EP1378599B1 - Umbrella-type clothes dryer - Google Patents

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EP1378599B1
EP1378599B1 EP03015003A EP03015003A EP1378599B1 EP 1378599 B1 EP1378599 B1 EP 1378599B1 EP 03015003 A EP03015003 A EP 03015003A EP 03015003 A EP03015003 A EP 03015003A EP 1378599 B1 EP1378599 B1 EP 1378599B1
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Heinz Josef Ohm
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
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  • the invention relates to a rotary clothes dryer with a vertical support and to the carrier about a pivot axis pivotally arranged Traaannen for clotheslines, wherein the support arms between a first, low-carrier position and a second, carrier-fixed position are pivotally coupled to each other and such that when pivoting a the support arms, the further support arms are pivoted in the same way, and wherein at least one support arm has a means for its compulsory deflection from the first position when applying a directed away from the carrier force on one of the other support arms.
  • Laundry spiders in general in order to accommodate large amounts of laundry can, in operation, a significant size. It has therefore already been provided that they can be stored to save space by folding. Thus, before each use of the rotary clothes dryer a folding apart of their support arms is required. In this case, the clamping of the clothes dryer in the initial phase requires a relatively high effort until the support arms have exceeded a certain angular position in relation to the vertical support. Attempts have already been made to improve this malady by using a pulley-like elevator cord. But even such a device can only facilitate the clamping of the rotary dryer when the support arms are pivoted out by a significant angle from its vertical rest position, which must be done by hand.
  • a screen-type laundry hanging device is known.
  • the device has a support post on which a sleeve is slidably mounted. This has approaches on which the rope-carrying support arms are articulated.
  • a holding arm is provided with a handle, so that open by pulling the handle of the screen and the rope can be stretched.
  • a rotary dryer which has pivotably mounted arms on a rosette-shaped sliding joint.
  • the clothes dryer additionally has an umbrella-like cover for the laundry.
  • the invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide a rotary dryer of the type mentioned, which ensures easy clamping with high reliability and is easy to produce.
  • a rotary dryer according to the invention has particularly few components and is not only simple and inexpensive to manufacture, but also extremely reliable and strigl continuuunantigllg. Although several support arms or even each support arm can be provided with a means for positive deflection from the first position, ie from the rest position, addition, experiments have shown that it is quite sufficient to provide such a means only on one of the support arms.
  • the support arm having the means for its forced deflection is arranged opposite a support arm for applying the force directed away from the support opposite to the support, resulting in a very small expenditure of force for clamping the rotary clothes dryer.
  • An exceptionally high stability of the rotary dryer can be achieved advantageously if the support arms are each supported with a support arm which is arranged on the support support arm on the one hand and on a pivoting arm arranged on the support arm on the support arm. According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, an easy operability of the rotary clothes dryer is achieved while maintaining high stability in that the holding axes of the spreading arms are fixedly arranged on the carrier.
  • the pivot axes of the support arms are advantageously arranged on a sleeve which is displaceable relative to the carrier.
  • Such a design also allows a height adjustment of the rotary dryer. This means that the support arms for the clothes lines in the clamped state of the rotary clothes dryer can be fixed at different heights, so that a slight hanging of the clothes lines with laundry items is made possible regardless of the size of the person performing this activity.
  • the clothes dryer can have a large number of support arms. However, there is advantageously a large suspension clothesline length at the same time high stability and low weight of the clothes dryer, if - as experiments have shown - four support arms are provided.
  • a support arm has a handle, this support arm being provided for applying the force directed away from the support.
  • this support arm being provided for applying the force directed away from the support.
  • the means for forcibly deflecting the support arm has a rocker arm which is pivotable on the support arm on the one hand about a tilt axis and on the other hand can be supported on the support.
  • Such a design also means a particularly simple manufacturability of the rotary dryer.
  • the clothes dryer is particularly easy to open and with little effort when the rocker arm carries the pivot axis of the corresponding Sp Schwarzarmes, the pivot axis of the Sp lanternarmes between the tilt axis of the rocker arm and a supportable on the support end of the rocker arm is arranged.
  • the means for positive deflection of the support arm on the one hand pivotally mounted on a sleeve relative to the handlebar sleeve and on the other hand pivotally mounted on the arm bar.
  • the rotary clothes dryer is advantageously particularly simple and reliable, if, according to an advantageous development, which is not an embodiment of the invention, the handlebar sleeve is driven by a provided for applying the force directed away from the carrier support arm connected bar.
  • Fig. 1A shows - as well as all other Fig.
  • a rotary dryer with a vertical support 1 are arranged on the support arms 2 for clothes lines not shown here.
  • the clothes dryer has four symmetrically arranged to the central axis 4 of the vertical support 1 support arms 2, of which here for clarity, only the right and the left arm 2 are shown, whereas in this illustration, the front and the rear arm are omitted.
  • the support arms 2 are located in a folded from the vertical support 1, deflected position.
  • the support arms 2 are arranged pivotably about pivot axes 6 on a sleeve 8 which is displaceable relative to the support 1. Furthermore, the support arms 2 are supported for stability reasons, each with a Sp Drarm 10 on the carrier 1.
  • the respective spreading arm 10 is pivotable on the one hand about a holder axis 12 arranged on the carrier 1 and on the other hand about a pivot axis 14 arranged on the carrier arm 2.
  • the pivot axis 14 on the left arm 2 is not arranged directly on the support arm 2, but on a rocker arm 16, which is pivotable about a tilt axis 18 on the support arm 2.
  • the clothes dryer of Fig. 1A is shown in Fig. 1B in the fully open condition.
  • the support arms 2 with respect to the vertical support 1 are in fully swung-out position, the - not shown here - clotheslines stretched and with vertical distance from each other in the horizontal direction between the support arms 2.
  • the same or corresponding components are provided in Fig. 1A, 1B and in all other figures with the same reference numerals. It can be seen that the rocker arm 16 rests against the corresponding spreading arm 10 in the opened state of the rotary clothes dryer.
  • FIG. 2 shows the left support arm 2 of the rotary clothes drier from FIGS. 1A, 1B in a first, low-carrier position, folded onto the vertical support 1.
  • the support arm 2 has a tilting arm receptacle 20 with a tilting axis 18 of the tilting lever 16 ,
  • the rocker arm 16 is located on the one hand with a nose 22 on the vertical support 1 and on the other hand on the length of a Sp lanternarm 10, wherein the Sp Dahlarm 10 is connected via a pivot axis 14 with the rocker arm 16.
  • the spin-on of the clothes dryer is as follows: A support arm disposed on a support arm 2 with a rocker arm 16 opposite a vertical support 1, e.g. by means of a handle, pulled away from the carrier 1 and thus raised the clothes dryer.
  • the sleeve 8 to which all support arms are fastened, the carrier 1 is pulled up, whereby the rocker arm 16 by means of the connected thereto support arm 2 and a voltage applied to the carrier 1 nose 22 of the rocker arm 16 pushes the support arm 2 to the outside.
  • a first intermediate position which is highlighted in Fig. 1A by a (enlarged in Fig. 3) cutout 111, the rocker arm 16 is approximately horizontally between the support arm 2 and vertical support 1.
  • the Sp Drus 10 is in a semi-erect intermediate position ,
  • spin drying is that the rotary dryer can each span by simply pulling a support arm 2 of a vertical support 1 away.
  • FIG. 5 A section of another embodiment of a clothes dryer, which is not an embodiment of the invention is shown in Fig. 5. Also in this clothes dryer is a vertical support 1 with four support arms 2, of which only two are shown here for the sake of clarity.
  • the support arms 2 are pivotally mounted on a sleeve 30 displaceable relative to the carrier 1 by means of pivot axes 32.
  • the support arms 2 At its lower end, the support arms 2 each have a gear segment 34, which is arranged centrally to the pivot axis 32 of the respective support arm 2 and engages in a toothed sleeve 36 which is displaceable relative to the carrier 1.
  • a rotary clothes dryer according to FIGS. 1A, 1B to 4 the rotary clothes dryer according to FIG.
  • Fig. 6 is a section of another rotary dryer, which is not an embodiment of the invention, shown with a vertical support 1, the support arms 2 which are pivotally connected to the support 1 about a respective pivot axis 6.
  • the pivot axes 6 are arranged on a sleeve 8, which is displaceable relative to the carrier 1.
  • a handle sleeve 22 is provided, which is also displaceable relative to the carrier 1 and is connected via a respective link 24 with the support arms 2.
  • the respective handlebar 24 is pivotally mounted on the handlebar sleeve 22 about a pivot axis 26 and the supports 2 pivotally about a pivot axis 28 movable.
  • the support arms 2 of the rotary dryer of Fig. 6 are - similar to the rotary clothes dryer of Fig. 1A, 1B to 5 - also provided with spreading arms, not shown here, which are further secured in a corresponding manner on the carrier 1.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Wäschespinne mit einem vertikalen Träger und mit an dem Träger um jeweils eine Schwenkachse schwenkbar angeordneten Traaannen für Wäscheleinen, wobei die Tragarme zwischen einer ersten, trägemahen Position und einer zweiten, trägerfemen Position verschwenkbar und derart miteinander gekoppelt sind, dass beim Verschwenken eines der Tragarme die weiteren Tragarme in gleicher Weise mitgeschwenkt werden, und wobei zumindest ein Tragarm ein Mittel zu seiner zwangsweisen Auslenkung aus der ersten Position hinaus beim Aufbringen einer von dem Träger weggerichteten Kraft auf einen der anderen Tragarme aufweist.The invention relates to a rotary clothes dryer with a vertical support and to the carrier about a pivot axis pivotally arranged Traaannen for clotheslines, wherein the support arms between a first, low-carrier position and a second, carrier-fixed position are pivotally coupled to each other and such that when pivoting a the support arms, the further support arms are pivoted in the same way, and wherein at least one support arm has a means for its compulsory deflection from the first position when applying a directed away from the carrier force on one of the other support arms.

Wäschespinnen im allgemeinen weisen, um große Wäschemengen aufnehmen zu können, im Betriebszustand eine nicht unerhebliche Größe auf. Es ist daher bereits vorgesehen worden, dass sie durch Zusammenklappen platzsparend aufbewahrt werden können. Somit ist vor jedem Benutzen der Wäschespinne ein Auseinanderklappen ihrer Tragarme erforderlich. Dabei erfordert das Aufspannen der Wäschespinne in der Anfangsphase einen verhältnismäßig hohen Kraftaufwand bis die Tragarme im Verhältnis zum vertikalen Träger eine bestimmte Winkellage überschritten haben. Man hat bereits versucht, durch Verwendung einer flaschenzugartig geführten Aufzugsleine diesen Mißstand zu verbessern. Aber auch eine derartige Einrichtung kann das Aufspannen der Wäschespinne erst dann erleichtem, wenn die Tragarme um einen nennenswerten Winkelbetrag aus ihrer senkrechten Ruhelage heraus verschwenkt sind, was von Hand erfolgen muss.Laundry spiders in general, in order to accommodate large amounts of laundry can, in operation, a significant size. It has therefore already been provided that they can be stored to save space by folding. Thus, before each use of the rotary clothes dryer a folding apart of their support arms is required. In this case, the clamping of the clothes dryer in the initial phase requires a relatively high effort until the support arms have exceeded a certain angular position in relation to the vertical support. Attempts have already been made to improve this malady by using a pulley-like elevator cord. But even such a device can only facilitate the clamping of the rotary dryer when the support arms are pivoted out by a significant angle from its vertical rest position, which must be done by hand.

Aus GB 902 649 A ist eine schirmartig zu betätigende Wäscheaufhängvorrichtung bekannt. Die Vorrichtung weist einen Tragpfosten auf, an dem eine Büchse verschiebbar gelagert ist. Diese weist Ansätze auf, an welchen das Seil tragende Haltearme angelenkt sind. Ein Haltearm ist mit einem Griff versehen, so dass durch Zug am Griff der Wäscheschirm geöffnet und das Seil gespannt werden kann.From GB 902 649 A, a screen-type laundry hanging device is known. The device has a support post on which a sleeve is slidably mounted. This has approaches on which the rope-carrying support arms are articulated. A holding arm is provided with a handle, so that open by pulling the handle of the screen and the rope can be stretched.

Aus GB 2 271 052 A ist eine Wäschespinne bekannt, die an einem rosettenförmigen Gleitgelenk schwenkbar gelagerte Arme aufweist. Die Wäschespinne weist zusätzlich eine regenschirmartige Abdeckung für die Wäsche auf.From GB 2 271 052 A a rotary dryer is known, which has pivotably mounted arms on a rosette-shaped sliding joint. The clothes dryer additionally has an umbrella-like cover for the laundry.

Um das Herausschwenken der Tragarme zu erleichtern, wurde bereits vorgeschlagen, an dem vertikalen Träger einer Wäschespinne längs verschiebbar einen Spreizkörper anzubringen, der mit an Spreizarmen angebrachten Stützelementen zusammenwirkt und bei einer Längsverschiebung die Spreizarme und mit diesen die Tragarme für die Wäscheleinen aus ihrer eingeklappten Ruhelage herausschwenkt. Eine solche Vorrichtung kann zwar das Aufspannen der Wäschespinne erleichtern, bedeutet aber einen großen konstruktiven Aufwand.In order to facilitate the pivoting out of the support arms, it has been proposed to longitudinally slidably attach to the vertical support of a rotary clothes an expansion body, which cooperates with spreading arms attached to support elements and pivots at a longitudinal displacement the spreader arms and with these the support arms for the clotheslines from their retracted rest position , Although such a device can facilitate the clamping of the rotary dryer, but means a large design effort.

Der Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Wäschespinne der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, die ein einfaches Aufspannen bei hoher Funktionssicherheit gewährleistet und einfach herstellbar ist.The invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide a rotary dryer of the type mentioned, which ensures easy clamping with high reliability and is easy to produce.

Die Aufgabe wird durch eine Wäschespinne gem. Anspruch 1 gelöst.The task is done by a clothes dryer gem. Claim 1 solved.

Durch das einfache Aufbringen der Kraft zum Aufspannen der Wäschespinne unmittelbar auf einen Tragarm sind keine aufwendigen Übertragungselemente für diese Kraft erforderlich. Lediglich ist an mindestens einem der weiteren Tragarme ein Mittel zu dessen zwangsweiser Auslenkung vorgesehen. Durch die Koppelung der Tragarme untereinander werden beim Aufspannen der Wäschespinne unmittelbar nach dem zwangsweisen Auslenken des ersten Tragarms auch die weiteren Tragarme aus ihrer Ruhelage hinaus verschwenkt. Eine erfindungsgemäße Wäschespinne weist besonders wenige Bauteile auf und ist nicht nur einfach und kostengünstig In der Herstellung, sondem auch außerordentlich betriebssicher und verschleißunanfälllg. Zwar können auch mehrere Tragarme oder sogar jeder Tragarm mit einem Mittel zur zwangsweisen Auslenkung aus der ersten Position, d.h. aus der Ruhelage, hinaus versehen sein, jedoch haben Versuche gezeigt, dass es völlig hinreichend ist, nur an einem der Tragarme ein solches Mittel vorzusehen.Due to the simple application of the force for clamping the rotary dryer directly on a support arm no complex transmission elements for this force are required. Only a means for its compulsory deflection is provided on at least one of the further support arms. Due to the coupling of the support arms with each other, the further support arms are pivoted out of their rest position during clamping of the rotary dryer immediately after the forced deflection of the first support arm. A rotary dryer according to the invention has particularly few components and is not only simple and inexpensive to manufacture, but also extremely reliable and verschleißunanfälllg. Although several support arms or even each support arm can be provided with a means for positive deflection from the first position, ie from the rest position, addition, experiments have shown that it is quite sufficient to provide such a means only on one of the support arms.

Gemäß einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung der Erfindung ist der das Mittel zu seiner zwangsweisen Auslenkung aufweisende Tragarm einem zum Aufbringen der von dem Träger weggerichteten Kraft vorgesehenen Tragarm bezogen auf den Träger gegenüberliegend angeordnet, wodurch sich ein sehr geringer Kraftaufwand zum Aufspannen der Wäschespinne ergibt.According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the support arm having the means for its forced deflection is arranged opposite a support arm for applying the force directed away from the support opposite to the support, resulting in a very small expenditure of force for clamping the rotary clothes dryer.

Eine ausnehmend hohe Stabilität der Wäschespinne erreicht man vorteilhaft, wenn die Tragarme jeweils mit einem einerseits um eine am Träger angeordnete Halteachse und andererseits um eine am Tragarm angeordnete Anlenkachse schwenkbaren Spreizarm am Träger abgestützt sind. Gemäß einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung der Erfindung wird dabei eine einfach Bedienbarkeit der Wäschespinne bei gleichzeitig hoher Stabilität dadurch erreicht, dass die Halteachsen der Spreizarme fest am Träger angeordnet sind.An exceptionally high stability of the rotary dryer can be achieved advantageously if the support arms are each supported with a support arm which is arranged on the support support arm on the one hand and on a pivoting arm arranged on the support arm on the support arm. According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, an easy operability of the rotary clothes dryer is achieved while maintaining high stability in that the holding axes of the spreading arms are fixedly arranged on the carrier.

Zur Sicherstellung eines einfachen und betriebssicheren Aufspannens der Wäschespinne sind die Schwenkachsen der Tragarme vorteilhaft an einer gegenüber dem Träger verschiebbaren Hülse angeordnet. Eine derartige Ausbildung ermöglicht zudem eine Höhenverstellung der Wäschespinne. Das bedeutet, dass die Tragarme für die Wäscheleinen im aufgespannten Zustand der Wäschespinne in unterschiedlichen Höhen fixierbar sind, so dass ein leichtes Behängen der Wäscheleinen mit Wäschestücken unabhängig von der Körpergröße der diese Tätigkeit ausführenden Person ermöglicht wird.To ensure a simple and reliable clamping of the rotary dryer, the pivot axes of the support arms are advantageously arranged on a sleeve which is displaceable relative to the carrier. Such a design also allows a height adjustment of the rotary dryer. This means that the support arms for the clothes lines in the clamped state of the rotary clothes dryer can be fixed at different heights, so that a slight hanging of the clothes lines with laundry items is made possible regardless of the size of the person performing this activity.

Die Wäschespinne kann eine große Anzahl von Tragarmen aufweisen. Jedoch ergibt sich vorteilhaft eine große behängbare Wäscheleinenlänge bei gleichzeitig hoher Stabilität und geringem Gewicht der Wäschespinne, wenn - wie Versuche gezeigt haben - vier Tragarme vorgesehen sind.The clothes dryer can have a large number of support arms. However, there is advantageously a large suspension clothesline length at the same time high stability and low weight of the clothes dryer, if - as experiments have shown - four support arms are provided.

Gemäß einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung der Erfindung weist ein Tragarm einen Handgriff auf, wobei dieser Tragarm zum Aufbringen der von dem Träger weggerichteten Kraft vorgesehen ist. Dadurch wird die Krafteinleitung in den Tragarm verbessert, ohne dass aufwendige zusätzliche Bedienvorrichtungen erforderlich werden. Es ist vorstellbar, den Handgriff am Tragarm verstellbar auszuführen, so dass eine benutzerindividuelle Einstellung vorgenommen werden kann.According to an advantageous development of the invention, a support arm has a handle, this support arm being provided for applying the force directed away from the support. As a result, the introduction of force into the support arm is improved without the need for expensive additional operating devices. It is conceivable to make the handle on the support arm adjustable, so that a user-individual adjustment can be made.

Für das Mittel zur zwangsweisen Auslenkung des Tragarms sind verschiedenste Ausbildungsformen vorstellbar. Vorteilhaft nahezu keinen Betriebsverschleiß an der Wäschespinne kann man erreichen, wenn gemäß der Erfindung das Mittel zur zwangsweisen Auslenkung des Tragarms einen einerseits um eine Kippachse an dem Tragarm schwenkbaren und andererseits an dem Träger abstützbaren Kipphebel aufweist. Eine derartige Ausführung bedeutet zudem eine besonders einfache Herstellbarkeit der Wäschespinne. Besonders leicht und mit nur geringem Kraftaufwand zu öffnen ist die Wäschespinne dabei, wenn der Kipphebel die Anlenkachse des korrespondierenden Spreizarmes trägt, wobei die Anlenkachse des Spreizarmes zwischen der Kippachse des Kipphebels und einem an dem Träger abstützbaren Ende des Kipphebels angeordnet ist.For the means for forcible deflection of the arm various forms of training are conceivable. Advantageously, almost no operating wear on the A rotary clothes dryer can be achieved if, according to the invention, the means for forcibly deflecting the support arm has a rocker arm which is pivotable on the support arm on the one hand about a tilt axis and on the other hand can be supported on the support. Such a design also means a particularly simple manufacturability of the rotary dryer. The clothes dryer is particularly easy to open and with little effort when the rocker arm carries the pivot axis of the corresponding Spreizarmes, the pivot axis of the Spreizarmes between the tilt axis of the rocker arm and a supportable on the support end of the rocker arm is arranged.

Ein anderes vorteilhaftes, sehr präzises Mittel, das jedoch Kein Auführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist, zur zwangsweisen Auslenkung des Tragarms weist eine gegenüber dem Träger verschiebbare Zahnhülse und ein in die Zahnhülse eingreifendes, an dem Tragarm angeordnetes Zahnrad oder Zahnradsegment auf. Vorteilhaft kann dabei eine sehr kompakte, platzsparende Bauform erreicht werden, wenn die Zahnhülse verschiebbar in der gegenüber dem Träger verschiebbaren Hülse, an der die Schwenkachsen der Tragarme angeordnet sind, angeordnet ist. Dabei kann die Bauteilanzahl weiter verringert werden, wenn vorteilhaft die Zahnhülse von einem an einem zum Aufbringen der von dem Träger weggerichteten Kraft vorgesehenen Tragarm angeordneten Zahnrad oder Zahnradsegment antreibbar ist.Another advantageous, very precise means, which, however, is no Auführungsbeispiel the invention for forced deflection of the support arm has a relative to the carrier displaceable toothed sleeve and engaging in the toothed sleeve, arranged on the support arm gear or gear segment. Advantageously, a very compact, space-saving design can be achieved if the toothed sleeve is displaceably arranged in the sleeve which is displaceable relative to the support and on which the pivot axes of the support arms are arranged. In this case, the number of components can be further reduced if advantageously the toothed sleeve can be driven by a toothed wheel or gear segment arranged on a support arm directed away from the support for applying the force directed away from the support.

Gemäß einer anderen vorteilhaften Weiterbildung, die Kein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist, weist das Mittel zur zwangsweisen Auslenkung des Tragarms einen einerseits schwenkbar an einer gegenüber dem Träger verschiebbaren Lenkerhülse und andererseits schwenkbar an dem Tragarm angeordneten Lenker auf. Auf diese Weise wird eine besonders verschleißarme, verklemmsichere Bauform realisiert. Die Wäschespinne ist dabei vorteilhaft besonders einfach aufgebaut und betriebssicher, wenn gemäß einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung, die Kein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist, die Lenkerhülse von einem mit einem zum Aufbringen der von dem Träger weggerichteten Kraft vorgesehenen Tragarm verbundenen Lenker antreibbar ist.According to another advantageous development, which is not an embodiment of the invention, the means for positive deflection of the support arm on the one hand pivotally mounted on a sleeve relative to the handlebar sleeve and on the other hand pivotally mounted on the arm bar. In this way, a particularly low-wear, jam-proof design is realized. The rotary clothes dryer is advantageously particularly simple and reliable, if, according to an advantageous development, which is not an embodiment of the invention, the handlebar sleeve is driven by a provided for applying the force directed away from the carrier support arm connected bar.

Die Erfindung wird im folgenden anhand von in den Zeichnungen 1A, 1B, 2, 3 und 4 dargestellten Ausführungsbeispielen näher erläutert. Es zeigen

Fig. 1A
eine Seitenansicht einer in etwa halb geöffneten Wäschespinne mit einem Kipphebel,
Fig. 1B
die Wäschespinne aus Fig. 1A in vollständig geöffnetem Zustand,
Fig. 2
ein Detail einer Wäschespinne nach Fig. 1A, 1B mit einem Tragarm in einer eingeklappten, trägemahen Position,
Fig. 3
einen vergrößerten Ausschnitt einer Wäschespinne nach Fig. 1A, 1B mit einem Tragarm In einer ausgelenkten Position,
Fig. 4
ein Detail einer Wäschespinne nach Fig. 1A, 1B mit einem Tragarm In vollständig ausgeschwenkter Position,
Fig. 5
einen Ausschnitt einer Wäschespinne, die Kein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist, mit einem Zahnradsegment und einer Zahnhülse und
Fig. 6
einen Ausschnitt einer Wäschespinne, die Kein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist, mit einem Lenker und einer Lenkerhülse.
The invention is explained below with reference to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings 1A, 1B, 2, 3 and 4. Show it
Fig. 1A
a side view of an approximately half-open clothes dryer with a rocker arm,
Fig. 1B
the rotary clothes dryer of Fig. 1A in fully opened condition,
Fig. 2
1 shows a detail of a rotary clothes dryer according to FIGS. 1A, 1B with a carrying arm in a folded, low-carrier position,
Fig. 3
an enlarged section of a rotary dryer according to Fig. 1A, 1B with a support arm In a deflected position,
Fig. 4
a detail of a rotary clothes dryer according to Fig. 1A, 1B with a support arm In the fully swung-out position,
Fig. 5
a section of a clothes dryer, which is not an embodiment of the invention, with a gear segment and a toothed sleeve and
Fig. 6
a section of a clothes dryer, which is not an embodiment of the invention, with a handlebar and a handlebar sleeve.

Fig. 1A zeigt - wie auch alle weiteren Fig. in schematisierter Darstellung - eine Wäschespinne mit einem vertikalen Träger 1, an dem Tragarme 2 für hier nicht weiter dargestellte Wäscheleinen angeordnet sind. Die Wäschespinne weist vier symmetrisch zur Mittelachse 4 des vertikalen Trägers 1 angeordnete Tragarme 2 auf, von denen hier der Übersichtlichkeit halber nur der rechte und der linke Tragarm 2 gezeigt sind, wohingegen In dieser Darstellung der vordere und der hintere Tragarm weggelassen sind. Die Tragarme 2 befinden sich In einer von dem vertikalen Träger 1 abgeklappten, ausgelenkten Position. Die Tragarme 2 sind um Schwenkachsen 6 schwenkbar an einer gegenüber dem Träger 1 verschiebbaren Hülse 8 angeordnet. Femer sind die Tragarme 2 aus Stabilitätsgründen mit jeweils einem Spreizarm 10 am Träger 1 abgestützt. Der jeweilige Spreizarm 10 ist einerseits um eine am Träger 1 angeordnete Halterachse 12 und andererseits um eine am Tragarm 2 angeordnete Anlenkachse 14 schwenkbar. Dabei ist die Anlenkachse 14 am linken Tragarm 2 nicht unmittelbar am Tragarm 2 angeordnet, sondem an einem Kipphebel 16, der um eine Kippachse 18 an dem Tragarm 2 schwenkbar ist.Fig. 1A shows - as well as all other Fig. In a schematic representation - a rotary dryer with a vertical support 1, are arranged on the support arms 2 for clothes lines not shown here. The clothes dryer has four symmetrically arranged to the central axis 4 of the vertical support 1 support arms 2, of which here for clarity, only the right and the left arm 2 are shown, whereas in this illustration, the front and the rear arm are omitted. The support arms 2 are located in a folded from the vertical support 1, deflected position. The support arms 2 are arranged pivotably about pivot axes 6 on a sleeve 8 which is displaceable relative to the support 1. Furthermore, the support arms 2 are supported for stability reasons, each with a Spreizarm 10 on the carrier 1. The respective spreading arm 10 is pivotable on the one hand about a holder axis 12 arranged on the carrier 1 and on the other hand about a pivot axis 14 arranged on the carrier arm 2. In this case, the pivot axis 14 on the left arm 2 is not arranged directly on the support arm 2, but on a rocker arm 16, which is pivotable about a tilt axis 18 on the support arm 2.

Die Wäschespinne aus Fig. 1A ist in Fig. 1B in vollständig geöffnetem Zustand dargestellt. Dabei befinden sich die Tragarme 2 gegenüber dem vertikalen Träger 1 in vollständig ausgeschwenkter Position, die - hier nicht dargestellten - Wäscheleinen verlaufen gespannt und mit vertikalem Abstand zueinander in horizontaler Richtung zwischen den Tragarmen 2. Gleiche oder sich entsprechende Bauteile sind in Fig. 1A, 1B und in allen weiteren Fig. mit gleichen Bezugszeichen versehen. Es ist zu erkennen, dass der Kipphebel 16 im geöffneten Zustand der Wäschespinne an dem korrespondierenden Spreizarm 10 anliegt.The clothes dryer of Fig. 1A is shown in Fig. 1B in the fully open condition. In this case, the support arms 2 with respect to the vertical support 1 are in fully swung-out position, the - not shown here - clotheslines stretched and with vertical distance from each other in the horizontal direction between the support arms 2. The same or corresponding components are provided in Fig. 1A, 1B and in all other figures with the same reference numerals. It can be seen that the rocker arm 16 rests against the corresponding spreading arm 10 in the opened state of the rotary clothes dryer.

Fig. 2 zeigt den linken Tragarm 2 der Wäschespinne aus Fig. 1A, 1B in einer ersten, trägemahen Position, angeklappt an den vertikalen Träger 1. Es ist zu erkennen, dass der Tragarm 2 eine Kipphebelaufnahme 20 mit einer Kippachse 18 des Kipphebels 16 aufweist. In der hier gezeigten zusammengeklappten Position liegt der Kipphebel 16 einerseits mit einer Nase 22 an dem vertikalen Träger 1 und andererseits der Länge nach an einem Spreizarm 10 an, wobei der Spreizarm 10 Ober eine Anlenkachse 14 mit dem Kipphebel 16 verbunden ist.FIG. 2 shows the left support arm 2 of the rotary clothes drier from FIGS. 1A, 1B in a first, low-carrier position, folded onto the vertical support 1. It can be seen that the support arm 2 has a tilting arm receptacle 20 with a tilting axis 18 of the tilting lever 16 , In the folded position shown here, the rocker arm 16 is located on the one hand with a nose 22 on the vertical support 1 and on the other hand on the length of a Spreizarm 10, wherein the Spreizarm 10 is connected via a pivot axis 14 with the rocker arm 16.

Bezug nehmend auf Fig. 1A, 1B und 2 geschieht das Aufklappen der Wäschespinne wie folgt: Ein an einem Tragarm 2 mit einem Kipphebel 16 bezogen auf einen vertikalen Träger 1 gegenüberliegend angeordneter Tragarm wird, z.B. mittels eines Handgriffes, von dem Träger 1 weggezogen und damit die Wäschespinne aufgezogen. Dadurch wird die Hülse 8, an der sämtliche Tragarme befestigt sind, den Träger 1 hinaufgezogen, wodurch der Kipphebel 16 mittels des mit ihm verbundenen Tragarms 2 und einer an dem Träger 1 anliegenden Nase 22 des Kipphebels 16 den Tragarm 2 nach außen drückt. In einer ersten Zwischenposition, die in Fig. 1A durch einen (in Fig. 3 vergrößert dargestellten) Ausschnitt 111 hervorgehoben ist, liegt der Kipphebel 16 in etwa waagerecht zwischen Tragarm 2 und vertikalem Träger 1. Der Spreizarm 10 befindet sich in einer halb aufgestellten Zwischenposition.Referring to Figures 1A, 1B and 2, the spin-on of the clothes dryer is as follows: A support arm disposed on a support arm 2 with a rocker arm 16 opposite a vertical support 1, e.g. by means of a handle, pulled away from the carrier 1 and thus raised the clothes dryer. As a result, the sleeve 8, to which all support arms are fastened, the carrier 1 is pulled up, whereby the rocker arm 16 by means of the connected thereto support arm 2 and a voltage applied to the carrier 1 nose 22 of the rocker arm 16 pushes the support arm 2 to the outside. In a first intermediate position, which is highlighted in Fig. 1A by a (enlarged in Fig. 3) cutout 111, the rocker arm 16 is approximately horizontally between the support arm 2 and vertical support 1. The Spreizarm 10 is in a semi-erect intermediate position ,

Beim weiteren Aufziehen der Wäschespinne gelangen die Tragarme 2 in die in Fig. 1B dargestellte Betriebsposition. Dabei ist der Kipphebel 16 (wie in seiner in Fig. 2 gezeigten Ausgangsposition) wiederum an den Spreizarm 10 angelegt (vgl. Ausschnitt IV in Fig. 1B, vergrößert dargestellt in Fig. 4).Upon further mounting of the rotary clothes dryer enter the support arms 2 in the operating position shown in Fig. 1B. In this case, the rocker arm 16 (as in its starting position shown in FIG. 2) is in turn applied to the spreading arm 10 (see section IV in FIG. 1B, enlarged in FIG. 4).

Wichtig bei der in Fig. 1A, 1B bis 4 sowie bei den weiteren, in Fig. 5 und 6 dargestellten und im folgenden beschriebenen Wäschespinnen ist, dass sich die Wäschespinne jeweils durch einfaches Ziehen eines Tragarms 2 von einem vertikalen Träger 1 weg aufspannen lässt.Important in the in Fig. 1A, 1B to 4 and in the other, shown in Fig. 5 and 6 and described below spin drying is that the rotary dryer can each span by simply pulling a support arm 2 of a vertical support 1 away.

Ein Ausschnitt einer anderen Ausführungsform einer Wäschespinne, die Kein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist, ist in Fig. 5 dargestellt. Auch bei dieser Wäschespinne ist ein vertikaler Träger 1 mit vier Tragarmen 2 versehen, von denen hier der Übersichtlichkeit halber nur zwei gezeigt sind. Die Tragarme 2 sind schwenkbar an einer gegenüber dem Träger 1 verschiebbaren Hülse 30 mittels Schwenkachsen 32 gelagert. An ihrem unteren Ende weisen die Tragarme 2 jeweils ein Zahnradsegment 34 auf, das zentrisch zur Schwenkachse 32 des jeweiligen Tragarms 2 angeordnet ist und in eine Zahnhülse 36 eingreift, die gegenüber dem Träger 1 verschiebbar ist. Entsprechend einer Wäschespinne nach Fig. 1A, 1B bis 4 weist auch die Wäschespinne nach Fig. 5 an ihren Tragarmen 2 Spreizarme auf, die mit dem Träger 1 in entsprechender Weise verbunden und hier nicht dargestellt sind. Ein Ziehen an einem Handgriff 38, der an einem der Tragarme 2 angeordnet ist, bewirkt nicht nur eine Auslenkung dieses Tragarms von dem vertikalen Träger 1 weg, sondern (übertragen durch das Zahnradsegment 34 und die Zahnhülse 36) auch eine zwangsweise Auslenkung des dem mit dem Handgriff 38 versehenen Tragarmes 2 bezogen auf den vertikalen Träger 1 gegenüberüegenden Tragarms 2.A section of another embodiment of a clothes dryer, which is not an embodiment of the invention is shown in Fig. 5. Also in this clothes dryer is a vertical support 1 with four support arms 2, of which only two are shown here for the sake of clarity. The support arms 2 are pivotally mounted on a sleeve 30 displaceable relative to the carrier 1 by means of pivot axes 32. At its lower end, the support arms 2 each have a gear segment 34, which is arranged centrally to the pivot axis 32 of the respective support arm 2 and engages in a toothed sleeve 36 which is displaceable relative to the carrier 1. According to a rotary clothes dryer according to FIGS. 1A, 1B to 4, the rotary clothes dryer according to FIG. 5 also has spreading arms on its support arms 2 which are connected to the carrier 1 in a corresponding manner and are not shown here. Pulling on a handle 38, which is arranged on one of the support arms 2, causes not only a deflection of this support arm of the vertical support 1 away, but (transmitted by the gear segment 34 and the toothed sleeve 36) also a forced deflection of the with the Handle 38 provided support arm 2 relative to the vertical support 1 gegenüberüegenden support arm. 2

In Fig. 6 ist ein Ausschnitt einer weiteren Wäschespinne, die Kein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist, mit einem vertikalen Träger 1 gezeigt, die Tragarme 2 aufweist, welche um jeweils eine Schwenkachse 6 schwenkbar mit dem Träger 1 verbunden sind. Die Schwenkachsen 6 sind an einer Hülse 8 angeordnet, die gegenüber dem Träger 1 verschiebbar ist. Außerdem ist eine Lenkerhülse 22 vorgesehen, die ebenfalls gegenüber dem Träger 1 verschiebbar ist und über jeweils einen Lenker 24 mit den Tragarmen 2 verbunden ist. Der Jeweilige Lenker 24 ist an der Lenkerhülse 22 schwenkbar um eine Schwenkachse 26 und an den Trägem 2 schwenkbar um eine Schwenkachse 28 beweglich angebracht. Auch die Tragarme 2 der Wäschespinne nach Fig. 6 sind - analog den Wäschespinnen nach Fig. 1A, 1B bis 5 - darüber hinaus mit hier nicht dargestellten Spreizarmen versehen, die weiterhin in entsprechender Weise am Träger 1 befestigt sind.In Fig. 6 is a section of another rotary dryer, which is not an embodiment of the invention, shown with a vertical support 1, the support arms 2 which are pivotally connected to the support 1 about a respective pivot axis 6. The pivot axes 6 are arranged on a sleeve 8, which is displaceable relative to the carrier 1. In addition, a handle sleeve 22 is provided, which is also displaceable relative to the carrier 1 and is connected via a respective link 24 with the support arms 2. The respective handlebar 24 is pivotally mounted on the handlebar sleeve 22 about a pivot axis 26 and the supports 2 pivotally about a pivot axis 28 movable. Also, the support arms 2 of the rotary dryer of Fig. 6 are - similar to the rotary clothes dryer of Fig. 1A, 1B to 5 - also provided with spreading arms, not shown here, which are further secured in a corresponding manner on the carrier 1.

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  1. Rotary clothes dryer having a vertical support (1) and having supporting arms (2) for washing lines, which supporting arms are arranged on the support (1) such that they can be pivoted about a respective pivot pin (6), with it being possible to pivot the supporting arms (2) between a first position close to the support and a second position remote from the support, and the said supporting arms being coupled to one another in such a way that when one of the supporting arms (2) is pivoted, the other supporting arms (2) are also pivoted in the same way, and with at least one supporting arm (2) having a means for forcibly deflecting it out of the first position when a force which is directed away from the support (1) is applied on one of the other supporting arms (2), characterized in that the means for forcibly deflecting the supporting arm (2) has a tilting lever (16) which at one end can be pivoted about a tilting pin (18) on the supporting arm (2) and at the other end can be supported against the support (1).
  2. Rotary clothes dryer according to Claim 1, characterized in that the supporting arm (2) which has the means for forcibly deflecting it is arranged, in relation to the support (1), opposite a supporting arm (2) which is provided for applying the force which is directed away from the support (1).
  3. Rotary clothes dryer according to either of the preceding claims, characterized in that the supporting arms (2) are each supported against the support (1) with a spreading arm (10) which can be pivoted at one end about a holding pin (12) arranged on the support (1) and at the other end about an articulation pin (14) arranged on the supporting arm (2).
  4. Rotary clothes dryer according to Claim 3, characterized in that the holding pins (12) of the spreading arms (10) are firmly arranged on the support (1).
  5. Rotary clothes dryer according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pivot pins (6) of the supporting arms (2) are arranged on a sleeve (8) which can be displaced with respect to the support (1).
  6. Rotary clothes dryer according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that four supporting arms (2) are provided.
  7. Rotary clothes dryer according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that one supporting arm (2) has a handle (38) and is provided for applying the force which is directed away from the support (1).
  8. Rotary clothes dryer according to Claim 1, characterized in that the tilting lever (16) is fitted with the articulation pin (14) of the corresponding spreading arm (10), with the articulation pin (14) of the spreading arm (10) being arranged between the tilting pin (18) of the tilting lever (16) and an end of the tilting lever (16) which can be supported against the support (1).
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