WO2020003335A2 - Appareil pour stocker des articles - Google Patents

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WO2020003335A2
WO2020003335A2 PCT/IT2019/050155 IT2019050155W WO2020003335A2 WO 2020003335 A2 WO2020003335 A2 WO 2020003335A2 IT 2019050155 W IT2019050155 W IT 2019050155W WO 2020003335 A2 WO2020003335 A2 WO 2020003335A2
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Massimiliano CALISTI
Enrico Maria Santicchi
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/10—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property
    • G07F17/12—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G1/00—Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
    • B65G1/02—Storage devices
    • B65G1/04—Storage devices mechanical
    • B65G1/12—Storage devices mechanical with separate article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles the articles being books, documents, forms or the like
    • B65G1/133—Storage devices mechanical with separate article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles the articles being books, documents, forms or the like the circuit being confined in a horizontal plane
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B53/00—Cabinets or racks having several sections one behind the other
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/46—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports
    • G07F11/58—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports the articles being supported on or by endless belts or like conveyors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/62—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B49/00—Revolving cabinets or racks; Cabinets or racks with revolving parts
    • A47B49/004—Cabinets with compartments provided with trays revolving on a vertical axis

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  • the present invention concerns a storage apparatus, usable for the temporary storage of articles, for their movement and their removal, also automated.
  • the present invention is usable, by way of example only, as a temporary“wardrobe locker” for the employees of a company, or for the clients, or visitors, of particular centers, or recreational facilities, such as for example spas, swimming pools, casinos, museums, or other, or as an “automatic distributor” of articles between an introduction zone and a separate collection zone.
  • Movement apparatuses are known, configured to transport hanging objects to make them available to an operator for their selective collection in a desired position.
  • movement apparatuses are known provided with conveyors to transfer hanging objects, such as for example items of clothing, comprising a support frame on which a guide is mounted, typically a rail or a pair of rails, which defines a circuit.
  • the circuit can be open and follow a linear or curved path, alternatively the circuit can also follow a closed path.
  • a mobile support unit is made to slide conformed, normally, as a closed ring, and suitable to transport in suspension the items of clothing that are attached thereon to be transported.
  • These apparatuses allow to insert the garment in a delivery point and to collect the same garment at a collection point.
  • One disadvantage of the known movement apparatuses is that they are not very versatile, and are not suitable to move articles with different shapes and sizes. Furthermore, they provide to hang the articles to be transported on the support unit one after the other, regardless of their size, and therefore do not allow to optimize the available useful space.
  • a further disadvantage of the known solutions is that they are not very versatile, and do not allow to create customized paths as a function of needs.
  • Document FR- A- 1.427.294 concerns a mobile multi-shelf shelving unit, mounted on wheels and attached to a transport chain by means of a rear side thereof, that is, a side opposite the access side to the shelves.
  • GB-A-1.531.028 describes a device for storing and moving articles comprising a conveyor consisting of two overlapping chains, and a plurality of modules, each attached to the two chains in correspondence with a rear side thereof.
  • FR-A-3.052.963 describes a food product dispenser comprising an endless chain to which elements for containing the food products are connected, which are connected to the chain and moved along it.
  • US-A-2010/0185754 describes an automatic dispenser of drugs comprising a housing provided with a delivery station and with a loading station, inside which a mechanism is provided comprising a plurality of containers connected to each other in the shape of a two-dimensional matrix.
  • a further disadvantage is that the known movement apparatuses allow free access not only to the desired garment, but also to the garments adjacent to it.
  • One purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for storing articles that can function as temporary storage, movement and automatic delivery of articles to one, or to a plurality, of users or operators.
  • a purpose of the present invention is to provide a storage apparatus that allows the automatic delivery of a specific article independently of other adjacent articles.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for storing articles that allows different users to access a defined portion of the storage apparatus to introduce/collect an article.
  • a further purpose is to provide an apparatus for storing articles that allows to optimize the available useful space and that can be used to store/move items of different shape and size.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.
  • an apparatus for storing articles comprises a conveyor member, a guide at least partly defining a closed-ring movement path, and a drive unit associated with the conveyor member and configured to move the conveyor member along the movement path.
  • the storage apparatus comprises a plurality of containing devices, each provided with at least one housing seating for the articles and connected to the conveyor member and mobile with the latter along the movement path.
  • the containing devices are advantageously connected to the conveyor member in correspondence with an intermediate position of an upper wall thereof. According to some embodiments, the containing devices are connected to the conveyor member in a substantially central position.
  • This configuration allows to move the containing devices along paths having different shapes, both convex and also concave, and in particular to make the containing devices follow both external curves and internal curves.
  • the housing seatings can have different sizes, suitable to house a plurality of different types of articles, including, by way of example, articles of clothing, shoes, books, personal effects such as mobile phones, keys, wallets, electronic devices, boxes, and more.
  • the storage apparatus comprises a structure delimiting a containing compartment in which at least the conveyor member and the containing devices are positioned.
  • the structure is provided with at least one aperture to access the containing compartment.
  • the at least one access aperture can be selectively opened/closed with at least one closing device, to allow or prevent access to the housing seatings of the containing devices.
  • the at least one closing device comprises a door.
  • the at least one closing device comprises an optical barrier.
  • This configuration of the present invention therefore allows to obtain an extremely compact and organized storage apparatus, not requiring large spaces for example for accessing a plurality of individual lockers fixed in one position.
  • a closing device comprising a door, in a predefined position of the structure, and the presence of a plurality of containing devices allows to manage many users, as well as the articles they wish to temporarily place in the storage apparatus.
  • the movement path, and therefore the conveyor member lies on a horizontal lying plane.
  • the containing devices can be associated, for example attached, or hung, to the conveyor member.
  • the containing devices can have an oblong development which, during use, extends in a vertical direction, that is, substantially orthogonal to the lying plane.
  • the containing devices have a box-like shape, open on one side facing toward the outside of the movement path, to allow access to at least one housing seating when the containing device is positioned in correspondence with the access aperture.
  • the containing devices have a cross-section with a shape tapered toward a rear wall, that is, located during use in the internal part of the closed-ring movement path, so as to allow them to follow both rectilinear and also curved paths without interfering with each other.
  • the containing devices comprise a reticular base structure and a panel connected to the reticular structure, which surrounds the latter defining the lateral and rear walls of the containing device.
  • the containing devices can be made starting from a panel and from a flat-shaped base structure, which can be connected to each other and folded so as to assume the final three-dimensional shape directly on the site of use.
  • the base structure and the panel can have a first substantially flat conformation for transport and reciprocal connection, and a second folded conformation in which they assume, in assembled condition, a three-dimensional shape defining the bulk of the containing device.
  • the at least one access aperture is positioned in correspondence with a curved segment of the movement path, that is, in correspondence with the segment where the containing devices, or at least their open sides, are most distanced from the adjacent containing devices. In this way, a user can only access a determinate housing seating, without having any access whatsoever to the adjacent ones that remain protected and hidden by the structure.
  • the apparatus comprises a single aperture to access the containing compartment, which can be used both to introduce an article into a housing seating of a containing device, and also to collect it therefrom.
  • This configuration is particularly advantageous if the storage apparatus is used as a “wardrobe locker” for a plurality of users who share the same introduction/collection zone.
  • the storage apparatus comprises two access apertures, disposed distanced from each other along the movement path.
  • each of the access apertures can be provided with a respective closing device.
  • This configuration allows to put in communication an introduction zone and a collection zone with each other, which can be disposed in separate positions from each other along the movement path, and each associated with a respective access aperture.
  • the containing devices comprise at least a first housing seating and at least a second housing seating, overlapping each other, possibly vertically, and separated one from the other.
  • the first housing seatings lie on a common first lying plane and the second housing seatings each lie on a second lying plane parallel to the first lying plane.
  • the first lying plane can be distanced from the second lying plane in a vertical direction.
  • the closing device comprises at least one door, which comprises at least a first panel and at least a second panel, each having a size correlated respectively to the first housing seating and to the second housing seating, so as to only give access to a specific housing seating to a user.
  • At least one of either the first housing seating or the second housing seating is further divided into two or more further compartments to define further housing seatings.
  • the, or each, door is provided with a number of panels correlated to the number of housing seatings, to close/open a respective housing seating.
  • the storage apparatus comprises a control and command unit configured to manage the functioning at least of the drive unit, and the selective opening/closing of the door.
  • the storage apparatus further comprises at least a user interface connected to the control and command unit, by means of which a user can provide a request to the storage apparatus to make available a determinate housing seating in correspondence with a determinate access aperture.
  • control and command unit is also connected to the closing device, and is configured to selectively close/open it to allow/prevent access to the housing seatings of the containing device positioned in correspondence with the access aperture.
  • the control and command unit is configured to open all and only the panels necessary to provide complete access to a specific housing seating.
  • Embodiments described here also concern a method for storing articles which provides to move, along a closed-ring movement path, a conveyor member in a guide by means of a drive unit associated with the conveyor member.
  • the method according to the present invention also provides that containing devices are connected to the conveyor member, each provided with at least one housing seating, and that the containing devices are moved with the conveyor member along the movement path.
  • the method provides that the conveyor member and containing devices are positioned in a containing compartment of a structure, provided with at least one aperture to access the containing compartment, to allow access to the housing seatings of the containing devices that, on each occasion, are brought, by the drive unit, in correspondence with the aperture.
  • - fig. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional view of an apparatus for storing articles according to embodiments described here;
  • - fig. 2 is a view from above of the storage apparatus of fig. 1 ;
  • - fig. 3 is a view from above of a storage apparatus according to a variant embodiment
  • - fig. 4 is a schematic three-dimensional view of a containing device of the storage apparatus according to embodiments described here;
  • - fig. 5 is a schematic three-dimensional view of a containing device according to other embodiments described here;
  • FIG. 6a-6f are schematic views of operative steps of construction and assembly of a containing device according to embodiments described here;
  • - figs. 6g and 6h are enlarged details of fig. 6a and fig. 6d respectively;
  • - fig. 7 is a schematic three-dimensional view from above of a part of the storage apparatus according to embodiments described here;
  • - fig. 8 is a schematic three-dimensional view from below of a part of the storage apparatus according to embodiments described here;
  • - fig. 9 is an enlarged detail of fig. 8.
  • - fig. 10 is a front view of the storage apparatus of fig. 1 according to embodiments described here.
  • Embodiments described here concern an apparatus 10 for storing articles 11, which can be advantageously used, for example, as an“automatic distributor” of articles, or as a temporary“wardrobe locker” for the employees of a company, or for clients, or visitors, of particular centers, or recreational facilities, such as for example spas, pools, museums, stations and more.
  • the storage apparatus 10 comprises a conveyor member 12, a guide 13 defining a closed-ring movement path P, and a drive unit 14 associated with the conveyor device 12 and configured to move it along the movement path P.
  • the storage apparatus 10 also comprises a plurality of containing devices 20, each provided with at least one housing seating 21 suitable to contain at least one article 11.
  • the containing devices 20 can each comprise two or more housing seatings 2 la-2 IN, as will be described later in detail.
  • the containing devices 20 are connected to the conveyor member 12 and are mobile with the latter along the movement path P.
  • the conveyor member 12 can be defined by a strip having a laminar cross-section and made of a flexible material such as to adapt to the specific movement path P.
  • the conveyor member 12 can comprise a plurality of attachment elements 15, for example holes, to which the containing devices 20 can be attached and/or hung.
  • the conveyor member 12 is mobile along a movement path P having a substantially horizontal lying plane.
  • the containing devices 20 can have an oblong development which, during use, extends in a vertical direction, that is, substantially orthogonal to the lying plane.
  • the containing devices 20 are disposed one adjacent to the other, with the respective axes of longitudinal development aligned in a substantially vertical direction, orthogonal to the lying plane.
  • the movement path P, and therefore the conveyor member 12 comprises two rectilinear segment 24 and two curved segment 25 which connect the respective ends of the rectilinear segments 24 together.
  • the movement path P, and therefore the conveyor member 12 has a plurality of rectilinear segments, in the example six, and the same number of curved segments 25, of which two external curved segments 25a and two internal curved segments 25b.
  • the conveyor member 12 can therefore have, according to the needs, a convex shape, defined as the set of points for which each segment joining any two points whatsoever of the shape is contained entirely in the shape itself, or a concave shape, for which at least one segment joining any two points whatsoever of the shape does not belong entirely to the shape itself.
  • the apparatus 10 further comprises a structure 16, delimiting at least one containing compartment 17 in which at least the conveyor member 12 and the containing devices 20 are positioned.
  • the structure 16 can have a box-like shape, and comprise a plurality of perimeter walls 22 which can be defined by panels, or by perimeter walls of a room of a building, or by the floor of a room on which support means such as bars, frames or other rest.
  • the support structure 16 comprises support elements 23 suitable to support the guide 13 and the conveyor member 12.
  • the structure 16 can support a platform in which the conveyor member 12 can be integrated.
  • the structure 16 is provided with at least one aperture 18 to access the containing compartment 17, so as to allow or prevent access to the housing seatings 21 of the containing devices 20.
  • the access aperture 18 can be selectively opened/closed by means of at least one closing device 19.
  • the aperture 18 has a width substantially corresponding to the width of a containing device 20, so as to allow access to the housing seatings 2 la-2 IN of a single containing device 20.
  • the structure 16 comprises a single aperture 18.
  • This configuration allows to use the apparatus 10 as a“wardrobe locker”, for example to temporarily store the personal effects of employees in a company, or visitors or clients of recreational facilities, sports centers, or other, providing a single zone for the introduction and collection of articles in/from the device 10.
  • the apparatus 10 comprises two access apertures 18, disposed distanced one from the other along the movement path P.
  • each aperture 18 can be provided with a respective closing device 19.
  • one aperture 18 can be provided in a first zone Zl, for example for the introduction of the articles 11 , and the other aperture 18 can be provided in a second zone Z2, for example for collecting the articles, separated from the first zone Zl .
  • This configuration can be advantageous, for example, if the apparatus 10 is used as an“automatic distributor”, allowing to load an article 11 in a first zone Zl located, for example, in a storage space not accessible to the clients, and collect it in correspondence with a second zone Z2 that is accessible to the clients.
  • each aperture 18 can also be used for both introduction and collection operations.
  • the apparatus 10 can comprise three or more access apertures 18, for example positioned on different perimeter walls 22 of the structure 16 and accessible from different rooms or spaces, possibly separated one from the other (see for example fig. 3).
  • the closing device 19 can be of a different type, as a function of the application requirements of the storage apparatus 10.
  • the closing device 19 can be chosen from doors of the sliding-type, with hinges or horizontally pivoting, shutters, barriers of the optical type, or other devices suitable to selectively allow/prevent access to the internal compartment 17.
  • the closing device can be a door 19, suitable to completely close the access to the compartment 17, also preventing the view of the housing seatings 21.
  • This embodiment is particularly suitable in the case of a storage apparatus 10 used as a wardrobe locker.
  • the closing device 19 can be made as a barrier of the optical type, for example defined by a plurality of photocells located on one side and on the other of the aperture 18, suitable to prevent access to the compartment 17, however allowing the view of the housing seatings 21.
  • This solution can advantageously be applied, for example, to the aperture 18 located in the first introduction zone Zl, allowing on the one hand to speed up the operations of loading/introducing the articles 11 , and on the other hand to guarantee at the same time the safety of the operators, preventing them from accessing the containing compartment 17 during the movement of the containing devices 20.
  • the aperture 18 located in the second collection zone Z2 can be associated with a door, a barrier of the optical type, or with another type of closing device 19.
  • At least one aperture 18 can be advantageously positioned in correspondence with a curved segment 25 of the movement path P.
  • the aperture 18 can be positioned, in particular, in a direction tangent to the curved segment 25, that is, at the point where the containing devices 20 are most distanced from the adjacent containing devices 20, so that the housing seatings 21 of the latter are not accessible.
  • the containing devices 20 can have a box-like shape, provided with an open side facing, during use, toward the outside of the movement path P, to allow access to the housing seating 21 when the containing device 20 is positioned in correspondence with an access aperture 18.
  • the containing devices 20 each have a substantially parallelepiped shape, with a prevalent development along a longitudinal axis.
  • the containing devices 20 have a section with a shape that is symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal median plane M.
  • the containing devices 20 comprise two lateral walls 26, respectively connected together by an upper wall 27, a bottom wall 28 and a rear wall 29.
  • Connection elements 34 can be provided on the upper wall 27, suitable to cooperate with the attachment elements 15 of the conveyor member 12 to attach the containing device 20 to the latter.
  • connection elements 34 are disposed in an intermediate zone of the upper wall 27 of the containing device 20.
  • connection elements 34 can be provided, disposed on the upper wall 27 and aligned with each other, for example in correspondence with facing and opposite zones in proximity to the edges of the lateral walls 26.
  • connection elements 34 can be disposed aligned and facing each other with respect to a longitudinal median plane M of the containing device 20.
  • the containing devices 20, during use, are therefore hung in correspondence with a zone thereof that is intermediate to the conveyor member 12 with a respective front portion 20a positioned outside the path P defined by the conveyor member 12 and a rear portion 20b positioned inside the path P.
  • This solution makes the containing devices 20 suitable to be used both on concave paths P and also convex paths P, being suitable to follow both external curved segments 25a, and internal curved segments 25b, even with reduced radii of curvature, while still maintaining the overall bulk of the conveyor member 12 and of the apparatus 10 small.
  • the containing devices 20 can be provided with a centering and guiding element 40 attached on the lower side of the bottom wall 28 and configured to cooperate with a guide member 41 of the storage apparatus 10.
  • the centering and guiding element 40 comprises an attachment pin 42 connected at one end to the bottom wall 28 and at the opposite end to a small wheel 43.
  • the attachment pin 42 extends from an intermediate zone of the bottom wall 28 between the front side and the rear side.
  • two or more centering and guiding elements 40 can be provided, aligned with each other in a position symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal median plane M.
  • connection members 34 and the one or more centering and guiding elements 40 are substantially aligned along the same transverse plane p, orthogonal to the median longitudinal plane M (visible for example in figs. 7 and 8).
  • the guide member 41 can comprise a profiled element 44 extending along the movement path P and provided with a groove 45 defining the movement path P, in which the attachment pin 42 can be inserted.
  • the profiled element 44 can have a width substantially corresponding to that of the small wheel 43, which can slide therein substantially in contact with two opposite internal walls 46 of the profiled element 44.
  • the containing devices 20 have a shape tapered toward the rear wall 29.
  • the containing device 20 comprises in cross-section a front portion 20a having a substantially square or rectangular shape, and a rear portion 20b substantially trapezoidal shaped, with the minor base defining the rear wall 29.
  • the lateral walls 26 are not continuous, but have front and rear parts angled with respect to each other at an angle correlated to the tapered shape of the containing device 20.
  • This conformation allows the containing devices 20 to follow curved segments 25, in particular external curved segments 25b, having a radius of curvature R of less than 100cm, for example of about 90cm, allowing to reduce to a minimum the overall bulk of the storing apparatus 10.
  • the front portion 20a and the rear portion 20b have substantially the same size in the direction of the median plane M.
  • the transverse plane p along which the connection members 34 and/or the centering and guiding element 40 are disposed can correspond to a plane passing through a connection zone between the front 20a and rear 20b portions.
  • the containing devices 20 can therefore be positioned substantially half on one side and half on the other with respect to the conveyor member 12, so that the rear portions 20b are positioned in contact with one another in correspondence with the internal curved segments 25a (figs. 1 and 3).
  • the containing devices 20 can all have substantially the same size in height H and/or depth L.
  • the height H can be comprised between about 150cm and 180cm
  • the depth L can be comprised between about 30cm and about 70cm, although they can also be smaller, or larger, according to the needs.
  • At least one of the plurality of containing devices 20 has a width W at least of the front portion 20a greater, or smaller, than the other containing devices 20 of the storage apparatus 10.
  • a first group of containing devices 20 having a first width and a second group of containing devices 20 having a second width, greater than the first width can be provided.
  • the containing devices 20 of the first group can be alternated with those of the second group.
  • the width W can be comprised overall between about 12cm and about 35cm.
  • the containing devices 20 comprise at least two housing seatings 21, that is, at least a first housing seating 21a and at least a second housing seating 21b, disposed overlapping each other along the height H.
  • the containing devices 20 comprise at least one dividing wall 30 suitable to separate the housing seatings 21 from each other.
  • the first housing seatings 21a of the plurality of containing devices 20 lie on a common first lying plane
  • the second housing seatings 21b lie on a respective second lying plane parallel to the first lying plane
  • the second lying planes can coincide, or be parallel and offset in height one with respect to the other.
  • the possible dividing walls 30 are installed at predefined heights along the lateral walls 26.
  • the upper wall 27 and/or the dividing walls 30 can be provided, on the side facing downward, with attachment elements 39 configured to allow to hang one or more articles 11, for example items of clothing, belts, keys, or other.
  • the bottom wall 28 and/or the dividing wall 30 have a raised edge 28a, 30a configured to prevent the articles 11 contained in the respective housing seating 21 from exiting it during the movement of the containing devices 20.
  • the door or doors 19 of the storage apparatus 10 comprise at least a first panel 19a and at least a second panel 19b, separate and independent from the first panel 19a, configured to make respectively the first housing seatings 21a and the second housing seatings 21b accessible.
  • each one of the first panel 19a and the second panel 19b has a size correlated respectively to the first housing seating 21a and to the second housing seating 21b.
  • the entire door 19, that is, both panels 19a, 19b, will be opened/closed.
  • the containing devices 20 of the apparatus 10 can be customized as regards the number and height of the housing seatings 21.
  • first housing seating 21a or the second housing seating 21b is further divided into two or more further compartments in order to define further housing seatings 21c, 2 Id, 21 e.
  • the number of housing seatings 21 can indicatively vary between 1 and N, in which N for example is equal to six, as shown in fig. 1 , or greater that six, for example eight, nine, ten, or more, or less than six, for example three, four or five.
  • the number N can be chosen as a function of needs, that is, on the basis of the size and weight of the articles 11 to be moved, the specific application of the storage apparatus 10 and the conformation of the containing devices 20 themselves.
  • each housing seating 2 la-2 IN has its own identification code and is autonomous and independent both from the housing seatings 21 of the other containing devices 20, and also from the other housing seatings 2la-2lN of the same containing device 20.
  • each door 19 can comprise a number N of panels, corresponding to the number N of housing seatings 2 la-2 IN, each suitable to close/open a specific housing seating 2 la-2 IN.
  • the containing devices 20 can be made of flexible material, for example fabric, polymeric material, or a combination of both.
  • the containing devices 20 can comprise a rigid, or semi-rigid, base structure 31, for example with a reticular shape, comprising a plurality of longitudinal elements 32 connected to each other by means of transverse elements 33 or dividing walls 30, which can possibly be coated with a flexible material.
  • the containing devices 20 can be made of a rigid or semi-rigid material, for example made of plastic material.
  • the containing devices 20 comprise a reticular base structure 31 and a flat panel 50 associated with the base structure 31.
  • the panel 50 can be made of fabric, of polymeric material, or also of metal sheet, and possibly be provided with pre folding incisions or lines.
  • the panel 50 during use, externally encloses the base structure 31, defining the lateral walls 26 and the rear wall 29.
  • the containing devices 20 can be made starting from a panel 50 with a substantially flat shape, that is, planar and flat, directly at the installation site of the apparatus 10.
  • the base structure 31 can also have a substantially planar shape and be folded to assume a three-dimensional shape at the time of use.
  • the base structure 31 can comprise longitudinal elements 32 disposed parallel to each other, in the example case six, connected to each other by means of transverse elements 33, in the example case four, of which an upper one 33a associated with a first end of the longitudinal elements 32, a lower one 33b associated with a second end, opposite the first, and two transverse elements 33c disposed in intermediate positions between the two upper 33a and lower 33b transverse elements.
  • the two longitudinal elements 32 disposed in the central position have a smaller reciprocal distance, for example comprised between about 20% and about 30% of the distance between the other longitudinal elements 32, correlated to the width of the rear wall 29.
  • the upper transverse element 33a and/or the lower transverse element 33b can have a substantially L-shaped profile, defined by a first flat portion 51 suitable to cooperate, during use, with the ends of the longitudinal elements 32, and a second portion 52 which is disposed substantially orthogonal with respect to the first portion 51.
  • the first portion 51 has notches 53 in correspondence with the central and/or intermediate longitudinal elements 32, configured to facilitate the folding of the base structure 31 from the flat conformation to the three-dimensional conformation.
  • the notches 53 can have a substantially triangular shape, whose shape and depth are correlated to the type of fold to be made.
  • the notches 53 in correspondence with the longitudinal elements 32 defining, during use, the rear wall 29, will have a greater depth and size than the notches 53 provided in correspondence with the longitudinal elements 32, defining, during use, the edges between the front portion 20a and the rear portion 20b.
  • the panel 50 comprises transverse 54 and longitudinal 55 perimeter edges which develop transversely with respect to a flat surface 56 and which are suitable to cooperate with the longitudinal 32 and transverse 33 elements.
  • the transverse perimeter edges 54 are configured to cover, during use, the second portions 52 of the upper 33a and lower 33b transverse elements, and be connected to them, for example by means of fastening members 60, for example screws, bolts, pins, rivets, or suchlike, inserted in suitable mating holes 57.
  • the longitudinal perimeter edges 55 are provided with grooves 58 suitable to house, during use, at least part of an intermediate transverse element 33c, so as to improve the coupling between the panel 50 and the base structure 31.
  • the upper 27 and lower 26 walls can then be connected and attached respectively to the upper 33a and lower 33b transverse elements, by means of fastening members 60.
  • the dividing walls 30 can also be connected and attached in correspondence with one or more of the transverse elements 33 by means of respective fastening members 60 cooperating with suitable fastening holes.
  • connection members 34 can be connected and attached.
  • the centering and guiding member 40, and in particular the attachment pin 42, can also be connected in correspondence with the bottom wall 28.
  • the storage apparatus 10 comprises a user interface 35 by means of which a user can request access to a determinate housing seating 21 * amongst the housing seatings 2 la-2 IN of a specific containing device 20* of said containing devices 20.
  • the apparatus 10 further comprises a control and command unit 36, connected to the user interface 35 and configured to command at least the drive unit 14 and the at least one door 19 to make available to the user the requested housing seating 21 * of said specific containing device 20* in correspondence with the access aperture 18 associated with the door 19.
  • a control and command unit 36 connected to the user interface 35 and configured to command at least the drive unit 14 and the at least one door 19 to make available to the user the requested housing seating 21 * of said specific containing device 20* in correspondence with the access aperture 18 associated with the door 19.
  • control and command unit 36 is also configured to open all and only the panels 19a-19N of the door suitable to make the requested housing seating 21 * available.
  • control and command unit 36 can comprise a storage unit 36a in which the identification codes of each housing seating 2 la-2 IN of each containing device 20, the identification codes of the containing devices 20, and their position and reciprocal order along the movement path P are stored.
  • the user interface 35 can comprise a recognition device 37 configured to cooperate with a user identification device and proceed to identify and recognize him/her.
  • the recognition device 37 can comprise one or more of either an infrared code reader, a microchip reader, or a system to recognize biometric data, such as fingerprints, retina, facial features, a voice recognition system, or suchlike.
  • the user identification device can be chosen from a magnetic card provided with a microchip, a bar or QR code, the user’s own biometric data, or other.
  • the identification device directly supplies the control and command unit with the identification code of a determinate housing seating 21*.
  • the storage device 10 is used as a“wardrobe locker” in a company
  • a user after identifying him/herself by means of the user interface 35, will automatically receive in front of aperture 18 his/her own housing seating 21 *, in which he/she will be able to introduce his/her personal belongings.
  • the user will identify him/herself again, once again receiving his/her own housing seating 21 * to collect his/her personal belongings.
  • the storage device 10 is used as a“distributor”, it is possible to manage the introduction zone Z1 and the collection zone Z2 independently.
  • control and command unit 36 actuates the drive member 14 to position the housing seating 21 * in which the article 11 has to be introduced in correspondence with the aperture 18 in the introduction zone Zl .
  • a closing device 19 can be provided in correspondence with the introduction zone Zl with a single-panel door, or with an optical barrier, and luminous signaling elements 38 can be provided suitable to signal to an operator the correct housing seating 21 * in which to introduce the article 11.
  • each containing device 20 can be provided with a plurality of housing seatings 21a-2lN, possibly having different sizes, it is possible to choose the suitable housing seating 21 * on each occasion, on the basis of the shape and size of the article 11 that has to be introduced into the storage apparatus 10. Furthermore, thanks to the plurality of housing seatings 2 la-2 IN of a single containing device 20, it is possible to transport several articles 11 simultaneously, exploiting all the space available in the vertical direction.

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L'invention concerne un appareil pour stocker des articles (11) qui comprend un élément transporteur (12), un guide (13) définissant au moins partiellement un trajet de déplacement en boucle fermée (P), et une unité d'entraînement (14) associée à l'élément transporteur (12) et conçue pour déplacer ce dernier le long du trajet de déplacement (P). L'appareil pour stocker des articles (11) comprend une pluralité de dispositifs de réception (20) et une structure (16).
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