JP3850949B2

JP3850949B2 - Hook attachment means in clothes dryer

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Publication number: JP3850949B2
Application number: JP11643197A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 榮市郎伊藤
Original assignee: ニシダ株式会社
Priority date: 1997-04-18
Filing date: 1997-04-18
Publication date: 2006-11-29
Anticipated expiration: 2017-04-18
Also published as: JPH10290895A

Description

【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、洗濯物等を吊すようにした物干し器におけるフックをフック台に取り付ける取付手段（取付装置）に関するものであり、更に詳しくは、多数のピンチ（洗濯挟み）を支持するフレームを吊下紐を介してフック台に連結し、該フック台にフックを水平方向に回動自在に取り付けてなる物干し器において、フックをフック台に取り付ける取付手段に係るものである。特許請求の範囲を含む本明細書において「吊下紐」とは、フレームをフック台に連結する紐状体をいうものとし、吊下紐には例えば被覆鉄線、チェーン等が含まれる。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
フックをフック台に取り付ける取付手段としては、図１１、図１２に示すもの及び図１４、図１５に示すものが既に使用されている。
【０００３】
図１１、図１２に示す取付手段は、フック台１の中央部に該フック台１を上下方向に貫く円筒状部３を形成し、該円筒状部３の上縁より下方に向けて弾性変形し得る係止舌片５、５・・・を突設し、各係止舌片５は下方に向かって円筒状部３の中心に近づくように傾斜させ、一方、フック（図示せず）の下端には係止杆７を取り付け、該係止杆７の下端には相対向する係止舌片５、５下端間の間隔よりも大径の膨出部９を備えさせ、係止杆７下端の膨出部９をフック台１の上方より円筒状部３内に係止舌片５、５・・・の下方まで挿入し、該膨出部９を各係止舌片５の下端に回動自在に係止させるようにしてなるものである。係止杆７下端の膨出部９をこのように円筒状部３内に挿入するときには、係止舌片５、５・・・の下端は該膨出部９により外方に押し広げられるが、膨出部９が係止舌片５、５・・・の下端を通過すると、係止舌片５、５・・・の下端は弾性により元の位置に復帰する。符号１０に示すものは吊下紐である。
【０００４】
図１４、図１５に示す取付手段は、フック台１１の中央部に該フック台１１を上下方向に貫く円形透孔１３を形成し、一方、フック（図示せず）の下端には係止杆１５を取り付け、該係止杆１５の下端には円形透孔１３よりも大径の膨出部１７を備えさせると共に該膨出部１７を含む係止杆１５の下端に下方より切り欠き１９を形成することにより該膨出部１７が弾性変形し得るようになし、係止杆１５下端の膨出部１７をフック台１の上方より円形透孔１３の下方まで挿入し、該膨出部１７を円形透孔１３に回動自在に係止させるようにしてなるものである。係止杆１５下端の膨出部１７をフック台１の上方より円形透孔１３の下方まで挿入するときには、該膨出部１７は円形透孔１３により内方に押し縮められるが、円形透孔１３を通過すると弾性により元の状態に復帰する。符号１０に示すものは吊下紐である。
【０００５】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
しかるに、上記従来の取付手段においては、下記の如き問題がある。
【０００６】
［図１１、図１２に示す取付手段］
物干し器の使用時に、物干し器のフレームがフックに対して回動する際には各係止舌片５の下端が係止杆７の膨出部９に対して回動する。ところで、係止杆７の膨出部９と各係止舌片５の下端には濡れた重い洗濯物の全重量が掛かるため、各係止舌片５の下端は係止杆７の膨出部９に圧接した状態で回動することになる。従って、図１３に示すように、係止杆７の膨出部９における係止舌片接触部９ａと係止舌片５における膨出部接触部５ａがやがてテーパ状に削り取られる。しかして、各係止舌片５は、物干し器の組立時に係止杆７の膨出部９を上方より係止舌片５、５間に挿入し得るようにするために、弾性変形により容易に外方に曲るように形成されている。その結果、係止杆７の膨出部９における係止舌片接触部９ａと係止舌片５における膨出部接触部５ａがテーパ状に削り取られたときには、係止杆７の膨出部９が各係止舌片５の下端から外れ、物干し器のフレームが落下することが往々にしてある。
【０００７】
［図１４、図１５に示す取付手段］
物干し器の使用時に、物干し器のフレームがフックに対して回動する際にはフック台１１の円形透孔１３が係止杆１５の膨出部１７に対して回動する。ところで、係止杆１５の膨出部１７とフック台１１における円形透孔１３の周縁部には濡れた重い洗濯物の全重量が掛かるため、フック台１１における円形透孔１３の周縁部は係止杆１５の膨出部１７に圧接した状態で回動することになる。従って、図１６に示すように、係止杆１５の膨出部１７における円形透孔周縁接触部１７ａと円形透孔１３の周縁部における膨出部接触部１３ａがやがてテーパ状に削り取られる。しかして、係止杆１５は、物干し器の組立時に係止杆１５の膨出部１７を上方より円形透孔１３内に挿入し得るようにするために、切り欠き１９を形成することにより該膨出部１７が容易に内方に弾性変形し得るように構成されている。その結果、係止杆１５の膨出部１７における円形透孔周縁接触部１７ａと円形透孔１３の周縁部における膨出部接触部１３ａがテーパ状に削り取られたときには、係止杆１５の膨出部１７がフック台１１の円形透孔１３から外れ、物干し器のフレームが落下することが往々にしてある。
【０００８】
本発明は、上記従来の取付手段における上述の如き問題を解決しようとしてなされたものである。
【０００９】
【課題を解決するための手段】
上述の如く、フック台がフックから離脱し、物干し器のフレームが落下するのは、物干し器の組立時にフック下端に取り付けた係止杆の膨出部をフック台の係止手段（係止舌片５、５・・・間又は円形透孔１３）に上方から挿入し得るようにするために、フック台の係止手段又は係止杆の膨出部が弾性変形するように形成されているためであることに想到した。そこで、本発明は、フックの下端に取り付けた係止杆の膨出部をフック台の係止手段に嵌める際に係止杆側又はフック台側の弾性変形を利用しないようにすることにより上記課題を解決するものである。
即ち、本発明は、下記の物干し器におけるフックの取付手段を提供する。
【００１０】
多数のピンチを支持するフレームを吊下紐を介してフック台に連結し、該フック台にフックを水平方向に回動自在に取り付けてなる物干し器において、
フックの下端に取り付けた係止杆と略円柱状の抜け止め具とフック台とよりなり、
係止杆の下端には突出部を左右両方向に水平に備えさせ、
抜け止め具には係止杆の両突出部に対応する形状を備え且つ該抜け止め具を上下方向に貫く貫通透孔を形成すると共に係止杆の両突出部に対応する形状を備えた係止溝を該貫通透孔と略直角方向に該抜け止め具の底部に形成し、
フック台には該フック台を上下方向に貫く挿通孔を形成し、該挿通孔は上部を係止杆の両突出部を通過させ得る大きさの小径部とすると共に下部を抜け止め具に対応する大径部とし、該挿通孔における小径部と大径部との間に略直角の段部を設け、
抜け止め具を下方よりフック台の挿通孔における大径部に挿入し、係止杆下端の両突出部を上方よりフック台の挿通孔における小径部を通して抜け止め具における貫通透孔に貫通させると共に該係止杆と抜け止め具とを相対的に水平方向に略９０度回動させることにより係止杆下端の両突出部を抜け止め具における係止溝に嵌着するようにしたことを特徴とする物干し器におけるフックの取付手段（請求項１）。
【００１１】
【作用】
本発明の物干し器におけるフックの取付手段は、フックの下端に取り付けた係止杆と略円柱状の抜け止め具とフック台とよりなるものであるが、これらのものは変形させることなく組立られる。従って、これらのものを変形し難い材料で堅固に形成することが可能となる。
フックの取付手段においては、フック台の挿通孔における大径部に挿入された抜け止め具とフック台とが相対的に回動する。抜け止め具は略円柱状をなし、フック台の挿通孔における段部は略直角に形成されているため、抜け止め具と挿通孔の段部は面で接触する。従って、抜け止め具と挿通孔の段部は摩耗し難い。抜け止め具と挿通孔の段部がやがて摩耗したときでも、抜け止め具とフック台とを変形し難い材料で堅固に形成すれば、抜け止め具がフック台から抜け出すおそれはない。
係止杆下端の両突出部は抜け止め具における係止溝に嵌着されており、係止杆は抜け止め具に対し水平方向に回動不能である。
【００１２】
【発明の実施の形態】
次に、本発明の実施の形態を添付図面に従って説明する。
まず、本発明が適用される物干し器の一例について図１を参照して説明する。符号２１に示すものは物干し器のフレームである。フレーム２１には多数のピンチ２３、２３・・・が取り付けられる。フレーム２１は中央のヒンジ２５により下方に折り畳み自在である。フレーム２１は吊下紐２７、２７を介してフック台３１に連結され、該フック台３１にフック３３が水平方向に回動自在に取り付けられる。
【００１３】
次に本発明によるフックの取付手段について説明する。
本発明によるフックの取付手段は、フック３３の下端に取り付けた係止杆３５と略円柱状の抜け止め具３７とフック台３１とよりなる。係止杆３５と抜け止め具３７とフック台３１はそれぞれ一例として変形し難いポリプロピレンにより堅固に形成する。
【００１４】
係止杆３５の下端には突出部４１、４１を左右両方向に水平に備えさせる。図示の事例における突出部４１、４１は略円柱状体である。係止杆３５は一例としてフック３３の下端に該フック３３と一体的に形成された取付部４３に取り付けられる。即ち、図３、図９、図１０に示すように、係止杆３５の上部における両側部には略逆Ｕ字状の凹部４５、４５を形成し、取付部４３には該凹部４５、４５に対応する一対の係止突起４７、４７を相対向させて突設し、これらの係止突起４７、４７を係止杆３５の凹部４５、４５に係止させるのである。この事例においては、フック３３は取付部４３の係止突起４７、４７を回動中心として係止杆３５に対して回動自在である。
【００１５】
抜け止め具３７には係止杆３５の両突出部４１、４１に対応する形状を備え且つ該抜け止め具３７を上下方向に貫く貫通透孔５１を形成すると共に係止杆３５の両突出部４１、４１に対応する形状を備えた係止溝５３を該貫通透孔５１と略直角方向に該抜け止め具３７の底部に形成する。
【００１６】
フック台３１には該フック台３１を上下方向に貫く挿通孔６１を形成し、該挿通孔６１は上部を係止杆３５の両突出部４１、４１を通過させ得る大きさの小径部６３とすると共に下部を抜け止め具３７に対応する大径部６５とし、該挿通孔６１における小径部６３と大径部６５との間に略直角の段部６７を設ける。符号６９に示すものはフック台３１に形成した吊下紐２７の挿通孔である。
【００１７】
係止杆３５と抜け止め具３７とフック台３１とを組み立てる際には次のようになす。即ち、抜け止め具３７を下方よりフック台３１の挿通孔６１における大径部６５に挿入し、係止３５杆下端の両突出部４１、４１を上方よりフック台３１の挿通孔６１における小径部６３を通して抜け止め具３７における貫通透孔５１に貫通させると共に該係止杆３５と抜け止め具３７とを相対的に水平方向に略９０度回動させることにより係止杆３５下端の両突出部４１、４１を抜け止め具３７における係止溝５３に嵌着する。
【００１８】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように、本発明の物干し器におけるフックの取付手段は、フックの下端に取り付けた係止杆と略円柱状の抜け止め具とフック台とよりなるものであるが、これらのものは変形させることなく組立られる。従って、これらのものを変形し難い材料で堅固に形成することが可能となる。特に、抜け止め具とフック台とを変形し難い材料で堅固に形成すれば、抜け止め具と挿通孔の段部が摩耗したときでも、抜け止め具がフック台から抜け出すおそれはない。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】本発明によるフックの取付手段を使用した物干し器の一例を示す正面図である。
【図２】本発明によるフックの取付手段を示す断面図である。
【図３】本発明によるフックの取付手段を分解して示す断面図である。
【図４】図３のＩＶ−ＩＶ線における断面図である。
【図５】図３のＶ−Ｖ線における断面図である。
【図６】抜け止め具の平面図である。
【図７】抜け止め具の底面図である。
【図８】フック台の平面図である。
【図９】フックの下端と係止杆を示す側面図である。
【図１０】フックの下端に係止杆を取り付けた状態示す側面図である。
【図１１】従来のフックの取付手段の一例を分解して示す断面図である。
【図１２】同上取付手段を示す断面図である。
【図１３】同上取付手段を拡大して示す断面図である。
【図１４】従来のフックの取付手段の別の一例を分解して示す断面図である。
【図１５】同上取付手段を示す断面図である。
【図１６】同上取付手段を拡大して示す断面図である。
【符号の説明】
１フック台
３円筒状部
５係止舌片
５ａ膨出部接触部
７係止杆
９膨出部
９ａ係止舌片接触部
１０吊下紐
１１フック台
１３円形透孔
１３ａ膨出部接触部
１５係止杆
１７膨出部
１７ａ円形透孔周縁接触部
１９切り欠き
２１フレーム
２３ピンチ
２５ヒンジ
２７吊下紐
３１フック台
３３フック
３５係止杆
３７抜け止め具
４１突出部
４３取付部
４５凹部
４７係止突起
５１貫通透孔
５３係止溝
６１挿通孔
６３小径部
６５大径部
６７段部
６９挿通孔[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an attachment means (attachment device) for attaching a hook in a clothes dryer for hanging laundry or the like to a hook base, and more specifically, suspends a frame that supports a number of pinches (washing nips). The present invention relates to an attachment means for attaching a hook to a hook base in a clothes dryer which is connected to a hook base via a string, and the hook is attached to the hook base so as to be rotatable in a horizontal direction. In the present specification including the claims, the “suspending string” means a string-like body that connects the frame to the hook base, and the hanging string includes, for example, a covered iron wire, a chain, and the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As attachment means for attaching the hook to the hook base, those shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 and those shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 have already been used.
[0003]
The attachment means shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 is formed with a cylindrical part 3 penetrating the hook base 1 in the vertical direction at the center of the hook base 1 and elastically deforming downward from the upper edge of the cylindrical part 3. , Which can be protruded, and each locking tongue 5 is inclined downwardly toward the center of the cylindrical portion 3 while a hook (not shown) is provided. A locking rod 7 is attached to the lower end, and the lower end of the locking rod 7 is provided with a bulging portion 9 having a diameter larger than the interval between the locking tongue pieces 5 and 5 opposite to each other. The bulging portion 9 at the lower end is inserted into the cylindrical portion 3 from above the hook base 1 to the lower side of the locking tongue pieces 5, 5... It is configured to be able to rotate freely. When the bulging portion 9 at the lower end of the locking rod 7 is thus inserted into the cylindrical portion 3, the lower ends of the locking tongue pieces 5, 5... Are pushed outward by the bulging portion 9. When the bulging portion 9 passes through the lower ends of the locking tongue pieces 5, 5,..., The lower ends of the locking tongue pieces 5, 5,. What is shown by the code | symbol 10 is a hanging string.
[0004]
The attachment means shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 is formed with a circular through-hole 13 penetrating the hook base 11 in the vertical direction at the center of the hook base 11, and on the lower end of the hook (not shown). 15, a bulging portion 17 having a diameter larger than that of the circular through hole 13 is provided at the lower end of the locking rod 15, and a notch 19 is provided at the lower end of the locking rod 15 including the bulging portion 17 from below. By forming the bulging portion 17, the bulging portion 17 can be elastically deformed, and the bulging portion 17 at the lower end of the locking rod 15 is inserted from above the hook base 1 to below the circular through-hole 13. Is rotatably engaged with the circular through-hole 13. When the bulging portion 17 at the lower end of the locking rod 15 is inserted from above the hook base 1 to below the circular through hole 13, the bulging portion 17 is compressed inward by the circular through hole 13. After passing through 13, the original state is restored by elasticity. What is shown by the code | symbol 10 is a hanging string.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional attachment means has the following problems.
[0006]
[Mounting means shown in FIGS. 11 and 12]
When the clothes dryer is used, when the frame of the clothes dryer rotates with respect to the hook, the lower end of each locking tongue piece 5 rotates with respect to the bulging portion 9 of the locking rod 7. By the way, since the full weight of the wet heavy laundry is applied to the bulging portion 9 of the locking bar 7 and the lower ends of the locking tongues 5, the lower ends of the locking tongues 5 are It will rotate in a state of being pressed against the part 9. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, the locking tongue piece contact portion 9a in the bulging portion 9 of the locking rod 7 and the bulging portion contact portion 5a in the locking tongue piece 5 are eventually scraped off in a tapered shape. Thus, each locking tongue 5 is easily elastically deformed so that the bulging portion 9 of the locking rod 7 can be inserted between the locking tongues 5 and 5 from above when assembling the clothes dryer. It is formed to bend outward. As a result, when the locking tongue piece contact portion 9a in the bulging portion 9 of the locking rod 7 and the protruding portion contact portion 5a of the locking tongue piece 5 are scraped off in a tapered shape, the bulging portion of the locking rod 7 Often, 9 is disengaged from the lower end of each locking tongue 5 and the frame of the clothes dryer falls.
[0007]
[Mounting means shown in FIGS. 14 and 15]
When the clothes dryer is used, the circular through hole 13 of the hook base 11 rotates with respect to the bulging portion 17 of the locking rod 15 when the frame of the clothes dryer rotates with respect to the hook. By the way, since the entire weight of the wet heavy laundry is applied to the bulging portion 17 of the locking rod 15 and the peripheral portion of the circular through hole 13 in the hook base 11, the peripheral portion of the circular through hole 13 in the hook base 11 is engaged. It rotates in the state which pressed against the bulging part 17 of the toe 15. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 16, the circular through hole peripheral contact portion 17 a in the bulging portion 17 of the locking rod 15 and the bulged portion contact portion 13 a in the peripheral portion of the circular through hole 13 are eventually scraped off in a tapered shape. Thus, the locking rod 15 is formed by forming a notch 19 so that the bulging portion 17 of the locking rod 15 can be inserted into the circular through-hole 13 from above when the clothes dryer is assembled. The bulging portion 17 is configured to be easily elastically deformed inward. As a result, when the circular through hole peripheral contact portion 17a in the bulging portion 17 of the locking rod 15 and the bulging portion contact portion 13a in the peripheral portion of the circular through hole 13 are scraped off in a tapered shape, the expansion of the locking rod 15 is increased. It is often the case that the protruding portion 17 comes off from the circular through hole 13 of the hook base 11 and the clothes dryer frame falls.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems in the conventional attachment means.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
As described above, when the hook base is detached from the hook and the frame of the clothes dryer is dropped, the bulging portion of the locking hook attached to the lower end of the hook at the time of assembling the clothes dryer is connected to the hook base locking means (the locking tongue). In order to be able to be inserted between the pieces 5, 5... Or between the circular through holes 13) from above, the locking means of the hook base or the bulging part of the locking rod is formed to be elastically deformed. I came up with that. Therefore, the present invention avoids using the elastic deformation on the side of the hook or the hook base when fitting the bulging part of the hook attached to the lower end of the hook into the hook means. It solves the problem.
That is, this invention provides the attachment means of the hook in the following clothes dryer.
[0010]
In a clothes dryer in which a frame that supports a number of pinches is connected to a hook base via a hanging string, and the hook is attached to the hook base so as to be rotatable in a horizontal direction.
It consists of a locking rod attached to the lower end of the hook, a substantially cylindrical retainer and a hook base,
The lower end of the locking rod is provided with a protrusion horizontally in both the left and right directions,
The retainer has a shape corresponding to both protrusions of the locking rod, and has a through-hole that vertically penetrates the retainer and has a shape corresponding to both protrusions of the locking rod. A stop groove is formed on the bottom of the retainer in a direction substantially perpendicular to the through-hole,
The hook base is formed with an insertion hole that penetrates the hook base in the vertical direction. The insertion hole has an upper portion that is small enough to allow both protrusions of the locking rod to pass, and the lower portion corresponds to a stopper. A large-diameter portion to be provided, and a substantially perpendicular step portion is provided between the small-diameter portion and the large-diameter portion in the insertion hole,
The retainer is inserted into the large-diameter portion of the hook base insertion hole from below, and both protrusions at the lower end of the locking rod are passed through the small-diameter portion of the hook base insertion hole from above to penetrate the through-hole in the retainer. The locking rod and the retainer are relatively rotated by approximately 90 degrees in the horizontal direction so that both protrusions at the lower end of the latch rod are fitted into the retaining grooves in the retainer. Means for attaching a hook in a clothes dryer (claim 1).
[0011]
[Action]
The hook attaching means in the clothesliner of the present invention comprises a locking rod attached to the lower end of the hook, a substantially cylindrical retainer, and a hook base, which are assembled without being deformed. . Accordingly, it is possible to firmly form these with a material that is difficult to deform.
In the hook attachment means, the retainer inserted in the large diameter portion of the hook base insertion hole and the hook base are relatively rotated. The retainer has a substantially cylindrical shape, and the step portion in the insertion hole of the hook base is formed at a substantially right angle, so that the retainer and the step portion of the insertion hole are in contact with each other on the surface. Therefore, the stopper and the stepped portion of the insertion hole are not easily worn. Even when the stopper and the stepped portion of the insertion hole are eventually worn, if the stopper and the hook base are firmly formed of a material that is difficult to deform, the stopper will not come out of the hook base.
Both protrusions at the lower end of the locking rod are fitted into locking grooves in the retaining device, and the locking rod cannot be rotated in the horizontal direction with respect to the retaining device.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First, an example of a clothes dryer to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG. What is indicated by reference numeral 21 is a frame of the clothes dryer. A number of pinches 23, 23... Are attached to the frame 21. The frame 21 can be folded downward by a central hinge 25. The frame 21 is connected to a hook base 31 via hanging strings 27, 27, and a hook 33 is attached to the hook base 31 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction.
[0013]
Next, the hook attaching means according to the present invention will be described.
The hook attaching means according to the present invention includes a locking rod 35 attached to the lower end of the hook 33, a substantially cylindrical retaining member 37 and a hook base 31. The locking rod 35, the retaining member 37, and the hook base 31, for example, are firmly formed of polypropylene that is difficult to deform.
[0014]
Protruding portions 41 are provided horizontally at the lower end of the locking rod 35 in both the left and right directions. The protrusions 41 and 41 in the illustrated case are substantially cylindrical bodies. For example, the locking rod 35 is attached to an attachment portion 43 formed integrally with the hook 33 at the lower end of the hook 33. That is, as shown in FIGS. 3, 9, and 10, substantially inverted U-shaped concave portions 45, 45 are formed on both sides of the upper portion of the locking rod 35, and the concave portions 45, 45 are formed in the mounting portion 43. A pair of locking projections 47, 47 corresponding to each other is provided so as to face each other, and these locking projections 47, 47 are locked to the recesses 45, 45 of the locking rod 35. In this case, the hook 33 is rotatable with respect to the locking rod 35 with the locking protrusions 47 of the mounting portion 43 as the rotation center.
[0015]
The retaining member 37 has a shape corresponding to both projecting portions 41, 41 of the locking rod 35, and has a through-hole 51 penetrating the retaining member 37 in the vertical direction, and both projecting portions of the retaining rod 35. A locking groove 53 having a shape corresponding to 41 and 41 is formed on the bottom of the retaining member 37 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the through-hole 51.
[0016]
The hook base 31 is formed with an insertion hole 61 penetrating the hook base 31 in the vertical direction, and the insertion hole 61 has a small-diameter portion 63 having a size capable of allowing the both protrusions 41 and 41 of the locking rod 35 to pass through the upper portion. At the same time, the lower portion is set to a large diameter portion 65 corresponding to the retaining member 37, and a substantially perpendicular step portion 67 is provided between the small diameter portion 63 and the large diameter portion 65 in the insertion hole 61. What is indicated by reference numeral 69 is an insertion hole for the hanging string 27 formed in the hook base 31.
[0017]
When assembling the locking rod 35, the retaining member 37, and the hook base 31, the following is performed. That is, the retainer 37 is inserted into the large-diameter portion 65 in the insertion hole 61 of the hook base 31 from below, and the projecting portions 41 and 41 at the lower end of the latch 35 are inserted into the small-diameter portion of the insertion hole 61 of the hook base 31 from above. Both protrusions at the lower end of the locking rod 35 are made to pass through the through-hole 51 in the locking device 37 through 63 and rotate the locking rod 35 and the locking device 37 relatively 90 degrees in the horizontal direction. 41 and 41 are fitted into the locking groove 53 of the stopper 37.
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the hook attaching means in the clothes dryer of the present invention is composed of the locking rod attached to the lower end of the hook, the substantially cylindrical retaining tool, and the hook base. Can be assembled without deformation. Accordingly, it is possible to firmly form these with a material that is difficult to deform. In particular, if the retainer and the hook base are firmly formed of a material that is difficult to deform, even if the retainer and the stepped portion of the insertion hole are worn, the retainer does not come out of the hook base.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a clothes dryer using hook attaching means according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing hook attaching means according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an exploded sectional view showing hook attaching means according to the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3;
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a plan view of a retainer.
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the retainer.
FIG. 8 is a plan view of a hook base.
FIG. 9 is a side view showing a lower end of the hook and a locking rod.
FIG. 10 is a side view showing a state in which a locking rod is attached to the lower end of the hook.
FIG. 11 is an exploded sectional view showing an example of a conventional hook attaching means.
FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing the mounting means.
FIG. 13 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the mounting means.
FIG. 14 is an exploded sectional view showing another example of a conventional hook attaching means.
FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view showing the mounting means.
FIG. 16 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the mounting means.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hook base 3 Cylindrical part 5 Locking tongue piece 5a Swelling part contact part 7 Locking hook 9 Swelling part 9a Locking tongue piece contact part 10 Suspension string 11 Hook base 13 Circular through-hole 13a Swelling part contact part 15 Locking rod 17 Swelling portion 17a Circular through-hole peripheral edge contact portion 19 Notch 21 Frame 23 Pinch 25 Hinge 27 Suspension string 31 Hook base 33 Hook 35 Locking rod 37 Retaining stopper 41 Protruding portion 43 Mounting portion 45 Recessed portion 47 Locking protrusion 51 Through-hole 53 Locking groove 61 Insertion hole 63 Small diameter part 65 Large diameter part 67 Step part 69 Insertion hole

Claims

In a clothes dryer in which a frame that supports a number of pinches is connected to a hook base via a hanging string, and the hook is attached to the hook base so as to be rotatable in a horizontal direction.
It consists of a locking rod attached to the lower end of the hook, a substantially cylindrical retainer and a hook base,
The lower end of the locking rod is provided with a protrusion horizontally in both the left and right directions,
The retainer has a shape corresponding to both protrusions of the locking rod, and has a through-hole that vertically penetrates the retainer and has a shape corresponding to both protrusions of the locking rod. A stop groove is formed on the bottom of the retainer in a direction substantially perpendicular to the through-hole,
The hook base is formed with an insertion hole that penetrates the hook base in the vertical direction. The insertion hole has an upper portion that is small enough to allow both protrusions of the locking rod to pass, and the lower portion corresponds to a stopper. A large-diameter portion to be provided, and a substantially perpendicular step portion is provided between the small-diameter portion and the large-diameter portion in the insertion hole,
The retainer is inserted into the large-diameter portion of the hook base insertion hole from below, and both protrusions at the lower end of the locking rod are passed through the small-diameter portion of the hook base insertion hole from above to penetrate the through-hole in the retainer. The locking rod and the retainer are relatively rotated by approximately 90 degrees in the horizontal direction so that both protrusions at the lower end of the latch rod are fitted into the retaining grooves in the retainer. Hook attachment means in the clothes dryer.