CN114139921A

CN114139921A - Logistics system

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Publication number: CN114139921A
Application number: CN202111421850.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李金卫
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2021-11-26
Filing date: 2021-11-26
Publication date: 2022-03-04

Abstract

The invention discloses a logistics system which comprises an initial distribution center, a transfer distribution center, a target distribution center, a plurality of conveying pipelines, an unmanned freight vehicle, a transfer platform, a vertical freight elevator and an unloading platform, wherein the initial distribution center is connected with the transfer distribution center; objects are conveyed among the initial distribution center, the transit distribution center and the target distribution center through conveying pipelines; objects are conveyed between the target distribution center and the transfer platform through a conveying pipeline or an unmanned freight car; the transfer platform and the unloading platform convey the objects through a vertical goods elevator; the conveying pipeline comprises a shell and a first conveying belt; the unmanned freight vehicle comprises a freight cabin and a second conveyor belt; the transfer platform comprises a transfer bin and a third conveyor belt; the vertical goods elevator is arranged on the side edge of a balcony of the residential building and comprises a channel, a lift car and a fourth conveyor belt; the unloading platform is arranged in the balcony and comprises an unloading bin and a fifth conveyor belt. The invention can realize automatic unmanned object conveying by virtue of the conveying pipeline and the conveying belts at all levels.

Description

Logistics system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of logistics, in particular to a logistics system.

Background

In recent years, due to rapid development and popularization of the e-commerce express industry, the number of express packages is increasing day by day, people are dependent on the e-commerce express industry, and e-commerce logistics packages are developed into necessities of daily life of people like water, electricity, food and the like. But the increase of express delivery volume also brings certain drawback to city management:

firstly, a large number of remote and midway express packages need to be transported by freight cars, so that the urban traffic pressure is increased, and a series of problems such as air pollution, traffic noise and the like are caused;

secondly, most of the middle-distance and short-distance express packages are sent by manpower (namely, the express guys) in a time-consuming manner, so that the express guys break through traffic regulations (retrograde motion, red light running and the like) to rush time and send a plurality of packages without worrying about life risks, and further the traffic regulations and even malignant traffic accidents related to express delivery and takeaway are endless;

express packages in short distance are only sent to each cell by 'express guy', distribution routes and sequences need to be planned before distribution, traffic rules need to be followed during distribution, requirements on orientation, space, experience, personal quality, self-discipline and the like of distribution personnel are extremely high, and the upper limit of distribution efficiency is not high, so that manual distribution cannot meet the requirements of current development of the logistics industry of the e-commerce;

and fourthly, the artificial distribution mode with contact still exists in the important period of preventing the recurrence and diffusion of the epidemic situation, the potential risk of spreading the epidemic situation exists, and particularly in the region with part of the epidemic situation outbreak, the artificial distribution mode is difficult to continue, so that the material supply in the blocked cell is difficult.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a logistics system, which changes the existing object transportation and distribution mode, breaks through the bottleneck of manual distribution and is matched with the fast-developing e-commerce logistics industry.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the solution of the invention is:

a logistics system comprises an initial distribution center, a transfer distribution center, a target distribution center, a plurality of conveying pipelines, an unmanned freight vehicle, a transfer platform, a vertical freight elevator and an unloading platform; the initial distribution center, the transfer distribution center and the target distribution center sequentially transmit the objects step by step through the transmission pipelines; objects are conveyed between the target distribution center and the transfer platform through the conveying pipeline or the unmanned freight car; the transfer platform and the unloading platform convey articles through the vertical cargo lift; the conveying pipeline comprises a shell and a first conveying belt arranged in the shell; the unmanned freight vehicle comprises a freight cabin and a second conveyor belt arranged in the freight cabin; the transfer platform comprises a transfer bin and a third conveyor belt arranged in the transfer bin; the vertical goods elevator is arranged on the side edge of a balcony of the residential building and comprises a vertically arranged channel, a lift car matched in the channel in a lifting way, and a fourth conveyor belt arranged in the lift car; the unloading platform is arranged on a balcony of a residential building and comprises an unloading bin and a fifth conveyor belt arranged in the unloading bin.

The initial distribution center is a city-level or region-level object distribution center or a storage dispatching center used by different merchants.

The transfer distribution center is a district-level or street-level object distribution center.

The target distribution center is a property gate sentry or an express management department of the community.

The system comprises a plurality of initial distribution centers, a plurality of target distribution centers, a plurality of transfer centers and a plurality of transfer pipelines, wherein the transfer pipelines between the initial distribution centers are connected end to form a closed loop, the transfer pipelines between the transfer distribution centers are connected end to form a closed loop, the transfer pipelines of the initial distribution centers, the transfer distribution centers and the target distribution centers are connected to the same junction after being connected, the transfer pipelines divide a city into a plurality of areas, and the target distribution centers are correspondingly arranged in the areas.

Pipeline buries underground or city underground municipal utility tunnel in the urban road both sides greenbelt underground, or sets up or unsettled setting on the ground of urban road both sides greenbelt, or unsettled setting under the overpass.

The transfer platform is provided with a signal transmitter, and the unmanned freight vehicle is provided with a navigation device which is used for receiving the position signal of the signal transmitter and navigating the unmanned freight vehicle to the transfer platform.

And the unmanned freight is provided with an obstacle sensing device which is used for sensing obstacles around the unmanned freight and sending the position information of the obstacles to the navigation device to realize automatic obstacle avoidance.

At least one of the freight cabin, the transfer cabin, the lift car and the unloading cabin is internally provided with a multifunctional device, and the multifunctional device is used for disinfecting, security inspection and weighing objects.

The automatic elevator is characterized in that a first automatic door is arranged at an outlet of the freight cabin, a second automatic door and a third automatic door which are positioned at two ends of the third conveyor belt are arranged in the transfer cabin, a fourth automatic door and a fifth automatic door which are positioned at two ends of the fourth conveyor belt are arranged in the car, and a sixth automatic door and a seventh automatic door which are positioned at two ends of the fifth conveyor belt are arranged in the unloading cabin.

And a first scanning device is arranged in the freight transport bin and is used for scanning the address of a receiver of the object receipt and then sending the address information to the navigation device.

A central control device and a second scanning device are arranged in the car; the central control device is used for controlling the working state of the vertical goods elevator; the second scanning device is used for identifying the address of a receiver of the object sticker and sending address information to the central control device.

The logistics system further comprises an intelligent trolley, and the intelligent trolley is used for transferring the articles unloaded by the unloading platform to the indoor space.

After the technical scheme is adopted, the conveying pipeline is adopted for carrying out logistics conveying, and compared with the traditional logistics mode, the occupation and influence of electric vehicles, motorcycles, automobiles and other vehicles on urban traffic are reduced, and traffic hidden troubles are avoided; the efficiency of logistics transportation is remarkably improved by using a special transportation pipeline; the logistics transportation and dispatching are carried out in a multi-stage distribution mode, the spatial positions can be reasonably designed according to the conditions of different cities, the standardization can be realized, the management is easier, the logistics transportation process is not influenced by external factors such as wind, rain and epidemic situations, and the continuity and stability of the logistics transportation are ensured;

furthermore, the unmanned freight vehicle, the transfer platform, the vertical goods elevator and the unloading platform are arranged, so that the objects can be automatically and contactlessly delivered to homes of residents from the doorway of the residential area, and the problems caused by manual delivery can be avoided: the system replaces manual work with the second conveyor belt, the third conveyor belt, the fourth conveyor belt and the fifth conveyor belt to realize short-distance distribution of the articles, is automatic and contactless in the whole process, can save labor force, and realizes safe, reliable and efficient article distribution; the object distribution is directly transmitted from the target distribution center to the rooms of residents, so that the situation of object loss can be greatly reduced; the special vertical goods elevator is adopted for distribution, the use of a common elevator is not occupied, and unnecessary influence on the life of residents can be reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a cell front end transportation mode according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a delivery conduit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a delivery conduit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a first schematic view of the installation of a delivery conduit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a second schematic view of the installation of a delivery conduit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a third schematic view of the installation of a delivery conduit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a back-end distribution mode of a cell according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the back-end distribution mode of a cell according to an embodiment of the present invention;

the reference numbers illustrate:

1- -initial distribution center; 2- -transit distribution center; 3- -target distribution center;

4-a conveying pipeline; 41- -the housing; 42- -first conveyor belt;

43- -article transport zone; 44- -equipment service area; 45- -protective layer;

5- -unmanned freight; 51- -freight warehouse; 52- -second conveyor belt;

53- -a navigation device; 54-obstacle sensing means; 55- -first automatic door;

56- -distance sensing means; 57- -first scanning means; 6- -a transit platform;

61- -transit bin; 62- -third conveyor; 63- -Signal emitter;

64- -second automatic door; 65- -third automatic door; 7-vertical freight elevator;

71- -a channel; 72- -car; 73- -a fourth conveyor belt;

74- -fourth automatic door; 75- -fifth automatic door; 76- -central control device;

77 — a second scanning device; 8-a landing platform; 81-unloading bin;

82- -fifth conveyor belt; 83- -sixth automatic door; 84- -seventh automatic door;

9- -balcony; 10- -the junction; 20- -a multifunctional device;

30- -Intelligent Trolley; a- - -green belt; b- - -comprehensive pipe gallery;

c- - -viaduct.

Detailed Description

In order to further explain the technical solution of the present invention, the present invention is explained in detail by the following specific examples.

The invention relates to a logistics system which comprises an initial distribution center 1, a transfer distribution center 2, a target distribution center 3, a plurality of conveying pipelines 4, an unmanned freight vehicle 5, a transfer platform 6, a vertical freight elevator 7 and an unloading platform 8;

objects are sequentially conveyed among the initial distribution center 1, the transit distribution center 2 and the target distribution center 3 through the conveying pipelines 4 step by step;

objects are conveyed between the target distribution center 3 and the transfer platform 6 through a conveying pipeline 4 or an unmanned freight car 5;

the transfer platform 6 and the unloading platform 8 convey the objects through a vertical goods elevator 7;

the conveying duct 4 includes a casing 41, and a first conveyor belt 42 disposed inside the casing 41;

the unmanned transportation vehicle 5 includes a transportation cabin 51, and a second conveyor belt 52 provided in the transportation cabin 51;

the transfer platform 6 comprises a transfer bin 61 and a third conveyor belt 62 arranged in the transfer bin 61;

the vertical goods lift 7 is arranged at the side edge of the balcony 9 of the residential building and comprises a vertically arranged channel 71, a lift car 72 which is in lifting fit with the channel 71, and a fourth conveyor belt 73 which is arranged in the lift car 72;

the landing platform 8 is provided on a balcony 9 of a residential building, and includes a landing bin 81, and a fifth conveyor belt 82 provided in the landing bin 81.

Referring to fig. 1-7, a specific embodiment of the present invention is shown.

Fig. 1 to 6 show the specific implementation of the transportation mode before the articles are transported to the cell:

the initial distribution center 1 is a city-level or regional-level item distribution center, or a storage dispatching center owned by different merchants, and items are distributed to the intermediate distribution center 2 or the initial distribution center 1 dispatched to other positions through manual or mechanical sorting.

The transit distribution center 2 is a district-level or street-level article distribution center, and the articles are distributed to different target distribution centers 3 or the transit distribution centers 2 dispatched to other positions through manual or mechanical sorting.

The target distribution center 3 is a property gate sentry or an express management department of a cell, and is used for managing express delivered to a certain cell, and facilitating arrangement of work for subsequent distribution of 'last 100 meters in the cell'.

In addition to the step-by-step distribution among the initial distribution centers 1, the relay distribution centers 2 and the target distribution centers 3, the object scheduling is realized among the adjacent initial distribution centers 1 through the conveying pipeline 4, and the object scheduling is realized among the adjacent relay distribution centers 2 through the conveying pipeline 4; the conveying pipelines 4 between the initial distribution centers 1 are connected end to form a closed loop, and ideally, the closed loop can be enclosed into a circular ring shape as shown in fig. 1 of the embodiment; the conveying pipelines 4 between the transit distribution centers 2 are connected end to form a closed loop, and ideally can be enclosed into a circular ring shape as shown in fig. 1 of the embodiment and are positioned in the circle of the initial distribution center 1; the conveying pipelines 4 of the initial distribution center 1, the transfer distribution center 2 and the target distribution centers 3 are connected to the same junction 10, the city is divided into a plurality of areas through the conveying pipelines 4, a plurality of target distribution centers 3 are correspondingly arranged in each area, and the object conveying efficiency is improved through reasonable planning design.

In some embodiments of the conveying pipe 4, an article conveying area 43 is disposed above the first conveyor belt 42, and an equipment maintenance area 44 is reserved below the first conveyor belt 42.

Regarding the position design of the conveying pipeline 4, referring to fig. 4, the conveying pipeline 4 can be buried underground in green belts a at two sides of an urban road like a gas, water and electric pipeline, or in an urban underground municipal comprehensive pipe gallery B; or as shown in fig. 5, the conveying pipeline 4 can be set up or suspended on the ground of the green belts a on both sides of the urban road; or as shown in fig. 6, the conveying pipe 4 is suspended under the viaduct C. The above position designs are all to fully and reasonably utilize some spare space in the existing city.

The outer periphery of the casing 41 may be covered with a protective layer 45 to prolong the service life of the conveying pipe 4.

In addition, the first conveyor belt 42 may be a one-way conveyor belt or a two-way conveyor belt, and is configured according to different use requirements, wherein when the first conveyor belt 42 is a one-way conveyor belt, the occupied space is small, but when the two-way conveyor belt is to be implemented, two conveying pipelines 4 with opposite conveying directions need to be arranged between two places.

FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of the distribution pattern after the objects are delivered to the cell:

the above-mentioned transfer platform 6 is provided with a signal transmitter 63, and the unmanned transportation vehicle 5 is provided with a navigation device 53 for receiving a position signal of the signal transmitter 63 and navigating the unmanned transportation vehicle 5 to the transfer platform 6.

Further, the unmanned transport vehicle 5 is further provided with an obstacle sensing device 54 for sensing obstacles around the unmanned transport vehicle 5 and sending position information of the obstacles to the navigation device 53, so that automatic obstacle avoidance is realized, and the unmanned transport vehicle 5 can be prevented from colliding with children, old people, cats and dogs and the like in a community in the advancing process. In addition, auxiliary devices (annunciators capable of transmitting position information) can be arranged under the ground or on both sides of the road of the cell to assist the unmanned transport vehicle 5 in better and more accurately delivering the object to the designated position.

At least one of the freight cabin 51, the transfer cabin 61, the lift car 72 and the unloading cabin 81 is internally provided with the multifunctional device 20, and the multifunctional device 20 is used for sterilizing, security inspection, weighing and the like of the objects, so that the transported objects can be sterilized before reaching the homes of residents, and the transportation system is safer, more sanitary and healthier. In this embodiment, the multifunctional device 20 is disposed in both the transfer bin 61 and the discharge bin 81. In this paragraph, the multifunction device 20 may be an integration of multiple functional devices.

A first automatic door 55 is provided at the exit of the freight container 51, a second automatic door 64 and a third automatic door 65 are provided at the opposite ends of the third conveyor 62 in the transfer container 61, a fourth automatic door 74 and a fifth automatic door 75 are provided at the opposite ends of the fourth conveyor 73 in the cage 72, and a sixth automatic door 83 and a seventh automatic door 84 are provided at the opposite ends of the fifth conveyor 82 in the unloading container 81; wherein, the first automatic door 55 and the second automatic door 64 are opened when the unmanned freight vehicle 5 approaches the transfer platform 6, the third automatic door 65 is opened when the car 72 approaches the transfer platform 6, the opening logic of the fourth automatic door 74 and the fifth automatic door 75 is similar to that of an elevator, the sixth automatic door 83 is opened when the car 72 approaches the unloading platform 8, and the seventh automatic door 84 is opened when the unloading platform 8 completes the security inspection. In addition, the understanding of "close" in this paragraph is that the distance value preset by the system is satisfied. After the respective movable doors are arranged, the freight cabin 51, the transfer cabin 61, the car 72, the unloading cabin 81 and the like can be kept in a normally closed state, so that the operations of disinfection, security inspection, weighing and the like can be conveniently carried out, and meanwhile, the objects can be prevented from being lost in the distribution process.

Further, the above-mentioned automatic door opening manner can be realized by arranging distance sensing devices on the two opposite doors, for example, a distance sensing device 56 is arranged at the tail of the unmanned cargo vehicle 5, the distance sensing device 56 is used for receiving a position signal of the signal transmitter 63, and simultaneously transmitting an opening signal to the first automatic door 55 and the second automatic door 64 when the distance between the two doors is smaller than a set threshold value, so as to transfer the two doors to the transfer bin 61. Furthermore, the first automatic door 55 can be opened by the manager in an emergency with the corresponding authority.

The objects on the unmanned transportation vehicle 5 can be loaded at the target distribution center 3 manually, so that the destination of the unmanned transportation vehicle 5 (i.e. the target address of the navigation device 53) can be manually input after loading, or a first scanning device 57 can be arranged in the transportation cabin 51, wherein the first scanning device 57 is used for scanning the address of the recipient of the object note, and then sending the address information to the navigation device 53, so as to realize the navigation of the unmanned transportation vehicle 5 to the transfer platform 6.

A central control device 76 and a second scanning device 77 are arranged in the car 72; the central control device 76 is used for controlling the working state of the car 72/the fourth conveyor belt 73/the fourth automatic door 74/the fifth automatic door 75; the second scanning device 77 is used for identifying the address of the recipient of the article posting order and sending the address information to the central control device 76, so that the car 72 can be lifted to the corresponding floor.

Both the first scanning device 57 and the second scanning device 77 are cameras.

The present invention also includes a smart cart 30 for transferring articles off the discharge platform 8 (i.e., the fifth conveyor 82) to (a designated location within) the room.

The working principle of the invention is as follows:

firstly, articles are sorted by an initial distribution center 1 and then distributed to a transfer distribution center 2 through a conveying pipeline 4, and then sorted by the transfer distribution center 2 and distributed to a target distribution center 3 through the conveying pipeline 4, and then are handed over to responsible persons of a community for management;

(II) delivery is performed as shown in FIG. 8:

after the object is loaded, the address of a receiver is manually input or the address of the receiver of an object sticker is identified by the first scanning device 57, then the navigation device 53 navigates the unmanned freight car 5 to the transfer platform 6 at the corresponding position according to the address information, and the first automatic door 55 is normally closed in the advancing process;

when the unmanned freight vehicle 5 reaches the destination, the tail of the vehicle faces the transfer platform 6, the distance sensing device 56 senses that the distance between the tail of the vehicle and the signal transmitter 63 (namely the transfer platform 6) meets the unloading distance (the object cannot fall from the gap between the conveyor belts of the tail of the vehicle and the signal transmitter, and can be set by itself), sends an opening signal to the first automatic door 55 and the second automatic door 64 to open the door, the second conveyor belt 52 and the third conveyor belt 62 are started, and the object is conveyed into the transfer bin 61 through the second conveyor belt 52 and the third conveyor belt 62 to be disinfected, safety checked, weighed and the like;

thirdly, the elevator car 72 descends to the position of the transfer platform 6, the third automatic door 65 and the fourth automatic door 74 are opened, the articles are conveyed into the elevator car 72 through the third conveyor belt 62 and the fourth conveyor belt 73, and the second scanning device 77 scans the addresses of the addressees of the article labels and sends the address information to the central control device 76;

the central control device 76 raises the car 72 to the corresponding floor according to the address information, and opens the fifth automatic door 75 and the fourth conveyor belt 73; at the same time, the sixth automatic door 83 is opened and the fifth conveyor 82 is activated, and the articles are transferred to the discharge bin 81 by the fourth conveyor 73 and the fifth conveyor 82.

And fifthly, performing secondary disinfection, security inspection, weighing and the like on the articles in the unloading bin 81, then opening the seventh automatic door 84, conveying the articles to the intelligent trolley 30 through the fifth conveyor belt 82, and transferring the articles to an indoor designated position by the intelligent trolley 30.

Through the scheme, the conveying pipeline 4 is adopted for carrying out logistics conveying, and compared with the traditional logistics mode, the occupation and influence of electric vehicles, motorcycles, automobiles and other vehicles on urban traffic are reduced, and traffic hidden troubles are avoided; the special conveying pipeline 4 is used, so that the efficiency of stream conveying is remarkably improved; the logistics transportation and dispatching are carried out in a multi-stage distribution mode, the spatial positions can be reasonably designed according to the conditions of different cities, the standardization can be realized, the management is easier, the logistics transportation process is not influenced by external factors such as wind, rain and epidemic situations, and the continuity and stability of the logistics transportation are ensured;

furthermore, the unmanned freight vehicle 5, the transfer platform 6, the vertical freight elevator 7 and the unloading platform 8 are arranged, so that the objects can be automatically and contactlessly delivered to the homes of residents from the doorway of the residential area, and the problems caused by manual delivery can be avoided: the system replaces manual work with the second conveyor belt 52, the third conveyor belt 62, the fourth conveyor belt 73 and the fifth conveyor belt 82 to realize short-distance distribution of the objects, is automatic and contactless in the whole process, can save labor force, and realizes safe, reliable and efficient distribution of the objects; the object distribution reaches the indoor of residents from the target distribution center 3, so that the situation of object loss can be greatly reduced; the special vertical goods elevator 7 is adopted for distribution, the use of a common elevator is not occupied, and unnecessary influence on the life of residents can be reduced.

The above embodiments and drawings are not intended to limit the form and style of the present invention, and any suitable changes or modifications thereof by those skilled in the art should be considered as not departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A logistics system, characterized by:

the system comprises an initial distribution center, a transfer distribution center, a target distribution center, a plurality of conveying pipelines, an unmanned freight car, a transfer platform, a vertical freight elevator and an unloading platform;

the initial distribution center, the transfer distribution center and the target distribution center sequentially transmit the objects step by step through the transmission pipelines;

objects are conveyed between the target distribution center and the transfer platform through the conveying pipeline or the unmanned freight car;

the transfer platform and the unloading platform convey articles through the vertical cargo lift;

the conveying pipeline comprises a shell and a first conveying belt arranged in the shell;

the unmanned freight vehicle comprises a freight cabin and a second conveyor belt arranged in the freight cabin;

the transfer platform comprises a transfer bin and a third conveyor belt arranged in the transfer bin;

the vertical goods elevator is arranged on the side edge of a balcony of the residential building and comprises a vertically arranged channel, a lift car matched in the channel in a lifting way, and a fourth conveyor belt arranged in the lift car;

the unloading platform is arranged on a balcony of a residential building and comprises an unloading bin and a fifth conveyor belt arranged in the unloading bin.

2. A logistics system according to claim 1, wherein:

3. A logistics system according to claim 1, wherein:

4. A logistics system according to claim 1, wherein:

5. A logistics system according to claim 1, wherein:

6. A logistics system according to claim 1, wherein:

7. A logistics system according to claim 1, wherein:

8. A logistics system according to claim 7, wherein:

9. A logistics system according to claim 1, wherein:

10. A logistics system according to claim 1, wherein:

11. A logistics system according to claim 1, wherein:

12. A logistics system according to claim 1, wherein:

13. A logistics system according to claim 1, wherein:

the intelligent trolley is used for transferring the articles unloaded by the unloading platform into a room.