JP3446573B2 - Payphone housing structure - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the structure of a housing of a public telephone, and more particularly to a public telephone having a main body door that opens and closes during maintenance, and a vault cover that is provided on the main body door and that opens and closes during safe collection. Concerning the structure of the housing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a structure of a public telephone housing of this type, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-181807. The thing disclosed here is provided with the box-shaped main body housing which opened the front surface, and the main body door which can open and close the opening of this main body housing. A space provided vertically is formed by a partition plate provided in the substantially central portion of the main body housing, a coin processing chamber for storing a coin sorting device, a communication circuit, etc. is formed in the upper space, and a lower space is provided in the lower space. A vault for storing a safe for storing regular coins sorted by the coin sorting device is formed. And regarding maintenance and inspection of the coin processing chamber,
It is done by opening the main body door, and about the collection of the safe,
This was done by opening the main body door and then opening the vault door provided in the vault. However, with this structure,
Because the main body door is used by both the maintenance inspector and the safe collector, the coin processing chamber will be opened when the main body door is opened, and the safe collector will knowingly or mistakenly process the coin processing device. There was a problem that was operated.

As a solution to this problem, a lid for the safe room is provided on the main body door, and the main body door is opened for maintenance and inspection, and the lid for the safe room is opened for recovery of the safe. There is a structure in which maintenance and inspection and collection of safes are performed by opening and closing different dedicated doors and lids so that the coin processing chamber can be opened only by a maintenance person.

[0004]

However, in the structure of the conventional public telephone housing described above, an opening is formed in the main body door, and the end face of the lid for the vault is butted against the peripheral edge of this opening. It has a structure that closes the opening. Therefore, it is possible to pry the tip of the driver between the peripheral edge of the opening and the end surface of the lid dedicated to the safe. There is a risk that the coin handling device may be intentionally operated by the screwed driver, and the coin handling device malfunctions due to the operation of the coin handling device, resulting in poor service such as call failure and incorrect billing. was there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a structure of a housing of a public telephone which prevents deterioration of service.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, the structure of the housing of the public telephone according to the present invention is a box-shaped housing having a front opening and a coin processing chamber and a vault inside. A main body; a main body door having an opening formed in a portion corresponding to the safe room, the opening of the main body of the housing being openable and closable; and a lid for the safe room having an opening of the main body door openable. The inner peripheral surface of the abutting portion between the edge of the door opening and the edge of the vault cover was covered with a frame body formed in a frame shape having a locking portion orthogonal to the edge of the main body door opening. Structure of public telephone housing
In the manufacturing process, a lock that works with the lock for the vault
A mating member is provided, and an engaging portion that engages with this engaging member is provided on the frame.
It was formed. Therefore, the frame body is for attaching the lid
Works.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a public telephone according to the present invention, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the main body door is also opened, and FIG. 3 (a) is a safe. Rear view of the chamber lid , (b) is III (b) -III of (a)
4B is a sectional view taken along the line, FIG. 4A is a view showing the operation of opening the lid for the vault, and FIG. 4B is IV (b) -IV of (a).
(B) It is a line sectional view. In FIGS. 1 and 2, a box-shaped housing body 2 having an opening 6 only on the front side is provided in a housing of a public telephone generally indicated by reference numeral 1, and the opening 6 of the housing body 2 is opened and closed. A main body door 3 pivotally supported on one side of the main body 2 is provided. This body door 3
Is formed in the shape of a shallow dish, and the main body door 3 allows the housing main body 2 to be
When the opening 6 of the housing 6 is closed, as shown in FIG.
Are overlapped by the peripheral edge 3a of the opening.

A space inside the housing body 6 is vertically divided by a partition plate 7 which is horizontally provided substantially at the center in the height direction, and a coin processing chamber 8 is formed above and a vault 9 is formed below. The return passage 10 is provided at the lower part of one side of the partition plate 7.
Is provided. In the coin processing chamber 8, a coin processing device including a coin sorting device for sorting coins inserted from a coin slot 16 described later and a dial communication circuit for sending a dial signal by pressing a dial button 18 (not shown). No) is provided. A safe storage room 11 is provided in the safe room 9, and a safe 14 is housed in the safe storage room 11 so that the safe 14 can be inserted and removed, and the safe 14 is sorted by the coin sorter described above. Regular coins that fall from a coin dropping window (not shown) formed on the partition plate 7 according to the call frequency are stored. The safe storage compartment 11 has a front opening closed by a safe lid 12, and the lock 13 is rotated by a key (not shown) to operate the safe lid 1.
2 is removed, and the safe 14 can be taken out from the safe storage chamber 11.

In FIG. 1, a coin insertion opening member 17 having a coin insertion opening 16 is attached to the upper portion of the main body door 3, and a plate 19 having a dial button 18 is attached to the lower portion thereof. There is. A hook hanger 21 is provided on the side of the plate 19, and a handset 20 is hung on the hook hanger 21.
A coin return port 23 is provided below the plate 19,
On the back side of the coin return port 23, the coin return port 23
As shown in FIG. 2, a coin receiving portion 23a formed in a funnel shape and located below the return passage 10 is provided.

An opening having a square shape in a front view indicated by reference numeral 26 in FIG. 3B is formed at a substantially central portion of a lower portion of the main body door 3, that is, at a position corresponding to the safe storage chamber 11 described above. lid 24 for the vault has been covered. That is, the lid 24 is formed in the shape of a rectangular cylinder with a bottom so as to present a shallow dish, the bottom portion 24a is formed in a substantially pyramid shape, and the lock 25 is attached to the center of the bottom portion 24a so as to stand upright inside. . The outer shape of the peripheral edge of the lid 24 is the opening 2 of the main body door 3.
It is formed slightly larger than 6. An engagement member 30 is rotatably supported on a rotation shaft 25a of the lock 25,
The movement of the engaging member 30 in the axial direction is restricted by the first link member 32, one end of which is attached to the tip of the rotating shaft 25a. The engaging member 30 has four arms 30a to 30d formed in a substantially cross shape, and each of the four arms 3
Engagement portions 31a to 31d having a crank-shaped cross section are formed at the distal ends of 0a to 30d, and a stopper 31e is formed in a branched state on the arm 30a.

Reference numeral 34 is a second link member, which is rotatably supported by the arm 30c of the above-mentioned engaging member 30 via a shaft 35, and in the elongated hole 34a formed at one end, the above-mentioned first link member is provided. The pin 33 planted at the other end of the first link member 32 is engaged, and the bent portion 34b is formed at the side of the other end. In FIG. 3B, 37 is a frame body in which four locking portions 37a are integrally formed in a frame shape by a metal plate material which is a feature of the present invention, and the lower locking portion 37a has stairs. The extended portion 37d formed in a shape is welded. In this frame 37, the locking portion 37 a is orthogonal to the edge of the opening 26 of the main body door 3, and the edge of the opening 26 of the main body door 3 and the vault cover 24.
The inner peripheral surface of the abutting portion A with the end surface of the
Is attached to the main body door 3 by welding the inside of the main body door 3. In this way, the extending portion 37d is attached to the frame body 37.
Since the frame 37 is attached to the main body door 3 so that the locking portion 37a is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the abutting portion A through the extending portion 37d, the frame 37 is abutted. The frame 37 is easily attached without welding to the inner peripheral surface of the portion A. The upper and lower engaging portions 37a, 37a of the frame 37 are
The elongated engaging holes 37b, 37b into which the engaging portions 31a, 31c of the engaging member 30 are engaged are formed,
The left and right engaging portions 37a, 37a are elongated rectangular notches 37 with which the engaging portions 31b, 31d of the engaging member 30 engage.
c, 37c are formed.

In this structure, in order to close the opening 26 of the main body door 3 with the lid 24, the peripheral edge of the lid 24 is abutted against the peripheral edge of the opening 26, and the engagement shown in FIG. The member 30 is rotated. That is, when the lock 25 is rotated by a key (not shown) to rotate clockwise, the first link member 32 pivotally attached to the shaft 25a also rotates clockwise around the shaft 25a. Rotate, long hole 34a
The second link member 34 rotates clockwise about the shaft 35 via the pin 33 engaged with the shaft 33. This second
When the link member 34 of the
Since the lower end of b is engaged with the arm 30c to rotate the engaging member 37 in the clockwise direction, as shown in FIG.
31c engages with the engagement holes 37b, 37b of the frame 37, and the engaging portions 31b, 31d are positioned in the notches 37c, 37c.

Therefore, the lid 24 has the opening 2 of the main body door 3.
The main body door 3 is sandwiched between the peripheral end of the peripheral edge of 6 and the engaging member 30 of the engaging portions 31a and 31c engaged with the engaging holes 37b and 37b of the frame body 37, respectively. Body door 3
Attached to. In this way, the main body door 3 with the lid 24 attached is rotated to close the opening 6 of the main body 2 with the lid 24, and then the lock 5 is rotated to be locked. In this state, as shown in FIG.
4 and the peripheral edge of the opening 26 of the main body door 3 try to push the tip of a screwdriver or the like from the abutting portion A, the locking portion 37a of the frame 37 will be Since it abuts so as to be orthogonal to the peripheral end edge of, it cannot be inserted from the abutting portion A.

For this reason, the coin processing device and the like in the coin processing chamber 8 are prevented from being intentionally operated by a driver or the like, so that it is possible to prevent a decrease in service such as a call failure or an incorrect charge due to a malfunction of the coin processing device. it can. Further, since the frame body 37 is provided with the engagement hole 37b into which the engagement portion 31a of the engagement member 30 is engaged and also has a function for attaching the lid 24, it is possible to attach the lid 24. Since it is not necessary to provide a special member, the number of parts can be reduced and the structure can be simplified.

Here, when the maintenance person performs maintenance in the coin processing chamber 8, the lock 5 is rotated and unlocked to open the main body door 3 and open the opening 6 of the main body housing 2. This is done by opening the coin processing chamber 8 as well. At this time, the safe lid 12 of the safe storage room 11 is unlocked only by the key held by the safe collector, so that the safe 14 inside the safe storage room 11 is prevented from being stolen. On the other hand, when the safe collector 14 collects the safe 14, the lock of the vault cover 24 is locked by the safe collector's key shown in FIG.
At, the rotation operation is performed counterclockwise. By this rotation operation, the first link member 32 rotates counterclockwise around the shaft 25a as a rotation center, and therefore, the second link member 34.
, But rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 35 via the pin 33.

As a result of this rotation, as shown in FIG. 4A, the upper end of the bent portion 34b of the second link member 34 engages with the arm 30d of the engaging member 30, and the engaging member 30 is reversed. Rotate clockwise. The stopper 31e is the locking portion 3 of the frame 37.
7a, the engaging portions 31a, 31a are disengaged from the engaging holes 37b, 37b of the frame 37, so that the lid 24
Is removed from the opening 26 of the main body door 3. Next, this opening 2
By unlocking the lock 13 of the safe storage room 11 from 6 with another key held by the safe collector, the safe lid 12 is removed, and the safe 14 is taken out of the housing through the opening 26.
At this time, since the front surface of the coin processing chamber 8 is covered by the main body door 3, the safe depositor does not intentionally or erroneously operate the coin processing device in the coin processing chamber 8. The safe 14 taken out from the opening 26 is transported to another place by the safe collector, and another coin collector who collects coins at that place opens the door of the safe 14 itself with a key to collect coins. Is done.

In this embodiment, the public telephone 1 is a coin-type public telephone, but it can be applied to a public telephone combined with a card.

[0018]

[0019]

As described above , according to the present invention, the frame body is provided with the engaging portion with which the engaging member engages, and also has the function of attaching the lid. Since it is not necessary to provide a special member for attachment, the number of parts can be reduced and the structure can be simplified.

Further, according to the present invention, since the frame body is attached to the main body door through the extending portion, the attachment becomes easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an appearance of a public telephone according to the present invention,
(A) is a front view and (b) is a side view.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a main body door of a public telephone according to the present invention is opened.

3 (a) is a vault of the public telephone according to the present invention
Rear view of the lid , (b) is III (b) -III (b) of (a)
It is a line sectional view.

FIG. 4A is a safe for public telephone according to the present invention .
Showing the operation of opening the lid , (b) is IV (b) -I of (a)
It is a V (b) line sectional view.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Public telephone, 2 ... Main body housing, 3 ... Main body door, 7 ... Partition plate, 8 ... Coin processing room, 9 ... Safe room, 14 ... Safe box, 24 ...
Lid for vault, 25 ... Lock, 26 ... Opening, 30 ... Engaging member, 31a to 31d ... Engaging portion, 37 ... Frame, 37a
... Locking part, 37b ... Engagement hole.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) Bibliographic references Kaihei Hei 5-3543 (JP, U) Jitsuko Sho 52-13855 (JP, Y1) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04M 1/02-1/23 H04M 17/00-17/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A box-shaped casing main body having a front opening and a coin processing chamber and a safe chamber formed therein, and an opening of the casing main body that can be opened and closed to form an opening at a portion corresponding to the safe chamber. A main body door and a vault cover that can open and close the opening of the main body door, and the inner peripheral surface of the abutting part between the edge of the main body door opening and the end face of the vault door is In a structure of a public telephone housing covered with a frame-shaped frame having a locking portion orthogonal to the edge of the opening of the main body door, a cover for a safe room
An engaging member that interlocks with the lock of the lid of
A structure of a casing of a public telephone, characterized in that an engaging portion to be engaged is formed in a frame . 2. The structure of the housing of the public telephone according to claim 1 , wherein an extension portion is formed in the frame body, and the frame body is provided with an inner circumference of the abutting portion.
The extension part to the main body door so that
And the structure of the housing of the public telephone.