KR910000163B1 - Automatic printing mailbox of stamp-postmark - Google Patents

Abstract

A coin-operated postbox comprises a mail guiding/feeding member, a display (5) for expressing an amount of inserted coins, coin mechanism (11) for controlling mail passage within a body (1), and a postmark printer (21). The mail griding/feeding member has a slot (2) provided in the upper part of the body (1),a roller (18) driven by a motor (13), a push button (4) switching on the motor in the case of coins being inserted, fixed/movable plates (28,35) guiding the mail, and an auxiliary roller (40) being elastically in touch with the roller (18). In the postmark printer, various pictures and dates can be pronted.

Description

Mailboxes with Postmark Stamps Automatically Printed

1 is a front view of the mailbox of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the main portion of the mailbox of the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the main portion of the mailbox of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a fastening state of the printing device that is the main portion of the mailbox of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: body 2: mail slot

3: coin input slot 4: push button

5: display panel 6: door

8: base plate 10: storage box

11: Coin Mechanism 13: Drive Motor

21: printing apparatus 21a: picture printing unit

21b: date printing unit 28: fixed information board

29: fixture 30: oil ink supply device

31 brush 34 axis

35: operation information board 36: connection ring

38: leaf spring 39: axis

40: auxiliary roll 41: protective cover

43: door

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mailbox, and more particularly, to a mailbox that enables automatic stamp stamp printing on mail.

Conventionally, mailboxes installed on roadsides or in predetermined places were only storage boxes for mails put in by mailers putting postage stamps on them. .

Therefore, in the related art, there is a problem in that the sender has to post stamps on the mail one by one, which is inconvenient on the sender side, and the post office also has to postmark all the mail collected from the mailbox.

The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems, the mail sender does not need to put a stamp one by one, if you put a coin corresponding to the stamp value to operate the stamp stamp is printed and automatically entered into the storage box by the convenience of the sender The aim is to provide a mailbox that has greatly improved workability and eliminates the need to print postmarks on recovered mail at post offices.

The present invention, such as putting the normal mail into the mail inlet, and also put the coins required for shipping into the standard coin mechanism and press the operation button, the timer and printing roller inside the mailbox is operated by the driving force of the drive motor stamp stamp printing And then stored in a storage box.

Hereinafter, described in detail by the accompanying drawings of the present invention mailbox is as follows.

As shown in Figures 1 to 4, the mail input guide and transfer means for guiding and transporting the mail into the mailbox body 1, the present invention, and a predetermined fee is calculated by calculating the coins In this case, a coin mechanism 11 for controlling the mail can be transported, and a printing device 21 for stamping the mail transported by the mail input guide and the transport means, and after inputting a certain amount of coins, Injecting the stamp is printed on the inside of the main body (1).

The mail input guide and the conveying means are a mail input port 2 installed in the upper portion of the main body 1, a drive motor 13, a roller 18 to decelerate rotation by the driving force, and the drive motor 13 It consists of a push button (4) for activating the operation, the fixed guide plate 28 and the movable guide plate 35 for guiding the conveyance of the postal matter, the auxiliary roller 40 in contact with the roller 18.

The mail body 1 is provided with a mail inlet 2 and a coin inlet 3 on the top plate 1 'and a push button 4 and a non-display panel 5, and the front plate 1 " The door 6 is provided in the middle part, and the coin return hole 7 is provided in the upper part.

The base plate 8 is fixed to the inner middle part of the main body 1 as described above, and the mechanical part 9 and the mail storage box 10 are divided into upper and lower sides by a coin introduced into the coin inlet 3. A normal coin mechanism 11 that is operated is installed, and a coin collecting container 12 is installed below the coin mechanism 11.

One side of the base plate 8 is provided with a drive motor 13 of the mail conveying means is driven by a power such as a storage battery, the pulley 15 is fixed to the rotating shaft 14 of the drive motor 13, the base The roller 18 and the pulley 15 are fixed to the shaft 17 installed in the shaft 16, 16 'fixed to the plate 8, and the pulleys 15 and 19 are connected by the belt 20. It is. The printing apparatus 21 is fixed to one side of the roller 18. In the printing apparatus 21, the fastening hole 22 is formed in the middle portion thereof in the longitudinal direction, and the fixing groove 23 is formed to be perpendicular to the end thereof, and the fixing piece 24 is formed on the roller 18. A fixing key 25 is connected to the fixing piece 24 by a tension spring 26. When the fixing device 25 is fastened to the fastening hole 22 of the printing device 21, the fixing key 25 and the fixing piece 24 are inserted into the fixing device 25 to the outside of the fastening hole 22. Since it is protruding, when the fixing key 25 is inserted into the fixing groove 23 while the fixing key 25 is rotated by 90 °, the fixing key 25 is fixed by the restoring elasticity of the tension spring 26. 21, it is in close contact with the fixing groove 23, so that it is securely fastened (see FIG. 4).

The printing apparatus 21 is provided with a picture printing portion 21a and a date printing portion 21b of a predetermined shape, and the date printing portion 21b is used to adjust the control plate 27 of the original plate as used for a normal stamp. By rotating, the year, month and day can be adjusted.

In addition, a mail guide plate 28 is fixedly extended to the lower side of the inlet opening 2 on the upper side of the roller 18, and a fastener 29 is attached to the lower end of the guide plate 28, and the fixture 29 is suspended. The device 30 is coupled. The oil ink supply device 30 has a soft brush 31 for applying oil ink to the printing portions 21a and 21b of the printing apparatus 21 attached to the lower surface, and a sponge into which the oil ink is embedded inside the body. The back is filled. In addition, hemispherical locking grooves 32 are formed on upper and lower surfaces of the body ink supply device 30, and balls 33 inserted into the locking grooves 32 on the inner and lower surfaces of the fixture 29 are elastically installed. Thus, the oil ink supply device 30 can be easily detached from the oil ink supply device 30, and the oil ink supply device 30 is not detached from the oil ink supply device 30 in a coupled state.

Then, the support shaft 34 is fixed to the lower surface of the upper surface plate 1 ′ under the mail inlet 2, and the connecting shaft 36 of the four ends of the mail operation guide plate 35 is adhered to the support shaft 34. The movable guide plate 35 forms the mail fixing guide plate 28 and the mail insertion path 37, and the leaf springs 38 are fixed to both sides of the support shaft to elastically support the movable guide plate 35. The auxiliary roll 40 is fixed to the shaft 39 supported at the lower end of the movable guide plate 35 so that the auxiliary roll 40 and the roller 18 are compressed and rotated by the spring force.

In the drawing, reference numeral 41 denotes an arc-shaped protective cover, which is covered with a guide 42 formed on the upper side of the main body 1 to protect the components installed on the upper surface plate 1 ′ in rainy weather. In addition, 43 is a mechanical door which is rotatably opened and closed at the upper side of the side plate of the main body 1 to open the door 43 and repair the mechanical part. And 44 is a slot for stamped mail or control postcards.

Referring to the effects of the present invention as described above are as follows.

When the coin is put into the coin input port 3 of the coin mechanism 11, the amount of money put into the input amount display plate 5 is displayed, and when the amount of money input is equal to or greater than the shipping price of the general mail (for example, 80 won), the coin mechanism The power is turned on by the operation of (11) and the lamp of the pushbutton 4 is turned on as in a normal vending machine. At this time, the mail is inserted into the mail inlet (2) and push the push button (4) the drive motor 13 is driven. The rotational force of this motor 13 is decelerated through the pulley 15 and rotates the roller 18 connected to the same shaft 14 as the pulley 15. In this case, the driving motor 13 is adjusted with a timer to operate only during the time when the roller 18 rotates once.

As the roller 18 is rotated by the timer and the driving motor 13 as described above, the auxiliary roller 40 which is in contact with the roller 18 also rotates, and the mail put into the mail inlet 2 is made of the roller 18 and the auxiliary roller ( 40) is pushed into the storage box 10 of the mailbox. At this time, the postal stamp is printed by the printing guide device 21 attached to the roller 18. That is, since the circumferential length of the roller 18 is longer than the length of a normal mail, and the length of the mail input path is formed short, when the mail is pushed into the mail input port 2, the mail spring inlet by the leaf spring 38 ( The guide plates 28 and 35 of 2) are spread by the thickness of the mail so that the mail is engaged between the roller 18 and the auxiliary roller 44, and the roller 18 is rotated only once, and thus the roller 18 is rotated. When the printing apparatus 21 rotates together, stamps are stamped on the mail conveyed between the roller 18 and the auxiliary roller 40. Then, the postal stamp printed stamp is put into the storage box (10).

As described above, the present invention mailbox is automatically stamped when the mail and coins are put in, so that the user does not need to put a stamp on the postage, the post office does not need to print postmarks separately, convenient to use and friendship There is an advantage to simplify the work.

Although the present invention has been described as an embodiment, the present invention may be embodied in various forms within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (3)

Coin for calculating the mail input guide and conveying means to guide and transport the mails into the main body 1 and calculating the coins and the coins to be displayed on the display panel 4 and controlling the transport of the mails when a certain fee is input. A mechanism 11 and a printing device 21 for stamping a mail conveyed by the mail input guide and conveying means are provided, and when a certain amount of coins are input and mail is input, a stamp stamp is placed inside the main body 1. A post box in which a stamp stamp is automatically printed, characterized in that it is configured to be printed. The postal mail input guide and the conveying means of claim 1, the postal mail inlet 2 and the drive motor 13 is installed on the upper side of the main body 1, the roller 18 to decelerate rotation by the driving force, and a fixed liquid When the above coin is put into the push button (4) for driving the drive motor 13, the fixed guide plate 28 and the movable guide plate 35 for guiding the mail, and is condensed on the lower side of the movable guide plate 35 The auxiliary roller 40 is elastically in contact with the roller 18, the printing apparatus 21 is provided with a picture printing portion (21a) and a date printing portion (21b) is changeable and the roller (18) Removably coupled to one shaft of the post box stamp is automatically printed stamp, characterized in that configured to print pictures and dates on the printed matter. The front plate (1 ") of the main body (1) is provided with a door (6) for collecting mails, and the side plate (43) The upper part of the main body 1 is provided with a rain cover (2), coin inlet (3), push button (4) and the display panel (5) to cover and protect the rain cover is installed and configured A post box with a stamp stamp printed on it.

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