JP6603735B2 - Rack and storage system with pallet function - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a rack and a storage system having a pallet function used in a physical distribution process in which articles to be handled are a small variety and a variety .

  In general, goods are brought into and out of a distribution warehouse by placing the goods on a flat plate called a pallet and transporting the pallet with a forklift. A rack is installed in the distribution warehouse (see Patent Document 1), and articles carried into the distribution warehouse are stored in the rack while being placed on the pallet.

  JP 2008-80139 A

  In recent years, articles handled in the logistics process have become a small variety of products. Here, one type of article is usually placed on one pallet. Accordingly, as the number of articles to be handled increases in number and variety, the amount of articles placed on one pallet decreases and the number of pallets used increases. When the amount of articles placed on the pallet is small, a wasteful space in which no article is placed is generated above the article when stored in a rack in the distribution warehouse. In addition, since there are many pallets on which a small amount of articles are placed, a lot of such useless spaces are generated. As a result, there arises a problem that the storage efficiency in the distribution warehouse is lowered.

  In addition, the operation | work which changes the shelf height position of the rack currently used in a distribution warehouse is an operation | work which requires a tool etc. to require. Therefore, it is difficult to change the rack pitch of the rack each time in accordance with the amount of articles placed on the pallet.

  In addition, as described above, when a large number of articles are handled, the number of pallets used is large with respect to the total quantity of articles. Therefore, when loading / unloading articles with a forklift, it is necessary to move a large number of pallets on which small quantities of articles are placed one by one with the forklift. Therefore, the problem that the work efficiency of carrying in / out of goods falls also arises.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems, and to provide a rack and a storage system having a pallet function capable of enhancing the storage efficiency of a distribution warehouse and the work efficiency of loading / unloading articles. To do.

The rack having a pallet function according to the present invention is a rack having a pallet function used in a distribution process in which a small number of goods are handled, and a rectangular bottom on which the article can be placed, and an upper part of the bottom disposed, the insertion of one or a plurality of shelves capable of placing the article, with being fixed to the four corners of the bottom portion, and at least four struts disposed upward, the fork of the forklift A fork hole is formed in the inside, and is configured by a cylindrical member disposed below the bottom , and is opened by the fork inserted into the fork hole that opens forward and extends in the front-rear direction. a fork insertion section for a bottom supported capable constructed, arranged and secured over two of the strut aligned in the longitudinal direction of the fork holes corresponding to the longitudinal direction, the shelf plate Have a supportable pair of rails, a plurality provided that the support unit to different height positions with each other, among the four side surfaces formed between the strut adjacent around said bottom, said fork holes And a frame portion that is disposed across three side surfaces other than the side surface that is disposed in front of the opening, and is fixed to an upper portion of the support column portion .

According to this configuration, articles can be placed on the bottom and the shelf. Therefore, when the articles handled in the physical distribution process are a small variety of products, different types of articles can be placed on the bottom and the shelf board. Moreover, since the shelf board is only supported by the rail, the work of attaching and removing the shelf board is easy. Therefore, a shelf board can be attached or removed as appropriate according to the amount and size of the article to be placed. When the amount of articles placed on the bottom is small or when the size is small, a shelf board is attached and used, so that useless space is not generated above the article placed on the bottom and the storage efficiency is increased. be able to. Further, the support be capable of inserting the forks of a forklift is composed of a cylindrical member fork holes Ru formed therein extending in and the longitudinal direction are open to the front, the bottom is arranged below the bottom Since it has the fork insertion part comprised so that it was possible, several types of articles | goods each mounted in the bottom part and the shelf board can be conveyed at once by a forklift. Therefore, the work efficiency of carrying in / out goods can be improved.
In addition, since a plurality of support portions are provided at different height positions, a state in which the shelf plate is used without being attached, a state in which the shelf plate is attached to the one support portion, and a shelf in the plurality of support portions. One of the states in which a board is attached can be selected. Moreover, the height position of the shelf board to be attached can be easily changed. Therefore, according to the quantity of articles of the same type among the articles to be handled, that is, the quantity and size of articles placed on the shelf or the shelf attached to one support, The attachment position can be changed as appropriate. Therefore, storage efficiency can be further increased.
Furthermore, the strength of the rack can be increased by the frame portion. Fork hole
Since there is no frame portion on the side surface arranged in front of the opening, the frame portion does not hinder the work of loading and unloading articles on the rack by an operator who gets on the forklift.

Moreover, in the rack having a pallet function according to the present invention, the cylindrical member is preferably configured such that the vertical position of the bottom surface thereof is the same as the vertical position of the lower ends of the plurality of support columns. .

Further, in the rack having the pallet function of the present invention, at least a part of the support column is provided at the upper and lower ends of the support and the lower end of the support so that the protrusions fit inside the support column. It is preferable to further have a formed recess.

According to this configuration, when another rack is placed on the upper side of the rack, the convex portion provided on the upper end portion of the lower rack post portion is changed to the lower end portion of the upper rack post portion. It fits into a recess formed inside . That is, racks can be stacked and used. Therefore, storage efficiency can be further increased.

In addition, in the rack having a pallet function according to the present invention, the plurality of support portions include a plurality of the support portions whose vertical distances from the upper ends of the support columns to the upper ends of the support portions are adjacent in the vertical direction. The vertical distance between the plurality of support portions adjacent to each other in the vertical direction is longer than the vertical distance between the portions, and the vertical distance from the lower end of the support column to the lower ends of the plurality of support portions. It is preferable to be provided so as to be longer .

Furthermore, in the rack having a pallet function according to the present invention, among the four side surfaces formed between the column portions adjacent to each other around the bottom portion, the three side surfaces other than the side surface disposed in front of the fork hole opening. Oite to one side disposed on at least the rear of the side, while being fixed to the bottom portion preferably further has a fence portion disposed upward.

  According to this structure, the fall of the articles | goods mounted in the rack can be suppressed by the fence part.

  In addition, in the rack having a pallet function of the present invention, it is preferable that the length of the shelf board along the pair of rails is shorter than the length of the pair of rails.

  According to this configuration, by supporting the shelf board shorter than the length of the pair of rails on the support portion, for example, the shelf board can be arranged avoiding the article having a high height, and according to the height of the article. A shelf board can be arranged to increase the storage efficiency of the rack.

  In addition, in the rack having the pallet function of the present invention, the length of the shelf board along the pair of rails is a length that allows the shelf board to be arranged in a plurality along the pair of rails. Is preferred.

  According to this configuration, when the shelf is supported by the rail, the shelf on the near side in the longitudinal direction of the fork can be removed to easily place the article or take out the article below the shelf. It becomes.

  In another aspect, the storage system of the present invention includes a rack having any one of the pallet functions described above and a permanent rack that accommodates the rack having the pallet function therein.

  According to this configuration, articles can be placed on the bottom part and the shelf board in the rack having a pallet function that is accommodated in the permanent rack. Therefore, when the articles handled in the physical distribution process are a small variety of products, different types of articles can be placed on the bottom and the shelf board. Moreover, since the shelf board is only supported by the rail, the work of attaching and removing the shelf board is easy. Therefore, a shelf board can be attached or removed as appropriate according to the amount and size of the article to be placed. When the amount of articles placed on the bottom is small or when the size is small, a shelf board is attached and used, so that useless space is not generated above the article placed on the bottom and the storage efficiency is increased. be able to. Furthermore, since the fork hole into which the fork of the forklift can be inserted is formed inside and has a fork insertion part configured to be able to support the bottom part, a plurality of types of articles respectively placed on the bottom part and the shelf board Can be transported at once by forklift. Therefore, the work efficiency of carrying in / out goods can be improved.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the storage efficiency of the distribution warehouse and the work efficiency of loading / unloading articles.

It is a perspective view of the rack which has a pallet function of this embodiment. (A) is a front view of the rack shown in FIG. 1, (b) is a side view of the rack shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the storage system of this embodiment. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the rack shown in FIG. 1 is placed directly on the floor of a warehouse, where (a) shows a case where the racks are used alone, and (b) shows a case where the racks are stacked and used.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The rack 1 according to the present embodiment has a function as a pallet and can be transported by a forklift. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 (a), and 2 (b), the rack 1 includes a main body 2 and four flat shelf plates 90. The main body 2 includes a substantially rectangular bottom portion 10, four support column portions 20, a support portion 30 that supports the shelf plate 90, and a cylindrical member 40 that is disposed below the bottom portion 10. In the following description, the left front side in FIG. 1 is referred to as “front (front)”, and the right back side is referred to as “rear”. Further, the right side in the front view is simply “right”, and the left side in the front view is simply “left”. Furthermore, the reference to the vertical direction and the horizontal in the following description is based on the premise that the rack 1 is placed on a horizontal floor.

An upper surface 12 of the bottom portion 10 is a horizontal plane having a rectangular shape, and is a surface on which an article can be placed. A cylindrical member 40 is disposed below the bottom 10. The tubular member 40 corresponds to the fork insertion portion of the present invention. An inner space formed inside the tubular member 40 is a fork hole 41 into which a fork of a forklift can be inserted. The fork hole 41 is open to the front and extends in the front-rear direction. The cylindrical member 40 is provided in a pair of left and right corresponding to the two forks provided in the forklift. The pair of cylindrical members 40 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center position in the left-right direction of the rack 1. Therefore, two forks of the forklift can be inserted into the fork holes 41 of the pair of cylindrical members 40 from the front of the rack 1. That is, the longitudinal direction of the fork hole 41 corresponds to the front-rear direction of the rack 1. The tubular member 40 is provided so that the bottom 10 can be supported by a fork inserted into the fork hole 41. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 (a) and 2 (b), the cylindrical member 40 has a lower surface in the vertical direction that is the same as the vertical position of the lower ends of four support columns 20 described later. The cylindrical member 40 and the four support | pillar parts 20 are earth | grounded by the horizontal installation surface.

The four support columns 20 are fixed to the four corners of the bottom 10 and are arranged upward. At the upper end portion of each column portion 20, a convex portion 21 protruding upward is provided. Moreover, the recessed part 22 (it shows with the broken line in FIG. 2 (a), (b)) formed in the inside of each support | pillar part 20 so that the convex part 21 may fit in the lower end part of each support | pillar part 20 is provided. . Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4B, when another rack 1 is placed above the rack 1, the convex portion 21 provided at the upper end portion of the column portion 20 of the lower rack 1 becomes the upper rack 1. It fits into the recessed part 22 provided in the lower end part of the support | pillar part 20.

  The four support columns 20 form four side surfaces 51 to 54. The four side surfaces 51 to 54 are formed between the column portions 20 adjacent around the bottom portion 10. The side surface 51 is disposed on the front side, the side surface 52 is disposed on the right side, the side surface 53 is disposed on the rear side, and the side surface 54 is disposed on the left side. The side surface 51 is disposed in the direction in which the fork hole 41 opens. A frame portion 25 is fixed to the upper portion of the column portion 20. The frame portion 25 has a U-shape when viewed from above, and is disposed across three side surfaces 52 to 54 other than the side surface 51 disposed on the front surface. That is, the frame portion 25 has a first portion 25a disposed across the two support columns 20 arranged in the front and rear on the right side, and a first portion 25a disposed over the two support columns 20 arranged in the front and rear on the left. It consists of the 2 part 25b and the 3rd part 25c arrange | positioned ranging over the two support | pillar parts 20 located in the right and left in back. The first portion 25a, the second portion 25b, and the third portion 25c are all horizontally disposed.

  In three side surfaces 52 to 54 other than the side surface 51 disposed in front of the bottom portion 10, the fence portion 27 is fixed to the bottom portion 10. Two fence portions 27 are provided on each of the side surfaces 52 to 54 and are arranged upward. All of the fence portions 27 extend from the bottom portion 10 to the frame portion 25. On the right side surface 52 and the left side surface 54, two fence portions 27 are arranged in the front-rear direction between the two support columns 20 arranged in the front-rear direction. In the rear side surface 53, two fence portions 27 are arranged apart from each other between the two support columns 20 arranged side by side.

The support part 30 has a pair of rails 31 arranged horizontally across the two support pillars 20 arranged in the front-rear direction. The front-rear direction is the longitudinal direction of the fork hole 41. That is, one of the pair of rails 31 is disposed on the two support columns 20 arranged in the front and rear direction on the right side, and the other is disposed on the two support columns 20 aligned in the front and rear direction on the left side. The pair of rails 31 are arranged along the front-rear direction. The pair of rails 31 included in the support portion 30 are arranged at the same height. A pair of rails 31, by welding For example, is fixed to the support portion 20. The support part 30 can support the shelf board 90 in a horizontal state by supporting both ends of the shelf board 90 with a pair of rails 31. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 (a) and 2 (b), in this embodiment, five support portions 30 are provided. The pair of rails 31 included in each of the five support portions 30 are arranged at different heights. The five support portions 30 have a vertical distance from the upper end of the support column 20 to the upper end of the five support portions 30 longer than the vertical distance between the five support portions 30 adjacent in the vertical direction, and The vertical distance from the lower ends of the support columns 20 to the lower ends of the five support portions 30 is set to be longer than the vertical distance between the five support portions 30 adjacent in the vertical direction.

  The shelf board 90 is a rectangular flat plate. The shelf plate 90 is disposed above the bottom portion 10. The upper surface of the shelf plate 90 supported by the support unit 30 is a horizontal plane, and is a surface on which an article can be placed. The width W (see FIG. 1) of the shelf board 90 is substantially equal to the distance between the pair of rails 31. Therefore, the width direction both ends of the shelf board 90 can be supported by the pair of rails 31. Further, if the length of the pair of rails 31 in the front-rear direction is L (see FIG. 1), the depth D (see FIG. 1) of the shelf board 90 is smaller than L / 2. The length in the front-rear direction of the pair of rails 31 of the shelf board 90 is a length along the pair of rails 31 of the shelf board 90. The depth D of the shelf board 90 is a length that can be arranged side by side along the pair of rails 31. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2B, two shelf boards 90 can be arranged on one support part 30 in the front-rear direction. The rack 1 of the present embodiment includes four shelf boards 90, and the two support portions 30 support the shelf boards 90 by two each. That is, in FIG. 1 and FIGS. 2A and 2B, the bottom support portion 30 and the second support portion 30 from the top support the shelf plate 90.

  Which of the five support sections 30 is set with the shelf 90 depends on the amount and size of the articles placed on the top surface 12 of the bottom 10 or the shelf 90 attached to one support section 30. It can be changed appropriately according to. Further, depending on the amount and size of the article, the shelf plate 90 may be set and used only on one support portion 30, or the shelf plate 90 may be used without being set at all.

  Next, the storage system 100 of this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the storage system 100 includes a rack 1 having the above pallet function and a permanent rack 101 installed in a distribution warehouse. The permanent rack 101 can accommodate the rack 1 therein.

  The permanent rack 101 includes a base 110 disposed on the floor 102 of the warehouse, four frames 120 disposed upward from the base 110, and a beam 130 disposed horizontally across the adjacent frames 120. Have. In FIG. 3, only the two frames 120 positioned in the front are shown, and the remaining two frames 120 are arranged behind the two frames 120. The beam 130 is disposed across two frames 120 adjacent to each other on the left and right in the front and rear. The beams 130 are respectively arranged at three different height positions of the frame 120. The permanent rack 101 can mount the rack 1 or the pallet 200 on the upper surface of the base 110 and the beams 130 provided at three height positions. Moreover, two racks 1 or two pallets 200 can be placed side by side on the permanent rack 101 shown in FIG. That is, the entire permanent rack 101 can accommodate eight racks 1 or pallets 200.

  As described above, since the rack 1 has the fork holes 41, it can be used as a so-called pallet. That is, it can be carried into and out of the distribution warehouse by a forklift with the article placed on the upper surface 12 of the bottom 10 or the shelf 90. As shown in FIG. 3, the rack 1 carried into the distribution warehouse is accommodated in a permanent rack 101 in the warehouse. That is, the articles carried into the warehouse while being placed on the rack 1 can be stored in the warehouse as they are (while being placed on the rack 1).

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the rack 1 can be placed directly on the floor surface 102 and used in the distribution warehouse. At this time, the rack 1 may be used alone as shown in FIG. 4A, or the racks 1 may be stacked and used as shown in FIG. 4B. As described above, in FIG. 4B, when another rack 1 is placed above the rack 1, the convex portion 21 provided on the upper end portion of the column portion 20 of the lower rack 1 is formed on the upper rack 1. It fits into a recess 22 provided at the lower end of the column 20.

  As described above, the rack 1 of the present embodiment has the fork hole 41 into which the fork of the forklift can be inserted, and has a pallet function. The rack 1 includes a main body 2 and four flat shelf plates 90. The main body 2 includes a rectangular bottom portion 10 on which an article can be placed, four strut portions 20 that are fixed to the four corners of the bottom portion 10 and arranged upward, and two struts arranged in the front-rear direction. The support part 30 which has a pair of rail 31 arrange | positioned ranging over the part 20 and the cylindrical member 40 in which the fork hole 41 was formed are provided. The pair of rails 31 can support the shelf plate 90. Therefore, articles can be placed on the upper surface 12 of the bottom 10 and the shelf plate 90, respectively. Therefore, different types of articles can be placed on the upper surface 12 of the bottom portion 10 and the shelf board 90 when the articles handled in the physical distribution process are a small variety of products. In addition, since the shelf plate 90 is only supported by the rail 31, the operation of attaching and removing the shelf plate 90 is easy. Therefore, a shelf board can be attached or removed as appropriate according to the amount and size of the article to be placed. When the amount of articles to be placed on the upper surface 12 of the bottom portion 10 is small or the size is small, the shelf board 90 is attached and used, so that no wasteful space is created above the articles placed on the bottom portion 10. Storage efficiency can be increased. Further, a fork hole 41 into which a fork of a forklift can be inserted is formed inside and has a cylindrical member 40 configured to be able to support the bottom 10, so that it is mounted on the upper surface 12 of the bottom 10 and the shelf plate 90. A plurality of types of articles placed thereon can be transported at once by a forklift. Therefore, the work efficiency of carrying in / out goods can be improved.

  Further, in the rack 1 of the present embodiment, the five support portions 30 that support the shelf plate 90 are provided at different height positions. Therefore, a state in which the shelf plate 90 is used without being attached, a state in which the shelf plate 90 is attached to the one support portion 30 and a state in which the shelf plate 90 is attached to the plurality of support portions 30 are selected. it can. Moreover, the height position of the shelf 90 to be attached can be easily changed. Therefore, the shelf board 90 to be used is matched to the quantity and size of the same kind article among the articles to be handled, that is, the quantity and size of the article placed on the shelf board 90 attached to the bottom 10 or one support part 30. And the mounting position of the shelf 90 can be changed as appropriate. Therefore, the storage efficiency can be further increased.

  Furthermore, the rack 1 of this embodiment has each support | pillar part 20 provided with the convex part 21 provided in the upper part, and the recessed part 22 formed in the lower part so that the convex part 21 might fit. Therefore, when another rack 1 is placed above the rack 1, the convex portion 21 provided on the upper portion of the column portion 20 of the lower rack 1 becomes the concave portion provided on the lower portion of the column portion 20 of the upper rack 1. 22. That is, the racks 1 can be stacked and used. Therefore, storage efficiency can be further increased.

  In addition, the rack 1 of the present embodiment has a frame portion 25 that is fixed to the upper portion of the column portion 20 and is disposed across three side surfaces 52 to 54 other than the side surface 51 that is disposed in front of the bottom portion 10. Therefore, the strength of the rack 1 can be increased by the frame portion 25. Further, since the side surface 51 arranged in the direction in which the fork hole 41 is opened does not have the frame portion 25, the frame portion 25 does not hinder the work of loading and unloading articles on the rack 1.

  Furthermore, the rack 1 of the present embodiment has a fence portion 27 that is fixed to the bottom portion 10 and is disposed upward on three side surfaces 52 to 54 other than the side surface 51 disposed on the front surface. Therefore, the fence part 27 can suppress the fall of the article placed on the rack 1.

  In the rack 1 of the present embodiment, two shelf plates 90 are arranged side by side along the front-rear direction with respect to the pair of rails 31. Therefore, when the shelf 90 is supported on the rail 31, by removing the shelf 90 on the near side, it is easy to place the article below the shelf 90 and to take out the article.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described based on drawing, it should be thought that a specific structure is not limited to these embodiment. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description of the embodiments but by the scope of claims for patent, and further includes all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims for patent.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the five support portions 30 are provided at different height positions has been described, but the number of the support portions 30 is not limited thereto. It is sufficient that at least one support part 30 is provided.

  Moreover, in the above-mentioned embodiment, each support | pillar part 20 has the convex part 21 provided in the upper end part, and the recessed part 22 provided in the lower end part and formed so that the convex part 21 might fit. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the convex portions 21 and the concave portions 22 do not need to be provided on the four support columns 20, and may be provided only on the two support columns 20 at the front, for example. Or such a convex part 21 and the recessed part 22 do not need to be provided.

  Furthermore, although the above-mentioned embodiment demonstrated the case where it had the frame part 25 fixed over the upper part of the support | pillar part 20, and was arrange | positioned ranging over three side surfaces 52-54 other than the side surface 51 arrange | positioned in the front, The configuration of the unit 25 is not limited to this. That is, for example, the frame part 25 may be provided not in the upper part of the column part 20 but in an intermediate part.

  In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the three side surfaces 52 to 54 other than the side surface 51 disposed on the front surface are fixed to the bottom portion 10 and have the fence portion 27 disposed upward is described. However, it is not limited to this. The fence part 27 should just adhere to the bottom part 10 of the at least 1 side surface of the three side surfaces 52-54 other than the side surface 51 arrange | positioned in the front. Alternatively, the fence portion 27 may not be provided. Moreover, if the fall of the articles | goods mounted in the rack 1 can be suppressed, the structure of the fence part 27 can be changed suitably. That is, for example, a fence portion that is disposed across two strut portions 20 arranged in the front-rear direction and two strut portions 20 arranged in the left-right direction at the rear and extending horizontally may be provided.

  Moreover, although the above-mentioned embodiment demonstrated the case where two shelf boards 90 were arrange | positioned along with the front-back direction with respect to a pair of rail 31, it is not limited to this. That is, one shelf plate 90 may be arranged for the pair of rails 31, or three or more shelf plates 90 may be arranged.

  Furthermore, although the length regarding the front-back direction of a pair of rail 31 was set to L and the above-mentioned embodiment demonstrated the case where the depth D of the shelf board 90 was smaller than L / 2, it is not limited to this. The length D along the pair of rails 31 of the shelf board 90 may be shorter than the length L of the pair of rails 31. According to this configuration, for example, the shelf 90 can be arranged avoiding high-height items by supporting the shelf 90 with a depth shorter than the length L of the pair of rails 31 by the support unit 30. The shelf 90 according to the height of the articles can be arranged to increase the storage efficiency of the rack 1.

  Moreover, although the above-mentioned embodiment demonstrated the case where the four shelf boards 90 were provided and the shelf board 90 can be set and used for the two support parts 30 at the maximum, it is not limited to this. That is, four or more shelf boards 90 may be provided.

  Furthermore, although the above-mentioned embodiment demonstrated the case where the upper surface 12 of the bottom part 10 was a plane, it is not limited to this. The upper part of the bottom part 10 should just be a shape which can mount an article | item, for example, may be net shape. Further, the same applies to the shelf plate 90. In the above-described embodiment, the case of a flat plate shape has been described. However, a net-like plate may be used as long as an article can be placed thereon.

  In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the cylindrical member 40 provided below the bottom portion 10 has been described as the fork insertion portion. However, the fork insertion portion having the fork hole 41 therein is formed integrally with the bottom portion 10 itself. It may be.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where two racks 1 or pallets 200 can be placed side by side on the permanent rack 101 and eight racks 1 or pallets 200 can be accommodated in the permanent rack 101 as a whole has been described. However, the number of racks 1 or pallets 200 that can be accommodated in the permanent rack 101 is not limited to this. That is, the number of racks 1 or pallets 200 that can be accommodated in one stage of the permanent rack 101 may be one, or three or more. Further, the number of stages that can be accommodated in the rack 1 or the pallet 200 of the permanent rack 101 may be three or less, or may be five or more.

  By using the present invention, it is possible to provide a rack and a storage system having a pallet function that can improve the storage efficiency of a distribution warehouse and the work efficiency of loading / unloading articles.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rack 10 Bottom part 20 Supporting part 21 Convex part 22 Concave part 25 Frame part 27 Fence part 30 Support part 31 Rail 40 Cylindrical member (fork insertion part)
41 Fork hole 90 Shelf board 100 Storage system 101 Permanent rack

Claims (8)

A rack having a pallet function that is used in a logistics process in which the goods to be handled are small quantities and various types,
A rectangular bottom which can be placed said article,
Disposed above the bottom, one or a plurality of shelves capable of mounting the article,
Fixed at the four corners of the bottom, and at least four struts arranged upward;
A fork lift fork can be inserted , and a fork hole that opens to the front and extends in the front-rear direction is formed inside, and is configured by a cylindrical member that is disposed below the bottom , and the fork hole A fork insertion portion configured to be able to support the bottom by the fork inserted into
Disposed fixed over two of the strut aligned in the longitudinal direction of the fork holes corresponding to the longitudinal direction, the shelf plate have a pair of rails capable of supporting, a plurality at different height positions with each other a support portion that is,
Of the four side surfaces formed between the supporting column portions adjacent to each other around the bottom portion, the upper surface of the supporting column unit is arranged across three side surfaces other than the side surface disposed in front of the fork hole. A frame portion fixed to
A rack having a pallet function. The said cylindrical member is comprised so that the position of the up-down direction of the lower surface may become the same as the position of the up-down direction of the lower end of several said support | pillar part, The pallet function of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. rack. At least a part of the column part further includes a convex part provided at the upper end part and a concave part provided at the lower end part and formed inside the post part so as to fit the convex part. Item 3. A rack having a pallet function according to item 1 or 2. The plurality of support portions are
The vertical distance from the upper end of the support column to the upper ends of the plurality of support units is longer than the vertical distance between the plurality of support units adjacent in the vertical direction, and
The vertical distance from the lower end of the support column to the lower ends of the plurality of support units is longer than the vertical distance between the plurality of support units adjacent in the vertical direction. The rack which has a pallet function of any one of Claims 1-3. Of the four side surfaces formed between the column portions adjacent to each other around the bottom portion, at least one of the three side surfaces other than the side surface disposed at the front where the fork hole opens is disposed at the rear . Oite a side surface, the while being secured to the bottom rack having a pallet function according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a fence portion disposed upward.   The rack having a pallet function according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a length of the at least one shelf board along the pair of rails is shorter than a length of the pair of rails. .   The length along the pair of rails of the shelf plate is a length that allows a plurality of the shelf plates to be arranged along the pair of rails. A rack having the pallet function described in the item. A rack having the pallet function according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A storage system having a permanent rack for accommodating therein a rack having the pallet function.

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