JP2015000318A - 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 with a small force.SOLUTION: A laundry hanger 1 comprises a plurality of clothespins 3 having a pair of holding parts 6, 6 and a pair of action parts 7a, 7b, and a support frame 2. A traction member 11 is disposed in the support frame 2 so as to allow the movement in a lateral direction of the support frame 2, one end of one action part 7a is connected to the support frame 2, a fitting hole 7c is disposed at one end of the one action part 7a, and a rotating member 8 is rotatably disposed to the fitting hole 7c. In the rotating member 8, a communication passage 8a opened at both ends is formed, and a string-like member 12 is disposed, one end of which is connected to one end of the other action part 7b and is inserted into the communication passage 8a, another end of which is connected to the traction member 11. The string-like member 12 is moved by moving the traction member 11 to close the action parts 7a, 7b and open the holding parts 6, 6, so that the string-like member 12 becomes linear when the holding parts 6, 6 are opened.

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 pulled by hand, a large number of clothespins move in the direction of the frame, and the other action part abuts against the frame etc. It is known that both acting parts are closed, the clamping part is opened, and the laundry is simultaneously removed from a large number of clothespins (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-340947 A

  In the prior art laundry hanger, when the lever is pulled, the pulling cord is bent against a variety of members, so that frictional resistance occurs at the contact portion, and the pulling cord is pulled. There is a problem that a great force is required.

  Further, when the tow string is bent and moved, the tow string may be worn and cut at the bent portion.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a laundry clothes hanger capable of simultaneously opening a plurality of clothespin holding parts with a smaller force than the prior art.

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 plurality of clothespins having a biasing member that biases the clamping part in the closing direction, and a laundry clothes hanger having a support frame,
The support frame is provided with a pulling member movable in the lateral direction thereof,
One end of one working part is connected to the support frame,
An attachment hole penetrating in the opening / closing direction of the clothespin is provided at one end of the one action portion, and a rotation member is rotatably provided in the attachment hole, and a communication passage having both ends opened in the rotation member Formed,
One end is connected to one end of the other action portion, and a string-like member is inserted through the communication path and the other end is connected to the traction member.
By moving the traction member, moving the string-like member, closing the action portion, opening the clamping portion,
When the clamping part is opened, the string-like member can be linear.

  According to the present invention, when the holding portion is opened, the string-like member can be made linear, so that the friction when moving the string-like member more than the laundry hanger of the prior art. The resistance can be reduced and a large number of clothespins can be easily opened at once.

The side view of the laundry clothes hanger which concerns on the Example of this invention. The perspective view of the state which removed the hook from the state of FIG. The figure which shows the state which closed the clothespin in the enlarged partial side view of FIG. The side view which shows the state which opened the clothespin from the state of FIG. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG.

An embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a side view of the laundry hanging hanger 1 and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the laundry hanging hanger 1 with the hook 21 removed. In the following description, the upper side of FIG. 1 is referred to as upper A, the lower side is referred to as lower B, the right side of FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, 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, 32 are provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the clothespin 3 includes an opening / closing shaft 4 formed by fitting an uneven portion and a pair of holding members 5, 5 that can be opened / closed around the opening / closing shaft 4. The holding members 6 and 6 for holding the laundry and the like are formed below the holding members 5 and 5, and the action portions 7 a and 7 b are formed above the opening and closing shaft 4 in the holding member 5. Yes.

  The action portions 7a and 7b and the sandwiching portions 6 and 6 are made of resin, and the action portion 7a (7b) and the sandwiching portion 6 (6) are integrally formed. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the action portions 7 a and 7 b are formed so as to expand outwardly toward the upper side A when the sandwiching portions 6 and 6 are closed, as shown in FIGS. When the action parts 7a and 7b are opened, the holding parts 6 and 6 are closed. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the holding parts 6 and 6 are opened when the action parts 7a and 7b are closed.

  The clamping members 5 and 5 are provided with biasing members 9 that bias the clamping parts 6 and 6 in the closing direction. As the urging member 9, 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. 5 and 6, a mounting hole 2a penetrating in the left-right direction is formed at the lower portion of the support frame 2, and an attaching hole 7d penetrating in the opening / closing direction is formed at the upper end of one action portion 7a. The mounting holes 2 a and 7 d are connected by an O-shaped connecting member 10. Thereby, the clothespin 3 can be rotated in an arbitrary direction with respect to the support frame 2.

  An attachment hole 7c that penetrates in the opening / closing direction (the left-right direction in FIG. 5) of the clothespin 3 is formed at the upper end of the one action portion 7a. A rotating member 8 is rotatably attached to the attachment hole 7c.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the rotating member 8 is formed with a communication passage 8a having both ends open, and one opening 8b opens to the other action portion 7b side, and the other opening 8c. Is formed so that it can be opened toward the support frame 2 when the clothespin 3 is closed. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a groove 8d that can open toward the support frame 2 when the clothespin 3 is opened is formed in the other opening 8c of the communication path 8a. The groove 8d communicates with the other opening 8c.

  In the support frame 2, a pulling member 11 that can slide in the lateral direction (C-D direction) that is a lateral direction is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, one end of a string-like member 12 that can be bent at an arbitrary portion in the axial direction is fixed to the other action portion 7 b of the clothespin 3. The string-like member 12 is inserted into the communication path 8a, and the other end of the string-like member 12 is fixed to the pulling member 11. In the present embodiment, a string in which a plurality of threads are brought together is used as the string-like member 12, and any fiber can be used as the thread.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the state where the clothespin 3 is closed, the string-like member 12 has a margin, and the string-like member 12 can be positioned in the vicinity of the traction member 11 while the string-like member 12 has a margin. The length of is set.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the shape of the communication path 8 a is formed so that the string-like member 12 can be linear with the clothespin 3 opened.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the support frame 2 has a left case 15 a and a right case 15 b, and the left and right cases 15 a and 15 b are connected by a rotating shaft 16. The case 15a, 15b is opened from the open state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the center of the case 15a, 15b in the left-right direction (CD direction) is centered in the upper A direction around the rotation shaft 16, and both ends of the case 15a, 15b The case 15a, 15b can be folded by rotating the portion toward the lower B direction.

  The left and right cases 15a and 15b each have four main frames 18 provided in parallel in the left and right direction (CD direction), and the pulling member 11 is placed in the main frame 18 in the left and right direction (C- (D direction) is slidable. The outer end portions (left C side end portions) of the four main frames 18 of the left case 15 a are connected by a side frame 19. Outer ends (right D side ends) of the four main frames 18 of the right case 15 b are connected by a side frame 19.

  Of the four main frames 18 of the left case 15a, the two front main frames 18, 18 in FIG. 2 and the two rear main frames 18, 18 in FIG. Of the four main frames 18 of the right case 15b, and the two main frames 18, 18 on the front side and the two main frames 18, 18 on the rear side. The two are connected to each other by a flange 21 at the center side end in the left-right direction (CD direction).

  In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the flanges 21 (21) in the case 15a (15b) are respectively formed with stopper portions 17a (17a), and the left and right stopper portions 17a and 17a are in contact with each other, so The case 15a, 15b can be kept open.

  Of the four traction members 11 provided in the four main frames 18 of the left case 15a, the two front traction members 11 and 11 in FIG. 2 and the two rear traction members 11 in FIG. , 11 are connected to each other by a handle 20 at the center side end in the left-right direction (CD direction), and among the four pulling members 11 provided in the four main frames 18 of the right case 15b. The two front traction members 11 and 11 and the two rear traction members 11 and 11 are connected to each other by a handle 20 at the center side end in the left-right direction (CD direction).

  A notch 22 of a predetermined distance is formed in the left and right direction (CD direction) at the center side end of the main frame 18, and the handle 20 is disposed in the notch 22, It can be moved in the left-right direction (CD direction) in the notch 22. By moving the handle 20 in the left-right direction (CD direction), the traction member 11 is moved in the left-right direction (CD direction).

  In a normal state where no force acts on the handle 20, the upper end of the one action portion 7 a is connected to the support frame 2, and therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the biasing member 9 of the clothespin 3 When the string-like member 12 is pulled by the urging force acting in the direction in which the action portions 7a and 7b are separated from each other, the traction member 11 and the handle 20 are moved outward in the left-right direction (CD direction). Move and hold its position. At this time, the string-like member 12 is positioned in the groove 8d of the rotating member 8 as shown in FIG.

  In the state where the clothespin 3 is closed, as shown in FIG. 5, the string-like member 12 between the rotating member 8 and the traction member 11 has a margin, and the O-shaped connecting member 10 supports the support frame 2. Since the clothespin 3 is connected, the clothespin 3 can be rotated in an arbitrary direction when the laundry is dried.

Next, a method for removing the laundry dried on the laundry hanger 1 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the support frame 2 of the laundry hanger 1 is opened left and right, and the handle 20 is manually washed in a state where the laundry is dried by the plurality of clothespins 3. When it is moved in the leftward and rightward direction (CD direction) (arrow X direction in FIG. 5) against the biasing member 9 of the scissors 3, the pulling member 11 connected to the handle 20 is moved. As shown in FIG. 6, the other action portion 7 b of each clothespin 3 is moved in the left-right direction (CD direction) by each string-like member 12 connected to the pulling member 11 as shown in FIG. 6. Pulled inward. Thereby, the rotating member 8 is rotated so that the groove 8d faces the support frame, the action portions 7a and 7b are closed, and the holding portions 6 and 6 are opened. In this way, by moving the handle 20, the plurality of clothespins 3 can be opened at a time, and the plurality of laundry dried by the clothespins 3 can be removed at a time.

  When the string-like member 12 moves in the left direction in FIG. 5, the string-like member 12 moves without contacting the communication path 8a and the like as much as possible, and the string-like member 12 is moved as shown in FIG. Since it can be in a straight line state, when the handle 20 is moved, the string-like member 12 can be moved without making contact with the communication path 8a as much as possible, compared with the laundry drying hanger of the prior art. Since the frictional resistance can be reduced, it can be performed with a force smaller than that of the laundry hangers of the prior art.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Laundry hanger 2 Support frame 3 Clothespin 4 Opening / closing axis | shaft 6 Clamping part 7a, 7b Action part 7c Mounting hole 8 Rotating member 8a Communication path 10 Energizing member 11 Pulling member 12 String-like member

Claims (1)

A plurality having a pair of clamping parts that open and close about the opening / closing axis and clamp the laundry, a pair of action parts that open the clamping part by closing, and a biasing member that biases the clamping part in the closing direction A laundry hanger having a piece of clothespin and a support frame,
The support frame is provided with a pulling member movable in the lateral direction thereof,
One end of one working part is connected to the support frame,
An attachment hole penetrating in the opening / closing direction of the clothespin is provided at one end of the one action portion, and a rotation member is rotatably provided in the attachment hole, and a communication passage having both ends opened in the rotation member Formed,
One end is connected to one end of the other action portion, and a string-like member is inserted through the communication path and the other end is connected to the traction member.
By moving the traction member, moving the string-like member, closing the action portion, opening the clamping portion,
The laundry-hanging hanger characterized in that, when the holding portion is opened, the string-like member can be linear.

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