Cylindrical material storing device and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11834267-B2
Application number	US-202217739368-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2022
Priority date	May 7, 2021
Publication date	Dec 5, 2023
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023

Abstract

A device for storing cylindrical material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a rack shelf including one or more racks in which a circular axis is stored, a rack master including a first rack master fork configured to collect a first circular axis in which an article stored in a target rack is not mounted, and a second rack master fork configured to transport a second circular axis in which the article is mounted in the target rack from which the first circular axis is collected, a turn skid configured to collect the first circular axis collected from the first rack master fork; and an input/output port configure to mount the article in the first circular axis collected from the turn skid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cylindrical material storing device, comprising:
a rack shelf including one or more racks in which a circular axis is stored;
a rack master including a first rack master fork configured to collect a first circular axis in which an article stored in a target rack is not mounted, and a second rack master fork configured to transport a second circular axis in which the article is mounted in the target rack from which the first circular axis is collected;
a turn skid configured to collect the first circular axis collected from the first rack master fork; and
an input/output port configured to mount the article in the first circular axis collected from the turn skid.

2. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 1 , wherein the input/output port comprises:
a shaft rotatably coupled to a body in an integral form; and
a first pusher configured to output the article mounted in the shaft to the turn skid.

3. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 2 , wherein in the shaft, the article is mounted from an automatic guided vehicle.

4. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 2 , wherein the shaft rotates integrally with the body at a predetermined angle so that a longitudinal direction of the shaft matches a longitudinal direction of the first circular axis collected in the turn skid.

5. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 2 , wherein the input/output port comprises:
a first sensor configured to sense the number of articles mounted in the shaft; and
a second sensor configured to sense a match between the longitudinal direction of the shaft and the longitudinal direction of the first circular axis,
wherein the first pusher outputs the article in the shaft to the turn skid based on a signal of the first sensor and a signal of the second sensor.

6. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 1 , wherein the turn skid comprises:
a first movement part that moves between a designated location and a circular axis collection location; and
a clamp configured to fix the first circular axis stored in the first rack master fork.

7. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 6 , wherein the clamp fixes and secures the first circular axis when the turn skid is disposed at the circular axis collection location, and
the first movement part moves to the designated location when the first circular axis is fixed by the clamp.

8. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 6 , wherein the clamp is a V-Block clamp.

9. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 6 , wherein the turn skid further comprises a second movement part that moves between the designated location and an article collection location,
wherein the second movement moves to the article collection location when the first circular axis is fixed by the clamp and the turn skid is disposed at the designated location.

10. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 6 , wherein the turn skid further comprises:
a third sensor configured to sense the number of articles mounted in the first circular axis fixed in the clamp;
a fourth sensor configured to sense a mounted location of the article mounted in the first circular axis fixed in the clamp; and
an arrangement pusher configured to arrange the mounted location of the article mounted in the first circular axis, based on a signal of the third sensor and a signal of the fourth sensor.

11. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 1 , wherein a collection operation of the first rack master fork and a transport operation of the second rack master fork are continuously performed.

12. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 1 , wherein the rack master further comprises a vertical movement part configured to vertically move the rack master fork.

13. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 12 , wherein the vertical movement part vertically moves a pair of rack master forks including the first rack master fork and the second rack master fork at a time.

14. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 12 , wherein the rack master further comprises a fifth sensor configured to sense a storage location of the rack, and
the vertical movement part vertically moves the rack master fork based on a signal of the fifth sensor.

15. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 1 , wherein each of a plurality of rack master forks including the first rack master fork and the second master fork further comprises:
a fork in which the circular axis is stored;
an extension bar extending integrally to the fork so that the fork moves to the storage location of the rack; and
a third movement part that moves along a path provided in the rack shelf.

16. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 15 , wherein the fork has a V-Block structure.

17. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 15 , wherein the rack master comprises a sixth sensor configured to sense the storage location of the rack, and
the extension bar extends integrally to the fork so that the fork moves to the storage location, based on the signal of the sixth sensor.

18. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 15 , wherein the third movement part of the first rack masker fork moves to a circular axis collection location along the path, when the first circular axis stored in the rack is collected by the first rack master fork.

19. A cylindrical material storing device, comprising
a rack shelf including one or more having in which a circular axis is stored;
a rack master including a third rack master fork configured to collect a third circular axis in which an article stored in a target rack is mounted, and a fourth rack master fork configured to transport a fourth circular axis in which the article is not mounted in the target rack from which the third circular axis is collected;
a turn skid configured to collect the third circular axis collected from the third rack master fork; and
an input/output port configured to collect the article from the third circular axis collected from the turn skid.

20. The cylindrical material storing device of claim 19 , wherein the turn skid comprises a second pusher configured to output the article mounted in the third circular axis to the input/output port.

Assignees

• Samsung Sds Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Seung Young
• Won Sung Hoon
• Um In Sup
• Lee Won Yong

Classifications

• B65G1/0421 Primary

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