Disclosure of Invention
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a warehousing system that overcomes, or at least partially solves, the above problems.
The warehousing system comprises:
The storage space is used for containing storage objects;
The first direction conveying mechanism is used for promoting the storage objects in the storage space to move in a first direction, and comprises a first pushing part, a first driving mechanism and a second driving mechanism, wherein the first pushing part can be matched with a first action part formed on the outer side surface of the storage objects and drives the storage objects to move in the first direction;
the second direction conveying mechanism is used for promoting the storage objects in the storage space to move in a second direction, and comprises a second pushing part which can be matched with a second action part formed on the outer side surface of the storage objects and drives the storage objects to move in the second direction;
when the warehouse is located in a first moving conversion area of the warehouse space, the first pushing part can be matched with the first acting part, and the second pushing part can be matched with the second acting part.
Optionally, the number of the first pushing parts is at least two.
Optionally, the first direction conveying mechanism is composed of a plurality of first driving belts/first driving chains sequentially arranged along a first direction, a conversion driving belt/conversion driving chain positioned at one end of the first direction conveying mechanism, a conversion driving belt/conversion driving chain positioned at the other end of the first direction conveying mechanism and/or a conversion driving belt/conversion driving chain positioned between two adjacent first driving belts/first driving chains, a first pushing part arranged on the first driving belts/first driving chains and the conversion driving belts/conversion driving chains, and a first driving mechanism for driving the first driving belts/first driving chains and the conversion driving belts/conversion driving chains to rotate;
When the warehouse is located in a first moving conversion area of the warehouse space, the first pushing part of the conversion transmission belt/conversion transmission chain can be matched with the first action part, and the second pushing part can be matched with the second action part.
Optionally, the number of the first pushing parts disposed on each first driving belt/first driving chain is at least two, and at least two first pushing parts of each first driving belt/first driving chain can be simultaneously matched with the first acting parts of the warehouses located on two opposite sides of the first direction conveying mechanism.
Optionally, the second direction conveying mechanism is composed of a plurality of second driving belts/second driving chains sequentially arranged along the second direction, a second pushing part arranged on the second driving belts/second driving chains, and a second driving mechanism for driving the second driving belts/second driving chains to rotate.
Optionally, the warehousing system further includes:
The third direction conveying mechanism is used for promoting the storage objects in the storage space to move in a third direction, and comprises a third pushing part which can be matched with a third action part formed on the outer side surface of the storage objects and drive the storage objects to move in the third direction;
when the warehouse is positioned in a second moving and converting area of the warehouse space, the first pushing part can be matched with the first action part, and the third pushing part can be matched with the third action part;
When the warehouse object is positioned in a third moving conversion area of the warehouse space, the second pushing part can be matched with the second action part, and the third pushing part can be matched with the third action part.
Optionally, the third direction conveying mechanism is composed of a plurality of third driving belts/third driving chains sequentially arranged along the third direction, a third pushing part arranged on the third driving belts/third driving chains, and a third driving mechanism for driving the third driving belts/third driving chains to rotate.
Optionally, the first acting part is a protrusion or a groove body, the second acting part is a protrusion or a groove body, and the third acting part is a protrusion or a groove body.
Optionally, the warehousing system further includes:
push part position detection means for detecting a position of the first push part, a position of the second push part, and a position of the third push part, and generating position information;
The storage object position detection device is used for detecting the position of storage objects and generating storage object position information;
the control circuit is used for sending control instructions to the first direction conveying mechanism, the second direction conveying mechanism and the third direction conveying mechanism according to the position information generated by the pushing position detection device, the storage position information generated by the storage position detection device, the preset access information and the sequencing information.
Optionally, the warehousing system further includes:
The storage object sorting device is used for taking and placing storage objects and taking and placing internal objects of the storage objects;
The control circuit is also used for sending a control instruction to the warehouse sorting device.
The warehouse system provided by the embodiment of the invention can realize high-density storage and high-speed access of warehoused objects. The intelligent cabinet can be efficiently and flexibly applied to scenes such as logistics express, catering, unmanned supermarkets, intelligent wardrobes, cabinets, sundry cabinets and the like.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary for the purpose of illustrating the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention, and various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations may be made therein by one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
The terms "center," "longitudinal," "transverse," "length," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like in the description of the present invention refer to an orientation or positional relationship as indicated on the drawings, merely for convenience of description and to simplify the description, and do not denote or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. Furthermore, the terms "comprise," "include," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion.
In the description of the present invention, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, integrally connected, mechanically connected, electrically connected, directly connected, indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or communicating between the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
A warehousing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1, a warehouse system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a warehouse space, a rack 1, a first direction transfer mechanism, and a second direction transfer mechanism. The support 1 is arranged in the storage space and used as a mounting platform of the first direction conveying mechanism and the second direction conveying mechanism.
Specifically, the first direction conveying mechanism comprises a first pushing part 2 and a first driving mechanism 3, and the first pushing part 2 moves along the first direction under the driving action of the first driving mechanism 3. The first pushing part 2 can be matched with a first action part 4 formed on the outer side surface of the storage, and drives the storage to move in a first direction under the driving action of the first driving mechanism 3. In this embodiment, the first direction is a vertical direction, so the first pushing portion 2 can drive the storage in the storage space to move up and down in the vertical direction, and bear the weight of the storage.
The second direction conveying mechanism comprises a second pushing part 5 and a second driving mechanism 6, and the second pushing part 5 moves along the second direction under the driving action of the second driving mechanism 6. The second pushing part 5 can be matched with a second action part 7 formed on the outer side surface of the storage, and drives the storage to move in a second direction under the driving action of the second driving mechanism 6. In this embodiment, the second direction is a left-right direction corresponding to the view angle of fig. 1, so that the second pushing portion 5 can drive the warehouse to move left and right in the horizontal direction.
When the storage object is in a first moving conversion area 8 of the storage space, the first pushing part 2 can be matched with the first action part 4, the second pushing part 5 can be matched with the second action part 7, and the conversion of the moving direction of the storage object can be realized under the driving action of the corresponding driving mechanism. When the storage object is in the first moving and converting area 8 of the storage space, the first pushing part 2 drives the storage object to move in the first direction under the driving of the first driving mechanism 3, and the second pushing part 5 drives the storage object to move in the second direction under the driving of the second driving mechanism 6.
Referring to fig. 4, in this embodiment, the first direction conveying mechanism is composed of a plurality of first driving belts 9 sequentially arranged along a first direction, a switching driving belt 10 disposed at two ends of the first direction conveying mechanism, a first pushing part 2 disposed at the first driving belts 9 and the switching driving belt 10, and a first driving mechanism 3 for driving the first driving belts 9 and the switching driving belt 10 to rotate.
The first driving mechanism 3 may be a motor, each first conveyor belt and each conversion conveyor belt may be driven to rotate by an independent first driving mechanism 3, and a plurality of first conveyor belts may be driven to rotate by a single first driving mechanism 3 together, or other driving modes may be adopted. The two adjacent first driving belts 9 or the two adjacent first driving belts 9 are matched with the conversion driving belts, so that the first pushing part 2 arranged on the two adjacent first driving belts is matched with the first action part 4 of the storage object, and the storage object is promoted to be conveyed between the two adjacent first driving belts 9 or the two adjacent first driving belts 9 and the conversion driving belts.
In one case, the storages are separated from each other and are moved in the first direction by the corresponding first pushing part 2. In another case, the warehouses can be stacked together, and a plurality of mutually stacked warehouses can be matched with the first pushing part 2 by the first action part 4 of the warehouse located at the bottom layer, and the first pushing part 2 drives the mutually stacked warehouses to move in the same direction as the first direction. When the stacked warehouses need to be separated, the first action part 4 of the stacked warehouses cooperates with the corresponding first pushing part 2 and drives the stacked warehouses to move in the first direction, and of course, the moving speed of the stacked warehouses needs to be greater than the moving speed of the rest of the stacked warehouses.
The first direction conveying mechanism can only drive the storage objects positioned at one side of the first direction to move in the first direction, and can also drive the storage objects positioned at two sides of the first direction to move in the first direction. In this embodiment, the first direction conveying mechanism can simultaneously promote the warehouses located at two sides of the first direction conveying mechanism to move in the first direction. Specifically, the number of the first pushing parts 2 disposed on each first driving belt 9 is at least two, and at least two first pushing parts 2 of each first driving belt 9 can be simultaneously matched with the first acting parts 4 of the storage objects located on two opposite sides of the first direction conveying mechanism, so that the load of the first driving mechanism 3 can be reduced. Preferably, when the first transmission mechanism has only one first driving mechanism 3, the number of the first pushing parts 2 of the first transmission belt 9 is at least three, so that the storage objects can move continuously.
When the storage object is in the first moving conversion area 8 of the storage space, the first pushing part 2 of the conversion transmission belt 10 can be matched with the first action part 4, the second pushing part 5 can be matched with the second action part 7, and the conversion of the storage object moving direction can be realized under the driving action of the corresponding driving mechanism. The transfer drive belts 10 are arranged at the two ends of the first direction conveying mechanism, so that the storage objects can realize circumferential rotation.
In this embodiment, the conversion belt 10 can drive two warehouses simultaneously, as shown in fig. 6, so that when a warehouse located below the two warehouses is located in the first movement conversion area 8, the second pushing portion 5 can cooperate with the second acting portion 7 thereof, and move in the second direction under the driving action of the second driving mechanism 6, so as to implement sorting adjustment between the warehouses.
In another embodiment, the first direction conveying mechanism is composed of a plurality of first driving belts sequentially arranged along the first direction, a conversion driving belt positioned at the lower end of the first direction conveying mechanism, a conversion driving belt positioned between two adjacent first driving belts, a first pushing part arranged on the first driving belts and the conversion driving belts, and a first driving mechanism driving the first driving belts and the conversion driving belts to rotate. Preferably, the transfer belt between two adjacent first belts is located at a position in the middle of the first direction transfer mechanism at the same time.
When the storage object is in a first movement conversion area of the storage space, the first pushing part of the conversion transmission belt can be matched with the first action part, the second pushing part can be matched with the second action part, and the conversion of the storage object movement direction can be realized under the driving action of the corresponding driving mechanism.
In still another embodiment, the first direction conveying mechanism is composed of a plurality of first transmission chains sequentially arranged along the first direction, conversion transmission chains positioned at two ends of the first direction conveying mechanism, a first pushing part arranged on the first transmission chains and the conversion transmission chains, and a first driving mechanism for driving the first transmission chains and the conversion transmission chains to rotate.
When the storage object is in a first movement conversion area of the storage space, the first pushing part of the conversion transmission chain can be matched with the first action part, the second pushing part can be matched with the second action part, and the conversion of the storage object movement direction can be realized under the driving action of the corresponding driving mechanism.
It should be appreciated that the first direction transfer mechanism may take on other suitable configurations, which are not specifically illustrated herein.
In this embodiment, the second direction conveying mechanism is composed of a plurality of second driving belts 11 sequentially arranged along the second direction, a second pushing portion 5 disposed on the second driving belts 11, and a second driving mechanism 6 for driving the second driving belts 11 to rotate.
The second driving mechanism 6 may be a motor, each second conveyor belt may be driven to rotate by an independent second driving mechanism 6, and a plurality of second conveyor belts may be driven to rotate by a single second driving mechanism 6, or other driving modes may be adopted. The two adjacent second driving belts 11 are mutually matched, so that the second pushing part 5 arranged on the second driving belts is matched with the second action part 7 of the storage object, and the storage object is promoted to be conveyed between the two adjacent second driving belts 11.
The first pushing part 2 may be a protrusion fixed to the first belt 9, and the second pushing part 5 may be a protrusion fixed to the second belt 11. As shown in fig. 5, the first acting portions 4 may be a groove formed at a corner of an outer side surface of the storage object, a groove formed at a position of the outer side surface of the storage object near an edge, or the like, and the number of the first acting portions 4 of the same storage object may be increased or decreased according to actual needs. The second action parts 7 may be groove bodies formed at corners of the outer side surface of the storage object, groove bodies formed at edges of the outer side surface of the storage object, and the like, and the number of the second action parts 7 of the same storage object may be increased or decreased according to actual needs. In another embodiment, the first and second acting portions 4 and 7 are also protrusions. It should be understood that the first pushing part 2, the second pushing part 5, the first acting part 4 and the second acting part 7 may also take other suitable structures or shapes, which are not listed here.
In this embodiment, the support 1 is provided with a transition support 12, such as a horizontally arranged support rod, and the number of the conversion belts 10 at the upper end position of the first direction conveying mechanism is two, and the two conversion belts 10 are arranged side by side. As shown in fig. 6 to 8, the specific process of converting the upward movement of the warehouse in the upper first movement converting region 8 into the leftward movement in the second direction is that the first pushing part 2 of the right converting belt 10 cooperates with the first acting part 4 of the corresponding warehouse to carry the warehouse, the second pushing part 5 of the right second belt 11 cooperates with the second acting part 7 under the driving of the corresponding second driving mechanism 6 and drives the warehouse to move leftward, when the bottom surface of the warehouse is carried by the transition support 12 between the two converting belts 10, the first pushing part 2 of the right converting belt 10 is driven by the first driving mechanism 3 to leave the first acting part 4, the second pushing part 5 of the left second belt 11 cooperates with the second acting part 7 under the driving of the corresponding second driving mechanism 6 and drives the warehouse to move leftward, and when the bottom surface of the warehouse is about to leave the transition support 12, the first pushing part 2 of the left converting belt 10 cooperates with the first acting part 4 of the corresponding warehouse to carry the warehouse.
The bottom of the bracket 1 is provided with a bottom support 13 such as a metal bar with a smooth upper surface or a metal bar with a roller, etc., which is horizontally arranged, and the bottom support 13 can bear the storage objects at the lowest layer. In the process that the storage object moves downwards in the first moving conversion area 8 below and moves rightwards in the second direction due to the movement of the first direction, the storage object can be directly carried by the bottom support 13 without being carried by the first pushing part 2, and the second pushing parts 5 of the right and left second driving belts 11 positioned at the bottom can be sequentially matched with the second acting parts 7 of the storage object under the driving action of the corresponding second driving mechanisms 6 and drive the storage object to move rightwards.
In another embodiment, the second direction conveying mechanism is composed of a plurality of second transmission chains sequentially arranged along the second direction, a second pushing part arranged on the second transmission chains, and a second driving mechanism for driving the second transmission chains to rotate. It should be appreciated that the second direction transfer mechanism may take other suitable configurations, which are not specifically shown.
Returning now to fig. 1, in this embodiment, the warehousing system further includes a third-direction transfer mechanism.
The third direction conveying mechanism comprises a third pushing part 14 and a third driving mechanism 15, and the third pushing part 14 moves along the third direction under the driving action of the third driving mechanism 15. The third pushing part 14 can be matched with a third action part 16 formed on the outer side surface of the storage, and drives the storage to move in a third direction under the driving action of a third driving mechanism 15. In this embodiment, the third direction is the front-back direction corresponding to the view angle of fig. 1, so that the third pushing portion 14 can drive the warehouse to move back and forth in the horizontal direction.
When the storage object is in the second moving and converting area 17 of the storage space, the first pushing part 2 can be matched with the first acting part 4, the third pushing part 14 can be matched with the third acting part 16, and the conversion of the moving direction of the storage object can be realized under the driving action of the corresponding driving mechanism. When the storage object is in the second moving and converting region 17 of the storage space, the first pushing part 2 drives the storage object to move in the first direction under the driving of the first driving mechanism 3, and the third pushing part 14 drives the storage object to move in the third direction under the driving of the third driving mechanism 15.
When the storage object is in a third movement conversion area of the storage space, the second pushing part 5 can be matched with the second action part 7, the third pushing part 14 can be matched with the third action part 16, and the conversion of the storage object movement direction can be realized under the driving action of the corresponding driving mechanism. When the storage object is in the third movement conversion area of the storage space, the second pushing part 5 drives the storage object to move in the second direction under the driving of the second driving mechanism 6, and the third pushing part 14 drives the storage object to move in the third direction under the driving of the third driving mechanism 15. In one embodiment, the third movement conversion region overlaps the second movement conversion region 17.
In this embodiment, the third direction conveying mechanism is composed of a plurality of third driving belts 18 sequentially arranged along the third direction, a third pushing portion 14 disposed on the third driving belts 18, and a third driving mechanism 15 for driving the third driving belts 18 to rotate.
The third driving mechanism 15 may be a motor, and each third conveyor belt may be driven to rotate by an independent third driving mechanism 15, or a plurality of third conveyor belts may be driven to rotate by a single third driving mechanism 15. The two adjacent third driving belts 18 are mutually matched, so that the third pushing part 14 arranged on the two adjacent third driving belts is matched with the third action part 16 of the storage object, and the storage object is promoted to be conveyed between the two adjacent third driving belts 18.
The third pushing portion 14 may be a protrusion fixed to the third belt 18. As shown in fig. 5, the third acting portions 16 may be a groove formed at a corner of the outer side of the storage object, a groove formed at a position near the edge of the outer side of the storage object, or the like, and the number of the third acting portions 16 of the same storage object may be increased or decreased according to actual needs. In another embodiment, the third acting portion 16 is also a protrusion. It should be understood that the third pushing portion 14 and the third acting portion 16 may take other suitable structures or shapes, which are not listed here.
In the present embodiment, the rack 1 is provided with a horizontal support 19 in front of the second movement conversion area 17, which horizontal support 19 is able to carry the stock moved forward by the second movement conversion area 17 and the stock moved backward into the second movement conversion area 17.
Referring to fig. 9, the process of moving the storage object forward from the second moving conversion area 17 is that after the storage object is driven by the first pushing part 2 to the second moving conversion area 17, the third pushing part 14 cooperates with the third acting part 16 of the storage object under the driving action of the corresponding third driving mechanism 15 and drives the storage object to move forward, when the bottom surface of the storage object is carried by the horizontal support 19, the first pushing part 2 is separated from the first acting part 4 of the storage object under the driving action of the corresponding first driving mechanism 3, and the third pushing part 14 continues to drive the storage object to move forward until reaching the set position, so as to facilitate taking out the storage object or taking out the internal object of the storage object.
The process of the storage object moving backwards and returning to the second moving conversion area 17 is that the third pushing part 14 drives the storage object to move backwards under the driving action of the corresponding third driving mechanism 15, when the bottom surface of the storage object is about to leave the horizontal support 19, the first pushing part 2 is matched with the first acting part 4 of the storage object under the driving action of the corresponding first driving mechanism 3, the first acting part 4 carries the storage object, and the third pushing part 14 continues to drive the storage object to move backwards until reaching the second moving conversion area 17.
In another embodiment, the third direction conveying mechanism is composed of a plurality of third transmission chains sequentially arranged along the third direction, a third pushing part arranged on the third transmission chains, and a third driving mechanism for driving the third transmission chains to rotate. It should be appreciated that the third direction transfer mechanism may take other suitable configurations, which are not specifically recited herein.
Preferably, a proper number of baffles, limiting blocks, rollers and the like can be additionally arranged in the support 1 and on the outer side surface of the support 1, so that restraint on the storage is increased, and the movement of the storage is smoother. Meanwhile, the internal space of the bracket 1 is also convenient to divide different areas, such as a normal temperature area, a freezing area, a heating area, a drying area, an oxygen-free area and the like, according to the characteristics of the storage object.
In one embodiment, the warehouse system further comprises a pushing part position detection device, a warehouse object position detection device and a control circuit. The pushing part position detection device and the storage object position detection device can be directly or indirectly arranged on the bracket 1.
The pushing part position detecting device may be a position sensor, which is capable of emitting a detection signal, such as a detection ray, to the first pushing part 2, the second pushing part 5, and the third pushing part 14, and receiving the detection signal reflected by the first pushing part 2, the second pushing part 5, and the third pushing part 14, thereby detecting the position of the first pushing part 2, the position of the second pushing part 5, and the position of the third pushing part 14, and generating position information at the same time.
The storage object position detection device can be a position sensor, which can emit detection signals, such as detection rays, to each storage object or part of storage objects, and receive the detection signals reflected by the storage objects, so as to detect the positions of each storage object or part of storage objects, and meanwhile generate storage object position information.
The control circuit may be mounted on the support 1 or elsewhere. The control circuit can send control instructions to the first direction conveying mechanism, the second direction conveying mechanism and the third direction conveying mechanism according to the position information generated by the pushing part position detection device, the storage object position information generated by the storage object position detection device, the preset access information and the sequencing information so as to realize storage object access, sequencing adjustment and the like.
The warehousing system of the embodiment can realize high-density storage and high-speed access to warehoused objects. For example, when the express delivery is carried out, a plurality of articles can be reserved and stored continuously, the warehouse system can arrange a plurality of empty boxes into a continuous row in advance, so that the articles can be delivered continuously and rapidly at one entrance, and for example, the warehouse system can be applied to intelligent wardrobes, cupboards, sundries and the like, and a user can set the extraction sequence of the wares in different time periods so as to save time.
Referring now to fig. 10 and 11, in other embodiments, the warehousing system of the invention may include two or more warehousing systems as shown in fig. 1 coupled together. Optionally, as shown in fig. 12, the warehouse system may further include a warehouse sorting device, such as a lifting manipulator 20 disposed on the top of the support 1, where the warehouse sorting device takes and places warehouses and internal objects of the warehouses according to a control instruction sent by the control circuit, so as to implement sorting of the internal objects of the warehouses and sorting adjustment of the warehouses. In an application mode, the storage sorting device can classify and collect objects scattered in a plurality of storage objects, for example, in an express cabinet scene, a plurality of small objects of the same receiver can be collected in one storage box, the utilization rate of storage space is further improved, meanwhile, the time for extracting the objects of the receiver can be reduced, for example, in an unmanned supermarket scene, the objects can be extracted from the storage boxes with different classifications into one storage box, and the unmanned supermarket is more compact and more convenient.