EP0860537A1 - Travel drier - Google Patents

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EP0860537A1
EP0860537A1 EP98420012A EP98420012A EP0860537A1 EP 0860537 A1 EP0860537 A1 EP 0860537A1 EP 98420012 A EP98420012 A EP 98420012A EP 98420012 A EP98420012 A EP 98420012A EP 0860537 A1 EP0860537 A1 EP 0860537A1
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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 
    • D06F57/12—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired  specially adapted for attachment to walls, ceilings, stoves, or other structures or objects

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  • the object of the present invention is to provide a portable drying rack on any smooth surface and occupying a small footprint allowing its transport in a suitcase.
  • the body of the drying rack can be fixed very easily by the suction cup on any smooth surface, such as bay window glass, bathroom tile, glass, glass cabinet, and, when it is no longer useful, be as easily removed, after actuation of the suction cup lever.
  • Figure 1 is a front view, in elevation
  • Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the suction cup.
  • This extension is composed of extension means A and a suction cup lever B.
  • this lever suction cup consists of a body 2 in the shape of a bell, comprising in its center a bearing 3 crossed by an axis square 4, one end of which is integral with a circular membrane 5, of larger diameter as the body 2, and the other end of which is linked by a pivot 6 to the yoke 7 of a actuating lever 8.
  • a return spring 9, interposed between the membrane 5 and the body 2, tends to move the membrane 5 away from the body 2.
  • the lever 8 is provided at its end coming to bear on the bearing 3, a cam profile 10 thanks to which its folding against the suction cup body communicates, to axis 4, a traction towards the outside and causes the deformation of the membrane 5 forming a suction cup.
  • the body 2 is also secured to a protuberance lateral 12 disposed substantially parallel to the lever 8 and extending substantially over the entire length of the body 2.
  • This protuberance is provided at one of its ends a bearing face 11 from which opens a threaded insert 13, embedded in the material synthetic constituting the body 2.
  • the longitudinal axis of the insert is substantially parallel to the membrane 5 of the suction cup.
  • this insert is screwed the threaded end of a vertical axis 14 on the body which are pivotally mounted annular bearings 15 formed at one end of substantially horizontal spreader bars 16.
  • finger 14 At its end protruding from the last spreader bar, finger 14 receives a stop means, represented here as being a head 17 secured to its free end, but which can also be a screwed nut on its threaded end.
  • this stop member also has the function of tightening the different bearings 15 against each other and against the bearing face 11, so immobilize them after the bars have been angularly spread and even set, for example so that two or three bars can support the same pullover.
  • the stop member must also make it possible to bring the bars, parallel to the to each other to reduce clutter and facilitate transportation.
  • This setting clamping force is obtained by screwing or unscrewing the axle if it has a head, as shown, or by playing on the stop nut.
  • the bearing faces of each bar coming into contact with those of the bearings of the other bars. are provided with radial ribs 20 forming radial anchoring notches. So the ribs and notches facing each other cooperate and oppose any unwanted pivoting of these bars.
  • the bearing face 11 can also be provided with ribs.

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Abstract

The clothes drier consists of a suction cup (2) with a membrane (5) and a lever (8). the body of the cup is equipped with a vertical projection (12) which receives a threaded rod (13) with its lengthwise axis parallel to the membrane. The threaded rod carries a number of horizontal bars (16) which can pivot relative to it and be set at different angles to one another so that washing can be suspended from them without touching. The pivoted ends of the bars are made with radial ribs so they can be locked relative to one another.

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Lors de voyage ou de vacances, il est bien souvent nécessaire de faire sécher des serviettes de bain, des vêtements et des sous vêtements provenant d'un nettoyage par lessivage et rinçage. De même, à la maison, il est bien souvent souhaitable de disposer d'un étendage supplémentaire pour permettre le séchage rapide d'un pull ou de sous vêtements ou pour compléter un étendage totalement utilisé par une précédente lessive non encore sèche.When traveling or on vacation, it is often necessary to do dry towels, clothing and underwear from a cleaning by leaching and rinsing. Similarly, at home, it is very often desirable to have an additional extension to allow rapid drying a sweater or underwear or to complete a drying rack totally used by a previous detergent not yet dry.

La solution la plus utilisée pour satisfaire à ce besoin met en oeuvre un cordon qui est tendu entre deux moyens d'accrochage existants. I,orsque ce type d'étendage est utilisé dans une chambre d'hôtel ou dans un lieu de passage temporaire. tel qu'un local de villégiature, sa position est bien souvent déterminée par celles des moyens d'accrochage existants, par exemple piton de tableau. poignée de fenêtre, de sorte que bien souvent l'étendage réduit l'espace de circulation dans le local. A cela, il faut ajouter qu'il dépare l'esthétique du local en étalant des vêtements dans un espace où il n'est pas d'usage de les voir.The most used solution to satisfy this need implements a cord which is stretched between two existing attachment means. I, when this guy is used in a hotel room or in a temporary place of passage. such as a resort, its position is very often determined by that of existing attachment means, for example switchboard. window handle, so that the clothes line often reduces the circulation space in the room. To that, he must add that it spoils the aesthetics of the room by spreading clothes in a space where it is not customary to see them.

La présente invention a pour objet de fournir un étendage portatif se fixant sur toute surface lisse et occupant un faible encombrement permettant son transport dans une valise.The object of the present invention is to provide a portable drying rack on any smooth surface and occupying a small footprint allowing its transport in a suitcase.

A cet effet, l'étendage de voyage selon l'invention est composé :

  • par une ventouse à levier dont le corps comporte une excroissance verticale avec face en bout plane de laquelle débouche un insert filcté. dont l'axe longitudinal est sensiblement parallèle à la membrane de la ventouse.
  • par des barres, horizontales d'étendage munies chacune à l'une de leurs extrémités, d'un palier annulaire,
  • et par un axe vertical dont l'extrémité filetée est vissée dans l'insert du corps de ventouse, et dont le corps traverse les paliers annulaircs superposés des barres. cet axe étant muni à son autre extrémité d'un moyen d'arrêt. plaquant les paliers les uns contre les autres, et contre la face en bout de l'excroissance. avec un effort de serrage réglable.
To this end, the travel drying system according to the invention is composed:
  • by a lever suction cup whose body has a vertical projection with a flat end face from which opens a threaded insert. the longitudinal axis of which is substantially parallel to the membrane of the suction cup.
  • by horizontal spreading bars each provided at one of their ends with an annular bearing,
  • and by a vertical axis whose threaded end is screwed into the insert of the suction cup body, and whose body passes through the annular bearings superimposed on the bars. this axis being provided at its other end with a stop means. pressing the bearings against each other, and against the end face of the protuberance. with adjustable clamping force.

Ainsi, le corps de l'étendage peut être fixé très aisément par la ventouse sur toute surface lisse, telle que vitre de baie vitrée, carreau de salle de bain, glace, vitre d'armoire, et, lorsqu'il n'est plus utile, être aussi aisément retiré, après actionnement du levier de la ventouse.Thus, the body of the drying rack can be fixed very easily by the suction cup on any smooth surface, such as bay window glass, bathroom tile, glass, glass cabinet, and, when it is no longer useful, be as easily removed, after actuation of the suction cup lever.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages ressortiront de la description qui suit en référence au dessin schématique annexé représentant, à titre d'exemple, une forme d'exécution de cet étendage. Other characteristics and advantages will emerge from the description which follows with reference to the appended schematic drawing representing, by way of example, a shape execution of this extension.

Figure 1 en est une vue de face, en élévation,Figure 1 is a front view, in elevation,

Figure 2 est une vue en coupe transversale de la ventouse.Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the suction cup.

Cet étendage est composé de moyens d'étendage A et d'une ventouse à levier B.This extension is composed of extension means A and a suction cup lever B.

Comme montré à la figure 2, cette ventouse à levier est composée d'un corps 2 en forme de cloche, comportant en son centre un palier 3 traversé par un axe carré 4, dont une extrémité est solidaire d'une membrane circulaire 5, de plus grand diamètre que le corps 2, et dont l'autre extrémité est liée par un pivot 6 à la chape 7 d'un levier d'actionnement 8. Un ressort de rappel 9, interposé entre la membrane 5 et le corps 2, tend à éloigner la membrane 5 du corps 2. Le levier 8 est muni, à son extrémité venant en appui sur le palier 3, d'un profil en came 10 grâce auquel son rabattement contre le corps de ventouse communique, à l'axe 4, une traction vers l'extérieur et provoque la déformation de la membrane 5 formant ventouse.As shown in Figure 2, this lever suction cup consists of a body 2 in the shape of a bell, comprising in its center a bearing 3 crossed by an axis square 4, one end of which is integral with a circular membrane 5, of larger diameter as the body 2, and the other end of which is linked by a pivot 6 to the yoke 7 of a actuating lever 8. A return spring 9, interposed between the membrane 5 and the body 2, tends to move the membrane 5 away from the body 2. The lever 8 is provided at its end coming to bear on the bearing 3, a cam profile 10 thanks to which its folding against the suction cup body communicates, to axis 4, a traction towards the outside and causes the deformation of the membrane 5 forming a suction cup.

Selon l'invention, le corps 2 est également solidaire d'une excroissance latérale 12 disposée sensiblement parallèlement au levier 8 et s'étendant sensiblement sur toute la longueur du corps 2. Cette excroissance est munie à l'une de ses extrémités d'une face d'appui 11 de laquelle débouche un insert fileté 13, noyé dans la matière synthétique constituant le corps 2. L'axe longitudinal de l'insert est sensiblement parallèle à la membrane 5 de la ventouse.According to the invention, the body 2 is also secured to a protuberance lateral 12 disposed substantially parallel to the lever 8 and extending substantially over the entire length of the body 2. This protuberance is provided at one of its ends a bearing face 11 from which opens a threaded insert 13, embedded in the material synthetic constituting the body 2. The longitudinal axis of the insert is substantially parallel to the membrane 5 of the suction cup.

Dans cet insert se visse l'extrémité filetée d'un axe vertical 14 sur le corps duquel sont montés à pivot des paliers annulaires 15 ménagés à l'une des extrémités de barres d'étendage 16 sensiblement horizontales. A son extrémité dépassant de la dernière barre d'étendage, le doigt 14 reçoit un moyen d'arrêt, représenté ici comme étant une tête 17 solidaire de son extrémité libre, mais pouvant aussi être un écrou vissé sur son extrémité filetée. En effet, cet organe d'arrêt a également pour fonction de serrer les différents paliers 15 les uns contre les autres et contre la face d'appui 11, de manière à les immobiliser après que les barres aient été écartées angulairement et voire même réglées, par exemple pour que deux ou trois barres puissent soutenir un même pull-over.In this insert is screwed the threaded end of a vertical axis 14 on the body which are pivotally mounted annular bearings 15 formed at one end of substantially horizontal spreader bars 16. At its end protruding from the last spreader bar, finger 14 receives a stop means, represented here as being a head 17 secured to its free end, but which can also be a screwed nut on its threaded end. Indeed, this stop member also has the function of tightening the different bearings 15 against each other and against the bearing face 11, so immobilize them after the bars have been angularly spread and even set, for example so that two or three bars can support the same pullover.

L'organe d'arrêt doit aussi permettre d'amener les barres, parallèlement les unes aux autres pour en réduire l'encombrement et en faciliter lc transport. Ce réglage de l'effort de serrage est obtenu en vissant ou dévissant l'axe si celui-ci comporte une tête, comme représenté, ou en jouant sur l'écrou d'arrêt.The stop member must also make it possible to bring the bars, parallel to the to each other to reduce clutter and facilitate transportation. This setting clamping force is obtained by screwing or unscrewing the axle if it has a head, as shown, or by playing on the stop nut.

Pour améliorer le calage angulaire des barres, les faces du palier dc chaque barre venant en contact avec celles des paliers des autres barres. sont munies de nervures radiales 20 formant des crans radiaux d'ancrage. Ainsi, les nervures et les crans en vis à vis coopèrent et s'opposent à tout pivotement non désiré de ces barres. La face d'appui 11 peut également être munie de nervures.To improve the angular setting of the bars, the bearing faces of each bar coming into contact with those of the bearings of the other bars. are provided with radial ribs 20 forming radial anchoring notches. So the ribs and notches facing each other cooperate and oppose any unwanted pivoting of these bars. The bearing face 11 can also be provided with ribs.

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Etendage de voyage, caractérisé en ce qu'il est composé : par une ventouse à levier dont le corps (2) comporte une excroissance verticale (12) avec face en bout plane (11) de laquelle débouche un insert fileté (13). dont l'axe longitudinal est sensiblement parallèle à la membrane (5) dc la ventouse. par des barres, horizontales (16) d'étendage munies chacune à l'une de leurs extrémités, d'un palier annulaire (15), et par un axe vertical (14) dont l'extrémité filetée est vissée dans l'insert (13) du corps de ventouse, et dont le corps traverse les paliers annulaires (15) superposés des barres, cet axe étant muni à son autre extrémité d'un moyen d'arrêt (17). plaquant les paliers les uns contre les autres, et contre la face en bout (11) de l'excroissance, avec un effort de serrage réglable. Travel drying rack, characterized in that it is composed: by a lever suction cup whose body (2) has a vertical projection (12) with a flat end face (11) from which opens a threaded insert (13). whose longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the membrane (5) dc the suction cup. by horizontal spreading bars (16) each provided at one of their ends with an annular bearing (15), and by a vertical axis (14) whose threaded end is screwed into the insert (13) of the suction cup body, and whose body passes through the annular bearings (15) superimposed on the bars, this axis being provided at its other end a stop means (17). pressing the bearings against each other, and against the end face (11) of the projection, with an adjustable clamping force. Etendage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chaque palier annulaire (15) comporte, en saillie de chacune de ses deux faces venant en contact avec celles des paliers des autres barres, des nervures radiales (20) formant des crans radiaux de calage.Clothes rack according to claim 1, characterized in that each bearing annular (15) comprises, projecting from each of its two faces coming into contact with those of the bearings of the other bars, radial ribs (20) forming radial notches setting.
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US1762628A (en) * 1929-05-27 1930-06-10 George T Hoyns Clothes-drying rack
GB866285A (en) * 1957-11-15 1961-04-26 Archibald Cuthill Wood Improvements in or relating to clothes drying racks
CH626934A5 (en) * 1978-03-07 1981-12-15 Hemarklaus Ag Clothes drier

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US1762628A (en) * 1929-05-27 1930-06-10 George T Hoyns Clothes-drying rack
GB866285A (en) * 1957-11-15 1961-04-26 Archibald Cuthill Wood Improvements in or relating to clothes drying racks
CH626934A5 (en) * 1978-03-07 1981-12-15 Hemarklaus Ag Clothes drier

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