JPS597606A - Article housing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively utilize a space and perform operations to automatically convey in and out articles, by mounting one more row of spots, in which a plurality of article loading stands are placed, in the direction of the row or the line of article stands. CONSTITUTION:Article housing spots are aligned in a 6-line 6-row matrix. Further, article loading stands are located corresponding to the article housing spot. In case article loading stands B32 and B33 are moved rightwardly, with an electromagnetic device 15 energized, a moving core 151 forcibly presses the other end side of a coupling arm 10 of a coupling device D31 to turn the coupling arm 10 clockwisely centering around a pin 9. When the rotation causes passage of the coupling arm 10 through the dead point of a tensile spring 13, the arm engages with a stopper pin 16 to stop thereat, and the coupling device D31 and the article loading stands B31, B33 are released from coupling. Meanwhile, with an electromagnetic device 14 energized, a moving core 141 is forcibly pressed from a one-dot chain line position toward a coupling position shown by a slid line to rotate the coupling arm 10 of a coupling device D32 counterclockwise centering around the pin 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an article storage apparatus, for example, an article storage apparatus applied to automobile parking lots, warehouses, etc.

Conventional car parking lots require a passageway in front of each parking spot, which has the disadvantage that space cannot be used effectively, especially in areas where land prices are high, such as in urban areas. In addition, in warehouses, it takes a lot of effort and time to take out items stored in the lower part of the warehouse, making it impossible to use the space inside the warehouse effectively, and taking items in and out of the warehouse requires retrieval. ,
There was a drawback that articles could not be taken in and out automatically.

This invention was made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional ones, and allows for efficient use of space and allows for automatic loading and unloading of items. An object of the present invention is to provide an article storage device that can be used in a lia-like manner. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1(a) to 1(e) are explanatory views of the article retrieval state of the article storage apparatus according to the present invention. In the first mω to (e), the article storage locations A11=Al16 are arranged in a matrix of 6 rows and 6 columns. Goods loading platform Btl~B5
5 is the number of items - delivery location An~Al! 8, respectively.

Next, the case where an article is taken out from the article loading table B installed in the article storage area A1 shown in FIG. 1G) will be explained. First, Figure 1 (
As shown in b), the third, fourth, and fifth row article loading tables BS2 to BIly B41 to B46, 13s*””13
ss 'Move each item to the right in the figure by one article storage location in the row direction. Next, as shown in FIG. 1(C), the article loading table B□ is moved to the article storage area A in the column direction. Move it down in the diagram to the position . Next, as shown in Figure 1, there is an article loading platform B, Rr! :Move to the right in the figure in the row direction to the position of the article storage area Al18, and take out the article loading table B to the outside from this article storage area ASa. In this case, the article storage location A1.8 is, for example, an elevator device, and n
The goods loading table B,,'ft on the floor is used for transporting goods to, for example, the first floor.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1(e), the third, fourth, and fifth rows of article loading tables B3m to B86y B41 to B46*1
3o to I3m t'' are each moved to the left in the figure by one article storage location in the row direction.

2 is a partial perspective view showing an embodiment of the article storage device according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged front view of the coupling device shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a view from the right side of FIG. 3. FIG. In Figures 2 and 3, the transfer device (1g
) to (IC) are belt conveyor-like devices such as a movie walk, and p1 are each moved in the column direction by a drive vehicle (not shown). Goods storage area ACt
- A38 are fixed to the transfer devices (la) to (1c), respectively, and are divided into a plurality of pieces in the column direction as shown by the dotted lines in FIG. 4, and each divided part is connected to the fitting part Q. ) are rotatably coupled to each other so that they can be moved along the interior of a drive vehicle (not shown), such as the treads of an escalator. The guide protrusion (3) corresponds to the article storage area AIl~Al
yt;-/l/(
(not shown) are provided on the upper surface.The article loading tables Lt to B are provided corresponding to the article storage locations A!1 to A, respectively, and are respectively attached to the guide projections (3). The support stands CI1 to C3 are installed and fixed between the respective rows of the article storage areas A, 1 to A1g, respectively, and are slidably fitted into each other in the row direction. Equipped with a guide protrusion corresponding to guide protrusion (3) +51 r!:
The upper surface of the guide protrusion +51 has a sliding bow/l/te.
l is provided. Coupler horse, ~D3. are provided corresponding to the support stands C81 to C3, respectively, and the article loading stand 13m
It connects and separates t to B in the row direction,
A coupling table (8) having a guide groove (7) in the row direction that slidably fits into the guide protrusion (6) of the support tables CIl to C, respectively, and an intermediate part on one end side of the coupling table (8). A connecting arm 110) rotatably supported by a pin (9) and a connecting arm II (
If the pin provided in the middle part of the other end side (the river and the connecting table (
One end side of the pin (tension spring 0 moment stretched between I and connecting arm 11O) provided at 81 is attached to the movable iron core (141).
In FIG. 3, the first electromagnetic device 041 presses upward and rotates the coupling arm (10) in the coupling direction (counterclockwise), and the movable iron core (151) holds the other end of the coupling arm (Iol). 3
In the figure, there is a second electromagnetic device f151 that presses upward and rotates the coupling arm 101 in the separating direction (clockwise), and a coupling table that locks the coupling arm ll0) when the coupling arm 110) rotates in the separating direction. Stopper pin 01 provided in (8)
It is composed of. The coupling pin θη is the article loading platform Lx
~B, respectively, and engages with the other end side of the connecting arm 11O).

Next, the operation will be explained. In FIG. 2, when moving the substitute goods loading table BageB to the right in FIG. 2, the connecting arm 11G) of the connecting device I)st shown in FIG. By energizing the electromagnetic device discharge and pressing the other end of the movable iron core (151) of the coupling arm 11O, the entire center of the pin (9) is moved from the solid line position in FIG. It rapidly rotates clockwise due to the turning force and stops when it is stopped by the stopper pin Q61, and the coupling device DI11 and the article loading table B81. The bond with B31 is severed. On the other hand, the coupling arm (101) of the coupling device Ds is activated by pressing one end side of the movable iron core (141) Th coupling arm 110 with the first electromagnetic device (141t'' shown in FIG. 3). From the dot-dash line position in Figure 3, rotate the pin (9) counterclockwise around the entire center in the joining direction shown by the solid line. When it passes, the tension spring 0
3) rotates rapidly by the spring force, and the other end of the connecting arm 101 engages with the connecting pin (-η) to connect the binding device Ds! and the article loading platform Biffe B83.Next Then, the article loading platform BIlffi, B81 is moved one article loading platform to the right in FIG.
and can be taken out.

Note that the connecting arm 110) is controlled so that it is always at the disconnection position f11 shown by the dashed line in FIG. Also the first
Article storage locations AIl to A, 8T shown in Figures (a) to (e)
Of course, all h can be elevators.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to effectively utilize the storage space for articles, and it is possible to automatically take in and take out articles.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1G) to (e) are explanatory diagrams of the article storage device according to the present invention in an article retrieval state, Figure 2 is a partial perspective view showing an embodiment of the article storage device according to the present invention, and Figure 3 is a f, a partially enlarged front view of the coupling device shown in FIG. 2; FIG. 4 is a partially sectional side view seen from the right side of FIG. 3; In the figures, the same parts in each figure are designated with the same reference numerals.
, A! 1 to A are article storage areas, B□ to B are article loading tables, (la) to (lc) are transfer devices, % (2) is a fitting part,
(The phrase is guide protrusion, (4) is guide groove %, C1l~csm is support base, (6) is guide protrusion, (6) is sliding pole, D
Il~I)u is a coupling device, (7) is a guide groove, (8) is a coupling table, (91 is a pin, 110) is a coupling arm, (t+l,
Qri is a bottle, (1 m is a tension spring, (1 ship, (1 duck is the first and second electromagnetic device, (1"41) (151) is a movable iron core, Fig. 2 IC^33 Fig. 3 Fig. 4rg1

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A plurality of pet-shaped transfer devices each movable in the row or column direction, and a plurality of articles loaded in a matrix on the plurality of transfer devices and movable in the column or row direction, respectively. What is claimed is: 1. An article storage device comprising a plurality of coupling devices capable of coupling and separating the plurality of article loading platforms adjacent to each other in a column or row direction. (2) The article storage device is characterized in that the plurality of transfer devices are each provided with a plurality of column-by-column locations for loading the plurality of article loading platforms in the row or column direction.