JPH0654608U - Article storage device using vertical transport path - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The purpose is to effectively utilize the dead space in the vertical transfer passage that is provided through each floor to accommodate the vertical transfer device that constitutes the vertical transfer warehouse system. It is an object of the present invention to provide an article storage device using a vertical transport path, which is made by paying attention to the fact that space can be used for storing articles. [Structure] A loading / unloading port provided in a vertical transport path 7 for accommodating the vertical transport device 5 to carry out or reversely carry an article transported by the vertical transport device to a loading / unloading device 6 provided on each floor. A storage shelf A capable of storing and taking out articles by using the vertical transfer device is provided on a wall surface other than 41.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an article storage device that uses a vertical transport path provided to house a vertical transport device.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, an automatic shelving device has been installed in a fireproof room provided in a basement or the like for accommodating a large number of items, and the items accommodated in the automatic shelving device are carried out to or from a loading / unloading device provided on each floor or on each floor. In order to carry in from the loading and unloading equipment to the shelving equipment, a vertical transportation path surrounded by a fireproof wall is provided through each floor, and a vertical transportation device such as a telelift is installed in the vertical transportation path. Warehouse system is provided.

Further, the present applicant has already proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 1-163300 a vertical transfer device used for the above-mentioned purpose, and in Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 3-104271, it has been proposed to transfer a container in a vertical transfer device. Proposed on-board equipment.

However, the vertical transport path is used only for accommodating the vertical transport device, and most of the space is a dead space. Conventionally, there is no idea that this dead space is used for something. There wasn't.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In view of the above situation, the present invention is to solve the problem by effectively using the dead space in the vertical transportation path that is provided through each floor to accommodate the vertical transportation device that constitutes the vertical transportation warehouse system. In order to achieve the above, it is an object to provide an article storage device using a vertical transport path, which is made by paying attention to the fact that the space can be used for storing articles.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a storage / receipt in a vertical transport path for accommodating a vertical transport device, in which articles transported by the vertical transport device are provided on each floor. An article storage device that uses a vertical transport path is provided on the wall surface other than the loading / unloading port provided for loading and unloading the equipment to / from the equipment. Configured.

[0007]

[Action]

 The article storage device using the vertical transport path of the present invention having the above-described contents is provided in order to store the space in the vertical transport path for accommodating the article which is not used at all in the conventional vertical transport path. It is intended to make effective use of the space by providing storage shelves on the wall surface other than the loading / unloading port provided for loading and unloading articles between the loading / unloading device and vertical transfer device on each floor. When the articles stored in the storage shelves are taken out to each floor, or when the articles are stored from each floor to the storage shelves, the vertical shelving device is used to connect the storage shelves and the loading / unloading devices on each floor, which is not the original purpose. The goods are handed over between them. Here, since the distance between the storage shelves installed in the vertical transport path and the storage / receipt device on each floor is shorter than the distance to the automatic shelving device installed in the fireproof room on the basement floor, etc. The access time for taking out and storing the stored goods is shorter than the access time for taking out and storing the goods stored in the automatic shelving device.

[0008]

【Example】

 The present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of each floor of a vertical transfer warehouse system 1 installed in a corner of the building, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a container 2 as a standard item that accommodates and transfers documents, etc. Is a simplified sectional view showing the relationship between the vertical shelving device 4 and the automatic shelving device 4 installed in the fireproof chamber 3 provided in the basement, etc., and FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the vertical shelving device 5 and the loading / unloading device 6 on each floor. FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view showing the concept of the entire structure of the present invention.

The vertical transfer warehouse system 1 is housed in a container 2 between an automatic shelving device 4 installed in a fireproof chamber 3 provided on a basement floor, etc. and a loading / unloading device 6, ... Provided on each floor. The vertical transfer device 5 is provided to carry out or carry in a product. This vertical transport device 5 is installed in a vertical transport path 7 that penetrates from one corner of the refractory chamber 3 to each floor, allows the container 2 to be transferred to and from the automatic shelving device 4, and the loading / unloading device on each floor. Similarly, the container 2 can be transferred to and from the container 6. By inputting command data to the operation panel 8 provided on each floor, each of these devices is driven in cooperation with a conventionally known control mechanism.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the vertical transfer device 5 has a rail plate 9 as a track vertically installed in the vertical transfer path 7, and a rail, similarly to the structure disclosed in the conventional example. Pulleys (not shown) provided above and below the plate 9, two carriages 10 traveling on the front side and the back side of the rail plate 9, and two carriages via upper and lower pulleys, respectively. And a wire rope (not shown) that connects 10 to each other.

Each trolley 10 incorporates a primary winding (not shown) of a linear motor. Further, the rail plate 9 has a parallel plate-shaped substrate 11, and a secondary conductor of the linear motor and a power supply line are provided in a vertical direction (longitudinal length of the substrate 11) on each of a front surface and a back surface of the substrate 11. Direction). Further, rail surfaces 13 on which the wheels 12 of the carriage 10 travel are provided at both ends of the surface of the substrate 11. The same applies to the back surface of the base plate 11.

Since the two carriages 10 each have a linear motor, if they are driven in opposite directions (upward and downward), they will generate a thrust of 1/2 as compared with the case where they are driven by a single linear motor. Good. Since the driving direction of the linear motor can be changed by switching the connection of the primary winding with respect to the power source, the two carriages 10 can be raised or lowered as required. The control of the carriage 10 including the change of the driving direction is performed by a drive control device (not shown).

The trolley 10 is provided with a container transfer device 14, and the container transfer device 14 is a pair of upper and lower supporting blocks fixed to the trolley 10 side as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. 15 and 16, a movable frame 17 supported by both support blocks 15 and 16, and a pair of upper and lower transfer conveyors 18 and 19 supported on the movable frame 17 side.

A screw shaft 20 having an axial center in the traveling direction of the carriage 10, that is, a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction, is screwed into the upper support block 15 so as to be movable back and forth, and both ends of the screw shaft 20 are movable frames. It is pivotally supported on the body 17 side. A guide shaft 21 having an axis parallel to the screw shaft 20 is fitted into the lower support block 16, and both ends of the guide shaft 21 are supported on the movable frame 17 side. Further, a driven pulley 22 is fixed to one end of the screw shaft 20, and a timing belt 25 is wound around a drive pulley 24 fixed to a drive shaft of a first motor 23 attached to the movable frame 17. ing. Here, the movable frame 17 is supported on both support blocks 15 and 16 side via a screw shaft 20 and a guide shaft 21, and is driven by the first motor 23 in the forward and reverse directions to be orthogonal to the traveling direction of the carriage 10. The structure is supported so that it can be moved in and out in any direction.

Further, an intermediate screw shaft 26 having an axis parallel to the screw shaft 20 is arranged at an intermediate portion between the screw shaft 20 and the guide shaft 21, and both ends of the intermediate screw shaft 26 are provided at the movable frame body 17. It is pivotally supported on the side. Further, the intermediate screw shaft 26 has a right screw portion 26a formed on one side of the longitudinal intermediate position and a left screw portion 26b formed on the other side thereof, which correspond to the right screw portion 26a and the left screw portion 26b, respectively. The screw blocks 27 and 28 each having a female screw hole are screwed so as to freely move back and forth. A driven pulley 29 is fixed to one end of the intermediate screw shaft 26, and a timing belt 32 is wound around a drive pulley 31 fixed to a drive shaft of a second motor 30 attached to the movable frame 17. ing.

Each of the transfer conveyors 18 and 19 is rotatably supported by the roller support frame 33 and the roller support frame 33, and a plurality of rolling rollers arranged in the axial direction of the screw shaft 20. , And a flexible transfer belt 35 wound between the rolling rollers 34. In the lower transfer conveyor 19, the roller support frame 33 is further driven. A third motor 36 as a part is attached, and the transfer belt 35 is wound around a drive roller 37 which is driven in the forward and reverse directions by the third motor 36. By the reverse driving, the lower transfer belt 35 can be circulated and rotated, and the upper transfer belt 35 can be driven and rotated.

Further, each roller support frame 33 of each transfer conveyor 18, 19 and each screw block 27, 28 are pivotally connected to each other by a pair of link rods 38, 39, respectively. 18, 19 are supported by the movable frame 17 side via link rods 38, 39, the intermediate screw shaft 26, etc. in parallel with each other in a direction parallel to the traveling direction of the trolley 10, and the second motor 30 Both screw blocks 27 and 28 are separated and approached by forward and reverse driving, and the link rods 38 and 39 are expanded and contracted by the separation and approach operations of the screw blocks 27 and 28, so that both transfer conveyors 18 are moved. , 19 are configured to approach and separate from each other in the traveling direction of the carriage 10, that is, in the vertical direction.

Next, the loading / unloading device 6 will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7. The loading / unloading device 6 has a fire door 42 that opens and closes a loading / unloading port 41 provided at a proper place corresponding to each floor of a fireproof wall 40 that divides the vertical transport path 7 from the inside of the building, in conjunction with the vertical transport device 5. And a container standby shelf 43 and a transfer conveyor 44 for transferring the container 2 between the container standby shelf 43 and the vicinity of the loading / unloading port 41, and these are stored in a housing 45 provided on each floor. There is. An opening / closing door 46 is provided on the wall surface of the housing 45 facing the container standby shelf 43. Reference numeral 47 in the figure denotes an elevator section for transferring the container 2 to and from each stage when the container standby shelf 43 has multiple stages.

Therefore, according to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, in the vertical transport path 7 for accommodating the vertical transport device 5, the containers 2 transported by the vertical transport device 5 are provided on each floor. A storage shelf A is provided on the wall surface of the refractory wall 40 other than the loading / unloading port 41 provided for loading / unloading to / from the loading / unloading device 6 by using the vertical transport device 5. It is a thing.

Here, the structure of the storage shelf A is not particularly limited, but the articles stored in the storage shelf A can be carried out and carried in by the container transfer device 14 of the vertical transport device 5 in the same manner as described above. The dimensions are set so that the standard-sized container 2 can be stored, and an extrusion device (not shown) for appropriately pushing the container 2 from the storage shelf A to the container transfer device 14 side, or a container 2 from the container transfer device 14 is installed. It is assumed that a retracting device (not shown) for retracting to the storage shelf A side is provided.

Then, the carriage 10 of the vertical transfer device 5 is stopped at a predetermined height, and the transfer conveyors 18 and 19 of the container transfer device 14 are moved toward the storage shelf A, and at the same time, the storage shelf A side. The container 2 is pushed out of the container, the container 2 is sandwiched between the transfer belts 35, 35 of both transfer conveyors 18, 19, and the lower transfer belt 35 is rotationally driven to be drawn to the container transfer device 14 side. At the same time, the transfer conveyors 18 and 19 are returned to the predetermined position of the carriage 10. In that state, the carriage 10 is stopped in correspondence with the loading / unloading port 41 on a predetermined floor, the transfer conveyors 18 and 19 are moved to the loading / unloading port 41 side, and then the lower transfer belt 35 is rotationally driven. Then, the container 2 is delivered to the transfer conveyor 44 of the loading / unloading device 6 through the loading / unloading port 41. When the container 2 is to be stored in the storage rack A from the loading / unloading device 6, the above operation is reversed.

In the container transfer device 14 of the vertical transfer device 5 of this embodiment, only the container 2 (article) in which the transfer conveyors 18 and 19 are movable in the forward and backward directions can be transferred. It is also possible to provide the storage rack A with a horizontal transfer device for horizontally moving the container 2 stored in the storage rack A to a predetermined position. If the container transfer device 14 of the vertical transfer device 5 has a large two-dimensional degree of freedom in the moving direction, that is, if the movement direction can be freely controlled in the horizontal plane, the fireproof wall 40 surrounding the vertical transfer device 5 can be formed. It is possible to provide the storage shelves A on 2 to 4 surfaces of the wall.

It should be noted that, by storing the articles mainly used on a specific floor in the storage shelf A in the vicinity of the loading / unloading port 41 on that floor, the loading / unloading device on the specific floor can be passed through the loading / unloading port 41. It is possible to quickly take out the article.

[0024]

[Effect of device]

 The article storage device using the vertical conveyance path of the present invention as described above is in the vertical conveyance path for accommodating the vertical conveyance device, and the articles conveyed by the vertical conveyance device are carried out to the loading / unloading device provided on each floor. Or, on the contrary, since a storage shelf that can store and take out articles by using the vertical transfer device is provided on the wall surface other than the loading / unloading port provided for loading, the vertical transfer device that has not been used at all can be used. The space in the vertical transport path for storing the articles can be effectively used as a space for storing the articles, and the article storage space efficiency can be improved. In other words, since the vertical transfer device of a normal vertical transfer warehouse system can be shared, an article storage device with a new large storage space can be configured with a minimum equipment cost simply by providing a storage shelf in the vertical transfer path. Because Further, the loading / unloading port provided for loading / unloading articles between the loading / unloading device and the vertical transfer device provided on each floor can be freely set anywhere.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a container.

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the relationship between an automatic shelving device installed in a fireproof chamber provided in a basement or the like and a vertical transfer device.

FIG. 4 is a simplified cross-sectional view showing the relationship between the vertical transfer device and the loading / unloading device on each floor.

FIG. 5 is a sectional perspective view conceptually showing the overall structure of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory sectional view showing a part of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a simplified side view showing the outline of the container transfer device.

FIG. 9 is likewise a simplified perspective view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A storage shelf 1 vertical transfer warehouse system 2 container 3 fireproof chamber 4 automatic shelf device 5 vertical transfer device 6 loading / unloading device 7 vertical transfer path 8 operation panel 9 rail plate 10 trolley 14 container transfer device 18 transfer conveyor 19 transfer conveyor 40 Fire Resistant Wall 41 Entry / Exit Door 42 Fireproof Door 43 Container Standby Shelf 44 Conveyor Conveyor 45 Housing 46 Opening / Closing Door

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A vertical transport path for accommodating a vertical transport device, other than a loading / unloading port provided for loading or unloading articles transported by the vertical transport device to a loading / unloading device provided on each floor. An article storage device using a vertical transport path, characterized in that a storage shelf capable of storing and taking out an article by using the vertical transport device is provided on the wall surface of the article.