JP3203890U - Anti-theft cover device - Google Patents

Abstract

An anti-theft cover device is provided which reinforces a gap between a unit body of a bill insertion device and an outer casing member such as a vending machine and copes with a difference in structure of the unit body. In order to protect a banknote insertion device 1 having a banknote storage box 2 and a banknote insertion unit attached to the banknote storage box 2 to feed the banknotes into the banknote storage box 2, the banknote storage box 2 is fixed to the outer surface of the banknote storage box 2. A flat plate-like base portion 11, a unit housing portion 12 that is integral with the base portion 11 and covers the bill insertion unit portion, and a mounting portion that is provided in the base portion 11 or the unit housing portion 12 and is coupled to the bill housing box 2. The unit housing portion 12 is formed on a top surface of a step portion formed with a predetermined height from the base portion 11 with a predetermined step d1, a side wall portion 17 having a height substantially equal to the step. The opening 14 corresponding to the bill insertion slit hole of the bill insertion apparatus 1 is provided, and the width of the opening 14 is larger than the width of the slit hole. [Selection] Figure 3

Description

  The present invention is an anti-theft cover device, especially for a bill insertion device of a vending machine having different dimensions for each model, and is installed between a unit body of the bill insertion device and an outer casing member covering the outer periphery of the unit body. The present invention relates to an anti-theft cover device that protects a unit body.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bill handling device for a user (customer) to insert a bill for payment is attached to a money handling device (hereinafter, represented by a vending machine) such as various vending machines and fare settlement machines. This bill insertion device is installed in a vending machine as a unit body, and is covered by an outer casing member of the vending machine, that is, a box body with a bill insertion slot (a slit-shaped opening) exposed to the outside. Protected. In the vending machine having such a configuration, the unit body of the bill insertion device is covered with the outer casing member, and the outer casing member itself constitutes an anti-theft cover for the unit body of the bill insertion device. An opening is provided in the outer casing member corresponding to the bill insertion slot, and depending on the type of the vending machine, an edge member made of a material such as resin is attached to the opening.

JP 2003-010555 A

  In the anti-theft cover for the unit body of the bill insertion device as described above, the outer casing member is covered and protected from the outside, and the outer casing member forms the entire vending machine, There is a role as a box body that considers the layout of various internal units, and it is not possible to devise special measures for theft prevention for the unit body of the bill insertion device. For this reason, a gap is easily formed between the unit of the bill insertion device and the outer casing member between the bill insertion slot and the outer casing member in the vicinity of the bill insertion slot, and a driver tool or an insulator is inserted into this gap. There was a problem that the banknote was opened and the money in the bill insertion device was taken.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and its purpose is to reinforce between a unit body of a bill insertion device installed in a vending machine and an outer casing member such as a vending machine. And it is providing the anti-theft cover apparatus which improved versatility by also responding to the difference in the structure of this unit body.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an anti-theft cover that protects a banknote insertion device having a banknote storage box and a banknote insertion unit that is attached to the banknote storage box and feeds the inserted banknotes into the banknote storage box. A flat base portion fixed to the banknote storage box in contact with the outer surface of the banknote storage box; and a unit storage portion that is provided integrally with the base portion and covers the banknote insertion unit portion And an attachment portion provided in the base portion or the unit accommodating portion and coupled to the banknote storage box, and the unit accommodating portion is formed with a predetermined step from the base portion with a predetermined step. A stepped portion, a side wall portion having a height substantially equal to the stepped portion, and an opening formed on the upper surface and corresponding to a slit hole for bill insertion of the bill insertion device are provided. The width dimension (W) of the opening is set to a width dimension larger than the width dimension (V) of the slit hole, that is, a relationship of V <W. It has the dimension which covers a height, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. With this configuration, it is possible to reinforce the space between the unit body of the bill insertion device such as a vending machine and the outer casing member, and it is possible to improve versatility by dealing with the difference in the structure of the unit body.

  In the above-described anti-theft cover device, a piece member for accepting banknotes can be fitted and attached into the opening of the unit accommodating portion. Thereby, the clearance gap between large-sized openings can be filled and sealed.

 Moreover, the relationship of V <W between the width dimension (W) of the opening part of a unit accommodating part and the width dimension (V) of the slit 4 of a banknote insertion apparatus can also be made into the difference of a centimeter level. Thereby, the versatility corresponding to the difference in the structure of the bill insertion unit can be further improved.

  Moreover, the relationship of V <W between the width dimension (W) of the opening part of the said unit accommodating part and the width dimension (V) of the slit 4 of a banknote insertion device can be set to several times. Thereby, the versatility corresponding to the difference in the structure of the bill insertion unit can be further improved.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reinforce between the bill insertion unit of the bill insertion device such as a vending machine and the outer casing member, and to improve the versatility by dealing with the difference in the structure of the bill insertion unit. Can be made.

It is a lineblock diagram of a bill insertion device incorporating a burglarproof cover device concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the antitheft cover device concerning the above-mentioned embodiment. It is a side view of the anti-theft cover device concerning the above-mentioned embodiment.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a bill insertion device to which an antitheft cover device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

  This banknote insertion device 1 is provided in a vending machine, and includes a banknote storage box 2 and a banknote insertion unit 3 that is attached to the banknote storage box 2 and receives banknotes inserted from the outside of the vending machine. ing. The banknote storage box 2 is formed of a hollow box and is shaped to accommodate a plurality of banknotes. As shown in FIG. 1, the bill insertion unit 3 is fixedly attached to the outer surface of the bill storage box 2 and has a slit hole 4 for receiving a bill on the outer surface. The slit hole 4 of the bill insertion unit 3 communicates with the hollow interior of the bill storage box 2, and the bill inserted into the slit hole 4 from the outside is inserted into the bill insertion unit 3 around the slit hole 4. A feeding mechanism for feeding into the hollow interior of the storage box 2 is provided. Moreover, the support flange 5 (base end) formed in the same angle shape at the base end part (the hand part in FIG. 1) and the front end part (the hidden part in FIG. 1) of the bill storage box 2 respectively. The side is 5a and the tip side is 5b). The support flanges 5a and 5b are formed with notch grooves 6 for mounting components (the base end side is 6a and the tip end side is 6b).

  2 and 3 show an anti-theft cover device that is attached to the bill insertion device 1 and protects the bill insertion device 1, FIG. 2 is a plan view, and FIG. 3 is a side view. The anti-theft cover device 10 includes a rectangular and flat base portion 11 serving as a main body of the anti-theft cover device 10, and a unit accommodating portion provided integrally with the base portion 11 on one end side of the rectangular base portion 11. 12 and mounting flanges 13 (the base end side is 13a and the front end side is 13b) provided at the end portion (base end side) of the base portion 11 and the end portion (tip end side) of the unit housing portion 12. It consists of

  The base 11 is fixed to the banknote storage box 2 by abutting on the outer surface of the banknote storage box 2 of the banknote insertion device 1 (surface contact with the flat surface portion 2a). The unit accommodating portion 12 rises from the level surface 11 a of the base portion 11 by a predetermined step d <b> 1 and is formed in a substantially inverted box shape, and covers the bill insertion unit 3 of the bill insertion device 1. In this specification, the “reverse box shape” means a shape in which a concave box is faced down. An opening 14 is provided on the upper surface (corresponding to the bottom of the box) of the unit accommodating portion 12 corresponding to the slit hole 4 of the bill insertion unit 3 of the bill insertion device 1. The opening 14 is set to a width dimension W larger than the width dimension of the slit hole 4 in order to cope with variations in the position or width dimension of the slit hole 4 of the bill insertion unit 3 depending on the type of the bill insertion apparatus 1. A piece member 16 for receiving banknotes is fitted and attached in the opening 14. As a result, the gap between the large-sized opening 14 and the slit hole 4 can be filled and hermetically sealed. The difference between the width dimension W of the opening 14 and the width dimension (V) of the slit hole 4 may be a level of several millimeters (millimeters), but is larger than that and set to a difference of 1 to 3 cm (centimeters). Alternatively, the width dimension W of the opening 14 can be set to about 3 to 5 times the width dimension V of the slit hole 4.

  The mounting flange 13a extends from the level surface 11a of the base portion 11 by a predetermined step d2 and corresponds to the support flange 5a provided at one end of the bill storage box 2. The mounting flange 13b also extends from the level surface 11a of the base portion 11 by a predetermined step d2, and corresponds to a support flange (not shown) provided at the other end of the bill storage box 2. Yes. In addition, a cut 15a is formed in the mounting flange 13a, and the cut 15a corresponds to the cutout groove 6a formed in the support flange 5a of the bill storage box 2. The attachment flange 13b is formed with a slit hole 15b that is elongated in the longitudinal direction of the anti-theft cover device 10, and this slit hole 15b is a notch groove formed in the support flange provided at the other end of the bill storage box 2. (Not shown). Further, a side wall portion 17 integrated with the top portion is provided on the side portion of the unit housing portion 12.

  In the above configuration, the anti-theft cover device 10 is attached from above to the bill insertion device 1 installed in a vending machine or the like. With this attachment, the base portion 11 of the anti-theft cover device 10 comes into contact with the surface of the bill storage box 2, and the unit storage portion 12 is disposed so as to cover the bill insertion unit 3. Since the unit accommodating portion 12 has not only the step d1 in the longitudinal direction of the anti-theft cover device 10 but also the side wall portion 17 on the side surface side, the bill insertion unit 3 has a top surface and side surfaces (four laps) on the unit. It is surrounded by the accommodating part 12.

Moreover, between the width dimension W with the opening part 14 of the anti-theft cover apparatus 10 and the width dimension V of the slit hole 4 of the banknote insertion device 1,
V <W
Is set to a difference of a centimeter level (for example, about 1 to 3 cm) or a ratio of several times (for example, about 3 to 5 times), so that there is a variation in the relative position of the opening 14 and the slit hole 4. Can also respond sufficiently. Then, at the base end portion of the anti-theft cover device 10, the fastening is fixed between the mounting flange 13 a and the support flange 5 a of the bill insertion device 1 by fastening members such as bolts and nuts attached to the notch 15 a and the notch groove 6 a. Done. Further, at the front end portion of the anti-theft cover device 10, a fastening member such as a bolt or a nut attached to the slit hole 15b and the notch groove between the mounting flange 13b and the support flange of the bill insertion device 1 corresponding to the mounting flange 13b. Tightening is performed by the above.

  The anti-theft cover device 10 is integrally attached to the bill insertion device 1 by the above-described attachment operation. Thereby, the banknote insertion device 1 is completely protected by the anti-theft cover device 10 and is not easily destroyed even when an impact is applied from the outside such as a vending machine.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to flexibly cope with the dimensional variation of the bill insertion portion of the bill insertion device between the unit body of the bill insertion device installed in the vending machine and the outer casing member of the vending machine. By attaching the anti-theft cover device, it is possible to prevent theft with the versatile anti-theft cover device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote insertion apparatus 2 Banknote storage box 3 Banknote insertion unit 4 Slit hole 5, 5a, 5b Support flange 6, 6a, 6b Notch groove 10 Anti-theft cover apparatus 11 Base part 12 Unit accommodating part 13, 13a, 13b Mounting flange 14 Opening part 15a Notch 15b Slit hole 16 Piece member 17 Side wall d1 Step

Claims (4)

In the anti-theft cover device for protecting the banknote insertion device having the banknote storage box and the banknote insertion unit attached to the banknote storage box and feeding the inserted banknotes into the banknote storage box,
A flat base portion fixed to the bill storage box in contact with the outer surface of the bill storage box;
A unit accommodating portion that is provided integrally with the base portion and covers the bill insertion unit portion;
An attachment part provided in the base part or the unit accommodation part and coupled to the bill storage box;
The unit accommodating portion is provided with a stepped portion formed with a predetermined step and a predetermined dimension rising from a base portion, a side wall portion having a height substantially equal to the stepped portion, and formed on an upper surface for inserting a bill. And an opening corresponding to the slit hole,
The width dimension (W) of the opening is larger than the width dimension (V) of the slit hole, that is,
V <W
Is set to
The step has a dimension that covers the height of the bill insertion unit.
An antitheft cover device characterized by that.   The anti-theft cover device according to claim 1, wherein a piece member for receiving banknotes is fitted and attached in the opening of the unit accommodating portion. Between the width dimension (W) of the opening of the unit accommodating portion and the width dimension (V) of the slit 4 of the bill insertion device,
V <W
The antitheft cover device according to claim 1, wherein the relationship is a centimeter level difference. Between the width dimension (W) of the opening of the unit accommodating portion and the width dimension (V) of the slit 4 of the bill insertion device,
V <W
The anti-theft cover device according to claim 1, wherein the relationship is several times.

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