JPH03275883A - Safe-deposit box device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent an accident from being generated during carrying by providing an external case with a mounted containing case to be carried to a usable window set in a bank or the like, with a weight sensor, and by contriving a carrier device not to be worked when the objects of weight equal to or heavier than reference weight are contained in. CONSTITUTION:At a usable window set in a bank or the like, specified operation is performed, and a containing case 8 is carried to a usable window work area 10 from a housing shelf by a roller conveyor 6 or the like and is taken out by opening a shutter 12. Besides, a external case 13 with the containing case 8 mounted on is provided with a weight sensor. When the object of a gold ingot or the like having the weight of a value equal to or heavier than a reference value is contained in, then a carrier is contrived not to be worked, and the contained state is displayed on an operating board with sound and light. As a result, the containing case can be prevented from being dropped from the roller conveyor while being carried due to an accident or the like.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a safe deposit box installed in, for example, a bank.

[Background of the invention]

For example, as shown in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 1-106695, there is a storage means for storing a storage case, a work area for loading and unloading articles into the storage case, and a combination of the storage means and the work area. The storage case is transported to a predetermined work area by the transport means, and the storage case itself is taken out from an outlet provided in the work area, and the storage case is transferred to the work area. As shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-1956, there are safe deposit box devices configured to allow items to be put in and taken out while they are taken out, storage shelves of storage cases with opening/closing lids on the upper side, and storage cases for storage cases. In a safe deposit box facility comprising a work area for loading and unloading articles, and a transport means for transporting storage cases between the storage shelf and the work area,
The work area is provided with a surrounding wall that covers the storage case carried out by the transport means, and the surrounding wall is provided with an opening for opening the lid of the storage case carried out to a predetermined position. Safe deposit box equipment has been proposed that has an opening with an opening/closing door. However, sometimes heavy gold bullion is brought in as an item to be stored in the storage cases in these safe deposit box facilities, and in such cases, transportation to transport the storage cases between the storage shelves and the work area is necessary. If the drive motor of the means is strained, the drive motor may be overloaded during transportation and stop, or if the heavy objects are not placed evenly when they are stored. The weight is applied only to one side, which causes an accident in which the storage case may come off from the conveyance means when the conveyance direction changes during conveyance.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its first purpose is to solve the problem when a heavy object such as a gold bullion that exceeds the standard is brought in as an article to be stored in a storage case. To provide a safety deposit box device that detects this fact and does not cause an accident such as, for example, a drive motor being overloaded and stopped during transportation. A second object of the present invention is that if a heavy object such as a gold bullion that exceeds the standard is brought in, this will be detected, and the storage case will come off from the transport means when the transport direction changes during transport, for example. It is an object of the present invention to provide a safe deposit box device that does not cause such accidents. The object of the present invention is to provide a storage case, a storage means for storing the storage case, a work area for taking articles in and out of the storage case, and a storage case for storing the storage case between the storage means and the work area. A safe deposit box device is provided with a transport means for transporting the storage case, and a weight sensor, and the weight sensor is capable of determining whether or not the stored items in the storage case are heavier than a reference value. be related to In addition, in this safe deposit box device, if the weight inside the storage case measured by the weight sensor exceeds the standard value, the conveyance means will not operate, and if the weight inside the storage case measured by the weight sensor exceeds the standard value, It is preferable that the information be configured to indicate this.

【Example】

Figures 1 to 3 show one embodiment of the safe deposit box device according to the present invention, with Figure 1 being a schematic plan view of the whole, and Figure 2 showing a state with a part of the storage case outlet portion removed. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the storage case and the outer frame. In each figure, la and Ib are storage case storage shelves provided, for example, in the basement of a building, and 2 is a case loading/unloading device that runs in a passage 3 between the storage case storage shelves 1a and lb. Coupon booths 4a, 4b, and 4c serve as work areas for loading and unloading items into storage cases, and are provided, for example, on the first floor of a building. 5 indicates the position where the case is taken in and taken out from the storage case shelves 1a and 1b by the case loading/unloading device 2 and each coupon booth 4.
This is a conveyance device having rollers and a turntable installed between a to 4c. That is, this conveying device 5 includes rollers 6 laid in a straight path, a turntable 7 installed at a direction change section, and an electric heater (not shown) installed at that section when the height changes. It consists of Note that the storage case storage shelves 1a, 1. b and the case loading/unloading device can be substantially the same as those conventionally used, and the case loading/unloading device 2 can travel in the three directions of the passage, the lifting carriage provided with this device can move up and down, and By the operation of the case transfer means provided on this carrier, storage cases can be taken in and out of arbitrary positions on the storage shelves 1a and 1b. You may use any suitable means from among various methods, but for example, one that hooks the front of the case inside the storage shelf, pulls it out onto the lifting carriage, pushes the case on the lifting carriage, and stores it in the storage shelf. Can be adopted. 8 is a storage case, and this storage case 8 has a lid 9 that is biased in the opening direction by, for example, a spring and has a lock that can be opened and closed with a key.By opening the lid 9, the stored items can be accessed. Retrieval is performed. Each of the coupon booths 4a to 4C has a work desk 10.
A chair is arranged, and the terminal end of the roller 6 constituting the conveyance device 5 is inserted into one end of the work desk 10. The upper and lower portions and the surroundings of the traveling route of the transport bag W5 in the coupon booths 4a to 4C are covered by a surrounding wall 11, and the upper part of the surrounding wall 11 covers the storage case stopped at a predetermined position at the end of the transporting device 5 traveling route. An opening serving as a takeout port 8 is provided, and an accordion shutter 12 for opening and closing this opening is provided. The accordion shank 12 is configured to automatically open when it is detected that the storage case 8 has reached a predetermined end position, by outputting this detection signal. In addition, on the front of this work desk 10, there is a card reader,
A numeric keypad, a display device, a push button for calling a case, a work completion push button, a storage case 8 arrival indicator lamp, etc. are attached. Reference numeral 13 denotes an outer case serving as an outer frame for storing the storage case 8, and this outer case 13 is dedicated to each coupon booth 4a to 4c. The storage case 8 can be taken in and out of the outer case 13, and when the outer case 13 containing the storage case 8 reaches a predetermined end position, the accordion shutter 12 opens and The storage case 8 can be taken in and taken out from the outer case 13. When storing the flat picture-shaped storage case 8 in the outer case 13, an erroneous installation prevention mechanism is provided to prevent the storage case 8 from being stored in the wrong direction in the front-rear direction. For example, a notch 8a is formed on the rear corner of the storage case 8, and a protrusion 13a is formed on the inside of the outer case 13 correspondingly, so that the storage case 8 is connected to the outer case 13.
If there is an error in the front-back direction when attaching the storage case 8 to the outer case 13, the storage case 8 cannot be attached to the outer case 13. In this state, the accordion shack 12 cannot be closed by supporting it on the upper part of the storage case 8, for example. In addition, in order to facilitate the work of taking the flat-shaped storage case 8 in and out of the storage case storage shelves 1a and 1b from the outer case 13, at least one end side of the outer case 13 is lowered so that the storage case 8 can be moved easily. It is configured so that it does not need to be lifted up very high from the bottom surface of the outer case 13. Alternatively, if a comb-shaped cutout is formed at one end of the outer case 13, after the insert member is inserted into the comb-shaped cutout, the outer case 13 is relatively lowered, thereby flattening the outer case 13. The image-shaped storage case 8 may be taken out from the outer case 13 and placed in and taken out from the storage case storage shelves 1a and 1b. Reference numeral 14 denotes a cushioning member such as a sponge provided between the outer case 13 and the storage case 8, that is, on the inner surface of the outer case 13. Therefore, even if forces such as vibrations and shocks act on the outer case 13 during roller conveyance, they are less likely to act on the storage case 8 and the articles stored in the storage case 8, making them less likely to be damaged. Furthermore, when the accordion shutter 12 is in the open state,
A weight sensor (not shown) that detects the weight of the items stored in the storage case 8 when the storage case 8 containing the items stored therein is removed from the opening of the surrounding wall 11 and attached to the other case 13. is provided in the outer case 13, and
Comparison means (not shown) is provided for comparing whether the output value from the weight sensor is heavier or lighter than the reference weight,
It is detected whether the weight of the item stored in the storage case 8 exceeds the standard value, and if the weight of the item stored in the storage case 8 exceeds the standard value, the accordion shank 12 is closed. In addition, the conveyance device 5 does not operate, and the overweight indication does not make a sound and/or
Or configured to be performed with light. In addition, when the stored items are stored in storage case 8 (outer case 1
3), the weight of the item stored in the storage case 8 is detected by a weight sensor, and the comparison means compares whether the output value from this weight sensor is heavier or lighter than the reference weight, and It is detected whether the weight of the article stored in the case 8 exceeds the reference value, and if the weight of the article stored in the storage case 8 exceeds the reference value, the transport bag W5 is activated. In addition, the overweight display may be performed using sound and/or light. In such a case, the weight sensor and the comparison means may be provided on the work desk 10 on which the storage case 8 is placed and the storage work is performed. The safe deposit box device configured as described above operates when a customer enters a designated booth among the coupon booths 4a to 4c, for example, coupon booth 4b, inserts the magnetic card he/she brings into the card reader, and enters the recited number into the numeric keypad. The number recorded on the magnetic card is compared with the number recorded on the second recording number, and the presence or absence of an error is checked. When the customer presses the case call button in a state where both handlebars are aligned, it is checked whether the entire main line in the conveyance device is empty, that is, whether the outer case 13 is not on any of the main lines. or is changed. Immediately if the main line is empty, otherwise after the waiting time until the main line becomes empty, the outer case 13 belonging to the coupon booth 4b starts, moves to a predetermined position, and then stops. do. Storage case 8 of case Nα corresponding to the recitation number read by the card reader by operating the case call push button.
It is searched at which position in the storage case storage shelves 1a, lb the storage case 8 is stored, and a command is output to take out the corresponding storage case 8 from the searched shelf position, and the case loading/unloading device 2 stores the storage case 8. After the case 8 is taken out, the storage case 8 is attached to the outer case 13, and the storage case 8 is attached to the outer case 13, the outer case 13 with the storage case 8 attached is transferred to the coupon booth 4b by the transport device 5.
transported towards. When the outer case 13 reaches a predetermined end position, the accordion shank 12 opens, so take out the storage case 8 from the outer case 13 through the opening in the surrounding wall 11, place it on the work desk 10, and lock the storage case 8. Unlock with a special key and open the lid. The customer then takes out or stores the desired item from the storage case of 8 yen. Once this work is completed, move the storage case 8 to the storage shelf 1a.
, 1b, and the procedure at this time is as follows. First, the customer closes the lid of the storage case 8, locks it with a key, stores the storage case 8 into the outer case 13 through the opening, and then closes the accordion player 12. When the work completion push button is operated in this state, the outer case 13 under the opening is carried in the transport bag W5, and the storage case 8 is placed in the storage case storage shelf 1a, lb by the case loading/unloading device 2, completing the series of work. do. However, if the weight of the item stored in the storage case 8 exceeds the standard value at the time when the storage case 8 containing the stored item is attached to the outer case 13, such as when gold bullion is stored, The accordion shutter 12 cannot be closed and the accordion shutter 12 is forced to close.
Even if the gold bar is closed, the transport device 5 will not operate, and the overweight indicator will be displayed with sound and/or light. All you have to do is take it out of the case 8, make it lighter, and then perform the operations described above.

【effect】

The safe deposit box device according to the present invention includes a storage case, a storage means for storing the storage case, a work area for taking articles in and out of the storage case, and a space between the storage means and the work area. It is equipped with a conveying means for conveying the storage case and a weight sensor, and the weight sensor can determine whether or not the stored items stored in the storage case are heavier than a reference value, so that the items stored in the storage case can be stored in the storage case. If an item weighing more than the standard, such as gold bullion, is brought in, this will be detected, and this will prevent, for example, an accident in which the drive motor is overloaded and stops during transport, or the transport direction changes during transport. This eliminates accidents such as the storage case coming off the conveyance means when changing items.
It has features such as high safety and easy maintenance.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 3 show one embodiment of the safe deposit box device according to the present invention, with Figure 1 being a schematic plan view of the whole, and Figure 2 showing a state with a part of the storage case outlet portion removed. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the storage case and the outer frame. la, lb... Storage case storage shelf, 2... Case loading/unloading device, 4a 4b 4cm=coupon booth, 5... Conveyance device, 6... Roller 7... Turntable, 8... Storage case, 8a・
... Notch, 9... Lid, 10... Work desk, 11
... Surrounding wall, 12 ... Accordion shutter I3
...Outer case, 13a...Protrusion part, 14...Buffer member.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A storage case, storage means for storing the storage case, a work area for taking articles in and out of the storage case, and transportation for transporting the storage case between the storage means and the work area. 1. A safe deposit box apparatus comprising: means and a weight sensor, the weight sensor being able to determine whether or not an item stored in the storage case is heavier than a reference value. (2) The safe deposit box apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance means does not operate if the weight inside the storage case exceeds a reference value as measured by a weight sensor. (3) The safe deposit box device according to claim 1 or 2, which is configured to indicate when the weight inside the storage case exceeds a reference value by a weight sensor.