JP3059017B2 - Automatic lock delivery box - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a delivery box, and more particularly, to an automatic lock delivery box capable of automatically locking a package such as a delivery service.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of parcel delivery box used for receiving parcels by a parcel delivery service or the like is provided with a front opening member or a rear opening member and a front opening member in a box body having a luggage storage space, and the front side of the box. Either receiving and unloading or receiving the package on the front side and unloading it on the back side.

After the baggage is received, it is necessary to lock at least the front opening member in order to prevent theft, so that a lock means such as an electromagnetic lock device equipped with a sensor control unit is installed. It has been.

[0004]

However, in this case, however, the locking means is expensive in itself, requires electrical wiring, complicates installation work, and leaves a possibility of failure. have.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a solution to the problem is to solve these problems and to perform automatic locking reliably upon receipt of a baggage by a simple structure. To provide an automatic lock delivery box that can be.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a front opening member and a take-out opening member for opening and closing a luggage storage space of a box body, and a luggage storage space are provided. A luggage mounting table which can be swung up and down on the front side by the load of the luggage load, and a luggage storage table disposed between the front opening member and the luggage storage table, facing downward due to the load of the luggage load. A lock device that is automatically locked during rotation to prevent opening and closing of the front opening member, and that supports the luggage mounting table at an intermediate position in the depth direction and installs a balancer on the back side of the luggage mounting table to provide a front side A hook for hooking which is swingable up and down by the balancer weight depending on the weight of the balancer in which the ascending state is a normal state, and the locking device projects upward on the front side of the luggage table, and the front opening member For projecting to the luggage mounting table side and forming an inclined guide surface on the back side to be urged upward and downward so as to be able to protrude and retract vertically and to be freely engageable with the hook. And a lock for exclusive use for unlocking the hook piece by exposing the protruding latch to the front of the front opening member so that the protruding latch is retracted downward. The invention according to claim 2 secures a large swing range on the front side of the luggage placing table, and locks the hooks to the protruding and retracting latches by the load of the luggage. In order to improve certainty and stability, this is a position in which the pivot at the middle position in the depth direction of the luggage mounting table is displaced from the center position to the back side of the takeout opening member. Automatic lock delivery box according to item 1. The invention according to claim 3 prevents the front opening member in the unlocked state from being opened by wind pressure, vibration, or the like in the waiting state of baggage reception, and completes as a delivery box. 3. The automatic opening device according to claim 1, wherein the front opening member is provided with an opening preventing device for preventing the locking device from being opened when the locking device is unlocked. Lock delivery boxes are provided, each of which is a gist of the invention and is a means for solving the above problems.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments. 1 is a home delivery box, 2 is a box body made of, for example, a steel plate, 3 is a box body 2,
For example, a pillar made of aluminum is shown.

The delivery box 1 closes the luggage storage space 7 of the box body 2 so as to be openable and closable. In this example, the front opening member 8 and the take-out opening member 20 each having a single-sided door, and the luggage load in the luggage storage space 7. Luggage table 12 that can be swung up and down on the front side by the load of
A locking device which is disposed between the front opening member 8 and the luggage mounting table 12 and is automatically locked when the luggage mounting table 12 is rotated downward due to a load of the luggage, and prevents the front opening member 8 from being opened or closed; The load table 12 is pivotally supported at an intermediate position in the depth direction, and a balancer 14 is installed on the back side of the load table 12 so that the vertical position of the balancer 14 in the normal state in which the front side is in a raised state depends on the weight. The lock device is swingable and the lock device is connected to the luggage table 12.
A hook 15 projecting upward on the front side of the vehicle, and a hooking piece 15 disposed on the front opening member 8 and protruding toward the luggage mounting table 12 side to form an inclined guide surface 18 on the rear side and attached upward. The pushing and retracting latch 17 for locking, which can be vertically projected and retracted by being urged and which can be freely engaged with the hook 15, is exposed to the front of the front opening member 8, and the latch 17 is moved downward. The lock 19 is provided with an exclusive lock 19 for releasing the engagement with the hook 15 by being immersed.

That is, in this embodiment, the luggage mounting table 12 is a flat plate made of a steel plate whose peripheral portion is bent downward and reinforced, and a fixed shaft 1 is attached to the lower surface at an intermediate position in the depth direction.
3 is fixed, for example, by welding, and both ends in the longitudinal direction are respectively protruded to the side of the luggage mounting table 12 to form a pivot portion of the luggage mounting table 12.

At this time, L-shaped angle members 10 are provided at both lower ends of the luggage storage space 7 of the box body 2.
The bearing 11 of the fixed shaft 13 is formed by recessing and notching the angle member 10 in its longitudinal direction, that is, at an intermediate position in the depth direction of the box body 2. The fixed shaft 13 is rotatably supported on the bearing 11 so that the luggage mounting table 12 is supported at the lower end of the luggage storage space 7 of the box body 2. In this example, the pivot is set at a position deviated from the center position in the depth direction toward the takeout opening member 20 side. / 4.

In this embodiment, the balancer 14
Is made of, for example, a width-wise rectangular solid steel bar material which is installed by welding and fixed on the back side of the luggage mounting table 12, particularly on the back side of the rear end portion, so as to be attached in the longitudinal direction. .

As described above, the luggage mounting table 12 that is pivotally supported at the lower end of the box body 2 and has the balancer 14 installed thereon
Depends on the weight of the balancer 14 and has a pivot portion deflected toward the take-out opening member 20 as a fulcrum, the front-side up state is normal, and the front side is swingable up and down greatly. When a load such as a courier service is placed on the load table 12, the load rotates to lower the front side and become horizontal, and the load is held horizontally.

That is, the locking by the locking device is automatically performed by closing the front opening member 8 after the rotation of the luggage mounting table 12 due to the lowering of the luggage mounting table 12 due to the load of the luggage load. The hook 15 is
In the present example, the latching tongue piece 1 having a downwardly directed upper end is provided near the one end in the longitudinal direction of the front end of the luggage mounting table 12 so as to slightly protrude from the luggage mounting table 12 toward the front opening member 8.
6 is provided on the other hand, and a projecting / retracting latch 17 is provided at the lower end of the front opening member 8 so as to project toward the luggage loading table 12 side so as to be freely retractable up and down by the upward urging. When the luggage mounting table 12 is lowered on the front side and the front opening member 8 is closed,
The inclined guide surface 18 is provided on the hooking tongue 1 of the hook 15.
6 In contact with the lower edge, sink into it
After escaping, it returns to the protruding state by its urging force,
Locking the hook piece 15 automatically locks the hook piece 15, and maintaining the protruding state by biasing the hook piece 15.
And the locked state is maintained.

The lock for exclusive use of unlocking 19 is exposed to the front side at the position of the protruding / retracting latch 17 of the front opening member 8 so that the unlocking operation, that is, the unlocking operation can be performed from the front opening member 8 side in the locked state. It is installed, and by inserting a key (not shown) and turning it half a turn, the retractable latch 17 is forcibly retracted downward, and the locking of the retractable latch 17 to the hook 15 in the locked state is released. The front opening member 8 can be opened and closed as needed, so that, for example, when returning home, the front opening member 8 is opened, and the luggage in the delivery box 1 is taken out and brought into the residence. It is possible to improve the usability.

Reference numeral 9 denotes an opening preventing device provided in the front opening member 8 of the present embodiment for preventing the locking device from being opened when the locking device is unlocked. In the present embodiment, the opening preventing device 9 comprises a box. It is based on a roller catch installed between the main body 2 and the front opening member 8 is opened by wind pressure, vibration, or the like when the lock device is in the unlocked state in a standby state of baggage reception. And improve the degree of perfection as a delivery box.

In the above-mentioned parcel delivery box 1, the parcels 24 delivered to the parcel storage space 7 are taken out by opening and closing the take-out opening member 20 on the back, and the luggage storage space 7 is emptied. As a result, the luggage table 12
Is rotated depending on the weight of the balancer 14 and returns to the normal state in which the front side is raised, and the hook piece 15 is lifted up so as to be disengaged from the retraction latch 17 and the locked state is released. In this example, the front opening member 8 can be opened and closed while being prevented from being opened by the opening prevention tool 9 in the present example, and is in a standby state for receiving luggage.
For example, a courier deliverer opens the front opening member 8,
If the luggage 24 is placed on the luggage loading table 12, the luggage loading table 1
2 rotates in a state of descending on the front side against the balancer 14, and when the delivery person closes the front opening member 8, the protruding and retracting latch 17 is locked to the hook 15, and It leads to a lock being made.

In the figure, reference numeral 3 denotes a mail receiving space arranged above the luggage storage space 7 of the box body 2, reference numeral 4 denotes a single-opening door, reference numeral 5 denotes a mail inlet, reference numeral 6 denotes a dial lock of the single-sided door 4, and reference numeral 21 denotes a box. Take-out opening member 20 installed on main body 2
, And a lock fitting 23 of the take-out opening member 20 that enables locking by a lock through a locking hole at the tip, and 23 are screws for fixing the column 22 of the box body 2.

Although the illustrated example is as described above, the luggage storage space is vertically stepped and arranged side by side so that it can cope with the reception of a plurality of luggage such as courier services. Enable stamper stamping of certification,
In carrying out the present invention, including installing a non-slip of a luggage on a luggage mounting table, a delivery box, a box body, a front opening member, an unloading opening member, a luggage mounting table, a balancer, and a hook for locking. The specific shapes, structures, materials, relationships among them, additions thereto, and the like of the piece, the protruding and retracting latch, the lock for unlocking, and the like can be variously changed without departing from the gist of the invention.

[0019]

As described above, the present invention is configured as described above. According to the first aspect of the present invention, an automatic lock delivery box which can securely lock automatically when a package is received with a simple structure is provided. Claim 2
In addition to the above, the invention described in (1) further secures a large swing range on the front side of the luggage mounting table, and improves the certainty and stability of locking of the hooks to the protruding and retracting latch due to the load of the load. According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, the front opening member in the unlocked state is opened by a wind pressure, vibration, or the like in a standby state of baggage reception. Can be prevented, and the degree of completion as a delivery box can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a delivery box.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 1A-1A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a relationship between a hook and a protruding and retracting latch.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a state of a shaft support base being supported.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Delivery box 2 Box body 7 Luggage storage space 8 Front opening member 12 Luggage mounting table 14 Balancer 15 Hook piece 17 Latching / retracting latch 20 Extraction opening member

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] A front opening member and a take-out opening member for opening and closing a luggage storage space of a box body, and a luggage mounting table capable of swinging up and down on the front side by load of luggage load in the luggage storage space. And a lock device disposed between the front opening member and the luggage mounting table, the locking device being automatically locked when the luggage mounting table is pivoted downward due to the load of the luggage, and preventing opening and closing of the front opening member. The load table is pivotally supported at an intermediate position in the depth direction, and a balancer is installed on the back side of the load table to allow the front side to be in a normal state in which the front side is raised. A locking device is provided on the front opening of the luggage mounting table, and a locking hook is provided on the front opening member. The locking device protrudes toward the luggage mounting table to form an inclined guide surface on the back side. An upwardly urged upward and downward retractable latch for locking and retractable with respect to the hook piece, and a retractable retractable latch that is exposed to the front of the front opening member and retracts downward. An automatic lock delivery box, comprising: a lock release exclusive lock for releasing the lock with the hook piece. 2. The automatic lock delivery box according to claim 1, wherein the pivot at the intermediate position in the depth direction of the luggage mounting table is located at a position deviated from the center position to the back side of the takeout opening member. . 3. The self-locking home delivery box according to claim 1, wherein the front opening member includes an opening preventing device for preventing the locking device from being opened when the locking device is unlocked.