JP5144159B2 - Lifting and drying equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lift / drying apparatus.

  Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 6A, a main body 2 disposed on the ceiling, and a hanging basket 4 that is suspended from the main body 2 by a wire 15 and lifted and lowered by a drive unit 3 provided in the main body 2. There is known an elevating / drying apparatus 1 provided with (for example, Patent Document 1). The laundry basket 4 is stopped at its lower limit stop position so that the user can set the laundry. The stop control of the laundry basket 4 at the lower limit stop position is as shown in FIG. In addition, it is performed by an optical sensor that detects whether or not light is transmitted through the slit 30 formed in the gear 3a built in the drive unit 3, and a control unit that controls the stop of the drive unit 3 based on the detection result of the optical sensor. ing.

  By the way, in recent years, a room with a high ceiling height that can provide a large living space in the field of housing has been favored and has become widespread, and it is assumed that it will be installed in a room with a relatively low ceiling height. When the manufactured lifting / drying apparatus 1 is attached to a room with a high ceiling height, the height from the floor surface of the drying basket 4 at the lower limit stop position may be so high that it is not suitable for use. In addition, depending on the user's physique, the lower limit stop position of the hanging basket 4 may be inconvenient to use, and the lower limit stop position of the hanging basket 4 can be set freely at each construction site. Needs are growing.

6, the lower limit stop position of the hanging basket 4 can be set and changed by changing the mounting position of the gear 3a with the slit 30 incorporated in the driving unit 3 or the optical sensor. It is necessary to disassemble 3 and change the mounting position of the optical sensor by relying on the can of the installer, requiring difficult adjustment work that requires skill, and simply stopping the lower limit of the hanging basket 4 at the construction site The present situation is that the realization of the lifting / lowering clothes drying apparatus 1 whose position can be freely set is desired.
Japanese Patent No. 3475823

  This invention is made | formed in view of said point, The place made into the objective is providing the raising / lowering clothes drying apparatus which can set freely the lower limit stop position of a clothes-drying basket easily in a construction site.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the lifting / lowering apparatus 1 according to claim 1, the main body 2 disposed on the ceiling and the main body 2 suspended from the main body 2 by the wire 15 are provided on the main body 2. The hanging basket 4 that is lifted and lowered by the drive unit 3, the detection means 6 that detects the detection voltage value that increases or decreases according to the hanging length of the hanging basket 4 by the wire 15, and the detection voltage value is the lower limit set voltage value. The control unit 7 that stops the driving of the driving unit 3 when they match, and the lower limit stop that changes the set value of the lower limit set voltage value or changes the correspondence between the hanging length of the hanging basket 4 and the detected voltage value A plate-like main body that is attached to the ceiling and to which the drive unit 3, the detecting means 6, the control unit 7, and the lower limit stop position adjusting rod 5 are attached. Housing 13 and main body housing 13 A main body cover 14 attached to cover the lower side, and the main body cover 14 is detachably provided on the main cover 14a to cover the lower limit stop position adjusting rod 5 below. The main cover 14a has an end cover portion 14b, and the main cover 14a accommodates the laundry basket 4 in the upper limit position, and the basket formed on the recess for restricting the position on the groove side surface when the laundry basket 4 is introduced. A container 10 and a contact member 11 which is provided in a deeply retractable manner in the back of the basket housing part 10 and is pressed by the laundry basket 4 at the upper limit position in the basket housing part 10; The control unit 7 is characterized in that the driving unit 3 stops driving when the contact member 11 is pressed by the laundry basket 4.

  According to this, in accordance with the ceiling height of the ceiling to be installed, the user's physique, etc., the lower limit stop position of the laundry basket 4 that is the laundry setting position in the lifting / lowering clothes drying apparatus 1 is set by the operation of the lower limit stop position adjustment pole 5 It can be set easily, and good usability of the lifting / drying equipment 1 can be easily secured.

  In this invention, it has the advantage that the lower limit stop position of a clothes-drying basket can be easily set according to the installation location of the raising / lowering clothes-drying apparatus.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

  The elevator / drying apparatus 1 of this example includes a main body 2 disposed on the ceiling as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and a laundry basket 4 that is lifted and lowered by a drive unit 3 provided in the main body 2. As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the lower limit position detecting means 8 can easily set and change the lower limit stop position A of the hanging basket 4. Details will be described below.

  The main body 2 is formed to be long in the length direction of the clothes-drying basket 4. Specifically, the main body 2 is attached so as to cover the plate-shaped main housing 13 attached to the ceiling and the lower portion of the main housing 13. The main body cover 14 is configured. The drive unit 3, the lower limit stop position detection unit 8, the upper limit stop position detection unit 9, and the control unit 7 are attached to the main body housing 13. The drive unit 3 rotates a pair of wires 15 that suspends both ends of the clothes basket 4 in the length direction, a pair of winding drums around which the wires 15 are wound, and a winding drum, It has a motor 17 and a mechanism part 16 for performing the drawing. Specifically, a winding drum and a mechanism portion 16 are disposed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the main body housing 13, and a motor 17 is disposed at one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the main body housing 13. A shaft 18 for transmitting output is provided so as to pass between the pair of mechanism portions 16.

  According to the drive unit 3, the clothes hanger 4 suspended from the main body unit 2 is moved up and down, and the lifting operation is performed by the remote controller, and the transmission signal from the remote controller is received by the receiver 21. And the drive control of the drive unit 3 is performed via the control unit 7. However, when the clothes hanger 4 is lowered to the lower limit position or raised to the upper limit position, the drive unit 3 is forced by the control unit 7 according to the detection signal of the lower limit stop position detection means 8 or the upper limit stop position detection means 9. Stopped. In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a light transmitting window provided in the main body cover 14, and a receiving unit 21 connected to the control unit 7 is disposed inside the light transmitting window 20. Reference numeral 19 in the figure denotes a through hole for inserting a distribution line for supplying power to the motor 17.

  Further, the main body cover 14 is provided with a recess-like bag receiving portion 10 that opens downward. The basket housing part 10 is a part for housing the clothes basket 4 at the upper limit stop position, and the clothes basket 4 at the upper limit stop position in the basket storage part 10 is detected by the upper limit stop position detecting means 9, and the control unit 7. Thus, the drive unit 3 is controlled to be stopped. Here, the upper limit stop position detecting means 9 has a contact member 11 that can be projected and retracted in the innermost part of the heel housing portion 10, and the contact member 11 is at the upper limit stop position in the heel housing portion 10. A contact-type sensor that detects the clothes hanger 4 at the upper limit stop position by being pressed by the clothes hanger 4 is used, and the clothes hanger 4 by directly detecting the clothes hanger 4 at the upper limit stop position. 4 can be accurately performed. Although the clothes-drying basket 4 may rise while swinging, the position of the clothes-drying basket 4 is regulated by the groove side surface of the basket housing part 10 when introduced into the recessed bowl housing part 10. The upper limit stop position detection means 9 provided at the innermost part of the basket storage unit 10 detects the clothesline 4 at the upper limit stop position. This also improves the accuracy of the lifting and stopping control of the clothesline 4. It has been.

  On the other hand, the lower limit stop control of the clothes hanger 4 is performed by the cooperation of the lower limit stop position detecting means 8 and the control unit 7 as described above. Specifically, the lower limit stop position detecting means 8 is the hanging length of the clothes hanger 4. The control unit 7 includes a detection unit 6 that detects a detection voltage value that increases or decreases in accordance with the above. The control unit 7 drives the drive unit 3 when the detection voltage value detected by the detection unit 6 matches the lower limit set voltage value. The descent stop control of the clothes rack 4 is performed such as stopping. The lower limit stop position detecting means 8 is provided below the mechanism section 16 as shown in the figure, but the set value of the lower limit set voltage value is changed, or the hanging length of the clothes hanger 4 and the detected voltage value are changed. The lower limit stop position adjusting rod 5 for changing the correspondence relationship is provided, and the lower limit stop position adjusting rod 5 is disposed so as to face downward. The lower limit stop position adjustment rod 5 can be rotated by a tool such as a screwdriver, and a scale 12 describing the amount of change in the lower limit stop position of the laundry rod 4 is provided around it.

  For example, although not shown in the drawings, the detection means 6 includes a winding drum or a ring-shaped resistance wire provided in the mechanism portion 16 and a slider that contacts or approaches the resistance wire. It is possible to use a rotary sensor such as a potentiometer in which the detection voltage is changed by the displacement of the slider on the resistance wire according to the suspension length.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, the lower limit stop position detection unit 8 is supplied with a lower limit set voltage value for comparison with the detection voltage value detected by the detection unit 6 in the lower limit stop position detection unit 8. The setting value circuit 22 is provided, and the lower limit stop position adjustment rod 5 can set the increase / decrease of the incoming voltage value to the control unit 7 in the setting value circuit 22 so that the setting value of the lower limit setting voltage value can be changed. You can adopt what you do. According to this, the lower limit stop position of the laundry basket 4 can be changed in relation to the detected voltage value whose setting is not changed as shown in FIG.

  Further, the lower limit stop position detecting means 8 includes a bias circuit 23 connected to the detecting means 6 as shown in FIG. 4, for example, and the lower limit stop position adjusting rod 5 can set the increase / decrease of the resistance value of the bias circuit 23. Even if it is possible to apply a bias so as to change the reference voltage value of the detection voltage value detected by the detection means 6 and change the correspondence between the hanging length of the hanging basket 4 and the detection voltage value, Good. This also makes it possible to change the lower limit stop position of the laundry basket 4 in relation to the unchanged lower limit set voltage value.

  As described above, the lifting / lowering apparatus 1 of the present example includes the detection means 6 that detects a detection voltage value that increases / decreases depending on the hanging length of the hanging basket 4 by the wire 15, and the detection voltage value is included in the lower limit set voltage value. The control unit 7 that stops the driving of the driving unit 3 when they match, and the lower limit stop that changes the set value of the lower limit set voltage value or changes the correspondence between the hanging length of the hanging basket 4 and the detected voltage value Since the position adjustment basket 5 is provided, the lower limit stop position of the laundry basket 4 that is the laundry setting position in the lifting / lowering drying apparatus 1 is set to the lower limit stop according to the ceiling height of the ceiling to be installed or the user's physique. It can be easily set by the operation of the position adjusting rod 5, and good usability of the lifting / drying equipment 1 can be easily secured.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the main body cover 14 includes a main cover portion 14 a in which an end portion portion 14 b that forms an end portion in the longitudinal direction and covers the lower portion of the lower limit stop position adjustment rod 5 forms the rod housing portion 10. The end cover portion 14 b has a claw, and the end cover portion 14 b is hooked and locked to a claw hook portion provided in the main body housing 13, so that the end cover portion 14 b is connected to the main body housing 13. It is detachably attached to. Thus, even after the lifting / lowering apparatus 1 is once installed on the ceiling, only the end cover portion 14b is removed from the main body housing 13, and the lower limit stop position adjusting rod 5 exposed downward is operated to operate the lower limit stop of the hanging basket 4 The position can also be set, and simplification of the setting operation of the lower limit stop position of the laundry basket 4 is achieved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is the raising / lowering object drying apparatus of the example of embodiment of this invention, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a side view explaining a characteristic. (A) is a perspective view of the state which removed the main body cover of the raising / lowering object drying apparatus, (b) is an enlarged view of the B section of (a). The example of a lower limit position detection means same as the above is demonstrated, (a) is a schematic circuit diagram, (b) is operation | movement explanatory drawing. It is a schematic circuit diagram of the other example of a lower limit position detection means same as the above. It is a perspective view of the state which removed the edge part cover part of the lifting / lowering object drying apparatus same as the above. It is the lifting and drying apparatus of the example of a prior art, (a) is a schematic side view, (b) is an enlarged view of the principal part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lifting / drying apparatus 2 Main-body part 3 Drive part 4 Drying basket 5 Lower limit stop position adjustment rod 6 Detection means 7 Control part 8 Lower limit stop position detection means

Claims (1)

A main body disposed on the ceiling;
A clothes-line urn that is suspended from the main body by a wire and lifted and lowered by a driving unit provided in the main body,
Detection means for detecting a detection voltage value that increases or decreases according to the hanging length of the hanging basket by the wire;
A control unit that stops driving of the drive unit when the detected voltage value matches the lower limit set voltage value;
A lower limit stop position adjustment rod that changes the setting value of the lower limit setting voltage value or changes the correspondence between the hanging length of the clothes rack and the detected voltage value,
The main body is
A plate-shaped main body housing attached to the ceiling and to which the drive unit, the detection means, the control unit, and the lower limit stop position adjustment rod are attached;
A main body cover attached to cover a lower portion of the main body housing;
Have
The body cover is
A main cover;
An end cover portion detachably provided on the main cover and covering a lower side of the lower limit stop position adjusting rod;
Have
The main cover is
A basket housing portion that is formed in a concave shape to house the laundry basket in the upper limit position and restrict the position on the groove side surface when the laundry basket is introduced,
A contact member that is provided in the inner part of the basket housing part so as to be able to project and retract and is pressed by the laundry basket in the upper limit position in the basket housing part,
The control unit is configured to stop driving of the driving unit when the contact member is pressed by the clothes rack.

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