JP2001270604A - Collecting box for confidential document recycling system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a collecting box for confidential document recycling system, easy to take-out a bag containing confidential documents and easy to suspend the empty bag. SOLUTION: This collecting box comprises an outer box 10 having a document input opening 18 on its upper surface 16 and an lockable door 20 on its front surface, a cage 12 stored in the outer box 10 with an opened upper surface, and a bag 14 suspended in the cage 12 with its upper portion opened. The cage 12 has a door 28 on its front surface, a hook 30 suspending the bag 14 on the upper edge of a periphery wall, and casters 32 for moving at the under surface. The bag 14 is made of strong fabric, has a chain 46 throttling an opening on the edge thereof, and a pad lock 48 retaining the chain 46 in the condition when throttling the opening by the chain 46. A tray 42 storing a spare bag is provided on the bottom of the cage 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a confidential document collection box used in a confidential document recycling system for collecting confidential documents without cutting them with a shredder or the like and making them usable as recycled paper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In corporations and government offices, a large amount of documents are generated from computers and other office equipment. When these documents are no longer needed, confidential documents are cut off with a shredder and discarded. Is common. However, if a document is cut with a shredder, the paper fibers become too short and cannot be used as a raw material for recycling high-quality paper.

[0003] Therefore, a confidential document recycling system has been devised in which confidential documents are collected without being shredded by a shredder or the like and without being seen by an outsider, and can be used as a raw material for recycled paper. Kaihei 10-181803
No.). In this system, a collection box for unnecessary confidential documents is installed in a department where unnecessary confidential documents are generated, and the confidential documents put in the collection box are directly brought into a paper mill and used as raw materials for recycled paper.

A conventional collection box used in this recycling system stores confidential documents input from an input port on the top of the box in a bag suspended in the box, and when the bag is almost full, a door is opened. Open the box, take it out of the box, hang the next empty bag inside the box, and store confidential documents again. To prevent the confidential documents put into the collection box from being removed, the door of the box is locked, and the slot is set to a size that cannot be accessed. In order to prevent the confidential documents from being pulled out when transporting the bags containing the confidential documents to the paper mill, the bags containing the confidential documents should be opened at the stage when they are taken out of the box with a high-strength cord (chain, etc.) And squeeze it with a lock so that the opening cannot be opened.

[0005]

However, the conventional collection box for a confidential document recycling system has the following problem because the bag is suspended in the box. In other words, a bag containing confidential documents weighs several tens of kilograms, so it is difficult to open the box door and remove it to the front. In addition, when the empty bag is hung after being taken out, since the hook is also located at the back of the box, it is necessary to put a hand to that point, and the work is troublesome.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a collection box for a confidential document recycling system in which a bag containing a confidential document can be easily taken out and an empty bag can be easily suspended.

[0007]

In order to achieve this object, a collection box according to the present invention has an outer box having a document inlet on the upper surface and a locked door on the front, and a storage box in the outer box. The cage has an open upper surface, and a bag that is hung with the upper part opened in the cage. The cage has a door on one of four peripheral walls, and an upper edge of the peripheral wall. A hook for hanging the bag is attached to the bag, a caster for movement is attached to the lower surface, and the bag is made of a durable cloth or sheet, and has a high strength for squeezing the opening to the edge of the opening. A string-like body is attached, and a lock is provided for holding the high-strength string-like body in that state when the opening is narrowed by the high-strength string-like body.

[0008] In this case, since the cage in which the bag is suspended can be moved by the casters, when taking out the bag containing the confidential document, the bag is pulled out of the outer box together with the cage, and the take-out operation is performed outside the outer box. It can be carried out. Therefore, the heavy bag containing the confidential document can be easily taken out with a reasonable posture. In addition, the hanging of the empty bag can be performed outside the outer box, which facilitates the work.

[0009] The collection box of the present invention is preferably configured such that a tray for storing spare bags is provided at the bottom of the cage. In this way, by storing spare bags in the tray, when the bags are full,
You can replace it with an empty bag at any time.

Further, in the collection box of the present invention, the door of the outer box has hinge pins protruding up and down on one side by spring force, and pin holes for inserting the hinge pins are provided at the upper and lower ends of the front edges of both side walls. It is preferable that the door of the outer box can be attached to the right opening or the left opening. In this case, the collection box can be attached to the side where the door can be sufficiently opened according to the situation around the place where the collection box is to be installed, so that the bag with the confidential document can be taken out without any trouble.

[0011] In the collection box of the present invention, the bottom of the outer box is formed of a band plate for keeping a constant interval between the bottom sides of both side walls.
It is preferable to adopt a configuration in which portions other than the band plate are bottomless. In this way, the material used at the bottom of the outer box can be reduced, the cost can be reduced, and even if the parts other than the strip are bottomless, the cage casters can ride over the strip and travel on the floor. There is no problem. In this case, it is preferable that the at least one band plate is provided at a position where the casters are prevented from rolling forward naturally when the cage is housed in the outer box. This has the advantage that the position of the cage stored in the outer box is stabilized.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes an outer box, 12 denotes a cage housed in the outer box 10 with an open top, and 14 denotes a bag suspended inside the cage 12 with its upper part opened.

The outer box 10 is made of, for example, a steel plate. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a document inlet 18 is provided in the upper surface plate 16, and a front opening / closing door 20 is provided. The door 20 can be locked in a closed state as shown in FIG. 22 is door 20
The handle 24 is the key to the door 20. Also, the bottom of the outer box 10
As shown in FIG. 1, the distance between the bottom sides of both side walls is kept constant.
It is composed of a strip strip 26, and the portion other than the strip 26 is bottomless. Whether the strip 26 touches the floor where the outer box 10 is installed,
It is mounted slightly away from the floor. Strip
26 is preferably made of a stainless steel plate so as not to stain the floor surface with rust. Also, on the front of the side wall of the outer box 10,
A door stop rubber 27 is attached to prevent a collision sound from being generated when the door 20 is closed.

The cage 12 is made of, for example, a steel pipe, a steel wire, or the like, and has a door 28 which can be opened and closed on the front surface (one side can also be used). Are mounted, and casters 32 for movement are mounted at four corners of the lower surface. 34 is a hinge of the door 28, and 36 is a lock for keeping the door 28 closed. cage
The peripheral wall including the doors 12 of the twelve is provided with a horizontal rail 38 in the middle in the vertical direction to regulate the swelling of the bag 14 when confidential documents are put into the bag 14, and a plurality of It has a structure in which a vertical rail 40 is provided. A tray 42 is provided on the bottom of the cage 12 for storing a spare bag (not shown) in a folded state.

The bag 14 is made of a durable cloth, and at the edge of the opening, eyelets 44 are attached at appropriate intervals as shown in FIG. 2, and the eyelets 44 are attached to chains 46 (high-strength cords). Body) is inserted around the edge of the opening (see FIG. 1). Chain 46
Is made of metal and has such a strength that it cannot be easily cut. A padlock 48 is attached to one end of the chain 46. The chain 46 is for squeezing the upper end opening of the bag 14, and the padlock 48 is for holding the chain 46 with the opening of the bag 14 squeezed.

The bag 14 is provided at four corners near the upper edge of the inner surface as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a hanging band 50 is sewn. An eyelet 52 is attached to the upper end of the hanging band 50. Therefore, the bag 14 can be suspended in the cage 12 by hooking the eyelets 52 of the suspension band 50 on the hooks 30 of the cage 12. The bag 14 is a chain 46 as shown in FIG.
By hooking the eyelets 44 through the hook 30
It can be suspended in the cage 12. Either hanging method is acceptable. Reference numeral 54 denotes a handle of the bag 17. Handle 54
Are mounted at two places on the outer peripheral surface of the bag 17 with a half circumference separation.

Next, a method of using the collection box configured as described above will be described. When collecting confidential documents, first hang the bag 14 in the cage 12 as shown in FIG.
Is closed, and a spare bag (not shown) is folded and stored in the tray. In this state, the cage 12 is stored in the outer box 10. The cage 12 has casters 32 and the outer box 10
Since the casters 32 can easily pass over the strip 26 at the bottom of the cage 10, the cage 12 can be easily stored in the outer box 10. cage
FIG. 3A shows a state in which 12 is stored when viewed from the front. In this state, as shown in FIG. 3 (B), the casters 32 have climbed over the strip 26 and are in contact with the floor surface.
26 serves as a stopper to prevent the casters 32 from rolling forward naturally. Therefore, there is an advantage that the position of the cage 12 in the outer box 10 is stabilized. Next, the door 20 of the outer box 10 is closed and the key 24 is locked. In this state, confidential documents that are no longer needed are inserted through the input port 18 and stored.

When the bag 14 is almost full (or when it is almost full), the key 24 is released and the door 20 is opened,
The cage 12 is taken out of the outer box 10. The opening and closing of the key 24 is performed by the responsible person. When the bag 14 is almost full, it weighs several tens of kilograms. However, since the cage 12 is provided with the casters 32, it can be easily taken out of the outer box 10. Next, the upper part of the bag 14 is removed from the hook 30, and the opening of the bag 14 is squeezed with the chain 46. Then, a padlock 48 is put on the chain 46 so that the opening of the bag 14 is not opened. Thus, the confidential documents in the bag 14 cannot be taken out. Thereafter, the door 28 of the cage 12 is opened, and the bag 14 containing the confidential document is taken out of the cage 12. Since these operations can be performed outside the outer box 10, they can be easily performed in a reasonable posture. FIG. 4C shows the cage 12 with the door 28 opened when viewed from the front.

After taking out the bag 14 containing the confidential documents, an empty bag 14 is again suspended from the cage 12 as shown in FIG. 1 and stored in the outer box 10 so that the confidential documents are collected. . The bag 14 containing confidential documents taken out of the cage 12 is transported to a paper mill or a waste paper compression plant as it is, where the padlock 48 is released, and the inside document is taken out and used as a raw material for recycled paper. In this way, the confidential document can be used as a raw material for recycled paper without cutting it and without making it visible to outsiders. The bag 14 after taking out the documents is brought back and reused.

By the way, since the door 20 of the outer box 10 can be opened only to one side, the door 20 cannot be opened enough to take the cage 12 in and out depending on the situation around the place where the collection box is installed. There may be cases. In order to avoid this problem, the collection box is designed so that the door 20 can be mounted to the right or left depending on the surrounding conditions. This will be described with reference to FIG. The door 20 of the outer box 10 has hinge pins 56 projecting up and down by the force of a spring at the upper and lower ends of the side opposite to the handle. On the other hand, the hinge pins are provided at the upper and lower ends of both side walls of the outer box 20.
A pin hole 58 into which 56 is inserted is formed. The door 20 can rotate around the hinge pin 56 by inserting the upper and lower hinge pins 56 into the pin holes 58.

FIG. 2A shows a state in which the door 20 is attached to the right opening. When changing the door 20 to the left opening from this state, first pull the upper hinge pin 56 in the direction (downward) as shown in (b), pull out the pin from the pin hole, and move the upper part of the door 20 in the direction of. . Then, as shown in (c), if the door 20 is lifted in this state, the lower hinge pin also comes out of the pin hole, and the door 20 can be removed. After that, the door 20 is turned upside down, and a washer 60 is inserted into the hinge pin 56 that has come down as shown in (d). (This washer 60 is attached to the lower hinge pin before turning the door 20 upside down.) The hinge pin 56 is inserted into the pin hole 58 on the lower end of the opposite side wall.
Thereafter, as shown in (e), the door 20 is moved in the direction while pulling the upper hinge pin 56 in the direction, and the hinge pin 56 is inserted into the pin hole on the upper end side. As a result, the door 20 is in a state where it is attached to the left opening as shown in FIG. As described above, this collection box can change the opening direction of the door 20 according to the surrounding situation.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, a bag for storing confidential documents is stored in an outer box while being hung on a cage with casters.
When taking out a heavy bag containing confidential documents, the entire cage can be pulled out of the outer box and taken out of the cage outside the outer box. Therefore, the heavy bag containing the confidential document can be easily taken out with a reasonable posture. In addition, since the hanging of the empty bag can be performed outside the outer box, the work can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a collection box according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary perspective view showing the recovery box of FIG. 1 in an exploded state;

3 shows a state in which the door of the outer box is opened and the cage is stored in the outer box in the collection box of FIG. 1, (A) is a front view,
(B) is a sectional view taken along line BB of (A).

FIG. 4 shows the cage in the collection box of FIG.
(A) is a front view, (B) is a side view, and (C) is a front view with a door opened.

FIGS. 5A to 5E are explanatory diagrams showing a procedure for changing the opening direction of the outer box door in the collection box of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10: Outer box 12: Cage 14: Bag 16: Top plate 18: Slot 20: Door 22: Handle 24: Key 26: Strip 27: Door stopper 28: Door 30: Hook 32: Caster 34: Hinge 36: Lock 42: Tray 44: Eyelet 46: Chain (high-strength cord) 48: Padlock 56: Hinge pin 58: Pin hole 60: Washer

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshikazu Ariga 1-18-13 Aokijima, Nagano-shi, Nagano F-term in Nisso Construction Materials Co., Ltd. (reference) 3E023 AA13 AA14 AA18 GA01 GB01 GB03 GC02 KA05 MA04

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An outer box having a document input port on an upper surface and a front door serving as a lockable door, a cage housed in the outer box having an open upper surface, and an upper portion opened in the cage. The cage has a door on one side of the four peripheral walls serving as a door, a hook for hanging the bag is attached to an upper edge of the peripheral wall, and a lower surface for movement. The bag is made of a durable cloth or sheet, and a high-strength cord for narrowing the opening is attached to the edge of the opening,
A collection box for a confidential document recycling system, comprising: a lock for holding the high-strength string-like body when the opening is squeezed with the high-strength string-like body. 2. The collection box according to claim 1, wherein a tray for storing spare bags is provided at the bottom of the cage. 3. The door of the outer box has hinge pins projecting upward and downward on one side by spring force, and pin holes for inserting the hinge pins are provided at the upper and lower ends of the front edges of both side walls. The collection box according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the door can be attached to both the right opening and the left opening. 4. A bottom portion of the outer box is formed of a strip for keeping a constant interval between the bottom sides of both side walls, and portions other than the strip are bottomless. Collection box as described.