CN101842531A - Drying frame - Google Patents
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In a kind of embodiment described here, provide a kind of support (100), comprised a pair of cantilever support framework (110) and a pair of supporting leg (130) that becomes the frame type A structure.Cantilever support framework (110) comprises a plurality of tubular support members (106), illustrates with the crosspiece form.Though supporting member in Fig. 1 (106) illustrates as crosspiece, what expect is that they can be constructed with a large amount of different shapes and size.Support frame (110) is movable with respect to supporting leg (130) between accepting state and folded state, in described accepting state, described supporting leg (130) is configured to firmly support described support frame, on the position that is fit to reception object to be dried, to present described supporting member (106), and in described folded state, described support (100) is configured to be convenient to store or transportation, perhaps is convenient to store and transportation.Supporting member (106) is by a plurality of electrical heating elements (300) heating that is arranged on the two insulated wire element forms of multiply in the hollow tubular supporting member (106).Heating element heater (300) is by the electric power source power supply of sending into support (100) via plug (200) and cable (210).Heating element heater (300) is used for heating supporting member (106), so that the dry object that is supported by supporting member (106).
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Technical field
The present invention relates to folding heating frame, and especially, but do not get rid of ground, relate to the folding clothes hanger that in the supporting member of framework, has heating element heater.
Background technology
Known clothes hanger generally includes a plurality of nonflexible line members that are coated with plastic material and are configured to support frame.Framework can fold around centrally-pivoted axle, from the dry structure of launching folding memory structure.This foldable properties makes clothes hanger be particularly suitable for having the place of limited available storage area.These clothes hangers are commonly referred to " clothes horse (clothes horses) ".
The drying that hangs over the clothes on the existing clothes horse depends on environmental condition, as temperature, sunlight, humidity and air-flow.For example, high humidity, sunlight is few and minimum air flow is moving causes that dry run is slow, and clothes needs for a long time could be dry.Clothes horse uses when externally the space is unavailable usually, for example in the room, uses when perhaps externally condition is not easy to dry object.Unfortunately, this environmental condition is common often using the indoor of clothes horse.Do not wish that dry run is long because clothes during drying the scene on clothes horse be inaesthetic.
And in use, deployed configuration very occupies sizable space in the circlet border usually in floor space.For this reason, hope can adopt the drying frame with cramped construction to come dry object such as clothes.Yet traditionally, object is compact more, and it is difficult more to set up the air-flow that passes through them, increases drying time thus.
In this manual, with reference to oracle, comprise patent specification and other document, its main purpose provides the background that feature of the present invention is discussed.Unless opposite statement is arranged, in any extent of competence, not to be interpreted as admitting that these information sources are a prior art or a part that forms the common practise of this area with reference to these information sources.
Summary of the invention
Goal of the invention
Target of the present invention provides a kind of drying frame, and it has overcome or has improved some above-mentioned shortcomings at least, perhaps is at least the public useful selection is provided.
In first aspect, the invention provides a kind of support that is used for drying and/or dries object, comprising:
At least one support frame comprises one or more supporting members, and at least one in the described supporting member comprises heating element heater;
At least one supporting leg is used to support described at least one support frame, to be used for the presenting described supporting member of using on the position of dry object;
Wherein said support frame is movable with respect to described at least one supporting leg between accepting state and folded state,
In described accepting state, described support frame is supported by described supporting leg, so that the support structure of dry object object to be dried, and
In described folded state, described supporting leg and support frame are configured to be convenient to support and store or/or transportation.
Preferably, described at least one framework, described at least one supporting leg or the two all comprise heating element heater.
Preferably, described at least one supporting leg comprises the one or more supporting members that comprise heating element heater.
Preferably, described at least one framework and described at least one supporting leg are pivotally connected to each other.
Preferably, support comprises engaging mechanism (for example pillar), with bracket locked in accepting state.Engaging mechanism can discharge, and moves with respect at least one supporting leg between accepting state and folded state to allow described at least one framework.
Typically, object to be dried will be selected from the textiles (but being not limited to) such as clothes, footwear, towel, curtain and the bed clothes.
What expect is that at least one in framework, supporting member and the supporting leg is by hollow tubular material structure, for example anodised aluminium, stainless steel and/or plastics.Plastic material can be used as coating and is coated on the metal material, and perhaps replacedly, tubular material can be by heat-resisting plastic material structure.
Preferably, heating element heater comprises very hot fluid and/or electric device.More preferably, heating element heater is a wire element, for example the two insulation components (multi-stranded double insulated wire) of multiply.
Replacedly, heating element heater can comprise the electric device of the fluid heating such as oil or the water.Heated fluid centers at least one circulation in framework, supporting member and the supporting leg.
The power requirement of described electric device can be adjusted according to available power level.Typical power consumption between about 250W, preferably is about 250W at about 110W.
Preferably, in use, described framework, described supporting member and/or described supporting leg surface temperature reach the temperature between about 30 ℃ and about 80 ℃, more preferably, and between about 50 ℃ to about 80 ℃.
Preferably, described support comprises the self-operated thermostatic controller of the surface temperature that is used to control described framework, described supporting member and/or described supporting leg.In use, self-operated thermostatic controller activates and inactive described heating element heater, and/or controls the power level that is applied to heating element heater, reaches predeterminated level with the surface temperature of guaranteeing supporting member.
Preferably, described heating element heater is connected to shut-off mechanism, and the described shut-off mechanism described heating element heater of stopping using surpasses predetermined maximum temp, for example about 80 ℃ with the surface temperature that prevents described framework, described supporting member and/or described supporting leg.
Preferably, described support comprises secure cut-off mechanism, is used for the described heating element heater of stopping using when breaking down.The example of fault includes, but are not limited to support overturning, crosspiece fracture, crosspiece from described framework disengaging or power surge.
Expectation be that described support comprises and is used to activate and the switch of the described heating element heater of stopping using.Preferably, described switch is communicated with the analog or digital timer, is used to control the heating progress that is applied to support.Described heating progress can comprise predetermined heated length, for example 120 minutes.Replacedly, described heating progress can activate heating element heater between one day the scheduled time, for example in the afternoon between 4 of 2 and afternoons.
Described support can also comprise auxiliary maintenance structure integral body or that separate that is used to support particular artifact, the tongue structure that for example is used to keep the key of clothes and is used to support footwear.Selectively, described auxiliary maintenance structure is heated.
Preferably, support comprises shoe rack, and described shoe rack comprises the tongue structure that is configured to insert welt, and described tongue structure is fit to keep opening wide of described welt, enters in the footwear to allow air and/or heat, is convenient to drying and/or ventilation.
In second aspect, of the present inventionly a kind of at least two parts drying frames are provided, in the described parts at least one comprises the clothes supporting member, in the described supporting member at least one comprises heating element heater, and in described at least two parts one can be with respect to other component movement between the accepting state and the second further folded state that is used to store, in described accepting state, described first parts are rendered as and are used for support garments, and/or are in the surface with described other parts and can support (stablizing) state and combine.
In another aspect, the invention provides the use of support of the present invention, be used under accepting state dry and/or object is ventilated, and/or under folded state, be used for storing or transportation.
In another aspect, the invention provides a kind of cover body that keeps support of the present invention.Preferably, this cover body is a sack, and described sack is used to wrap up described support, to help processing and/or the reduction damage to support.Preferably, described cover body comprises at least one foamed material liner and the skin of being made by nylon, canvas and/or materials similar.
In another aspect, the present invention mainly is to be used to support the support of object to be dried, and described support comprises:
Support frame comprises at least one supporting member, and wherein said supporting member comprises at least one heating element heater; With
At least one supporting leg can be connected to described support frame, and described supporting leg is fit to be used to that described supporting member is rendered as and to be used to support the described support frame of support structure of object to be dried;
Wherein said support frame is movable with respect to described at least one supporting leg between accepting state and folded state,
In described accepting state, described supporting leg is configured to firmly support described support frame, on the position that be fit to receive object to be dried, presenting described supporting member, and
In described folded state, described support is configured to be convenient to store or transportation, perhaps is convenient to store and transportation.
Preferably, described support is adapted at dry object in described accepting state or the described folded state.
Preferably, described support frame is moveable to drying regime with respect to described supporting leg, and in described drying regime, described supporting member is configured to dry described object.
Preferably, described support frame is moveable to drying regime with respect to described supporting leg, in described drying regime, operationally, described supporting member and object to be dried can be configured to provide at least one passage with top and bottom, and wherein rise to the upper end of described passage, make air suck the lower end of described passage thus by the air of described heating element heater heating.
Preferably, described drying regime is consistent with described accepting state or described folded state.
Preferably, described support frame can move pivotally with respect to described supporting leg.
Preferably, described supporting leg removably is connected to described support frame.
Preferably, described supporting leg comprises at least one heating element heater.
Preferably, at least one supporting member extends from described supporting leg, and described supporting member comprises at least one heating element heater.
Preferably, described support comprises engaging mechanism, is used for engaging with described support, and described support is remained a kind of in described accepting state, folded state or the drying regime.
Preferably, described engaging mechanism is a pillar.
Preferably, but described engaging mechanism manual release, with allow described framework between described accepting state and folded state with respect to the motion of described supporting leg.
Preferably, described support comprises a plurality of supporting members.
Preferably, described support comprises a plurality of supporting legs.
Preferably, described support comprises a plurality of support frames.
Preferably, at least one that from described framework, described supporting member and described supporting leg, select or a plurality ofly construct by the hollow tubular material.
Preferably, described hollow tubular material is one or more that select from steel, anodised aluminium, stainless steel and heat-resisting plastic material.
Preferably, the plastic films material is coated on the described hollow tubular metal material as coating.
Preferably, described heating element heater centers on by adding hot fluid.
Preferably, described heating element heater comprises the electrical heating electric device.
Preferably, described electrical heating electric device is a wire element.
Preferably, described electrical heating electric device is the two insulation components of multiply.
Preferably, described heating element heater comprises the electric device that adds hot fluid, and heated fluid centers at least one circulation in described framework, described supporting member and the described supporting leg.
Preferably, the power requirement of described electric device can be adjusted according to available power level.
Preferably, typical power consumption is at about 110W extremely between about 250W.
Preferably, power consumption is about 250W.
Preferably, one or more working surface temperature of selecting from described framework, described supporting member and described supporting leg reaches the temperature between about 30 ℃ and about 80 ℃.
Preferably, one or more working surface temperature of selecting from described framework, described supporting member and described supporting leg reaches the temperature between about 50 ℃ to about 80 ℃.
Preferably, described support comprises the controller that is used for controlling one or more surface temperature of selecting from described framework, described supporting member and described supporting leg.
Preferably, described controller is a self-operated thermostatic controller.
Preferably, described controller structure is for by operating the described heating element heater that activates and stop using, with one or two the surface temperature of guaranteeing from described supporting member and described supporting leg, to select remain on predeterminated level or about.
Preferably, described controller structure is for to control the power that is applied to described heating element heater by operating, with the surface temperature of guaranteeing described supporting member remain on the predeterminated level place or about.
Preferably, described heating element heater is connected to shut-off mechanism, and the described shut-off mechanism described heating element heater of stopping using surpasses predetermined maximum temp with the one or more surface temperature that prevents to select from described support frame, described supporting member and described supporting leg.
Preferably, described support comprises secure cut-off mechanism, is used for when breaking down the described heating element heater of stopping using, and wherein said fault include, but are not limited to from following fault, select one or more:
The support overturning,
The supporting member fracture,
Supporting member breaks away from from described framework,
Described support moves from described drying regime when being connected to active electrical source,
Short circuit on the described heating element heater and
Power surge.
Preferably, described secure cut-off mechanism is a fuse.
Preferably, described support comprises and is used to activate and the switch of the described heating element heater of stopping using.
Preferably, described controller comprises timer, is used for one or more heating of selecting from described supporting member, described support frame and described supporting leg according to the heating progress monitoring.
Preferably, described heating progress is included in one or more that heating is selected in the preset time length from described supporting member, described support frame and described supporting leg.
Preferably, described heating progress is included in one or more that heating is selected between scheduled time of one day from described supporting member, described support frame and described supporting leg.
Preferably, described support comprises the auxiliary maintenance structure that is used to support particular artifact.
Preferably, described auxiliary maintenance structure comprises one or more that the key from the maintenance clothes, the suitable tongue structure that supports footwear are selected.
Preferably, described auxiliary maintenance structure is integrally formed with one that selects from described supporting member, support frame and supporting leg.
Preferably, described auxiliary maintenance structure removably is connected to one that selects from described supporting member, support frame and supporting leg.
Preferably, described auxiliary maintenance structure is heated.
Preferably, described auxiliary maintenance structure is a shoe rack, comprises the tongue structure that is configured to insert welt, and described tongue structure is fit to keep opening wide of described welt, enters in the footwear to allow air and/or heat, is convenient to drying.
Preferably, described support comprises the lid member that is used for around at least a portion of described support, produces partially enclosed passage thus, and the air that is heated by described heating element heater can guide by described passage.
Preferably, described support also comprises the electric power input unit that is used for providing to described heating element heater energy.
Preferably, described electric power input unit is a power cable.
In another aspect, the present invention can mainly think and be a kind of drying frame that is used for dry object to be dried, and described drying frame comprises at least two parts,
In the described parts at least one comprises a plurality of supporting members, and at least one in the described supporting member comprises heating element heater, and
Wherein said at least two parts can be with respect to other component movement between accepting state and folded state,
In described accepting state, described first parts are fit to be configured to firmly supported, on the position that be fit to receive object to be dried, presenting described supporting member, and
In described folded state, described support is configured to be more convenient for store or transportation, perhaps is convenient to store and transportation.
Preferably, described two parts are moveable to drying regime, in described drying regime operationally, described supporting member and object to be dried can be configured to provide at least one passage with top and bottom, and wherein rise to the upper end of described passage, make air suck the lower end of described passage thus by the air of described heating element heater heating.
Preferably, in described drying regime and described accepting state or the described folded state is consistent.
In another aspect, the present invention can think mainly and be a kind of support that is used to support object to be dried that described support comprises:
A plurality of supporting members;
Support frame is used to support described supporting member, and described support frame is configured to and can moves between accepting state and folded state,
In described accepting state, described support is firmly supported, and is convenient to receive object to be dried so that described supporting member is rendered as, and
In described folded state, described support is configured to be more convenient for store or transportation, perhaps is more convenient for storing and transportation; With
Heating source is configured to and suitable at least one supporting member of heating.
Preferably, described support frame is moveable to drying regime, in described drying regime operationally, described supporting member and object to be dried can be configured to provide at least one passage with top and bottom, and wherein rise to the upper end of described passage, make air suck the lower end of described passage thus by the air of described heating element heater heating.
Preferably, in described drying regime and described accepting state or the described folded state is consistent.
Preferably, described heating source is fit to and is configured to heat in inside described supporting member.
Preferably, described heating source heats described supporting member via one or more that select from conduction, convection current and radiation.
Preferably, described heating source is an electric device.
Preferably, described heating source is combined in in described supporting member or the described support frame one or two.
Preferably, described support also comprises the lid member that is used for around at least a portion of described support, produces partially enclosed passage thus, can be guided by described passage by the air of described heating element heater by the operation heating.
Preferably, described support comprises the electric power input unit.
Preferably, described electric power input unit comprises a kind of in electrical socket or cable and the plug.
In another aspect, the present invention can mainly think and is a kind of cover body that is fit to and is configured to keep each described support in the claim as described above.
Preferably, described cover body is a sack, and described sack is configured to and is suitable for wrap up described support, to help processing and/or the reduction damage to described support.
Preferably, described sack comprises handle.
Preferably, described cover body comprises at least one foamed material liner and the skin of being made by nylon, canvas and/or materials similar.
In another aspect, the present invention can mainly think and comprises the steps: the method for the object that is that a kind of drying is to be dried
Provide according to each the described drying frame in the aforementioned claim;
Make described support move to accepting state;
At described supporting member upper support object to be dried; And
Heat described supporting member, help the drying of object thus.
Preferably, described supporting member is heated in inside.
Preferably, this method comprises the step that makes described support move to drying regime, in described drying regime, described supporting member and object to be dried are configured to provide at least one passage with top and bottom, and wherein rise to the upper end of described passage, make air suck the lower end of described passage thus by the air of described heating element heater heating.
The term of Shi Yonging " drying " defines the process that the moisture content of object wherein reduces by evaporation in this manual, or wherein the pollutant such as oil, sweat and moisture perhaps is defined as this two kinds of processes by heating with cross and/or pass the process that the combination of the air-flow of object is removed from object.Therefore be indicative with reference to term " drying " or " drying " etc.
As used herein, term " and/or " meaning be " with " or " or ", perhaps the two.
As used herein, " (s) " of noun back meaning is the plural number and/or the singulative of this noun.
In this manual the term of Shi Yonging " comprise " and " comprising " meaning be " at least by ... constitute ".When comprising the statement of this term in explaining this specification, the feature by this term introduction in each statement all needs to exist, but further feature also can exist.Relevant term is as all explaining in an identical manner " comprising (comprise) ", " being comprised (comprised) " and " comprising (include) ".
With reference to number range disclosed here (for example, (for example being intended that 1 to 10) in conjunction with reference all rationals in this scope, 1,1.1,2,3,3.9,4,5,6,6.5,7,8,9 and 10), and in conjunction with any rational scope (for example, 2 to 8,1.5 to 5.5 and 3.1 to 4.7) of reference within this scope.
Concerning the those skilled in the art that the present invention relates to, under the prerequisite that does not depart from the protection scope of the present invention that is limited by the claim of enclosing, themselves will expect many structural modifications of the present invention and bigger embodiment and the application of difference.Disclosure and description at this are only used for explanation, and are not to limit going up in all senses.
According to only by way of example and the following description that provides with reference to accompanying drawing, other invention of the present invention will become obvious.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective view that is in first embodiment of the support under the accepting state;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view that is in first embodiment of the support under the partially folded state, shows a cantilever support framework that is under the folded state;
Fig. 3 is the perspective view that is in first embodiment of the support under the partially folded state, shows two cantilever support frameworks that are under the folded state;
Fig. 4 is the perspective view that is in first embodiment of the support under the partially folded state, shows two cantilever support frameworks that are under the folded state, and the intermediate supports framework is shifted to folded state;
Fig. 5 is the perspective view that is in first embodiment of the support under the complete folded state;
Fig. 6 is that the perspective of first embodiment of support is used to support footwear a pair of tongue structure thereon near cutting off figure, showing;
Fig. 7 is the perspective view that is in second embodiment of the support under the accepting state;
Fig. 8 is the perspective view that is under another angle of second embodiment of the support under the accepting state;
Fig. 9 is the perspective view that is under another angle of second embodiment of the support under the accepting state;
Figure 10 is the perspective assembled view that is in the 3rd embodiment of the support under the folded state, and wherein this support can transport, and perhaps wherein object can be dry on this support;
Figure 11 is the perspective view that is in the 3rd embodiment of the support under the accepting state, and wherein supporting member presents the structure that receives object to be dried easily;
Figure 12 is used for the viewgraph of cross-section of dry the 3rd embodiment that is in the support under the folded state above it for the clothes object lies in, show supporting member and object and how to form passage together, this passage is used to make the upper end of heated air flow to this passage, and shows the close view of the supporting member that comprises heating element heater.
The specific embodiment
With reference to above-mentioned accompanying drawing, roughly represent by Reference numeral 100 according to support of the present invention.
In a kind of embodiment of describing now, with reference to Fig. 1-6, Fig. 1 illustrates support 100, comprises a pair of cantilever support framework 110 and a pair of supporting leg 130 that becomes the frame type A structure.Cantilever support framework 110 comprises a plurality of tubular support members 106, illustrates with the form of crosspiece.Though supporting member 106 is shown in Figure 1 to be crosspiece, expectation be that they can be configured to a large amount of different shape and size.Support frame 110 can move between accepting state and folded state with respect to supporting leg 130, in accepting state, supporting leg 130 is configured to stably support this support frame 110, be fit to receive on the position of object to be dried so that supporting member 106 is presented on, in folded state, support 100 is configured to be convenient to store or transport or the two.
By top middle hinge 113, supporting leg 130 is connected to cantilever support framework 110 in the mode that pivots, and motion pivotly, shifting to a position from the position that keeps flat that relies on supporting leg, support frame extends in the hanging position of the support construction supports that support frame can form by pillar 115 from supporting leg 130 in this position.Pillar 115 can be pivotally connected to supporting leg 130, perhaps can be loose piece, and loose piece can be connected to the reception structure (not shown) of supporting leg 130 and connects separatedly by insertion.At least one connection between pillar 115 and supporting leg 130 or the support frame 110 is dismountable, shifts to folded state to allow support 100.Supporting member 106 elsewhere extends between supporting leg 130.
The intermediate supports framework 120 that comprises its supporting member 106 is arranged on when they are in accepting state between the supporting leg 130.Intermediate supports framework 120 is connected to supporting leg 130 by hinge outside the bottom 122.Intermediate supports framework 120 also comprises bottom middle hinge 124.Hinge 122 and bottom middle hinge 124 are convenient to the motion (as Fig. 1-5 shown in) of support 100 between accepting state and folded state outside the bottom.
In accepting state (as shown in Figure 1), supporting leg 103 is configured to firmly supporting cantilever support frame 120 and intermediate supports framework 110, to present supporting member 106 on the position that is fit to convenient reception object to be dried.In folded state, support 100 is configured to cramped construction, is convenient to store, transport or the two.
Supporting member 106 is by a plurality of electrical heating elements 300 heating, and described electrical heating elements 300 is for being arranged on the two insulated wire element forms (as shown in figure 12) of multiply in the hollow tubular supporting member 106.Heating element heater 300 is by the power supply power supply, and power supply relies on plug 200 and cable 210 to flow into support 100.Heating element heater 300 is used for heating supporting member 106, so that the dry object that is supported by supporting member 106.Heating is wired to the power supply (not shown), and any one or a plurality of surfaces in supporting member 106, supporting leg 103 or the framework 101 can be heated between 50 ℃ to 80 ℃.
Though in a preferred embodiment, in supporting member 106, support frame 110 and the supporting leg 130 any will be made of aluminum pipe, but expectation is that any one in them can be made of any material that other is fit to, as is coated with steel, stainless steel or the heat-resisting plastic material of antitarnish coatings.Also expectation is, any one that select from supporting member 106, supporting leg 130 or support frame 110 can apply refractory coating, preventing to damage or material gets rusty, or is convenient to make in these parts any one more anti-skidding.
Though be arranged on the mode the most feasible and that be easy to manufacturing that the electrical heating elements 300 of supporting member 106 inside is envisioned for heating supporting member 106, imagination supporting member 106 can internally heat with multiple alternate manner.As an example, the fluid (not shown) can be heated, and around the internal flow path pumping that limits by tubular support members 106.Replacedly, heating element heater can be arranged in the supporting leg 130, and causes the inside heating of supporting member 106 by conduction, convection current or radiation.In another embodiment, consider safety factor, heating element heater can be arranged on supporting member inside, and can immerse in the fluid.
In supporting member 106, supporting leg 130 and the support frame 110 any one or a plurality of can comprising are assisted the maintenance structure, as be fit to supporting the tongue structure 104 (as shown in Figure 6) of footwear 400, or be convenient to object is suspended on key (peg) structure (not shown) on the supporting member 106.Tongue structure 104 imagination is made by plastic material, and is configured to and is fit to keep the opening of footwear to open wide to help dry run.Tongue structure 104 further imaginations can be with the inner heating of the mode that is similar to supporting member.
For a person skilled in the art, other significantly auxiliary structure that keeps will be to understand easily.
Typically, the support that is in accepting state of this embodiment will have the length of 200cm and the width of 75cm.These sizes provide 1500cm
2The surface coverage district.Typically, the support that is in folded state of this embodiment has the length of 3cm and the width of 75cm.These sizes provide 225cm
2The surface coverage district.The overlay area that folded state produced helps the storage and the transportation of support.Yet support of the present invention is not limited to any specific dimensions.
With reference to Fig. 7-9, illustrate second embodiment of drying frame.This is the reduced form of support, has the overhang region of minimizing.Support 100 comprises the support frame 110 with a plurality of supporting members 106, and each supporting member 106 has inner heating element heater (not shown).Two supporting legs 130 are suspended on and become scissor construction together, and can be engaged to support frame 110 on their top.At least one abutment between framework 110 and the supporting leg 130 can break away from, and allows support can be received on the support 100 easily and dry deployed condition is converted to support 100 and can stores or transport or the two folded state from object.In the folding position, support frame 110 will with folding supporting leg 130 recumbency side by side.
In use, when when reception is converted to folded state, first connector 210 between supporting leg 130 and the support frame 110 breaks away from, and second suspension linkage member 212 between supporting leg and the framework pivots.In another embodiment, hang connector 212 and be connector slidably.In another embodiment, connector 210 and 212 can all break away from, and changes between folded state and accepting state to allow support.
In the embodiment shown in Figure 1, the expectation accepting state is the perfect condition that is used for drying object to be dried, yet this may there is no need is this situation.In some embodiments, accepting state it is contemplated that and not be the effective dry state of object.As the example of this situation, the third embodiment of support 100 has been shown among Figure 10-12.Support 100 comprises a plurality of support frames 110, and each support frame 110 comprises a plurality of supporting members 106.Support frame 110 can move between accepting state and folded state mutually pivotally, in accepting state, support 100 is firmly supported, so that supporting member presents the structure of being convenient to receive object to be dried, in folded state, support is configured to be more convenient for store or transport or the two.In this embodiment, supporting member 106 is heated by heating element heater 300 individually in the mode that is similar to other embodiment, though they can be with the alternate manner heating of describing in this manual.Heating element heater 300 via plug 200 and cable 210 by external power source.Figure 11 shows this embodiment that is in accepting state, and Figure 10 shows the support 100 that is in folded state.
Typically, under the situation of the drying frame that does not heat, supporting member and/or support frame are long more the closer to the time of the dry cost of, object mutually during dry run.This is because near the air-flow the supporting member has reduced.Yet the peculiar advantage with inner heating supporting member 106 is that the cramped construction of supporting member 106 can increase or the almost not influence of rate of drying to being supported on the object above them at least.Therefore, supporting member 106 during drying can be set to close mutually.In the embodiment shown in Figure 10-12 of the present invention, this feature is used for obtaining space advantage and/or increases the drying efficiency of support 100.This embodiment imagination of support 100 is used to be in folded state simultaneously or near dry object shown in the Reference numeral among Figure 12 410 under the folded state in drying regime, and will only shift to accepting state, is used for receiving easily object to be dried.In this embodiment, supporting member 106 and support frame 110 are positioned at closed form and are in drying regime simultaneously.Object 410 to be dried and supporting member are configured to provide a plurality of passages 500 (as shown in figure 12) in drying regime, and it has upper end 510 and lower end 520.Air by heated supporting member 106 heating rises towards the upper end 510 of passage 500, makes the lower end of air suction passage thus, produces " chimney " or " lamination " effect.This has produced the air-flow (shown in arrow A among Figure 12) that increases and has passed through passage 500, increases the rate of drying of object thus.Support 100 also is provided with covering member 350, and it can engage with support by connected structure 360, and centers at least a portion of support 100 peripheries, with further enhancing lamination effect, and increases the air-flow that passes through support 100.
Also comprise according to any the support 100 in the embodiment that illustrates of the present invention and to be fit to be connected to the cable 210 of wall socket and the supply unit of plug 200 forms.Provide and be used to activate and the switch 208 of inactive heating element heater.Preferably, switch 208 is communicated with the analog or digital timer, is used to control the heating progress that is applied to support 100.The heating progress can comprise predetermined heated length, for example 120 minutes.Replacedly, the heating progress can activate heating element heater between one day the scheduled time, for example in the afternoon between 4 of 2 and afternoons.Replacedly, the heating progress can comprise heating one or more in supporting leg 130, support frame 110 or the supporting member 106, with the temperature of the various parts that change support 100.
The power requirement of kind of thread elements 300 can be regulated according to available power level.Typical power consumption between about 110W to 250W, preferably about 250W.
The temperature on imagination supporting leg 130, supporting member 106 or support frame 110 surfaces can be by activating or inactive heating element heater and/or control by the power level that control is applied to heating element heater, reaches and keep predeterminated level with the surface temperature of guaranteeing supporting member 106.
In addition, support can comprise the self-operated thermostatic controller (not shown).Self-operated thermostatic controller allows the user to control the temperature on drying tube surface.Typical ideal temperature wishes it is between 50 ℃ to 80 ℃.
In addition or replacedly, support 100 comprises the shut-off mechanism (not shown), surpass predetermined temperature, for example 80 ℃ with the surface that prevents supporting member 106.The imagination maximum temperature can be regulated according to dry object, and for example the wool object can be dealt with the maximum temperature higher than silk object, and concerning the silk object, maximum temperature preferably is no more than about 40 ℃.
Preferably, support 100 comprises secure cut-off mechanism, as the fuse (not shown), with the heating element heater 300 of stopping using when breaking down.The example of fault include, but are not limited to the fracture of support overturning, crosspiece, crosspiece from framework break away from, the carelessness campaign or the power surge of support.
Because support is wanted to be used in the zone that the space is considered to be of great rarity, and because the imagination support comprises electric device, as controller 250, according to a further aspect in the invention, provides the cover body (not shown) that is used to keep support 100.Preferably, cover body is the bag of packaging support, help to handle and/or to minimize any damage to support.Cover body comprises at least one foam inner liner and the skin of being made by nylon, canvas and/or materials similar.
In aforementioned description, with reference to element with known equivalents or single piece, then this equivalent is included as them and proposes separately.
Though described the present invention by way of example and with reference to specific embodiment, should be understood that, under the prerequisite that does not depart from scope of the present invention or spirit, can carry out various modifications and/or improvement.For example,, be not limited thereto though the present invention mainly is described as being used for the support of drying clothes and footwear, wherein, comprise be positioned at its scope and so on be used for dry such as newspaper, printed article and carpet textiles and such as the support of the agricultural raw material of plant and grass.
In addition, though described a plurality of feature of the present invention and aspect, it will be recognized by those skilled in the art that the present invention can also be described according to Ma Kushi group's any independent entry or subgroup item according to Ma Kushi (Markush) group.
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1. support that is used to support object to be dried, described support comprises:
Support frame comprises at least one supporting member, and wherein said supporting member comprises at least one heating element heater; With
At least one supporting leg can be connected to described support frame, and described supporting leg is applicable to so that described supporting member is rendered as the described support frame of support structure that is used to support object to be dried;
Wherein, described support frame is movable with respect to described at least one supporting leg between accepting state and folded state,
In described accepting state, described supporting leg is configured to firmly support described support frame, is applicable to the position that receives object to be dried so that described supporting member is in, and
In described folded state, described support is configured to be convenient to store or transportation, perhaps is convenient to store and transportation.
2. support according to claim 1, wherein, described support is adapted at dry object in described accepting state or the described folded state.
3. support according to claim 1, wherein, described support frame is moveable to drying regime with respect to described supporting leg, and in described drying regime, described supporting member is configured to dry described object.
4. support according to claim 1, wherein, described support frame is moveable to drying regime with respect to described supporting leg, in described drying regime, described supporting member and object to be dried operationally are configured to provide at least one passage with top and bottom, and wherein rise to the upper end of described passage, make air suck the lower end of described passage thus by the air of described heating element heater heating.
5. according to claim 3 or 4 described supports, wherein, in described drying regime and described accepting state or the described folded state is consistent.
6. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 5, wherein, described support frame moves pivotly with respect to described supporting leg.
7. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 6, wherein, described supporting leg removably is connected to described support frame.
8. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 7, wherein, described supporting leg comprises at least one heating element heater.
9. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 8, wherein, at least one supporting member extends from described supporting leg, and described supporting member comprises at least one heating element heater.
10. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 9, wherein, described support comprises engaging mechanism, is used for engaging with described support, and described support is remained on a kind of in described accepting state, folded state or the drying regime.
11. support according to claim 10, wherein, described engaging mechanism is a suspender belt.
12. support according to claim 10, wherein, but described engaging mechanism manual release is moved between described accepting state and folded state with respect to described supporting leg to allow described framework.
13. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 12, wherein, described support comprises a plurality of supporting members.
14. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 13, wherein, described support comprises a plurality of supporting legs.
15. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 14, wherein, described support comprises a plurality of support frames.
16. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 15, wherein, at least one that from described framework, described supporting member and described supporting leg, select or a plurality ofly construct by the hollow tubular material.
17. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 16, wherein, described hollow tubular material is one or more that select from steel, anodised aluminium, stainless steel and heat-resisting plastic material.
18. according to claim 16 or 17 described supports, wherein, the plastic films material is coated on the described hollow tubular metal material as coating.
19. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 18, wherein, described heating element heater centers on by adding hot fluid.
20. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 19, wherein, described heating element heater comprises the electrical heating electric device.
21. support according to claim 20, wherein, described electrical heating electric device is a wire element.
22. support according to claim 20, wherein, described electrical heating electric device is the two insulation components of multiply.
23. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 22, wherein, described heating element heater comprises the electric device that adds hot fluid, and heated fluid centers at least one circulation in described framework, described supporting member and the described supporting leg.
24. according to each the described support in the claim 20 to 23, wherein, the power requirement of described electric device can be adjusted according to available power level.
25. according to each the described support in the claim 20 to 24, wherein, typical power consumption is at about 110W extremely between about 250W.
26. according to each the described support in the claim 20 to 25, wherein, power consumption is about 250W.
27. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 26, wherein, one or more working surface temperature of selecting from described framework, described supporting member and described supporting leg reaches the temperature between about 30 ℃ and about 80 ℃.
28. support according to claim 27, wherein, one or more working surface temperature of selecting from described framework, described supporting member and described supporting leg reaches the temperature between about 50 ℃ to about 80 ℃.
29. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 28, wherein, described support comprises the controller that is used for controlling one or more surface temperature of selecting from described framework, described supporting member and described supporting leg.
30. support according to claim 25, wherein, described controller is a self-operated thermostatic controller.
31. according to each the described support in the claim 29 to 30, wherein, described controller structure is for by operating the described heating element heater that activates and stop using, with one or two the surface temperature of guaranteeing from described supporting member and described supporting leg, to select remain on predeterminated level or about.
32. according to each the described support in the claim 29 to 30, wherein, described controller structure is for to control the power that is applied to described heating element heater by operating, with the surface temperature of guaranteeing described supporting member remain on the predeterminated level place or about.
33. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 32, wherein, described heating element heater is connected to shut-off mechanism, the described shut-off mechanism described heating element heater of stopping using surpasses predetermined maximum temp with the one or more surface temperature that prevents to select from described support frame, described supporting member and described supporting leg.
34. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 33, wherein, described support comprises secure cut-off mechanism, is used for the described heating element heater of stopping using when breaking down, and one or more that wherein said fault includes, but are not limited to select from following fault:
The support overturning,
The supporting member fracture,
Supporting member breaks away from from described framework,
Described support moves when being connected to active electrical source and leaves described drying regime,
Short circuit on the described heating element heater and
Power surge.
35. support according to claim 34, wherein, described secure cut-off mechanism is a fuse.
36. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 35, wherein, described support comprises and is used to activate and the switch of the described heating element heater of stopping using.
37. according to each the described support in the claim 29 to 35, wherein, described controller comprises timer, is used for one or more heating of selecting from described supporting member, described support frame and described supporting leg according to the heating progress monitoring.
38. according to the described support of claim 37, wherein, described heating progress is included in one or more that heating is selected in the preset time length from described supporting member, described support frame and described supporting leg.
39. according to the described support of claim 37, wherein, described heating progress is included in one or more that heating is selected between scheduled time of one day from described supporting member, described support frame and described supporting leg.
40. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 39, wherein, described support comprises the auxiliary maintenance structure that is used to support particular artifact.
41. according to the described support of claim 40, wherein, described auxiliary maintenance structure comprises one or more that select from the tongue structure of the key that keeps clothes, suitable support footwear.
42. according to claim 40 or 41 described supports, wherein, described auxiliary maintenance structure is integrally formed with one that selects from described supporting member, support frame and supporting leg.
43. according to claim 40 or 41 described supports, wherein, described auxiliary maintenance structure removably is connected to one that selects from described supporting member, support frame and supporting leg.
44. according to each the described support in the claim 40 to 43, wherein, described auxiliary maintenance structure is heated.
45. according to each the described support in the claim 40 to 44, wherein, described auxiliary maintenance structure is a shoe rack, comprise the tongue structure that is configured to insert welt, described tongue structure is fit to keep opening wide of described welt, enters in the footwear to allow air and/or heat, so that dry.
46. each the described support according in the claim 1 to 45 comprises: be used for around the lid member of at least a portion of described support, produce partially enclosed at least passage thus, the air that is heated by described heating element heater can guide by described passage.
47. each the described support according in the claim 1 to 46 comprises: the electric power input unit that is used for providing to described heating element heater energy.
48. according to the described support of claim 47, wherein, described electric power input unit is a power cable.
49. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 46, wherein, described support frame extends from described supporting leg with cantilevered fashion.
50. according to the described support of claim 49, wherein, described engaging mechanism is to be used to strain to prevent the suspender belt of the motion between described support frame and the described supporting leg.
51. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 50, wherein, described supporting leg is configured to the frame type A structure.
52. according to the described support of claim 51, wherein, described cantilever support framework roughly extends from the summit of described frame type A structure.
53. according to each the described support in the claim 51 to 52, wherein, the intermediate supports framework extends between the supporting leg of described frame type A structure.
54. according to the described support of claim 53, wherein, described intermediate supports framework is collapsible with respect to described supporting leg.
55. according to each the described support in the claim 1 to 54, wherein, described support comprises the electric power input unit.
56. according to the described support of claim 55, wherein, described electric power input unit comprises a kind of in electrical socket or power cable or the plug.
57. a drying frame that is used for drying object to be dried, described drying frame comprises at least two parts,
In the described parts at least one comprises a plurality of supporting members, and at least one in the described supporting member comprises heating element heater, and
Wherein, described at least two parts can move between accepting state and folded state with respect to other parts,
In described accepting state, described first parts are fit to be configured to firmly supported, so that described supporting member is in the position that is fit to receive object to be dried, and
In described folded state, described support is configured to be more convenient for store or transportation, perhaps is convenient to store and transportation.
58. according to the described drying frame of claim 49, wherein, described two parts are moveable to drying regime, in described drying regime, described supporting member and object to be dried operationally are configured to provide at least one passage with top and bottom, and wherein rise to the upper end of described passage, make air suck the lower end of described passage thus by the air of described heating element heater heating.
59. according to claim 49 or 50 described drying frames, wherein, in described drying regime and described accepting state or the described folded state is consistent.
60. a support that is used to support object to be dried, described support comprises:
A plurality of supporting members;
Support frame is used to support described supporting member, and described support frame is configured to and can moves between accepting state and folded state,
In described accepting state, described support is firmly supported, so that described supporting member is in the structure of being convenient to receive object to be dried, and
In described folded state, described support is configured to be more convenient for store or transportation, perhaps is more convenient for storing and transportation; With
Heating source is configured to and suitable at least one supporting member of heating.
61. according to the described support of claim 60, wherein, described support frame is moveable to drying regime, in described drying regime, described supporting member and object to be dried operationally are configured to provide at least one passage with top and bottom, and wherein rise to the upper end of described passage, make air suck the lower end of described passage thus by the air of described heating element heater heating.
62. according to the described drying frame of claim 61, wherein, in described drying regime and described accepting state or the described folded state is consistent.
63. according to each the described support in the claim 60 to 62, wherein, described heating source is fit to and is configured to heat in inside described supporting member.
64. according to each the described support in the claim 60 to 63, wherein, described heating source heats described supporting member via one or more that select from conduction, convection current and radiation.
65. according to each the described support in the claim 60 to 64, wherein, described heating source is an electric device.
66. according to each the described support in the claim 60 to 65, wherein, described heating source is combined in in described supporting member or the described support frame one or two.
67. according to each the described support in the claim 60 to 66, wherein, described support also comprises the lid member that is used for around at least a portion of described support, produces partially enclosed passage thus, can be guided by described passage by the air of described heating element heater by the operation heating.
68. according to each the described support in the claim 60 to 67, wherein, described support comprises the electric power input unit.
69. according to the described support of claim 68, wherein, described electric power input unit comprises a kind of in electrical socket or cable and the plug.
70. cover body that is fit to and is configured to keep each described support in the claim as described above.
71. according to the described cover body of claim 70, wherein, described cover body is a sack, described sack is configured to and is suitable for wrap up described support, to help processing and/or the reduction damage to described support.
72. according to the described cover body of claim 71, wherein, described sack comprises handle.
73. according to the described cover body of claim 70, wherein, described cover body comprises at least one foamed material liner and the skin of being made by nylon, canvas and/or materials similar.
74. the method for a kind of drying object to be dried is provided in another aspect of this invention, has comprised the steps:
Provide according to each the described drying frame in the aforementioned claim;
Make described support move to accepting state;
At described supporting member upper support object to be dried; And
Heat described supporting member, help the drying of object thus.
75. according to the described method of claim 74, wherein, described supporting member is heated in inside.
76. according to claim 74 or 75 described methods, comprise: make described support move to the step of drying regime, in described drying regime, described supporting member and object to be dried are configured to provide at least one passage with top and bottom, and wherein rise to the upper end of described passage, make air suck the lower end of described passage thus by the air of described heating element heater heating.
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