JP7278886B2 - delivery box - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a home delivery box installed on the outer wall of the entrance of a house, a gate fence, or the like.

In this type of home delivery box, the delivery company opens the door provided at the loading port to store the parcels to be delivered, and the resident either opens the door at the loading port or installs it at the loading port on the opposite side of the loading port. The door is opened to take out the parcel, so that the parcel can be received even if the resident is absent. Such a home delivery box is generally provided with locking means for the home delivery company to lock the door of the loading slot in a closed state after the parcel is stored (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2018-23753 A (paragraph 0015, FIG. 2)

In the delivery box described in Patent Document 1, a locking means consisting of a latch, a link mechanism, etc. is provided on the back side of the door, and the latch, the link mechanism, etc. are exposed so as to enter the box body. , there is a problem that the storage space for the parcels to be delivered is reduced by the provision of the locking means. In addition, since the front side of the door is provided with an opening operation part and a key device for moving the latch to the unlocked position to open the door, there is a risk that the door may be opened due to unauthorized operation of these parts. There is also the issue of crime prevention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a home delivery box that has a large storage space and is highly resistant to crime.

In order to solve the above problems, the home delivery box of the present invention includes:
A box body having a cargo insertion opening and a cargo unloading opening on the front surface and a rear surface, respectively, an outer door openable and closable at the cargo unloading opening, and an inner door openable and closable at the cargo unloading opening. In a delivery box in which a space is formed inside the bottom plate of the box body,
A locking means capable of locking the outer door in the closed state is provided in the space, and an operation part for moving the locking means to a lockable position with the outer door open is provided on the front surface of the bottom plate. Provided to be hidden by the door ,
The locking means is a latch member that can move in the left-right direction between a locked position where it can be engaged with a latch receiver provided on the back surface of the outer door and an unlocked position where it can be disengaged from the latch receiver,
The operation part is fitted in an opening provided on the front surface of the bottom plate so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and when pushed backward, the operation part can move the latch member toward the locking position via a linking means. It is characterized by being an operation button .
According to this feature, since the locking means of the outer door is provided in the space inside the bottom plate, the locking means is not exposed inside the box body, and the storage space of the box body can be increased. In addition, since the operation part for moving the locking means is hidden by the outer door, there is no danger that the operation part will be illegally operated from the outside and the outer door will be opened. can.

The linking means comprises a vertical pin provided on the latch member, and a cam groove provided on the operation button, into which the pin is fitted so as to be movable in the locked position direction.
According to this feature, when the operation button is pushed rearward, the pin and the latch member can be moved together with the pin provided on the latch member by means of the linking means having a simple structure, which is simply engaged with the cam groove provided on the operation button. can be moved toward the locking position.

The latch member is biased toward the locked position by biasing means, and the cam groove includes a stop portion for stopping the pin at the unlocked position, and an inclined groove portion extending from the stop portion toward the locked position, The pin is disengaged from the stop portion when the operation button is pushed, and the inclined groove portion is moved toward the locking position by the biasing force of the biasing means.
According to this feature, since the latch member is always urged toward the locking position by the urging means, when the operation button is pushed, the pin stopped by the stop portion moves along the inclined groove toward the locking position. to automatically move the latch member to the lockable position.

An unlocking lever whose front end is connected to the latch member is horizontally rotatably provided in the space. It is characterized in that the latch member is returned from the lockable position to the unlocked position by moving from the inclined groove portion to the stop portion.
According to this feature, when the inner door is opened and the unlocking lever is manually rotated in the unlocking direction, the latch member is returned to the unlocking position and the outer door can be unlocked. can open the outer door to accommodate parcels. In addition, since the unlocking operation of the outer door can be performed only from the inner door side, crime prevention is high.

The rear end of the unlocking lever is connected by an interlocking rod to the lower end of the inner door that can be opened and closed in the left-right direction. It is characterized by returning.
According to this feature, since the outer door can be automatically unlocked only by opening the inner door, manual unlocking operation is not required, and the delivery box is easy to use.

1 is a perspective view of a delivery box according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, viewed obliquely from the front; FIG. Similarly, it is a perspective view when the outer door is opened. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional side view along line AA of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along line BB of FIG. 3; FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of an operation button; FIG. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional plan view when the outer door is opened, the operation button is pushed, and the latch member is moved to the locking position; It is a transverse plan view when the outer door is locked. It is a transverse plan view when the inner door is opened and the outer door is unlocked. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional plan view of the home delivery box according to the second embodiment when the unlocking lever is manually rotated to unlock the outer door.

A mode for carrying out a home delivery box according to the present invention will be described below based on an embodiment.

A delivery box according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. FIG. 1 (the left side in FIGS. 3 and 4) is the front side, and the opposite side is the rear side. . The home delivery box 1 is a wall penetrating type that is installed on the outer wall of the entrance of a house, a gate wall (not shown), etc., and a resident can take out from inside the home a delivery that has been received by a home delivery company from outside while the person is away. It is possible to do so.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the delivery box 1 has a slightly flattened box body 4 having a load insertion port 2 and a load unloading port 3 on the front and rear surfaces, respectively. An outer door 6 pivotally supported by a pair of left and right hinges 5 so as to be able to open and close in the horizontal direction, and an inner door 6 pivotally supported by a pair of upper and lower hinges 5 so as to be able to open and close in the left and right direction at the left end of the loading port 3. A door 7 is provided. Although the outer door 6 and the inner door 7 of this embodiment are made of sheet metal, they may be made of wood board, synthetic resin, or the like. An oblong mail slot 8 is provided at the center of the upper side of the outer door 6, and a recessed handle 9 for opening and closing the outer door is provided at the lower end on the right side. A locking device 7a such as a cylinder lock that can be locked and unlocked with a key is attached to the right end of the inner door 7 .

The box body 4 includes a bottom plate 10, a top plate 11, and left and right side plates 12, 12, which are made of sheet metal, for example, but may be made of wood or synthetic resin. The bottom plate 10 is surrounded by a lower plate 10a, upright portions 10b integrally formed on the front, rear, left, and right edges of the lower plate 10a and having an inverted L-shaped cross section, and front, rear, left, and right standing portions 10b. A slatted upper surface plate 10c made of synthetic resin or the like is inserted so as to be flush with the upper surface of the upright portion 10b. A space S is formed inside the bottom plate 10 surrounded by the bottom plate 10a, the front, rear, left, and right standing portions 10b, and the top plate 10c. The upper surface plate 10c may be a flat plate placed on the upper surfaces of the front, rear, left, and right standing portions 10b.

As shown in FIG. 3 , inside the box body 4 , the front end of a partition plate 15 that separates the upper part as a mail storage part 13 and the lower part as a parcel storage part 14 is attached to the left and right side plates 12 . It is supported so as to be able to rotate up and down by a hinge 16 attached to it. The front end of the partition plate 15 is located slightly below the mail insertion slot 8 of the outer door 6, and the rear end of the partition plate 15 is inclined downward as a whole so as to abut on the upper surface of the standing portion 10b.

The mail items inserted into the mail storage unit 13 through the mail insertion port 8 and the home delivery items stored in the home delivery storage unit 14 through the package insertion port 2 can be taken out by opening the inner door 7 . As shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3, when the parcel P is accommodated in the parcel storage section 14, the rear end side of the partition plate 15 is pushed upward by the parcel P. Even an object P can be accommodated without any trouble. If the entire inside of the box main body 4 is used as a storage space for parcels to be delivered, the mail insertion slot 8 and the partition plate 15 provided in the outer door 6 are omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the space S formed inside the upright portion 10b on the front side of the bottom plate 10, there is a latch, which is locking means for locking the outer door 6 in the closed state. A member 17 is provided. The latch member 17 has an elongated plate shape facing in the left-right direction, and an engaging portion 17a is formed at the left end. The engaging portion 17a can be engaged with a latch receiver 18 (see FIG. 4), which is fixed rearwardly below the left end portion of the outer door 6 and has an engaging portion 18a bent toward the latch member 17 at its rear end. It has become.

The front edge of the engaging portion 17a is formed into an inclined surface 17b that tapers obliquely to the rear left in a plan view. , the rear end of the latch receiver 18 comes into contact with the inclined surface 17b and the latch member 17 is pushed slightly to the right. 18 is automatically engaged with the locking portion 18a.

A guide member 19 having an upward U-shape in side view and facing in the horizontal direction is fixed by spot welding or the like to the central portion of the upper surface of the front end portion of the lower surface plate 10a. are combined. The vicinity of the engagement portion 17a of the latch member 17 is fitted and held on the upper surface of the left end portion of the lower plate 10a so as to be movable in the left-right direction, thereby restricting the movement of the engagement portion 17a in the front-rear direction. A U-shaped latch holding member 20 in plan view is fixed.

The latch member 17 moves between a locked position where the engaging portion 17a projects to the left of the latch holding member 20 and can be engaged with the latch receiver 18, and an unlocked position where the engaging portion 17a is disengaged from the latch receiver 18. You can move left and right (details will be described later).

An opening 21 facing in the left-right direction is formed in the front surface of the central portion of the upright portion 10b on the front side of the bottom plate 10 in the left-right direction. A front end of an operation button 22 that can be moved to a lockable position is inserted backward so as to be pushable. When the outer door 6 is closed, the front end portion of the operation button 22 is inserted into a recess formed in the rear surface of the outer door 6 to be hidden. The rear end portion of the operation button 22 is held by a U-shaped guide portion 19b formed in the central portion of the rear-side upright piece 19a of the guide member 19 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction.

The rear portion of the operation button 22 forms a stepped portion 22a having an L-shaped cross section when viewed from the side, and a cam groove 23 extending in the horizontal direction is formed vertically through the stepped portion 22a. A vertical pin 24 protruding from the upper surface of the laterally intermediate portion of the latch member 17 is slidably fitted into the cam groove 23 from below. Incidentally, the cam groove 23 and the pin 24 constitute the linking means of the present invention.

As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 5, the cam groove 23 extends leftward (locking position direction) so as to communicate with a straight groove portion 23a facing in the right-left direction on the right side and a left end portion of the straight groove portion 23a. A stop portion 23c that temporarily stops movement of the pin 24 toward the locking position is provided in the vicinity of the communicating portion between the straight groove portion 23a and the inclined groove portion 23b. is formed perpendicular to the latch member 17 . When the pin 24 is stopped by the stop portion 23c, the latch member 17 is held at the unlocked position together with the pin 24, and when the pin 24 released from the stop portion 23c moves leftward along the inclined groove portion 23b, the latch member 17 is released. moves to the lockable position (details will be described later).

In the left side of the space S of the bottom plate 10, a plate-shaped unlocking lever 25 facing in the front-rear direction is pivotally supported by a support shaft 26 provided in the lower surface plate 10a at its intermediate portion so as to be horizontally rotatable. there is A forked portion formed at the front end portion of the unlocking lever 25 is connected to a connecting pin 27 projecting from the upper surface of the left end portion of the latch member 17 so as to sandwich the connecting pin 27 from the left and right sides.

A guide member 28 having an upward U-shape in side view and facing in the horizontal direction is fixed by spot welding or the like to the left side of the upper surface of the rear end portion of the lower plate 10a in the rear-side upright portion 10b. is loosely fitted with a slider 29 that can move in the horizontal direction. By inserting a connecting pin 30 projecting from the upper surface of the slider 29 into an elongated hole 31 formed in the rear end portion of the unlocking lever 25 and extending in the longitudinal direction, the slider 29 and the rear end portion of the unlocking lever 25 are connected. , and the unlocking lever 25 rotates horizontally in conjunction with the movement of the slider 29 .

A tension coil spring 33 is stretched between the right end of the slider 29 and a locking piece 32 provided at the right end of the guide member 28. The tension coil spring 33 always pulls the slider 29 to the right. At the same time, the unlocking lever 25 is also constantly urged in the locking direction (clockwise in plan view) via the slider 29 . Also, the latch member 17 is always urged in the locking direction via the unlocking lever 25 .

An interlocking rod 35 is provided in a vertical through hole (not shown) provided at the rear end of the unlocking lever 25 and a frame-shaped member 34 that is attached to the front surface of the lower left end of the inner door 7 and opens upward. are fitted from above, and the inner door 7 and the unlocking lever 25 are connected via an interlocking rod 35 . As a result, when the inner door 7 is opened, the unlocking lever 25 rotates in the unlocking direction (counterclockwise in plan view). The downward bent portion of the left end of the connecting rod 35 moves laterally within the frame member 34 so that the unlocking lever 25 and the latch member 17 can move to the locked position even when the inner door 7 is closed. It is loosely fitted (see FIG. 6).

Next, how to use the home delivery box 1 according to the first embodiment will be described. When receiving parcels while the person is away, as shown in FIG. 4, the engaging portion 17a of the latch member 17 is moved rightward to the position where it is disengaged from the latch receiver 18, and the outer door 6 is unlocked. (The unlocking operation will be described later). As a result, the home delivery company can open the outer door 6 and store the delivered goods in the box body 4.例文帳に追加

After receiving the parcels, as shown in FIG. 6, when the home delivery company pushes the operation button 22 backward with the outer door 6 open, the stop portion 23c of the cam groove 23 stops at the unlocked position. The pin 24 that has been held is released from the stop portion 23c and moves toward the locking position (to the left) along the inclined groove portion 23b. That is, since the latch member 17 is always urged toward the locking position by the tension coil spring 33 via the unlocking lever 25, the pin 24 released from the stop portion 23c is automatically locked along the inclined groove portion 23b. Move in position direction. As a result, the latch member 17 moves to the locking position, and the engaging portion 17a moves to the lockable position on the left side of the latch holding member 20. As shown in FIG.

When the outer door 6 is closed in this state, the rear end of the latch receiver 18 comes into contact with the inclined surface 17b of the engaging portion 17a of the latch member 17 at the beginning of closing, so that the engaging portion 17a is biased by the tension coil spring 33. is pushed back slightly to the right. When the outer door 6 is completely closed, the tip of the engaging portion 17a is automatically engaged with the engaging portion 18a of the latch receiver 18 by the biasing force of the tension coil spring 33, as shown in FIG. 6 is locked. After locking, the outer door 6 cannot be opened from the outside. In addition, since the front end of the operation button 22 is hidden by the outer door 6, there is no risk of the outer door 6 being opened by an illegal operation.

When the inner door 7 is opened in order to take out the housed items to be delivered from the indoor side, the outer door 6 can be automatically unlocked as shown in FIG. That is, when the inner door 7 is opened, the unlocking lever 25 is rotated in the unlocking direction (counterclockwise in plan view) via the interlocking rod 35, and the latch member 17 connected to the front end of the unlocking lever 25 is rotated. moves to the right in the unlocking direction. Then, the pin 24 of the latch member 17 moves from the left end of the inclined groove portion 23b of the cam groove 23 to the straight groove portion 23a, and the engaging portion 17a of the latch member 17 disengages from the latch receiver 18 of the outer door 6, thereby unlocking. state.

When the inner door 7 is closed in this state, as shown in FIG. 4, the unlocking lever 25 is rotated slightly clockwise by the urging force of the tension coil spring 33, and the pin 24 moves to the stop portion 23c and stops. . As a result, the engaging portion 17a of the latch member 17 is returned to the unlocked position away from the latch receiver 18 and held there. Therefore, the next delivery company can open the unlocked outer door 6 and receive the parcel. When the latch member 17 is returned to the unlocked position, the pin 24 moves rightward while pushing the inclined groove portion 23b forward, so that the operation button 22 returns to its original depressible position.

As described above, in the delivery box 1 according to the first embodiment, the latch member 17, which is the means for locking the outer door 6, is provided in the space S formed inside the bottom plate 10. The housing space of the box body 4 can be increased without exposing the latch member 17 inside. In addition, since the unlocking lever 25 is also provided in the space S, there is no hindrance to the storage of parcels to be delivered and the storage space of the box body 4 is not reduced. Further, since the operation button 22 for locking the latch member 17 is hidden by the closed and locked outer door 6, there is no fear that the operation button 22 is illegally operated from the outside and the outer door 6 is opened. A home delivery box with high security can be provided.

Further, since the outer door 6 can be automatically unlocked only by opening the inner door 7, a manual unlocking operation is not required, and the delivery box is easy to use. Moreover, since the unlocking operation of the outer door 6 can be performed only from the indoor side, crime prevention is further enhanced.

A delivery box according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The same reference numerals are given to the same components as in the first embodiment, and overlapping descriptions are omitted. In the home delivery box of the second embodiment, the connecting rod 35 that connects the unlocking lever 25 and the inner door 7 is omitted, and the inner door 7 is opened and the unlocking lever 25 is manually rotated in the unlocking direction. It is what I did. Also in this embodiment, since the unlocking operation of the outer door 6 can be performed only from the indoor side, the security is high.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and additions and modifications within the scope of the present invention may be made. Included in the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the outer door 6 is opened and closed in the vertical direction, but it may be opened and closed in the horizontal direction around the hinge provided at the right end of the loading port 2 .

Further, in the above embodiment, the rear end of the unlocking lever 25 is urged in the locking direction by the tension coil spring 33, and the latch member 17 is urged in the locking direction via the unlocking lever 25. Alternatively, the latch member 17 may be directly urged in the locking direction by urging means.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the rear end of the unlocking lever 25 is connected to the slider 29 movable in the horizontal direction, and the slider 29 is urged rightward by the tension coil spring 33, thereby Although the unlocking lever 25 is biased in the locking direction, the slider 29 is omitted, and the rear side of the unlocking lever 25 relative to the support shaft 26 is directly biased in the locking direction by a tension coil spring. good too.

1 Delivery box 2 Loading port 3 Loading port 4 Box body 5 Hinge 6 Outer door 7 Inner door 7a Locking device 8 Mail insertion port 9 Handle portion 10 Bottom plate 10a Lower plate 10b Standing portion 10c Top plate 11 Top plate 12 Side plate 13 Mail storage unit 14 Home delivery storage unit 15 Partition plate 17 Latch member 18 Latch receiver 19 Guide member 20 Latch holding member 21 Opening 22 Operation button 23 Cam groove 24 Pin 25 Unlocking lever 26 Support shaft 35 Interlocking rod P Home delivery S space

Claims (5)

A box body having a cargo insertion opening and a cargo unloading opening on the front surface and a rear surface, respectively, an outer door openable and closable at the cargo unloading opening, and an inner door openable and closable at the cargo unloading opening. In a delivery box in which a space is formed inside the bottom plate of the box body,
A locking means capable of locking the outer door in the closed state is provided in the space, and an operation part for moving the locking means to a lockable position with the outer door open is provided on the front surface of the bottom plate. Provided to be hidden by the door ,
The locking means is a latch member that can move in the left-right direction between a locked position where it can be engaged with a latch receiver provided on the back surface of the outer door and an unlocked position where it can be disengaged from the latch receiver,
The operation part is fitted in an opening provided on the front surface of the bottom plate so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and when pushed backward, the operation part can move the latch member toward the locking position via a linking means. A delivery box characterized by being an operation button . The linking means is composed of a vertical pin provided on the latch member and a cam groove provided on the operation button and into which the pin is fitted so as to be movable in a locking position direction. Item 1. A delivery box according to Item 1 . The latch member is biased toward the locked position by biasing means, and the cam groove includes a stop portion for stopping the pin at the unlocked position, and an inclined groove portion extending from the stop portion toward the locked position, 3. The home delivery box according to claim 2 , wherein the pin is disengaged from the stop portion when the operation button is pushed, and the inclined groove portion is moved toward the locked position by the biasing force of the biasing means. An unlocking lever whose front end is connected to the latch member is horizontally rotatably provided in the space. 4. The delivery box according to claim 3 , wherein the latch member is returned from the lockable position to the unlocked position by moving from the inclined groove portion to the stop portion. The rear end of the unlocking lever is connected by an interlocking rod to the lower end of the inner door that can be opened and closed in the left-right direction. 5. The home delivery box according to claim 4 , wherein the home delivery box is restored.

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