JP2006296547A - Towel drainer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light-weight towel drainer which can be easily operated for a person who has to drain a towel with one hand, has a simple structure and can be carried to a bathroom or the like as well. <P>SOLUTION: A new towel drainer which makes dehydration only with one hand possible by a mechanism in which a wet towel in use is directly put into the cylinder of a drainer apparatus so as to pour it in, then the towel is pressurized with a pressurizing rod from the upper port of the cylinder, pressurization acts on all the parts of the towel inside the cylinder, and draining is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to an apparatus developed to enable dewatering of towels with only one hand.

Healthy people usually dehydrate by squeezing towels with both hands. However, it is very difficult to squeeze the towel in situations where both hands cannot be used, such as hemiplegia or pain in the elbow or wrist. Examining the method of dewatering the towel under these circumstances, (1) grasping one end of the towel and shaking it strongly, (2) grasping the towel from one end, (3) stepping on one end of the towel with the other end (4) Fold the towel in half and hook the central part on the water tap and twist it. (5) Request a healthy person. If there is a demand from a large number of people, it is possible to install an electric dehydrator, but there are few such installation locations. There are many electric devices in the towel squeeze literature. The following documents can be operated manually.

Patent Publication 2000-283648 (hereinafter referred to as Patent Document 1) states that "a first towel supporting means for supporting one end of the towel so as not to rotate with respect to the rotation shaft, and the first towel on the frame. Second towel support means provided opposite to the towel support means for supporting the other end of the towel so as not to rotate with respect to the frame, and for rotating the rotating shaft with respect to the frame (In paragraph 0005 of Patent Document 1), “in the towel squeezing device, the rotation driving means is connected to the other end of the rotating shaft. It is characterized by the fact that it is a handle (paragraph 0006 of Patent Document 1).

In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-75352 (hereinafter referred to as Patent Document 2), a pair of rotors are pivotally supported on the left and right upper surfaces of the pedestal, and a plurality of squeezing belts are stretched on both rotors. At the same time, transmission means that rotate reversely to each other are connected, and one rotor is connected to rotation means (paragraph 0004 of Patent Document 2).

In registered utility model No. 30627775 (hereinafter referred to as Patent Document 3), “the present invention meshes the surface of the two upper and lower plates that are pressed together with a wet towel in the shape of a mountain-shaped uneven sword. A wet towel is placed between the upper and lower slats, and the squeezed water falls between the slats by pressing the upper slats with a push rod using the power of the levers. (Patent Document 3, stage 0004) ".

Patent Publication 2000-283648 Patent Publication No. 8-75352 Registered Utility Model No. 3062775

In daily life, there are many opportunities to dehydrate by squeezing towels or cloths in the bathroom or kitchen. This movement is safe for healthy people who can use both hands, but it is very difficult in situations where only one hand can be used due to various circumstances such as hemiplegia, injury, and joint pain. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a lightweight towel dehydrator that is easy to operate, has a simple structure, and can be carried to a bathhouse or the like for a person who has to dewater a towel with one hand.

In Patent Document 1, a towel is set on the apparatus, and the handle is rotated to squeeze the towel. However, it is complicated to perform the operation of setting the towel on the apparatus, removing the towel, rotating the handle for squeezing with one hand. In addition, there is a problem from the viewpoint of a simple device that requires a size and weight of a device that can withstand the rotation of the handle.

In Patent Document 2, a towel is inserted into the squeezing band of the rotor of the device, and the rotating shaft of the rotor is rotated to squeeze, but the operation is complicated with one hand, and from the viewpoint of a light and easy device. There is also a problem.

Patent Document 3 is an apparatus for dewatering a towel by sandwiching a towel between two rugged mountain-shaped upper and lower boards and pressing one end of the upper board using leverage. is there. Although it is a simple method, towels sandwiched between plates produce thickness and thinness, so strong pressure can be applied to the thickest part and dehydration can be done. There is a problem in that it does not act sufficiently and it becomes difficult to dehydrate the part.

When a person who needs to dewater a towel with one hand develops a device that can dewater a towel with only one hand, the inventor of the present application is easy and safe to operate, the structure of the device is simple, lightweight and portable. In view of the above, the present invention has been completed and the above problems have been solved. That is,

In the present invention, the wet towel in use is poured so as to flow directly into the vertical cylinder of the dehydrating apparatus of the present invention, and then the towel is pressed downward from the upper opening of the cylinder with a pressing rod. A novel towel dehydrator that is possible with only one hand of a simple mechanism is realized by a mechanism that presses the entire towel and sufficiently dehydrates it because it is a cylinder.

The towel dewatering device of the present invention is a filter that combines a cylindrical container mechanism composed of a hollow circular cylinder of a container into which a towel is put, a pressure bar mechanism that pressurizes the towel, and a cylindrical bottom plate and a strainer when the cylinder is in a vertical position. This is a towel dehydrator mainly composed of a mechanism and a rotating mechanism that tilts a vertical cylindrical portion to a towel removal position.

There are many perforations in the side wall of the cylindrical container that dewaters the towel so that the water squeezed out of the wet towel can easily escape from the container wall. Moreover, there is a strainer at the bottom of the cylindrical part when the towel is pressed with the pressing bar. The water pressed out from the wet towel by the pressure is discharged from both the perforation of the side wall of the cylindrical container and the strainer of the bottom plate.

The towel dehydrated by the pressure of the pressure rod in the cylindrical container is compressed to the bottom of the cylindrical container when the pressure bar is pulled out, so the cylindrical container is tilted to expose the bottom of the cylindrical container. Take out. A rotating mechanism in which an arm for holding a cylindrical container is attached to a support from a base of a towel dehydrator with a hinge functions to stand and tilt the cylindrical container.

The device of the present invention can be formed of aluminum, stainless steel, plastic, or the like.

By using the apparatus of the present invention, a person who can use only one hand due to various circumstances such as hemiplegia, injury, joint pain, etc. can dehydrate cloths and towels with only one hand. Since the apparatus of the present invention is lightweight, easy to operate, and has a simple structure, there are advantages such that it is easy to clean and can be kept clean. The towel dehydrator that can be used with one hand of the present invention is a self-help tool and has a welfare effect.

The towel dehydrator that can be used with only one hand of the present invention comprises a hollow circular cylinder mechanism for a container into which a wet towel is put, a pressing mechanism for pressurizing the towel, and a bottom plate and a strainer of the cylindrical part when the cylindrical part is in a vertical position. A towel dehydrator mainly composed of a filtering mechanism having a combination, a rotating mechanism for tilting a vertical cylinder to a towel removal position, and a coupling mechanism of these mechanisms.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the apparatus of the present invention with regard to the configuration and relation of the cylindrical mechanism, the pressing mechanism, the filtration mechanism, the rotating mechanism, and the coupling mechanism of the apparatus of the present invention

A perspective view of the present invention is shown in FIG. The state which pressed the towel in the cylindrical container 21 of the towel dehydrator 11 with the pressing rod 31 is shown. The cylindrical container 21 is hinged by an arm 66 from the cylindrical container 21 to a hinge 77 at the tip of a support 55 from the base 44 of the towel dehydrator 11.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view of an important point when a towel is put in the embodiment method. The wet towel 81 put into the cylindrical container 21 is deposited on the strainer 99. The strainer 99 is fixed to the base 44 of the towel dehydrator 11.

FIG. 3 is a view in which the wet towel 81 put into the cylindrical container 21 of the embodiment method is pressed by the pressing rod 31 to finish the dehydration, and the compressed and dehydrated towel 82 is compressed on the strainer 99. . At the beginning of the pressing of the wet towel, the pressing bar 31 is dehydrated by depressing the gripping part 32 in the vertical direction, and finally, the towel part on the peripheral edge of the cylindrical inner wall is tilted slightly while the gripping part 32 of the pressing bar 31 is tilted slightly. The gripping portion 32 is turned around a little so that the edge portion of the contact pressure portion 33 is sufficiently pressed.

FIG. 4 shows a state where the wet towel 81 is pressed by the pressing bar 31 and the dehydration is completed, and the cylindrical container 21 is tilted in order to take out the dehydrated and compressed towel 82 from the bottom of the cylindrical container 21. In order to take out the towel 82 dehydrated and compressed on the bottom of the cylindrical container 21 from the cylindrical container 21 after the dehydration is completed by pressing with the pressing bar 31, first, the pressing bar 31 is pulled out from the cylindrical container 21, and then the upper part of the cylindrical container 21 Is held and tilted to the hinge 77 side so that the upper edge of the cylindrical container 21 is brought into contact with the upper surface of the base 44 of the towel dehydrator 11. Since the towel 82 dehydrated and compressed is exposed at the bottom of the inclined cylindrical container 21, it is extracted.

An operation of dehydrating a wet towel with one hand using the apparatus of the present invention will be described. A wet towel in a state where it is lifted from a basin or the like is poured into the upright cylindrical container 21 so as to be poured as it is. When the gripping portion 32 of the pressing rod 31 is gripped and inserted into the cylindrical container 21 and pressed vertically, a large amount of water is discharged from the perforations 22 on the side wall of the cylindrical container 21 and the strainer 99 at the bottom of the cylindrical container 21. Finally, in order to pressurize the towel portion on the peripheral edge of the cylindrical inner wall, the gripping portion 32 of the pressing bar 31 is tilted, and pressing is repeated at the edge of the pressure-contacting portion 33 so as to go around the peripheral edge of the cylindrical inner wall. When the end of drainage from the perforation of the side wall of the cylindrical container 21 is visually confirmed, the pressing operation is completed. The pressing rod 31 is pulled out from the cylindrical container 21, the vertically standing cylindrical container 21 is tilted to the hinge 77 side, and the towel 82 exposed at the bottom of the cylindrical container 21 is extracted.

The results of a towel dehydrator using a vinyl chloride cylinder with an inner diameter of 74 millimeters, a thickness of 2 millimeters and a length of 20 centimeters are described. The wet towel was poured into the cylindrical container 21 while standing upright, and the pressing bar 31 was inserted into the cylindrical container 21 and pressed to dehydrate the towel. Lastly, in order to pressurize the towel portion at the peripheral edge of the cylindrical inner wall, the gripping portion 32 of the pressing bar 31 was tilted and repeatedly pressed at the edge of the pressure contact portion 33 to circulate around the peripheral edge of the cylindrical inner wall. The end of drainage from the perforations 22 in the side wall of the cylindrical container 21 was visually confirmed, the pressing rod 31 was extracted from the cylindrical container 21, and the cylindrical container 21 was tilted to extract the towel 82 exposed at the bottom of the cylindrical container 21. The degree of dehydration was not as good as a towel squeezed by a healthy adult with both hands, but was able to sufficiently wipe off water droplets on the skin surface. As a result of bringing this prototype to the handicapped interchange center for the handicapped and performed by hemiplegic people, the dehydration effect of the towel dehydrator of the present invention was good and it was also popular that it could be operated easily.

This device can be carried not only in a bathroom in the home but also in a bathhouse where many people can enter.

It is a perspective view of the towel dehydrator of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional side view of the important point at the time of towel insertion. It is a cross-sectional side view of the important point after a towel press. It is a cross-sectional side view of the important part of the inclined cylindrical container.

Explanation of symbols

11 Towel dehydrator 21 Cylindrical container 22 Cylindrical container perforation
31 Press rod
32 Grasping part 33 Contacting part 44 Towel dehydrator base 55 Base part support 66 Cylindrical container holding arm 77 Hinge 81,82 Towel 99 Strainer

Claims (4)

Cylindrical container mechanism for putting wet towels, pressing mechanism for pressing and dewatering towels, filtration mechanism for draining water dehydrated from wet towels by pressing, and rotation for tilting cylindrical part to remove towels A towel dehydrator mainly composed of a mechanism and a coupling mechanism of these mechanisms. The towel dehydrator according to claim 1, wherein the wet towel is put into a cylindrical container and dehydrated by pressing in the cylindrical container. The towel dehydrator according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein water dehydrated from the wet towel by pressing is drained from the perforation of the cylindrical side wall and the strainer at the bottom of the cylinder. The dehydrator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the dewatered and compressed towel is taken out from the bottom of the cylinder by tilting the cylinder.

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