JPS6119127Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to an improvement of a storage device for rectangular parallelepiped articles that can stably store rectangular parallelepiped articles in a shelf booth and easily take them out when carrying them out. It is something.

Conventionally, in this type of shaped article storage device,
Fixed-sized articles placed in shelf booths, etc. may slide toward the frontage side due to shocks or earthquakes that occur during loading and unloading, and if the amount of sliding is large enough, it may be difficult for the conveyor to grasp the fixed-sized articles. There were times when the process could not be carried out smoothly.

The present invention relates to an improvement of a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped article storage device that eliminates such drawbacks, and the rectangular parallelepiped-shaped articles are stored in a passageway formed along the frontage of a three-dimensional shelf provided with a large number of shelf booths in the vertical and horizontal directions. In a regular article storage device equipped with a conveyor, receiving members each having an L-shaped cross section and supporting the vicinity of both lower edges of a regular rectangular parallelepiped article are attached to shelf vertical members at required intervals in the vertical direction; Each of the shelf booths is configured such that the receiving member includes a support piece that supports the lower surface near the lower edge of the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article, and a supporting piece that stands up perpendicularly above the outer edge of the support piece to support the shaped article. a guide piece that guides the side surface of the receiver, and is located above the support piece and on the inside of the shelf booth than the support piece, with a vertical interval approximately corresponding to the height of the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article. A locking piece is provided which is directed forward from the rear of the member and is curved toward the inside of the shelf booth by a distance corresponding to the width of the support piece, and the front upper end edge of the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article is attached to the lower surface of the front end of the locking piece. and a locking step that can be freely engaged and detached by elastic deformation, and an inclined surface that slopes upwardly toward the front of the locking step, and the receiving member is integrally molded of plastic. Its purpose is to be able to store rectangular parallelepiped shaped articles stably and reliably, and
The object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive rectangular parallelepiped shaped article storage device that can be easily taken out when being carried out.

Since the present invention is configured as described in the claims of the utility model registration, the shaped article stored in the required shelf booth and supported by the support piece and the guide piece of the receiving member is a rectangular parallelepiped. Since the front upper edge of the fixed-shaped article is locked to the locking step of the locking piece, the above-mentioned Even if the rectangular parallelepiped regular article tries to change its position, the support piece, the guide piece, and the locking piece firmly fix the regular article at a fixed position on the three-dimensional shelf, preventing the regular article from falling. Ru.

Moreover, in the present invention, when carrying out the rectangular parallelepiped-shaped article, the locking release member attached to the conveyor comes into contact with the front inclined surface of the locking piece, and the locking release member moves forward. Correspondingly, the locking piece is pushed upward, and the locking of the shaped article by the locking piece is released. In this state, the regular article can be smoothly taken out by the conveyor.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the locking piece is located above the support piece and is oriented horizontally forward from the rear part of the receiving member, so it locks so as to press down on the top surface of the shaped article, and the small locking step The engaged state can be maintained reliably, and the shaped article can be reliably stored.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the locking piece is oriented forward from the rear part of the receiving member and curved toward the inside of the shelf booth by a distance corresponding to the width of the support piece, so that the locking piece engages with the support piece. The locking pieces do not overlap vertically when viewed from the front of the shelf opening, and even if the locking pieces of the receiving members of this shelf booth are deformed upward when taking in and out rectangular parallelepiped-shaped articles, the shelf The upper surface of the locking part can be located above the lower surface of the supporting member without colliding with the supporting member of the receiving member adjacent to the upper part, and the upper surface of the locking member can be positioned above the lower surface of the supporting member. Carrying in and out of rectangular parallelepiped articles is carried out without any problems. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the vertical spacing between the receiving members, form a large number of shelf spaces on the three-dimensional shelf, and improve the storage efficiency of the three-dimensional shelf.

Furthermore, in the present invention, since the receiving member, which is narrower in width than the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article, is integrally molded from plastic, the receiving member can be easily produced with accurate dimensional accuracy and at low cost using a relatively small molding device.

Furthermore, in the present invention, since it is only necessary to directly attach the plastic receiving member integrally provided with the locking part to the shelf vertical member, the three-dimensional shelf can be manufactured easily, efficiently and at low cost.

An embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 10 will be described below. 1 is a storage device in which a flat rectangular parallelepiped shaped article 14, such as a cassette-type magnetic tape, can be stored over a vertical plane along the vertical and horizontal directions. A series of three-dimensional shelves in which two groups of shelf booths each consisting of a large number of shelf booths 2 are arranged back to back.
As shown in FIG. 6, two rows of engagement holes 4 are provided in the front and back at regular intervals in the vertical direction on the side surface of the hollow shelf support 3, and the engagement holes 4 are provided with a receiver having an L-shaped cross section. It is constructed by fitting the claw 8 of the guide piece 7 of the member 5.

The receiving member 5 includes a support piece 6 that supports the lower surface near the lower edge 15 of the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article 14, and a support piece 6 that stands up perpendicularly above the outer edge of the support piece 6 to guide the side surface of the regular article 14. a guide piece 7 that extends upwardly from the rear end of the support piece 6 at a right angle to a height approximately corresponding to the height of the shaped article 14; It consists of a locking piece 10 that is bent toward the inside of the shelf booth along a horizontal plane by a distance corresponding to the width of the support piece 6, and the lower surface of the front end of the locking piece 10 is attached to the front side of the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article 14. a locking step portion 11 that can be releasably engaged with the upper edge 16;
An inclined surface 12 is formed forward of this locking step 11 and is inclined obliquely upward, and the receiving member 5 is integrally molded with plastic, so that the fixed article 14 can be moved backward from the shelf opening surface 13. Then, the rear upper edge 17 of the shaped article 14 comes into contact with the inclined surface 12 of the locking piece 10, and as the rear upper edge 17 of the shaped article 14 moves backward, the locking step 11 of the locking piece 10 moves upward. When the shaped article 14 is pressed against the rising piece 9, the front upper edge 16 of the shaped article 14 is locked to the locking step 11 of the locking piece 10.

Further, a delivery station 18 (the specific structure of which is omitted because it can store fixed-sized articles 14 in the same way as the shelf booth 2), which is formed in substantially the same manner as the shelf booth 2, is arranged on either side of the storage shelf 1. It is set up.

Further, a total of two transport machines 20 are provided, one each spanning the frontage surface 13 of the storage shelf 1 and the frontage surface 19 of the delivery station 18, and the transport machines 20 are supported by upper and lower guide rails 21 and running rails 22. It is designed to be able to move freely on its own by running wheels 24 driven by a running motor 23.

Furthermore, the lifting table 26, which is provided on the mast 25 of the conveyor 20 so as to be able to rise and fall freely, is mounted on sprockets 27, 2 which are pivotally supported at both the upper and lower ends of the mast 25.
The upper sprocket 27 is connected to a lifting motor 30, and the lifting table 26 is moved up and down by the driving of the lifting motor 30.

Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, a shaped article gripping device 31 is mounted on the lifting table 26.
(hereinafter simply referred to as a gripping device) is provided, and the gripping device 31 is configured as follows.

That is, the elevating table 26 has the frontage surface 13,
A pair of guide rails 32 in a direction perpendicular to 19
A moving cart 34 is mounted on the guide rail 32 via guide rollers 33 so as to be movable back and forth.

In addition, a pair of chain wheels 3 are pivotally supported in the front and rear.
A chain 36 is spanned across the chain 35, a forward/reverse motor (not shown) is connected to one of the pair of chain wheels 35, a protrusion 38 is integrally provided on the movable cart 34, and both ends of the chain 36 are connected to the Protrusion 38
is fixed to.

Further, a pair of left and right support pieces 39 are integrally provided upwardly from the movable cart 34, and
Lock release members 40 are each integrally fixed to the pair of support pieces 39 .

Angular shaped article guide and support members 41 are disposed on both sides of the front of the lifting table 26.

A pair of left and right support pieces 37 are integrally provided on the gripping portion upwardly from the movable cart 34, and the support pieces 37
A plate-shaped gripping arm 43 is pivotally supported via a shaft 42 so as to be able to open and close up and down, and a gripping piece 44 is attached to the tip of the gripping arm 43.
A protruding piece 45 is integrally protruded adjacent to the side, and a guide roller 46 is pivotally attached to the protruding piece 45.

Furthermore, the other end of a pair of links 48 whose one end is pivotally supported by a pin 47 at the base of the gripping arm 43 is
Pivotally connected to the equalizer 50 via a pin 49,
A rod 51 is loosely fitted through the center of the equalizer 50 at right angles, and the base end of the rod 51 is connected to a movable piece 53 of a solenoid 52 that is integrated with the moving carriage 34.

A col spring (not shown) is installed inside the solenoid 52 so that the movable piece 53 always projects, and a stopper (not shown) fixed to the tip of the movable piece 53 and the equalizer 50 are connected to each other. A constant pressure coil spring is interposed, and when the solenoid is inactive, the spring force of the constant pressure coil spring applies a constant gripping force to the gripping piece 44 that grips the regular shaped article 14. .

Since the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 10 is configured as described above, the unloading operation by the conveyor 20 is performed as follows. When a retrieval command is issued, the transport machine 20 moves on its own toward the target shelving booth 2 or the delivery station 18, and the lifting table 26 moves up and down until it is in front of the target shelving booth 2 or the delivery station 18. After facing each other, the forward and backward movement motor (not shown) rotates forward, and the movable cart 34 moves toward the frontage surface 19 of the shelf booth 2 or the delivery station 18, and at this time, as shown in FIG. The upper tip of the unlocking member 40 contacts the front end inclined surface 12 of the locking piece 10, the locking piece 10 tilts upward, and the locking stepped portion 11 is removed from the front upper edge 16 of the shaped article 14. After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the forward/backward motor (not shown) is reversed, the moving cart 34 is moved backward, and the shaped article 14 is placed in the shelf booth 2 or the delivery station 18.
taken out from

Further, the operation of returning the regular shaped article 14 taken out from the target shelf space 2 or delivery station 18 to the delivery station 18 or the shelf space 2 in this way is performed as follows.

That is, when a pushing command is issued and the pushing conditions are met, the gripping device 31 becomes inactive,
The shaped article 14 is supported by the guide support member 41 .
In this state, the forward and backward movement motor (not shown) is rotated in the normal direction, and the moving cart 34 is advanced toward the shelf booth 2 or the delivery station 18.
While being guided and supported by the guide support member 41, the product advances toward the target shelf booth 2 or the delivery station 18, and the rear upper edge 17 of the regular shaped article 14 follows the slope 12 of the locking piece 10 to the locking step 11. is pushed up and accommodated in the receiving member 5, and the front upper edge 16 of the shaped article 14 comes into contact with the locking step 11 of the locking piece 10 and is locked. After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the forward/backward motor (not shown) is reversed and the mobile cart returns to its original position.
The operation of returning the shaped article 14 is complete.

In this way, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 10, when pushing into the target shelf booth 2 or the delivery station 18, the tip inclined surface 1 of the support piece 6
2 is tilted diagonally upward, so the lifting table 2
Even if the left and right stopping positions of the article 6 are inaccurate, the regular article 14 is guided by the support piece 6 and the guide piece 8 and is reliably stored.

According to the embodiment, there is no need to set the manufacturing accuracy of the storage shelves 1 or the stopping accuracy of the lifting table 26 to the target shelf booth 2 or the delivery station 18 to be unnecessarily high, so these costs can be greatly reduced. can be lowered to

Further, in the above embodiment, the locking piece 10 directed forward from the rising piece 9 is bent toward the inside of the shelf booth along a horizontal plane by a distance corresponding to the width of the supporting piece 6, so that the locking piece 10 The locking step 11 and the inclined surface 12 of the piece 10 are shifted inward from directly below the support piece 6 to allow the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article 14 to be carried in and out of the shelf booth 2 without interfering with the support piece 6. Therefore, the locking piece 1
When this locking part 10 is elastically deformed so that the locking step part 11 of No. 10 can be raised to approximately the same level as the support piece 6 of the shelf booth 2 above it, and the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article 14 to this shelf booth 2
can be taken in and out without any problem. Therefore, the vertical distance between the receiving members 5 can be shortened, a large number of shelf spaces 2 can be formed on the three-dimensional shelf 1, and the storage efficiency of the three-dimensional shelf 1 can be increased.

Furthermore, according to the embodiment, the receiving members 5 of the same size can be mass-produced by plastic molding, and the molded receiving members 5 are attached to the hollow shelf supports 3, so that the shelf supports 5, The structure is much simpler and the production cost is significantly lower than that of an ordinary storage shelf consisting of receivers, shelf boards, etc.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the regular article 14 is stored in the shelf booth 2 or the delivery station 18, the elasticity of the retaining piece 10 and its own weight cause the retaining step 11 to move toward the front upper edge 16 of the regular article 14.
, the conveyor 20 transfers the shaped article 1 to the shelf booth 2 or the delivery station 18.
Even if the article 4 is subjected to impact or the like when the articles 4 are carried in and out, the identified article 14 is prevented from falling off.

In addition, shelf booth 2 or delivery station 18
When carrying out the fixed-sized article 14, the moving trolley 34
The front end of the locking piece 10 is pushed upward by the lock release member 40 in response to the forward movement of the locking step portion 11.
The locking of the shaped article 14 by the lock is automatically released.

Furthermore, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 11 to 12, a retaining engaging portion 61 is provided on the receiving member 60, which is substantially the same as the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 10. With this structure, there is no risk that the regular shaped articles 14 will separate from the shelf support 3 and fall off due to impact when they are carried in or out.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating an embodiment of a storage device for regular shaped articles according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof,
FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view of the main part of the regular-shaped article gripping device of the same embodiment in a state facing a stored regular-shaped article, FIG. 4 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 6 and 7 are enlarged side views of main parts illustrating the unloading operation of fixed-sized articles, Fig. 8 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of main parts of a shelf booth, and Fig. 9 is a side view thereof. Figure 10 is its front view, 1st
FIG. 1 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of essential parts of a shelf booth in another embodiment, and FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional front view showing the installed state of the embodiment shown in FIG. 11. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Three-dimensional shelf, 2... Shelf booth, 3... Hollow shelf support, 4... Horizontal piece, 5... Receiving member, 6... Supporting piece, 7... Fitting part, 8... Guide Piece 9...
Rising piece, 10... Locking piece, 11... Locking step, 12... Inclined surface, 13... Shelf frontage surface, 14...
...Standard article, 15... Lower edge, 16... Front upper edge, 17... Rear upper edge, 18... Delivery station, 19... Frontage surface, 20... Conveyor, 21
...Guide rail, 22...Traveling rail, 23...
...Traveling motor, 24... Traveling wheel, 25... Mast, 26... Lifting table, 27, 28... Sprocket, 29... Chain, 30... Lifting motor, 31... Shaped article gripping device, 32... ...Guide rail, 33...Guide roller, 34...Moving trolley, 35...Chain wheel, 36...Chain,
37...Support piece, 38...Protrusion, 39...Support piece, 40...Latch release member, 41...Shaped article guide support member, 42...Shaft, 43...Gripping arm,
44... Gripping piece, 45... Protruding piece, 46... Guide roller, 47... Pin, 48... Link, 49...
Pin, 50... Equalizer, 51... Rod,
52... Solenoid, 53... Movable piece, 60...
Reception member, 61... engaging portion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a shaped article storage device in which a rectangular parallelepiped shaped article conveyor is disposed in a passage formed along the frontage surface of a three-dimensional shelf provided in a large number of shelf booths in the vertical and horizontal directions, both lower edges of the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article are Receiving members with an L-shaped cross section that support the vicinity are attached to the shelf vertical members at required intervals in the vertical direction to constitute each shelf booth, and the receiving members are attached to the lower side of the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article. a support piece that supports the lower surface near the edge;
a guide piece that stands up perpendicularly above the outer edge of the support piece and guides the side surface of the shaped article;
The support piece is located above the support piece and inside the shelf booth from the support piece, and is oriented forward from the rear part of the receiving member with a vertical distance substantially corresponding to the height of the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article. a locking piece curved toward the inside of the shelf booth by a distance corresponding to the width of the shelf, the locking piece being capable of engaging with the lower front end of the locking piece with the front upper edge of the rectangular parallelepiped shaped article in a detachable manner by elastic deformation. 1. A rectangular parallelepiped regular article storage device, characterized in that a locking step portion and an inclined surface inclined diagonally upwardly toward the front are formed, and the receiving member is integrally molded from plastic.