JP2002309819A - House-delivery article receiving box - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a house-delivery article receiving box, by which there is no possibility that a house-delivery article is stolen during a time a recipient receives the article after a delivery although a house-delivery trader can deliver the article without having a duplicate key in the case of the absence of the recipient. SOLUTION: A front door 2 and a rear door are installed in the front-side opening and rear-side opening of a box body 1. The first locking mechanism 5 for locking the front door at a closed place is mounted, locking operation by manual operation using no duplicate key from the outside of a storage chamber 12 is enabled in the first locking mechanism 5, and unlocking operation only by operation from the inside of the storage chamber 12 is enabled. An external door 4 in a size covering the whole front door 2 is fixed to the box body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a parcel delivery box.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art To enable a courier to deliver a home delivery to a house, business, office, or the like where the recipient is absent, the home delivery to such home, business, office, or the like. A receiving box is set up.

Conventionally, in such a parcel delivery box, when the parcel delivery company delivers the parcel, the courier opens the accommodating room using a duplicate key which the parcel provider has in advance, and stores the parcel in the corridor. In this method, the accommodation room was closed and locked with a duplicate key. Further, when the recipient takes out the home delivery from the accommodation room, the recipient opens the accommodation room using the duplicate key, and after taking out the delivery item, the accommodation room is locked with the duplicate key. According to this method, the delivered item is not stolen by a third party who does not have a duplicate key until the delivered item is received by the recipient.

[0004]

In order to deliver a parcel to a place where the recipient is absent by the above-mentioned conventional method, a parcel carrier possesses a duplicate key used when opening and closing the accommodation room of the parcel receiving box. Is essential.

[0005] However, it is troublesome for a courier company to always have a duplicate key when delivering a courier item, and if he or she leaves for delivery without a duplicate key, it will not be possible to deliver it. Would. Also,
The fact that the courier that delivers to the recipient is an unspecified number of vendors, and that each of the courier has the same duplicate key is also a security problem, so for the recipient, However, there is an inconvenience that the delivery company of the home delivery product when absent is limited to only the company having the duplicate key.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made under the above circumstances, and a home delivery company can deliver a home delivery without possessing a duplicate key when the recipient is absent. An object of the present invention is to provide a parcel delivery box that does not cause the parcel to be stolen until a person receives the parcel.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a parcel delivery box for forming a parcel delivery box, wherein a front door and a rear door are provided at a front opening and a rear opening of a housing having front and rear openings. Are respectively opened and closed separately, and have a first locking mechanism for locking the front door in the closed position and a second locking mechanism for locking the rear door in the closed position. And the first
The locking mechanism can be manually operated from outside the accommodation chamber without using a duplicate key, and can be unlocked only by operation from inside the accommodation chamber. The locking operation and the unlocking operation by the operation from the outside of the room are possible.

In this parcel delivery box, the first locking mechanism must be unlocked when the parcel is not delivered when the recipient is absent. If the first locking mechanism is unlocked in the absence of the recipient, the courier will:
The front door can be opened to accommodate home delivery in the accommodation room.
Then, the front door is closed after storing the home delivery, and the front door is locked by manually operating the first locking mechanism from the outside of the storage chamber, and the front door is locked from the inside of the storage chamber by the first locking mechanism. Since the door is not unlocked unless the user operates the key, it is impossible to open the front door and steal the home delivery in the accommodation room. The recipient is
By delivering the unlocking operation of the second locking mechanism from the outside of the accommodation room and opening the rear door, the delivered home delivery can be received. In addition, the recipient operates the first locking mechanism from the inside of the storage chamber to unlock the front door, and closes the rear door to lock the door with the second locking mechanism in preparation for the absence. It is good.

In the present invention, the first locking mechanism includes:
An extension / retraction rod displaced between a locking position and an unlocking position by manual operation without using a duplicate key, and a locking manual operation unit operated when displacing the extension / retraction rod from the unlocking position to the locking position. , And the locking manual operation unit is provided outside the accommodation chamber. According to this, the operating lever can be operated from the outside of the storage chamber to move the retracting rod from the unlocked position to the locked position. In the first locking mechanism, a path when the retractable rod is displaced between the locking position and the unlocking position may be a straight path or an arc path. Further, the locking manual operation unit may be provided integrally with the retracting rod, or may be connected to the retracting rod via some kind of interlocking mechanism having a gear, a lever, or the like.

[0010] In the present invention, it is preferable that the locking manual operation section of the first locking mechanism is disposed in a recess of the front door provided on the front door. According to this, since the locking manual operation portion does not protrude from the front surface of the front door, not only the possibility that the locking manual operation portion is broken due to hitting the locking manual operation portion is reduced, but also the locking manual operation portion is caused by mischief. As a result, the possibility that the first locking mechanism is broken is reduced.

In the present invention, the first locking mechanism includes an unlocking manual operating portion which is operated when moving the retractable rod from the locking position to the unlocking position, and the unlocking manual operating portion is provided in the housing. It is possible to adopt a configuration in which it is provided at a location that can be operated from inside the room. According to this,
When or after the recipient receives the delivered home delivery, the first locking mechanism is unlocked by operating the unlocking manual operation unit so that the front door can be opened at any time and the next time It is possible to be prepared for reception when not present. It should be noted that “the unlocking manual operation unit is provided at a location operable from inside the accommodation room” means that the recipient inserts his hand into the accommodation room and operates the unlocking manual operation unit. In addition to cases where the recipient can operate outside the containment room, through operation, some member operates inside the containment room and the manual unlocking Includes cases that are to be operated.

In the present invention, it is desirable to provide a cover capable of opening and closing the recess. According to this, when the cover is closed, the locking manual operation unit provided in the recess is mischievous. It can be prevented from being done. This cover can be formed by an outer door that can be opened and closed between a closed position attached to the housing and covering the entire front door and an open position retracted from the closed position. According to this, the accommodation room can be double-closed by the front door and the outer door, which helps to improve the security.

According to the present invention, when the outer door is moved to the closed position, the outer door is held in the closed position in a state where the outer door can be opened by human power. It is desirable to have. According to this, not only is the outer door held by the action of the outer door holding mechanism so as not to be inadvertently opened due to the wind or the like, and the outer door is less likely to be opened for mischief purposes.

In the present invention, the second locking mechanism desirably includes a duplicate key and a locking mechanism main body capable of performing a locking operation and an unlocking operation only by using the duplicate key. According to this, since only the receiver having the duplicate key can open and close the rear door, it is unlikely that a parcel delivered to the accommodation room with the rear door opened will be stolen. .

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an external appearance of a delivery box according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an arrangement of a first locking mechanism 5 and the like, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view schematically showing a mounting position of the outer door 2 and the outer door 4 to the housing 1;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view of a mounting position of the first locking mechanism 5, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view schematically showing a mounting position of the rear door 4 to the housing 1, and FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the first locking mechanism 5, FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a door catcher, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of another door catcher.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the home delivery box is a rectangular housing 1 having a front side and a rear side that are open.
In addition, a front door 2 for opening and closing the front opening and a rear door 3 for opening and closing the rear opening are attached, and an outer door 4 is further attached. The internal space of the housing 1 is formed as a storage room 12 for home delivery, and the home delivery is delivered to the storage room 12 when the recipient is absent.

As shown in FIG. 3, the front door 2 is attached via a hinge 21 to an inner edge on one side in the left-right direction of an edge frame 13 formed at the front end of the housing 1 by bending. 2
A closed position (a position shown by a solid line in FIG. 3) that closes a front opening of the housing 1 around a rotation axis of the rotation shaft 1 and an open position (a position shown by a virtual line in FIG. 3) that fully opens the front opening. Can be opened and closed between The outer door 4 is attached to an outer edge of the edge frame portion 13 via a hinge 41.
Front door 2 located at the closed position with respect to the rotation axis of
Between the closed position (the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 3) and the open position where the front door 2 can be fully opened by retracting from the closed position (for example, the position shown by the phantom line in FIG. 3). It can be opened and closed between. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the rear door 3 is attached via a hinge 31 to an inner edge on one side in the left-right direction of an edge frame portion 14 formed at the rear end of the housing 1 by bending. A closed position (a position shown by a solid line in FIG. 5) that closes a rear opening of the housing 1 around a rotation axis 31 and an open position (a position shown by a virtual line in FIG. 5) that fully opens the rear opening. ) Can be opened and closed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the front door 2 is provided with a first locking mechanism 5 for locking the front door 2 in the closed position. The first locking mechanism 5 employs a locking device having a structure capable of performing locking and unlocking by manual operation. Therefore, a duplicate key is not required for the locking operation and the unlocking operation of the first locking mechanism 5. In addition, even when the manual operation is performed, only the locking operation is possible by the manual operation from the outside of the housing chamber 12 of the housing 1, and the unlocking operation can be performed only by the operation from the inside of the housing chamber 12. It has become.

FIG. 7 illustrates a locking device used as the first locking mechanism 5 having such a function. In the first locking mechanism 5 shown in the drawing, a retractable rod 53 is attached to a case 51 having a mounting seat 52, and a locking manual operation unit 54 is integrally provided at the base end of the retractable rod 53. I have. Further, the extension / retraction rod 53 has a distal end 5 formed by a spring body (not shown) built in the case 51.
3a is always urged in a direction to protrude from the case 51, and pushes the locking manual operation part 54 with the finger of the hand to push the distal end 53a of the retractable rod 53 against the urging of the spring body. When the protruding rod is protruded from the case, a locking tool (not shown) incorporated in the case is locked to a locked portion (not shown) provided on the protruding / retracting rod 53 to move the protruding / retracting rod 53 to its position ( (Locked position). Further, the case 51 is built in the case
An unlocking manual operation unit 56 composed of a pressing body protruding from an opening 55 provided in the lock unit is attached. When the unlocking manual operation unit 56 is pushed in, the ejecting / retracting rod 53 located at the locking position is provided. Is released, and the extension / retraction rod 53 is returned to the initial position (unlocked position) by the urging of the spring body. Therefore, in the state where the retractable rod 53 has returned to the unlocking position, the locking manual operation section 56
Can be displaced to the locking position by pushing with a finger of the hand.

As shown in FIG. 4, the front door 2 has an opening 22 large enough to allow a finger F to be inserted therein, and a cover plate for covering the opening 22 from the accommodation room 12 side. 23 is fixed. Then, the locking manual operating portion 54 of the retractable rod 53 that has been displaced to the unlocking position is formed by the front opening 2
(The interior of the recess 24 is located outside the accommodation room 12). On the other hand, the edge frame 26 and the housing 1 bent at the free end of the front door 2 are formed.
The inner bending piece 13a provided in the edge frame portion 13 has a tip portion 53 when the retractable rod 53 is displaced to the locking position.
The front door 2 is locked at the closed position by forming the holes 27 and 15 in which the front door 2 is inserted, and the distal end 53a of the retractable rod 53 is inserted into the hole 15 of the inner curved piece 13a. Has become. In addition, the manual operation unit 56 for unlocking is
Is facing. Therefore, even if the front door 2 is locked at the closed position, if it is from the inside of the accommodation room 12, it is possible to push the unlocking manual operation part 56 to return the retractable rod 53 to the unlocking position. is there.

As shown in FIG. 2, the frame 13 of the casing 1
A front door holding mechanism 61 is attached at an appropriate position on the inner edge on the other side in the left-right direction. As the front door holding mechanism 61,
For example, the door catcher shown in FIG. 8 can be used. Front door holding mechanism 61 including the door catcher shown in FIG.
A torsion coil spring or the like, in which an engagement protrusion 64 held by a case 62 having a mounting seat 63 is projected from an opening 65 of the case 62, and the engagement protrusion 64 is held by the case 62. Are always urged in the protruding direction by a spring body (not shown). When the front door 2 is closed, the edge frame 26 of the front door 2 is
After moving over while retracting against the bias of the spring body,
The engaging projection 64 projects by the bias of the spring body and engages with an engaging hole (not shown) formed in the edge frame portion 26 to position the front door 2 at the closed position. The front door holding mechanism 61 has a function of holding the front door 2 in the closed position in a state where the front door 2 can be opened by human power.

As shown in FIG. 6, the rear door 3 is provided with a second locking mechanism 7 for locking the rear door 2 in the closed position. The second locking mechanism 7 includes a duplicate key 71 and a locking mechanism main body 72 that can perform a locking operation and an unlocking operation only by using the duplicate key 71. In the second locking mechanism 7 in the figure, when the duplicate key 71 is inserted into the key hole of the locking mechanism main body 72 and rotated in one direction, the engaging piece 73 provided in the locking mechanism main body 72 rotates to rotate the housing 1. Side edge frame part 14
And the rear door 3 is locked by this, and conversely, when the duplicate key 71 is inserted into the keyhole and rotated in the other direction, the engaging piece 73 is opposed. The rear door 3 is pivoted in a direction to be disengaged from an engaged portion (not shown) provided on the edge frame portion 14 on the housing 1 side, whereby the rear door 3 is unlocked. In the second locking mechanism 7, the operation of inserting the duplicate key 71 into the key hole of the locking mechanism main body 72 can be performed only from outside the rear door 3, that is, from outside the accommodation room 12.

Next, as shown in FIG.
The outer door holding mechanism 81 is mounted at an appropriate position on the other side in the left-right direction and an appropriate position at the free end of the outer door 4. As the outer door holding mechanism 81, for example, a door catcher shown in FIG. 9 can be used. The outer door holding mechanism 81, which is a door catcher shown in the figure, has a pair of spherical engaging members 85, 85 urged by springs 86, 86 on both sides of a groove 84 of a case 82 having a mounting seat 83. 87, and an engaging member 89 having a projection 88 which is fitted into the groove 84 of the receiving member 87 and is prevented from being removed by the pair of engaging members 85, 85. Attached to the body 1 side,
An engagement member 89 is attached to the outer door 4 side. And
When the outer door 4 is closed and the engaging member 89 on the outer door 4 side goes over the engaging members 85 and 85 of the receiving member 87 and fits into the groove 84, the engaging member 89 is moved by the engaging members 85 and 85. The outer door 4 is positioned at the closed position by being pressed and held. The rear door holding mechanism 81 has a function of holding the rear door 4 in a closed position in a state where the rear door 4 can be opened and moved by human power. In FIGS. 1 and 4, reference numeral 42 denotes a handle attached to the outer door 4.

In the parcel delivery box configured as described above, when the parcel is not delivered when the recipient is absent, the retractable rod 53 of the first locking mechanism 5 is moved to the unlocking position as shown in FIG. And the front door 2 must be unlocked. In this state, when the courier delivers the courier,
The home door can be accommodated in the accommodation room 12 by opening the outer door 4 and the front door 2. For this reason, it is not necessary for the courier company to have a duplicate key. Then, the front door 2
4, the finger F of the hand is inserted into the recess 24 from the opening 22 of the front door 2 as shown in FIG. 4, and the locking manual operation unit 54 of the first locking mechanism 5 is pushed in the direction of arrow a to operate. The rod 53 is located at the locking position. As a result, the front door 2 is locked. By doing so, the front door 2 will not be unlocked unless the unlocking manual operation unit 56 of the first locking mechanism 5 is pushed in from the inside of the accommodation room 12, so the front door 2 is opened and the accommodation room 1 is opened.
It becomes impossible to steal the home delivery of 2. The recipient is
Since the rear door 3 can be opened by unlocking the second locking mechanism 7 from the outside of the accommodation room 12 with the duplicate key 71, it is possible to receive the parcel delivered in such a manner. In addition, the recipient inserts his hand inside the accommodation room 12 and pushes in the unlocking manual operation unit 56 of the first locking mechanism 5 to unlock the front door 2 in preparation for the absence. At the same time, the rear door 3 may be closed and locked by the second locking mechanism 7.

In this embodiment, the locking manual operation portion 54 of the first locking mechanism 5 is provided in the recess 24 of the front door 2 and the recess 24 is closed by closing the outer door 4. Since it is covered, the locking manual operation unit 5
4 and thus the first locking mechanism 5 is less likely to be broken.

In this embodiment, when the outer door 4 is closed, the outer door 4 is held by the action of the outer door holding mechanism 81 so as not to be opened carelessly. There is an advantage that it becomes difficult to open. Also,
Since only the recipient holding the duplicate key 71 can open and close the rear door 3, it is unlikely that the parcel delivered to the accommodation room 12 by opening the rear door 3 will be stolen. There are advantages.

In the embodiment described above, mischief is prevented by providing the outer door 4 large enough to cover the entire front door 2, so that the accommodation room 12 is doubled by the front door 2 and the outer door 4. It is possible to keep it closed, and excellent security is exhibited. However, in this respect, as a simple mischief prevention means, a small cover may be attached to only the portion where the opening 22 is formed so as to be openable and closable so that only the recess 24 of the front door 2 can be opened and closed.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, a home delivery company can deliver a home delivery item without possessing a duplicate key when the recipient is absent, but the delivery destination receives the home delivery item. In the meantime, it is possible to provide a parcel delivery box that does not cause the parcel to be stolen.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view schematically showing a home delivery receiving box according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement location of a first locking mechanism and the like.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view schematically showing a place to be attached to a housing such as a front door.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view of a mounting location of a first locking mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view schematically showing a mounting position of a rear door to a housing.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional plan view of a mounting location of a second locking mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a first locking mechanism.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a door catcher.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of another door catcher.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing 2 Front door 3 Rear door 4 Outer door (cover) 5 1st locking mechanism 7 2nd locking mechanism 12 Storage room 24 Concave 53 Outgoing and retracting rod 54 Manual operation part for locking 56 Manual operation part for unlocking 71 Duplex key 72 Locking mechanism body 81 Outside door holding mechanism

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Miki Kasai, Inventor Mika Kasai 2-4-1 D7-1001, Shinsenri-Higashicho, Toyonaka-shi, Osaka (72) Inventor Rika Kasai, 2-4-D7-1001 Shinsenri-Higashicho, Toyonaka-shi, Osaka No. F term (reference) 3K100 CA01 CA49 CD03

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A front door and a rear door are respectively attached to a front opening and a rear opening of a housing which is formed with a front and rear opening of a housing which forms a storage room for home delivery, and which is openably and closably provided, and a front door. And a second locking mechanism for locking the rear door in the closed position, wherein the first locking mechanism is manually operated without using a duplicate key from outside the storage chamber. The locking operation by the operation is possible and the unlocking operation is possible only by the operation from the inside of the accommodation room, and the second locking mechanism is capable of the locking operation and the unlocking operation by the operation from the outside of the accommodation room. A home delivery box. 2. A first locking mechanism for displacing a retractable rod between a locked position and an unlocked position by a manual operation without using a duplicate key, and displacing the retractable rod from the unlocked position to the locked position. The home delivery box according to claim 1, further comprising a locking manual operation unit that is sometimes operated, wherein the locking manual operation unit is provided outside the accommodation room. 3. The parcel delivery box according to claim 2, wherein the locking manual operation section of the first locking mechanism is disposed in a front open recess provided in the front door. 4. The first locking mechanism includes an unlocking manual operation unit that is operated when moving the retractable rod from the locking position to the unlocking position, and the unlocking manual operation unit is provided in the housing chamber. 4. The parcel receiving box according to claim 2, wherein the parcel receiving box is arranged at a location operable from the inside. 5. The parcel delivery box according to claim 3, further comprising a cover capable of opening and closing the recess. 6. The outer door according to claim 5, wherein the cover is an outer door that can be opened and closed between a closed position attached to the housing and covering the entire front door and an open position retracted from the closed position. Delivery box. 7. An outer door holding mechanism for holding the outer door at the closed position in a state where the outer door can be opened and moved by human power when the outer door is moved to the closed position. 7. The home delivery box according to claim 6, wherein: 8. The lock mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the second locking mechanism includes a duplicate key and a locking mechanism main body that can perform a locking operation and an unlocking operation only by using the duplicate key. Courier delivery box.