WO2024252279A1 - Unité de répétition verticale d'un système de stockage - Google Patents

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WO2024252279A1
WO2024252279A1 PCT/IB2024/055449 IB2024055449W WO2024252279A1 WO 2024252279 A1 WO2024252279 A1 WO 2024252279A1 IB 2024055449 W IB2024055449 W IB 2024055449W WO 2024252279 A1 WO2024252279 A1 WO 2024252279A1
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Sergey Razumov
Oleg SULTANOV
Andrei ZARETCKII
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    • 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
    • B65G1/0492—Storage devices mechanical with cars adapted to travel in storage aisles
    • 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
    • B65G1/0471—Storage devices mechanical with access from beneath
    • 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
    • B65G1/0478—Storage devices mechanical for matrix-arrangements

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  • the present invention is directed towards a single vertical repeating unit of a storage system according to claim 1.
  • Such systems are known with respect to the storage of either stacks of trays or single storage of trays.
  • both systems have disadvantages with respect to the handling of gods with in the trays.
  • the single stored trays need a lot of space for storage, for the trays and for maintenance access.
  • the stacked trays maximize the usage of storage space but are less efficient when it comes to access to a specific tray in a stack of trays.
  • AT 5223344 A4 mentioned in the priority search report describes a rail crossing in a rack storage system.
  • a rack storage system of the desired type is described as being up to 200 meters long and 40 meters high (page 2, para. 3).
  • AT 5223344 A4 it is a multi- dimensionally accessible rack storage system in a schematic plan top view, whereby stored goods would be stacked on both sides along rack aisles 2a.
  • (shelf)uprights 8 of the rack storage system 1 are provided.
  • the (shelf)uprights 8 represent feet of the vertical shelf arrangement, on which higher levels of the storage system rest upon as they are shown on the left-hand side of Figure 2.
  • the (shelf)uprights 8 are also shown on the right-hand side of Figure 2, which additionally indicates that in the right-hand half of Figure 2 only one level of the vertical shelf ar- rangement, as shown in the left-hand half of Figure 2, is shown in order to provide a view of the special rail system.
  • the other vertical planes have therefore been hidden in order to make the rail arrangement, which is considered to be of certain importance in this publication, particularly clearly visible.
  • the visual representation of the multidimensional rack storage arrangement as shown on the left-hand side would obstruct the view on the course of the individual rails. The rails would not be visible with the desired clarity.
  • Page 4 para. 3 shows, for example, that each rack aisle provides several levels at vertical intervals in which rack vehicles can travel. This corresponds to the illustration shown in the left half of Figure 2.
  • Figure 2 does not show a storage system with 2 different storage areas, but a rack storage system as shown in the left half of Figure 2, whereby the other storage levels have been hidden in the right half of the picture for better visualization of the rail system considered to be the technical surplus of this publication. Also, nowhere in the description the is a mentioning or reference of a storage system with two different kinds of storage areas.
  • the main object is a transport mobile device designed to independently take a tray from a storage location and transport it in the storage and processing system of objects, as well as outside it, having the ability to move in two horizontal mutually perpendicular directions, by changing groups of support wheels, as well as moving between horizontal storage levels on inclined ramps.
  • This device is equipped with a lifting table equipped with a group of rotary cams that rotate towards each other and provide both centering and fixation of the tray being transported on the table.
  • a version of the object storage and processing system for this device is shown in Figure 5 of this document.
  • This system provides direct access to each tray in the storage area, which is an advantage of the solution
  • the main object of t is a system for storing and processing objects in stacks of trays, where trays with objects are stored in stacks at storage locations located in two mutually perpendicular horizontal directions.
  • transport mobile devices are designed that move along the transport network of the system and independently pick up and put stacks of trays from storage places.
  • Fig. 7 of this document A version of the system for storing and processing objects in accordance with the publication is shown in Fig. 7 of this document.
  • This system is the most compact in terms of storage density.
  • the height of the stack of trays that the transport mobile device transports at one time is the limitation of the storage area.
  • the essence of the invention (a wav to eliminate shortcomings).
  • the object storage and processing system proposed by us in the application is a combined system consisting of sections of the systems of the first and second publications, built at a certain frequency.
  • the system introduces storage areas for single trays with objects, the contents of which are much easier and faster to serve (pick orders) than in stacks.
  • the height of the storage area is no longer limited by the height of the stack or a multiple of it, and the object storage and handling system can occupy the entire height of the room in which it will be located.
  • the present invention solves the task of providing a system a storage system that has the benefits of both known types of storage systems without the shortcomings, whereby the usage of storage space in increased without losing the required access to the system e.g., for maintenance purposes.
  • a single vertical repeating unit of a storage system for storing and organizing materials comprising: two differ- ent types of storage areas (11 , 12), a first type (11 ) having a plurality of storage levels in a vertical direction each storage level comprising a plurality of storage spaces (20), the storage spaces (20) are arranged in parallel rows (SA1) in one horizontal direction and one vertical direction, the storage spaces (20) are adapted for receiving individual boxes (001) accommodating materials, and at least some of the individual storage spaces (20) are provided as receptacles (400) supporting individual stored boxes, preferably on at least two of their edges, the receptacle leaving a free space in the middle, such that an empty space accessibly by a person is provided when no boxes or a reduced number of boxes are stored in those storage spaces (20) of one vertical row a second type (12) having a single storage level comprising a plurality of storage spaces (30) adapted to receive stacked boxes the storage spaces (30) are arranged in parallel rows (SA2)
  • a receptacle according to the present invention can be any holding equipment that serves the purpose of holding a single tray in place without restricting access to its storage space while no tray is present.
  • the receptacle is a set of plates arranged on edges of each storage space to support the edges of the tray but leaving a space in the middle so a person can access the space while the tray(s) is/are not present as depicted e.g., in fig.9.
  • Human access shall define a height that equals the number of trays in a vertical direction stored in single storage spaces that correlates to the height of a human. This can be anything from between 1 m to 2m or more, preferably up to 3m or more, such that a person can unhindered enter a vertical (sub)set of individual storage spaces (20) that is emptied out for granting access to any other horizontally neighboring storage spaces or for access to the rails (40) that are vertically only spaced apart by about the height of a tray in a vertical direction and would therefore require the service personnel to crouch along the rails 40 e.g. in the event an MTU gets stuck or other maintenance is required but the above described upright standing access was not provided.
  • an important difference to a single storage of a tray on a shelf is that the inventive storage space for individual boxes allows a person to enter the place where normally trays are stored, if an according number of trays in one vertical direction are removed.
  • the rail tracks 50 in case required the storage space for single trays can be turned into service passages by removal of enough trays to allow for human access / passage to the required part of the storage system without losing the individual access to the trays that are stored separately.
  • the first type of storage area has a reduced number of storage levels compared to the first type storage area.
  • Fig. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of an object storage and processing system according to claim 1. Isometric view.
  • Fig. 2 shows a preferred embodiment of an object storage and processing system according to claim 1. View from above
  • Fig. 3 shows a preferred embodiment of an object storage and processing system according to claim 1. Side view.
  • Fig. 4 shows a version of the service trolley (300). Isometric view.
  • Fig. 5 shows a prior art single object storage and processing system comprising single tray storage only .
  • Fig. 6 shows a transport mobile device (100) with a tray, designed to work in a system for storing and processing single objects. Isometric view.
  • Fig. 7 depicts a prior art tray stack only storage and handling system. Isometric view.
  • Fig. 8 shows a transport mobile device (200) with a stack of trays, designed to work in a system for storing and processing stacks. Isometric view.
  • Fig. 9 shows a storage space (20,30) for single tray storage where all trays in a vertical direction are removed for huma access.
  • the main object of the present invention is a combined storage and processing system 10 for objects, which includes storage areas for both single objects and their stacks.
  • the system 10 is configured to work with mobile devices (100) moving single objects, as well as with stacks of objects.
  • trays (001) are meant.
  • Fig. 1-3 show an embodiment of the inventive combined system (10) for storing and processing objects, configured to operate both types of transportation by mobile devices (100/200) .
  • the combined system (10) for storing and processing objects includes a plurality of sections/rows (SA1) of multi-level storage of single trays (001), between which sections/rows (SA2) of stacked storage of trays (001) are placed.
  • the sections SA1 comprise individual storage spaces (20) whereby the sections SA2 comprise storage spaces (30) for stacked trays.
  • transport mobile device transportation 100
  • MTU mobile transport device
  • Transport interchanges are provided to allow access for MTUs between the single tray storage section or between the tray stack storage sections, e.g., at the edges of the system.
  • a transport interchange with rail track (40) designed to provide the ability to move transport mobile devices (100) between storage rows SA1 working with single trays (001), and on the southern edge there is a transport interchange with rail tracks (50) along which transport mobile devices (200) working with stacks of trays (001) can move between stack storage rows SA2.
  • the transport interchange/rails (40), as well as the passages located in the areas of single storage of objects (11) are equipped with rail tracks at all levels of single storage of trays (001), in the example shown there are three of them (levels).
  • the interchange and the passages located in the areas of stacked storage of objects (12) have rail tracks (50) only at one level of storage, which may coincide with the lower level of storage of areas of single storage of objects (11 ).
  • Fig. 1-3 show a preferred embodiment of a combined object storage and handling system (10) in which tiered storage areas (11) of single trays (001) alternate with the stacking storage areas (12) of trays (001) at such intervals that the rail tracks, designed to move transport mobile devices (200), located in the aisle of the stacking area (12) could simultaneously function as a service passage for servicing the system (10) by personnel which can in one embodiment be described as the above mentioned (1 to n)SA1-RW1-(1 to 4)SA1-RW1-(1 to n)SA1 , wherein n is a natural number, wherein for each appearance of the pattern there is either a SA2 or a RW2 next and parallel to the (1 to n)SA1 rows
  • trays (001) stored in the single storage spaces (20) are indicated by a “circle”, while trays (001) stored in the stacking spaces (30) are indicated by “three rectangles” .
  • the service personnel (002) can reach any element of the combined storage and processing system of objects (10).
  • the combination of sections of multilevel storage spaces (20) of single trays (001) with sections of stacked storage spaces (30) of trays (001) provides access for service personnel (002) to any place in the system without organizing additional service passages, which increases the storage density of the system and reduces its cost.
  • a service trolley (300) is designed to move personnel (002) along the service aisles (21), which can move in the aisles along the same rail tracks as transport mobile devices (100) and (200).
  • Fig. 1-3 show a preferred embodiment of a combined storage and processing system (10) for objects, in which both types of transport mobile devices (100) and (200) can be identical or similar and thus may have similar overall dimensions in the plan, which allows them to move along common rail tracks (40/50) for example, transport mobile devices (100), without restrictions, can use any rail tracks (40/50) intended for moving transport mobile devices (200) to move; at the same time, transport mobiles (200), empty, without stacks of trays (001) on board, can use all but especially the lower storage rail tracks (40) intended for transport mobiles (100). This feature greatly increases the throughput of the system.
  • Fig. 4 shows a version of a service trolley (300). Isometric view. As shown in the figure, the service trolley (300) contains a group of wheels (301), having the same track as the transport mobile devices (100) and (200), for moving along the service aisle (21), the body (302), to which wheels (301) and a transport platform (303) with antislip coating are attached.
  • the variant of the service trolley (300) shown in the figure is not limiting. So, the service trolley (300) can be driven both by the muscular strength of the person himself (002), and be equipped with a drive and controlled either remotely from the personnel control panel (002), or automatically, by the control system for the storage and processing of objects (10).
  • the transport platform (303) can be equipped with a device for moving personnel (002) in a sitting or other position, and can also be equipped with a body for transporting other elements of the system or tool in it.
  • Fig. 5 shows a portion of an object storage and handling system according to the state of the art.
  • the figure shows that the system for storing and processing objects includes three sections of multi-tiered single storage (20) of trays (001), separated from each other by service passages (21). Also, in the figure there are several transport mobile devices (100), and a road junction (40). It can be seen from the figure that the presence of service passages (21) reduces the storage density of the system, increasing its area.
  • Service passages (21) are essentially a floor with free space above it in human height. In this case, instead of the floor, rail tracks of the lower storage level of the system are used, designed to move transport mobile devices along them (100), supplemented by a support surface for personnel (002).
  • Personnel (002) are shown in one of the service aisles (21), to provide them with access to the trays (001) located behind the aisles for transport mobile devices (100), the nearest trays (001) adjacent to the service aisle (21) are removed .
  • Fig. 6 shows a transport mobile device (100) with a tray (001) standing on the table of the device, in accordance with the current state of the art, known from the publication W02021059006A1.
  • Fig. 7 shows a section of the object storage and processing system, in accordance with the current state of the art.
  • the figure shows that the system for storing and processing objects includes several sections of stacking storage (30) trays (001) with traffic interchange (50).
  • the figure also shows several transport mobile devices (200) designed to move stacks of trays (001).
  • Fig. 8 shows a transport mobile device (200) with a stack of trays (001) standing on the table of the device, in accordance with the current state of the art, known from the publication PCT/EP2022/058762.
  • Fig. 9 shows a storage space (20) for single tray storage where all trays in a vertical direction are removed for human access.

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La présente invention concerne une seule unité de répétition verticale d'un système de stockage pour stocker et organiser des matériaux, comprenant : deux types différents de zones de stockage, un premier type ayant une pluralité de niveaux de stockage dans une direction verticale, chaque niveau de stockage comprenant une pluralité d'espaces de stockage, les espaces de stockage sont disposés en rangées parallèles (SA1) dans une direction horizontale et une direction verticale, les espaces de stockage sont conçus pour recevoir des boîtes individuelles accueillant des matériaux, et au moins certains des espaces de stockage individuels sont fournis sous la forme de réceptacles supportant des boîtes stockées individuelles, de préférence sur au moins deux de leurs bords, le réceptacle laissant un espace libre au milieu, de telle sorte qu'un espace vide accessible par une personne est fourni lorsqu'aucune boîte ou un nombre réduit de boîtes sont stockées dans ces espaces de stockage d'une rangée verticale.
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JPH08157016A (ja) * 1994-12-02 1996-06-18 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd 縦横走行搬送台車を用いた格納設備
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AT522334A4 (de) * 2019-08-13 2020-10-15 Knapp Ag Schienenkreuzung für ein Regallager
WO2021059006A1 (fr) 2019-09-27 2021-04-01 Aristoklitos Enterprises Ltd. Chariot auto-entraîné pour stocker et accéder automatiquement à des conteneurs dans un agencement de rayonnage de stockage
EP3854726A1 (fr) * 2018-11-06 2021-07-28 Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co., Ltd. Système et procédé de ramassage de cargaisons
WO2022109452A2 (fr) * 2020-11-23 2022-05-27 Swisslog Logistics, Inc. Système de stockage et de récupération automatisé à véhicules multidirectionnels

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JPH08157016A (ja) * 1994-12-02 1996-06-18 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd 縦横走行搬送台車を用いた格納設備
US20140086714A1 (en) * 2012-09-27 2014-03-27 Ohad MALIK Automated warehousing systems and method
EP3854726A1 (fr) * 2018-11-06 2021-07-28 Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co., Ltd. Système et procédé de ramassage de cargaisons
AT522334A4 (de) * 2019-08-13 2020-10-15 Knapp Ag Schienenkreuzung für ein Regallager
WO2021059006A1 (fr) 2019-09-27 2021-04-01 Aristoklitos Enterprises Ltd. Chariot auto-entraîné pour stocker et accéder automatiquement à des conteneurs dans un agencement de rayonnage de stockage
WO2022109452A2 (fr) * 2020-11-23 2022-05-27 Swisslog Logistics, Inc. Système de stockage et de récupération automatisé à véhicules multidirectionnels

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