EP0530787B1 - Collapsible laundry stand - Google Patents

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EP0530787B1
EP0530787B1 EP92115019A EP92115019A EP0530787B1 EP 0530787 B1 EP0530787 B1 EP 0530787B1 EP 92115019 A EP92115019 A EP 92115019A EP 92115019 A EP92115019 A EP 92115019A EP 0530787 B1 EP0530787 B1 EP 0530787B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
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  • the invention relates to a collapsible clothes horse according to the preamble of claim 1, which can be clamped between the ceiling and the floor of rooms of any type, for example balconies.
  • CH-A-500 320 is a device for drying laundry with a side member made of two telescopically telescopic tubes, which are to be clamped between two opposite parallel walls via a clamping device. Clotheslines are attached to the side member by two cross members.
  • a particular disadvantage is the tensioning device working according to the clamping disc principle; it requires precise adherence to manufacturing tolerances and is still easy to solve in the event of load changes such as may occur due to wind. The optimal clamping range is also very narrow.
  • the unpublished DE-G 90 17 683 discloses a clothes horse of the generic type, in which the same can be set up the outer pipe is placed on the floor and the inner pipe is pulled out of the outer pipe until it lies against the ceiling.
  • the axially acting spring is compressed so that a certain clamping force is generated.
  • the two pipes are fixed to each other by a screw.
  • the clamping force can be increased even further by actuating a foot lever which is pivotally mounted in the outer tube and which acts on the spring and compresses it. This allows a correct clamping of the clothes horse to be achieved, however, the division is somewhat cumbersome, since the inner tube must first be fixed with respect to this after being pulled out of the outer tube and then tightened by actuating the foot lever.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a clothes horse of the generic type, the installation can be carried out in a particularly simple manner.
  • the outer tube is first placed on the floor and the inner tube is pulled out of the outer tube until it lies against the ceiling, as in the prior art. Then, however, it is only necessary to pivot the clamping lever, whereby the inner tube is pushed upwards and compresses the spring, which generates the necessary clamping force.
  • the locking device needs to be actuated, which releases the tensioning lever and is now pivoted by the inner tube, which is moved downward by the relaxing spring, and disengages from its counter surface.
  • the inner tube can now be fully inserted into the outer tube.
  • the tensioning lever preferably has a base body, which is provided with tooth-like projections over a partial area of its circumference, while the counter surface on the inner tube is formed by a toothed rack, in the tooth gaps of which the projections of the tensioning lever engage to clamp the standpipe between the ceiling and the floor.
  • the toothed rack which is displaced with the inner tube by the spring, rotates through its interaction with the tooth-like projections the tension lever until the projections are disengaged, whereupon the inner tube can slide freely along the tension lever.
  • a non-positive engagement can be provided by using a tensioning lever that has a cylindrical base body with an outer surface that is eccentric to the pivot axis, while the counter surface on the inner tube is formed by a flat surface , and wherein a friction lining is provided on this surface and / or on the outer surface.
  • the tensioning lever Due to the eccentric position of the outer surface of the base body of the tensioning lever, the tensioning lever can be brought into engagement over a certain angular range and out of engagement with the counter surface over a different angular range, so that in this case too, on the one hand, a shifting of the inner tube outward for the purpose of bracing the standpipe and on the other hand, the inner tube can be returned to the outer tube.
  • the latching device has a resilient tongue which, at the end of the tensioning movement of the tensioning lever, engages behind a surface of the tensioning lever with a nose and is released by being pressed in, so that the tensioning lever, as described previously, by the downward movement of the spring caused by the relaxing spring Inner tube can be pivoted into its inactive position.
  • the clamping lever and the locking device can be attached to a sleeve connected to the outer tube.
  • the holding devices of the clothes rack are formed by a plurality of foldable arms attached to the outer tube, between which washing lines extend, it is advantageous to attach the arms below the tensioning lever and the latching device to the outer tube and to provide the sleeve with a hood which covers the arms covers when folded.
  • the free ends of the inner and outer pipes can be provided with support plates which can pivot in receptacles attached to the ends are clipped in and have a friction lining on their surfaces interacting with the ceiling or with the floor. This allows the support plates to adapt automatically to the position of the floor and ceiling.
  • the support plates can interact via spherical surfaces with flat surfaces of the receiving parts that run perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the standpipe.
  • a standpipe 3 which consists of an outer tube 4 and an inner tube 5 which can be displaced therein, each of which has support plates 6 or 7 with friction-increasing pads 6a or 7a on the floor 2 or on the ceiling 1.
  • a receiving body 8 is inserted into the lower end of the outer tube 4, which has a downwardly projecting cylindrical wall 9 or corresponding individual webs into which the support plate 6 can be clipped in a pivotable manner with a tubular projection 10.
  • the upper support plate 7 is clipped in the same way into a corresponding receiving body 11, which, however, in turn is not inserted directly into the upper end of the inner tube 5, but is guided in a cylindrical body 12 which is inserted into the upper end of the inner tube 5 and fastened there is. Between the parts 11 and 12, a compression spring 13 is arranged, which strives to press the receiving part 11 with the support plate 7 relative to the inner tube 5 to the outside. Thanks to the swiveling mount the support plates, the standpipe 3 can also be securely clamped when the ceiling 1 and floor 2 are not exactly parallel to one another.
  • the clothes horse has a so-called laundry spider, which consists of support arms 14 and support arms 15.
  • the support arms 14 are pivotally attached to a sliding sleeve 16 which can be fixed on the outer tube 4, and the support arms 15 are pivotably articulated on the one hand on a second sliding sleeve 17 which can also be fixed on the outer tube 4 and on the other hand approximately in the middle of the supporting arms 14.
  • a tensioning and locking device For tensioning the standpipe 3 between the ceiling 1 and the floor 2, a tensioning and locking device is used, which has a tensioning lever 18 which is attached to a sleeve 4a which is fixedly connected to the outer tube 4 and which is provided on the inner tube 5, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the standpipe 3 extending counter surface 19 can cooperate .
  • the tensioning lever 18 is pivotable about an axis 20 extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the standpipe 3 and it has a cylindrical base body 21 which is provided with a hand lever 22 and two on its cylindrical outer surface in the exemplary embodiment has tooth-like projections 23.
  • the counter surface 19 on the inner tube 5 is after Formed like a rack, so has tooth gaps 24, in which the tooth-like projections 23 of the clamping lever 18 can engage.
  • the tooth-like projections 23 are out of engagement with the tooth gaps 24, so that the inner tube 5 is freely displaceable relative to the outer tube 4.
  • the outer tube 4 with its support plate 6 is placed on the floor 2 and the inner tube 5 is pushed upwards until its support plate 7 rests on the ceiling 1.
  • the clamping lever 18 is pivoted clockwise, whereby the tooth-like projections 23 come into engagement with the tooth gaps 24 of the rack 19 and push the inner tube 5 upwards, compressing the compression spring 13, until the standpipe 3 is firmly clamped between the ceiling 1 and the floor 2 .
  • This position is shown in Fig. 2.
  • a latching device 25 is provided, which is attached to the sleeve 4a and has a resilient tongue 26 with a handle 27, the nose 28 of which in the locking position according to FIGS 4 engages behind a surface 29 on the clamping lever 18. If the handle 25 is pressed in in FIG. 4, it pivots downward due to the flexibility of the resilient web 26, as a result of which the nose 28 is released from the surface 29 and the tensioning lever 18 can be pivoted into the position shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.
  • the tensioning lever 18 is attached to the outer tube 4 or to the sleeve 4a connected to it at about the eye or shoulder height of the user in order to facilitate the operation.
  • the handle 27 of the latching device 25 can be provided with a colored marking 30.
  • a cover 31 is attached to the sleeve 4a.
  • the support plates 6 and 7 by means of which the outer tube 4 and the inner tube 5 are supported on the floor 2 or on the ceiling 1, are pivotably received.
  • the support plates 6 and 7 are provided in the middle with a spherical shape 32 on which the flat end surface 8a extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the standpipe 3 or 11a of the receiving part 8 or 11 supports.
  • a positive engagement is provided.
  • the cylindrical outer surface 33 of the base body 21 'of the clamping lever 18' is not provided with tooth-like projections, but smooth, but eccentric to the pivot axis 20, and the counter surface 19 'provided on the inner tube 5 is not designed like a rack, but in the form of a flat one Surface that can cooperate with the outer surface 33.
  • the tensioning lever 18 ′ is drawn in the position that corresponds to the position of the tensioning lever 18 in FIG. 1 and in which the inner tube 5 can be freely moved relative to the outer tube 4.
  • the compression spring 13 can also be provided at the lower end of the standpipe 3, that is to say between the outer tube 4 and the support plate 6, and the laundry spider formed by the arms 14 and 15 can be replaced by other known laundry receiving devices of a different design.

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A laundry stand which can be clamped between ceiling 1 and floor 2 has a central upright tube 3 with an outer tube 4 and with an inner tube 5 displaceable therein. The inner tube 5 is supported on the ceiling 1 via a compression spring 13. For bracing and locking the upright tube between the ceiling 1 and floor 2, there is a clamping lever 18 which is mounted on the outer tube 4 so as to be pivotable about an axis 20 extending transversely relative to the longitudinal axis of the upright tube 3 and which has, on its basic body 21 with a cylindrical outer face, some tooth-like projections 23 which come into engagement with tooth spaces 24 of a rack 19 attached to the inner tube 5, when the clamping lever 18 is rotated in the clockwise direction. The inner tube 5 is thereby pushed upwards, the compression spring 13 being compressed. In its end position, the clamping lever 18 catches in a blocking nose 28 of a resilient catch device 25. After the catch device has been released, the spring 13 presses the inner tube 5 downwards, with the result that the clamping lever 18 is pivoted and the tooth-like projections 23 come out of engagement. The inner tube 5 can then be pushed freely into the outer tube 4. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen zusammenlegbaren Wäscheständer entsprechend dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1, der zwischen der Decke und dem Fußboden von Räumen beliebiger Art, beispielsweise von Balkonen, eingespannt werden kann.The invention relates to a collapsible clothes horse according to the preamble of claim 1, which can be clamped between the ceiling and the floor of rooms of any type, for example balconies.

Nach der CH-A-500 320 ist eine Vorrichtung zum Trocknen von Wäsche mit einem Längsträger aus zwei teleskopartig ineinanderschiebbaren Rohren, die über eine Spannvorrichtung zwischen zwei einander gegenüberliegenden parallelen Wände zu verspannen sind. An dem Längsträger sind über zwei Querträger Wäscheleinen befestigt. Nachteilig ist insbesondere die nach dem Klemmscheibenprinzip arbeitende Spannvorrichtung; sie erfordert eine genaue Einhaltung von Fertigungstoleranzen und löst dennoch leicht bei Lastwechseln, wie sie durch Wind auftreten können. Der optimale Spannbereich ist zudem sehr eng.According to CH-A-500 320 is a device for drying laundry with a side member made of two telescopically telescopic tubes, which are to be clamped between two opposite parallel walls via a clamping device. Clotheslines are attached to the side member by two cross members. A particular disadvantage is the tensioning device working according to the clamping disc principle; it requires precise adherence to manufacturing tolerances and is still easy to solve in the event of load changes such as may occur due to wind. The optimal clamping range is also very narrow.

Das nicht vorveröffentlichte DE-G 90 17 683 offenbart einen Wäscheständer der gattungsgemäßen Art, bei dem zum Aufstellen desselben das Außenrohr auf den Fußboden aufgesetzt und das Innenrohr aus dem Außenrohr herausgezogen, bis es an der Decke anliegt. Dabei wird die axial wirkende Feder zusammengedrückt, so daß eine gewisse Spannkraft erzeugt wird. Dann werden die beiden Rohre durch eine Schraube zueinander fixiert. Die Spannkraft kann noch gesteigert werden, indem ein im Außenrohr schwenkbar gelagerter Fußhebel betätigt wird, der auf die Feder wirkt und diese zusammendrückt. Damit läßt sich zwar ein einwandfreies Einspannen des Wäscheständers erreichen, jedoch ist das Aufsteilen etwas umständlich, da das Innenrohr nach dem Herausziehen aus dem Außenrohr erst einmal gegenüber diesem fixiert werden muß und dann das Verspannen durch Betätigung des Fußhebels erfolgt.The unpublished DE-G 90 17 683 discloses a clothes horse of the generic type, in which the same can be set up the outer pipe is placed on the floor and the inner pipe is pulled out of the outer pipe until it lies against the ceiling. The axially acting spring is compressed so that a certain clamping force is generated. Then the two pipes are fixed to each other by a screw. The clamping force can be increased even further by actuating a foot lever which is pivotally mounted in the outer tube and which acts on the spring and compresses it. This allows a correct clamping of the clothes horse to be achieved, however, the division is somewhat cumbersome, since the inner tube must first be fixed with respect to this after being pulled out of the outer tube and then tightened by actuating the foot lever.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen Wäscheständer der gattungsgemäßen Art zu schaffen, dessen Aufstellung auf besonders einfache Weise vorgenommen werden kann.The invention has for its object to provide a clothes horse of the generic type, the installation can be carried out in a particularly simple manner.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß durch die im Kennzeichen des Anspruchs 1 angegebenen Merkmale gelöst.This object is achieved by the features specified in the characterizing part of claim 1.

Bei dem erfindungsgemäßen Vorschlag wird zum Aufstellen des Wäscheständers zwar wie beim Stand der Technik zunächst das Außenrohr auf den Fußboden aufgesetzt und das Innenrohr aus dem Außenrohr herausgezogen, bis es an der Decke anliegt. Dann jedoch ist es lediglich erforderlich, den Spannhebel zu schwenken, wodurch das Innenrohr nach oben verschoben wird und die Feder zusammendrückt, womit die nötige Einspannkraft erzeugt wird. Zum Abbau des Wäscheständers braucht nur die Rasteinrichtung betätigt werden, wodurch der Spannhebel freikommt und nun von dem durch die sich entspannende Feder nach unten bewegten Innenrohr verschwenkt wird und außer Eingriff mit seiner Gegenfläche kommt. Das Innenrohr kann nun ganz in das Außenrohr eingeschoben werden. Um die Betätigung zu erleichtern, ist es zweckmäßig, den Spannhebel und die Rasteinrichtung in Augen- oder Schulterhöhe des Benutzers vorzusehen.In the proposal according to the invention, to set up the clothes horse, the outer tube is first placed on the floor and the inner tube is pulled out of the outer tube until it lies against the ceiling, as in the prior art. Then, however, it is only necessary to pivot the clamping lever, whereby the inner tube is pushed upwards and compresses the spring, which generates the necessary clamping force. To dismantle the clothes horse, only the locking device needs to be actuated, which releases the tensioning lever and is now pivoted by the inner tube, which is moved downward by the relaxing spring, and disengages from its counter surface. The inner tube can now be fully inserted into the outer tube. In order to facilitate the operation, it is expedient to provide the tensioning lever and the locking device at eye or shoulder height of the user.

Vorzugsweise hat der Spannhebel einen Grundkörper, der über einen Teilbereich seines Umfanges mit zahnartigen Vorsprüngen versehen ist, während die Gegenfläche am Innenrohr von einer Zahnstange gebildet ist, in deren Zahnlücken die Vorsprünge des Spannhebels zum Verspannen des Standrohres zwischen Decke und Fußboden eingreifen. Nach dem vorher beschriebenen Freigeben des Spannhebels dreht die Zahnstange, die mit dem Innenrohr durch die Feder verschoben wird, durch ihr Zusammenwirken mit den zahnartigen Vorsprüngen den Spannhebel, bis die Vorsprünge außer Eingriff sind, worauf das Innenrohr frei an dem Spannhebel entlanggleiten kann.The tensioning lever preferably has a base body, which is provided with tooth-like projections over a partial area of its circumference, while the counter surface on the inner tube is formed by a toothed rack, in the tooth gaps of which the projections of the tensioning lever engage to clamp the standpipe between the ceiling and the floor. After the previously described release of the clamping lever, the toothed rack, which is displaced with the inner tube by the spring, rotates through its interaction with the tooth-like projections the tension lever until the projections are disengaged, whereupon the inner tube can slide freely along the tension lever.

Alternativ kann anstelle eines formschlüssigen Eingriffs zwischen dem Spannhebel und der am Innenrohr vorgesehenen Fläche ein kraftschlüssiger Eingriff vorgesehen sein, indem ein Spannhebel verwendet wird, der einen zylindrischen Grundkörper mit einer zur Schwenkachse exzentrischen Außenfläche aufweist, während die Gegenfläche am Innenrohr von einer ebenen Fläche gebildet ist, und wobei an dieser Fläche und/oder an der Außenfläche ein Reibbelag vorgesehen ist. Durch die exzentrische Lage der Außenfläche des Grundkörpers des Spannhebels kann der Spannhebel über einen bestimmten Winkelbereich in Eingriff und über einen anderen Winkelbereich außer Eingriff mit der Gegenfläche gebracht werden, so daß auch in diesem Fall einerseits ein Verschieben des Innenrohres nach außen zwecks Verspannen des Standrohres und andererseits ein Zurückführen des Innenrohres in das Außenrohr durchgeführt werden kann.Alternatively, instead of a positive engagement between the tensioning lever and the surface provided on the inner tube, a non-positive engagement can be provided by using a tensioning lever that has a cylindrical base body with an outer surface that is eccentric to the pivot axis, while the counter surface on the inner tube is formed by a flat surface , and wherein a friction lining is provided on this surface and / or on the outer surface. Due to the eccentric position of the outer surface of the base body of the tensioning lever, the tensioning lever can be brought into engagement over a certain angular range and out of engagement with the counter surface over a different angular range, so that in this case too, on the one hand, a shifting of the inner tube outward for the purpose of bracing the standpipe and on the other hand, the inner tube can be returned to the outer tube.

Vorzugsweise hat die Rasteinrichtung eine federnde Zunge, die am Ende der Spannbewegung des Spannhebels mit einer Nase eine Fläche des Spannhebels hintergreift und durch Eindrücken von dieser Fläche freikommt, so daß der Spannhebel, wie vorher beschrieben, durch die von der sich entspannenden Feder bewirkten Abwärtsbewegung des Innenrohres in seine inaktive Stellung verschwenkt werden kann. Zur Vereinfachung des Zusammenbaus können der Spannhebel und die Rasteinrichtung an einer mit dem Außenrohr verbundenen Hülse angebracht sein.Preferably, the latching device has a resilient tongue which, at the end of the tensioning movement of the tensioning lever, engages behind a surface of the tensioning lever with a nose and is released by being pressed in, so that the tensioning lever, as described previously, by the downward movement of the spring caused by the relaxing spring Inner tube can be pivoted into its inactive position. To simplify assembly, the clamping lever and the locking device can be attached to a sleeve connected to the outer tube.

Wenn die Aufnahmeeinrichtungen des Wäscheständers von einer Mehrzahl am Außenrohr angebrachten, zusammenklappbaren Armen gebildet sind, zwischen denen sich Wäscheleinen erstrecken, ist es vorteilhaft, die Arme unterhalb des Spannhebels und der Rasteinrichtung am Außenrohr anzubringen und die Hülse mit einer Haube zu versehen, welche die Arme im zusammengeklappten Zustand abdeckt.If the holding devices of the clothes rack are formed by a plurality of foldable arms attached to the outer tube, between which washing lines extend, it is advantageous to attach the arms below the tensioning lever and the latching device to the outer tube and to provide the sleeve with a hood which covers the arms covers when folded.

Um zu erreichen, daß ein sicheres Einspannen des Standrohres auch dann erreicht werden kann, wenn Decke und der Fußboden nicht genau parallel zueinander liegen, können die freien Enden des Innen- und des Außenrohres mit Stützplatten versehen sein, die schwenkbeweglich in an den Enden angebrachten Aufnahmeteilen eingeklipst sind und an ihren mit der Decke bzw. mit dem Fußboden zusammenwirkenden Flächen einen Reibbelag aufweisen. Dadurch können sich die Stützplatten selbsttätig der Lage des Fußbodens und der Decke anpassen. Um auf einfache Weise ein Drehen des Wäscheständers zu ermöglichen und damit das Aufhängen der Wäsche zu erleichtern, können die Stützplatten über ballige Flächen mit senkrecht zur Längsachse des Standrohres verlaufende ebene Flächen der Aufnahmeteile zusammenwirken.In order to ensure that the standpipe can be securely clamped even when the ceiling and the floor are not exactly parallel to one another, the free ends of the inner and outer pipes can be provided with support plates which can pivot in receptacles attached to the ends are clipped in and have a friction lining on their surfaces interacting with the ceiling or with the floor. This allows the support plates to adapt automatically to the position of the floor and ceiling. In order to enable the clothes horse to be rotated in a simple manner and thus to make it easier to hang up the laundry, the support plates can interact via spherical surfaces with flat surfaces of the receiving parts that run perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the standpipe.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung wird im folgenden unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnungen beschrieben. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
einen Wäscheständer vor dem Einspannen zwischen Decke und Fußboden eines Balkons od.dgl.,
Fig. 2
den Wäscheständer von Fig. 1 im eingespannten Zustand,
Fig. 3
die Spann- und Arretiervorrichtung in der Stellung von Fig. 1 in größerem Maßstab,
Fig. 4
die Spann- und Arretiervorrichtung von Fig. 2 in größerem Maßstab, und
Fig. 5
eine Abwandlung der Spann- und Arretiervorrichtung.
An embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to the drawings. Show it:
Fig. 1
a drying rack between the blanket and Floor of a balcony or the like,
Fig. 2
1 in the clamped state,
Fig. 3
the clamping and locking device in the position of Fig. 1 on a larger scale,
Fig. 4
the clamping and locking device of Fig. 2 on a larger scale, and
Fig. 5
a modification of the tensioning and locking device.

Der in Fig. 1 und 2 dargestellte Wäscheständer ist zum Einspannen zwischen der Decke 1 und dem Fußboden 2 beispielsweise eines Balkons bestimmt und er weist ein Standrohr 3 auf, das aus einem Außenrohr 4 und einem darin verschiebbaren Innenrohr 5 besteht, die jeweils über Stützplatten 6 bzw. 7 mit reibungserhöhenden Auflagen 6a bzw. 7a am Fußboden 2 bzw. an der Decke 1 anliegen. Zur Aufnahme der Stützplatte 6 ist in das untere Ende des Außenrohres 4 ein Aufnahmekörper 8 eingesetzt, der eine nach unten ragende zylindrische Wand 9 oder entsprechende einzelne Stege aufweist, in welche die Stützplatte 6 mit einem rohrartigem Vorsprung 10 schwenkbeweglich eingeklipst werden kann. Die obere Stützplatte 7 ist in gleicher Weise in einen entsprechenden Aufnahmekörper 11 eingeklipst, der jedoch seinerseits nicht direkt in das obere Ende des Innenrohres 5 eingesetzt, sondern in einem zylindrischen Körper 12 geführt ist, der in das obere Ende des Innerohres 5 eingeführt und dort befestigt ist. Zwischen den Teilen 11 und 12 ist eine Druckfeder 13 angeordnet, die bestrebt ist, das Aufnahmeteil 11 mit der Stützplatte 7 relativ zum Innenrohr 5 nach außen zu drücken. Durch die schwenkbewegliche Aufnahme der Stützplatten läßt sich das Standrohr 3 auch dann sicher festspannen, wenn Decke 1 und Fußboden 2 nicht genau parallel zueinander verlaufen.1 and 2 is intended for clamping between the ceiling 1 and the floor 2, for example of a balcony, and it has a standpipe 3 which consists of an outer tube 4 and an inner tube 5 which can be displaced therein, each of which has support plates 6 or 7 with friction-increasing pads 6a or 7a on the floor 2 or on the ceiling 1. For receiving the support plate 6, a receiving body 8 is inserted into the lower end of the outer tube 4, which has a downwardly projecting cylindrical wall 9 or corresponding individual webs into which the support plate 6 can be clipped in a pivotable manner with a tubular projection 10. The upper support plate 7 is clipped in the same way into a corresponding receiving body 11, which, however, in turn is not inserted directly into the upper end of the inner tube 5, but is guided in a cylindrical body 12 which is inserted into the upper end of the inner tube 5 and fastened there is. Between the parts 11 and 12, a compression spring 13 is arranged, which strives to press the receiving part 11 with the support plate 7 relative to the inner tube 5 to the outside. Thanks to the swiveling mount the support plates, the standpipe 3 can also be securely clamped when the ceiling 1 and floor 2 are not exactly parallel to one another.

Der Wäscheständer weist im Ausführungsbeispiel eine sog. Wäschespinne auf, die aus Tragarmen 14 und Stützarmen 15 besteht. Die Tragarme 14 sind schwenkbar an einer auf dem Außenrohr 4 festlegbaren Schiebehülse 16 angebracht und die Stützarme 15 sind schwenkbar einerseits an einer zweiten, ebenfalls auf dem Außenrohr 4 festlegbaren Schiebehülse 17 und andererseits etwa in der Mitte der Tragarme 14 an diesen angelenkt. Zwischen den Tragarmen erstrecken sich Wäscheleinen, die der übersichtlichkeit halber nicht dargestellt sind. Durch Verschieben der Schiebehülse 16 nach oben werden die Tragarme 14 ausgeklappt und die Wäscheleinen gespannt.In the exemplary embodiment, the clothes horse has a so-called laundry spider, which consists of support arms 14 and support arms 15. The support arms 14 are pivotally attached to a sliding sleeve 16 which can be fixed on the outer tube 4, and the support arms 15 are pivotably articulated on the one hand on a second sliding sleeve 17 which can also be fixed on the outer tube 4 and on the other hand approximately in the middle of the supporting arms 14. Between the support arms there are clothes lines, which are not shown for the sake of clarity. By moving the sliding sleeve 16 upwards, the support arms 14 are folded out and the clotheslines are stretched.

Zum Verspannen des Standrohres 3 zwischen der Decke 1 und dem Fußboden 2 dient eine Spann- und Arretiervorrichtung, die einen Spannhebel 18 aufweist, der an einer mit dem Außenrohr 4 fest verbundenen Hülse 4a angebracht ist und mit einer am Innenrohr 5 vorgesehenen, parallel zur Längsachse des Standrohres 3 verlaufenden Gegenfläche 19 zusammenwirken kann.. Der Spannhebel 18 ist um eine quer zur Längsachse des Standrohres 3 verlaufende Achse 20 schwenkbar und er weist einen zylindrischen Grundkörper 21 auf, der mit einem Handhebel 22 versehen ist und an seiner zylindrischen Außenfläche im Ausführungsbeispiel zwei zahnartige Vorsprünge 23 aufweist. Die Gegenfläche 19 am Innenrohr 5 ist nach Art einer Zahnstange ausgebildet, weist also Zahnlücken 24 auf, in welche die zahnartigen Vorsprünge 23 des Spannhebels 18 eingreifen können. In der in Fig. 1 dargestellten Stellung des Spannhebels 18 sind die zahnartigen Vorsprünge 23 außer Eingriff mit den Zahnlücken 24, so daß das Innenrohr 5 gegenüber dem Außenrohr 4 frei verschiebbar ist.For tensioning the standpipe 3 between the ceiling 1 and the floor 2, a tensioning and locking device is used, which has a tensioning lever 18 which is attached to a sleeve 4a which is fixedly connected to the outer tube 4 and which is provided on the inner tube 5, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the standpipe 3 extending counter surface 19 can cooperate .. The tensioning lever 18 is pivotable about an axis 20 extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the standpipe 3 and it has a cylindrical base body 21 which is provided with a hand lever 22 and two on its cylindrical outer surface in the exemplary embodiment has tooth-like projections 23. The counter surface 19 on the inner tube 5 is after Formed like a rack, so has tooth gaps 24, in which the tooth-like projections 23 of the clamping lever 18 can engage. In the position of the tensioning lever 18 shown in FIG. 1, the tooth-like projections 23 are out of engagement with the tooth gaps 24, so that the inner tube 5 is freely displaceable relative to the outer tube 4.

Zum Aufstellen des Wäscheständers wird das Außenrohr 4 mit seiner Stützplatte 6 auf den Fußboden 2 aufgesetzt und das Innenrohr 5 nach oben geschoben, bis dessen Stützplatte 7 an der Decke 1 anliegt. Dann wird der Spannhebel 18 im Uhrzeigersinn geschwenkt, wodurch die zahnartigen Vorsprünge 23 mit den Zahnlücken 24 der Zahnstange 19 in Eingriff kommen und das Innenrohr 5 unter Zusammendrückung der Druckfeder 13 nach oben schieben, bis das Standrohr 3 fest zwischen Decke 1 und Fußboden 2 eingespannt ist. Diese Stellung ist in Fig. 2 dargestellt. Um den Spannhebel 18 und damit das Innenrohr 5 in dieser Stellung zu arretieren, ist eine Rasteinrichtung 25 vorgesehen, die an der Hülse 4a angebracht ist und eine federnde Zunge 26 mit einer Handhabe 27 aufweist, dessen Nase 28 in der Arretierstellung gemäß Fig. 2 und 4 eine Fläche 29 am Spannhebel 18 hintergreift. Wird die Handhabe 25 in Fig. 4 eingedrückt, so schwenkt sie aufgrund der Flexibilität des federnden Steges 26 nach unten, wodurch die Nase 28 von der Fläche 29 freikommt und der Spannhebel 18 in die in Fig. 1 und 3 gezeigte Stellung verschwenkt werden kann. Diese Verschwenkung erfolgt, wie vorher beschrieben, dadurch, daß sich die Druckfeder 13 nun entspannen kann und das Innenrohr 5 nach unten schiebt, wobei durch den Eingriff der zahnartigen Vorsprünge 23 in die Zahnlücken 24 der Spannhebel 18 in Fig. 2 und 4 entgegen dem Uhrzeigersinn verschwenkt wird. Nun liegt der Zahnstange 19 nur die glatte Außenfläche des zylindrischen Grundkörpers 21 gegenüber, so daß das Innenrohr 5 ohne Behinderung in das Außenrohr 4 eingeschoben werden kann.To set up the clothes horse, the outer tube 4 with its support plate 6 is placed on the floor 2 and the inner tube 5 is pushed upwards until its support plate 7 rests on the ceiling 1. Then the clamping lever 18 is pivoted clockwise, whereby the tooth-like projections 23 come into engagement with the tooth gaps 24 of the rack 19 and push the inner tube 5 upwards, compressing the compression spring 13, until the standpipe 3 is firmly clamped between the ceiling 1 and the floor 2 . This position is shown in Fig. 2. In order to lock the tensioning lever 18 and thus the inner tube 5 in this position, a latching device 25 is provided, which is attached to the sleeve 4a and has a resilient tongue 26 with a handle 27, the nose 28 of which in the locking position according to FIGS 4 engages behind a surface 29 on the clamping lever 18. If the handle 25 is pressed in in FIG. 4, it pivots downward due to the flexibility of the resilient web 26, as a result of which the nose 28 is released from the surface 29 and the tensioning lever 18 can be pivoted into the position shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. This pivoting takes place, as previously described, in that the compression spring 13 can now relax and push the inner tube 5 down, whereby by the engagement of the tooth-like projections 23 in the tooth gaps 24 of the clamping levers 18 in FIGS. 2 and 4 is pivoted counterclockwise. Now the rack 19 is only opposite the smooth outer surface of the cylindrical base body 21, so that the inner tube 5 can be inserted into the outer tube 4 without hindrance.

Der Spannhebel 18 ist am Außenrohr 4 bzw. an der mit diesem verbundenen Hülse 4a etwa in Augen- oder Schulterhöhe des Benutzers angebracht, um die Betätigung zu erleichtern. Zusätzlich kann die Handhabe 27 der Rasteinrichtung 25 mit einer farbigen Markierung 30 versehen sein.The tensioning lever 18 is attached to the outer tube 4 or to the sleeve 4a connected to it at about the eye or shoulder height of the user in order to facilitate the operation. In addition, the handle 27 of the latching device 25 can be provided with a colored marking 30.

Um die Wäschespinne im zusammengeklappten Zustand in gewissem Maße gegen Regen zu schützen, ist an der Hülse 4a eine Abdeckhaube 31 angebracht.In order to protect the laundry spider to a certain extent against rain when folded, a cover 31 is attached to the sleeve 4a.

Wie vorher erwähnt, sind die Stützplatten 6 und 7, über die sich das Außenrohr 4 und das Innenrohr 5 am Fußboden 2 bzw. an der Decke 1 abstützen, schwenkbar aufgenommen. Um auf einfache Weise ein Drehen des Wäschständers zu ermöglichen und dadurch das Aufhängen der Wäsche zu erleichtern, sind die Stützplatten 6 und 7 in der Mitte mit einer balligen Ausprägung 32 versehen, auf der sich die ebene, senkrecht zur Längsachse des Standrohres 3 verlaufende Endfläche 8a bzw. 11a des Aufnahmeteils 8 bzw. 11 abstützt.As previously mentioned, the support plates 6 and 7, by means of which the outer tube 4 and the inner tube 5 are supported on the floor 2 or on the ceiling 1, are pivotably received. In order to enable a simple rotation of the laundry rack and thereby to facilitate hanging the laundry, the support plates 6 and 7 are provided in the middle with a spherical shape 32 on which the flat end surface 8a extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the standpipe 3 or 11a of the receiving part 8 or 11 supports.

Bei der Abwandlung gem. Fig. 5 ist anstelle des formschlüssigen Eingriffs zwischen dem Spannhebel 18 und der Gegenfläche 19 beim Ausführungsbeispiel gem. Fig. 1 bis 4 ein kraftschlüssiger Eingriff vorgesehen. Zu diesem Zweck ist die zylindrische Außenfläche 33 des Grundkörpers 21' des Spannhebels 18' nicht mit zahnartigen Vorsprüngen versehen, sondern glatt, jedoch exzentrisch zur Schwenkachse 20, und die am Innenrohr 5 vorgesehene Gegenfläche 19' ist nicht zahstangenartig ausgebildet, sondern in Form einer ebenen Fläche, die mit der Außenfläche 33 zusammenwirken kann. In Fig. 5 ist der Spannhebel 18'in der Stellung eingezeichnet, die der Stellung des Spannhebels 18 in Fig. 1 entspricht und in welcher das Innenrohr 5 frei gegenüber dem Außenrohr 4 verschoben werden kann. Nach dem Herausschieben des Innenrohres 5 bis zur Anlage seiner Stützplatte an der Decke wird der Spannhebel 18'im Unrzeigersinn gedreht, wodurch das Innenrohr 5 unter Zusammendrückung der Druckfeder 13 von Fig. 1 nach oben geschoben wird. Zur Sicherstellung der hierfür erforderlichen reibschlüssigen Verbindung zwischen der Außenfläche 33 und der ebenen Fläche 19' ist auf der Außenfläche des Grundkörpers 21' eine elastische und reibungserhöhende Auflage 34 angebracht. Eine entsprechende Auflage könnte naturgemäß auch auf der Fläche 19' vorgesehen werden. Die Exzentrizität der Außenfläche 33'ist in der Zeichnung aus Gründen der Anschaulichkeit erheblich vergrößert dargestellt. Ansonsten entspricht die Abwandlung der Fig. 5 der Ausführung gem. den Fig. 1 bis 4.In the modification acc. Fig. 5 is instead of the positive engagement between the clamping lever 18 and the counter surface 19 in the embodiment according. 1 to 4 a positive engagement is provided. For this purpose, the cylindrical outer surface 33 of the base body 21 'of the clamping lever 18' is not provided with tooth-like projections, but smooth, but eccentric to the pivot axis 20, and the counter surface 19 'provided on the inner tube 5 is not designed like a rack, but in the form of a flat one Surface that can cooperate with the outer surface 33. In FIG. 5, the tensioning lever 18 ′ is drawn in the position that corresponds to the position of the tensioning lever 18 in FIG. 1 and in which the inner tube 5 can be freely moved relative to the outer tube 4. After the inner tube 5 has been pushed out until its support plate rests against the ceiling, the tensioning lever 18 ′ is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, as a result of which the inner tube 5 is pushed upward by compressing the compression spring 13 from FIG. 1. To ensure the necessary frictional connection between the outer surface 33 and the flat surface 19 ', an elastic and friction-increasing support 34 is attached to the outer surface of the base body 21'. A corresponding support could of course also be provided on surface 19 '. The eccentricity of the outer surface 33 'is shown considerably enlarged in the drawing for reasons of clarity. Otherwise, the modification of FIG. 5 corresponds to the embodiment according to FIG. 1 to 4.

Selbstverständlich sind weitere Abwandlungen des dargestellten Ausführungsbeispieles möglich, ohne den Rahmen der Erfindung zu verlassen. So kann die Druckfeder 13 auch am unteren Ende des Standrohres 3, also zwischen Außenrohr 4 und Stützplatte 6, vorgesehen werden, und die von den Armen 14 und 15 gebildete Wäschespinne kann durch anders ausgebildete, bekannte Wäscheaufnahmeeinrichtungen ersetzt werden.Of course, further modifications of the illustrated embodiment are possible without leaving the scope of the invention. Thus, the compression spring 13 can also be provided at the lower end of the standpipe 3, that is to say between the outer tube 4 and the support plate 6, and the laundry spider formed by the arms 14 and 15 can be replaced by other known laundry receiving devices of a different design.

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  1. Collapsible laundry stand which can be braced between the ceiling (1) and the floor (2), having a central standing tube (3) on which laundry receiving devices (14, 15) are mounted and which has an outer tube (4, 4a) and an inner tube (5) which can be displaced therein, which tubes can be fixed relative to one another, the outer tube (4) bearing a tensioning lever (18) with a basic body (21), said tensioning lever being pivotable relative to an axis (20) extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the standing tube (3), characterized in that at least one tube (5) is connected at its free end via an axially acting spring (13) to a supporting body (7) which is supported on the ceiling (1) or on the floor (2), in that the basic body (21) is provided with teeth-like projections (23) over a partial region of its circumference, and in that the basic body (21) can be brought, by pivoting, into or out of engagement with a toothed rack (19), which is provided on the inner tube (5) and extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the standing tube (3), by means of the projections (23) engaging in the interstices (24) of said toothed rack, for bracing the standing tube (3) between the ceiling and the floor, and in that a releasable catch device (25) is provided for fixing the tensioning lever (18) in the engagement position.
  2. Laundry stand according to Claim 1, characterized in that the basic body (21) with tooth-like projections (23) is replaced by a cylindrical basic body (21) with an outer surface (33) eccentric to the pivot axis (20) and the toothed rack (19) is replaced by a flat counter-surface (19'), a friction coating (34) being provided on said counter-surface (19') and/or on the outer surface (33).
  3. Laundry stand according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the tensioning lever (18 or 18') and the catch device (25) are provided approximately at eye-level and shoulder-height on the outer tube (4, 4a).
  4. Laundry stand according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the catch device (25) has a resilient tongue (26) which engages with a lug (28) behind a surface (29) of the tensioning lever (18 or 18') at the end of the tensioning movement of the tensioning lever and is freed from this surface by being pressed in.
  5. Laundry stand according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the tensioning lever (18 or 18') and the catch device (25) are mounted on a sleeve (4a) connected to the outer tube (4).
  6. Laundry stand according to Claim 5, whose laundry receiving devices are formed by a plurality of collapsible arms (14, 15) which are mounted on the outer tube (4) and between which washing lines extend, characterized in that the arms (14, 15) are mounted on the outer tube (4) below the tensioning lever (18 or 18') and the catch device (25), and in that the sleeve (4a) is provided with a hood (31) to cover the arms (14, 15) in the collapsed state.
  7. Laundry stand according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the free ends of the outer and inner tube (4 and 5) are provided with supporting plates (6 and 7) which are clipped so as to be pivotable in receiving parts (8 and 11, 12) mounted at the ends of the tubes and have a friction coating (6a and 7a) on their surfaces which interact with the floor (2) and with the ceiling (1).
  8. Laundry stand according to Claim 7, characterized in that the supporting plates (6, 7) interact via ball-like surfaces (32) with flat surfaces (8a and 11a) of the receiving parts extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the standing tube (3).
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