JPH0745000U - Post box - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To enable installation in a narrow space. Further, the postal matter is not contaminated by rainwater, and the risk of theft can be reduced. [Structure] The post body 1 is formed in a box shape having a thin and vertically long shape and wide left and right side surfaces. A vertically long insertion port 2 is formed in an upper portion of the front surface of the post body 1, and a top portion of the post body 1 extends above the insertion port 2 to form a turning portion 3. The postal matter is made vertical and is put in through the input port 2 to be completely accommodated in the post. A postal item that does not enter from the input port 2 when it is set vertically is inserted horizontally from the input port 2 upwards, hits the turning portion 3 and turned downward, and then completely stored in the post.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a post box. More specifically, the present invention relates to a mail post that is generally thin and elongated.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 5, a mail post installed in a home, a business office, or the like has a wide front width (so-called frontage), and a slit-like insertion port 101 extending in the lateral direction is formed in the upper part of the front face. An outlet 102 and an outlet door 103 for postal matter are provided below the input port 101, and the depth dimension is formed thin.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, this post structure is not only difficult to install in a place with a narrow frontage, but also has a small depth. Some of the items are exposed, making it easy for the mail to get wet or stolen. In addition, the postal matter hits the inner surface of the postal article and is bent, causing problems such as wrinkles and folds in the content.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a post box that can be installed in a place with a narrow frontage. Further, the present invention provides a post box in which even if the postal matter is large, a part of the postal matter is not exposed to the outside and gets wet or is easily stolen, and the postal matter is not bent. Is the second purpose.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve such an object, the mail post of the present invention has a box main body formed as a whole with a thin and vertically long shape and a wide left and right side surface, and a vertical axis formed at the upper part of the front of this post main body. The post is provided with a lid for opening and closing the center of the post, and a turning portion formed by extending the top of the post body above the entry.

Further, in the mail post of the present invention, it is preferable that a guide roller is rotatably provided in the lower part of the insertion port, and an illuminating device is provided in the post body.

[0007]

[Action]

 Therefore, this post can be installed even if it has a narrow frontage so that it can be installed with at least an opening for opening and closing around the vertical axis. In addition, postal items are inserted vertically from the entrance. The postal matter is completely contained in the post without being restricted by the inside of the post. Even if the postal matter is too large to fit in vertically from the input port, the postal matter inserted horizontally and upward from the input port will hit the turning section and be turned downward before falling into the post.

Further, when the postal matter is inserted into the input port, the postal matter is placed on the guide roller and the postal matter is guided into the post by the rotation of the guide roller.

Further, the illuminator brightens the inside of the post.

[0010]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the mail post of the present invention. This post is made up of a thin, vertically long box body with a wide area on the left and right sides, and a vertically elongated lid at the top of the front of the post body 1 that opens and closes around a vertical axis. An input port 2 for postal matter having a plate 11, a guide roller 13 provided below the input port 2, and a turning section 3 formed by extending the top of the post body 1 above the input port 2. The post main body 1 is provided with a mail outlet 4 and an illuminator 5 provided in the post main body 1 as needed.

Here, the post body 1 is formed in a thin and vertically long box shape with wide left and right side surfaces, which means that the depth dimension 7 is longer than the width dimension 6 and the height dimension 8 is longer than the depth dimension 7. That's what it means. In the mail post of this embodiment, for example, the width dimension 6 is 100 mm, the lower end depth dimension 7 is 315 mm, and the height 8 to the turning portion is 720 mm.

Further, the input port 2 is formed to be vertically long in order to enable the postal items to be input vertically (see FIG. 3A). Therefore, the vertical dimension 9 of the input port 2 is formed to be longer than the vertical dimension of a certain standard size mail piece (hereinafter referred to as a standard mail piece). In this embodiment, an envelope capable of accommodating JIS A4 standard contents is designed as a standard mail item. Further, the input port 2 is formed solely on the front surface of the post, and has a width dimension 10 wider than that of the conventional one in which the input port and the output port are provided side by side (see FIG. 5). It is made so that even thick mail can be easily inserted. The input port 2 is formed on a slightly downward slope, and as shown in FIG. 2 (B), a large mail piece inserted sideways from the input port 2 (the vertical dimension is larger than the vertical dimension 9 of the input port 2). The postal matter which does not enter the input port 2 in the vertical state) is formed so as to enter upward toward the top plate 19 of the turning section 3. One side of the cover plate 11 is connected to the insertion port 2 by a spring hinge 12 so as to be horizontally rotatable. The lid plate 11 is provided so as to be constantly urged by a spring of a spring hinge 12 in a direction of closing the input port 2.

The guide roller 13 is rotatably provided on the inner surface of the post at the lower part of the charging port 2 so as to extend in the horizontal direction. The guide roller 13 is provided so that the postal matter is placed and smoothly guided by being rotated when the postal matter is inserted into the input port 2. In this embodiment, a pipe is used as the guide roller 13, and the guide roller 13 is rotatably supported by support shafts 14 and 14 fixed to the left and right inner side surfaces of the post body 1. The guide roller 13 may be a solid columnar body other than a pipe or a plurality of small rollers arranged if it guides the postal matter into the post by rotation, but if a pipe is used, it is lightweight and easy to rotate. Further, there is an advantage that the mail can be uniformly guided without being biased. Further, although not shown, the guide roller 13 is configured such that the left and right ends thereof are fixed portions and the central portion is rotatable, and the fixed portions at the left and right ends are attracted to and supported by the inner surface of the post by magnetic force. Good. In this way, the work of providing the guide roller on the inner surface of the post becomes easy when manufacturing the post.

The depth dimension 7 of the post is preferably set to be larger than the width dimension of the reference mail piece. In this embodiment, the standard mail is formed in a large size with a margin much larger than the width of the standard mail. The space in the lower half of the post body 1 is formed to be substantially the same as or larger than the reference mail piece in order to accommodate the mail piece that has been input.

Further, the outlet 4 is provided on one side surface of the lower portion of the post body 1 in this embodiment. The take-out port 4 is preferably formed in a size that allows the reference mail piece in the post to be taken out easily, but it is not always required to be formed larger than the reference mail piece. The outlet door 15 of this embodiment is connected to the post body 1 by a hinge 16 so as to be horizontally rotatable. In this embodiment, the lock structure of the take-out door 15 is configured such that its rotating hook 17 is locked by hooking on the hook 18 fixed to the post body 1. The connection portion of the outlet 4 by the hinge 16 can be changed to the left or right side or the opposite side so that the outlet door 15 can be opened depending on the installation location of the post so that the mail can be easily taken out. The opening / closing method of the outlet door 15 is not limited to that of this embodiment, and for example, although not shown, a sliding sliding door that slides in the left-right direction or the up-down direction, or a double door can be used. It is preferable that the exit door 15 is made of a transparent material such as acrylic transparent resin, because the presence or absence of mail in the post can be seen. Incidentally, in order to visually recognize the presence or absence of mail in the post, a slit or other hole as a confirmation window may be formed in the post body 1 or the outlet door 15. The outlet 4 may be provided on the back surface or the bottom surface of the post.

Further, the turning portion 3 is formed with an inclined top plate 19 so as to be gradually lowered from the front portion of the post to the back surface of the post. Therefore, the tip of the large postal matter inserted from the input port 2 hits the top plate 19, and the tip of the postal matter is turned downward and dropped toward the bottom of the post. As shown in FIG. 4, if the turning portion 3 is formed in a curved shape that bulges upward, a large mail piece can be turned more smoothly.

Since the postal matter does not hit the front surface of the top of the post body 1, it does not matter if the turning portion 3 is not provided. Therefore, in this embodiment, the front surface of the top of the post body 1 is formed and used as an installation space 21 for a device 20 such as a slave unit of a door intercom and a door camera. This takes advantage of the fact that mail posts are usually installed in front of visitors such as entrances, entrance doors, and gates. Of course, it may be flush with the surroundings of the inlet 2 without providing such an installation space made of a recess.

Further, the illuminator 5 is a light bulb in this embodiment, and is provided on the inner surface of the turning portion 3. That is, the illuminator 5 is provided at a portion of the top plate 19 of the turning portion 3 where the postal matter does not hit. The power source of the illuminating device 5 is provided such that a battery is attached to an arbitrary portion of the post or a wire is drawn from the outside. The lighting fixture 5 in this embodiment uses a battery 22 arranged in the device 20 as a power source. The illuminator 5 detects that the outlet door 15 has been opened by a switch for detecting the door opening operation such as the micro switch 23, and is turned on, so that the mail in the post can be taken out without overlooking even in the dark. I am able to do it. The illuminator 5 may be turned on by pressing the switch.

Further, in the present embodiment, the structure for discharging invading rainwater is constructed as follows. For example, a hollow first drain guide 24 is provided on the inner surface of the post below the input port 2, and is provided so as to guide rainwater entering from the input port 2 to the bottom surface of the post. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the outlet door 15 is formed with protrusions 25, 25 projecting inward at the upper and lower ends thereof, and rainwater entering from the gap between the protrusion 25 at the upper end of the outlet door 15 and the post body 1. A U-shaped water receiving portion 26 for receiving the water is provided, and on the other hand, a ridge 25 at the lower end thereof and a rainwater guide plate 27 for guiding rainwater that has entered through the gap between the post body 1 to the bottom surface of the post are provided. A second drain guide 28 extending from 26 to the rainwater guide plate 27 is provided. On the bottom surface of the post, a drain pan 29 made of a perforated plate such as punching metal is provided as a bottom plate. The drain pan 29 is provided slightly above the installation surface of the post body 1. Therefore, the rainwater that has entered through the inlet 2 and the outlet 4 is discharged from the drain pan 29 to protect the postal matter from getting wet. In addition to the present embodiment, a water-repellent polymer mat may be laid on the bottom of the post to prevent the mail from getting wet.

An input buzzer may be provided which is turned on when an arbitrary input detection means detects that a mail item has been input and is automatically turned off after a lapse of a predetermined time.

The post box configured as described above is used as follows.

Since this post is narrow, it can be installed in a narrow place. In addition to installing the entire post outdoors, it may be installed by embedding it in a door or a wall so that only the front part having the inlet 2 is exposed to the outside.

As shown in FIG. 3 (A), the postal item 30 is vertically inserted into the post through the insertion port 2. Then, the bottom of the postal matter 30 is placed on the guide roller 13, and is smoothly guided into the post by the rotation of the guide roller 13 and is accommodated in the lower part of the post.

In the case of a large postal matter, it cannot be inserted vertically from the insertion port, so as shown in FIG. 3B, it is laid horizontally and inserted into the insertion port 2. Since the input port 2 is inclined slightly downward, the postal matter 30 enters the inside of the post in the turning portion 3 upward. Then, the tip of the postal matter 30 hits the top plate 19 of the turning section 3, is turned downward, falls, and is accommodated in the lower part of the post.

When the take-out door 15 is opened to take out the postal matter from the post, the micro switch 23 is turned on and the illuminator 5 is turned on to make the inside of the post bright. Therefore, even at night, you can take out postal items such as postcards in the post without overlooking them.

The above-described embodiment is an example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, the description has been given mainly of the one suitable for being installed outdoors near the gate, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and if there is no risk of rainwater intrusion like the entrance side, There is no need for a post body that is large enough to hold things, and no drainage structure is required. Further, the take-out port and the door 15 thereof are not particularly required, and may be a type in which they are always open.

[0028]

[Effect of device]

 As is clear from the above description, the mail post of the present invention need only have a frontage that is slightly wider than the vertical insertion port, and therefore can be installed in a narrow frontage space. In addition, since the input port is vertically long, the depth of the post is large, and the postal items that are input vertically from the input port are completely accommodated in the post, so that the postal items will not be bent and will not be bent by rainwater. It can prevent the items from getting dirty and reduce the risk of theft. Even if the postal items are too large to enter from the input port when placed vertically, the postal items are inserted horizontally from the input port, turned upside down at the turning part, and then turned downwards before being completely stored in the post. The mail will not be bent, and the mail will not be contaminated by rainwater, and the risk of theft can be reduced.

Further, a guide roller is rotatably provided at the input port, and when a postal matter is inserted into the input port, the postal matter is placed on the guide roller, and the postal matter is smoothly rotated by the rotation of the guide roller. Since it is guided inside the post, you can easily put in the mail without applying a lot of force.

In the case where a lighting device is provided in the post body, the inside of the post is brightened even in the dark, so that postal matters such as postcards can be taken out of the post even at night.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an embodiment of a post according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of an outlet door portion of the post of FIG.

3A and 3B are operation state diagrams of the mail post in FIG. 1, where FIG. 3A is an operation state diagram showing a case in which a mail item is vertically inserted into an input port, and FIG. It is an operation | movement state diagram which shows the case where a large mail item is thrown in.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a side surface of another modification of the post according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional mail post.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Post Body 2 Input Port 3 Turning Portion 4 Outlet 5 Lighting Equipment 13 Guide Roller 23 Micro Switch (Switch)

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A post having a box body, which is thin and vertically long and has wide left and right side surfaces, and a lid plate, which is vertically long and which opens and closes around a vertical axis, is formed on an upper portion of the front surface of the post body. A post box, comprising: an article input port; and a turning section formed by extending the top of the post body above the input port. 2. The post box according to claim 1, wherein a guide roller is rotatably provided below the input port. 3. The mail post according to claim 1, wherein a lighting device is provided in the post body.