JPH06101066B2 - Rental locker lock device that can collect advance payment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention prevents the unauthorized use of a locker that is not in use by storing the unnecessary items free of charge by preventing the locker from being unlocked. Regarding the locking device, in detail, it becomes possible to unlock by inserting a plurality of predetermined coins into the rental locker, and the unlocking is prevented by re-locking after use, and a part of the inserted coins The present invention relates to a locker lock device that can collect advance payments to be returned.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of locker lock device has a locker door that can be opened at all times when the locker lock is not used.When using a locker, a coin of a predetermined amount is inserted into the coin insertion slot of the locker lock device. When the key is inserted, the rotation of the key inserted in the cylinder lock is allowed, and the locking rod can be moved in the locking position direction with the rotation of the key.

For example, as a rental locker of this type, JP-A-58-920
There are already publications such as 94, 58-92097, and Kaikai Sho 57-179783.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

When the rental locker is not in use, the door of the rental locker is always open, so for example, items that are not damaged even if they are stolen or unnecessary items that are difficult to dispose of are kept in the locker. There is a disadvantage that some original users cannot use the locker for rent because there are some unscrupulous people who use it for free, such as putting it in and leaving without locking it.

The object of the present invention was made by paying attention to such a drawback, and the user of the rental locker locks the door of the rental locker after the rental locker has been used, and the collected fee already collected. A part of it is returned to this user so that the rental locker can be used with the advance payment.

[Means for solving problems]

The locker lock device of the present invention comprises a frame body having a cylinder lock on the front surface and having a coin guide passage, locking / unlocking means for moving in the locking or unlocking direction by the cylinder lock, and restraining movement of the locking / unlocking means. Restraint means for controlling, restraint control means for controlling the restraint of the restraint means, and a return means for returning a part of the inserted coins, the restraint of the restraint means is released by inserting a plurality of coins, After the rental locker has been used, some of the inserted coins are returned by locking the door of the rental locker, and the locking / unlocking means is prevented from moving in the unlocking direction.

[Work]

The locker remains locked and cannot be used unless a predetermined number of coins are inserted.However, when a plurality of coins are inserted, the locker lock device is unlocked and the door must be opened, the luggage put in, and the door closed to lock. You can

Although some coins cannot be returned by simply re-unlocking and taking out the article, re-locking locks the unlocking means in the locked state so that the door cannot be opened and some coins are returned.

Therefore, re-locking is encouraged and unauthorized use of the locker for free is prevented.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional rear view of the essential parts of the locker lock device in a locked state, and reference numeral 1 is a frame of the locker lock device,
On the right side of the drawing, there is provided a coin guide passage 3 through which coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 2 fall.

A so-called disc tumbler 6 with which a key contacts is accommodated in a rotor 5 of a cylinder lock 4 provided on the front surface of the frame 1 together with a spring 7.

When the key is inserted and the rotor 5 is rotated, the lever 8 integrally attached to the rotor 5 is rotated, and the lever 8 is rotated.
The pin 9 planted at the tip of moves to the left and right.

On the other hand, the pins 10 and 11 are planted in the frame 1, the long holes 13 and 14 of the locking rod 12 are loosely fitted in the pins 10 and 11, respectively, and the locking rod 12 can move only in the left-right direction.

A notch 15 is formed on the lower end surface of the locking rod 12, and a pin 9 is engaged with the inside of the notch 15.

Therefore, when the rotor 5 rotates clockwise, the locking rod 12 moves to the right and protrudes from the right end of the frame 1 to lock the door (not shown). When the rotor 5 rotates counterclockwise,
The locking rod (12) moves to the left to form a locking / unlocking means for unlocking the door.

The locking rod 12 is provided with a notch recess 16 on the upper end surface thereof, and the notch recess 16
An L-shaped coin finger 18 is pivotally attached to a pin 17 planted in the frame 1 above.

Since the coin finger 18 has a large weight on the left side with respect to the pin 17, when it is not restrained by an external force, the coin finger 18 rotates counterclockwise to lock the engaging element 19 projecting on the end face near the tip on the left side. The lock rod is inserted into the notch recess 16 of the lock rod 12 at the position.
A restraint means for preventing the movement of 12 in the unlocking direction is constituted.

The tip 18a on the right side of the coin finger 18 projects into the coin guide passage 3, and the two coins C ₁ and C ₂ inserted through the coin insertion hole 2 protrude into the coin guide passage 3. The second coin that was prevented from falling by the coin finger 20
C ₂ presses the tip portion 18a and the coin finger 18 is pin 17
With the fulcrum as a fulcrum, the engagement element 19 is disengaged from the notched concave portion 16 by rotating from the one-dot chain line position in FIG.

Further, a pin 21 is planted in the locking rod 12, and the pin 21 has a locking rod.
The elongated hole 23 of the cover member 22 that is slidably fitted in the left and right direction on the side surface of 12 is loosely fitted.

Therefore, the lateral movement amount of the cover member 22 is constrained by the length of the long hole 23 into which the pin 21 is loosely fitted, and when the cover member 22 moves to the right, the cutout recess 16 is closed, and when it moves to the left, the notch. The recess 16 is fully opened.

Further, the pin 9 at the tip of the lever 8 engages with the bifurcated tip of the support rod 24, and the pin 25 provided on the frame 1 has the bifurcated tip engaged with the support rod 26 and the above. The support rod 24 is urged in a direction away from each other by a wound spring 27.

Therefore, when the lever 8 tilts, the lever 8 is given a biasing force toward the end in the tilting direction, and presses and holds the locking rod 12 at the locking position or the unlocking position which is the moving end of the locking rod 12.

On the upper end surface of the locking rod 12, an inclined surface 12 that rises toward the left side
a is formed, and the inner wall surface of the vertical moving plate 28 abuts on the inclined surface 12a.

The vertical moving plate 28 is provided with a spring support 28a, one end of which is supported by a pin 29 planted in the frame 1 and the other end of which is supported by a spring support 28a. .

A plate-shaped bracket 31 is attached to the lower part of the vertical moving plate 28,
The pin 29 is loosely fitted in the long hole 32 provided in the bracket 31 to regulate the vertical movement direction of the vertical movement plate 28.

A pin 33 is planted in the bracket 31, and an L-shaped coin holding and rotating plate 34 is pivotally attached to the pin 33.

The coin holding / rotating plate 34 has a coin holding arm 35 whose tip projects into the coin guide passage 3 and a push-up arm 36 that extends substantially upward at a right angle to the coin holding arm 35, and an intermediate portion of the push-up arm 36. On the inclined surface
37 is provided.

When the external force does not act, the coin holding rotating plate 34 tilts counterclockwise due to its own weight, and the push-up arm 36 contacts the pin 38 planted in the bracket 31, but the coin is placed on the tip of the coin holding arm 35. In such a case, as shown in FIG. 2, it stands up from the inclined solid line position to the alternate long and two short dashes line position.

Then, when the coin holding and rotating plate 34 ascends together with the vertical moving plate 28 with the push-up arm 36 standing upright, the inclined surface 37 hits the pin 39 planted in the frame 1 and the push-up arm 36 moves counterclockwise. It is supposed to fall.

Above the push-up arm 36, the pins 40 and 41 are planted in the frame body 1,
The long holes 43 and 44 of the release plate 42 are loosely fitted in the pins 40 and 41, respectively.

The release plate 42 is provided with a spring support 45, and one end of the spring support 45 is provided.
Is urged downward by a spring 46 supported by the pin 40 and the other end of which is supported by a pin 40.

When the push-up arm 36 rises while standing upright, the release plate 42 is pushed upward against the spring 46, and the release plate 42 is pushed up.
The inclined surface 47 provided on the upper end of the notch is a notch recess
The cover member 22 that closes the 16 is moved to the left to open the notch recess 16.

When the cover member 22 with the cutout recess 16 opened moves leftward together with the locking rod 12, the cover member 22 hits the pin 10 and is prevented from moving, and only the locking rod 12 moves leftward so that the cover member 22 closes the cutout recess 16. To do.

As described above, the cover member 22 is moved to the left and right to form the cutout concave portion.
A restraint control means for opening and closing 16 to control engagement between the engagement element 19 and the notch recess 16 is configured.

A through hole 48 is formed in the cylinder lock 4, and an opening / closing plate 49 is slidably provided in the through hole 48.

When the opening / closing plate 49 moves to the right side as shown in FIG. 1 and the opening 50 is displaced to the right side with respect to the cylinder lock 4, the disc tumbler 6 is prevented from protruding.

The opening / closing plate 49 is bent into an L shape, and the upright end portion 51 is located on the left side of the locking rod 12, and when the locking rod 12 moves leftward, the end portion is moved.
51 is pushed by the locking rod 12, and the opening / closing plate 49 moves to the left.

Further, the opening / closing plate 49 has a hole 52 through which the release plate 42 is inserted, and an inclined surface 53 formed on the opening / closing plate 49 is located below the hole 52.

Therefore, when the release plate 42 rises, the inclined surface 53 engages with the hole 52 to move the opening / closing plate 49 from the leftward position shown in FIG. 2 to the rightward position shown in FIG. .

The coin finger 20 protruding in the middle of the coin guide passage 3 is
As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the tip portion 20a prevents the coin C ₁ from falling, and the shaft 54 fits into the hole provided at the rear end.

The shaft 54 has a collar 54a at its end, a snap ring 55 is fitted in a small diameter portion provided in the middle, and is slidably fitted in a bracket 56 fixed to the frame 1 and the cylinder lock 4. .

And there is an axis between the bracket 56 and the coin finger 20.
A spring 57 that winds around 54 is fitted, and the coin finger 20 is inserted into the cylinder lock 4 while being biased in the direction in which it retracts into the inner wall surface 3a (see FIG. 9) of the coin guide passage 3. The tip portion 20a is projected into the coin guide passage 3 by the shaft 54 pressed by the key K and retracted against the spring 57 (see FIG. 8). When the key K is pulled out from the cylinder lock 4, The tip portion 20a moves to the inner wall surface 3a side together with the shaft 54 which is pressed by 57 and moves in the direction of the cylinder lock 4 to move the coin C
₁ and C ₂ can fall (see Fig. 7).

On the inner wall surface 3b opposite to the inner wall surface 3a, an entrance 58 leading to the toll collection room is opened at a position slightly lower than the tip portion 20a, and the tip portion 20
As C entered, coin C ₁ dropped in the direction of arrow 59 and entered 58
It is designed to be accommodated in the toll collection room through.

On the other hand, when the coin C ₂ is dropped, the tip portion 20a is depressed toward the inner wall surface 3a when falling, so that the coin guide passage 3 remains as it is.
It drops inside and is placed on the coin holding arm 35a at the position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line, and stops at position C ₂ a.

Next, when the coin holding arm 35a descends to the solid line position 35b, the coin
C ₂ moves to position C ₂ b, but can not get on the protrusion 60.

Then, when the coin holding arm 35 rises from the position 35b again, the coin holding arm 35 is discharged from the opening 61 along the inclined surface formed on the upper surface of the coin holding arm 35.

As described above, the mechanism for returning only the coin C ₂ constitutes the return means.

Next, the operation of the rental locker lock device configured as described above will be described.

FIG. 1 shows the locker locking device when the rental locker is not used and when two coins are inserted. The locking rod 12 projects from the right side of the frame 1 to lock the door (not shown), and the coin C _1, coin fins Gar 1 before the C ₂ is turned on
The engaging rod 19 of 8 engages with the notch recess 16 of the locking rod 12 to lock the rod 1.
The movement in the unlocking direction of 2 is restricted.

Further, the opening / closing plate 49 is located rightward to prevent the key inserted in the cylinder lock 4 from being removed.

Therefore, the door cannot be opened and the key cannot be removed unless a predetermined number of coins C ₁ and C ₂ are inserted.

Since the locking rod 12 is located to the right, the vertical moving plate 28 is in the raised position, and since the coin holding and rotating plate 34 is inclined by its own weight, the release plate 42 is in the lowered position without being pushed up. is there.

Next, when two coins C ₁ and C ₂ are inserted from the coin insertion slot 2, the coins C ₁ and C ₂ are pushed down the tip of the coin finger 18 and fall, and are placed on the finger 20.

The coin finger 18 remains pressed against the coin C ₂ , so
The solid line position is changed from the one-dot chain line position to the engagement member 19 with the notch recess 16
By further separating, the locking rod 12 can be moved in the unlocking direction.

Next, when the key is turned to rotate the lever 8 counterclockwise, as shown in FIG. 2, the locking rod 12 moves leftward and is retracted into the frame body 1, and the door is unlocked. .

The cover member 22 moves leftward together with the locking rod 12, but stops by hitting the pin 10 to close the notch recess 16.

The opening / closing plate 49 that has been pressed to the locking rod 12 and has moved to the left has an opening.
50 matches the disc tumbler 6, and the key can be removed from this point.

As the locking rod 12 moves to the left, the vertical moving plate 28 descends along the inclined surface 12a (see FIG. 2).

The customer storing the luggage opens the door to store the luggage, then closes the door and turns the key clockwise, and as shown in FIG. 3, the lever 8 rotates clockwise and the locking rod 12 Moves to the right and locks the door.

The cover member 22 moves to the right along with the locking rod 12 with the cutout recess 16 closed.

The vertical moving plate 28 rises along the inclined surface 12a.

Since the opening / closing plate 49 remains moved to the left side, the key can be pulled out, and the customer pulls out the key from the cylinder lock 4 and carries it.

By pulling out the key, the coin finger 20 moves from the coin guide passage blocking position shown in FIG. 8 to the guide passage open position shown in FIG.

During the process in which the tip portion 20a of the coin finger 20 retreats toward the inner wall surface 3a, the coin C ₁ is accommodated in the charge collection chamber through the entrance 58 as shown in FIG. 9, and the coin C ₂ falls through the coin guide passage 3 as it is. Then, the coin holding arm 35 is placed on the raised position 35a (see FIGS. 4 and 9).

Although coin fins guard 18 which is opened from the pressing force of the coin C ₂ by fall of the coin C ₂ is biased in the counterclockwise direction by its own weight, the engaging member 19 because the cover member 22 is closed the cutout recess 16 Since it does not engage with the notch recess 16, the locking rod 12 can be moved in the unlocking direction (see FIG. 4).

After the temporary storage of the luggage is finished, the returning customer inserts the key into the cylinder lock 4 and rotates the lever 8 counterclockwise,
As shown in FIG. 5, the locking rod 12 is not restricted in movement.
Moves to the left and is unlocked again.

Along with this, the vertical moving plate 28 descends along the inclined surface 12a and is urged to rotate clockwise by the gravity of the coin C ₂ on the coin holding arm 35, but the tip of the pushing-up arm 36 is changed. The coin holding and rotating plate 34 hitting the release plate 42 and prevented from rotating clockwise.
When the coin is lowered, it is separated from the release plate 42 and is rotated about the pin 33 as a fulcrum, the tip of the coin holding arm 35 is lowered to the position 35b shown in FIG. 9, and the push-up arm 36 is erected.

Next, when the customer who has taken out the load from the locker rotates the key clockwise, as shown in FIG. 6, the locking rod 12 moves to the right, the door is re-locked, and the vertical moving plate 28 moves. Is an inclined surface
The push-up arm 36 rising and rising along 12a pushes down the release plate 42, and the inclined surface 47 of the release plate 42 moves the cover member 22 to the left side to open the notch recess 16 and the engaging member 19 becomes the notch recess. Engages to lock the locking rod 12, and the inclined surface 53 forms the hole 52 of the opening / closing plate 49.
The opening / closing plate 49 is moved to the right by hitting the end portion of the lock plate, the opening 50 of the opening / closing plate 49 moves to the right of the cylinder lock 4, and the key cannot be removed.

Further, the coin holding arm 35 which rises with vertical movement plate 28, the coin C ₂ by raised from the position 35b shown in FIG. 9 projections 6
It rolls over 0 and is released from the opening 61, giving the customer a coin C ₂
Will be returned.

When the coin holding / turning plate 34 continues to rise further, the inclined surface 37 formed on the push-up arm 36 hits the pin 39, and the coin holding / turning plate 34.
Rotates counterclockwise about the pin 33 as a fulcrum, and the release plate 42 separated from the push-up arm 36 is lowered by the force of the spring 46 to return to the state of FIG.

Thus, the rental locker locking device that has returned to the state shown in FIG. 1 is locked in the locked state, the key is prevented from being pulled out, and unauthorized use is prevented, and at the same time, the next customer is accepted.

Since the customer returns some of the coins by re-locking after use, re-locking is encouraged.

[Effect]

As described above, the present invention prevents unauthorized use of the locker by providing the restraint means for restraining the door in the locked state when the locker is not used, and the restraint of the restraint means is released when a predetermined plurality of coins are inserted. The locker can be unlocked, and after being re-locked, it is locked in the locked state again and a part of the inserted coin is returned, so that the user is encouraged to re-lock after use. There is a real benefit that the illegal use of storing unnecessary items for free is surely prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 9 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional rear view of an essential part of the locker lock device in a locked state, and FIG. 2 is an essential part of the locker lock device in an unlocked state. Cross-sectional rear view, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional rear view of an essential part of the locker lock device showing a locked state after storing luggage, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional rear view of an essential part of the locker lock device after key removal, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional rear view of essential parts of the locker lock device showing a re-unlocked state, FIG. 6 is a rear view of essential parts of the locker lock device showing first half operation of each mechanism by re-locking, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a lateral cross-sectional view showing the position of the coin finger, FIG. 8 is a lateral cross-sectional view showing the position of the coin finger when the key is inserted, and FIG. 9 is a side view of the coin guide passage. 1 ... frame, 2 ... coin insertion hole, 3 ... coin guide passage,
4 …… Cylinder lock, 8 …… Lever, 12 …… Locking rod, 12
a …… Sloping surface, 15 …… Notch, 16 …… Notch, 18 ……
Coin finger, 19 …… engager, 20 …… Coin finger, 22 …… Cover member, C ₁ , C ₂ … Coins, 28 …… Upper and lower moving plate, 31 …… Bracket, 34 …… Coin holding rotation Plate, 35 ...
Coin holding arm, 36 ... Pushing arm, 37 ... Inclined surface, 42 ... Release plate, 47 ... Inclined surface, 49 ... Open / close plate, 53 ... Inclined surface, 58 ...
… Entrance, 61… Opening.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A frame provided with a cylinder lock on the front surface and having a coin guide passage, a locking / unlocking means for moving in the locking or unlocking direction by the cylinder lock, and a restraining means for restraining the movement of the locking / unlocking means. , Including a restraint control means for controlling restraint of the restraint means and a return means for returning a part of the inserted coins, releasing the restraint of the restraint means by inserting a plurality of coins, and after using the rental locker A locker lock device for lending, wherein a part of coins inserted by locking the locker door is returned and the advancement can be collected to prevent the locking / unlocking device from moving in the unlocking direction.