JP2003117293A - Clothespin holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clothespin holder with which clothespins can be kept at hand at the time of clothes drying work and releasing of the clothespins from the holder is easily and quickly performed. SOLUTION: The clothespin keeper 1 is for keeping the clothespins for which a pair of clamping pieces are freely turnably connected at a middle hinge part and acting ends of both clamping pieces are energized at all times in a direction of press-fitting each other, and is provided with an arm ring part 2 of a ring inner diameter I through which a human arm can be inserted and a keeping ring part 3 composed of a wire-like body arranged separately from the arm ring part 3 on the outer periphery of the arm ring part 2. The keeping ring part 3 is connected to an upper end 8 of the ring arm part 2 whose ring axial center C is made roughly horizontal, a wire diameter D of the keeping ring part 3 is set smaller than a space part formed between both clamping pieces near the acting ends in the state that both acting ends of the clothespin 7 are press-fitted and thus the keeping ring part 3 can be freely moved inside the space part. To an upper end 8 of the keeping ring part 3, a locking part 5 to be locked to a clothes-drying pole or the like is connected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothespin storage device for storing clothespins for holding laundry in clothes, etc.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, clothespins have been used to fasten laundry on clothesline or clothesline. Such clothespins are often stored in a container such as a small box or basket and stored near a clothes drying area.

[0003]

However, when using the clothespins housed in the container as in the conventional case, the clothespins are entangled with each other and are difficult to take out. Moreover, since the clothespins must be taken out of the clothespins randomly stored in the container, the clothespins and the laundry in the container must be visually recognized alternately, which is awkward. In addition, if the container is out of hand, it is necessary to take the clothespin to the container each time it is used. On the other hand, since dust easily collects in the container, the dust in the container may adhere to the clothespins and stain the laundry. In addition, since the container is thick and washing scissors are scattered if it is accidentally dropped, it is difficult to carry and secure a storage place, and it is difficult to keep it in a hand when drying clothes.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it is possible to keep the clothespins at the time of clothes-drying work, and to remove and store the clothespins from the storage tool. The object is to provide a clothespin storage tool that can be easily and quickly performed.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a clothespin storage device according to the present invention has a pair of sandwiching pieces rotatably connected by an intermediate hinge portion, and the working ends of both sandwiching pieces. Is a storage device for storing the clothespins that are constantly urged in such a direction that they are crimped to each other, and a bracelet portion having a ring inner diameter that allows a human arm to be inserted, and a linear shape that is spaced apart from the bracelet portion on the outer periphery of the bracelet portion. The storage ring is composed of a body, and the storage ring is connected to the upper part of the bracelet with the axis of the wheel in a substantially horizontal direction, and the wire diameter of the storage ring is crimped by both working ends of the clothespin. In this state, the storage wheel portion is configured to be freely movable within the space portion by being set smaller than the space portion formed between the two clamping pieces near the working end.

Further, in the above-mentioned structure, an engaging portion which is engaged with a clothes rod or the like is connected to an upper portion of the storage wheel portion.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a clothespin storage tool according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is A in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a mode in which the clothespin storage tool holds the clothespin. In each drawing, a clothespin storage tool 1 according to this embodiment has a ring-shaped bracelet portion 2 formed in a ring inner diameter I (for example, about 130 mm) through which a human arm can be inserted, and a bracelet around the bracelet portion 2. An annular shape spaced apart from the portion 2 (for example, ring inner diameter = 250
and a storage wheel portion 3 of about (mm). Storage wheel part 3
Is the upper end 8 of the bracelet 2 with the wheel axis center C in a horizontal orientation.
Is connected at one place. Also, the hook-shaped locking portion 5
Is connected to the upper end 8 of the storage wheel 3. The bracelet part 2, the storage wheel part 3, and the locking part 5 are integrally molded using a synthetic resin as a raw material, and the connecting part of the bracelet part 2, the storage wheel part 3 and the locking part 5 is integrally formed as a connecting part 4. It is configured. The storage wheel portion 3 is configured as a linear body having a wire diameter D of 2 to 5 mm and a circular cross section, for example.

The clothespin 7 stored in the clothespin storage tool 1 is a general-purpose product in which a pair of sandwiching pieces 9a, 9b are rotatably connected by an intermediate hinge portion 10. Both clamping pieces 9
The action ends 12a and 12b at the tips of a and 9b are constantly urged by the spring material 11 in the directions in which they are pressed against each other (arrow Sa direction and arrow Sb direction in FIG. 2). The ends of the holding pieces 9a and 9b are pinched portions 13a and 13b which are pinched by fingers. In the clothespin 7, the concave surface portion 1 of the sandwiching pieces 9a and 9b is located closer to the working ends 12a and 12b than the hinge portion 10.
A space portion 14 is formed between 5a and 15b.

On the other hand, the wire diameter D of the storage wheel portion 3 has a width E (see FIG. 2, for example, in FIG. 2) of the space portion 14 formed in a state where both working ends 12a and 12b of the clothespin 7 are crimped. 6
It is set to a diameter smaller than about (mm). As a result, the storage wheel portion 3 can freely move within the space portion 14 of the clothespin 7. It should be noted that the sectional shape of the storage wheel portion 3 is not limited to a circular shape, but may be any shape as long as it does not hinder free movement in the space portion 14.

Next, the usage of the clothespin storage tool 1 will be described. In this clothespin storage tool 1, as shown in FIG. 4, 15 to 20 clothespins 7 are held in advance in the storage wheel unit 3 so as to be freely movable. Laundry 30
To fasten the clothes to the umbrella-bone type clothes dryer 31, the user puts the arm W through the bracelet 2 of the clothespin storage tool 1, grasps the laundry 30 with his hand Ha, and the clothespin 7 with the other hand Hb. It is removed from the storage wheel unit 3, sandwiched between the laundry items 30 and fastened to the umbrella-bone type clothes dryer 31.

As described above, according to the clothespin storage tool 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to carry the arm through the bracelet portion 2,
The clothespins 7, 7, 7, ... Can be placed close to you. Therefore, there is no inconvenience that the clothespin must be picked up each time it is used. Further, during storage, the clothespins 7, 7, 7, ... Are gathered at the lower part of the storage wheel unit 3 and, in addition, due to the center of gravity of the clothespin 7, the picking unit 13 is provided.
a and 13b always face downward. Therefore, without having to look at the clothespin storage tool 1 and the clothespin 7, the clothespin 7 need only be held at almost the same position.
The grips 13a and 13b can be touched, and the clothespin 7 can be easily and quickly removed from the storage wheel 3. As a result, the eyes and attention can be concentrated only on the laundry, so that the clothes can be dried efficiently. At that time, it is not necessary to rotate the storage wheel portion 3 with respect to the arm W to change the position in order to easily take the clothespin 7.

After the laundry 30 is dried, the fingers 13 are used to pinch the knobs 13a and 13b of the clothespin 7 to wash the laundry 3.
Remove it from 0 and bring it to the clothespin storage tool 1 with the working ends 12a and 12b open. When the clothespin 7 is inserted into an arbitrary upper or lower portion of the storage wheel section 3 (in the direction of arrow F in FIG. 3), the storage wheel section 3 hits the inner wall of the space section 14 as indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. Contact. Then, the force of the finger is relaxed to press the working ends 12a and 12b into contact with each other, and then the hand is removed from the clothespin 7. Then, the clothespin 7 immediately drops toward the lower end 6 as indicated by arrow G or arrow Ga in FIG.

Since the clothespin 7 is free to move along the storage wheel 3 in this manner, the clothespin 7 can be held at any position of the storage wheel 3 in any posture except for the connecting portion 4. Well, if you release your hand, it will drop toward the lower end 6. Then, the dropped clothespins 7, 7, 7, ... Collect automatically at the lower portion of the storage wheel unit 3 and are lined up in the same order in the vertical direction. Therefore, it is not necessary to manually arrange the clothespins 7, 7, 7, ... To make the next use more efficient, and the clothespins 7, 7, 7 ,. .

When the clothespin storage tool 1 is accidentally dropped while the clothespins 7, 7, 7, ... Are attached, the clothespins 7, 7, 7 ,. Moreover, since the bracelet 2, the storage ring 3, the connecting portion 4, and the locking portion 5 are formed on substantially the same plane and have a small thickness, the storage space for the clothespin storage tool 1 is reduced. It can be small. Therefore, it can be put away on the end of the clothesline. Also, I want to keep the clothespins 7 as close as possible during clothes-drying work. Since it can be used, it is easy to handle the clothespin 7. Also, clothespin storage tool 1
As shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to use the clothes rod 32 or clothes rope (not shown) with the engaging portion 5 engaged.

In the above embodiment, the locking portion 5 integrally fixed to the bracelet portion 2 and the storage wheel portion 3 is exemplified, but the locking portion of the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, You may employ the locking part 5A as shown in FIG. The locking portion 5A has a hook body 21 having a large diameter portion 18 at the lower end.
And a cap 16 having a shaft hole 17 for rotatably supporting the hook body 21, and an outer peripheral surface of the cap 16 is a male screw portion screwed with a female screw portion 20 formed on the upper surface of the connecting portion 4. It is made up of 19. This locking portion 5A is used for the hook body 2
Storage ring part 3 and bracelet part 2 for clothes hanging from 1
There is an advantage that the direction of can be changed.

Alternatively, the locking portion 5B as shown in FIG.
But it doesn't matter. In the locking portion 5B, a holding arm 22 is used instead of the hook body 21 in the locking portion 5A of FIG. 6, and a movable arm 25 is rotatably connected to the holding arm 22 via a hinge portion 23. . The movable arm 25 is constantly urged by the spring member 24 in a direction (direction of arrow Sc) in which the working end 27a is pressed against the working end 27b of the holding arm 22. The locking portion 5B has an advantage that the movable arm 25 can be opened by gripping the grip portion 26, and can be freely sandwiched and locked at a desired place such as clothesline or clothes. The locking portion of the present invention is not limited to the hook body (5, 5A) or the scissors body (5B) as described above, and may be, for example, a suction cup.

Further, the ring shape of the storage wheel portion of the present invention is not limited to the above annular shape, but may be a shape such as an elliptic ring shape, an upper and lower elliptical ring shape, an inverted triangular ring shape, etc., in which the clothespins gather at the bottom. I wish I had it. Further, the material of the linear body forming the storage wheel portion is not limited to the synthetic resin described above, and may be, for example, a stainless wire material, a synthetic resin-coated steel wire, or the like.
Further, in the present invention, the connection position of the storage ring portion in the upper part of the bracelet is not limited to one place, but in order to make the area of the storage ring portion for holding the clothespin wide, the connection portion should be short and one place. Is preferred.

[0018]

As described above in detail, according to the clothespin storage device of the present invention, the clothespin can be carried by passing the arm through the bracelet, so that the clothespin can be placed in the hand. Therefore, there is no inconvenience that the clothespin must be picked up each time it is used. Since the clothespins are free to move along the storage wheel, no matter where the clothespin is held, the clothespins will automatically gather at the bottom of the storage wheel and line up neatly when the hand is released. Therefore, even without paying attention to the clothespins, the clothespins can be touched just by holding the hands at substantially the same position, and the clothespins can be easily and quickly removed from the storage wheel. As a result, the eyes and attention can be concentrated only on the laundry, so that the clothes can be dried efficiently. Of course, the clothespin can be easily and quickly stored in the storage wheel. In addition, when the clothespin storage tool is accidentally dropped, the clothespin does not come off from the storage ring and does not scatter around.

When the locking portion is connected to the upper end of the storage wheel portion, the locking portion can be used by locking it on a clothes rod or clothes rope. Further, it is possible to lock the clothespin, the waist belt, the apron, etc. and use them around, so that the work of putting on and taking off the clothespin can be done efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a clothespin storage tool according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a mode in which the clothespin storage tool holds the clothespin.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing one usage mode of the clothespin storage tool described above.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing another usage mode of the above-described clothespin storage tool.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway front view showing another example of a locking portion.

FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway front view showing another example of the locking portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 clothespin storage tool 2 bracelet 3 Storage wheels 5,5A, 5B Locking part 7 clothespins 8 top 9a, 9b clamping piece 10 Hinge part 11 Spring material 12a, 12b Working end 14 Space Department 21 hook body 22 clamp arm 25 movable arms C wheel axle D wire diameter E width G, Ga arrow I wheel inner diameter Sa and Sb arrows W arm

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage tool for storing clothespins in which a pair of sandwiching pieces are rotatably connected by an intermediate hinge portion and are constantly urged in a direction in which the working ends of both sandwiching pieces are pressed against each other. The upper part of the bracelet part, which has a bracelet part having a ring inner diameter through which a human arm can be inserted, and a storage ring part made of a linear body, which is arranged on the outer periphery of the bracelet part and spaced from the bracelet part, and has a wheel axis centered substantially horizontally. The storage wheel is connected to and the wire diameter of the storage wheel is set to be smaller than the space formed between the two clamping pieces near the working end when both working ends of the clothespin are crimped. Thus, the storage scissors storage device is configured such that the storage wheel portion can freely move in the space portion. 2. The clothespin storage tool according to claim 1, wherein a retaining portion for retaining a clothesline or the like is connected to an upper portion of the storage wheel portion.