JPH0344728Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention is capable of warehousing and unloading multiple types of goods by destination, sorting them, or sorting them by destination, type, size, etc. This invention relates to a rotating shelf that displays on a monitor the number of article storage unit units that store articles to be loaded and unloaded for each unit of loading and unloading work (desired loading and unloading work) when carrying out loading and unloading operations. .

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique relating to a carousel capable of displaying articles to be stored or removed from a warehouse, there is known a technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 139902/1983.

To explain the description of the above-mentioned publication, the above-mentioned publication states that the linear movement path of the rotating shelf includes an area that includes the entire length of the load storage section row in the direction orthogonal to the rotation direction and that includes a plurality of load storage section rows in the rotation direction. A carousel is provided with a loading/unloading work section consisting of a warehouse, and a rotating shelf is provided with display means for loading/unloading work at a position corresponding to each of all the cargo storage sections located in the loading/unloading section. .

According to the carousel described in the above-mentioned publication, since the unit rotation amount of the carousel is set as a plurality of article storage section rows, the worker can put in and take out goods without frequently rotating the carousel. be able to.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, the rotating shelf described in the above publication is configured to store articles of the type and quantity according to a list into the article storage section corresponding to the work target indicator light provided for each article storage section. Therefore, when warehousing (supplying) goods, workers must check a list to determine which goods storage section should be stored for each of the goods transported by trolleys, etc., and often make mistakes. Goods may be stocked.

In addition, in the carousel described in the above publication, each article storage section corresponds to a different destination, so all you have to do is unload (sort) the articles for each article storage section corresponding to the work target indicator light. , you can issue goods by destination without making a mistake,
When retrieving items from multiple storage units for a certain destination, it is necessary to pick the item storage unit corresponding to which work target indicator light to check whether it corresponds to retrieval for each destination or for retrieval for each destination. Workers have to check the list to see if the process has been completed, and goods are often shipped to the wrong address.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to carry out loading/unloading operations for multiple types of goods by destination, sorting them, or loading/unloading operations for each destination, product type, size, etc. By making it possible to display the number of article storage units storing articles to be loaded and unloaded for each unloading work unit (desired loading and unloading work) on a monitor for each of a plurality of rotating shelves, efficient, To provide a rotating shelf capable of quickly loading and unloading articles.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a plurality of rotary shelves each having a large number of article storage sections in the rotating direction and rotating along a circulation path at appropriate intervals, and stores articles in the plurality of article storage sections. A carousel is provided with a loading/unloading section capable of loading or unloading, and is configured to rotate and stop each rotating shelf individually, with the number of article storage sections corresponding to the loading/unloading section as a unit,
A carousel characterized by being provided with a monitor display for displaying how many sets of article storage units should be stocked or unloaded for each of the plurality of carousel units for a desired loading/unloading operation. The above objectives have been achieved by providing the following.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the rotating shelf of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described.

1 to 3 are a plan view, a front view, and a side view, respectively, schematically showing an embodiment of the rotating shelf of the present invention. A rotating shelf (horizontal rotating shelf) made by stacking single rotating shelves in multiple stages (5 stages) at appropriate intervals.
In this case, the topmost carousel is used as a supply carousel 11b as a means for supplying article A, and the other carousels (lower four) are used as storage carousels 11b as a storage means for article A. 11a. The single storage carousel 11a serving as a storage means has a large number (60) of article storage units (trays) 12 for storing articles A to be delivered (sorted).
In addition, the single supply carousel 11b serving as a supply means stores the articles A that have been delivered (taken out) and are to be stored (transferred) in the article storage section 12a. A large number (45) of article transport sections (trays) 1 for supplying the article A to the vicinity of the article storage section 12a that needs to be replenished with the article A.
2b is provided. In addition, these article storage section 12a and article conveyance section 12b are movably supported on an elliptical traveling rail in each rotating shelf, and are provided between the drive gear wheel and the free rotation gear wheel. They are fixed at equal intervals to a drive chain suspended along the running rail, and by driving the drive gears with a motor, they can be rotated independently of the other rotating racks. It's like this.

In addition, 13 is a loading/unloading work unit (article retrieval work unit), and a storage carousel unit 11 in the carousel 1
It is provided opposite to the linear movement path section a. This loading/unloading work section 13 has 40 openings so as to correspond to a total of 40 article storage sections 12a consisting of 10 article storage sections 12a for each storage carousel 11a. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, each frontage is equipped with an article removal indicator 5 as a replenishment request display means and an air cylinder 16.
The opening gate 15 also serves as a take-out apron, which is opened and closed by a frontage gate 15. The article pick-up display 5 includes a quantity display lamp 51 that digitally displays the number of articles to be picked up (sorted), a completion button 52 that clears the display, and a pick-up button that notifies the worker that there is a picking command. An indicator lamp 53 is provided. And also, when there is an opening to be filled with article A,
Although an appropriate lamp may be provided to indicate the opening, in the case of the embodiment, by displaying "0" on the number display lamp 51, the opening that requires replenishment can be indicated. In addition, each frontage gate 15 is used when the article A should be taken out from the article storage section 12a of each frontage, and when the article A should be refilled into the article storage section 12a of each frontage, so as to avoid mistakes in taking out and replenishing. It is designed so that it can only be opened when necessary. In addition, instead of the frontage gate 15, for example, a roll-up type opening/closing gate or the like may be arranged in front of each frontage to prevent mistakes in taking out and refilling. You don't have to. Further, instead of pressing the completion button 52, the display on the number display lamp 51 may be cleared by the worker closing the frontage gate 15.

Further, reference numeral 14 denotes an article transfer work section provided above the loading/unloading work section 13, facing the linear movement path of the single supply carousel 11b in the carousel 1. This article transfer work section 14 has seven openings corresponding to the seven article transport sections 12b, and for each opening, arrows are displayed as transfer display means as shown in FIG. The device is equipped with a transfer indicator 6 consisting of an illuminated push button 61 having a light-emitting type push button 61, a transfer pusher 62 as shown in FIG. 4, and a fixed apron 63. Each opening in the article transfer work section 14 functions as a transfer position where the article A to be transferred is supplied to the article storage section 12a from which the article has been taken out. The article transfer work section 14 may include only the transfer pusher 62 and not the transfer indicator 6, or may include only the transfer indicator 6 and the transfer pusher 62. You don't have to.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a pushing device installed on the reverse path of the rotating path of the supply rotary shelf unit 11b, and includes a pushing pusher 21 consisting of a push plate that can move back and forth and an air cylinder that moves this push plate back and forth. The pusher 21 is used to supply the article A to the supply rotary shelf unit 11b.
Note that this pushing device 2 consists of a single supply rotary shelf 11b.
It can also be provided opposite to the linear movement path section.

Further, reference numeral 3 denotes a carry-in conveyor for conveying the article A to be carried into the single supply rotary shelf 11b, which is composed of a roller conveyor 31 and an inclined belt conveyor 32. A gun scanner (barcode reader, not shown) is provided at the article loading section of the loading conveyor 3 to read the barcode label of the article A being carried in. Also, at the article loading section of the loading conveyor 3, a station for loading goods (not shown);
A carry-in request light (not shown), a carry-in completion push button (not shown), etc. are provided.

Further, reference numeral 4 denotes a carry-out conveyor for conveying the sorted articles A, which is constituted by a belt conveyor.

A monitor display 7 is provided with a total of 24 display lamps 71, six horizontally and four vertically, as shown in FIG. This monitor display 7 has 4 horizontal display lamps 71.
With respect to the single storage carousel 11a of the tier, the single storage carousel of each tier is installed for each desired one-time (for example, destination-specific) loading/unloading work (sorting work and transfer work) of goods. 6 described later in 11a
The indicator lamp 71 lights up to indicate which group of the article storage units 12a has to be loaded and unloaded (sorted and transferred), and each time the sorted and transferred items for one group are completed When the individual lamps 71 are turned off and all the display lamps 71 are turned off, it means that the removal (sorting) and replenishment (transferring) of articles have been completed. The vertical display lamp 71 of the monitor display 7 corresponds to the single storage carousel 11a of the stage to be loaded and unloaded.

Further, 8 is a work step, and a fixed step 81
and a movable step 82 which is used by a worker to move it to the transfer location when transferring articles.

In addition, each of the above-mentioned parts constituting the rotating shelf of the present invention includes a control device (not shown) including an inventory management CPU, etc.
It operates based on a picking command, a replenishment command, a carry-in command, etc., and is also capable of outputting necessary information (data) to the control device.

Next, an example of the loading and unloading work of articles using the carousel of the present invention will be described in detail, while also explaining the control mode by the control device.

First, before explaining an example of the above-mentioned loading and unloading work, let me explain the premise of this. 60 articles are stored on the storage carousel 11a of each stage that is rotated independently. For example, the storage section 12a is divided into six groups each containing 10 items (one article storage section unit), and each group contains powder foundations, powder foundations, etc.
It is assumed that one set of articles A such as mascaras, lipsticks, etc. is stored, and the types of articles A stored in each group are different. And each article storage section 12a
are assumed to be fixed locations, and the types of articles A stored in each location are predetermined. In addition, the single storage carousel 11a of each stage is arranged so that one set of articles A (total of 10 items) is always located corresponding to the 10 openings of the loading/unloading section 13.
It is assumed that all the articles A are positioned in the loading/unloading section 13 by repeating rotation and stopping in units of 10 article storage sections 12a and repeating this repetition a maximum of six times.

In addition, the goods are unloaded (sorted, taken out, or picked) by arranging multiple types of goods A by destination (by delivery destination store), and the data (information) is sent to the control device in advance. It is assumed that it is registered. Based on this data, the control device carries out a carry-in command, and the single supply carousel 11
It is assumed that a predetermined type of article A is stored in each of the 45 article transport sections 12b of b.
Note that the details of carrying the article A into the article transport section 12b will be explained at the end.

In addition, each stage storage rotating shelf unit 11a
As mentioned above, six sets of articles A are stored in the
There is no particular restriction on the type of articles A that can be stored in each storage carousel unit 11a of each tier, but for example, articles A may be taken out from each tier and a total of four sets of articles A may be arranged as a series product. In this case, it goes without saying that it is preferable to control the rotation of the storage carousel 11a of each stage so as to ensure picking chances from the storage carousel 11a of the plurality of stages. do not have.

Therefore, prior to unloading (picking) in the loading and unloading work, the storage carousel 11a of each stage rotates based on the picking command from the control device, or does not rotate. The article storage section 12a containing articles A of a predetermined type to be picked is stopped in correspondence with each opening in the loading/unloading section 13. Single storage rotating shelf 11a
When it stops, based on the picking command from the control device, the removal indicator lamp 53 of the item removal indicator 5 of the predetermined opening to be picked in the loading/unloading section 13 lights up, and the number indicator lamp 51 lights up.
At the same time, the number of articles A to be picked is digitally displayed, and the air cylinder 16 is operated to open the frontage gate 15 of a predetermined frontage. At the same time, the display lamp 71 of the monitor display 7 is turned on based on the picking command from the control device.
lights up as described above, and the number of sets (item storage section unit) from which the article A should be picked is displayed for each row. In this case, the display may indicate which group corresponds to the corresponding group, including its position, but it may also be simply aligned to the left, for example, by lighting three display lamps 71.

Therefore, when unloading (stock sorting), the unloading indicator lamp 5
3 is lit and the frontage gate 15 is opened, the picking command can be carried out by the worker.If the picking is done in this way, the picking command will follow the destination-specific data registered in the control device. It is possible to reliably arrange the goods according to the data for each destination without making any mistakes. When the worker presses the completion button 52 each time picking is completed for each frontage, the air cylinder 16 is activated to open the frontage gate 15 of the predetermined frontage.
is closed, the display on the number display lamp 51 is cleared, and the take-out display lamp 53 is turned off.
As mentioned above, it goes without saying that the frontage gate 15 may be closed by a worker. Also,
The picked articles A are placed on the carry-out conveyor 4.

In the above-mentioned example of the loading and unloading work, in principle, every time the article storage section 12a becomes empty by performing the above-mentioned unloading (sorting), a new article A is placed in the empty article storage section 12a. Workers will stock (replenish) the stock and prepare for the next assortment. Replenishment of the article A involves replenishing the new article A from a predetermined opening in the article transfer work section 14.
This is done by a worker transferring the goods to the storage area 12a in a predetermined opening of the loading/unloading work section 13 that requires replenishment. (when the number of pieces is exhausted), the frontage gate 15 of a predetermined frontage in the loading/unloading work section 13 does not close even if the completion button 52 is pressed, and the number display lamp 51 at the frontage changes to "0" by pressing the completion button 52. If the frontage gate 15 is to be closed by the worker instead of the completion button 52, the frontage gate 1
5 is closed, the frontage gate opens again, and the number display lamp 51 at the frontage displays "0"), and the number display lamp 51 performs a replenishment request function other than its original removal request display.
The single supply rotary shelf 11b starts rotating, and its predetermined article transport section 12b transfers to the article transfer section 14.
Stops at a predetermined frontage (transfer position) in
After that, the transfer pusher 62 in the frontage
is activated, the article A that requires replenishment (transfer) is pushed out onto the fixed apron 63 in the frontage, and the illuminated push button 61 as the transfer indicator 6 in the frontage lights up. Therefore, the replenishment of articles A by the worker is performed by pushing the article A onto the fixed apron 63 at a predetermined opening where the illuminated push button 61 in the article transfer work section 14 is lit, and by opening the frontage gate 15 and It is sufficient to transfer the articles to the article storage section 12a at a predetermined frontage in the loading/unloading section 13 where the number display lamp 51 is displaying "0". If the article A is replenished in this manner, the article A will be transferred based on the replenishment command from the control device, so that replenishment errors can be reliably prevented.

Note that the stop position of the article conveying section 12b due to the rotation of the single supply carousel 11b is the same as that of the loading/unloading section 1.
It is preferable to set it as the upper part of the frontage which requires replenishment in 3. In addition, unlike the above-mentioned control mode, the frontage gate 15 of a predetermined frontage in the loading/unloading work section 13 is temporarily closed by pressing the completion button 52, and then opened again, and the number display lamp 51 at the frontage is turned on. 0" is displayed, the supply rotary shelf 11b starts rotating and the article conveying section 1
2b may be stopped at a predetermined frontage (transfer position).

During the above-mentioned warehousing (replenishment), in order to cause the control device to output information on the completion of replenishment, the worker:
The illuminated push button 61 is pressed to turn off the light, and the completion button 52 is pressed to close the frontage gate 15. As a result, the display of "0" on the number display lamp 51 as a replenishment request display is cleared, but if further picking is required from the same frontage, based on the picking command from the control device,
Again, as in the case described above, the take-out display lamp 53 of the take-out display 5 lights up, the number display lamp 51 digitally displays the number of articles A to be picked, and the air cylinder 16 operates to pick a predetermined number of articles A. The frontage gate 15 opens. Therefore, the worker only has to arrange the articles A in the same way as in the case described above.

As described above, a predetermined set (one article storage unit) of articles A (stored in 10 article storage sections 12a) is arranged for the single storage carousel 11a of a certain stage that is stopped. When the completion is completed, one indicator lamp 71 on the corresponding stage of the monitor display 7 is turned off, and when the assortment of this article A and the replenishment of the article A are completed, the completed storage carousel 11a is Each time, rotation is started based on a picking command from the control device, and the article storage section 12a storing the article A of the type to be picked next faces a predetermined opening in the loading/unloading section 13. Stop. Therefore, the worker only needs to arrange the articles A and replenish the articles A in this opening as described above. As mentioned above, when it is necessary to replenish the articles A, the rotation of the single storage carousel 11a is started after replenishing the articles A in a predetermined opening in the loading/unloading section 13, as described above. However, if there is no article A of the predetermined type on the supply carousel 12b, replenishment is skipped, other articles A are arranged first, and the predetermined type is not stored on the supply carousel 11b. Wait for article A to be brought in.

By repeating the above operation, the display lamps 71 on the monitor display 7 will go out one after another, and when all the display lamps 71 go out, the goods A will be sorted (one time) at a certain destination (one delivery destination store). (desired shipping operation) is completed.

In this way, when the assortment of articles A at a certain destination is completed, a picking command, etc. for the next destination is again output from the control device. Therefore,
By arranging the goods A and replenishing the goods A as described above based on this, it is possible to sequentially arrange a predetermined number of goods A of a predetermined type for each destination.

In addition, in the example of the loading/unloading work described above, the article A is carried into the single supply carousel 11b as follows.

That is, first, based on the destination-specific assortment data registered in the control device and the replenishment completion information outputted to the control device as described above, the control device sends information to a plurality of destinations (multiple stores), for example. A carry-in command is output in batches, and based on this, the carry-in request light of the carry-in station in the article carry-in section of the carry-in conveyor 3 is turned on. Therefore, the worker at the carry-in station randomly places predetermined articles A on the carry-in conveyor 3 according to this display, reads the barcode label of article A with a gun scanner, and presses the carry-in completion button of the carry-in station. All you have to do is press .

Article A is placed on the roller conveyor 31 of the carry-in conveyor 3 by pressing the carry-in completion push button.
is carried through the inclined conveyor 32 to the front of the pushing pusher 21 of the pushing device 2. The barcode label of the article A carried in in this manner has been read by the gun scanner and the type thereof has been confirmed, so the confirmation information is input to the control device.

On the other hand, the control device has previously received information about the empty article conveying section 12b of the supply carousel 11b, and based on that information, outputs a rotation command to the supply carousel 11b, The empty article conveying section 12b that needs to be newly transported is moved to the pushing device 2.
It is placed at the loading position in front of the pusher 21.

When the empty article conveying section 12b that needs to be newly carried in stops at the carrying-in position and the control device confirms this, a carrying-in command is output from the control device, and the pushing pusher 21 is actuated by this command. , the article A in front of it is carried into the empty article conveyance section 12b, which is stopped at the above-mentioned conveyance position. In this embodiment, the article transport section 12b is a free location.

The above-mentioned transport of the article A to the article conveyance section 12b is carried out as appropriate even while the articles are being sorted.

It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment. For example, the warehousing/unloading section may perform only warehousing work or only warehousing work. Further, the monitor display device can be constructed by appropriate means such as a digital lamp instead of the plurality of display lamps. Further, the same number of article storage sections or article storage sections (trays) may be attached at the same intervals to the storage carousel and the supply carousel. The storage means may also be a vertical rotating shelf. Moreover, the supply means may be a simple conveyor. For example, a roller conveyor may be provided near the unloading section of the horizontal carousel, and a transfer indicator may be provided on the side of the roller conveyor.
Furthermore, in the embodiment, each time the item becomes empty, the empty item storage section is refilled with new items, but the item is replenished when the amount of items falls below the standard storage amount. It's okay.

[Effect of idea]

The rotating rack of the present invention can be used for loading and unloading multiple types of goods by destination, sorting them, or loading and unloading work by destination, product type, size, etc. For each work unit (desired loading and unloading work), the number of article storage unit units that store items to be loaded and unloaded can be displayed on a monitor for each of multiple rotating shelves, so the process can be carried out efficiently and quickly. This has the effect of allowing goods to be stored and taken out.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1, 2, and 3 are a plan view, a front view, and a side view schematically showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view schematically showing an article transfer operation section, Figures 5 and 6 are an enlarged front view and an enlarged side sectional view showing the outline of the loading and unloading work section, Figure 7 is an enlarged front view showing the outline of the monitor display, and Figure 8 is the relocation. It is an enlarged front view of a display. A...article, 1...carousel, 7...monitor display, 12a...article storage section, 13...warehousing/unloading section, 14...article transfer section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A plurality of rotary shelves each having a large number of article storage sections in the rotating direction and rotating along a circulation path are provided at appropriate intervals, and articles are stored in or taken out from the plurality of article storage sections. A carousel is provided with a loading/unloading work section to perform the desired loading/unloading operation, and is configured to rotate and stop each rotating shelf individually, with the number of article storage sections corresponding to the loading/unloading work section as a unit. A rotating shelf characterized in that a monitor display device is provided for displaying how many sets of article storage units should be used to store or take out articles for each of a plurality of individual rotating shelves.