JP2014195520A - Clothes drying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clothes drying device which is easy to operate a movable arm with a pole receiving part, produces little friction sound, and is manufactured in a less expensive way.SOLUTION: An arm 16 having a pole receiving part 14 is slidable with an anti-falling-out part 30 being accommodated inside a slide groove 42 of a pole 18. In the arm 16 when it slides, a guide projection 32 is guided into a wide part 42a of the pole 18 and a projection part 26 is guided into a guide part 56 of a resin guide part 20. The arm 16 is placed on the position where the anti-falling-off part 30 is contacted with a stopper pin 44 of the pole 18 and is slidable with the projection part 26 placed outside the resin guide part 20. In rotating the arm 16 with the stopper pin 44 as a reference axis, the anti-falling-out part 30 and an engagement receiving part 38 rotate within an accommodative space 40a and the engagement receiving part 38 is engaged with an engagement pin 46 of the pole 18 to keep the arm 16 in an inclined/fallen state.

Description

  The present invention relates to a clothes drying apparatus that is attached to a building (a column, a wall surface of a building, a handrail of a veranda, etc.) and used by hanging a clothes rack.

  Conventionally, as this kind of clothes-drying apparatus, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a support body that has a housing having an open front surface and is fixed to a building, and an armchair that is provided with a hook portion There is a clothes drying apparatus in which the armband is attached to the casing of the support body so as to be rotatable and slidable. The support is provided with a hook portion inside the housing, a passage hole is provided on the bottom surface of the housing, a shaft rod is installed between the left and right side surfaces of the housing, and an upper guide portion and a lower guide portion are provided on the front surface side of the housing. Pairs are provided. The armband is provided with a hooking portion and a retaining piece at a base end portion, and a predetermined sliding portion is provided at a side edge portion. In the state where the retaining piece is arranged so as to be able to pass through the passage hole by separating the retaining piece from the shaft rod of the support body, the sliding part is guided by the upper guide part and the lower guide part of the support body, It can slide in the direction. Further, the arm hook is disposed at a position where the retaining portion abuts against the shaft rod of the support, and when the operation of rotating the arm rod around the contact portion is performed, the engaging portion becomes the hook portion of the support The retaining portion engages with the shaft rod and is prevented from coming off, and is held in a tilted state.

  Further, as disclosed in Patent Document 2, a support column fixed to a building via a fixture, an armband attached to the support column so as to be rotatable and slidable, and attached to an upper end portion of the support column There was a clothes-drying device composed of a lid that could be used. The armband is provided with a protrusion on the side edge, a predetermined retaining portion and a guide protrusion are provided at the base end of the protrusion, and the surface of the guide protrusion is made of synthetic resin. The support column is formed of an extruded material, and is provided with a guide portion that slidably guides the guide projection of the armband. The lid is provided with a guide portion that slidably guides the ridge portion of the brace at the top, a stopper that protrudes inward in a substantially fan shape, a predetermined receiving projection is provided, and a guide portion is provided on the guide portion. A guide cover made of synthetic resin is provided. The brace is slidable in the vertical direction with the protrusions being guided by the guides of the lid and the guide protrusions being guided by the guides of the columns, with the stoppers being housed in the guides of the columns. . In addition, the arm strap is arranged in a state where the retaining portion and the guide projection are detached from the guide portion of the support column and the retaining portion is disposed at a position where it comes into contact with the stopper, while the retaining portion is separated from the stopper (or the substantially fan-shaped surface of the stopper). When the operation of tilting the armband is performed), the base end portion of the armband is locked to the corner portion of the lid and the receiving protrusion, and is held in an inclined state with respect to the support column.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Sho 62-114600 JP-A-10-295996

  In the case of the clothes drying apparatus of Patent Document 1, since the shape of the support is complicated and a large stress is generated in each part when holding the armband in a tilted state, a metal die-cast product is usually used. This is a problem in terms of cost. In addition, since the outer shape of the support body is small enough to fit the base end of the armband, and the distance between the upper guide part and the lower guide part that guides the sliding part of the armband is short, if the user is unfamiliar, The problem arises that the armbands tilt and cannot slide well. Furthermore, there is also a problem that an unpleasant frictional sound is generated by rubbing the metal armband and the support.

  Also in the case of the clothes drying apparatus of Patent Document 2, the lid is complicated in shape, and a large stress occurs when holding the armband in a tilted state. Therefore, a metal die-cast molded product is usually used. It becomes a problem in terms of cost. In addition, when performing an operation of rotating the armband, there is no portion that becomes a rotation axis, and therefore, if the user is not accustomed, there is a problem that the armband cannot be rotated and held well.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described background art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a clothes-drying device that is easy to operate a movable arm having a hook receiving portion, has little friction noise, and can be manufactured at low cost. And

  The present invention comprises a long pole attached to a building, an arm that is slidably and rotatably attached to the pole and has a hook receiving portion, and a resin guide member attached to the tip of the pole. The arm includes a plate-shaped main body, a pair of ridges provided along the longitudinal side edges of the main body and projecting in the thickness direction from the front and back of the main body, and the arm on the base end side of the arm. A stopper provided on the ridge and formed on the side edge of the main body, and a protrusion provided in the thickness direction from the front and back of the main body provided on the base end side of the ridge, the protrusion height of the protrusion A pair of guide protrusions higher than the protruding height of the portion and an engagement receiving portion provided at the base end portion of the arm, and the pole is elongated to the side of the frame material and the frame material A groove formed along a direction and having an opening A slide groove formed narrower than the groove width, a storage space provided at a distal end portion of the frame material and capable of storing the base end portion of the arm, and attached to the storage space at a predetermined interval The resin guide member includes a guide portion that slidably guides the protruding portion, and the arm includes the retaining portion that is accommodated in the slide groove with a clearance. The pair of guide protrusions are slidably guided inside the slide groove, and the ridge portion is slidably guided inside the guide portion of the resin guide member. The frame member is slid in the longitudinal direction, the retaining portion comes into contact with the stopper member, and the protrusion is rotatable outside the guide portion. And the engagement receiving portion is rotated in the housing space to engage with the engagement member, and the arm is held in a tilted state with respect to the frame material. .

  The pole is provided with a stopper portion that protrudes inwardly from the inner surface of the slide groove and whose surface is covered with resin, and the base of the arm is separated from the accommodation space in the slide groove. When sliding in the direction, the retaining portion is locked in a state where the retaining portion is in contact with the resin portion of the stopper portion.

  The frame material is formed of a metal extruded profile, and the stopper member and the engaging member are preferably metal parts fixed to the frame material. The pair of guide protrusions of the arm may be formed of a resin molded body fixed to the metal main body.

  In addition, a base having a building fixing portion fixed to the building and a pole fixing portion that can be fixed at a plurality of positions in the longitudinal direction of the pole is provided, and the pole is attached to the building via the base. A structure to be attached may be used.

  In the clothes drying apparatus of the present invention, the arm having the hook receiving portion is held by the pole so as to be slidable and rotatable, and when not in use, the arm can be compactly accommodated near the pole. In addition, the operation of sliding and rotating the arm is easy, and an unpleasant frictional sound that the metals rub against each other is hardly generated.

  In addition, the pole that supports the arm has a structure that can be easily manufactured, for example, by applying a simple additional process to the metal extrusion, and the resin guide member is also a simple structure that can be easily manufactured by ordinary injection molding. Can be manufactured at low cost without using a die-cast molded product or the like.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the external appearance when one embodiment of the clothes-drying apparatus of this invention is attached to a building, Comprising: The front view (a) which shows the state which accommodated the arm in the pole vicinity, The state which the arm slid upwards FIG. 6B is a front view showing the state where the arm is tilted and held. It is the top view (a) and front view (b) which show the arm of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment. They are A1-A1 sectional drawing (a) of FIG. 2, and A2-A2 sectional drawing (b). It is an enlarged front view (a) of A3 part of FIG. 2, and A4-A4 sectional drawing (b). They are the front view (a) which shows the pole of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment, a right view (b), B1-B1 sectional drawing (c), and B2-B2 sectional drawing (d). It is the front view (a) which shows the base of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment, and a right view (b). It is a front view (a), a right side view (b), a left side view (c), a plan view (d), a bottom view (e), and a C1-C1 sectional view (f) of the resin guide member of this embodiment. . It is a figure which shows the arm and pole part of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment, Comprising: It is a front view which shows the state which accommodated the arm. FIG. 9 is a D1-D1 cross-sectional view (a), a D2-D2 cross-sectional view (b), and a D3-D3 cross-sectional view (c) in FIG. 8. It is a figure which shows the arm and pole part of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment, Comprising: It is the enlarged front view (a) and longitudinal cross-sectional view (b) which show the state which slid the arm upwards. It is a figure which shows the arm and pole part of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment, Comprising: It is an enlarged front view (a) and a longitudinal cross-sectional view (b) which show the state in which the arm inclines and is hold | maintained.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a clothes drying apparatus of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the clothes drying apparatus 10 of this embodiment includes an arm 16 provided with a plurality of hook receiving portions 14 at positions away from the base end portion 12, and the arm 16 is slidable and rotatable. The long pole 18 to hold | maintain and the resin guide member 20 fixed to the front-end | tip part of the pole 18 are provided, and the pole 18 is attached to the building K through the base 22. As shown in FIG. When the clothes drying apparatus 10 is not used, the arm 16 can be placed vertically and stored in the vicinity of the pole 18. When the arm 16 is slid upward and then rotated about the base end 12 as an axis, the arm 16 is held in a tilted state and is ready for use. Hereinafter, the structure of each member will be described in the order of the arm 16, the pole 18, the base 22, and the resin guide member 20.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the arm 16 includes an elongated plate-like main body 24 made of metal, and a plurality of hook portions 14 (through holes) are formed at positions away from the base end portion 12. On one side edge in the longitudinal direction of the main body 24, as shown in FIG. 3, a pair of protrusions 26 that protrude in the thickness direction from the front and back of the main body 24 are provided. The protrusion 26 may be provided along at least one side edge. For example, like the arm 16, the protrusion 26 may be extended to the opposite side edge of the main body 24 to have design. Good. Hereinafter, a portion obtained by extending the protruding portion 26 is referred to as an extending portion 28, and is distinguished from the protruding portion 26.

  At the position of the ridge 26 on the base end 12 side, a retaining portion 30 that protrudes from the side edge of the main body 14 in the direction along the front and back surfaces of the main body 14 is provided. As shown in FIG. 4, the retaining portion 30 protrudes in a rectangular shape, and a stopper receiving portion 30 a that is cut out in an arc shape is formed on the side surface on the side of the collar receiving portion 14.

  A pair of guide protrusions 32 protruding in the thickness direction from the front and back of the main body 14 are provided in the vicinity of the base end portion 12 side of the protrusion 26. Here, the guide protrusions 32 are a part of a resin molded body 34 made of hard synthetic resin, and the resin molded bodies 34 are inserted into a pair of stepped holes provided in the base end portion 14 of the main body 14 from the front and back sides. It is firmly connected by the connecting tool 36 and integrated with the main body 14. The guide protrusion 32 may be a protrusion whose surface is covered with resin. For example, a part of the metal main body 14 may be protruded and a resin cap may be fitted into the protrusion. The protrusion height of the guide protrusion 32 is higher than the protrusion height of the protrusion 26.

  An engagement receiving portion 38 is provided in the vicinity of the stopper receiving portion 30 on the side opposite to the stopper receiving portion 30a. The engagement receiving portion 38 and the stopper receiving portion 30a will be described in detail later.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the pole 18 includes a frame material 40 formed of an extruded metal member such as aluminum, and a slide groove 42 is provided on one side surface of the frame material 40. The slide groove 42 is formed to have a substantially square cross-sectional shape, and the width of the opening is narrower than the width in the groove. Hereinafter, the groove inner space wider than the opening is referred to as a wide portion 42a.

  An accommodation space 40 a that can accommodate the base end portion 12 of the arm 16 is provided at one end portion of the frame material 40. The accommodation space 40a is formed by a space from which the end of the slide groove 42 and a part of the bottom surface 42b of the slide groove 42 at the end are removed. A metal stopper pin 44 as a stopper member is attached to the accommodation space 40a so as to cross the wide portion 42a of the slide groove 42. The diameter of the stopper pin 44 is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the stopper receiving portion 30 a of the arm 16. Furthermore, a metal engagement pin 46 as an engagement member is attached to the accommodation space 40a so as to cross the space on the back side of the bottom surface 42b from which the slide groove 42 is removed, away from the stopper pin 44. It has been. The diameter of the engagement pin 46 is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the engagement receiving portion 38 of the arm 16.

  A stopper portion 48 that protrudes inward from the bottom surface 42 b of the slide groove 42 is provided at a position near the other end of the frame member 40. The stopper portion 48 is provided by, for example, fixing a resin block formed of hard synthetic resin to the bottom surface 42b with screws. The stopper portion 48 may be any protrusion or the like whose surface is covered with resin. For example, the stopper portion 48 may have a structure in which a metal block is screwed to the bottom surface 42b and a resin cap is fitted into the protruding portion.

  A base engaging portion 50 that is slidably engaged with a pole fixing portion 22b of the base 22 described later is provided on a side surface of the frame member 40 that faces the slide groove 42.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the base 22 is formed from an extruded shape of a metal such as aluminum. A structure fixing portion 22a is provided on one side surface, and the structure can be fixed to the wall surface of the building K by screw tightening or the like. A pole fixing portion 22b is provided on the side surface facing the building fixing portion 22a so that it can be fixed to the pole 18. The pole fixing portion 22b is slidably engaged with the base engaging portion 50 of the pole 18, and has a structure that can be fixed at an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of the frame member 40 by a predetermined fixing mechanism (not shown).

  The resin guide member 20 is formed by integrally molding a hard synthetic resin. As shown in FIG. 7, the resin guide member 20 has a lid portion 52 that closes the end surface on the distal end side of the frame material 40. Four screw holes 52 a are formed, and a pair of side wall pieces 54 are erected on the side end of the lid 52. A guide portion 56 having a shape in which the back side is formed wide in a plan view is provided at a side end portion of the lid portion 52 where the side wall piece 54 is not provided. The guide portion 56 is sized to fit in the wide portion 42 a of the slide groove 42 when attached to the pole 18.

  Next, the internal structure and operation of the assembled clothes drying apparatus 10 will be described. When the clothes drying apparatus 10 is attached to the building K and the arm 12 is stored in the vicinity of the pole 18, the state becomes as shown in FIG. In the arm 16, the base end portion 12 is held at a position lower than the central portion of the pole 18, and the distal end portion protrudes upward beyond the resin guide member 20 attached to the pole 18.

  The internal structure of the part to which the resin guide member 20 is attached is represented as shown in FIG. 9A. The resin guide member 22 covers the end surface of the frame material 40 of the pole 18 and engages with the outer peripheral surface. 56 is disposed inside the slide groove 42, and screws 58 are inserted into the four screw holes 52 a to be fastened and fixed to the frame material 40. The arm 16 is housed in such a manner that the ridge portion 26 is slidable inside the guide portion 56, and the other part of the main body 24 projects outward from the opening of the slide groove 42.

  The internal structure of the portion where the pole 18 is attached to the base 22 is represented as shown in FIG. 9B, and the arm 16 engages the base engaging portion 50 slidably with the pole fixing portion 22b of the base 22. It is fixed by a fixing mechanism (not shown). The protruding portion 26 is accommodated in the wide portion 42 a of the pole 18 with a space (so as not to touch the surroundings), and other portions of the main body 24 protrude outward from the opening of the slide groove 42.

  The internal structure of the portion of the arm 16 where the base end portion 12 is present is represented as shown in FIG. 9C, and the arm 16 has a clearance 30 within the wide portion 42a of the pole 18 (so as not to touch the surroundings). And the retaining part 30 is locked on the stopper 48 indicated by an imaginary line, so that the whole is supported. The pair of guide protrusions 32 are slidably accommodated inside the wide portion 42 a, and the other resin-made body 34 and the main body 24 protrude outward from the opening of the slide groove 42.

  Therefore, when the user moves the arm 16 upward, the arm 16 slides on the inner side of the guide portion 56 of the resin guide member 20 at the portion near the distal end portion of the ridge portion 26, so that the guide protrusion of the proximal end portion 12. 32 can slide inside the wide part 42 a of the pole 18 and slide in the longitudinal direction of the frame member 40. As can be seen from FIG. 9, when the arm 16 slides, the portions where the arm 16, the pole 18, and the resin guide member 20 are in sliding contact with each other are in a form in which the metal and the resin are in contact with each other. Does not occur.

  When the arm 16 is slid upward and the base end portion 12 reaches the upper end of the pole 18, the state shown in FIG. When the arm 16 slides upward, as shown in FIG. 10B, the stopper receiving portion 30 a of the retaining portion 30 stops by contacting the stopper pin 44. At this time, the retaining portion 30 and the guide protrusion 32 exit from the wide portion 42a of the pole 18 and are disposed in the wide accommodation space 40a. Further, the protruding portion 26 extends from the slide groove 42 of the pole 18 and the guide portion 56 of the resin guide member 20 and is disposed outside the pole 18 and the resin guide member 20. Therefore, the arm 16 is in a state of being rotatable in a direction away from the building K around the contact portion between the stopper receiving portion 30a and the stopper pin 44 as an axis.

  Next, when an operation of rotating the arm 16 is performed, as shown in FIG. 11B, the retaining portion 30 and the engagement receiving portion 38 of the arm 16 rotate in the accommodation space 40a, and the engagement receiving portion 40 is engaged. The part 38 reaches the position of the engaging pin 46 and stops. Then, the arm 16 is engaged with the engagement pin 46 by the engagement receiving portion 38, the stopper pin 44 is engaged with the retaining portion 30, and is prevented from coming off, and is held in an inclined state with respect to the frame member 40, so It will be in a state where it can be used over the fence.

  When the arm 18 is placed vertically and placed near the pole 18 after the clothes drying apparatus 10 is used, an operation reverse to the above is performed.

  As described above, in the clothes drying apparatus 10, the arm 16 is slidably and rotatably held by the pole 18, and when not in use, the arm can be stored compactly near the pole. In addition, when the arm 16 slides, the two sufficiently separated locations (the guide protrusion 32 of the base end portion 12 and the portion away from the base end portion of the protrusion 26) are slidably guided and are not easily tilted. Even unskilled users can slide smoothly. In addition, unpleasant frictional sound that the metals rub against each other does not occur. Even when the arm 16 is rotated, a fixed axis of rotation is formed, so that the operation is simple.

  Moreover, since the structure of each member is simple, it can be manufactured at low cost. For example, in the case of the pole 18, a long metal extruded profile is cut, and a stopper pin 44, an engagement pin 46 and a stopper portion 48 are attached, and processing for securing a storage space 40 a having a predetermined width is secured as necessary. Since it only needs to be performed, it can be manufactured at a lower cost than conventional methods such as die casting. Since the resin guide member 20 has a simple structure and does not require any special strength, it can be manufactured at low cost by general injection molding.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A frame material and a base may use raw materials other than a metal extrusion shape material, for example, hard resin with fixed intensity | strength etc. May be used. The length and thickness of the frame material, the shape and number of the arm guards, and the setting of the arm angle during use can be freely changed.

  Further, the structure in which the stopper member and the engaging member are provided on the pole is not limited to a structure in which a cylindrical pin is installed inside the frame material. For example, the pin may be changed to a prismatic shape, A structure in which the small block body is fixed to the inner surface by screws may be used, but a separate metal member is preferable.

  Moreover, the building fixing part of a base can be changed according to the structure of a building (an inclined plane, a handrail of a veranda, etc.). Further, the base may be omitted if the pole can be directly attached to the building.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Clothes drying apparatus 12 Base end part 14 Reed receiving part 16 Arm 18 Pole 20 Resin guide member 22 Base 22a Building fixing part 22b Pole fixing part 24 Main body 26 Projection part 30 Detachment part 30a Stopper receiving part 32 Guide protrusion 34 Resin molding Body 38 Engagement receiving part 40 Frame material 40a Storage space 42 Slide groove 42a Wide part 44 Stopper pin 46 Engagement pin 48 Stopper part 56 Guide part

Claims (4)

It is composed of a long pole attached to a building, an arm which is attached to the pole so as to be slidable and rotatable, and has a hook receiving portion, and a resin guide member attached to the tip of the pole.
The arm includes a plate-shaped main body, a pair of protrusions provided along a side edge in the longitudinal direction of the main body and protruding in the thickness direction from the front and back of the main body, and the protrusion on the base end side of the arm. A stopper provided on the side of the main body and formed on the side edge of the main body, and is provided on the base end side of the protrusion and protrudes in the thickness direction from the front and back of the main body, and the protrusion height is the protrusion. A pair of guide protrusions higher than the projecting height of the arm, and an engagement receiving portion provided at the base end portion of the arm,
The pole includes a long frame material, a groove formed in a side surface of the frame material along a longitudinal direction, the slide groove having an opening formed narrower than the groove width, and the frame material. An accommodation space provided at the distal end of the arm and capable of accommodating the base end portion of the arm, and a stopper member and an engagement member attached to the accommodation space at a predetermined interval,
The resin guide member includes a guide portion that slidably guides the protruding portion,
The arm is slidable in a state where the retaining portion is accommodated in the slide groove with a clearance, the pair of guide protrusions are slidably guided inside the slide groove, and the ridge portion is Guided slidably inside the guide portion of the resin guide member, slides in the longitudinal direction of the frame material, the retaining portion comes into contact with the stopper member, and the protruding portion is outside the guide portion. When it is rotated in the state where it is positioned and rotated around the stopper member, the engagement receiving portion rotates in the accommodating space and engages with the engagement member, On the other hand, the clothes drying apparatus characterized in that the arm is held in a tilted state.   2. The clothes drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the frame material is formed of a metal extruded profile, and the stopper member and the engaging member are metal parts fixed to the frame material.   2. The clothes drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pair of guide protrusions of the arm are formed of a resin molded body fixed to the metal main body. A base having a building fixing part fixed to the building and a pole fixing part fixable to a plurality of positions in the longitudinal direction of the pole;
The clothes drying apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the pole is attached to the building via the base.

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