TWI786918B - Transportation system - Google Patents

Abstract

A transportation system includes a carrier device, a lifting mechanism, a shelf and a plurality of telescopic mechanisms. The carrier device has a top side. The lifting mechanism is movably disposed on the carrier device so as to be adapted for being stored in the carrier device or rising from the top side. The shelf is adapted for being combined with the lifting mechanism. The telescopic mechanism is disposed around the shelf and each of the telescopic mechanism has a plurality of positioning columns. When the carrier device is under the shelf and the lifting mechanism is raised above the top side from the carrier device, the lifting mechanism pushes a part of the positioning columns to shorten and lift the shelf, and the lifting mechanism is located in the range surrounded by the rest of the positioning columns to fix the relative position between the carrier device and the shelf. When the lifting mechanism is lowered from the top side into the carrier device, the lifting mechanism is separated from the positioning columns to extend the pushed part of the positioning columns, and the carrier device is adapted for moving out from the shelf.

Description

Transportation System

The present invention relates to a transport system, and in particular to a transport system for handling goods.

Machinery can increase production capacity through continuous production without stopping for 24 hours. In addition, replacing manpower with machinery can also reduce labor expenditure and reduce costs. Among them, whether it is raw materials or processed products, there is a transportation demand. Importing machinery for transportation is obviously more helpful to increase production and reduce costs. However, the existing transportation system cannot provide stable transportation for items.

The present invention provides a transportation system which has excellent transportation stability.

A transportation system of the present invention includes a transport device, a lifting mechanism, a shelf and a plurality of telescopic mechanisms. The handling device has a top side. The lifting mechanism is movably arranged on the conveying device so as to be accommodated in the conveying device or lifted above the top side. The shelf is adapted to be combined with a lifting mechanism. These telescopic mechanisms are arranged around the shelf, and each telescopic mechanism has a plurality of telescopic positioning columns. When the carrier is under the shelf and the lift mechanism is raised from the carrier above the top side, the lift mechanism pushes these positioning posts on the top part to shorten and lift the shelf, and the lift mechanism is located on the rest of these positioning posts Within the surrounding range, the relative position between the handling device and the shelf is fixed. When the lifting mechanism is lowered from the top side into the handling device, the lifting mechanism is separated from these positioning columns to make the pushed part of the positioning column elongate. , and the handling device is suitable for removal from under the rack.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above telescopic mechanisms are equally divided and arranged in a ring shape on the shelf.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned positioning columns are arranged around a plurality of different pitch circle diameters.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the alignment directions of the positioning posts of the telescopic mechanisms mentioned above intersect at a central point.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the moving stroke of the lifting mechanism is greater than the distance from the top side to the shelf.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned distance between the top side and the shelf is greater than the distance between the top side and the positioning column.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the telescopic mechanism includes a housing, multiple springs, and multiple slide slots. The casing is arranged on the shelf. These springs are arranged in the housing. These chute slots are opposite to the corresponding springs, and the positioning posts are respectively slid in the corresponding chute slots.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned housing has a plurality of limiting slots. These positioning columns respectively include a limiting column. The limit column is slidably arranged in the limit groove.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned shelf includes a rack body, a bearing seat and a plurality of legs. The bearing seat is arranged on the frame body. These telescopic mechanisms are arranged around the bearing seat. These legs are connected to the frame body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned conveying device includes a body, a processing unit, and a plurality of wheels. The body has a top side. The lifting mechanism is movably arranged on the body. The processing unit is arranged in the body. The wheels are disposed on the body, and the wheels are electrically coupled to the processing unit.

Based on the above, in the transportation system of the present invention, when the handling device is located under the shelf, and the lifting mechanism rises above the top side from the inside of the handling device, the lifting mechanism pushes the positioning column of the top part to shorten it and lift the shelf. And the lifting mechanism is located within the range surrounded by the rest of these positioning columns to fix the relative position between the handling device and the shelf, so that when the handling device transports the shelf and the items loaded on the shelf, the shelf can be avoided. When the lifting mechanism is lowered from the top side into the handling device, the lifting mechanism is separated from these positioning columns so that the pushed part of the positioning columns is extended, and the handling device is suitable for moving out from under the shelf.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail together with the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a transportation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the transportation system of Fig. 1 in another state. FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of the transportation system of FIG. 1 . FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the telescoping mechanism in FIG. 1 . Please refer to Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, the transportation system 100 of this embodiment includes a handling device 110, a lifting mechanism 120, a shelf 130 and a plurality of telescopic mechanisms 140, wherein the handling device 110 can be manually Manual control, remote control, or an automated robot with various sensors, the present invention is not limited, it depends on the needs.

The handling device 110 has a top side 111 . The lifting mechanism 120 is movably disposed on the conveying device 110 , so that the lifting mechanism 120 is adapted to be accommodated in the conveying device 110 or lifted (or protruded) above the top side 111 of the conveying device 110 . The shelf 130 is adapted to be combined with the lifting mechanism 120 . The telescopic mechanisms 140 are disposed around the shelf 130 , and each of the telescopic mechanisms 140 has a plurality of telescopic positioning columns 141 .

As shown in Figure 1, when the handling device 110 is moved to be positioned under the shelf 130, and the lifting mechanism 120 rises above the top side 111 from the inside of the handling device 110, the lifting mechanism 120 pushes the positioning column 141 of the top part and makes the It shortens the lifting mechanism 120 and lifts the shelf 130 , and the lifting mechanism 120 is located within the range surrounded by the rest of the positioning columns 141 to fix the relative position between the transport device 110 and the shelf 130 . In other words, the shortened positioning column 141 that is not pushed by the lifting mechanism 120 surrounds the edge of the lifting mechanism 120 to fix the position of the shelf 130 on the horizontal plane without a large horizontal slide from the lifting mechanism 120 , offset, which can avoid the horizontal sliding and offset of the shelf 130 on the lifting mechanism 120 when the handling device 110 starts, emergency stops or goes up and down slopes, which helps to increase the stability of the transportation system 100 when transporting items .

As shown in Figure 2, when the elevating mechanism 120 descends into the conveying device 110 from the top side 111, the elevating mechanism 120 is separated from these positioning columns 141, so that the pushed part of the positioning columns 141 is elongated (that is, returns to the position that has not been pushed). The original length when pushing out), and the handling device 110 is suitable for moving out from under the shelf 130. Then, the transport device 110 can perform the next transport task.

5 to 7 illustrate the actual use of the transportation system in FIG. 1 . Please refer to FIG. 5 , when the handling device 110 moves to the right under the shelf 130 , please refer to FIG. 6 . When the handling device 110 moves under the shelf 130 , it deviates to the upper left, please refer to FIG. 7 , when the conveying device 110 moves to the lower right side when moving under the shelf 130 , the above situation can still fix the relative position between the conveying device 110 and the shelf 130 through the positioning column 141 . Therefore, even if there is a slight positioning offset between the conveying device 110 and the shelf 130 , the positioning column 141 can still effectively fix the relative position between the conveying device 110 and the shelf 130 .

Please refer to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , the shelf 130 includes a frame body 131 , a bearing base 132 and a plurality of legs 133 . The bearing seat 132 is disposed on the frame body 131 . The legs 133 are connected to the frame body 131 . These telescopic mechanisms 140 are arranged around the bearing seat 132, wherein these telescopic mechanisms 140 are arranged in a ring shape on the shelf 130 in equal parts, and these positioning columns 141 are arranged around a plurality of different pitch circle diameters PCD, but the present invention is not based on This is the limit.

The number of telescopic mechanisms 140 is at least three, and the arrangement directions AD of the positioning posts 141 of these telescopic mechanisms 140 intersect on a central point CP. In this embodiment, the number of telescopic mechanisms 140 is, for example, four, and they are equally divided and arranged in a circular shape on the shelf 130 , that is, any two adjacent telescopic mechanisms 140 are 90 degrees apart from each other.

In order to meet the requirement that the handling device 110 can reach the push telescopic mechanism 140 and lift the shelf 130 in operation, the moving stroke MS of the lifting mechanism 120 is preferably greater than the distance D1 between the top side 111 and the shelf 130, so that the lifting mechanism 120 is moving After the stroke MS is finished, the shelf 130 can be lifted off the ground for transportation.

In order to satisfy the requirement that the transport device 110 can move in or out under the shelf 130 smoothly, the distance D1 between the top side 111 of the transport device 110 and the shelf 130 is preferably greater than the distance D2 between the top side 111 and the positioning post 141 .

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 , the telescoping mechanism 140 includes a casing 142 , a plurality of springs 143 and a plurality of slide slots 144 . The housing 142 is disposed on the bearing seat 132 of the shelf 130 , and the springs 143 are further disposed in the housing 142 . The sliding slots 144 are located opposite to the corresponding springs 143 , and the positioning posts 141 are slidingly disposed in the corresponding sliding slots 144 . In addition, the housing 142 has a plurality of limiting slots 142a, and each of the positioning columns 141 includes a limiting column 141a, and the limiting column 141a is slidably disposed in the limiting slots 142a. The shortening of the aforementioned positioning post 141 means that after the positioning post 141 overcomes the force of the spring 143 and the limiting post 141a moves to a position relatively close to the spring 143 in the limiting groove 142a (as shown in the rightmost positioning post 141 in FIG. 4 ), and the elongation of the aforementioned positioning column 141 means that the power of the spring 143 is released to push the positioning column 141 and the limiting column 141a moves to a position relatively far away from the spring 143 in the limiting groove 142a (as shown on the leftmost side in FIG. 4 shown in the positioning column 141).

In this embodiment, the transport device 110 includes a machine body 112 , a processing unit 113 and a plurality of wheel bodies 114 . The body 112 has a top side 111 . The lifting mechanism 120 is movably disposed on the machine body 112 . The processing unit 113 is disposed in the machine body 112 . The wheels 114 are disposed on the machine body 112 , and the wheels 114 are electrically coupled to the processing unit 113 .

In other embodiments, the handling device may further include sensors, so as to be used as an automatic handling robot.

To sum up, in the transportation system of the present invention, when the handling device is located under the shelf, and the lifting mechanism rises from the handling device to the top side, the lifting mechanism pushes the positioning column of the top part to shorten and lift shelf, and the lifting mechanism is located within the range surrounded by the rest of these positioning columns to fix the relative position between the handling device and the shelf, so that when the handling device transports the shelf and the items on the shelf, it can prevent the shelf from being placed on the shelf. Sliding and offset occur on the handling device. When the lifting mechanism is lowered from the top side into the handling device, the lifting mechanism is separated from these positioning columns so that the pushed part of the positioning column is extended, and the handling device is suitable for moving from the bottom of the shelf. move out.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with the embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the technical field may make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the scope of the appended patent application.

100: Transport System 110: Handling device 111: top side 112: body 113: Processing unit 114: wheel body 120: lifting mechanism 130: shelf 131: frame body 132: bearing seat 133: Leg 140: telescopic mechanism 141: positioning column 141a: limit column 142: Shell 142a: limit slot 143: spring 144: Chute AD: Arrangement direction CP: center point D1, D2: distance MS: Mobile itinerary PCD: pitch circle diameter

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a transportation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the transportation system of Fig. 1 in another state. FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of the transportation system of FIG. 1 . FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the telescoping mechanism in FIG. 1 . 5 to 7 illustrate the actual use of the transportation system in FIG. 1 .

100: Transport System

110: Handling device

111: top side

112: body

113: Processing unit

114: wheel body

120: lifting mechanism

130: shelf

131: frame body

133: Leg

140: telescopic mechanism

141: positioning column

MS: Mobile itinerary

Claims (10)

A transportation system comprising: a handling device having a top side; an elevating mechanism movably disposed on the carrier device to be accommodated in the carrier device or raised above the top side; a shelf adapted to be combined with the lifting mechanism; and A plurality of telescopic mechanisms are arranged around the shelf, and each of the telescopic mechanisms has a plurality of telescopic positioning columns, Wherein when the handling device is located under the shelf and the lifting mechanism rises from the handling device above the top side, the lifting mechanism pushes the plurality of positioning columns of the top part to shorten and lift the shelf, And the lifting mechanism is located within the range surrounded by the remaining parts of the plurality of positioning columns to fix the relative position between the handling device and the shelf. When the lifting mechanism is lowered from the top side into the handling device At this time, the lifting mechanism is separated from the plurality of positioning columns so that the pushed part of the plurality of positioning columns is elongated, and the handling device is suitable for moving out from under the shelf. The transportation system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of telescopic mechanisms are equally divided and arranged in a ring on the shelf. The transportation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of positioning columns are arranged around a plurality of different pitch circle diameters. The transportation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the alignment directions of the plurality of positioning columns of the plurality of telescopic mechanisms intersect at a central point. The transportation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the moving stroke of the lifting mechanism is greater than the distance between the top side and the shelf. The transportation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distance from the top side to the shelf is greater than the distance from the top side to the positioning post. The transportation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each telescopic mechanism includes: a shell set on the shelf; a plurality of springs disposed within the housing; and A plurality of sliding slots are respectively located opposite to the corresponding plurality of springs, and the plurality of positioning columns are respectively slidably arranged in the corresponding plurality of sliding slots. The transportation system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the casing has a plurality of limiting slots, the plurality of positioning columns respectively include a limiting column, and the limiting column is slidably arranged in the limiting slots. The transportation system as claimed in item 1, wherein the shelf comprises: a frame; A bearing seat is arranged on the frame body, and the plurality of telescopic mechanisms are arranged around the bearing seat; and A plurality of legs are connected to the frame body. The transportation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the handling device comprises: a body with the top side, and the lifting mechanism is movably arranged on the body; a processing unit disposed in the body; and A plurality of wheels are arranged on the body and electrically coupled to the processing unit.

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