JP2003093792A - Clothes drying frame - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clothes drying frame capable of easily adjusting height of a pole receiving body and front and rear pole receivers without any complication of structure. SOLUTION: Two support columns 6 constituting this clothes drying frame 1 are connected together, and from the upper end of each of the support columns, an upper support column 15 is inserted downward into the support column. A pole receiving body 17 having two pole receivers 16 is connected on the respective upper support columns 15 in bridge form. The upper support column 15 can be held in an optional height by fastening using a fastening nut 19, and consequently, height of the rod receiving body 17 can be adjusted. The pole receiving body 17 is constructed freely extensibly by inserting an insertion body 21 into a cylindrical part 18 in a sliding method. The respective end parts of the pole receiving body 17 and the upper support columns 15 are connected to each other by a rotational pair oscillating the pole receiving body 17 via a pin 25.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes rack which is assembled by connecting (connecting) pipes (or rod-shaped members) with joints.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various kinds of clothes dryers have been developed. FIG. 11 shows an example thereof. This is a base in which the pipes are assembled into an H shape in plan view, and the center of the parallel pipes facing each other forming the base is
Each of the columns is erected vertically through a joint, and at the upper end parts of each column, both columns are laterally connected with a connecting material (pipe) to form a frame, and the upper part of this frame is connected. The rod receiver is attached as follows. That is, the upper columns are slidably inserted from the respective upper ends of the two columns, and the rod receiving bodies (pipes) provided with a plurality of rod receivers are bridged above the two upper columns. Are connected. Then, by sliding the upper support up and down with respect to the lower support, the rod receiving body can be adjusted to a desired height, and the upper support is held at an arbitrary height position. A height holding means is provided.

However, the upper support pillar inserted in the support pillar can be freely slid to be pulled up or pulled down, and for example, the height holding means provided at the upper end portion of the support pillar can be set to an arbitrary height. It is configured to hold the position. In this way, the height of the rod receiver can be adjusted, and when not in use, it can be pulled down and stored. It should be noted that, as shown in the figure, for example, two rod receivers (U-shaped bodies) are provided at intervals in the rod receivers.
Is installed. And such a clothesline
Usually, a pair of left and right members are arranged in a room or the like with an appropriate space therebetween, and clothes rods are passed over the rod receivers to be used as clothes lines.

[0004]

However, in this clothesline, when the rod receiving body is gripped and pulled up (lifted) or pulled down (pushed down), both upper columns connected to it slide into the two columns. Since it is interpolated by the method, there was a problem that it could not move smoothly unless force was applied evenly to both upper columns. In other words, when trying to adjust the height of the rod receiver and trying to pull it up, it is necessary to allow the two upper stanchions to be lifted up evenly, which is a handedness and cannot be lifted smoothly. was there. In addition, the same problem occurs when the rod receiver is pushed down.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional clothes-drying table, a plurality of rod receivers are attached so that a plurality of rods can be hung, and in use, a plurality of rods are substantially attached to the clothes-drying tables arranged in parallel at intervals. It will be hung in parallel. However, in the above-mentioned conventional clothes-drying bed, since the plurality of rods have the same height, the rod in the front side is an obstacle when hanging or pulling the rod on the back of the user. , That work is troublesome. Further, in the case of drying with solar heat or natural ventilation, the drying action is hindered by the presence of the laundry hung on the front rod in the laundry hung on the back rod. Among these, there are some equipped with a mechanism that can adjust the height of the front and rear rod receivers, but they are complicated in structure and complicated in their adjustment.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a clothes drying bed which can easily adjust the heights of a rod receiving body and front and rear rod receivings without complicating the structure. Is its purpose.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is to connect two columns vertically arranged substantially in parallel at arbitrary positions above and below the columns. , And connect downwards from the upper ends of both columns,
The upper strut is inserted by a sliding method, and a rod receiving body provided with a plurality of rod receivers is connected in a bridge shape above the two upper strut, and the upper strut is vertically arranged with respect to the strut. In a clothesline, the height of the rod receiving body is adjustable by sliding, and the rod supporting body is provided with height holding means for holding the upper support column at an arbitrary height. , An interpolating body is slidably inserted into the tubular portion so as to be expandable and contractible, and each end of the rod receiving body is connected to the upper strut by connecting either one of the two upper strut. When the rod receiving body is slid up and down with respect to the column, the rod receiving body is pivotally coupled so as to swing vertically.

According to the above means, when the rod receiving body is gripped and lifted, for example, when a pulling force is concentrated on one upper support column in a dominated state, one upper support column is mainly lifted and The rod receiver slidably extends while swinging, and is inclined so that one of the upper pillars can be lifted up. When the pulling force is concentratedly applied to the other upper strut from the tilted state of the rod receiving body, the other upper strut is mainly lifted. At this time, the rod receiving body contracts as the other upper strut side is lifted. Furthermore, when the other upper strut side is lifted, the end of the rod receiver connected to the other upper strut becomes higher than the end connected to one of the upper strut sides, The receiver slides and extends while swinging.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the rod receiving body is lifted, even if the rod receiving body becomes one-handed, one of the upper columns can be lifted up, so that the rod receiving body can be lifted smoothly. Of course, if both top struts are evenly exerted, they will lift up on average and can be easily lifted. As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a clothes rack that can easily move the rod receiving body up and down without complicating the structure. Moreover, since it is possible to lift in such a manner, when two laundry stools according to the present invention are prepared, and both of them are arranged in parallel in a plan view to the left and right, a rod to be hung up is, for example, the front rod. Since it is possible to incline the rod receiver so as to make it lower at the desired height position, for example, when two rod receivers are provided, the two rods to be passed over are desired in the front and rear. Can be changed to height.

The invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is
It has length holding means for holding the rod receiving body in an arbitrary length. When the upper support is held at an arbitrary height by the height holding means, such a length holding means is basically unnecessary, but it has such a length holding means. In the thing, the rod receiver is stable.

In the invention according to claim 3 of the present invention, a plurality of the connecting members are provided, and the inserting members are slidably inserted into the cylindrical portions, respectively, so that the connecting members can expand and contract. The clothes line according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an axis line extending in the sliding direction is substantially parallel and substantially perpendicular to the pillar. According to this structure, the distance between the support pillar and the upper support pillar can be adjusted, and the distance between the rod holders can be adjusted, which is convenient.

Further, in the invention according to claim 4 of the present invention, the connection between each end portion of the connecting member and the support column is the above
When one of the two columns is moved up and down relatively, the connecting members are connected in a rotating pair so as to swing up and down, and the two columns are erected substantially vertically on one plane. 4. The clothes bed according to claim 3, further comprising a rocking restricting means for restricting rocking of the connecting member with respect to the support column.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a swing control means for restraining the swing of the connecting member with respect to the columns when the two columns are erected substantially vertically on one plane. Since it is provided, the shape of the clothes rack is maintained by the regulation. On the other hand, when not in use, the pillar and the upper pillar inserted therein,
Since the linking member and the rod receiving member form a link mechanism that folds both columns so that they are close to each other, the space for storage can be reduced.

According to the third or fourth aspect, as in the fifth aspect, there is provided a length holding means for holding the connecting member at an arbitrary length. Good thing. This is because the space between the columns can be maintained at an arbitrary length, so that the clothes rack is stable.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A first embodiment of a clothes drying bed according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a clothes rack, which is a base (base) assembled from two vertical pipes 2 and one horizontal connecting member (pipe) 3 through a joint 4 so as to form an H shape in a plan view. Stand) 5
At the center of the parallel pipes 2 and 2 that face each other and form the base 5, a joint (pipe) 6 having the same length is connected.
0 vertically, and at both upper end portions of each of the columns 6, the columns 6 are laterally connected to each other by a connecting member (pipe) 8
Are connected via a joint 11 with both columns 6 and a connecting member 3,
8, a rectangular frame 12 is formed in a front view (FIG. 2).

Then, an upper strut 15 having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the strut 6 is inserted by sliding from the upper end of each of the both struts 6 and a U-shape is formed above the two upper strut 15. A rod receiving body (pipe) 17 provided with two rod receivers 16 in a shape is connected in a bridging shape. In this way, the height of the rod receiving body 17 can be adjusted by sliding the upper column 15 up and down with respect to the column 6. In addition, in this embodiment, in order to hold the upper strut 15 at an arbitrary position, a height holding means by tightening the tightening nut 19 is provided. Although this is not shown in detail, a taper screw that expands downward is provided on the outer periphery of the upper end portion of the column 6, and this screw portion is divided into two when viewed from the axial direction of the column 6, The tightening nut 19 is screwed onto the screw, and the diameter of the screw portion is reduced by tightening the tightening nut 19, and the upper strut 15 inserted therein is tightened. It is a conventionally known means that is set so as to be held by. The above configuration is the same as that of the conventional clothes-bed including a pipe having a circular cross section.

However, in the present embodiment, the rod receiving body 17 is constructed so that it can be expanded and contracted by inserting the inner insertion body (thin pipe) 21 having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion 18 in a sliding manner. Both ends of the rod receiving body 17, that is, the tubular portion 18,
The projecting pieces 20a of the joints 20, 20 attached to the respective base ends of the inserts 21 (ends near the upper columns 15) are provided inside the T-shaped joints 23 near the upper ends of the respective upper columns 15. Projecting piece 23a that is U-shaped in plan view
The pins 25 are connected to each other by a U-shaped link mechanism that is relatively movable. That is, the connection between the joint 20 (hereinafter also referred to as each end) of each end of the rod receiving body 17 and the T-shaped joint 23 (hereinafter also referred to as the upper end) of the upper strut 15 near the upper end, By the pin 25, a pair of rotatable upper and lower shafts 15 are connected around a shaft (pin 25) perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG.
On the other hand, when it is slid up and down, the rod receiving body 17 is relatively swung up and down about the pin 25. In the present embodiment, the rod receiving body 17 is a length holding means for holding the rod receiving body 17 in an expanded and contracted arbitrary length, and a set screw 27 is screwed in a radial direction on the outer peripheral surface of the tubular portion 18 near the tip. It is set so that the set body 27 is pressed by tightening the set screw 27 to hold the length.

Therefore, when the bed 1 of the present embodiment is held by the base 5 having an H-shape in plan view on a flat surface such as a floor to hold and lift the rod receiver 17, Is like. That is, when the rod receiving body 17 is gripped and lifted, when the pulling force concentrates on the right upper strut 15 in FIG. 2 in a unilateral state, as indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. , To the right of the upper column
Is lifted and becomes as shown by the solid line in FIG. At this time, the rod receiving body 17 slides and extends while swinging around the pins 25 at both ends, and is inclined so that the right upper support column 15 side can be lifted.

On the other hand, from the tilted state of the rod receiving body 17,
When the pulling force is intensively applied to the left upper support column 15 in FIG. 4, the left upper support column 15 is lifted, and as shown by the solid line in FIG. 5, for example, the entire rod receiving body 17 is lifted. At this time, the rod receiving body 17 contracts in length until the left upper support column 15 side is lifted and becomes horizontal, and is further lifted, and the end portion connected to the left upper support column 15 side has the right upper part. When it goes above the end connected to the column 15, the rod receiver 17 swings around the pin 25 and slides to extend.

As described above, even when the rod receiving body 17 is lifted up, it is possible to lift one of the upper columns 15, so that the rod receiving body 17 can be lifted smoothly. As a matter of course, if both upper columns 15 are evenly exerted, they are lifted up on average, and at that time, both ends of the rod receiving body 17 are rotated and are connected to the upper column 15 by a pair, so that they are smooth. Lift up to. In addition, when the rod receiving body 17 is in a desired height and inclined state, the tightening nut 19 is tightened to hold the height,
It can be used as a clothes rack. In the present embodiment, as the length holding means of the rod receiving body 17, the set screw 27 is screwed. However, basically, there is no problem in using the clothes rack without tightening it, but by tightening the set screw 27, the position of the rod receiving body 17 can be further stabilized. Similarly, when pulling down the rod receiving body 17, it can be easily performed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the rod receiving body 17 can be easily moved up and down without complicating the structure.
Therefore, when two clothes-drying pedestals 1 of the present embodiment are prepared, and both of them are arranged symmetrically in parallel when viewed from the left and right in plan view,
As shown in, two parallel rods S to be hung on the rod receiver 16
One of them can be set to a low position at a desired height position of the front pole S, for example. For this reason, when the rod receiving body 17 is provided with, for example, two rod receiving members 16, it is possible to change the two rods S to be passed over to a desired height before and after, which is convenient and extremely convenient. It is convenient.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
It should be said that the above is an improvement of the above embodiment, and there is no essential difference. Therefore, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and only the improvements (differences) will be described.

That is, the clothes-drying table 51 is provided with two connecting members 37, 37 having the same structure as each other, and each of the two connecting members 37 is arranged in the tubular portion 38 due to its inner diameter. An inserter 41 having a small outer diameter is inserted by a slide method so that it can be expanded and contracted. The two connecting members 37 have axes G extending in the sliding direction substantially parallel to each other and at a right angle to the column 6.
However, in the present embodiment, both of the two connecting members 37 serve as the length holding means for holding the connecting member 37 at an arbitrary length, and the tubular portion 3 is used.
A set screw 27 is screwed in a radial direction on the outer peripheral surface of the portion near the tip of 8, and the set screw 27 is set so as to press the insert body 41 and hold its length.
It has the same structure as the length holding means of the rod receiving body 17 in the above-mentioned form. The base end of the tubular portion 38 and the base end of the insertion body are connected and fixed to the joints 10 and 11 of the columns 6, respectively, and the connecting frame 37 and the columns 6 form a rectangular frame body. Are configured.

In the clothes-drying table 51 having the above-described structure, in the state shown by the solid line in the drawing in which the setscrew 27 of the connecting member 37 is tightened, the same operational effect as the above-mentioned embodiment is obtained. That is, in the state shown by the solid line in the figure, the rod receiving body 17 can be moved up and down corresponding to the vertical movement of the respective upper columns 15, and can be tilted.

In addition, in this embodiment, two connecting members 37,
37, each of which is configured to be extendable by inserting an insertion body 41 into the tubular portion 38 by a sliding method so that axes G extending in the sliding direction are substantially parallel to each other and are substantially perpendicular to the support column 6. Therefore, when the rod receiving body 17 and the set screw 27 of the connecting member 37 are loosened, as shown by the two-dotted line in the figure, the interval between the both columns 6 is determined according to the slidable amount of the insertion body 41. It can be widened or narrowed in appropriate amounts. That is, since the distance between both columns 6 can be adjusted,
It is convenient because it can be used as an appropriate interval according to the installation location and can be maintained even if the number of rod receivers 16 is increased. The expanded and contracted connecting member 37 has an arbitrary length, and when the setscrews 27 are tightened, the shape of the rectangular frame body is stabilized.

Further, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, and the clothes rack 6 of this embodiment will be described.
Since 1 is to be said as a further improvement of the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the same parts as those are denoted by the same reference numerals, and only the improvements (differences) will be described.

In this clothesline 61, the connection between each end of the two connecting members 37 in the above embodiment and the support 6 is
Similar to the connection between each end of the rod receiving body 17 and the upper support column 15 in the first embodiment, the rod receiving body 17 is connected through the pin 25 in a rotating pair. That is, the projecting pieces 20a of the joints 20, 20 attached to both end portions of the connecting member 37, that is, the respective base end portions of the tubular portion 38 and the inner insertion body 41 (end portions near each upper strut 15) are respectively attached. T near the upper end of the upper strut 15
Projecting pieces 2 projecting inward from each of the V-shaped joints 23
3a is connected via a pin 25 by a U-shaped link mechanism that is relatively movable. That is, the connecting member 37
The joint 20 of each end (hereinafter, also referred to as each end) and the T-shaped joint 23 (hereinafter, also referred to as the upper end) of the upper strut 15 near the upper end is connected by a pin 25 in a rotating pair. They are connected, and when one of the two columns 6 is relatively moved up and down, the connecting member 37 is connected in a rotating pair that swings up and down.

However, in order to maintain the shape of the rectangular frame body composed of both the columns 6 and the connecting members 37, when the two columns 6 are erected substantially vertically on one plane, the columns 6
In this embodiment, a bracket 65 is attached as a rocking restricting means for restricting the rocking of the connecting member 37 with respect to.
However, one end of the bracket 65 is rotatably attached to the shaft portion 6a provided on the support column 6 so as to form a bracing between the support column 6 on the left side in the drawing and each connecting member 37. , A hook 66 is formed on the other end (tip), and the shaft 6 attached to the connecting member 37 is attached to the support 6 and the connecting member 37.
It is configured to be locked in a state where and form a right angle. In the figure, the two brackets 65 are both locked to the shaft portion 68 of the connecting member 37, but when the locking is released, both brackets 65 are set to hang down by their own weight.

In such a clothesline 61 of this embodiment, when the two columns 6 are erected substantially vertically on one plane via the base, the two brackets 65 are used to form the columns 6 and the connecting members. By restricting the swinging (displacement) between the columns 37, except for the expansion and contraction of each connecting member 37, the support 6 and both connecting members 3
Since a relative movement with respect to 7 is prevented, a clothes line similar to the above embodiment is constructed. On the other hand, when not in use, the two brackets 65 can be folded and stored easily by releasing the locking of the connecting member 37 with respect to the shaft portion 68. That is, the clothes rack 61 constitutes a skeleton link mechanism as shown in FIG. 8-A in a front elevation view. Therefore, this clothesline 61
As shown in the skeleton diagram shown in FIG. 8-B, the strut 6 and the upper strut 15 inserted therein, the connecting member 37, and the rod receiving body 17 are arranged so that both the strut 6 are close to each other. Can be folded. Therefore, the space for storage can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, the bracket 65 is used as the rocking restricting means for restricting the rocking of the connecting member 37 with respect to the support column 6. However, this rocking restricting means uses each bracket 6 and the connecting member. It suffices that the relative movement in the rotational pair with 37 can be restricted, and therefore the specific configuration thereof can be arbitrary. For example, as shown in the enlarged view in FIG. 7, the pipe 70 is provided with the protrusion 20 a of the joint 20 at the end of the connecting member 37 and the protrusion 23 of the joint 23 on the column side.
It is also possible that the sleeve is slidably fitted to a and is fitted substantially without a gap to form a sleeve, and the pipe (sleeve) 70 is fitted to the link portion to regulate the swing. In this case, when folding, the pipe 70 may be slid laterally to release the regulation.

Although not shown, the clothes rack 6 of FIG.
1, the connecting member 37 can be embodied as a member whose length does not change (non-expandable member). Further, when the length of the connecting member 37 is adjustable, the length holding means for holding the length of the connecting member 37 at an arbitrary length is replaced by the set screw 27, and the upper support column in the first embodiment is used. The structure of 15 may be the structure of the tightening nut 19 that is used when fixing by changing its length.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be embodied with appropriate design changes without departing from the gist thereof. For example, in the above description, one of the pair of clothes racks is described as an independent (one side) clothes rack, but the clothes rack of the present invention includes two of them, and one of the pillars is seen in a plan view. ,
It can also be embodied as a lateral connection. In addition, the pillars and the like forming the constituent elements of the present invention are usually mainly composed of pipes, particularly pipes having a circular cross section, but constituent members in which the mating mating members are not slidably inserted, such as upper pillars and The interpolator is not limited to the cross-sectional shape,
It may be composed of solid rods. However, it is preferable to use straight pipes or rods as constituent elements.

[0033]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a clothes rack can be provided in which the heights of the rod receiver and the front and rear rod receivers can be easily adjusted without complicating the structure. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a first embodiment of a clothes drying bed according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the clothes dryer in FIG. 1 seen from the direction of arrow A.

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the clothes dryer in FIG. 1 as seen from the direction of arrow B.

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the laundry platform of FIG. 2 in which the lower part of the right upper support post is pulled up and the lower part of the support post is omitted.

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view in which the lower part of the pillar is omitted when the upper pillar on the left side in the drawing is pulled up from the state of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a front elevation view of a second embodiment of the clothesline according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front elevation view of a third embodiment of the clothes dryer according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front skeleton diagram for explaining a state in which the clothes rack in FIG. 7 is folded.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 51, 61 clothes rack 3,8,37 Connecting material 6 props 15 Upper support 16 Rod receiver 17 Rod receiver 18, 38 Cylindrical part 19 Tightening nut (Height holding means) 21, 41 Insert 27 Length holding means 65 bracket (rocking regulation means) G Axis that extends in the sliding direction of the connecting material

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[Submission date] October 15, 2001 (2001.10.
15)

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[Title of Invention] Drying platform

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. Two vertical columns arranged substantially parallel to each other are connected by connecting members at arbitrary positions above and below the columns, and an upper column is slidably inserted from the upper end of each of the columns. At the same time, above the two upper columns, a rod receiving body provided with a plurality of rod receivers is connected in a bridging manner, and by sliding the upper column up and down with respect to the column, the rod receiving body In a clothesline having a height adjustable means for holding the upper strut at an arbitrary height while the height is adjustable, the rod receiver is provided with an insert body in a tubular portion. In addition to being configured to be expandable and contractible by inserting by a slide method, each end of the rod receiving body and the upper strut are connected by sliding one of the two upper strut up and down with respect to the strut. When doing so, the rod receiver swings up and down. Clothes stand, characterized in that connected by even number around the. 2. The clothes rack according to claim 1, further comprising length holding means for holding the rod receiving body in an arbitrary length. 3. A plurality of the connecting members, each of which is configured to extend and contract by inserting an inserting body into a tubular portion by a slide method, and the axes of the connecting members extending in a sliding direction are substantially parallel to each other and the support columns. The clothesline according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the clothesline has a substantially right angle. 4. When the connection between each end of the connecting member and the supporting column is moved up and down relative to one of the two supporting columns, the connecting member swings up and down. And a rocking restricting means for restricting rocking of the connecting member with respect to the pillars when the two pillars are erected substantially vertically on one plane. The clothes rack according to claim 3, which is characterized in that. 5. The clothes bed according to claim 3, further comprising length holding means for holding the connecting member in an arbitrary length.