JPH11208833A - Rack for automatic warehouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rack for automatic warehouse capable of suppressing the storing efficiency to lower even if a horizontal barrier is provided. SOLUTION: This rack is provided with supports 2 erected in front, rear, left and right, rack members 7 sticking out towards left and right from the front and rear support 2, a horizontal barrier 4 provided in a specific stage and sprinkler heads 8 provided under the rack members 7 at the positions below but adjacent to the horizontal barrier 4, and the section of the horizontal barrier 4 directly above each sprinkler head 8 is swelled out upward compared to the rest sections, and also the swelled out section is made to be located within the rack member 7 in a plan view.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a column which is erected on the front, rear, left and right, a shelf member projecting left and right from the front and rear columns.
The present invention relates to a rack of an automatic warehouse provided with a horizontal barrier provided at a specific step and a sprinkler head provided below a shelf member and in the vicinity of below the horizontal barrier.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rack constituted by a set of front and rear columns and a plurality of shelf members attached to each column so as to protrude left and right as one unit, and connecting the units in a vertical or horizontal direction. And a stacker crane provided with a slide fork for traveling and ascending and descending in front of the rack and taking articles in and out of each article storage shelf of the rack. In such an automatic warehouse, a large number of sprinkler heads are arranged as a means for automatically extinguishing a fire that has occurred in the warehouse. In order to further prevent the fire from spreading upward, as shown in FIG. 5, it has been considered to arrange a horizontal barrier 32 made of a nonflammable thin plate at each specific stage. The horizontal barrier 32 needs to be provided above the article storage space at a specific level, and at a height position where the slide fork 34 does not interfere when the articles 36 are taken in and out of the article storage shelf at the upper level. The sprinkler head 35 is provided with a sprinkler head 3 provided above the sprinkler head.
In order not to be wet by the water spray from 5 and become difficult to operate, it is necessary to provide it near the lower part of the horizontal barrier 32 and at a position where it does not interfere with the slide fork 34 and the article 36.

Considering the height required for the article storage shelf on which the horizontal barrier 32 is provided, first, in addition to the height of the article 36 placed on the shelf member 33a, the article 36 is provided obliquely above the article 36. A predetermined height Hw is required for the sprinkler head 35 to be sprayed to spread above the article 36. Further above, the height Hs of the arranged sprinkler head 35 itself is required. The horizontal barrier 32 is arranged near the upper portion of the sprinkler head 35, and a predetermined space for the operation of the slide fork 34 is required above the horizontal barrier 32.

[0004]

As described above, when the entire horizontal barrier is formed as a flat plate having the same height, the height from the upper surface of the article 36 to the horizontal barrier 32 becomes Hw + Hs, and only the sprinkler head 35 is installed. It is necessary to install the entire horizontal barrier 32 at a high position. That is, it is necessary to increase the height of the article storage shelf at the level where the horizontal barrier is provided, and there is a problem that the entire rack must be increased. In other words, when the height of the rack is limited, there is a problem that the storage efficiency of the rack decreases when the horizontal barrier is provided.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. The challenge is
It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic warehouse rack that can suppress a decrease in rack storage efficiency even when a horizontal barrier is provided.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the portion of the horizontal barrier located directly above the sprinkler head is higher than the other horizontal portions. It is swelled and the swelled portion is located in the shelf member in a plan view.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the bulging portion has a shape such that water is not sprayed on a sprinkler head located near the lower portion. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or the second aspect of the present invention, the horizontal barrier is a pre-installed member including a bulging portion attached to the support, and a horizontal member installed to the pre-installed member. And the pre-attaching member is located inside the shelf member in plan view.

[0008] Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the bulging portion serves as an installation space for the sprinkler head. Also, no matter what shape the bulging portion has, the slide fork does not interfere.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, it is possible to prevent the sprinkler head located near the lower portion from being sprayed on the swollen portion and to spray water according to a water spray curve. And According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first or second aspect of the present invention, a pre-installed member having a bulging portion is attached to the support in advance without lowering the transport efficiency. be able to.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a rack of an automatic warehouse according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The rack 1 includes a column 2 erected on the front, rear, left and right, a shelf member 7 protruding left and right from the column 2 on the front and rear, a horizontal barrier 4 provided on a specific step,
A sprinkler head 8 provided below the shelf member 7 and near the lower part of the horizontal barrier 4. The automatic warehouse includes, in addition to the rack 1 described above, a stacker crane having a slide fork 9 that moves and moves up and down in front of the rack 1 and puts articles W into and out of the article storage shelves 3 of the rack 1. ing.

The shelf member 7 is a member attached between the front and rear columns 2 and includes a left and right arm member 5 and a shelf support 6 connected between the left and right ends of the arm member 5. 7, the article storage shelf 3 is formed. The positional relationship from the shelf member 7 at the stage where the horizontal barrier 4 is provided to the shelf member 7 above the shelf member 7 is described. An article W is placed on the shelf member 7, and is placed obliquely above the article W above the shelf member 7. A horizontal barrier 4 made of a nonflammable thin plate is arranged at a height Hw necessary for allowing water from the placed sprinkler head 4 to reach a predetermined range. The shelf member 7 is disposed above the horizontal barrier 4 at a height required for the operation of the slide fork 9.

The horizontal barrier 4 includes a bulging portion 12 and includes a leading member 17 attached to the column 2 in advance and a horizontal member 11 attached to the leading member 17 so that the leading member 17 does not reduce the transport efficiency. , In the plan view. The tipping member 17 includes a bulging portion 12 and a horizontal portion, and a joining portion 14 for mounting the horizontal member 11 is provided at an edge of the horizontal portion.
Are formed. The attachment of the tipping member 17 is performed by
This is performed by previously welding a bracket (not shown) having a portion that abuts on the support member 17 and a portion that abuts on the pre-attachment member 17 to a predetermined height position of the front and rear columns 2 and welds the pre-installation member 17 to the bracket. The left and right widths of the bulging portion 12 are substantially the same as the width of the shelf member 7 and are formed so as not to protrude from the outline of the shelf member 7 in a plan view. The bulging portion 12 is a portion for increasing the mounting position of the sprinkler head 8 and bulges upward by substantially the same height as the height Hs of the sprinkler head 8. There is provided a hole through which a branch pipe 13 connecting to the pipe 8 passes. The shape of the top of the bulging part 12 is an arc larger than the watering curve 16 of the sprinkler head 8, and
To avoid contact with The sprinkler head 8 is connected and fixed to the water supply pipe 10 by a branch pipe 13,
The water supply pipe 10 is connected to a tank (not shown) or the like. Constant water pressure is always applied to the sprinkler head 8,
When a fire occurs, the tip of the sprinkler head 8 melts due to the heat, and water is sprinkled vigorously.

In the horizontal barrier 4 of the present embodiment, the horizontal member 11 is provided at a height such that it does not interfere with the slide fork 9, but the bulging portion 12 has a predetermined height necessary for the slide fork to work. Is provided at the same height position as the height position. As described above, by positioning the bulging portion 12 in the shelf member 7 in a plan view, interference between the bulging portion 12 and the slide fork 9 is prevented, and the horizontal member 1 is formed.
The height position of 1 and the height position of the bulging portion 12 can be greatly different. That is, the sprinkler head 8
The height required for the slide fork 9 to work, the height required from the article W to the horizontal barrier 4 can be reduced to the height Hw required to allow watering to reach a predetermined range. Can be Therefore, it is not necessary to make the entire horizontal barrier 4 high.

The horizontal barrier 4 also serves as a heat collecting plate that collects heat from a fire and transmits it to the sprinkler head 8.
Furthermore, since the bulging portion 12 has a shape in which hot air easily gathers, which bulges above the horizontal member 11,
The effect as a heat collecting plate is further enhanced.

The on-site assembly of the rack 1 will be described below. First, the shelf member 7 and the tipping member 17 are attached to the front and rear columns 2 at the factory to form one unit, and a large number of units are transported to the site by truck or the like. The units are arranged at a predetermined interval on site, and the units are connected by braces. Further, the horizontal member 11 is placed on the joint portion 14 of the pre-attachment member 17 provided at a predetermined step, and is fixed by a fixing tool such as a bolt 15. The rack 1 is assembled by repeating the above operation. Prefix member 1
7 is substantially the same as the width of the shelf member 7, so that even if a plurality of the members 7 are attached to the column 2, they do not interfere with other units when transporting the unit. Further, the horizontal member 11 need only be mounted and fixed on the joint portion 14, and the work can be easily performed on site.

The present invention may be embodied as follows. It is important that the bulging portion 12 does not hinder watering of the sprinkler head 8 located near the lower part, and the cross-sectional shape may be a curve or a straight line. Even if water is applied to the swelling portion 12, it is preferable that the area where water can reach at least slightly expands along the internal shape of the swelling portion 12, and the inside of the swelling portion 12 suddenly It is preferable not to form a portion that hangs down on the surface. In the present embodiment, the bulging portion 12 has an arc larger than the watering curve 16 in the vicinity of the center of the pre-attaching member 17, but the whole of the pre-attaching member 17 is, for example, a triangular shape having a convex cross section at the center. The edge may be used as the joint 14 like a roof.

[0017]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the portion of the horizontal barrier located immediately above the sprinkler head is bulged upward as compared with other horizontal portions, and the bulged portion is viewed in plan. By positioning the slide fork in a shelf member on which the slide fork does not move, it is not necessary to raise the entire horizontal barrier. For this reason, even if a horizontal barrier is provided, it is possible to provide a rack of an automatic warehouse that can suppress a decrease in storage efficiency.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
In addition to the effect of the invention described in the above, to prevent the sprinkler head located near the lower portion from being sprayed on the bulging portion,
Watering can be performed according to the watering curve. For this reason, there is no occurrence of a watering obstacle in which water does not reach the articles placed on the shelf member.

According to the invention of claim 3, according to claim 1,
Alternatively, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2, when transporting to the site, it is possible to transport with the front and rear struts and the shelf member attached with a leading member having a bulging portion. Further, since the leading member has the same width as the shelf member, there is no hindrance during transportation. Then, the work of assembling the horizontal barrier can be easily performed on site by using the pre-attached pre-attachment member.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main part of a rack of an automatic warehouse according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part of a rack of the automatic warehouse according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of a rack of the automatic warehouse according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a main part of a horizontal barrier used for a rack of the automatic warehouse according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a main part of a rack of a conventional automatic warehouse.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 rack 2 support 4 horizontal barrier 7 shelf member 8 sprinkler head 12 bulging part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A support that is erected on the front, rear, left and right, a shelf member protruding left and right from the front and rear support, a horizontal barrier provided on a specific step, and a lower part of the shelf member and near a lower part of the horizontal barrier. In a rack of an automatic warehouse provided with a sprinkler head provided, a portion located directly above the sprinkler head of the horizontal barrier is bulging upward compared to other horizontal portions, and the bulging portion is in plan view. An automatic warehouse rack, which is located in a shelf member. 2. The automatic warehouse rack according to claim 1, wherein the bulging portion has a shape in which water is not sprayed on a sprinkler head located near the lower part. 3. The horizontal barrier is attached to a post,
The automatic warehouse according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the automatic warehouse comprises a pre-installed member including a bulging portion and a horizontal member attached to the pre-installed member, and the pre-installed member is located in the shelf member in a plan view. Rack.