JPS62275904A - Warehouse equipment for housing long object - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it easy to house and take out long objects by arranging multiple racks in parallel having multiple housing containers of different sizes in both vertical and lateral directions and making a running cart having an elevator table reciprocally move through a passage between racks. CONSTITUTION:Multiple spaces 6 to 8 for housing long objects of respectively different lengths are arranged in both vertical and lateral directions to form a rack 1 and a plurality of racks 1 are arranged in parallel (in the direction perpendicular to the drawing surface). And a running cart 13 having an elevator table 16 is made to move reciprocally between a passage between racks 1 and an object handling station 20 outside the racks 1. Transfer of the long objects is made by making a transfer device 18 supported by the elevator table 16 of the running cart 13 face one of the required housing spaces 6-8 of the rack 1. With the above constitution, housing and taking out the long objects are made easy.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention 3. Detailed Description of the Invention Industrial Field of Application The present invention is applied to a partitioned storage space of a shelf installed in a factory, for example, in which a large number of long objects of different lengths can be stored. On the other hand, the present invention relates to a warehouse facility for storing long objects in which long objects are automatically taken in and taken out using a loading/unloading device.

Conventional technical traveling equipment, as seen in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-26703, is provided with a shelf having a plurality of compartment storage spaces in the vertical and horizontal directions, and has a cargo handling area outside the end of the shelf. A storage area is provided, a passage is formed in front of the shelf, and a loading/unloading device is provided in the passage, which is movable along the front of the shelf and which loads/unloads goods into/out of the compartment storage space. . By operating the loading/unloading device, the cargo is automatically transferred between the intended compartment storage space and the cargo handling area. In this case, the load is handled directly or via a pallet, and when pallets are used, standard dimensions are usually used to accommodate changes in the shape of the load.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention By the way, when the cargo is long and has different lengths, using a common pallet would result in poor storage efficiency in terms of warehouse space and high equipment costs. Become something. This can be countered by creating separate storage spaces with different rjj and using pallets of different lengths, but in this case, long pallets and pallets of different dimensions must be handled while being correctly positioned. .

The object of the present invention is to provide pallets of different lengths.
To provide a warehouse facility for storing long objects that can always accurately position pallets in a cargo handling area, even though the equipment handles long objects.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the warehouse equipment for storing long objects of the present invention is provided with a shelf having a plurality of compartment storage spaces in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction. A loading and unloading device is provided which can freely travel on a fixed path between the shelves and the front of the loading area and can freely transfer pallets for long items between the shelves and the loading area. This loading/unloading device is composed of a traveling machine body, an elevator platform provided on the traveling vehicle body, and a loading/unloading tool provided on the elevator platform so as to be able to move in and out in the horizontal direction, and A movable trolley is provided, a cradle is provided on this trolley-J2, and
A plurality of locking pieces are provided protruding from both ends of the cradle in the running direction.

According to the configuration of the present invention, the distance between the target compartment storage space and the truck at the cargo handling area is increased by the combined operation of the traveling action of the traveling machine, the lifting and lowering movement of the lifting platform, and the lateral movement of the loading/unloading tool. Can deliver and deliver pallets for large items. At that time, in the trolley, the corresponding locking piece among the plurality of locking pieces acts on the pallet for long objects of different lengths, and the positioning of the pallet for long objects with respect to the cart in the length direction is performed. will be carried out.

Example An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a pair of shelves having a plurality of compartment storage spaces in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and a pair of shelves are arranged side by side with a passage 2 placed therebetween. Here, the partitioned storage space is divided into a plurality of types having 11 different dimensions in the horizontal direction, that is, a first long partitioned storage space 6 that can store the first pallet 3 of the largest size, and a second pallet 4 of the next longest size. A flexible second long compartment storage space 7;
A third elongated storage space 8 is formed in which the third pallet 5 of the smallest size can be stored. In the passageway 2, there is provided a loading/unloading device jO which is movable along a fixed path 9 along the front of the shelf 1 and which loads/unloads the pallets 3-5 into and out of the compartment storage spaces 6-8.

This loading/unloading device 10 includes a traveling body 13 supported and guided by a floor rail 11 and guided by a ceiling rail 12, a traveling drive device 14 provided on this traveling body 13, and a boss 15 forming a part of the traveling body 13. Lifting platform 16 guided to the side
, an elevating and lowering drive device 17, and a loading/unloading tool 18 provided on the elevating table 16 so as to be freely retractable in the lateral direction. A cargo handling area 20 is formed extending from the bottom of one end of the tank 1 to the outside of the end, and this cargo handling area 20 is provided with a cart 21 that can freely travel along the fixed path 9. In other words, the truck 21 has the axle 2 on the floor rail 22.
3 and a traveling drive unit 24 mounted on the tower.
is linked to the axle 23. A pedestal 26 is disposed on the trolley 21''2 via a lifting device 25 such as a pantograph mechanism, and outer receiving portions 27 are provided at both front and rear ends of the pedestal 26''2. An inner bone portion 28 is disposed at a position inside 27 by a predetermined dimension (LG). These receiving portions 27 and 28 are formed of rectangular pipe material extending in the width direction, and width determining pieces 29 are provided protruding from both ends in the width direction.

From the outer surface of both outer receiving portions 27, outer locking pieces 3 are respectively attached.
0 is provided protrudingly, and inner locking pieces 31 are provided protrudingly from the outer surface of the inner surface receiving portion 28, respectively. Said pallet 3~
5 has a framework shape that can freely accommodate elongated objects (steel bars, etc.) of different sizes, and has a front surface to be inspected corresponding to the locking pieces 30 and 31. In other words, the total length (1, □) of the first pallets 1 to 3 and the total length (L2) of the second pallet 4 are longer than the distance (L4) between the corresponding inner locking pieces 31, but The distance between the outer surfaces of the intermediate beams 3A and 4A (q4) is determined by the above-mentioned interval (L
4) These intermediate beams 3A are made slightly shorter than 3A.
The outer surface of 4A is formed as a locked surface 32.33. Further, the total length (L3) of the third pallets 1 to 5 is slightly shorter than the interval (L,) between the corresponding outer locking pieces 30,
The outer surface of the end beam member 5A of the third pallet 5 is formed into a locked surface 34. Here, rlJ((
1,) is set shorter than the above-mentioned predetermined dimension (Le) so that the end beam 5A can fit between the locking pieces 30 and 31.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

The operation of warehousing when the lifting platform 16'2 is empty will be explained. First, the loading/unloading unit [10] is stopped at the home position. At this time, the cart 2I is stopped at the home position of the material handling area 20, and the cart 21 is moving from the pallet 3 to
5 is supported on a pedestal 26, and the pedestal 26 is raised to a position where it is easy to work.

Therefore, when the loading/unloading device 10 is stopped, the loading/unloading tool 18 faces the receiving stand 26. Then, the pallet 1- on the receiving table 26 is pulled into the lifting table 16'' by the combined movement of the loading/unloading tool 18 and the lifting/lowering movement of the lifting table 16.

Next, based on the operation command, the running movement of the traveling machine 3 and the lifting/lowering movement of the lifting platform 16 are performed, and after the loading/unloading tool 18 is faced to the intended compartment storage spaces 6 to 8, the loading/unloading tool 18 is moved in and out. Pallets can be stocked by the combination of the lifting table 16 and the lifting/lowering movement of the lifting table 16.

Moreover, by operating in the reverse direction, the pallet in the target compartment storage space can be delivered onto the cart 21.

"The pallet 1 is transferred from the double loading and unloading device 10 to the trolley 21.
When transferring parts 3 to 5, in the case of the third pallet 5, the locked surface 34, which is the outer surface of the end beam 5A, is guided and locked by the outer locking piece 30. Then, it is received by the outer receiving portion 27 in a positioned state. In addition, in the case of the first pallet 3 and the second pallet 1-4, the intermediate beam material 3A
, 4A's outer surface to be locked 32.33 is the inner locking piece 3
By being guided and locked by 1, it is received by the inner receiving part 28 in a positioned state. All palettes 3~
The 11th direction of 5 is positioned by a width determining piece 29. The trolley 21 that has received the pallets 1 to 3 to 5 travels to the outside of the shelf 1, and a crane (not shown) installed on the upper part of the outside takes out or stores the long items. It will be done. As a result, the pallets 3 to 5, which have become empty or full, travel again into the shelf and stop at the home position, and are then stored in the target compartment storage spaces 6 to 8 through the operations described above. At this time, the pallets 3 to 5 remain positioned on the cart 21, so that the pallets can be correctly stored in the storage spaces 6 to 8.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, by the combined operation of the running action of the traveling machine, the up-and-down movement of the lifting platform, and the lateral movement of the loading/unloading tool, the target compartment storage space and the cart of the cargo handling area can be connected to each other. Pallets for long objects can be transferred between the two. At that time, in the trolley, the corresponding locking piece among the plurality of locking pieces acts on the pallet for long objects of different lengths, and the positioning of the pallet for long objects with respect to the cart in the length direction is performed. can be done, which gives −
8 = Able to handle long pallets of different dimensions at all times while maintaining correct positioning.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Figure 1-1 is a partially cutaway side view of the whole, Figure 2 is a partially cutaway plan view of the same, Figure 3 is a side view of the truck, and Figure 4 is a partially cutaway side view of the whole. A plan view, FIG. 5 is a front view of the same, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are explanatory views of the locking piece portion. 1... Shelf, 3... First pallet, 3A... Intermediate beam material, 4... Second pallet 1-14A... Intermediate beam material, 5
...Third pallet, 5A... End beam material, 6. First long section storage space, 7. Second long section storage space, 8. Third long section storage space, 9... Constant route, 10... loading/unloading device, 13... traveling aircraft, 16... lifting platform, 18...
- Loading/unloading tool, 20... Cargo handling area, 21... Trolley, 2
5... Elevating device, 26... Receiver, 27... Outer receiving part, 28... Inner receiving part, 29... Width determining piece, 30...
・Outer locking piece, 31...Inner locking piece, 32.33°34
...Locked surface agent Yoshihiro Morimoto JP 11n'G2-275904 (4) Figure 5 Figure 2 Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In addition to providing a shelf with multiple compartment storage spaces in the vertical and horizontal directions, a cargo handling area is formed at the end of this shelf, and the vehicle can freely travel on a fixed path between these shelves and the front of the material handling area. , and a loading/unloading device that can freely transfer pallets for long objects between the shelf and the material handling area, and this loading/unloading device is connected to a traveling machine, a lifting platform provided on the traveling machine, and a horizontal platform on the lifting platform. A cart is provided at the cargo handling area and is movable along a certain route, and a receiving platform is provided on the cart, and both ends of the receiving platform in the traveling direction are provided at the cargo handling area. Warehouse equipment for storing long objects, characterized in that a plurality of locking pieces are respectively provided protrudingly.