JP5288594B2 - Clothespin - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a laundry bar particularly suitable for indoor use.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-313797 discloses a clothes drying apparatus that includes an arm hook having a hook receiving portion and a support that supports the arm hook, and can set the arm hook in a substantially vertical state and a substantially horizontal state. When the arm is in a substantially horizontal state, the angle formed with the mounting surface to which the support is attached is an acute angle when viewed from above, and the laundry basket is substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface of the support. A clothes-drying device that can be supported by the company is disclosed. This clothes-drying device can support the clothes-drying basket at a substantially right angle to the mounting surface, and can be stored so as not to get in the way if the clothes-drying basket is removed when not in use.
JP-A-7-313797 (Claim 1)

  However, although the clothes drying apparatus described in JP-A-7-313797 can be used indoors, it uses a long clothes-drying basket. In recent years, many people have become accustomed to drying laundry indoors. In particular, in order to dry a single towel or the like, it is performed by a method of hanging on a hanger or hanging with a clip. In recent years, in order to give a sense of cleanliness and luxury, a metal bar with a flange protruding from a vertical wall surface in a horizontal direction has been used. However, such a heel protruding in the horizontal direction may become an obstacle during daily life and become a dangerous product.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a clothes-drying bar that is suitable for drying one sheet indoors and can be stored when not in use.

  In such a situation, the present inventor has intensively studied, and as a result, a clothesline comprising a fixing member having a mounting surface whose inclination with respect to the back surface is 45 degrees, and a specific-shaped hook portion attached to the fixing member so as to be rotatable. If it is a stick, it is suitable for drying one piece in a room and can be stored in a stack on a fixing member when not in use, so that it does not become an obstacle to living space, and the present invention has been completed. It was.

That is, the present invention comprises a fixing member having an attachment surface whose inclination with respect to the back surface is 45 degrees, and a flange portion rotatably attached to the attachment surface of the fixing member. a base having a contact surface to the mounting surface and opposed, Ri Do the rod body portion of the slope is 45 degrees with respect to the abutting surface is integral with the base portion, the base portion is a rotation axis orthogonal direction of the abutment surface there is provided a laundry poles, wherein you rotate.

  Further, the present invention provides the clothes drying rod in which the fixing member is formed with an attachment main body portion having a substantially triangular shape in a side view at one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the plate-like substrate.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the hook portion rotates with respect to the fixing member on the contact surface between the fixing member and the hook portion, the storage position that is in a standing state and the use position that is in a horizontal state are used. The clothes-drying bar provided with the rotation restricting means for sensing the arrival of the clothes is provided.

  Further, in the invention, it is preferable that the rotation restricting means is based on an engagement between the engaging concave portion or the engaging protrusion on the fixing member side and the engaging protrusion or the engaging concave portion on the flange side. The clothes-drying bar is provided.

  Further, in the present invention, the rotation restricting means is formed by fitting an engagement recess formed in each of the fixing member side and the flange portion and a ball fitted between the engagement recesses. It provides a clothesline.

  According to the laundry rod of the present invention, the buttock main body can be used in a vertical posture with respect to a mounting surface such as a wall when in use, and can be stored in a stack on the fixing member when not in use. For this reason, it is suitable for drying one sheet indoors, and does not become an obstacle of living space when not in use. Moreover, since the rotation restricting means is provided, when the collar portion is rotated, the position when in use and when not in use can be easily experienced.

  Next, the clothes-drying stick in embodiment of this invention is demonstrated with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present example when the drying bar is used, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the example when the drying bar is not used (stored), and FIG. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the drying rod of this example, FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view seen from the back side of the drying rod of this example, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

  The clothes bar 10 includes a fixing member 1 having an attachment surface 111 whose inclination with respect to the back surface 119 is 45 degrees, and a hook portion 2 attached to the attachment surface 111 of the fixing member 1 so as to be rotatable. The base 21 having an abutment surface 222 facing the mounting surface 111 of the fixing member 1 and the flange main body 22 having an inclination with respect to the abutment surface 222 integral with the base 21 are 45 degrees.

  The fixing member 1 is fixed to the wall surface A or the like, and has a substantially triangular shape in a side view at one end portion (lower end portion in FIG. 1) in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction in FIG. 1) of the flat plate-like substrate 12. The attachment main body 11 is formed. Of the two slopes constituting the substantially triangular shape of the mounting body 11, the slope on the upper side is the mounting surface 111 of the fixing member 1, and the apparent inclination with respect to the back surface 119 contacting the wall surface A is 45 degrees. Form a surface. The apparent surface serves as a reference surface for determining the rotation angle of the buttock main body portion 22 and means that the whole surface is not a flat surface but includes a recess or the like.

  A screw hole 122 is formed in the substrate 12 of the fixing member 1, and a cover case 121 (not shown in FIGS. 5 and 6) is fitted. As a result, the screw head is covered with the cover case 121 and the appearance does not appear, so that the design is excellent. Further, the attachment body 11 having a substantially triangular shape in side view of the fixing member 1 has a recessed portion 112 that is hollowed out in a plan view, and a through hole 114 is formed at the center and in a direction orthogonal to the attachment surface 111. Is formed. In addition, protrusions 113 are formed on both left and right sides of the recess 112. As a result, the friction reducing member 31 involved in sliding with the abutment surface 222 of the flange portion 2 can be inserted into and fixed to the recess 112. Further, the back surface of the attachment main body 11 of the fixing member 1 has a hollow structure. Thereby, the screw 61 is accommodated in the hollow space, the head of the screw 61 does not protrude rearward from the back surface 119, and does not become an obstacle to fixing to the wall surface A. Further, a notch 432 of the receiving screw 43 is engaged with the inner wall of the through hole 114, and a projection (not shown) that restricts the rotation of the receiving screw 43 is formed.

  The length in the side view of the attachment surface 111 of the fixing member 1 is slightly larger than the length in the side view of the base portion 21 of the flange portion 2. Thereby, since the collar part 2 can maintain the state which overlaps with the fixing member 1 at the time of non-use, it does not become an obstacle in a living space.

  The base portion 21 of the flange portion 2 has a substantially cylindrical shape having a contact surface 222 that faces the mounting surface 111 of the fixing member 1. That is, the base portion 21 has a concave portion 213 that is hollowed out in a plan view, and a through hole 212 is formed at the center of the concave portion 213 in the direction orthogonal to the contact surface 222. As a result, the receiving screw 43 is fitted into the recess 213, and the screw 61 comes to the back side, so that the screw head cannot be seen from the outside, and the design is excellent. Moreover, since the upper end part of the receiving screw 43 and the upper end part of the base 21 are substantially flush, it is excellent in design.

  On the contact surface 222 of the base portion 21 of the flange portion 2, a concave portion 211 is formed vertically. Approximately one-fourth of the ball 41 is fitted into the concave portion 211 to form a rotation restricting means to be described later. Although the fitting between the recess 211 and the ball 41 is a temporary obstacle to smooth rotation, it is a weak fitting that makes a smooth rotation again if it is turned by hand.

  A cylindrical engagement portion 25 that is fitted to one end portion of the flange main body portion 22 is attached to the base portion 21 of the flange portion 2. On the outer periphery of the engaging portion 25, a plurality of vertical grooves extending in parallel with the axial direction are formed at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction, and the corner of the tip of the engaging portion 25 is chamfered. The connection of the buttocks main body 22 is made smooth. In addition, a female screw is cut inside the engaging portion 25 so that the male screw of the connecting rod 23 can be screwed.

  Further, in this example, as a joining means and a rotation restricting means between the fixing member 1 and the flange portion 2, a friction reducing member 31 having a disk-like appearance, two balls 41, a collar member 42, and a receiving screw 43. The friction reducing member 31 has a through-hole 32 formed at the center, engagement recesses 33 formed at both left and right end portions on the mounting surface 111 side, and engagement with upper and lower end portions on the contact surface 222 side of the flange portion 2. Joint recesses 34, 34 are formed. The engaging recesses 33 and 33 are engaged with the projections 113 formed in the recess 112 of the fixing member 1 to restrict the rotation of the friction reducing member 31. The engaging concave portions 34 and 34 cooperate with the concave portion 211 of the base portion 21 of the flange portion 2 so as to sandwich the pair of balls 41 and serve as a rotation restricting means for restricting the rotation of the flange main body portion 22. The engaging recesses 34, 34 have a depth that substantially encloses the pair of balls 41, that is, a depth that approximately encloses about 3/4 of the radial direction of the balls 41, and the recesses 211 of the base portion 21 of the flange 2. Deeper than the depth of.

  The receiving screw 43 includes a screw head 433 and a cylindrical screw body 431. A notch 432 is formed at the distal end of the cylindrical screw main body 431, and a female screw is cut at the radial center of the cylindrical screw main body 431, so that the screw 61 can be screwed together. (See FIG. 6).

  The collar body portion 22 is a pipe member having an inclination of 45 degrees with respect to the contact surface 222 that is integral with the base portion 21. The length of the buttock main body 22 is appropriately determined according to the application. Further, in this example, as means for attaching the flange main body 22 to the base 21 of the flange 2, a connecting rod 23 and a fastening screw 24 having male screws formed at both ends are further provided. The fastening screw 24 includes a screw head 242 and a cylindrical screw body 241.

  A plurality of longitudinal grooves 26 extending in the axial direction are formed on the outer periphery of the cylindrical screw main body portion 241 at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction, and a corner of the tip end of the cylindrical screw main body portion 241 is chamfered. The connection between the portion 241 and the pipe-like collar body portion 22 is made smooth. Further, a female screw is cut at a central portion in the radial direction of the cylindrical screw body 241 so that the connecting rod 23 can be screwed with the male screw.

  In order to assemble the clothespin 10, the friction reducing member 31 is inserted into the concave portion 112 of the fixing member 1, the ball 41 is inserted into the engaging concave portion 34 of the friction reducing member 31, and then the base 21 of the flange portion 2 is fixed to the fixing member 1. It is attached with a receiving screw 43 and a screw 61 or the like. Next, the flange main body 22 is fixed to the base 21 of the flange 2 with the fastening screw 24 and the connecting rod 23. Next, the fixing member 1 is screwed to the wall surface or the like, and finally the cover member 121 is attached to the substrate 11 of the fixing member 1.

  Next, the usage method of the clothes-drying rod 10 is demonstrated. In order to put the assembled clothes-drying rod 10 into a use state, the buttock main body 22 is rotated by hand. This rotation is sliding between the ball 41 fitted in the engagement recesses 34 of the friction reducing member 31 on the fixed member 1 side and the contact surface 222 of the base portion 21 of the flange 2 and is smoothly performed. When the flange main body 22 is in a vertical posture with respect to the wall surface A, the concave portion 211 formed in the base 21 of the flange 2 and the ball 41 are engaged with each other, so that the ball 41 is smoothly rotated. Slightly regulated, you can feel the vibration that snaps. For this reason, the user stops the rotation of the buttock main body 22 in order to detect the usage state of the clothes-drying bar 10 (FIGS. 1, 2 and 7).

  In the use state, the clothes bar 10 has the buttock main body portion 22 projecting vertically from the wall surface A, which is convenient when a towel or the like is dried indoors. Moreover, even if a consumer bumps his / her head against the buttock main body 22 of the clothes-pick 10, the buttock main body 22 easily changes from the rotation restricted state to the rotation state, thereby minimizing injuries. Can do.

  Next, when the laundry rod 10 in use is not used, the buttock main body portion 22 in a state perpendicular to the wall surface A is manually rotated. Since the engagement strength between the ball 41 and the recess 211 is smaller than the turning force of such a hand, the rotation can be easily started. The rotation once started is sliding between the ball 41 fitted in the engagement recesses 34, 34 of the friction reducing member 31 on the fixing member 1 side and the contact surface 222 of the base 21 of the flange 2 and smooth. To be done. When the collar body 22 is in a position parallel to the wall surface A, the concave portion 211 formed in the base 21 of the collar 2 and the ball 41 are engaged with each other, so that the ball 41 is smoothly rotated. Is controlled, and you can feel the vibration that clicks. For this reason, the user stops the rotation of the buttock main body 22 in order to detect the storage state of the clothes-drying bar 10 (FIGS. 3 and 4). Then, since the laundry bar 10 is housed in a state in which the fixing member 1 and the buttock main body 22 are substantially overlapped, the protruding length from the wall surface A is extremely small, and the living space is not narrowed.

  The clothes-drying bar of this invention is not limited to the said form, A various modification can be taken. For example, the substantially triangular attachment main body portion of the substrate of the fixing member 1 may be located at the center of the main body of the substrate. Further, the cover case 121 that covers the screw head of the base portion 12 may be omitted. Further, the mounting surface of the fixing member 1 may be flat on the entire surface from which the concave portion is omitted. In this case, the friction reducing member 31 can be omitted. Moreover, the base part 2 and the base part 22 of a collar part may be an integral structure. The front end portion of the buttock main body portion 22 has a cap shape with an enlarged diameter so that it can be easily hung on a dried product. May be. Further, the collar body 22 is not limited to a circular cross-sectional shape, and may be a rectangular cross-sectional shape or an elliptical cross-sectional shape. Further, the rotation restricting means is not limited to the above form, and may be based on the engagement between the engaging recess or the engaging protrusion on the fixing member side and the engaging protrusion or the engaging recess on the flange side. . Even if it is such an engagement relationship, there exists an effect similar to the case by the fitting with the ball | bowl fitted between the above engagement recessed parts.

It is a perspective view at the time of use of the clothes-lapping bar of this embodiment. It is a side view of FIG. It is a perspective view at the time of non-use (at the time of accommodation) of the clothes-drying bar of this example. FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG. 3. It is a disassembled perspective view of the clothes drying bar of this example. It is the disassembled perspective view seen from the back side of the clothes-drying bar of this example. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 2.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fixing member 2 Claw part 10 Drying rod 11 Attachment main-body part 12 Board | substrate 21 Base 22 Claw part main-body part 43 Receiving screw 61 Screw 111 Attachment surface 112 Recession 113 Protrusion 114 Through-hole 119 Back surface 121 Cover case 122 Screw hole 222 Contact surface 432 Notch A Wall

Claims (5)

A fixing member having a mounting surface with an inclination with respect to the back surface of 45 degrees;
It is composed of a collar part rotatably attached to the mounting surface of the fixing member,
The flange portion includes a base portion having a contact surface facing the mounting surface of the fixing member, and a flange main body portion having an inclination of 45 degrees with respect to the corresponding contact surface integral with the base portion. A clothes-drying bar that rotates about a direction orthogonal to the surface as a rotation axis.   2. The clothespin according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member is formed by forming a mounting body portion having a substantially triangular shape in a side view at one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the plate-like substrate.   The contact surface between the fixing member and the hook part senses the arrival of the stowed storage position and the horizontal use position when the hook part rotates relative to the fixing member. The clothes-drying bar according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a rotation restricting means. Said rotation restricting means, the fixed member side engagement recess or engagement projections, according to claim 3, wherein a is due to the engagement between the engaging projection or the engaging recess of the rod portion Clothesline. Said rotation restricting means, claim 3, wherein the fixed member side engagement recess formed respectively in said rod portion, is due to the mating of the fitted ball between the engagement recess The clothesline described.

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