Classifications

• • 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
  • D06F53/00—Clothes-lines; Supports therefor 
  • D06F53/02—Clothes-lines
• • 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
  • D06F53/00—Clothes-lines; Supports therefor 
• • 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
  • D06F53/00—Clothes-lines; Supports therefor 
  • D06F53/04—Supports, e.g. poles, props for clothes-lines

Definitions

• the present invention fits the technical field of home accessories and personal care, in particular it concerns the equipment that allows to keep objects suspended.
• a specific application field of the present invention relates to the garments stretch in order to allow them to dry after washing.
• Clothes horse are also known which do not require clothespins providing the presence of two wires which run parallel and are kept together and close together by annular elements.
• a clothes horse system is described in which two stretched branches of a single wire run coupled and annular elements made of malleable metallic material, such as steel, copper, zinc or tin, keep them close to each other.
• the annular elements can slide along the branches of the wire to adapt their distance to the dimensions of the garment to be stretched.
• the action of retaining garments is exerted only by the clamping force between the two branches of the stretched wire and is consequently very limited for garments of considerable size in which the annular elements must remain very far apart.
• US 1 ,360,189 describes a clothes line completely similar to the previous one and therefore affected by the same limits. US 1 ,360,189 specifies that the wire from which the two coupled branches are formed is preferably elastic.
• An object of the present invention is therefore to propose a clothes line which can allow the fixing of garments without the use of clothespins.
• a further object of the present invention is to propose a clothes line which can be used both in internal and external environments.
• Another object of the present invention is to propose a clothes line that can be installed easily and quickly on different types of supporting structures.
• a further object of the present invention is to propose a clothes line which can be used inside a retention device suitable for creating several stretching lines.
• Another object of the present invention is to propose a clothes line which can be used inside a retention device suitable for creating an annular and sliding stretching path.
• a further object of the present invention is to propose a clothes line which can be used to keep objects and/or instruments suspended.
• a clothes line for objects in particular for garments, characterized in that it comprises at least a first and a second wire portions having substantially the same length and arranged one close to the other, and a plurality of sliders associated in sliding mode with friction to at least one of the first and second wire portions.
• the clothes line is suitable for retaining partially suspended objects between the first and second wire portions.
• At least one of the sliders is associated in sliding mode with friction to both the first and second wire portions to keep them locally close together.
• the clothes line comprises constraining means, arranged at the ends of the first and second wire portions, suitable for allowing the coupling of the clothes line to a supporting structure.
• the first and second wire portions are both elastically extendable.
• at least one of the first and second wire portions is substantially inextensible.
• a further advantage consists in the fact that at least one of the sliders comprises a protruding portion adapted to protrude from the slider to exert a retention force on the object.
• a clothes horse device for objects characterized in that it comprises at least a first and a second supporting structures, adapted to be arranged in a stable position facing each other at a certain distance, and one or more clothes lines coupled to the first and second supporting structures with the first and second wire portions remaining stretched between the first and second supporting structures.
• the first and second supporting structures comprise a first wheel rim, a second wheel rim, having a radius smaller than the radius of the first wheel rim and arranged inferiorly, coaxial, at a predetermined distance from the first wheel rim, a supporting element of the first and second wheel rims comprising a pole, coaxial to the first and second wheel rims, and a base of the pole.
• the first and the second wheel rims are adapted to rotate axially around the pole and the clothes lines are suitable for sliding on the outer profile of the first and second wheel rims following their rotation.
• the first and second supporting structures comprise two bars suitable for collapsing between each other.
• a further advantage lies in the fact that the first and second wire portions are wound in a spiral between themselves.
• Fig. 1 shows an overall perspective view of a first embodiment of the clothes line according to the invention
• FIG. 2 shows an overall perspective view of a second embodiment of the clothes line according to the invention
• FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a detail of the clothes line of Fig. 1 ,
• Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of a detail of the clothes line of Fig. 1 ,
• FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the detail of Fig. 4,
• FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the detail of Fig. 4,
• FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the detail of Fig. 4,
• FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of a retention device according to the invention
• Fig. 9 shows a section view of a detail of the embodiment of Fig. 8,
• Fig. 10 shows a front view of the detail of Fig. 9,
• FIG. 1 1 shows a perspective view of a second embodiment of a retention device according to the invention
• Fig. 12 shows a partial section view of a portion of a clothes lineclothes line according to an embodiment of the invention
• Fig. 13 shows a front view of a slider of a clothes lineclothes line according to the invention
• Fig. 14 shows a perspective view of the slider of Fig. 13,
• Fig. 15 shows a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the slider of Fig. 14,
• FIG. 16 shows a perspective view of a further embodiment of a slider of a clothes lineclothes line according to the invention
• - Fig. 17 shows a side view of the slider of Fig. 16
• - Fig. 18 shows a top view of another embodiment of a slider applied to a clothes lineclothes line according to the invention
• Fig. 19 shows a side view of the portion of the clothes lineclothes line of Fig. 18,
• FIG. 20 shows a top view of a portion of a different embodiment of a clothes lineclothes line according to the invention
• Fig. 21 shows a side view of an element of the clothes lineclothes line of Fig. 20.
• a clothes lineclothes line, 1 shown in Fig. 1 , comprises two wire portions, 10 and 1 1 , stretched horizontally between two constraining means, 13, of the hook type, fixed to two supporting elements, 2, horizontal of the pole type, and a plurality of sliders, 12, acting as a coupling between the two wire portions 10, 1 1.
• various garments, V stretched between the sliders 12 so as to be passed between the two wire portions 10, 1 1 remaining crossed on one of them.
• a detail of the clothes line 1 visible in Fig. 3, shows how a garment V is fixed to the clothes line 1 with one of its own part passing through between the two wire portions 10, 1 1 clamped together by the slider 12.
• Fig. 4 shows the slider 12, of the hollow tubular type, which connects the two wire portions 10, 1 1 through its own through hole, 121 , and keeps them coupled without, in fact, allowing clearance between them.
• the two wire portions 10, 1 1 already stretched by themselves between the two ends, being held tightly together in the points around the garment V, prevent them from slipping and block their positioning.
• Fig. 2 it is provided the presence of at least one wire portion that is inextensible, 15, of the sheathed steel type or also of the nylon type, while the two wire portions 10, 1 1 are elastically extendable.
• This embodiment allows an effective tightening even when the line is very long since the elastically extendable wire portions 10, which are brought to yield in the central portion, must only exert the clamping action and must not instead bear the weight of the garment V which is supported by the inextensible wire portion 15.
• Further grouping sliders 16 are also provided for clamping all the three wire portions together, i. e.
• This arrangement is preferable when carried out with a pitch of 1-1.5 m between a single grouping slider 16.
• the garment V thus goes to straddle the inextensible wire portion 15 and passes between the other two wire portions 10, 1 1 in such a way that the sliders 12 positioned immediately before and immediately after the garment V go tighten it, and this, straddling the inextensible portion 15, results tighten.
• the inextensible wire portion 15 can be of the rigid type, for example steel wire, or even of the semi-rigid type, such as nylon, provided that the linearity between the supporting elements 2 to which one is to be associated is guaranteed. In this way it is possible to install clothes lines 1 of this type even for long paths and it is possible to expose them inside the buildings as well as outside.
• a variant embodiment provides for associating with the two elastic wire portions 10 and 1 1 , an inextensible, rigid wire of larger section than that of the elastic wires and coated with an anti-slip material.
• a further variant embodiment of the invention provides for the use of three elastic wires which are suitably twisted so as to be effectively kept close to each other, but with a sufficiently large angle of the twisting helix so as to allow to space them apart in order to insert a garment V between them.
• Another embodiment relating to the number, type and arrangement of the wires provides for the presence of a rigid, inextensible wire and at least two elastic wires suitably twisted about the first one.
• FIG. 12 Another variant embodiment, shown in Fig. 12, provides for the use of two coupled wire portions, 10', 11 ', preferably in nylon, having a circular section with a periodically variable diameter, that is to say of wavy type, and sliders 12 having internal opening dimensions such as to keep the crests of a first wire portion 10' inside the valleys of the second wire portion 1 1 ' and vice versa.
• the wavy section of the wires 10' and 1 T allows a particularly stable coupling between them and therefore also significantly improves the tightening action on a garment V inserted between them.
• sliders 12 are advantageously made differently from those according to the known technique shown in Fig. 4.
• a slider 12' comprises a toothed knurling, 122', at the edges of the through hole, 12 , of the hollow tubular body, with the function of further retaining the garment V to which it stands side by side.
• the end sliders i.e. those located at the ends of said wire portions and in proximity of the couplings to the supporting elements, can also have a single knurling at the edge of the hole facing the development of the clothes line, while at the opposite edge, that is the one facing the supporting element to which the clothes line is to be coupled, they can have a smooth edge.
• two different covering elements are provided, 12"A and 12"B, each applied individually around facing part of the wire portions of which, in this case, at least one, 15, is of the extensible type.
• a coupling element, 123 composed of two different ribbon-like bodies passing individually through the two different covering elements 12"A, 12"B, and more specifically in the slots existing between the wire portions 15, 1 1 and the covering elements 12"A, 12 “B, so as to keep them close to each other, closing by means of their own closing heads.
• This alternative typology is further functional since it makes possible to lay garments also inside the slot created between the two separate covering elements 12"A and 12"B.
• a further embodiment, visible in Fig. 7, provides a locking slider, 12"', tightened tightly around a single inextensible wire portion 15, used together with a simple slider 12 associated with both wire portions 15 and 11.
• the locking slider 12"' comprises a locking body, 120'", from which it extends, orthogonal to the direction of extension of the wire 1 1 , a protruding portion, 12T", of the hook type, suitable for stopping the accidental fluttering of the garment V stretched between the sliders 12.
• the blocking slider 12' in fact, is used tightly around the wire portion 15 on which the garment V is not spread, and is inserted between pairs of sliders 12 which block the spreading of the garment V, as per type previously described.
• a slider, 12 IV provides a cylindrical body with a flared shape crossed by a longitudinal cavity, 125, in the shape of a cross, and a cut, 126, which runs longitudinally through the slider in an inclined direction with respect to the axial direction and extends from the outer surface to the longitudinal cavity 125.
• the slider 12 IV is made of a highly elastic material, for example silicone rubber which, being extremely resilient, allows a high deformation of the cavity 125 in order to stop the passage of the wires 10 and 1 1.
• the high deformability and the cross-shaped shape of the cavity allow the garment to be kept locked since an end edge of the garment can penetrate into the cavity 125.
• the inclined cut 126 prevents the insertion of the wires 10 and 11 in the slider, maintaining the latter in a maximum traction configuration and therefore in a minimum section and slightly rotating the slider during insertion. The inclination of the cut 126 subsequently prevents the unintentional decoupling of the wires 10 and 1 1 from the slider.
• a further variant embodiment completely similar to the previous one, provides a slider 12 v , with a cross-shaped opening, 127, of increased dimensions and a cavity inside the slider, 125', of larger dimensions than those of the cross-shaped opening 127.
• the larger dimensions of the opening 127 and of the internal cavity 125' allow the edge of a garment to more easily penetrate the slider 12 v and remain gripped inside it, thus providing a particularly effective retention of the garment.
• a further embodiment provides a slider, 12 VI , which has a central portion consisting of a cylindrical tubular body, 131 , and end portions, 128, flared and provided with a plurality of axial cuts, 129.
• the end portions 128 are adapted to expand elastically to receive the end edge of a garment and hold it gripped both between its inner surface and a wire 10, and between the walls of the cuts 129.
• the cylindrical tubular body 131 and the end portions 129 are made of different materials.
• the elastic clamping element 132 is shaped so as to have an abutting surface, 132a, which tends to urge towards the axis of the cylindrical tubular body 131 thus presing on the wires 10 and 1 1 which tends both to prevent the sliding of the slider 12 v " and to keep a garment tight against the wires themselves.
• the clamping element 132 is provided with maneuvering portions, 132b, suitable for being grasped to elastically deform the element by moving apart the abutting surfaces 132a from the wires 10 and 11 in order to free the garment and to allow the sliding of the slider 12 v " along the wires 10 and 1 1.
• maneuvering portions, 132b suitable for being grasped to elastically deform the element by moving apart the abutting surfaces 132a from the wires 10 and 11 in order to free the garment and to allow the sliding of the slider 12 v " along the wires 10 and 1 1.
• an embodiment of a clothes line 1 according to the present invention comprises constraining means 13 constituted by a shaped body in the form of a double hook in which it is made a first hooking cavity, 135, of such dimensions as to allow the coupling of the constraining means 13 to a supporting arm of a clothes horse, and a second hooking cavity, 136, adapted to allow the insertion of a clothes line that at the outlet of the second hooking cavity constitutes the two wire portions 10 and 11 which are coupled by sliders according to the invention, for example the sliders 12 lv of Figs. 13 and 14.
• a clothes horse device 3, visible in Fig. 8, comprises the clothes line 1 in the embodiment of Fig. 2, that is with the elastically extendable wire portions 10, 11 and the inextensible wire portion 15, clamped by means of the sliders 12 and grouping sliders 16 and arranged to rotate around two distinct circularwheel rims, 20, 21.
• These are coaxial, spaced apart, fixed to a common base pole, 22, stabilized on a common base plate, 23, and have a different radius so as to provide an arrangement of the clothes line 1 such that it is spatially arranged on four distinct parallel lines.
• the clothes line 1 can continuously slide, and therefore make the garments V move, by means of the rotation of the circular wheel rims 20, 21.
• the set of the two circular wheel rims 20, 21 , of the pole 22 and of the base plate 23 defines the supporting element 2 of the clothes horse device 3 which, installed as a pair at two points spaced apart from each other, creates a closed path capable of guaranteeing continuity and by which each garment V lying on it can always be recalled at any point through the sliding of the relative clothes line 1 around the corresponding wheel rim 20, 21.
• Figs. 9 and 10 show a cross-section and a front view of a detail of the circularwheel rims 20, 21 in which it can be seen how the two opposite elastically extensible wire portions 10, 1 1 and the inextensible wire portion 15 flow together, because under tension, along the concave curvature of the wheel rim 20, 21.
• the two elastically extendable wire portions 10, 11 are held together by the sliders 12, while all three portions 10, 1 1 and 15, including the inextensible one, are clamped together by the grouping slider 16.
• the type of clothes line 1 used here is that described above and referring to Fig. 2.
• FIG. 11 An alternative embodiment, 3', of the clothes horse device of the invention is visible in Fig. 11 and comprises a supporting element, 2', consisting of a base plate, 23', on which a pole is fixed, 22', to the head of which is fixed a system of collapsing bars, 20' and 2T, joined at one of their ends in correspondence with the head of the pole 22' and diverging with the other two ends thereof so as to realize an angle included between them whose tice corresponds to the head of the pole 22' itself.
• two pulleys 4 are fixed, each comprising a rigid body 41 , to which a wheel is applied, 42, around which runs a clothes line I of the type described in Fig. 2, that is composed of two elastically extendable wire portions 10,
• the clothes line 1 runs around both the wheels 42 and allows the spreading of the garments V.
• the collapsing bars 20' and 2T, to which a pretension tending to close the angle between them is applied, are kept spaced between them by means of a spacer element, 24', a frame passing with both its ends through the same bars, substantially at half of their length.
• the spacer element 24' comprises a threaded bar body, 24T, two nuts, 242', and two bolts, 243', screwed onto the threaded bar 24T in order to clamp it to the two collapsing bars 20' and 2T in correspondence of driving points.
• the spacer element 24' is suitable for realizing a mechanism manually adjustable in its length, thus useful for further increasing or decreasing the angle between the two collapsing bars 20' and 2 .
• This mechanism provides for the adjustment of the nuts 242' and of the bolts 243' with concordant screwing or unscrewing capable of spacing the two collapsing bars 20' and 2T further, increasing the distance with which the two pulleys 4 face each other and therefore at the same time the part of the clothes line 1 which slides between them, in order to allow the user to freely adjust the depth of the device 3'.

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