JP5590674B2 - Latching device - Google Patents

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a latching device that can be set to a substantially vertical storage state and a usage state protruding forward by mounting an arm on a mounting base attached to a mounted body such as a wall or a column. It is.

  As this type of latching device, an invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-46586 has been proposed, which includes a mounting member 1 for fixing to a mounting target W such as a wall or a column, and the mounting member. 1, the suspension arm 2 having a suspension portion 3 for hanging the hanger H on the tip end thereof, and the attachment member 1 and the suspension arm 2 are coupled at both ends. This is a foldable hanger hanger having a tension member 4 that defines an extension angle when the hanging arm 2 extends to the hanger hanging position A.

JP-A-2005-46586

  In this type of hanging device, when the laundry is used after being dried, it is easier to dry the laundry by keeping a sufficient distance from the attached object such as a wall or a pillar. If you hold the item in a high position, it will be difficult to touch the floor when you hang a long piece of laundry, and it will be difficult to get in the way. It is desirable to be located in

  However, in the conventional example, in order to keep the hanging portion 3 sufficiently spaced from the mounting target W such as a wall or a column during use, the angle at which the hanging arm 2 is tilted must be increased to nearly 90 degrees. If it does so, there exists a problem that the position of the hanging part 3 will become low, and this invention is a subject to solve this problem.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a mounting base mounted on a mounted body such as a wall so that the arm is pivotally supported so as to protrude substantially vertically upward and obliquely upward. In the latching device that can be set to, the arm has a pivot arm and an extendable arm, and the pivot arm is configured such that the lower part thereof is pivotally supported on the mounting base so as to be directly or indirectly pivotable, The telescopic arm is provided with a latching portion at the tip and provided so that it can be expanded and contracted from the rotating arm, and a linkage tool such as a string or belt whose one end is directly or indirectly connected to the mounting base is rotated. Introduced from above the arm, the direction is changed and guided downward, the other end is connected directly or indirectly to the telescopic arm, the telescopic arm and the mounting base are linked by a linking tool, and the arm in the retracted state is moved forward By rotating, it is in the stowed state Is characterized in that the telescopic arm is retracted by There are configured to extend in use.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when the arm is rotated, the telescopic arm that is contracted in the storage state is configured to be extended in the use state. Therefore, the arm can be simply rotated from the compact storage state. In operation, the hook provided on the tip of the telescopic arm keeps a sufficient distance from the body to be mounted and is located at a high position when in use, which is extremely convenient when drying laundry There is an effect that.

It is a perspective view which shows a use condition. It is a perspective view which shows a storage state. It is a perspective view which shows the state which rotated the arm a little forward. It is a perspective view which shows the use condition partially cut away in order to show the inside of an attachment base | substrate. It is a perspective view which shows the use condition partially cut away in order to show the inside of an arm. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows a use condition. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows a storage state. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state which rotated the arm a little forward. It is a whole exploded perspective view. It is a side view which shows the state which pinched | interposed the finger | toe.

  The latching device of the present embodiment is attached to a mounting base 1 attached to a body W to be mounted such as a wall or a column so that the lower end of an arm 2 can be indirectly rotated via a hinge 8. The arm 2 can be held in an obliquely upward use state.

  The mounting base 1 is a vertically long member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and an upper end piece 20 and a lower end piece 21 are screwed to the upper and lower ends thereof, respectively, and a downward U-shaped spring receiver is attached to an intermediate portion. A tool 9 is attached.

  The upper end piece 20 of the mounting base 1 is vertically long and is provided with an engaging portion 32 at the upper part, and a circular pin changing tool 10 for changing the direction of the connecting tool 5 is attached to the middle part. The piece 21 is provided with a bearing portion 31 of an inverted U-shaped recess at the top.

  Further, the attachment base 1 accommodates a locking member 6, which is a vertically long member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, so as to cover the spring receiver 9 between the upper end piece 20 and the lower end piece 21. A lid 17 which is a vertically long member having a substantially U-shaped cross section is attached between the upper end piece 20 and the lower end piece 21, and the upper portion of the lid 17 is a lower portion of the upper end piece 20. A pair of bearing holes 30 and 30 are provided at the lower portion thereof, and a shaft 25 inserted into the pair of bearing holes 30 and 30 is a lower end piece. 21 is supported by the bearing portion 31. Further, the front plate of the lid 17 is provided with a rectangular hole display window 18 and display window 19 at the upper and lower portions in the middle.

  The arm 2 is configured by slidably accommodating an extendable arm 3 in a rotating arm 4, and the extendable arm 3 is a vertically long hollow material having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is a hook at the upper end. 11 and an end cap 33 are attached to the lower end, and the rotary arm 4 is a vertically long hollow material having a rectangular cross section, and a rectangular introduction hole 39 is provided on the upper part to attach the conversion tool 12. A shaft support 23 is attached to the lower end.

  The latching tool 11 is provided with a substantially U-shaped latching portion 22 for latching clothespins and the like, and a latching portion 16 latched by the latching portion 32 is provided at the upper end of the latching tool 11 to support the shaft The tool 23 is provided with a pair of bearing holes 27 and 27. The tension spring 24 is U-turned by the shaft support 23 and both ends are fixed to the latch 11, and the telescopic arm 3 is biased by the tension spring 24 in the direction of contraction with respect to the rotating arm 4. Has been.

  The locking device 6 is provided so as to be slidable with respect to the mounting base 1, and a compression spring 7 is disposed between a spring receiving cap 15 attached to the lower end portion and a spring receiving member 9 fixed to the mounting base 1. It is urged downward, and the linkage 5 is connected to the upper part. Accordingly, in this embodiment, the linkage 5 is connected at one end to the locking device 6 provided inside the mounting base 1 and indirectly connected to the mounting base 1, but is directly connected to the mounting base 1. It may be.

  And on the front plate of the fastener 6, in order from the top, the yellow display unit 34, the red display unit 35, and the non-displayed part are sandwiched, and the yellow display unit 36, the red display unit 37, and the red display unit The display portions 38 are provided with a certain width.

  The linking tool 5 is belt-shaped, one end of which is connected to the locking tool 6 inside the mounting base 1 as described above, and is led forward by the conversion tool 10 from the upper end piece 20 attached to the top of the mounting base 1. The other end is connected to the lower end cap 33 of the telescopic arm 3 by being introduced from the introduction hole 39 in the upper part of the rotating arm 4 and guided downward by the conversion tool 12.

  The hinge 8 is provided with a bearing hole 28 and a bearing hole 29 in the upper and lower parts, respectively, and the shaft 25 is inserted into the upper bearing hole 28 together with the pair of bearing holes 30 and 30 of the lid 17. The shaft 26 is inserted into and supported by the lower bearing hole 29 together with the pair of bearing holes 27 and 27 of the shaft support 23. As described above, both end portions of the shaft 25 protrude outward from the bearing hole 28 and the pair of bearing holes 30 and 30 and are pivotally supported by the bearing portion 31 of the lower end piece 21. In the present embodiment, the rotating arm 4 is indirectly supported by the mounting base 1, but may be directly supported without the hinge 8.

  The latching device of the present embodiment is used by fixing the mounting base 1 to a mounted body W such as a wall or a column with mounting screws 13 and 14, and two are installed as a set at intervals. The hanging parts 22, 22 may be used by hanging a clothes rack, or a single pinch hanger may be used.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the engaging portion 16 of the latching tool 11 is engaged with the engaging portion 32 of the upper end piece 20, and the arm 2 is partially overlapped in parallel with the mounting base 1. When the arm 2 is rotated slightly forward from the state stored in the container, the surplus linking tool 5 is extended (see FIG. 3 and FIG. 8), and the laundry basket is still stretched over. Can be maintained.

  When the rotating arm 4 is further rotated forward and downward from this state, the linkage 5 is drawn out from the rotating arm 4 and the telescopic arm 3 is lifted and extended upward against the force of the tension spring 24. Then, the end cap 33 at the lower end abuts against the conversion tool 12, the telescopic arm 3 extends the longest, and the entire arm 2 is in a state of use obliquely upward (see FIGS. 1 and 6). In this state, the hinge 8 has been turned slightly forward.

  As shown in FIG. 10, when the hinge 2 is folded and stored, the hinge 8 has a gap between the mounting base 1 and the arm 2 so as not to be injured as shown in FIG. Is.

  When a load is applied to the latching portion 22 in this state of use, the locking device 6 moves upward against the compression spring 7, and when a preset load is exceeded, the display windows 18 and 19 of the mounting base 1. Display unit 34 to display unit 38 appear to warn in three stages that an excessive load is applied.

  That is, first, the yellow display portion 36 appears in the lower display window 19, and when the load increases, the yellow display portion 34 appears in the upper display window 18 and the red display portion 37 appears in the lower display window 19. When the load is further increased, a red display portion 35 appears in the upper display window 18 and a red display portion 38 appears in the lower display window 19.

  In order to store the arm 2 from the state of use, if the rotating arm 4 is rotated upward and folded, the telescopic arm 3 is stored in the rotating arm 4 together with the linkage 5 by the force of the tension spring 24. The latching part 16 of the latching tool 11 is engaged with the engaging part 32 of the upper end piece 20, and the arm 2 is held in a storage state (see FIGS. 2 and 7) partially overlapping in parallel with the mounting base 1. Is done.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mounting base 2 Arm 3 Telescopic arm 4 Rotating arm 5 Coupling tool

Claims (1)

  In the latching device that can be set to a mounting base that is attached to a mounted body such as a wall so that the arm is pivotally supported and can be set to a storage state that is substantially vertically upward and a usage state that protrudes obliquely upward. The pivot arm includes a pivot arm and a telescopic arm. The pivot arm is pivotally supported by the lower portion of the pivot base so as to be directly or indirectly pivotable. A stringer or belt linking tool, which is provided so that it can be extended and retracted from the rotating arm and is directly or indirectly connected to the mounting base, is introduced from the upper side of the rotating arm and the direction is changed downward. The other end is directly or indirectly connected to the telescopic arm, the telescopic arm and the mounting base are linked by the linkage, and the telescopic arm that is retracted is retracted by rotating the arm in the retracted state forward. Arm is in use Latching apparatus characterized by being configured to extend had.

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