JP6899260B2 - Delivery box - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a delivery box provided in a building.

Conventionally, various delivery boxes have been provided that allow a delivery company and a recipient to deliver a package without directly facing each other. Such a delivery box is formed in a box shape having an opening that can be opened and closed by a door on one surface, and the recipient unlocks the door locking device in advance so that the recipient can be absent when the recipient is absent. , The delivery company can store the luggage in the storage room of the delivery box. The courier locks the lock device after storing the package in the storage room, and the recipient unlocks the lock device again to take out the package.

However, when the above-mentioned conventional delivery box is arranged in front of the entrance, the delivery box occupies the space on the entrance side and not only obstructs the passage but also has a risk of spoiling the aesthetic appearance. In addition, the recipient had to go outdoors once to receive the cargo, which was complicated.

Therefore, as in Patent Document 1, a storage room is fixed inside the outer wall of the building, an opening communicating with the storage room is provided on the outer wall of the building, and a locking door is provided in the opening, and the storage room is further inside the outer wall. There is a parcel box with an opening and closing door, which allows you to receive parcels in the parcel box's storage room from both the outside and inside of the building, and go outdoors once to pick up your luggage. No need.

Utility Model Registration No. 3077727 (Page 5, Fig. 3)

However, as described above, the recipient needs to unlock the lock door on the outside of the building in advance in case of absence, but in the delivery box of Patent Document 1, the lock door on the outside of the building is unlocked. Since the recipient needs to go outdoors once to unlock, there is a problem that the convenience of using the delivery box is still not sufficient.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a delivery box capable of easily performing the work of receiving a package when the person is absent.

In order to solve the above problems, the delivery box of the present invention is used.
It is fixedly arranged in the building with openings on the outdoor side and the indoor side of the building, and the storage space for accommodating luggage can be accessed from both the outdoor side opening and the indoor side opening. It ’s a delivery box,
The opening on the outdoor side can be opened and closed by an outer door that can be locked by a locking mechanism.
The locking mechanism is designed so that the unlocking operation can be performed from the inside of the accommodation space, and the locking operation and the unlocking operation can be performed only from the inside of the accommodation space without being exposed to the outside of the outer door. It is characterized by being.
According to this feature, the locking mechanism of the outer door that opens and closes the opening on the outdoor side can be unlocked from the inside of the accommodation space, so that the recipient does not have to go outdoors, and the luggage can be taken out and the delivery box can be opened. Both of the preparations for making it available can be performed from the indoor side, and the work related to receiving the luggage when absent can be easily performed. In addition, the locking mechanism is excellent in security because the locking and unlocking operations cannot be performed from the outside of the outer door.

The locking mechanism is characterized in that the operation unit can be operated in the locked standby state to switch to the locked standby state, and the outer door is closed in the locked standby state to switch to the locked state. There is.
According to this feature, the courier can lock the locking mechanism from the outdoor side by accommodating the parcel in the accommodating space, performing the locking standby operation, and then closing the door.

The outdoor side opening and the indoor side opening are arranged so as not to face each other.
According to this feature, it is difficult to access the opening on the indoor side when the door on the outdoor side is opened, so that the security is excellent and the indoor side is not exposed to the outdoor side, so that the privacy of the recipient can be easily respected.

The indoor opening is characterized in that it can be opened and closed by an inner door that can be locked by a locking device.
According to this feature, the inner door cannot be opened from the outdoor side, which is excellent in security.

It is a perspective view which shows the delivery box in an Example. It is a figure which shows the outdoor side of the building where a delivery box is installed. It is a figure which shows the indoor side of the building where a delivery box is installed. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the inner door on the indoor side is opened. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the outer door on the outdoor side is opened. It is a partially enlarged perspective view which shows the locking mechanism which locks an outer door. (A) to (c) are diagrams showing the operation of the locking mechanism when opening the outer door. It is a partially enlarged perspective view which shows the state of operating the operation part of a locking mechanism. It is a figure which shows the locking mechanism which became the locked state. (A) to (c) are diagrams showing the operation of the locking mechanism when closing the outer door. (A) is a diagram showing a state in which luggage is put into the accommodation space from the outdoor side, and (b) is a diagram showing a state in which the operation unit of the locking mechanism is operated in the lock standby state from the outdoor side. (A) is a diagram showing a state in which luggage is taken out from the accommodation space to the indoor side, and (b) is a diagram showing a state in which the operation unit of the locking mechanism is unlocked from the indoor side.

A mode for carrying out the delivery box according to the present invention will be described below based on examples.

The delivery box according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12.

As shown in FIG. 1, the delivery box 1 is formed in a box shape by sheet metal processing. The delivery box 1 is composed of a box-shaped storage body 2 and a box-shaped extension portion 3 connected and fixed to the storage body 2 by a fixing means (not shown).

The accommodation main body 2 is provided with an opening 4 (see FIG. 4) on one of the side surfaces, and the opening 4 can be opened and closed by the inner door 5. The extension portion 3 is provided with an opening 6 (see FIG. 5) on one of the side surfaces, and the opening 6 can be opened and closed by the outer door 7. Further, a handle 8 is fixed to the outer side of the outer door 7.

The delivery box 1 is installed near the entrance of the building and is fixed to the skeleton (not shown) constituting the building by a fixing means (not shown). As shown in FIG. 2, the extension 3 has an outer door 7 as shown in FIG. It is embedded in the outer wall W1 of the building so as to be exposed to the outside of the outer wall W1 of the building. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the accommodation main body 2 is embedded in the inner wall W2 of the building, and the inner door 5 is installed so as to be exposed indoors from the inner wall W2 of the building.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the accommodating main body 2 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped, and an opening 9 is formed on a side surface 2a that intersects the inner door 5 at a right angle. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the extension portion 3 has an opening 10 formed by opening a surface facing the opening 6 opened and closed by the outer door 7. The accommodating main body 2 and the extension portion 3 are connected and fixed by a fixing means (not shown) so that the opening 9 formed in the accommodating main body 2 and the opening 10 formed in the extension portion 3 communicate with each other. ..

The inside of the accommodating main body 2 and the extension portion 3 communicates with each other through the opening 9 and the opening 10, and the inside of the accommodating main body 2 and the extension portion 3 (that is, the inside of the delivery box 1) is delivered to the home. It is designed to function as a storage space for things.

In this way, the accommodating main body 2 and the extension portion 3 communicate with each other, and the inner door 5 provided in the accommodating main body 2 is exposed to the indoor side, and the outer door 7 provided in the extension portion 3 is exposed to the outdoor side. Therefore, the accommodation space inside the delivery box 1 can be accessed from both the outdoor side and the indoor side.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the inner door 5 is pivotally supported by hinges 11 and 11 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction. Further, an empty locking device 12 (see FIG. 4) is fixed to the inner door 5 so that the handle 13 is exposed to the outside, and a keyhole 14 constituting the locking device is exposed to the outside. ..

The empty lock device 12 is configured such that the rotation operation of the handle 13 and the latch 15 arranged on the inner side of the inner door 5 are interlocked by an interlocking means (not shown). The latch 15 can be locked with respect to a latch receiver (not shown) provided in the vicinity of the opening 4, and by rotating the handle 13 by about 90 degrees, the latch 15 engages with the latch receiver. It can be switched between the stopped state and the unlocked state.

The handle 13 can be switched between a rotatable state and a rotation restricted state by a key (not shown) inserted into the keyhole 14, that is, an unlocking operation and a locking operation can be performed.

As shown in FIG. 5, a locking mechanism 16 is attached to the inside of the opening 6 of the extension portion 3. Subsequently, the locking mechanism 16 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 10.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7A, the locking mechanism 16 is mainly composed of a base portion 17 fixed to the extension portion 3, a movable member 18 attached to the base portion 17, and an operation portion 19. It is configured. The base portion 17 is fixed to the accommodating main body 2 by a fixing means (not shown), and includes a vertical groove 20 that opens toward the opposite side of the outer door 7. A movable member 18 is loosely fitted in the vertical groove 20.

The movable member 18 includes a movable piece 21 made of a metal plate and a resin guide piece 22 fixed to the lower end of the movable piece 21. The movable piece 21 is formed so as to extend linearly in the vertical direction, has an extending portion 21a protruding toward the opposite side of the outer door 7 at the upper end, and is a long hole extending in the vertical direction substantially in the center of the vertical direction. 23 is provided. The guide piece 22 is provided with a curved surface 22a protruding downward to the lower end on the outer door 7 side, and is a flat surface connected to the opposite end edge 21b of the movable piece 21 on the opposite side of the outer door 7. A portion 22b is provided (see FIG. 7C).

A cylindrical pin portion 24 is fixed in the vertical groove 20 of the base portion 17, and the pin portion 24 is loosely fitted in the elongated hole 23 formed in the movable piece 21 and is a movable member via the pin portion 24. The load of 18 is supported by the base 17. As will be described in detail later, since the pin portion 24 is loosely fitted in the elongated hole 23, the movable member 18 can swing and move up and down with respect to the base portion 17.

A receiving member 25 having two parallel plate pieces 26, 26 protruding toward the accommodation space side is fixed to the inner surface of the outer door 7. A cylindrical latch receiver 27 to which the guide piece 22 in the movable member 18 described above is locked is fixed between the plate pieces 26 and 26. Further, the plate pieces 26, 26 are separated from each other by at least a dimension in which the guide piece 22 can be inserted.

Next, the operation of the locking mechanism 16 when opening the outer door 7 will be described with reference to FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 7A, the movable member 18 has a flat surface portion 22b of the guide piece 22 (see FIG. 7C) and an edge 21b of the movable piece 21 (FIG. 7) in a natural state where no external force is applied. 7 (c)) is balanced so that it faces in the vertical direction. Therefore, when the outer door 7 is closed, the latch receiver 27 is restricted from moving to the edge 21b of the movable piece 21 and the flat surface portion 22b of the guide piece 22 on the accommodation space side of the guide piece 22, and the external force is applied. The outer door 7 is not opened in a state where it cannot be applied (a state in which the force applied in the direction of opening the outer door 7 does not exceed the force for rotating the movable piece 21).

When the handle 8 of the outer door 7 is pulled to open the opening 6 (see FIG. 5) (an external force is applied in the opening direction), the latch receiver 27 is pressed against the guide piece 22. At this time, since the pin portion 24 is loosely fitted in the elongated hole 23, the movable member 18 can swing with respect to the base portion 17. Therefore, due to this pressing, the upper end portion of the elongated hole 23 of the movable member 18 has a pin portion. While supported by 24, the pin portion 24 is rotated around the rotation axis to the opposite side of the outer door 7 (clockwise in the figure) (see FIG. 7B). The rotation of the movable member 18 causes the guide piece 22 to escape upward, the movement restriction state of the latch receiver 27 is released, and the outer door 7 can be opened (see FIG. 7C).

As shown in FIG. 8, the operating portion 19 is pivotally supported by a shaft member 29 fixed to the inner side surface 3a of the extension portion 3 via the fixing portion 28, and can swing in the vertical direction. .. The operation unit 19 is formed by bending a metal plate, and a regulation piece 30 and an operation piece 31 are provided at the tip of one of the operation units 19 in the longitudinal direction (the base 17 side of the locking mechanism 16). An operation piece 32 is provided at the other tip in the longitudinal direction.

The restricting piece 30, the operating piece 31, and the operating piece 32 extend perpendicularly to the operating unit main body 19a, and as shown in FIG. 9, the restricting piece 30 is formed when the operating unit main body 19a is in the horizontal direction. In addition, the tip surface 30a (the surface on the base 17 side) is formed in a plane so as to be in the vertical direction.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the base portion 17 of the locking mechanism 16 is formed with holding pieces 17a and 17b projecting to the opposite side of the outer door 7, and one of the operating portions 19 in the longitudinal direction. The upper end or the lower end of the tip portion of the door abuts the holding pieces 17a and 17b, so that the movable range of one tip portion in the longitudinal direction of the operation portion 19 in the vertical direction is defined.

When locking the outer door 7, as shown in FIG. 8, one tip of the operation unit 19 in the longitudinal direction is rotated downward (counterclockwise in the figure). By this rotation operation, the lower end of one of the tip portions in the longitudinal direction of the operation unit 19 comes into contact with or approaches the holding piece 17a, and when the operation unit main body 19a is in the horizontal direction, it is on the opposite side of the outer door 7. The regulation piece 30 is positioned so as to close the outside of the vertical groove 20 (see FIG. 6) that opens toward the outside.

As described above, the movable member 18 rotates (clockwise in the figure) with the pin portion 24 as the rotation axis to the opposite side of the outer door 7 (see FIG. 7B), so that the movement of the latch receiver 27 is restricted. However, as shown in FIG. 9, when the operation unit main body 19a is in the horizontal direction, the extension portion 21a of the movable member 18 is outside the vertical groove 20. Since the movable member 18 comes into contact with the tip surface 30a of the regulation piece 30 and the rotation of the movable member 18 to the opposite side of the outer door 7 is restricted, the movement restriction state of the latch receiver 27 cannot be released.

On the contrary, when the upper end of one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the operation portion 19 is brought into contact with or close to the upper holding piece 17b formed on the base portion 17, the regulation piece 30 is moved above the vertical groove 20 of the base portion 17. It is positioned (see FIG. 7B), and the movement restriction state of the latch receiver 27 is released (unlocking operation).

Subsequently, the operation of the locking mechanism 16 when closing the outer door 7 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 10, a case where the outer door 7 is closed while the operation unit main body 19a is operated in the horizontal direction while the outer door 7 is open will be described as an example.

As shown in FIG. 10A, when the outer door 7 is closed, the latch receiver 27 is pressed by the guide piece 22, and the curved surface 22a of the guide piece 22 rides on the latch receiver 27. At this time, since the guide piece 22 has a curved surface 22a on the outer door 7 side, it is easy to ride on the latch receiver 27.

The elongated hole 23 of the movable member 18 is formed in the vertical direction, and the pin portion 24 fixed to the base portion 17 can move downward in the elongated hole 23. Therefore, the curved surface 22a of the guide piece 22 becomes the latch receiver 27. When riding on the vehicle, the movable member 18 moves upward (see FIG. 10B). By pushing the movable member 18 by the latch receiver 27 and escaping upward in this way, the outer door 7 can be moved until the opening 6 (see FIG. 5) is closed (see FIG. 10 (c)). The movable member 18 is reliably moved upward by guiding the extending portion 21a of the movable piece 21 to the tip surface 30a of the regulation piece 30 of the operating portion 19.

When the outer door 7 closes the opening 6, the guide piece 22 gets over the latch receiver 27 as shown in FIG. 10 (c). When the guide piece 22 gets over the latch receiver 27, the movable member 18 returns to a predetermined position where the upper end portion of the elongated hole 23 comes into contact with the pin portion 24 and is supported by the base portion 17. As a result, the latch receiver 27 moves from the guide piece 22 to the edge 21b of the movable piece 21 (see FIG. 10A) and the flat surface portion 22b of the guide piece 22 (see FIG. 10A) on the accommodation space side. It will be in a regulated state.

Subsequently, an example of the actual usage of the delivery box 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12.

In order to enable the delivery box 1, the recipient first abuts or brings the upper end of one tip of the operating portion 19 in the longitudinal direction to or close to the upper holding piece 17b formed on the base 17 (see FIG. 6). ), The locking mechanism 16 of the outer door 7 is operated in the unlocked state (unlocking operation).

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 11, the courier company opens the outer door 7 and accommodates the luggage B in the storage space of the delivery box 1. When the storage of the luggage B is completed, the operation piece 31 of the operation unit 19 is manually lowered to operate in a horizontal state. At this time, the outer door 7 is still in the open state, and the locking mechanism 16 is locked by the operation of closing the outer door 7, which will be described later. Therefore, the locking mechanism 16 is in the locking standby state at this stage. By closing the outer door 7 in this lock standby state, the state shown in FIG. 9 is obtained, and the outer door 7 is locked. In this way, closing the outer door 7 after the lock standby state is set is the locking operation of the locking mechanism 16 from the outdoor side.

When the recipient confirms the absentee card or the like posted to the post or the like by the delivery company and recognizes that the luggage B is stored in the storage space of the delivery box 1, the handle 13 of the empty lock device 12 of the inner door 5 Turn (see FIG. 1) to open the inner door 5 and take out the luggage B from the indoor side. Subsequently, a hand is inserted from the indoor side, and the operation piece 32 of the operation unit 19 is lowered by hand to operate the locking mechanism 16 of the outer door 7 in the unlocked state (unlocking operation). When the operation of the locking mechanism 16 is completed, the inner door 5 is closed, the handle 13 of the empty locking device 12 is turned to prevent the inner door 5 from opening, and the keyhole 14 is turned with a key to rotate the handle 13. Put it in a regulated state (locking operation).

As described above, since the locking mechanism 16 of the outer door 7 that opens and closes the opening 6 on the outdoor side can be unlocked from the inside of the accommodation space, the recipient does not have to go outdoors, and the luggage B can be taken out. Both of the preparations for making the delivery box 1 available can be performed from the indoor side, and the work related to receiving the baggage B when absent can be easily performed.

Further, the locking mechanism 16 is arranged at a position not exposed to the outside of the outer door 7, so that the locking operation and the unlocking operation can be performed only from the inside of the accommodation space, and the unlocking operation can be performed from the outside. Excellent security because it cannot be done.

Further, the locking mechanism 16 can switch to the locked standby state by operating the operation unit 19 with the outer door 7 open, and switches to the locked state by closing the outer door 7 in the locked standby state. It has become. According to this, the locking mechanism 16 can perform the locking operation from the outside while preventing the unlocking operation from being performed from the outside, and is excellent in security.

Further, the delivery box 1 has a substantially L-shape in a top view in which the accommodation main body 2 and the extension portion 3 are connected, so that the opening 4 on the outdoor side and the opening 6 on the indoor side do not face each other. It is arranged in. Therefore, it is difficult to access the inner door 5 when the outer door 7 is opened, which is excellent in security. Even if the opening 4 on the indoor side is open, the opening 6 on the outdoor side is used to pass through the opening 4 on the indoor side. It is difficult to see the state of the door, and the privacy of the recipient can be protected.

Further, the locking mechanism 16 for locking the outer door 7 is arranged on the inner side surface 3a on the indoor side of the storage body 2 in the extension portion 3 on the indoor side, that is, the bent portion inside the delivery box 1 having a substantially L-shaped upper surface. Has been done. According to this, since the locking mechanism 16 is located in a place where it can be easily reached from the opening 4 side on the indoor side of the accommodating main body 2, it is easy to operate the operation unit 19. Further, in the operation unit 19, the tip end portion on the opposite side of the outer door 7 extends to the opening 4 side, so that the operation piece 32 provided at the tip end portion can be easily operated from the opening 4 side.

On the other hand, the empty lock device 12 that holds the inner door 5 so as not to open is arranged on the opposite side of the extension portion 3 on the surface of the inner door 5 on the accommodation space side. According to this, since the empty lock device 12 is located in a place where it is difficult to reach from the opening 6 side on the outdoor side of the accommodation main body 2, the security is excellent.

Although examples of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and any changes or additions within the scope of the gist of the present invention are included in the present invention. Is done.

The locking mechanism 16 that locks the outer door 7 has an effect that the above-mentioned work related to receiving the luggage B in the absence can be easily performed regardless of the configuration as long as it can be unlocked from the accommodation space side. Therefore, the configuration is not limited to that of the above embodiment. For example, the locking mechanism may be provided with a dial lock or the like on the outdoor side of the outer door 7 so that the locking operation and the unlocking operation can be performed from the outdoor side of the outer door 7.

Further, the locking mechanism may be an electronic lock that automatically locks and unlocks. For example, a weight sensor is provided on the bottom plate of the accommodation space, and a regulation piece that advances and retreats near the opposite side of the outer door 7 at the opening of the vertical groove 20 (see FIG. 6) of the base 17 and a regulation piece based on the detection by the weight sensor. It may be provided with an arithmetic unit that controls the advance / retreat operation of. In such a locking mechanism, when the luggage B is placed on the bottom plate, the weight sensor detects it, and the arithmetic unit advances the regulation piece to rotate the movable member 18 to the opposite side of the outer door 7. It can be operated to regulate the movement and automatically put into the lock standby state. On the other hand, when the luggage B is taken out from the accommodation space, the weight sensor detects it, the arithmetic unit retracts the regulation piece, and the outer door can be automatically unlocked. The sensor is not limited to the weight sensor, and a sensor that detects an object (baggage B) in the accommodation space, such as a proximity sensor, may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the interlocking mechanism between the keyhole 14 and the handle 13 for unlocking and locking the handle 13 is not described in detail, but the keyhole 14 and the interlocking mechanism are combined with each other in the inner door 5. By providing it inside, it is possible to ensure that the unlocking operation cannot be performed from the accommodation space side, that is, the outdoor side.

Further, for example, if the latch 15 of the empty lock device 12 is not exposed to the accommodation space side, the latch 15 cannot be operated from the accommodation space side, and the inner door 5 can be substantially opened from the accommodation space side. Therefore, in this case, the keyhole 14 and the interlocking mechanism may be omitted.

Further, the delivery box 1 is not limited to the one in which the accommodation main body 2 and the extension portion 3 are connected and fixed, and may be integrally formed in, for example, a substantially L-shape, or a substantially L-shape. The shape may be a rectangular parallelepiped.

Further, the opening 4 and the opening 6 formed in the delivery box 1 are not limited to the configuration in which they are provided at positions that do not face each other and in directions that do not face each other. For example, if the locking device for the inner door can be securely locked, the delivery box can be used. It may be configured as a straight tube having openings at both ends, and the openings at both ends may be provided in parallel with each other.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the delivery box 1 is not limited to the mode provided at the entrance, and the opening 6 on the outdoor side is arranged so as to be exposed from the outer wall W1 of the building, and is exposed from the inner wall W2 of the building. As long as the opening 4 on the indoor side is arranged as described above, it may be installed at any position in the building, for example, it may be installed in the vicinity of a doorway or the like.

Further, the inner door 5 and the outer door 7 are not limited to doors that can be opened and closed by hinges, and may be, for example, sliding doors.

1 Delivery box 2 Storage body 3 Extension 4 Opening 5 Inner door 6 Opening 7 Outer door 9 Opening 10 Opening 11, 11 Hinge 12 Empty locking device 13 Handle 14 Keyhole 15 Latch 16 Locking mechanism 17 Base 17a, 17b Holding piece 18 Movable member 19 Operation part 19a Operation part body 20 Vertical groove 21 Movable piece 21a Extension part 21b Edge edge 22 Guide piece 22a Curved surface 22b Flat part 23 Long hole 24 Pin part 27 Latch receiver 29 Shaft member 30 Restriction piece 30a Restriction piece tip Surfaces 31 and 32 Operation piece B Luggage W1 Outer wall W2 Inner wall

Claims (4)

It is fixedly arranged in the building with openings on the outdoor side and the indoor side of the building, and the storage space for accommodating luggage can be accessed from both the outdoor side opening and the indoor side opening. It ’s a delivery box,
The opening on the outdoor side can be opened and closed by an outer door that can be locked by a locking mechanism.
The locking mechanism is designed so that the unlocking operation can be performed from the inside of the storage space, and the locking operation and the unlocking operation can be performed only from the inside of the storage space without being exposed to the outside of the outer door. home delivery box which is characterized in that it is. The locking mechanism can operate the operation unit in the locked standby state to switch to the locked standby state, and the outer door is closed in the locked standby state to switch to the locked state. The delivery box according to claim 1, which is a feature. The delivery box according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the opening on the outdoor side and the opening on the indoor side are arranged so as not to face each other. The delivery box according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the opening on the indoor side can be opened and closed by an inner door that can be locked by a locking device.

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