JPH0474513B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a safe deposit box device in which a user can directly take out a storage box that he or she has contracted for in a private room and return it to a predetermined location.

Users can take out their own storage boxes directly in their private rooms.
A safe deposit box device configured to return the safe deposit box to its original location is already known, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1986-
There is one disclosed in Publication No. 209383. This is a transportation system in which storage boxes are stored on fixed shelves with many storage compartments, and the front side of the shelf is movable horizontally and vertically so that the storage boxes can be taken out and returned to the storage compartments. A retrieval/return table includes a retrieval/return table, an elevator for transferring storage boxes between the transport table and a conveyor device for moving the storage boxes to/from the vault, a retrieval/return table conveyor, etc. The storage box taken out by the operator is transported to the user's private room by a conveyor device.
In this device, the storage section is fixed, and one transport platform moves to take out and store the storage boxes, so if the storage boxes are taken out twice, the subsequent removal or storage of the storage boxes will be delayed. The disadvantage is that the waiting time required is long.

An object of the present invention is to shorten the waiting time required for each user to take out and store a storage box even when a plurality of users use the storage box at the same time.

The present invention provides a tray for storing storage boxes that is attached to an endless rotating body such as a chain that is forcibly driven in a horizontal direction in a vault formed by a wall body, and that rotates around the endless rotating body while maintaining a horizontal state. A rotating shelf device with multiple upper and lower stages having A transfer device for returns is placed at a separate location, a take-out port and a return port are provided on the wall facing the pick-up transfer device and the return transfer device, respectively, and the pick-up port is located outside the wall. A conveyor device surrounded by a partition wall continuous with the wall is provided between the exit and the return port, and a plurality of private rooms for users are arranged along the conveyor device in contact with the partition wall, and each private room is accommodated. An opening equipped with a shutter that opens and closes only when the conveyor device stops is provided in the bulkhead, and necessary data is input to the control device from an input device installed in the private room. The box is characterized in that it is possible to take it out into the private room and return it to the tray, and by rotating the storage body itself consisting of the tray and box body, the time required to take out the storage box is reduced. It saves time.

The apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 12. 1 is a vault formed by a wall 2;
A rotating shelf device 3 is arranged inside this. Reference numeral 4 denotes a frame of the rotating shelf device 3, which is constructed in steps by combining vertically and horizontally arranged rod-shaped materials, and a pair of support shafts 5, 5 are attached to both ends of each step with the axes oriented vertically. , and a sprocket wheel 7 having an engaging recess 6 on the periphery is fixed to each support shaft 5. 8 is an endless chain, each link of which is placed on the sprocket wheel 7, and a roller 9 attached to the end of the shaft connecting each link is engaged with the engagement recess 6, and the sprocket wheel is connected to the sprocket wheel. It is stretched between 7 and 7. and,
The chains 8 in each stage are independently driven by motors. Reference numeral 10 denotes a horizontally oriented guide rail with a concave cross section, which is provided on a straight portion of each chain 8, into which a roller 9 is movably inserted. Reference numeral 11 denotes an inner rail provided on the outside of the guide rail 10, approximately parallel to it, and in approximately the same range as the guide rail 10;
An endless outer rail 12 is provided which has substantially the same shape as the one shown in FIG. Reference numeral 13 denotes a tray for placing a storage box, which is placed on the outer circumferential side of the chain 8 with one end fixed to it.The outer circumferential side of the chain 8 is open as an entrance for the storage box, and the other three sides are has a standing wall 14. Reference numerals 15 and 16 denote axles fixed to the lower surfaces of both ends in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the tray 13, with their axes parallel to the orthogonal direction.
The tray 13 is placed on top of the chain 8 and rotates together with the chain 8 while maintaining a horizontal state.

17A is a wall 2 which is located in front of the stopping position of the tray 13 in the vault 1 and forms the vault 1;
Similarly, in the safe 1, a transfer device 17B for return is provided at a position away from the transfer device 17A in front of the stop position of the tray 13. These have a table 18 for placing storage boxes that can move up and down and stop in front of each tray 13, and a transfer device 17A for taking out places the storage boxes on the tray 13 on the table. 18, and the storage box on the table 18 is transferred to a conveyor device to be described later, and in the return transfer device 17B, the storage box on the conveyor device is transferred onto the table 18, and is returned onto the tray 13. A means 19 for moving the storage box is provided on the table 18. 20A is an extraction port provided in the wall 2 of the vault 1 at a position facing the transfer device 17A for removal, and 20B is a return port provided in the wall 2 opposite the transfer device 17B for return. Then, on the outside of the wall 2, a conveyor device 2 for transporting storage boxes is installed between the take-out port 20A and the return port 20B.
1 is provided, and a conveyor device 21 is also provided in the vault 1.
It is completely surrounded by a partition wall 22 that is continuous with the wall body 2 of.

23 is in contact with the partition wall 22 and is connected to the conveyor device 21
These are private rooms for users provided along the sides, each of which is provided with an opening 24 in the partition wall 22, and in front of the opening 24 is provided a shutter 25 that opens when the storage box comes to a stop. It is being 26 is a door of each private room 23. Although not shown, each private room 23 is provided with an input device for the user to input the code number and other necessary data.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the control device of this device, and the main control device 27 stores code numbers and other necessary data for each user. Reference numeral 28 denotes an input device provided in each private room 23, from which necessary data regarding the user is input to the main control device 27. Reference numeral 29 indicates the stage and row of the tray 13 on which the storage boxes to be taken out or stored are placed, the identification of the transfer devices 17A and 17B to be activated, and the initial state settings for the rotary shelf device 3, as well as signals for taking out and storing the storage boxes, etc. is a sub-control device which receives input from the main control device 27, and 30 is a control device that controls the transfer devices 17A and 17B, which has a designated storage box stage and another signal from the transfer devices 17A and 17B. A signal for operating the moving means 19 is input from the sub-control device 29 . Reference numeral 31 denotes a shelf control device for controlling the carousel device 3, into which signals for the specified stage and column of the tray 13, initial settings, and operation start are inputted from the sub-control device 29. And each control device 29,
When each operation is completed, the control devices 30 and 31 input a completion signal to the sub-control device 29, and the sub-control device 29 inputs a completion signal to the main control device 27.

In this embodiment, the conveyor device 21 is U-shaped, but it can also be straight.
This tray 13 can be optionally used as a container for a storage box, such as a box.

As the transfer device 17, any structure that can move the storage box can be used, but
The figure shows an example of this, in which a table 18 is attached to a support 32 so as to be movable up and down, and a recessed groove 3 on the upper side of the table 18 is parallel to the direction in which the storage box is moved.
3 is provided, and a movable body 34 that moves in the length direction of the groove portion 33 is provided at the bottom thereof. An L-shaped engaging body 36 with one side raised is fixed to the distal end of a shaft 35 in the moving direction of the moving body 34, and the shaft 35 is approximately
It is forcibly rotated by 90 degrees, so that the upright side of the engaging body 36 can be oriented horizontally.

To move the storage box in this way, the engaging body 36 is moved with its upright side in the horizontal direction to the lower side of a handle that is protruded from the box and has an L-shaped cross section and whose bent part faces downward. , the engaging body 36 is rotated approximately 90 degrees to engage the handle, the movable body 34 is moved, and the storage box is moved onto the table 18. The storage box on the table 18 is pushed and moved by the engaging body 36.

FIG. 11 shows another example in which a storage box on the tray 13 is moved by moving a push rod 37, which is movable in the horizontal direction and is attached to the frame 4, using a solenoid, a cylinder, an endless chain, etc. Then, the storage box on the table 18 is pushed by the moving body 34 shown in FIGS. 7-9. 38 is a storage box.

To put in and take out the storage box using this device, the user of the safe deposit box inputs necessary data into the input device 28 in the private room 23. Then, the main control device 27 inputs an initial state setting signal to the sub-control device 29, and the sub-control device 29 outputs the same signal to the control device 30 of the transfer device. As a result, the control device 30 rotates the chain 8 and stops the chain 8 when the origin mark is detected in the signal from the sensor that detects the passage of each tray 13, and the control device 30 causes the sub-control device 29 to The sub-control device 29 inputs a completion signal to the main control device 27, respectively. In response to this completion signal, the sub-control device 29 receives the storage box removal signal and the location signal, and the sub-control device 29 receives the signal from the control device 3.
Enter 0,31. As a result, the shelf control device 3
Chain 8 of the stage with tray 13 designated 1
is driven to stop the designated tray 13 at a position facing the transfer device 17A. On the other hand, the control device 30 moves the table 18 to the designated stage of the tray 13, and when these operations are completed, the moving means 19
to move the storage box on tray 13 to table 1.
Move it up to 8. When the transfer of the storage box to the table 18 is completed, the control device 30 moves the table 18 to almost the same height as the conveyor device 21, and then uses the moving means 19 to move the storage box on the table 18 onto the conveyor device 21. move it. When the transfer of the storage box to the conveyor device 21 is completed, the control device 30 applies a completion signal to the main control device 27 via the sub-control device 29. With this signal, the main controller 2
7 drives the conveyor device 21 to stop the storage box in front of a predetermined private room 23, and then operates the shutter 25 to open the opening 24, so that the user puts the storage box into the private room 23. When the removal of the storage box is completed, the shutter 25 is closed.

The storage box is taken out by repeating the above operation, but the transfer device 1 of a plurality of designated trays 13
Movement to the position 7A is performed by the endless chain 8, so if a storage box is specified, the direction of rotation can be selected by the shelf control device 31 according to the position, and the longest distance can be moved. Even if the tray 13
can be efficiently moved to the position of the transfer device 17A in a short time. When unloading signals are input from a plurality of input devices, the carousel device 3 transfers the specified tray 13 to the transfer device 17.
If the trays are moved to position A in advance, the transfer device 17A can sequentially move them to the conveyor device 21.
3 to the transfer device 17A can be eliminated.

To return the storage box you have taken out, when you enter a return signal from the return key on the input device 28, the main control device 27 confirms that the conveyor device 21 is stopped and opens the shutter 25, allowing you to use the storage box. A person places the storage box on the conveyor device 21. As a result, the main controller 27 drives the conveyor device 21 to transfer the storage box to be returned to the return port 20B. When the storage box reaches the return port 20B and the conveyor device 21 stops, the main controller 27 inputs a location and storage command signal to the sub-control device 29.Based on the signal, the sub-control device 29 inputs the control device 30. The location and storage signal for the return transfer device 17B are input to the transfer device 17B. Therefore, the table 18 moves to the position of the conveyor device 21,
Next, the moving means 19 moves the storage box on the conveyor device 21 onto the table 18. When this operation is completed, the table 18 is moved to the tray 13 for returning the storage box.
Move to the position of the step. On the other hand, the shelf control device 31
A signal is also input to drive the chain 8 of the specified stage and transfer the specified tray 13 to the transfer device 17.
Stop at position B. When it is confirmed that the table 18 has stopped and the designated tray 13 has stopped relative to it, the control device 3 operates the moving means 19 to return the storage box on the table 18 to the designated tray 13, and the return operation is completed. .

As described above, this device moves the rotating shelf device 3 that stores many storage boxes, moves the specified storage box to the removal position, and transfers it to the transfer device 1.
7A, so if multiple storage boxes are requested to be taken out or returned in succession, the designated tray 13 can be moved to the position of the transfer device 17A or 17B in advance, and the designated tray 13 can be moved to the position of the transfer device 17A or 17B. Since the tray 13 is moved at 19, the time required to move the tray 13 can be shortened, and the user's waiting time can be shortened. Further, since the conveyor device 21 provided outside the vault is completely surrounded by the partition wall 22, this is preferable from the viewpoint of security. A pair of transfer devices 17A for take-out and a transfer device 17B for return are provided, a take-out port 20A and a return port 20B are provided on the wall 2 facing them, and a conveyor device is provided between the take-out port 20A and the return port 20B. 21, the storage box is transferred from the tray 13 of the rotating shelf device 3 to the removal transfer device 17A, from the transfer device 17A to the conveyor device 21, and after the storage box is taken out to the private room 23. , the storage box is returned to the conveyor device 21, and is transferred from the conveyor device 21 to the return transfer device 17B, and from the transfer device 17B to the designated tray 13 of the carousel device 3. As a result, the storage box can be taken out and returned efficiently.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show embodiments of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a partially sectional perspective view, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view, FIG. 3 is a front view of the shelving device, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the main parts of the shelving device. Plan view,
FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the tray, FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view of the tray, and FIG. 7 is a plan view of the transfer device.
Fig. 8 is a front view of the same, Fig. 9 is a side view of the same, Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the storage box, Fig. 11 is a side view of another example of the transfer device, and Fig. 12 is a block diagram of the control device. It is. 1... Vault, 2... Wall, 3... Rotating shelf device, 8... Chain, 13... Tray, 17A...
Transfer device for removal, 17B... Transfer device for return, 18... Table, 19... Transportation means, 20
A... Takeout port, 20B... Return port, 21... Conveyor device, 22... Partition wall, 23... Private room, 24...
...opening, 25...shutter, 38...storage box.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Inside the safe formed by the walls, there are upper and lower trays for storing storage boxes that are attached to an endless rotating body such as a chain that is forcibly driven in the horizontal direction and rotate around it while maintaining a horizontal state. A multi-stage rotating shelf device and a transfer device for taking out are arranged in front of the tray stopping position and close to the inner wall of the wall body, and at a position away from the transfer device in front of the tray stopping position. A transfer device for returns is placed at A conveyor device surrounded by a partition wall continuous with the wall is provided between the mouths, and a plurality of private rooms for users are arranged along the conveyor device in contact with the partition wall, and a partition wall corresponding to each private room is provided. An opening with a shutter that opens and closes only when the conveyor device stops is provided, and by inputting necessary data to the control device from an input device installed in the private room, the storage box stored in the tray can be A safe deposit box device characterized in that it is possible to take out the safe deposit box into the private room and return it to the tray.