JP2014200416A - Mailbox - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mailbox including a mailbox slot which does not need an opening/closing lid in the mailbox slot, or in which opening/closing sound is remarkably reduced even if the mailbox has the opening/closing lid.SOLUTION: In a mailbox, a lower end of a front face plate 10a is higher than a bottom face plate 10e, and a guide plate 10b whose upper end has a height equal to or higher than the lower end of the front face plate and which is present inward by a prescribed distance from the front face plate is formed continuously from the bottom face plate 10e. A mailbox slot 10j for a delivery is formed by a space formed by the front face plate, the guide plate, and both side face plates. In a configuration like that, an opening/closing lid opening/closing the mailbox slot is unnecessary.

Description

  The present invention relates to a post box, particularly a post box having a mailing slot that can suppress noise generated when a delivery item such as a postal item or a newspaper is inserted or theft of a delivery item.

  Mailboxes are conventionally used for receiving mail, newspapers, other deliverables, etc., and are provided in each home or apartment house. In the case of a detached house, the post box is embedded in a gate pillar or fixed on a pillar installed on the ground, and in the case of an apartment house, it is arranged in several rows vertically and horizontally according to the number of residents. In many cases, it is arranged in combination with a delivery box.

  The post has a structure in which deliverables thrown from the mail box outlet are deposited on the bottom and taken out from the rear outlet. As can be seen in Patent Documents 1 and 2, usually, in a post box, a delivery item is inserted in a horizontal direction from a loading port and falls to the bottom. The mailing mouth is closed with an openable / closable lid (flap) so that dust, dirt or rainwater does not enter from the mailing mouth. The opening / closing lid is urged in the direction that the loading port is closed by its own weight or a spring, etc., and when it is pushed inward, it moves inward against the urging force and the loading port is opened. It can be put into the inside through the mouth, and when the filling is finished, the opening / closing lid is returned to its original position by the urging force so that the loading mouth is closed.

JP 2006-174880 A JP 2004-105259 A

  In the structure of a conventional post box, the opening / closing lid opens and closes every time a delivery item is posted, so that there is a drawback that the opening / closing sound is generated and noise is generated. In addition, there is a problem that the opening / closing lid needs to close the opening so that dust and rainwater do not enter from the opening, and the sealing structure and the opening / closing structure are complicated. Moreover, since the opening / closing lid appears in front of the post box, there is a problem that the design is devised.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described points, and a post box having a posting opening that does not cause the above problem even if the opening / closing cover is unnecessary or has an opening / closing cover is provided. The issue is to provide.

The present invention
A post box that can store a delivery item that has been input through a loading port and can take out the delivery item through an outlet.
Each is provided with a housing formed in a rectangular box shape consisting of six surfaces, a flat front plate, a back plate, a top plate, a bottom plate, and left and right side plates,
The lower end of the front plate is higher than the bottom plate,
A guide plate is provided continuously to the bottom plate with the upper end being the same as or higher than the lower end of the front plate and spaced a predetermined distance inward from the front plate,
A space formed by the front plate, the guide plate, and both side plates serves as a delivery port for delivery.

  In the present invention, an opening / closing lid is provided in the vicinity of the opening for opening and closing the opening so that the rotation shaft is located at the upper end of the guide plate or higher than the upper end. To pivot around the pivot axis so as to contact the upper end of the guide plate and close the throwing port and to open the throwing port away from the upper end of the guide plate against the biasing force. It has become.

  The opening / closing lid of the posting port is made of a sound absorbing material, and the sound absorbing material is attached to the guide plate portion with which the opening / closing lid abuts.

  The guide plate has an inclined portion that extends vertically upward from the bottom plate or moves away from the front plate as it goes from the bottom to the top. The front plate includes a name plate and a room number plate of the delivery recipient. A window for displaying is formed. This window is illuminated by a lighting device provided inside.

  In the invention of claim 1, since the space defined by the guide plate having the upper end almost the same as or higher than the lower end of the front plate, the front plate, and the both side plates is a delivery port for the delivery, There is no need for an open / close lid that opens and closes the posting port, no open / close sound is generated and no noise is generated. In addition, it is difficult for dust and rainwater to enter from the posting port, and even if it enters, it falls downward, so that it is possible to prevent the delivery items in the storage unit from getting dirty or wet. In addition, there is an advantage that the design is not devised because the posting port need only be a space.

  In the invention of claim 2, the opening / closing lid for opening and closing the mailing slot is provided, but the opening / closing lid is not visible when the case of the post box is viewed from the front horizontal direction. Therefore, the design of the opening / closing lid is not devised, and it can be composed of materials with no aesthetics, and it is difficult for dust and rainwater to enter from the posting port, and even if it enters, it falls downward, so the opening / closing lid is sealed Is not required, and an effect that a simple configuration can be obtained is obtained.

  In addition, if the opening / closing lid is made of a sound absorbing material, or if the sound absorbing material is attached to the guide plate portion with which the opening / closing lid abuts, the opening / closing sound generated upon posting can be significantly reduced.

It is the perspective view which showed the external appearance of the postbox. It is a perspective view when the side plate of a mail post is removed. (A) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view along the AA 'line of FIG. 2, (b), (c), (d) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a different Example. (A)-(c) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a still another Example. (A)-(c) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a still another Example.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the drawings. In the present embodiment, a post box for receiving and storing mail, newspaper, advertisement leaflet, circulation board, etc. (hereinafter referred to as delivery) will be described.

  1 and 2 show an embodiment of a post box. FIG. 2 shows the structure of FIG. 1 when the left and right side plates of the housing 10 are removed. The post box is composed of a housing 10 formed in a substantially rectangular box shape composed of a flat plate of a front plate 10a, a back plate 10c, a top plate 10d, a bottom plate 10e, and left and right side plates 10f and 10g. . A guide plate 10b whose upper end is equal to or higher than the lower end of the front plate 10a and is spaced a predetermined distance d inward from the front plate 10a is provided continuously to the bottom plate 10e. The front plate 10a is formed with a window 10h into which the name plate of the delivery recipient or the room number plate in which the recipient resides is inserted, and the back plate 10c is formed with an outlet 10i for taking out the delivery. The An opening / closing lid 12 that opens and closes the outlet is attached to the outlet 10i.

  Each of the plates 10a to 10g is made of metal, for example, stainless steel, and the front plate 10a and the top plate 10d are formed by bending a single plate into an L-shape at a right angle, and the guide plate 10b, the bottom plate 10e, and the back plate 10c. Is constructed by bending a single plate into a U-shape at right angles. By welding the back plate 10c and the top plate 10d, the structure shown in FIG. 2 is obtained, and by welding the side plates 10f and 10g on both sides, as shown in FIG. A rectangular box-shaped post box with orthogonal planes is obtained.

  You may comprise a post box by welding each plate by making each plate 10a-10g into a single plate, respectively. Further, some of the plates may be made of hard plastic instead of metal.

  In addition, when postboxes are arranged in several rows and columns as seen in apartment buildings, the plates adjacent to the left and right or up and down can be common, for example, the bottom plate is below It can be the same as the top plate of the post box.

  3A is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line AA 'in FIG. 2. 11 is a guide for guiding the name plate and room number plate (not shown) of the delivery recipient, and 12 is an outlet. This is an outlet opening / closing lid that closes 10i so that it can be opened and closed.

  As is apparent from FIGS. 1, 2, and 3A, in this embodiment, the front plate 10a extends vertically downward from the upper surface plate 10d, and a predetermined distance d from the front plate 10a to the rear plate 10c. A guide plate 10b is provided so as to stand vertically and continuously with the bottom plate 10e in parallel with the front plate 10a.

  The front plate 10a has a width w and a lower end height h1, the guide plate 10b has a width w and a height h2 from the bottom plate 10e, and the upper end height h2 is the height of the top plate 10d. The height is lower than the height h1 of the lower end of the front plate 10a (h2> h1). Since the guide plate 10b is displaced from the front plate 10a by d toward the back plate 10c, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3A, the front plate 10a and the guide plate 10b, and the left and right side plates 10f, A rectangular slot 10j having a width w and a length d determined by 10g is formed. Further, a delivery item storage unit 10k is formed by a space defined by the top plate 10d, the guide plate 10b, the bottom plate 10e, the back plate 10c, and the left and right side plates 10f and 10g.

  In such a configuration, the delivery is delivered by the delivery person via the delivery port 10j, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 3 (a), upward or obliquely from below, exceeding the upper end of the guide plate 10b. Then, it falls into the delivery storage unit 10k and is deposited there. On the other hand, the delivery recipient receives the delivery in the storage unit 10k by opening the outlet opening lid 12.

  In such a structure, an opening / closing lid (flap) that closes the opening 10j is not necessary, so that the opening / closing lid does not hit any part of the casing for each posting and no opening / closing sound is generated, and noise is generated. There is no. In addition, since the entrance is facing downward, it is difficult for dirt and rainwater to enter from the entrance, and even if it enters, it falls downward, so that the delivery in the storage unit 10k becomes dirty or wet. Can be prevented. In addition, there is an advantage that the design is not devised because the posting port need only be a space.

  Further, since the height h2 of the upper end of the guide plate 10b is lower than the height h1 of the lower end of the front plate 10a, a hand or a tool is put into the storage portion 10k through the port 10j, and the storage portion 10k. It is difficult to extract the deliverables inside, which contributes to prevention of theft of deliveries.

  Further, since the name plate or the number plate can be inserted and removed from the posting port 10j through the guide portion 11, there is also an advantage that the exchange is simplified.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3B, the guide plate 10b has a structure having a vertical portion and an inclined portion that moves away from the front plate 10a as it goes upward from below. The height h3 of the upper end of the guide plate 10b is higher than the height h2 of the guide plate 10b in FIG.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3C, the guide plate 10b has a structure having only an inclined portion, and the height h2 of the upper end of the guide plate 10b is the same as the height h2 of the upper end of the guide plate 10b in FIG. The lower end of the guide plate 10b is located vertically below the front plate 10a.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 (d), the guide plate 10b has a vertical part and a structure similar to that shown in FIG. 3 (b), and the height h2 of the upper end of the guide plate 10b is as shown in FIG. It is the same as the height h2 of the upper end of the guide plate 10b of a), and the vertical part of the guide plate 10b is located vertically below the front plate 10a.

  In the structure of FIGS. 3A and 3B, the entrance of the posting port 10j is a horizontal plane, whereas in the structure of FIGS. 3C and 3D, the entrance of the posting port 10j is a vertical surface. In addition, since the back of the posting port is the inclined portion of the guide plate 10b, there is an advantage that it is easy to post the delivery item. In addition, the structure shown in FIGS. 3B, 3C, and 3D can provide the same effects as those described in relation to the structure shown in FIG.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3C, an illumination device 13 made of an LED or the like may be attached in the vicinity of the guide portion 11. In this case, the name plate and room number plate of the delivery recipient inserted in the guide unit 11 can be illuminated, and the name plate and number plate can be observed well through the window 10h of the front plate 10a. Is possible.

  Of course, the illumination device 13 can also be provided in the structure of FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3D.

  3A to 3D, the height (h2, h3) of the upper end of the guide plate 10b is higher than the height h1 of the lower end of the front plate 10a, but is almost the same height. However, the same effect can be obtained.

  In the structure of the first embodiment, an opening / closing lid for opening and closing the posting port was not provided. However, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the posting port 10j is opened and closed in the vicinity of the posting port 10j. An open / close lid (flap) 14 is provided.

  4 (a), 4 (b), and 4 (c) show an example in which a door opening / closing lid is provided in the structure shown in FIG. 3 (a). FIGS. 5 (a), 5 (b), and 5 (c) An example in which the opening for opening and closing the lid is provided in the structure shown in FIG.

  The opening / closing lid 14 is made of a sound-absorbing material such as plastic such as rubber or urethane, and the rotation shaft 14a of the opening / closing lid 14 is substantially the same as that of the guide plate 10b in the structure of FIGS. 4 (a) and 5 (a). It is provided on the inner surface of the upper surface plate 10d vertically upward, and in the structure of FIGS. 4B and 5B, it is provided on the inner side of the corner where the front plate 10a and the upper surface plate 10d intersect, and FIG. 5 (c), the guide plate 10b is provided on the inner surface of the front plate 10a at a position substantially horizontally rightward from the upper end of the guide plate 10b. It is in a high position.

  The opening / closing lid 14 abuts against the upper end of the guide plate by its own weight or an urging force of a spring (not shown) and closes the loading port against the urging force, and moves away from the upper end of the guide plate against the urging force. It attaches so that it may rotate centering on the rotating shaft 14a so that it may open | release.

  In such a configuration, the delivery item is delivered from below to above from the delivery port 10j and hits the opening / closing lid 14. At this time, the opening / closing lid 14 is separated from the upper end portion of the guide plate 10b and opens the box opening, so that the deliverable falls over the guide plate 10b to the storage portion 10k and is deposited there. When the delivery item falls into the storage unit 10k, the opening / closing lid 14 returns to its original position by its own weight or the urging force of the spring and comes into contact with the upper end of the guide plate to close the loading port. Since the opening / closing lid 14 is made of a sound absorbing material, even if the opening / closing lid 14 returns to its original position and comes into contact with the upper end of the guide plate, the contact noise is absorbed, so the opening / closing sound of the opening / closing lid is significantly reduced. To do.

  In addition, since the mailing opening is closed with an opening / closing lid, it is possible to prevent the delivery items in the delivery unit from getting dirty, dust, or rainwater and getting the delivery items in the storage unit dirty or wet. In addition, the height of the upper end of the guide plate is equal to or higher than the height of the lower end of the front plate, and the opening / closing lid abuts on the upper end of the guide plate and does not move downward. When the housing is viewed from the front horizontal direction, the opening / closing lid is not visible. Therefore, there is an effect that the design of the opening / closing lid is not devised and it can be made of a material having no aesthetic appearance such as a sound absorbing material. In addition, it is difficult for dust and rainwater to enter from the posting port, and even if it enters, it falls downward, so that there is no need for a sealing structure in the opening / closing lid, and the structure of the opening / closing lid is simplified.

  Further, since the name plate or number plate can be inserted and removed from the posting port 10j through the guide portion 11, the advantage that the replacement is simplified is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  Alternatively, the opening / closing lid may be made of a sound absorbing material, or the opening / closing lid may be made of a sound absorbing material, and a similar sound absorbing material may be attached to the guide plate portion with which the opening / closing lid contacts.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the opening and closing lid is provided in the structure shown in FIG. 3 (a) or (d) has been described, but the structure shown in FIG. 3 (b) or (c) is similarly applied. Of course, a similar opening / closing lid can be provided.

  Further, in the first and second embodiments, the front lower end of each of the side plates 10f and 10g (the opening end side, that is, the lower end on the front plate side) has the same height h1 as the front plate 10a from the bottom plate 10e. The heights of the front lower ends of the side plates 10f and 10g and the left and right lower ends of the front plate 10a are the same, but the front lower ends of the side plates 10f and 10g are made lower than the lower ends of the front plate 10a. Of course, the shape of each side plate is not limited as long as the side plate covers the left and right sides of the posting port 10j.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Housing | casing 10a Front plate 10b Guide plate 10c Back plate 10d Upper surface plate 10e Bottom plate 10f, 10g Side plate 10h Window 10i Outlet 10j Loading port 10k Delivery object storage part 11 Guide part 12 Outlet opening / closing lid 13 Illuminating device 14 Open / close lid

Claims (7)

A post box that can store a delivery item that has been input through a loading port and can take out the delivery item through an outlet.
Each is provided with a housing formed in a rectangular box shape consisting of six surfaces, a flat front plate, a back plate, a top plate, a bottom plate, and left and right side plates,
The lower end of the front plate is higher than the bottom plate,
A guide plate is provided continuously to the bottom plate with the upper end being the same as or higher than the lower end of the front plate and spaced a predetermined distance inward from the front plate,
A post box characterized in that a space formed by a front plate, a guide plate, and both side plates serves as a delivery port for deliveries.   An opening / closing lid that opens and closes the posting opening is provided in the vicinity of the throwing port so that the rotation axis is at the upper end of the guide plate or higher than the upper end. The opening / closing lid is attached to the upper end of the guide plate by its own weight or the biasing force of the spring. The rotary shaft is rotated about a rotation shaft so as to close the insertion port by abutting and to open the insertion port away from the upper end portion of the guide plate against the urging force. The postbox according to 1.   The post box according to claim 2, wherein the opening / closing lid is made of a sound absorbing material.   4. The post box according to claim 2, wherein a sound absorbing material is attached to a guide plate portion with which the opening / closing lid abuts.   5. The post box according to claim 1, wherein the guide plate has an inclined portion that extends vertically upward from the bottom plate or moves away from the front plate as it goes from below to above. .   6. The post box according to claim 1, wherein a window for displaying a name plate of a delivery recipient and a room number plate is formed on the front plate.   The post box according to claim 6, wherein an illumination device for illuminating the window is provided therein.

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