JPS6345208B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a mailbox.

Conventionally, as shown in Fig. 1, in a mail box having a mail slot 2' with a slot cover 4', rainwater can enter through the gap around the mail slot 2', even if it reaches the bottom. Even with the drainage holes, the mail still got wet. Also, as shown in Figure 2, a mailbox with a canopy 9 is fine when there is no wind, but if the wind blows, rainwater will enter along with the wind, and the mailbox may be attached to a wall, etc. The drawback was that it was difficult to insert mail because the depth was not large enough.

The present invention has been made in view of the drawbacks of the conventional example described above, and its purpose is that even if rainwater enters from the mail slot, the rainwater dripping from the mail slot will be removed by the intrusion prevention piece and drain. To provide a mailbox in which rainwater is discharged from a water outlet to the outside of the box body along a guide piece, and rainwater that has entered from a mail input port does not enter the box body and wet mail etc. It is in.

The present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The mailbox A is entirely made of synthetic resin or metal such as stainless steel or aluminum. A mail slot 2 and a lower opening 3 are provided on the front side of the approximately square box-shaped box body 1 at the top and bottom with a middle crosspiece 10 in between.
is opened. Reference numeral 4 denotes an input slot cover, and the upper edge of the input slot cover 4 is rotatably supported at the upper edge of the mail slot 2 by a pivot shaft 11, and the slot lid 4 is moved by its own weight to the mail slot 2 is closed, and is opened toward the inside of the box 1. Reference numeral 6 denotes a lower lid, which is rotatably supported on the upper edge of the lower lid 6 by a shaft 12 with the water outlet 5 interposed between the upper edge of the lower opening 3 and the upper edge of the lower lid 6. The lower lid 6 also closes the lower opening 3 due to its own weight, and the box body 1
It opens outward. A drainage guide piece 7 extends diagonally upward from the upper edge of the lower lid 6 toward the inside of the box 1, and an intrusion prevention piece 8 extends upward from the tip edge of the drainage guide piece 7 to prevent intrusion. The piece 8 is vertically placed inward from the lower edge of the mail slot 2. In addition, a water stop protrusion 13 is provided on the front surface of the intrusion prevention piece 8 extending from side to side, and the top surface of the water stop protrusion 13 is inclined diagonally downward toward the front, and the bottom surface is a horizontal surface. Furthermore, end protrusions 14 are provided protruding from both ends of the water stop protrusion 13 toward the drain guide piece 7, and a water reservoir recess 15 is formed between the water stop protrusion 13 and the drain guide piece 7. be. This mailbox A
is used by being attached to a wall 16 as shown in Fig. 3, or to a fence or gate 17 as shown in Fig. 7. Mail is inputted through the mail slot 2, and the mail is inserted into the lower opening 3. It allows you to take out mail and take out and take out delivered milk, etc. However, when it rains, etc., the 6th
If rainwater enters through the gap in the mail slot 2 as shown in Figure b, the rainwater will drip from the lower edge of the mail slot 2, and the intrusion prevention piece 8 will prevent the rainwater from flowing into the box 1. The rainwater is received by the intrusion prevention piece 8 and the drainage guide piece 7, and is discharged from the water outlet 5 along the drainage guide piece 7 to the outside of the mailbox A (the outer surface of the lower lid 6). Furthermore, when the lower lid 6 is opened during rain, rainwater may enter through the water outlet 5 or water droplets on the outer surface of the lower lid 6 may flow backwards. In this case, as shown in Figure 6a, The backflowing rainwater is stopped by the water stop protrusion 13 and stored in the water storage recess 15. After that, when the lower lid 6 is closed, the water reservoir recess 1 is opened as shown in Fig. 6b.
Rainwater inside the building is drained outside. In addition,
The horizontal piece 18 at the lower end of the input port lid 4 may be sloped inward to improve draining of rainwater and to prevent water from being transmitted.

As described above, the present invention has a mail slot and a lower opening at the top and bottom of the front surface of the box, and the upper edge of the mail slot opens inward by pivoting the top edge of the slot to send mail. The input port is closed, the water outlet is separated from the upper edge of the lower opening, the upper edge of the lower lid is pivoted, and the lower opening is closed with the lower lid opening outward. The drainage guide piece extends diagonally upward toward the mail slot, and the intrusion prevention piece extends upward from the tip edge of the drainage guide piece inward from the lower edge of the mail slot. Even if rainwater enters the box, the intrusion prevention piece can prevent rainwater from entering the box body and wetting mail, etc. Rainwater dripping from the mail slot is caught by the intrusion prevention piece and the drainage guide piece, and the drainage guide This has the advantage that the water is discharged along the strip and out of the mailbox from the outlet. Furthermore, it does not become difficult to insert mail through the mail slot, and this can be easily improved by simply changing the lower lid of the conventional mail box. Furthermore, a water stop protrusion is provided protruding along the front surface of the intrusion prevention piece, and end protrusions are provided from both ends of the water stop protrusion toward the drainage guide piece, so that the water stop protrusion and the end protrusion are provided. Since the water reservoir recess is formed by the water stopper ridge and the drainage guide piece, even if the lower lid is rotated outward when taking out mail etc. from the lower opening, the water stop protrusion and the edge Due to the water reservoir recess formed in the protrusion and the drainage guide piece, water droplets on the outer surface of the lower lid do not flow back into the inside of the box body and are collected in the water reservoir recess and do not wet the mail. Also, by closing the lower lid, the water in the water reservoir recess is smoothly drained to the outside through the drainage guide piece, and in this way, even if the lower lid is opened inadvertently during rain, This has the effect of preventing rainwater from entering the box. In addition, by forming a water reservoir recess, even if the lower lid is rotated, water drops will collect in the water reservoir recess, so even if the lower lid is rotated horizontally or even further, rainwater will not be collected. It does not fall into the body, and therefore has the effect that mail etc. inside the box can be easily taken out.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side sectional view showing a conventional example, Fig. 2 is a side sectional view showing another conventional example, Fig. 3 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a part of the same. FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the lower lid; FIGS. 6a and 6b are explanatory views of the operation of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another example of the mounting state of the above. It is. 1...Box body, 2...Mail slot, 3...Lower lid, 4...Input port cover, 5...Water outlet, 6...Lower lid, 7...Drainage guide piece, 8...Intrusion prevention piece,
13... Water stop protrusion, 14... End protrusion, 15...
Water sump pit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A mail slot and a lower opening are opened at the top and bottom of the front of the box, and the mail slot is closed with a slot that opens inward by pivoting the top edge of the slot lid at the upper edge of the mail slot; The lower opening is closed by the lower lid which opens outward by pivoting the upper edge of the lower lid across the water outlet from the upper edge of the lower opening, and the lower opening is opened diagonally from the upper edge of the lower lid towards the inside of the box body. Extend the drainage guide piece from above, extend the intrusion prevention piece upward from the tip edge of the drainage guide piece inward from the lower edge of the mail slot, and protrude a water stop protrusion along the front surface of the intrusion prevention piece. and end protrusions protruding from both ends of the water stop protrusion toward the drainage guide piece, and a water reservoir recess is formed by the water stop protrusion, the end protrusion, and the drain guide piece. A mailbox characterized by: