JP2013034711A - Laundry hanger - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laundry hanger capable of opening holding parts of a number of clothespins at the same time.SOLUTION: A laundry hanger comprises a guide member 13 rotatably disposed with regard to one action part 7a at the upper portion of the one action part 7a. The guide member 13 has apertures at both a side of a support frame 2 and a side of the one action part 7a and has a channel connecting these apertures. A tensile member 16 is attached to the other action part 7b at one end while another end of the tensile member 16 is inserted into an insertion hole made at the one action part 7a and the channel. The laundry hanger further comprises a hanging member 17 for hanging a clothespin 3 from the support frame 2. When the another end of the tensile member 16 moves toward the support frame 2 by means of traction means, the hanging member 17 is released from the load of the clothespin 3 and the guiding member 13 moves toward the support frame 2 so that holding parts 6,6 can open.

Description

  The present invention relates to a laundry clothes hanger.

  Conventionally, the following are known as laundry hangers that can be removed at a time when a plurality of laundry items hung on the laundry hangers are taken in.

  For example, a laundry clothes hanger has a frame and a plurality of movable clothespins that can change the distance between the frames, and the clothespins sandwich a pair of sandwiches. And a pair of action parts for opening and closing the clamping part, and a spring material that urges the clamping part in a closing direction. Each of the clothespins is provided with a traction string that is fixed to one of the action portions and inserted into a through hole provided in the other action portion. After being inserted into the hole, it is gathered in the lever. When this lever is moved by hand, a large number of clothespins move in the direction of the frame, and the other action part abuts on the frame, etc. It is known that both acting parts of the scissors are closed, the clamping parts are opened, and the laundry is simultaneously detached from a large number of clothespins (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-340947 A

  In the prior art laundry hanger, the tow string for opening and closing each clothespin is also used as a hanging string for hanging the clothespin against the frame, so it is heavy on the clothespin. When the laundry is suspended, the clothespins are pulled downward, so that the upper ends of the two action portions are narrowed by the traction strap, and the sandwiching portion is opened to cause the laundry to fall.

  Furthermore, depending on the positional relationship with the laundry to be suspended with respect to the clothespin, when the clothespin is oriented in the lateral direction, the clothespin may not be moved favorably by the tow string.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a laundry hanger that solves the above-mentioned problems.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a pair of holding portions that open and close around an opening and closing shaft to hold the laundry, and a pair of action portions that open the holding portion by closing, A laundry drying hanger in which a plurality of clothespins having a biasing member that biases the clamping portion in the closing direction are suspended from a plurality of support frames,
A guide member that is rotatable relative to one action part is provided on the upper part of one action part, and the guide member has an opening on the support frame side and one action part side, and communicates both openings. Has a passage,
One end of the tension member is attached to the other action part, and the other is provided through the insertion hole provided in the upper part of one action part and the passage of the guide member,
When hanging the laundry on the clothespins, it has a suspension member that engages with the clothespins and suspends the clothespins from the support frame,
Having pulling means for moving one end of the tension member in the direction of the support frame;
When one end of the tension member is moved in the direction of the support frame by the pulling means, the engagement between the suspension member and the clothespin is released, and the guide member moves in the direction of the support frame. Even after the guide member comes into contact with the support frame, when the one end portion of the tension member is moved in the direction of the support frame by the pulling means, the clamping portion is opened. is there.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the passage is provided with a rotating body that is rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the direction of the passage.

The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the removal tool is locked to the traction means,
By closing the removal tool, one end of the tension member is moved in the direction of the support frame, and the clamping portion is opened.

  According to the present invention, when removing the laundry, the engagement state of the hanging member and the clothespin is released, the pulling member is moved by the traction means, and the clothespin can be opened, In the state where the laundry is being dried in the clothespin, the load of the laundry is applied to the hanging member, and therefore, there is a possibility that the laundry is detached from the clothespin due to the weight of the laundry as in the prior art. Absent.

  In addition, the opening is always directed toward the support frame by providing a guide member having an opening on the support frame side and one action part side and having a passage communicating the both openings. Thus, the direction of the tension member becomes constant, interference between the tension member and other members can be suppressed, the tension member can be moved well, and the laundry can be reliably removed from the clothespin.

The figure of the state which removed the hook in the perspective view of the laundry drying hanger which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. The GG partial fragmentary sectional view of FIG. The top view of the state which removed the cover body from the state of FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of FIG. 3. The figure which shows the state which closed the clothespin in the expanded fragmentary sectional view of FIG. FIG. 6 is an end view taken along line XX in FIG. 5. The partial expanded sectional view of FIG. YY sectional view of FIG. The expanded partial sectional view which shows the state which moved the clothespin in the support frame direction from the state of FIG. The expanded partial sectional view which shows the state which moved the one end part of the tension | pulling member with the pulling means from the state of FIG. 9, and opened the clothespin. The partial sectional side view of the laundry drying hanger which concerns on Example 2 of this invention.

An embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Example 1]
1 to 10 show a first embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the laundry hanger 1 with the hook 10 removed. In the following description, the upper part of FIG. 2 is referred to as “upper A”, the lower part thereof is referred to as “lower B”, the right side of FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the laundry hanging hanger 1 has a support frame 2, and a large number of clothespins 3 are suspended downward from the support frame 2. The number of clothespins 3 to be hung can be arbitrarily set, but in the present embodiment, 40 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the clothespin 3 includes an opening / closing shaft 4 and a pair of sandwiching members 5, 5 that can be opened / closed around the opening / closing shaft 4, and the sandwiching member 5 is formed of resin. ing. Each holding member 5 is formed with a holding portion 6 for holding a laundry or the like at the lower end thereof, and action portions 7a and 7b are formed above the opening and closing shaft 4 in each holding member 5, respectively. . As shown in FIG. 5, the action portions 7a and 7b are formed so as to expand outward as they go upward A in a state in which the sandwiching portions 6 and 6 are closed. As shown in FIG. , 7b are closed, and the holding parts 6, 6 are closed, and as shown in FIG. 10, the holding parts 6, 6 are opened when the action parts 7a, 7b are closed.

  The clamping members 5 and 5 are provided with biasing members 8 that bias the clamping parts 6 and 6 in the closing direction. As the urging member 8, any member can be used as long as it can urge the clamping portions 6 and 6 in the closing direction. For example, a steel wire, a spring material, a rubber material or the like can be used. In the example, an arc-shaped steel wire was used.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, a through hole 12 penetrating in the opening / closing direction (left-right direction) is formed in the upper end portion of the one action portion 7 a. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the through hole 12 is provided with a locking portion 13a of the guide member 13 so as to be rotatable by a snap fit or the like. The guide member 13 is formed in an arbitrary shape as long as it can rotate around an axis orthogonal to the opening / closing shaft 4, and in this embodiment, the outer shape of the guide member 13 is formed in a substantially spherical shape.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the guide member 13 has openings 13 b and 13 c on the support frame 2 side and one action portion 7 a side, and a passage 14 that communicates both the openings 13 b and 13 c is formed. ing.

  A rotating body 15 is provided in the passage 14 so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft 15a perpendicular to the direction of the passage 14. The rotating body 15 can be formed in an arbitrary shape such as a spherical shape or a cylindrical shape as long as it can rotate around the rotating shaft 15a. In this embodiment, the rotating body 15 is formed in a cylindrical shape.

  The tension member 16 is inserted into the passage 14 and the through hole 12, one end of the tension member 16 is fixed to the other action portion 7 b, and the other end is inserted into a hole 34 to be described later, and the groove 33 of the case 21 is inserted. It is connected to the inner traction wire 22.

  An upper end of the suspension member 17 is swingably attached to the lower surface of the support frame 2. In this embodiment, the hook 18 is attached to the lower surface of the support frame 2, and the hanging member 17 is hooked and attached to the hook 18. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the suspension member 17 has an elongated hole 17a formed at least at the end opposite to the support frame 2, and the urging member 8 is inserted into the elongated hole 17a. The clothespin 3 can be moved with respect to the member 17. In addition, in the long hole 17a, it is not limited to the urging | biasing member 8, A part of the clothespin 3 should just be penetrated.

  In the state where the lower end of the elongated hole 17a of the suspension member 17 and the urging member 8 are engaged, the clothespin 3 and the load of the laundry dried on the clothespin 3 are suspended. The tension member 16 is bent on the lower member 17, and the load of the clothespin 3 is not applied to the tension member 16.

  The support frame 2 includes a case 21 and a lid body 23. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the case 21 includes a left case 21 a and a right case 21 b, and the left and right cases 21 a and 21 b are connected by a rotation shaft 25. 2 to 4, the center of the case 21 in the left-right direction (C-D direction) is centered on the upper A direction and the both ends of the case 21 are directed downward B from the state shown in FIGS. By rotating, the case 21 can be folded. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the left and right cases 21a and 21b can hold a substantially horizontal state by abutting stopper portions 30a and 30a of the flanges 30 and 30 described later. ing.

  The left and right cases 21a and 21b each have four main frames 27 provided in parallel in the left and right direction (CD direction). The outer end portions (left C side end portions) of the four main frames 27 of the left case 21 a are connected by a side frame 28. The outer end portions (right D side end portions) of the four main frames 27 of the right case 21 b are connected by a side frame 28. Of the four main frames 27 of the left case 21a, the two main frames 27, 27 on the front E side and the two main frames 27, 27 on the rear F side in FIG. Of the four main frames 27 of the right case 21b, and the two main frames 27, 27 on the front E side and the two main frames on the rear F side. 27 and 27 are connected to each other by a flange 30 at the center side end in the left-right direction (CD direction), and a reinforcing member 31 is provided between the adjacent main frames 27 and 27. The distance between the reinforcing member 31 at the center in the front-rear direction (EF direction) of the left case 21a and the reinforcing member 31 at the center in the front-rear direction (EF direction) of the right case 21b is the same as that between the cases 21a. A space 35 is formed in the center portion of the support frame 2 in which a user's hand can be inserted in a state where 21b is substantially horizontal.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, each of the main frames 27 is formed so that the cross section is substantially square and long, and the longitudinal direction thereof is positioned in the left-right direction (CD direction). At the center side end portion of each main frame 27, an upper A side portion and front and rear E and F side portions are opened, and a notch 32 is formed in which the left and right direction (CD direction) and the lower surface are closed. Each main frame 27 is formed with a groove 33 in the longitudinal direction that is open only on its upper surface A. The central end of the groove 33 communicates with the notch 32 and the outer end of the groove 33 is closed. ing.

  Further, in the longitudinal direction (C-D direction) of the main frame 27, as shown in FIG. 2, a hole 34 communicating the bottom surface of the groove 33 and the lower surface of the main frame 27 has an appropriate interval. A plurality are provided. The number of holes 34 and their intervals are arbitrarily set, and in this embodiment, five holes 34 are provided so as to be substantially equally spaced in the longitudinal direction.

  A pulling wire 22 made of a steel wire such as a wire is provided in the groove 33 so as to be movable in the left-right direction (CD direction), and the outer end in the left-right direction is the hole 34 located on the outermost side. Located on the outer side, the center side end in the left-right direction is connected to the handle member 38.

  An urging member 36 such as a compression coil spring is provided between the outer end portion of the traction wire 22 and the outer end surface of the groove 33 in the left-right direction. The urging member 36 causes the traction wire 22 to move in the left-right direction. It is biased outward. The upper ends of the respective suspension strings 15 are fixed to the pulling wire 22. A bar-like pulling member 38 is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction (longitudinal direction) of the notch 32 over the four notches 32 in the front-rear direction in the left case 21a, and in the front-rear direction in the right case 21b. A bar-shaped pulling member 38 is provided across the four notches 32 so as to be movable in the left-right direction (longitudinal direction). A guide groove 32a is formed in the left-right direction on the bottom surface of each notch 32, and a protrusion 38a protruding downward from the lower portion of the handle member 38 is slidably engaged with the guide groove 32a. Match.

  In the vicinity of the hole 34 in the lower portion of the groove 33 and on the handle member 38 side, a rotating body 37 having a rotation axis in the front-rear direction (E-F direction) is provided. It is in contact with the wire 22. The rotating body 37 can be formed in an arbitrary shape such as a spherical shape or a cylindrical shape as long as it can rotate around the rotation axis. In this embodiment, the rotating body 37 is formed in a cylindrical shape.

  With the above configuration, the left and right handle members 38, 38 are provided in the space 35 so that the distance between them can be increased or decreased.

  The lid 23 is fixed to the upper portion of the case 21 by appropriate connecting means such as screws (not shown). The upper surface of the notch 32 and the groove 33 is covered by the lid body 23, and the handle member 38 is sandwiched vertically by the case 21 and the lid body 23 so that the left and right directions are slidable. Only the direction, that is, the left-right direction (CD direction) can be moved.

  Fixing portions 39 are provided at four corners of the case 21, and one end of the hanging strap 11 is rotatably connected to the fixing portion 39, and the other end of the hanging strap 11 is rotatably hooked. 10 is provided.

The pulling member 38 and the pulling wire 22 constitute a pulling means 42.
Next, a method for removing the laundry dried on the laundry hanger 1 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the support frame 2 of the laundry hanger 1 is opened to the left and right as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the laundry is dried on the plurality of clothespins 3. The clothespin 3 is brought into contact with the lower end of the elongated hole 17a of the hanging member 17, the hanging member 17 and the clothespin 3 are engaged, and the load of the dried laundry is applied to the hanging member 17. It is not applied to the tension member 16.

  In the above state, the user's hand is inserted into the space 35, and the pulling members 38, 38 are opposed to the urging force of each urging member 36 along the notch 32 in the center direction in the left-right direction ( When pulling in the X direction in FIG. 3 and contracting each other, each traction wire 22 in the groove 33 is pulled toward the center in the left-right direction, and the traction wire 22 moves while rotating the rotating body 37.

  By this movement of the traction wire 22, the other end of the tension member 16 connected to the traction wire 22 is pulled from the state of FIG. 5 to the center in the left-right direction (CD direction), as shown in FIG. 9. The clothespin 3 moves in the direction of the support frame 2. When the upper end of the guide member 13 comes into contact with the lower surface of the support frame 2, the engagement between the clothespin 3 and the hanging member 17 is released, and the load of the clothespin 3 and the laundry is pulled by the tension member. Take 16

  When the handle member 38 is further moved to the center side from the state of FIG. 9, the other action part 7b is pulled in the direction of one action part 7a by the tension member 16, as shown in FIG. 7a and 7b are gradually closed, and the pair of holding parts 6 and 6 are gradually opened, so that the laundry can be dropped from the clothespin 3 and removed.

  Thus, by pulling the left and right handle members 38, 38, the sandwiching portions 6, 6 of all the clothespins 3 can be opened and the laundry can be removed at a time.

  Further, after the laundry is removed, when the hands are released from the pulling members 38, 38, the respective pulling wires 22 are moved outwardly in the left-right direction by the respective biasing members 36, and the hanging string 15 and the laundry are washed. The scissors 3 move downward, the action portions 7 and 7 are opened by the biasing member 8, and the sandwiching portions 6 and 6 of the clothespin 3 are closed.

  Since the tension member 16 is in contact with the rotating body 15, when the tension member 16 moves, the rotating body 15 rotates and the frictional force during the movement of the tension member 16 can be reduced.

  Further, by closing the action portions 7a and 7b of the respective clothespins 3 by manual operation, the sandwiching portions 6 and 6 can be opened and the laundry can be suspended from the arbitrary clothespins 3.

  Moreover, since the guide member 13 can rotate with respect to one action part 7a, when hanging laundry, for example, when the pinching member 5 of the clothespin 3 is directed in the left-right direction In this case, since the guide member 13 rotates and the opening 13b can always be positioned in the direction of the support frame 2, no matter what angle the clothespin 3 faces, the opening 13b is directed toward the support frame 2, and the tension member 16 can always be satisfactorily pulled by the traction means 42 without interfering with the suspension member 17 and the like, and the laundry can be removed stably. it can.

  The traction means 42 moves one end of the tension member 16 in the direction of the support frame 2 (upper side), and after the clothespin 3 is brought into contact with the support frame 2, the end of the tension member 16 is further moved. Any structure can be used as long as it can be moved in the direction of the support frame 2 (upper side).

For example, instead of moving the upper ends of the plurality of tension members 16 in the left-right direction (C-D direction) by the traction wire rods 22, the traction wire rods 22 connecting the upper ends of the plurality of tension members 16 are moved upward A. Thus, the tension member 16 may be moved in the direction of the support frame 2, and the clothespin 3 may be moved in the direction of the support frame 2.
The rotating body 15 may be fixed in the passage 14 without rotating.

[Example 2]
FIG. 11 shows a second embodiment.

  In the second embodiment, an X-shaped detachment tool 50 is provided between the left and right handle members 38 in the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the detaching tool 50 has a pair of constituent members 51, 51, and both the constituent members 51 and 51 are connected in an X shape so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft 52. Yes. The rotating shaft 52 is provided substantially in parallel with the central axis of the pulling member 38. The upper end portions 53 of both the constituent members 51 and 15 are formed in a substantially circular shape, and are connected to the handle members 38 and 38 so as to be rotatable about the central axis thereof.

  By closing the lower end portions 54, 54 of the constituent members 51, 51, the left and right handle members 38, 38 move in the center direction along the notch 32, and once hold a plurality of clothespin clamping portions. You can open the laundry and remove the laundry at once.

Since other structures are the same as those of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.
Also in the second embodiment, the same effects as in the first embodiment are obtained.

  In the second embodiment, since the removing tool 50 is provided, the left and right handle members 38 and 38 are moved to the center side in the left-right direction more easily than the first embodiment, so that the laundry can be easily removed. Can do.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Laundry hanging hanger 2 Support frame 3 Clothespin 4 Opening / closing axis 6 Clamping part 7 Action part 8 Energizing member 13 Guide member 15 Rotating body 16 Tension member 41 Pulling means 50 Removal tool

Claims (3)

A pair of sandwiching portions that open and close about the opening and closing shaft and sandwich the laundry; a pair of action portions that open the sandwiching portion by closing; and a biasing member that biases the sandwiching portion in the closing direction. A laundry clothes hanger in which a plurality of clothespins are suspended from a support frame,
A guide member that is rotatable relative to one action part is provided on the upper part of one action part, and the guide member has an opening on the support frame side and one action part side, and communicates both openings. Has a passage,
One end of the tension member is attached to the other action part, and the other is provided through the insertion hole provided in the upper part of one action part and the passage of the guide member,
When hanging the laundry on the clothespins, it has a suspension member that engages with the clothespins and suspends the clothespins from the support frame,
Having pulling means for moving one end of the tension member in the direction of the support frame;
When one end of the tension member is moved in the direction of the support frame by the pulling means, the engagement between the suspension member and the clothespin is released, and the guide member moves in the direction of the support frame. After the guide member comes into contact with the support frame, the laundry part is further opened by moving the one end portion of the tension member in the direction of the support frame by the pulling means. clothes hanger.   2. The laundry-hanging hanger according to claim 1, wherein the passage is provided with a rotating body that is rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the direction of the passage. The remover is locked to the traction means;
3. The laundry-hanging hanger according to claim 1, wherein by closing the removal tool, one end portion of the tension member is moved in the direction of the support frame to open the holding portion.

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