JP2002197528A - Antitheft device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antitheft device for an automatic vending machine with high burglar-preventiveness which can prevent the case wherein the lock device for the door of an automatic vending machine is broken by forcibly inserting a drill, etc., into the key hole of the lock device and the stored money is stolen. SOLUTION: The antitheft device 1 has a base member 2 which is fixed adjacently to the lock device on the flank of the automatic vending machine body so that it is joined with the flank of the machine body, a shield member 4 which is positioned in front of the key hole of the lock device of the automatic vending machine by orthogonally engaging the base member 2, and a lock mechanism 10 which holds the shield member 4 engaging it with the base member 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a security device for a vending machine, and more particularly, to a security device for preventing a door of a vending machine from being illegally opened.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vending machine is often installed outdoors where it is difficult to monitor even though many goods and money are stored inside. For this reason, a drill or the like is forcibly pushed into the keyhole of the door locking device, and the locking device is broken, and the door is pryed open, and the stored money may be stolen, especially at night when the popularity is low. Conventionally, in order to prevent such a situation, a security method such as attaching a bracket to each of a main body and a door of a vending machine, suspending a metal chain around the bracket in an annular shape, and locking with a padlock or the like is known. Was adopted.

[0003]

However, according to the conventional security method as described above, since the metal chain is relatively easily cut by a wire cutter or the like, the money stored in the vending machine door is pryed open. Cannot be effectively prevented from being stolen.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional security method as described above, and a drill or the like is forcibly pushed into a key hole of a door locking device of a vending machine, and the locking device is broken and housed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a security device for a vending machine having high security performance capable of preventing a situation in which money is stolen.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a door is hinged to the front of the main body so as to be able to open freely, and the door is attached to the front edge of the front of the main body. A security device for a vending machine attached to a vending machine provided with a locking device that keeps a closed state with respect to the vending machine, which is joined to a side surface of the main body at a position adjacent to the locking device on the side surface of the main body. A base member fixed as described above, a shielding member positioned in front of a keyhole of a locking device of a vending machine by being engaged in a state orthogonal to the base member, and a state in which the shielding member is engaged with the base member And a locking mechanism. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the lower surface of the shielding member and the upper surface of the base member are provided with engagement recesses, respectively. It is to engage with the base member by engaging the recess with the engagement recess of the base member. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, a pin insertion hole is formed above the engagement recess of the shielding member, and the locking mechanism engages with the base member. It is intended to hold a lock pin that passes through the pin insertion hole of the shielding member. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the locking mechanism inserts a key member for unlocking from a rear side. It is in. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, a shielding plate is provided behind a portion of the locking mechanism where the key member is inserted.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a security device for a vending machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a security device) according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a security device. The security device 1 is formed by a base member 2 having a lock member 3 attached to the tip and a shielding member 4. The base member 2 is formed in a long shape with iron (S20C 16t), and its surface is subjected to nickel chrome plating. Screws 5, 5 are protruded inside the base end, and two guide plates 7, 7 having screw holes 6, 6 are screwed to these screws 5, 5. A thick portion 25 is provided at the end of the base member 2, and a flat rectangular parallelepiped lock member 3 made of iron is inserted outside the thick portion 25 from the inside of the thick portion 25. It is screwed firmly by bolts (not shown). The head of the bolt enters the inside of the thick portion 25, and the inner surface of the thick portion 25 is flush. The lock member 3 has an engagement recess 9 formed in the upper surface of the tip,
A locking mechanism 10 is provided on the proximal end side. FIG. 3 shows a horizontal cross section of the lock member 3 at the upper end thereof.
a, 11b are drilled. The lock pin 12 is inserted into the front pin insertion hole 11a so as to be slidable back and forth. The lock pin 12 has a large diameter only in the head portion 13 and has a front pin insertion hole 11a.
Has an inner diameter substantially the same as the outer diameter of the head portion 13 of the lock pin 12 only at the rear end, and the other portion has an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the head portion 13 of the lock pin 12. I have. Therefore, the lock pin 12 is inserted into the pin insertion hole 11a.
It does not come off from. On the other hand, the rear pin insertion hole 11b has an inner diameter substantially the same as the outer diameter of the head portion 13 of the lock pin 12 as a whole. And lock pin 1
2 is pushed in from the front of the lock member 3, the head 13 of the lock pin 12 is inserted into the engagement member 1 in the pin insertion hole 11b.
7 and the lock pin 12 is held so as not to move. On the other hand, when the key member 8 is inserted into the key hole 18 and rotated, the head 13 of the lock pin 12 and the engaging member 1 are rotated.
7 is released, the lock pin 12 projects (slides outward) from the pin insertion hole 11b by the urging force of the urging member (not shown), and the head portion 13 of the lock pin 12 It is stored in the large-diameter portion near the rear end of the insertion hole 11a.

On the other hand, like the base member 2, the shielding member 4 is formed in a long rectangular parallelepiped shape by iron (S20C 16t), and its surface is subjected to nickel chrome plating. An engagement recess 14 engageable with the engagement recess 9 of the lock member 3 is formed in the lower surface of the distal end of the shielding member 4, and a pin insertion hole 15 is provided above the engagement recess 14. Are drilled. The width of the engaging recess 14 of the shielding member 4 is substantially the same as the thickness (about 10.0 mm) of the locking member 3, and the width of the engaging recess 9 of the locking member 3 is The thickness is approximately the same (about 10.0 mm), and when the shielding member 4 is engaged with the lock member 3, the two members 2 and 3 are kept orthogonal in the horizontal plane and do not move. Further, the shielding member 4 is
Is engaged with the pin insertion hole 15 of the shielding member 4.
Correspond to the pin insertion holes 11a and 11b of the lock portion 3.

The security device 1 is used by being installed near a door of a vending machine. FIGS. 4 and 5 show the installation state of the security device 1.
A door 23 is hinged to the front of the main body 22 containing the product so that the door 23 can be freely opened, and at the edge of the front of the door 23,
A locking device 24 for holding the door 23 in a closed state with respect to the main body 22 is provided. The door 23 can be locked and unlocked by inserting a key (not shown) into the locking device 24 and rotating it. In the security device 1, the screws 5, 5 of the base member 2 are inserted through the screw holes 6, 6 of the guide plate 7 a to join the guide plate 7 a to the inner surface of the thick portion 25 of the base member 2. A screw hole (not shown) is formed in the side surface of the vending machine 21, and the screws 5, 5 of the base member 2 are inserted through the screw holes, and the main body 22 of the vending machine 21 is inserted into the screw holes 5, 5. From inside
The guide plate 7b is screwed using the nuts 16, 16 and the like, and the vending machine 2 is formed by the guide plate 7a and the guide plate 7b.
1 and the base member 2 is inserted into the vending machine 2
It is installed by being horizontally fixed to the side surface of the main body 22 of the first. The guide plate 7a joined to the inner surface of the thick portion 25 of the base member 2 functions as a spacer for filling a gap between the edge of the door 23 of the vending machine 21 and the side surface of the main body 22 (see FIG. 4B).

In the security device 1 installed as described above, the engaging recess 14 of the shielding member 4 is engaged with the engaging recess 9 of the lock member 2, and in this state, the lock pin 12 is When pushed in from the front, lock pin 1
2 penetrates through the pin insertion hole 15 of the shielding member 4, the head portion 13 of the lock pin 12 engages with the engagement members 17, 17 in the pin insertion hole 11b, and holds the lock pin 12 so as not to move. Therefore, the shielding member 4 is engaged with the lock member 3 and is held in a state where it is located in front of the keyhole of the locking device 24 of the vending machine 21.

When the key member 8 is inserted into the keyhole 18 and turned, the head 13 of the lock pin 12 is disengaged from the engaging members 17 and 17, and the lock pin 12 is released.
Is projected from the pin insertion hole 11b by the urging force of the urging member, and the head portion 13 of the lock pin 12 is moved to the pin insertion hole 1b.
Since the state is accommodated in the large-diameter portion near the rear end of 1a, the shielding member 4 can be separated from the lock member 2. Therefore, the key can be inserted into the locking device 24 of the vending machine 21 to open the door. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, the removed shielding member 4 is placed so as not to interfere with the unlocking work of the locking device of the vending machine 21 by engaging the locking member 2 in the opposite direction. be able to.

As described above, the security device 1 includes a vending machine 2
At a position adjacent to the locking device 24 on the side surface of the main body 22,
A base member 2 fixed to be joined to a side surface of the main body;
A shielding member 4 which is engaged with the base member 2 at right angles and located in front of the keyhole of the locking device 24 of the vending machine 21.
And a locking mechanism 10 for holding the shielding member 4 in a state of being engaged with the base member 2, unless the locking mechanism 10 is unlocked. Located in front of the vending machine and prevents unauthorized insertion of a tool such as a drill, so that a crime in which the door 23 of the vending machine 21 is pryingly opened can be prevented. Furthermore, the vending machine can be easily mounted, and since the structure is simple and compact, it can be mounted without requiring a large space even in a vending machine in which a large number of vending machines are installed side by side.

The security device 1 has engagement recesses 14 and 9 on the lower surface of the shielding member 4 and the upper surface of the base member 2 (lock member 3 attached to the base member 2), respectively. The member 4 is provided with the engaging recess 14
By engaging the engaging recess 9 of the (lock member 3 attached to the base member 2) with the base member 2, the door 23 of the vending machine 21 is opened to replenish goods or to make money. When the collecting operation is performed, the removed shielding member 4 can be placed so as not to interfere with the operation by engaging the locking member 2 with the locking member 2 turned upside down (see FIG. 6). , Very convenient.

Further, in the security device 1, a pin insertion hole 15 is formed above the engagement recess 14 of the shielding member 4, and the locking mechanism 10 allows the pin insertion of the shielding member 4 engaged with the base member 2. Since it holds the lock pin 12 penetrating the hole 15, the structure is simple, it can be manufactured at low cost, and there are few failures. In addition, the locking and unlocking are performed by the immersion and protrusion of the lock pin 12, and it is possible to instantaneously determine whether the locking state is the locking state or the unlocking state by visual observation, so that there is no fear of forgetting to lock.

In addition, the security device 1 includes a locking mechanism 10
The key member 8 for releasing the holding state of the lock pin 12 is inserted from the rear side.
Since it is difficult to insert a tool such as a drill illegally into 8, the accuracy of the security performance is very high.

The configuration of the security device according to the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and the shapes and structures of the base member, the lock member, the shielding member, the locking mechanism, etc. may be changed as necessary. It can be changed as appropriate.

For example, the locking mechanism mounted on the security device is not limited to a mechanism that locks and unlocks by inserting and projecting a lock pin, but locks and unlocks by engaging and releasing an engaging member with a shielding member. It may be something. Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the locking / unlocking operation by rotating the key member inserted into the keyhole, but may be a dial-type locking mechanism or the like. Also,
The material of the base member and the lock member is not limited to iron, and may be another metal such as stainless steel or aluminum, or may be a hard synthetic resin in some cases. Note that, as in the above embodiment, the base member and the lock member are made of iron (S20C
In the case of forming by 16t), the base member and the lock member are very difficult to be cut, so that the security performance is greatly improved. Further, the base member is not limited to the one provided with the lock member as in the above embodiment,
The locking mechanism may be integrally provided. In addition, the base member is not limited to the one formed in a long shape as in the above-described embodiment, and has another shape as long as it is fixed so as to be joined to the side surface of the main body of the vending machine. It may be something. Further, when the base member and the lock member are formed of metal and the surface thereof is subjected to nickel chrome plating as in the above-described embodiment, the base member and the lock member are very unlikely to rust. The device is easy to maintain.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, it is also possible to provide a shielding plate 20 behind the keyhole of the locking mechanism (FIG. 7).
Shows an example in which a shielding plate 20 is provided by abutting an L-shaped bent member on the outer surface of the base member 2). In such a configuration, it becomes more difficult to insert a tool such as a drill into the keyhole of the locking mechanism, so that the security performance of the security device becomes higher.

As shown in FIG. 8, it is also possible to suspend the auxiliary projection 26 on the inner surface of the shielding member (FIG. 8).
FIG. 2 shows an example in which an auxiliary projection 26 is vertically provided by abutting an L-shaped bent member on the inner surface of the shielding member 4). In such a configuration, the auxiliary projection functions as a spacer for filling a gap between the edge of the door of the vending machine and the base member, and the thick portion 2 of the base member is provided.
In addition to preventing insertion of a tool such as a drill from the inside of 5, the auxiliary projection functions to maintain the orthogonal state between the shielding member and the base member. Since the situation in which the gap with the keyhole is widened is prevented, the security performance of the security device is extremely high.

[0020]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a security device, comprising: a base member fixed to a side of a main body of a vending machine adjacent to a locking device so as to be joined to a side of the main body; A locking member that is engaged in an orthogonal state and is located in front of the keyhole of the locking device of the vending machine; and a locking mechanism that holds the shielding member in a state of being engaged with the base member. Unless the lock is unlocked,
Since it is located in front of the keyhole of the vending machine to prevent unauthorized insertion of a tool such as a drill, it is possible to prevent a crime of illegally opening the door of the vending machine. In addition, since the vending machine can be easily installed and has a simple and compact structure, it can be installed in a vending machine in which a large number of vending machines are installed side by side without requiring a large space.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the lower surface of the shielding member and the upper surface of the base member are respectively provided with engagement recesses, and the shielding member is provided with the engagement recesses of the base member. When the door of the vending machine is opened for replenishment of goods or for collecting money, the removed shielding member is turned upside down and the locking portion is engaged with the base member. By engaging with
It is very convenient because it can be placed out of the way of work.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a pin insertion hole is formed above the engagement recess of the shielding member, and the locking mechanism is configured to insert the pin insertion hole of the shielding member engaged with the base member. Since it holds the penetrated lock pin, the structure is simple, it can be manufactured at low cost, and there are few failures. In addition, locking and locking
It is unlocked, and it is possible to visually judge instantly whether it is in the locked state or the unlocked state, so that there is no fear of forgetting to lock.

According to the security device of the fourth aspect, the locking mechanism inserts a key member for unlocking from the rear side, and it is difficult to insert a tool such as a drill into a key hole of the locking mechanism. Therefore, the accuracy of security performance is very high.

In the security device according to the fifth aspect, since the shielding plate is provided behind the portion of the locking mechanism where the key member is inserted, it is extremely difficult to insert a tool such as a drill into the key hole of the locking mechanism. Since it is difficult, the accuracy of security performance is extremely high.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a security device.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a security device (in a partially disassembled state).

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a horizontal cross section near the upper end of a lock member.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the security device is installed in a vending machine ((a) is a front view, and (b) is a plan view).

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the security device is installed in a vending machine.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state where the shielding member is engaged with the base member in the opposite direction.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a modified example of the security device.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a modification of the security device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Security device, 2. Base member, 3. Lock member, 4. Shielding member, 5. Screw, 6. Screw hole, 7.
a, 7b guide plate, 8 key member, 9 engagement recess, 10 locking device, 11a, b pin insertion hole, 1
2. lock pin, 13 head, 14 engagement recess, 15 pin insertion hole, 16 nut, 17 engagement member, 18 keyhole, 19 washer, 20 Shielding plate, 21 vending machine, 22 main body, 23 door, 24 locking device, 25 thick part, 26 auxiliary projection.

Claims (5)

[Claims] A door is hinged on a front surface of a main body so as to be able to open freely, and a locking device is provided near an edge of the front surface of the door, the locking device being configured to hold the door closed with respect to the main body. A vending machine security device attached to a vending machine, comprising: a base member fixed to a side of the main body so as to be joined to a side surface of the main body at a position adjacent to a locking device; An automatic vending machine having a shielding member engaged and positioned in front of a keyhole of a locking device of a vending machine; and a locking mechanism for holding the shielding member in a state of being engaged with the base member. Machine security equipment. 2. An engaging recess is provided on each of a lower surface of the shielding member and an upper surface of the base member.
The engaging member engages with the base member by engaging the engaging concave portion with the engaging concave portion of the base member.
A security device for a vending machine according to claim 1. 3. A pin insertion hole is formed above the engagement recess of the shielding member, and the locking mechanism holds a lock pin that has passed through the pin insertion hole of the shielding member engaged with the base member. The security device for a vending machine according to claim 2, wherein: 4. The locking mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a key member for unlocking is inserted from a rear side.
A security device for a vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. A shielding plate is provided behind a portion of the locking mechanism into which the key member is inserted.
A security device for a vending machine according to claim 1.