JPH0818554B2 - Transport and storage devices using trains - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transport and storage device that uses a train that is self-propelled guided by guide rails.

(Prior art and its problems) In a transportation device using a train, travel control (starting, stopping, traveling speed control) of each train is arbitrarily performed according to the situation.
By utilizing the characteristics that can be carried out, it is possible to carry out rational and efficient transportation, but when it is necessary to temporarily store the transported object, it was necessary to store it for each train, so A train was required, and the equipment cost was very high.

In order to solve such a problem, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
The transport and storage device described in JP-A-55-130414, that is, a moving body for transport is provided with a support rail in a right angle direction, and the transported object is movably supported by the support rail. And a storage rail connectable to the support rail is installed beside the traveling path of the transporting mobile body, and the transporting object supporting mobile body supported by the support rail of the transporting mobile body is supported by the storage rail. It is conceivable that the device for transferring the object to be transferred together with the moving object for supporting the object to be transferred from the rail to the storage rail may be applied to a transfer device using a train.

However, even if the transporting movable body in the device described in the above publication is replaced with a train, a feeder for transferring the transported object supporting movable body onto the storage rail from the support rail of the transporting moving body, The cost of the entire equipment cannot be sufficiently reduced with a configuration in which a feeder or the like for transferring the transported object supporting body is mounted on each storage rail from the storage rail to the supporting rail of the transporting vehicle. .

In particular, in a configuration in which a plurality of transported object supporting movable bodies are stored in each storage rail, a feeder for sequentially feeding the transported object supporting movable bodies from the starting end portion to the terminating end portion of the storage rail is also required. If you try to carry out the moving object supporting object taken out from the rail with an empty moving object, it is necessary to arrange the traveling path of the moving object at both ends of the storage rail. It will be difficult to reduce the overall cost.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention is to provide a transportation and storage device using a train that can solve the conventional problems as described above, and the means will be described later. As shown by the reference numerals in the example, a train 1 that is guided by guide rails 2 and runs on its own is provided with a support rail 8 in a direction orthogonal to the running direction of the train 1, and the transported object 13 is supported by the support. Rail 8
It is configured so as to be supported by a moving object supporting moving body 10 that is movably supported on the left and right sides of the traveling route of the electric train 1, and is connected to both ends of the support rail 8 and a single object is supported. Fixed storage rails 17a, 17b having a length capable of supporting only the transported object supporting body 10 are arranged in parallel in the traveling route direction of the train 1 at appropriate intervals, and further, the train 1 has the support rails. 8 to transfer the transferred object supporting moving body 10 from the storage rails 17a and 17b to the transfer rails 18 and from the storage rails 17a and 17b to the supporting rail 8 to transfer the transferred object supporting moving body 10 , 19 are provided.

(Operation of the Invention) According to the apparatus having the above configuration, the transported object 13 is the train 1
It is supported by the movable body 10 for supporting an object to be transported, which is mounted on the support rail 8 of FIG. By running the train 1 in such a state, the transported object 13 is transported together with the transported object supporting moving body 10.
Can be transported.

When the transported object 13 is temporarily stored, the train 1 carrying the transported object 13 is stored in one empty storage rail 17a or 17b selected from a number of the storage rails 17a and 17b arranged in parallel. The train 1 is stopped at the position where the upper support rail 8 is connected. In this state, the moving means 10 on the support rail 8 is transferred to the storage rail 17a or 17b together with the transported object 13 by the transfer means 18 and 19. The emptied train 1 can be run and used for carrying another object 13 to be transported or for carrying out the object 13 to be transported stored in the storage rails 17a and 17b.

That is, when the transported object 13 stored on the storage rails 17a and 17b is carried out while being supported by the moving body 10, the empty train 1 is used as the target storage rail 17
Stop at the position where the support rail 8 connects to a or 17b,
Storage rail 17a or 17 by the transfer means 18, 19
After moving the moving body 10 on the b together with the transported object 13 onto the support rail 8 on the train 1, the train 1 may be run.

As the transfer means 18 and 19, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No.
Since various things such as those described in Japanese Patent Publication are known, an appropriate means can be used.

(Example) Hereinafter, one example of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, 1 is a suspension type monorail type electric train, which is movably suspended on a guide rail 2 via a pair of front and rear trolleys 3 and 4, and a lower side surface of the guide rail 2 is supported by two rails. The linear motor 5 mounted on the train 1 travels so as to form the next conductor surface. Reference numeral 6 denotes a power feeding and control signal transmitting / receiving rail group provided on the side surface of the guide rail 1 with which a current collecting unit 7 attached to one trolley 3 slides.

Below the train 1, a pair of support rails 8 are installed via brackets 9 in a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the train 1. Reference numeral 10 denotes a transported object-supporting moving body, which is movably supported by the support rail 8 via a supporting wheel 11 and a steadying roller 12, and includes a hanger 14 for suspending the transported object 13. .

In FIGS. 3 and 4, reference numeral 15 denotes a storage area, and a plurality of train running routes 16 arranged in parallel and storages arranged at appropriate intervals on the left and right sides of each train running route 16 in the train running route direction. It has rails 17a and 17b.

Between the adjacent train travel routes 16, the adjacent storage rails 17a and 17b are configured by one common rail. Each of these storage rails 17a and 17b can be simultaneously connected to the left and right ends of one support rail 8 of the train, and in this connection state, the transferred object supporting moving body 10 is connected.
Can move between both rails 8 and 17a or between both rails 8 and 17b. In addition, each storage rail 17a, 17
b has a length capable of storing one each of the transferred object supporting moving bodies 10.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the electric train 1 includes a moving means 18 for moving the transported object supporting moving body 10 between the support rail 8 and the left storage rail 17a, and a supporting rail. 8 and a storage rail 17b on the right side are provided with transfer means 19 for transferring the transferred object supporting moving body 10. Both transfer means 18 and 19 have the same structure, and are basically the same as the transfer means described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-17247. That is, as exemplified by the one moving means 18, a pair of engaged members provided at both ends in the moving direction of the transported object supporting movable body 10 at the tip of the chain 21 guided by the pair of left and right guide rails 20. Member 22a, 22b
Among them, a hook-shaped push-pull tool 23 that automatically engages with the corresponding engaged member 22a is rotatably supported, and the drive chain 26 hung between the drive toothed wheel 24 and the idler toothed wheel 25 and the aforementioned The rear end of the chain 21 is connected by a placket 27. The support rail 8
Each of the storage rails 17a, 17b connected to the guide rail 28 connected to the tip of the guide rail 20, the push-pull tool 23 reached the advance limit position by this guide rail 28, the operated lever 23a A push-pull tool removal actuator 29 that is pushed down to switch to the engagement releasing posture is provided. Further, the train 1 is provided with a push-pull tool removing actuator 30 for switching the push-pull tool 23, which has reached the backward limit position, to the engagement release position by pushing down the operated lever 23a.

The transported object 13 is suspended by the hanger 14 of the moving body 10 on the support rail 8 of the train 1 and is transported by the traveling of the train 1. At this time, the pair of engaged members of the moving body 10
22a, 22b, transfer means 18, which are stopped at the backward limit position,
Since the push-pull tool 23 of 19 is engaged, the movable body 10 is locked at a predetermined position on the support rail 8.

In the case of temporarily storing the transported object 13 to be transported by the train 1 as described above, the train 1 is made to enter one selected traveling route 16 in the storage area 15 and arranged on both left and right sides of the traveling route 16. One empty storage rail selected from the many storage rails 17a, 17b installed, for example, one empty storage rail on the right side
The train 1 is stopped at a position where the support rail 8 is connected to 17a.

In this state, the transfer means on the side opposite to the moving body sending side
The moving body 10 is moved by the push-pull tool removing actuator 30 of 19.
The operated lever 23a of the push / pull tool 23 engaged with the engaged member 22b of the
After being removed from 2b, the drive chain 26 of the transfer means 18 drives the drive chain 26 in the forward direction to push the chain 21 via the bracket 27. As a result, the engaged member 22a of the moving body 10
The push / pull tool 23 engaged with the guide rail 20 is advanced by being guided by the guide rail 20, and as shown by the virtual ship in FIG.
Since it moves to 8 and moves to the advance limit position, the moving body 10 on the support rail 8 is pushed out by the push-pull tool 23, transferred from the support rail 8 to the storage rail 17a, and sent to a predetermined position on the storage rail 17a. Be done.

When the push-pull tool 23 reaches the advance limit position and stops, the push-pull tool removal actuator 29 causes the push-pull tool to move.
After pushing down the operated lever 23a of 23, the push-pull tool 23 is disengaged from the engaged member 22a, and then the drive chain 2
6 is driven in reverse, and the push / pull tool 23 is moved to the second position via the chain 21.
The movable body 10 in which the transported object 13 to be stored is suspended by retracting to the original retract limit position shown by the solid line in the figure.
Transfer to the storage rail 17a is completed.

When transferring the mobile unit 10 to the storage rail 17b,
After the push-pull tool removing actuator 30 of the transfer means 18 is used to remove the push-pull tool 23 of the transfer means 18 from the engaged member 22a, the transfer means 19 may be operated in the above-described manner.

When the transported object 13 stored in the storage rail 17a or 17b via the moving body 10 is carried out, the empty train 1 is stopped at a position where it is connected to the target storage rail 17a or 17b, and then transferred. When the push-pull tool 23 is moved to the advance limit position by activating the means 18 or 19, the push-pull tool 23 is engaged with the engaged member 22a of the moving body 10 stored at a predetermined position on the storage rail 17a or 17b.
Or automatically engage 22b.

After that, when the push / pull tool 23 is retracted to the retracted limit position, the moving body 10 on the storage rail 17a or 17b is pulled out onto the support rail 8 of the train 1 by the push / pull tool 23. When the push / pull tool 23 reaches the retracted limit position, the push / pull tool 23 of the transfer means 19 or 18 which is not operated automatically engages with the engaged member 22b or 22a of the moving body 10. . When the moving body 10 with the transported object 13 suspended in this way has been transferred from the storage rails 17a or 17b onto the support rails 8 of the train 1, the train 1 is moved to a predetermined place together with the moving body 10. The transported object 13 can be transported.

Although the suspension type monorail type electric train 1 is shown in the above-mentioned embodiment, it may be implemented by using a general trolley type electric train running on a guide rail attached to the floor side. In this case, the support rail 8 is laid on the upper side of the train, and the transferred object supporting moving body 10 is a trolley type that travels on the support rail 8 and can be configured to move the transferred object.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the transport and storage device using a train of the present invention that can be implemented as described above, when temporarily storing a transported object transported by a train, the transported object is not stored for each train but is transported. Since only the object and the transported object supporting moving body that supports the object are stored, the train emptied by the storage of the transported object can be utilized for transporting another transported object. Therefore, the number of trains required can be significantly reduced as compared with equipment configured to store each train, and it is not necessary to provide a power supply line for the trains, a control signal transfer signal line, and the like on the storage rail. Therefore, the entire equipment can be constructed at a very low cost, but according to the construction of the present invention, the following special effects can be expected.

That is, each storage rail has a short length for supporting only one object-to-be-transported moving body, and furthermore, the object-to-be-moved supporting body is transferred from the train-side support rail to the storage rail. Since the transfer object on the train is transferred from the storage rail to the support rail on the train side by the transfer means on the train, the transfer object on the storage rail side is transferred. Since there is no need for feeders for transporting the object to be transported and the moving object supporting moving body from the start end to the end of the storage rail, the cost of the entire facility can be reduced significantly.

In other words, the storage rail can only support one transported object supporting moving body in order to eliminate the need for a feeder for transferring the transported object supporting movable body from the start end to the end of the storage rail. Although short, this results in a large number of storage rails required for the entire storage area. If the transfer means are provided in parallel on all of the large number of storage rails, as a result, it becomes impossible to achieve a significant cost reduction. On the other hand, electric trains can run at high speed as described above, and the travel stop control can be arbitrarily performed for each electric train. Therefore, even if the total length of the transportation route is long, the number of electric trains used can be relatively small. is there.

The present invention aims at such a point and is configured as described above, so that the cost of the entire facility can be significantly reduced, and an efficient operation of loading and unloading a transported object can be performed in the storage area. It was done.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a train supporting a transported object supporting moving body, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view of the train stopped at a position where the train is connected to a storage rail, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the layout of the area, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of the main part thereof. 1 …… Train, 2 …… Train guide rails, 3,4 ……
Trolley, 5 ... Linear motor, 8 ... Support rail, 10
...... Transported object support moving body, 13 ...... Transported object, 14 …… Transported object hanging hanger, 15 …… Storage area,
16 …… Train travel route, 17a, 17b …… Storage rail, 1
8,19 …… Transfer means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electric train guided by a guide rail and provided with a support rail in a direction orthogonal to the running direction of the electric train, and the conveyed object being movably supported by the supporting rail. It is configured to be supported by a supporting moving body,
Fixed storage rails which are connectable to both ends of the support rail and have a length capable of supporting only one transported object-supporting moving body are provided on both left and right sides of the train traveling path. In parallel with each other at appropriate intervals, and on the train, transfer of the transported object supporting body from the support rail to the storage rail and transfer of the transported object support vehicle from the storage rail to the support rail are performed. By using a train, the transfer means is provided for performing transfer, and the transfer means is provided with a push-pull tool that can reciprocate between the support rail side and the storage rail side connected to the support rail. Transport and storage equipment.