JPS63225004A - Method for properly arranging article and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To promote the promptness of article arranging work and the improvement of efficiency, by placing an article to be left as supplied in the vicinity of a storing means and picking out the article to be arranging from the storing means thereafter relocating a required article from a supplying means to a supplement-required location of the storing means. CONSTITUTION:Rotating a storing rotary rack single unit 11a, an article storage part 12a, which stores an article A to be picked up, is taken out corresponding to the port of a working part 13. Next displaying a takeout quantity in an article takeout display unit 5, a device opens a gate 5 while turns on a monitor display unit 7. By this action, the worker takes out the article to be arranged. After completion of work, the gate 15 is closed by pressing a completion button. Here the device, if the article storage part 12a is emptied being required for supplementing the article, places the gate 15 to be left as opened even if the completion button is pressed, performing the quantity display of 0. Accordingly, the worker relocates a predetermined new article A from an article relocation working part 14 to be supplemented. By this constitution, the device promotes the improvement of work efficiency.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention provides a method for arranging a plurality of types of articles by destination, or arranging articles by destination, type, size, etc. The present invention relates to an article sorting method and an apparatus therefor, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for sorting articles using storage means and supply means.

[Conventional technology]

As a conventional technique for arranging goods, there is
Those described in JP-A-139902, JP-A-61-55005, and JP-A-61-263505 are known.

To explain the description in the above publication, JP-A-58-13
Publication No. 9902 discloses that a loading/unloading work section is provided in a linear movement path of a carousel, which includes an area that includes the entire length of a row of load storage sections in a direction perpendicular to the rotational direction and includes a plurality of rows of load storage sections in the rotational direction. A rotating shelf is described in which display means for displaying objects for loading/unloading operations are arranged at positions corresponding to all the cargo storage sections located in the loading/unloading section.

Furthermore, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-55005 discloses a plurality of cargo storage devices consisting of fixed shelves installed on the sides of an accumulation conveyor, and storage containers from each of these storage devices to a storage container on a conveyor. The sorting equipment, which consists of a display indicating the number of products to be taken into each Q storage device, is described.

Furthermore, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-263505, a horizontal circulation type carousel is provided with a plurality of article storage openings, and a terminal device is disposed in each article storage opening, and a storage request is received from each terminal device. An automatic article storage system is described that makes adjustments for.

Further, as a conventional technique related to a carousel equipped with a loading/unloading means, the technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-212304 is known. This publication includes a movable roller conveyor that moves up and down along a support, and a side pusher that pushes out the load on the movable roller conveyor onto a tray at a corresponding height, and a movable roller conveyor located at a predetermined height. It describes a rotating shelf with an attached conveyor for carrying goods into.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, the above conventional technology has the following problems.

That is, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 58-139902, by setting the unit rotation amount of the carousel to a plurality of article storage section rows, it is possible to put in and take out goods without the worker having to frequently rotate the carousel. However, when warehousing (supplying) goods, goods of the type and quantity according to the list are entered into the goods storage section corresponding to the work target indicator light provided for each goods storage section. Therefore, the worker must check which article storage section to store the articles carried by a trolley or the like, and often ends up storing the articles by mistake. In addition, since the warehousing and unloading operations cannot be performed at the same time, in other words, the warehousing (replenishment of goods) work cannot be performed during the unloading (sorting of goods) work.
When sorting a large number of articles, it is necessary to store all the corresponding articles before starting the sorting work, which forces the rotating shelves to be larger.

Furthermore, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-55005, the articles are arranged according to the display that displays the number of articles to be taken from the article storage device into the storage container;
There is no description or suggestion regarding replenishing the storage device with products or replenishing products during product assortment.

Also, there is no way to arrange the goods according to the display that shows the number of goods to be taken from the storage container to the goods storage device, but in this case, the goods loaded into the goods storage device are There is no description or suggestion of storage means for storing the items that are stored and to be sorted.

Also, JP-A-61-263505 and JP-A-59
-212304 publication, storage means (rotating shelf)
There is no mention or suggestion of arranging the goods stored in the warehouse.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to enable the storage means to be replenished with the articles supplied by the supply means while the articles stored in the storage means are being taken out for sorting. To provide a method and device for sorting out articles that can efficiently and quickly sort out articles without increasing storage capacity.

Means for Solving Problem C] The present invention provides a storage means having a plurality of article storage sections for storing articles to be sorted in an article sorting method for sorting a plurality of types of articles. and a supply means for supplying articles to be transferred to the article storage section from which the articles have been taken out to the vicinity of the article storage section, and the articles are taken out from the article storage section for sorting. Provided is a method for arranging articles, characterized in that when replenishment of articles becomes necessary, the articles already supplied by the above-mentioned supplying means are transferred to the article storage section that requires replenishment of articles in the vicinity thereof. By doing so, the above objectives were achieved.

The present invention also provides an article sorting device for sorting a plurality of types of articles, including a storage means having a plurality of article storage sections for storing articles to be sorted, and a storage means for storing articles to be sorted; a supply means having an article conveying section for supplying articles to be transferred to the article storage section near the article storage section, and a replenishment request display at a position corresponding to some or all of the article storage sections. The above object is also achieved by providing an article sorting device which is specially equipped with a transfer display means at a position corresponding to some or all of the article conveyance sections. It is.

〔Example〕

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, an embodiment of an article sorting apparatus according to the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

1 to 3 are a plan view, a front view, and a side view, respectively, schematically showing an embodiment of the article sorting device of the present invention. Multiple Vjt (5 stages) of single rotating shelves rotated at appropriate intervals
In the stacked rotating shelves (horizontal rotating shelves), the uppermost rotating shelf is the supply rotating shelf 1 constituting the supplying means of the present invention.
1b and blank, and the other tiers (lower four tiers) of the rotating shelves are 11a and 11a, which constitute the storage means of the present invention. The single storage carousel 11a constituting the storage means of the present invention has a plurality of (60) article storage sections (trays) 12a for storing the articles A to be sorted.
In addition, the supply rotary shelf unit 11b constituting the supply means of the present invention is provided with an article A to be transferred to the article storage section 12a from which the article has been taken out, and an article A to be transferred to the article storage section 12a from which the article has been taken out. A plurality of (45) article transport sections (trays) 12b are provided for supplying the article near the article storage section 12a that needs to be replenished. is supported so that it can run on an elliptical running rail in each rotary shelf, and is attached to a drive chain suspended along the running rail between a drive gear wheel and an idler gear wheel. They are fixed at intervals, and can be rotated independently by driving the drive gear with a motor, regardless of the rotary shelves of other stages.

Reference numeral 13 denotes an article retrieval work section, which is provided opposite to the linear movement path of the single storage rotary shelf 11a in the rotary shelf 1. This article retrieval work section 13 has 10 article storage sections 12 for each storage rotating shelf 11a.
It has 40 frontages corresponding to a total of 40 article storage areas 12a consisting of
As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 6, the apparatus is equipped with an article removal indicator 5 as a replenishment request display means of the present invention, and a frontage gate 15 for controlling a removal apron that is opened and closed by an air cylinder 16. The article take-out display 5 includes a quantity display lamp 51 that digitally displays the number of articles to be taken out (sorted), a completion button 52 that clears the display, and a take-out lamp that notifies the worker that there is a pinking command. An indicator lamp 53 is provided. Furthermore, when there is a frontage to replenish the article, an appropriate lamp may be provided to indicate the opening, but in the case of the embodiment, by displaying rOJ on the number display lamp 51, the replenishment is required. There is no frontage so that it can be displayed. In addition, each frontage gate 15 is connected to the article storage section 12a of each frontage so that there is no mistake in taking out or replenishing.
It is opened only when the article A is to be taken out from the opening and when the article A is to be refilled in the article storage section 12a of each frontage. In addition, instead of the frontage gate 15,
For example, a roll-up opening/closing gate or the like may be arranged in front of each frontage to prevent mistakes in taking out and refilling, but the intermediate gate 1-15 may not be provided. Further, instead of the completion button 52, the display on the number display lamp 51 may be cleared by the worker closing the frontage gate 15.

In addition, 14 is a supply rotary shelf unit 11b in the rotary shelf l.
The article retrieval work section 1 is placed opposite the linear movement path section of the article retrieval section 1.
This is the article transfer work section provided at the top of 3. This article transfer work section 14 has 'HIM' openings corresponding to the seven article conveyance sections 12t), and for each opening, as a transfer display means of the present invention, as shown in FIG. It is equipped with a transfer indicator 6 consisting of an illuminated push button 61 having an arrow as shown in FIG. 4, a transfer button 62 as shown in FIG. 4, and a fixed apron 63. Each opening in the article transfer work section 14 is defined by the article storage section 1 from which the article is taken out.
2a is empty so as to function as a transfer position where the article A to be transferred is supplied. The article transfer work section 14 may include only the transfer button 62 and not include the transfer indicator 6, or may include only the transfer indicator 6 and include the transfer button 62. You don't have to.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a pushing device installed on the reverse path of the rotating path of the supply rotary shelf unit 11b, and includes a pushing button 21 consisting of a reciprocating push plate and an air cylinder for reciprocating the push plate. The pushing button 21 is used to supply the article A to the supply rotary shelf unit 11b. In addition, this pushing device 2 is a supply rotary shelf unit 1.
It can also be provided facing the linear movement path section 1b.

In addition, 3 is an article A carried into the single supply carousel 11b.
This is an incoming conveyor for conveying the materials, and is composed of a roller conveyor 31 and an inclined belt conveyor 32. A gun scanner (barcode reader, not shown) is provided at the article loading section of the loading conveyor 3 to read barcode labels on articles to be loaded. In addition, an article loading station (not shown) is provided at the article loading section of the loading conveyor 3.
, 1II one person request light (not shown), carry-in completion push button (not shown), etc. are provided.

Further, numeral 4 denotes a carry-out conveyor for conveying the sorted articles, which is composed of a belt conveyor.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a monitor display, which, as shown in FIG. 7, is equipped with a total of 24 display lamps 71, six horizontally and four vertically. This monitor display 7 uses six display lamps 71 on the side to indicate that each of the storage carousels 11a in each of the four stages corresponds to the sorting of goods once (for example, by destination). The storage carousel unit 11a displays how many of the six sets of article storage sections 12a to be described later, from which the goods must be sorted, and one indicator lamp 71 lights up each time the goods have been sorted for one set. When the display lamp 71 is turned off and all the display lamps 71 are turned off, it means that the unloading and sorting of the articles has been completed.

Further, reference numeral 8 denotes a work step, which is composed of a fixed step 81 and a movable step 82 that is moved by a worker to a transfer location when transferring articles.

Further, each of the above-mentioned parts constituting the goods trading device of the present invention operates based on a pinking (sorting) command, a replenishment command, a carry-in command, etc. from a control device (not shown) including an inventory management CPU, etc. At the same time, it is possible to output necessary information (data) to such a control device.

Next, one embodiment of the article arranging method of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the case where the above-described article arranging device is used, while also explaining the control mode by the control device.

First, let's look at the 7if! method of arranging goods according to the present invention! Before explaining the aspect, the premise will be explained. For example, the article storage section 12a of 60111a in the storage carousel unit 11a of each stage that is rotated independently is 10. Each paper can is divided into 6 groups, each containing one set of products A such as powder foundations, mascaras, lipsticks, etc. It is assumed that the types of articles A stored in the cans are different.

It is assumed that each article storage section 12a is a fixed location, and the type of article A stored in each article storage section 12a is predetermined.

In addition, the storage carousel unit Lla of each stage has 10 article storage sections 1 so that one set of articles A (total 10 pieces) is always located corresponding to the 10 openings of the article retrieval work section 13.
By repeating rotation and stopping in units of 2a and repeating this six times at most, all the articles A are positioned in the article retrieval work section 13.

In addition, when arranging goods (retrieving or picking), there are multiple destinations (by destination store)! It is assumed that goods A of IJI are sorted, and the data (information) thereof is registered in advance in the control device. It is assumed that a predetermined type of article A is stored in each of the 45 article 1 general transport portions 12b of the single supply carousel 11b according to the carry-in command from the control device based on this data.

Note that details regarding the general delivery of the article A to the article IM sending unit 12b will be explained at the end.

In addition, six sets of articles A are stored in the single storage carousel 11a of each stage as described above, and the types of articles stored in each storage carousel 11a of each stage are particularly different. Although there is no limit, for example, article A from each tier
When picking out a total of four sets of articles A as a series product, the single storage carousel 11a of each tier is arranged so that a pinking chance can be secured from the single storage carousel 11a of the multiple tiers. Needless to say, it is preferable to control the rotation of the.

Therefore, prior to sorting (picking) in one embodiment of the article sorting method of the present invention, the storage carousel unit 11a of each stage is rotated based on the pinking command from the control device. , or an article storage section 1 that stores articles of a predetermined type to be pinked without rotating.
2a are stopped in correspondence with each opening in the article retrieval work section 13. When the single storage carousel 11a stops, based on the picking command from the control device, the takeout indicator lamp 53 of the article takeout indicator 5 at the predetermined opening to be picked in the article takeout work section 13 lights up, and the number of pieces is displayed. The lamp 51 digitally displays the number of articles A to be pinked, and the air cylinder 16 is operated to open the frontage gate 15 of a predetermined frontage. At the same time, based on the picking command from the control device, the display lamp 71 of the monitor display 7 lights up as described above, and it is displayed from which paper the article A should be picked for each stage.

Therefore, it is only necessary for the worker to arrange the goods at the frontage where the takeout indicator lamp 53 is lit and the frontage gate 15 is open. Since the pinking command follows the destination allocation data, it is possible to reliably arrange the goods according to the destination allocation data without making any mistakes.And each time the pinking is completed for each frontage, the worker presses the completion button 52. As a result, the air cylinder 16 is actuated to close the frontage gate 15 of a predetermined frontage, the display of the number display lamp 51 is cleared, and the take-out display lamp 53 is turned off. Needless to say, the closure may be carried out by the workers.Furthermore,
The picked articles A are placed on the carry-out conveyor 4.

In an embodiment of the article sorting method of the present invention, in principle, each time the article storing section 12a becomes empty by performing the above-mentioned sorting, the empty article storing section 12a
At the same time, the worker replenishes the goods A to prepare for the next assortment.

Replenishment of articles A is carried out by a worker transferring a new article A to be replenished from a predetermined opening in the article transfer work section 14 to the article storage section 12a at a predetermined opening in the article retrieval work section 13 that requires replenishment. However, when such replenishment becomes necessary (by picking, the goods storage section 12a
is empty), the frontage gate 15 of a predetermined frontage in the article retrieval work section 13 does not close even if the completion button 52 is pressed, and when the completion button 52 is pressed, the number display lamp 51 at the frontage turns to rOJ. (Instead of the completion button 52, if the worker closes the frontage gate 15, the frontage gate will be opened again when the frontage gate 15 is closed, and the number display lamp at the frontage will be displayed.) 5
1 is displayed as "0"), the number display unit 51 performs a replenishment request function other than its original take-out request display, and the supply carousel 11b starts rotating, and the specified item is removed. The conveyor section 12b stops at a predetermined opening (transfer position) in the article transfer work section 14, and then the transfer pusher 62 at the opening is activated, and the article A that needs to be replenished (transferred) is moved to the opening. At the same time, the illuminated push button 61 serving as the relocation indicator 6 at the frontage lights up. Therefore, when replenishing articles by a worker, the article A pushed out onto the fixed apron 63 at the predetermined frontage where the illuminated push button 61 in the article transfer work section 14 is lit is transferred to the frontage gate 1.
5 is open and the number display lamp 51 is displaying "O", the article may be transferred to the article storage section 12a at a predetermined opening in the article retrieval work section 13. In this way, article A
By replenishing the replenishment, the article A will be transferred based on the replenishment command from the control device, so replenishment errors can be reliably prevented.

In addition, the article 1u due to the rotation of the single supply rotary shelf 11b
It is preferable that the stopping position of the 11 feeding section 12b is above the opening in the article take-out working section 13 where replenishment is required. Also, unlike the above-mentioned control mode, the frontage gate 15 of a predetermined frontage in the article retrieval work section 13 is temporarily closed by pressing the completion button 52, and is opened again, and the number display lamp 51 at the frontage is turned on. 0'' is displayed, the single supply carousel 11b may start rotating and the article conveying section 12b may be stopped at a predetermined frontage (transfer position).

When replenishing as described above, the operator turns off the illuminated push button 61 and closes the frontage gate 15 by pressing the completion button 52 in order to cause the control device to output information on the completion of replenishment. As a result, the display of "0" on the number display lamp 51 as a replenishment request display is cleared, but if further picking is required from the same frontage, the above-mentioned case is again performed based on the picking command from the control device. Similarly, the take-out display lamp 53 of the take-out display 5 lights up, the number display lamp 51 digitally displays the number of articles A to be pinked, and the air cylinder 16 is operated to open the frontage gate 15 of a predetermined frontage. Open. Therefore, the worker only has to sort out the articles in the same way as in the case described above.

A single storage rotating shelf 11 at a certain stage is stopped as described above.
A predetermined set of articles (10 article storage sections 12
When the sorting of the goods into the container (stored in a) is completed, one indicator lamp 71 on the corresponding stage of the monitor display 7 is turned off, and
Moreover, when the assortment of the articles A and the replenishment of the articles A are completed, for each storage carousel unit 11a where this has been completed,
Rotation is started based on the picking command from the control device, and then the article storage section 12a storing the IJI article A to be picked is facing a predetermined opening in the article retrieval work section 13. Stop. Therefore, the worker only needs to arrange the articles A and replenish the articles in this opening as described above. In addition, when it is necessary to replenish the articles A, in principle, the rotation of the storage carousel 11a is started after replenishing the article A in a predetermined opening in the article retrieval work section 13, as described above. However, if there is no article of the predetermined type on the single supply carousel 12b, replenishment is skipped, other articles A are arranged first, and the predetermined type is not stored on the single supply carousel 12b. Wait for the goods to be delivered.

By repeating the above operation, the display lamps 71 of the monitor display 7 will turn off one after another, and all the display lamps 71 will turn off.
When the light goes out, the assortment of goods A at the destination (delivery destination - store) is completed.

In this way, when the assortment of articles A at the destination is completed, a picking command and the like for the next destination are again output from the control device. Therefore, by arranging the goods A and replenishing the goods A as described above based on this, it is possible to arrange the goods A of a predetermined type and in a predetermined number one after another depending on the destination.

Furthermore, in one embodiment of the article arranging method of the present invention, the article A is transferred to the single supply carousel 11b as follows.

That is, first, based on the destination distribution assortment data registered in the control device and the replenishment completion information outputted to the control device as described above, the control device sends information to, for example, multiple destinations (multiple stores). A +U person command is output collectively, and based on this, the goods are transported at the article loading section of the loading conveyor 3.
The carry-in request light of the large station lights up. Therefore,
The workers at the 111-person station randomly place the specified articles A on the carry-in conveyor 3 according to this display, and
The barcode label on the article may be read by a gun scanner, and the carry-in completion push button of the carry-in station may be pressed.

By pressing the 11 person completion push button, the article A placed on the roller conveyor 31 of the carry-in conveyor 3 is carried through the inclined conveyor 32 to the front of the pushing pusher 21 of the pushing device 2. Then, the article A that has been +U people in this way
Since the type of the product is confirmed when the barcode label is read by the gun scanner, the confirmation information is input to the control device.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned control device has a supply rotary shelf unit 11 in advance.
The receiver receives the information of the empty article 1ull feeding unit 12b in b, and based on that information, the supply carousel unit 11
A rotation command is output to b, so that the empty article conveying section 12b that needs to be newly carried in is located at the carrying position in front of the pushing button 21 of the pushing device 2.

When the empty article conveying section 12b that needs to be newly carried in stops at the carrying-in position and the control device confirms this, a carrying-in command is output from the control device, and the push button 21 is actuated by this command. , the article A in front of it is carried into the empty article conveyance section 1.2b, which is stopped at the above-mentioned conveyance position. In this embodiment, the article conveying section 12b is in a free location.

The person responsible for transporting the article A to the article transport section 12b is as follows:
This is also carried out as appropriate while the goods are being sorted.

It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and embodiment. For example, the same number of article storage sections or article conveyance sections (trays) may be attached to the single storage carousel and the supply carousel at the same intervals. Further, the storage means may be a vertical rotating shelf, a fluid shelf, a fixed shelf, or the like. Further, the supply means may be a simple conveyor. For example, a roller conveyor may be disposed near the article retrieval work section of a storage carousel consisting of a horizontal carousel, and a transfer indicator may be provided on the side of the roller conveyor.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The article sorting method and apparatus of the present invention provide a method for sorting articles while taking out articles stored in a storage means for sorting.
Since the storage means can be appropriately replenished with the articles supplied by the supply means, it is possible to efficiently and quickly arrange the articles without increasing the storage capacity of the storage means.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1, 2, and 3 are a plan view, a front view, and a side view schematically showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view schematically showing an article transfer operation section, Figures 5 and 6 are an enlarged front view and an enlarged side sectional view showing the outline of the article retrieval work section, respectively, Figure 7 is an enlarged front view showing the outline of the monitor display, and Figure 8 is the transfer. It is an enlarged front view of a display. A... Article 5... Article removal indicator (replenishment request display means) 6...
・Transfer indicator (transfer display means) 11a... Storage carousel unit (storage means) 11b... Supply carousel unit (supply means) 12a... Article storage section 12b... Article transport Departmental Procedures Amendment April 10, 1988 1, Indication of the Case Patent Application No. 1982-55531 2, Name of the Invention Method and Apparatus for Arranging Goods 3, Person Making the Amendment Relationship with the Case Patent Applicant ( 091) Hanao Co., Ltd. 4, Agent 5-6-29 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Voluntary amendment of date of amendment order (amendment within 1 year and 3 months from the filing date) 7, Contents of amendment (1) No. “Pinking” in line 7 on page 14 is “picking”
and correction. (2) "Display lamp 51" on page 19, line 8 is corrected to "display lamp 51." (3) “Illuminated push button 6” from page 20, line 20 to page 21, line 1
1" was corrected to "Press illuminated push button 61." (4) Corrected "barcode" on page 23, line 18 to "barcode". (5) On page 24, line 6, “rarely read” was corrected to “read”. (6) On page 25, line 2, “to the side skin” was corrected to “for example”. (7) On page 25, line 17, after “Moyoi.”, “Also, each time an item becomes empty, the empty item storage section is refilled with a new item, but the item ``It may be possible to replenish the amount when it falls below the standard storage amount.'' has been added. Meh Procedural amendment 1, Indication of the case Patent application No. 62-55531 2, Name of the invention Method and apparatus for arranging goods Goods Pacific Nogizaka 601-601, 6-29 Akasaka 9-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 5, Amendment order Voluntary date amendment (amendment within 1 year and 3 months from the filing date) 6, Detailed explanation of the invention subject to amendment 7, Contents of amendment (1) Page 25, line 13, “The supply means is...” "Even if there is" was amended to "Even if the supply means is a vertical rotating shelf, a simple conveyor, etc." (2) On page 25, line 14, after "for example," it says, "The storage means and the supply means are a single vertical rotating shelf equipped with a rotatably supported article storage section, and a rotatably supported article.""It may consist of a vertical rotating shelf including a single vertical rotating shelf equipped with a conveying section," added. Written amendment to the above procedure June 16, 1988 Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office Black 1) Akio Yu Tono 2. Name of the invention A method of sorting goods and its device 3. Relationship with the person making the amendment Patent applicant (091) Hana Wang Co., Ltd. 4, Agent Pacific Nogizaka 601 No. 7, 6-29 Akasaka 9-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo Contents of amendment (1) Changed "Unit 11a" on page 15, line 8 to "Single 11a"
and correction. Procedural Amendment Document January 29, 1988 Japanese Patent Application No. 1982-55531 2 Title of Invention Method of Assembling Articles and Its Apparatus 3o Relationship with the Person Who Makes the Amendment Patent Applicant (091) Kao Co., Ltd. 4 , Agent 601 Pacific Nogizaka, 9-6-29 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo Voluntary correction. 2. Claims [1] In an article sorting method for sorting a plurality of types of articles, a storage means having a plurality of article storage sections for storing articles to be sorted; supplying means for supplying articles to be transferred to the article storage section from which the articles have been taken out to the vicinity of the article storage section; A method for arranging articles, characterized in that when replenishment becomes necessary, the articles already supplied by the supplying means are transferred to the article storage section that requires replenishment of the articles in the vicinity thereof. (2) The method of arranging articles according to claim fl), wherein the storage means is a horizontal rotating shelf. (3) In an article sorting device for sorting a plurality of types of articles, a storage means having a plurality of article storage sections for storing the articles to be sorted, and the article storage section from which the articles are taken out. a supply means having an article conveying section for supplying the article to be transferred to the vicinity of the article storage section, and a replenishment request display means at a position corresponding to some or all of the article storage sections. , and a transfer display means is provided at a position corresponding to some or all of the article transport sections. (4) The storage means and the supply means consist of a carousel including a carousel with a rotatably supported article storage section and a carousel with a rotatably supported article transport part. , an article sorting device according to claim (3). (5) The article sorting device according to claim (3) or (4), wherein the replenishment request display means has a function of displaying the need for urine removal.

Claims (5)

[Claims] (1) In an article sorting method for sorting a plurality of types of articles, a storage means having a plurality of article storage sections for storing articles to be sorted, and the article storage section from which the articles are taken out. a supply means for supplying articles to be transferred to the vicinity of the article storage section, and when it becomes necessary to replenish the articles due to the articles being taken out from the article storage section for sorting, A method for arranging articles, characterized in that articles already supplied by the supplying means are transferred to the article storage section that requires replenishment of articles in the vicinity thereof. (2) The method of arranging articles according to claim (1), wherein the storage means is a horizontal rotating shelf. (3) In an article sorting device for sorting a plurality of types of articles, a storage means having a plurality of article storage sections for storing the articles to be sorted, and the article storage section from which the articles are taken out. a supply means having an article conveying section for supplying the article to be transferred to the vicinity of the article storage section, and a replenishment request display means at a position corresponding to some or all of the article storage sections. , and a transfer display means is provided at a position corresponding to some or all of the article transport sections. (4) The storage means and the supply means consist of a carousel including a carousel with a rotatably supported article storage section and a carousel with a rotatably supported article transport part. , an article sorting device according to claim (3). (5) The replenishment requesting means has a removal request display function.
An article sorting device according to claim (3) or (4).