JPH03211105A - Takeout port specifying type article storage shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the structure of a takeout port specifying type article storage shelf partitioned into numerous small storage rooms by providing a door, energized oscillatingly in the horizontal direction, at the front face of each storage room, as well as providing a stopper detachably, and disengaging the stopper of the specified door selectively. CONSTITUTION:Data for assigning a desired storage room is inputted with a storage shelf sign and a storage room sign. An endless belt 19 is thereby driven to adjust an unlock slider 20 to the assigned storage room. A motor 23 is then started to lift a rod 25 through a crank 24 so as to lift an unlock lever 21. A stopper 12 is thereby rotated upward to disengage its engagement with the upper end of a door 10. Accordingly, the door 10 is rotated horizontally by a torsion spring 11 to open the front face of the storage room selectively. With this constitution, a solenoid or the like becomes unnecessary.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides an article storage shelf (hereinafter abbreviated as a storage shelf) divided into a large number of small storage chambers.
The present invention relates to an article storage shelf in which an openable/closeable shutter door is installed in each storage chamber, and only the shutter door of a specific storage chamber can be opened when loading or unloading articles.

[Conventional technology]

Relatively thin and small items such as micro cassette tapes, magnetic tape cassettes for computers, or video tape cassettes are generally stored in storage shelves partitioned into a number of small storage compartments.

In conventional storage shelves, the front opening thereof is usually covered with a hinged door or a sliding door to prevent dust and theft.

In addition, as another configuration, a hinged door for each storage compartment is opened and closed by a solenoid attached to each, and a specific door is opened by energizing the required solenoid. Storage shelves are also known.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Storage shelves whose front openings are covered by hinged or sliding doors are troublesome because the doors must be opened, closed, and locked/unlocked each time items are taken out or taken out.

In addition, when items with the same shape but different contents are stored in multiple storage compartments, or when they are taken out of a storage compartment, there is a risk of accidentally putting them in another storage compartment or taking out other items. Sometimes.

Storage shelves in which the doors of individual storage compartments are opened by a solenoid can be used to accurately take out or store specific items by selecting the solenoid to be energized. This requires a large number of solenoids, switches, etc., which increases the cost due to the large number of component parts.Furthermore, there is a problem that storage shelves for magnetic tapes cannot be used because of the magnetic influence of the solenoids. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an article storage shelf with a specific outlet in which only desired doors can be opened for each storage chamber without using a solenoid or the like. .

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the article storage shelf of the present invention includes a case in which a large number of storage chambers are arranged in rows at equal pitches in the horizontal direction, and a support that is installed horizontally at the upper end of the front surface of each of the storage chambers. The shaft is pivotally connected to the shaft with a pitch corresponding to the storage chamber, and the lower part of the pivot portion covers at least the upper front surface of the corresponding storage chamber, and the upper part projects above the support shaft, and the lower part extends forward. a plurality of doors that can be rotated to a horizontal position; a spring attached to each door and biasing each door to rotate toward a horizontal position; a plurality of stoppers that are arranged in a row in the vertical direction and that can be moved between a stopping position in which the corresponding door comes into contact with the rear surface of the upper end to stop the rotation of the door and a release position above the door when the corresponding door is in the vertical position; and move laterally along the lower surface of the stopper row,
An unlock slider that selects one of the stoppers and moves it from a restraining position to a release position by rising at a desired position, and a lateral slider that moves the unlock slider laterally and stops it at the selected position. The present invention is characterized by comprising a drive device and an unlock drive device that raises the unlock slider at the stop position.

[For production]

For example, after inputting information indicating the position of the storage chamber for the desired article into a control panel, etc., the unlock slider is moved to the position of the desired storage chamber by the lateral drive device, and then raised by the unlock drive device. Then, the stopper at that position moves from the blocking position to the releasing position, and the door held in the vertical position by the stopper is released from the blocking, opens to the horizontal position by the spring, and takes out the article.
Or it can be stored.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of the article storage shelf of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the same <m-nt line. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the main part configuration.

This storage shelf stores items such as magnetic tape cassettes (A
) are arranged in rows for storage, and are constructed by stacking a plurality of tiers, and FIGS. 1 to 3 show the lower tiers.

The one-tier storage shelf has a box-like structure with an open front and has a pair of left and right side plates (1), a back plate (2), a bottom plate (3), and a top plate (4). The bottom plate (3) has a concave cross section for positioning the article (A) and for reinforcement. Further, the top plate (4) has a convex cross section for reinforcement.

A rack for holding articles (A) is installed on the bottom plate (3). The rack is attached to the left and right stands (5) (
5), a plurality of vertical partition plates (8) (8) are installed at the required pitch in a rectangular frame consisting of a front plate (6) and a rear plate (7), and each partition plate During (8), goods (
A storage chamber is formed to store A).

The front edge of the top plate (4) is positioned slightly behind the front of the storage shelf, and one support shaft (9
) are installed in the left and right direction, and multiple doors (10) (10
) is pivoted.

Each door (10) has a rectangular shape, and the middle part thereof is a support shaft (
9), each of which is arranged corresponding to the position of the storage chamber formed by the partition plate (8), and is rotatable between a vertical position and a horizontal position.

FIG. 2 shows two upper and lower stages of doors, the upper door (10) being restrained in a vertical position, and the lower door being released and pivoted to a horizontal position.

In addition, one torsion spring (11) is fitted to the support shaft (9) for each door (10), and one end of the torsion spring (11) is attached to the door (10).
In addition, the other end is fixed to the top plate (4), and the lower end of the door (10) is biased in the direction of rotation toward the front (clockwise direction in FIGS. 2 and 3).

Furthermore, a stopper (
12) is installed. The stopper (12) has its rear edge attached to a support installed in the left-right direction on the lower surface of the bottom plate (3) of the upper storage shelf (in the case of the uppermost storage shelf, the lower surface of the top plate of the entire device). It is pivotally attached to the shaft (13), and a downward U-shaped hook portion is formed on the front edge.

As shown in the second figure, when the door (10) is in the vertical position, the upper end of the door engages with the hook part of the stopper (12), and rotation by the torsion spring (11) is restrained, and the stopper (12) is prevented from rotating by the torsion spring (11). 12) moves upwards, the engagement is released and the door (10) opens to a horizontal position.

On the other hand, near one end (the right end in the illustrated embodiment) of the storage shelf, a partition wall (14) in the front-rear direction is installed to form a drive section (15) for accommodating a drive device. The drive includes a lateral drive and an unlock drive.

The lateral drive device includes a vertical motor (16) mounted on the top plate (4), a motor pulley (17), a guide pulley (18) arranged at the other end of the storage shelf, and a motor pulley (17). ) and an endless belt (19) wound around a guide pulley (18).
9), the unlock slider (20) is engaged.

The unlock slider (20) has a flat plate shape as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, and its rear edge side is attached to the rear side of the endless belt (19), which is installed in a pair of front and rear ends. The front end passes above the endless belt (19) on the front side and extends below the stoppers (12) arranged in a row in the left-right direction.

The unlock drive device also includes an unlock slider (2
0), an unlock bar (21) installed laterally at a lower position near the front end of the
) and a driving means for driving it up and down.

Both ends of the unlock bar (21) are formed into a symmetrical crank shape, and each end has a bearing (
22) (only one side is shown).

The driving means includes a door control motor (21) mounted on the partition wall (14), a crank (22) mounted on the shaft of the motor (21), and a rod (23) connected to the crank (22). The upper end of the rod (23) is pivotally connected to the unlock bar (21), so that the unlock bar (21) is rotated up and down around the bearing (22) by the operation of the motor (23). be.

The operation of the storage shelf configured as described above is as follows.

In the standby state before activation, each door (lO) is in a vertical position with its upper end locked by the stopper (12),
Each storage room is closed.

A control panel (not shown) is used to input data specifying a desired storage room. As shown in FIG.
) (for example, numbers) and are designated by these symbols, for example, rB-3J.

After inputting the data, operate the start switch (or
It may be configured to start immediately upon data input. ) First, the motor (16) of the lateral drive device of the designated storage shelf is started to drive the endless belt (19),
The unlock slider (20) is moved and stopped at a position aligned with the storage chamber according to the specified data.

Then, the motor (23) of the unlocking drive device is activated, raising the rod (25) via the crank (24) and moving the unlocking bar (21) upward.

As the unlock bar (21) rises, the unlock slider (20) located above the endless belt (19)
The front edge side is lifted around the point of attachment to the stopper (12), and the front end comes into contact with the lower surface of the stopper (12), and
12) is rotated upward about the support shaft (13).

When the stopper (12) rotates upward, it disengages from the upper end of the door (10), and as a result, the stopper (12) is released.
0) is rotated to a horizontal position by the biasing force of the torsion spring (11), and the storage chamber is opened.

That is, by inputting and activating data specifying a storage shelf and a storage room therein, the door (10) of only the storage room for the desired article (A) can be automatically opened.

After taking out or storing the desired article (A),
To close the door (10), open the door (10) in a horizontal position.
) using your hand to push down the protruding part on the front side until it reaches a vertical position. Then, the upper end of the door (io), while pushing the lower surface of the stopper (12), easily rotates to the vertical position where it is locked to the hook portion, and is locked in the closed state.

In this case, in order to close the door (10), it is necessary that the unlocking drive has returned to the standby state, so that the motor (23) of the unlocking drive is activated after the required operation, i.e. It is desirable that the unlock bar (21) be raised to open the door (10) and then automatically return to the standby position.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above,
Various modifications and applications are possible.

For example, instead of a motor, a rotary solenoid may be used as the power source for the unlock drive device. Furthermore, although the embodiments are described as storage shelves in which articles are stored in rows in the horizontal direction, the present invention can also be applied to shelves in which articles are stored in a stacked manner in the vertical direction.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically open the door of only a desired storage chamber, so even if the shelf has a large number of storage chambers, the desired article can be taken in and taken out without error.

In addition, like a storage shelf with a conventional hinged door or sliding door,
Work is efficient as there is no need to open, close, lock or lock the door every time you take out or take out items.

Furthermore, since the door is opened without using a means for generating magnetic force such as a solenoid, it can be used in a storage shelf for magnetic tapes.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the same line <m-m, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the main configuration. (1) Side plate (2) Back plate (3) Bottom plate (4) Top plate (5) Stand (6) Front plate (7) Rear plate (8) Partition plate (9) Support shaft (10) Door (11) ) Torsion spring (12) Stopper (13) Support shaft (14) Bulkhead (15) Drive section
(16) Lateral drive motor (17) (18) Bree (19) Endless belt (20) Unlock slider (21) Unlock bar (22) Bearing (23) Unlock drive motor Figure 2 One feature Kaihei 211105 (6) Figure 3

Claims (5)

[Claims] (1) A case in which a large number of storage chambers are arranged horizontally at equal pitches, and pivoted to a support shaft installed horizontally at the upper end of the front surface of each of the storage chambers at a pitch corresponding to the storage chambers. the lower part of the pivoting part covers at least the upper front side of the corresponding storage chamber, and the door can be rotated between a vertical position in which the upper part projects above the support shaft and a horizontal position in which the lower part faces forward; , a spring attached to each of the doors and biasing the door to rotate toward a horizontal position; A large number of stoppers that can be moved at a certain time between a locking position where the rear surface of the upper end part is brought into contact with the rear surface of the door to restrain rotation of the door and a release position above the locking position, and along the lower surface of the row of stoppers arranged in a row. move laterally,
An unlock slider that selects one of the stoppers and moves it from a restraining position to a release position by rising at a desired position, and a lateral slider that moves the unlock slider laterally and stops it at the selected position. An article storage shelf with a specific outlet, comprising: a drive device; and an unlock drive device that raises the unlock slider at the stop position. (2) The rear edge of the stopper is pivoted to a second support shaft installed laterally above the rear of the door support shaft, and by rotating it within the required range, the stopper position and release position can be changed. The article storage shelf with a specific outlet according to claim (1), wherein the article storage shelf has a specific outlet. (3) The outlet-specific article storage according to claim (1), wherein the lateral drive device is configured such that the unlock slider is engaged at a proper position with an endless belt that is installed in the upper part of the case in the lateral direction and is driven. shelf. (4) The extraction port specification according to claim (3), wherein the unlock slider has a flat plate shape, and its rear edge is attached to an endless belt, and its front edge moves along the lower surface of the stopper row. Type goods storage shelf. (5) The unlock drive device is a horizontal bar that is installed below the front edge of the unlock slider so as to be able to move up and down in the horizontal direction, and when raised, raises the front edge of the unlock slider. An article storage shelf with a specific outlet opening according to claim (4).