JPH0144874B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <<Field of the Invention>> The present invention relates to an improvement in a night safe, and more particularly to a night safe that is highly resistant to fraud.

≪Prior art and its problems≫ In general, night safes have a slot in the outer wall of a building, and a slot door to open and close the slot. There is a storage area for storing bags, etc.

Therefore, for such night safes,
When a customer opens the input door, an opening for a storage box into which a cash bag or the like is inserted appears along with the input slot. The box rotates 90 degrees downward along the inner surface of the outer wall, and as a result, the bags and other items stored inside the box fall naturally into the storage area installed inside the outer wall, that is, inside the building. Configured to be saved.

However, since night safes are mainly used at night and after business hours when they are less popular, they need to be configured so that they can be handled quickly and with good operability, but they also need to be designed to ensure security against fraudulent activity. There is a need to.

However, as mentioned above, conventional night safes are configured so that the box in which bags and the like are stored rotates 90 degrees downward along the inner surface of the outer wall. This has the disadvantage that the storage amount is small compared to the storage capacity, as the items fall and are accumulated on the outside wall side of the storage.

In order to increase this amount of storage, we have introduced a structure in which bags and other items stored in a box are lifted upwards and then dropped vertically into the storage box, or the storage box itself is built by digging into the floor of the building. However, in the former case, the bag loading position is higher, which requires either installing a step stool in front of the loading door or raising the floor itself.

In addition, in the latter case, construction work such as digging the floor is required, and in either case, extra construction costs will be required.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned conventional products, due to their structure, there is no space for placing the bag vertically, that is, along the length of the bag.
Since the bag is stored horizontally (along the short side) inside the box, the loading door and slot are large, which poses problems in terms of theft prevention as well as production, installation, and cost. have.

On the other hand, the following types of fraudulent acts against night safes are considered.

(1) When a bag containing cash is inserted into a night safe,
The switch in the safe will activate and a receipt will be issued to show that the bag has been received, so attach a string to the bag, insert the bag, activate the switch, issue a receipt, and then pull the string to remove the bag. After placing the items in the deposit box, the customer opens the deposit door again and takes them home, and uses the receipt obtained later as evidence to request the return of the bag containing cash that was not received in the first place.

(2) Paste double-sided adhesive tape or strong adhesive inside the deposit box, and then after the customer using the night safe puts a bag containing cash into the deposit box, closes the door, and returns home, close the door again. Open the bag and remove the bag stuck inside the input box.

In order to prevent these fraudulent acts, conventional night safes have a deposit slot and a receiving opening that are close to each other.
The input box moves downward when the input door is opened and closed.
It only rotates 90 degrees and its range of motion is close to the input slot and are too integrated with each other, and once the input box is attached with adhesive tape or adhesive, there is no way to remove it. Because of this structure, theft-proofing properties against fraudulent acts were low and it was not possible to reliably prevent such acts.

≪Object of the invention≫ This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to prevent fraudulent activities such as fishing out bags containing cash once placed in them, and using adhesive tape or adhesives. To provide a night safe that can reliably prevent such problems, further improve the storage capacity of bags containing cash, etc. in a night safe with an existing receiving box, and reduce the size of the input door and slot. There is a particular thing.

<<Structure and Effects of the Invention>> In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, the present invention provides a slot door for opening and closing a slot for a cash bag or the like formed on a wall, an opening at one end and an opening at the other end. an input box which is rotatably attached to the inside of the wall surface so that the closed side portions thereof alternately face the input slot, and which stores a cash bag or the like through the opening at the one end side; Rotation that drives the input box as the door opens and closes, so that when the door is opened, the opening of the input box faces the input slot, and when the door is closed, the opening of the input box is reversed so that the closed side of the input box faces the input opening. A driving mechanism, which is slidably disposed on the inner bottom surface of the input box, and slides so as to forcibly push a cash bag or the like stored inside the box out of the box when the input box is reversed when the door is closed. a pusher plate fixed to both inner walls of the opening of the input box, and a scraper that slides relative to the pusher plate as the pusher plate slides; The pusher plate is protruded further, and when a stored cash bag or the like is forcibly discharged into the receiving warehouse, the scraper scrapes off any deposits adhering to the surface of the pusher plate. That is, according to the present invention, since the scraper is fixed to both inner walls of the opening of the input box and comes into sliding contact with the pusher plate as the pusher plate slides, As the door closes, the opening of the input box is rotated to the opposite side of the input slot, and in this state, the pusher plate provided on the inner bottom of the input box forcibly pushes out the stored bag, etc. When the bag is placed on the pusher plate and dropped into the receiving box, it is possible to scrape off the bag placed on the surface of the pusher plate and any adhered substances on the surface, and the adhesive can be pasted inside the input box. Even if a fraudulent act is committed, bags containing cash can be reliably dropped into the receiving warehouse.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a night safe with excellent theft resistance against fraudulent activities.

In addition, even in a limited space, it is possible to increase the distance between the input slot and the opening of the storage box, and the bags and other items placed there can be dropped from the center of the storage area, further improving theft prevention. In addition, even with the same storage volume as before, bags and the like can be efficiently stored and the amount of storage can be increased.

<<Description of Embodiments>> Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an overall configuration diagram and a plan view of a night safe according to the present invention.

This night safe has a casing 2 that is fitted inside an outer wall 1 of a building in which a slot 1a is formed.
and a storage 3 installed at the bottom of this casing 2.
It is made up of.

The input slot 1a is provided with an input door 4 which can be opened and closed in the vertical direction about the lower edge of the opening, and a receipt ticket opening 5 is provided on the side of the input door 4.

Inside the casing 2, there is the input box 7 for storing a cash bag or the like, which rotates about 180 degrees forward and backward about the rotating shaft 6, and has an opening 7a at one end and a closed surface 7b at the other end. It is arranged at the back of the input door 4.

This input box 7 has an internal volume set so as to store a regular-sized cash bag W in a vertically elongated manner (along the longitudinal direction of the bag) through an opening 7a at one end thereof. A pusher plate 8 having a substantially L-shaped cross section is housed in the inner bottom surface of the box 7 so as to be retractable into the box 7.

Furthermore, a chute 9 is disposed at the back of the input box 7, and its lower end opening passes through the top plate surface of the receiving box 3.

Inside the chute 9 are shafts 10 and 11, respectively.
A pair of shutter plates 12 and 13 are arranged which swing from the base point, and each of these shutter plates 12 and 13
are balanced in such a position that their swinging tips close each other, so that once a bag or the like falls inside the chute 9, each shutter plate 12,1
3 is configured to open its swinging tip to drop a bag or the like into the storage 3, and then return to its original state as shown in the figure.

FIG. 3 shows a more detailed structure of the input box 7.

The pusher plate 8 disposed on the inner bottom surface of the input box 7 has an L-shaped integrated wall portion 8a at its inner depth.

This wall portion 8a has a shape that matches the inner wall surface of the input box 7, so when viewed from the opening 7a of the input box 7, the box 7 and the pusher plate 8 are recognized as an integral inner wall. .

A rack 14 is fixed to the lower surface of the center of the pusher plate 8 along its longitudinal direction, and a pinion 1 is fixed to the rack 14.
5 are engaged.

The pinion 15 is supported by a rotating shaft 16 that is rotatably supported on the bottom of the charging box 7, and as the rotating shaft 16 rotates forward and backward, the pusher plate 8 slides relative to the charging box 7. At the same time, it appears.

Further, a scraper 17 whose both sides are fixed to both inner walls of the box 7 is arranged at the lower edge of the opening 7a of the input box 7.

The cutting edge 17a of the scraper 17 comes into contact with the surface of the pusher plate 8, and has the function of scraping off deposits on the surface of the box 7 as the pusher plate 8 moves in and out of the box 7.

Furthermore, a shutter 30 is attached coaxially with the rotating shaft 6, as shown in FIGS. 4 and subsequent figures.

When the input box 7 loosely fitted to one end of the rotating shaft 6 rotates clockwise around the rotating shaft 6, the shutter 30 is rotationally driven toward the input port 1a side and closes the opening 7a of the input box 7. and the input door 4, thereby shielding the gap between the two. Further, when the input box 7 rotates in the opposite clockwise direction, the shutter 30 is raised and released from the above-mentioned shielding state.

The input box 7, pusher plate 8, and shutter 30 are linked to the opening and closing operations of the input door 4, and the pusher plate 8 is housed in the input box 7 when the door is opened. , and the opening 7a of the input box 7 is located on the side of the input port 1a, and when the door is closed, the input box 7 is centered around the rotating shaft 6 as shown in the figure.
The pusher plate 8 is rotated by 180 degrees, and the pusher plate 8 is pushed out from the inside by the rotation of the rotary shaft 16.

Further, the shutter 30 is lowered relatively early after the start of closing the door (at the time of the initial movement of closing the door) and closes the input port 1a side.

These series of operations are performed in conjunction with only the opening and closing operations of the loading door 4, as described above.
Next, the detailed rotational drive mechanism will be explained using the drawings from FIG. 4 onwards.

In FIGS. 4 to 6, the pivot shaft 4 of the input door 4
A driving fan-shaped gear 18 is attached to the extended end of the input box 7, and this gear 18 is connected to a driven gear 20 that is integrally provided on the other end side of the rotating shaft 6 of the input box 7 via an idle gear 19. It meshes with the

The tooth ratio between the fan-shaped gear 18 and the driven gear 20 is set to approximately 2:1, and the opening/closing operation of the input door 4
In contrast to the forward and reverse rotation of 90 degrees, the input box 7 is configured to rotate approximately 180 degrees in the forward and reverse directions.

A gear (not shown) is provided on the extension of the shaft 16 for moving the pusher plate 8 in and out. It is configured to mesh with the internal gear 21.

When the loading door 4 is opened as shown in FIG. 5, the opening 7a of the loading box 7 is aligned with the opening surface of the loading slot, and the shutter 30 is in the raised position.

From this state, when the bag W is put into the storage box 7 in a vertically elongated manner and the door 4 is then started to be closed as shown in FIG. When in the closed position, it rotates to twice the 90° position.

Further, at a stage before that, the shutter 30 moves downward, completely separating the loading door 4 and the loading box 7 from each other. For example, the shutter 30 is set to close completely when the loading door 4 is tilted approximately 20 degrees from its fully open state.

In this position, a gear provided on an extension of the pinion 15 meshes with the internal gear 21, thereby causing the pinion 15 to rotate, thereby moving the rack 14, and the pusher plate 8 holding the bag W. In this state, it starts to protrude from the input box 7.

Furthermore, when the loading door 4 is completely closed as shown in FIG. The bag W is pushed out, and the bag W is dropped into the storage 3 by opening the shutter plates 12 and 13 at the top of the storage 3 due to its weight.

Note that one shutter plate 13 is provided with a limit switch 22.
When the switch 22 is opened, the switch 22 is operated, and in response to this operation, a receipt is issued from a not-shown receiver to the receipt issuing port 5.

As described above, according to the present invention, the bag W accommodated in the input box 7 is forcibly taken out from the inside of the box in a state in which it is rotated further into the input slot by reversing the input box 7. The scrapers are dropped into the receiving box 3, and are fixed to both inner walls of the opening of the input box, and are provided with scrapers that come into sliding contact with the pusher plate as the pusher plate slides. Therefore, when the door is closed, the opening of the input box is rotated to the opposite side of the input slot, and in this state, the pusher plate provided on the inner bottom of the input box is forced to remove the stored bag, etc. When pushing the bag out and dropping it into the receiving box, it is possible to scrape off the bag placed on the surface of the pusher plate and the deposits attached to the surface, and prevent adhesive etc. from being left inside the input box. Even if a fraudulent act such as pasting is carried out, a bag containing cash or the like can be reliably dropped into the receiving warehouse.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a night safe with excellent theft resistance against fraudulent activities.

In addition, even in a limited space, it is possible to increase the distance between the input slot and the opening of the storage box, and the bags and other items placed there can be dropped from the center of the storage box, further improving theft prevention. In addition, even with the same storage volume as before, bags and the like can be stored efficiently and the amount of storage can be increased.

Furthermore, the input slot and input box are configured so that bags etc. can be input vertically.
It has the effect of being able to downsize the input door, input opening, etc.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the rotation angle of the input box with respect to the input door is approximately 180 degrees compared to 90 degrees.
These ratios can be set arbitrarily by changing the gear ratio.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a side sectional view showing the overall structure of a night safe according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view showing the structure of the slot of the night safe, Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the slot box, and Fig. 4. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view for explaining the detailed mechanism and operation of the bag insertion portion. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Outer wall part, 3...Receipt, 4...Input door, 7...Bag input box, 8...Pusher plate, 17...Scraper, 18, 19, 20...Inversion mechanism of input box (18...Sectoral gear, 19... idol gear 2
0...driven gear), 14, 15, 21... pusher plate extrusion mechanism (14... rack, 15... pinion, 21... internal gear).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A slot door formed on a wall for opening and closing an slot for cash bags, etc.; A loading box is rotatably mounted on the inside of a wall and stores a cash bag or the like through an opening at one end, and the loading box is driven and opened as the loading door is opened and closed. A rotary drive mechanism that allows the opening of the input box to face the input slot when the door is closed, and reverses this so that the closed side of the input box faces the input opening when the door is closed; a pusher plate which is arranged so as to forcefully push out a cash bag or the like stored inside the box when the input box is reversed when the door is closed; A scraper is fixed to the pusher plate and slides relative to the pusher plate as the pusher plate slides; A night safe, characterized in that when the deposit is forcibly discharged into the safe, deposits adhering to the surface of the pusher plate are scraped off by the scraper.