Shipping receiving box

Abstract

To provide a package receiving box for shipment in which sheet jam in printing of a label for shipment is stably prevented and attachment / detachment of the label for shipment to / from a label set part is facilitated.SOLUTION: A package receiving box 10 for shipment has a function that prints shipment information on a label 90 for shipment being a folded continuous sheet for attachment to a package when shipping the package. The package receiving box 10 for shipment comprises: a package posting port; a cargo storage part which stores the package posted to the package posting port; a label printing part 50 which prints the shipment information on the label 90 for shipment; and a label set part 60. A label stocker 70 storing the label 90 for shipment before printing of the shipment information is detachably stored in the label set part 60. The label stocker 70 has a grip part 84 for attachment / detachment to / from the label set part 60.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 13

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a shipping receiving box. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, there has been a shipping receiving box that has the function of printing shipping information on a shipping label, which is a folded continuous piece of paper used to attach to a package when shipping the package, and the function of storing the package with the shipping label affixed.

[0003] Patent document 1 describes a printer that prints destination information on RFID labels to be affixed to transported items, the printer having a cassette inside a casing in which the RFID labels in the form of folded blocks are placed. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Special Publication No. 2004-522984 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] A shipping container box is provided with a label setting section having a recessed portion on the bottom, and a shipping label folded into a roughly rectangular parallelepiped shape before printing shipping information is placed directly on the bottom surface of the label setting section. The upper part of the shipping label is pulled out of the label setting section and inserted into the label printing section so that it can be printed.

[0006] However, since a shipping label folded into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape is easily deformed, it is difficult to set it accurately on the back surface of the label setting unit. For example, if the bottom surface of the label setting unit is inclined relative to the horizontal direction, when the shipping label is placed in the label setting unit, a part of the shipping label may be shifted to the back side, and the shipping label may not be placed in the correct position and state. In this case, when printing the shipping label, an unexpected force may be applied to a part of the shipping label, and the adhesive part of the shipping label may peel off from the release paper and be attached to an unexpected position, such as the inner surface of the label setting unit, which may cause a paper jam during printing.

[0007] It is also desirable to facilitate the attachment and detachment of shipping labels to and from the label set.

[0008] An object of the present disclosure is to reliably prevent paper jams when printing shipping labels in a shipping receiving box, and to facilitate the attachment and detachment of shipping labels to and from a label setting unit. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] The shipping receiving box of the present disclosure is a shipping receiving box that has the function of printing shipping information on a shipping label, which is a folded continuous piece of paper to be affixed to a package when it is shipped, and is equipped with a package drop opening, a package storage section in which packages dropped into the package drop opening are stored, a label printing section that prints the shipping information on the shipping label, and a label setting section, in which a label storage unit that removably stores therein a label storage unit that stores the shipping label before the shipping information is printed on it, and the label storage unit has a handle portion for attachment and detachment to the label setting section. Effect of the Invention

[0010] According to the shipping receiving box of the present disclosure, the label stocker can be stored in the label setting section with the shipping labels stored in the label stocker. This makes it easy to set the highly rigid rear end of the label stocker in the rear end of the label setting section with the easily deformed shipping labels set in advance on the rear surface of the label stocker. This makes it possible to prevent the shipping labels from being placed in an incorrect position and state in the label setting section. In addition, the handle portion provided on the label stocker makes it easy to attach and detach the label stocker to and from the label setting section, making it easy to attach and detach the shipping labels to and from the label setting section. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of the shipping receiving box of the embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a front view of the shipping receiving box of FIG. 1. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a side view of the shipping receiving box of FIG. 1. [Figure 4] FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the cross section AA of FIG. [Diagram 5] 2 is a perspective view showing the state in which the upper and lower doors of the shipping receiving box in FIG. 1 are open. [Figure 6] 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the upper part of the shipping receiving box of FIG. 1 with a control door open, with some parts omitted. FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 5 is a top perspective view of a label stocker to be stored in the label setting section of FIG. 4. [Figure 8] FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the label stocker of FIG. 7 as seen from below. [Figure 9] FIG. 8 is a top view of the label stocker of FIG. 7. [Figure 10] FIG. 8 is a side view of the label stocker of FIG. 7. [Figure 11] FIG. 8 is a view of the label stocker of FIG. 7 as seen from the back wall side. [Figure 12] FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the label stocker of FIG. 7. [Figure 13] 5 is a schematic diagram corresponding to part B in FIG. 4, illustrating a state in which a shipping label pulled out from a label stocker is passed through a label printing unit when the shipping label is printed. [Figure 14] FIG. 1 illustrates a method for replenishing shipping labels in an embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. The shapes, materials, and quantities described below are examples for the purpose of explanation, and can be changed as appropriate according to the specifications of the shipping receiving box. In the following, the same elements in all the drawings are given the same reference numerals. In addition, in the description in the text, the reference numerals previously described will be used as necessary.

[0013] In the following description and drawings, F is the front side of the shipping box, R is the right side when looking at the shipping box from the front, L is the left side, and B is the rear side when looking at the shipping box from the back. The direction connecting R and L and the direction connecting F and B are mutually perpendicular.

[0014] Fig. 1 is an upper perspective view of a shipping receiving box 10 according to an embodiment. Figs. 2 and 3 are a front view and a side view, respectively, of the shipping receiving box 10. Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line AA in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the shipping receiving box 10 with the upper door 24 and the lower door 26 open. Fig. 6 is an upper enlarged perspective view, with some parts omitted, of the shipping receiving box 10 with the control door 34 open.

[0015] The shipping receiving box 10 is installed, for example, by an agent who sells products online on the Internet or the like, and is used by a product seller to ship a product to a purchaser when a sale is concluded. The shipping receiving box 10 is installed, for example, in a convenience store, a supermarket, a department store, or a train station.

[0016] The delivery receiving box 10 may be installed by a parcel delivery company and used by a parcel sender to send the parcel to a recipient. Hereinafter, the delivery receiving box 10 will be referred to as a delivery box 10.

[0017] In the shipping box 10, a sender such as a seller of a package such as a product stores a package (not shown) in the package storage section 12. At this time, the sender attaches a shipping label, which displays shipping information such as the destination of the package, to the package in a packaged state. The shipping label has shipping information printed by the label printing section 50 of the shipping box 10 based on identification information input by the sender using an input section 40 such as a code reading section of the shipping box 10, and then the printed portion is discharged from the label discharge port 42 provided on the front surface of the shipping box 10. The sender cuts off the printed shipping label from the other portions of the shipping label and attaches it to the outside of the package. After that, the sender opens the upper door 24 of the shipping box 10 and then drops the package into the package storage section 12 through the package drop port 23a (FIG. 5). In FIG. 5, the lower door 26 is also open, but in reality, the sender cannot open the lower door 26 and drops the package with only the upper door 24 open. After dropping off the package, the sender closes and locks the upper door 24, and then notifies the delivery company by a dedicated application program on a mobile terminal, email, or the like that the package has been deposited in the shipping box 10. Upon receiving the notification that the package has been deposited, the delivery company heads to the location where the shipping box 10 is installed, collects the package from the shipping box 10, and delivers it to the address of the recipient of the package, such as a product purchaser, according to the shipping information on the shipping label affixed to the package.

[0018] Therefore, the shipping box 10 has a function of printing shipping information on a shipping label to be affixed to a package when the package is shipped, a function of discharging the printed shipping label, and a function of unmanned reception and storage of the package with the shipping label affixed. The shipping label is a continuous paper folded in a zigzag pattern, and the folds are perforated to make it easy to cut.

[0019] The configuration of the shipping box 10 will be described in more detail below. The shipping box 10 comprises a lower box 20 and an upper box 30 fixed to the upper side of the lower box 20. The lower box 20 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped lower box body 21 with an opening on the front side, a lower door 26 that closes the lower side of the front opening of the lower box body 21, and an upper door 24 that closes the upper side of the front opening.

[0020] The upper box 30 includes an upper box body 31 that is generally box-shaped and protrudes upward from the rear side of the upper surface of the lower box body 21 and has an opening on the front side, and a control door 34 that closes the front opening of the upper box body 31. The front end faces of the upper box body 31 and the control door 34 are inclined downward and forward. The lower box body 21, the upper box body 31, and each of the doors 24, 26, 34 are formed of metal such as iron plate, or resin. Each of the doors 24, 26, 34 has a side-opening structure that can be rotated by a hinge (not shown) provided at the right end, which is one end in the left-right direction.

[0021] Further, each of the doors 24, 26, 34 includes a rectangular plate-shaped door body and a locking device attached to the door body. The locking device of the upper door 24 is an electronic lock, and its unlocked state is controlled by a control device provided inside the shipping box 10. Specifically, an input unit 40 is attached to the control door 34. The input unit 40 is, for example, a code reading unit having a camera and reading a code such as a QR code (registered trademark). When a user such as a sender executes a dedicated application program stored in a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, and approaches and points an identification code such as a QR code displayed on the screen toward the input unit 40, the input unit 40 reads the identification code and transmits it to the control device. The control device executes a process according to the identification code, and unlocks the upper door 24 when the upper door 24 is allowed to be opened. For example, when the identification information of the sender is appropriate, the upper door 24 is unlocked by the operation of an electric actuator and a locking mechanism. The locking devices of the lower door 26 and the control door 34 are locked and unlocked by a cylinder lock. The cylinder lock is locked and unlocked by a key held by a delivery company that collects packages or an operator that maintains the label printing unit 50 (FIG. 6) or refills shipping labels. The lower door 26 and the control door 34 may be configured to be locked and unlocked by an electronic lock. In that case, the door may be unlocked when the control device determines, based on input from the input unit 40, that the person in question is an appropriate delivery company or operator.

[0022] The input unit 40 may have a receiving unit that receives a wireless signal from a card key or a mobile terminal such as a smartphone. The signal received by the receiving unit is input to the control device, and when the control device determines that the wireless signal includes appropriate identification information and information representing unlocking or locking of the door, it unlocks or locks the upper door 24. This makes it possible to unlock or lock the upper door 24 when a card key is brought close from outside the shipping box 10 or a wireless signal for unlocking or locking is sent from a mobile terminal.

[0023] As shown in FIG. 5, the luggage storage section 12 is installed in a space at the lower side inside the lower box 20 that can be opened by opening the lower door 26. The luggage storage section 12 is box-shaped with an open top. A plate section 23 is provided at the front end of a portion at the upper side inside the lower box 20 that is opened by opening the upper door 24. A luggage drop opening 23a, which is a horizontally long hole, is formed in the plate section 23. The upper space and the lower space inside the lower box 20 are not separated. As a result, when the lower door 26 is closed and the upper door 24 is open, luggage dropped into the luggage drop opening 23a is stored in the luggage storage section 12 provided at the lower side of the lower box 20.

[0024] Furthermore, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, a label setting section 60 having a recessed section 61 recessed downward is formed in the upper part of the lower box 20. Specifically, a hole 22a having a rectangular cross section and elongated in the front-rear direction is formed on the right side of the top plate 22 provided in the upper part of the lower box 20. A recessed section 61 having a rectangular cross section and elongated in the front-rear direction so that the bottom surface is inclined downward toward the rear, i.e., the back side, is fixed to the opening periphery of the hole 22a on the lower side of the top plate 22. The recessed section 61 is formed including two side plates 62, left and right, a bottom plate 63 connecting the lower ends of the two side plates 62, and a front plate 64 and a back plate 65 that are erected in the vertical direction from the front end and the rear end of the bottom plate 63, respectively, and connect the front end and the rear end of the two side plates 62, respectively. The recessed section 61 is formed, for example, by welding a plurality of metal plates or by screwing them together. The recessed portion 61 may have, for example, a flange formed at the upper end, and the flange may be screwed to the top plate 22. The recessed portion 61 removably houses a label stocker 70 (described later) that stores shipping labels 90 before shipping information is printed thereon.

[0025] The shipping label 90 is stored in the label stocker 70 in a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape folded in a zigzag pattern, and in that state is placed in the recessed section 61. The upper end portion of the shipping label 90 is pulled upward from the upper opening of the recessed section 61 and inserted into a label inlet provided at the rear end of the label printing section 50, which will be described later, and set in the label printing section 50 so that it can be printed.

[0026] At this time, unlike the embodiment, it is also possible to directly place the shipping label 90 on the bottom surface of the recessed portion 61 without using the label stocker 70. However, in this case, since the shipping label 90 is easily deformed, when the bottom surface of the recessed portion 61 is inclined downward toward the back side as in this example, when the shipping label 90 is placed in the recessed portion 61, a part of the shipping label 90 may be displaced toward the back side, and the shipping label 90 may not be placed in the correct position and state. In addition, as shown in Figures 4 and 6, other parts such as the label printing unit 50 and the base 52 on which it is placed are provided around the upper side of the opening of the label setting unit 60, making it difficult to see the inside of the label setting unit 60, and this may also cause the shipping label 90 (Figure 4) to be placed in the correct position and state. In this case, when printing the shipping label 90, unexpected force may be applied to a part of the shipping label 90, causing the adhesive portion of the shipping label 90 to peel off from the release paper and become affixed to an unexpected location, such as the inner surface of the label setting section 60, which may cause a paper jam during printing.

[0027] In order to eliminate such inconvenience, in the shipping box 10 of the embodiment, with the shipping labels 90 stored in the label stocker 70 (FIG. 4), the label stocker 70 is removably stored in the label setting unit 60. This makes it possible to stably prevent paper jams when printing the shipping labels 90, as described later.

[0028] Furthermore, label printing unit 50 prints shipping information on shipping label 90 inserted inside from a label inlet provided at the rear end. Label printing unit 50 is placed on base 52 provided on the upper surface of top plate 22 of lower box 20 so as to face the upper side of recessed portion 61. A portion of base 52 including top plate portion 53 is slidable in the front-rear direction relative to two left and right side plate portions 54 (FIG. 4) fixed to the upper surface of top plate 22.

[0029] A control device is connected to the label printing unit 50 via a signal line. The control device controls the operation of the label printing unit 50. Specifically, the control device transmits a signal representing shipping information to be printed by the label printing unit 50 based on the identification information input by the sender to the input unit 40. The identification information and shipping information may include, for example, the names and addresses of the sender and recipient of the package, and a slip number. The control device may transmit and receive with a management server via a line network including the Internet, and obtain shipping information corresponding to the identification information input from the input unit 40. The information and shipping information input to the input unit 40 may be coded with a QR code, a barcode, or the like. The label printing unit 50 prints shipping information on the shipping label 90 based on the signal representing the shipping information and the operation command signal transmitted from the control device, and discharges the printed portion of the shipping label 90 from the label discharge port 42 provided in the control door 34. The sender cuts off the printed portion at the beginning of the shipping label 90 discharged from the label discharge port 42 by a perforation or the like. Then, the cut shipping label 90 is peeled off from the release paper and attached to the package to be shipped. This makes it easy to perform the shipping work because the sender does not need to attach a paper with the address and other information written on it to the package.

[0030] The label printing unit 50 may have a cutting device that cuts the printed portion of the shipping label 90 along a perforation, and the sheet-like shipping label cut by the cutting device may be discharged from the label discharge port 42.

[0031] Next, the configuration of the label stocker 70 will be described in more detail with reference to Figures 7 to 12. Figures 7 and 8 are perspective views of the label stocker 70 as seen from above and below, respectively. Figures 9, 10, and 11 are a top view, a side view, and a view from the rear wall 78 side of the label stocker 70, respectively. Figure 12 is an exploded perspective view of the label stocker 70.

[0032] As shown in Figs. 7 to 11, the label stocker 70 includes a storage section 71, two abutting sections 81, 82, and a handle section 84. The storage section 71 is formed including a bottom wall 72, a back wall 73 erected from the back end, which is the rear end of the bottom wall 72, a front wall 74 erected from the front end of the bottom wall 72, and a side wall 75 erected from the right end, which is one end of the bottom wall 72 in the left-right direction, and connected to the right ends of the back wall 73 and the front wall 74. The side wall 75 may be erected from the left end instead of the right end of the bottom wall 72, or may be erected from both the right end and the left end. Furthermore, the angle α (Fig. 10) between the bottom wall 72 and the back wall 73 is approximately a right angle (approximately 90 degrees). This makes it easy to maintain the shipping label 90 in a state in which it is accurately formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, which is a regular state, as described later. This prevents a portion of the shipping label 90 from shifting, causing a portion of the adhesive portion to peel off from the release paper and become attached to the label stocker 70.

[0033] Furthermore, the two abutment portions 81, 82 are generally triangular plate-like formed to extend rearward from both left and right ends of the rear wall 73 of the label stocker 70. The two abutment portions 81, 82 are configured so that, when the bottom wall 72 of the label stocker 70 is set on the bottom surface of the dug-in portion 61, as shown in Fig. 4, each abutment portion 81 abuts against the rear surface of the dug-in portion 61. As a result, when the angle between the bottom plate 63 and the rear plate 65 at the rear end of the dug-in portion 61 is smaller than 90 degrees, the two sides of the abutment portions 81, 82 are in close contact with the bottom plate 63 and the rear plate 65 of the dug-in portion 61. As a result, the contact area between the rear plate 65 of the recessed portion 61 and the label stocker 70 is increased, making it easier to stably abut the abutment portions 81, 82 against the rear end portion of the recessed portion 61 and stably fix the label stocker 70 in a predetermined position inside the recessed portion 61.

[0034] Furthermore, the handle portion 84 of the label stocker 70 is formed by a portion at the upper portion of the front wall 74 that protrudes upward from the upper opening edge of the storage section 71. The handle portion 84 is provided for attaching and detaching the label stocker 70 to and from the label setting section 60 (FIG. 4), more specifically, for facilitating this attachment and detachment. When all the shipping labels 90 have been printed and discharged and it becomes necessary to replenish the shipping labels 90, the worker who is carrying out the replenishment holds the handle portion 84 by hand and removes the label stocker 70 from the label setting section 60 or stores the label stocker 70 in the label setting section 60.

[0035] In addition, the angle β between the front wall 74 and the bottom wall 72 of the label stocker 70 is an obtuse angle greater than 90 degrees. This widens the upper end opening of the label stocker 70, making it easier to set the shipping label 90 in the storage section 71 and easier to remove the shipping label 90 set in the storage section 71 when needed.

[0036] Furthermore, the label stocker 70 is formed of a metal plate. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, the label stocker 70 is formed by joining a first member 86 and a second member 88, each of which is made of a metal plate, by welding. The first member 86 has a bottom wall 72, at least one side wall 75 erected from at least one end in the left-right direction of the bottom wall 72, and a front wall 74. The other end in the left-right direction and the upper end of the front wall 74 form front bent pieces 92, 93 bent forward. The front end of the upper front bent piece 93 is further bent downward at a substantially right angle to form a gripping portion 94 having a substantially U-shaped cross section that opens downward at the upper end of the handle portion 84. This makes it possible to further facilitate the attachment and detachment of the label stocker 70 to and from the label setting portion 60 using the handle portion 84.

[0037] Further, at the front end of the side wall 75 of the first member 86, one of the two abutting portions 81 and 82, i.e., the abutting portion 82, is formed to protrude toward the back side. Further, at the back side end of the bottom wall 72, a back side bent piece 95 bent upward by approximately 90 degrees is formed. The back side bent piece 95 corresponds to a welding substitute plate portion for overlapping the back side of the back wall 73 of the second member 88.

[0038] The second member 88 has a back wall 73, a welding substitute plate portion 96 that extends forward from one end in the left - right direction, which is the side wall 75 - side end of the back wall 73, and overlaps the inside of the side wall 75 of the first member 86, and the other abutting portion 81 that extends toward the back side from the other end in the left - right direction, which is the end opposite to the side wall 75 of the back wall 73. Then, with the welding substitute plate portion 96 of the second member 88 overlapping the inside of the side wall 75 of the first member 86 and the back side bent piece 85 of the first member 86 overlapping the back side of the back wall 73 of the second member 88, the overlapping portions are joined by welding such as spot welding at a plurality of positions, thereby forming the label stocker 70.

[0039] And, as shown in FIG. 10, the length L1 from the front end 96a of the welding substitute plate portion 96 to the front end 72a of the bottom wall 72 is shorter than the longitudinal length L2 of the bottom surface of the shipping label 90 in the folded state (L1 < L2). Thus, as will be described later, when setting the folded shipping label 90 inside the label stocker 70, even if the back side end of the shipping label 90 catches on the front end 96a of the welding substitute plate portion 96, with the shipping label 90 lowered so as to contact the upper surface of the bottom wall 72, which is the bottom surface of the label stocker 70, the front end 90a of the shipping label 90 is located further back (left side in FIG. 10) than the front end 96a of the welding substitute plate portion 96, as shown by the dashed - dotted line position in FIG. 10. Thereby, it becomes easier to set the shipping label 90 on the back wall 73 of the label stocker 70, so that it is possible to avoid the shipping label 90 being set in an irregular position and state in the label stocker 70.

[0040] Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram corresponding to part B in Fig. 4, showing the state in which the shipping label 90 pulled out from the label stocker 70 is passed through the label printing unit 50 when the shipping label 90 is printed. In Fig. 13, the shipping label 90 is shown as a sandy part. With the label stocker 70 storing the shipping label 90 housed in the label setting unit 60, the part of the shipping label 90 pulled out upward from the top is set so as to be inserted into the inside of the label printing unit 50 through the label entrance 51 formed at the rear end of the label printing unit 50. This makes it possible to print on the label printing unit 50.

[0041] FIG. 14 shows a method of replenishing the shipping labels 90 in the embodiment. When replenishing the shipping labels 90, as shown in FIG. 14(a), the worker first unlocks the control door 34 with a key and then opens it. Next, as shown in FIG. 14(b1) and (b2), the empty label stocker 70 is pulled out from the label set section 60 (FIG. 4) and placed on the upper surface of the lower box 20. A new folded shipping label 90 is also placed on the upper surface of the lower box 20. (b1) corresponds to the lower part of (a), and (b2) is a view of (b1) seen from diagonally above. Next, as shown in FIG. 14(c), a new shipping label 90 is stored in the storage section 71 of the label stocker 70. At this time, the corner P, which is the rear end of the shipping label 90 and the side end of the side wall 75, is matched with the corner that is the connection part between the inner surface of the rear wall 73 of the label stocker 70 and the inner surface of the side wall 75. Then, as shown in FIG. 14(e), the label stocker 70 is inserted into the label setting section 60 from the diagonally upper front side of the label setting section 60, while avoiding interference with the label printing section 50 and the base 52, and the label stocker 70 is set so that the abutment section 81 (FIG. 7) at the rear end of the label stocker 70 abuts against the inner surface of the rear plate 65.

[0042] Thereafter, with the label printing unit 50 and the portion including the top plate portion 53 of the base 52 pulled out to the front, the portion of the shipping label 90 pulled out to the upper side is inserted into the label printing unit 50 from the label entrance at the rear end of the label printing unit 50 so that it can be printed, and the base 52 and the label printing unit 50 are returned to their original positions. Thereafter, the control door 34 is closed, completing the refilling of the shipping labels 90.

[0043] According to the above-mentioned shipping box 10, the label stocker 70 can be stored in the label setting section 60 with the shipping label 90 stored in the label stocker 70. This allows the highly rigid rear end of the label stocker 70 to be easily set in the rear end of the label setting section 60 with the shipping label 90, which is easily deformed, set in advance on the rear surface of the label stocker 70. This makes it possible to prevent the shipping label 90 from being placed in an incorrect position and state in the label setting section 60. This makes it possible to stably prevent paper jams when printing the shipping label 90. In addition, the handle 84 provided on the label stocker 70 makes it easy to attach and detach the label stocker 70 to and from the label setting section 60, making it easy to attach and detach the shipping label 90 to and from the label setting section 60.

[0044] In the above, the label stocker 70 is made of a metal plate, but the configuration of the present disclosure is not limited to this, and the label stocker 70 can also be made of resin, for example. [Explanation of symbols]

[0045] 10 shipping receiving box (shipping box), 12 luggage storage section, 20 lower box, 21 lower box body, 22 top plate, 22a hole, 23 plate section, 23a luggage drop slot, 24 upper door, 26 lower door, 30 upper box, 31 upper box body, 34 control door, 40 input section, 42 label discharge port, 50 label printing section, 51 label entrance, 52 base, 53 top plate section, 54 side plate section, 60 label setting section, 61 recessed section, 62 side plate, 63 bottom plate, 64 front plate, 65 back plate, 70 label stocker, 71 storage section, 72 bottom wall, 72a front end, 73 back wall, 74 front wall, 75 side wall, 78 back wall, 81, 82 abutment section, 84 handle section, 90 Shipping label, 96 welded replacement plate section, 96a front end.

Claims

1. A shipping receiving box having a function of printing shipping information on a shipping label, which is a folded continuous sheet of paper, to be affixed to a package when the package is shipped, a baggage drop slot, a baggage storage section in which the baggage dropped into the baggage drop slot is stored, a label printing section that prints the shipping information on the shipping label, and a label setting section, A label stocker for storing the shipping label before the shipping information is printed is removably housed in the label setting unit, the label stocker has a handle for attaching to and detaching from the label setting unit, The label stocker has a storage section for storing the shipping labels, the storage section having a bottom wall and a rear wall erected from a rear end of the bottom wall, The angle between the bottom wall and the rear wall is a right angle, The label setting section has a recessed portion on the lower side in which the label stocker is housed, The bottom surface of the bottom plate of the recessed portion is inclined downward from the horizontal direction toward the back side, The label stocker has a stopper extending from the rear wall toward the rear side, When the bottom wall is set on the bottom surface of the recessed portion, the abutting portion abuts against a rear surface of the recessed portion. Shipping receiving box.

2. In the shipping receiving box according to claim 1, The abutment portion is a triangular plate having two sides that contact the bottom plate of the recessed portion and a rear plate that stands upright from the rear end of the bottom plate. Shipping receiving box.

3. In the shipping receiving box according to claim 1 or claim 2, The label stocker has a front wall erected from the front end of the bottom wall, and a side wall erected only from one end in the left-right direction when viewed toward the back side of the bottom wall and connected to one end in the left-right direction of the rear wall and the front wall, and an opening is formed between the other end in the left-right direction of the rear wall and the front wall, through which the inside of the label stocker can be seen from the outside from the other end in the left-right direction. Shipping receiving box.

4. A shipping receiving box having a function of printing shipping information on a shipping label, which is a folded continuous sheet of paper, to be affixed to a package when the package is shipped, a baggage drop slot, a baggage storage section in which the baggage dropped into the baggage drop slot is stored, a label printing section that prints the shipping information on the shipping label, and a label setting section, A label stocker for storing the shipping label before the shipping information is printed is removably housed in the label setting unit, the label stocker has a handle for attaching to and detaching from the label setting unit, The label stocker has a storage section for storing the shipping labels, the storage section having a bottom wall and a rear wall erected from a rear end of the bottom wall, The angle between the bottom wall and the rear wall is a right angle, The label stocker is configured such that a first member having the bottom wall and at least one side wall extending from at least one end of the bottom wall in a left-right direction and a second member having the back wall are joined by welding, The second member has a weld substitute plate portion that extends forward from the side wall side end and overlaps with the inside of the side wall of the first member, The length from the front end of the weld substitute plate portion to the front end of the bottom wall is shorter than the longitudinal length of the bottom surface of the shipping label in a folded state. Shipping receiving box.

5. A shipping receiving box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the label stocker has a front wall erected from a front end of the bottom wall, and an angle between the front wall and the bottom wall is greater than 90 degrees; Shipping receiving box.

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