JP2000153097A - Quilt drying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and rapidly dry the entire surface on one side of several quilts at a time and to prevent the slip off of the quilts from the drying surfaces by pivotally fitting the shaft fixed to the upper parts of struts and the supporting pipes fixed to the centers at both flanks of a supporting frame and disposing a loading frame engaged with loading plates on which the quilts are placed on the inner side of the supporting frame. SOLUTION: The loading plate 4 of the lowermost stage, i.e., a loading frame 3, is fixed to the supporting frame 2 and, therefore, the placing of the quilts in regulated positions is possible. Next, a user turns a handle 18 of a worm reduction gear 17 and lowers the loading frames 3 of a middle stage and the uppermost stage in order to plate the quilts on the loading plates 4 of the upper stage and the middle stage. When the loading frame 3 of the middle stage descends, the quilt may be placed on the loading plate 4 thereof as well and when the loading frame 3 of the uppermost stage descends, the quilt may be placed on the loading plate 4 thereof as well. The loading frames ascend and return to the home position when the user rotates the handle 18 backward after the necessary number of the quilts are placed on the loading plates. Next, the user turns a handle 7 of a worm reduction gear 6 for inclination, and turns and inclines the supporting frame 2 around the shaft in order to dry the quilts by evenly applying the sunshine to the surfaces of the quilts.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a futon drying apparatus capable of drying several futons at a time while keeping them spread.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a futon is exposed to sunlight, the futon is folded into two on a fence such as a veranda or a metal pole hanger in an apartment or a general house. Alternatively, it may be hung on a car or on a roof depending on the situation of the household.

[0003]

However, in the case where the futon is dried in a state of being folded into two on a fence such as the above-mentioned veranda or a futon drier made of metal pole, the area which can be dried at one time is about 1% of the total surface area of the futon. Because there is only / 4, we exchange front and back to hang on the opposite side of the surface currently being dried,
Further, in order to hang the back side, it was necessary to turn over and perform the same operation, which was time-consuming and cumbersome.

[0004] Further, when drying on a car or a roof, the entire surface of one side can be dried at a time, but since it is slippery and there is no convenient means for pressing a futon, it falls down due to the wind. There was a disadvantage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is possible to easily and quickly dry the entire surface of one side of several sheets of futon at a time and not to slip down from the surface to be dried. It is an object to provide a futon dryer.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above problems, in the futon drying apparatus of the present invention, two right and left columns 1 are provided.
The support frame 2 is disposed between the support frame 1 and the shaft 31 fixed to the upper part of the column 1 and the support pipe 3 fixed to the center of both sides of the support frame 2.
2 are mounted on the support frame 2, and three mounting frames are mounted on the support frame 2, on which a mounting plate 4 for mounting a futon is engaged.

Further, as a tilting mechanism for allowing the support frame 2 to change its front and rear angles in accordance with the elevation angle of the sun, a worm speed reducer 6 for tilting is disposed on the front surface of one side of the column 1, and furthermore, left and right. A support plate 10 is fixed to the back side of the two columns 1, and a shaft 9 to which gears 11 and 12 are fixed is mounted on the support plate 10. Further, the gear 15 to which the support pipe 32 is fixed is fixed to the fixing plate 14 which is fixed to the center of both sides of the support frame 2. The gear 8 on the side surface of the worm reducer 6 for inclination and the gear 12 fixed to the shaft 9 are connected by a chain 13, and the gear 11 fixed to the shaft 9 and the gear fixed to the fixed plate 14 of the support frame 2. 15 are connected by a chain 16.

A lifting mechanism for moving the futon up and down so that the futon can be put on or taken in from the mounting plate 4 attached to the mounting frame 3 as described above. A worm speed reducer 17 is provided, and a support plate 23 is fixed to lower portions of both side surfaces of the support frame 2, and a shaft 22 to which a gear 20 and a reel 24 are fixed is mounted on the support plate 23. The gear 19 on the side surface of the elevating worm speed reducer 17 and the gear 20 fixed to the shaft 22 are connected by a chain 21, and a wire 25 wound around a reel 24 fixed to both ends of the shaft 22 is connected to the support frame 2. Of the uppermost mounting frame 3 and at the center of both sides of the uppermost mounting frame 3. Further, a chain 28 is engaged with the fixture 27, and is similarly engaged with the fixture 27 at the center of both sides of the lower mounting frame 3. The lowermost mounting frame 3
Does not engage the chain 28.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a futon drying apparatus according to the present invention, in which a mounting plate 4 for mounting a futon between two right and left columns 1 fixed to a foundation (not shown) by a base 5 is engaged. The support frame 2 on which three mounting frames 3 are arranged is axially mounted on a shaft 31 and a support pipe 32.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.
The mounting frame 3 is disposed at an angle of about 45 ° with respect to the support frame 2.
The mounting frame 3 has a lifting function capable of moving up and down along the support frame 2 as described later. For this reason,
As shown in an enlarged plan view of the roller portion of the futon drying device of the present invention in FIG. 7, the cross section of the support frame 2 is a square C-shape, and the roller 30 is inserted into the support frame 2 and The mounting frame 3 can move up and down by being fixed to the mounting frame 3. Since the lowermost mounting frame 3 may be fixed at the height thereof, the fixing frame 29 is directly fixed to the mounting frame 3 without inserting the roller 30.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view of the supporting portion of the futon drying apparatus according to the present invention, and the support frame 32 is fixed to a gear 15 disposed at the center of both sides of the support frame 2. The shaft 31 is fixed to the support 1 at a position facing the support pipe 32, and the shaft 31 is inserted into the support pipe 32 to
And the support frame 2 are axially mounted. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a fixing plate 14 is provided between the gear 15 and the support frame 2 and the fixing plate 1
4 and the support frame 2 and the gear 15 are integrally fixed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, as an inclining mechanism for changing the angle of the mounting frame 3 back and forth in accordance with the elevation angle of the sun and uniformly shining the sun rays on the surface of the futon, the mounting frame 3 is mounted on the front surface of one side of the column 1 as shown in FIG. The worm speed reducer 6 for inclination is provided. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a left side view of the futon drying device of the present invention, in which an elevating mechanism for explaining a tilting mechanism is omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a support plate 10 is fixed to the back side of the two right and left columns 1, and a shaft 9 to which gears 11 and 12 are fixed is attached to the support plate 10. Also, support frame 2
The support pipe 32 is fixed to the fixing plate 14 fixed to the center of both side surfaces of the
Is fixed. The gear 8 on the side surface of the worm reducer 6 for inclination and the gear 12 fixed to the shaft 9 are connected by a chain 13, and the gear 11 fixed to the shaft 9 and the gear fixed to the fixed plate 14 of the support frame 2. 15 are connected by a chain 16.

Further, when a futon is placed on or taken in from the mounting plate 4 attached to the mounting frame 3, a lifting mechanism for moving the futon up and down so that it can be easily moved to the mounting plate 4 at a high position. 1, a worm speed reducer 17 for raising and lowering is arranged near the center of the lower portion of the support frame 2. FIG. 3 is a left side view of the futon drying apparatus according to the present invention, in which a tilting mechanism is omitted for explaining the elevating mechanism. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1, and FIG. It is a top view of the raising / lowering mechanism of a futon drying device.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, a support plate 23 is fixed to the lower part of both sides of the support frame 2 and the gear 2 is attached to the support plate 23.
The shaft 22 to which the 0 and the reel 24 are fixed is mounted. The gear 19 on the side of the elevating worm reducer 17
And the gear 20 fixed to the shaft 22 by a chain 21,
Further, pulleys 26 are attached to the upper ends of the support frame 2 with wires 25 wound around a reel 24 fixed to both ends of the shaft 22.
At the same time, and is fixed to the fixture 27 at the center of both sides of the uppermost mounting frame 3. Further, a chain 28 is engaged with the fixture 27, and is similarly engaged with the fixture 27 at the center of both sides of the lower mounting frame 3. The chain 28 is not attached to the lowermost mounting frame 3.

[0016]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, it is necessary to put the futon on the mounting plate 4 in order to dry it. Since the lowermost mounting plate 4, that is, the mounting frame 3 is fixed to the support frame 2, the futon is placed at a specified position. Next, the handle 18 of the elevating worm speed reducer 17 is turned to lower the middle and uppermost mounting frames 3 so that the futon is placed on the middle mounting plate 4. When the handle 18 of the elevating worm speed reducer 17 is turned as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the gear 19 on the side surface of the elevating worm speed reducer 17 rotates, and the rotation is transmitted to the chain 21 and the gear 20. The shaft 22 rotates. Wires 25 are wound around reels 24 at both ends of the shaft 22, and the wires 25 are fixed to the uppermost mounting frame 3 via pulleys 26 at both upper ends of the support frame 2. The chain 28 is fixed to the lower mounting frame 3. Therefore, the elevating worm reducer 17
By turning the handle 18 of FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 3, due to the weight of the mounting frame 3 and the mounting plate 4, the middle mounting frame 3 descends as shown by the arrow A and the uppermost mounting frame 3 is Descend like so. When the middle mounting frame 3 is lowered as shown by the arrow A, the futon can be put on the mounting plate 4 of the mounting frame 3. Further, by turning the handle 18 of the elevating worm speed reducer 17, the uppermost mounting frame 3 descends as shown by the arrow C, so that a futon can also be placed on the mounting plate 4 of the mounting frame 3.
After placing the required number of futons, the worm reducer 1
By rotating the handle 18 of 7 in the reverse direction, it rises and returns to its original position.

Next, it is necessary to incline the support frame 2 in accordance with the elevation angle of the sun in order to uniformly apply the sun's rays to the surface of the futon for drying. In this case, when the handle 7 of the worm gear reducer 6 is turned as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the gear 8 on the side surface of the worm gear reducer 6 is rotated. And the shaft 9 rotates. Since the gear 9 is fixed to the shaft 9, the gear 11 rotates with the rotation of the gear 12,
The rotation is transmitted to the gear 15 by the chain 16. The surface of the gear 15 on the support frame 2 side is fixed to a fixed plate 14, and the fixed plate 14 is fixed to the support frame 2. A support pipe 32 is fixed to the other surface of the gear 15, and
The shaft 31 is fixed to the shaft 31. Therefore, by turning the handle 7 of the tilting worm speed reducer 6, the support frame 2 rotates about the shaft 31 and tilts. Since the inclination angle is not required to be 45 ° or more, a long hole 33 opened in the support pipe 32 and a screw 34 screwed into the shaft 31 as shown in FIG.
Thus, the rotation range can be limited to about 45 ° or less.

If the inclination angle is adjusted in accordance with the elevation angle of the sun by using the elevation function and the inclination function as described above, the sun rays can be uniformly and effectively applied to the surface of several futons at a time. Can be. Furthermore, if a foundation (not shown) to which the pedestal 5 is fixed has a rotation function, it can track the movement of the sun and can more effectively hit the sun rays.

The tilting worm speed reducer 6 used for the tilting function described above and the raising / lowering worm speed reducer 17 used for the raising / lowering function are manual, but a speed reducer using an electric motor may be used.

[0020]

As described above, when the futon is dried by using the futon drying apparatus of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. Since the futon can be spread and placed on the mounting plate attached to the mounting frame, one futon drying device can dry several surfaces of one futon at a time. Furthermore, since the mounting plate is a mesh, ventilation is improved and drying can be performed in a short time. Since the support frame can be tilted back and forth in accordance with the elevation angle of the sun by the tilt mechanism, the futon can be evenly exposed to the sun rays and can be dried in a shorter time. Since the mounting frame can be moved up and down by the elevating mechanism, the futon can be easily put on or taken in. Since the futon fits in the mounting frame, it does not slip down. Further, since the mounting plate is a mesh, a rope or the like can be easily hung.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a futon drying device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view illustrating a tilting mechanism of the futon drying device of the present invention, from which a lifting mechanism is omitted.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the futon drying device of the present invention, in which a tilting mechanism for explaining a lifting mechanism is omitted.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of an elevating mechanism of the futon drying device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged plan view of a roller portion of the futon drying device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view of a support portion and a shaft attachment portion of a support frame of the futon drying device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 support 2 support frame 3 mounting frame 4 mounting plate 5 pedestal 6 tilt worm reducer 7 handle 8 gear 9 shaft 10 support plate 11 gear 12 gear 13 chain 14 fixing plate 15 gear 16 chain 17 elevating worm reducer 18 Handle 19 Gear 20 Gear 21 Chain 22 Shaft 23 Support plate 24 Reel 25 Wire 26 Pulley 27 Fixture 28 Chain 29 Fixture 30 Roller 31 Shaft 32 Support pipe 33 Slot 34 Screw

Claims (3)

[Claims] A support frame (2) is provided between two right and left columns (1), and a shaft (3) fixed to an upper portion of the column (1).
1) and a support pipe (32) fixed to the center of both sides of the support frame (2), and a mounting plate (4) for mounting a futon inside the support frame (2) is engaged. A futon drying device, characterized in that several mounting frames (3) are provided. 2. A tilting worm reducer (6) is provided on one front side of a column (1) as a tilting mechanism for allowing the support frame (2) to change its angle back and forth in accordance with the elevation angle of the sun. In addition, a support plate (10) is fixed to the back side of the two right and left columns (1), and the gear (1) is attached to the support plate (10).
A gear (15) having a support pipe (32) fixed to a fixing plate (14) fixed to the center of both sides of the support frame (2) is mounted on a shaft (9) to which the support frame (1, 12) is fixed. The gear (8) on the side surface of the worm reducer for inclination (6) and the gear (12) fixed on the shaft (9) are connected by a chain (13), and further the gear fixed on the shaft (9). The futon drying device according to claim 1, wherein the gear (15) fixed to the fixing plate (14) of the support frame (2) and the gear (15) are connected by a chain (16). 3. A support frame (2) as an elevating mechanism for allowing a futon to move up and down so as to place and take in a futon on a mounting plate (4) attached to the mounting frame (3). A worm reduction gear (17) for raising and lowering is disposed near the center of the lower part, and a support plate (23) is fixed to the lower part of both sides of the support frame (2). (2
4) The shaft (22) to which the axle is fixed is mounted, and the gear (19) and the shaft (22) on the side surface of the worm reduction gear for elevating (17) are mounted.
The gear (20) fixed to is connected by a chain (21),
Further, a wire (25) wound around a reel (24) fixed to both ends of the shaft (22) is hung on a pulley (26) attached to both upper ends of the support frame (2), and the uppermost mounting frame (3). ), And a chain (28) is further fixed to the fixing device (27) at the center of both side surfaces of the mounting frame (3). The futon drying device according to claim 1, wherein the futon drying device is configured so as to be engaged with a fixture (27) at the center of the surface.