EP0663465A1 - Améliorations dans les séchoirs à linge - Google Patents

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EP0663465A1
EP0663465A1 EP95300224A EP95300224A EP0663465A1 EP 0663465 A1 EP0663465 A1 EP 0663465A1 EP 95300224 A EP95300224 A EP 95300224A EP 95300224 A EP95300224 A EP 95300224A EP 0663465 A1 EP0663465 A1 EP 0663465A1
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line guide
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David P. Oliver
Mark Redsell
Stephen J. Bassett
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Abru Aluminium 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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  • the present invention relates generally to clothes driers or airers, and particularly (but not exclusively) to driers of the type comprising a rigid support structure having arms or other supports spanned by one or a plurality of flexible lines.
  • the present invention finds particular utility in connection with a clothes drier or airer of the type comprising a central upstanding column from which projects a plurality of generally radially extending arms between which a line or plurality of lines are suspended.
  • the present invention may also be employed, however, in connection with other forms of driers or airers, particularly those having separate supports attached or attachable to the walls of a room, or suspended from the ceiling, and between which one or a plurality of lines may be attached.
  • rotary driers suffer from the disadvantage that, because for space reasons they are usually made collapsible by attaching the radially inner ends of the main arms to a slidable sleeve surrounding the column, when the assembly is collapsed the lines between the arms move between a relatively taut and a totally relaxed state (which they adopt when the arms are collapsed and folded alongside the column, the taut state being adopted when the arms are positioned in the radially-extending working position).
  • the weight of wet clothing suspended from the lines and the variation between moist and dry conditions, can result in stretching of the lines causing individual line sections to become slack even when the drier or airer is in its erected condition.
  • the present invention seeks, therefore, to provide a line guide which whilst providing a support and guidance for a flexible line on a fixer support such as the radial arm of a clothes drier or airer, will also allow the line to be secured against longitudinal movement, or free to move longitudinally at will, and without requiring a complex structure or mechanism.
  • the present invention also seeks to provide a drier or airer suitable for clothes in which a line can be fitted and positioned quickly and easily, its tension adjusted without difficulty, and without requiring special tools or any great manipulative skills.
  • the present invention also seeks more generally to provide a line guide for a drier or airer of the type having two or more support arms spanned by adjacent flexible lines, in which the line guide is readily fixable to the arm or other support without requiring complex manipulation for orientation, and without requiring special equipment for attaching it to the arm or other support.
  • a line guide for an arm or other support of a drier or airer of the type having one or a plurality of flexible line sections spanning adjacent fixed arms or other supports comprising a body having an opening therein for receiving a line to be guided, and a fixing leg which can be passed through an opening in the said arm of the drier or airer, the fixing leg having means by which the said body may be retained in the said opening in the said arm or other support after having been introduced thereinto.
  • the said fixing leg has a resilient finger for retaining the leg in position on the arm.
  • the said resilient finger lies at an acute angle to the leg such as to be resiliently flexed towards the leg upon insertion of the leg into an opening in the support arm, the length of the finger and its position on the leg being such that it is carried entirely through the opening in the arm when the leg is fully inserted.
  • the finger springs out from a compressed or flexed position so as to engage the under surface of the arm and prevent withdrawal of the leg.
  • leg is provided with more than one finger of different length in order to make it suitable to be fitted in to material of different thicknesses, those fingers too long to spring out because they have not passed right through the thickness of the material being unused for retention purposes, but serving to locate the leg within the hole.
  • the resilient finger may be mounted on the leg in a position such so that it is carried entirely through the opening in the support arm only upon slight compression of the line guide body so that, after having sprung out from its stressed position, it retains the line guide securely in position on the arm or other support with substantially no or insignificant play.
  • Fitting of such line guides to a support arm can be achieved by applying a light impact to the body after it has been pressed into the opening to push the leg as far as it will travel without compression. The light impact then compresses the body moves the root of the leg further into the hole allowing the stressed finger to flex out, and then when the lightly compressed body returns to its original shape the finger is pressed (or rather pulled) against the under surface of the arm or other support so that the line guide is held securely in position against withdrawal.
  • the said opening in the body for receiving a line to be guided is, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, defined by line retainer means of the body.
  • the said line retainer means may comprise at least one cleat arm, and it is preferable that the said body comprises a stem portion from which project oppositely directed cleat arms.
  • the or each said cleat arm may have a tapered free end portion and a transverse projection defining, with the said body, a tapering entrance to a line housing recess (constituting the said opening in the body) in to which a line can be introduced laterally of its length .
  • the said line guide body may have more than one fixing leg (preferably two fixing legs) for introduction into respective openings in a support arm of a drier or airer. By providing two legs the line guide is held against rotation on the support arm.
  • Embodiments made having both two legs and two cleat arms are also effectively symmetrical so that they can be fitted in position in either of two orientations equally satisfactorily, simplifying the mounting operations.
  • the present invention also comprehends a drier or airer having one or a plurality of line guides as herein defined mounted on one or more arm or support.
  • the rotary drier shown comprises a central column generally indicated 11 comprising two telescopic components, namely an upper component 12 which fits telescopically into a lower component 13 which can be removably fitted into a socket 14 (shown in broken outline) in the ground.
  • a collar 15 which extends beyond the upper end of the column part 13 and has an axially split portion which can be clamped to the upper column portion 12 by a screw clamp operated by a hand wheel 16. Adjustment of the height of the column 11 can thus be readily achieved, and the column can be collapsed to a relatively short length for storage.
  • a cap 17 Mounted on the upper end of the upper column part 12 is a cap 17 having lugs 18 for receiving pivot pins 19. Typically there may be three or four pairs of lugs 18 at 120° or 90° from one another. Between adjacent pairs of lugs 18 fits an upper end of a stay 20 the lower end of which is pivoted at 21 to an intermediate point of a main support arm 22. Again, depending on the design of the drier there may be three or four main support arms 22.
  • the radially inner ends of the main support arms are pivotally mounted to respective pairs of lugs 23 by pivot pins 24, the lugs 23 projecting from a slidable sleeve 25 on the upper part 12 of the column 11.
  • the sleeve 25 has a lower part 26 with an axial slot and can be clamped, like the collar 15, by operation of a hand wheel 27 which tightens or slackens the split lower portion 26.
  • the sleeve 25 With the hand wheel 27 turned to slacken the split portion 26 the sleeve 25 can be raised to an upper extended position (which may be defined by an abutment (not shown) on the upper part 12 of the column 11) to move the arms 22 to their working position in which they are closest to a horizontal orientation (but inclined upwardly away from the column 11). The sleeve 25 may also be lowered (again by releasing the hand wheel 27) to a lower most or collapsed position in which the arms 22 lie parallel to the column 11.
  • an upper extended position which may be defined by an abutment (not shown) on the upper part 12 of the column 11
  • the sleeve 25 may also be lowered (again by releasing the hand wheel 27) to a lower most or collapsed position in which the arms 22 lie parallel to the column 11.
  • Each arm 22 is provided with a plurality of line guides 28.
  • three line guides on each arm 22 are illustrated although it will be appreciated that the number of line guides per arm may vary depending on the size and proportions of the drier 11.
  • FIG. 2 An individual line guide 28 is illustrated by way of example in Figure 2.
  • the arm 22 is shown as a box-section having an upper face 29 which is formed with two circular holes 30, 31 at an appropriate spacing.
  • the line guide 28 comprises a main base or body portion 33 having tapered end portions 34, 35 at opposite ends thereof. Upwardly from the base portion 35 project two cleat arms generally indicated 36, 37.
  • Each cleat arm 36, 37 comprises an upwardly projecting limb 38, 39, a laterally projecting limb 40, 41 lying generally parallel to the base 33.
  • Each lateral portion 40, 41 has a downwardly extending nose projection 42, 43 of triangular or tapered cross section with an inclined outer face 44, 45 and an inner face 46, 47 substantially at right angles to the general plane of the lateral limb 40, 41.
  • the inclined surfaces 44, 45 of the lateral projections 42, 43 form a tapering entrance with the inclined surfaces 34, 35 of the ends of the base 33 whilst the limbs 40, 41 form, with the upstanding portions 38, 39 and the cooperating parts of the base 33 an opening for receiving a line to be guided by the line guide 28.
  • the line-receiving openings are identified by the reference numerals 48, 49.
  • a line may be introduced into one or other of the line-receiving openings 48, 49 laterally by applying it to the inclined entrance defined by the surfaces 44, 34 or 45, 35 and the flexibility of the respective limbs 40, 41, together with the compressibility of the line allows it to enter the opening 48 or 49 respectively. Once in the opening the line returns to its normal dimensions and the arms 40 or 41 relax to their unstressed position closing the entrance to a dimension such that the line cannot now be displaced laterally therefrom.
  • a rotary drier or airer such as that illustrated in Figure 1, provided with three line guides 28 on each arm 22 may have several concentric lines or a single line threaded in a spiral arrangement with opposite ends of the line tied to the terminal line guide 28 in the manner of a cleat by passing the line entirely around the body two or three times and either tying a knot or overlapping the line such that it is clamped by another turn.
  • the line guides 28 are easily and quickly fitted to the arms 22 as follows: the base 33 has two downwardly projecting legs 50, 51 from the free ends of which project respective inclined fingers 52, 53 which terminate a short distance from the respective end portion of the base 33 by a distance slightly less than the thickness of the material from which the arm 22 is made.
  • the two elbow portions (that is at the junction between the fingers 52, 53 and the legs 50, 51) are introduced into the openings 30, 31 and pressed in until the lower surface of the base portion 33 contacts the face 29 of the arm 22.
  • a sharp tap or blow is then applied to the body of the line guide 28 to cause it to compress slightly, the face 29 of the arm 22 to flex slightly and allow the tips 52a. 53a of the fingers, 52, 53 to clear the holes 30, 31 and spring out to their normal relaxed position. In this condition the fingers 52, 53 hold the line guide 28 against removal.
  • the line guide 28 can be fitted with either leg 48, 49 in either hole 30, 31 thereby simplifying assembly.

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GB2361418A (en) * 1997-10-21 2001-10-24 Beldray Ltd Clothes drier
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GB2009307A (en) * 1977-12-06 1979-06-13 Leifheit International A fastening member for supporting a line on a clothes drying structure
GB2263633A (en) * 1992-01-24 1993-08-04 Hills Industries Ltd Clothes line

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DE1297407B (de) * 1966-05-10 1969-06-12 Siegas Metallwarenfab Vorrichtung zum Befestigen von Leinen, Draehten, Seilen od. dgl. an Oberflaechen beliebiger Gegenstaende
GB2009307A (en) * 1977-12-06 1979-06-13 Leifheit International A fastening member for supporting a line on a clothes drying structure
GB2263633A (en) * 1992-01-24 1993-08-04 Hills Industries Ltd Clothes line

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WO2010083565A1 (fr) * 2009-01-22 2010-07-29 Marjan Krnjaic Ancrage pour cordage ou autre

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