JPS63295315A - Carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable delivery at all times, in a patient's chart carrying device, by providing branch carrying means from a main carrying means to respective stations and providing a receiving/throw-in section for stacking carrying cases at the station terminal, thereby enabling throw-in at all times except during receiving/throw-in motion. CONSTITUTION:Two rows of three carrying cases 30 can be contained on the stage 3 of a branch carrying path 22. When an address is set in order to deliver an object in No.1 case 30 from a station 50, No.2 and following cases are carried to the end at the side of carrying path 7 of the stage 3 then moved sequentially to the side of the receiving/passing side 6 of the stage 3 so as to bring No.1 case to a position where the object can be thrown in. Then No.3 case is moved to a receive/throw-in section 51 while No.2 case is moved to the side of the carrying path 7 and No.4 case is moved to the position following to that of No.2 case so as to deliver No.1 case to a main carrying path 21. With such arrangement, a patient's chart can be delivered at all times.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is applicable to medical records, slips,
The present invention relates to a transport device suitable for a system that transports various objects such as M products as objects to be transported from a command point to another destination point.

(Prior art) As a prior art related to the present invention, our company has
No. 275480 and Japanese Patent Application No. 61-239158 have already been filed. In these applications, a conveyance device is proposed in which a main conveyance means is provided in the ceiling, attic, or under the floor of a building, and the main conveyance means is equipped with a branch conveyance means for carrying in or out articles from each room. has been done. A station for loading and unloading articles is provided at the end of the branch conveying means of this conveying apparatus, and a user is configured to transfer articles to and from the apparatus at this station.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the inventions presented in these earlier applications, there is not always a transport case (transferred object) at the terminal end of the station. Therefore, for example, 'Hurry up and record the medical record,
When shipping items such as slips, there is a problem in that if there is no transport case at the end of the station, the items cannot be shipped immediately.

The present invention was made in order to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a conveying device that can ship objects to be conveyed at any time.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is provided with a receiving/loading section for accumulating usually one transport case at the end of the station, and The structure is such that the conveyed objects are always on standby so that they can be loaded, except during receiving/loading operations.

(Function) With the above-described configuration, the present invention allows, for example, one empty transport case to be always accumulated in the receiving/loading section, so that objects to be transported can be stored in the transport case at any time. It is in a condition where it can be shipped.

(Example) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The present invention is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 60-275480 and Japanese Patent Application No. 61-
239158, etc., and in this example, parts particularly related to the invention will be explained.
Others will be omitted.

FIG. 2 schematically shows the conveying device of the present invention. A storage section 3 of a transport case 30 which is formed into a circular shape and will be described later.
The main conveyance means (main conveyance path) 21 that conveys the conveyance body 31 having 0a at high speed is installed on the ceiling, attic, under the floor, etc. in a building.

From the main conveyance path 21, a plurality of branch conveyance means (branch The transport path) 22 is branched.

The carrier 31 has a plurality of wheels 32 as shown in FIG.
The two guide rails 3 are connected via the support member 33 with
4 so that it can run freely. Further, the transport of the transport body 31 is carried out by a secondary conductor (reaction rate) 35 provided on the transport body 32 side and a primary conductor (thrust applying means) provided at a predetermined interval on the main transport path 21 side. Stator 3
This is done using a linear motor 37 consisting of 6. Soshi℃
, the stator 36 is energized and driven by a power supply device (not shown) to apply a time-varying magnetic flux to the secondary conductor 35, and this change generates a constant propulsive force or reverse propulsive force in the secondary conductor 35. The transport body 31 is run and stopped.

Further, a casing 38 covers the main conveyance path 21. This casing 38 consists of a lower case 21a and an upper case 21b which is detachable from the lower case 21a so that inspection and maintenance can be easily performed.

Further, the transport case 30 has a main body 4 as shown in FIG.
0 and the elastic member is pivoted by the hinge portion 41. It is configured to include a lid body 42 that can be opened and closed. This transport case 3o stores objects to be transported, such as medical records, slips, Ringer's blood, etc., in the main body 40, and is designed to be locked when the lid 42 is closed. , it can be opened by hand and the transported object can be taken out.

Next, for example, a branch conveyance path 22 installed in a room on the first floor.
The station 5o at the terminal end will be explained in detail. A perspective view showing the appearance of this station 50 is shown in FIG. The station 50 is provided at the end of the branch conveyance path 22 which is arranged along the wall surface from the upper floor, presents the conveyance cases 30, and has a receiving station where the conveyance cases 30 are usually accumulated.
an input section 51, an operation section 53 which is provided in the middle of the branched conveyance path 22 and has an operation panel 52 that is sloped for easy viewing and controls the conveyance case, an audio device 65 that emits an arrival sound, etc., and the above-mentioned conveyance The device includes an opening/closing detection section (not shown) that detects whether the lid of the case 30 is opened or closed.

As shown in FIG. 6, approximately in the center of the operation panel 52 is a display screen 6 on which the name of each destination and the name of the shipping station are displayed when the transport case 30 is shipped and when it arrives.
There is 1. The arrow 66 in the figure is set according to the number of transport cases 30 to be accumulated in the stage 3, which will be described later. It shows that it is moving within 3. In addition, the destination input during operation is performed on the display screen 6.
1 is entered using the numeric keypad 62 located on the right side of 1. When the number is input, the destination name is displayed. Also, numeric keypad 6
When the start key No. 2 is pressed, transportation of the transportation case 30 is started. Further, above the numeric keypad 62, there is an indicator light 63 made of a light emitting element such as a light emitting diode, which indicates arrival, operation, or abnormality by lighting the light emitting element. There is an emergency stop button 64 on the left side of the display screen 61 to stop the operation of the transport device due to an abnormality, danger, etc., and below this emergency stop button 64 there is an audio device 65 that notifies arrival etc. with sound.

As shown in FIG. 1, the portion where the main conveyance path 21 and the branch conveyance path 22 diverge each has a stator 36 of a near motor 37, and the conveyance body 31 can be stopped as necessary. It is a body stop part 1, and
Transfer means 2 for transferring the transport case 30 are provided corresponding to these transport body stop parts 1, respectively.

Then, the transfer operation of the transport case 30 containing the transported object between the main transport path 21 and the branch transport path 22 or the empty transport case 30 from which the transported object has been removed is automatically performed. .

Further, the branch conveyance path 22 receives the conveyance case 30 that has been conveyed from the main conveyance path 21 opposite to the conveyance body stop part IK, and also stores the object to be conveyed in the empty conveyance case 30. A receiving/input section 51 for transporting the paper to the branch transport path 22 is provided at the end of the branch transport path 22.

On the main transport path 21 side of the branch transport path 22, there is a stage 3 that can accommodate three transport cases 30 in two rows, that is, a total of six transport cases 30.
The stage 3 is configured such that the transport cases 30 can be temporarily accumulated on the stage 3.

Furthermore, pushing means 4 are arranged on both sides of the stage 3, and push the transport case 30 transported from the main transport path 21 to the receiving/throwing section 51 side. Further, the transport case 30 containing the transported object sent through the main transport path 21 is transferred to the receiving/throwing unit 5.
1, the new transport case 30 inserted from the receiving/inserting section 51 can be sent to the main transport path 21 side.

1. The receiving/loading section 51 at the terminal end of the station 50 is located at the upper part, and has an opening 5 provided for taking out objects to be transported in the transport case 30, and this opening 5.
Presentation means (presenting lateral pressure of the transport case 30 to the user)
(not shown). In addition, the above-mentioned receiving/inserting section 51 usually includes (this receiving/inserting section 51 and
(Excluding when the transport case 30 is exchanged between the stage 3 and the stage 3), one transport case 30 is accumulated.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the control system.

CPU71-1.71-2...71- which is a detection means
n is station 72-1, 72-2, 72- set on the floor of each medical department such as medical record room, internal medicine, pediatrics, etc.
Group management of the branch conveyance path 22 communicating with nK, thrust applying means, and detection of the number of arrived conveyance cases 300 existing on the branch conveyance path 22 are performed. CP073! ! , the linear motor 37 is stopped at a fixed position by frequency control.

The CPUs 74-1 to 74-m control the speed of the conveyance body 31, and cause the conveyance body 31 to run in the direction indicated by the arrow on the main conveyance path. In addition, the indakunyong motor 75 connected to the CPU 73 includes CPUs 74-1 to 74-mKCPU 7 so that the carrier 31 can be easily stopped.
6-1 to 76-m are attached. This CPU 7
6-1 to 76-m are stop inductor motors 7
Transport case 3 from the transport body stopped at 7-1 to 77-m
0 to the receiving/loading section 51 of the branch conveyance path 22, and controls the loading, conveyance/accumulation, etc. Further, the central control section 78 is connected to a central distribution board 79 to control the entire device. The central control unit 78 includes a royal system phloem 8 which will be described later.
0, a sub-control section 81, a monitoring panel 82, and an optical fiber 83. Above, the main side part 78 is the above monitoring panel 8
21C is connected to control the transport on the main transport path 21 and the delivery/receipt to the branch transport path 22. The above sub-control unit 8
1 (Ding, connected to the above-mentioned royal system phloem 80, branch conveyance path 22
The optical fiber 83 stops the delivery/reception of the carrier 31 to the station 50 due to an abnormal signal such as a failure or accident, and causes the optical fiber 83 to transport the carrier 31 back to the sender.
It is connected to each of the stations 72-1 to 72-n, and optically detects whether or not there is an abnormality in each of the stations 72-1 to 72-n. When this optical fiber 83 detects an abnormality in the station 50, it transmits an abnormality signal to the sub-control unit 81.

Next, the flow of the transport case in the present invention based on the above configuration will be explained with reference to FIG. 8.9. Figure 8fa
) to (C) are, for example, when station A shown in FIG. 5 ships another station BKm shipping case 30, and FIG. This figure shows the flow of each transport case 30 at station A when transport cases shipped from another station B are received. This flow is controlled by the control system shown in FIG.

A case will be described in which the transport case 30 on floor 1 in which objects to be transported at station AK are stored is transported to station B. First, when the transport case 30 containing ml to be shipped is loaded and the destination is set on the operation panel 52 of station A, the transport case 1 m 2.1 J that does not contain the transported object.
13 to the end of the conveyance path 7 side of the stage 3 (the eighth
(see figure fa)).

Then, using six stages, the above Nn2. The Nn3 transport cases 30 are sequentially moved to the receiving/transfer section 6 side of the stage 3, and the transport path 7 side of the stage 3 is moved to the above-mentioned positive 1.
The fire is brought to a state where the transport case 30 can be inserted.

Therefore, the transport case 30 of positive 4 is connected to the transport body stop part IKCPU73 of the target station A50 on the main transport path 21.
It is stopped by frequency control.

The case 30 for transporting the koji 3 is sent to the receiving/inputting section 51 by the driving of the receiving/transferring section 6 of the stage 3, and the transporting case 30 for positive 2 is placed on the stage 3 at the terminal end on the side of the receiving/transferring section 66. (See FIG. 8(b)).

Therefore, the transport case 30 on the floor 4, which is stopped at the transport body stop section IK of the main transport path 21, is sent to the receiving/delivery section 6 by driving the transfer means 2 under the control of the CPU 76. Then, by driving the receiving/delivering section 6 side, positive 4
The transport case 30 on the floor 1 is replaced with the transport case 30 on the floor 1, and is supplied to the trap on the stage 3 on the receiving/transfer section 6 side (
Figure 8 (see C1). The transport case 30 on floor 1 is transported to the destination station B by the drive of the motor 80.Next, the case where station A receives the Nn4 transport case 30 sent from another station B will be explained. . The Nn1 transport cases 30 accommodated in the transport body 31 arrive at the target transport body stop section 1 of the branch transport path 22 under the control of the CPU 75. “Depending on this arrival, the (
(See Figure 9(a)). Then, p
The transport cases 30 of tb 1 are unloaded to a temporary accumulation section (not shown) near the receiving/transfer section 6 under the control of the CPU 76. Therefore, the conveying case 4 of N1112°13.14 to be shipped is moved upward by driving a belt (not shown) on the conveying path 7. The transport case 30 on the floor 12 is loaded into the storage section 30aK of the transport body 31 under the control of the CPU 77, and at the same time, the transport case 30 on the floor 12 is transported to the destination station. (See Figure 9 tb)). Thereafter, the unloaded N+11 transport cases 30 move along the transport path 7 from the temporary accumulation section and arrive at the receiving/throwing section 51. (See Figure 89 (C)).

In this way, one transport case 30 is normally accumulated in the receiving/loading section 51.Next, the operation of the station 50 will be explained in detail. The destination of the transport case 30 that has been transported through the main transport path 21 and the branch transport path 22 is displayed, and the audio device 65 emits an arrival sound. Further, the transport case 30 is displayed on the user side. The user takes out the contents of the transport case 30 and leaves the transport case 30 empty in the receiving/loading section 51.

At the time of shipping, one transport case 30 is normally placed in an empty, face-down position in the receiving/loading section 51, so that at any time, the object to be transported can be placed in the transport case 30 and the destination displayed on the front.
After checking, if you are satisfied, press the start key. When this start key is pressed, an open/close detector (not shown) detects the open/closed state of the lid 42 of the transport case 30, and if the lid 42 is closed.

Branch conveyance path 22. It is conveyed to the destination station 50 via the main conveyance path 21 .

As explained above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to accumulate one transport case 3° in the receiving/loading section 51.
Therefore, since the item to be transported can be placed inside the 3° transport case and shipped at any time, the user can:
The object to be transported can be immediately put into the transport case 3o and shipped.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the receiving/inserting unit is always on standby in a state where it is possible to input objects to be transported, so that objects to be transported can be shipped immediately at any time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the vicinity of a station which is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a conveyance system to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the main conveyance path. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a transport case that stores objects to be transported, FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing the appearance of the station 7, and FIG. 6 is an example of an operation panel. The front view shown in Fig. 7 is a system block diagram showing the main parts of the entire control system, Fig. 8.
Figures (a) to (C) show the station 7 in Figure 5.
FIGS. 9(a) to 9(C) are perspective views showing the flow of the transport case at the time of departure, and FIGS. 30...Transportation case, 50...Station, 51...Receiving/loading section. Agent Patent Attorney Nori Ken Chika Yudo Yamashita - Jump Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A main transport means for transporting an object; and a direction in which the object transported by this main transport means is branched from the main transport means at a predetermined position, and in a direction different from the transport direction of the main transport means. a branch conveying means for conveying the conveyed object in one line; a station provided at the terminal end of the branch conveyed object for delivering and receiving the conveyed object; and a station provided at the terminal end of this station for receiving/receiving the conveyed object. A transport device comprising: a receiving/throwing section that is always on standby in a state where the object to be transported can be thrown in except during the feeding operation. (2) The conveyance device according to claim 1, wherein the object to be conveyed is conveyed through the main conveyance means branch conveyance means by means of a conveyance case.