Method for shifting goods and apparatus therefor
First Claim
1. A method for shifting goods arranged in a predetermined manner within a container having an opening portion in which the goods are taken out of the container in such a manner as to correspond to the arrangement of a storing state of the goods which are standing in the container, the method comprising the steps of:
- superposing a goods take-out tool over the container in which the goods are standing, the goods take-out tool including partitions which correspond to the arrangement of the storing state of the goods;
inserting a foremost end portion of the goods take-out tool into the opening portion of the container, the foremost end portion including end portions of the partitions;
inverting the container and superposed goods take-out tool;
removing the goods from the container into the goods take-out tool without changing the arrangement of the storing state of the goods, said goods being guided by the end portions of the partitions inserted into the container as said goods move into the goods take-out tool;
providing a shutter in the goods take-out tool, said shutter initially blocking movement of the goods from the goods take-out tool when the container and goods take-out tool are inverted, andsliding the shutter out of the goods take-out tool to permit at least a portion of the goods to be removed therefrom.
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Abstract
A method for shifting goods in which goods arranged in a predetermined manner within a container having an opening portion are taken out of the container in such a manner as to correspond to the arrangement of the storing state of the goods. The method comprising the steps of superposing a goods take-out tool including partitions which are formed in such a manner as to correspond to the arrangement of the storing state of the goods on the opening portion of the container, and inverting the superposed container and goods take-out tool. The goods in the container can be taken into the goods take-out tool without changing the arrangement of the storing state of the goods.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for shifting goods arranged in a predetermined manner within a container having an opening portion in which the goods are taken out of the container in such a manner as to correspond to the arrangement of a storing state of the goods which are standing in the container, the method comprising the steps of:
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superposing a goods take-out tool over the container in which the goods are standing, the goods take-out tool including partitions which correspond to the arrangement of the storing state of the goods; inserting a foremost end portion of the goods take-out tool into the opening portion of the container, the foremost end portion including end portions of the partitions; inverting the container and superposed goods take-out tool; removing the goods from the container into the goods take-out tool without changing the arrangement of the storing state of the goods, said goods being guided by the end portions of the partitions inserted into the container as said goods move into the goods take-out tool; providing a shutter in the goods take-out tool, said shutter initially blocking movement of the goods from the goods take-out tool when the container and goods take-out tool are inverted, and sliding the shutter out of the goods take-out tool to permit at least a portion of the goods to be removed therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for taking out goods, by a desired number, from a container containing a plurality of goods therein, the container having a plurality of partitions dividing the goods into different rows and columns, said method comprising the steps of:
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separating the goods within the container by a goods take-out tool, said goods take-out tool including partitions which correspond to the arrangement of the partitions between the goods in a storing state when the goods are standing in the container; and removing such separated goods, by a desired number, by moving a shutter positioned beneath the goods separated by the goods take-out tool, the shutter being moved to sequentially release goods from the different rows and columns according to a goods take-out command. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for taking goods from goods storing positions arranged in a matrix shape by shutters which open and close an opening portion of the goods storing portions, a desired number of goods being taken out by moving the shutters, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a total number of positions in one row of the matrix shape and a total number of positions in one column of the matrix shape; determining the total number of positions within the matrix shape, said total number of positions corresponding to a total number of goods to be taken out; converting each of the positions of the matrix shape to an n-ary number, the n-ary number having a first and second digit, the first digit representing an X location of the position in the matrix shape and the second digit representing a Y location of the position in the matrix shape; selecting a desired amount of goods to be taken out; converting the number of desired goods to an n-ary number; moving one of the shutters with reference to the first digit of the converted n-ary number; moving another one of the shutters with reference to the second digit of the converted n-ary number; and discharging the selected amount of goods upon the moving of the shutters. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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Specification