Commodity carrying out device

Abstract

The present invention provides a commodity carrying out device that can reliably carry out a vertically-long shaped commodity in an upright state from a commodity storage column to a bucket. More specifically, since a commodity positioned at the front end side of a commodity storage column is tilted forward to be moved into a bucket, when moving a vertically-long shaped commodity in an upright state into a bucket, it is possible to move the commodity without the commodity toppling backwards. Thus, the commodity can be reliably moved into the bucket.

1 . A commodity carrying out device, comprising:
 a plurality of commodity storage columns aligned in a vertical direction and a width direction with respect to each other for storing commodities side by side in a front-to-rear direction;   a bucket for receiving a commodity to be carried out;   a bucket moving mechanism for moving the bucket to a front side of an arbitrary commodity storage column and moving the bucket that receives the commodity to a predetermined commodity carrying out position; and   a commodity reception mechanism for tilting a commodity positioned at a front end side of the commodity storage column to a bucket side to move the commodity into the bucket.   
   
   
       2 . The commodity carrying out device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the commodity reception mechanism includes: a commodity supporting member for supporting a bottom surface of a commodity, that is provided on the bucket side so that a top surface thereof forms a downward slope from the commodity storage column side to the bucket side; a notch for allowing the commodity supporting member to pass therethrough in a vertical direction, that is provided at the front end side of the commodity storage column; and a bucket moving mechanism for moving the bucket in the vertical direction.   
   
   
       3 . The commodity carrying out device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the commodity reception mechanism includes: a commodity supporting member for supporting a bottom surface of a commodity, that is provided in the bucket in a condition in which an angle of inclination thereof is changeable from a state in which a top surface thereof lies in a substantially horizontal plane to a direction in which the top surface forms a downward slope towards the bucket side; an abutting portion that is provided at the front end side of the commodity storage column, for causing the top surface of the commodity supporting member to incline to the bucket side by contacting against the commodity supporting member from below when the bucket is moved downward; and a bucket moving mechanism for moving the bucket in the vertical direction.   
   
   
       4 . The commodity carrying out device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the commodity reception mechanism includes: a commodity supporting member for supporting a bottom surface of a commodity, that is provided in the bucket in a condition in which an angle of inclination is changeable from a state in which a top surface thereof forms a slightly downward slope to the bucket side with respect to the horizontal plane to a direction in which an angle of the downward slope to the bucket side increase; an abutting portion provided at a front end side of the commodity storage column for causing the top surface of the commodity supporting member to incline to the bucket side by contacting against the bottom surface of the commodity supporting member that moves to the commodity storage column side; and a bucket moving mechanism for moving the bucket in the front-to-rear direction.   
   
   
       5 . The commodity carrying out device according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the commodity reception mechanism includes a movable portion provided at the front end side at the bottom of the commodity storage column in a condition in which an angle of inclination thereof can be changed from a state in which a top surface thereof is substantially horizontal to a state in which the top surface forms a downward slope towards the bucket side.   
   
   
       6 . The commodity carrying out device according to  claims 2 , further comprising:
 a gate member for opening and closing a front end side of a commodity passage, that is provided in a vertically rotatable condition at the front end side of the commodity storage column;   a gate release portion provided on the bucket side for contacting against the gate member accompanying movement of the bucket to the commodity storage column side, to thereby cause the gate member to rotate in a direction that opens the front end side of the commodity passage; and   a guide portion provided on the commodity storage column side for guiding the gate release portion in the front-to-rear direction when causing the gate member to rotate to open the front end side of the commodity passage.   
   
   
       7 . The commodity carrying out device according to  claims 2 , wherein:
 an angle of a downward slope to the bucket side of the top surface of the commodity supporting member increases by moving the bucket forward.   
   
   
       8 . The commodity carrying out device according to  claims 2 , wherein:
 the commodity reception mechanism has a positioning mechanism for guiding the commodity supporting member in the front-to-rear direction to restricts movement of the commodity supporting member in the width direction.   
   
   
       9 . The commodity carrying out device according to  claims 2 , further comprising:
 an ejecting member provided in a condition in which the ejecting member can move through a commodity passage of the commodity storage column, for causing commodities that are arranged side by side in the commodity passage to move forward from a rear surface side, wherein;   the ejecting member is provided with a notch that allows movement in the vertical direction of the commodity supporting member.   
   
   
       10 . The commodity carrying out device according to  claims 5 , wherein:
 a commodity detection mechanism that detects the existence or non-existence of a commodity is arranged in the bucket.   
   
   
       11 . The commodity carrying out device according to  claims 2 , further comprising:
 a plurality of shelves that are aligned with respect to each other in the vertical direction and on which a plurality of commodity storage columns are mountable in the width direction, wherein;   each shelf is disposed so that a space between vertically adjacent shelves is substantially the same as height dimensions of a commodity; and   a space necessary for operations for receiving a commodity A in the bucket is provided at the front of each shelf.