JP2011078486A - Clothes drying implement - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an article from being easily caught in a hinge when an openable/closable frame is opened, in a clothes drying implement which can be opened/closed via the hinge. <P>SOLUTION: The clothes drying implement has frames 10 and 10 which can be opened/closed via the hinge 40, and has curved faces 15a curved to project toward the direction of end faces 10e of the frames 10 when the frames 10 and 10 are opened in the end faces 10e of the frames 10 at the hinge 40, the end faces opposed to each other when the frames 10 and 10 are opened. The clothes drying implement also has arc-shaped pieces 15 fitted into the opposite end faces 10e and 10e of frames 10. As a result, even if the article B is forced to enter the space S, the article B abuts on the curved faces 15a and 15a of the arc-shaped pieces 15 and 15, so that the article B is extruded from the space S. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a clothesline having a frame that can be opened and closed via a hinge portion. In particular, the present invention relates to a clothesline that makes it difficult for objects to be caught in the hinge.

  As a conventional clothes-drying tool, for example, a clothes-drying tool as found in Patent Document 1 is known. If it demonstrates using the code | symbol of the literature, this drying tool has the frame (10, 10) which can be opened and closed via a hinge part (40), as FIG. 2 of the literature shows. When used, the frame (10, 10) can be opened and used as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b). When not in use, the frame (10, 10) can be closed as shown in FIG. 2 (d). Can be stored (as folded).

  However, in the case of such a conventional clothes-drying device, when the frame (10, 10) is opened from the closed state, the frame end faces 10e, 10e in the hinge portion (40), as shown in FIG. When an object enters the space S formed between the two frames, there is a problem in that the object is easily sandwiched between the end faces 10e and 10e of the closing frame.

Japanese Patent No. 4127388

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a clothes-drying tool in which an object is not easily caught between hinges when an openable frame is opened.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the clothes drying apparatus of the present invention is a clothes drying tool having a frame that can be opened and closed via a hinge portion, and the end surfaces of the frames in the hinge portions that face each other when the frame is opened. Each of which has an arc piece that has a curved surface that curves in a convex shape toward the direction in which the end face of the frame faces when the frame is opened, and that meets the opposite end faces of the frame. And
According to this clothes drying tool, when the frame is changed from the closed state to the open state, even if an object tries to enter between the end faces of the frame in the hinge portion, the arc pieces that fit into the end faces of the frames are placed between the end faces of the frame. Since each of the arc pieces has a curved surface that curves in a convex shape in a direction in which the end face of the frame faces when the frame is opened, the arc pieces are inserted between the end faces of the frame. The object to be pushed is pushed out from between the end faces of the frame by contacting the curved surface of the arc piece.
Therefore, according to this clothesline, when opening the openable / closable frame, it becomes difficult for objects to be caught between the hinge portions.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows one embodiment of the clothes-drying tool which concerns on this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a right view, (d) is a bottom view, (e) is a figure. The ee expanded end elevation in (a), (f) is a front view which shows a folded state. The perspective view which shows the use condition of a clothes-drying tool. (A) is sectional drawing (aa sectional drawing in figure (b)) which shows the suspension structure of the pinch 20 to the flame | frame 10, (b) is bb sectional drawing in figure (a). FIG. 5A is a plan view, FIG. 5B is a front view, FIG. 5C is a front cross-sectional view (a cross-sectional view taken along line cc in FIG. 5F, FIG. 5D is a bottom view), and FIG. ) Is a side view, (f) is a sectional view taken along line ff in FIG. (C), (g) is a sectional view taken along line gg in FIG. (C), and (h) is a sectional view taken along line hh in FIG. It is a figure which shows the hinge part 40, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a side view, (d) is a bottom view. VI-VI sectional drawing in FIG.5 (b). It is a figure which shows the 1st joint member 41, (a) is front sectional drawing (aa sectional drawing in figure (d)), (b) is a top view, (c) is a bottom view, (d) is a right view. (E) is a left side view, (f) is a rear view, and (g) is a gg end view in FIG. FIGS. 4A and 4B are views showing the second joint member 42, where FIG. 5A is a front view, FIG. 5B is a plan view, FIG. 5C is a bottom view, FIG. Is an end view of ff in FIG. (A), and (g) is a cross-sectional view along gg in FIG. It is a figure which shows the stop pin 44, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a rear view. (A)-(e) is an operation explanatory view. (A)-(d) is explanatory drawing of a comparative example. Explanatory drawing of a prior art.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a clothesliner according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 10, the clothes-drying tool 1 is a clothes-drying tool having frames 10, 10 that can be opened and closed via hinges 40, and when the frames 10, 10 are opened. The opposing end surfaces 10e of the frames 10 and 10 in the hinge portion 40 have curved surfaces 15a that are curved in a convex shape toward the direction in which the end surface 10e of the frame 10 faces when the frames 10 and 10 are opened. In addition, the arc pieces 15 are provided so as to enter the opposite end faces 10e of the frame 10, respectively.
This will be described in detail below.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the clothes-drying tool 1 according to this embodiment includes a frame (hereinafter also referred to as a main frame) 10, a plurality of pinches 20 connected to a lower portion of the main frame 10, A suspension frame 30 for suspending the main frame 10 is provided. The main frame 10 and the suspension frame 30 are connected by hinge portions 40, 40.

The main frame 10 is provided in a pair of left and right, and constitutes a track-like frame in plan view as a whole on the left and right.
The pipe constituting the main frame 10 is a metal pipe (for example, an aluminum pipe or a stainless steel pipe). This metal pipe can be produced by a known production method (for example, extrusion molding or drawing (drawing) production method), and the main frame 10 can be produced by bending the pipe using a jig.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bottom surface 12 of the main frame 10 is flat as shown in FIG. 1 (e), and there are a plurality of holes 13 for hanging the pinch 20 (this embodiment). In this case, 16 frames are provided for each frame 10 (see FIG. 1D).
The plurality of holes 13 can be collectively formed by one drilling using the same number (16 in this embodiment) of drills (not shown) as the holes 13.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pinch 20 can be suspended from the main frame 10 by a suspension member 50.
The suspension member 50 has a suspension fitting 51 and a connecting member 52.
The hanging metal fitting 51 is composed of a single spring member, and has a substantially ring-shaped part (hereinafter referred to as a ring part) 51r and a hook part 51f on the upper part for hanging on the main frame 10. Yes. The hanging bracket 51 can be attached to the main frame 10 by returning the hook portion 51f to its original position due to the spring property of the hook portion 51f after the hook portion 51f is inserted into the hole 13 of the main frame 10 so as to narrow its width.
The pinch 20 is suspended from the ring portion 51r via the connecting member 52. As the connecting member 52, a known metal ring can be used. The connecting member 52 connects the ring portion 51 r of the hanging metal fitting 51 and the spring 21 of the pinch 20.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a hook 31 is rotatably provided on the top of the suspension frame 30, and the clothes drying tool 1 can be hung on a clothesline (not shown) by the hook 31. Reference numeral 32 denotes a ring-shaped handle provided coaxially with the hook 31 and can be grasped by hand when hanging the clothes-drying tool 1 on a clothes-drying basket or the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, the suspension frame 30 can be formed of an integrally molded product of synthetic resin. As shown in FIG. 4B, the hanging frame 30 has an arch shape when viewed from the front, and shaft portions 33 constituting a part of the hinge portion 40 are formed at both ends thereof.
At the top of the suspension frame 30, the above-described support hole 30a of the hook 31 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the hinge portion 40 includes a first joint member 41, a second joint member 42, and a shaft portion 33 that rotatably connects the first and second joint members 41, 42. And.
Generally speaking, the hinge portion 40 has a configuration in which the disc portions 41 a and 42 a of the first joint member 41 and the second joint member 42 are overlapped with each other, and the shaft portion 33 is inserted into the hinge portion 40 from the inside of the frame 10. is there. As described above, the shaft portion 33 is configured by the end portion (33) of the suspension frame 30.
As shown in FIG. 1A, since the pair of hinge portions 40 are configured to be point-symmetric in plan view, the front hinge portion 40 will be described below as a representative.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 (mainly FIG. 7), the first joint member 41 has a disc portion 41a and a cylindrical portion 41b integrated with the disc portion 41a. 10 is connected to the main frame 10 by inserting one end 14 thereof. In FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (c), 41h is a hole for fastening the cylindrical portion 41b and one end 14 of the main frame 10 with screws (not shown).
The disc portion 41a has a hole 41d through which the shaft portion 33 formed at the end of the suspension frame 30 is inserted, and a stopper 33s (see FIGS. 4 and 6) of the shaft portion 33 at the edge thereof. The contact portions 41c and 41o that can contact with each other are formed.

As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 8 (mainly FIG. 8), the second joint member 42 has a disc portion 42a and a cylindrical portion 42b integrated therewith. The other end 14 ′ of the main frame 10 is inserted into 42 b and is connected to the main frame 10. 8 (c) and 8 (g), 42h is a hole for fastening the cylindrical portion 42b and the other end 14 'of the main frame 10 with a screw (not shown).
A hole 42d through which the shaft portion 33 formed at the end portion of the suspension frame 30 is inserted is formed in the disc portion 42a, and a stopper 33s (see FIGS. 4 and 6) of the shaft portion 33 is formed at the edge thereof. Abutting portions 42c and 42o that can abut against (see) are formed.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the hinge portion 40 includes a disc portion 41 a of the first joint member 41 attached to one end of the left main frame 10 and a second portion attached to the other end portion of the right main frame 10. The disc portion 42a of the two joint member 42 is overlapped, and the shaft portion 33 of the suspension frame 30 is inserted into the holes 41d and 42d from the inside, and the shaft 44a of the retaining pin 44 (see FIG. 9) is inserted into the shaft portion 33. Is inserted from the outside into the center hole 33h (see FIG. 4), and the claw portion 44b at the tip of the shaft is engaged with the inner surface 33i of the shaft portion 33 of the suspension frame 30.

In the state in which the hinge portion 40 is configured in this way, the left and right main frames 10 can rotate within a range in which the first joint member 41 and the second joint member 42 can rotate about the shaft portion 33. . Therefore, when the clothes-drying tool 1 is not in use, it can be stored by hanging the right and left main frames 10 in the folded state as shown in FIG. 1, the left and right main frames 10 can be hung on a clothesline with a hook 31 as shown in FIGS. 1A to 1C and 2, and the laundry can be hung and dried with a pinch 20. .
When the left and right main frames 10 are opened and used, the contact portion 41o of the first joint member 41 contacts the stopper 33s of the shaft portion 33 from the right side, and at the same time, the contact portion 42o of the second joint member 42 The stopper 33s comes into contact with the left side (in other words, the stopper 33s is sandwiched between the contact parts 41o and 42o). For this reason, the moment around the shaft 33 with respect to the stopper 33s is canceled out, and no stress due to the moment occurs in the stopper 33s. As a result, the shaft portion 33 is not easily damaged.

  In this embodiment, the hinge portion 40 is configured to include the first and second joint members 41 and 42 as described above, and these joint members 41 and 42 rotate integrally with the frame 10. Therefore, when the frame 10 is opened, the end surfaces 41 e and 42 e (see FIGS. 7 and 8) of the joint members 41 and 42 that face each other substantially constitute the end surface 10 e of the frame 10.

  For example, in the clothesliner having the frame 10 that can be opened and closed via the hinge portion 40 as described above, if no measures are taken, the frame 10 as shown in FIGS. 11 (a) to 11 (d). When the state is changed from the closed state to the opened state, as shown in FIG. 11C, when the object B enters the space S formed between the end faces 10e, 10e of the frame 10 in the hinge portion 40. The object B is likely to be sandwiched between the end faces 10e and 10e of the closing frame 10 as shown in FIG.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, as described above and as shown in FIG. 10, when the frames 10, 10 are opened, the frame 10, Each of the arc pieces 15 has a curved surface 15a that is curved in a convex shape in the direction in which the end surface 10e of the frame 10 faces when the frame 10 is opened, and that faces the opposite end surfaces 10e of the frame 10. .

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the arc pieces 15 are integrally provided on the end surfaces 41e and 42e of the joint members 41 and 42 described above.
The curved surface 15a of each arc piece 15 is curved from the outer peripheral surface of the disc portion 41a (42a) of the joint member 41 (42) toward the lower portion of the end surface 41e (42e), and the frame 10, 10 is opened. Even if the object B enters the space S formed between the end surfaces 10e and 10e of the frame 10 (see FIG. 10), the curved surface is such that the object B is pushed out of the space S. ing. That is, the arc piece 15 constitutes an extruding piece for extruding the object B from the space S.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the end surfaces 41e and 42e of the joint members 41 and 42 are provided with cavities 41r and 42r and slits 41s and 42s for receiving the counterpart arc piece 15 when the frame 10 is opened. ing. When the frame 10 is opened, the arc piece 15 provided in the first joint member 41 enters the void 42r and the slit 42s of the second joint member 42, and the arc piece 15 provided in the second joint member 42 The first joint member 41 enters the void 41r and the slit 41s.
Thus, even if the object B enters the space S, the object B is pushed by the pair of arc pieces 15 (with the opening operation of the frame 10 as shown in FIGS. 10C and 10D). As shown in FIG. 10 (e), the pair of curved surfaces 15a and 15a, whose intersection gradually deepens, is surely pushed out from the space S as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the clothes drying tool, when the frame 10 is changed from the closed state to the opened state as shown in FIGS. Even if the object B is about to enter the space S, the end faces 10e of the frame 10 are provided with arc pieces 15 that enter into the end faces 10e, and these arc pieces 15 are formed when the frame 10 is opened. 10 has a curved surface 15a that curves in a convex shape in the direction in which the end surface 10e faces, so that it enters the space S between the end surfaces of the frame 10 as shown in FIGS. The object B to be struck is pushed out from S between the end faces of the frame by contacting the curved surface 15 a of the arc piece 15.
Therefore, according to this clothes drying tool, when opening the openable frame 10, it is difficult for objects to be caught between the hinge portions 40.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately modified within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Clothes drying tool 10 Frame 10e End surface 15 Arc piece 15a Curved surface 40 Hinge part

Claims (1)

A clothesline having a frame that can be opened and closed via a hinge part,
When the frame is opened, the frame end surfaces facing each other at the hinge portions facing each other have curved surfaces that are convexly curved toward the direction in which the end surface of the frame is directed when the frame is opened, A clothes-drying tool, characterized in that each of the arc pieces that come into contact with the opposite end faces of the frame is provided.