JP2002153698A - Laundry hanger - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laundry hanger capable of preventing clothes from slipping off. SOLUTION: A rotatably supported bolt 29 is provided in a second nipping piece 22 of a pair of nipping pieces 21, 22 energized in the direction in which a nipping part 24 is closed by a torsion spring 16 as a hooking part. Furthermore, a receive part 32 for receiving an engaging part 31 of the bolt 29 is provided in the first nipping piece 21. The bolt 29 is engaged with the receive part 32 after nipping a sash bar 40 in a pair of nipping parts 24.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a laundry hanger for hanging laundry.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a laundry hanger for drying a small amount of laundry such as several handkerchiefs or lingerie in a room or the like. In order to attach the laundry hanger to a crosspiece or a pillar, the laundry hanger is provided with a pair of spring-biased holding pieces on the opposite side of the hanging portion for hanging the laundry.

[0003]

However, in the conventional laundry hanger, the laundry may drop due to the weight of the suspended laundry or the like.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a laundry hanger which is harder to fall off.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a hanging portion for hanging laundry and a hanging portion for hanging other structural articles. In the laundry hanger having the above, the hanging portion includes a pair of holding pieces urged in a closing direction by a spring, and can be disposed between the holding pieces at an operation position and a non-operation position. A fixing member is provided, and when the fixing member is arranged at the operation position, the opening of the holding piece is prevented, and when the fixing member is arranged at the non-operation position, opening is permitted.

Accordingly, when the fixing member is in the operating position, the holding piece is prevented from being opened, so that even if a force due to the weight of the laundry acts on the holding piece, the holding piece is prevented from being opened. It is difficult for the hanging part to fall off from the structural article.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the fixing member is constituted by a screw member supported by one of the holding pieces, and the tip of the screw member is engaged with the other holding piece. By the combination, the opening between the holding pieces is prevented. Therefore, the fixing member can be easily interposed between the pair of holding pieces with a simple configuration. Further, even if the size of the portion sandwiched by the holding pieces, that is, the opening degree of both holding pieces is different, the holding piece can be easily arranged at the operation position appropriately according to the size. In addition, since the holding force of the holding piece can be increased by the screw member, it is harder to fall off.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the screw member can be disposed in an operative position and an inactive position by rotating, and In the above, it is accommodated in the holding piece. Therefore, when the fixing member is in the inoperative position, the fixing member is housed in the holding piece, so that the fixing member does not become an obstacle, and can be easily arranged in the operating position and the inoperative position.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the second or third aspect, a female screw member is rotatably supported on one of the holding pieces, and the screw member is mounted on the female screw member. It is supported. Therefore, the screw member can be easily rotated with a simple configuration.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the other holding piece has a receiving portion for receiving the tip of the screw member. Therefore, since the distal end of the screw member is received by the receiving portion, even if the screw member is not vertically engaged with the holding piece, there is almost no slippage, and the screw member can be securely held in the operating position. It can be made harder to fall off.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a laundry hanger embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 1, the laundry hanger of the present embodiment has a substantially T-shape as a whole, and has a gentle arc shape in which laundry scissors 11 are attached at predetermined intervals via strings 12. The hanging portion 13 is provided. A first holding piece 21 is rotatably attached to the center of the suspension unit 13 via a known click mechanism 14.
The click mechanism 14 provides a certain resistance to the rotation of the first holding piece 21, allows the rotation of the hanging portion 13 and the first holding piece 21 while giving a click feeling, and a plurality of predetermined movements. Stop the rotational movement at the position.

A second holding piece 22 is supported on the first holding piece 21 by a shaft 15 so as to be openable and closable, and is urged in a closing direction by a torsion spring 16 on the shaft 15. At the distal ends of the first and second holding pieces 21 and 22, holding parts 24 for holding the crosspiece 40 and the like are formed, respectively, and an elastic member 25 such as rubber is adhered to the holding parts 24. Have been. The base end portions of the first and second holding pieces 21 and 22 serve as operating portions 26, respectively.

A female screw member 27 is rotatably supported by an operating portion 26 of the second holding piece 22 by a shaft 28. A bolt 29 as a fixing member is screwed and supported by the female screw member 27. I have. The bolt 29 has a knob 30 at its proximal end.
However, an engagement portion 31 is formed at the tip thereof. A projection 33 having a receiving portion 32 having a substantially V-shaped cross section is integrally formed on the inner surface of the operation portion 26 of the first holding piece 21. When the female screw member 27 rotates, the bolt 29 is pivotally disposed between the operation position and the non-operation position. When the bolt 29 is disposed at the operation position, the engaging portion 31 can be engaged with the receiving portion 32. When it is arranged at the inoperative position, it is accommodated in the operation section 26 of the second holding piece 22.

The operation of the laundry hanger of this embodiment will be described. When the laundry hanger is not used, as shown in FIG. 2, the pair of holding pieces 21 and 22 have their holding portions 24 closed by the torsion spring 16. Further, the bolt 29 has a state in which the engagement portion 31 faces the direction of the holding portion 24, and the second holding piece 22
Is housed in

When attaching a laundry hanger, in which laundry is hung on the clothespins 11, to the bar 40 or the like of the attachment member, first, the pair of holding pieces 21, 22 are pressed against the urging force of the torsion spring 16. A force is applied to the operation unit 26 to open the holding unit 24 about the shaft 15. Then, when the bar 40 is sandwiched between the holding units 24 and the force applied to the operation unit 26 is removed, the holding unit 24 holds the bar 40 as shown in FIG. 3, and the laundry hanger is attached to the bar 40. Next, the knob 29 of the bolt 29 is gripped and the bolt 29 is rotated so that the engaging portion 31 of the bolt 29 faces the projection 33. And the knob 30
Is held, the bolt 29 is rotated, and the engaging portion 31 of the bolt 29 is brought into contact with the receiving portion 32.

As a result, the first and second holding pieces 21 and
2 is restricted by the length of the bolt 29 interposed between the shaft 28 and the receiving portion 32, and the opening of the holding portion 24 is prevented.

When the clothes hanger is detached from the bar 40, the knob 30 of the bolt 29 is gripped and the bolt 2 is removed.
9, and further rotate the bolt 29 as shown in FIG. 1.
Remove from 0.

According to the laundry hanger of the above embodiment,
The following features can be obtained. (A) In the present embodiment, a pair of holding pieces 21 and 22 urged in the closing direction by the torsion spring 16 as a hook of the laundry hanger, and a pair of holding pieces in the operation position. Bolt 2 for preventing opening of pieces 21 and 22
9 was provided. Accordingly, when the bolt 29 is in the operating position, the opening of the pair of sandwiching pieces 21 and 22 is prevented, so that the laundry hamber does not easily fall off the bar 40 regardless of the weight of the laundry.

(B) In this embodiment, since the tip of the bolt 29 supported by the second holding piece 22 is engaged with the first holding piece 21, the pair of holding pieces 21 and 22 can be formed with a simple configuration. Opening can be prevented. In addition, a pair of holding pieces 21 and
Even if the size of the crosspiece 40 sandwiched by the two differs, the opening of the sandwiching portion 24 can be easily prevented by moving the bolt 29 forward and backward. Further, if the bolt 29 is further advanced after the bolt 29 is engaged with the receiving portion 32, the holding force in the holding portion 24 can be further increased, so that the bolt 29 can be made harder to fall off.

(C) In this embodiment, when the bolt 29 is located at the inoperative position allowing the holding portion 24 to be opened, it is accommodated in the second holding piece 22. Therefore, when the holding portion 24 is opened, the bolt 29 does not interfere.

(D) In the present embodiment, the inoperative position in which the holding portion 24 is allowed to open and the operating position in which the holding portion 24 is prevented from opening can be performed by rotating the bolt 29. Therefore, with an easy configuration and simple operation,
The bolt 29 can be located in the working position or the non-working position.

(E) In this embodiment, the bolt 29 is
The bolt 29 is attached to the second holding piece 22 by being screwed into the female screw member 27 that rotates on the holding piece 22. Therefore, the screw member can be easily rotated with a simple configuration.

(F) In this embodiment, the engaging portion 31 of the bolt 29 is received by the receiving portion 32 of the first holding piece 21. Therefore, even if the bolt 29 does not vertically engage with the first holding piece 21, the engaging portion 31 of the bolt 29 is unlikely to slip and rotate to fall out of the operation position, and the screw member is securely moved to the operation position. Can be held. Therefore, it can be made harder to fall off.

(Modification) The above embodiment may be modified as follows. -A laundry hanger having a hanging portion of another configuration, such as a hanging portion having a structure in which laundry scissors are arranged in two rows.

A bolt 29 serving as a fixing member is provided on the holding piece integrated with the hanging portion. Next, technical ideas other than those described in the claims that can be grasped from the above embodiment and other examples will be described below together with their effects.

(1) The mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an elastic material is provided on the gripping surface. Therefore, according to the invention described in (1), the gripping surface is elastically deformed on the member to be mounted, and the gripping surface is mounted on the mounting member in a state where the area of the pressing surface is increased, so that the clamping force is further increased, The mounting member can be firmly mounted.

(2) A pair of holding pieces urged in a closing direction by a spring, and a fixing member which can be disposed at an operating position and an inactive position, and when this fixing member is disposed at the operating position. A clip having a structure in which opening of a holding piece is prevented and opening is permitted when the holding piece is arranged at an inoperative position.

Therefore, according to the invention described in (2), since the opening of the holding piece is prevented, it is possible to make a clip which is harder to drop than before.

[0030]

As described in detail above, according to the laundry hanger of the present invention, the fixing member prevents the holding piece from being opened with a simple structure, so that it is less likely to fall off than in the past.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional plan view of a laundry hanger according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part of the laundry hanger when a holding piece is closed.

FIG. 3 is a plan cross-sectional view of a main part of the laundry hanger when the laundry hanger is fixed to the crosspiece.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... hanging part, 16 ... torsion spring, 21 ... 1st holding piece, 22 ... 2nd holding piece, 27 ... female screw member, 29 ... bolt as a screw member, 31 ... engaging part as the front-end | tip of a screw member , 32... Receiving part, 40... Crosspiece as another component.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A laundry hanger having a hanging portion for hanging laundry and a hanging portion for hanging on another structural article, wherein the hanging portion is urged in a closing direction by a spring. A pair of holding pieces, and a fixing member between the holding pieces which can be arranged in an operating position and an inoperative position. When the fixing member is arranged in the operating position, the holding piece is opened. A laundry hanger characterized in that the laundry hanger is configured to be blocked and open when placed in an inoperative position. 2. The fixing member is constituted by a screw member supported by one of the holding pieces, and the tip of the screw member is engaged with the other holding piece, whereby opening between the holding pieces is prevented. The laundry hanger according to claim 1. 3. The screw member according to claim 2, wherein the screw member is rotatable so as to be disposed in an operating position and an inactive position, and is housed in the holding piece in the inoperative position. Clothes hanger. 4. The laundry hanger according to claim 2, wherein the female screw member is rotatably supported by one of the holding pieces, and the screw member is supported by the female screw member. 5. The laundry hanger according to claim 2, wherein the other holding piece has a receiving portion for receiving a tip of the screw.