Densely arranged, energy-saving, flexible access, three-dimensional warehouse
By combining three types of support structures with drive mechanisms, the problem of low land utilization and high cost in traditional automated warehouses is solved, achieving efficient and low-cost goods storage and retrieval, and adapting to various site layouts.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202522180241.5
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-10-15
- Publication Date
- 2026-08-25
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-10-15
AI Technical Summary
Traditional stacker crane-type automated warehouses suffer from low land use efficiency, low operating efficiency, and high costs, making them particularly uneconomical for small-scale warehouses. Furthermore, stacker cranes are complex and have high manufacturing costs.
The design employs a combination of three types of supports and drive mechanisms, including a fixed frame, storage supports, a lateral drive mechanism, a longitudinal drive mechanism, and a lifting drive mechanism. By combining lateral, longitudinal, and lifting movements, goods can be stored and retrieved, simplifying the equipment structure and reducing costs.
It improves the utilization rate of storage space per unit area, reduces production and maintenance costs, enables simultaneous picking of multiple rows, shortens the single picking time, and adapts to various site layouts.
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Abstract
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Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to a storage warehouse, and more particularly to a high-density, land-saving, energy-efficient, flexible storage and retrieval automated warehouse. Background Technology
[0002] Traditional multi-level automated warehouses (AS / RS) are stacker crane-type AS / RS, which have the following drawbacks: 1. Traditional aisle stacking technology warehouses use stacker cranes or forklifts to store and retrieve goods. To avoid interference and safety accidents during operation, they are usually set up with a single-aisle access system, typically with access on one side only. In this structure, the width of the access aisle needs to be greater than the width of the racks, and the width of the racks (depth) needs to be greater than the width of the goods (depth). The larger the width of the central access aisle, the smaller the storage space per unit area, resulting in low land area utilization and low operational efficiency. If such warehouses were set up with double access aisles or access on both sides, the area occupied by the access aisles would increase significantly, and the complexity of the stacker crane would also increase. 1. Manufacturing costs will also increase significantly. This design is uneconomical from the perspectives of site utilization, unit construction cost, and usage cost. 2. Each row of storage and retrieval channels in a stacker crane-type automated warehouse is equipped with only one stacker crane. One stacker crane can only store or retrieve one item at a time. Moreover, the stacker crane in a stacker crane-type automated warehouse needs to go from the storage / retrieval point to the storage / retrieval location and then back to the storage / retrieval point for each storage / retrieval operation. A round trip takes a long time, and multiple storage / retrieval tasks cannot be performed simultaneously. 3. The cost of stacker cranes or forklifts is relatively high, which will make the cost of stacker crane-type automated warehouses relatively high. In order to avoid excessive costs, stacker crane-type automated warehouses are usually built in a long and narrow shape to maximize the number of storage locations and reduce costs. As a result, stacker crane-type automated warehouses are only suitable for use in warehouse environments with a sufficiently large scale. Utility Model Content
[0003] The purpose of this utility model is to solve the above-mentioned problems existing in the current stacker crane-type automated warehouse, and to provide a dense, land-saving, energy-saving, and flexible storage and retrieval automated warehouse.
[0004] This utility model is achieved through the following technical solution: a high-density, land-saving, energy-efficient, and flexible storage and retrieval automated warehouse, comprising a fixed frame, storage supports, a transverse drive mechanism, a storage and retrieval longitudinal support, a longitudinal drive mechanism, a storage and retrieval lifting support, a lifting drive mechanism, and a control device. The fixed frame is divided into at least three longitudinal spaces, and the total number of longitudinal spaces is always odd, including at least two storage areas and at least one longitudinal lifting and retrieval area. The storage areas are for storing goods in the automated warehouse, and the longitudinal lifting and retrieval areas are for transporting goods in the automated warehouse. The leftmost and rearmost longitudinal spaces of the fixed frame... Each space is a storage area, with a longitudinally sliding and lifting access area between two adjacent storage areas. The number of storage areas always exceeds the number of longitudinally sliding and lifting access areas by one. Each storage area consists of at least two levels, including a ground level and at least one upper level. Each level contains several storage spaces with identical structural layouts arranged horizontally. Each storage space has a storage support and a lateral movement drive mechanism at its lower part. The storage support is movably connected to a fixed frame on both its front and rear sides via the lateral movement drive mechanism, which drives the storage support to move horizontally within the fixed frame. The longitudinally sliding and lifting access area... The retrieval area is equipped with a longitudinal sliding support and a longitudinal driving mechanism on the ground. The longitudinal driving mechanism is installed on the longitudinal sliding support and the ground below it. The longitudinal sliding support is movably connected to the ground via the longitudinal driving mechanism, which drives the longitudinal sliding support to move horizontally longitudinally within the ground area of the longitudinal sliding and lifting retrieval area. The longitudinal sliding and lifting retrieval area also includes retrieval lifting supports and a lifting driving mechanism. The number of retrieval lifting supports in each row of the longitudinal sliding and lifting retrieval area is consistent with the number of storage spaces on the ground floor of a single row of storage areas, and each retrieval lifting support has a corresponding storage space on its left and right sides. Each access lifting bracket is connected to a corresponding lifting drive mechanism. The lifting drive mechanism is installed on the access lifting bracket and the fixed frame. The access lifting bracket is movably connected to the fixed frame through the lifting drive mechanism. The lifting drive mechanism is the driving mechanism for the access lifting bracket to move vertically up and down within the longitudinal lifting access area. A control device is provided on the ground outside the lower part of the fixed frame or around the fixed frame. The control device is connected to the transverse drive mechanism, the longitudinal drive mechanism and the lifting drive mechanism respectively. The control device is the operation control mechanism for the transverse drive mechanism, the longitudinal drive mechanism and the lifting drive mechanism.
[0005] Furthermore, when the access lifting brackets are not in operation, they are all parked on the ground area of the longitudinal lifting access area. When the access lifting brackets are not in operation, their horizontal height is lower than the horizontal height of the storage brackets and the horizontal height of the longitudinal access support in the storage space on the ground floor of the storage area.
[0006] Furthermore, the access lifting bracket is composed of two inner comb-shaped support plates with opposing comb teeth, and both the storage bracket and the access longitudinal movement bracket are outer comb-shaped support plate structures that are staggered and avoid the comb teeth of the access lifting bracket.
[0007] Furthermore, the lateral movement drive mechanism consists of two sets of lateral movement drive motors and several lateral movement rollers. The two sets of lateral movement drive motors are respectively mounted and fixed on the fixed frame beams on the front and rear sides of the storage space. The several lateral movement rollers are respectively evenly mounted and fixed on the inner sidewalls of the fixed frame beams below the two sets of lateral movement drive motors. The two sets of lateral movement drive motors are synchronously powered connected to the lateral movement rollers below through a transmission assembly composed of gears and chains. The storage bracket has outward-facing transverse embedding slots on both the front and rear sides. The lateral movement rollers on the inner sidewalls of the fixed frame beams below the two sets of lateral movement drive motors are respectively embedded in the transverse embedding slots on the front and rear sides of the storage bracket. The lateral movement drive motors drive the lateral movement rollers below to roll in the transverse embedding slots through the transmission assembly, thereby driving the storage bracket to move horizontally.
[0008] Furthermore, the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket has four support feet at its bottom. The longitudinal sliding drive mechanism consists of a longitudinal sliding drive motor, four longitudinal sliding rollers, and two guide rails. The longitudinal sliding rollers are I-shaped rollers. The longitudinal sliding drive motor is mounted and fixed on the top rear side of the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket. Each of the four support feet of the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket has a longitudinal sliding roller at its bottom. The longitudinal sliding drive motor is synchronously poweredly connected to the longitudinal sliding rollers below the bottom of the two support feet on the rear side of the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket through a transmission assembly consisting of gears, chains, and drive shafts. The two guide rails are laid parallel longitudinally on the ground of the longitudinal sliding lifting and retrieval area. The longitudinal sliding rollers at the bottom of the two support feet on the left side and the two support feet on the right side of the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket are movably connected to the two guide rails respectively. The longitudinal sliding drive motor drives the longitudinal sliding rollers below the bottom of the two support feet on the rear side of the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket to roll on the two guide rails through the transmission assembly, thereby driving the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket to move longitudinally and horizontally.
[0009] Furthermore, the lifting drive mechanism consists of a lifting drive motor and several lifting rollers. The lifting drive motor is mounted and fixed on the fixed frame beam at the top of the longitudinal lifting storage area. Each of the two inner comb-shaped support plates of the storage lifting bracket has a connecting column on its upper front and rear sides. The lifting drive motor is synchronously powered connected to the four connecting columns of the storage lifting bracket through a transmission assembly composed of gears, chains, and drive shafts. Each connecting column has several lifting rollers on its side facing the adjacent fixed frame column. Each fixed frame column adjacent to the connecting column has a vertical embedding slot with an opening facing the storage lifting bracket on its side. The lifting rollers on the four connecting columns of the storage lifting bracket are respectively embedded in the vertical embedding slots of the corresponding four fixed frame columns. The lifting drive motor drives the storage lifting bracket to move vertically up and down through the transmission assembly. The lifting rollers and vertical embedding slots are a combination structure that assists the two inner comb-shaped support plates of the storage lifting bracket to move vertically and synchronously.
[0010] Furthermore, the storage rack is a rack for storing goods in an automated warehouse, the storage rack and the lateral movement drive mechanism are a combination structure for moving goods to / from the storage space, the storage and retrieval longitudinal movement rack and the longitudinal movement drive mechanism are a combination structure for moving goods longitudinally in an automated warehouse, and the storage and retrieval lifting rack and the lifting drive mechanism are a combination structure for lifting goods in an automated warehouse.
[0011] The operating principle of a high-density, land-saving, energy-efficient, and flexible storage and retrieval automated warehouse: S1. When storing goods in the storage space of the first floor, the longitudinal movement drive mechanism is activated, driving the storage and retrieval longitudinal movement support to move backward to avoid obstacles. Then, the transverse movement drive mechanism in the storage space of the first floor is activated, driving the storage support to move horizontally to the ground of the longitudinal lifting and retrieval area that the storage and retrieval longitudinal movement support has avoided. The goods to be stored are placed on the storage support that has been moved to the longitudinal lifting and retrieval area by manual labor or forklifts. The transverse movement drive mechanism is activated again, driving the storage support to return to its horizontal position in the storage space. The longitudinal movement drive mechanism is activated again, driving the storage and retrieval longitudinal movement support to move forward and return to its original position, completing the goods storage operation. When retrieving goods from the storage space of the first floor, the operation of the automated warehouse is the same as when storing goods. S2. When storing goods in storage spaces not on the first row of the ground floor, the goods to be stored are placed on the longitudinal sliding support manually or using equipment such as forklifts. The longitudinal sliding drive mechanism is activated, driving the storage longitudinal sliding support to move backward to the side of the storage support for the goods to be stored, and stopping directly above the storage lifting support in that area. The lifting drive mechanism is activated, driving the storage lifting support to rise. The storage lifting support rises and intersects with the comb teeth of the storage longitudinal sliding support, transferring the goods to be stored from the storage longitudinal sliding support to the storage lifting support. After the storage lifting support rises to a point where its bottom level is higher than the top level of the storage longitudinal sliding support, the longitudinal sliding drive mechanism is activated again, driving the storage longitudinal sliding support to move forward and reset, and the goods to be stored... When the storage rack is activated, the lateral movement drive mechanism is activated, driving the storage rack to move horizontally to the ground of the longitudinal lifting storage area and stop directly below the storage lifting rack. The lifting drive mechanism is activated again, driving the storage lifting rack to descend. The descending storage lifting rack intersects with the comb teeth of the storage rack directly below, transferring the goods to be stored on the storage rack to the storage rack. After the storage lifting rack descends and resets, the lateral movement drive mechanism is activated again, driving the storage rack to return to its horizontal position within the storage space, completing the goods storage operation. When retrieving goods from storage spaces on non-first-row ground floors, the operation of the automated warehouse is the reverse of the operation when storing goods. S3. When storing goods in the upper storage space, the goods to be stored are placed on the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding support by manual labor or equipment such as forklifts. If the storage support for the goods to be stored is located in the first row of storage space on the upper level, the lifting drive mechanism corresponding to the storage and retrieval lifting support below the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding support is directly activated. If the storage support for the goods to be stored is located in a storage space on the upper level other than the first row, the longitudinal sliding drive mechanism is activated, driving the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding support to move backward to directly above the storage and retrieval lifting support on the side of the storage support for the goods to be stored. The lifting drive mechanism drives the storage and retrieval lifting support to rise, transferring the goods to be stored from the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding support to the storage and retrieval lifting support. The storage and retrieval lifting support rises to its bottom horizontal height. After the storage rack reaches a height above the top of the goods to be stored, the longitudinal sliding racks for storing and retrieving the goods are reset alternately. The lateral drive mechanism corresponding to the storage rack for storing the goods is activated, driving the storage rack to move horizontally into the longitudinal lifting and retrieval area and stop directly below the lifting and retrieval rack. The lifting drive mechanism is activated again, driving the lifting and retrieval rack to descend and transfer the goods to be stored from the lifting and retrieval rack to the storage rack. After the lifting and retrieval rack descends and resets, the lateral drive mechanism is activated again, driving the storage rack to return horizontally to the storage space, completing the goods storage operation. When retrieving goods from the upper storage space, the operation of the automated warehouse is the reverse of the operation when storing goods.
[0012] The beneficial effects of this utility model are as follows: 1. This application can realize the handling and storage of goods by combining three types of supports and drive mechanisms. All three types of supports can be simple metal supports, and the drive mechanism is also a relatively simple motor combination structure. Compared with stacker cranes or forklifts, the production and maintenance costs can be significantly reduced. 2. The overall structure of this application is simple, the motion system is inexpensive, and the length and width of the warehouse can be arbitrarily arranged and combined, making it more adaptable to various sites. Moreover, the width of the longitudinal lifting storage area does not need to be significantly greater than the width of the storage area, and the storage space under the same space is more than that of the stacker crane-type automated warehouse. 3. The longitudinal lifting storage area of this application is always only one row less than the storage area. When multiple rows are arranged, different longitudinal lifting storage areas can retrieve goods at the same time, resulting in high batch retrieval efficiency. In addition, this application decomposes the storage and retrieval action into lateral movement, longitudinal movement, and lifting, and realizes this through the combination of three types of supports and drive mechanisms. Each combination unit has mobility and can realize nearby storage and retrieval. Moreover, the storage and retrieval actions of each part can be carried out simultaneously, resulting in shorter single retrieval time. Attached Figure Description
[0013] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of this utility model; Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the single-column storage area of this utility model; Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the single-row longitudinal lifting and retrieval area of this utility model; Figure 4 This is a partial structural schematic diagram of the present invention; Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the connection between the storage bracket and the transverse drive mechanism of this utility model; Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the connection between the access lifting bracket and the lifting drive mechanism of this utility model; Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the storage and retrieval longitudinal movement support structure of this utility model; Reference numerals: 1. Fixed frame; 11. Storage area; 12. Longitudinal lifting and retrieval area; 13. Vertical embedding slot; 2. Storage bracket; 21. Lateral embedding slot; 3. Lateral drive mechanism; 31. Lateral drive motor; 32. Lateral roller; 4. Storage and retrieval longitudinal support; 41. Support foot; 5. Longitudinal drive mechanism; 51. Longitudinal drive motor; 52. Longitudinal roller; 53. Guide rail; 6. Storage and retrieval lifting support; 61. Connecting column; 7. Lifting drive mechanism; 71. Lifting drive motor; 72. Lifting roller; 8. Control device. Detailed Implementation
[0014] The present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments: like Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 , Figure 5 , Figure 6 , Figure 7 As shown, a high-density, land-saving, energy-efficient, and flexible storage and retrieval warehouse includes a fixed frame 1, storage supports 2, a transverse drive mechanism 3, a storage and retrieval longitudinal support 4, a longitudinal drive mechanism 5, a storage and retrieval lifting support 6, a lifting drive mechanism 7, and a control device 8. The fixed frame 1 is divided into at least three longitudinal spaces, and the total number of longitudinal spaces is always odd. These include at least two storage areas 11 and at least one longitudinal lifting and retrieval area 12. The storage areas 11 are for storing goods in the warehouse, and the longitudinal lifting and retrieval area 12 is for handling goods. The leftmost and rearmost longitudinal spaces of the fixed frame 1 are both storage areas 11, with adjacent storage areas... A column of vertically sliding and lifting access areas 12 is provided between the zones 11, and the storage zones 11 always have one more column than the vertically sliding and lifting access areas 12. Each storage zone 11 consists of at least two upper and lower spaces, including a ground level space and at least one upper level space. Each level space has several storage spaces with a consistent structural layout and arranged horizontally in the longitudinal direction. Each storage space has a storage support 2 and a horizontal movement drive mechanism 3 at its lower part. The front and rear sides of the storage support 2 are movably connected to the fixed frame 1 via the horizontal movement drive mechanism 3, which is the drive mechanism for the horizontal movement of the storage support 2 within the fixed frame 1. Storage facilities are located on the ground of the vertically sliding and lifting access areas 12. The system includes a longitudinal moving support 4 and a longitudinal moving drive mechanism 5. The longitudinal moving drive mechanism 5 is installed on the storage and retrieval longitudinal moving support 4 and the ground below it. The storage and retrieval longitudinal moving support 4 is movably connected to the ground via the longitudinal moving drive mechanism 5. The longitudinal moving drive mechanism 5 is a drive mechanism for the longitudinal horizontal movement of the storage and retrieval longitudinal moving support 4 in the ground area of the longitudinal moving and lifting storage area 12. The longitudinal moving and lifting storage area 12 is also equipped with a storage and lifting support 6 and a lifting drive mechanism 7. The number of storage and lifting supports 6 in each column of the longitudinal moving and lifting storage area 12 is consistent with the number of storage spaces in the ground floor space of a single column of storage area 11, and each storage and lifting support 6 has a corresponding storage space on its left and right sides. Each frame 6 is connected to a corresponding lifting drive mechanism 7. The lifting drive mechanism 7 is installed on the access lifting bracket 6 and the fixed frame 1. The access lifting bracket 6 is movably connected to the fixed frame 1 through the lifting drive mechanism 7. The lifting drive mechanism 7 is the drive mechanism for the access lifting bracket 6 to move vertically up and down within the longitudinal lifting access area 12. A control device 8 is provided on the lower outer side of the fixed frame 1 or on the ground around the fixed frame 1. The control device 8 is connected to the transverse drive mechanism 3, the longitudinal drive mechanism 5 and the lifting drive mechanism 7 respectively. The control device 8 is the operation control mechanism for the transverse drive mechanism 3, the longitudinal drive mechanism 5 and the lifting drive mechanism 7.
[0015] Preferably, when the access lifting bracket 6 is not in operation, it is parked on the ground area of the longitudinal lifting access area 12. When the access lifting bracket 6 is not in operation, its horizontal height is lower than the horizontal height of the storage bracket 2 and the horizontal height of the access longitudinal support bracket 4 in the ground layer storage space of the storage area 11.
[0016] Preferably, the access lifting bracket 6 is composed of two inner comb-shaped support plates with opposing comb teeth, and the storage bracket 2 and the access longitudinal movement bracket 4 are both outer comb-shaped support plate structures that are staggered and avoid the comb teeth of the access lifting bracket 6.
[0017] Preferably, the transverse drive mechanism 3 consists of two sets of transverse drive motors 31 and several transverse rollers 32. The two sets of transverse drive motors 31 are respectively mounted and fixed on the crossbeams of the fixed frame 1 on the front and rear sides of the storage space. The several transverse rollers 32 are respectively evenly mounted and fixed on the inner sidewalls of the corresponding fixed frame 1 crossbeams below the two sets of transverse drive motors 31. The two sets of transverse drive motors 31 are synchronously powered connected to the transverse rollers 32 below them through a transmission assembly composed of gears and chains. The storage bracket 2 has transverse embedding slots 21 with outward openings on both the front and rear sides. The transverse rollers 32 on the inner sidewalls of the corresponding fixed frame 1 crossbeams below the two sets of transverse drive motors 31 are respectively embedded in the transverse embedding slots 21 on the front and rear sides of the storage bracket 2. The transverse drive motors 31 drive the transverse rollers 32 below them to roll in the transverse embedding slots 21 through the transmission assembly, thereby driving the storage bracket 2 to move horizontally.
[0018] Preferably, the access longitudinal sliding bracket 4 has four support feet 41 at its bottom. The longitudinal sliding drive mechanism 5 consists of a longitudinal sliding drive motor 51, four longitudinal sliding rollers 52, and two guide rails 53. The longitudinal sliding rollers 52 are I-shaped rollers. The longitudinal sliding drive motor 51 is mounted and fixed on the top rear side of the access longitudinal sliding bracket 4. Each of the four support feet 41 of the access longitudinal sliding bracket 4 has a longitudinal sliding roller 52 at its bottom. The longitudinal sliding drive motor 51 is connected to the two support feet at the rear side of the access longitudinal sliding bracket 4 through a transmission assembly consisting of gears, chains, and drive shafts. The longitudinal rollers 52 at the bottom of the 41 are synchronously powered. The two guide rails 53 are laid parallel to each other on the ground of the longitudinal lifting and storage area 12. The longitudinal rollers 52 at the bottom of the two support feet 41 on the left and the two support feet 41 on the right of the storage and storage longitudinal support 4 are movably connected to the two guide rails 53 respectively. The longitudinal drive motor 51 drives the longitudinal rollers 52 at the bottom of the two support feet 41 on the rear side of the storage and storage longitudinal support 4 to roll on the two guide rails 53 through the transmission component, thereby driving the storage and storage longitudinal support 4 to move horizontally in the longitudinal direction.
[0019] Preferably, the lifting drive mechanism 7 consists of a lifting drive motor 71 and several lifting rollers 72. The lifting drive motor 71 is mounted and fixed on the crossbeam of the fixed frame 1 at the top of the longitudinal lifting storage area 12. A connecting column 61 is provided on the upper front and rear sides of the two inner comb-shaped support plates of the storage lifting bracket 6. The lifting drive motor 71 is synchronously powered connected to the four connecting columns 61 of the storage lifting bracket 6 via a transmission assembly composed of gears, chains, and drive shafts. Each connecting column 61 has a side facing the adjacent column of the fixed frame 1. There are several lifting rollers 72. Each fixed frame column adjacent to the connecting column 61 has a vertical embedding groove 13 with an opening facing the access lifting bracket 6 on its side. The lifting rollers 72 on the four connecting columns 61 of the access lifting bracket 6 are respectively embedded in the vertical embedding grooves 13 of the corresponding four fixed frame columns 1. The lifting drive motor 71 drives the access lifting bracket 6 to move vertically up and down through the transmission component. The lifting rollers 72 and the vertical embedding grooves 13 are a combination structure that assists the access lifting bracket 6 in the vertical synchronous lifting of two inner comb-shaped support plates.
[0020] Preferably, the storage rack 2 is a rack for storing goods in an automated warehouse, the storage rack 2 and the transverse drive mechanism 3 are a combination structure for moving goods to / from the storage space, the storage and retrieval longitudinal transfer rack 4 and the longitudinal transfer drive mechanism 5 are a combination structure for moving goods longitudinally in an automated warehouse, and the storage and retrieval lifting rack 6 and the lifting drive mechanism 7 are a combination structure for lifting goods in an automated warehouse.
[0021] The operating principle of a high-density, land-saving, energy-efficient, and flexible storage and retrieval automated warehouse: S1. When storing goods in the storage space of the first row of ground floor, the longitudinal movement drive mechanism 5 is activated, driving the storage and retrieval longitudinal movement bracket 4 to move backward to avoid obstacles. Then, the transverse movement drive mechanism 3 in the storage space of the first row of ground floor is activated, driving the storage bracket 2 to move laterally horizontally to the ground of the longitudinal lifting and retrieval area 12 that the storage and retrieval longitudinal movement bracket 4 has avoided. The goods to be stored are placed on the storage bracket 2 that has been moved to the longitudinal lifting and retrieval area 12 by manual labor or forklifts and other equipment. The transverse movement drive mechanism 3 is activated again, driving the storage bracket 2 to return to its horizontal position in the storage space. The longitudinal movement drive mechanism 5 is activated again, driving the storage and retrieval longitudinal movement bracket 4 to move forward and return to its original position, completing the goods storage operation. When retrieving goods from the storage space of the first row of ground floor, the operation of the automated warehouse is the same as when storing goods. S2. When storing goods in storage spaces not on the first row of the ground floor, the goods to be stored are placed on the longitudinal sliding support by hand or with a forklift. The longitudinal sliding drive mechanism 5 is activated, driving the storage longitudinal sliding support 4 to move backward to the side of the storage support 2 of the goods to be stored, and stop directly above the storage lifting support 6 in this area. The lifting drive mechanism 7 is activated, driving the storage lifting support 6 to rise. The storage lifting support 6 rises and intersects with the comb teeth of the storage longitudinal sliding support 4, transferring the goods to be stored on the storage longitudinal sliding support 4 to the storage lifting support 6. After the storage lifting support 6 rises to a point where its bottom horizontal height is higher than the top horizontal height of the storage longitudinal sliding support 4, the longitudinal sliding drive mechanism 5 is activated again, driving the storage longitudinal sliding support 4 to move forward and reset, and the goods to be stored... When the lateral drive mechanism 3 corresponding to the storage rack 2 is activated, the storage rack 2 is moved horizontally to the ground of the longitudinal lifting and retrieval area 12 and stops directly below the storage and retrieval lifting rack 6. The lifting drive mechanism 7 is activated again, driving the storage and retrieval lifting rack 6 to descend. The descending storage and retrieval lifting rack 6 intersects with the comb teeth of the storage rack 2 that is stopped directly below, transferring the goods to be stored on the storage rack 6 to the storage rack 2. After the storage and retrieval lifting rack 6 descends and resets, the lateral drive mechanism 3 is activated again, driving the storage rack 2 to horizontally reset into the storage space, completing the goods storage operation. When retrieving goods from the storage space of a non-first row ground floor, the operation of the automated warehouse is the reverse of the operation when storing goods. S3. When storing goods in the upper storage space, the goods to be stored are placed on the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding support 4 manually or using equipment such as forklifts. If the storage support 2 of the goods to be stored is located in the first row of storage space on the upper level, the lifting drive mechanism 7 corresponding to the storage and retrieval lifting support 6 below the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding support 4 is directly activated. If the storage support 2 of the goods to be stored is located in a storage space on the upper level that is not in the first row, the longitudinal sliding drive mechanism 5 is activated, driving the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding support 4 to move backward to directly above the storage and retrieval lifting support 6 on the side of the storage support 2 of the goods to be stored. The lifting drive mechanism 7 drives the storage and retrieval lifting support 6 to rise, transferring the goods to be stored on the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding support 4 to the storage and retrieval lifting support 6. The storage and retrieval lifting support 6 rises to its bottom horizontal height. After the storage rack 2 reaches a height above the top of the goods to be stored, the longitudinal sliding rack 4 for storing and retrieving the goods is reset. The transverse drive mechanism 3 corresponding to the storage rack 2 is activated, driving the storage rack 2 to move horizontally into the longitudinal lifting and retrieval area 12 and stop directly below the lifting and retrieval rack 6. The lifting drive mechanism 7 is activated again, driving the lifting and retrieval rack 6 to descend and transfer the goods to be stored on the lifting and retrieval rack 6 to the storage rack 2. After the lifting and retrieval rack 6 descends and resets, the transverse drive mechanism 3 is activated again, driving the storage rack 2 to return to the storage space horizontally, completing the goods storage operation. When retrieving goods from the upper storage space, the operation of the automated warehouse is the reverse of the operation when storing goods.
[0022] Based on the disclosure and teachings of the above specification, those skilled in the art can make appropriate changes and modifications to the above embodiments. Therefore, this utility model is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and described above, and some modifications and changes to this utility model should also fall within the protection scope of the claims of this utility model. Furthermore, although some specific terms are used in this specification, these terms are only for convenience of explanation and do not constitute any limitation on this utility model.
Claims
1. A high-density, land-saving, energy-efficient, and flexible storage and retrieval automated warehouse, characterized in that: The system includes a fixed frame, storage racks, a transverse drive mechanism, a storage and retrieval longitudinal support, a longitudinal drive mechanism, a storage and retrieval lifting support, a lifting drive mechanism, and a control device. The fixed frame is divided into at least three longitudinal spaces, and the total number of longitudinal spaces is always odd. These include at least two storage areas and at least one longitudinal lifting and retrieval area. The storage areas are for storing goods in the automated warehouse, and the longitudinal lifting and retrieval areas are for handling goods. The leftmost and rearmost longitudinal spaces of the fixed frame are both storage areas, and a longitudinal lifting and retrieval area is located between two adjacent storage areas. The storage area always has one more column than the longitudinal lifting access area; the storage area consists of at least two layers of space, including a ground layer and at least one upper layer. Each layer has several storage spaces with the same structural layout and arranged horizontally in the longitudinal direction. Each storage space has a storage support and a lateral movement drive mechanism at its lower part. The front and rear sides of the storage support are movably connected to a fixed frame through the lateral movement drive mechanism, which is the drive mechanism for the storage support to move horizontally within the fixed frame. The longitudinal lifting access area has a storage longitudinal support and a longitudinal movement drive mechanism on its ground. The system includes a longitudinal movement drive mechanism, which is installed on the access longitudinal movement bracket and the ground below it. The access longitudinal movement bracket is movably connected to the ground via the longitudinal movement drive mechanism. The longitudinal movement drive mechanism is the drive mechanism for the longitudinal horizontal movement of the access longitudinal movement bracket in the ground area of the longitudinal movement lifting access zone. The longitudinal movement lifting access zone also includes access lifting brackets and lifting drive mechanisms. The number of access lifting brackets in each column of the longitudinal movement lifting access zone is consistent with the number of storage spaces on the ground floor of a single column of storage area, and each access lifting bracket has a corresponding storage space on its left and right sides. Each access lifting bracket is connected to... A set of corresponding lifting drive mechanisms are provided. The lifting drive mechanisms are installed on the storage and retrieval lifting bracket and the fixed frame. The storage and retrieval lifting bracket is movably connected to the fixed frame through the lifting drive mechanisms. The lifting drive mechanisms are the driving mechanisms for the storage and retrieval lifting bracket to move vertically up and down within the longitudinal lifting storage and retrieval area. A control device is provided on the ground outside the lower part of the fixed frame or around the fixed frame. The control device is connected to the transverse drive mechanism, the longitudinal drive mechanism and the lifting drive mechanism by signals. The control device is the operation control mechanism for the transverse drive mechanism, the longitudinal drive mechanism and the lifting drive mechanism.
2. The intensive, land-saving, energy-efficient, flexible access automated warehouse according to claim 1, characterized in that: When not in operation, the access lifting brackets are all parked on the ground area of the longitudinal lifting access area. When not in operation, the horizontal height of the access lifting brackets is lower than the horizontal height of the storage brackets and the horizontal height of the longitudinal access support in the storage space on the ground floor of the storage area.
3. The intensive, land-saving, energy-efficient, flexible access automated warehouse according to claim 2, characterized in that: The storage and retrieval lifting bracket consists of two inner comb-shaped support plates with opposing comb teeth, and the storage bracket and the storage and retrieval longitudinal movement bracket are both outer comb-shaped support plate structures that are staggered and avoid the comb teeth of the storage and retrieval lifting bracket.
4. The intensive, land-saving, energy-efficient, flexible access automated warehouse according to claim 3, characterized in that: The lateral movement drive mechanism consists of two sets of lateral movement drive motors and several lateral movement rollers. The two sets of lateral movement drive motors are respectively mounted and fixed on the fixed frame beams on the front and rear sides of the storage space. The several lateral movement rollers are evenly mounted and fixed on the inner sidewalls of the fixed frame beams corresponding to the two sets of lateral movement drive motors. The two sets of lateral movement drive motors are synchronously powered connected to the lateral movement rollers below them through a transmission assembly composed of gears and chains. The storage bracket has outward-facing transverse embedding slots on both the front and rear sides. The lateral movement rollers on the inner sidewalls of the fixed frame beams corresponding to the two sets of lateral movement drive motors are respectively embedded in the transverse embedding slots on the front and rear sides of the storage bracket. The lateral movement drive motors drive the lateral movement rollers below them to roll in the transverse embedding slots through the transmission assembly, thereby driving the storage bracket to move horizontally.
5. The intensive, land-saving, energy-efficient, flexible access automated warehouse according to claim 3, characterized in that: The storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket has four support feet at its bottom. The longitudinal sliding drive mechanism consists of a longitudinal sliding drive motor, four longitudinal sliding rollers, and two guide rails. The longitudinal sliding rollers are I-shaped rollers. The longitudinal sliding drive motor is mounted and fixed on the top rear side of the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket. Each of the four support feet of the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket has a longitudinal sliding roller at its bottom. The longitudinal sliding drive motor is synchronously poweredly connected to the longitudinal sliding rollers below the bottom of the two support feet at the rear side of the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket through a transmission assembly consisting of gears, chains, and drive shafts. The two guide rails are laid parallel longitudinally on the ground of the longitudinal sliding lifting and retrieval area. The longitudinal sliding rollers at the bottom of the two support feet on the left side and the two support feet on the right side of the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket are movably connected to the two guide rails respectively. The longitudinal sliding drive motor drives the longitudinal sliding rollers below the bottom of the two support feet at the rear side of the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket to roll on the two guide rails through the transmission assembly, thereby driving the storage and retrieval longitudinal sliding bracket to move longitudinally and horizontally.
6. The intensive, land-saving, energy-efficient, flexible access automated warehouse according to claim 3, characterized in that: The lifting drive mechanism consists of a lifting drive motor and several lifting rollers. The lifting drive motor is mounted and fixed on the fixed frame beam at the top of the longitudinal lifting storage area. A connecting column is provided on the upper front and rear sides of the two inner comb-shaped support plates of the storage lifting bracket. The lifting drive motor is synchronously powered to the four connecting columns of the storage lifting bracket via a transmission assembly composed of gears, chains, and drive shafts. Each connecting column has several lifting rollers on its side facing the adjacent fixed frame column. Each fixed frame column adjacent to the connecting column has a vertical embedding slot with an opening facing the storage lifting bracket. The lifting rollers on the four connecting columns of the storage lifting bracket are respectively embedded in the vertical embedding slots of the corresponding four fixed frame columns. The lifting drive motor drives the storage lifting bracket to move vertically up and down via the transmission assembly. The lifting rollers and vertical embedding slots are a combined structure that assists the two inner comb-shaped support plates of the storage lifting bracket in vertical synchronous lifting.
7. The intensive, land-saving, energy-efficient, flexible access automated warehouse according to claim 3, characterized in that: The storage rack is a support for storing goods in an automated warehouse. The storage rack and the lateral movement drive mechanism are a combination structure for moving goods to / from the storage space. The storage and retrieval longitudinal movement rack and the longitudinal movement drive mechanism are a combination structure for moving goods longitudinally in an automated warehouse. The storage and retrieval lifting rack and the lifting drive mechanism are a combination structure for lifting goods in an automated warehouse.