JP2007143891A - Clotheshorse device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clotheshorse device which can be hung to both a clothespole and a wall and further can be easily changed to be hung to or from either one. <P>SOLUTION: This clotheshorse device is provided with a clotheshorse body 1 hanging laundry, two wire bodies 3 and 5 having both ends connected to one end side and the other end side of the clotheshorse body 1 and disposed at a prescribed interval apart, a connecting device 7 disposed in the upper part of the clotheshorse body 1 and connecting the intermediate parts of the two wire bodies 3 and 5, and a hook 9 attached to the connecting device 7. The connecting device is so constituted as to be movably engaged along the wire bodies 3 and 5 and fixed at optional positions on the wire bodies 3 and 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a clothes dryer for drying laundry.

  Conventionally, various things are proposed as a clothes dryer for drying laundry. A typical clothes dryer has a clothes-drying body composed of a frame in which a plurality of clothespins sandwiching laundry is suspended, and the clothes-drying body is supported from above by a plurality of chains. Further, the end of each chain is fixed to a hook, and the laundry is hung by hanging the hook on a clothesline. Since such clothes dryers are supposed to be hung outdoors on clothes racks, etc., multiple chains are usually formed to the same length, so that the hook is positioned above the center of the clothes drying body. ing. Therefore, the clothes drying body is hung in a horizontal state.

  However, in case of rain, the clothes dryer may be hung on an indoor wall or the like. In this case, since the hook is hooked on the wall, the end of the clothes drying body comes into contact with the wall, and the hook is disposed at a position shifted from the upper center. If it will be in such a state, the clothes-drying main body will not be supported horizontally, but will be supported in the inclined state. For this reason, the laundry comes into contact with each other, which causes a problem that it becomes difficult to dry.

In order to solve this, Patent Document 1 discloses the following clothes dryer. This clothes dryer uses a coupling body whose length can be changed instead of a chain that hangs a clothes drying body. More specifically, one end of each of the four connected bodies is connected to each corner of the rectangular clothes drying body, and the other end is connected to the hook. And it is comprised so that the length of a pair of coupling body connected to the one end side of the clothes-drying main body can be changed. This connection body consists of a pair of strip-shaped connection rods, and in a normal state where the hook is disposed at the upper center of the clothes drying body, these connection rods are stacked. On the other hand, when making a coupling body long, it connects to the edge parts of a coupling rod, and uses it as double length. In this way, by extending the length of the two connecting bodies on one end side of the clothes drying body, the hook is arranged at a position shifted from the center of the clothes drying body to the other end side. By doing this, even if the hook is hung on the wall and the other end of the clothes drying body is in contact with the wall, the clothes drying body can be hung in a horizontal state, so it is recommended to prevent the laundry from contacting each other. Can do.
JP 2003-24695 A

  By the way, the said coupling body has connected both by fitting the pin provided in one connection rod in the hole formed in the other connection rod. Therefore, when changing the length of the coupling body, it is necessary to remove the pin from the hole and fit it into another hole each time. Therefore, there has been a problem that changing the length of the coupled body is very troublesome and takes time.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, and can be horizontally hung in both the state of hanging on a clothesline or the like and hanging on a wall or the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a clothes dryer that can be easily performed.

  The clothes dryer according to the present invention is made to solve the above-described problem, and both ends are connected to a clothes drying body that suspends laundry and one end side and the other end side of the clothes drying body, Two striated bodies arranged at a predetermined interval, a connector disposed above the clothes drying body, and connecting the intermediate parts of the two striated bodies, and attached to the connector A suspension mechanism, and the coupling tool is movably engaged along the linear body, and a fixing mechanism for fixing the coupling tool at an arbitrary position on the linear body is the coupling It is provided in the tool.

  According to this configuration, both ends of the two wire rods that suspend the clothes drying body are respectively connected to one end side and the other end side of the clothes drying body, and the intermediate portions of both wire rods are connected to the coupling tool. is doing. At this time, the coupler can move along the linear body while engaging with the linear body, and can be fixed at an arbitrary position on the linear body by the fixing mechanism. Therefore, it becomes possible to arrange | position the position of a coupling tool in the center upper direction of the clothes-drying main body, or to arrange | position in the position shifted from there.

  Therefore, even when the hanging tool is hooked at a position shifted from the center of the clothes drying body when there is a wall or obstacle, the position of the connecting tool can be shifted as described above, so the clothes drying body can be placed in a horizontal state. Can be hung. As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent the suspended laundry from contacting each other. In addition, by simply moving the striate body along the connector and fixing the connector to the striatum at an arbitrary position, the connector can be arranged at the upper center of the clothes drying body or at a position shifted from the center. . Therefore, when it is desired to dispose the connector at a position shifted from the center of the clothes drying body, the switching can be easily performed.

  In the present invention, the “intermediate portion of the striatum” does not indicate a strict intermediate position, but indicates an arbitrary position between both ends of the striatum.

  The fixing mechanism for fixing the connector to the striate body can be configured in various forms. For example, a locking member that is locked to the striate body is provided, and this locking member is attached to the striatum body. It can comprise so that a connection tool may be fixed to a filament by latching. Or the latching member latched to both a linear body and a coupling tool can also be made to attach to a coupling tool. More specifically, the following configuration is also possible. That is, the fixing mechanism is provided with a base composed of a double pipe composed of an inner pipe and an outer pipe, and the base is formed with two pairs of holes that communicate with the inner and outer sides and penetrate the inner pipe and the outer pipe. Each of the filaments passes through two holes, a part of which passes through the inside of the base, and supports the inner tube rotatably inside the outer tube, and the outer tube and the inner tube are rotated by rotating the inner tube. When the position of the corresponding hole is shifted, the linear body can be sandwiched and the linear body can be fixed to the base.

  In addition, it is preferable that the clothes drying tool main body is formed in a rectangular shape in plan view, and both end portions of each linear body are respectively connected to corner portions of the clothes drying tool main body.

  According to the clothesliner according to the present invention, it is possible to hang both on the clothesline and on the wall and to easily switch between them.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a clothes dryer according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a clothes dryer according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. In the present embodiment, the left side of FIG. 1 and the upper side of FIG. 2 are referred to as “front”, and the right side of FIG. 1 and the lower side of FIG. The same applies to FIGS. 6 and 7 described later.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a clothes dryer according to the present embodiment includes a clothes-drying body 1 that suspends laundry and two filaments that suspend the laundry, that is, a first filament 3 and a second filament. The striate body 5 is provided. In this embodiment, the 1st linear body 3 is arrange | positioned at the left side of FIG. 2, and the 2nd linear body 5 is arrange | positioned at the right side. Each linear body 3, 5 is bent into a V shape, and the intermediate portions thereof are connected to the coupler 7. Further, a hook (hanging tool) 9 for hanging the clothes dryer is attached to the upper surface of the connecting tool 7. The clothes-drying main body 1 includes a rectangular frame 11 and a plurality of reinforcing frame portions 13 and 14 spanned inside the frame 11. As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, four reinforcing frame portions 13 parallel to the long sides of the frame 11 and four reinforcing frame portions 15 parallel to the short sides of the frame 11 are arranged in combination. However, any combination is possible. A plurality of laundry scissors 17 sandwiching the laundry are suspended from the frame 11 and the reinforcing frame portions 13 and 15.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the linear bodies 3 and 5 are attached to both sides of the frame 11 at a predetermined interval. That is, both end portions of each linear body 3, 5 are connected to both ends of the short side of the frame 11 (front side (one end side) and rear side (other end side)). Here, a locking ring 19 is provided in the vicinity of the corner of the frame 11, and the ends of the linear bodies 3 and 5 are connected to the locking ring 19. Each of the linear bodies 3 and 5 is bent so as to form a V shape and extends to the vicinity of the center of the frame 11, and the V-shaped top portion that is in the middle thereof is engaged with the connector 7.

  Each linear body 3, 5 is configured by connecting two connecting rods 21, 23 by a chain 27. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, connecting rods 21 and 23 are connected to the front and rear locking rings, respectively, and these connecting rods 21 and 23 are connected by a chain 27. The connector 7 can be moved along the chain 27.

  Next, the connector will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 is a perspective view of the coupler, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the coupler, and FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the coupler. FIG. 4A is a view showing a state in which the coupler is movable along the striatum, and FIG. 4B is a diagram showing a state in which the coupler is fixed to the striatum.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the connector 7 includes a base portion (fixing mechanism) 33 formed in a cylindrical shape with an opening at the bottom, and the base portion 33 includes an inner tube 34 and an outer tube 35. It consists of a heavy pipe. The inner tube 34 is supported inside the outer tube 35 so as to be rotatable about the same axis. A flange 36 is formed at the lower end edge of the inner tube 34. The flange 36 protrudes radially outward from the lower end edge of the outer tube 35, and constitutes a grip portion when the inner tube 34 is rotated with respect to the outer tube 35. As shown in FIG. 4, two pairs of holes are formed in the base portion 33, and each hole penetrates the inner tube 34 and the outer tube 35. Here, regarding the pair of holes arranged on the left side of FIG. 4, the holes respectively formed in the outer tube 35 and the inner tube 34 are referred to as a first outer tube hole 37 a and a first inner tube hole 39 a. . In addition, regarding the pair of holes arranged on the right side of FIG. 4, the holes respectively formed in the outer tube 35 and the inner tube 34 are referred to as a second outer tube hole 37 b and a second inner tube hole 39 b.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a part of the chain 27 of the first filament 3 enters the inside of the base portion 33 through a pair of first outer tube hole 37a and first inner tube hole 39a. As a result, the connector 7 is connected so as to be movable along the filament 3. On the other hand, a part of the chain 27 of the second filament 5 also enters the inside of the base portion 33 through a pair of second outer tube hole 37b and second inner tube hole 39b. The inner tube 34 is rotatable with respect to the outer tube 35, but can be fixed at a predetermined position. As such a mechanism, for example, the inner tube 34 and the outer tube 35 can be fixed by concavo-convex fitting or can be rotated only by a strong force so that they can be rotated. Then, from the state of FIG. 4A, the chain 27 can be fixed to the connector 7 by rotating the inner tube 34 and shifting the holes 37 and 39. That is, as shown in FIG. 4B, the chain 27 is sandwiched and fixed by the inner peripheral edges of the inner tube hole 37 and the outer tube hole 39 which are shifted in position. At this time, the inner tube 34 does not move relative to the outer tube 35 by the mechanism described above.

  By the way, the clothes drying apparatus according to the present embodiment can be used by hanging on a wall indoors, for example, as well as when hanging on a clothes rack etc. outdoors. First, when used outdoors, as shown in FIG. 1, the clothes hanger is hung so that the hook 9 is positioned substantially above the center of the clothes drying body 1. In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, the connector 7 is fixed to the center of each of the linear bodies 2 and 3 bent into a V shape, and thus the coupler 7 connected by the linear bodies 3 and 5. And four portions between the locking ring 19 and the locking ring 19 have substantially the same length.

  On the other hand, when hanging a clothes-dryer on a wall, it will be in a state like FIG.6 and FIG.7. 6 is a side view of the clothes dryer, and FIG. 7 is a plan view of FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, when the rear end of the clothes-drying main body 1 abuts against the wall W, in order for the clothes-drying main body 1 to be hung in a horizontal state, the wire bodies 3 and 5 are not loosely stretched. The connector 7 needs to be disposed above the rear end of the clothes-drying body 1. For this purpose, the wire bodies 3 and 5 must be arranged so that the front side is long and the rear side is short across the connector 7. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the position of the connection tool 7 along the chain 27 is adjusted so that the connection tool 7 is disposed above the rear end of the clothes drying body 1. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the hook 9 is hung on the wall W, the portion of the chain 27 on the rear side of the connector 7 extends along the long side on the rear side of the frame 11. As a result, the connector 7 is arranged above the rear end of the clothes-drying body 1.

  Next, the usage method of the clothes drying tool comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated. First, when the clothes hanger is hung outdoors on a clothes rack, that is, there is no obstacle around the clothes rack, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the hook 9 and the connecting tool 7 are placed above the center of the clothes drying body 1. If it can be arranged, the connector 7 is moved along the chain 27 and fixed at a position approximately at the center of the chain 27. That is, as shown in FIG. 4B, the flange 36 of the inner tube 34 is gripped and rotated, and the inner tube hole 37 and the outer tube hole 39 are shifted so that the chain 27 is not moved. In this state, when the hook 9 is hung on a clothes-drying basket or the like, the connector 7 is disposed at the upper center of the clothes-drying body 1 and the clothes-drying body 1 is suspended in a horizontal state.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when hanging the clothesline on the wall indoors, the following operation is performed. First, as shown in FIG. 4A, the inner tube 34 is rotated so that the inner tube hole 37 and the outer tube hole 39 coincide with each other, thereby releasing the chain 27 from being fixed. In this state, the connector 7 is moved along the both chains 27 to the rear end side. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the chain 27 and the connector 7 are fixed where the connector 7 is positioned above the rear end of the clothes drying body 1. The fixing method is as described above. At this time, each of the striated bodies 3 and 5 has a long front side and a short rear side across the coupling tool 7, and when the striated body bodies 3 and 5 are tensioned with the hook 9 hanging on the wall, the coupling tool 7 and the hook 9 Is located above the rear end of the clothesline body 1. As a result, the clothes-drying main body 1 is supported horizontally.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the connecting rod 7 is simply dried by sliding the linear members 3 and 5 along the connecting rod 7 and fixing the connecting rod 7 to the chain 27 at a desired position. 1 may be arranged above the center or above the rear end. Therefore, when hanging the clothes-dryer on the wall, the switching can be performed very easily. In particular, in this embodiment, the chain 27 can be fixed and released simply by rotating the inner tube 34 with respect to the outer tube 35, so that the connector 7 can be moved and fixed easily and quickly. be able to. Further, since the connector 7 can be fixed at any position on the chain 27, the connector 7 can be disposed at a position other than the upper rear end of the clothes drying body 1. For example, when a curtain rail or the like is disposed on the wall and a clothes dryer is hung on the wall, the hook 9 is disposed slightly in front of the rear end of the clothes drying body 1, and therefore the position of the connecting tool 7 is not necessarily the clothes drying body. It is not necessary to be above the rear end of 1, and it is only necessary to be disposed at an appropriate position between the center and the rear end of the clothes drying body 1. Therefore, in the conventional example, since the extension length of the coupling tool is determined, the position where the hook is disposed is also determined. However, in the clothes drying apparatus according to the present embodiment, the hook 9 is placed at an arbitrary position on the clothes drying body 1, That is, since it can arrange | position in the arbitrary positions of the front-back direction, it can respond flexibly to the place which dries a clothes dryer.

Moreover, the clothes drying apparatus which concerns on this embodiment also has the following advantages compared with a prior art example.
That is, the clothes dryer shown in the conventional example is configured to change the position of the connection tool with respect to the clothes drying body by elongating a part of the striated body (connecting body). When the container is hung on the wall, the vertical distance from the hook to the clothes drying body becomes longer, so the distance from the clothes drying body to the floor becomes shorter. Therefore, depending on the laundry, the lower end of the laundry may come into contact with the floor, causing a problem that a long laundry cannot be dried. However, the clothes dryer of this embodiment does not lengthen a part of the line bodies 3 and 5, but changes the position of the connection tool 7 on the line bodies 3 and 5, thereby connecting to the clothesline body 1. The position of the tool 7 is changed. Therefore, since the total length of the line bodies 3 and 5 does not change, even if such a change in position is performed, the vertical distance from the clothesline main body 1 to the connector 7 is substantially the same, and long laundry is used. It can also be dried.

  As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various change is possible unless it deviates from the meaning. For example, the linear members 3 and 5 can have various configurations such as a string and a wire other than the connection rods 21 and 23 and the chain 27 as in the above embodiment. For example, it can be configured only with a chain.

  Further, the connector 7 may have a configuration other than the above-described configuration, and has a configuration in which the connector 7 is movably engaged along the striatum, and can be fixed to the striatum at an arbitrary position. If it is, it will not be specifically limited. For example, the connector 7 has a hole 39 formed in the cylindrical base 33 and is engaged with the chain 29 passing through the hole 39. For example, a groove is formed so that the chain can be slid. It can also be configured to fit. And what is necessary is just to be able to fix a chain to a groove | channel by arbitrary fixing mechanisms. For example, the locking member can be fitted into the hole of the chain and fixed, or can be fixed by various methods. Further, the configuration of the hook 9 is not particularly limited, and is not particularly limited as long as it can be hung or fixed on a predetermined fixed object.

1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a clothes dryer according to the present invention. It is a top view of the clothes dryer of FIG. It is a perspective view of the coupling tool used for the clothes dryer of FIG. It is a cross-sectional view of a coupler. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a coupling tool. It is a side view when the clothes-drying device of FIG. 1 is hung on the wall. It is a top view of the clothes dryer of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Clothes drying main body 3 1st line body 5 2nd line body 7 connection tool 9 hook (hanging tool)
33 Base 34 Inner tube 35 Outer tube 37 Outer tube hole 39 Inner tube hole

Claims (4)

A clothesline to suspend the laundry,
Both ends connected to one end side and the other end side of the clothesline main body, and two filaments arranged at a predetermined interval;
A connector that is disposed above the clothesline body and connects intermediate portions of the two filaments;
A hanging tool attached to the connector,
The connector is movably engaged along the linear body,
A clothes dryer in which a fixing mechanism for fixing the connector to an arbitrary position on the wire body is provided in the connector.   The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein the fixing mechanism includes a locking member that is locked to the linear body, and the connection tool is fixed to the linear body by the locking member. The fixing mechanism has a base portion constituted by a double tube composed of an inner tube and an outer tube, and the base portion is formed with two pairs of holes communicating with the inside and the outside and penetrating the inner tube and the outer tube. ,
Each of the filaments passes through the inside of the base part through the two holes,
The inner tube is rotatably supported inside the outer tube, and the rotation of the inner tube sandwiches the filament by shifting the position of the corresponding hole in the outer tube and the inner tube, 2. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein the filament is fixed to a base.   The clothes drying body according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the clothes drying body is formed in a rectangular shape in plan view, and both end portions of each linear body are respectively connected to corners of the clothes drying body.

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