JP4195344B2 - Automatic warehouse container equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention accommodates a plurality of small articles in one rack, further accommodates a plurality of the racks in one container, stores the containers in an automatic warehouse, and removes the racks from the containers as necessary. The present invention relates to an automatic warehouse container device suitable for taking out.

  For example, if the items you want to store are small and many, such as recorded tapes for computers, broadcast videos, audio tapes, or medical charts for hospitals, they must be stored in a rack. The container may be stored in a container and managed in an automatic warehouse through the container. And the small article accommodated in the container is taken out by remote operation with a robot etc. as needed (patent document 1).

On the other hand, with the development of biotechnology, a large number of test tubes filled with various solutions are collectively stored for a certain period of time. In such a case, since a small article such as a test tube cannot stand by itself, it is stood in a test tube storage container (rack) and then stored in the container.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No.2-18022

  By the way, for example, a test tube used for research needs to be taken out more frequently than a recorded tape or the like. If such small articles are to be managed using the conventional automatic warehouse container apparatus described above, first, a large box-shaped container containing a test tube container (rack) must be taken out. The test tube could not be removed. In other words, before taking out one test tube, a large container was first lifted, moved to a storage location, and then a specific test tube was taken out from the corresponding rack, resulting in an increase in the number of work steps. It was.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems associated with the prior art, and facilitates the work up to taking out a single test tube from a dedicated container such as a test tube storage container stored in an automatic warehouse. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic warehouse container device that can be carried out in a safe manner and that can prevent intrusion of garbage in the storage state.

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic warehouse container apparatus according to the present invention comprises:
By applying an external force in the horizontal direction from the side of the container main body to the rack arranged in line with the article accommodating portion defined in the container main body, the rack is taken out in the direction in which the force is transmitted. Automatic warehouse container equipment,
A container in which an article accommodating portion is constituted by a substantially rectangular bottom wall portion and a pair of side wall portions raised from the bottom wall portion, and an opening for taking out the rack is formed on at least one of the remaining side wall surfaces The body,
And a lid member that is detachably disposed in an upper region of the rack accommodated in the article accommodating portion.

  Here, between the container main body and the lid, a rectangular frame-shaped inner frame that collectively surrounds the outer peripheral portions of the plurality of racks accommodated in the article accommodating portion is detachably disposed. It may be.

  In addition, a first concavo-convex fitting portion is formed on the upper surface of the four corners of the container body, and a first mate which is fitted to the first concavo-convex fitting portion on the lower surface of the four corners of the middle frame. The uneven fitting portion may be formed.

  Furthermore, the 2nd uneven | corrugated fitting part fitted to the 1st uneven | corrugated fitting part of the said container main body may be formed in the four corner part lower surface of the said cover body.

  In addition, guide rails may protrude from the bottom surface of the container main body with the width of the rack, and the rack may be accommodated between a pair of adjacent guide rails.

  According to the present invention, since the upper surface of the rack accommodated in the container body is covered with the lid, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering the rack.

  In addition, since an opening for taking out the rack is formed in at least one of the other side wall portions irrespective of the configuration of the container body, if the rack is pushed out horizontally in the direction of the opening for taking out, the rack Can be taken out.

  In addition, if a middle frame is detachably disposed between the container body and the lid, when the tall article is stored in the rack, the middle frame ensures that the rack will not fall off during storage or movement. Can be prevented. Furthermore, if this middle frame is removed, there will be no obstacle to pushing the rack in the horizontal direction. Further, when a short article is accommodated in the rack, the lid member may be attached directly to the upper part of the container body without using the inner frame.

  Furthermore, if the first concave / convex fitting portion and the first concave / convex fitting portion are respectively formed on the upper surface of the four corners of the container body and the lower surface of the four corners of the middle frame, when the middle frame is used, The frame can be fitted to the container body, thereby preventing the movement of the middle frame and the movement and dropping of the rack.

  In addition, if the second uneven fitting portion to be fitted to the first uneven fitting portion of the container body is formed on the lower surface of the four corners of the lid member, the container main body and the lid can be used when the middle frame is not used. The body can be fitted. Thereby, the movement of the lid member can be prevented, and the movement and dropping of the short rack can be prevented.

  Furthermore, if the guide rail is projected on the bottom surface of the container main body with the width of the rack, the rack can be easily stored in the container main body and can be arranged in an orderly manner.

  The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an automatic warehouse container apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows a state in which a large number of test tube containers (rack) 16 are accommodated as small boxes in the container apparatus. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view when the automatic warehouse container device 2 shown in FIG. 1 is viewed from the back side.

  That is, the automatic warehouse container device 2 is composed of a container body 4, an inner frame 6, and a lid member 8. The container body 4 and the inner frame 6 are made of unfoamed synthetic resin, and the lid member 8 is foamed. It is formed from a synthetic resin.

  The container body 4 includes a substantially rectangular bottom wall portion 10 and a pair of side wall portions 12 and 14 raised from the bottom wall portion 10, and the other pair of side wall portions are formed to be open. ing. Thereby, openings 20 and 20 that can push out a rack 16 (to be described later) in the horizontal direction are formed in the long side wall portion where the side wall portion is not formed. Further, protrusions 18 are formed at predetermined intervals on the bottom wall portion 10 of the container body 4. The protrusions 18 are formed in two rows along the width direction. And the space | interval S of the protrusion 18 respond | corresponds to the width | variety S of the rack 16 which accommodates articles | goods which cannot stand independently like a test tube storage container, as shown in FIG. The racks 16 are arranged by the two rows of protrusions 18.

  Thus, if the protrusions 18 are formed at the interval S, the rack 16 can be accommodated at a predetermined position. On the other hand, on the upper surface of the four corners of the container body 4, projections 22 are formed as first concavo-convex fitting portions so as to straddle between the two sides.

  On the other hand, the middle frame 6 is disposed between the pair of side wall portions 12 and 14 of the container body 4. That is, the middle frame 6 is formed in a substantially rectangular frame shape by the pair of short side wall portions 24 and 26 and the other pair of long side wall portions 28 and 30. In addition, recesses 32 having a shape substantially complementary to the protrusions 22 of the container body 4 are formed on the bottom surfaces of the four corners of the side wall portions 24, 26, 28, 30. The recess 32 constitutes a first uneven fitting portion to be fitted to the protrusion 22 as the first uneven fitting portion of the container body 4.

  Therefore, when the middle frame 6 is placed on the container body 4, the recess 32 of the middle frame 6 fits into the protrusion 22 of the container body 4 and is positioned.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the lid member 8 has a recess 34 having a rectangular shape in plan view on the inner surface side of the ceiling. The size of the recess 34 corresponds to the size of the frame of the middle frame 6. Further, on the bottom surfaces of the four corners of the short side wall portions 44, 46 of the lid member 8, outward projections 36, 36 that engage with the step portions 22 a of the projections 22, 22 formed on the container body 4 are formed. . The outward protrusion 36 of the lid 8 constitutes a second uneven fitting portion that is fitted to the protrusion 22 as the first uneven fitting portion of the container body 4.

  Although the automatic warehouse container device 2 according to the present embodiment is configured as described above, the operation will be described below.

  First, in this automatic warehouse container apparatus 2, a rack 16 for accommodating small articles such as test tubes is accommodated. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, 25 are arranged side by side. Here, the rack 16 has two types, a case where it is tall as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 and a case where it is short as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. And in the case of the rack 16 which accommodated the tall test tube, the above-mentioned inner frame 6 is used. Even the short rack 16 is higher than the distance from the bottom wall 10 of the container body 4 to the protrusion 22.

That is, in the case of the tall rack 16, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the rack 16 is inserted between the pair of protrusions 18 and 18 from the horizontal direction, for example. When sequentially accommodated as shown in FIG. 2, the middle frame 6 is disposed thereon. Here, recesses 32 are formed in the bottom surface of the four corners of the middle frame 6. The recess 32 constitutes a first uneven fitting portion to be fitted to the protrusion 22 as the first uneven fitting portion of the container body 4. Since the recess 32 of the inner frame 6 fits into the protrusion 22 of the container body 4, as shown in FIG. 4, the inner frame 6 is integrally fitted to the container body 4 so that the inner frame 6 cannot move. Supported. At this time, the rack 16 is also prevented from moving and falling off by the middle frame 6. Thus, when the middle frame 6 is installed, if the lid member 8 is mounted on the middle frame 6 so as to cover the upper region of the rack 16, a large number of rectangular recesses 34 formed on the inner surface side of the lid member 8 are arranged. Since the upper surface of the rack group is obscured, dust and the like are prevented from entering the rack 16 (actually, inside the test tube).

  And if the rack 16 is accommodated in this way, the container device 2 for automatic warehouses will be managed by the shelf board etc. of an automatic warehouse system in the state shown in FIG. In order to take out one rack 16 from the automatic container device 2 mounted in the automatic warehouse, first, the lid member 8 is removed, and the middle frame 6 is further removed. These removal operations can be automatically performed by a robot or the like, and in some cases, can be performed manually.

  After this state, for example, a bar-like object is projected in the horizontal direction from the side of the one opening 20 formed in one long side wall portion of the container body 4, so that only the predetermined rack 16 is placed on the other side. It can extrude from the opening 20 of a horizontal direction. Thereby, a specific test tube can be taken out of the rack 16 pushed out from the other opening 20 by pick-up means (not shown).

  Therefore, in this embodiment, it is not necessary to lift the container main body 4 from the shelf of the automatic warehouse or move the container main body 4 to another place before taking out one test tube. It can be taken out simply by protruding in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the work can be improved.

  Next, a case where the short rack 16 is accommodated and taken out will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

  When the rack 16 is short, as shown in FIG. 5, the intermediate inner frame 6 is unnecessary, and the container body 4 and the lid member 8 can accommodate a large number of racks 16.

  That is, when the short rack 16 is accommodated, the lid member 8 is mounted directly above the rack 16 without using the inner frame 6. Thereby, the cover member 8 can block the upper side of many rack groups.

  Here, since the outward projections 36 and 36 are respectively formed on the short side wall portions 44 and 46 of the lid member 8, these outward projections 36 are formed at the four corners formed on the upper surface of the container body 4. The lid member 8 is locked to the stepped portion 22a and positioned on the container body 4 so as not to move. Thereby, the movement of the rack 16 can be reliably prevented.

  On the other hand, when taking out the short rack 16 from the automatic container apparatus 2 ′, first, the lid member 8 is removed from the container main body 4, and if the container is projected from the side of the one opening 20 with a stick or the like in the horizontal direction, Since the bottom wall portion 10 of the main body 4 is formed flat, the predetermined rack 16 can be taken out from the other opening 20 of the container main body 4. Therefore, the test tube accommodated in the rack 16 can be taken out.

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, even the tall rack 16 or the short rack 16 can be easily taken out in the same manner.

  As mentioned above, although one Example of the container apparatus for automatic warehouses which concerns on this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said Example at all.

  For example, the small article is not limited to a test tube. That is, what is accommodated in the rack 16 may be any article. Further, the protrusions 18 formed to protrude from the container main body 4 may be formed continuously in one row even if they are not formed in two rows.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the opening 20 was formed in both the long side wall parts of the container main body 4, respectively, it is needless to say that the opening 20 may be provided in the short side wall parts 12 and 14 side.

  Furthermore, the opening 20 can be only one side even if it is not both sides. However, in the case where the short rack 16 is accommodated and when the opening 20 is provided only on one side, a space for projecting a bar-like object from the side is necessary on the upper part of the container body 4, In that case, the rack 16 must be taller than the protrusion 22 of the container body 4. Or it is necessary to make the height of the side wall part newly provided low by the part which secures the installation space of the middle frame 6.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an automatic warehouse container apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is an exploded perspective view when a tall rack is accommodated in the automatic warehouse container apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the automatic warehouse container device shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the back side. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view when a short rack is accommodated in the automatic warehouse container apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view when a short rack is accommodated using the automatic warehouse container apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view when a short rack is accommodated in the automatic warehouse container device shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

2 Container device for automatic warehouse 4 Container body 6 Middle frame 8 Lid member 10 Bottom wall portion 12, 14 Short side wall portion 16 Rack 18 Projection 20 Opening 22a Step portion 22 Protrusion (first uneven fitting portion)
24, 26, 28, 30 Side wall 32 Recess (first uneven fitting portion)
34 Recess 36 Outward projection (second uneven fitting portion)
S width

Claims (5)

By applying an external force in the horizontal direction from the side of the container main body to the rack arranged in line with the article accommodating portion defined in the container main body, the rack is taken out in the direction in which the force is transmitted. Automatic warehouse container equipment,
A container in which an article accommodating portion is constituted by a substantially rectangular bottom wall portion and a pair of side wall portions raised from the bottom wall portion, and an opening for taking out the rack is formed on at least one of the remaining side wall surfaces The body,
An automatic warehouse container device comprising: a lid member detachably disposed in an upper area of the rack accommodated in the article accommodating portion.   A rectangular frame-shaped inner frame that collectively surrounds the outer peripheral portions of the plurality of racks accommodated in the article accommodating portion is detachably disposed between the container main body and the lid. The automatic warehouse container apparatus according to claim 1, wherein On the upper surface of the four corners of the container body, a first uneven fitting portion is formed,
The automatic as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein a first uneven fitting portion to be fitted to the first uneven fitting portion is formed on a lower surface of the four corners of the middle frame. Warehouse container equipment.   The second concave-convex fitting portion that is fitted to the first concave-convex fitting portion of the container body is formed on the bottom surface of the four corners of the lid body. The container device for automatic warehouse as described. The container for an automatic warehouse according to claim 1, wherein a guide rail projects from the bottom surface of the container main body with a width of the rack, and the rack is accommodated between a pair of adjacent guide rails. apparatus.

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