JP2013192928A - Laundry device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laundry device with excellent safety capable of preventing a laundry rope from being wound up in a high speed.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a laundry device 1 which is configured to allow a laundry rope 4 for hanging laundry to be drawn from a casing 3. The laundry device 1 comprises: a casing 3; a taking-up reel 10 of the laundry rope 4 rotatably contained in the casing 3; an energizing member 11 for energizing the rotation movement of the taking-up reel 10 in a taking-up direction; a lock member 12 capable of regulating and cancelling the movement of the laundry rope 4 by manipulation; a rotary damper 22 for providing the resistance against the rotation of the taking-up reel 10 in the taking-up direction A; and a gear mechanism 25 for interlocking and connecting the rotation axis 21 of the rotary damper 22 with the taking-up reel 10 to the extent that the rotation of the taking-up reel 10 in the taking-up direction A by the energizing member 11 should not be prevented.

Description

  The present invention relates to a clothes drying apparatus configured to be able to pull out a clothesline for hanging laundry from a casing.

  As an indoor clothes drying apparatus, for example, the one described in Patent Document 1 is known. This conventional clothes drying apparatus includes a casing, a take-up reel of a clothes-drying rope rotatably housed in the casing, and a biasing member including a spring spring that biases the rotation of the take-up reel in the winding direction. And a lock member capable of restricting and releasing movement of the clothesline in the pulling direction by an artificial operation.

The above-described clothes drying apparatus is used in such a manner that a casing is attached to one wall surface, and a receiving member to which an end of the clothes rope can be engaged is attached to the other wall surface.
When the laundry is dried by the above-described clothes drying device, the user pulls the clothes drying rope out of the casing and engages the end of the clothes hanging rope with the receiving device in a state where the restriction of the movement of the clothes hanging rope by the lock member is released. By controlling the movement of the clothesline in the direction of pulling out the clothesline by operating the members, the clothesline is bridged between the wall surfaces in the room.

Thereafter, the laundry can be hung indoors by hooking the laundry on the clothesline directly or via a hanger.
When the clothes drying device is not used, the user removes the end of the clothesline from the receiving tool and then operates the lock member to release the movement restriction of the clothesline. Then, the take-up reel is rotated in the take-up direction by the urging member, and the clothesline is automatically taken up and stored inside the casing.

  Japanese Utility Model Publication No.59-160091

In the above-described conventional clothes drying apparatus, when the movement restriction of the clothes drying rope by the lock member is released, the take-up reel can freely rotate, and the urging force of the mainspring spring acts on the take-up reel as it is.
For this reason, in the conventional clothes drying device, when the movement restriction of the clothesline rope is released in order to store the clothesline in the casing, the user's fingers hit the clothesline that is wound up at high speed and may be injured. There is a disadvantage that it is inferior in safety.

  In view of such a conventional problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a clothes drying apparatus excellent in safety capable of preventing the clothes drying rope from being wound around at a high speed.

  The present invention relates to a clothes drying apparatus configured to be able to pull out a clothesline rope for hanging a laundry from a casing, and the casing and a take-up reel of the clothesline rope rotatably housed in the casing A biasing member that biases the rotation of the take-up reel in the take-up direction, a lock member that can restrict and release the movement of the clothesline by an artificial operation, and a take-up direction of the take-up reel. A rotary damper that gives resistance to rotation and the take-up reel and the rotary shaft of the rotary damper are linked to each other to such an extent that rotation of the take-up reel in the take-up direction by the biasing member is not hindered. And a gear mechanism.

According to the present invention, the gear mechanism interlocks and connects the take-up reel and the rotary shaft of the rotary damper to the extent that the rotation of the take-up reel in the take-up direction by the biasing member is not hindered. Even when the movement restriction of the rope is released, the clothesline is prevented from being wound up at high speed.
For this reason, when storing the clothesline in the casing, it is possible to prevent the user's fingers from hitting the clothesline in the middle of winding and to prevent injury, and to obtain a highly safe clothes drying apparatus. be able to.

In the present invention, the gear mechanism specifically includes a damper-side gear provided on the rotary shaft of the rotary damper, and a reel-side gear meshed with the damper gear and provided coaxially with the take-up reel. What has these can be employ | adopted.
In this case, it is preferable that the diameter of the damper side gear is larger than the diameter of the reel side gear. In this way, the rotational speed of the rotary damper with respect to the rotation of the take-up reel is reduced, so that the durability of the rotary damper can be improved.

On the other hand, when the braking means comprising the rotary damper is employed, if the resistance to rotation of the take-up reel in the pulling direction is large, a large force is required for the user to pull out the clothesline, which makes the use of the clothes drying device worse. Inconvenience occurs.
Therefore, in the present invention, it is preferable that the rotary damper has a resistance to rotation of the take-up reel in the pull-out direction that is lower than a resistance to rotation of the take-up reel in the take-up direction.

  If such a rotary damper is used, the user can pull out the clothesline with as little force as possible, and the use of the rotary damper can prevent the ease of use of the clothes drying apparatus from occurring.

Further, in the clothes drying apparatus of the present invention, when the casing is formed of a substantially rectangular box body when viewed from the direction along the rotation axis of the take-up reel, the rotary damper is disposed inside the box body. It is preferable to arrange in a corner portion that is a dead space.
In this case, since it is not necessary to secure the storage space for the rotary damper in the casing, the casing can be made compact.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the clothesline from being wound around at high speed, so that the safety of the clothes drying apparatus can be improved.

  1 is a perspective view of a clothes drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.   It is a front view of the same thing drying apparatus.   It is a top view of the same thing drying apparatus.   It is a side view which shows the internal structure of the thing drying apparatus with a broken line.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a clothes drying apparatus in a state where a clothes drying rope is pulled out according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a front view of the clothes drying apparatus, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the clothes drying apparatus.

[Configuration of clothes drying equipment]
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the clothes drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is used by being attached to a wall surface of a house, and an attachment member 2 that can be attached to the wall surface with screws or the like, and this attachment. A casing 3 pivotally attached to the member 2 and a receiver 5 (see FIG. 4) capable of detachably engaging the end of the clothesline 4 are provided.
The clothesline 4 is made of, for example, a strand of carbon-containing fiber, and includes a substantially short cylindrical engagement body 6 that can be hooked on a receiving tool 5 at the end on the drawer side.

The mounting member 2 has a pair of upper and lower support flanges 8, and the casing 3 is fixed in the vertical direction with respect to the mounting member 2 by fixing a pivot pin 9 provided on the support flange 8 to the base end portion of the casing 3. Is pivotally mounted around the axis (see phantom lines in FIG. 3).
As shown in FIG. 4, the casing 3 is formed of a flat, substantially square rectangular box having a thickness smaller than the vertical and horizontal dimensions, and a winding reel 10 of the clothesline 4 is disposed inside the casing 3. And a biasing member 11 that biases the rotation of the reel 10 in the winding direction.

The take-up reel 10 is rotatably provided on a reel shaft 13 provided at the center of the casing 3, and the urging member 11 made of a spring is attached to the reel shaft 13.
The biasing member 11 made of the spring spring has a central end fixed to the reel shaft 13 and an outer peripheral end fixed to the inner peripheral wall of the take-up reel 10. The spring force of the biasing member 11 is Thus, the take-up reel 10 is urged in the take-up direction A.

A lock member 12 capable of restricting and releasing the movement of the clothesline 4 by an artificial operation is provided at the upper end on the front end side of the casing 3.
The lock member 12 includes a pair of upper and lower blocks 14U and 14L that can be freely connected and separated, and an operation member 15 that locks the clothesline rope 4 between the blocks 14U and 14L. The pair of upper and lower blocks 14U and 14L are casings. 3 is housed on the tip side in 3 so as to be movable up and down from the top.

The operation member 15 is a screw member screwed onto the upper wall portion 18 of the casing 3 from above, and the lower end portion of the screw shaft of the operation member 15 is rotatably connected to the upper block 14U.
Moreover, the clothesline 4 passes through the opposing space between the upper block 14U and the lower block 14L.
Accordingly, when the head of the operation member 15 is rotated in the tightening direction (for example, clockwise), the clothesline 4 is held between the pair of upper and lower blocks 14U and 14L, and the movement in the winding direction A and the pulling direction B is performed. Are now regulated.

Conversely, when the head of the operation member 15 is rotated in the anti-clamping direction (for example, counterclockwise), the clamping rope 4 is released from being held by the pair of upper and lower blocks 14U and 14L, and the winding direction A and the pulling direction thereof are released. Movement to B is allowed.
As shown in FIG. 4, the front end wall portion 16 of the casing 3 is formed with an accommodation recess 17 that is set to a depth that can accommodate substantially the entire engaging body 6.

As shown in FIG. 4, the clothes drying apparatus 1 according to this embodiment includes a rotary damper 22 incorporated in the casing 3. The rotary damper 22 is commercially available as a general-purpose component, and is formed in a corner portion (in the example of FIG. 4, the front end side and the lower side in the casing 3) that is a dead space inside the rectangular casing 3. Has been placed.
A damper side gear 23 is attached to the rotary shaft 21 of the rotary damper 22, and a reel side gear 24 that meshes with the damper side gear 23 is coaxially attached to the take-up reel 10.

The rotary damper 22 has a cylindrical body and fins (not shown) provided on the rotary shaft 21 inserted through the cylindrical body. By immersing the fins in a viscous fluid sealed in the cylindrical body, the rotary damper 22 A resistance is given to the rotation of 21.
The gear ratio between the gears 23 and 24 is such that the rotational resistance of the rotary damper 22 does not hinder the rotation of the take-up reel 10 in the take-up direction A due to the spring force of the biasing member 11. Is set.

Thus, the damper-side gear 23 and the reel-side gear 24 rotate the take-up reel 10 and the rotary damper 22 to such an extent that the rotation of the take-up reel 10 in the take-up direction A by the biasing member 11 is not hindered. A gear mechanism 25 that interlocks and connects the shaft 21 is configured.
Further, in the gear mechanism 25 of the present embodiment, the diameter of the damper side gear 23 is larger than the diameter of the reel side gear 24.

In addition, the shape of the said fin is set so that resistance may change according to the rotation direction of the rotating shaft 21 of the rotary damper 22 of this embodiment.
Specifically, the resistance applied by the rotary damper 22 is the resistance against the rotation of the take-up reel 10 in the direction of arrow B (drawing direction) in FIG. 4 and the direction of arrow A in FIG. It is smaller than the resistance to the rotation.

[Use and operation of clothes drying equipment]
The clothes drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment having the above configuration is used in such a manner that the casing 3 is attached to one wall surface via the attachment member 2 and the receiving member 5 is attached to the other wall surface.
When the laundry is dried by the clothes drying device 1, the user turns the operation member 15 in the loosening direction to release the movement restriction of the clothes drying rope 4, and in this state, pulls the clothes hanging rope 4 from the casing 3. The engagement body 6 of the clothesline 4 is engaged with the receptacle 5, and the clothesline 4 is bridged between wall surfaces in the room.

Then, the movement of the clothesline 4 in the pull-out direction B is regulated by rotating the operation member 15 in the tightening direction.
As a result, even if something is hooked on the clothesline 4 and a load is applied, the clothesline 4 does not move in the pulling direction B, so the laundry can be hooked on the clothesline 4 directly or via a hanger, Drying work can be done indoors.

When the clothes drying apparatus 1 is not used, the user removes the clothes hanging rope engaging body 6 from the receiving tool 5 and then turns the operation member 15 in the loosening direction to release the movement restriction of the clothes hanging rope 4. .
Then, the take-up reel 10 is rotated in the take-up direction by the urging member 11, and the clothesline 4 is automatically taken up and stored inside the casing 3.

At this time, according to the clothes drying apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the take-up reel 10 and the rotary are set so that the gear mechanism 25 does not hinder the rotation of the take-up reel 10 in the take-up direction A by the biasing member 11. Since the rotating shaft 21 of the damper 22 is interlocked and connected, even when the movement restriction of the clothesline 4 is released, the clothesline 4 is prevented from being wound around at high speed.
Therefore, when the clothesline 4 is stored in the casing 3, it is possible to prevent the user's fingers from hitting the clothesline 4 in the middle of winding and to prevent injury, and the clothesline is excellent in safety. Device 1 can be obtained.

Moreover, according to the clothes drying apparatus 1 of this embodiment, since the commercially available rotary damper 22 is used as a general-purpose part, the manufacturing cost for configuring the clothes drying apparatus 1 having the above-described deceleration function is used. Can be suppressed.
Further, according to the clothes drying apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, since the diameter of the damper side gear 23 is larger than the diameter of the reel side gear 24, the number of rotations of the rotary damper 22 accompanying the rotation of the take-up reel 10 can be reduced as much as possible. The durability of the rotary damper 22 can be improved.

Furthermore, according to the clothes drying apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the rotary damper 22 having a resistance to rotation of the take-up reel 10 in the pulling direction B is weaker than resistance to rotation of the take-up reel 10 in the take-up direction A. Since it is used, the clothesline B can be pulled out with as little force as possible.
For this reason, it is possible to prevent the convenience of the clothes drying apparatus 1 from being deteriorated by providing the rotary damper 22.

  In addition, according to the clothes drying apparatus 1 of the present invention, the rotary damper 22 is arranged in the corner portion that is a dead space inside the casing 3, so that it is necessary to separately secure a storage space for the damper 22 in the casing 3. There is also an advantage that the casing 3 can be made compact.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the gear mechanism 25 is configured by two gears, that is, the damper-side gear 23 and the reel-side gear 24. However, one or a plurality of intermediate gears are further interposed therebetween. Also good.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1: Clothes-drying device 2: Mounting member 3: Casing 4: Clothes-drying rope 5: Receiver 6: Engagement body 10: Take-up reel 11: Energizing member 12: Lock member 14U, 14L: Block 15: Operation member 21: Rotating shaft 22: Rotary damper (braking means) 23: Damper side gear 24: Reel side gear 25: Gear mechanism

Claims (4)

A clothes drying device configured to be able to pull out a clothesline for hanging laundry from a casing,
The casing;
A take-up reel of the clothesline, which is rotatably housed in the casing;
A biasing member that biases the rotation of the winding reel in the winding direction;
A lock member capable of regulating and releasing the movement of the clothesline by artificial operation;
A rotary damper that provides resistance to rotation in the winding direction of the take-up reel;
A gear mechanism that interlocks and connects the take-up reel and the rotary shaft of the rotary damper to the extent that rotation of the take-up reel in the take-up direction by the biasing member is not hindered;
A clothes drying apparatus characterized by comprising:   The gear mechanism includes a damper-side gear provided on the rotary shaft of the rotary damper, and a reel-side gear that meshes with the damper gear and is provided coaxially with the take-up reel. The clothes drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a diameter of the side gear is larger than a diameter of the reel side gear.   3. The clothes drying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the rotary damper has a resistance to rotation of the take-up reel in the pull-out direction that is lower than a resistance to rotation of the take-up reel in the take-up direction. The casing is a substantially rectangular box body as viewed from the direction along the rotation axis of the take-up reel,
The said rotary damper is the clothes drying apparatus of any one of Claims 1-3 arrange | positioned in the corner part used as the dead space inside the said box body.

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