JPS6142073B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a library, particularly an open-shelf type library.

In general, open-shelf archives have greater advantages for readers than closed-shelf archives. However, in conventional open-shelf bookshelves, readers walk around between the shelves, making it noisy, and it takes an inexperienced person a considerable amount of time to find the desired book. Further, like the closed-shelf type, books must be stored on the shelves so that the letters on the backs of all books can be read, which has the disadvantage of low storage efficiency.

One possible way to solve this problem is to install a conveyor for transporting books between the shelf that stores the books and each reader's desk, and mechanize the loading and unloading of books. When it comes to mechanizing the loading and unloading of books in this way, first, even if multiple books are to be conveyed at once, how should they be stored on shelves and placed on the conveyor, and how should the books be transferred between the shelves and the conveyor? How should the reader's desk be placed in relation to the shelves? Furthermore, how should the reader be able to handle the books that have been carried out to the reader's desk?
It is necessary to consider many other matters and come up with a structure that is low in equipment cost and operating cost, and which allows viewers to use it without any hesitation.

The present invention considers each of the above-mentioned matters from this perspective, and proposes the following specific structure for a library in which the loading and unloading of books is mechanized, which has merits for both facility owners and users (viewers). It is something.

That is, a shelf is erected with a number of three-dimensional bookstand support sections sandwiching the transport path, and each of the bookstand support sections supports a horizontally elongated bookstand that supports a plurality of books. A partition wall configured to be supported in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the transporting machine running path, and on the opposite side of one shelf to the side where the transporting machine running path is located, partitioning the shelf from the shelf. A plurality of viewer desks are arranged side by side along the shelf with the partition wall in between, and between the top of each desk and the inside of the one shelf adjacent to each desk across the partition wall, the conveyor running A conveyor is disposed for conveying the book stand in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the length direction of the passage, passing through the partition wall and conveying the book stand in the length direction, and each of the reader desks is connected to the desk side end of the conveyor. The bookshelf on both the left and right shelves is arranged in such a direction that the viewer can face it, and the conveyor that travels on the conveyor travel path is provided with an elevating platform, and on this elevating platform, the bookstands on both the left and right shelves are placed. A bookstand loading and unloading device for transferring the bookstand between the support section and the conveyor is provided, and an operation command means for the conveying machine is installed at each of the desks.

In such a bookshelf of the present invention, a horizontally long bookstand is used to support the books, and this horizontally long bookstand is stored in the shelf in the above-mentioned direction, so that the bookstand can be used to Books can be stored densely on shelves. The bookshelf loading and unloading conveyor installed at each desk has an extremely short conveyance path, and can be arranged horizontally and in a straight line rather than through a complicated conveyance path including branching means. Therefore, the length of the bookstand loading/unloading path for each viewer's desk is shortened, and the time required for loading/unloading the bookstand can be shortened.

In addition, each reader's desk is equipped with a conveyor for loading and unloading bookstands, and bookstands are transferred directly between the shelf-side end of each conveyor and the conveyor, so each conveyor is It is possible to operate the conveyors regardless of the operating state of the conveyors, and to simultaneously carry out the work of transporting the book stand transferred from the transport machine onto the desk, and vice versa, on each conveyor.

Furthermore, the book stand that has been conveyed onto the reader's desk by the conveyor will face the viewer without having to move it from the conveyor to the desk or change its orientation, and the reader will be able to use the book stand on the conveyor as if it were on the desk. Similar to the book stand placed above,
You can select books, put them in and take them out.

Furthermore, since a shelf and a partition are interposed between the viewer's desk and the transportation path, the possibility that the viewer will be adversely affected by the operation noise of the transportation device is greatly reduced.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the attached illustrative drawings.

Reference numerals 1 and 2 denote a pair of left and right shelves arranged side by side across the travel path 4 of the conveyor 3, each of which is provided with a large number of bookstand support sections 5 in the horizontal and vertical directions. Each compartment 5 has a book stand 6 shown in FIG.
The length direction (the parallel direction of books) is the traveling path 4.
A pair of left and right rail-shaped support stands 7 are attached to the support column 8 so as to be supported in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the support stand 8 . The conveyor 3 is guided by a lower rail 9 and an upper rail 10 and can run along the shelves 1 and 2 in the travel path 4, and a lifting platform 12 that ascends and descends along the support 11 is used for loading and unloading bookcases. Device 1
3 is provided. This book stand loading/unloading device 1
3, any one of the various pallet and container loading/unloading devices used in conventional automatic warehouses may be applied. The embodiment shown uses a belt conveyor 14 that can move laterally to slightly lift the bookstand 6 under the end of the travel path side of the bookstand 6 in each compartment 5, and rotates in the retracting direction when carrying out the bookstand. When the book stand is carried in, it moves laterally to the compartment 5 side while being rotated in the sending direction, and vice versa. Reference numeral 15 denotes viewer desks arranged at appropriate intervals in the length direction of the travel path 4 on the outside of one of the shelves 2, and conveyor operation command means 16 is installed on each of the desks. At the back, a conveyor 17 for loading and unloading book stands that extends horizontally into the shelf 2 and a lighting fixture 18 are provided. The conveyor 17 is perpendicular to the running direction of the conveyor 3 and transports the book stand 6 in its length direction (book parallel direction), and its inner end, that is, the part located inside the shelf 2, is
The book stand 6 is positioned so that it can be transferred to and from the lifting table 12 by the book stand take-out device 13 of the conveyor 3. Reference numeral 19 denotes a wall plate that covers the outside of the shelf 2, and bookstand passage openings 20 are provided at locations through which each conveyor 17 passes.

Next, to explain how to use it, the viewer takes a seat in front of any desk 15 and operates the command means 16 according to a predetermined method to carry out the bookshelf 6 containing books of the desired department. . As a result, the conveyor 3 travels within the travel path 4, moves up and down the elevator platform 12, and operates the bookstand loading/unloading device 13 to move the conveyor 3 to a predetermined bookstand 6 supported within a specific section 5 of the shelf 1 or 2. is pulled out onto the lifting platform 12, and further conveyed to a position adjacent to the bookstand loading/unloading conveyor 17 belonging to the command means 16 that issued the command, and sent onto the inner end of the conveyor 17. The conveyor 17 rotates at the same time as the feeding operation of the book stand taking-out device 13 or after receiving the book stand, and sends out the book stand 6 to a predetermined position on the desk 15. The viewer selects and takes out a desired book from the group of books in the book stand 6 that is placed in front of him, and instructs the command means 16 to return the book stand. As a result, the conveyor 17 and the conveyor 3 automatically carry out the carrying-in operation, which is the opposite of the above-mentioned carrying-out operation.

The reader returns the book after viewing it at another viewing desk or desk 15 or other designated location. After carrying out the book stand 6 onto the desk 15 and returning the books to the book stand 6, the carrying-in operation described above may be performed.

According to the bookshelf of the present invention that can be implemented and used as described above, the reader can mechanically and automatically take out the desired books in book stands and return them to their original positions while remaining on the designated desk. In particular, according to the configuration of the present invention, books can be stored in a high density on a shelf by using a horizontally long book stand that serves as a unit for loading and unloading books.

The cost required for the bookstand conveyance means between the conveyance machine and each reader's desk is small, and the entire library including the reader's desk can be packed very compactly.

Bookstands can be put in and taken out efficiently, and the waiting time for the reader to call up the bookstand is short.The reader can select books from the bookstand that has been conveyed by a conveyor, and take them in and out. It can be done just as easily and efficiently as when it is done for book stands, it is less affected by the negative effects of the operating noise of the transport machine, and it can be used to view books in a good environment. I can do it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional plan view, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal front view, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the area around the reader's desk, and FIG. 4 is a book stand. FIG. 1, 2... Book storage shelf, 3... Conveyor,
5...Bookstand support section, 6...Bookstand, 11...
Conveyor support, 12... Lifting platform, 13... Book stand loading/unloading device, 15... Viewer's desk, 16...
Conveyor operation command means, 17... Conveyor for loading and unloading books.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A shelf is erected on both sides of the transport path, and each bookstand support section has a horizontally long bookstand that supports a plurality of books. It is configured to be supported in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the conveyor travel path, and on the opposite side of one shelf to the side where the conveyor travel path is, there is a space between the shelf and the shelf. A plurality of viewer desks are arranged side by side along the shelf with a partition wall separating them, and between the top of each desk and the inside of the one shelf adjacent to each desk across the partition wall,
A conveyor is disposed for conveying the book stand in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the length direction of the transport path, passing through the partition wall and conveying the book stand in the length direction, and each of the viewer desks is connected to the conveyor. The book stand resting on the end of the desk is arranged in such a direction that the reader can face it, and the conveyor that runs along the conveyor travel path is provided with an elevating platform, and on this elevating platform, the left and right A bookshelf comprising a bookstand loading and unloading device for transferring the bookstand between the bookstand support sections of both shelves and the conveyor, and an operation command means for the conveyance machine installed at each desk.