JPH0636794Y2 - Mail box - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial application] The present invention is applied to detached houses, condominiums,
The present invention relates to a mailbox used for a building.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mail box has a front plate with an inlet, but for putting in and out, the front plate is closed but the rear plate is an opening / closing door. There is an opening / closing door, but there is a type of front insertion front type in which the rear plate is closed.

In such a mail box, newspapers, postal items, advertisements, etc. are put in through the inlet of the front plate, and the front door or the rear door is opened to take out the newspapers inside.

All names are displayed in the mail box,
In the conventional mail box, the front side of the window hole opened in the front plate is closed with a transparent plate, and the back of the display plate applied to the back side of the transparent plate is attached by pressing with a leaf spring or a linear spring. Must be done from the back side of the front plate, so in a mailbox with a rear door, you must put your hands inside the box from the rear, and with a mailbox with a front door in the front. I am going to open the part door, and in any case I have to open the opening and closing door, so it is annoying.

[0005]

The mail box has a front plate with an input port as described above, and the input port has a rotary concealing plate for closing the input port.

The present invention utilizes the above-mentioned concealing plate and allows the display plate to be attached to the front surface of the concealing plate so that the display plate can be easily mounted without opening the opening / closing door.

[0007]

A mail receiving box according to the present invention has a box body having a mailing port on the front plate, the lower part being continuous but the upper part being discontinuous at the back of the box. A concealing plate consisting of a front plate and a back plate having the lever opening as a display plate inlet is provided with the upper edge of the back plate rotatably hung by a horizontal axis in the box body, and At least the front plate of the cover plate is made of a transparent plate.

[0008]

[Function] Since the upper edge of the concealing plate is rotatable by the horizontal shaft, the concealing plate can be pushed away from the input port to put the mail or the like in the box, and the mail or the like can be put inside. When it is inserted, the concealing plate is rotated and returned by its own weight, and the insertion port is closed.

Further, when the concealing plate is pushed from the front side to be in a substantially horizontal state, the display plate insertion opening is opened to the front side, so that the display plate such as a name tag can be easily inserted from the insertion opening opened on the front side. When the hand which pushes this is released, the cover plate pivots back by its own weight and closes the insertion port as described above.

[0010]

Embodiments <Embodiment 1> FIGS. 1 to 5 show a front-in / out-out type. In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a box as a main body, which includes a front plate 2 and a rear plate 3, and the rear plate 3 serves as an opening / closing door.

The front plate 2 is provided with a horizontally long insertion opening 4, and the rear surface is provided with a rotatable concealing plate 5 for opening and closing the insertion opening.

The concealing plate 5 has a transparent front plate 7 provided with a gap 8 for mounting a display plate on the front surface of a back plate 6 which is rotatably attached to a horizontal shaft 9 and hangs down. Therefore, the front plate 7 and the back plate 6 are continuous at the lower part, but are open at the upper part discontinuously, and this opening is used as an insertion port 8a into the gap.

Reference numeral 10 is a horizontal shaft bearing, and 11 is a damper. Further, the rear surface plate 3 is adapted to be opened and closed like a door by appropriately attaching a hinge mechanism, for example, one side edge to one side edge of the rear opening portion of the box with a vertical pin so as to be rotatable. Reference numeral 15 indicates a lock for locking the rear plate.

Further, a horizontally long viewing window 12 is formed in the rear plate 3, and the viewing window is closed by a rear concealing plate 14 whose upper edge is rotatably attached to a horizontal shaft 13. There is.

In this embodiment, a mail piece or the like can be pushed in from the input port 4 of the front plate 2 by pushing the concealing plate 5 upward, and after inserting, the concealing plate pushes the external force. When it is released, it rotates downward by its own weight and closes the insertion port.

When the concealing plate 5 is pushed from the front and brought into a substantially horizontal state as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 4, the insertion port 8a of the gap 8 in the concealing plate opens to the front surface, and therefore the front opening is inserted. The display plate 16 such as a name tag can be easily attached from the mouth into the gap, and the name of the display plate or the like can be displayed by the transparent front plate 7.

<Embodiment 2> FIGS. 6 and 7 show a front insertion type and a front insertion type.
The front plate 2 is used as an opening / closing door, and the rear plate is closed, which is different from the embodiment.

That is, the front plate 2 having the lock 15 is provided with a horizontally long insertion opening 4, and a rotatable concealing plate 5 for opening and closing the insertion opening is provided on the rear surface thereof. Has the same structure as that of the first embodiment.

The front plate 2 is rotatably attached to the left edge of the front opening of the box by a vertical pin so that it can be opened and closed like a door.

In this embodiment as well, the front plate 2 is used for mail and the like.
The cover plate 5 can be pushed upward from the input port 4 and inserted, and after the cover plate is inserted, the cover plate is rotated downward by its own weight to release the external force pushing the cover plate to close the input port. .

Further, the concealing plate 5 is pushed from the front to be in a horizontal state, and the display plate 16 such as a name tag can be easily mounted in the gap 8 from the insertion opening 8a opened at the front.

In this embodiment, the front plate is opened to take out the mail items inside.

[0023]

According to the present invention, in the mail box having the above-mentioned structure, since the display plate can be attached to the front concealing plate from the front, the door can be opened to the rear side of the front plate by opening the door like the conventional one. It is not necessary to mount the display panel or put the display panel in the box from behind to mount the display panel, and the display panel can be easily mounted and removed.

Further, since the display plate is attached to this using a concealing plate, it is not necessary to make a separate window hole for the display plate in the front plate, and the front plate can be of a neat design. There are also advantages.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a mail box according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the above product.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view taken along the line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged side view.

5 is a vertical cross-sectional front view taken along line VV of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a front insertion front delivery type mail box.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged vertical side view taken along line VII-VII of the front insertion front type.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Box 2 ... Front plate 3 ... Rear plate 4 ... Input port 5 ... Concealing plate 6 ... Back plate 7 ... Transparent front plate 8 ... Gap 8a ..Insertion port 9 ... Horizontal axis 10 ... Bearing 11 ... Damper 12 ... View window 13 ... Horizontal axis 14 ... Hiding plate 15 ... Lock 16 ... Display Board

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A front part of a box having a mail input port on the front plate, the lower part of which is continuous but the upper part of which is discontinuous on the rear face of the input port, and this opening is used as a display plate input port. A concealing plate comprising a plate and a back plate is provided such that the upper edge of the back plate is rotatably hung on a horizontal axis in the box body, and at least the front plate of the concealing plate is made of a transparent plate. A mail box that becomes.