EP0611030A1 - Trockner - Google Patents

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EP0611030A1
EP0611030A1 EP94300097A EP94300097A EP0611030A1 EP 0611030 A1 EP0611030 A1 EP 0611030A1 EP 94300097 A EP94300097 A EP 94300097A EP 94300097 A EP94300097 A EP 94300097A EP 0611030 A1 EP0611030 A1 EP 0611030A1
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airer
line
cleat
shank
arms
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Andrew Robert Hawksworth
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Beldray Ltd
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Beldray Ltd
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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
    • D06F57/00—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired 
    • D06F57/02—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired  mounted on pillars, e.g. rotatably
    • D06F57/04—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired  mounted on pillars, e.g. rotatably and having radial arms, e.g. collapsible

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  • This invention relates to airers and driers for clothes and the like which have been washed.
  • a well known type of airer to which the invention relates comprises a plurality of arms which support a clothes line extending in a plurality of parallel paths between the arms.
  • the arms may be radial, extending outwardly from a central pole and in this case it is convenient to use a single length of line wound from arm to arm.
  • the line may extend as a series of triangles of successively larger size, or the line may form the equivalent of a spiral passing from a point on one arm to a point at a slightly larger radial distance from the pole on the next arm and so on, although the spiral is made of a series of angularly related straight line portions rather than being a continuous arc.
  • the line must support the weight of wet washing, but the line tension must not be high since it is usual to make the arms to fold or collapse to a bundle for storage, and too much tension may make the airer difficult to erect. Often the line is tied to one of the arms at one point in each triangle or like shape and is merely engaged with the other arms.
  • an airer comprises a plurality of arms each provided with a plurality of cleats for engaging a washing line portion, and is characterised in that the cleats are engaged in holes in the arms.
  • the cleats are snap-engaged or are a push-fit i.e. frictionally engaged in the arms, without needing any separate attachment means. Hence the riveting step which was necessary in the prior art is avoided.
  • the cleat of the invention may be a plastics moulding and a material of suitable slight deformability and or resilience is preferred so as to provide secure anchorage of the cleats either by friction as a push-fit or by snap-engagement where a head or projection from the cleat is deformed during assembly and recovers to hold the cleat in position.
  • each cleat comprises a peg suitably dimensioned to pass through the aligned apertures with a head or projection at one end and a line receiving notch at the other end, these two ends lying adjacent opposite sides of the arm.
  • the line engaging part of the cleat may have only a single notch or recess to receive the line, a plurality of such notches or a notch or notches dimensioned to accept more than one run of the line. Where a plurality is provided, these may open in opposite directions , or be side-by-side , and in the latter case a greater length of peg will be necessary.
  • the notches may be shaped to grip by line deformation rather than notch deformation.
  • a tubular metal arm 10 is pierced diametrically with a pair of holes of suitable cross section to accommodate cleat 12.
  • the cleat is a plastics moulding comprising a shank portion 14, a head 16 and a line engaging end 18.
  • the shank 14 may be non-circular and the holes in the tube likewise so that rotation of the cleat is prevented.
  • the purpose of the head 16, is simply to control the axial position.
  • Figure 1 of the drawing does not illustrate any means for preventing withdrawal of the cleat from the arm, because in this instance the shank is intended to be a push-fit i.e. a friction fit in the holes.
  • a suitable radial projection from the shank may be provided to be deformed and deflected in movement of the shank to the illustrated position and so as to lie within the tube or alternatively on the outer face of the tube at the line engaging end for the purposes of fixing the axial position.
  • the end 18 is provided with the notch comprising channel 20 opening laterally of the shank to receive the line, and the recess has a narrow throat 22 so that the end portion 24 is flexed outwardly to widen the throat to allow the line to enter.
  • the line is the same diameter as the larger portion 26 of the recess, the line will be firmly gripped by the cleat when the pressure causing the flexing is released.
  • the shank may be extended to provide more than one notch to accommodate more than one portion of line, or these may possibly be angularly related for example open to opposite lateral edges of the shank using notches of smaller dimension than that illustrated, without needing a longer shank.
  • the shank 114 is of pear shape in cross-section, and has an elongated slot 28 which may narrow as the shank is pushed into position and recover to hold the cleat firmly.
  • the shank also has transverse ridges 30 on one or both edges which will be located in the arm and also help hold it in place.
  • the line accommodating notch 120 is in this instance a slot 32 extending lengthwise of the shank opening through a lateral jaw portion between faces 34, 35.
  • the dotted line circle 38 shows the line position and indicates a shallow recess opposite the jaw. It will be seen that the line is inserted in the notch by a lateral movement which flexes the shanks at the thinnest zone 40, allowing the jaw faces to separate. When they recover due to the elasticity of the material, the line is gripped at 3 more or less equi-spaced zones represented by the reference numerals 34, 36, 40.
  • the grip may be light, allowing the line tension to be adjusted by the line being pulled through the notch.
  • more than one line portion may be accommodated with greater line deformation by displacing a first line part from the dotted line position further along the narrow slot portion 32, leaving the dotted line area free for a second line portion. The first one will be more tightly gripped than the second.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Footwear And Its Accessory, Manufacturing Method And Apparatuses (AREA)
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EP94300097A 1993-02-05 1994-01-07 Trockner Withdrawn EP0611030A1 (de)

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GB939302241A GB9302241D0 (en) 1993-02-05 1993-02-05 Airers
GB9302241 1993-02-05

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EP0611030A1 true EP0611030A1 (de) 1994-08-17

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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0831163A2 (de) * 1996-09-18 1998-03-25 LEIFHEIT Aktiengesellschaft Wäsche-Trocknungsgestell

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GB9400521D0 (en) * 1994-01-15 1994-03-09 Abru Aluminium Ltd A line guide

Citations (6)

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GB1266664A (de) * 1970-07-03 1972-03-15
DE2310452A1 (de) * 1973-03-02 1974-10-03 Leifheit Internat Guenter Leif Trockengestell fuer waesche
GB2009307A (en) * 1977-12-06 1979-06-13 Leifheit International A fastening member for supporting a line on a clothes drying structure
GB2233032A (en) * 1989-05-18 1991-01-02 Hills Industries Ltd Line securing fitting
EP0432110A2 (de) * 1989-12-07 1991-06-12 Fac Di Carenini S.R.L. Zusammenklappbarer Wäscheständer
GB2263633A (en) * 1992-01-24 1993-08-04 Hills Industries Ltd Clothes line

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GB1174935A (en) * 1966-12-10 1969-12-17 Kingsmere Engineering Ltd Clothes Driers

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1266664A (de) * 1970-07-03 1972-03-15
DE2310452A1 (de) * 1973-03-02 1974-10-03 Leifheit Internat Guenter Leif Trockengestell fuer waesche
GB2009307A (en) * 1977-12-06 1979-06-13 Leifheit International A fastening member for supporting a line on a clothes drying structure
GB2233032A (en) * 1989-05-18 1991-01-02 Hills Industries Ltd Line securing fitting
EP0432110A2 (de) * 1989-12-07 1991-06-12 Fac Di Carenini S.R.L. Zusammenklappbarer Wäscheständer
GB2263633A (en) * 1992-01-24 1993-08-04 Hills Industries Ltd Clothes line

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0831163A2 (de) * 1996-09-18 1998-03-25 LEIFHEIT Aktiengesellschaft Wäsche-Trocknungsgestell
EP0831163A3 (de) * 1996-09-18 1998-11-18 LEIFHEIT Aktiengesellschaft Wäsche-Trocknungsgestell

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GB2276079A (en) 1994-09-21
GB9400202D0 (en) 1994-03-02
GB9302241D0 (en) 1993-03-24

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