JPH07255558A - Chair manufacturing facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a chair manufacturing facility that can use storage space effectively and meet the various needs of consumers while keeping as little unnecessary stock as possible. CONSTITUTION:This chair manufacturing facility, for manufacturing a chair which comprises a chair main body 1 with a cover fabric member 2 removably attached thereto, comprises a first manufacturing means 3 for manufacturing the chair main body 1, a second manufacturing means 4 for manufacturing the cover fabric member 2, and a safekeeping means 6 by which the chair main body 1 and the cover fabric member 2 manufactured by the first and second manufacturing means 3, 4 are transferred to storage space and kept in a mutually discriminable state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chair manufacturing facility which can comfortably cope with diversification of chair specifications. In this specification, the term "manufacturing" is understood in a broad sense. That is, not only manufacturing in the narrow sense of newly creating and assembling all of the element parts, but also incorporating some parts or the like procured from the outside, or procuring and assembling all the parts from the outside, etc. "include.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A chair is structurally composed of a chair body, which is a structural body composed of a seat, a back and legs, and an upholstery member such as a cushion material. Then, after manufacturing chairs and upholstery materials of different colors, materials, etc. and combining them in any combination to complete chairs of various specifications, they are stored in storage areas and stored by consumers. We are able to meet a wide range of needs quickly and accurately.

As a manufacturing facility for this type of chair, as shown in FIG. 4, a first manufacturing means b for manufacturing the chair body a and a second manufacturing means d for manufacturing the upholstery member c.
And a means f for connecting the chair body a and the upholstery member c to complete and pack the chair e, and the packed chair e is transferred to the storage location g for storage. It is common.

[0004]

By the way, it is difficult to grasp accurately from the beginning, because there is a limit in the market research regarding which color has many orders and the taste of consumers changes with the times. . For this reason, it is customary to anticipate a certain number of sales for each specification in preparation for immediate delivery and to secure inventory by forecast production. However, such conventional fabrication equipment, because you have to store pack the chair produced in the finished state, for example, chair body a ₁ of two colors as shown in FIG. 5, a ₂ and 10 kinds of tension Ground members c ₁ , c ₂ ,
In order to prepare 10 chairs e made of any combination with c _3, ..., it is indispensable to manufacture and store 2 × 10 × 10 = 200 completed chairs e in advance. Therefore, the conventional equipment has a drawback in that a huge space is required in the storage place g because it is too eager to prepare a shipping system in a completed state for all specifications. Further, when such a stock is prepared, when a so-called selling point comes out after the sale starts, the unsold chair e remains a finished product and continues to occupy a certain space of the storage place g for a long time. The effective space in g is greatly restricted, and the inconvenience of holding the inventory significantly increases the management burden. On the other hand, if there is not enough space, on the other hand, it will be unavoidable to make to order, and it will be inevitable that the delivery time will be greatly delayed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is possible to effectively use a storage place and to promptly meet various needs of consumers without holding unnecessary inventory as much as possible. The purpose is to provide the chair manufacturing equipment.

[0006]

The present invention adopts the following constitution in order to achieve the above object.

That is, the chair manufacturing facility according to the present invention is
A chair manufacturing facility configured to detachably attach a upholstery member to a chair body, comprising: a first manufacturing means for manufacturing the chair body, and a second manufacturing means for manufacturing the upholstery member. ,
The chair body and the upholstery member manufactured by the first and second manufacturing means are transferred to a storage location, and a storage means for storing them in a distinguishable state from each other is provided. The first manufacturing means and the second manufacturing means are not limited to the case where all the element parts are newly created and assembled, but when a part of the parts is procured from the outside and incorporated, or the whole part is procured from the outside. This includes cases such as assembling.
That is, the first manufacturing means suffices when the chair body is completed as a result, and the second manufacturing means suffices when the upholstery member is completed as a result.

In particular, when the upholstery member manufactured by the second manufacturing means is of a plurality of types having different colors and materials, the storage means stores the type and the storage location in association with each other. When the chair body manufactured by the first manufacturing means is made of a plurality of types having different colors and materials, the storage means stores the type and the storage location in association with each other. Will be effective.

As a more concrete embodiment, a packing means for separately packing the chair body and upholstery member is interposed between the first and second manufacturing means and the storage means. To be

[0010]

With such a structure, the chair body and the upholstery member can be attached and detached at any time, and when stored by the storage means, the chair body and the upholstery member are sorted, so that the specific specifications When a certain number of orders are received, the chair body and upholstery member of the corresponding color and material are taken out for that number and shipped, and then assembled on site. In other words, for example, when shipping 10 chairs made of an arbitrary combination of a two-color chair body and 10 kinds of chairs, it is not necessary to prospectively produce and store 200 completed chairs in advance. × 10 = 20 chair bodies and 10
It is sufficient to store × 10 = 100 upholstery members. Therefore, the number of storages is drastically reduced, which makes it possible to effectively utilize the storage space, and the immediate delivery system can be reasonably prepared to reduce the actual inventory amount when unsold.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The chair shown in FIG. 1 is constructed by detachably attaching an upholstery member 2 to a chair body 1, and FIG. 2 shows a manufacturing facility for such a chair. This equipment is
It comprises a first manufacturing means 3 for manufacturing the chair body 1, a second manufacturing means 4 for manufacturing the upholstery member 2, a packing means 5, and a storage means 6. In the first manufacturing means 3, for example, a resin such as polypropylene is put into an injection molding machine as a raw material, and the shell 11 and the leg blades 12 integrated with the back seat shown in FIG. 1 are molded. In addition to this, a seat bracket 13 for supporting the load of the shell 11 on the leg blades 12 and the shell 1
There is a place for manufacturing a pillar 14 that connects between 1 and the leg blade 12, and these are assembled to complete the chair body 1. It should be noted that the shell 11 is integrally provided with engaging portions 11a at required positions on the front surface of the back portion and required portions on the upper surface of the seat portion during molding. In the second manufacturing means 4, for example, urethane as a raw material is injected into a urethane molding machine to mold a cushion material 21 with a back seat integrated, and a tension material 22 is attached to the surface of this cushion material 21 and the back side is tackered. And the like, and the upholstery member 2 is finished. When molding the cushion material 21, the mounting wire 23 is disposed in the mold during molding, and the mounting wire 23 is embedded near the back of the back of the cushion 21 after molding and near the bottom of the seat. To the state Then, the cushion member 21 is partially provided with a defective portion, and the mounting wire member 23 is partially exposed to the back surface of the back portion and the lower surface of the seat portion through the defective portion.
The exposed position and the engaging protrusion 11a of the chair body 1 are set so as to be in a detachable positional relationship with each other.

The first manufacturing means 3 receives a command from a host computer 8 which will be described later, and then, for example, FIG.
Chair body 1 ₁ of the two colors as shown in, 1 ₂ are those to be selectively produced, also optionally the second manufacturing unit 4, for example, 10 colors upholstery member 2 ₁ to 2 ₁₀ It can be manufactured.

The packing means 5 is mainly composed of, for example, a work robot, and the first manufacturing means 3 is used.
The chair body 1 and the upholstery member 2 manufactured by the second manufacturing means 4 are individually packed. After packaging, an identification mark such as a bar code indicating the type and specifications of the contents is attached and the contents are transferred to the home 7.

The storage means 6 has a storage cabinet 61, a rail 62 arranged in a loop between the storage cabinet 61 and the platform 7, and runs / stops on the rail 62 to load and unload loads. It comprises a robot carriage 63 for performing, and a work robot 64 for traveling / stopping along the shelves arranged in the storage 61 and loading / unloading loads. The robot carriage 63 is
After receiving the load coming out of the platform 7 and traveling on the rail 62, the load is stopped by stopping at a predetermined position of the platform 65 of the storage 61. The stop position may be a designated storage location of the contents recognized through the identification mark, or if the storage location may be random, a location with many empty shelves may be simply selected. This load is received by the robot 64 in the storage 61 and is carried to a shelf for storage. Shelf numbers are attached to the shelves, and the load numbers and shelf numbers are associated with each other,
It is sequentially transmitted to the host computer 8. Further, a distribution center 9 is provided on the way of the rail 62, and when the host computer 8 issues a command to ship a specific product, the work robot 64 removes the product from the shelf where the product is stored. The robot dolly 63 takes out the product and takes it out to the home 65, and carries it to the distribution center 9. The fact that the load is taken out of the shelf is input to the host computer 8 from the work robot 64 or the like, and the host computer 8 changes the stored data managed. The host computer 8 checks the number of stored products for each product in the storage 61, identifies the products that have fallen below a preset standard number of products, and voluntarily issues a manufacturing instruction to the manufacturing means 3, 4 or the like. put out. Note that the standard storage number is not always constant, and based on the initially set expected production value, the planned emergency sales number for the near future, etc. sent from the store 10 etc. at any time is added. There are also cases.

In the chair manufacturing equipment as described above, when the host computer 8 issues a manufacturing command to satisfy the number of stored items, the manufacturing means 3, 4 etc. start to operate, and the chair body 1 and tension of a predetermined number and specifications are set. After the base member 2 is manufactured and packed by the packing unit 5, the storage unit 6 stores the storage 61.
The items will be stored in the shelves inside as they are sorted from each other. Thereafter, those orders chair particular specification located predetermined number, the host computer 8 issues a shipping instruction to meet the specifications in the appropriate chair body 1 _1, 1 ₂ and upholstery member 2 ₁ to 2 ₁₀ The required number of each is taken out and carried to the distribution center 9. At this time, the host computer 8 takes in the number of shipments and issues a manufacturing instruction again if necessary. On the other hand, in the chair manufactured in this equipment, the chair body 1 and the cushion material 2 can be attached and detached at any time, and therefore the both can be assembled very easily after being transported to the site. That is, the engaging portion 11a in which the attachment wire rod 23 of the cushion member 2 is projected on the shell 11 of the chair body 1
Since the installation is completed simply by engaging with, no complicated work such as screwing is required.

Further, according to this embodiment, the chair body 1 and the upholstery member 2 are separately packaged and stored in the storage cabinet. Therefore, when a certain number of orders of a specific specification are received, It is sufficient to take out the required number of chair bodies 1 and upholstery members 2 of the corresponding colors and materials from the ready-made products 1 ₁ , 1 ₂ , 2 ₁ to 2 ₁₀ and ship them, and assemble them on site. In other words, a chair made of any combination of two colors chair body ₁ 1, 1 ₂ and 10 different upholstery member 2 ₁ to 2 ₁₀ of 10
When shipping legs, there is no need to make and store 200 completed chairs in advance as in the past.
2 × 10 = 20 chair bodies 1 and 10 × 10 = 100
It is enough to store the individual upholstery members 2. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to drastically reduce the number of stocks of the particularly bulky chair body 1 and reduce the upholstery member 2 to half without sacrificing immediate delivery, thereby effectively using the storage space. In addition to reducing the scale of the storage itself, the amount of stock that remains unsold can also be reduced to reduce the management burden. In reality, since there are various types and specifications of chairs themselves, and the number of chairs handled is huge, it is not difficult to imagine that the above-mentioned effects become immeasurable.

The specific construction of each part is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment. For example, the chair to which the present invention is applied may have any attachment structure as long as the chair body and the upholstery member are detachable, and the upholstery member is not limited to the cushion material. In addition, the specific configurations and functions of manufacturing means, packing means, and storage means,
Various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. In particular, the manufacturing means is not limited to the case where all the element parts are newly created and assembled, and even when a part of the parts is procured and assembled from the outside or when all the parts are procured and assembled from the outside. Good. That is, the first manufacturing means 3 is sufficient if the chair body 1 is completed as a result, and the second manufacturing means 4 is sufficient if the upholstery member 2 is completed as a result.

[0019]

As described above, the chair manufacturing facility of the present invention can distinguish the manufactured chair body and upholstery member from each other for a chair having a structure in which the chair body and upholstery member are detachable. It is configured to be stored in a storage location in a stable state. Therefore, it is possible to drastically reduce the number of required stocks compared with the conventional one without compromising the immediate delivery system, which enables effective use of storage space, reduction of the size of the storage itself, etc. The amount of stock in stock can be reduced and the management burden can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a chair to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining the specifications of the chair body and upholstery member of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 2 showing a conventional example.

FIG. 5 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1 ₁ , 1 ₂ ... Chair body 2, 2 ₁ to 2 ₁₀ ... Upholstery member 3 ... First manufacturing means 4 ... Second manufacturing means 5 ... Packing means 6 ... Storage means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A chair manufacturing facility configured to detachably attach a upholstery member to a chair body, comprising: a first manufacturing means for manufacturing the chair body; and a first manufacturing means for producing the upholstery member. And a storage means for transferring the chair body and upholstery member manufactured by the first and second manufacturing means to a storage location and storing them in a mutually distinguishable state. Chair manufacturing equipment. 2. The upholstery member manufactured by the second manufacturing means is made of a plurality of types having different colors and materials, and the storage means stores the types and storage locations in association with each other. The chair manufacturing facility according to claim 1. 3. The chair body manufactured by the first manufacturing means is made of a plurality of types having different colors and materials, and the storage means stores the types and storage locations in association with each other. The chair manufacturing facility according to claim 1 or 2. 4. A packing means for separately packing the chair main body and the upholstery member is interposed between the first and second manufacturing means and the storage means. Chair manufacturing equipment described in 3.