DE841908C - Extendable clothes dryer rack - Google Patents

Description

Drying laundry is quite a difficult one for many housewives Problem because for the most part the apartments do not have a suitable space for mounting of clotheslines.

The invention shows a tumble dryer that this problem to simple Type and solves with a very small footprint and low cost.

It consists essentially in the fact that on the rotatable upper part, which can be adjusted in height by means of a winch over a wire rope and a pawl is lockable, a cross piece with horizontally lying tubes sits with hanging hooks for the clothesline and end hooks for attaching support wires are provided.

Because the laundry is hung up like a pinwheel, the quietest spins Draft of the top of the rack with the laundry, so that by the rotating movement of the top has access to sun and air everywhere between the laundry and thereby the laundry is dried in no time.

By pulling up the hung laundry there is also soiling excluded by children or the like.

The hanging of the laundry is done from one place, since the Tumble dryer is rotatably arranged.

Tearing off items of laundry in wind or storm is almost impossible, because by the rotation the. Laundry can evade the wind and give way.

The tumble dryer can still be used for the following purposes: For laying beds and mattresses for ventilation, for cleaning carpets and for attaching children's swings.

The tumble dryer according to the invention consists of a stand extendable pipes to which about 60 m clotheslines are attached like a spider web. It is shown schematically in the drawing.

The rotatable upper part consists of the main pipe i, on which a Cross piece 2 is attached, which is used to accommodate the horizontally lying pipes 3, 4, 5 and 6 is used.

The tubes 3, 4, 5 and 6 are used to hold the clothesline ig while from the upper tube i, which contains four hooks 18, one support wire g each, io, ii and 12 is drawn to the pipe ends 3, 4, 5 and 6 and these against bending backs down.

Around the rotatable upper part, correspondingly smaller or larger items of laundry, To be able to set "low or high" is a winch 22 and on the lower tube 7 a pulley 13 attached to a wire rope 14, which is attached to the pipe end of part 8 is stored. As a result, the intermediate piece 8 is adjustable.

The cross piece 2 is rotatably seated on the intermediate piece B. The storage can be done by plain or ball bearings.

So that the clothes line can be stretched comfortably, it is in each case wound on a reel 15 when removed from the tumble dryer. To wind up the reel 15 is suspended from the bearing 16 which is attached to the tube 7.

The ig clothesline can easily be hooked by one person 17 attached or removed.

The reel 15 is zg with the rest of the clothesline after tensioning suspended from a hook 21 attached to the main pipe i.

To hold the clothesline ig in the stretched state is on the last hook 2o arranged a clamp.

The dryer can be attached to the floor in a simple manner, depending on the soil conditions, by concreting, burying, screwing or take place in a similar manner.

Claims (2)

PATENT CLAIMS: i. Extendable clothes drying rack with an upper part that accommodates the clothes line, characterized in that on the rotatable upper part, which is height-adjustable by a winch (22) via a wire rope (14) and can be locked by a pawl, a cross piece (2) with horizontally lying Pipes (3, 4, 5, 6) seated, which are provided with hanging hooks for the clothesline and end hooks for attaching support wires (g, io, 11, 12). 2. Tumble dryer according to claim i, characterized in that for tensioning and removing the clothesline a reel (15) is used, which is attached to a bearing (16) on which the lower part of the stand forming tube (7) is detachably arranged. Printed publications: German Patent No. 231 27.1.