JPH058809A - Shelf indicating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the number of indicators, reduce cost, and decrease its installation space in a shelf indicating device for a shelf where an indicator to indicate delivery or housing of cargoes is installed on the front edge parts of respective cargo loading frames of plural number of vertically arranged cargo receiving units. CONSTITUTION:There is provided an indicating means 10 (H) to indicate that to which information, the indicating information of an indicator 7 corresponds, among information on upper/lower mutually adjacent cargo receiving units, and switching operation to its upper/lower indications can be carried out freely.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is provided with a shelf having a plurality of load receiving portions at the top and bottom thereof, and an indicator for instructing to take out or store an article is provided at the front edge of each load receiving frame of the load receiving portions. Shelf display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The above shelf display device is used for instructing an operator to take out or store an article. By the way, the instruction information of the display device gives an instruction to take out or store the article in the cargo receiving portion above or below the indicator.
Conventionally, the display device has been provided corresponding to each load receiving portion. That is, the number of load receiving parts and the number of indicators were the same (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-191706).

[0003]

The above-mentioned prior art has the disadvantages that a large number of display devices are required and the space for mounting the display devices is large. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, reduce the number of display devices, reduce the cost of a display device on a shelf, and reduce the mounting space.

[0004]

In order to achieve this object, the characteristic configuration of the shelf display device according to the present invention is whether the instruction information of the display device corresponds to which of the adjacent upper and lower cargo receiving portions. The display means for displaying is provided so that the upper and lower displays can be switched.

[0005]

When the instruction information on the display is information corresponding to the upper cargo receiving section, the display on the display means is switched upward. On the other hand, when the instruction information of the display is information corresponding to the lower cargo receiving section, the display of the display means is switched to the lower side.

[0006]

Since the information corresponding to the upper and lower two cargo receiving portions adjacent to each other can be displayed on one display, the number of the displays can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost and the installation space of the display device on the shelf.

[0007]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention applied to article sorting equipment will be described below. As shown in FIG. 4, a shelf 1 for storing a plurality of types of articles in the state of being sorted into the same type, a roller conveyor 2 for conveying a container 3 for storing the articles, and a work controller 5 are provided. ing.
Workers are respectively provided on the front sides of the shelves 1 and perform the work of storing the picked-up articles in the sequentially-conveyed containers 3 based on the instruction of the article pick-up information on the display 7 described later. Thus, a plurality of types of articles are stored in the same shipping destination container 3.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the shelf 1 is divided into a plurality of parts along the conveying direction of the roller conveyor 2, and the upper and lower two-stage load receiving portions 4 are provided in each of the divided shelf parts 1a. It is equipped. The load receiving portion 4 is attached in an inclined posture in which the load receiving portion 4 is inclined downward toward the front side. In addition, indicators 7 for instructing the taking out of the articles are attached to the front edges of the load carrying frames 4a in the middle of the upper and lower load receiving parts 4, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1, the indicator 7 is an indicator lamp 10 that lights up when there is an article to be taken out in any one of the upper and lower adjacent cargo receiving sections 4, and a numerical display for indicating the number of articles to be taken out. A section 11 and a reset switch 12 for inputting the completion of the article take-out work are provided. By the way, the indicator lamp 10 is divided into an upward arrow portion 10a and a downward arrow portion 10b, which are individually turned on. The instruction information on the display 7 is
When the upward arrow portion 10a is lit, it indicates that the information corresponds to the upper load receiving portion 4, and when the downward arrow portion 10b lights, it indicates that the information corresponds to the lower load receiving portion 4. That is, the indicator light 10 corresponds to the display means H that displays which of the upper and lower cargo receiving portions 4 the instruction information of the display device 7 corresponds to.

The roller conveyor 2 is, as shown in FIG.
An electromagnetic operation type withdrawal stopper 15 for receiving the container 3 is used at a position facing the front of each shelf 1 to control the container transfer, and is located at a position on the transfer lower side of each stopper 15. A photo interrupter type container detection sensor 16 for detecting passage of the container 3 is provided.

Although not described in detail, the work controller 4 manages the positions of the containers 3 that are sequentially transported, while the display 7
The exit / return stopper 15 is operated based on the work data.

[Other Embodiment] In the above embodiment, the indicator lamp 10 is used.
Although the shape of itself is formed in the shape of an arrow, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the arrow-shaped sheet 21 is attached to the circular indicator lamp 20, and the specific configuration of the display means H can be variously changed.
In the above embodiment, the display 7 is used for instructing the taking out of the article, but it may be used for instructing the storing of the article.

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 structures of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of display means.

[Figure 2] Front view of the shelf

[Figure 3] Side view of the shelf

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

FIG. 5 is a front view of a display unit showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Shelf 4 Loading section 4a Loading frame 7 Display H Display means

Claims (1)

Claims: What is claimed is: 1. A shelf (1) having a plurality of load receiving portions (4) provided on the upper and lower sides thereof, and a front edge portion of each load mounting frame (4a) of the load receiving portions (4). A display device of a shelf provided with a display device (7) for instructing to take out or store an article, wherein the instruction information of the display device (7) corresponds to any of the upper and lower load receiving parts (4) adjacent to each other. The display device (H) for displaying whether or not the display device on the shelf is provided so that the upper and lower displays can be switched.