JP4789012B2 - Clothes drying equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a clothes drying apparatus that is attached to a wall surface of a building, a handrail of a veranda, etc., and is used by hanging a clothes rack.

  Conventionally, as a clothes drying device fixed to a building veranda, etc., an arm member is attached to a base member attached to a building so as to be rotatable in a vertical plane, and the arm member is placed in a horizontal state, an obliquely upward state or an obliquely downward direction. There is a clothes drying apparatus that can be fixed in a state and used by hanging a basket in a horizontal direction and can be stored by rotating vertically downward when not in use.

  The clothes drying apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a support body fixed to a handrail or the like of a veranda, and an arm hook that is rotatably and slidably attached to the support body. The armband is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes in the thickness direction on the periphery except for the rear end portion, and the protruding portion is positioned on the upper edge and the lower edge on the upper edge when the armband is horizontal. A lower protrusion and a substantially semicircular connection protrusion that is located at the front end and connects the upper protrusion and the lower protrusion are provided. A portion of the rear end portion that does not have a protruding portion is an insertion portion. A stopper mounting hole is provided at a predetermined position on the upper side of the armband, and a stopper made of synthetic resin having elasticity can be fixed thereto.

  To attach the armband of this clothes-drying device to the support body, insert the insertion part of the armchair from below the support body, and support the stopper mounting hole through the lower part, the connecting protrusion part and the upper protrusion part. Positioned above the body, a pair of front and back stoppers are fixed to the stopper mounting holes.

  In addition, the clothes drying apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2 is for preventing the generation of noise. A resin silencing member is disposed inside a housing fixed to a building, and the arm is used by the silencing member. Covers the part where the heel slidably contacts. One end of the arm strap attached to the housing serves as a base end that is locked to the housing, and a stopper is attached to the base end with a screw to prevent the arm strap from falling off the housing. is doing.

When attaching the armband of this clothes-drying device to the housing, a muffler member is mounted in the housing in advance, then the base end of the armband is inserted into the housing, the armband is set in a predetermined position, The stopper is fixed to the base end of the armband with screws.
JP 2006-87522 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-91594

  In the case of the above-mentioned conventional technology, when setting the armband to the housing of the support body, since the armband is set from the front side opposite to the mounting surface of the housing to the building, the arm is inadvertently set. A stopper was necessary to prevent the wrinkles from coming off. The stopper is separate from the armband, and requires a process and cost for mounting, and the management of the stopper parts is complicated.

  In addition, as a clothes-drying device that does not use a pin or a stopper, there is one that can be locked at the corner of the base by dividing the base into two parts. However, in this case as well, the number of parts is increased, and post-processing and assembly work are required, resulting in a large number of steps.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a high-performance clothes drying apparatus that has a simple structure, minimizes the number of parts, is inexpensive, and has high strength. To do.

The present invention relates to a pedestal attached to a building, an arm member having a shaft portion and rotatably attached to the pedestal, and a synthetic resin attached between the pedestal side end of the arm member and the pedestal. The base has a plate-like attachment portion attached to the building, an opening formed in the attachment portion, and a support portion that communicates with the opening and holds the arm member. The support portion is a pair of plate portions that sandwich the arm member from a substantially horizontal direction, and is formed on an inner wall surface of the support portion facing each other. A bearing portion that is formed in a part of the arm member and pivotally supports the shaft portion of the arm member from the lower side and the distal end side of the support portion, and the mounting portion is integrally formed between the pair of support portions. To the arm member And the spacer includes a plate-like closing portion that closes the opening of the pedestal, and a pair of clamps positioned between the arm member and the support portion of the pedestal. A rib portion that is located in a gap formed between the support portion and abuts against the support portion, and a shaft portion that rotatably guides the arm member together with the bearing portion. A portion is provided, and the arm member is inserted into the opening portion of the mounting portion from the surface on the building side to the support portion side, and the spacer is opened from the pedestal side end portion side of the arm member. The opening is closed by the building by inserting it into the housing portion and fixing the attachment portion to the building, and the arm member is rotatably supported by the bearing portion, The pedestal side end is the Is engaged with the locking portion is a thing interference device which is held at a predetermined angle.

  The shaft portion of the arm member protrudes on both sides of the arm member, is inserted into the pair of shaft portion accommodating portions of the spacer, is rotatably contacted with the bearing portion, and is perpendicular to the protruding direction of the shaft portion. And a plurality of claw portions that are provided so as to be locked with respect to the pedestal by changing the angle of the arm.

The housing portion of the support portion communicates with the opening portion of the attachment portion, and the holding portion of the spacer has a small gap so that the shaft portion can be fitted. It is provided to be movable only within a range surrounded by the shaft portion accommodating portion of the spacer and the spacer.

A lower end protruding portion that slightly protrudes in the protruding direction of the support portion is formed at the lower end edge portion of the opening, and the upper surface of the lower end protruding portion is a curve along the contact surface of the claw portion, and the lower surface is It is formed in the plane in alignment with the periphery of the said opening part of the said base.

  The clothes drying apparatus according to the present invention can be provided at a low cost by simplifying the structure, minimizing the number of parts, and having high strength. In addition, there is no rattling between parts, and the silencing effect is high. The pedestal is composed of an integral part, and processing for assembling the pedestal parts and the pedestals and the process of assembling are eliminated, and the assembling work is simplified.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1-6 shows one Embodiment of this invention, The pedestal 14 attached to the building 12 is provided in the clothes drying apparatus 10 of this embodiment. The pedestal 14 is integrally cast with aluminum or an alloy thereof, and is provided with an elongated plate-like mounting portion 16 that comes into contact with the building 12. Through holes 18 are formed in the vicinity of both end portions of the attachment portion 16 for inserting bolts and fixing them to the building 12. In addition, a rectangular opening 20 is formed in the center of the mounting portion 16 on the surface that comes into contact with the building 12. A pair of support portions 22 projecting in the direction opposite to the building 12 side at a substantially right angle to the mounting portion 16 is formed on a pair of both side edges parallel to the longitudinal direction of the mounting portion 16. The support portions 22 are positioned so as to face each other substantially in parallel, and are formed in a rectangular shape with chamfered corner portions.

  On the inner wall surfaces 22a of the support portion 22 facing each other, a housing portion 24 of the same shape is formed so as to face the shaft portion 44 described later so as to be movable and recessed at a certain depth. The shape of the accommodating portion 24 is such that the holding portion 30 of the spacer 26 communicates with the opening portion 20 of the attachment portion 16 and can be fitted with a slight clearance. A lower corner of the housing portion 24 away from the mounting portion 16 is a bearing portion 24 a that is bent outward and supports the shaft portion 44.

  The attachment portion 16 is provided with a locking portion 21 between the pair of support portions 22. The locking portion 22 is formed in a portion located below the opening 20 when the pedestal 14 is attached to the building 12, and protrudes in a direction opposite to the building 12 side, which is the protruding direction of the support portion 22. . The vertical cross-sectional shape of the locking portion 21 is a certain semicircular shape, the lower end portion rises from the mounting portion 16 in a curved shape, and the upper end portion is formed in a straight line so as to coincide with the edge of the opening 20.

  A synthetic resin spacer 26 is attached to the inside of the pair of support portions 22 of the base 14. The spacer 26 is provided with a plate-like closing portion 28 that closes the opening portion 20 of the pedestal 14, and a pair of clamping portions 30 parallel to the support portion 22 of the pedestal 14 is formed in the closing portion 28. . The clamping part 30 is attached between a pair of support part 22 and the arm member 36 mentioned later. The distance between the pair of sandwiching portions 30 is such that when the arm member 36 is attached to the arm member 36, the arm member 36 is sandwiched from the horizontal direction and only a slight gap remains between the inner wall surface 22 a of the support portion 22 and is stable.

The shape of the clamping part 30 is formed in a trapezoidal shape with the side continuous to the closing part 28 as the base.
A lower end protrusion 31 that slightly protrudes in the protruding direction of the support portion 22 is formed at the lower end edge portion of the opening 20, and the upper surface of the lower end protrusion 31 is formed on claw portions 46, 48, and 50 of an arm member 36 described later. The lower surface is a plane along the opening 20 of the base 14.

  On the outer wall surface of the sandwiching portion 30, a rib portion 32 that comes into contact with the inner wall surface 22 a of the support portion 22 is provided. Two rib portions 32 are provided in a substantially horizontal direction so as to be parallel to each other on the periphery of the sandwiching portion 30 other than the closing portion 28 and on the inner side of the sandwiching portion 30. The protruding length of the rib portion 32 is a length such that the tip of the rib portion 32 comes into contact with the inner wall surface 22a of the support portion 22 in the assembled state. The periphery of the corner portion of the sandwiching portion 30 located on the lower side opposite to the closing portion 28 communicates with two sides forming the corner portion, and a shaft portion accommodating portion 34 is provided. The shaft portion accommodating portion 34 is formed such that the clamping portion 30 is formed in a rectangular shape with a certain depth and recessed toward the inner wall surface 22 a of the support portion 22, and the depth of the shaft portion accommodating portion 34 is the outer wall of the shaft portion accommodating portion 34. The portion comes into contact with the inner wall surface 22 a of the support portion 22. A corner portion 34a of the shaft portion accommodating portion 34 is chamfered, and a step portion 34b is formed slightly above the corner portion 34a.

  An elastic protrusion 35 is provided on the upper edge portion of the closing portion 28 of the spacer 26. The elastic protrusion 35 is located between the holding portions 30 and extends substantially parallel to the protruding direction of the holding portion 30, the tip is bent upward, and is locked to the upper edge portion between the pair of support portions 22 of the base 14. And is elastically engaged.

  An arm member 36 is inserted between the pair of sandwiching portions 30 of the spacer 26. The arm member 36 is integrally cast of aluminum or an alloy thereof and is a long plate-like body. A thin portion 38 is formed along the longitudinal direction inside the arm member 36, and the thin portion 38 is formed in the longitudinal direction. The hook receiving part 40 which is a through-hole of an inverted triangle shape is provided at equal intervals along. In the assembled state of the arm member 36, the upper end edge of the arm member 36 is slightly cut downward at the end on the pedestal 14 side, and the notched tip is continuous with the lower end edge of the arm member 36. A connecting portion 42 formed in a semicircle is formed. At the center of the connecting portion 42, a short cylindrical shaft portion 44 that protrudes to both sides is formed. Triangular claw portions 46, 48, 50 that are locked to the locking portion 21 of the pedestal 14 are provided on the periphery of the connecting portion 42 so as to protrude laterally at equal intervals. The claw portion 46 is provided with the most protruding top portion 46a, and a locking surface 46b is continuously provided in the clockwise direction in FIG. 2 of the top portion 46a, and the locking surface 46b is outward as the distance from the top portion 46a increases. It is a curved surface where the amount of protrusion gradually decreases while bending. An abutting surface 46c is provided continuously on the opposite side of the top portion 46a from the locking surface 46b. The abutting surface 46c is shaped along the lower surface of the locking portion 21 of the pedestal 14 and is located inside the claw portion 46. Slightly curved in the direction of the blur. Similarly, the claw portion 48 is provided with a top portion 48a, a locking surface 48b, and a contact surface 48c. Similarly, the claw portion 50 is provided with a top portion 50a, a locking surface 50b, and a contact surface 50c.

  Next, a method for assembling the clothes drying apparatus 10 will be described. First, the arm member 36 is inserted from the opening 20 of the pedestal 14 through the surface of the mounting portion 16 on the building 12 side, and the flange receiving portion 40 of the thin portion 38 is taken out between the pair of support portions 22. Then, the spacer 26 is inserted from the opening 20 of the base 14, and the spacer 26 is attached to the connecting portion 42 of the arm member 36. At this time, the connecting portion 42 is inserted between the holding portions 30 of the spacer 26, and the shaft portion 44 of the connecting portion 42 is inserted into the shaft portion accommodating portion 34 of the holding portion 30. Since the distance between the tips of the pair of shaft portions 44 is slightly shorter than the distance between the surfaces of the pair of shaft portion accommodating portions 34 facing each other, the shaft portion 44 of the arm member 36 is It moves freely inside the shaft housing 34. The lower portion of the shaft portion accommodating portion 34 is opened and communicates with the accommodating portion 24 of the mounting portion 16, and the shaft portion 44 abuts on the bearing portion 24 a of the accommodating portion 24 and is pivotally supported without coming out in the front direction. Accordingly, the shaft portion 44 of the arm member 36 moves only within a range surrounded by the housing portion 24 of the base 14 and the shaft portion housing portion 34 of the spacer 26, and the arm member 36 is located between the support portions 22 of the base 14. Never fall out of it.

  Then, the pedestal 14, the spacer 26, and the arm member 36 are attached as one set to the building 12, for example, a wall surface of a condominium or a handrail of a veranda. In the mounting method, the mounting portion 16 of the base 14 is brought into contact with the building 12, and concrete bolts are inserted and fixed into the through holes 18 of the mounting portion 16. At this time, the pedestal 14 faces the direction in which the contact surfaces 46 c, 48 c, 50 c of the claw portions 46, 48, 50 of the arm member 36 try to rotate around the shaft portion 44 under the weight of the arm member 36. Then, any one of the claw portions 46, 48, 50 of the arm member 36 is brought into contact with the locking portion 21 of the mounting portion 16. The angle of the arm member 36 differs depending on which of the claw portions 46, 48, 50 is brought into contact with the locking portion 21.

  Then, the scissors are wound around the scissors receiving portions 40 of the pair of arm members 36. At this time, a downward force is applied to the arm member 36 by the weight of the bag or the laundry. A force is applied downward from the shaft portion 44 of the arm member 36 to the bearing portion 24a of the housing portion 24 of the base 14, and any one of the locking surfaces 46c of the claw portions 46, 48, 50 of the arm member 36 is applied. , 48c, 50c, force is applied to the locking portion 21 of the base 14 upward. The arm member 36 is securely held by the pedestal 14 by these two forces. The hook receiving portion 40 of the arm member 36 is positioned by the shaft portion 44 abutting against the bearing portion 24a and the locking surfaces 46c, 48c, 50c of the claw portions 46, 48, 50 abutting against the locking portion 21. Therefore, the latch is not inadvertently released and is securely held.

  Next, an operation for changing the angle of the arm member 36 of the clothes drying apparatus 10 of this embodiment will be described. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when the claw portion 48 of the arm member 36 abuts on the locking portion 21 and the longitudinal direction of the arm member 36 is held substantially horizontal, the angle of the arm member 36 is changed obliquely upward. The case will be described. At this time, the contact surface 48 c of the claw portion 48 contacts the locking portion 21, and the locking surface 46 b contacts the lower end protrusion 31 of the spacer 26.

  First, when a force is applied to raise the arm member 36 upward, the arm member 36 has a shaft portion 44 that is separated from the bearing portion 24 a of the housing portion 24, and a locking surface 46 b that extends from the lower end protrusion portion 31 of the spacer 26. The contact surface 48c is separated from the 14 locking portions 21, and the arm member 36 rotates freely. When the arm member 36 is rotated obliquely upward, the top 46a of the claw portion 46 passes through the engaging portion 21, the contact surface 46c contacts the engaging portion 21, and the arm member 36 moves obliquely upward and is held. Is done.

  The same operation is performed when the angle of the arm member 36 is changed to the horizontal direction when the claw portion 50 of the arm member 36 is in contact with the locking portion 21 and the arm member 36 is held obliquely downward. I do.

  Next, a case where the angle of the arm member 36 is changed in the horizontal direction when the claw portion 46 of the arm member 36 is in contact with the locking portion 21 and the arm member 36 is held obliquely upward will be described. First, the arm member 36 is lifted obliquely upward at one end, the contact surface 46c of the claw portion 46 is released from the locking portion 21, and the engagement is released, and the top portion 46a of the claw portion 46 passes through the locking portion 21, and the claw The contact surface 48c of the portion 48 contacts the locking portion 21 from below, and the arm member 36 is held almost horizontally.

  The same operation is performed when the angle of the arm member 36 is changed obliquely downward when the claw portion 48 of the arm member 36 is in contact with the locking portion 21 and the arm member 36 is held in the horizontal direction. .

  The operation of changing the angle of the arm member 36 is performed by pulling up or down the heel in a state where the heel is stretched over the pair of arm members 36 so that the angle, disengagement, and position of the arm member 36 with respect to the base 14 are increased. Can also be changed at the same time.

  According to the clothes drying apparatus 10 of this embodiment, the structure can be simplified to minimize the number of parts, and an inexpensive and high performance clothes drying apparatus can be provided. Since the arm member 36 is inserted from the building 12 side of the opening portion 20 formed in the mounting portion 16 of the pedestal 14, the opening portion 20 is closed by attaching the mounting portion 16 to the building 12, and the arm member 36 may fall off. It is safe to lose. Furthermore, a pin or the like for preventing the drop-out is not necessary, and the assembly process can be simplified by reducing the cost. Since the shaft portion 44 of the arm member 36 moves within a range surrounded by the housing portion 24 of the pedestal 14 and the shaft portion housing portion 34 of the spacer 26, the arm member 36 can be transported and constructed even before being attached to the building 12. Does not fall out between the support portions 22 of the base 14. Further, a synthetic resin spacer 26 is provided between the base 14 and the arm member 36, and there is no backlash and a noise reduction effect is obtained. When transporting the clothes drying apparatus 10 or attaching it to the building 12, the metal sound when changing the angle of the arm member 36 can be reduced. The pedestal 14 and the arm member 36 are provided by casting and do not require post-processing, and the number of processing steps is small.

  In addition, the clothes drying apparatus of this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A ceiling part, a support | pillar, etc. can be suitably selected for the attachment position and attachment location of a base other than a wall. Furthermore, the shape of the pedestal and the arm member, the mounting angle, the number and shape of the claw portions, and the like can be freely changed.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the clothes drying apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a partially broken side view of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment. It is a rear view of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment. It is a top view which shows the state which the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment decomposed | disassembled. It is a cross-sectional view of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment. It is a partially broken perspective view of the base 14 of the clothes drying apparatus of this embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Clothes drying apparatus 12 Building 14 Base 16 Attachment part 20 Opening part 22 Support part 24 Accommodating part 26 Spacer 28 Closure part 30 Clamping part 32 Rib part 34 Shaft part accommodating part 36 Arm member 42 Connecting part 44 Shaft parts 46 and 48, 50 nails

Claims (4)

From a pedestal attached to a building, an arm member having a shaft portion and rotatably attached to the pedestal, and a synthetic resin spacer attached between the pedestal side end of the arm member and the pedestal Consisting of
Said pedestal, said building plate-shaped attachment portion to be attached to an opening formed in the mounting portion, the supporting portion is provided integrally for holding the arm member communicating with said opening, said The support part is a pair of plate parts that sandwich the arm member from a substantially horizontal direction, and is formed on an inner wall surface of the support part that faces each other, and is formed on a part of the storage part. A bearing portion that pivotally supports the shaft portion of the arm member from the lower side and the tip end side of the support portion is provided, and the attachment portion is integrally formed between the pair of support portions and faces the arm member. A locking part that protrudes
The spacer is provided with a plate-like closing portion that closes the opening of the pedestal, and a pair of clamping portions positioned between the arm member and the support portion of the pedestal, Is provided in a gap formed between the support portion and a rib portion that contacts the support portion, and a shaft portion accommodating portion that rotatably guides the arm member together with the bearing portion,
The arm member is inserted into the opening portion of the mounting portion from the building-side surface to the support portion side, and the spacer is inserted into the housing portion of the opening portion from the pedestal-side end portion side of the arm member. And the mounting portion is fixed to the building, whereby the opening is closed by the building , the arm member is rotatably supported by the bearing portion, and the pedestal side end portion There NOTE ones characterized Rukoto is held locked to the locking portion at a predetermined angle device.   The shaft portion of the arm member protrudes on both sides of the arm member, is inserted into the pair of shaft portion accommodating portions of the spacer, is rotatably contacted with the bearing portion, and is perpendicular to the protruding direction of the shaft portion. And a plurality of claw portions that are provided so as to be able to be locked by changing the angle of the arm with respect to the pedestal. The clothes drying apparatus according to claim 1. The housing portion of the support portion communicates with the opening portion of the attachment portion, and the holding portion of the spacer has a small gap so that the shaft portion can be fitted. The clothes drying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the clothes drying apparatus is provided so as to be movable only within a range surrounded by the shaft portion accommodating portion of the spacer and the spacer . A lower end protruding portion that slightly protrudes in the protruding direction of the support portion is formed at the lower end edge portion of the opening, and the upper surface of the lower end protruding portion is a curve along the contact surface of the claw portion, and the lower surface is The clothes drying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the clothes drying device is a plane along a periphery of the opening of the pedestal .

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