JP7266188B2 - delivery box - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to delivery boxes.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, home delivery boxes have been known which are used in ordinary homes and the like and can receive parcels to be delivered unattended. In this home delivery box, the door is prohibited from being opened after the delivery company puts the package in the luggage compartment. The door can be opened when the recipient of the parcel puts the key in the keyhole and unlocks the locking device. When waiting for loading and unloading of luggage, the door may be attracted to the box body having the luggage compartment by the magnetic force of a magnet to keep the door closed.

Patent Document 1 describes a push-type door structure in which an open/close holding member (magnet catch) having a magnet is fixed inside a storage cabinet, and a metal piece that is attracted by the magnet and magnetic force is fixed to the door. It is When the door is closed, the door is pushed from the front side by hand, and when the hand is released from the door, the open/close holding member protrudes forward by the spring force, and the door is pushed forward by the protruding force to open the door. It is

Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-79781

As with the door structure described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-200012, a home delivery box may have a structure having a magnet to keep the door closed. However, if the magnet is exposed on the door side in order to attract the door or the metal part attached to the door with the magnet, the magnet will be exposed to the outside air when the delivery box is installed outdoors and the door is open. and the magnet may rust.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a home delivery box in which a door is kept closed by the magnetic force of the magnet and the magnet is resistant to rust.

The delivery box of the present disclosure includes a box body having a luggage compartment and a door rotatably attached to the box body so as to block the luggage compartment, and the door is closed by the magnetic force of the magnet during standby before storing the luggage. In a home delivery box that maintains its state, a magnet is stored in a storage groove formed in a magnet mounting case, and with the magnet stored in the storage groove, a mounting hole is formed at the end of the box body on the door installation side. When the magnet mounting case is attached to the box, the magnet contacts the box body, and the magnet attracts the door or the metal part attached to the door to the box body by magnetic force.

According to the home delivery box according to the present disclosure, it is not necessary to expose the magnet to the door side in order to keep the door closed by the magnetic force of the magnet. As a result, the magnet is less likely to rust due to the configuration in which the door is held in the closed state by the magnetic force of the magnet.

1 is a perspective view of a delivery box of an embodiment; FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the home delivery box shown in FIG. 1 with a door removed; In the embodiment, it is a perspective view of the door viewed from the baggage compartment side. 4 is an enlarged view of part A in FIG. 3; FIG. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a method of affixing a seal to a slip and locking a parcel in a delivery box, and then opening the door and taking out the parcel. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a B portion in FIG. 2; FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a magnet mounting case and a magnet taken out from FIG. 6; 7 is a view in the direction of arrow C of FIG. 6; FIG.

Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings. The shapes, materials, and numbers described below are examples for explanation, and can be changed as appropriate according to the specifications of the delivery box. In the following description, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same elements in all the drawings. Also, in the explanation in the text, the reference numerals mentioned before are used as necessary. Further, in the following description, the left-right direction refers to the left-right direction when the delivery box is viewed toward the door with the door closed.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the delivery box 12 of the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the delivery box 12 with the door 16 removed. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the door 16 viewed from the luggage compartment 14 (FIG. 2) side. 4 is an enlarged view of part A in FIG. 3. FIG. The home delivery box 12 is used in general households, etc., and can receive home delivery packages unattended. The home delivery box 12 is used by a home delivery company as a user to prohibit the opening of the door 16 with packages inside.

The home delivery box 12 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box body 13 having a luggage compartment 14 and a door 16 rotatably attached to the box body 13 so as to close the luggage compartment 14 . The baggage compartment 14 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape capable of accommodating a baggage 100 (FIG. 5) in a detachable manner. The box main body 13 is made of resin. A resin cover can also be attached to the outer surface of the box body 13 .

The door 16 closes the opening 15 (FIG. 2) on the front side F (FIGS. 1 and 2) of the luggage compartment 14. As shown in FIG. The door 16 is of a single-opening type attached to the box body 13 and is rotatably attached to the box body 13 so as to close the opening 15 . For this reason, hinge pins 17 protrude vertically from both upper and lower ends of one left-right end of the door 16 (left end in FIG. ) are inserted into hinge holes (not shown) formed at both upper and lower ends of one left-right end (right end in FIG. 2) and locked. In FIG. 3, illustration of the hinge pin at the lower end of the door 16 is omitted. Hinge holes can also be formed in a hinge body attached to the box body 13 . As a result, the door 16 is attached to the box body 13 so as to be rotatable around one end in the left-right direction.

Also, the home delivery box 12 maintains the door closed state by the magnetic force of a magnet 25 (FIGS. 6 to 8), which will be described later, during standby before the package 100 is stored.

Door 16 is locked by locking device 40 . The locking device 40 includes a base plate 41 attached to the door 16, a keyhole portion 43 whose inner portion is rotatable, and an arm pin (not shown) fixed to the inner portion of the keyhole portion 43 and a lever lock 45 (Fig. 3). Further, the locking device 40 includes a vertically movable lever 47 (FIG. 1) and a door lock 49 (FIGS. 3 and 4) that swings against the lever 47 when the lever 47 is pushed down. The lever 47 is biased upward by a spring (not shown). The lever lock 45 moves up and down in conjunction with the lever 47 . Keyhole portion 43 , lever lock 45 , lever 47 and door lock 49 are supported by base plate 41 . The upper end portion of the lever 47, the keyhole portion 43, and a portion of the base plate 41 are exposed to the front side F of the door 16, respectively. 3 and 4, illustration of the lever 47 is omitted. A slit 51 into which the slip 102 can be inserted is formed in the exposed portion of the base plate 41 on the front side F of the door. The door lock 49 is supported by a door lock support fitting 53 attached to the luggage compartment side of the base plate 41 . The door lock support fitting 53 is made of magnetic metal such as iron or steel. When the lower end of the lever 47 hits the upper end of the door lock 49 by pushing down the lever 47, the door lock 49 is locked from the first plate portion 54a on the door open end side (right side in FIG. 4) of the door lock support metal fitting 53 to the tip. It swings so that the part 50 protrudes. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the locking portion 50 protrudes from the first plate portion 54a.

When the lever 47 is pushed down, the stamp case 55 connected to the lever 47 via a link mechanism (not shown) moves toward the slit 51 (right side in FIG. 4). A stamp case 55 holds stamp means 56 capable of stamping a receipt stamp. Thereby, it is possible to affix a receipt stamp to the slip inserted in the slit 51 . When the lever 47 and the lever lock 45 are pushed down while the keyhole 43 is locked, the lever 47 tends to move upward due to the biasing force of the spring. As a result, upward movement of the lever 47 is blocked. In this state, the engaging portion 50 of the door lock 49 protrudes outward from the first plate portion 54a of the door lock support fitting 53 to engage the magnet mounting case 20 attached to the box body 13 and shown in FIGS. The engaging portion 50 is engaged with the blind hole 20a and this state is maintained. Thereby, opening of the door 16 is prohibited. Door lock 49 corresponds to a latch attached to door 16 . The door lock support metal fitting 53 corresponds to the metal part attached to the door 16 . For example, the door lock support fitting 53 is attached by screws to the base plate 41 attached to the door 16 .

Further, a second plate portion 54b (FIG. 4) that is substantially perpendicular to the first plate portion 54a of the door lock support fitting 53 and continues to the door open end side of the first plate portion 54a is attached to the box main body 13 and mounted on the box main body 13 as described later. It is attracted to a part of the box body 13 by the magnetic force of the magnet 25 (FIGS. 6 to 8). The magnet 25 is supported by a magnet mounting case 20, which will be described later, and is not exposed to the luggage compartment 14, the outer surface of the box body 13, or the door 16 side. This makes the magnet 25 less likely to rust, as will be described later.

The delivery box 12 having the locking device 40 described above receives the parcel 100 (FIG. 5) as follows. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a method of stamping and locking the slip 102 in the state where the package 100 is accommodated in the delivery box 12, and then opening the door 16 and taking out the package 100. As shown in FIG.

For example, when a delivery company deposits a package in the delivery box 12, the keyhole part 43 is locked in advance, the delivery company puts the package into the luggage compartment 14, closes the door 16, and inserts the slip 102 into the slit 51. When the lever 47 (FIG. 1) is pushed down in this state, opening of the door 16 is prohibited. At the same time, the slip 102 is stamped with a receipt stamp. When the receiver of the parcel returns home and unlocks the locking device 40 by inserting the key into the keyhole 43, the lever 47 is returned upward by the biasing force of the spring, and the door 16 can be opened. At this time, the receiver of the parcel puts his/her finger on the door hole 16a (FIG. 1) formed in the front side of the door 16 in the locking device 40, and pulls the magnet 25 (FIGS. 6 to 8). The door 16 can be opened against the magnetic force. After opening the door 16 , the recipient of the package can remove the package 100 from the luggage compartment 14 .

Next, the magnet 25 and the magnet mounting case 20 (FIGS. 6 to 8) that keep the door closed by magnetic force when the home delivery box 12 is on standby, and the method of mounting the magnet mounting case 20 on the box body 13 will be described.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the B portion in FIG. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the magnet mounting case 20 and the magnet 25 extracted from FIG. 8 is a view in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 6. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, the magnet mounting case 20 is used to house the magnet 25 and arrange the magnet 25 at the end of the box body 13 on the side where the door 16 is installed. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the magnet mounting case 20 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped block-shaped case body 21 and one end in the first direction corresponding to the left-right direction of the case body 21 (right end in FIG. 7, and a rectangular plate portion 23 extending outward from the case main body 21 continuously from the front side edge of the paper surface). The magnet mounting case 20 is formed with a locking hole 20a having a rectangular cross-section that opens at one end face of the plate portion 23 in the first direction and extends in the first direction. The locking portion 50 (FIG. 4) of the door lock 49 (FIG. 4) is inserted and locked into the locking hole 20a. The locking hole 20a corresponds to a latch receiver.

In the case main body 21, a storage groove 21b capable of storing the magnet 25 is formed in the upper portion of the side surface 21a facing the front side F. As shown in FIG. The storage groove 21b has a U-shaped cross section, and the other end in the first direction (the left end in FIG. 7) opens to the side surface of the case main body 21 in the first direction.

The magnet 25 has a cylindrical shape and is magnetized along the central axis direction. Magnet 25 is, for example, a neodymium magnet. The magnet 25 may be made of ferrite magnetic material.

The vertical width of the housing groove 21b in the case body 21 is equal to or slightly larger than the outer diameter of the magnet 25. As shown in FIG. The length of the storage groove 21b in the first direction is equal to or slightly larger than the outer diameter of the magnet 25. As shown in FIG. The magnet 25 is fitted and stored in the storage groove 21b so that the central axis direction end face 25a faces the front side F. As shown in FIG. In this state, it is preferable that the side face 21a on the front side F of the case body 21 and the end face 25a of the magnet 25 in the central axis direction are flush with each other. The magnet mounting case 20 is made of resin, for example.

The magnet 25 does not have to be fixed to the storage groove 21b unless it falls out of the storage groove 21b when the magnet mounting case 20 is attached to the box body 13 as described later. Alternatively, the magnet 25 may be fixed to the storage groove 21b by adhesion or the like.

On the other hand, on the side surface 13a at the other left-right end (the left end in FIGS. 2 and 6) of the luggage compartment 14 of the box body 13, a mounting hole 13b (FIG. 6, 8) is formed. In FIG. 8, the box main body 13 is indicated by a sandy portion for the sake of clarity. The cross-sectional shape of the attachment hole 13b substantially matches the rectangular shape of the outer shape of the case body 21 except for the housing groove 21b so that the magnet attachment case 20 can be inserted without any looseness. The case body 21 is inserted into the mounting hole 13b with the magnet 25 stored in the storage groove 21b, and the inner surface of the outer peripheral portion of the plate portion 23 contacts the side surface 13a of the box body 13. As shown in FIG. In this state, screws 26 ( FIG. 8 ) are passed through holes (not shown) formed at a plurality of positions on the outer periphery of the plate portion 23 of the magnet mounting case 20 , and the plate portion 23 is attached to the box body 13 by the screws 26 . to the side surface 13a of the . As a result, the magnet attachment case 20 is attached to the attachment hole 13b. At this time, the central axis direction end surface 25a of the magnet 25 contacts the inner surface of the plate portion 13c (FIGS. 6 and 8) inside the mounting hole 13b of the box body 13. As shown in FIG. In this state, the magnet 25 is not exposed to the luggage compartment 14 of the box body 13, the outer surface, or the door side. Also, the magnet 25 enables the plate portion 13c to attract the door lock support fitting 53 (FIG. 4) attached to the door 16 by magnetic force. In FIG. 2, the part of the plate portion 13c facing the magnet 25 (FIGS. 6 to 8) on the back side is indicated by a black part P. As shown in FIG. The thickness d of the plate portion 13c with which the end face 25a in the central axis direction of the magnet 25 shown in FIG. 8 contacts is, for example, about 1 mm. As a result, when the door 16 is closed, the magnet 25 magnetically attracts the second plate portion 54b of the door lock support fitting 53 indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Therefore, in the home delivery box 12, the door is kept closed by the magnetic force of the magnet 25 during standby before the parcel 100 (FIG. 5) is stored. Also, at this time, the installation distance between the magnet 25 and the door 16 can be maintained at the predetermined thickness d.

According to the home delivery box 12 described above, the magnet mounting case 20 is attached to the mounting hole 13b formed in the door 16 installation side end of the box body 13 in a state where the magnet 25 is stored in the storage groove 21b of the magnet mounting case 20. The magnet 25 comes into contact with the box body 13 when the box body 13 is opened. Also, the magnet 25 magnetically attracts the door lock support fitting 53 attached to the door 16 to the box body 13 . This eliminates the need to expose the magnet 25 to the door 16 side in order to keep the door closed by the magnetic force of the magnet 25 . Therefore, the magnetic force of the magnet 25 keeps the door closed, and the magnet 25 is less likely to rust.

Further, the magnet mounting case 20 includes a locking hole 20a that locks with a door lock 49 attached to the door 16. As shown in FIG. As a result, the portion having the locking hole 20a and the magnet 25 can be removed integrally from the inside of the delivery box 12 during maintenance, so maintenance is excellent, and manufacturing costs can be reduced by reducing the number of parts. Assembleability can be improved.

In the above embodiment, an engaging portion such as a rod is formed inside the engaging hole 20a formed in the magnet mounting case 20, and the engaging portion 50 of the door lock 49 is engaged with the engaging portion. good too. Further, a rectangular parallelepiped cover that can receive the case body 21 and has a bottom plate portion facing the magnet 25 may be attached to the back side of the plate portion of the box body 13 including the attachment hole 13b. This makes it easier to prevent the magnet 25 from falling out of the storage groove 21b. In the embodiment, the door lock 49 corresponding to the latch prohibits the opening of the door 16, but the latch may be disengaged from the latch receiver by operating the handle attached to the door.

Alternatively, the door itself may be made of metal, and the magnet may attract the door 16 itself to the box body 13 by magnetic force.

12 home delivery box, 13 box body, 13a side surface, 13b mounting hole, 13c plate portion, 14 baggage compartment, 15 opening, 16 door, 16a door hole, 17 hinge pin, 20 magnet mounting case, 20a locking hole, 21 case body, 21a side surface 21b storage groove 23 plate portion 25 magnet 25a central axis direction end face 26 screw 40 locking device 41 base plate 43 keyhole portion 45 lever lock 47 lever 49 door lock 50 locking portion 51 slit, 53 door lock support fitting, 54a first plate portion, 54b second plate portion, 55 stamp case, 56 stamp means.

Claims (3)

A home delivery service comprising a box body having a luggage compartment and a door rotatably attached to the box body so as to block the luggage compartment, and keeping the door closed by the magnetic force of a magnet during standby before storing the luggage. a box and
The box body is made of resin,
The magnet is housed in a housing groove formed in a magnet mounting case made of resin ,
With the magnet stored in the storage groove, when the magnet mounting case is attached to the mounting hole formed in the end of the box body on the door installation side, the magnet is attached to the resin of the box body. and the magnet magnetically attracts the door or a metal part attached to the door to the plate .
delivery box. In the delivery box according to claim 1,
The magnet mounting case includes a latch receiver that engages with the latch attached to the door,
delivery box. In the home delivery box according to claim 1 or claim 2,
The magnet mounting case includes a block-shaped case body having the storage groove, and a case plate portion formed continuously from one end of the case body and extending from the case body,
The case plate portion is screwed to the side surface while the outer peripheral portion of the case plate portion is in contact with the side surface of the box body having the mounting hole,
delivery box.

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