JP3465777B2 - Article storage facility - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a traveling body provided with an elevating section so that it can be driven up and down, and a traveling path for loading and unloading work is provided so as to be freely driven. The present invention relates to an article storage facility in which a storage rack including a plurality of storage sections arranged side by side is provided, and the elevating section includes a boarding section for a worker who takes articles in and out of the storage section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the above-mentioned article storage facility, for example, the case of taking out an article from a storage section will be explained. The position of the work storage section is displayed by a shelf number on an indicator provided in the boarding section.
When the elevating section moves to the work storage section, the worker boarding the boarding section performs the article taking-out work to sequentially take out the articles from the plurality of storage sections while confirming the display of the shelf number and the like. (See, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-98506).

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, there are cases where an operator on the boarding section does not notice the passage of time and performs work continuously for a long time. May cause excessive fatigue. The object of the present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is suitable for an operator who is working on a boarding section in order to eliminate the drawbacks of the above-mentioned conventional techniques. It's about getting a break at the right time.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of storage sections are provided side by side in a longitudinal direction and a vertical direction of a traveling passage for loading and unloading work in a storage rack, and a boarding section for an operator is provided. When a traveling body provided with an elevating section for freely moving up and down drives and travels in the traveling path for the warehousing / unloading work, and the worker carries out the article loading / unloading work with respect to the storage section, the work load of the article loading / unloading work is reduced. Totaled from the start timing,
When the accumulated work amount reaches the set amount, the notification means for urging the worker to take a break is activated. Also, in the lifting unit
It is provided for loading and unloading articles from the storage section.
A display means for displaying work information is provided for prompting the break.
Information is displayed. Therefore, when the work amount after starting the article loading / unloading work reaches the set amount, the operator is automatically informed and the worker is prompted to take a break. It is possible to allow workers to work continuously for a long time without noticing the passage of time, and avoid breakage of fatigue, while taking breaks at appropriate timings. In addition, the work of putting in and taking out goods
The work information display means that the worker sees when performing
Display information to encourage rest and give workers a break.
You can tell exactly when to take it.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the work time of the article loading / unloading work is integrated as the work amount, and when the integrated time reaches a set time as a set amount, the notification means is activated. Therefore, operator fatigue is usually
Appropriately determine the timing for prompting the worker to take a break by a simple means of measuring the work time after starting the work of putting in / out the articles in / from the storage part while coping with the increase as the work time becomes longer. It is possible to obtain the preferred measures of claim 1.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, it is detected whether or not an operator is boarding the boarding section, and when it is detected that an operator is boarding the boarding section. The working time is integrated. Therefore, since the start of the work is automatically determined when the worker gets on the riding section, for example, in the configuration in which the start of the work is determined based on the information from the input means such as the switch operated by the worker,
When the operator forgets to operate the input means, the working time may be inaccurate, whereas the working time can be accurately integrated without such a problem. Suitable means of

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the number of storage units that have performed the article loading / unloading work is integrated as the work amount, and when the integrated number reaches a set number as a set amount,
The notification means is activated. Therefore, for example, in the case where the storage units for performing work are separated from each other and it takes time to move between the storage units, the net work time for loading and unloading articles is short, and the operator's fatigue is small relative to the work time. In addition, the amount of work can be appropriately determined depending on the number of storage units in which the articles have been put in and taken out, so that the preferable means of claim 1 can be obtained.

[0008]

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, four storage shelves 1 are arranged side by side to form a shelf portion, and each storage shelves 1 has a passage 3a, 3b for moving in and out. A plurality of storage units 1a are arranged side by side in the longitudinal and vertical directions of the stacker crane 1 for loading and unloading articles into and from the storage units 1a.
0 (corresponding to the running body), this stacker crane 1
An article storage facility is configured by providing a transfer carriage 30 for transferring 0 on the outside of the shelf. In this article storage facility, an operator who puts the article in and out of the storage section 1a rides on a riding section 21 provided in the elevating section 20 of the stacker crane 10 and operates the stacker crane 10 and the transfer cart 30 to provide a predetermined storage rack. 1 Moves to a predetermined storage unit 1a and puts an article in and out by hand.

Two of the four storage shelves 1 are provided inside the shelves.
In order to carry out the loading and unloading work for the individual storage shelves 1, and for carrying in the loading and unloading work for the other two storage shelves 1 and the first traveling passage 3a in which the traveling rails 2 on which the stacker crane 10 travels are installed. The second traveling passage 3b in which the traveling rail 2 on which the stacker crane 10 travels is installed is aligned in the lateral direction of the passage, and the traveling passage 3 for loading and unloading work is arranged.
a and 3b are formed, and a pair of traveling rails 4 and 5 on which the transfer carriage 30 travels are provided outside the shelf along the direction in which the traveling passage 3a and the traveling passage 3b are arranged. A travel route 6 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 4, each traveling passage 3a, 3
a pair of traveling wheels 11 traveling on the traveling rail 2 of FIG.
One wheel 11a of a and 11b is provided on one end side so that it can be driven by the traveling motor 12, and the other wheel 11b is freely rotatable on the other end side. The vehicle body 13 is constructed by installing the protruding arms 15 from the front end side and the rear end side of the base body portion 13a toward the lateral outside of the base body portion 13a.
Then, the elevating section 20 is supported by the elevating post 14 so as to be able to ascend and descend, and the elevating motor 16 is provided on the side of the base portion 13a.
The chain operating sprocket 17 that is rotatably driven by the
The stacker crane 10 is configured so that the stacker crane 10 is vertically driven along the lifting post 14.

That is, by driving the traveling motor 12, the vehicle body 13 is driven by the traveling motor 12 to drive the traveling wheels 11a and the free-wheeling traveling wheels 11b to move the traveling passages 3a and 3b to the traveling rail 2. The vehicle is guided and driven to travel through the riding section 21 provided in the elevating section 20 to the traveling passage 3
The front sides of the storage shelves 1 located on both sides of a and 3b are moved in the left-right direction of the shelves. At this time, the guide mechanism 18 provided at the upper end of the elevating post 14 is driven by a pair of freely rotatable guide rollers 18a, 18a that are rotated around the vertical axis of the traveling body. Passages 3a, 3
While moving while engaging with the support rail 7 fixed above b, the vehicle body 13 is supported by the support rail 7 so as not to be disengaged from the traveling rail 2 and not to fall sideways. . Then, by driving the lift motor 16, the lift unit 20 is lifted and lowered by the lift chain driven by the lift motor 16, and the riding unit 21 of the storage rack 1 located on both sides of the traveling passages 3a and 3b is moved. Raise and lower the front side.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Are supported by the elevating post 14 in an arrangement that is laterally offset to one side of the elevating post 14 via the mounting frame 22. Any one of the pair of overhanging arms 15, 15 extends from the base portion 13a in the same direction as the direction in which the elevating part 20 is displaced with respect to the elevating post 14, and at the base end. It is configured as a cantilever arm that is supported by being connected to the base portion 13a only on the side. A roller 19 is attached to the extension end side of each of the pair of projecting arms 15 and 15 so as to be rotatable around a lateral axis of the traveling body.

As shown in FIG. 4 to FIG.
The boarding section having a floor 23 for an operator boarding connected to the lower end side of the mounting frame 22, an entrance / exit 24 located on both sides of the floor 23, an operation panel 25 located in front of the mounting frame 22, and the like. In addition to 21, the article placement table 26 is provided on both sides of the boarding section 21 so that articles can be loaded and unloaded, and a roof member 27 that covers the top of the boarding section 21 is provided.

Each of the above-mentioned article placing tables 26 is supported by a table portion 26a fixed to a supporting member and a fixed side table portion 26a so that the article placing table 26 can be swung up and down around an axis P extending in the front and rear direction of the riding section. Movable side table part 2
And 6b. Movable table part 26
5b, when it is swung downward as shown by the solid line in FIG. 5 to be in the mounting posture of the lying state, it is in a use posture in which the article can be placed in line with the fixed table portion 26a and the entrance 24 is closed. As shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 5, when the mounting posture is raised and rocked to the standing position, the entrance / exit 24 is opened.
The movable-side table portion 26b is used as a door to keep the entrance / exit 24 closed.

A side wall 28 is provided at an end of the riding section 21 opposite to the elevating post 14, and a central side wall section 28 of the side wall 28 facing the mounting frame 22.
a is formed in a state from the boarding floor 23 to the roof member 27 so as to form a wall body that prevents an operator from pushing his / her head or upper body out of the riding section, and a pair of the tables 26, 26 are provided. Working gaps S are formed between the central side wall portion 28a and between the pair of tables 26, 26 and the mounting frame 22. Then, with respect to the plurality of storage sections 1a provided side by side in the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction of the work passages 3a and 3b, the worker who is riding on the riding section 21 makes a hand from the two work gaps S. The article is extended so that the article can be taken in and out.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the entrance / exit 2
4, a light emitting portion 70a provided on the side wall 28 located on the side of
The occupant detection sensor 70 including the light receiving section 70b provided on the mounting frame 22 constitutes a boarding state detecting means for detecting whether or not an operator is boarding the boarding section 21. That is, when the worker passes through the entrance / exit 24, the light beam projected from the light emitting unit 70a to the light receiving unit 70b is blocked, and it is detected that the worker has boarded the riding unit 21. Although the passenger detection sensor 70 is shown only in the one entrance / exit 24 in the figure, it is also provided in the other entrance / exit 24.

As shown in FIG. 4, the bogie portion 13 of the vehicle body 13
A pair of position sensors 38 and 39 are provided in a,
On the operation panel 25, a command operation unit 54 including an operation switch 51 for the stacker crane 10 operated by the operation lever 50 and cart operation switches 52, 53 for the transfer cart 30, and a driving start switch 55 are provided. A fixed lever 56 attached to the height sensor 4 is provided on the mounting frame 22 of the elevating part 21 as shown in FIG.
0 is provided. Further, the display means 43 constituted by a liquid crystal type display as a display means for displaying work information for loading and unloading articles into and from each of the storage parts 1a is mounted on the front surface side of the mounting frame 22 of the elevating part 20. As shown in FIG. 8, the display means 43 is provided in the section 21. The display means 43 is provided with a plurality of display sections 43a to 43e and a work completion switch section 43f configured as a touch panel.

Then, as shown in FIG.
A control device 59 is mounted on one end of 3a, and as shown in FIG. 7, the control device 59 is provided with a control part 60 configured by using a microcomputer. Information of 52, 53, the operation start switch 55, the sensors 38 to 40, and the passenger detection sensor 70 is input to the control unit 60, and the display unit 43 is connected to the control unit 60. On the other hand, from the control unit 60, the traveling inverter device 61 connected to the traveling motor 12 and the lifting motor 16
The drive signals for the elevator inverter device 62 connected to and the drive signal for the alarm buzzer 71 are output, and the control unit 60 and the inverter devices 61, 6 are also provided.
The controller 59 is provided with a power supply unit 64 for supplying electric power to the control unit 59.

One of the pair of position sensors 38, 39 has a first position sensor 38, and the first position sensor 38 has one of the traveling passages 3a, 3a.
It is a transmissive optical sensor fixed to the detection target body fixed to b and detects the position of the vehicle body 13 in the traveling paths 3a and 3b. The height sensor 40 is a transmissive optical sensor that is fixed to the lifting post 14 and acts on an object to be detected, and detects the vertical position of the lifting unit 20 with respect to the vehicle body 13. The second position sensor 39, which is the other of the pair of position sensors 38 and 39, is a transmissive optical sensor that acts on a detection object fixedly installed in the travel path 6, and is used for the mobile carriage 30 on the travel path 6. Detect the position.

As shown in FIG. 4, a current collector 65 connected to the power supply unit 64 is attached to one end of the base body 13a of the vehicle body 13. The current collector 65 is used for the vehicle body 13
When the vehicle is located in the traveling passages 3a and 3b, the electric power feeding trolley 66 fixed to the traveling passages 3a and 3b is contacted with the electric power and the electric power is supplied from the electric power feeding trolley 66 to the power supply unit 64. When the vehicle rides on the transfer carriage 30, the power supply trolley 67 provided on the transfer carriage 30 comes into contact with the power supply trolley 67 to receive power from the power supply trolley 67 and supply it to the power supply unit 64.
The power feeding trolley 67 of the transfer cart 30 is connected to a power collecting device 69 that contacts the power feeding trolley 68 fixed to the travel route 6 and receives power, and power is supplied from the power collecting device 69 ( (See FIGS. 1 and 3).

The operation switch 51 is provided on the operation panel 25.
When the vehicle body 13 is moved and the elevating part 20 is moved up and down by being operated by the driving lever 50 which is swingable both laterally and longitudinally and which is automatically returned to the neutral position. The operation command and the operation stop command are output to the control unit 60. That is, when the driving lever 50 is swung laterally from the neutral position, the driving switch 5
1 outputs the driving command to the control unit 60 to drive the vehicle body 13 to the forward or backward direction corresponding to the operating direction of the driving lever 50 in the driving state. Then, the control unit 60 outputs a signal for driving the traveling motor 12 to the forward or backward side to the traveling inverter device 61, and the traveling inverter device 61 supplies the driving power from the power supply unit 64 to the traveling motor 12. The traveling motor 12 is drive-controlled to the forward or reverse side.

When the driving lever 50 is swung back and forth from the neutral position, the driving switch 51 is moved up and down to move the elevating part 20 to the ascending or descending side corresponding to the operating direction of the driving lever 50. A driving command to be output is output to the control unit 60. Then, the control unit 60 causes the lifting motor 16
Is output to the lifting / lowering inverter device 62, and the lifting / lowering inverter device 62 supplies driving power from the power supply unit 64 to the lifting / lowering motor 16 to move the lifting / lowering motor 16 up or down. Drive control.

When the operation lever 50 is released and the operation lever 50 returns to the neutral position, the operation switch 5
1 becomes a neutral state and outputs an operation stop command for stopping the vehicle body 13 and the elevating unit 20 to the control unit 60. Then, the control unit 60 outputs a signal for stopping the driving of the traveling motor 12 to the traveling inverter device 61 and a signal for stopping the driving of the elevating motor 16 to the elevating inverter device 62, and the traveling inverter device 61 outputs the traveling motor. The power supply to 12 is stopped and the traveling motor 12 is stopped, and the lifting inverter device 62 causes the lifting motor 16 to move.
The power supply to the motor is stopped and the lifting motor 15 is stopped.

The operation start switch 55 is operated while an operator holds the fixed lever 56 in order to stabilize the body irrespective of the movement of the vehicle body 13 or the elevating part 20, and issues a command to permit or prohibit the operation of the control part 60. Output to. That is, in order to switch the control device 59 between a state in which the operation of the vehicle body 13, the elevating part 20, and the transfer carriage 30 by the operation switch 51 and the trolley operation switches 52 and 53 is allowed and a state in which the operation is prohibited, the operation start switch 55 is The push button switch is configured to be urged so that when the push operation is performed on the entrance side, the operation is permitted, and when the push operation is stopped, the operation is automatically returned to the cut side and the operation is prohibited.

Then, the control unit 60 is used to manage the position of the elevating unit 20 with respect to the plurality of storage units 1a, and the layout display of the plurality of storage units 1a by the display means 43 is performed based on the management information. Display control means 100 for controlling the operation of the display means 43 is configured so as to display therein the current position of the elevating part 20 and the position of the work target storage part 1a for the next article loading / unloading work. here,
The position of the elevating part 20 with respect to the plurality of storage parts 1a is the position detection information of the vehicle body 13 in the traveling passages 3a and 3b by the first position sensor 38, and the vertical position of the elevating part 20 with respect to the vehicle body 13 by the height sensor 40. It is managed based on the position detection information in the direction.

Specifically, first, the position of each storage portion 1a is represented as follows. To the traveling path 6, four storage shelves 1 are sequentially assigned shelf numbers X (referred to as banks) 1 to 4 from the left side, and a plurality of storage shelves 1 are provided as shown in FIG. The storage unit columns in which the storage units 1a are arranged in the up-down direction of the storage rack 1 are assigned column numbers Y (called bays) of 1 to n in order from the one closest to the travel path 6, and Row numbers Z (called levels) of 1 to m are sequentially assigned to the storage unit rows formed by the storage units 1a arranged side by side in the left-right direction of the storage rack 1 from the lowest level. Then, the case of the article taking-out work will be explained as an example. As shown in FIG. Information represented by Z (for example, 2 banks, 7 bays, 6 levels) is displayed on the first display unit 43a. In the lower right corner of the screen, the next work target storage unit 1
The number of a (5 bay, 7 level) is also displayed. Furthermore, the fifth display unit 43e displays the current position of the lifting unit 20 and the position of the work storage unit 1a for the next article removal operation during the layout display of the plurality of storage units 1a.

Here, in the display of the layout of the plurality of storage units 1a by the display unit 43, the display control unit 100 indicates that the current position of the elevating unit 20 is the work target storage unit 1a for the next article loading / unloading operation. When approaching the position, the storage unit 1 in the set range including the work target storage unit 1a
The layout of a is configured to be enlarged and displayed.
That is, the plurality of storage portions 1a are displayed on the fifth display portion 43e.
Among them, the layout of the storage unit 1a within a range within two units within the frame of the storage unit 1a with respect to the current position of the elevating unit 20 is graphically displayed. When the current position of the elevating unit 20 becomes far from the position of the work storage unit 1a, the stacker in the layout of the four storage shelves 1 in plan view is displayed on the fifth display unit 43e as shown in FIG. Crane 10
When the crane position display for displaying the position is displayed, and when the work storage unit 1a is approached, the display is switched again to the enlarged layout display of the range including the storage unit 1a.

Further, the display control means 100, the contents of the work for each of the plurality of work object storage parts 1a for carrying out the article loading and unloading work among the plurality of storage parts 1a and the work object storage parts 1a in the plurality of work object storage parts 1a. The order of the work is managed, and based on the management information, the position of the work target storage unit 1a for the next article loading / unloading work and the content of the work for the work target storage unit 1a are displayed on the display unit 43. It is configured to display. Specifically, the respective positions of the plurality of work target storage units 1a for carrying out the article loading / unloading work are
A number indicating the work order is displayed at the location of each work target storage unit 1a laid out and displayed on the fifth display unit 43e so that the order of the work in the plurality of work target storage units 1a can be understood. In order to display the contents of the work, the second display unit 43b displays the number of the taken-out products, the third display unit 43c displays the product name of the taken-out product, and the fourth display unit 43d displays a message instructing the contents of the work. it's shown.
The work completion switch section 43f is operated by an operator when the putting in and out of articles to and from the displayed work target storage section 1a is completed, and when operated, work completion information is input to the control section 60. It

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 60 is used to integrate the work amount of the article loading / unloading work into / from the storage unit 1a by the worker from the start timing, and the integrated work amount. When the set amount reaches a set amount, a control unit 101 for activating an informing unit 102 for prompting the worker to take a break is configured. Specifically, as the first embodiment, the control means 101 has the working time of the article loading / unloading work from the time when the passenger detection sensor 70 detects that the worker has boarded the riding section 21. Is integrated as a work amount, and when the integrated time reaches a set time as a set amount, the notification means 102 is activated.

Here, the notifying means 102 is constituted by utilizing the display means 43 and the buzzer 71, and as shown in FIG. 11, it erases the display of the work information and serves as information for prompting the break. , "Please rest" message is displayed on the upper display portion 43g of the display screen of the display means 43, and the buzzer 71 is operated for several seconds. In addition, the break instruction screen is provided with a break interruption switch unit 43h configured as a touch panel, and when a worker starts work after a break or when he / she continues to work without taking a break for convenience, If you press this break break switch 43h,
It is configured to return to the original display of work information. When the break interruption switch 43h is pressed,
The accumulated work amount (work time) is cleared, and the work amount (work time) is integrated from the beginning.

Next, the operation of the display control by the control unit 60 will be described based on the control flow shown in FIG.
First, when the power is turned on and the controllable state is reached, in step # 1, the work target storage unit 1 for loading and unloading articles is placed.
Various kinds of control information such as the position of a, the contents of the work of putting in and taking out the article from the work storage unit 1a, the order of the work, and the position information of the elevating unit are input and managed.
Next, in step # 2, the position of the stacker crane 10 on the plane, the shelf number of the work target storage unit 1a to be worked first, and the like are initially displayed on the screen of the display unit 43 based on the above information. The crane position (see FIG. 10) for displaying the information of (1) is displayed. Next, the process proceeds to step 3, it is determined whether or not the work target storage section 1a is approached, and if it is determined that the work target storage section 1a is approached, in step # 4,
The layout of the storage units 1a in the range including the work storage unit 1a is enlarged and displayed (see FIG. 8), and the process waits until the completion of the work is input in step # 5. When the work completion information is input, in step # 6, the display is changed to the display of the work content for the next work target storage section 1a, and then in step # 7, the next work target storage section 1a displays the enlarged display. It is determined whether or not the storage unit 1a is within the range, and if it is within the range, the process returns to step # 5 and waits until the work completion is input. On the other hand, if the next work storage unit 1a is not within the enlarged display range, the process returns to step # 2 to return the enlarged display of the storage unit 1a layout to the crane position display of FIG. It moves to 3 and judges whether it approached the work storage part 1a, and waits.

Next, the operation of the break notification control in the first embodiment by the control unit 60 will be described based on the control flow shown in FIG. First, in step # 11, it is determined whether or not an operator has boarded the riding section 21 based on the detection information of the passenger detection sensor 70.
When it is detected that the worker has boarded the boarding section 21, the elapsed work time is measured and integrated based on the time reference signal in the control section 60 in step # 12. And
In step 13, it is judged whether or not the integrated work time has reached the set time, and if the set time has not been reached, the work time is continuously added, and if the set time has been reached, step # 14, the break information is displayed on the display screen of the display means 43 in order to encourage the worker to take a break,
A break notification operation for operating the buzzer 71 is performed.

[Other Embodiments] In the first embodiment, the work time integration process is started based on the detection of the worker on the riding section 21 by the passenger detection sensor 70. Alternatively, for example, the worker may press a work start switch or the like to start the work time integration process based on the ON signal of the switch.

Next, a second embodiment for the break notification control will be described. In the second embodiment, the control unit 101 integrates the number of the storage units 1a that have performed the article loading / unloading work as a work amount, and when the integrated number reaches a set number as a set amount, the notification is given. It is arranged to activate the means 102. Then, the operation of the break notification control in the second embodiment will be described based on the control flow shown in FIG. 14. First, in step # 21, the work completion switch section 43f is pressed to input work completion. When it is determined whether or not the work is completed, and in step # 22, the number of the storage units 1a where the work is completed is added. And step 23
At, it is determined whether the accumulated number of storage units 1a has reached the set number, and if it has not reached the set number, the process returns to step 23 to wait for the input of the next work completion. If the set number has been reached, in step # 24, the first
A break notification operation similar to that of the embodiment is performed.

The work amount of the article loading / unloading work to / from the storage unit 1a by the operator is not limited to the above-mentioned work time and the number of the storage units 1a that have performed the work, and other appropriate work amount can be determined. Information that can be used can be used.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the operation of displaying the work information has been described in the case of the article taking-out work for taking out the article from each storage section 1a, but the work information is similarly applied to the case of the work for putting the article in each storage section 1a. Or information that encourages a break is displayed.

In the above embodiment, the case where the traveling body is composed of the stacker crane 10 has been described, but traveling bodies other than the stacker crane 10 may be used.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the operator who rides the traveling body manually operates to move the elevating section 20 to the position of each work object storage section 1a has been described, but the traveling body (stacker crane 10) is Alternatively, the elevator 20 may be automatically driven to move to the position of each work storage unit 1a.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an article storage facility.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the article storage facility.

FIG. 3 is a partial plan view of the article storage facility.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a traveling body.

FIG. 5 is a side view of an elevating part of the traveling body.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a storage shelf and a lifting unit.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control configuration.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a display screen of display means.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing the arrangement of storage units.

[Fig. 10] Example of display contents

FIG. 11 is a front view showing another display example of the display means.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a control operation for display.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a control operation for informing a break in the first embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a control operation for informing a break in the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 storage shelf 1a Storage section 10 running bodies 20 Lifting part 21 Boarding Department 43 display means 70 Boarding status detection means 101 control means 102 notification means

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A traveling body provided with an elevating section so that it can be driven up and down, and a traveling path for loading and unloading work is provided so as to be able to drive, and a plurality of storage sections are arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction of the traveling path. A storage rack is provided, and the elevating part is an article storage facility that includes a boarding section for an operator who loads and unloads articles into and from the storage section. Is integrated from the start timing, and when the integrated work amount reaches a set amount, control means for activating an informing means for urging the worker to take a break is provided, and the elevating part is provided with respect to the storage part. For taking goods in and out
Display means is provided for displaying the work information of, and the notification means displays the information for prompting the break.
It is configured to display on the means, clears the accumulated work amount, and accumulates the work amount from the beginning.
The break interruption switch part configured to execute is shown in the table above.
An article storage facility provided in the indicating means . 2. The control means is configured to integrate the work time of the article loading / unloading work as a work amount, and to activate the notification means when the integrated time reaches a set time as a set amount. Item storage facility according to claim 1. 3. The boarding section is provided with boarding state detection means for detecting whether or not the worker is boarding, and the control means causes the boarding section to detect the boarding section by the worker. The article storage facility according to claim 2, wherein the accumulation of the working time is performed from the time when it is detected. 4. The control unit integrates the number of the storage units that have performed the article loading / unloading work as a work amount, and when the integrated number reaches a set number as a set amount, activates the notification unit. The article storage facility according to claim 1, configured as described above.