JP2004105405A - Clothes-drying stand, clothes-drying stand system and hanger - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clothes-drying stand and a clothes-drying stand system superior in easiness-to-use, and efficiently drying a wash. <P>SOLUTION: This clothes-drying stand 3 has an arm part 11 for placing clothes-drying bar 12 and 13, a column 8 for supporting the arm part 11 and freely expandable in the B direction and a rodless cylinder 6 for supporting the column 8 and reciprocating the column 8 in the C direction. The clothes-drying bar 12 and 13 are moved in the B direction and the C direction by driving the column 8 and the rodless cylinder 6 by using compressed air. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothesline, a clothesline system, and a hanger that can be dried in a short time without drying a laundry.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a clothes-drying stand for hanging laundry, for example, a clothes-drying stand installed in a garden has a pillar having a bottom fixed with concrete and an arm part which is spread laterally at the top of the pillar. Have been.
[0003]
There is also a so-called hanging type laundry stand having a pole suspended from the bottom of the veranda on the upper floor and an arm part spread laterally below the pillar, as a clothesline installed on a veranda or the like of an apartment. .
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since the above-mentioned conventional clothes rack is a fixed type, a person needs to go down to a garden or a veranda every time when drying clothes or taking in dry laundry. It is very inconvenient for others.
[0005]
In addition, since the length of the poles of conventional clothes racks is fixed, it may not be possible to reach the clothesline without stretching the back, especially if the elderly stretch out. ing.
[0006]
Furthermore, conventional clothes dryers only dry laundry naturally, so when the humidity is high in the rainy season, when the sun is not shining due to cloudy weather, or when there is no wind, it takes time to dry the laundry. It is not possible to dry laundry efficiently.
[0007]
An object of the present invention is to provide a clothesline, a clothesline system, and a hanger that are excellent in usability and can efficiently dry laundry.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a clothesline of the present invention is characterized by comprising a support portion for supporting a clothesline, and a drive mechanism for driving the support portion to move the clothesline. .
[0009]
According to the above configuration, the clothespin can be moved by driving the support unit by the drive mechanism.When drying the laundry or taking in the dried laundry, the clothespin is moved to the front side. It becomes possible to draw. As a result, people do not have to bother to the garden or veranda. Further, by lowering the clothesline, a person does not have to stretch out when drying the laundry or taking in the dried laundry.
[0010]
In addition, a clothesline according to the present invention includes a support portion that supports a clothesline, a driving mechanism that drives the support portion to move the clothesline, and detects an environmental change around the laundry that is hung on the clothesline. External change situation detecting means for outputting the detection signal, and the detection signal being taken in, the drive mechanism being controlled based on the detection signal, and the clothesline being positioned at a position suitable for drying the laundry. And control means for moving the.
[0011]
According to the above configuration, when the environment around the laundry hung on the clothesline changes, the change is detected by the external change situation detecting means. Then, the control means takes in the detection signal from the external change situation detection means, controls the drive mechanism based on the detection signal, and moves the clothesline to a position suitable for drying the laundry.
[0012]
According to the present invention, at least one of a rain sensor for detecting rain and an optical sensor for detecting outdoor brightness is provided as the external change situation detecting means. With this configuration, when rain has fallen, this is detected by the rain sensor, and the control means controls the drive mechanism to dry the laundry in a place where the laundry does not rain or where the rain hardly falls. Evacuate the pole. When the rain stops and the sky becomes brighter, the control means detects this by a signal from the optical sensor, and when it becomes brighter than a predetermined value, the control means controls the drive mechanism to dry the laundry. Move the clothesline to an easy place.
[0013]
The present invention is characterized in that the driving mechanism moves the clothesline vertically and horizontally.
[0014]
In addition, the clothesline system of the present invention includes a hanger having a plurality of ejection holes formed therein, a clothesline having a connecting portion to which the hanger is detachably connected, a support portion for supporting the clothesline, and the clothesline. An air supply means for sending air to the internal space of the rod, and a control means for controlling the air supply means, wherein the control means, when the hanger is connected to the clothesline, the drying means from the air supply means. Air sent to the internal space of the rod is sent into the hanger via the connecting portion and is ejected from the ejection hole.
[0015]
According to the above configuration, the air sent from the air supply means can be jetted toward the laundry from the jet holes formed in the hanger, and the laundry can be dried in a short time.
[0016]
Further, the clothesline system of the present invention includes a hanger having a plurality of ejection holes formed therein, a clothesline having a connecting portion to which the hanger is detachably connected, a support portion for supporting the clothesline, and the supporter. A drive mechanism for driving the section to move the clothesline, an external change status detecting means for detecting an environmental change around the laundry dried on the clothesline and outputting a detection signal, and an inside of the clothesline. Air supply means for sending air to the space, wherein the control means takes in a detection signal from the external change situation detection means and controls the drive mechanism based on the detection signal to dry the laundry. When the clothes hanger is moved to a position suitable for the clothes hanger, the hanger is connected to the clothes hanger, and the air sent from the air supply means to the internal space of the clothes hanger is connected to the connecting portion. And air into the hanger through is characterized by ejecting from the ejection hole.
[0017]
According to the above configuration, the laundry can be moved in accordance with an environmental change around the laundry, such as a change in weather, and the laundry can be dried in a short time.
[0018]
According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned laundry system, at least one of a rain sensor for detecting rain and an optical sensor for detecting outdoor brightness is provided as the external change situation detecting means.
[0019]
Further, in the present invention, in the above-mentioned laundry table system, the driving mechanism moves the laundry pole in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction.
[0020]
Furthermore, the hanger of the present invention is provided with a coupler that is detachably connected to a clothesline, and has a large number of holes formed in the hanger body so that the hot air or air sent through the coupler can be supplied to the large number of holes. It is characterized by spouting from the hole.
[0021]
According to the above configuration, air can be ejected from the ejection holes toward the laundry, and the laundry can be dried in a short time.
[0022]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment 1)
1 and 2 show a clothes-drying system according to Embodiment 1, FIG. 1 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A1-A2-A3-A4 of FIG. The clothes-drying system 1 is installed on a veranda 2 of an apartment or the like, and has a hanging clothes-drying stand 3.
[0023]
Two rodless cylinders 6 are fixed in parallel to a bottom surface 5 of a veranda 4 on the upper floor (a rooftop on the top floor), and these rodless cylinders 6 are driven by compressed air. A column 8 is suspended from a piston portion 7 of the rodless cylinder 6 in a vertical direction. The column 8 constitutes a pneumatic cylinder, and a piston (not shown) is provided in the upper cylinder portion 9, and the lower rod portion 10 is driven by the piston to expand and contract in the direction of arrow B in the drawing.
[0024]
An upper end of the cylinder portion 9 is fixed to the piston portion 7 of the rodless cylinder 6, and a lower end of the piston portion 10 is provided with an arm portion 11 that is expanded in a lateral direction. In addition, laundry poles 12 and 13 are stretched between the left and right arms 11. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 14 denotes a handrail provided at the front of the veranda 2.
[0025]
The rodless cylinder 6 has an elongated rectangular shape as shown in FIG. A slit groove 15 is formed in the bottom surface of the rodless cylinder 6 along the longitudinal direction, and the piston portion 7 to which the column 8 is fixed is reciprocally movable in the direction of arrow C along the slit groove 15. At both ends of the rodless cylinder 6, supply ports 16 and 17 for compressed air supplied to drive the piston portion 7 are provided.
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 2, both ends of the clothespins 12 and 13 are placed on the arm 11 and are held horizontally. A plurality of receiving portions 18 are provided at equal intervals on the lower surface side of the drying poles 12 and 13, and a hanger 19 is detachably attached to the receiving portions 18. A mechanism for detachably attaching the hanger 19 to the receiving portion 18 will be described later.
[0027]
As shown in FIG. 4, one end sides of air tubes 20 and 21 are connected to the cylinder portion 9 and the clothesline 12, respectively. An air tube may be connected to the clothespin 13 (see FIG. 6). One end of an air tube 22 is connected to both ends of the rodless cylinder 6. The other ends of the air tubes 20, 21, 22 are connected to electromagnetic valves 23, 24, 25, respectively. Compressed air is supplied to the electromagnetic valves 23, 24, 25 from a compressor or the like (not shown). By opening and closing the electromagnetic valves 23, 24, 25, the rodless cylinder 6, the cylinder unit 9, and the clothesline 12 are opened. Compressed air is supplied.
[0028]
FIG. 6 shows a line for supplying compressed air to the rodless cylinder 6, the cylinder unit 9, and the clothesline 12. Among the air tubes 22 connected to the solenoid valve 25, the air tube 22A is connected to the supply port 16 of the rodless cylinder 6, and the air tube 22B is connected to the supply port 17 of the rodless cylinder 6. Further, among the air tubes 20 connected to the solenoid valve 23, the air tube 20A is connected to the upper supply port 26 of the cylinder section 9 and the air tube 20B is connected to the lower supply port 27 of the cylinder section 9, respectively. The air tube 21 connected to the solenoid valve 24 is connected to the ends of the clothes rods 12 and 13.
[0029]
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a control box 28 is provided as control means, and the opening and closing of the solenoid valves 23, 24, 25 is controlled by a control signal a from the control box 28. A rain sensor 29 and an optical sensor 30 are attached to the lower side wall of the veranda 4 on the upper floor as external change situation detecting means. The rain detection signal b from the rain sensor 29 and the light detection signal c from the optical sensor 30 are It is input to the control box 28.
[0030]
The control box 28 is installed on, for example, a wall surface in a room near the veranda 2, and has an external appearance as shown in FIG. That is, the control box 28 is provided with main switches 31A and 31B, operation buttons 32A, 32B, 32C and 32D, an air ejection start button 33A, and an air ejection indicator lamp 33B on a front panel 28A.
[0031]
It is sufficient that at least one of the rain sensor 29 and the optical sensor 30 is provided as the external change state detecting means, but it is more preferable that both are provided. In addition to the rain sensor 29 and the optical sensor 30 as the external change status detecting means, for example, a humidity sensor for detecting humidity, a wind sensor for detecting wind intensity, and a dust sensor for detecting the amount of dust in the air And the like can be provided.
[0032]
In the above configuration, the operating button 32D of the control box 28 is pressed in order to bring the clothespins 12 and 13 indoors. Then, the electromagnetic valve 25 is driven by the control signal a from the control box 28, and the electromagnetic valve 25 supplies compressed air to the supply port 16 of the rodless cylinder 6 via the air tube 22A. As a result, the piston 7 of the rodless cylinder 6 moves to the indoor side, and the hanging poles 12, 13 together with the column 8 and the arm 11 move to the indoor side while maintaining the horizontal position.
[0033]
In order to move the clothespins 12 and 13 to the outdoor side while keeping the level, the operation button 32C of the control box 28 is pressed. Then, the solenoid valve 25 is driven by the control signal a from the control box 28, and the solenoid valve 25 supplies compressed air to the supply port 17 of the rodless cylinder 6 via the air tube 22B. Thereby, the piston part 7 of the rodless cylinder 6 moves to the outdoor side, and the hanging poles 12 and 13 can be moved to the outdoor side together with the column 8 and the arm part 11.
[0034]
According to the present embodiment, since the clothespins 12 and 13 can be moved toward the indoor side, there is no need for a person to descend on the veranda 2 when drying laundry or taking in dry laundry. Very convenient.
[0035]
In addition, the operation buttons 32A and 32B of the control box 28 are pressed to move the clothespins 12 and 13 up and down. Then, the electromagnetic valve 23 is driven by the control signal a from the control box 28, and the electromagnetic valve 23 supplies compressed air to the upper supply port 26 or the lower supply port 27 of the cylinder unit 9 via the air tubes 20A and 20B. Thereby, the piston (not shown) in the cylinder 9 moves in the up-down direction, so that the clothes rods 12 and 13 together with the arm 11 can be moved in the up-down direction.
[0036]
In ergonomics, it is said that the workability in standing work is good from the elbow to the eye height. However, the eye height varies from person to person and tends to decrease with age. , 13 are movable in the range of 120 to 155 cm.
[0037]
According to the present embodiment, since the clothespins 12 and 13 can be moved in the vertical direction, there is no need for a person to stretch out when drying laundry or taking in dry laundry. The clothesline 3 and the clothesline system 1 which are excellent in ergonomics can be realized.
[0038]
When the laundry is hung on the clothespins 12 and 13 and the clothespins 12 and 13 are close to the outdoors and it is raining at this time, the rain sensor 29 detects raindrops and the control box 28. Output a rain detection signal b. The control box 28 outputs a control signal a based on the rain detection signal b to drive the solenoid valve 25 to supply compressed air to the supply port 16 of the rodless cylinder 6 and to move the clothes drying rods 12 and 13 indoors. And is moved to a position where there is an eave (not shown) and rain does not or hardly occurs. Thereby, the laundry can be evacuated to a place where it does not rain or hardly hangs.
[0039]
When the rain stops, the sky becomes brighter, and the brightness (illuminance) is detected by the optical sensor 30, and the optical sensor 30 outputs a light detection signal c to the control box 28. The control box 28 determines the brightness of the outside based on the light detection signal c, and outputs a control signal a to drive the solenoid valve 25 when the brightness becomes equal to or more than a predetermined value, thereby controlling the supply port 17 of the rodless cylinder 6. Is supplied with compressed air to move the clothesline 12, 13 to the outside. Thereby, the clothesline 12 and 13 can be moved to a position suitable for drying the laundry, so that the laundry can be dried quickly. The position suitable for drying the laundry is a position where the laundry does not rain or is hardly applied if the rain sensor 29 is used, and a position where the laundry is easy to dry is used if the optical sensor 30 is used. The position may be any position that is easy to hit, hard to rain, and easy to dry.
[0040]
(Embodiment 2)
As shown in FIG. 2, the clothesline 12 is provided with a receiving portion 18, and a hanger 19 is detachably attached to the receiving portion 18. The present embodiment is characterized by a connecting mechanism for connecting the receiving portion 18 and the hanger 19.
[0041]
As shown in FIG. 7, the hanger 19 includes a substantially triangular hanger body 34 and a hanger head 35 provided at the center of the hanger body 34. A plurality of slit holes 36 are formed in the hanger body 34 as ejection holes. The hanger head 35 has a cylindrical shape as shown in FIG. 8, and a ring-shaped convex portion 37 is provided near the tip thereof as one coupler.
[0042]
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 9, a ring-shaped concave portion 39 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the circular hole 38 as one coupler in the receiving portion 18, and when the hanger head 35 is inserted into the circular hole 38, The ring-shaped protrusion 37 fits into the ring-shaped recess 39, and the hanger 19 is attached to the clothesline 12. The entire hanger 19 is formed of resin, and the resin has some elasticity, so that the ring-shaped convex portion 37 can be easily fitted into the ring-shaped concave portion 39. Further, it is easy to remove the ring-shaped protrusion 37 from the ring-shaped recess 39 by the elasticity of the resin.
[0043]
In the above configuration, when the laundry is hung on the hanger 19 and the hanger 19 is connected to the receiving portion 18, when the air ejection start button 33A of the control box 28 is pressed, the air ejection indicator lamp 33B is turned on and the control box is turned on. The electromagnetic valve 24 is driven by the control signal a from 28, and compressed air is supplied to the clothespin 12 via the air tube 21. Then, the supplied compressed air flows through the internal space of the clothesline 12, further flows into the hanger 19 through the receiving portion 18 and the inside of the hanger head 35, and blows out from the slit hole 36. Thus, the laundry hung on the hanger 19 can be dried in a short time even when the humidity is high such as in the rainy season, when it is cloudy, or when there is no wind. If used when it is sunny, the laundry can be dried in a shorter time.
[0044]
In the present embodiment, the clothespin 12 has been described, but the clothespin 13 may have a similar configuration.
[0045]
Note that a plurality of small circular holes may be formed in the hanger 19 instead of the slit holes 36.
[0046]
(Embodiment 3)
This embodiment shows another example of a connection mechanism for connecting the receiving portion 18 and the hanger 19. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, notches 40 are formed at two places in the hanger head 35. Further, the convex portion 37A is not formed in a ring shape, but is missing near the notch 40. Note that the notch 40 is formed below the convex portion 37A.
[0047]
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, push members 41 and 42 are provided on the receiving portion 18 so as to reciprocate in the direction of arrow D, penetrating from the outer peripheral surface to the inner peripheral surface of the circular hole 38. The pressing members 41 and 42 are constantly urged in directions away from each other by an urging member (not shown). Further, stoppers (not shown) are provided on the pressing members 41 and 42 so as not to be separated from each other by a predetermined distance or more.
[0048]
In the above configuration, when the hanger head 35 is inserted into the circular hole 38 of the receiving portion 18, the convex portion 37A fits into the ring-shaped concave portion 39, so that the hanger 19 can be easily attached to the clothesline 12.
[0049]
In order to remove the hanger 19 from the clothesline 12, the pushing members 41, 42 push the pushing members 41, 42 from outside so that the pushing members 41, 42 approach each other, and the pushing members 41, 42 push the tip of the hanger head 35 from both sides. . Since the notch 40 is formed at the tip of the hanger head 35, when pressed from both sides by the pressing members 41 and 42, as shown in FIG. As a result, the convex portion 37A comes off the ring-shaped concave portion 39. When the convex portion 37A comes off the ring-shaped concave portion 39, the hanger 19 falls under its own weight, and can be removed from the clothesline 12.
[0050]
In the present embodiment, the clothespin 12 has been described, but the clothespin 13 may have a similar configuration.
[0051]
According to the present embodiment, the connection between the receiving portion 18 and the hanger head 35 is released only by pressing the push members 41 and 42, so that the hanger 19 can be removed from the clothesline 12 with one touch.
[0052]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a clothesline, a clothesline system, and a hanger that are excellent in usability and can efficiently dry laundry.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view of a clothesline system according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line A1-A2-A3-A4 of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a rodless cylinder and a support.
FIG. 4 is an overall configuration diagram of the laundry system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a front view of the control box.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a compressed air supply line system.
FIG. 7 is a front view of a hanger according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the hanger head of FIG. 7;
9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the hanger head of FIG. 7 is inserted into a receiving portion of a clothesline.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a hanger head according to a third embodiment.
11 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the hanger head of FIG. 10 is inserted into a receiving portion of a clothesline.
FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the hanger head of FIG. 10 is removed from a receiving portion of a clothesline.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hanging stand system 2 Veranda 3 Hanging stand 6 Rodless cylinder 8 Post 11 Arm part 12, 13 Hanging pole 18 Receiving part 19 Hanger 20, 21, 22 Air tube 23, 24, 25 Solenoid valve 28 Control box 29 Rain sensor 30 Light Sensor 35 Hanger head 37 Ring-shaped protrusion 37A Projection 39 Ring-shaped recess

Claims (9)

A clothesline, comprising: a support portion for supporting a clothesline; and a drive mechanism for driving the support portion to move the clothesline. A support for supporting the clothes-line, a driving mechanism for driving the support and moving the clothes-line, and an external unit for detecting a change in the environment around the laundry hung on the clothes-line and outputting a detection signal thereof Change state detecting means, and control means for taking in the detection signal, controlling the drive mechanism based on the detection signal, and moving the clothesline to a position suitable for drying the laundry. A clothesline characterized by that. The clothesline according to claim 2,
A clothesline comprising at least one of a rain sensor for detecting rain and an optical sensor for detecting outdoor brightness as the external change situation detecting means. The clothesline according to claim 1 or 2,
The driving mechanism moves the clothesline vertically and horizontally. A hanger having a plurality of ejection holes, a clothesline having a connecting portion to which the hanger is removably connected, a support portion for supporting the clothesline, and an air supply for sending air to an internal space of the clothesline. Means, and control means for controlling the air supply means,
The control means, when the hanger is connected to the clothes rod, air sent from the air supply means to the internal space of the clothes rod, air into the hanger through the connection portion, A clothesline system, wherein the clothes are ejected from the ejection holes. A hanger having a large number of ejection holes, a clothesline having a connecting portion to which the hanger is detachably connected, a support portion for supporting the clothesline, and a moving portion of the clothespin by driving the support portion. A drive mechanism, an external change situation detecting means for detecting an environmental change around the laundry hung on the clothesline and outputting a detection signal, and an air supply means for sending air to the internal space of the clothesline. Prepare,
The control means includes:
While taking the detection signal from the external change situation detection means, controlling the drive mechanism based on the detection signal, while moving the clothesline to a position suitable for drying the laundry,
When the hanger is connected to the drying rod, air sent from the air supply means to the internal space of the drying rod is supplied to the inside of the hanger via the connection portion and is ejected from the ejection hole. A clothesline system characterized by being operated. The clothesline system according to claim 6,
A clothesline system comprising at least one of a rain sensor for detecting rain and an optical sensor for detecting outdoor brightness as the external change situation detecting means. The clothesline system according to claim 6,
The driving mechanism moves the clothesline vertically and horizontally. A coupler that is detachably connected to the clothesline is provided, and a large number of ejection holes are formed in the hanger body, and when the coupler is connected to the clothesline, air is supplied from the clothesline side through the coupler. A hanger for ejecting incoming air from the ejection hole.

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