JP2605450Y2 - Clothes dryer hose - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drainage hose for a clothes dryer used between a clothes dryer and a washing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of drainage hose for a clothes dryer has a length corresponding to a length between a drainage pipe in the clothes dryer and a drainage receiving hose connection port formed in the washing machine. The formed hose was used.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the distance between the clothes dryer and the washing machine, more specifically, the length between the drainage pipe in the clothes dryer and the hose connection port in the washing machine is different for each model of each company. It was different, and it was necessary to form a hose of a corresponding length for each model. Therefore, as a countermeasure, an attempt was made to form a slightly longer hose so as to be compatible with several types of models, but the length of the hose was slightly smaller than the predetermined length by three times.
If the length is too long, the hose will bend in a J-shape along the wall in the narrow space behind the dryer and washing machine, and it will look greatly bent when viewed from the front. Was caused. On the other hand, the relative positional relationship between the clothes dryer and the washing machine is not always fixed, and the mounting table for placing the clothes dryer on the upper part of the washing machine can be vertically changed. Some of them can be adjusted up and down according to the convenience and height of the user. In this case, the hose must be formed to have the length corresponding to the maximum interval of the vertical adjustment range. Therefore, when the hose is adjusted to the lower position and used, the hose becomes a J-shape as described above. When viewed from the front, it is greatly bent, which has a problem that the aesthetic appearance is seriously impaired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional clothes dryer hose, and to use a single type of hose for a washing machine and a clothes dryer. Even if the distance from the washing machine is different, or even if the height of the clothes dryer with respect to the washing machine is changed up and down, it does not greatly bend in a J-shape and does not significantly impair the appearance. It is an object of the present invention to provide a hose having a new structure that can be used in a state.

[0005]

The construction of the present invention for achieving the object will be described with reference to the drawings corresponding to the embodiments. The clothes dryer hose according to the present invention has a clothes dryer at one end. A is formed with a cylindrical water receiving port 1 for connection to the drainage pipe 11 of A, and a cylindrical drainage port 2 for connecting to a drainage receiving hose connection port 13 formed on the other end of the washing machine B. And an intermediate portion 3 excluding these two opening portions 1 and 2
Tube wall 4 having a corrugated shape, and having the corrugated shape.
The cross-sectional shape of each of the inclined walls 5 on the water receiving port 1 side is slightly shorter than the length of each of the inclined walls 6 on the drain port 2 side to form a trapezoidal triangular wave shape. A structure in which the short-side inclined wall 5 can be changed to a reduced posture substantially parallel to the long-side inclined wall 6 and the posture can be held by itself,
The thickness of the opening portions 1 and 2 is formed to be slightly thicker than the thickness of the corrugated tube wall 4.

[0006]

Since the clothes dryer hose according to the present invention has such a structure, the water receiving port 1 formed at one end is externally inserted into the drainage pipe 11 of the clothes dryer A and connected. Then, the drain port 2 formed on the other end side is inserted into a hose connection port 13 formed in the washing machine B, and the hose is attached between the clothes dryer A and the washing machine B. At this time, the concavo-convex tube wall 4 forming the extra long intermediate portion 3 excluding the water receiving port 1 and the drain port 2 is divided into the short side inclined wall according to the interval length between the two machines A and B. 5 and the long inclined wall 6 are separated from each other to form an elongated posture part 42 in which the sides are separated into a scalene triangle, and a reduced posture part 41 in which both the walls 5 and 6 are in parallel with each other. The hose can be adjusted to an optimum length and used, and the overall shape of the hose can be used as a substantially straight one without bending.

In the hose of the present invention, the positions of the drainage pipe 11 of the clothes dryer A and the hose connection port 13 of the washing machine B are shifted in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction.
When the connection port 13 is provided in an inclined shape, a part of the hose forms a bent posture part 43 in which one side in the circumferential direction of the tube wall 4 is in a reduced posture and the other side is in a long posture. By doing so, it can be used in a posture without slack.
Further, during storage / transportation, the entire hose can be compressed in the pipe axis direction to be in a reduced posture and stored low in the clothes dryer.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the overall shape of the hose of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows an example of a use state, and FIG. 3 shows a main part of the use state.

The hose for a clothes dryer referred to in the present invention is made of various kinds of clothes dryers by using a synthetic resin material such as polypropylene or polyethylene, which is elastically flexible and has appropriate hardness. Among them, the drainage cylinder 11 of the clothes dryer A and the panel box 12 of the washing machine B
In the dryer having the longest length between the drain connection hose connection port 13 and the vertically adjustable dryer mounting table C shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. Dryer mounting plate 1
The overall length of the hose is set to the length between the drainage pipe 11 of the clothes dryer A and the drainage connection hose connection port 13 of the washing machine B when 4 is at the highest position.

As shown in FIG. 1, a water receiving port 1 having a cylindrical shape is formed at one end of the hose so as to be externally connected to the drainage pipe 11 of the clothes dryer A, as shown in FIG. On the other end side, a cylindrical drain port 2 for connecting to a drain receiving hose connection port 13 formed in a panel box 12 of the washing machine B is formed, and a pipe wall of the entire intermediate portion 3 therebetween. 4, the cross-sectional shape is a triangular uneven wave shape, and the length of each inclined wall 5 on the water receiving port 1 side is slightly shorter than the length of each inclined wall 6 on the drain port 2 side. A tube wall having an irregular trapezoidal wave shape, wherein the thickness of the mouth portions 1 and 2 is formed to be slightly thicker than the thickness of the corrugated tube wall portion 4 to form the irregular wave shape 4 part is short side inclined wall 5
As shown in the upper part of FIG. 1, the bending angle changes to the approaching posture in the extension posture 42 in which the portion and the long side inclined wall 6 portion are separated from each other in a triangular shape, and in the peak portion 7 and the valley portion 8. The shorter inclined wall 5 can be changed to a reduced posture 41 approaching almost in parallel with the longer inclined wall 6, and this reduced posture 41 can be changed.
Is self-holding.

In order to attach such a hose between the clothes dryer A and the washing machine B, the water receiving port 1 is inserted into the drainage pipe 11 of the clothes dryer A as shown in FIG. Accordingly, the outer peripheral portion thereof is tightened with a required fastening fitting, and the drain port 2 on the other end side is connected to the panel box 1 of the washing machine B.
2 is inserted into the hose connection port 13 formed. In this position, if the distance between the water receiving port 1 of the clothes dryer A and the connection port 13 of the washing machine B is shorter than the length of the hose and the hose is slack and bent, the hose may have an appropriate length. 1 is pushed in the axial direction to a reduced posture as shown in the upper part of FIG. 1 so that the hose is not slackened. In addition, the position of the drainage pipe 11 of the clothes dryer A and the hose connection port 13 of the washing machine B are displaced in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction.
In the case where is provided in an inclined shape, as shown in the lower side of FIG. 1, any part of the hose has a reduced posture on one side in the circumferential direction of the tube wall 4 and a long posture on the other side. Bending posture part 4
By deforming the hose to 3, the hose is brought into a posture without slack. In this way, the hose can be attached between the drainage pipe 11 and the connection port 13 so that the hose is always in a posture without slack.

For the hose according to the present invention, other than the polypropylene, polyethylene and the like exemplified in the above embodiment, a material having an appropriate hardness and being easily elastically bent is suitable.

Although the embodiment which is considered to be a representative of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the structure of this embodiment, but includes the above-mentioned constituent elements according to the present invention. The present invention achieves the object of the invention and can be appropriately modified and implemented within a range having the following effects.

[0014]

As is clear from the above description, in the present invention, a cylindrical water receiving port for connecting to a drain of a clothes dryer is formed at one end, and a drain in a washing machine is formed at the other end. A cylindrical drainage port for connecting to a receiving hose connection port is formed, and the cross-sectional shape of the pipe wall at an intermediate portion excluding these ports is set to the length of each inclined wall on the water receiving port side. A reduced posture in which the length of each of the inclined walls on the mouth side is slightly shorter than the length of each of the inclined walls on the mouth side so as to form a trapezoidal triangular wave shape, and the shorter inclined wall is substantially parallel to the longer inclined wall. And a structure capable of self-holding its posture, and a structure in which the thickness of both mouth portions is formed to be slightly thicker than the thickness of the uneven corrugated tube wall portion. The water receiving port formed at one end is externally inserted and connected to the drainage pipe of the clothes dryer, and formed at the other end Insert the drain outlet into the hose connection port of the washing machine, attach the hose between the clothes dryer and the washing machine, and wash the uneven pipe wall part forming the intermediate part with the clothes dryer as needed. In accordance with the distance to the machine, the elongated inclined part where the short inclined wall and the long inclined wall are separated from each other to form a trapezoidal triangle, and the reduced posture part where these two walls are in parallel with each other. And the hose can be adjusted to an optimal length and used, and
The overall shape of the hose can be used as a substantially straight without bending.

Further, in the hose of the present invention, the position of the drainage pipe of the clothes dryer and the hose connection port of the washing machine are displaced in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction, or these drainage pipes and connection ports are provided in an inclined manner. Even when the hose is used, a part of the hose shall be used in a bent position in which one side in the circumferential direction of the tube wall is in a contracted position and the other side is in a long position. Further, at the time of storage or transportation, there is an advantage that the entire hose is compressed in the tube axis direction and stored in a reduced posture with a low bulk. Furthermore, in the hose of the present invention, the length of each inclined wall on the water receiving port side is slightly shorter than the length of each inclined wall on the drain port side by changing the shape of the tube wall of the intermediate portion having the uneven wave shape. Even if it is deformed so as to have a reduced posture part or a bent posture part, it is smooth at the shortest distance without obstructing the flow of drainage or causing stagnation. There is an advantage that can be drained. Moreover, since the thickness of the water receiving port and the drain port is formed to be slightly thicker than the thickness of the corrugated portion, the diameter of the drainage pipe in the clothes dryer and the diameter of the connection port in the washing machine is different from the type of equipment. Therefore, even if the diameter is slightly increased, the pressure can be securely inserted without tearing or tearing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing the entire shape of the hose of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a use state.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a main part showing a use state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) Water receiving port (2) Drain port (3) Middle part (4) Pipe wall (5) Short side sloped wall (6) Long side sloped wall (11) Drain cylinder (12) Panel box (13) Hose connection Mouth (A) Clothes dryer (B) Washing machine

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Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] At one end, there is a cylindrical water receiving port (1) connected to the drainage pipe (11) of the clothes dryer (A), and at the other end, a washing machine (B).
It has a cylindrical drain port (2) connected to the drain connection hose connection port (13) formed in the pipe wall of the intermediate part (3) excluding these ports (1) and (2). 4) is formed in a corrugated shape, and the cross-sectional shape of the pipe wall (4) is such that each of the inclined walls (5) on the water receiving port (1) side has a shape.
The length of each of the inclined walls (6) on the drain port (2) side is slightly longer than the length of the drain port (2), and the shorter inclined wall (5) is formed on the longer side. It has a structure that can be changed to a reduced attitude substantially parallel to the inclined wall (6) and can hold the attitude by itself, and the thickness of the two mouths (1) and (2) is uneven corrugated pipe wall (4) A hose for a clothes dryer formed to be slightly thicker than the part.