JP2851233B2 - Clothesline - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a foldable clothes dryer having a hanging portion such as a clothes hanger.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, as this kind of clothes drying apparatus, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a leg 1 having two X-shaped crossed legs 11 and which can be opened and closed within a predetermined range. A pair of left and right sides are provided so as to face each other, and a horizontal bar 2 for drying is installed between the upper ends of the leg rods of the opposing legs 1 via a joint 6, and the horizontal bar 2 for drying has a hanger hole 24. The thing provided with the plate-shaped hanging part 23 is known.

If the hanging portion 23 of the horizontal rail 2 for drying clothes is made substantially vertical when the leg 1 is opened,
It is easy to hang a clothes hanger, and it is easy to dry clothes on the horizontal rail 2. For this purpose, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 7, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the end of the hanging portion 23 integrated with the clothesline
It is known that the end is inserted into the horizontal tubular portion 61 of the L-shaped general-purpose joint 6 so that the hanging portion 23 faces a predetermined direction.

As shown in FIG. 8, for example, two types of right and left joints 6 are provided in which a hanging portion insertion portion 62 is provided in a predetermined direction on a horizontal cylindrical portion 61 of an L-shaped general-purpose joint 6 and the joint 6 is used at a position where it is used. It is known that the entire end portion of the horizontal rail 2 including the hanging portion 23 is inserted into the joint 6 and the hanging portion 23 is oriented in a predetermined direction.

[0005]

However, in the case of the former in FIG. 7, only one type of joint is required, but the end of the hanging portion of the horizontal rail for drying clothes has to be cut off, and it takes time and effort to process. There is a problem that costs are high. In addition, there is a problem that the horizontal rail for drying clothes is easily rotated in the joint, and it is difficult to hold the hanging portion vertically when the legs are opened. In the case of the latter shown in FIG. 8, two types of joints are prepared for the left and right sides, and are selectively used depending on the use position.
There is a problem that the manufacturing cost of the joint increases, and it takes time to store and manage the joint in mass production.

[0006] An object of the present invention is to provide a clothesline that has solved the conventional problems.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention uses one type of joint between a horizontal rail for clothes-drying and a leg rod, and the hanging portion is held substantially vertically when the leg is opened. In this way, the joint was devised. That is, the clothes dryer of the present invention is provided with a pair of left and right legs that are opposed to each other and that can be opened and closed and rotated within a predetermined range with two leg rods crossed in an X shape. A horizontal rail for drying clothes is erected through a joint between at least the upper ends of the leg rods, and the horizontal rail for drying clothes is provided via a support portion in which a horizontally long plate-shaped hanging portion having a hanger hole is protruded from a lower portion of the horizontal rail main body. Alternatively, the joint is directly provided integrally with the lower portion of the horizontal beam main body, and the joint includes a vertical tube portion for inserting a leg rod and a horizontal cylindrical portion for inserting the horizontal beam, and the horizontal cylinder portion is provided below the support portion below the horizontal beam main body insertion portion. Alternatively, an accessory insertion portion for inserting the entire hanging portion is provided side by side via a pair of partitions, and one of the accessory inserting portions is selectively used depending on the use position of the joint, and the hanging portion is held substantially vertically when the legs are opened. It has been done.

[0008]

[Function] Since one of the accessory insertion portions is selectively used depending on the use position of the joint, only one type of joint between the horizontal rail for hanging clothes having a hanging portion and the leg rod is required. Since the accessory insertion part is provided side by side with a pair of partitions on the joint, the horizontal rail does not rotate in the joint, and the suspension part is held in a substantially vertical predetermined direction when the legs are opened. Is done.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the clothes drying apparatus of the present invention has the same general configuration as that generally known. That is,
A pair of left and right legs 1 are provided opposite to each other, and two legs 11 are cross-shafted in an X shape and can be opened and closed within a predetermined range. The clothes drying horizontal bar 2 is installed via a joint 3 therebetween. In FIG.
4 is a connecting horizontal rail connecting the shaft attachment portions of the opposing leg rods 11,
Reference numeral 5 denotes an opening stopper that regulates the opening and closing rotation of the leg 1.

The clothes drying horizontal rail 2 is provided with a horizontally long plate-shaped hanging portion 23 having a plurality of hanger holes 24 along its lower part. The hanging portion 23 may be separate from the horizontal beam main body 21 as shown in, for example, FIGS. 3 and 4, and may be supported by a groove-shaped support portion 22 protruding below the horizontal beam main body 21, As shown in FIG. 5, it may be provided directly and integrally below the horizontal beam main body 21. The hanging portion 23 may be provided with a lock hole for a clothespin in addition to the hanger hole 24.

The joint 3 is usually made of a synthetic resin and has a substantially L-shape comprising a vertical cylindrical portion 31 for inserting the leg rod 11 of the leg 1 and a horizontal cylindrical portion 32 for inserting the horizontal bar 2 for drying. It has been done. As shown in FIG. 2, the horizontal tube portion 32 is
A pair of accessory insertion portions 34 for inserting the support portion 22 or the entire suspension portion 23 are provided below the partition 3 via a partition 35.

The horizontal beam main body insertion portion 3 of the pair of attached insertion portions 34
When the joint 3 is used at any of the left, right, front and rear positions of the upper end of the leg rod 11 when the joint 3 is used, one of the attached insertion portions 34 is positioned almost directly below the horizontal beam main body insertion portion 33 when the leg 1 is opened. It is made to be located. Note that the partition 35 may be configured to appropriately partition the two accessory insertion portions 34 such as a convex portion.

For example, FIG. 2 shows an example of the joint 3 applied to the horizontal rail 2 for drying clothes in which the horizontal rail main body 21 and the hanging portion 23 are formed separately. In this case, the suspending portion 23 is provided at a predetermined distance from the end of the horizontal beam main body 21 as shown in FIG. 3, and is inserted into the horizontal beam main body insertion portion 33 of the horizontal tubular portion 32 at one end of the horizontal beam main body 21. The support part 22 is inserted into the part 34. FIG. 4 (a) at a different use position of the joint 3 when the leg 1 is opened.
As shown in (b), the hanging portion 23 is held substantially vertically.

In the above example, only the support portion 22 is inserted into the accessory insertion portion 34 of the joint 3 applied to the horizontal rail 2 for drying clothes in which the horizontal beam main body 21 and the hanging portion 23 are formed separately. However, the attachment portion 34 may be made large so that the entire hanging portion 23 is inserted.

In the case of FIG. 5, a joint 3 applied to the horizontal rail 2 for drying clothes in which the horizontal rail main body 21 and the hanging portion 23 are integrated.
This is an example. In this case, the horizontal beam main body insertion portion 3 of the horizontal cylindrical portion 32
3 and the hanging portion 23 is inserted into one end of the lateral beam main body 21 and one of the attached insertion portions 34. When the leg 1 is opened, the hanging portion 23 is held substantially vertically at different use positions of the joint 3 as shown in FIGS.

In the clothesline of FIG. 1, all the joints 3 are made as described above so that the suspension portion 23 is held substantially vertically when the leg 1 is opened.
As shown in FIG. 6, the joint 3 may be used on only one of the left and right sides of the clothesline, and the hanging portion 23 may be held substantially vertically. In the case of FIG. 6, the clothes drying horizontal rail 2 and the connecting horizontal rail 4 are configured such that a small-diameter pipe is inserted into a large-diameter pipe so as to be retractable and expandable. In addition, the hanging part 23 may be provided only on one of the laundry horizontal rails 2 located in the front and rear.

[0017]

As described in detail above, the clothes drying apparatus of the present invention
A pair of auxiliary insertion parts are provided below the horizontal rail main body insertion part, and a pair of auxiliary insertion parts for inserting the support part of the hanging part or the entire hanging part is selected, and one auxiliary insertion part is selected according to the use position of the joint. It is used so that the suspension part is held almost vertically when the legs are opened, so only one kind of joint that connects the clothesline and the legs is required. In addition, there is no need to cut off the end of the hanging portion of the clothespin as in the related art, and the cost can be reduced.

Further, since the accessory insertion portions of the joint are provided side by side with a pair of partitions, the horizontal rail for drying clothes is prevented from rotating by the partitions in the joint, and the hanging portion is directed in a substantially vertical predetermined direction. Can be held.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a clothesline.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a joint in the clothes dryer of the present invention,
(A) is a partially cutaway front view, and (B) is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view showing a clothesline when the joint of FIG. 2 is used.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway sectional view showing a use state of the joint of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway sectional view showing a use state of another joint example of the clothes drying tool of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an overall perspective view showing another example of the clothesline of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the related art.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Leg 11 Leg rod 2 Horizontal bar for hanging clothes 21 Horizontal bar main body 22 Support part 23 Hanging part 24 Hanger hook hole 3 Joint 31 Vertical cylinder part 32 Horizontal cylinder part 33 Horizontal rail main body insertion part 34 Attached insertion part 35 Partition

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pair of left and right legs, each of which has two leg rods cross-shafted in an X shape and which can be opened and closed and rotatable within a predetermined range, are provided opposite each other. A horizontal rail for drying clothes is installed between the upper ends of the rods via a joint, and the horizontal rail for drying clothes is provided via a support portion in which a horizontally long plate-shaped hanging portion having a hanger hole is provided at a lower portion of the horizontal rail main body. The joint is directly and integrally provided at the lower part of the main body, and the joint comprises a vertical cylindrical portion for inserting a leg rod and a horizontal cylindrical portion for inserting the horizontal rail, and the horizontal cylindrical portion is provided below the horizontal rail main body insertion portion. Attached insertion parts for inserting the whole are provided side by side through a pair of partitions, and one of the attached insertion parts is selectively used depending on the use position of the joint, and the suspension part is held substantially vertically when the legs are opened. Clothes.