TWM630420U - Automated transfer, handling and storage system for warehouses - Google Patents

Abstract

An automated storage, transfer, handling and storage system, including several autonomous mobile robots, which are equipped with automatic guidance devices such as radar or optics, and can travel and guide along a planned guidance path to realize vehicle walking, loading and unloading. Operation and other functions; several three-dimensional warehouses are equipped with multiple Z-axis climbing components, and each autonomous mobile robot is equipped with a Z-axis power climbing device, which can perform Z-axis lifting actions corresponding to the Z-axis climbing components; a rail crane is used to connect several For three-dimensional storage, the rail crane can move the container on the top layer of the three-dimensional storage or the container carried by an autonomous mobile robot to the required three-dimensional storage position, so that the autonomous mobile robot does not need to use other conveying or transferring equipment. It can carry and store items between two-dimensional and three-dimensional functions.

Description

Automated Warehousing, Transfer, Handling and Storage System

This creation provides the technical field of unmanned trucks, and in particular, it technically provides an automated storage transfer, handling and storage system, which can move and transport goods in a flat or flat storage, and can also perform X, Y and Z-axis lifting in a three-dimensional storage. For transporting goods, the uppermost cargo box or the cargo box carried by an autonomous mobile robot can be moved among the multiple three-dimensional warehouses by the rail crane connected between the multiple three-dimensional warehouses, so that the autonomous mobile robot does not need to borrow any more. By other conveying or transferring equipment, it can carry and store items between plane and three-dimensional.

Press, warehouse automation is the current and future trend, with more and more mature related technologies, such as automatic positioning technology, self-propelled vehicle technology, robotic arm technology, artificial intelligence technology, etc., so that warehouse automation can be more easily realized.

However, as far as the warehousing system is roughly divided, it can be roughly divided into flat warehousing, three-dimensional warehousing, rail cranes, etc., and they are mutually incompatible systems. Therefore, the unmanned trucks of flat warehousing cannot enter the three-dimensional storage system. In the three-dimensional warehouse, you need to use the carrier in the three-dimensional warehouse to take over the load Delivery, and the internal vehicles of the three-dimensional storage can not be moved out of the plane alone, so the goods still have to be transported by unmanned trucks, so the multi-process procedures are quite troublesome, and the vehicles inside the multiple three-dimensional storages are also unable to communicate with each other. The shared mobility naturally greatly limits the range of activities of the unmanned guided vehicle. Therefore, there is a need for improvement.

Therefore, in view of the problems existing in the above-mentioned conventional structure, how to develop a more ideal and practical innovative structure, which is eagerly expected by consumers, is also the goal and direction that the relevant industry must strive to develop breakthroughs.

In view of this, the creator has been engaged in the manufacturing, development and design of related products for many years. In view of the above goals, after detailed design and careful evaluation, he finally got a practical creation.

The main purpose of this creation is to provide an automatic warehouse transfer, handling and storage system, whose autonomous mobile robot can move and transport goods in a flat or flat warehouse, and can also carry out X, Y and Z axis lifting and transport of goods in a three-dimensional warehouse, and can also use The rail crane connected between multiple three-dimensional warehouses can move the topmost container or the container carried by an autonomous mobile robot among the multiple three-dimensional warehouses, so that the autonomous mobile robot does not need to use other conveying or transferring equipment. , which can carry and store items between two-dimensional and three-dimensional functions.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, this creation provides an automatic storage, transfer, handling and storage system, which includes: several autonomous mobile robots. The autonomous mobile robots can be equipped with automatic guidance devices such as radar or optics. It can travel and guide along the planned guide path to realize the functions of vehicle walking, loading and unloading operations, etc. A computer device is telecommunicationly connected to the automatic guidance device for control, and the digital power wheel device is telecommunicationly connected to the computer device to move in all directions of the plane; There are several three-dimensional warehouses, each three-dimensional warehouse is equipped with a plurality of Z-axis climbing components, and each autonomous mobile robot is equipped with a Z-axis power climbing device, which can perform Z-axis lifting actions corresponding to the Z-axis climbing components, and a rail crane is used to connect There are several three-dimensional warehouses located in different factories. The rail crane can move the container on the top layer of the three-dimensional warehouse or the container carried by an autonomous mobile robot to the required three-dimensional storage position, so that the autonomous mobile robot does not need to use other Conveying or transferring equipment, which can carry and store items between planes and three-dimensional.

Regarding the techniques, means and effects used in this creation, a preferred embodiment is given and explained in detail in conjunction with the drawings. It is believed that the above-mentioned purpose, structure and characteristics of this creation can be used to gain an in-depth and specific understanding. .

10: Autonomous Mobile Robots

11: Computer device

12: Power wheel device

14: Automatic Guidance Device

15: Z-axis power climbing device

20: Z-axis climbing member

30: Orbit

31: Sky train

40: Flat

50: Cargo box

A: Flat storage

B: Stereoscopic storage

X: X axis

Y: Y axis

Z: Z axis

[Fig. 1] is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an autonomous mobile robot according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an autonomous mobile robot looking up from an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 3] is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a three-dimensional storage warehouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 4] is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an autonomous mobile robot and a Z-axis climbing member according to an embodiment of the invention.

[Fig. 5] is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a rail crane according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 6] is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an embodiment of this creation.

[Fig. 7] is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the crane releasing the cargo box according to an embodiment of the present creation.

[Fig. 8] is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an embodiment of the invention of the crane clamping the cargo box.

This creation is to provide a designer of an automatic storage transfer and storage system.

In order to enable your reviewers to have a further understanding and understanding of the purpose, features and effects of this creation, the detailed description is as follows in conjunction with the implementation methods and drawings:

Referring to Figures 1 to 6, the present invention provides an automated storage transfer and storage system, which includes:

There are several autonomous mobile robots 10, each of the aforementioned autonomous mobile robots 10 must be provided with a computer device 11 to set a travel route, control the movement of several power wheel devices 12, and a radar or optical automatic guidance device 14. The aforementioned automatic guidance The device 14 is connected to the aforementioned computer device 11 by telecommunication, and the aforementioned automatic guidance device 14 cooperates with the aforementioned computer device 11 to be able to plan a guide path along the plane 40 formed by the X-axis and the Y-axis, and realize the walking, loading and unloading of the autonomous mobile robot 10. For functions such as the operation of the cargo box 50, the aforementioned X-axis and the aforementioned Y-axis shall constitute a plane 40 or a plane storage (A);

Several three-dimensional warehouses (B), each of the aforementioned three-dimensional warehouses (B) is provided with a plurality of Z-axis climbing members 20, and each of the aforementioned autonomous mobile robots 10 is provided with a set of Z-axis power climbing devices 15 on both sides and four places, corresponding to the aforementioned The Z-axis climbing member 20 performs the Z-axis lifting action;

A rail crane includes a long rail 30 and several cranes 31 moving on the above-mentioned rail 30. The above-mentioned rail 30 is used to connect a plurality of the above-mentioned three-dimensional warehouses (B) located in different factories, and the above-mentioned crane 31 is used for Move the container 50 on the uppermost layer of the three-dimensional storage (B) at the location or move the container 50 carried by the autonomous mobile robot 10 to the desired position of the three-dimensional storage (B), so that the autonomous mobile robot 10 It can carry and store items between two planes and three-dimensional without using other conveying or transferring equipment.

Referring to Figures 7 and 8, when the crane 31 is aligned with the container 50 to be clamped, the container 50 can be clamped (as shown in Figure 8), and the crane 31 moves the container 50 When positioned, the cargo box 50 can be released (as shown in Fig. 7).

From the above, it can be seen that the automatic storage, transfer, handling and storage system of this creation is indeed the first in the industry and meets the novelty requirements of the new patent, and its comprehensive innovative design meets the progressive requirements of the new patent, and it can The goods can be moved and transported in the flat or flat storage, and the goods can also be lifted and transported by X, Y and Z axes in the three-dimensional storage, and the top floor can be moved between the multiple three-dimensional storages by the rail crane connected between the multiple three-dimensional storages. The cargo box or the cargo box carried by an autonomous mobile robot makes the autonomous mobile robot more maneuverable and has a wider application range, which is in line with better industrial utilization. By.

The foregoing is a specific description of the technical features of this creation with respect to the preferred embodiments of this creation; however, those who are familiar with this technology can make changes and modifications to this creation without departing from the spirit and principles of this creation. Such changes and modifications shall be covered by the scope defined by the following patent application scope.

To sum up, this creation provides an automatic storage, transfer, handling and storage system, which has indeed achieved all the purposes of this creation, and the spatial pattern of its combined structure has not been found in similar products, nor has it been disclosed before the application. According to the provisions of the Patent Law, an application shall be filed in accordance with the law.

10: Autonomous Mobile Robots

11: Computer device

14: Automatic Guidance Device

15: Z-axis power climbing device

40: Flat

A: Flat storage

X: X axis

Y: Y axis

Claims (3)

An automatic storage, transfer, handling and storage system, comprising: Several autonomous mobile robots, each of the aforementioned autonomous mobile robots must be provided with a computer device to set the travel route, control the movement of its several power wheel devices, and be equipped with a radar or optical automatic guidance device, and the aforementioned automatic guidance device is connected to the aforementioned computer by telecommunication device, the aforementioned automatic guiding device cooperates with the aforementioned computer device to be able to plan a guiding path along a plane formed by the X-axis and the Y-axis to drive and guide the aforementioned autonomous mobile robot to walk, load and unload the cargo box and other functions. The aforementioned X-axis and The aforementioned Y-axis shall constitute the aforementioned plane or a plane storage; There are several three-dimensional warehouses, each of the aforementioned three-dimensional warehouses is provided with a plurality of Z-axis climbing components, and each of the aforementioned autonomous mobile robots is provided with a set of Z-axis power climbing devices on two sides and four sides, which can be corresponding to the aforementioned Z-axis climbing components to perform Z-axis lifting and lowering. action; A rail crane includes a long track and several cranes moving on the track. The rail is used to connect a plurality of the three-dimensional warehouses located in different workshops. The crane is used for the three-dimensional storage space at the movable position One of the aforementioned cargo boxes on the upper layer or the aforementioned cargo boxes carried by one of the aforementioned autonomous mobile robots are moved to the aforementioned three-dimensional storage positions required. The automated storage, transfer, handling and storage system according to claim 1, wherein the Z-axis climbing member can be a chain. The automatic storage transfer, handling and storage system according to claim 1, wherein the Z-axis power climbing device can be an electronically controlled power sprocket.

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