrying means each time the article is taken in and out of the article storage section by the article carrying means. It is necessary to provide a large driving device having a large driving force capable of moving the opening / closing operation means at a desired speed in addition to conveying the articles. Energy supply facilities such as power supply for
As a result, there is a disadvantage that the entire article storage facility tends to be large.
Further, since the opening / closing operation means is moved each time an article is put in and taken out of the article storage unit, there is a disadvantage that the energy consumption for the movement is large and the operation cost of the article storage facility tends to increase. Furthermore, since the article drop prevention regulating bodies are provided separately for each article entrance, it is necessary to provide as many article drop prevention regulating bodies as the number of article storage sections, and the article drop prevention regulations are required. It is necessary to move the opening / closing operation means with respect to each of the bodies in a state where it is accurately positioned, and there is a disadvantage that the manufacturing cost of the article storage facility tends to be high. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and by devising an opening / closing structure of an article opening / closing port, it is possible to reduce the size of an article storage facility capable of preventing the fall of stored articles, while reducing the operating cost and the manufacturing cost. The purpose is to be able to be cheap.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article storage facility, wherein an article drop prevention regulating body is configured to close article outlets of a plurality of adjacent article storage sections in a closed state. A plurality of articles are provided so as to close the article slot of the article storage section, and the opening / closing operation means is provided on the installation section side of the storage shelf, so that the number of article drop prevention regulating bodies is compared with the number of article storage sections. It is possible to reduce the number, and it is not necessary to move the opening / closing operation means by the article conveying means, so that the driving device of the article conveying means can be downsized. Accordingly, by reducing the size of the article transporting means and the energy supply equipment for the driving device thereof, it is possible to reduce the energy consumption of the article transporting means while reducing the size of the article storage equipment capable of preventing the fall of stored articles. Since the cost can be reduced, and the number of the article drop prevention regulating bodies is reduced, and there is no need to move the opening / closing operation means in a state of being positioned with respect to the article drop prevention regulation bodies, the production of article storage facilities Cost can be reduced

In the article storage facility according to the second aspect, the article drop prevention regulating body is formed of a net-like body, so that the article drop prevention regulating body is reduced in weight to reduce the operating force required for the opening / closing operation means. In particular, when the net-like body is provided so as to be elastically deformable in the thickness direction in accordance with the collision with the stored article, it absorbs the collision energy of the stored article with the article drop prevention regulating body. It is easy to prevent the stored article from being damaged.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the article drop preventing regulating body is formed in a plate shape, and is overlapped with another adjacent article drop preventing regulating body in an open state in the front-rear direction of the shelf. As described above, since it is configured to be opened and closed by a slide, it is possible to move the article drop prevention restricting body so as to overlap another article drop prevention restricting body to open a desired article entrance and exit, and A wide opening for entry / exit allows efficient and quick entry / exit of articles, and there is no need to secure a space for opening / closing movement of the article drop prevention regulating body in front of the article storage unit, and the entire equipment Compactness can be achieved.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article storage facility, wherein a plurality of article storage sections are divided into a plurality of upper, lower, left and right sections, and an article drop prevention regulating body is provided for each of the divided article storage section groups. Therefore, when a storage shelf provided with a large number of article storage sections is provided, it is possible to set these article drop prevention regulating bodies to small dimensions and shapes that are easy to open and close smoothly.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the article storage facility, wherein an opening detecting means for detecting that the article drop prevention restricting body is in an open state is provided, and the article conveying means is provided by the opening detecting means.
Only when it is detected that the article drop prevention restricting body corresponding to the article storage section to which the article is to be taken out and put is in the open state, the article is put in and taken out of the article storage section to be put in and out. With such a configuration, it is possible to execute the loading and unloading of articles into and from the article storage unit in accordance with the timing when the article loading and unloading opening is opened, and it is possible to accurately and efficiently execute the loading and unloading of articles by the article transport unit. .

In the article storage facility according to the present invention, when the article drop prevention restricting body is being opened from the closed state to the open state, the article insertion / removal port of the article storage section to which articles are to be taken in / out can be opened. Since the opening / closing operation means is configured to open the article drop prevention regulating body in the middle of the operation, the article is opened and closed in the article storage section in which the article is not instructed to be inserted and removed. It is possible to take out and put in, and even if the storage shelf shakes during taking in and out of the article, falling of the stored article can be prevented as much as possible.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the article storage device is configured such that the article transport means moves the article transfer device between the article carry-in / out section and each of the article storage sections by the moving device to carry out the article transport. In response to a command for the article storage unit to be moved in and out of the article by the article transport instruction means, the opening / closing operation means is controlled by the moving device to move the article in and out of the article transfer apparatus. Since the opening operation of the article drop prevention regulating body corresponding to the article storage section to be taken out and in is started before the transfer to the article storage section is completed, the article transfer is performed. It is possible to quickly start the taking in and out of the article by the device, and it is possible to efficiently carry out the taking in and out of the article.

[0011]

1 and 2 show a container C made of resin.
A plurality of article storage units 1 for storing a plurality of types of small parts and the like, each of which is stored separately in a container C, are vertically and horizontally left and right with the article entrance 1a opened toward the front of the shelf. Two storage shelves A and B provided side by side, and an article transport means D for transporting an article between the article carrying-in / out section E for the storage shelves A and B and each article storage section 1
And a plurality of door devices 8 provided with a door body 8a as an article drop prevention restrictor, which is configured to close the article slot 1a of the article storage unit 1 to prevent the article from falling and to be openable and closable.
When an article is to be taken in and out of the article storage unit 1 by the article carrying means D, the article inlet / outlet 1a is automatically opened, and the article inlet / outlet 1a is automatically closed when the article is taken out. 1 shows an article storage device as an example of an article storage facility provided with operation means H.

The article loading / unloading section E is provided with an article loading / unloading port 1
The article carrying-in / out is carried out from the front side of the apparatus corresponding to the rear side of the storage shelf A, below the one of the two storage shelves A and B arranged with a predetermined distance from each other with the side a facing each other. The three working units E1, E2, E3 for performing the operation are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction.

Each of the storage shelves A and B includes a plurality of horizontal frames 1 in which columns 1b arranged on the front and rear sides of the shelf are arranged at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction.
horizontal frame 1 connected at the same height
c are connected to each other by a large number of locking members 1d arranged at predetermined intervals in the width direction of the shelf, and a plurality of article storage sections 1 for placing and storing the container C on the locking members 1d are arranged in the vertical direction. The shelves are provided side by side in the shelf width direction.

The locking member 1d is formed to have a substantially L-shaped cross section so as to place and support both side edges of the container C in the width direction of the shelf and to prevent movement of the container C in the width direction of the shelf. The end of the mounting surface on the 1a side is bent obliquely downward so that the transfer of the container C can be performed smoothly, and the movement of the container C mounted on the locking member 1d in the depth direction is a panel covering the front and rear surfaces of the apparatus. G, the two storage shelves A,
B at the upper end of each column 1b
e.

The article carrying-in / out section E is provided at a vertically intermediate portion of the storage shelf A on the front side of the apparatus and over substantially the entire width in the shelf width direction. A plurality of work tables 5 on which the containers C are placed are provided at a height corresponding to the waist position, and each of the work units E1, E
2 and E3 are provided with a work completion switch E4 for inputting to the control unit F that the loading / unloading work in the working units E1, E2 and E3 has been completed.

As shown in FIG. 3, each of the work tables 5 is rotated by a traveling roller 5e supported on the work table 5 and a support roller 5f supported on a fixed table 5a fixed to the horizontal frame 1c. A transfer work position at which the container C is transferred by the article transfer device 2 along a guide rail 5g provided on the fixed base 5a, and a loading / unloading projecting outside the device from the transfer work position. It is provided so that it can move in and out separately over the work position, and when it retreats to the transfer work position,
A locking hook 5b provided on the worktable 5 side is locked by its own weight to a lock device 5c attached to an outer surface on one side of the fixed table 5a, so that the position of the worktable 5 is fixed. On the front side of the apparatus 5, there is provided a contact part 5 d for preventing the container C from jumping out of the worktable 5 by contact with the container C during the transfer operation by the article transfer apparatus 2. Is provided.

The door device 8 is provided in the article storage section 1 of the storage shelf B.
As shown in FIG. 4, as shown in FIG. 4, each of the article storage section groups J is divided into three article storage section groups J on the left and right in each step, and one article storage section group J is provided. As for the article storage section 1 of A, although not shown, each of the article storage section 1 located above the article loading / unloading section E and the article storage section 1 located below is divided into three article storage section groups J in the left-right direction. The door body 8a provided for each of the article storage unit groups J is provided in each of the article storage unit groups J, and the doors 8a provided in each of the door devices 8 are provided in the closed state in a plurality of the article storage openings 1a of the plurality of adjacent article storage units 1.
Is provided so as to close the article slot 1a of the different article storage unit 1, and the door body 8a
And a control unit F for controlling the opening and closing operation of the opening and closing device 9 are provided on the side where the storage shelves A and B are installed, and an opening and closing operation means H for automatically opening and closing the door 1a is provided. It is configured.

As shown in FIG. 5, each of the doors 8a has a peripheral edge of a rectangular steel net 8b as a net which can be elastically deformed in the thickness direction upon collision with a stored article.
The front surfaces of the storage shelves A and B are reinforced with a rectangular frame body 8d provided with a door roller 8c, are formed in a plate shape, and are stacked on another door body 8a adjacent thereto in the open state in the shelf front-rear direction. It is configured to be opened and closed by sliding along upper and lower guide rails 8e fixed to the side.

The opening / closing device 9 fixes the rack gear 9a to each of the rectangular frames 8d, and
The electric motor 9c with a speed reducer for driving and rotating the pinion gear 9b meshing with the gear a is fixed to the storage shelves A and B, and the light shielding plate 10a provided on the door 8a shields the door 8a from light. The guide rail 8e is provided with a plurality of transmission-type open / close detection photoelectric sensors 10 as detection means for detecting whether or not the article entrance 1a is open. Note that the door device 8 and the opening / closing device 9 provided on the storage shelf A are configured in the same manner as the storage shelf B, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The article conveying means D has two storage shelves A and B.
6 to 8, and as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, each work unit E1, E2, E3 and each article storage unit 1 of each storage shelf A, B
And an article transfer device 2 for transferring the articles together with the container C between the two work sections E1 and E
2, E3 and a moving device for moving articles between each of the article storage sections 1 to carry articles, the moving apparatus is capable of vertically moving over almost the entire vertical height of the storage shelves A and B, and The control unit F includes an opening / closing device 9 including a lifting platform 3 having substantially the same width as those of the storage shelves A and B, and a moving body 4 for horizontally moving the article transfer device 2 over substantially the entire area in the horizontal direction of the lifting platform. In addition to the opening and closing operations, the lifting and lowering operation of the elevator 3, the lateral movement operation of the moving body 4, and the transfer operation of the article transfer device 2 are controlled.

The elevator 3 has one end of a connecting wire 3b wound around four guide drums 3a located above both sides in the lateral direction of the shelf of the elevator 3 at both lateral ends of the elevator 3. The balance weight is connected to the rectangular tubular wire support 3c, and the other end of each connection wire 3b can be moved up and down along a weight guide rail 3e formed on one side of the elevating passage of the elevating platform 3. 3d, each guide drum 3a on the balance weight 3d side is connected to the electric motor M1.
The elevator 3 is configured to move up and down along a predetermined elevating path by being driven and rotated in the reverse direction. The elevator 3 has a rotary encoder (not shown) for detecting the amount of elevating movement, and a storage shelf A side. And a transmission type photoelectric sensor (not shown) for determining the lifting stop position of the lift 3 by being separated by a shielding plate (not shown) provided at an appropriate position.

The moving body 4 is provided on a moving body frame 4a.
A vertical guide rail 3f provided horizontally on the elevating table 3 along the width direction of the shelf is supported by upper and lower rollers 4b for nipping the upper and lower rollers 4c from above and below. Pulley 3 supported at both ends in the width direction
g, the both ends of the drive belt 3h are connected to the moving body frame 4a, and one of the pulleys 3g is driven to rotate forward and reverse by the electric motor M2, so that the moving body 4 is rotated. It is provided so as to be able to reciprocate in the shelf width direction along the horizontal guide rail 3f, and is provided on one side of the moving body frame 4a based on the amount of rotation of the left and right rollers 4c that roll while sliding on the horizontal guide rail 3f. A rotary encoder 4d for detecting the amount of lateral movement, and a transmission-type photoelectric sensor 4e for determining a horizontal movement stop position of the moving body 4 by being partitioned by a shielding plate 3j provided at an appropriate position on the lifting platform 3 side. Is provided on the upper part of the moving body frame 4a, when the transfer of the container C to the article loading / unloading section E is performed,
An ultrasonic presence / absence sensor 4f for detecting whether or not an operator is present near 1, E2, E3 is provided.

The article transfer device 2 comprises a pair of belt conveyors 2a for placing the container C and transporting the container C in the front-rear direction by driving the electric motor M5, and locking the container C to hold the container C. The movable body frame 4a is provided with a locking type transport mechanism 2b that slides between a position where the article is placed on each article storage unit 1 or the work table 5 and a position where the article is placed on the movable body 4. I have.

The locking type transport mechanism 2b is provided on a vertically movable body 6 which can be moved up and down along four vertical guide rails 2c provided on a movable body frame 4a, and a guide provided on the vertically movable body 6. The vertically movable body 6 along the rail 6a
A sliding plate 6b which slides relatively in the front-rear direction with respect to the lifting platform, and both ends of the plate body are bent upward to bend the locking member 7 whose bent portion is configured as a container locking portion 7a. The lifting / lowering body 6 is rotatably operated by the electric motor M3 together with the slide plate 6b and the locking member 7 together with the sliding plate 6b and the locking member 7 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction along the locking member guide rail 6c provided on the slide plate 6b. With the eccentric cam 6d, the container locking portion 7a is located at a retracted position below the mounting surface of the belt conveyor 2a, and the locking operation is to protrude above the mounting surface and lock the container C. It is configured to be moved up and down over the position.

A pinion gear 6f meshing with a rack gear 6e formed on the side of the slide plate 6b is supported by the elevating movable body 6, and the pinion gear 6f is driven to rotate by an electric motor M4 to move the slide plate 6b back and forth. The end of the roller chain 6h wound around one of the sprockets 6g supported on both sides of the slide plate 6b in the slide movement direction is moved up and down with one side in the slide movement direction of the locking member 7. The other end of the roller chain 6h wound around the other sprocket 6g is fixed to the other side in the sliding movement direction of the locking member 7 and the opposite side of the lifting / lowering body 6 while being fixed to the opposite side of the body 6. And slide plate 6
The latch 7 is configured to move relative to the slide plate 6b in the same direction as the slider b is slid in the front-rear direction.

Next, the transfer operation of the container C by the article transfer device 2 will be described. From the standby state in which the lock 7 waits at the home position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 8, the electric motor M4 is driven to place the slide plate 6b and the lock 7 on the article storage unit 1 or the article carry-in / out unit E. The container C is moved toward the container C
The container locking portion 7a is inserted into the lower side of the container 1. Then, the lifting / lowering moving body 6 is raised to lock the container locking portion 7a to the engaging portion C1 of the container C. In this state, when the slide plate 6b is moved in the reverse direction, the container C is moved to the article transfer device. Each belt conveyor 2 is slid upwardly and driven and rotated in synchronization with the locking movement speed.
a, the container C moves smoothly with little frictional resistance accompanying the sliding movement, and when the locking member 7 moves to the center position, the lifting / lowering moving body 6 is lowered, and thereafter, the container C is moved to a predetermined position by the belt conveyor 2a. Move C. The container C placed on the moving body 4 is transferred to the article storage section 1 or the article carrying-in / out section E by the reverse operation.

When the container C is to be inserted into or removed from the article storage section 1, the article transporting means D uses the photoelectric sensor 10 for opening / closing detection to move the door 8a corresponding to the article storage section 1 to the article loading / unloading port. The article transfer device 2 is operated only when it is detected that the apparatus 1a is in the open state to open the article 1a, so that articles can be taken in and out of the article storage unit 1.

Next, the control operation of the control unit F will be briefly described. The control unit F is provided with an input operation panel F1 as an article transport instructing means. The operator selects a work mode by using the input operation panel F1, and selects an “entry mode”, an “exit mode”, and an external central management. "Picking and unloading mode" for executing unloading based on a command from a device (not shown). When the number of components loaded in the container C is different from the number managed by the control unit F, the component is removed. One of "replenishment storage" to replenish is instructed.

The position of each article storage section 1 and the part number and the like loaded in the container C stored in the article storage section 1 are input to the control section F in advance. When warehousing, the operator designates "warehousing mode" on the operation panel, and specifies the part numbers and the working units E1 and E to be operated.
When the user designates E2 and E3, the control unit F executes the transfer operation control as follows.

When a command is given to the article storage unit 1 to which articles are to be taken in and out based on the operation of the input operation panel F1, the control unit F operates the container C corresponding to the designated part number.
A predetermined opening / closing device 9 is operated so as to open the article slot 1a of the article storage section 1 in which the article is stored, and the elevation motor corresponding to the height of the article storage section 1 is driven by driving the electric motor M1 for elevation. While moving the elevating table 5 up and down, the laterally moving electric motor M2 is driven to move the moving body 4 laterally to a position corresponding to the corresponding article storage section 1, and the article storage section is detected by the open / close detection photoelectric sensor 10. If it is detected that the door body 8a that has closed the article entrance 1a corresponding to 1 is in the open state, the article transfer device 2 is operated,
The container C is placed on the moving body 4.

Accordingly, the opening / closing operation means H is provided before the completion of the movement of the article transfer device 2 to the article storage unit 1 for loading and unloading articles by the lifting platform 3 and the moving body 4 as the moving device. Then, the opening operation of the door 8a corresponding to the article entrance 1a of the article storage unit 1 is started. Further, the opening / closing operation means H is in the middle of moving the door 8a from the closed state to the open state,
When it is possible to open the article slot 1a of the article storage unit 1 in which the article is to be put in / out, the door 8a is stopped halfway, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 1a is opened.

When the container C is placed on the movable body 4, the door 8a is moved to the fully closed position by operating a predetermined opening / closing device 9 so as to close the article slot 1a of the article storage unit 1. At the same time, similarly to the above-described control, the moving body 4 is moved laterally while moving the elevating table 3 up and down toward the designated work units E1, E2, and E3, and the container C is transferred by the article transfer device 2. Working unit E1, specified by
The container C is transferred to the worktables E2 and E3, and the unloading of the container C is completed.

Next, after the operator slides the work table 5 to the carry-in / out position to perform the component loading operation, slides the work table 5 to the transfer work position and operates the work completion switch E3. Then, in the same manner as the above-described control, the control unit F controls the article storage unit 1 to which the container C is to be carried in.
A predetermined opening / closing device 9 is operated so as to open the article inlet / outlet 1a, and the moving body 4 is moved while moving the elevating table 3 up and down.
The container C is moved by the article transfer device 2 when the open / close detection photoelectric sensor 10 detects that the door 8a that closes the article slot 1a of the article storage unit 1 is open. In the transfer operation, the article is stored in the article storage section 1 and the loading operation is completed. In order to close the article entrance 1a of the article storage section 1, a predetermined opening / closing device 9 is operated and the door 8a is fully closed. Is moved to the home position.

[Other Embodiments] The article storage unit is provided so that articles can be taken in and out of the article storage unit with a fork device as an article transfer device, and the article transport means includes the fork device, a lifting platform for lifting the fork device, and a lifting platform. May be a stacker crane having a traveling vehicle body for traveling along the front side of the storage shelf. 2. The plurality of article storage sections provided on the storage shelf may be divided into a plurality of article storage section groups only in the left-right direction, and an article drop prevention regulating body may be provided for each of the divided article storage section groups. 3. When the article transfer device moves to a position where articles can be taken in and out of a predetermined article storage section, the article drop prevention regulating body may be configured to open and move. 4. The article drop prevention regulating body may be provided so as to open and close in the vertical direction. 5. The article drop prevention regulating body may be provided so as to open the article slot by swinging toward the front side of the article slot.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of an article storage facility.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view of an article storage facility.

FIG. 3 is a vertical side view of a worktable.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a storage shelf.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of a storage shelf.

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of a lifting platform.

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional front view of the article transfer device and the elevator.

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional side view of the article transfer device and the elevator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 article storage section 1a article entry / exit 2 article transfer device 3 moving device (elevating platform) 4 moving device (moving body) 8a article drop prevention regulating body 10 open detecting means A, B storage shelf D article transport means F1 article transport Instruction means H Opening / closing operation means J Article storage unit group

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A storage shelf provided with a plurality of article storage sections provided in a state where an article entrance is opened to the front side of a shelf, and arranged between upper, lower, left and right, and between an article carrying-in / out section for the storage shelf and each of the article storage sections. Article transport means for transporting articles by means of; an article drop-out opening of the article storage unit is closed to prevent the article from falling; and an article drop-preventing regulating body configured to be freely openable and closable, and the article by the article transport means. Opening and closing the article drop-prevention regulating body so as to automatically open the article slot when performing article loading and unloading with respect to the storage section, and to automatically close the article slot when the article loading and unloading is completed. An article storage facility provided with an opening and closing operation means for operating, wherein the article drop prevention regulating body closes article access ports of a plurality of adjacent article storage units in a closed state. Is configured, different article storage portion provided in a plurality so as to close the article loading and unloading opening, said opening and closing means, the storage shelves of the installation part article storage facility is provided on the side. 2. The article storage facility according to claim 1, wherein said article drop prevention restricting body is constituted by a net-like body. 3. The article drop prevention regulating body is formed in a plate shape, and is opened and closed by sliding so as to be overlapped with another adjacent article drop prevention regulation body in an open state in a shelf longitudinal direction. The article storage facility according to claim 1, wherein the article storage facility is configured to be configured as follows. 4. The article storage part is divided into a plurality of upper, lower, left and right parts, and the article drop prevention regulating body is provided for each of the divided article storage part groups.
An article storage facility according to any one of the preceding claims. 5. An opening detecting means for detecting that the article drop prevention restricting body is in an open state, wherein the article transporting means is an article storage section to which articles are taken in and out by the opening detecting means. 2. An article is loaded and unloaded from and into an article storage unit to be loaded and unloaded only when it is detected that the article drop prevention regulating body corresponding to (1) is in an open state. The article storage facility according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. In the state where the article drop prevention restricting body is being opened from the closed state to the open state, if the article insertion / removal port of the article storage unit to be subjected to article insertion / removal can be opened, the intermediate state is set. The article storage facility according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the opening / closing operation means is configured to open the article drop prevention regulating body. 7. The article transporting means, wherein the article transporting means is configured to transport the article by moving an article transfer device between the article carrying-in / out section and each of the article storing sections by a moving device. In response to the instruction of the article storage unit to which articles are to be taken in and out by the article transport instructing means, the opening / closing operation means is used by the moving apparatus so that the article transfer apparatus takes in and out of articles. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an opening operation of the article drop prevention regulating body corresponding to the article storage section to be put in and taken out of the article is started before the movement to the article storage section is completed.
The article storage facility according to any one of claims 6 to 6.