JPH10277418A - Shredding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shred statement slips, etc., in a place where ATM machines are installed or other places and to prevent the illegal use thereof by providing a shredding device with a longitudinally long case which freely attachably and detahcably houses a wastebasket and forms an insertion port in the upper part of this front surface and a cutter unit which is built into this case in correspondence to the insertion port. SOLUTION: This shredding device has the case 11 and the cutter unit 20 to be built into the case 11. The case 11 is formed to a longitudinally long square cylindrical shape. The longitudinally long insertion part 11a is horizontally formed in the upper part of the front surface. The wastebasket 31 with a handle 31a is freely attachably and detachably housed on the bottom plate 11c. The cutter unit 20 is disposed behind the insertion port 11a and is constituted by combining upper blades 21, 21... and lower blades 22, 22.... The cutter unit 20 rotates the upper blades 21, 21... and the lower blades 22, 22... in synchronization by activating drive motors. The objects inserted via the insertion port 11a are then shredded and are discharged as the shredded dust via guide plates 23, 23.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shredder device which can be particularly suitably used in an installation place of an automatic teller machine (hereinafter referred to as an ATM machine), a public telephone booth, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many ATM machines are installed in financial institutions, train stations, supermarkets and the like.

[0003] The ATM machine can automatically issue a usage statement in which a user's account number, deposit balance, and the like are entered each time the ATM is used. Therefore, the usage statement automatically issued often scatters at the installation location of the ATM machine. A
This is because not all users of the TM machine always bring back the usage statement.

[0004] On the other hand, used prepaid cards are often scattered in places where devices that can use prepaid cards, such as public telephone booths and pachinko parlors, are installed.

[0005] Therefore, a scrap box may be installed at a place where these devices are installed, in order to reduce scattering of a statement of use or a used prepaid card.

[0006]

According to the prior art, the use of the waste box is not always high, and there is a possibility that confidential personal information may be misused by using the discarded use statement. There is a problem that counterfeiting is easily performed using a used prepaid card.

In view of the problems of the prior art, the object of the present invention is to provide a cutter unit in a vertically long case, thereby making it possible to use a specification statement from an ATM machine in an installation place of an ATM machine, a public telephone box, or the like. It is another object of the present invention to provide a shredder device capable of shredding a used object such as a used prepaid card so that it cannot be reused.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a vertically long case in which a waste box is removably accommodated and an insertion opening is formed at an upper portion of a front surface, and a case corresponding to the insertion opening. The gist of the invention is to provide a cutter unit to be incorporated in a case.

A guide can be provided above the waste box in the case, and a vertically asymmetric guide plate can be provided in the insertion opening.

[0010] The case can be detachably mounted with an ashtray via an upper tray, and a suction fan may be connected to the tray.

[0011]

According to the structure of the present invention, the cutter unit shreds an object such as a usage statement or a used prepaid card inserted from an insertion slot and discharges the shredded object to a waste box in a case. Can be. In addition, the insertion opening is formed on the front surface of the vertically long case, and is not formed on the upper surface of the case, so that the required installation space is extremely small, and even when installed in an unspecified number of users. In addition, the risk of foreign matter such as a butt being introduced into the insertion port can be minimized. The cutter unit may be of a straight cut type for shredding an object in multiple rows, or may be of a cross cut type for shredding an object vertically and horizontally.

[0012] If the guide is arranged above the waste box, the guide accurately guides the shreds discharged from the cutter unit toward the waste box, and the shreds fall outside the waste box in the case. Scattering can be prevented.

When a vertically asymmetric guide plate is attached to the insertion slot, the guide plate forms a slope for guiding the object toward the cutter unit, and the object is formed by changing the slopes of the upper and lower slopes. It is easy to insert, and it is possible to reduce the introduction of foreign matter.

When the ashtray is mounted on the upper part of the case, the ashtray can accommodate a cigarette butt, which is convenient for the user.
The saucer prevents the danger of the butts and ash from the ashtray accidentally falling into the case.

If a suction fan is connected to the receiving tray, the suction fan can suck the smoke generated from the butts of the ashtray and purify the surrounding environment.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The shredder device includes a case 11 and a cutter unit 20 incorporated in the case 11 (FIG. 1).

The case 11 is formed in a vertically long rectangular tube shape, and a horizontally long insertion opening 11a is formed horizontally at an upper part of the front surface. A vertically long opening 11b is formed in the lower part of the front surface of the case 11, and a bottom plate 11c is attached to the lower surface of the opening 11b. The bottom plate 11c is bent upward in three directions except the front surface to form an outer flange (FIGS. 1 and 2), and the support member 11 attached to the inner surface of the case 11 is provided.
and d and 11d are fixed. However, the supporting member 11d for supporting the front part of the bottom plate 11c is the other supporting member 1d.
1d, 11d,... Note that a bottom cover 11 f is provided on the lower surface of the case 11. Also,
A waste box 31 with a handle 31a is detachably housed on the bottom plate 11c via an opening 11b.

The opening 11b has a door 13 with a key 13a.
The case 11 is provided with a key 13
A catch 11e is mounted corresponding to a. In addition,
A door stop 11g is formed at the upper end of the opening 11b (FIGS. 1 and 3).

In the middle part of the case 11, a guide 12 is arranged above the waste box 31. The guide 12 is formed in a funnel shape, and is fixed to the inner surface of the case 11 via attachment portions 12a at the upper end.

The insertion slot 11a is provided with vertically asymmetric guide plates 14,14. The guide plates 14, 14
A slope is formed above and below the insertion opening 11a, and a front portion of the slope is a mounting portion that bends along the surface of the case 11,
The rear part of the slope extends horizontally into the case 11.
The downward slope of the lower guide plate 14 is set to have a larger slope than the upward slope of the upper guide plate 14.

An ashtray 41 is detachably attached to the upper end of the case 11 via a tray 15. The ashtray 41 is housed in the saucer 15, and the ashtray 1 is placed above the ashtray 41.
The eye 42 is detachably mounted via a step 15a in the middle of the fifth. The ashtray 41 is provided with a handle 41a, and the perforated tray 42 is provided with inlets 42a, 42a...

The cutter unit 20 is disposed behind the insertion opening 11a, and includes upper blades 21, 21,.
2... Are combined. Upper blade 21, 21, ...
Are mounted on the common rotary shaft 21a at predetermined intervals, and the lower blades 22, 22,... Partially enter between the upper blades 21, 21,. It is installed. The rotation shafts 21a and 22a are connected to a common drive motor (not shown) via a speed reduction mechanism (not shown). Also, upper blades 21, 21 ..., lower blades 22, 2
Guide plates 23, 23 are vertically arranged behind 2.. Therefore, the cutter unit 20 operates the drive motor to cause the upper blades 21, 21,...
Are rotated synchronously (in the directions indicated by arrows K2 and K2 in FIG. 2), the object to be inserted through the insertion port 11a is shredded, and is discharged as shredder through the guide plates 23 and 23. (K3 direction in the figure).

The upper and lower guide plates 14,
A light projecting unit 24 and a light receiving sensor 25 are disposed with the light source 14 interposed therebetween. The output of the light receiving sensor 25 is connected to a control circuit (not shown) of the cutter unit 20, and the control circuit can control the rotation of a drive motor that drives the upper blades 21, 21,..., The lower blades 22, 22,. .

When no object is inserted into the insertion port 11a,
The light receiving sensor 25 does not detect the target (time t <t in FIG. 4).
o, hereinafter simply referred to as (t <to)), the cutter unit 20 stops the upper blades 21, 21,..., the lower blades 22, 22,. When an object is inserted into the insertion slot 11a, the light receiving sensor 25 detects it (t = to),
The drive motor is started to operate the cutter unit 20. Therefore, the upper blades 21, 21,..., The lower blades 22, 22,.
The object can be shredded while being pulled in, and can be thrown into the scrap box 31 in the case 11 as shredded scrap.

When the rear end of the object passes through the positions of the light emitting unit 24 and the light receiving sensor 25, the light receiving sensor 25 stops detecting the object (t = t1). Then, the cutter unit 20 stops after a predetermined time T (t = t2 = t1).
+ T), the entire object is shredded and stopped. However, for the predetermined time T, the rear end of the object is the light emitting unit 24,
After passing through the position of the light receiving sensor 25, the upper blades 21, 21
.., The time required to pass through the lower blades 22, 22,.

Note that the guide plates 14 and 14 are
.., lower blades 22, 2
Guide accurately to the overlapping position of 2. On the other hand, as for the guide plates 23, 23, shredded chips cut by the upper blades 21, 21,..., The lower blades 22, 22,.
2. The shredder is discharged backward without winding around 2, 22,.

[0028]

[Other Embodiments] A suction fan 16 may be connected to the tray 15 (FIG. 5). The suction fan 16 can discharge air in the receiving tray 15 and the ashtray 41 to the outside via the exhaust ducts 16a and 16b and the filter 16c. In addition,
The ashtray 41 has ventilation holes 41b, 41b,. The filter 16c is provided with a lid net 16d. The filter 16c can be removed from the case 11 and replaced or washed by removing the lid net 16d. The suction fan 16 may be manually started and stopped via a manual switch (not shown), or may be activated by detecting smoke generated from the ashtray 41 via a smoke sensor (not shown). Further, the exhaust ducts 16a and 16b may be formed by a flexible hose.

In the above description, the ashtray 41, the eye plate 42
May have any shape other than the illustrated one. The case 11 includes an ashtray 41, an eye 42, and a saucer 1
By removing 5 and forming the upper surface to be flat, it may be used as a stand for a vase or the like. Furthermore, case 11
May be formed in an arbitrary cross-sectional shape including a cylindrical shape or a triangular cross-section instead of the rectangular tube shape.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, by incorporating the cutter unit into a vertically long case having an insertion port on the front surface, the overall shape is extremely compact and the insertion port is formed on the upper surface of the case. In addition, since it is formed on the front side, the required installation space is small, and the usage statement from the ATM machine or the used prepaid card can be used at the installation place of an ATM machine used by an unspecified number of people or a public telephone box. There is an excellent effect that it is most suitable for use in cutting and preventing its misuse.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the entire configuration.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view corresponding to the arrow X in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an operation.

FIG. 5 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3, showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Case 11a ... Insertion opening 12 ... Guide 14 ... Guide plate 15 ... Receiving tray 16 ... Suction fan 20 ... Cutter unit 31 ... Scrap box 41 ... Ashtray

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A shredder device comprising: a vertically long case that removably accommodates a waste box and forms an insertion port at an upper portion of a front surface; and a cutter unit that is incorporated in the case corresponding to the insertion port. 2. The shredder device according to claim 1, wherein a guide is provided on the case above the waste box. 3. The shredder device according to claim 1, wherein a guide plate that is vertically asymmetric is attached to the insertion port. 4. The shredder device according to claim 1, wherein the case has an ashtray detachably attached thereto via an upper receiving tray. 5. The shredder device according to claim 4, wherein a suction fan is connected to said tray.