Rack for automated warehouses
A rack for automated warehouses includes: a plurality of first support posts arranged on an installation surface along a first horizontal direction; a plurality of second support posts arranged on the installation surface along the first horizontal direction; a plurality of beam members laid over between the first support posts and the second support posts; a plurality of upper intermediate posts disposed on upper sides of the beam members and connected to the beam members; and a plurality of lower intermediate posts disposed between the installation surface and the beam members and connected to the beam members. The lower intermediate posts include a plurality of first lower intermediate posts disposed in series along the first horizontal direction. The first lower intermediate posts are disposed such that the distance to the first support posts is greater than the distance to the second support posts.
1. A rack for automated warehouses comprising:
a plurality of first support posts adapted to be arranged on an installation surface along a first horizontal direction;
a plurality of second support posts disposed to face the first support posts in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction, and adapted to be arranged on the installation surface along the first horizontal direction;
a plurality of beam members laid over between the first support posts and the second support posts;
a plurality of upper intermediate posts disposed on upper sides of the beam members and connected to the beam members; and
a plurality of lower intermediate posts adapted to be disposed between the installation surface and the beam members and connected to the beam members, wherein
the lower intermediate posts include a plurality of first lower intermediate posts disposed in series along the first horizontal direction, and
the first lower intermediate posts are disposed such that the distance to the first support posts in the second horizontal direction is greater than the distance to the second support posts in the second horizontal direction.
2. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 1 , wherein
the lower intermediate posts further comprise a plurality of second lower intermediate posts disposed in series along the first horizontal direction, and
the second lower intermediate posts are disposed such that the distance to the second support posts in the second horizontal direction is greater than the distance to the first support posts in the second horizontal direction.
3. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 2 , wherein
the first lower intermediate posts are disposed in series between one end portion of the rack and a middle portion of the rack in the first horizontal direction, and
the second lower intermediate posts are disposed in series between the middle portion of the rack and the other end portion of the rack in the first horizontal direction.
4. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 3 further comprising:
a first brace member disposed on portions of the first support posts facing the first lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction, the portions of the first support posts located on lower sides of the beam members; and
a second brace member disposed on portions of the second support posts facing the second lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction, the portions of the second support posts located on lower sides of the beam members.
5. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 3 , wherein each of the first lower intermediate posts and each of the second lower intermediate posts have such shapes that the width thereof in the second horizontal direction is larger than the width thereof in the first horizontal direction.
6. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 3 further comprising:
a first shelf holder disposed on a pair of first lower intermediate posts adjacent to each other among the first lower intermediate posts and a pair of second support posts facing the pair of first lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction among the second support posts; and
a second shelf holder disposed on a pair of second lower intermediate posts adjacent to each other among the second lower intermediate posts and a pair of first support posts facing the pair of second lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction among the first support posts.
7. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 2 further comprising:
a first brace member disposed on portions of the first support posts facing the first lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction, the portions of the first support posts located on lower sides of the beam members; and
a second brace member disposed on portions of the second support posts facing the second lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction, the portions of the second support posts located on lower sides of the beam members.
8. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 7 , wherein each of the first lower intermediate posts and each of the second lower intermediate posts have such shapes that the width thereof in the second horizontal direction is larger than the width thereof in the first horizontal direction.
9. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 7 further comprising:
a first shelf holder disposed on a pair of first lower intermediate posts adjacent to each other among the first lower intermediate posts and a pair of second support posts facing the pair of first lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction among the second support posts; and
a second shelf holder disposed on a pair of second lower intermediate posts adjacent to each other among the second lower intermediate posts and a pair of first support posts facing the pair of second lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction among the first support posts.
10. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 2 , wherein each of the first lower intermediate posts and each of the second lower intermediate posts have such shapes that the width thereof in the second horizontal direction is larger than the width thereof in the first horizontal direction.
11. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 10 further comprising:
a first shelf holder disposed on a pair of first lower intermediate posts adjacent to each other among the first lower intermediate posts and a pair of second support posts facing the pair of first lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction among the second support posts; and
a second shelf holder disposed on a pair of second lower intermediate posts adjacent to each other among the second lower intermediate posts and a pair of first support posts facing the pair of second lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction among the first support posts.
12. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 2 further comprising:
a first shelf holder disposed on a pair of first lower intermediate posts adjacent to each other among the first lower intermediate posts and a pair of second support posts facing the pair of first lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction among the second support posts; and
a second shelf holder disposed on a pair of second lower intermediate posts adjacent to each other among the second lower intermediate posts and a pair of first support posts facing the pair of second lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction among the first support posts.
13. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 2 further comprising:
a first shelf holder disposed on a pair of first lower intermediate posts adjacent to each other among the first lower intermediate posts and a pair of second support posts facing the pair of first lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction among the second support posts; and
a second shelf holder disposed on a pair of second lower intermediate posts adjacent to each other among the second lower intermediate posts and a pair of first support posts facing the pair of second lower intermediate posts in the second horizontal direction among the first support posts.
14. The rack for automated warehouses according to claim 1 , wherein the first lower intermediate posts are disposed in series from one end portion to of the rack the other end portion of the rack in the first horizontal direction.