OPTIMIZATION AND AUTOMATISATION MODEL FOR AUTOMOTIVE TIRE STORING

Abstract

The invention relates to automotive tire storing system (100) providing storage of the tires (200) used in automotive sector and building a storage-controlling automatisation. The invention particularly relates to automotive tire storing system (100) providing automatically detecting diameter of the tires (200), placing the tire at an appropriate position according to the detected diameter, firstly taking the tire stored in the first place thereout.

Claims

1. The invention relates to tire storing system (200) providing storage of the tires (200) used in automotive sector and control of the storehouse, characterized in that, it comprises Tire rack (110) providing movement of the tires (200) through gravity force thanks to its sloped structure, and providing the tire (200) stocked in the first place within the tire stocking system (100) to be able to be firstly taken as the first tire (200) out of the tire stocking system (100), Tire camera (133) detecting the dimension and diameter of the tire (200) to be charged into the tire stocking system (100), thereby transmitting to host computer the information pertaining to in which tire rack (110) the tire (200) will be stock, Rack sensor (135) detecting the number of tires (200) which gets in and out of tire stocking system (100) and transmitting the entry date and time of said tires and capacity of the tire rack (110) to the host computer, Tire lift (130) placing the tire (200) of which dimension and diameter are detected by the tire sensor (130), at the appropriate tire rack (110) through the information obtained by host computer.

2. The invention relates to tire storing system (200) providing storage of the tires (200) used in automotive sector and control of the storehouse, characterized in that, it comprises of the following process steps; Loading tire (200) to tire lift (130); Detecting dimension and diameter of tires by means of tire camera (133) on the tire lift (130); Stocking tire (200) into an appropriate tire rack (110) by means of tire holders (132) on the tire lift (130); Transmitting the information on number of the tires (200) in the tire rack (110) that is being loaded by means of rack lift (135) at the entry of the tire rack (110), Moving tire (200) towards end of the tire rack (110) by means of sloped structure of the tire rack (110); Taking the tire (200) reaching the end of the tire rack (110) out of tire stocking system (100); transmitting the output information of the tire (200) taken out of tire stocking system (100) to host computer by means of rack sensors (135) at the exit of the tire rack (110).

3. The invention is a tire stocking system (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that, the slope angle of the tire rack (110) is between 3-11.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0017] FIG. 1; is a drawing disclosing a perspective view of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

[0018] FIG. 2; is a drawing disclosing a frontal view of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

[0019] FIG. 3; is a drawing disclosing a tire moving view of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

[0020] FIG. 4; is a drawing disclosing a alternatively tire moving view of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

[0021] FIG. 5; is a drawing disclosing a view of tire-loaded state of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

[0022] FIG. 6; is a drawing disclosing a perspective view of the tire lift element of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

[0023] FIG. 7; is a drawing disclosing a frontal view of the tire lift element of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

[0024] FIG. 8; is a drawing disclosing a view of the tire camera element of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

[0025] FIG. 9; is a drawing disclosing a detailed sectional view of the tire lift element of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

[0026] FIG. 10; is a drawing disclosing a upper view of the tire lift element of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

[0027] FIG. 11; is a drawing disclosing a view of the upper rack sensor element of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

[0028] FIG. 12; is a drawing disclosing a view of the lower rack sensor element of the tire stocking system subject to the invention.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0029] 100. Tire Stocking System [0030] 110. Tire Rack [0031] 120. Rack Frame [0032] 130. Tire Lift [0033] 131. Lift Motor [0034] 132. Tire Holder [0035] 133. Tire Camera [0036] 134. Lift Chain [0037] 135. Rack Sensor [0038] 200. Tire

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0039] Tire stocking system (100) subject to the invention is comprised of the tire rack (110) produced in accordance with the desired height of any kind of storehouses and all tires (200) in different dimensions, and the tire lift (130) carrying tires (200) to said tire racks (110). Thereby, more car tires (200) can be stocked compared to storehouses in the same sizes.

[0040] Tire stocking system (100) subject to the invention is comprised of two main element, namely one is the tire rack (110) providing movement of the tires (200) through gravity force thanks to its sloped structure, and providing the tire (200) stocked in the first place within the tire stocking system (100) to be able to firstly taken as the first tire (200) out of the tire stocking system (100), the other is the tire lift (130) placing the tire (200) of which dimension and diameter are detected by the tire sensor (133) at the appropriate tire rack (110) through the information obtained by host computer.

[0041] In addition to this, in order to record the input and output of the tire stocking system (100), it comprises a tire camera (133) detecting the dimension and diameter of the tire (200) to be charged into the tire stocking system (100), thereby transmitting to host computer the information pertaining to in which tire rack (110) the tire (200) will be stocked and the rack sensors (135) positioned at the entry and exit of the tire rack (110).

[0042] One tire lift (130) is mounted on the side of the tire rack (110) that can be produced out of steel or aluminum. Said tire lift (130) pushes the tire (200) to desired tire rack (110) by reaching desired height and it is provided that the tire (200) moves through the tire rack (110) by means of gravity force. Stock control of the tire (200) is carried out by building a automatisation/PLC system in the time period in which the tire (200) is enter into the tire rack (110) after loaded to the tire lift (130). It is provided that the tire (200) stocked in the first place can be taken out as the first tire (200) to go. Thus, it is avoided that the car tires (200) having useful life time stay disorderly in storehouse. Depending on the stocking type, it is provided to avoid wearing of the tires (200) and human related issues. Within this scope, occupational accidents are decreased and a significant amount of energy can be saved. Furthermore, it is avoided that human related issues may occur in storehouses.

[0043] The tire (200) loaded by user to the tire lift (130) and sent to tire racks (110), can be taken out by the same user from the exit point at the lower floor by moving by means of gravity force through the tire rack (110) in sloped structure.

[0044] There are by-pass spaces in the certain floors for unexpected situations that may occur while tire (200) is moving through tire racks (110) and tires (200) can be taken out from said spaces.

[0045] Tire stocking system (100) subject to the invention comprises the following process steps;

Loading tire (200) to tire lift (130);
Detecting dimension and diameter of tires by means of tire camera (133) on the tire lift (130);
Stocking tire (200) into an appropriate tire rack (110) by means of tire holders (132) on the tire lift (130);
Transmitting the information on number of the tires (200) in the tire rack (110) that is being loaded by means of rack lift (135) at the entry of the tire rack (110);
Moving tire (200) towards end of the tire rack (110) by means of sloped structure of the tire rack (110);
Taking the tire (200) reaching the end of the tire rack (110) out of tire stocking system (100);
Transmitting the output information of the tire (200) taken out of tire stocking system (100) to host computer by means of rack sensor (135) at the exit of the tire rack (110).

[0046] The rack frame (120) made out of steel or aluminum in accordance with its capacity and size, can be constructed with square or rectangle sections. Tire racks (110) can be assembled through joining parts, screwing and welding depending on the material types and profiles. They can be produced both modularly in standard sizes and desired measurements.

[0047] There is no production restriction for height, depth and length of the tire rack (110).

[0048] Tire (200) moves towards end of the tire rack (110) with gravity force from the tire rack (110) of which slope angle varies between 3 and 11 after pushed towards to tire rack (110).

[0049] Tire (200) can be taken out of the tire stocking system (100) by variously moving through the tire rack (110).

[0050] Tire lift (130) carries a tire (200) to the top tire rack (110) in one of said movement characteristics and tire (200) rolls down to end of the tire rack (110) so as to drop down to a lower tire rack (110) through space therein and keep moving in the opposite direction. By carrying out those processes in all tire racks (110), it reaches the latest tire rack (110).

[0051] In a different movement characteristic, as shown in FIG. 4, tire lift (130) pushes tire to rack and tire (200) moves towards end of the tire rack (110) by means of gravity force. Afterwards, it drops down to the point of exit at the bottom from end of the tire rack (110). There are stoppers on the sides of the tire racks so as to prevent tires (200) getting damaged. Said stoppers significantly decreases speed of tires falling down. while there is a bidirectional run in the first movement characteristic, there is a unidirectional run in the second movement characteristic. Thus, the tire stocked in the first place, can be firstly taken out in both movement characteristics.

[0052] Tire lift is designed in a such way that it does not put an additional weight on the static load of the rack frame (120). Tire lift (130) is produced in a such way that it can be directly mounted to the tire frame (120) depending on the load that it will bear and placing the lift motor (131).

[0053] At least 4 sprockets placed on a chassis and an electrical lift motor (131) are mounted such that the tire lift (130) can carry tire (200). There are tire holders (132) pertinent to tire (200) dimensions on the lift chains (134). Said tire holders (132) take one tire (200) at a time and carry it to upper tire racks (110). It is provided that tire (200) is stocked in tire rack both through both stopping at the desired tire rack (110) and top tire rack (110). When tire lift (130) reaches the top tire rack (110), since tire holders (134) keep up turning, it pushes tire (200) into the tire rack (110) and keeps up turning by swinging. Thus, Tire (200) storing goes on continuously.

[0054] For detecting tire (200) dimension, when tire (200) is loaded into system by user, there is a tire camera (133) on the tire lift (130) so as to find out the tire rack (110) to which tire (200) belongs. Dimension of the tire (200) is detected and transmitted to host computer by processing image through said tire camera (133). The tire lift (130) is controlled by mechanical or PLC (Programmable Logic Control) so that host computer can deliver it to tire rack (130) to which tire (200) belongs.

[0055] In order to detect the remaining number of tires (200), there are rack sensors (135) at the entry and exit of the tire rack (110). Via said rack sensors (135), date and time of tires (200) getting in and out of the tire rack (110) are recorded on the base in the host computer. By means of said information, by carrying out necessary calculations on the host computer, it can be daily, weekly, monthly or yearly monitored that how many tires (220) there are in which tire rack (120). Input and output information on tire (200) also can be monitored via the host computer and/or mobile devices.