JP2003187315A - Robbery preventing device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a robbery preventing device capable of guarding a robbery by destruction or wrenching of the front surface and left and right of the door of an automatic vending machine altogether, enabling opening/closing of the door of the automatic vending machine without detaching the robbery preventing device, facilitating locking, covering even the front surface of a cash housing part and a key part without lowering strength of the robbery preventing device and being easily attached to the automatic vending machine. <P>SOLUTION: The front surface and the left and right of the door 7 are guarded by one body of a U-shaped lock arm 1. The U-shaped lock arm 1 is held by supporters 4 attached at two parts of the front surface of the door 7 and can be rotated and slid in a side direction. At the time of locking, when a tip of the lock arm 1b is rotated in the direction of lifting it to the back and fitted to a lock unit attached to the side face of an automatic vending machine body 6, locking is automatically performed. A guard bar 5 guarding the front surface of a paper money identification device and a coin mechanism housing the cash is attached to the U-shaped lock arm 1 with a slide holder 5a. Also, it is fixed to the automatic vending machine door 7 with another fixing tool 5b. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an antitheft device which prevents the door of an automatic vending machine from being broken or pryed open and prevents theft of money.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An integrated device for guarding the left and right and the front of a vending machine door has a structure as shown in FIG. However, it was not possible to open the door with the front guard attached. When opening and closing the door, the front guard part had to be removed and installed each time, which was troublesome.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] It is possible to prevent money from being stolen by breaking or prying the door of a vending machine, and the front and left and right sides of the door can be integrally guarded. It must be possible to open and close without removing or installing the protective device.

When locked, it can be automatically locked without using a key.

Not only can the entire door be broken or the pry guard opened, but also theft caused by the partial destruction of the money storage portion can be prevented.

The mounting position is not fixed and has a degree of freedom, and the strength of the mounting portion does not decrease. An object of the present invention is to provide an antitheft device having the above features and structure.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A cono-shaped lock arm 1 that integrally protects the front and left and right sides of a door 7. Door 7
It is held so that it can be rotated and slid in the lateral direction by supports 4 attached at two positions on the front surface. The tip of the lock arm 1b can be fitted and locked in the lock unit 2 attached to the side surface of the vending machine body 6 by rotating the lock arm 1b in the direction of lifting it up. Further, even if the door 7 of the vending machine is opened when unlocking, the lock-shaped lock arm 1b reaches a position where the lock lock arm 1b does not collide with the vending machine body 6.
To be able to slide.

One method for automatically locking is
A hook-shaped projection 11a protruding upward by 90 degrees is provided at the tip of the lock arm 1b. When the hook-shaped projection 11a is inserted into the lock unit 2, the recess 1 of the hook-shaped projection 11a
The lock pin 21a is automatically fitted and locked in 1b by the force of the spring 21b. The lock pin 21a has a structure that can be unlocked by being pushed back in conjunction with the rotation of the key.

Another method of automatically locking is to insert the tip of the lock arm 1b into the lock unit 2 from below, push up the lock pin 22a that is pushed by the spring from above, and slide it further to the side. Cono groove 2
When inserted into 2d, the lock pin has a structure in which it is locked by being inserted into a recessed hole 12a provided at the tip of the lock arm 1b by the force of a spring.

As another method of automatically locking, the lock unit 2 is composed of a fixed block 23X and a rotating block 23Y, the rotating block 23Y receives the tip of the arm while rotating, and the arm becomes horizontal. The deepest receiving position, the rotation block 23Y
The lock pin 23a, which is pushed out by a spring from above and protrudes, is automatically fitted into the notch portion and locked.

A round bar 1a on the front side of the door is provided with a guard bar 5 for guarding the front side of a bill validator and coin mechanism in which money is stored.

The guard rod 5 is attached to the cono-shaped lock arm 1 with a slide holder 5a. The hole of the slide holder 5a has a hole diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the cono-shaped lock arm 1 so that the guard rod 5 attached to the cono-shaped lock arm 1 can freely slide.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The front and left and right sides of a door 7 are cono-shaped lock arm 1 against breakage and prying of a vending machine.
You can guard all at once. When the lock is released, by sliding the cono-shaped lock arm 1 sideways, the device does not hit the vending machine body 6 and the door 7
Can be opened and closed.

The cono-shaped lock arm 1 can be automatically locked without using a key.

Not only can the door be broken and opened, but also the guard bar 5 can prevent theft due to the partial destruction of the money storing portion and the locking portion.

In the cono-shaped lock arm, the guard rod 5 can be attached at any position, and no hole for attachment is required, so that the strength of the anti-theft device does not decrease.

[0017]

EXAMPLE This anti-theft device mainly comprises a cono-shaped lock arm 1, a support 4 for holding it on a door 7 and a lock unit 2 for fixing the cono-shaped lock arm 1 to a vending machine body 6. Composed.

The cono-shaped lock arm 1 is formed by connecting the left and right lock arms 1b formed by bending a metal round bar in an L shape and the round bar 1a, and is fixed to both ends of the door 7. It is held at the front position of the door 7 by 4. Also, round bar 1
By changing the length of "a", it is possible to correspond to the width dimension of various vending machines.

One embodiment of the lock mechanism is shown in FIG.
This is a method that can be locked simply by inserting the hook-shaped projection 11a into the lock unit. Hook-shaped protrusions 11a are formed at the tips of the left and right lock arms 1b so as to project upward by 90 degrees.
Is installed. The lock unit 2 is composed of a cam 2c that rotates in conjunction with the cylinder lock 3, a lock pin 21a and a spring 2b, and is fixed to the side surface of the vending machine body 6. The lock pin 21a is pushed from behind by the spring 2b and projects into the lock hole 21d for receiving the hook-shaped projection 11a. The projecting lock pin 21a can be retracted by rotating the cam 2c with a key.

Then, the hook-shaped projection 11a is provided with a lock hole 21d.
When the lock pin 21a is inserted into the lock pin 21a, the lock pin 21a collides with the taper tip portion of the lock pin 21a and retracts. Then, when the hook-shaped projection 11a is further inserted, the lock pin 21
a is automatically fitted into the recess 11b of the hook-shaped projection by the force of the spring 21b. Thus, the U-shaped lock arm 1 inserted from below cannot be pulled out not only to the left and right but also to the front of the door 7 by the hook-shaped projection 11a.

Another embodiment of the lock mechanism is shown in FIG. This is because the tip of the lock arm 1b is the lock unit 2
Insert it from below and slide it further to the side,
Lock pin 22a is locked into the lock arm 1b.
It is fitted and locked by the force of the spring in the recessed hole 12a provided at the tip of the. The lock pin 22 can be retracted by a cam that rotates in conjunction with the cylinder lock 3 like the other lock mechanism described above.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the lock mechanism. The lock unit 2 is mainly composed of a fixed block 23X and a rotary block 23Y, and the rotary block 23Y is attached to the fixed block 23X by a shaft pin 23Z and rotates about the shaft pin 23Z. When the tip of the lock arm 1b is inserted into the lock unit from below, the rotary block 23Y receives the tip of the lock arm 1b while rotating, and receives the deepest at a position where the arm is horizontal, and the rotary block 23Y is turned off. The lock pin 23a pushed by the spring 2b from above is automatically fitted into the notch and locked. Further, since the pin 23e protruding from the fixed block 23X fits into the hole 13a provided in the lock arm 1b, it cannot be pulled out not only to the left and right but also to the front of the door 7. The lock pin 23 can be retracted by a cam that rotates in conjunction with the cylinder lock 3 like the other lock mechanism described before.

Further, the banknote discriminating device in which money is stored and the guard bar 5 which partially protects the front part of the coin mechanism mounting are held by the slide holder 5a so as to be freely slidable on the cono-shaped lock arm 1. However, the slide holder 5a itself can be fixed to the door 7 with a screw. Then, the guard rod 5 is attached to the door 7 by another fixing tool 5b.
Is completely fixed to. A key guard 55 is attached to the cono-shaped lock arm 1 so as to guard the front surface of the locking portion 7a of the vending machine door 7. Since the key guard 55 rotates together with the cono-shaped lock arm 1, when the lock is released, the key guard 55 projects forward and the front surface of the locking portion 7a opens, so that the key can be operated.

When opening the door 7 of the vending machine in which the K-shaped lock arm 1 is locked by the lock unit 2, the lock is first unlocked with a key. Then, the tip of the lock arm 1b is rotated downward and moved to a position in front of the door 7 until it hangs down. At this time, the key guard 55 also rotates to open the front surface of the locking portion 7a. Then, the U-shaped lock arm 1 is slid to the right, and the lock arm 1b protruding from the left side surface of the vending machine is retracted. This prevents the lock arm 1b from hitting the vending machine body 6 even when the door 7 is wide open. After that, the lock 7a may be unlocked and the door 7 may be opened as usual.

On the contrary, in order to close the door 7 of the vending machine and lock the anti-theft device, the reverse operation is performed. However, as described above, the lock of this device is automatically locked simply by inserting the tip of the lock arm 1b into the lock unit 2 without using a key.

[0026]

[Effects of the Invention] For destruction or prying of a vending machine,
The front and left and right parts of the door 7 can be collectively guarded by the cono-shaped lock arm 1. The door 7 can be opened and closed without removing the cono-shaped lock arm 1 of the anti-theft device, which facilitates handling.

Since the device can be automatically locked by rotating the device without using a key, the operation becomes easy.

Not only can the door 7 be broken and opened, but also the guard rod 5 can collectively prevent theft due to partial destruction of the money storage portion and the key portion.

Since the fixed position of the guard rod 5 can be freely changed by the slide holder 5a, it can be applied to various kinds of vending machines having different sizes and component arrangements, and the positioning of the attachment is easy. In addition, K-shaped lock arm 1
It is not necessary to make a hole for attachment to the or the guard rod 5 and the strength thereof is not reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the device of the present invention mounted on a vending machine and locked.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a lock portion of a hook-type protrusion locking system of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the device of the present invention is attached to a vending machine and unlocked.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a lock portion of a lateral slide lock system of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional perspective view of a lock portion of a rotation lock system of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a top view showing a state in which the device of the present invention is attached to a vending machine and a door is opened.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a vending machine equipped with a conventional product.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference numeral 1 denotes a cono-shaped lock arm 1a, which constitutes the cono-shaped lock arm 1, round bars 1b, which constitute the left and right sides of the cono-shaped lock arm 1, a lock arm 11a, a hook-shaped projection 11b provided at the tip of the lock arm 1b, and a hook. The concave portion 12a of the mold protrusion 11a is the concave hole 13a at the tip of the lock arm. The hole 2 is the lock unit 21a, 22a and 23a. The lock pin 2b is the spring 2c. The cam 21d is the lock hole 22d. The fixed block 23Y, the rotary block 23Z, the shaft pin 23e, the pin 3 protruding from the fixed block, the cylinder lock 4 attached to the lock unit, the support 5 of the cono-shaped lock arm 1, and the guard rod 55 for protecting the front of the money storage unit. Is a key guard 5a for the door of the vending machine, a slide holder 5b for attaching the guard rod 5 to the U-shaped lock arm 1 is a guard 5 fasteners for securing the door 7 6 vending machine body 7 doors 7a vending machine locking portion of the vending machine door

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A V-shaped lock arm 1 for guarding the front and left and right sides of a door 7 of a vending machine, a support tool 4 for supporting the lock arm 1 so as to be rotatable and laterally slidable in front of the door 7, and an arm front end portion. An anti-theft device including a lock unit 2 for locking the vending machine body 6. 2. The anti-theft device according to claim 1, wherein when the lock arm 1b having the hook-shaped protrusion 11a attached to the tip of the conical lock arm 1 is inserted into the lock unit 2, the spring is inserted in the recess 11b of the hook-shaped protrusion 11a. The lock pin 21a pushed by is automatically fitted and locked. Lock pin 2
1a is interlocked with the cylinder lock 3, and when this key is turned, the lock pin 21a is pushed back and unlocked. Anti-theft device with such a lock mechanism. 3. The anti-theft device according to claim 1, wherein the lock arm 1b having the recessed hole 12a is attached to the lock unit 22.
After being inserted from below, the lock pin 22a is inserted into the U-shaped groove 22d by laterally sliding the lock pin 22a into the arm tip recessed hole 1
Anti-theft device that can be automatically inserted into 2a and locked. 4. The anti-theft device according to claim 1, wherein the lock unit 2 comprises a fixed block 23X and a rotary block 23.
When the lock arm 1b is inserted from the bottom of the lock unit, the rotation block 23Y receives the arm tip deeply while rotating, and receives the arm deepest at the position where the arm is horizontal. The lock pin 23a is automatically fitted and locked in the notch portion of the character block. Anti-theft device with such a lock mechanism. 5. An anti-theft device having a coin-shaped lock arm 1 equipped with a bill identifying device in which money is stored and a guard rod 5 for protecting the front face of a coin mechanism mounting portion. 6. The antitheft device according to claim 5, wherein the guard rod 5 is attached to the cono-shaped lock arm 1 by using a slide holder 5a that can slide freely without fixing the position.