KR101956713B1 - Tower type arranging article storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tower type article aligning storage device, and more specifically, to a tower type article aligning storage device, which stores various articles such as a product, a storage box storing products or a plant cultivation box in which plants grow, thereby improving use of a space in accordance with storage of each article and being possible to take out aligned and stored articles or identify a storage state.

Description

[0001] Tower type arranging article storage device [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus, and more particularly, to a tower type article sorting and storing apparatus which stores various articles such as a product, a storage box for storing products, The present invention relates to a tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus capable of checking the pull-out state or the storage state of the articles stored in the array while improving the space utilization according to the storage of the articles.

Generally, when a large number of products produced in the production line are stored in the storage unit, they are stored in a designated location by the kind and characteristics of the items, and the stored positions are integrated.

This is to allow the user to easily locate the item when the desired item is to be found later in the stack.

In order to store such articles in a storage space, it is necessary to move the articles from the production line to the article storage. Conventionally, the operator manually carries the articles so that the articles are manually classified and loaded on the storage tray, The operator operates the transportation vehicle to load the articles, confirms the storage position of the articles, and loads the articles using the lift apparatus.

However, in the related art, the operator operates the lifting device to load the articles at the designated positions, and checks the corresponding positions specified for each of the plurality of articles to load the articles.

Particularly, when there are many types of articles or a long working time, there is a problem that such errors occur more frequently.

In order to solve such a problem, various automatic goods storing apparatuses have conventionally been proposed.

For example, in Korean Patent Registration No. 0890899, various panels produced are automatically stacked to facilitate movement and storage, so that the number of workers can be greatly reduced or unmanned, the panels can be stacked alternately according to the shape of the panels, And a stacking height of the stacking unit is always maintained at a constant height.

Korean Patent Registration No. 0973460 discloses a drum automatic transfer device that rotates a drum transferred to a conveyer on a turntable and transfers the drum to a front, rear, and right side through a crane.

Utilizing these devices has the advantage that it is possible to automatically align produced items.

However, since the devices are arranged in a horizontal plane state or stacked on a plane, the devices have a limitation in securing a large-area space in order to load many items.

KR 10-1713057 B1 KR 10-1993-0009895 A KR 20-0252557 Y1

The object of the present invention, which is devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, is to store various products such as a product, a storage box containing products, or a plant cultivation box grown by plants in a vertically aligned state, It is possible to check the withdrawal and storage state of the articles stored in the array while improving the space utilization according to the storage,

In particular, it is possible to prevent the phenomenon that the apparatus is tilted or the load of the apparatus is excessively increased due to the center of gravity of the apparatus being disturbed by the load of the aligned and stored articles as the articles are biased to one side,

In addition, it is another object of the present invention to provide a tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus for vertically aligning articles stored in a vertically aligned space to maintain a horizontal state at all times to form a stable article storage state without dropping or damaging the articles.

The above object is achieved by the following constitutions provided in the present invention.

The tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus according to the present invention comprises:

A vertical frame formed upright on the ground; A drive sprocket unit and a driven sprocket unit spaced apart from each other on the vertical frame; And a conveying chain that is sandwiched between the drive sprocket unit and the driven sprocket unit and moves in the linear direction along a straight conveying section and a curved conveying section formed outside the vertical frame by forward and reverse drive of the drive sprocket unit, Wow,

The vertical conveying unit is vertically and vertically arranged on both sides of the vertical conveyor unit by forward and backward movement of the conveying chain, And a tray portion for aligning and storing the articles to be vertically stacked,
And a control unit for moving the vertical conveyor unit in a forward direction or a reverse direction to select a right and left vertical stacking space when stacking and discharging articles,
The vertical stacking space formed in one of the vertically stacking spaces is alternately stored in the vertically stacking space formed in one of the vertically stacking spaces according to the order of the inserted articles,
When the articles stored in the vertical stacking spaces are discharged, when the articles are discharged in the vertical stacking space formed on one side, the articles stacked in the vertical stacking spaces formed on the other side are discharged,
Wherein the vertically stacked space formed on one side of the vertical conveyor portion and the vertically stacked space formed on the other side are formed so that the weight of the stacked articles is equalized,
A load cell for measuring the weight of the article is provided on the article supply unit for loading the article on the tray member,
Wherein the control unit is configured to recognize whether the contents stored in the weight of the article measured through the load cell is stored in a predetermined amount,
When the measured weight value maintains the set value, normal loading is performed. If the measured weight value is out of the set value,
A stopper groove is formed in the driven sprocket unit and a stopper for physically braking the rotation of the driven sprocket unit is disposed so that the transport chain in which the tray units are assembled is physically forcibly braked .

Preferably, the tray unit includes: a superficial arm formed to protrude outward of the transport chain; A tray member forming a loading space for the article; And a connection arm which is formed upright on the tray member and connects the transaxle and the tray member by a hinge structure to maintain the tray member in a horizontal position.

More preferably, the transport chain is constituted by an annular assembly in which a plurality of chain cells are connected via connection pins,

A chain guide having a linear guiding section and a curved guiding section is disposed on both sides of the conveying chain, and the chain cells of the conveying chain are supported on the outer wall of the chain guide to move along a fixed trajectory.

The chain chains constituting the transport chain are arc-shaped, and the movement radius is minimized in the process of passing through the curved guide section formed in the chain guide.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus for vertically aligning and storing various articles such as a storage box in which products are housed and a plant-grown article grown by plants in a vertically aligned space formed on both sides of a vertical conveyor I am proposing.

In this way, when the articles are vertically aligned without being horizontally aligned, space utilization due to storage of the articles is improved, and in particular, the articles are aligned in vertical alignment spaces formed on both sides of the vertical conveyor, thereby maximizing space utilization .

In the present invention, the tray portion for loading the article is configured such that the tray member is always kept horizontal by its own weight, so that the tray portion on which the article is placed passes through the curved conveyance portion and is formed on the other side Or may be moved to a vertically aligned space formed at one side in the vertically aligned space formed at the other side.

Accordingly, the vertical conveyor can change the position of the tray unit under the control of the controller to adjust the weight of the articles placed in the vertical alignment space formed on one side and the other side equally.

Thus, the present invention has the problem that the article is biased in either direction, that is, the vertical center conveyor is displaced in one direction by the weight of the vertically aligned article, or the transfer chain and the drive sprocket unit are subjected to an excessive load The developing phenomenon can be suppressed, so that it is stable in terms of device.

Figs. 1 and 2 show the overall configuration of a tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus proposed as a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
Fig. 3 shows a detailed configuration of the tray unit in the tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus proposed in the preferred embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the 'A' portion in FIG. 2,
FIG. 5 is a view showing the arrangement and operation state of the chain guide and the tray guide in the tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus proposed in the preferred embodiment of the present invention,
6 is a view showing movement and alignment of the tray unit according to the storage order of the articles through the tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus proposed in the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the overall configuration of a tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus proposed as a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows a tower type sorting and sorting apparatus proposed as a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the 'A' portion in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the tower type article sorting and storing apparatus proposed in the preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a view showing the movement and alignment state of the tray unit according to the storage order of the articles through the tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus proposed in the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus 1 proposed as a preferred embodiment in the present invention is a sorting apparatus for sorting and storing various articles such as automobile parts and various items such as a storage box in which products are stored, And stores them in an aligned state.

1 and 2, the tower-type article sorting and storing apparatus 1 comprises: a vertical frame 11 formed upright on the ground; A drive sprocket unit (12) and a driven sprocket unit (13) arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other on the vertical frame (11); And a linear conveying section L formed on the outer side of the vertical frame 11 by forward and backward driving of the drive sprocket unit 12 and between the linear conveying section L and the curved conveying section 12, (10) including a conveying chain (14) moving in the forward and reverse directions along the conveying path (C) and equally spaced in the conveying chain (14) constituting the vertical conveying part (10) And a plurality of tray units 20 for storing and storing the articles required by the user.

The forward and reverse motors 12a are directly or indirectly connected to the drive sprocket unit 12 of the vertical conveyor unit 20 so that the conveying chain 14 driven by the forward and reverse motors 12a, In a forward or backward direction.

4B, for the purpose of forcibly braking the drive sprocket unit 12, the driven sprocket unit 13 and the transfer chain 14 constituting the vertical conveyor unit 10 in this embodiment, A stopper groove 13a is formed in the unit 13 and a stopper 13b which enters the stopping groove 13a at one side of the driven sprocket unit 13 and physically brakes the rotation of the driven sprocket unit 13, So as to physically brakes the conveyance chain 14 on which the tray portions 20 are assembled.

In the vertical conveyor part 10, vertical loading spaces LS and RS for aligning and storing the articles placed on the respective tray parts 20 up and down are formed respectively on one and the other sides of the vertical conveyor part 10, The parts 20 are horizontally divided into vertical loading spaces LS and RS formed on both right and left sides of the vertical conveyor unit 10 to minimize the use space for loading the articles placed on each tray unit 20.

That is, the tower-type product sorting and storing apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes vertically stacking spaces LS and RS formed on the left and right sides of the vertical conveyor unit 10 to form tray units 20 on which the articles are placed, By locating the vertical loading spaces (LS, RS) in a divided manner, space utilization due to stacking of the articles is maximized.

1 to 3, the conveyance chain 14 is constituted by an annular assembly in which a plurality of chain cells 14a are connected via a connection pin 14b. On both right and left sides of the conveyance chain 14, And a chain guide 15 having a "C" -shaped section in which a straight guide section 15a and a curved guide section 15b are formed.

The chain cells 14a constituting the transport chain 14 are guided by the chain guide 15 formed by alternating the linear guiding section 15a and the curved guiding section 15b by normal and reverse rotation of the drive sprocket unit 12, And moves along a fixed trajectory.

By restricting the movement locus of the chain cells 14a constituting the transport chain 14 through the chain guide 15 as described above, the chain cells 14a constituting the transport chain 14 are transported to the tray unit 20 A phenomenon of deformation or departure due to the load of the placed articles can be prevented.

Particularly, in the present embodiment, the chain cells 14a constituting the conveying chain 14 are formed into an arc shape bent in a " The width of the vertical conveyor part 10 including the curved guide section 15b is minimized by minimizing the radius of the curved guide section 15b.

The tray unit 20, which is disposed at equal intervals on the transport chain 14 and seats the product, includes a superstructure 21 formed to protrude outwardly of the transport chain 14 as shown in FIG. 3; A tray member (23) forming a loading space for the article; And a connecting arm 22 which is formed upright on the tray member and connects the transverse arm 21 and the tray member 23 by a link structure so that the tray member 23 is kept horizontal.

The transverse chain 21 is horizontally symmetrical on both right and left sides of the transfer chain 14 and the connection arm 22 is formed on both sides of the center of the tray 23 in a standing manner.

The upper end of the connecting arm 22 and the end of the upper arm 21 are connected to each other by a hinge shaft H so that the tray member 23 is always rotatable about a hinge axis (H).

That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the tray member 23 on which the article is placed forms a horizontal state at the lower portion of the superficial rock 21 due to its own weight even when the linear movement section L is moved, Even when the section C is moved, the horizontal state is maintained in the lower portion of the superficial can 21 by its own weight.

Therefore, the article placed on the tray member 23 of each of the tray units 20 is always placed horizontally on the lower portion of the giant arm 21 regardless of whether the linear movement section L is moved or the curved movement section C is moved, So that the phenomenon that the article or the contents stored in the article are turned upside down can be prevented.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, a tray having a "C" -shaped cross section in which a linear guide section 24a and a curved guide section 24b are formed on both sides of the outside of the vertical conveyor section 10, Guides 24 are arranged.

Therefore, the hinge shaft H constituting the tray unit 20 enters the tray guide 24 and moves in a regularized trajectory, so that the fixed movement of the tray unit 20 formed on the outer side of the transport chain 14 .

2 and 6, when the article is seated on the tray member 23 of the tray unit 20 located in the loading space S1 of the tray units 20, As shown in the figure, the transport chain 14 is moved forward or backward by the control of the control unit 50 to place the tray unit 20 on which the articles are placed in the vertically stacking spaces LS and RS.

When another tray 20 is placed in the loading space S1, another article is placed on the tray 23 of the tray 20 located in the loading space S1, The conveyor unit 10 moves the conveying chain 14 in the forward or reverse direction under the control of the controller 50 to place the tray unit 20 on which the articles are placed in the vertical loading spaces LS and RS.

When the above process is repeatedly performed, each of the tray units 20 is vertically spaced from the vertical stacking spaces LS and RS formed on both the left and right sides of the vertical conveyor unit 10 in a state where the articles are seated, The articles placed on the respective tray units 20 are vertically stacked and stored in the vertical stacking spaces LS and RS formed on the left and right sides of the vertical conveyor 10.

Particularly, in the present invention, the vertical conveyor part 10 is formed on one side of the tray part 20 provided on the conveying chain 14 under the control of the controller 50, Is placed in the vertical stacking space (LS), and is placed in the vertical stacking space (RS) formed on the other side when the article is loaded on another tray portion (20).

That is, the vertical conveyor unit 10 is arranged to alternately align the vertical loading space LS formed on one side and the vertical loading space RS formed on the other side according to the order of the articles inserted by the control of the controller 50 Thereby eliminating the problem that the articles are piled up in one of the vertically stacked spaces.

When the articles are discharged in the vertically stacked space LS formed in one of the vertically stacked spaces LS and RS in the discharging process of the stored articles, The vertical loading space LS formed on one side of the vertical conveyor unit 10 and the vertical loading space RS formed on the other side of the vertical conveyor unit 10, .

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a tray unit 20 of N10 to N10 is formed on one side of the vertical conveyor unit 10, and a tray unit 20 of N11 to N20 When the first tray unit 20 is positioned in the supply section and the article is supplied in the case where the tray unit 20 is positioned, the tray unit 20 is placed in the supply section for the next time, Next, when the two trays are positioned in the supply section and the articles are supplied, the next 12 trays are positioned in the supply section to supply the articles.

With this construction, the articles placed in the vertical stacking space LS formed on one side of the vertical conveyor unit 10 and the vertical stacking space RS formed on the other side maintain balance of weight, and as a result, The center of gravity of the apparatus can be disturbed as it is biased in the space LS or the vertical vertical loading space RS, or the overload of the apparatus due to the load of the biased article can be suppressed.

2 and 6, in the loading space S1 formed on one side of the vertical conveyor unit 10, the tray member 20 of the tray unit 20 formed on the inner side is provided with the article And an article discharge unit 40 for discharging the articles stacked on the tray unit 20 is disposed in the discharge space S2 formed on the other side of the vertical conveyor unit 10 .

The article supply unit 30 is configured such that a gripper 32 is disposed at the tip of the supply rod 31 to grip the article placed in the loading space S1 through the gripper 32, (31) pushes the article to the tray member (23) of the tray section (20).

The article discharge unit 40 includes a gripper 42 formed at the front end of the discharge rod 41 to allow the article of the tray unit 20 located in the discharge space S2 to be pushed through the gripper 42 After gripping, the article placed on the tray member 20 is pulled out to the discharge section.

Therefore, in the present invention, the supply process of the article requiring storage by the article supply unit 30 and the discharge process of discharging the stored article by the article discharge unit 40 are automatically accomplished.

Particularly, in this embodiment, the load cell 33 for measuring the weight of the article is disposed in the article supply unit 30, and the control unit 50 controls the weight of the article stored in the article through the weight value of the article measured through the load cell 33 And whether or not the contents are stored in a quantitative manner.

For example, when the weight value measured through the load cell 33 maintains the set value, the control unit 50 drives the article supply unit 30 to put the article into the tray unit 20 located in the loading space S1, And performs the loading process.

However, if the weight value measured through the load cell 33 is kept below the predetermined value, the controller 50 recognizes that the contents are not normally stored, and the controller 50 drives the article supply unit 30 to start the loading section The operator notifies the surrounding worker of the fact that the article is not put into the tray unit 20 which is located at the position S1.

Therefore, the present invention can prevent the article, which is abnormally stored in the loading process, from being supplied to the tray unit 20 and being stacked in the vertical loading space.

1. Tower type sorting storage device
10. Vertical conveyor section 11. Vertical frame
12. Drive sprocket unit 12a. A rectifier motor
13. Follower sprocket unit 13a. Stopping Home
13b. stopper
14. Transfer chain
14a. Chain cell 14b. Connecting pin
15. Chain guide 15a. Straight guide section
15b. Curve guidance section
20. Tray section
22. Connection arm 23. Tray member
24. Tray guides
24a. Straight guiding section 24b. Curve guidance section
30. Supplying unit 31. Supplying rod
32. Gripper 33. Load cell
40. Goods discharge section 41. Discharge load
42. Gripper
50. The control unit
S1. Loading space S2. Discharge space
L. Line feed section C. Curve feed section
LS, RS. Vertical loading space H. Hinge

Claims (4)

A vertical frame formed upright on the ground; A drive sprocket unit and a driven sprocket unit spaced apart from each other on the vertical frame; And a conveying chain that is sandwiched between the drive sprocket unit and the driven sprocket unit and moves in a linear direction along a straight conveying section and a curved conveying section formed outside the vertical frame by forward and reverse drive of the drive sprocket unit, Wow,
The vertical conveying unit is vertically and vertically arranged on both sides of the vertical conveyor unit by forward and backward movement of the conveying chain, And a tray portion for aligning and storing the articles to be vertically stacked,
And a control unit for moving the vertical conveyor unit in a forward direction or a reverse direction to select a right and left vertical stacking space when stacking and discharging articles,
The vertical stacking space formed in one of the vertically stacking spaces is alternately stored in the vertically stacking space formed in one of the vertically stacking spaces according to the order of the inserted articles,
When the articles stored in the vertical stacking spaces are discharged, when the articles are discharged in the vertical stacking space formed on one side, the articles stacked in the vertical stacking spaces formed on the other side are discharged,
Wherein the vertically stacked space formed on one side of the vertical conveyor portion and the vertically stacked space formed on the other side are formed so that the weight of the stacked articles is equalized,
A load cell for measuring the weight of the article is provided on the article supply unit for loading the article on the tray member,
Wherein the control unit is configured to recognize whether the contents stored in the weight of the article measured through the load cell is stored in a predetermined amount,
When the measured weight value maintains the set value, normal loading is performed. If the measured weight value is out of the set value,
A stopper groove is formed in the driven sprocket unit and a stopper for physically braking the rotation of the driven sprocket unit is disposed so that the transport chain in which the tray units are assembled is physically forcibly braked Wherein the tower-type article alignment storage device is characterized in that the tower- [2] The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tray unit comprises: an overhanging protrusion formed to protrude outward of the conveying chain; A tray member forming a loading space for the article; And a connection arm which is formed upright on the tray member and connects the transaxle and the tray member by a hinge structure to maintain the tray member in a horizontal position. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transport chain comprises an annular assembly having a plurality of chain cells connected through a connecting pin,
Wherein a chain guide having a straight guide section and a curved guide section is disposed on both left and right sides of the transport chain and the chain cells of the transport chain are supported on the outer wall of the chain guide to move along a fixed trajectory. Storage arrangements of articles. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the chain cells constituting the transport chain are arc-shaped and configured so that a moving radius is minimized in a process of passing through a curved guide section formed in the chain guide.

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