JP2003103099A - Wash-line pole holding apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wash-line pole holding apparatus which has a simple structure, can hold a wash-line pole securely, and with which an angle of an arm can be easily changed. SOLUTION: The wash-line pole holding apparatus is provided with a base member 14 which is to be attached to a building, a pair of supporting sections 20 which are provided in the base member 14 and are facing each other spacing a prescribed interval, a shaft section 40 which is positioned approximately horizontally and is pivotally supported by being inserted across the pair of supporting section 20, and an arm member 32 which is integrally provided with the shaft section 40. The base member has bearing portions 24, 26 which pivotally support the shaft section 40 movably on the surface vertical to a projecting direction of the shaft and enable turning of the arm member 32. The arm member 32 is formed with pawl portions 44 which work as engaging portions, and the base member 14 is provided with a pin 30 which works as a portion to be engaged where the pawl portions 44 abuts while resisting strength that lets the arm member 32 turn around the shaft section 40 by a dead load of the arm member 32.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes drying device which is attached to a wall surface of a building or a handrail of a veranda and is used by hanging a clothes rod.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a clothes drying device fixed to a veranda of a building, a base member attached to a building,
The arm member is rotatably attached in a vertical plane, and the arm member is used by fixing it horizontally or diagonally above or diagonally below. When not in use, it can be pivoted vertically downward to store. There was a device.

[0003] For example, the article pole locking device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-25279 is provided with an arm member having a rod receiving portion and a support body for supporting the arm member. The support is provided with a support portion that extends along the base of the arm member and rotatably supports the arm member at the base. The rear edge of the base portion of the arm member is formed in a polygonal shape having a plurality of sides, and the shaft body penetrating the base portion of the arm member is fixed by a vertically elongated hole provided in the support portion of the support body. There is. On the other hand, in the main body portion of the support, a step portion that supports the arm member by contacting one of the sides forming the polygon of the arm member that is parallel to the above-described elongated hole, and a step portion when rotating the arm member. A lower part is provided that is recessed from the step so as not to hit the corner of the polygon.

In order to change the attachment angle of the arm member of this clothesline locking device, the arm member is lifted upward along the vertically elongated hole until the side in contact with the step faces the lower portion of the support. After that, the arm member is rotated about the shaft so that the other side of the polygon is located on the same plane as the step surface. afterwards,
The arm member is moved in parallel to the original position as it is, and the other side is brought into contact with the step portion. This allows the arm member to be positioned at a plurality of different angular positions.

[0005]

In the case of the above-mentioned conventional technique, only one side of the arm member is abutted and locked to the step portion formed in the vertical direction, so that it is unstable and reliable. There was a possibility that it was not possible to obtain a match. Also, the shaft body is positioned at the lower end of the vertically elongated hole of the holding portion to be in the engaged state, but when the shaft body moves from the predetermined position of the vertically elongated hole of the holding portion, the engagement is easily disengaged and safety is improved. There was a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has a simple structure, the angle of the arm can be easily changed, and the clothes rod can be reliably held. An object is to provide a clothes dryer.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there are provided a base member mounted on a building, a pair of support portions provided on the base member and facing each other at a predetermined interval, and between the pair of support portions. A shaft part that is inserted and rotatably supported and located substantially horizontally, a bearing part that movably supports the shaft part on a plane perpendicular to the projecting direction, and an arm provided integrally with the shaft part. The clothes drying device is provided with a member and a locking means for locking the rotation of the arm member with respect to the base member. The locking means rotates the arm member about the shaft portion by an engagement portion formed on the arm member and protruding toward the base member side, and the weight of the arm member formed on the base member. The engaging portion comes into contact with the engaging portion against a force, and when the arm member is moved in a direction away from the base member, the engaging portion separates from the engaged portion and the mutual engagement. The stop is released, and the arm member is rotatable with respect to the base member. The arm member is formed with rod receiving portions which are formed at equal intervals and are through holes into which the rod is inserted.

A wide guide groove having a substantially rectangular shape is formed on the surface of the support portion facing the arm member so that the shaft portion can move, and the bearing portion is formed in the guide groove. There is. The bearing portion is located below the inner wall surface of the guide groove, and the first bearing portion pivotally supports the shaft portion at a position where the engaging portion and the engaged portion can engage with each other, and above the inner wall surface of the guide groove. And a second bearing portion that pivotally supports the shaft portion at a position where the engaging portion and the engaged portion are not engaged with each other.

A plurality of the engaging portions are provided at equal intervals and can be engaged by changing the angle of the arm.

In the clothes drying apparatus of the present invention, when the shaft portion of the arm member is located in the first bearing portion of the guide groove of the base member, the shaft portion is pivotally supported by the first bearing portion,
The engaging surface of the engaging portion of the arm member engages with the engaged portion of the base member, and force is applied by the weight of the arm member. Due to this, the arm member is locked to the base member and the shaft portion is positioned to the bearing portion, so that the locking is not accidentally released.

When changing the angle of the arm member to the upper side, a force can be applied in the direction of raising the arm member to rotate it about the shaft portion. Then, the abutting surface of the outer periphery of the next engaging portion of the arm member is pushed by the engaged portion, the arm member moves diagonally upward, and the top of the engaging portion moves to the engaged portion. When it exceeds, the arm member returns to its original position and is locked again.

When the angle of the arm member is changed to the lower side, the arm member is pulled up obliquely and the shaft portion of the arm member is fitted into the second bearing portion of the guide groove. At this time, the engaging portion of the arm member is separated from the engaged portion, and is freely rotatable. Then, the arm member is rotated downward about the shaft portion to release the force at an arbitrary position. Then, the shaft portion of the arm member returns to the first bearing portion of the guide groove of the base member due to the weight of the arm member, and the next engaging portion of the arm member comes into contact with the engaged portion and is locked. To be done.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention, and a clothes drying device 10 according to this embodiment.
Is provided with a base member 14 attached to the building 12. The base member 14 is integrally cast from aluminum or its alloy, and is provided with an elongated plate-shaped mounting portion 16 that comes into contact with the building 12. Through holes 18 are formed in the vicinity of both ends of the mounting portion 16 so as to fix the building 12 by inserting bolts. A rectangular penetrating portion 17 is formed at the center of the mounting portion 16. Mounting part 1
A pair of support portions 20 projecting in a direction opposite to the building 12 side at substantially right angles to the mounting portion 16 are formed at a pair of both side edge portions of 6 which are parallel to the longitudinal direction. The supporting portions 20 are positioned so as to face each other substantially in parallel, and are formed in a substantially semicircular plate shape.

On the opposite side surfaces 20a of the support portion 20, guide grooves 22 of the same shape, which are recessed to a certain depth, are formed so as to face each other. The shape of the guide groove 22 is the mounting portion 16
The guide groove 2 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape that communicates with the penetrating portion 17 and the longitudinal direction thereof is located substantially at a right angle to the mounting portion 16.
The longitudinal end portion 22a of the second member 2 extends beyond the central portion of the support portion 20 and reaches the front end portion. Tip 22a of the guide groove 22
In FIG. 1, a lower corner portion is formed with a first bearing portion 24 having rounded and curved corners. In addition, in the upper corner of FIG. 1 of the tip 22a of the guide groove 22,
A second bearing portion 26, which is recessed in a semicircular shape toward the outside in the longitudinal direction, is formed.

The guide groove 22 of the pair of supporting portions 20 is formed.
A pair of through holes 28 that communicate with each other is formed through the lower side of the mounting portion 16 in the vicinity of the mounting portion 16. The through hole 28 is engaged with a claw portion 42 that is an engaging portion of an arm member 32 to be described later. The pin 30 which is the engaged portion to be stopped is inserted and provided.

An arm member 32 is inserted and attached between the pair of supporting portions 20. The arm member 32 is a long plate-like body integrally cast from aluminum or its alloy, and a thin portion 34 is formed inside the arm member 32 along the longitudinal direction, and the thin portion 34 extends in the longitudinal direction. A rod receiving part 36 which is a circular through hole at equal intervals along
5 are formed.

The end portion of the arm member 32 on the base member 14 side is formed in a semicircle, and the inside thereof is a circular mounting portion 38. At the center of the mounting portion 38, short cylindrical shaft portions 40 projecting to both sides are formed. Triangular claw portions 42, 44, and 46, which are engaging portions to be engaged with a pin 30 described later, are provided on the peripheral portion of the mounting portion 38 so as to project laterally at equal intervals. The claw portion 42 is provided with the most protruding top portion 42a, and the top surface 42a is provided with a locking surface 42b continuously in the clockwise direction in FIG. The locking surface 42b is a flat surface formed substantially parallel to the radial direction of the mounting portion 38. And the top 42
An abutting surface 42c is continuously provided on the opposite side of the locking surface 42b of the a, and the abutting surface 42c is a curved surface that gradually curves outward while being curved away from the top portion 42a. Similarly, the claws 44 and 46 have tops 44a and 46, respectively.
a, locking surfaces 44b and 46b, and contact surfaces 44c and 46c are provided.

Next, a method of assembling the clothes drying device 10 will be described. First, the arm member 32 is inserted from the penetrating portion 17 of the base member 14 from the rod receiving portion 36 side, and the pair of supporting portions 20
Of the shaft portion 40 of the arm member 32 inside the guide groove 22.
Plug in. Since the distance between the tips of the pair of shaft portions 40 is formed slightly shorter than the distance between the surfaces of the pair of guide grooves 22 that face each other, the shaft portion 40 of the arm member 32 is It freely moves inside the guide groove without coming off the guide groove 22. And the support part 20
The pin 30 is inserted and fixed in the through hole 28 of the.

Then, the base member 14 and the arm member 32 are attached as a set to the building 12, for example, the wall surface of a condominium or the handrail of a veranda. As for the mounting method, the mounting portion 16 of the base member 14 is brought into contact with the building 12, and a bolt for concrete is inserted and fixed in the through hole 18 of the mounting portion 16. At this time, the base member 14 is
As shown in FIG.
6, the locking surfaces 42b, 44b, 46b of the arm member 3
It is attached so as to face the direction in which it receives the weight of 2 and rotates about the shaft 40. Then, one of the claw portions 42, 44, 46 of the arm member 32 is positioned below the pin 30 of the base member 14 and the locking surfaces 42b, 44b, 46b.
Either of them is brought into contact with the pin 30. Claws 42, 44,
The angle of the arm member 32 differs depending on which of the 46 abuts on the pin 30. And of the pair of arm members 32,
The rods are hung on the rod receiving portions 36, respectively. At this time, a downward force is applied to the arm member 32 due to the weight of the rod or the laundry. Then, a downward force is applied from the shaft portion 40 of the arm member 32 to the first bearing portion 24 of the guide groove 22 of the base member 14, and any one of the claw portions 42, 44, 46 of the arm member 32 is engaged. From the stop faces 42b, 44b, 46b to the pin 30,
Force is applied upward. The arm member 32 is securely locked to the base member 14 by these two forces. Shaft 40
Is positioned on the first bearing portion 24, so that the locking is not accidentally released and is reliably held.

Next, the operation of changing the angle of the arm member 32 of the clothes drying device 10 of this embodiment will be described. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, when the claw portion 44 of the arm member 32 is in contact with the pin 30 and the longitudinal direction of the arm member 32 is held substantially horizontal, the angle of the arm member 32 is directed obliquely upward. The case of changing will be described. First, when a force is applied to raise the arm member 32 upward, the arm member 32 rotates counterclockwise about the shaft portion 40 while the shaft portion 40 contacts the inside of the first bearing portion 24 of the guide groove 22. Rotate to. Then, the claw portion 44 is separated from the pin 30, and the contact surface 42c of the next claw portion 42 is moved to the pin 3 as shown in FIG.
Abut 0. When further rotated, the contact surface 4 of the claw portion 42
2c, the arm member 32 is pushed obliquely upward, and the shaft portion 40 moves the first bearing portion 24 of the guide groove 22.
Move away from and move upward. When the arm member 32 is further lifted, the top portion 42a of the claw portion 42 passes through the pin 30 and the shaft portion 40 returns to the position of the first bearing portion 24. Then, the force for lifting the arm member 32 is released, the locking surface 42b of the claw portion 42 abuts the pin 30 from below, and the arm member 3
2 is held in a direction that is diagonally upward.

The claw portion 46 of the arm member 32 has the pin 3
When the angle of the arm member 32 is held in the horizontal direction while being in contact with 0, and the arm member 32 is held obliquely downward, the same operation is performed.

Further, as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 1, the claw portion 42 of the arm member 32 abuts on the pin 30 and the arm member 3
A case in which the angle of the arm member 32 is changed in the horizontal direction when 2 is held diagonally upward will be described. First, pull up the arm member 32 diagonally upward,
As shown in FIG. 4, the shaft portion 40 of the arm member 32 is fitted into the second bearing portion 26 of the guide groove 22. At this time, the claw portion 42 of the arm member 32 is separated from the pin 30, and the arm member 32 can freely rotate. And the arm member 32
Is rotated downward around the shaft portion 40, and the claw portion 42 is
The force for lifting the arm 32 is released when it passes near the pin 30. Then, the shaft portion 40 returns to the original position, the locking surface 44b of the claw portion 44 contacts the pin 3 from below, and the arm member 32 is held in a substantially horizontal direction.

The claw portion 44 of the arm member 32 has the pin 3
When the arm member 32 is in contact with 0 and the arm member 32 is held in the horizontal direction, the same operation is performed when the angle of the arm member 32 is changed obliquely downward.

The operation of changing the angle of the arm members 32 is performed by pulling the rods up and down while the rods are stretched over the pair of arm members 32, so that the base members 14 of the pair of arm members 32 can be operated. It is possible to simultaneously engage and disengage with respect to and to change the position.

According to the clothes-drying apparatus 10 of this embodiment, the rod and the laundry can be reliably held with a simple structure.
A force is applied downward to the arm member 32 due to the weight of the rod or the laundry, and the shaft portion 40 of the arm member 32 is moved to the base member 14
Of the arm member 32 from the upper side, and the claw portion 42 of the arm member 32 contacts the pin 30 of the base member 14 from the lower side. Locked in. Also, the arm member 32
When changing the angle of, the engagement between the arm member 32 and the base member 14 is released by a simple operation of only lifting the arm member 32 obliquely upward from the base member 14, and the arm member 32 is manually rotated in an arbitrary direction. It can be carried out with good operability. In particular, when the angle of the arm member 32 is changed upward, it can be performed by a simple operation of simply rotating the arm member 32 upward. Then, while the rod is passed over the pair of arm members 32, the pair of arm members 32 can be disengaged at the same time by lifting or lowering the rod to change the angle, and the washed clothes are dried. Arm member 3 according to the angle of sunlight and the weather
The angle of 2 can be adjusted.

The clothes-drying device of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and the mounting position and the mounting position of the base member can be appropriately selected other than the wall such as the ceiling part or the pillar. Further, the shapes of the base member and the arm member, the mounting angle, the number and shape of the claw portions, and the like can be freely changed.

[0027]

According to the clothes drying apparatus of the present invention, the rod and the laundry can be securely held with a simple structure, and the angle of the arm member can be changed by a simple operation. It is also possible to engage and disengage the arm members and change the angle at the same time by moving the rods with the rods passed over the pair of arm members. The angle of the arm member can be adjusted according to the angle and weather.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which the angle of the arm member of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment is changed upward.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which the angle of the arm member of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment is changed downward.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the base member of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a usage state of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols] 10 Drying equipment 14 Base member 16 Mounting part 18,28 through hole 20 Support 22 Guide groove 24 First bearing 26 Second bearing 30 pin 32 arm members 36 Rod receiver 38 Mounting part 40 shaft 42,44,46 Claw

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A base member attached to a building, a pair of support portions provided on the base member and facing each other at a predetermined interval, and inserted between the pair of support portions to be axially supported and substantially horizontal. A shaft portion, a bearing portion that movably supports the shaft portion on a plane perpendicular to the projecting direction thereof, an arm member integrally provided with the shaft portion, and the arm member described above. Locking means for locking rotation with respect to the base member is provided, and the locking means is an engaging portion formed on the arm member and protruding toward the base member side, and the arm member formed on the base member. And the engaged portion against which the engaging portion abuts against the force of rotating the arm member about the shaft portion by its own weight. When the arm member is moved in a direction away from the base member, Engagement part Is separated from the engaged portion, the mutual engagement is released, and the arm member is rotatable with respect to the base member. 2. A wide guide groove in which the shaft portion is movable is formed on a surface of the support portion facing the arm member, and the bearing portion is formed in the guide groove. A first bearing portion, which is located below the inner wall surface of the guide groove, supports the shaft portion at a position where the engaging portion and the engaged portion can engage with each other, and the engaging portion provided above the inner wall surface of the guide groove. 2. A second bearing portion that pivotally supports the shaft portion at a position where the mating portion and the engaged portion are not engaged with each other.
Drying equipment as described. 3. The clothes-drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the engaging portions are provided at equal intervals so that the arms can be locked by changing an angle thereof.