| CPC B65G 1/0414 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0428 (2013.01); B65G 1/0464 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
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1. A container storage system, comprising:
a rack comprising a track structure and defining at least one load-bearing platform, the track structure comprising a plurality of running tracks, and the at least one load-bearing platform being located below the running tracks;
a plurality of containers, each container configured to store goods, and at least part of the containers being stacked and placed on the at least one load-bearing platform;
a carrier vehicle configured to move back and forth on the running tracks to perform storage and retrieval operations to containers in the container storage system; and
a track-switching device configured to switch the carrier vehicle from a current running track where the carrier vehicle is located to a target running track;
wherein each running track is formed by load-bearing tubes each having a tube cavity, the carrier vehicle comprises a moving mechanism and a grasping mechanism, the moving mechanism comprises rollers disposed and capable of rolling in the tube cavity of the load-bearing tube, and the grasping mechanism is located below the running track and comprises a gripper for grasping the container;
wherein the grasping mechanism comprises a gripper rotation device and a lifting device; the lifting device comprises a lifting platform, a lifting belt and a lifting driving device for the lifting belt; and the gripper rotation device comprises a gripper, a gripper driving device and a gripper platform;
wherein the gripper driving device is disposed on the gripper platform, the gripper is disposed on the side of the gripper platform, a part of the gripper that grasps the goods is a free end which extends out of the gripper platform to under the platform, and a fixed end of the gripper is fixed on the gripper rotation shaft, the gripper rotation shaft is connected with the gripper driving device, and the driving device drives the gripper rotation shaft to rotate thereby driving the gripper to rotate;
wherein the lifting driving device is arranged on the lifting platform, the lifting platform is located above the gripper platform, the lifting driving device is connected to the gripper platform through the lifting belt, a lower end of the lifting belt is fixed on the gripper platform, an upper end of the lifting belt is disposed on the lifting driving device, the lifting driving device drags the lifting belt to move up and down, and the lifting belt drives the gripper platform to move up and down;
wherein the gripper rotation device comprises a gripper rotation motor, a transmission shaft, a gripper rotation shaft and the gripper: the gripper rotation motor is in transmission connection with the transmission shaft, and both ends of the transmission shaft are provided with gripper rotation shafts; the transmission shaft is in transmission connection with the gripper rotation shaft, the gripper is mounted on the gripper rotation shaft, the gripper rotation motor drives the transmission shaft to rotate, the transmission shaft drives the gripper rotation shafts at both ends to rotate, the gripper rotation shaft drives the gripper to rotate, and the gripper rotates to realize the action of grasping and releasing the goods container; and
wherein the lifting belt is a belt, and a lower end of the belt is fixed on the gripper platform; the lifting driving device is in transmission connection with a winder on which an upper end of the belt is fixed.
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