JP4975860B2 - Coin locker - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin locker installed outdoors.

Conventionally, an empty can collection box has been arranged beside a vending machine for food and drink. When this vending machine inserts predetermined cash, selects a desired food and drink, and presses a button, in addition to the food and drink, change is paid out from the outlet.
In addition, an empty can collection box is arranged beside the vending machine, and empty cans that have been drunk are put into the corresponding box.
In addition, since there is no patent document related to the present invention, it is not illustrated.

The empty can collection box is about 1 meter above the ground, and is an empty space above it. Therefore, it is conceivable to install a coin locker in the empty space to improve convenience.
However, coin lockers installed at stations and the like are indoors, and the doors are always open (unused state). When coins are inserted, they are locked.
That is, even if the coin locker installed indoors is in a state where the door is always open, it is not exposed to wind and rain, and the inside of the locker does not pay attention to dirt due to entry of rain or the like.
However, since the coin locker of the present invention is installed beside a vending machine installed outdoors, it is necessary to prevent exposure to wind and rain.
Therefore, the present invention provides a coin locker that eliminates such inconvenience.

The coin locker according to claim 1 is installed outdoors and can be used by paying the coin locker's usage amount and a deposit. After pulling out the luggage in the coin locker, the door is closed and the key is turned. By returning the deposit, the door can be closed when the coin locker is not used.
Furthermore , when depositing a luggage in the coin locker, the coin locker of claim 1 returns the usage amount and the deposit when the key is turned in the absence of the luggage.
The coin locker according to claim 2 opens the door when pulling out the load in the coin locker, when the door is closed, and when the load is in the coin locker.

When the coin locker of claim 1 is not in use, the door is closed so that the inside of the coin locker is not exposed to wind and rain. After pulling out the luggage in the coin locker, the door is closed and the key is turned to obtain a deposit. Since the user receives the deposit by returning, the door can be closed when the coin locker is not used.
Further , the coin locker according to claim 1 can cope with not using the coin locker because the use amount and the security deposit are returned when the door is closed and the key is turned when there is no baggage in the coin locker. .
The coin locker according to claim 2 can prevent the forgetting of the load by pulling out the load in the coin locker, when the door is closed, or when the load is in the coin locker, by opening the door.

It is a figure of having a vending machine for beverages and a coin locker. It is a control flow of depositing the luggage of the coin locker. It is a control flow of paying out the coin locker.

The present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine 1 for beverages installed outdoors, an empty can collection box 10 and a coin locker box 20, FIG. 2 is a control flow for depositing coin locker luggage, and FIG. 3 is a coin locker luggage flow. It is a control flow of payout.
As is well known, various drinks are arranged in the vending machine 1, and a selection button 2a for drinking water and a selection button 2b for coin lockers are arranged on the right end. The vending machine is provided with a coin insertion slot 5, a bill insertion slot 6, a change outlet 7, and a commodity outlet 8.
When the vending machine 1 for beverages or the like inserts coins or banknotes and presses the selection button 2a for drinking water, the amount of the drinking water and the required amount of drinking water selected by the user are selected via the built-in control device. A change is calculated from the amount of money, and the change is paid out from the change outlet 7.
In addition, this control apparatus is provided with CPU, memory, and a storage medium, and controls a change etc. by combining the case of drinking water and the case of the coin locker mentioned later.

An empty can collection box 10 is installed beside the vending machine, and a coin locker box 20 is installed on the empty can collection box 10. The coin locker box 20 is provided with a plurality of coin lockers 21, and the money control of the coin locker 21 uses the money control device of the vending machine 1.
Accordingly, a drinking water selection button 2a or a coin locker selection button 2b is provided next to the coin insertion slot 5 and the bill insertion slot 6 of the vending machine 1, and the selection button 2a for drinking water is provided. When money is inserted by pushing and one of the drinking water is selected, the drinking water is discharged from the commodity outlet 8 and when there is a change, it is paid out to the change outlet 7.

On the other hand, control when the selection button 2b for the coin locker 21 is pushed will be described with reference to FIGS. The coin locker 21 is provided with a detector (such as a transmissive or reflective photoelectric switch) for checking forgotten items, and detects the presence or absence of luggage in the coin locker.
Further, the coin locker box 20 is provided with an audio output device (not shown), and notifies the user to take an appropriate action by voice.

When the coin locker is not in use, the lock is in a state where the door is closed and the door is always closed, and after the package is taken out, the deposit is not returned unless the coin locker 21 is empty.
Accordingly, the control flow shown in FIG. 2 will be described for the case of depositing luggage, and this control flow is executed by interrupt processing.
When the selection button 2b for the coin locker 21 is pressed (S1), the user then determines that a predetermined amount has been inserted from the coin insertion slot 5 and the bill insertion slot 6 (S3). This predetermined amount is a total of 400 yen including a usage amount of 300 yen per day and a deposit (for example, 100 yen). In this case, if there is a change, the change is paid out from the change outlet 7 (S5, S7).

If it will be in this state, it will be in the key release state which can turn a key in the empty coin locker 21 (S9), and a user will open the door by turning the key of any coin locker 21. Whether or not it is an empty coin locker is determined by whether or not a key is inserted (whether or not there is a key).
The user stores the luggage in any of the empty coin lockers 21. Close the door and turn the key. In response to these actions, the control software determines whether or not the door is closed (S11), and after confirming that the door is closed, the detector detects whether or not there is a load in the coin locker 21. (S13). When there is no baggage, the user determines that he has stopped using the coin locker, gives a sound notification that money is to be returned, pays back money to the change outlet 7 (S17), and cannot unlock the key. .
In this way, it is possible to cope even when the use of the coin locker 21 is stopped on the way.
On the other hand, when the luggage is in the coin locker 21, after turning the key, it is determined whether or not it is removed (S15), and when the key is removed, it is locked. As long as the key is not removed, the door can be opened and closed freely.
That is, the user puts the luggage in the coin locker 21 and then turns the key to be locked, removes the key, and walks away with the key.
As a result, the coin locker is locked and the luggage is deposited.

Next, a control flow when the user pulls out the luggage in the coin locker 21 will be described with reference to FIG.
When the user turns the key (S21), it is determined whether or not there is an excess charge (S23). If there is, the user is informed via the audio device, and the user The excess charge is inserted from the coin insertion slot 5 and the bill insertion slot 6 attached to the vending machine 1. Then, it is determined whether or not there is a change of the excess fee, and the change is paid out from the change outlet 7 to check the fee (S25).
When there is no excess fee and after the adjustment of the excess fee is completed, the coin locker is unlocked and the door is automatically opened (S27). Then, the user takes out the luggage and closes the door, and then turns the key. Therefore, in the control flow, it is determined whether or not the door is closed (S29). It detects with a detector (S31). When there is a baggage, the voice device notifies that fact (S32), and the door is opened again (S27).
In this case, the key is not turned and the deposit is not returned, so that the forgotten baggage in the coin locker is prevented.

Then, when the user takes out the package according to the notification to that effect, the user notifies the user via the audio device that the deposit will be returned when the key is turned next, so the user turns the key ( S33), the deposit is received at the change outlet 7 (S35). Thereafter, the key cannot be removed (S37), the door is locked in the closed state, and the coin locker is in an unused state. In this way, when the coin locker is not used, the door is closed, so that no wind or rain enters the coin locker and the next user is waited for.
As described above, when the coin locker is not used, in order to close the door, a deposit is inserted in advance, and after the coin locker is used, the door is closed and the deposit is returned unless the key is turned. The door can be closed by providing the user's disadvantage of not doing.

In addition, although the system regarding the said usage fee is an example which used the financial equipment attached to vending machines, such as a drink, you may comprise by attaching a dedicated money equipment to a coin locker.
In addition, the audio device notifies the user of matters that are considered to be important in the above example by voice. In each step, for example, “turn the key”, “remove the key”, etc. You may make it the structure which guides.
In addition, in the above, after the use of the coin locker is finished, the door is closed, and the deposit is not returned unless the key is turned. When pulling out, a system that always closes the door and turns the key may alert the user.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine 2a Drinking water selection button 2b Coin locker selection button 5 Coin slot 6 Bill slot 7 Change slot 8 Merchandise slot 10 Can collection box 20 Coin locker box 21 Coin locker

Claims (2)

It is a coin locker installed outdoors,
You can use the coin locker by paying the coin locker's usage amount and the deposit.After pulling out the luggage in the coin locker, turning the key with the door closed, the deposit returns, so that the door can be opened when the coin locker is not used. Can be closed ,
A coin locker characterized in that when depositing luggage in the coin locker, if the door is closed and the key is turned in the absence of luggage, the amount used and the deposit will be returned . The coin locker according to claim 1,
To withdraw luggage in coin-operated locker, when the door closed, when the luggage is in the coin-operated locker is characterized in that the door to open coin locker.

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