EP1122353A1 - Faltbares Wäschegestell - Google Patents

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EP1122353A1
EP1122353A1 EP01300979A EP01300979A EP1122353A1 EP 1122353 A1 EP1122353 A1 EP 1122353A1 EP 01300979 A EP01300979 A EP 01300979A EP 01300979 A EP01300979 A EP 01300979A EP 1122353 A1 EP1122353 A1 EP 1122353A1
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folding rack
drier
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Simon Beasley
Huw Roberts
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Hills 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 
    • D06F57/08—Folding stands
    • 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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  • This invention relates to folding rack driers.
  • the aim of this invention is to provide one that can be either, according to choice, and moreover one that can offer more than just one configuration.
  • a folding rack drier comprising a base adapted to be both floor standing and wall mounted, a first frame pivoted at one end to the base and a second frame hinged at one end to the other end of the first frame and with its other end captively engageable with the base at a distance from the pivot axis of the first frame, the arrangement permitting different modes of use including:
  • each frame preferably comprise two parallel spars, these being spanned by spaced parallel bars on which the articles to dry will be hung.
  • These spars, and therefore the frames as a whole, may be curved so that in mode (ii) (b) they arc out beyond the base with their junction bearing against the wall below the base, and so that in mode (ii) (c) also the junction bears against the wall but with just the first frame arcing out beyond the base and with the second frame curving in a reverse sweep away from the wall and down to the floor.
  • the base conveniently includes two parallel elongate members, the two corners at said one end of the first frame being pivoted near one end of each member while the two corners at the other end of the second frame are engageable in tracks extending lengthwise of the base members and configured to guide those corners in transition between modes (ii) (a) and (ii) (b), and to locate those corners in modes (i) and (ii) (a).
  • the tracks can have circumventable abutments which provide the means for locating the corners at the other end of the second frame.
  • each track is in the side of a respective one of the base members, facing the other track which is of mirror image form, the corners at the other end of the second frame having lateral projections to engage in the tracks.
  • Each track may be generally L-shaped, the long arm extending from adjacent the pivot axis to near the other end of the base member, the short arm extending downwards in mode (i) or towards the wall in each of modes (ii) from the corner of the L, and the abutment being at the free end of the short arm.
  • Each short arm may have a branch of the track leading off upwardly in modes (ii) (a) and (b), and then turning towards the wall and downwardly to circumvent the abutment and to provide an escape for the associated lateral projection from the base member, thereby allowing attainment of mode (ii) (c).
  • the base preferably includes at least two rods spanning said elongate members, to make the base a third frame.
  • Each elongate member may comprise two moulded parts secured together, each rod end passing through one moulded part and being bent out of alignment with the main portion of the rod to seat in a recess of the other moulded part and to be trapped therein when the parts are mutually secured.
  • the drier has twin base members 1 each of generally wedge like form. They are parallel and spaced apart by two rods 2 which complete a frame-like base, and their inner faces present curved and stepped channels 3 to guide the folding and erection of frames carried by the base. These base members 1 will be described in more detail below.
  • a first frame 4 comprises curved parallel spars 5 spanned at regular intervals by parallel bars 6.
  • a second, slightly smaller frame 7 is similar, having curved spars 8 and transverse bars 9.
  • the frame 4 is pivoted at its corners at one end to the narrow ends of the base members 1.
  • the end bar 6A may be longer than the others and extend beyond the spars 5 to engage in sockets 10 provided by the bases. It thus forms a pivot.
  • the other ends of the spars 5 have hinged connections 11 to first ends of the spars 8 of the frame 7. Instead of the hinges 11 illustrated, one of the adjacent end bars 6 or 9 could be lengthened beyond their spars 5 or 8 to engage in sockets provided by the spars 8 or 5 of the other frame.
  • the frame 4 that is slightly wider than the frame 7 so that an extended bar 9 of that frame 7 would form a hinge pin.
  • the other, second ends of the spars 8 have out-turned fingers 12 that will engage in the channels 3.
  • the frames are arranged so that, when they are hinged together and pivoted against the base, they are convex away from the base.
  • Figures 1 and 3 show the drier in floor standing mode, with the base flat on the floor, the frame 4 raised to arc back over and slightly beyond the base, and the frame 7 in a supporting role, hinged so that its fingers 12 engage in the channels 3 near their mouths at the larger ends of the base members 1.
  • Figure 3 also shows how the drier can be set against a wall 13 to reach over a radiator 14 on that wall and gain full advantage of its heat.
  • the drier can be wall mounted by engaging keyhole slots (not shown) in the flat underside of each base member 1 over suitably placed screw-heads projecting from the wall 13, and there it may be adjusted into various different configurations.
  • the frames 4 and 5 can be manipulated to free the fingers 12 from being trapped near the mouths of the channels 3. Then the frame 7 is hinged up towards the frame 4 and both frames are released or lowered. As the frame 4 swings down towards the wall, the fingers 12 slide up the channels 3 of the base members 1 until the hinges 11 meet the wall 13 and position of Figure 5 is reached.
  • FIG. 6 A further mode of use is shown in Figure 6 where, instead of folding the frame 7 towards the frame 4, the fingers 12 are released from the channels 3 and then the frame 7 is hinged in the opposite direction through about 180° while the frame 4 is lowered. This again brings the hinges 11 against the wall 13, but the frame 7 sweeps down and away from the wall with its fingers 12 resting on the floor.
  • the other base member is a mirror image of the one shown, so only one will be described. It is of moulded plastics construction with a smooth outer face and, as seen in the figure, with upstanding walls and ribs which will be capped by the cover plate. That will provide the inner face with a slot matching the channel 3.
  • the associated finger 12 is at the upper (left hand) end 15 of the channel 3, adjacent the narrow end of the base member.
  • the frames are lifted, the frame 4 pivoting about the axis of the sockets 10. While the frame 7 hinges with respect to the frame 4, its fingers 12 move down the slightly curved channels 3 until they hit the substantially right angled bends 16. If the frames are then released, as the frame 4 starts to swing down, the fingers 12 are pushed along the short horizontal legs 17 of the channels 3 until they meet hooked tongues 18. They are trapped thereby and the Figure 4 configuration is attained.
  • the frames are pulled out and slightly up to free the fingers 12 from the tongues 18, and the frame 7 is pushed up for the fingers 12 to enter the curved sections 19 of the channels 3 around the tongues 18.
  • the frame 7 is manipulated to take the fingers 12 past the tongues, into straight sections 20 forming the mouths of the channels, and then clear of the base altogether.
  • the frames can then be lowered into the Figure 6 configuration.
  • Figure 2 also shows two elongated reinforced recesses 21 in the base member 1.
  • the rods 2 pass through the cover plates referred to above and their ends, each bent at right angles to the main length of the respective rod, seat in these recesses.
  • the cover plates are attached, for example by screws into thickened points 22 of the ribbing, the rods 2 are captive and the two base members 1 securely joined.

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EP01300979A 2000-02-04 2001-02-02 Faltbares Wäschegestell Expired - Lifetime EP1122353B1 (de)

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GB0002440 2000-02-04
GBGB0002440.6A GB0002440D0 (en) 2000-02-04 2000-02-04 Improvements relating to folding rack driers

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2011119744A2 (en) 2010-03-24 2011-09-29 Douglas Lowell Raddatz Drying rack
WO2012154120A1 (en) * 2011-05-11 2012-11-15 Carlund Horse Equipment Ab Dryer arrangement
AU2013200379B2 (en) * 2012-01-27 2017-11-02 AMES Australasia Pty Ltd A tiered clothes airer arrangement

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GB1008608A (en) * 1963-10-02 1965-10-27 Aubrey George Carrol Improvements in clothes airing devices
US4739888A (en) * 1986-09-15 1988-04-26 Walter Steiner Clothes drying apparatus
EP1029966A1 (de) * 1999-02-17 2000-08-23 Hailo-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG Wäschetrockner

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1008608A (en) * 1963-10-02 1965-10-27 Aubrey George Carrol Improvements in clothes airing devices
US4739888A (en) * 1986-09-15 1988-04-26 Walter Steiner Clothes drying apparatus
EP1029966A1 (de) * 1999-02-17 2000-08-23 Hailo-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG Wäschetrockner

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2011119744A2 (en) 2010-03-24 2011-09-29 Douglas Lowell Raddatz Drying rack
WO2011119744A3 (en) * 2010-03-24 2012-02-23 Douglas Lowell Raddatz Drying rack
CN102822408A (zh) * 2010-03-24 2012-12-12 道格拉斯·洛厄尔·拉达茨 干燥架
EP2499289A4 (de) * 2010-03-24 2016-03-02 Douglas Lowell Raddatz Trocknergestell
CN102822408B (zh) * 2010-03-24 2016-03-30 道格拉斯·洛厄尔·拉达茨 干燥架
WO2012154120A1 (en) * 2011-05-11 2012-11-15 Carlund Horse Equipment Ab Dryer arrangement
AU2013200379B2 (en) * 2012-01-27 2017-11-02 AMES Australasia Pty Ltd A tiered clothes airer arrangement

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GB0002440D0 (en) 2000-03-22
DE60100572T2 (de) 2004-06-24

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