JP2673419B2 - Clothes dryer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes-drying device, in which two sets are attached to a wall surface of a building or a handrail of a veranda, and the clothes-hanging rod is hung on the rod-hanging portion of the arm rod. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an invention of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-21095 has been proposed by the applicant for this type of clothes dryer. In this invention, the hooking pin (corresponding to the catch of the present invention) that engages the end of the arm rod is inserted by forming holes in both side plates of the housing and inserting a thread groove in the hole of one side plate. A thread groove is also provided at the tip of the hooking pin, and the threaded groove is screwed into the groove and attached to the support.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional example, since the side plate is provided with holes, in the case of metal (mostly metal due to strength requirements), there is a problem of rusting from there. There is a problem that post-processing of providing a screw groove in the hole of the side plate is required, resulting in high cost, and further, both ends of the hooking pin are exposed, which is not preferable in design.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a support having a housing whose front surface is open,
An arm rod having a rod hook portion is provided, a receiving member is provided inside the housing, and an end portion of the arm rod inserted from the opening of the housing is engaged with the receiving member to move the arm rod. In a clothes drying device that can be set to the used state, the housing has concave grooves on the inner surfaces of the both side plates facing each other, and both ends of the catch are inserted into and engaged with the concave grooves to fix the mounting body to the support body. By doing so, the catch is attached to the support.

[0005]

The present invention is configured as described above.
The force applied to the catch is received by the recessed groove provided in the housing, and the recessed groove can be formed at the same time when the support is molded without forming a hole in the outer surface of the side plate. The catch can be attached to the support with sufficient strength without need.

[0006]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The support 1 is made of metal as a whole, is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped, and is provided with mounting pieces 11, 11 at both upper and lower ends of a rear portion of a housing 12 having front and rear surfaces opened. Both side plates 13 and 13 of the housing 12 project slightly forward of the upper plate 14 and the bottom plate 15, and the front end edges of the outer stoppers 16 and 16 facing each other except the upper and lower parts face inward. A recessed groove 18 is formed at the rear end of the rear end portion and is opened rearward at a substantially center in the vertical direction.
・ 18 is provided. The bottom plate 15 of the housing 12 is provided with a locking portion 17 at the front end, the upper plate 14 is provided with a rubber shock absorber 10 fixed to the front side of the upper surface thereof, and a receiving portion 19 is provided substantially at the center of the lower surface.

Between the side plates 13 and 13, a guide body 7 and a sliding contact member 8 therebetween are provided on the upper front side, and a rotary shaft 9 of the spring pin.
The mounting body 4 is rotatably pivoted by the tapping screw 33.
It is fixed at 33. A catch 5 which is a metal pin having a circular cross section is mounted on the mount 4. The guide body 7, the sliding contact piece 8 and the mounting body 4 are all made of synthetic resin.

The guide body 7 is formed by combining two symmetrical halves 6 and 6, and a pair of ridges 7a and 7 inward from both end edges.
A is provided and the shaft holes 7b and 7b are provided. A sliding contact member 8 having a cylindrical shape and having a shaft hole 8a formed at the center thereof is interposed between the two halves 6 and 6, and the rotary shaft 9 is passed through the shaft holes 7b, 7b and 8a. It is like this.

The mounting body 4 is formed by combining two symmetrical half bodies 3 and 3, and a pair of side wall portions 27 and 27 are provided in front of the substantially rectangular lid portion 26. Screw holes 26a and 26a are provided in the upper and lower portions of the lid portion 26, and hook-shaped front covering portions 30 and 30 projecting inward are provided at intervals on the front end edges of the side wall portions 27 and 27, and are obliquely formed. Similarly, guide portions 29, 29 projecting inward are provided at intervals below. In addition, between the side wall portions 27, 27, a cylindrical pressing portion 28 is provided in the rear substantially in the center in the vertical direction, and a thin plate-shaped upper covering portion 31 is provided at the upper end edge in the approximate center in the front-rear direction. Further, on the outer surface of the side wall portions 27, 27, projections 32, 32 having a shape matching the concave groove 18 are provided at positions corresponding to the holding portions 28.

When the catch 5 is inserted into the holding portion 28 and the two halves 3.3 of the mounting body 4 are united, both ends of the catch 5 are located on the protrusions 32. The combined mounting body 4 is inserted from the rear surface opening of the housing 12 so that the protrusions 32, 32 engage with the recessed grooves 18, 18, and the tapping screws 33, 33 are screw holes 26a, 26a. The attachment body 4 is fixed to the support body 1 when it is inserted into and stopped. And
When the attachment body 4 is fixed to the support body 1, both ends of the receiving tool 5 are supported by the concave grooves 18 and 18 via the protrusions 32 and 32, and are attached to the support body 1. Further, the front covering portions 30 and 30 cover the outer stop portions 16 and 16, and the upper covering portion 31 covers the receiving portion 19.

The arm rod 2 has a substantially thin rectangular shape, and a large number of rod hook portions 25 ... 25 are provided between the upper and lower edges thereof, and the base end edge on the mounting side is an inclined edge. The upper edge is a sliding track 23 slightly protruding in the thickness direction, and a stopper 24 is provided at the tip of the sliding track 23 so as to project upward. The sliding track 23 is slidably held by the ridges 7a of the guide body 7, and when the arm rod 2 slides, the upper surface of the sliding track 23 makes contact with the sliding contact member 8. Since the sliding contact member 8 is made of synthetic resin and is rotatably attached, the coating is not easily peeled off and scratched. Further, a hooking portion 20 protruding upward is provided at the base end portion of the upper edge,
Engaging portions 21 and 22 are provided at two positions, that is, a central portion and a lower portion, on the inclined edge of the base end edge.

In order to assemble the device of the present invention, as described above, the mounting body 4 and the catch 5 are mounted on the support 1, and the two half bodies 6 and 6 of the guide body 7 are sandwiched by the sliding contact tool 8. At the same time, the sliding track 23 of the arm rod 2 is held by the ridges 7a, 7a of the guide body 7, and is inserted from the front opening of the housing 12, and the rotary shaft 9 is slid from the side plate 13 to the guide body 7 and slide. The arm rod 2 is rotatably and slidably attached to the support 1 by being inserted into the shaft holes 7b and 8a of the connector 8.

In order to use the present invention, two supporting bodies 1 assembled as described above are fixed to the handrails of the veranda by the mounting pieces 11 of the supporting bodies 1 and the rod-hanging portions 25 ... You can put a clothes pole on 25.

To set the arm rod 2 in a horizontal use state,
If the engaging portion 20 of the arm rod 2 is brought into contact with the receiving portion 19 of the housing 12 and the engaging portion 22 below the inclined edge is brought into contact with and engaged with the engaging portion 17 of the support 1, it is shown in FIG. It becomes such a horizontal state.

Next, in order to set the arm rod 2 to the tilted use state, the arm rod 2 is held with the guide rod 7 at the center and the rotary shaft 9 is centered until the arm rod 2 is held at approximately the center of 45 °. And pivots upward, and then slides the sliding track 23 of the arm rod 2 obliquely downward along the protrusions 7a, 7a of the guide body 7 to move the engaging portion 20.
5 is engaged with the catching tool 5, and the engaging portion 21 at the substantially center of the inclined edge is brought into contact with the engaging portion 17 of the support 1 to engage with it.
The tilted state is as shown in.

When the arm rod 2 shifts to a horizontal state, an inclined state, or both states, the sliding track 23 comes into contact with the inner surfaces of the side wall portions 27 of the mounting body 4 and the base end portion of the arm rod 2 moves. Both outer surfaces are in contact with the front covering portions 30 and 30 to prevent the arm rod 2 from rattling in the thickness direction.

Further, in order to set the arm rod 2 in the vertical state, the arm rod 2 is rotated further upward and is slid vertically downward as it is, so that the sliding track 23 becomes the outer stop portions 16, 16. Passing through between the front covering portion 30 and the guide portion 29,
The guide body 7 and the front covering portions 30, 30 are guided by the guide portion and slide, and the stop portion 24 stops contacting the buffer body 10 to be in a vertically stored state as shown in FIG.

When the arm rod 2 slides, the sliding track 23 is separated from the metal engaging portion 17 and does not come into contact with it.
That is, in the use state shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the engaging portion 22
Or, 21 is brought into contact with the locking portion 17 of the metal portion, and the locking portion 17 receives a force, but when the arm rod 2 slides, the coating is prevented from being peeled off or scratched. It does not come into contact with the locking portion 17 of the. When the arm rod 2 is rotated upward, the guide body 7 moves to the outer stop portion 16.1.
6 and the sliding track 23 is attached to the front covering portion 30.3.
Since it contacts 0, the arm rod 2 only rotates to a substantially vertical state, and the guide body 7 does not project to the outside of the housing 12.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the receiving device can be attached to the supporting device without forming a hole in the supporting device and requiring no post-processing, and the receiving device can be received. Since the concave groove provided in the housing receives the force applied to the tool, it is possible to provide a clothes drying apparatus that is inexpensive, has excellent design, is resistant to rust, and has sufficient strength.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a main part viewed from the front.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part viewed from the rear.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an operation of rotating and sliding the arm rod.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the inside of the housing in which the arm rod is set in a horizontal state.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the inside of the housing with the arm rod set to an inclined state.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the inside of the housing with the arm rod set in a vertical state.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 6;

9 is a sectional view taken along line CC in FIG.

10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 support body 2 arm rod 4 mounting body 5 receiving tool 12 housing 13 side plate 18 concave groove 25 rod hanging portion

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An arm which is provided with a support having a case whose front surface is open and an arm rod having a rod hook, and which is provided with a catch inside the case and is inserted through the opening of the case. In a clothes drying device in which the arm rod can be set to the use state by engaging the end of the rod with the catch, the housing is provided with concave grooves on the inner surfaces of both side plates facing each other, and the concave groove is used for receiving. A clothes drying apparatus characterized in that a catch is attached to a support by inserting and engaging both ends of the implement and fixing the mount to the support.