JP2530832B2 - Locking device for open / close lid - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a lock device for an opening / closing lid used for equipment such as a facsimile installed so as to be usable by general customers, and more specifically, a lock device for a predetermined coin. The present invention relates to a locking device for an opening / closing lid which can be opened by inserting the opening / closing lid and has a coin insertion opening for enforcing the closing of the opening / closing lid so that coins do not return unless the opening / closing lid is closed for use.

[Conventional technology]

Some devices such as facsimiles installed so as to be usable by general customers can be freely operated by the customer if a predetermined fee is paid.

If there is a customer who cannot close the opening / closing lid after use, there is a risk that the sheet feeding mechanism on the surface of a facsimile or the like will be hit by an object and damaged or mischievous.

However, since many customers do not encourage even the simple operation of closing the lid after use, it is necessary for the clerk or manager to constantly monitor and do the troublesome work of closing the lid that has been left open. The current situation.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

There are paid and free coin lockers, and even if a customer uses a free coin locker, it will bother other users if they are left locked. It is now possible for coins to be returned when unlocked.

In other words, the customer will force the unlocking in order to have the inserted coin returned.

If this method is used for a device such as a facsimile, a simple operation to close the opening / closing lid will be encouraged, but a free coin locker will be used while being locked, whereas a device such as a facsimile will be used after being unlocked. However, since the usage method is different, it is troublesome and impractical for a general user to lock and unlock the key.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, without requiring a troublesome operation such as a key operation, and
(EN) A locking device for an opening / closing lid in which closing of the opening / closing lid is encouraged.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a frame of a locking device fixed to a device body, a coin slot,
A coin return port and a push button are provided, and an opening / closing lid that opens and closes a part of the device body has a tip portion that is inserted into the frame when the opening / closing lid is closed, and an opening portion is formed in the tip portion. The lock rod formed is fixed, and the inside of the frame has a coin passage communicating with the coin insertion opening and the coin return opening, and a lifting piece having a bending piece for placing the coin inserted in the coin passage. Possible coin holding piece and the locking device, which is pivotally attached to the locking device and is biased in a direction to engage with the opening of the inserted locking rod, and is pushed in the opposite direction when the coin holding piece descends. And a locking piece pivotally attached to the frame and pushed by a pushing plate extended to the push button, the coin holding piece is lowered in a descending direction via a coin on the bending piece. A rotating plate that pushes and rotates in the direction of pushing out the coin, and a method of locking the coin discharged from the bent piece To be energized, to constitute a lock device of the cover provided with a return member that is pushed by the biasing opposite direction by the tip when said lid is closed.

[Action]

The operation of the lock device for the opening / closing lid configured as described above will be described in the order of a waiting state for a customer, a method of use, and a state after use.

In the state of waiting for a customer, since the opening / closing lid is closed, the tip end of the locking rod is inserted into the lock device and pushes the return member in the opposite direction to the biasing force.

The locking piece is biased toward the tip portion and inserted into the opening of the tip portion.

When the locking piece is moving in the urging direction, the coin holding plate is in the raised position and there is no coin on the bent piece of the coin holding plate, so the coin holding plate does not descend even if the push button is pressed. However, since the locking piece remains engaged with the push plate, the opening / closing lid cannot be opened without permission.

In such a standby state, when a predetermined coin is inserted into the coin slot, the coin moving in the coin passage is placed on the bent piece of the coin holding plate.

Next, when the push button is pressed, the push plate of the push button pushes the rotary plate, and the rotary plate pushes the coin holding piece through the coin on the bent piece in the downward direction and at the same time the coin is pushed out. Turn to.

When the coin holding piece is lowered, the engagement between the locking piece and the opening of the locking rod is released, and the locking rod, which receives the pressing force of the return member, projects outward from the locking device and the opening / closing lid can be opened. I can.

Since the pushed-out coin is locked by the return member, it does not reach the coin return port yet.

When the opening / closing lid is closed after using the device, the tip of the locking rod is inserted into the locking device, the locking piece engages with the opening, and the return member is pushed by the tip, and the return member becomes The locked coin is discharged to the coin return port.

Therefore, the customer can receive the coins inserted by closing the opening / closing lid.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a device body B equipped with a lock device A, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the lock device A, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a right side sectional view of a main part of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lock device A is inserted into the device body B,
One end of the opening / closing lid 2 that is fixed and opens / closes a part of the surface of the device body B is pivotally attached to the device body.

An L-shaped locking rod 4 is fixed to the opening / closing lid 2 with a screw 3 (see FIG. 3), and when the opening / closing lid 2 is closed, the tip 4b of the locking rod 4 is inserted into the insertion / extraction opening 5 of the locking device A. To be done.

On the surface of the frame 1 of the lock device A, a coin insertion port 6 for inserting the coin C and a coin return port 17 for returning the coin C are provided, and the coin insertion port 6 and the coin return port 17 are the lock device. It communicates with the coin passage 8 inside A.

The coin passage 8 is formed by two coin guide passage plates 7 and is vertically divided by a coin guide plate 7'provided between the two coin guide passage plates 7, and a coin guide plate 7'is provided below the coin guide plate 7 '. The coin C passes.

In the coin passage 8, a bent piece of a coin holding plate 13 that can be raised and lowered.
13a is protruding.

The push button 9 provided on the frame 1 is provided with a push plate 3a to be inserted into the frame 1, and an L-shaped rotation pin having one end 11a pivotally attached to a pivot pin 10 provided on the frame 1. The lower end 9b of the pushing plate 9a contacts the side edge 11c of the moving plate 11.

The spring 12 wound around the pivot pin 10 allows the rotating plate
Reference numeral 11 is urged clockwise in FIG. 2, and the pushing plate 9a that contacts the side edge 11c is always urged upward.

A push pin 11 'is planted on a floating end 11b which is the other end of the rotary plate 11, and the push pin 11' moves in an arc-shaped guide hole 18 provided in the two coin guide passage plates 7. , Coin holding plate 13
The turning locus for pushing the coin C placed on the bent piece 13a is taken.

This coin holding plate 13 has a notched side surface such as an upper end 13b, and is engaged with a bent portion 15a provided at one end of a locking piece 15 pivotally attached to a pivot 14 planted in the frame 1. To meet.

One end 16a of the spring 16 wound around the pivot 14 is the locking piece 1
5, the other end of the spring 16 is the inner wall surface 1a of the frame 1.
Is locked to.

Therefore, the locking piece 15 is biased in the clockwise direction in FIG. 3, and the locking claw 15c provided at the other end of the locking piece 15 has the opening 4a provided at the tip 4b of the locking rod 4. It is urged in the direction to engage.

The locking claw 15c has an inclined surface 15b that is pushed in the opposite direction to the bias when the tip 4b of the locking rod 4 is inserted into the insertion / removal opening 5.
Is provided.

The return member 19 provided in the frame 1 is urged upward by the spring 20 so that the upper end pushes the tip 4b of the locking rod 4 upward, and the bent piece 19a provided at the lower end guides the coins. The coin passage 8 between the plate 7'is narrowed so that the coin C can be locked.

Next, the operation of the lock device of the opening / closing lid having the coin insertion slot of the present invention configured as described above will be described in the order of the waiting state waiting for a customer, the method of use, and the state after use.

In the state of waiting for a customer, the opening / closing lid 2 is closed, the tip 4b of the locking rod 4 is inserted into the insertion / extraction opening 5 of the lock device A, and the tip is
4b is pressed against the upper end of the return member 19, but since the locking claw 15c of the locking piece 15 is engaged with the opening 4a of the tip 4b,
Since it is held in the insertion / removal opening 5 of the lock device A, the opening / closing lid 2 cannot be opened arbitrarily.

The coin holding plate 13 that engages with the bent portion 15a of the locking piece 15 is in the raised position, and the bent piece 13a projects into the coin passage 8.

Since there is no coin on the bent piece 13a of the coin holding plate 13, the coin C does not hit the push pin 11 'even if the push button 9 is pushed and the turning plate 11 is turned, so that the coin holding plate 13 is It does not descend, and the locking piece 13 remains engaged with the locking rod 4, and the opening / closing lid 2 cannot be opened without permission.

When a predetermined coin C is inserted into the coin slot 6 in such a standby state, the coin C moving in the coin passage 8 is placed on the bent piece 13a of the coin holding plate 13.

Next, when the push button 9 is pushed, the push plate push plate 9a of the push button 9 pushes the rotary plate 11, and the push pin 11 'of the rotary plate 11 is pivotally attached to the pivot pin 19.
2 as a fulcrum, it rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 2 and pushes the coin C diagonally upward and downward.

The coin C pushed diagonally downward pushes the bending piece 13a downward, the coin holding plate 13 descends, and the locking piece 15 engaging with the coin holding plate 13 is counterclockwise in FIG. When the locking claw 15c is disengaged from the opening 4a of the locking rod 4, the disengaged tip 4b is lifted by the pressing force of the return member 19 to open the opening / closing lid 2 to open the device body. B can be used.

On the other hand, the pushed coin C is the bent piece 19a of the return member 19.
It will be pinched by the coin guide plate 7'and prevented from falling,
It still does not reach the coin return slot 17.

When the opening / closing lid 2 is closed after the use of the device body B is finished, the tip 4b of the locking rod 4 is inserted into the insertion / removal opening 5, and the locking piece
The locking piece 15 that hits the inclined surface 15b of 15 and is pressed by the locking claw 15c
3 is pushed counterclockwise in FIG. 3, but when it overlaps with the opening 4a, the locking claw 15c is engaged with the opening 4a and the opening / closing lid 2 is locked in the closed state.

Further, by closing the opening / closing lid 2, the return member 19 pushed by the tip portion 4b descends, and the coin C sandwiched between the bent piece 19a and the coin guide plate 7'is discharged to the coin return port 17. .

Therefore, when the customer urges the closing of the opening / closing lid 2, the inserted coin C is refunded.

Although the above-described embodiments have been described with respect to a facsimile or the like used by general users, the present invention can be widely applied to devices that require the opening / closing lid to be activated.

〔The invention's effect〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

(1) The opening / closing lid can be opened by a simple operation of inserting a predetermined coin and pressing the push button, and unlike the free coin locker, no key operation is required, so that it is easy for general users to use.

(2) Further, since the inserted coin does not return unless the opening / closing lid is closed, the closing of the opening / closing lid is encouraged, the mechanism on the surface of the device is protected, and the maintenance of the device is facilitated. The burden on store staff and managers is reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a device body equipped with a lock device, FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the lock device, and FIG. 3 is a right-side cross-sectional view of an essential part of FIG. A ... Locking device, B ... Device body, C ... Coin, 1 ... Device body, 2 ... Opening / closing lid, 4 ... Locking rod, 4a ... Opening part,
4b ... Tip part, 5 ... Inserting / removing port, 6 ... Coin slot, 7 ...
... Coin guide passage plate, 7 '... Coin guide plate, 8 ... Coin passage, 9 ... Push button, 9a ... Pushing plate, 11 ... Rotating plate, 11' ...
… Pushing pin, 12 …… Spring, 13 …… Coin holding plate, 13
a: bent piece, 15: locking piece, 15c: locking claw, 17: coin return port, 19: return member.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A frame of a locking device fixed to a device body is provided with a coin insertion port, a coin return port and a push button, and the opening / closing cover is closed by an opening / closing cover for opening / closing a part of the device body. Sometimes, a locking rod having a tip portion inserted into the frame body and having an opening formed at the tip portion is fixed, and inside the frame body,
A coin passage communicating with the coin insertion opening and the coin return opening, and a vertically movable coin holding piece having a bending piece for placing the coin inserted in the coin passage; Is urged in a direction to engage the opening of the locking rod,
When the coin holding piece is lowered, the locking piece is pushed in the opposite direction to the urging force, and when the pushing piece is pivotally attached to the frame body and pushed by the pushing plate extended to the push button, A rotating plate that pushes the coin holding piece in the descending direction via the coin on the bent piece and rotates in the direction to push out the coin, and a direction in which the coin discharged from the bent piece is locked. A locking device for the opening / closing lid, which is provided with a return member that is biased and is pushed by the tip portion in the opposite direction when the opening / closing lid is closed.