JP2015116992A - Transport cart - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a transport cart that can insert a fork into an appropriate position of the transport cart when transporting the transport cart with a forklift and prevent the transport cart from falling from the fork during transport. A mounting table 7 that supports and supports an article 1 and that can move up and down the mounting surface, a lifting device that lifts and lowers the mounting table 7, and a traveling device 12 that travels along a travel route. The transport carriage 1 is provided with a fork insertion member 21 projecting from a bottom plate 10a of the transport carriage 1 so that a fork of a forklift can be inserted in a detachable manner. [Selection] Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a transport carriage for transporting articles.

  A large warehouse or the like has a plurality of storage shelves that can store a plurality of articles on the top, bottom, left, and right, and a traveling rail that can access the articles when carrying the specified articles into or out of the storage shelves. 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a transport facility that uses a transport cart that can be laid and self-propelled on this travel rail to automate the loading and unloading of luggage with respect to a storage shelf and improve work efficiency.

  For example, a transport facility such as Patent Document 1 travels on a transport cart that can be self-propelled, a mounting table that supports and supports articles, and a mounting table that can be raised and lowered, and a drive wheel of the transport cart. A rail and a shelf that is disposed above the traveling rail and on which an article can be placed. In the box-type vehicle body, the transport carriage includes a plurality of eccentric cams (eccentric action portions) that come into contact with the bottom of the mounting table, a lifting electric motor that synchronously drives the eccentric cams, and driving wheels on the left and right ends. And a pair of front and rear drive shafts, and a traveling electric motor that rotates the drive shaft. The transport cart with the mounting table in the lowered state can travel without interfering with the articles on the shelf, so that the designated article bottom can be lifted from the shelf by a predetermined height and transported. It has become.

Japanese Patent No. 3138983 (page 4, FIG. 10)

  In the transport cart of Patent Document 1 described above, when the transport cart is first installed on the travel rail, the transport cart is installed on the travel rail by being lifted by a stacker crane, a unic crane, or the like. However, in the stacker crane and the unic crane, the movable range of the crane is limited, and it takes time and effort to install the transport carriage on the traveling rail. It is also possible to use a forklift to install the transport carriage on the traveling rail, but when the forklift fork is inserted into the lower surface of the transport carriage placed on the floor, it is transported equally to the two forks. If it is not supported so that the load of the carriage is applied, the carriage may be displaced from the fork or dropped from the fork in the worst case due to vibration or shaking during transportation.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such a problem, and when transporting the transport cart with a forklift, the fork can be inserted into an appropriate position of the transport cart, and the transport cart is dropped from the fork during transport. It aims at providing the conveyance trolley | bogie which can prevent doing.

In order to solve the above problems, the transport carriage of the present invention is
It is a transporting carriage that includes a mounting table that supports mounting of an article and that can move up and down its mounting surface, a lifting device that lifts and lowers the mounting table, and a traveling device that travels along a traveling path,
The transport carriage is characterized in that a fork insertion member into which a fork of a forklift can be inserted is detachably protruded from a bottom plate of the transport carriage.
According to this feature, since the fork insertion member into which the fork of the forklift can be inserted is detachably provided on the bottom plate of the conveyance carriage, the conveyance carriage can be lifted and conveyed by inserting the fork into the fork insertion member, and Since the movement of the transport cart and the fork during transportation is also restricted, it is possible to reduce the risk that the transport cart is greatly displaced from the fork or dropped.

The transport carriage of the present invention is
The fork insertion port of the fork insertion member is formed to be inclined downward toward the center of the transport carriage.
According to this feature, the fork insertion port of the fork insertion member is formed so as to be inclined downward toward the center of the transport carriage. Therefore, even if the fork tip contacts the fork insertion port, the fork tip is Since it is pushed in while contacting along the inclined part of the fork insertion slot, the transport carriage only lifts up and does not slide on the floor, thus preventing collision with other items and damage to the transport carriage. The driver can easily check the insertion position.

The transport carriage of the present invention is
The color difference between the surface color of the bottom plate of the transport carriage and the surface color of the fork insertion member is increased.
According to this feature, since the color difference between the surface color of the bottom plate of the transport carriage and the surface color of the fork insertion member is increased, the visibility and discrimination are improved, and the position of the fork insertion member can be easily determined. The safety at the time of inserting the fork of a forklift can be improved.

It is a side view which shows the state which the conveyance trolley | bogie in Example 1 drive | works the traveling rail of a storage shelf. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a conveyance trolley | bogie. It is a side view which shows the state which attached the fork insertion member to the conveyance trolley. It is a bottom view which shows the state which attached the fork insertion member to the conveyance trolley. It is a front view which shows the state which attached the fork insertion member to the conveyance trolley. (A) is a side view showing a state in which the fork is opposed to the fork insertion port in the procedure for inserting the fork into the fork insertion member, and (b) is a side view showing a state in which the fork is inserted into the fork insertion port. FIG. 4C is a side view showing a state where the transport carriage is lifted with a fork. (A) is a figure explaining the state which cannot insert a fork into a fork insertion member correctly, and is a side view which shows the state which made the fork face the fork insertion port, (b) is a fork contact with an insertion part side plate similarly. The side view which shows the state which carried out, (c) is a side view which shows the state which the fork entered along the inclination part of the insertion part side plate, and lifted the conveyance trolley | bogie. (A) is a side view showing a state when the fork is arranged from the lower side of the transport carriage placed at a high position in accordance with the position of the fork insertion port, and (b) is the same when the fork is raised, The side view which shows the state made to oppose the fork insertion port, (c) is a side view which shows the state which similarly inserted the fork into the fork insertion port.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION The form for implementing the conveyance trolley | bogie which concerns on this invention is demonstrated below based on an Example.

  The transport cart according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Hereinafter, the lower left side of the screen of FIG. 2 is the front side (front side) of the transport carriage, and the lower side of the screen of FIGS. 3 and 4 is the front side (front side) of the transport carriage. FIG. The figure seen from (front side) is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the transport cart 1 is configured to transfer a designated article 3 to the storage shelf 2 in a large warehouse or the like in which a plurality of storage shelves 2 provided with a plurality of storage portions 2 a on the top, bottom, left and right are arranged. It is used when carrying in or out of the predetermined accommodating part 2a. A pair of running rails 4 facing each other in an L shape and an inverted L shape in front view are laid on the bottom surface 2b of each housing portion 2a of the housing shelf 2, and the article 3 is placed on the upper end surface 4a of the traveling rail 4. A plurality of pallets 5 on which are placed are supported.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the transport carriage 1 has a vehicle body 6 capable of traveling on the traveling surface 4 b of the traveling rail 4, and a mounting table that supports the article 3 and can be moved up and down with respect to the vehicle body 6. 7, an elevating drive unit (not shown) for raising and lowering the mounting table, and a traveling device 12 that enables the transport carriage 1 to travel on the traveling rail 4. After traveling on the traveling surface 4b of the traveling rail 4 in the lowest lowered state and entering the lower side of the pallet 5, the article 3 is lifted together with the pallet 5 by raising the mounting table 7, and the pallet 5 and the article 3 are moved to the traveling rail. 4 is lifted by a predetermined height from the upper end surface 4a.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the vehicle body 6 includes a base member 10 having a bottom plate 10a and front and rear side plate portions 10b and 10c formed by bending the front and rear of a metal plate into a U-shaped cross section, and a base member. The side plates 11 and 11 are attached to the left and right sides of the base plate 10 and are detachably fixed to the base member 10 by bolts, nuts and the like (not shown).

  The traveling device 12 is mainly configured by a drive motor (not shown), a drive wheel 13 and a driven wheel 14, and the drive motor is connected to the control unit by a cable (not shown). It is driven to rotate based on information such as the number of rotations. The control unit, the traveling device, and the lift drive unit can be driven by electric power supplied from a battery (not shown) built in the vehicle body 6.

  Further, the front and back side plate portions 10b and 10c of the base member 10 are provided with horizontal rollers 28, 28,. Further, the left and right side plates 11 and 11 are respectively provided with horizontal rollers 29 and 29 in the vicinity of the center in the front-rear direction. These horizontal rollers 28, 28,... And the horizontal rollers 29, 29 come into contact with the side surface of the traveling rail 4, so that the vehicle body 6 travels along the traveling rail 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the bottom plate 10 a of the transport carriage 1 is provided with a fork insertion member 21 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the fork insertion member 21 includes an insertion portion bottom plate 22, an insertion portion side plate 24, an insertion portion top plate 25, and an insertion portion flange 26. The insertion portion 23 into which the fork of the forklift is inserted is formed in a substantially U-shape with insertion portion side plates 24 standing on both ends of the insertion portion bottom plate 22 and opened upward as viewed from the front. As shown in FIG. 3, the fork insertion port of the fork insertion member 21 is formed to be inclined downward toward the center of the transport carriage 1 so that the fork can be easily inserted. As shown in FIG. 4, in the fork insertion member 21, an insertion portion top plate 25 and an insertion portion flange 26 are detachably coupled to the bottom plate 10 a of the transport carriage 1 by bolts 30. The size of the insertion portion 23 is set to a size that allows a slight allowance relative to the fork size of the forklift, facilitates the insertion operation, and prevents the transport carriage from greatly shifting during transportation. Since the fork insertion member 21 is detachably coupled to the bottom plate 10a of the transport carriage 1, the fork insertion member 21 is attached to the bottom plate 10a of the transport carriage 1 by freely changing the size of the insertion portion 23 according to the size of the fork. be able to.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the insertion portion bottom plate 22 is provided substantially parallel to the mounting table of the transport carriage 1 and protrudes from the lower end of the traveling device 12, so that the transport carriage 1 is placed on the floor surface. When placed, the traveling device 12 is not in contact with the floor surface. Thus, since the traveling device 12 of the transport carriage 1 is in a state of floating from the floor surface, wheel replacement, trial operation of the traveling device, inspection of the traveling device, and the like can be easily performed. Further, when the transport carriage 1 is temporarily stored, it is placed on the floor via the fork insertion member 21 or transported via the fork insertion member 21 onto the mounting base 7 of another transport carriage 1. The carts 1 can be stacked.

  Next, a method for transporting the transport carriage 1 using a forklift will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, when the transport carriage 1 placed on the floor surface is transported by a forklift, the fork 40 is opposed to the fork insertion port 31 of the fork insertion member 21 of the transport carriage 1 (FIG. )reference). Next, after the fork 40 is slowly inserted into the fork insertion port 31 (see FIG. 6B), the fork 40 is raised and the transport carriage 1 is lifted away from the floor (see FIG. 6C). The lifted transport carriage 1 is transported to the installation position, raised to the height of the traveling rail 4 of the accommodating portion 2a in FIG. 1, lowered onto the traveling rail 4, and finally the fork 40 is pulled from the insertion portion 23. It is pulled out and placed on the traveling rail 4.

  Next, the effect of providing an inclination in the fork insertion port 31 of the fork insertion member 21 will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, when the transport cart 1 is placed on the floor and the fork 40 is inserted into the fork insertion port 31, the driver of the forklift comes to look down on the transport cart from above. The position of the fork insertion port 31 cannot be confirmed directly. Therefore, the driver inserts the fork 40 assuming an approximate position. However, if the insertion position is not appropriate as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7C, the transport carriage 1 is lifted. The driver can determine that the insertion position is not appropriate based on the lift of the transport carriage 1.

  On the other hand, if the fork insertion port of the fork insertion member 21 has no inclination and is formed perpendicular to the bottom plate 10a of the transport carriage 1, the fork 40 has a fork insertion port formed vertically. As a result, the transport cart 1 will slide and move on the floor, and the transport cart 1 that has slid may come into contact with other articles and be damaged, or the transport cart itself may be damaged. There is sex. On the other hand, if the fork insertion port 31 has an inclination, even if the tip of the fork 40 contacts the fork insertion port 31, the tip of the fork 40 is pushed in while contacting the inclined part of the fork insertion port 31. Therefore, the transport cart 1 is only lifted up, hardly slips on the floor, and thus the driver can check the insertion position without damaging other articles and the transport cart 1. become.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, when the transport carriage is viewed from the bottom, the surface color of the bottom plate 10a of the vehicle body, the insertion portion bottom plate 22, the insertion portion side plate 24, the insertion portion top plate 25, and the insertion portion of the fork insertion member 21 Visibility and discrimination can be enhanced by increasing the color difference from the surface color of the flange 26, for example, the difference in color saturation, brightness, and hue. As shown in FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b), when inserting a fork from below the transport carriage placed at a high place, the forklift driver looks up from below the transport carriage placed at a high place. The fork is aligned with the position of the fork insertion port (FIG. 8A). At the time of this alignment, since the color difference between the surface color of the bottom plate 10a of the transport carriage 1 and the surface color of the fork insertion member 21 is increased, the position of the fork insertion port 31 can be easily identified. Next, as shown in FIG.8 (c), a fork can be inserted and a conveyance trolley can be lifted. In this way, the color difference between the surface color of the bottom plate 10 a of the transport carriage 1 and the surface color of the fork insertion member 21 is increased to facilitate the identification of the position of the fork insertion port 31, and the fork 40 is connected to the fork insertion port 31. The safety at the time of insertion can be improved.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

  For example, in FIG. 5 of the above-described embodiment, the insertion portion bottom plate 22, the insertion portion side plate 24, the insertion portion top plate 25, and the insertion portion flange 26 constituting the fork insertion member 21 may be formed by bending a single plate. However, each member may be joined by welding or the like, or may be constituted by using both bending and welding.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the color difference of the color of the baseplate 10a of a vehicle body and the surface color of the fork insertion member 21 was enlarged, visibility and discrimination were improved, not only a color difference but a pattern difference or a color difference and a pattern. Visibility and discrimination may be enhanced by a combination with the difference.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Carriage 2 Storage shelf 3 Article 4 Traveling rail 5 Pallet 6 Car body 7 Mounting base 10 Base member 10a Bottom plate 11 Side plate 12 Traveling device 13 Drive wheel 14 Driven wheel 21 Fork insertion member 22 Insertion portion bottom plate 23 Insertion portion 24 Insertion side plate 25 Insert section top plate 26 Insert section flange 31 Fork insertion port 40 Fork

Claims (3)

It is a transporting carriage that includes a mounting table that supports mounting of an article and that can move up and down its mounting surface, a lifting device that lifts and lowers the mounting table, and a traveling device that travels along a traveling path,
The transport carriage is characterized in that a fork insertion member into which a fork of a forklift can be inserted is detachably projected from a bottom plate of the transport carriage.   2. The transport carriage according to claim 1, wherein the fork insertion port of the fork insertion member is formed to be inclined downward toward the center of the transport carriage.   The conveyance carriage according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a color difference between a surface color of a bottom plate of the conveyance carriage and a surface color of the fork insertion member is increased.

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