JPH0585605A - Display unit for shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a display unit for shelf which can make an accurate and, vertical or horizontal, indication of a load reception section to a workman so as to prevent on operator such as unskilled workman from committing a mis-operation, etc., due to his mistake, by providing a display unit for displaying a direction information capable of discriminating which one of adjoining vertical or horizontal load reception sections carries a load. CONSTITUTION:Two upper/lower stage load reception sections 4 are provided in each of comparted shelf sections 1a, and a display unit for displaying an article takeout information of taking out an article from each load reception section 4 is mounted on a front edge portion of each load placement frame 4a for the load reception section 4. Each display unit 7 comprises an arrow type display lamp 10 which is lit when any article is present in the corresponding load reception section 4. This allow type display lamp 10 constitutes a display H which is intended to display a direction information for discriminating, by the direction of the arrow, which one of the adjoining upper/lower load reception sections 4 is the corresponding load reception section 4. Therefore, the workman can visually discriminate the corresponding load reception section by the direction information indicated by the display.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is provided with an article storage section having a plurality of article receiving sections vertically or horizontally and is provided with a display means for displaying article take-out from each of the article receiving sections or article storage information to the article receiving section. An indicator provided to indicate which of the cargo receiving portions the display information of the display means corresponds to, and the front side of the article storage portion corresponding to each of the cargo receiving portions. The present invention relates to a shelf display device provided in the.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The above shelf display device is used, for example, in a belt conveyor type article sorting facility or a trolley type article sorting facility. That is, in the former, a fixed shelf as an article storage unit provided with a plurality of load receiving units vertically or horizontally is provided, while sequentially conveying the article storage containers to the front side of the fixed shelf by a belt conveyor,
According to the article take-out information displayed by the display device installed on the fixed shelf, the articles taken out from the respective cargo receiving sections of the shelf are stored in a container and sorted (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 2).
-175502). Further, in the latter, the picking is provided with a fixed shelf as an article storage section having a plurality of load receiving sections vertically or horizontally and an article storage frame as an article storage section having a plurality of load receiving sections vertically or horizontally. A work trolley is provided, and while the trolley is running along the front passage of the fixed shelf, the articles taken out from each of the cargo receiving parts of the shelf according to the article taking-out information of the display device installed on the fixed shelf are set on the trolley. According to the article storage information of the display device, the articles are stored and sorted in each predetermined cargo receiving portion on the trolley side (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-203104).

However, in the above-mentioned shelf display device, it has hitherto been determined whether the display information of the display means for displaying the information of taking out an article from each of the cargo receiving sections or the information of storing articles in the article corresponds to which cargo receiving section. The indicator for displaying is composed of, for example, a simple indicator lamp having a shape of a circle or the like installed at the lower end position of each cargo receiving portion, and therefore, the operator can confirm that the cargo receiving portion located above the illuminated indicator lamp is It was determined that it was the corresponding receiving section.

[0004]

Therefore, in the above-mentioned prior art, when an unfamiliar worker mistakes the vertical position due to misunderstanding, the upper load receiving portion is the corresponding load receiving portion. However, there is a possibility that the lower cargo receiving portion may be erroneously determined to be the corresponding cargo receiving portion.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and to operate the upper and lower or left and right load receiving portions corresponding to the display information of the display means by the display device. It is to be able to instruct staff accurately.

[0006]

A first characteristic configuration of a shelf display device according to the present invention is that the display is one of the upper and lower or left and right load receiving parts adjacent to the load receiving part corresponding thereto. It is configured to display information indicating a direction for identifying.

A second characteristic configuration of the present invention is that the display is composed of an arrow type indicator light which indicates the direction by the direction of the arrow.

[0008]

According to the first characteristic configuration of the present invention, the worker is
Based on the direction information indicated by the display, it is possible to visually identify that the cargo receiving portion in the upward or downward direction, the leftward direction or the rightward direction is the corresponding cargo receiving portion. The article take-out or article storage work instructed by the display means is performed.

According to the second characteristic configuration, since the direction indicated by the indicator is represented by the direction of the arrow of the arrow type indicator light, the worker can identify the load receiving portion to be worked more quickly and clearly. You can

[0010]

Therefore, according to the first characteristic configuration, the upper and lower or left and right load receiving portions can be accurately instructed to the worker, and thus,
It is possible to prevent work mistakes and the like due to misunderstandings by unfamiliar workers.

According to the second characteristic constitution, the effect of the first characteristic constitution can be further enhanced.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings when applied to an article sorting facility.

As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of shelves 1 as an article storage unit for storing a plurality of types of articles in the state of being classified into the same type, and a roller conveyor for transporting a container 3 for storing the articles. 2 and a work controller 5 are provided. Workers are respectively provided on the front sides of the shelves 1, and the articles taken out from the shelves 1 based on the instruction of article taking-out information of the display device 7, which will be described later, are housed in the containers 3 that are sequentially conveyed. By carrying out the work, a plurality of kinds of articles are stored in the container 3 of the same shipping destination.

The shelf 1 is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3,
The shelf portion 1a is divided into a plurality of parts along the conveyance direction of the roller conveyor 2, and the upper and lower two-stage load receiving parts 4 are attached to the shelf parts 1a in an inclined posture such that the front side is downward. .. In addition, the respective load receiving frames 4a of the respective load receiving portions 4
A display device 7 for displaying the information of taking out the articles from each of the load receiving portions 4 is attached to the front edge portion of the.

As shown in FIG. 4, the roller conveyor 2 conveys the container by using an electromagnetic operation type withdrawal stopper 15 provided so as to receive the container 3 at each predetermined position on the front side of the shelf 1. It is for controlling, and each stopper 15
It is provided with a photo interrupter type container detection sensor 16 which is located at the lower side of the conveyance and detects the passage of the container 3. Although not described in detail, the work controller 5
Operates the display device 7 and the exit / retract stopper 15 based on the work data while managing the positions of the containers 3 that are sequentially transported.

As shown in FIG. 1, each of the display devices 7 has:
An arrow-shaped indicator light 10 that lights up when there is an article to be taken out in the cargo receiving section 4, a numerical value display section 11 that indicates the number of articles to be taken out, and a reset switch 12 for inputting the completion of the article taking-out work. It has and. The arrow type indicator lamp 10 is formed in the shape of an upward arrow, and indicates that the display information of the display device 7 is information corresponding to the adjacent upper cargo receiving section 4. That is, the arrow type indicator light 10 constitutes a display H that displays information indicating a direction for identifying which of the upper and lower load receiving portions 4 the load receiving portion 4 corresponding to the arrow pointing light 10 is, depending on the direction of the arrow. ..

Incidentally, in the present embodiment, the numerical value display section 11 for instructing the number of articles to be taken out from each of the cargo receiving sections 4 constitutes the display means Z for displaying the information of taking out articles from each of the cargo receiving sections 4. To do.

[Other Embodiments] Next, a description will be given of the present invention applied to another article sorting facility. As shown in FIG. 8, the article sorting facility has a fixed shelf B as an article storage section for storing a plurality of types of articles in a divided state, and an article storage section for storing the articles taken out from the fixed shelf B. A cart A for picking work including an article storage frame 30 (see FIG. 7) is provided, and the fixed shelf B is divided into a plurality of shelf portions 32 along a traveling path of the cart A.

As shown in FIG. 9, each of the shelves 32 is provided with upper and lower four-stage load-carrying parts, and each of the load-carrying parts can store three kinds of articles laterally. It has become. In other words, twelve cargo receiving parts 50 in total vertically and horizontally.
Is configured. In addition, at the lower end position of each load receiving portion 50,
A take-out quantity indicator 33 for displaying the take-out quantity of each article in the cargo receiving section 50 and an arrow-shaped take-out article instruction lamp 34 for indicating that the article in the article receiving section 50 on the upper side is an article to be taken out are provided. ing. Therefore, the arrow-shaped take-out article instruction lamp 34 constitutes the indicator H indicating the direction for identifying which of the upper and lower load receiving portions 50 the load receiving portion 50 corresponding to the arrow 34 is, depending on the direction of the arrow. Will be done. Although not described in detail, the take-out quantity indicator 33 and the take-out article instruction lamp 3
4 is configured to perform a display operation based on the information transmitted from the trolley A when the trolley A travels to each of the shelves 32.

On the other hand, the carriage A is, as shown in FIG.
One idle wheel 35 is attached to the central position on the front side of the machine base 44, and a pair of left and right wheels is attached to the left and right positions on the rear side of the machine base 44, and the handle portion 3 for operation is used.
6, and a display panel 37 for displaying information on taking out or storing articles is formed near the handle portion 36 in a so-called flat panel shape by using liquid crystal or the like. And is provided so as to be fixedly supported by a rear side post 43 that is erected on the machine base 44, and a completion button 42 for inputting the completion of the article removal work is provided on the left and right sides above the display board 37. A pair is provided.

On the trolley A, three upper and lower shelves, on each of which two article storage containers 38 as load receiving parts are placed in a line in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, are erected on a machine base 44. The front and rear sides of the vehicle body are fixedly supported by the front side post 45 and the rear side post 43. That is, the above-mentioned article storage frame 30 has a total of 6 pieces in which two pieces are lined up and down in three rows.
An individual article storage container 38 is provided as a load receiving portion. A display device 39 is installed on the inclined surfaces of the left and right sides of the vehicle body of each of the shelves so as to display the information on the storage of the articles in each of the articles storage containers 38 in correspondence with the position of each of the articles storage container 38. There is.

The display device 39, as shown in FIG.
An arrow-shaped display lamp 40 for indicating that the article storage container 38 on the upper side is a corresponding article storage container 38,
The quantity display unit 41 displays the stored quantity, and the quantity display unit 41 further comprises a case number display section 41a for displaying the stored quantity in the number of cases and a number display section 41b for displaying the number in the unit of number. There is. Therefore, the arrow-shaped display lamp 40 displays the information H indicating the direction for identifying which of the upper and lower adjacent containers 38 the corresponding container 38 is by the direction of the arrow.
Will be configured.

Next, an outline of an article picking operation according to the another embodiment will be described. First, the information of the destination shelf portion 32 is displayed on the display board 37 based on the work data input in advance to the controller on the side of the carriage A, and the worker causes the carriage A to travel on the shelf portion 32. When the truck A is located on the destination shelf portion 32, the display panel 37 displays a screen for displaying the cargo receiving portion 50 to be worked among the cargo receiving portions 50 of the shelf portion 32 in a layout display, or the truck A side. A screen displaying the layout of the article storage container 38 to be worked among the article storage containers 38 and the shelf portion 32.
The number of articles taken out from the cargo receiving section 50 on the side and each article storage container 3
Various information for picking is displayed on a screen or the like that displays the number stored in 8. At the same time, the take-out quantity indicator 33 and the take-out article instruction lamp 3 provided on the shelf portion 32 side
4, the information of taking out the articles from each of the receiving parts 50 is displayed,
Further, the arrow-shaped display lamp 40 and the quantity indicator 41 provided on the side of the trolley A display the article storage information in each article storage container 38. Then, the operator takes out the instructed quantity of the instructed article from the cargo receiving section 50 of the shelf portion 32 according to the various display information, and stores each article storage container 3 of the cart A.
8 Store the designated quantity in each case. When the predetermined picking work for the shelf portion 32 is completed, the completion button 4 is pressed.
2 is pressed to input the end of the work to the controller of the trolley A, and the shelf part 32 for the next work is displayed by this, so that the dolly A is moved to the shelf part 32 and the same picking work is performed. It will be.

In this connection, in this another embodiment, the display board 37 is used to take out the articles from the respective cargo receiving sections 50 on the shelf portion 32 side as the cargo receiving section or to store the articles 38 on the trolley A side as the cargo receiving section. It functions as the display means Z for displaying the article storage information for each. Further, the take-out quantity indicator 33, which displays the quantity of articles taken out from each of the load receiving sections 50 on the shelf portion 32 side, is the load receiving section 50 as the load receiving section.
A quantity indicator 41, which functions as a display means Z for displaying the information of taking out the articles from each of them, and a quantity indicator 41 for displaying the quantity stored in each of the article storage containers 38 on the side of the trolley A is provided on the side of the trolley A as a cargo receiving section. It functions as the display means Z for displaying the information on the storage of the articles in each of the article storage containers 38. still,
In this another embodiment, an example in which the article taken out from the shelf B side is stored in the trolley A side is illustrated, but conversely,
It is also possible to store the articles taken out from the trolley A side on the shelf B side. In that case, the take-out quantity display 33 on the shelf B side stores the articles in the respective cargo receiving sections 50 as the cargo receiving sections. In addition to functioning as display means Z for displaying information, the quantity indicator 41 on the side of the trolley A functions as display means Z for displaying the information of taking out the articles from each of the article storage containers 38 as the cargo receiving section. Become.

Further, in the above embodiment, the shape of the lit display portion itself is formed in an arrow shape like the arrow type display lamp 10 or the arrow type display lamp 40, but as shown in FIG. 5, for example. The circular indicator light 20 and the arrow-shaped seat 2
1, the specific configuration of the display H can be changed in various ways. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the display H is provided together with the display means Z in one display device 7 or 39, but the display H and the display means Z are separately provided. You may do it. Further, in the above embodiment, the display means Z including the numerical value display unit 11 and the quantity display device 41 or 33, etc.
Is provided in correspondence with each of the cargo receiving parts 4 or 38 or 50, but the quantity indicator as one display means Z is also used to display a predetermined number of the cargo receiving parts 4 or 38 or 50. You may.

In the above embodiment, information indicating the vertical direction for identifying which of the upper and lower load receiving portions 4 or 38 or 50 the load receiving portion 4 or 38 or 50 corresponding to the display H is adjacent to. Although the example in which the item is displayed is described, the left-right direction for identifying which of the left and right load receiving units 4 or 38 or 50 adjacent to each other can be displayed in exactly the same manner.

Further, in the above embodiment, the information indicating the direction is represented by the shape of the arrow. However, a shape other than the arrow, for example, a triangle or the like may be used, and the characters themselves such as up and down are used. Alternatively, the direction may be identified, and various information can be used as the information indicating the direction.

It should be noted that reference numerals are given in the claims for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configurations of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a display means and a display.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an article storage unit.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the article storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the article sorting facility.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a display means and a display according to another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a display means and a display according to another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an article storage unit of an article sorting facility according to another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an overall schematic plan view of an article sorting facility according to another embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a front view of an article storage unit according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 or 30 or B Item storage section 4 or 38 or 50 Consignment section Z Display means 10 or 40 or 34 Arrow type indicator light H Indicator

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of load receiving parts (4 or 3) vertically or horizontally.
8 or 50) article storage (1 or 30 or B)
Is provided, and display means (Z) is provided for displaying the information of taking out the article from each of the cargo receiving parts (4, 38, 50) or the information of storing the articles therein, and the display information of the display means (Z) is provided for each of An indicator (H) that indicates which of the cargo receiving sections (4 or 38 or 50) corresponds to the information corresponds to each of the cargo receiving sections (4, 38 or 50), and the article. A shelf display device provided on the front side of a storage section (1 or 30 or B), wherein the display (H) corresponds to the load receiving section (4 or 3).
8 or 50) is adjacent to the upper and lower or left and right cargo receiving portions (4
Or 38 or 50), the display device of the shelf configured to display the information indicating the direction for identifying whether it is. 2. The shelf display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit (H) comprises an arrow type indicator light (10, 40 or 34) for displaying the direction according to the direction of the arrow.