JPH07210769A - Delivery box - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use the delivery box as a mailbox, increase the use frequency, and improve the utility value. CONSTITUTION:This delivery box is equipped with a box body 3 which has a storage part 2 where a delivered article is stored, a door 4 which closes the storage part 2, a sensor 5 which detects the delivered article being stored in the storage part 2, and a lock 6 which locks the door 4 in response to the detection output of the sensor 5, and a reception part 7 which partitions the storage part 2 and receives postal matter is provided at the storage part 2 where it is not detected by the sensor 5, and the door 4 is provided with a postal matter reception opening 9 for storing the thrown-in postal matter in the reception part 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a home delivery box capable of receiving home delivery items even when absent, and more particularly to a home delivery box capable of accommodating postal items together to increase utility value.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the change in society, the number of double-income families has increased, and in the daytime, the number of dwellings in which no family members are absent has increased. On the other hand, with the development of so-called courier services that deliver and deliver parcels to individual households, the opportunity for each household to receive a parcel that requires a receipt as a proof of receipt by marking or signing upon receipt increases. ing.

However, when the home to receive the delivered goods is absent, the delivery person asks the next house to accept the delivery, or mails a contact slip etc., but there is also an opportunity for the next house to be absent. Due to the increase, the delivery person is often forced to make another delivery, which lowers the efficiency of delivery work and delays the opportunity for the home person to receive the delivery.

For this reason, home delivery boxes have emerged that allow the delivery of home deliveries even when absent. This parcel delivery box has a system in which a sensor detects the parcel by storing the parcel in the accommodation unit and locks the door, a receipt is issued, and a delivery person receives the receipt.
The unlocking of the door is performed by using the password code or the key.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional home delivery box, since it is only for home delivery items that are not frequently delivered, it is not used frequently and has little utility value.

An object of the present invention is to provide a parcel delivery box that can be provided with a function as a post, can be used more frequently in daily life, and can increase utility value, based on the provision of a receiving part for receiving mail items in the accommodation part. I am trying.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a delivery box of the present invention is a box having an accommodating portion for accommodating a delivery product, a door for closing the accommodation portion, and a delivery product to the accommodation portion. And a lock that locks the door by a detection output that detects a home delivery, and the storage unit partitions the storage unit to a position that the sensor does not detect. A receiving part for receiving the mail is provided, and moreover, a mail receiving port for storing the postal matter to be put into the receiving part is provided on the door.

[0008]

In the storage unit, a receiving unit for partitioning the storage unit and receiving the postal matter is provided at a position where the sensor for detecting the storage of the parcel to be stored in the storage unit does not detect it. We will provide a mail receiving area. Therefore, the post function can be added to the delivery box, the frequency of use can be increased, and the utility value can be increased. Although it is possible to install a post on the back side of the door, this thing increases the weight of the door and tends to make opening and closing the door inconvenient, and the door must be opened almost completely when taking out the mail, Inferior to usability. On the other hand, in the present invention, since the receiving portion for receiving mail is provided in the storage portion, the opening and closing operation of the door can be smoothly performed,
Moreover, it is not necessary to fully open the door to take out the mail, and the usability can be improved.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3, a delivery box 1 of the present invention includes a box body 3 having a storage unit 2 for storing a delivery product, a door 4 for closing the storage unit 2, and a sensor for detecting storage of the delivery product in the storage unit 2. 5 and a lock 6 that locks the door 4 by the detection output of the sensor 5 for detecting a home delivery, and the storage section 2 is partitioned at a position in the storage section 2 which is not detected by the sensor 5. A receiving portion 7 for receiving an item is provided, and further, the door 4 is provided with a mail receiving port 9 for storing a postal matter to be inserted therein.

As shown in FIG. 2, the box body 3 is a joined body of bent steel plates, and includes side plates 11 and 12 and a back plate 13.
An upper plate 14 and an upper plate 14 disposed below the upper plate 14
And a ceiling plate 16 that forms a control room 15 between and.
In addition, the front edges of the side plates 11 and 12 form prismatic portions 17A and 17B by being bent in a U shape, and an upward door stop 18 is provided between lower ends of the prismatic portions 17A and 17B.
The lower joint material 19 having A is bridged. Further, the flange 19A extending to the rear of the lower joint material 19 and the side plates 11, 1
2 A bottom plate 22 that covers the central open portion 21 is supported by the flange 20 that extends inward at the lower end. Also, the ceiling board 1
6 is supported by an upper joint member 23 that connects the prismatic portions 17A and 17B and has a downward door stop 18B, and the box body 3 is divided by a horizontal shelf plate 24 that vertically divides the inside thereof in this embodiment. , And has two upper and lower storage portions 2, 2. The control chamber 15 is divided into two control chambers 15A and 15B by being partitioned left and right by a column piece on the front edge of the control chamber 15 and an internal partition plate 25, and each of the control chambers 15A and 15B has a door. It can be locked and opened by 26A and 26B.

Further, the box body 3 is provided with doors 4 and 4 for opening and closing the accommodating portions 2 and 2, and using the spring hinge 27 for urging the doors 4 and 4 to the open side, the prismatic portion 17A. Be pivoted to.

Further, each of the accommodating portions 2, 2 is a horizontal middle shelf plate 2
9 and 29 are vertically fixed by being fixed to each other, and by the space between the middle shelf plate 29 and the ceiling plate 16 and between the middle shelf plate 29 and the shelf plate 24 above it. The receiving parts 7, 7 for receiving the mail are formed. In the present embodiment, the door 4 is divided into an upper door 4A that opens and closes the receiving portion 7 and a lower door 4B that opens and closes the main portion 2A of the housing portion 2 below the middle shelf plate 29. , The upper door 4A
The roller portion 30 provided on the upper edge of the back surface of the upper joint member 23
By locking the door stop 18B or the front edge of the shelf plate 24, the receiving portion 7 is held in a closed state, and the upper door 4A can be opened by the handle 31 recessed in the front surface of the upper door 4A. The upper door 4A is pivotally supported on the prismatic portion 17A using a well-known hinge 27A that does not bias the upper door 4A toward the open side.

The upper door 4A is provided with a mail receiving port 9 for receiving the postal matter to be received in the receiving part 7, and the back plate 13 is provided with the main parts of the receiving parts 2, 2. Part 2
Located in A and 2A, a ventilation port 32 such as a louver is provided to prevent suffocation of living things in the main portion 2A in case of emergency.

Further, in the box body 3, locks 6 and 6, which are electric locks in this example, which are located on the prismatic portion 17B and lock the lower doors 4B and 4B, and are located below the main portions 2A and 2A. Sensors 5, which are attached to the side plates 11 and 12 so as to face each other and which detect the accommodation of the parcels in the main portions 2A and 2A of the accommodation portions 2 and 2, are provided. Further, when the sensor 5 detects a delivered product and outputs a detection output, the lock button 33 for locking the lower doors 4B, 4B by the lock 6 by being pushed is the door 26A, 26B of the control room 15A, 15B. The receipt A is placed in the front of the control room and in the control rooms 15A and 15B.
A receipt issuing device 34 that stores (in FIG. 6) in advance and locks the lock 6 with the push button of the lock button 33 and sends out the receipt A is provided. Further, a PIN code key 35 for unlocking the lock 6 by a push button is provided on the front surfaces of the doors 26A, 26B, and the lock 6 is provided on the prismatic portion 17B and a hook into which a key, for example, can be inserted. The unlocking means 36 having a hole can also be forcibly unlocked.

The box 3 as described above is supported by using appropriate leg fittings 38 (shown in FIG. 1) provided at the four corners of the lower surface.

It should be noted that the lock button 33 is omitted and the lower door 4 is detected by the detection output of the sensor 5 for detecting a home delivery.
The lock 6 may be formed so that B is automatically locked when it is closed.

As described above, the receiving portion 7 is provided above the middle shelf plate 29, which is not detected by the sensor 5 in the housing portion 2, so that the sensor 5 can be prevented from being erroneously operated by mail and the door 4 can be prevented. By dividing into the upper and lower doors 4A and 4B, the receiving portion 7 can be opened and closed by the upper door 4A independently of the operation of the lower door 4B, and the mail can be taken out conveniently. It is also possible to open and close the housing portion 2 with one door 4 without dividing the door 4.

Further, in this example, the doors 26A and 26B are
In addition, when the sensor 5 does not detect the accommodation of the parcel, the door open button 37 is used to unlock the lock 6 by the push button.
And the lock button 33 in the state where the parcel is stored.
And a storage lamp 39 that is turned on when the lock 6 is locked. Further, in this example, the lock button 33 and the door open button 37 use one actuating button 40 which can be operated alternately by changing the function by pressing twice. Further, since the operation button 40 can be turned on, the storage lamp 39
Is also used.

The doors 26A, 26B are respectively provided in the housing portions 2,
Corresponding to the two main parts 2A and 2A, the respective doors 4B and 4B below can be locked and unlocked by operating the respective buttons.

Further, in the box body 3, there is a door sensor 41 located in the prism 17B for detecting the opening of the lower doors 4B, 4B, and when the door sensor 41 detects the opening of the lower doors 4B, 4B. Alarm device 4 such as a buzzer that sounds and informs the outside
2 and a notification device 43, such as a lamp, which is arranged in the living room and notifies the lock after the housed goods are stored. Further, for example, an internal unlock button 44 which is arranged above the lock 6 and which can unlock the lock 6 from inside by a push button, and a moving object such as a person who enters the main parts 2A, 2A of the accommodating parts 2, 2 are detected. Provided on the receipt issuing device 34 and a safety sensor 45 for disabling locking of the lock 6,
A receipt sensor 46 for detecting the presence or absence of the receipt A inside is provided. The sensors 5, 41, 45, 46, the buttons 33, 37, the storage lamp 39, the alarm 42, and the notifier 43 are schematically shown in FIG. 3 together with the lock 6 and the receipt issuing device 34, and they are also shown. Is connected to and controlled by a control device provided in at least one of the control rooms 15A and 15B.

The lock 6, which is an electric lock, corresponds to the sensor 5
The lower door 4 by the signal from the control device by the detection output of
It has a well-known configuration in which B and 4B can be unlocked and unlocked by the unlocking means 36 or the password code 35. In this example, the lock 6 is an automatic lock that is locked by closing the lower doors 4B and 4B when the sensor 5 does not detect a load.

The sensor 5 includes a light emitter 5a and a light receiver 5
b is an optical sensor, and the light emitter 5a is, for example, the side plate 1
It is arranged on a mounting frame 47 for mounting on 1 and can emit light to the side. The light receiver 5b is attached to the mounting frame 47 of the side plate 12,
The light from the issuer 5a can be received. As the sensor 5, various sensors other than the optical sensor can be used as long as they can detect the accommodation of luggage.

As the door sensor 41, a proximity switch for detecting the proximity of the lower doors 4B and 4B can be used.
Various switches that detect contact with B and 4B can be used.

If the safety sensor 45 detects a moving body such as a person or an animal that has invaded due to mischief or the like,
Various things such as an infrared sensor can be used.

The lock button 33, the door open button 37, and the storage lamp 39 can be formed by using separate buttons and lamps, respectively.

The receipt sensor 46 is the receipt issuer 3
The presence or absence of attachment receipt A is detected in 4.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the receipt issuing device 34 includes a lower box 50 and an upper box 5 pivotally supported by the lower box 50.
It consists of 1. The lower box 50 includes side pieces 52, 52 on both sides of the bottom piece.
And the back piece 53 that continues the trailing edge, and the drive unit 5 provided in the front.
A concave portion 55 for accommodating the receipt A is formed in the rear portion by the reference numeral 4. Further, the drive unit 54 is provided with a feed roller 57 on a horizontal lower guide plate 56 that connects the side pieces 52, 52 and projects forward from the side piece 52. The feed roller 57 rotates in association with a reduction motor (not shown) via gear transmission.

The upper box 51 is pivotally supported on the lower box 50 by bearing pieces at the rear end of a U-shaped base frame having side pieces 60 which are in contact with the side pieces 52 on both sides of the upper piece 59. Upper piece 59
An upper guide plate 61 is provided between the lower guide plate 56 and the lower guide plate 56 via the L-shaped bent portion of the front edge to form a gap for sending the receipt A. Further, an adjusting screw 63 is provided at the bent portion so as to press the receipt A against the feed roller 57 and to smoothly move the receipt A up and down. The upper box 51 is locked to the lower box 50 by fitting the spring piece 64 provided at the front end of the side piece 60 into the cutout portion of the side piece 52. In addition, the receipt issuing device 34 is such that the protruding pieces on the lower sides of both side edges of the lower box 50 are
It can be moved back and forth by being guided by the rail 65 on the upper surface of the ceiling plate 16, and by moving it forward, the receipt A can be stored easily.

As a result, the recess 55 is stored,
For example, the receipt A illustrated in FIG. 6 is sent out one by one from the delivery ports 66, 66 of the doors 26A, 26B by the feed roller 57.

In the present example, the receipt A is of a continuous form in which perforations 67 for cutting are provided in advance, and the receipt A includes a proof B by a seal, a signature or the like of each recipient.
It is provided in advance before being stored in the receipt issuing device 34.

The receipt sensor 46 uses a reflection type optical switch and is arranged below the through hole of the lower guide plate 56 to detect the presence or absence of the receipt A by the reflected light.

As the receipt sensor 46, various types of micro switches having a contact end that directly contacts the receipt A and moves along with the interruption can be used.

Next, the procedure of use in this embodiment will be described. As described above, the lock 6 is an automatic lock that automatically locks the lower doors 4B and 4B by closing the lower doors 4B and 4B when the sensor 5 does not detect a load. It is assumed that the lower doors 4B and 4B are locked during loading.

The delivery person gives the number of the house to be delivered to the name tag 6
After confirming with 9, etc., and pressing the corresponding operation button 40 which is the door opening button 37, the lock 6 is unlocked, and the lower doors 4B, 4B are automatically opened by the spring hinge 27. In addition, the main body 2A of the accommodation unit 2 in which the delivery person has opened the door
The sensor 5 detects the accommodation of the home delivery product by transmitting the detection output to the control device.

Further, the delivery person closes the lower door 4B when the accommodation is completed, and the operation button 4 which is the lock button 33.
Press 0. With this push button in the state where the detection output of the sensor 5 is emitted, the lock 6 locks the lower door 4B and, at the same time, the operation button 40 which is the storage lamp 39.
Lights up. Furthermore, the notification device 43 that leads to the room lights up,
Make it easy to confirm the arrival.

Further, at the same time as locking, the receipt issuing device 34
Operates and issues a receipt A. The receipt issuer 34
A date imprinting mechanism for imprinting the date can be added to the. Further, since the receipt A has a proof B such as a seal or signature, the delivery person can prove the delivery by taking it home. Note that the receipt A can use an adhesive tape having release paper,
This allows the receipt A to be attached to the delivery note.

Further, since the lock 6 is locked by the push button of the lock button 33, it is possible to prevent the careless locking of the lower doors 4B, 4B when a child enters due to mischief or the like. It is also possible to prevent the lower door 4B from being closed and the receipt A being issued while the courier is accommodating several home deliveries.

The locking of the lock 6 by the locking button 33 is premised on the presence of the detection output of the sensor 5, and thus prevents the storage lamp 39 from being lit and the receipt A being issued in the empty state.

Further, when the delivery is to be taken out, the recipient forcibly opens the lock 6 by the unlocking means 36 by using a key or the like or the password code 35 to take out the delivery. Also, the lock 6 is locked by closing the lower door 4B, and the initial state is restored.

Further, in this embodiment, the door sensor 41 detects the opening of the lower door 4B and activates the alarm 42. As a result, it is possible to warn of the opening of the door and reduce the manipulation due to mischief.

The door open button 37 does not unlock the lock 6 when the sensor 5 detects that the home delivery is accommodated, so that the home delivery can be prevented from being stolen.

Further, the receipt sensor 46 uses the receipt A
The presence or absence of the receipt is detected, and the use-out of the receipt A is output to the control device, and the output causes the control device to stop locking the lock 6.

As a result, the delivery of the parcel that cannot receive the receipt A is prevented, and troubles associated with the delivery are prevented.

Further, the safety sensor 45 detects the intrusion of a child, an animal or the like, and the output of the safety sensor 45 causes the control device to stop the locking of the lock 6, thereby improving the safety and providing the internal unlock button 44. By this, the person's lock 6 from the inside
Can be unlocked and the safety can be further improved.

[0045]

As described above, in the home delivery box of the present invention, the sensor that outputs the detection output for locking the door does not detect the storage of the home delivery. Since the receiving part is provided and the door is provided with a mail receiving port for storing the postal matter to be received in the receiving part, the function as a post can be added, and the daily use frequency is increased,
It can increase the utility value and eliminate the need to purchase a post again.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an arrangement state of sensors.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a receipt issuing device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a receipt issuing device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a receipt.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Storage part 3 Box body 4 Door 5 Sensor 6 Lock 7 Receiving part 9 Mail receiving port

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A box body having a housing portion for housing home delivery goods,
A door that closes the housing portion, a sensor that detects housing of the home delivery product in the housing portion, and a lock that locks the door by a detection output that detects the home delivery product by the sensor. A delivery box comprising a receiving part for partitioning the storage part to receive the postal matter, and a mail receiving port for storing the postal matter to be received in the receiving part provided at the door at a position where the sensor does not detect.