EP2182107A1 - Vêtements combinés pour cheval et système de chauffage - Google Patents

Vêtements combinés pour cheval et système de chauffage Download PDF

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EP2182107A1
EP2182107A1 EP08168318A EP08168318A EP2182107A1 EP 2182107 A1 EP2182107 A1 EP 2182107A1 EP 08168318 A EP08168318 A EP 08168318A EP 08168318 A EP08168318 A EP 08168318A EP 2182107 A1 EP2182107 A1 EP 2182107A1
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Alessandro Carlorosi
Michele Mengoni
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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
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/10—Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means
    • D06F58/14—Collapsible drying cabinets; Wall mounted collapsible hoods

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  • the present invention relates to a combined clothes-horse and heating system of the type comprising at least one heating radiator and one clothes-horse.
  • a system of the said type according to the known art is normally known as "towel warmer", being typically installed in bathrooms.
  • the towel warmer according to the known art comprises a vertical radiator with large volume, in which the heating elements consist in horizontal tubes arranged between two vertical uprights, which provide sufficient space to insert towels to be heated or dried after use.
  • the main inconvenience of towel warmers according to the known art is related to the fact that they cannot be used to dry a large number of wet garments or towels: because of vertical arrangement, the garments that are placed on the towel warmer to dry are in mutual contact, thus impairing the drying effect and requiring a long drying time.
  • the garments are in direct contact with the radiant elements of the radiator and the contact area between the fabric and the radiant element may get damaged due to prolonged contact and high temperature. It appears evident that if a large number of wet garments is placed on towel warmers of the known art, the parts of the garments that are in direct contact with the radiant elements will dry quicker, and the parts of the garments that are not in contact with the radiant elements and are overlapped with other garments will need a much longer drying time, with consequent damages on the parts of garments in direct contact with the radiant elements that have already been dried.
  • towel warmers according to the known art can only be used in two operating conditions: when a few garments are dried, in such a way that they are not - or only partially - in mutual contact, and with humid - not wet - garments, in such a way that drying is not long.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to provide a combined clothes-horse and heating system of the type described above that provides a simple inexpensive solution to the aforementioned inconveniences.
  • a combined clothes-horse and heating system that comprises at least one heating radiator and one clothes-horse, in which the radiator and/or clothes-horse are designed to be rotated from open position to closed position, the open position corresponding to the horizontal overlapped position of the radiator and/or clothes-horse, and the closed position corresponding to the vertical position of the radiator and/or clothes-horse.
  • the combined system of the present invention provides for the presence of a radiator and a clothes horse that are kept vertical in closed or idle position, for example against a wall, and overlapped in horizontal position in open or working position.
  • the clothes-horse and the radiator when the clothes-horse and the radiator are in open position, the clothes-horse is in horizontal position above the horizontal radiator at a preferred distance, in such a way that the clothes-horse and radiator are completely overlapped and, rising because of ordinary convective effect, the hot air generated by the radiator is advantageously used to dry the garments placed on the clothes-horse above the radiator.
  • the advantage of the combined system according to the present invention is that the garments are placed to dry on a traditional clothes-horse, for example with grid or rod configuration, and are not in direct contact with the radiant elements of the radiator, thus avoiding damaging the fabric.
  • both the clothes-horse and the radiator are designed to rotate, they have an extremely limited volume in closed position: when no garments are dried, the clothes-horse and the radiator are advantageously rotated to reach a vertical position against the wall, in such a way that the volume is basically identical to the volume of an ordinary heating radiator.
  • the radiator and clothes-horse are rotated in horizontal position, protruding from the wall, only when garments are dried.
  • Another advantage with respect to traditional towel warmers is that a large number of garments can be efficaciously dried, being much higher than the number of garments that can be dried on a towel warmer of the known art.
  • the clothes-horse can be used to dry wet - not only humid - garments since their position on the horizontal clothes-horse does not create any overlapping between two garments positioned on the clothes-horse one next to the other, being exactly situated above the radiator, and receiving the hot air rising from the radiator for quick and safe drying.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate a combined clothes-horse and heating system that comprises at least one heating radiator (1) and one clothes-horse (2) according to the present invention.
  • the radiator (1) and clothes-horse (2) are designed to rotate from open or working position shown in fig. 2 to closed or idle position shown in fig. 1 .
  • the open position corresponds to the horizontal overlapped position of the radiator (1) and clothes-horse (2), while the closed position corresponds to the vertical position of the radiator (1) and clothes-horse (2).
  • the radiator (1) and clothes-horse (2) are positioned against a wall (P), although they may also be applied to a piece of furniture and/or internal decoration article or similar item.
  • the closed position illustrated in fig. 1 efficaciously reduces the volume in idle condition, in such a way that, when in idle or non-operating condition, the system of the present invention occupies reduced space, which is basically identical to the space occupied by an ordinary heating radiator of the known art.
  • the system When garments are dried, the system is opened as illustrated in fig. 2 , in such a way that the radiator (1) and clothes-horse (2) are in horizontal overlapped position, and the hot air rising from the radiator (1) by convection intercepts the garments placed on the clothes-horse (2) and dries them.
  • the radiator may be an electrical radiator or a radiator with convector fluid, such as water, oil or similar fluids, or of any other known type.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the means (5) used to move the radiator, the means (4) used to support and feed the radiator and the means (3) used to move the clothes-horse.
  • the preferred executive embodiment illustrated in the figures is provided with means (5) used to move the radiator, the same means may be not provided without leaving the protection scope and precepts of the present invention.
  • the means (5) used to move the radiator are extremely advantageous since they facilitate moving the radiator, which is typically very heavy, in particular from horizontal to vertical position, since the movement from the vertical to the horizontal position is facilitated by the weight force applied on the radiator.
  • Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 illustrate four alternative executive embodiments of the means (5) used to move the radiator.
  • fig. 3 illustrates an executive embodiment of the means (5) comprising at least one, preferably more mutually hinged levers (5a) and one elastic element (5b) designed to return the radiator (1) in vertical position or facilitate the passage from open position to closed position.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates a second executive embodiment in which the means (5) comprise a belt (5d) that is wound around a reel (5c) provided with elastic return of the belt (5d).
  • the belt (5d) is advantageously associated with the free end of the radiator (1) in such a way to take advantage of the force applied on a long arm.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates a third executive embodiment of the means (5) that provides for a hydraulic device (5e), such as hydraulic piston or similar element, or alternatively an air piston or similar element, the said hydraulic device (5e) being associated with the radiator (1) and the wall (P) in such a way to advantageously return the radiator (1) in vertical position.
  • a hydraulic device (5e) such as hydraulic piston or similar element, or alternatively an air piston or similar element
  • Fig. 6 illustrates a fourth embodiment of the means (5) that comprises an elastic element (5f), such as a spiral elastic spring or similar element, connected to the radiator (1) and the wall (P), in such a way to facilitate the movement of the radiator in vertical closed position.
  • an elastic element (5f) such as a spiral elastic spring or similar element
  • the radiator is advantageously provided with means (4) used to support and feed the radiator, as generically illustrated in figs. 1 and 2 and in two preferred executive embodiments in figs. 7 and 8 .
  • the means (4) used to support and feed the radiator are designed to support the radiator (1) with respect to the wall (P), basically acting as pivot around which the radiator (1) rotates to pass from closed position to open position and vice versa. Moreover, the means (4) used to support and feed the radiator feed the radiator (1) either in integrated mode or non-integrated mode.
  • the radiator is a radiator with convector fluid provided with at least one inlet and one output for the convector fluid that circulates inside it.
  • the means (4) used to support and feed the radiator are of non-integrated type, that is to say comprise separate support means (4a) and separate feed means (4b).
  • the support means (4a) consist in a sort of bracket fixed to the wall (P) with a pin around which the radiator (1) rotates.
  • the feed means (4b) are obtained as a flexible duct, for illustrative, not limiting purposes, a metal braid or similar element, which is connected to the radiator (1) and to a feed duct of the convector fluid.
  • the support and feed means of the radiator (4) are advantageously integrated, that is to say integrate both the support function and the feed function of the radiator, as illustrated in the preferred executive embodiment of fig. 8 .
  • the support and feed means of a radiator (1) with convector fluid consists in a rotary valve (4c) of known type.
  • Rotary valves (4c) allow both for passage of fluids and rotation of the outlet branch of the valve with respect to the inlet branch and vice versa, and also allow for withstanding relatively heavy weights, such as a radiator, advantageously integrating the two functions of supporting and feeding the radiator (1) in a single device that is simple to assemble and has a reduced weight.
  • a ventilation device (6) may be provided in order to facilitate and accelerate the drying of the garments on the clothes-horse (2), as diagrammatically shown in fig. 9 .
  • the ventilation device (6) is designed to blow or convey hot air from the radiator on the garments on the clothes-horse (2) and advantageously reduce drying time.
  • the ventilation device comprises at least one, preferably two convectors positioned under the radiator (1) with possibility of rotation with respect to the wall (P).
  • the convectors are designed to rotate in order to considerably reduce their volume in closed position, against the wall (P), either entirely or partially under the radiator in open position, as shown in fig. 9 .
  • the means (3) used to move the clothes-horse can be simply obtained as a bracket that protrudes from the wall (P) provided with a rotational pin for the clothes-horse (2) or can alternatively have more complex characteristics, for instance the same characteristics as the means used to move the radiator.
  • the clothes-horse (2) rotates with respect to the wall (P) to be alternatively arranged in closed vertical position or in open horizontal position.
  • the movement of the clothes-horse is a vertical extraction movement from closed position, followed by a rotation around the means (3) used to move the clothes-horse.
  • the clothes-horse (2) is extracted basically from closed vertical position and rotated in open position when the lower end reaches the means (3) used to move the clothes-horse.
  • system of the present invention can advantageously be provided with lock/unlock means, such as snap-in or similar means, not shown and of known type, designed to lock the radiator (1) and/or the clothes horse (2) in intermediate positions between open position and closed position, by providing a flexible system in which the volume in open position can be adjusted according to the number of garments that are dried on the clothes-horse.
  • lock/unlock means such as snap-in or similar means, not shown and of known type

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CH310482A (de) * 1953-02-16 1955-10-31 Burkolter Paul Einrichtung zum Wäschetrocknen.
EP0648884A1 (fr) * 1993-10-14 1995-04-19 Augusto Grossetti Appareil domestique pour sécher le linge
EP1004698A1 (fr) * 1998-11-27 2000-05-31 Pierre Vandelanoite Dispositif pour le séchage de linge
WO2002020894A1 (fr) * 2000-09-06 2002-03-14 Cadif S.R.L. Sechoir a linge repliable pourvu de panneaux chauffants
DE20306361U1 (de) * 2003-04-16 2003-07-03 Niewald, Lothar, 10119 Berlin Ventilator zur Erzeugung eines Luftstromes an einem zusammenklappbaren Wäschetrockner
AU2004100506A4 (en) * 2004-07-14 2004-09-23 Goonetilleke, Mike Mr Cloths Drying Rack With Accelerated Drying
WO2008039086A2 (fr) * 2006-09-26 2008-04-03 The Heated Clothes Rack Company Limited Étendoir à linge

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH310482A (de) * 1953-02-16 1955-10-31 Burkolter Paul Einrichtung zum Wäschetrocknen.
EP0648884A1 (fr) * 1993-10-14 1995-04-19 Augusto Grossetti Appareil domestique pour sécher le linge
EP1004698A1 (fr) * 1998-11-27 2000-05-31 Pierre Vandelanoite Dispositif pour le séchage de linge
WO2002020894A1 (fr) * 2000-09-06 2002-03-14 Cadif S.R.L. Sechoir a linge repliable pourvu de panneaux chauffants
DE20306361U1 (de) * 2003-04-16 2003-07-03 Niewald, Lothar, 10119 Berlin Ventilator zur Erzeugung eines Luftstromes an einem zusammenklappbaren Wäschetrockner
AU2004100506A4 (en) * 2004-07-14 2004-09-23 Goonetilleke, Mike Mr Cloths Drying Rack With Accelerated Drying
WO2008039086A2 (fr) * 2006-09-26 2008-04-03 The Heated Clothes Rack Company Limited Étendoir à linge

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