High bay racking store for storing and for removing from storage goods in the form of rolls, in a particular paper rolls

• US 5,096,355 A
• Filed: 05/01/1990
• Issued: 03/17/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Copla Forder-Und Lagertechnik Gesellschaft Fur Anlagenbau mbH
• Original Assignee: Copla Forder-Und Lagertechnik Gesellschaft Fur Anlagenbau mbH
• Inventors: Schroder, Niels
• Primary Examiner(s): Werner, Frank E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DINICOLA, BRIAN
• Application Number:
  US07/517,377
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 414/745.6, 414/746.6, 414/746.8, 414/268, 414/273, 414/275, 414/277, 414/279, 414/281, 414/284, 414/911, 414/908, 364/478
• US Class Current: 414/273
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 1/0492 with cars adapted to travel in storage aisles
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 2201/0232 Coils, bobbins, rolls
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 414/124 Roll handlers

Abstract

For the conveying and storing of paper rolls in a lying position in a highay racking store and for removing them from the same, the high bay racking store (10) is provided with a plurality of shelf compartments disposed in rows above each other and in side-by-side arrangement, to which the individual paper rolls are supplied by means of relocation cars (50) and a paper roll trolley (70) mounted on the latter and traveling transversely to the longitudinal direction of the relocation car, in which the paper roll trolley (70) is moved with the paper roll in a raised position into the shelf compartment between paper roll supports (80) extending in the longitudinal direction of the shelf, the paper roll being subsequently deposited on said support. The supply of the relocation cars (50) with the paper roll trolley (70) is effected with the aid of conveying tracks (40 thru 43) allocated to the individual shelf compartment tiers and by means of at least one elevator (60), the elevator well (60'"'"') of which is disposed stationarily or displaceably in the distribution well (30) formed between the two shelf portions of the high bay racking store (10) which are located opposite each other (FIG. 3).

Claims

1. High bay racking store for the storing and removing from storage goods in the form of rolls, more particularly paper rolls, which, in a lying position, from a roll packing machine, can be supplied via a conveying route to the high bay racking store with shelf compartments provided in tiers, comprising:

a) at least one shelf portion (20,

     120) having a plurality of shelf compartments (26,

     126) disposed in tiers (21, 22, 23, 24,

     25) in a side-by-side arrangement and having apertures (26a) located on a front-end side, each of the shelf compartments having a length corresponding to at least the length of a paper roll (100);

b) in each tier (21;

22;

23;

24;

     25) of the shelf portion (20;

     120), near the front-end apertures (26a) of each shelf compartment (26,

     126), a horizontal conveying track (40;

41;

42;

     43) extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the shelves intended for the relocation cars (50) is disposed, all the conveying tracks (40 thru

     43) having two ends at least one end of which (40a, 41a, 42a, 43a;

40b, 41b, 42b, 43b) terminates in an elevator (60;

     160) having a frame structure with a raisable and lowerable conveying platform (61;

     161) for accommodating at least one relocation car (50) with a paper roll trolley (70) mounted thereon;

c) the conveying tracks (40 thru

     43) and the conveying platform (61,

     161) of each elevator (60,

     160) having first runway tracks (45,

     46) and second runway tracks (62,

     162), respectively, for the paper roll trolleys (70), the second runway tracks (62,

     162) of each conveying platform (61;

     161) form together with the first runway tracks (45,

     46) of each conveying track (40;

41;

42;

     42), in a respective tier position on the conveying platforms (61;

     162), a continuous relocation car crossing area;

d) the paper roll trolley (70) on each relocation car being able to travel transversely to a forward movement direction of the relocation car along third runway tracks (52) provided in the relocation car (50), and which trolley (70) is equipped with a raisable and lowerable paper roll supporting plate (71) with an approximately circular arc-shaped paper roll supporting surface (72);

e) each shelf compartment (26,

     126) is provided with a stationary paper roll supporting beam (80) extending in a longitudinal direction of the shelf compartment with running tracks (82, 82'"'"') arranged on both sides of said paper roll supporting beam (80) for the paper roll trolley (70), the paper roll supporting beam (80) having two paper roll supporting rails (83,

     84) arranged at a distance from each other, the supporting rails having supporting surfaces (83a, 84a) constructed so as to extend in a sloped manner toward each other so that a storage surface corresponding to a partial circumference of a paper roll is formed, the supporting surfaces being spaced from each other so that the paper roll trolley (70) is movable between the paper roll supporting rails (83,

     84) when the paper roll supporting plate (71) is in a raised position; and

f) driving means (65;

165;

55;

     75) for moving the conveying platforms (61,

     161) of the elevators (60,

     160), the relocation cars (50) and the paper roll trolleys (70), the driving means including one programmed control unit (200) for controlling all movement.

2. High bay racking store according to claim 1, wherein the elevator well (60'"'"';

160) is disposed laterally to the conveying tracks (40-43), while the conveying tracks (40 thru

     43) running in front of the shelf portions (20;

     120) are passed via conveying belts (46 thru

     49) running transversely to the conveying tracks (40-43) into the elevator well (60'"'"';

     160).

3. High bay racking store according to claim 1, wherein each of the paper roll supporting rails (83;

84) is a U-shaped profile member (383) having an upper sectional leg (384) and a lower sectional leg (385) which form an aperture (386), both profile members being disposed so that their respective apertures are located opposite each other, the upper shaped sectional leg (384) carries a shaped member (390) having a paper roll supporting surface (391) which extends in an arcuate manner.

4. High bay racking store according to claim 3, wherein the shaped member (390) has a cross-section with an approximately right-angled triangle form, triangle cross-section having a base which is the paper roll supporting surface (391) that extends in an arcuate fashion so that the surface base surfaces of the shaped members (390) of the two paper roll supporting rails (83;

84) are inclined relative to each other.

5. High bay racking store according to claim 3, wherein the profile member (383) has bracing struts (387) extending vertically spaced apart from each other and connecting the upper and lower sectional legs (384, 285).

6. High bay racking store according to claim 3, wherein the shaped member (390) is made of wood.

7. High bay racking store according to claim 3, wherein the shaped member (390) is made of plastic.

8. High bay racking store according to claim 1, and further comprising supply tracks (500) arranged in front of the high bay racking store (10) with automatically traveling paper roll conveying tracks (510) that are displaceable on said tracks, each supply track is constructed in two floors with superimposed conveying routes (511, 512) for the paper roll conveying trucks (510), and each supply track (500) terminates in the elevator well (60'"'"';

160'"'"') of the high bay racking store (10), vertical conveyers (515) being disposed in the supply track (500) for bridging over any variations in height, the supply track (500) interacts with paper roll cutting devices (520), roll packing machines (530) as well as with turntables (540).

9. High bay racking store according to claim 1, wherein at least two shelf portions (20, 120) are provided.

10. High bay racking store for storing roll-shaped goods, especially paper rolls, and for removing the rolls from storage, which rolls are supplied in a horizontal lying position from a roll packing machine along a conveying route to the high bay racking store with shelf compartments provided in tiers, comprising:

(a) two shelf portions (20,

     120) spaced apart from each other so as to form a distribution well (30), the shelf portions having a plurality of shelf compartments (26,

     126) disposed in tiers (21, 22, 23, 24,

     25) in a side-by-side arrangement, the shelf compartments having end face apertures (26a) located on a side of the compartments facing the distribution well (30), the shelf compartments further having a length corresponding to at least a length of a paper roll (100), individual tiers (21-25) of a first of the two shelf portions (20,

     120) being disposed on a first side of the distribution well (30) so as to be located opposite tiers of a second of the shelf portions located on a second side of the distribution well;

(b) a horizontal conveying track (40, 41, 42,

     43) extending transversely to a longitudinal direction of the shelves and being arranged in each tier (21-25) of each shelf portion (20,

     120) near the end face apertures (26a) of each shelf compartment (26,

     126);

(c) movable relocation cars (50) provided in front of the end face apertures of the shelf compartments so as to move the paper rolls along the conveying route, each relocation car (50) having a paper roll trolley (70) mountable thereon and means for elevating the paper rolls, and being movable into and out of the shelf compartments, all of the conveying tracks (40-43) having two ends (40a, 41a, 42a, 43a, 40b, 41b, 42b, 43b) which each terminate at an elevator (60,

     160) which has a stationary elevator well of a frame design and a raisable and lowerable conveying platform (61,

     161) for accommodating at least one relocation car (50) with a paper roll trolley (70) mounted thereon;

(d) the conveying tracks (40,

     43) and the conveying platform (61,

     161) of each elevator (60,

     160) having first runway tracks (45,

     46) and second runway tracks (62,

     162), respectively, for the paper roll trolley (70), the second runway tracks (62,

     162) of each conveying platform (61,

     161) forming together with the first runway tracks (45,

     46) of each conveying track (40-43) a continuous relocation car crossing area in a respective tier position of the conveying platform (61,

     161);

(e) the paper roll trolley (70) on relocation car (50) being able to travel transversely to a forward movement direction of the relocation car along third runway tracks (52) provided in the relocation car (50), the paper roll trolley having a raisable and lowerable paper roll supporting plate with an appropriately circular arc-shaped paper roll supporting surface (72);

(f) a stationary paper roll supporting beam (80) provided in each shelf compartment (26,

     126) so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the shelf compartment;

(g) running tracks (82, 82'"'"') for the paper roll trolley (70) being arranged in each shelf compartment (26,

     126) on both sides of the paper roll supporting beam (80), the paper roll supporting beam (80) having two paper roll supporting rails (83,

     84) arranged at a distance from each other, the supporting rails (83,

     84) having supporting surfaces (83a, 84a) constructed so as to extend in a sloped manner toward each other so that a storage surface corresponding to a partial circumference of a paper roll is formed, the supporting surfaces being spaced from each other so that the paper roll trolley (70) is movable between the paper roll supporting rails (83,

     84) when the paper roll supporting plate (71) is in a raised position;

(h) each of the paper roll supporting rails (83,

     84) includes a profile member (183, 183'"'"') which is approximately U-shaped with a vertical web (184) and a lower horizontal leg (185) and an inclined upper leg (186), the profile members (183, 183'"'"') forming the paper roll supporting rails (83,

     84) and being arranged so that the lower horizontal legs and upper legs (185,

     186) lie opposite each other so that the lower legs form the running tracks (82, 82'"'"') for the paper roll trolley (70) and the upper legs (186) form the paper roll supporting surfaces (83a, 84a), the profile members (183, 183'"'"') which form the paper roll supporting rail (83,

     84) being arranged so as to be movable so that a spacing between the members is changeable, each profile member (183, 183'"'"') also having an adjustable length; and

(i) driving means (65, 165, 55,

     75) for moving the conveying platform (61,

     161) of the elevator (60,

     160), the relocation cars (50) and the paper roll trolley (70), the driving means including one programmed control unit (200) for controlling all movement.

11. High bay racking store according to claim 10, wherein the distribution well (30), between the shelf portions (20, 120), has a width that corresponds to the length of a paper roll (100).

12. High bay racking store according to claim 10, wherein each relocation car (50) and each paper roll trolley (70) is equipped with an electromotively driven travel motor.

13. High bay racking store according to claim 10, wherein the elevator well (60'"'"';

160) is disposed one of inside and in front of the distribution well (30).

14. High bay racking store according to claim 10, wherein the inclined upper leg (186) of each of the paper roll supporting rails (83;

84) is provided with sectional bracing means (400, 400'"'"') extending in a longitudinal direction of the paper roll supporting rails, the bracing means being arranged in at least one of a first connection area (186a) of the upper leg (186) and the vertical web (184), and a second connection area (185a) of the horizontal leg (185) and the vertical web (184), the bracing means being fastened on an inside surface of the profiled members and having a circularly shaped cross-sectional profile.