JP2970398B2 - Equipment storage case - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage case for equipment such as an automatic change machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a refueling station for refueling automobiles,
As shown in FIG. 4, an automatic change machine 1 for receiving and adjusting the price, a butt holder 3, a storage shelf 5 for towels 4, a trash can 6, and the like are integrally stored in a housing 2, and the housing 2 is connected to a refueling device. It is installed in the vicinity so that refueling charges can be settled at the refueling point, butts can be cleaned, and the front of the automatic change machine 1 is further covered with a shutter 7 so as to be openable and closable to prevent mischief.

[0003] The automatic change machine 1 is an outdoor operation device,
For example, a housing 2 connected to a POS or the like installed in an office and having an opening on the front surface as shown in FIGS.
Coin insertion machine 9 and coin return machine 1 in a separate case 8
0, a bill insertion machine 11, a bill return machine 12, and a control device 13 using a microcomputer or the like for controlling them are provided, and the opening on the front face is covered with an opening / closing door.

Conventionally, this opening / closing door is constituted, for example, of two doors which open to the center from the left and right sides of the front opening of the case, and the left and right doors are hinged to the center of the opening in a hinge structure. In addition, an operation panel 14 for displaying a charge or the like is provided on the front of the door, and the operation panel 14 protrudes behind the door and is connected to the control device 13 by a signal line 15. When the maintenance of the internal device or the removal of coins or bills, the opening / closing door is pivoted about the hinge to open the opening.

[0005]

In the case of a door whose hinge is located at the center of the opening, the door is turned around the hinge when the door is opened. Since the door may not open due to collision with the opening edge, a space must be provided on the left and right sides of the case so that the door can be smoothly opened and closed. In the case of a door that cannot be opened by 90 degrees or more, the equipment provided on the back side of the door protrudes forward of the opening, and as a result, the equipment in the case cannot be slid forward and pulled out, making it difficult to perform maintenance and the like.

[0006] Incidentally, such inconvenience can be solved by opening the two doors at 90 degrees or more with the double doors opened. However, in this case, a space for opening the doors on the front side of the case is required, and the installation is required. Requires a lot of space.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the inconvenience of the prior art, and when the door is constituted by two hinges located at the center of the opening, even if the device projects behind the door, The opening and closing of the door can be done smoothly, and the opening on the side where the door is opened can be fully opened, the equipment in the case can be smoothly taken in and out, maintenance can be done easily, and compact equipment that is easy to use An object of the present invention is to provide a storage case.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention firstly closes a front opening of a main body case with two doors and mounts equipment inside the main body case and inside the door. In the case, a hinge receiving portion is provided in the main body case to be positioned above and below the opening where each door is closed,
Arms protruding in the direction of the other door are provided above and below each door, and the tip of the arm is connected to a hinge receiving portion provided on the opening side where the other door closes.

Second, the invention is characterized in that the upper and lower ends of one door are formed with notches into which the arms of the other door fit.

[0010] Thirdly, the gist is that a guide rail is provided in the main body case, and the device is mounted on a drawer plate slidably provided on the guide rail.

Fourth, the gist is that the equipment housed in the main body case and the equipment attached to the door are connected by a signal line.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the two doors closing the front opening have the hinge portions on the other door side, respectively, the two doors are located in front of the other door in a direction orthogonal to this. Open. Therefore, since the device provided inside the door is opened to the outside of the extension of the opening of the main body case, it is easy to take in and out the device stored in the case and to perform maintenance.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-described operation, the upper and lower ends of one door are formed with notches into which the arms of the other door are fitted. The arms of both doors are in a state of being exchanged, and even if the respective hinge portions are positioned on the other door side, one of the two arms does not protrude and fits on the same surface.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above operation, in the state where the door is opened, the equipment provided inside the door is opened up to outside the opening extension of the main body case. By pulling the drawer plate forward through the opening, the device mounted on the drawer plate can be easily pulled out of the case.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above operation, the device housed in the main body case and the device attached to the inside of the door are connected by a signal line, so that the door is connected to the other side. This signal line does not hinder the maintenance or the like of the device inside the case when the door is opened and the maintenance is performed.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a device storage case according to the present invention. The case where the case is incorporated into a housing of an outdoor service device installed at a gas station will be described as an example.

As described with reference to FIG. 4, the case 8 of the present invention is housed in the housing 2 whose front is opened and closed by the shutter 7 together with the buttocks holder 3, the storage shelf 5 for the towel 4, the trash box 6, and the like. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the inside is vertically divided by a partition plate 16 provided in the center of the case 8, and the coin is inserted into the coin insertion machine 9 by being positioned at the upper and lower stages on the left. A coin returning machine 10, a banknote returning machine 12, a banknote inserting machine 11, and a control device 13 utilizing a microcomputer for controlling these are arranged at the upper and lower right sides.

These coin insertion machine 9 and coin return machine 1
A bill return machine 12, a bill insertion machine 11, and a control device 13 are installed on a drawer plate 19, and a guide rail 20 provided with the drawer plate 19 opposed to the partition plate 16 and the inner wall surface of the case 8 is provided.
Engage slidably up and down.

In the figure, reference numerals 17 and 18 cover the opening 21 on the front surface of the case 8 and open rightward and leftward from the center of the opening 21. The left door 17 is connected to the left half 21a of the opening 21 and the right door is opened. 18 is provided on the front surface of the right half 21 b of the opening 21.

The doors 17 and 18 have arms 17a and 18a projecting from the upper and lower ends thereof toward the other doors 17 and 18, respectively.
Pin insertion holes 17b and 18b are formed at the tips of the arms 17a and 18a.

On the other hand, on the main body side of the case 8, a projecting piece 22 which is located above and below the opening 21 and serves as a hinge receiving portion is provided above each of the arms 17a and 18a, and a pin insertion hole 22a is formed in the projecting piece 22. Then, the pin insertion holes 17b and 18b at the tips of the arms 17a and 18a are respectively inserted into the left half 21 of the opening 21 where the other doors 17 and 18 are closed.
a, Pin insertion hole 22 of protruding piece 22 located above right half 21b
a, the two pin insertion holes 17b, 22a and 18b, 22a
The arms 17a and 18a are pivotally mounted on the body of the case 8 so as to be freely rotatable.

A notch 25 into which the arm 18a of the other door 18 is inserted is formed at the upper and lower ends of the door 17, and a step 24 into which the arm 17a of the other door 17 enters is formed at the upper and lower ends of the door 18. Are formed respectively. As a result, when the doors 17 and 18 are closed,
Arm 17a of 17 fits in step 24, and arm 18a of door 18
Enters the notch 25, and the arms 17a,
18a will be in a misplaced state. In this case, the width of the notch 25 is formed by adding the thickness of the protruding piece 22 to the width of the arm 18a.

A coin insertion slot 26 and a coin return slot 27 are provided on the front of the door 17, and an operation panel 14, a bill return slot 30, and a bill insertion slot 31 are provided on the front of the door 18 with a display 28 and a keyboard 29. Provide. In this case, the equipment such as the operation panel
Protrude inside. Then, these devices and devices such as the control device 13 housed in the main body of the case 8 are connected by a signal line 15.

The length of the signal line 15 is set to a sufficient length so that the devices are connected even when the door 18 is opened.

In the figure, reference numeral 32 denotes a key provided on each of the doors 17 and 18.

Next, the use and operation will be described.
When the doors 7 and 18 are closed, the arm 17a of the door 17 fits into the step portion 24, and the arm 18a of the door 18 enters the notch 25,
The arms 17a and 18a of the doors 17 and 18 are in a state of being exchanged, and the doors 17 and 18 are respectively in the left half 21a and the right half of the opening 21.
21b.

To open the right half 21b of the opening 21,
When the key 32 of the door 18 is opened, the right side is pulled toward the user, and the door 18 is pivoted toward the center of the opening 21, the arm 18a pivots with the pin portion of the pin 23 and the protruding piece 22 as a hinge. At this time, arm 18
a rotates inside the notch 25 formed in the other door 17 and escapes from it, and the door 18 opens in a direction orthogonal to the front of the other door 17 as shown in FIG. To position.

At this time, since the door 18 rotates about the tip of the arm 18a as a center axis, the arc of rotation becomes large, and the door 18 rotates.
Even if equipment is protruding from the inside of the
The door 18 opens smoothly without hitting the side edge of 21.

As a result, the device provided inside the door 18 is opened to the extent that the right half 21b of the opening 21 is extended outside, so that the right half 21b of the opening 21 is completely opened. Therefore, in this state, in order to check a device such as the banknote return machine 12 stored on the right side in the case 8, if the drawer plate 19 on which the banknote return machine 12 is placed is pulled toward the user, This slides forward along the guide rail 20, so that the banknote return machine 12 can be moved horizontally forward without change, and can be pulled out of the case 8.

When the left door 17 is opened, similarly to the right door 18, the key 32 of the door 17 is opened and the left door 21 is opened from the front.
When the arm 17a is pulled toward the center of the arm, the arm 17a pivots about the shaft attachment portion at the tip, comes out of the step portion 24, and the door 17 is
In the direction orthogonal to this, and is located here.

Therefore, the left half 21a of the opening 21 is also completely opened. When opening either door 17 or 18, door 1
7 and 18 open toward the other doors 17 and 18 and are located in front of the other doors, so that even if the case 8 is housed in the housing 2, the housing 2 does not hinder the opening and closing of the doors 17 and 18. There is no.

Although the above embodiment has been described with reference to the case of storing the automatic change machine 1 for receiving and adjusting payments, the present invention can be widely applied as a device storage case even when storing other devices. It is.

[0033]

As described above, in the device storage case of the present invention, when the door is composed of two hinges located at the center of the opening, even if the device projects behind the door,
The door can be opened and closed smoothly, and the opening on the side where the door is opened can be fully opened, the equipment in the case can be smoothly inserted and removed, and maintenance can be performed easily,
It is easy to use and compact.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a device storage case of the present invention with one door opened.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the device storage case of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view showing an embodiment of the device storage case of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the device storage case of the present invention is incorporated in a housing of a service device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic change machine 2 ... Housing 3 ... Butt holder 4 ... Towel 5 ... Storage shelf 6 ... Trash box 7 ... Shutter 8 ... Case 9 ... Coin insertion machine 10 ... Coin return machine 11 ... Banknote insertion machine 12 ... Banknote return machine 13 ... Control device 14 ... Operation panel 15 ... Signal line 16 ... Partition plate 17 ... Door 18 ... Door 17a, 18a ... Arm 17b, 18b ... Pin insertion hole 19 ... Drawer plate 20 ... Guide rail 21 ... Opening 21a ... Left half 21b ... Right Half 22 ... Protrusion piece 22a ... Pin insertion hole 23 ... Pin 24 ... Step 25 ... Notch 26 ... Coin slot 27 ... Coin return slot 28 ... Display 29 ... Keyboard 30 ... Bill return slot 31 ... Bill insertion slot 32 ... key

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An apparatus storage case in which a front opening of a main body case is closed by two doors and a device is mounted in the main body case and inside of the door, wherein the main body case is positioned above and below the opening in which each door is closed. A hinge receiving portion, an arm protruding above and below each door in the direction of the other door is provided, and the tip of the arm is connected to a hinge receiving portion provided on the opening side where the other door closes. And equipment storage case. 2. The device storage case according to claim 1, wherein notches are formed at upper and lower ends of one of the doors so that arms of the other door are fitted. 3. The device storage case according to claim 1, wherein a guide rail is provided in the main body case, and the device is mounted on a drawer plate slidably provided on the guide rail. 4. The device storage case according to claim 1, wherein the device stored in the main body case and the device mounted on the door are connected by a signal line.