TWI574748B - A picking device for picking up, a picking device including the moving body, and a method of using the moving body for picking - Google Patents

Description

Picking and selecting moving body, picking device having the moving body, and using mobile body

The invention relates to a method for selecting a mobile body, a picking device having the picking mobile body, and a picking mobile body.

In recent years, along with the development of information technology, various devices in logistics facilities have also been upgraded. For example, in recent sorting apparatuses, in order to prevent an operator from thinking that a mistake has occurred, a digital picking system using a digital display is employed.

In the digital picking system, a picking cart with a digital display and a scanner is used. In such a sorting car, in order to improve the visual recognition to prevent the operator from malfunctioning, a proposal is made to connect the drawstring to the operation completion button and hang down to the open face, and touch and shake by the hand that protrudes into the compartment surface. The drawstring (for example, refer to Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent No. 4,217,001).

However, in the picking cart described in the above Patent Document 1, it is necessary to first load a loading box, and from the time of picking, the loading box is transported to the bag operating area, and the bag is operated. In the area, remove the loading box from the picking car. Therefore, the above-mentioned picking vehicle (selecting the moving body) requires the operator to perform more operations and increase the burden.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a picking and selecting moving body capable of sufficiently reducing the burden on the operator, a picking device including the picking moving body, and a method of using the picking moving body.

In the invention according to the first aspect of the invention, the moving body for picking up includes a moving body for transporting the loaded article, and the device for mounting the operation support, and is freely coupled to the moving body for transporting In the separated operation support moving body, the transporting movable body includes a plurality of compartments on which the articles are loaded, and the operation support movable body is coupled to the transporting movable body, and the article is loaded by the operation support device. The operation of the compartment of the moving body is supported.

According to the above configuration, since the transporting movable body has a plurality of compartments instead of placing a plurality of cartridges, it is not necessary to perform an operation of loading and unloading a plurality of cartridges. In addition, the operation of loading the article in the compartment is supported by the operation support device mounted on the operation support movable body.

In the invention according to the second aspect of the invention, the picking device includes the picking moving body and the operation supporting frame, and the operation supporting frame is separated from the operation supporting moving body from the picking and moving body. The transporting transporting article of the transporting article is assembled, and the operation of detaching the article from the compartment of the transporting mobile body is supported.

According to the above configuration, the operation support frame is used to support the operation of detaching the article from the compartment.

Further, in the invention according to the third aspect of the invention, the operation support device according to the second aspect of the invention includes the compartment display indicating the compartment in which the article is to be loaded, and the detection unit for detecting the compartment in which the article is loaded If the compartment where the item should be loaded does not match the compartment in which the item is loaded, a warning is issued.

According to the above configuration, as the support for the operation of loading the article, if the article is loaded into a compartment different from the compartment in which the article should be loaded, the picking device performs a warning.

In the picking device according to the second aspect of the invention, the transporting movable body has a plurality of surfaces on which the plurality of compartments are formed, and information on the operation of loading the articles is distributed to the transporting movable body. The information on the operation of the loaded items on the respective faces is different.

According to the above configuration, the transporting movable body can be used efficiently, and the efficiency of the sorting apparatus can be improved.

According to the invention of the fifth aspect of the invention, in the method of using the picking and selecting moving body, the picking and selecting moving body includes: a transporting movable body having a plurality of compartments; and the mounting operation supporting device and the transporting movable body The operation-supporting movable body is coupled to the separated operation-supporting movable body, and the operation-supporting movable body is supported by the operation-supporting movable body to perform the operation of loading the article into the compartment of the transporting movable body. The above operation is to load an article of a predetermined weight or more into a compartment of the lower layer, and load a plurality of articles of the same kind into a layer that is easy to remove.

According to the above configuration, instead of loading a plurality of cylinders or the like on the transporting movable body, the articles are loaded into the plurality of compartments of the transporting movable body, and therefore it is not necessary to perform loading and unloading of the plurality of cylinders. Moreover, the operation of loading the articles in the compartment is carried out by operation. Support for the operation support device of the mobile device is supported. Further, an article having a predetermined weight or more is loaded into the compartment of the lower layer, and a plurality of the same kind of articles are loaded to the layer which is easy to be detached, thereby improving the operability of loading and unloading.

According to the above-described sorting and selecting moving body, it is not necessary to perform loading and unloading operations on a plurality of cylinders, and the loading operation of the articles is supported. Therefore, the burden on the operator can be sufficiently reduced.

Further, according to the above-described method of using the sorting and moving body, it is not necessary to perform loading and unloading operations on a plurality of cartridges, further support for loading operations of articles, and improvement in operability of loading and unloading, and therefore, it is possible to sufficiently reduce The burden on the operator.

W‧‧‧ Goods

1‧‧‧Selection car

2‧‧‧Shelf trolley

3‧‧‧Operation support trolley

5‧‧‧With display frame

6‧‧‧Control device

7‧‧‧Set shelves

7s‧‧‧Shelf

8‧‧‧Conveyor

9‧‧‧Loading box

10‧‧‧Selection equipment

21‧‧‧Shelf frame

22‧‧‧Hands

23‧‧‧ Wheels

25‧‧‧ Shelf

25b‧‧‧ barcode

25p‧‧‧Baffle

25s‧‧‧Shelf

26‧‧‧ Compartment

27‧‧‧ cards

31‧‧‧Operation support frame

32‧‧‧Opening rod

33‧‧‧ Wheels

34‧‧‧ pedestal

42‧‧‧Scanner

43‧‧‧ Terminal

44‧‧‧Battery

45‧‧‧First display crossbar

46‧‧‧First compartment display

47‧‧‧Area sensor

48‧‧‧ junction box

51‧‧‧Set up

52‧‧‧ Pillars

53‧‧‧ horizontal department

54‧‧‧Guide the foot

55‧‧‧Second display crossbar

56‧‧‧Second compartment display

62‧‧‧Frame Selection Department

63‧‧‧Wireless Communications Department

66‧‧‧Display Control Department

67‧‧‧Operational Detection Department

68‧‧‧Operation Management Department

69‧‧‧Upper System Communication Department

Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view of a sorting apparatus using a picking cart according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the sorting car.

3 is a view showing a shelf trolley constituting the picking cart, wherein (a) is a plan view and (b) is a front view.

4 is a view showing the operation support cart constituting the picking cart, wherein (a) is a plan view and (b) is a front view.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram of the sorting vehicle and a control device for controlling the same.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view for explaining an operation of accommodating the rack cart in the operation support cart to form a picking cart.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view for explaining an operation of loading a product into the picking cart.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view for explaining an operation of separating the shelf trolley from the operation support trolley.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view for explaining an operation of removing a product from a rack trolley with a display frame assembled to the picking device.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view for explaining an operation of reversing the front and rear surfaces of the rackcar.

Fig. 11 is a schematic plan view for explaining a method of using the picking cart according to the second embodiment of the present invention, in which the article is unloaded from the front compartment and placed in the loading box.

Fig. 12 is a schematic plan view for explaining a method of using the picking cart according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and is a view in which an article is unloaded from a rear compartment and loaded into a loading box.

FIG. 13 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a modified example of the picking cart, wherein (a) is a front view, a left side surface, and a plan view surface, and (b) is a rear view, a left side surface, and a plan view surface.

[Example 1]

Hereinafter, a sorting vehicle (an example of picking and selecting a moving body) according to the first embodiment of the present invention and a method of using the same will be described based on the drawings.

First, the outline of the sorting apparatus using the above sorting vehicle will be briefly described.

As shown in Fig. 1, the picking apparatus includes a fixed stack 7 for storing goods (an example of articles) W, and a conveyor 8 for transporting the loading boxes 9, which are loaded with insurance. The product W of the collection shelf 7 is distributed according to the delivery destination; the product W that is stored in the collection shelf 7 is transported to the hand-push picking vehicle 1 near the conveyor 8; and is used for transporting the pick-up vehicle 1 The product W is accurately loaded into the display frame (an example of the operation support frame) 5 of the loading box 9. In the above-described picking device 10, although not shown, a plurality of the picking carts 1 are provided, and the above-described belt display frame 5 is also provided along the conveyor 8 . As shown in Fig. 7, the stack 7 has a shelf 7s on which a plurality of articles W are placed in each layer.

Further, the above-described picking apparatus 10 includes: a host system that manages the shipment, the stock, and the stock of the goods; and a control device that is connected to the host system and controls all of the picking cars 1. As shown in FIG. 5, the control device 6 does not directly belong to the above-described picking cart 1, but communicates with each of the picking carts 1 by wireless.

Next, the picking cart 1 which is the gist of the present invention will be described.

『Selection car 1』

As shown in FIG. 2, the picking cart 1 includes a rack trolley (an example of a transporting movable body) 2 on which a rack 25 on which a product W is placed, and a rackcar 2 that is freely housed (joined) and separated from the racking cart 2 The operation support trolley (an example of the operation support moving body) 3 is used. Hereinafter, in the above-described picking cart 1, the side of the compartment 26 on which the rack 25 to be placed is referred to as the front and rear side, and the side of the side panel of the rack 25 is referred to as the left and right side.

[shelf trolley 2]

As shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. 3, the above-described rack trolley 2 has a shelf body 21 and two shelves 25 placed on the shelf frame 21.

In the above-described shelf frame 21, the bar member as the strength member is assembled horizontally and vertically, and is configured as a rectangular parallelepiped having a front and rear surfaces. In addition, the above-mentioned shelf frame 21 is around The rear portion of the side (which may also be the front portion) is provided with a handle 22, respectively, and the four corners of the bottom surface are provided with actuatable legs 23. Further, although not shown, the above-described shelf frame 21 is provided with a fixing member that fixes the two shelves 25 placed thereon. On the other hand, the two shelves 25 are sized to be accommodated in the shelf frame 21 in a state in which the back faces are bonded to each other. Further, in a state in which the two shelves 25 are bonded to each other, a bar code (shown in FIG. 6) 25b is attached to the left side surface, and is placed on the shelf frame 21. Further, the above-described shelf 25 is formed by a horizontal shelf (three blocks in FIG. 3) 25s and a vertical partition (two blocks in FIG. 3) 25p orthogonal to the horizontal shelf 25s. In Figure 3, there are 12 rows and 3 columns in total. Therefore, the two shelves 25 placed on the shelf frame 21 have a surface on which the plurality of compartments 26 are formed in front and rear. These front compartments 26 and rear compartments 26 will be described later in detail, and different operational information is assigned during the operation of loading the merchandise W. Further, the number of blocks of the shelf 25s and the partition 25p shown in the drawing is an example, and can be arbitrarily changed depending on the size and number of the articles W to be transported.

[Operation Support Trolley 3]

As shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. 4, the operation support cart 3 includes an operation support frame 31 for accommodating the rack car 2, and the product W is loaded in the operation support frame. The operation support devices 42 to 48 that support the operation of the rack 2 of the body 31 are supported.

The operation support frame 31 is sized to accommodate the shelf 2, and the bar as a strength member is assembled horizontally and vertically, and is configured as a rectangular parallelepiped that is open at the front and rear. In addition, the operation support frame 31 is configured such that the operation support frame 31 does not interfere with the handle 22 of the shelf carriage 2, and the shelf carriage 2 is reversed forward and backward. In the case of housing, the operation support frame 31 and the shelf table The handle 22 of the car 2 interferes. In other words, the operation support frame 31 is configured such that the handle 22 of the rack car 2 protrudes to the left and right outside of the operation support frame 31, and the opening and closing lever can be closed. 32. Further, the operation support frame 31 is provided with a pedestal 34 for mounting a part 42 to 44 of the operation support devices 42 to 48 on the left side surface, and a cover for holding the stored shelf car 2 on the right side surface. The rod 32 is provided with actuatable casters 33 at the four corners of the bottom surface. Here, the bar constituting the shelf frame 21 and the operation support frame 31 is made of a light metal material (for example, an aluminum alloy).

The operation support devices 42 to 48 include a scanner 42 mounted on the pedestal 34, a terminal 43 and a battery 44, and the height of each shelf 25s of the shelf trolley 2 in front of and behind the operation support frame 31. a first display rail 45 that is horizontally disposed; a first compartment display 46 that is disposed on the first display rail 45 and each of the compartments 26 of the rack vehicle 2; and the operation support frame 31. The upper end of the front and rear, the area sensor (an example of the detecting unit) 47 having the front and rear sides as the detecting object, and the wiring for controlling the first compartment display 46 mounted on the upper end of the operation supporting frame 31 Box 48.

The scanner 42 is used to read barcodes of the merchandise W and the shelf 25 to obtain identification information. The terminal 43 described above is, for example, a personal computer. The terminal 43 is connected to the scanner 42 and the area sensor 47 via a USB, connected to the junction box 48 via a wired LAN, and connected to the control device 6 via a wireless LAN. Therefore, the terminal 43 can communicate with the scanner 42, the area sensor 47, and the junction box 48 mounted on the operation support cart 3, and can communicate with the control unit 6 that is away from the operation support cart 3. Further, the terminal 43 receives the instruction information using the operation of the picking cart 1 from the control device 6, and displays the content of the instruction information, instructing the operator to support the operation. Further, the above terminal 43 passes through the USB and the scanner 42 and the area. The sensors 47 are connected, and therefore, these scanners 42 and the area sensors 47 are supplied with electric power. The battery 44 is composed of a plurality of batteries, and by switching the power supply and the charging for the plurality of batteries, the electric power can be constantly supplied to the terminal 43 and the junction box 48. The electric power from the battery 44 described above is converted into an alternating current and supplied to the terminal 43 as described above, and is directly supplied to the junction box 48 in a direct current. A power line and a signal line are laid on the first display rail 45, and power supply and signal transmission can be performed from the junction box 48 to the first compartment display 46. The first compartment display 46 includes a display lamp that displays a compartment 26 on which the article W is loaded by lighting, and a two-digit digital display that displays the number of articles W to be loaded. The area sensor 47 is configured to detect the two-dimensional position that is blocked by the front and rear of the operation support frame 31, that is, the compartment 26 into which the operator's hand enters. The junction box 48 receives the display information and warning information from the control device 6 through the terminal 43 described above, accurately displays the first compartment display 46 based on the display information, and causes all of the first compartment displays controlled by the junction box 48 based on the warning information. The display light of 46 lights up.

Next, the display frame 5 will be described. The display frame 5 supports the operation of detaching the product W from the shelf trolley 2 and loading it into the loading box 9. In addition, the display frame 5 is fixed to the vicinity of the conveyor 8, and is assembled and used in the rack car 2 separated from the operation support cart 3.

"With display frame 5"

As shown in Fig. 8, the display frame 5 has a standing surface 51 composed of two pillar portions 52 which are provided perpendicular to the floor and horizontal portions 53 which connect the upper ends of the pillar portions 52. The root pillar portion 52 is for guiding the guide leg portion 54 of the shelf trolley 2; and in the vertical surface 51, the height of each shelf 25s of the shelf trolley 2 is horizontally arranged a second display rail 55; and a second compartment display 56 disposed on the second display rail 55 and corresponding to each compartment 26 of the shelf trolley 2. Further, the distance between the erecting surface 51 and the conveyor 8 is such that the operator can perform the operation of loading the product W into the loading box 9, and is parallel to the conveyor 8. The second compartment display 56 includes, similarly to the first compartment display 46, a display lamp for displaying the compartment 26 in which the article W should be removed by lighting; and displaying the number of articles W to be removed. The two-digit digital display.

Next, the above-described control device 6 will be described.

『Control device 6』

As shown in FIG. 5, the control device 6 includes a wireless communication unit 63 that wirelessly communicates with the terminal 43, and receives information of the terminal 43 from the wireless communication unit 63 to manage operations of all the picking cars 1. The management unit 68; based on the information from the operation management unit 68, the frame selection unit 62 that selects the display frame 5 that is assembled to the predetermined shelf trolley 2; and controls the first based on the information from the operation management unit 68. The display control unit 66 of the compartment display 46; the erroneous operation detecting unit 67 that determines whether or not the compartment 26 on which the product W is actually loaded and the compartment 26 to be loaded are aligned; and the operation management unit 68 performs the above-described operation management unit 68 with the host system The higher-level system communication unit 69 of the communication.

The wireless communication unit 63 is, for example, a host of a wireless LAN. The information received by the wireless communication unit 63 from the terminal 43 is identification information from the scanner 42 and detection information from the area sensor 47. Further, the information transmitted from the wireless communication unit 63 to the terminal 43 is display information and warning information for the first compartment display 46, selected information of the display frame 5 to which the shelf trolley 2 should be assembled, and the use of the picking car 1 Instructions for the operation of the operation. The operation management unit 68 is used by the scanner 42 based on the identification information from the scanner 42. The read rack 25 and the article W are identified, and on the other hand, the information from the library of the host system is received by the host system communication unit 69, and the operations of all the picking cars 1 are managed. Further, the operation management unit 68 transmits instruction information using the operation of the picking cart 1 to the wireless communication unit 63 based on the management of these operations. The frame selection unit 62 determines the articles W carried by the two shelves 25 identified by the operation management unit 68, and selects the display frame 5, which should be unloaded into the loading box 9 The operation is supported, and the selected information with the display frame 5 is transmitted to the wireless communication unit 63. The display control unit 66 determines the compartment 26 to be loaded by the product W recognized by the operation management unit 68, and transmits the display information displayed on the first compartment display 46 corresponding to the compartment 26 to the wireless communication unit 63. In addition, the compartment 26 in which the product W is to be loaded is divided into compartments 26 of the lower part (lower layer) of the product W having a predetermined weight (the operator feels a heavy weight, for example, 3 kgf), and the same kind of goods W The middle (middle) or upper (upper) compartment 26 that is easily removed. The erroneous operation detecting unit 67 determines the detected compartment 26 (the compartment 26 in which the actual product W is loaded) and the article W based on the detection information from the area sensor 47 and the display information from the display control unit 66. Whether the loaded compartments 26 are identical or not, the warning information is transmitted to the wireless communication unit 63.

Hereinafter, a method of using the picking cart 1 of the sorting apparatus 10 will be described.

First, the operator mounts the two shelves 25 in the state in which the back surfaces are bonded to each other, and then fixes them by the fixing tool to form the shelf trolley 2.

Then, the operator activates the caster 33 of the operation support trolley 3, and as shown in FIG. 6, the opening/closing lever 32 is opened, and the right side of the operation support trolley 3 is opened. Then, the operator pushes the rack trolley 2 by hand to move it from the right side to the left of the operation support trolley 3, thereby making the shelf The trolley 2 enters from the right side of the operation support trolley 3. After the rack-mounted trolley 2 is housed in the operation support trolley 3, the operator closes the opening and closing lever 32, and holds the rack-mounted trolley 2 in the operation support trolley 3 to constitute the pick-up vehicle 1. Here, the operation support trolley 3 is configured to be able to close the front and rear sides of the rack vehicle 2 in the operation support cart 3 without being able to close the opening and closing lever 32 when the rack vehicle 2 is properly stored.

Then, when the operator reads the barcode 25b attached to the shelf 25 of the picking cart 1 by the scanner 42, the content of the selected information with the display frame 5 of the shelf trolley 2 to which the picking cart 1 should be assembled is displayed on the terminal 43. . The operator sets a card corresponding to the selected information (for example, lamination processing, see FIGS. 7 to 10) 27 on the left side surface of the shelf 25 (the side on which the terminal 43 is mounted).

Then, the operator releases the actuation of the caster 33 of the operation support trolley 3, and moves the picking cart 1 to the vicinity of the collection rack 7 by hand pushing. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the operator takes out the article W from the stacker 7, and reads the bar code attached to the article W by the scanner 42. Thereby, the article W taken out from the stacker 7 is recognized by the control device 6, and the display information of the compartment 26 to which the article W should be loaded is transmitted from the control device 6 to the junction box 48. The junction box 48 supplies power to the first compartment display 46 corresponding to the compartment 26 and transmits a signal to illuminate the first compartment display 46 and display the number of items W to be loaded. The operator loads only the displayed number of items W taken out of the set shelf 7 in the compartment 26 corresponding to the illuminated first compartment display 46. Here, the compartment 26 can be detected by the area sensor 47 by the operator loading the product W into the compartment 26. Then, the control device 6 determines whether or not the detected compartment 26 coincides with the compartment 26 to which the product W should be loaded, and if it does not match, the indicator lights of all the first compartment displays 46 of the sorting vehicle 1 are turned on. The operator gives a warning. Through this, the operator can hold Continued as follows: (1) taking the article W out of the shelf 7; (2) reading the bar code attached to the article W by the scanner 42; (3) loading the article W to the compartment 26 in accordance with the first compartment display 46 . Here, in the operation of loading the article W, different operation information is assigned to the front compartment 26 and the rear compartment 26. Specifically, the delivery destination group of the product W loaded in the front compartment 26 is different from the delivery destination group of the product W loaded in the rear compartment 26.

When the terminal 43 displays an instruction to move the picking cart 1 to the display frame 5, the operator opens the opening and closing lever 32 and separates the racking trolley 2 from the operation support cart 3. According to such a state, as shown in Fig. 8, the operator moves the separated shelf trolley 2 to the vicinity of the display frame 5 by the hand, according to the card 27 provided on the shelf 25, and is guided by the display frame 5 Guided by section 54. Then, the operator assembles the rackcar 2 to the display frame 5 so that the front surface of the rack car 2 coincides with the standing surface 51 of the display frame 5.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the second compartment display 56 corresponding to the compartment 26 on which the product W to be loaded into the loading box 9 is loaded is illuminated, and the operator corresponds to the second compartment display 56 that is lit. The compartment W is detached from the product W, and the product W is put into the loading box 9. When all the articles W of the compartment 26 on the front side of the rackcar 2 are loaded into the loading box 9, as shown in FIG. 10, the operator separates the rackcar 2 from the display frame 5 and rotates around the vertical axis. The rack is rotated 180 degrees by the trolley 2 (ie, the front and rear are reversed). Then, the rackcar 2 is assembled again to the display frame 5, and the surface (i.e., the rear surface) of the compartment 26 on which the article W is loaded is aligned with the standing surface 51 of the display frame 5.

Then, as in the above, the second compartment display 56 corresponding to the compartment 26 on which the product W to be loaded into the loading box 9 is loaded is turned on. Therefore, the operator removes the article W from the compartment 26 and loads it. Loading box 9.

As described above, according to the configuration of the picking cart 1 according to the first embodiment described above, instead of placing a plurality of cartridges (or loading boxes), the rack 25 in which the plurality of compartments 26 are formed is placed, so that the picking cart 1 is loaded and unloaded. The operation of several cartridges (or loading boxes) is omitted, and the burden on the operator can be sufficiently reduced.

In addition, even if the shelf trolley 2 is separated from the operation support trolley 3 on which the operation support devices 42 to 48 are mounted, the shelf 2 can be assembled to the display monitor frame 5, whereby the display monitor frame 5 can be supported. The operation of unloading the product W from the shelf trolley 2 and loading it into the loading box 9 can further reduce the burden on the operator.

Further, when the article W is loaded into the compartment 26 different from the compartment 26 to which the article W should be loaded, all of the first compartment displays 46 are illuminated to warn, thereby preventing operator erroneous operation and improving operational efficiency. And further reduce the burden on the operator.

In addition, the operation support trolley 3 is configured to close the opening/closing lever 32 only when the shelf trolley 2 is properly stored. Therefore, the shelf trolley 2 can be accommodated in the operation support trolley 3 without being reversed in front and rear. Further reduce the burden on the operator.

In addition, the conveyance of the product W is performed not by the entire picking vehicle 1 but by the shelf trolley 2 separated from the operation support trolley 3, and the shelf trolley 2 is made of a light metal material bar. The handling of the product W does not require a lot of effort, and the burden on the operator can be further reduced.

In addition, the operation support trolley 3 is configured to close the opening and closing lever 32 only when the shelf trolley 2 is properly stored. Therefore, the front and rear sides of the shelf trolley 2 can be prevented from being reversely accommodated in the operation support trolley 3, and the operation can be further reduced. The burden of the person.

Further, according to the method of using the picking cart 1 according to the above-described first embodiment, provision will be made The product W having the weight or more (that is, the weight is heavy) is loaded into the lower compartment 26, and a plurality of the same kind of goods W are loaded into the middle portion or the upper portion 26 which is easily removed, so that the operability can be improved and the operation can be sufficiently reduced. The burden of the person.

Further, in order to mount the rack car 2 with the two shelves 25 on the front and rear sides of the compartment 26, after removing all the articles W from the front compartment 26 and loading them into the loading box 9, the front and back are reversed. By the use of the use method, the shelf trolley 2 can be efficiently used, and the conveyance efficiency of the product W can be improved, and the burden on the operator can be further reduced.

Further, by providing the card 27 corresponding to the selected information of the display frame 5 to which the shelf trolley 2 is to be assembled to the shelf trolley 2, when the trolley 2 for the shelf is moved, the operator is made clear, and the operator can be further alleviated. burden. Further, the card 27 is provided on the side on which the terminal 43 is mounted, and the operator can check the card 27 while checking the display of the terminal 43, and the burden on the operator can be further reduced.

[Example 2]

Next, a picking cart (an example of picking and selecting a moving body) according to the second embodiment of the present invention and a method of using the same will be described based on the drawings. The configuration of the picking cart and the picking apparatus according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the first and tenth embodiments of the first embodiment, and therefore the same reference numerals will be omitted.

Hereinafter, a difference from the above-described first embodiment, that is, a method of using the picking cart 1 will be described.

The operator configures the picking cart 1 in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above. Further, the number of picking carts 1 constructed in the second embodiment is plural.

Then, in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above, when the operator reads the barcode 25b attached to the shelf 25 of each of the picking carts 1 by the scanner 42, the terminal 43 displays the belt of the rackcar 2 on which the picking cart 1 should be assembled. The content of each selected information of the display frame 5. The operator sets the card 27 corresponding to the selected information on the left side surface of the shelf 25 (the side on which the terminal 43 is mounted).

Then, as in the first embodiment described above, the operator pushes the picking cart 1 to move it to the vicinity of the collecting rack 7, and continues the operation of (1) taking out the article W from the collecting shelf 7; (2) passing the scanner 42 The bar code attached to the article W is read; (3) the article W is loaded into the compartment 26 according to the first compartment display 46.

Then, in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the operator separates the shelf trolley 2 from the operation support trolley 3, moves the shelf trolley 2 to the vicinity of the display frame 5 in accordance with the card 27, and assembles it to the display frame 5. The front surface of the rackcar 2 is aligned with the vertical surface 51 of the display frame 5. Here, in the second embodiment, instead of one vehicle, as shown in FIG. 11, a plurality of (for example, three) shelf trucks 2 are assembled to a plurality of (that is, the same number) display frame 5 in sequence or simultaneously.

Then, in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above, the operator removes the article W from the front compartment 26 in accordance with the second compartment display 56 and loads it into the loading box 9. When all the articles W of the front compartment 26 of the rack-mounted trolley 2 are loaded into the loading box 9, the operator separates the shelf-mounted trolley 2 from the display frame 5, and rotates the shelf-mounted trolley 2 by 180 degrees about the vertical axis. Then, the rack cart 2 is again assembled to the display frame 5, and the surface (i.e., the rear surface) having the compartment 26 on which the article W is loaded is aligned with the standing surface 51 of the display frame 5. Here, in the second embodiment, instead of one, the plurality of (for example, three) shelf trolleys 2 are sequentially or simultaneously divided from the display frame by 5 When the carriage 2 is rotated 180 degrees around the vertical axis, as shown in FIG. 12, it is assembled again to the display frame 5.

Then, as described above, the operator removes the article W from the rear compartment 26 based on the second compartment display 56 and loads it into the loading box 9.

As described above, according to the method of using the picking cart 1 according to the second embodiment, the merchandise W is unloaded from the front and rear compartments 26 of the plurality of rackcars 2 and put into the loading box 9, so that a shelf is used. In the case of the trolley 2, more items W are loaded into the loading box 9 per unit time, and the operation of the sorting apparatus 10 can be made more efficient.

However, in the above-described first and second embodiments, the two shelves 25 placed on the shelf trolley 2 are described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to two, and may be one or three or more. Even if there are three or more, in the operation of loading the article W, information on different operations is assigned to each shelf 25.

Further, in the above-described first and second embodiments, the above-described shelf trolley 2 has been described by taking a case where the shelf frame 21 and the shelf 25 placed on the shelf frame 21 are placed as an example. The wheel 23 that can be actuated can also be provided on the shelf. Specifically, as shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. 13, the rackcar 2' has a shelf main body 25' that is open at the front and the rear, and is provided at the rear of the left and right sides of the shelf main body 25' (also It may be a handle 22 of the front portion; a caster 23 provided at the four corners of the bottom surface of the shelf main body 25'. The shelf main body 25' is formed by having a horizontal shelf (three blocks in FIG. 13) 25s and a vertical partition plate (two in FIG. 13) 25p orthogonal to the horizontal shelf 25s. 13 is 4 rows, 3 columns and 12 columns) compartment 26. These compartments 26 are not penetrated in the front-rear direction, and an inner panel 25d is provided at an intermediate position in the front-rear direction to distinguish the front compartment 26 from the rear compartment 26. By forming the shelf trolley 2' in this way, it is possible to use the shelf The trolley 2' is lightweight, and it does not require much effort to transport the product W, and the burden on the operator can be further reduced.

Further, in the above embodiments 1 and 2, the material of the shelf 25 and the orientation of the first compartment display 46 are not described, and the shelf 25 may be composed of a material having light transmissivity and/or light reflectivity, the first compartment The direction in which the display 46 is directed to be lit can reach the corresponding compartment 26. Thereby, the light of the first compartment display 46 that is turned on can illuminate the compartment 26 corresponding thereto, and the operator can easily recognize the compartment 26 on which the product W should be loaded, thereby further reducing the burden on the operator.

Further, in the above-described Embodiments 1 and 2, the operation is constituted by the scanner 42, the terminal 43, the battery 44, the first display rail 45, the first compartment display 46, the area sensor 47, and the junction box 48 as an example. Although the support devices 42 to 48 are described, the present invention is not limited thereto, and includes a device that supports the operation of loading the product.

1‧‧‧Selection car

2‧‧‧Shelf trolley

3‧‧‧Operation support trolley

25‧‧‧ Shelf

26‧‧‧ Compartment

42‧‧‧Scanner

43‧‧‧ Terminal

44‧‧‧Battery

45‧‧‧First display crossbar

46‧‧‧First compartment display

47‧‧‧Area sensor

48‧‧‧ junction box

Claims (9)

A sorting device comprising: a stacking rack for storing items with identification information; a conveyor for transporting the loading box, wherein the loading box is loaded with the item and distributed according to a delivery destination; and the moving body is selected The transporting movable body that transports the loaded article and the operation support movable body that is detachably coupled to the transporting movable body, and the transporting movable body has a plurality of compartments for loading the article. The operation support moving body is coupled to the transporting movable body, and the operation support device supports the operation of loading the article of the predetermined shipping destination into the compartment of the transporting mobile body based on the identification information. . The picking device according to the first aspect of the invention, further comprising an operation support frame, the transport support body, and the transport movable body that separates and transports the article from the operation support movable body of the pick-up mobile body The assembly is performed to support the operation of removing the article from the compartment of the transporting movable body. The picking apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the operation supporting device includes: the compartment display showing the compartment in which the article should be loaded, and the detecting unit that detects the compartment in which the article is loaded, which should be loaded A warning is issued if the compartment of the item does not match the compartment in which the item is loaded. The picking apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the transporting movable body has a plurality of surfaces on which the plurality of compartments are formed, and information on the operation of loading the articles is distributed to the transporting movable body, each of the surfaces The information on the operation of loading the above items is different. A method of using a sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the picking and selecting moving body includes: a transporting movable body having a plurality of compartments; and mounting the operation supporting device and the transporting movable body The operation-supporting movable body is coupled to the separated operation-supporting movable body, and the operation-supporting movable body is supported by the operation-supporting movable body to perform the operation of loading the article into the compartment of the transporting movable body. The above operation is to load an article of a predetermined weight or more into a compartment of the lower layer, and load a plurality of articles of the same kind into a layer that is easy to remove. A sorting device comprising: a stacking rack for storing items with identification information; a conveyor for transporting the loading box, wherein the loading box is loaded with the item and the moving body is sorted according to the delivery destination, including a transporting body for transporting the loaded article; and an operation support movable body that is detachably coupled to the transporting movable body by the operation support device, wherein the transporting movable body has a plurality of compartments on which the article is loaded. The operation support moving body is coupled to the transport moving body, and the operation support device pair is used based on the identification information. The operation of loading the article of the predetermined shipment destination into the compartment of the transporting mobile body is supported by a compartment display indicating the number of articles to be loaded or the number of articles to be loaded; and the operation support frame, the above operation The support frame is assembled with the transporting movable body that separates and transports the article from the operation support movable body that picks up the movable body, and transmits the compartment display to which the article should be removed or the number of articles to be unloaded. Supports the operation of removing articles from the compartment of the transporting mobile body. The picking device according to claim 6, wherein the operation supporting device includes: the compartment display indicating the compartment in which the article should be loaded, and the detecting unit that detects the compartment in which the article is loaded, which should be loaded A warning is issued if the compartment of the item does not match the compartment in which the item is loaded. The picking apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the transporting movable body has a plurality of surfaces on which the plurality of compartments are formed, and information on the operation of loading the articles is distributed to the transporting movable body, each of the surfaces The information on the operation of loading the above items is different. A method of using a sorting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the picking and selecting moving body includes: a transporting movable body having a plurality of compartments; and mounting the operation supporting device and the transporting movable body The transporting movable body is coupled to the above-described operation supporting movable body in conjunction with the separated operation support moving body, and the operation support shift is performed. The movable body supports an operation of loading an article into a compartment of the transporting movable body. The above operation is to load an article of a predetermined weight or more into a compartment of the lower layer, and load a plurality of articles of the same kind into a layer that is easily removed.