JP2000336995A - Protection cover device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cover device which can be easily handled and completely conceals a main lock device or a lock handle normally installed to an automatic vending machine thereby excluding illegal access to the main lock device. SOLUTION: This device comprises an auxiliary lock device 10 installed to the side of a main body 2 of an automatic vending machine 1 or the like and a cover body 20 installed to the side of door 3. At one side edge of the cover body 20, a door fixing wing plate 22 having an escape scuttle 21 avoiding the main lock device or open-close handle portion 4 is coupled through a hinge mechanism 23. In a state where a door fixing wing plate 22 is fixed to a door 3, when the cover body 20 is overlapped to a door fixing wing plate 22, the free end 23 of the cover body 20 can be made connectable to part of the auxiliary lock device 10 installed to the main body 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cover device for concealing an opening / closing handle of a door of a vending machine or the like or a locking device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a vending machine installed on the street, a security chain is wound around and locked on the chain, or an auxiliary locking device is separately provided as a device developed and announced by the present applicant earlier. What was provided is Patent No. 2854566
No. 6,086,098. The former has a high risk of being cut because the chain is exposed, and if it is not cut, the whole becomes heavy and difficult to handle. In the latter case, although some results have been obtained, since the locking device and the auxiliary locking device are both exposed, many attempts have been made to open these keys independently, and finally, illegally. It is not unusual to be unlocked.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, is easy to handle, completely conceals the present locking device or opening / closing handle originally attached to a vending machine, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a cover device having an improved security effect by preventing an illegal access to a locking device or the like.

[0004]

The cover device according to the first aspect of the present invention includes an auxiliary locking device 10 attached to a main body 2 side of a vending machine or the like 1. The cover body 20 is provided on the side of the door 3 of the vending machine or the like 1 and has an escape hole 21 on one side edge of the cover body 20 for avoiding the locking device or the opening / closing handle portion 4 provided on the door 3 side. The door fixed wing plate 22 is connected via a hinge mechanism 23, and the door fixed wing plate 22 is fixed so that the escape hole 21 is aligned with the position of the locking device or the opening / closing handle portion 4. When the cover body 20 is overlaid on the door fixed wing plate 22 with the plate 22 fixed to the door 3,
The free end 23 of the cover body 20 can be connected to a part of the auxiliary locking device 10 attached to the main body 2 of the vending machine 1 or the like, and the connection can be established and released by the key 11 to the auxiliary locking device 10. is there

In order to achieve the above object, it is preferable that the cover body 10 is provided with a vending machine or the like from the front of the door 3.
Is bent at 90 degrees along the side surface, and its cross-sectional shape is a shallow katakana U-shape with a concave 25 inside, and the free end 24 and the auxiliary locking device 10 are connected by any one of these members. Are formed as forked metal shells 12a and 12b, and the other member is formed as a single metal shell 27 which can be inserted in the middle of the metal shells 12a and 12b. When the lock pin 13 can be inserted and withdrawn and the lock pin 13 is fully inserted, a locking cam or a locking member 14 that operates together with the rotor 13 that is rotated by the key 11 of the auxiliary locking device 10 is used to lock the lock pin 13. The engaging recess 15 is provided so as to be able to engage and disengage.

In the cover device configured as described above, the front end of the locking device 4 originally provided on the door 3 is fitted into the escape hole 21 of the door fixed wing plate 22, and the door fixed wing plate 22 is attached to the door 3. On the other hand, it is firmly fixed with a bolt 26 or the like. Next, cover
The main body 20 is attached to the door 3, the position of the metal clasp 27 of the free end 24 and the metal clasps 12 a and 12 b of the auxiliary locking device 10 are aligned, and the auxiliary locking device 10 is firmly fixed to the main body of the vending machine or the like 1. . When the door 3 of the vending machine or the like 1 is closed, the cover body 20 is rotated about its hinge shaft 23, and is raised with respect to the door fixing blade 22, so as to be in this state. Then, the main locking device 4 or the main locking mechanism of the opening / closing handle portion is locked. Thereafter, when the cover body 20 is overlapped on the door fixing wing plate 22, the locking device 4 or the opening / closing handle portion and the bolt 26 fixing the door fixing wing plate 22 to the door 3 are completely hidden by the cover body 20. You.

Next, the free end 2 of the cover body 20 is
4 and the auxiliary locking device 10 are connected. In this way, the keyhole, handle and fixing bolt 26 of the locking device 4 of the door 3 are completely covered by the cover body 20 and the cover body 2
0 is locked to the main body 2 by the auxiliary locking device 10, and therefore, even if accessed illegally, unless the auxiliary locking device 10 is first released, it is impossible to see what kind of device this locking device is. It acts to reduce access willingness. When it is desired to open the door 3 of the vending machine 1 or the like, first, the locking of the cover body 20 by the auxiliary locking device 10 is performed by the key 11.
Then, the cover body 20 is raised from the door 3 and the door fixing wing plate 22, the lock of the locking device is unlocked by a predetermined key of the locking device 4, and the operating handle is raised or pulled out and pulled. To open the door 3.

In the invention of claim 2, the cover body 20
In order to lock the free end 23 of the auxiliary locking device 10 with the auxiliary locking device 10, the metal pots 12 a, 12 b and 27 are viewed in a plane and completely overlapped with each other, and the locking pin 13 is inserted into them.
With the key 11 of 0, the rotor 13 is rotated, and the engaging cam or engaging member 14 which operates due to the rotation is engaged with the engaging recess 15 of the lock pin 13, and the cover body 20 and the auxiliary locking device 10 are engaged. And are phase-coupled. In this manner, the locking device 4 or the opening / closing handle portion is covered by the cover body 20 from one side edge of the door 3 to the main body 2 side, and this portion is not completely visible and a single lock pin 13 is provided. Is both pot gold 1
Since the lock is completely penetrated through 2a, 12b and 27, the lock does not come off even if the cover body 20 is slightly twisted with a bur or the like.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but those already described in the section of the means for solving the invention and the section of the operation of the invention will not be described repeatedly. All members constituting the apparatus of the present invention are formed of a strong steel material. 1 to FIG. 1, an auxiliary locking device 10 is firmly fixed to the main body 2 from the inside thereof. At the free end 23 of the cover body 20, one veneer 25 is provided, and the auxiliary locking device 1 is provided.
On the 0 side, the pot metal 12 is placed between the top and bottom of the pot metal 25.
Although a and 12b are provided, the arrangement of these pot metals 12a, 12b and 27 is relative, and any one of two members and one of the other members can be used as the invention of claim 2. Both are within the scope of the embodiment. Further, in the invention of claim 1, the auxiliary locking device 10 and the cover body 20 need only be able to be connected and separated, and the locking mechanism is not limited. The size of the escape hole 21 is slightly larger than the size of the ordinary commercially available locking device and the size of the opening / closing handle portion 4 and the width is about 40 m.
m, and the length in the vertical direction is about 120 mm. As described above, since the cover body 20 has a shallow U-shape in cross section, the door fixing wing plate 22 is fixed even if the locking device and the opening / closing handle part 4 originally protrude slightly from the door 3 surface. Even if the heads of the bolts 26 project to the front, they can be attached to most types of vending machines and the like 1 as long as they are completely covered and the mounting positions match.

[0010]

In the cover device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the cover device is attached to the locking device or the opening / closing handle portion 4 of the vending machine or the like 1 so that the cover device 2 is attached.
Since it is hidden by 0, it becomes a kind of double locking device, and since the present locking device cannot be seen as described above, the willingness of illegal access is significantly reduced, and a security effect is exhibited. The structure is simple and the installation is simple. In the invention of claim 2, since the lock structure between the cover body 20 and the auxiliary locking device 10 is as described above, it is strong, and even if the cover body 20 is twisted by a driver or the like, the lock is not applied. There is no risk of being unraveled.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a cover device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a completely locked state is indicated by a solid line, and a cover body opened state is indicated by a chain line.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the cover device with a part cut away.

FIG. 3 is a partial vertical side view of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine etc. 2 Main body 3 Door 4 Handle part 10 Auxiliary locking device 11 Key 16 Lock pin 20 Cover body 21 Escape hole 22 Fixed wing plate 23 Hinge mechanism 24 Free end 27 First pot metal

Claims (2)

[Claims] An auxiliary locking device attached to a main body side of a vending machine and a cover body attached to a door of the vending machine. A door fixed wing plate 22 having an escape hole 21 for avoiding the locking device or the opening / closing handle portion 4 provided on the door 3 side is connected via a hinge mechanism 23 to the door fixed wing plate 2.
Reference numeral 2 designates the escape hole 21 which is fixed in accordance with the position of the locking device or the opening / closing handle portion 4. When the door fixing wing plate 22 is fixed to the door 3, the cover body 20 is fixed. When the free end 24 of the cover body 20 is overlapped on the door fixed wing plate 22, the free end 24 of the cover body 20 is connectable to a part of the auxiliary locking device 10 attached to the main body 2 of the vending machine or the like. 10. A protective cover device for a vending machine or the like, characterized in that the connection can be locked and unlocked by a key (10). 2. The cover body 10 is bent 90 degrees from the front surface of the door 3 along the side surface of the vending machine 1 or the like.
The cross-sectional shape is a U-shape of a shallow katakana with a concave 25 on the inside, and the coupling structure between the free end 24 and the auxiliary locking device 10 is such that one of these members has a bifurcated shape. The other member is a single metal pin 27 which can be inserted in the middle, and a single lock pin 13 can be inserted and withdrawn through all of the two forked metal pieces 12a and 12b and the single metal piece 27. In a position where the lock pin 13 is completely inserted, a locking cam or a locking member 14 which operates together with the rotor 13 which is rotated by the key 11 of the auxiliary locking device 10 has a locking recess of the locking pin 13. 2. A protective cover for a vending machine or the like according to claim 1, wherein said protective cover is provided so as to be able to be engaged and disengaged.
apparatus.