JP5703434B2 - Laundry clothes - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a laundry dryer.

As a laundry drying tool, there is generally used a drying tool that is constituted by a frame that supports the structure and a hook 8 that is hung on a laundry basket or the like, and is provided with a pinch 4 for sandwiching the laundry at an appropriate position. The pinch 4 is connected to the frame through a chain or a resin string so as to be swingable. Generally, the position of the pinch 4 cannot be changed.
In all of Patent Documents 1 to 3 to be described later, the pinch 4 is engaged so as to be slidable in the length direction of the rail 3, but the position of the pinch 4 cannot be interchanged by sliding movement although a slight interval adjustment is possible. Therefore, to move the laundry greatly, the pinch 4 must be once removed from the laundry and replaced.
Patent Document 1 registers an invention in which a pinch 4 is engaged with a frame bone arranged in parallel so as to be partially slidable. Here, the position of the pinch 4 can be moved within a range corresponding to the width of the laundry, but the range is limited, and is for widening or narrowing the drying width.
Patent Document 2 describes a drying tool in which a pinch 4 can slide on a rail 3. Although the rail 3 is provided over almost the entire area of the frame, the rail 3 is divided and the individual pinches 4 can move only within a narrow range of the rail 3 to which the rail 3 belongs. The purpose of easily and efficiently drying the laundry according to the size and type is a structure in which the arrangement of the laundry cannot be changed significantly while the rail 3 is held between the pinches 4 to some extent.
In the laundry dryer of Patent Document 3, rails are provided on the side surfaces of the frame, and the laundry can be moved largely with respect to the rails on the outer peripheral portion. However, since the pinch 4 does not remain in the space created after sliding the pinch 4 together, the laundry cannot be dried in that position. Therefore, although the movable range of the pinch 4 is not narrow, the position of the laundry cannot be largely changed as long as the laundry is held as in Patent Document 2.

  JP-A-10-080597   JP 2005-137840 A   Public Utility Heisei 2-11289

In the conventional laundry drying tool, it is very troublesome to move the laundry once dried. Moreover, it is more difficult to effectively use the space after the movement. Since the position of the pinch 4 is generally fixed in the conventional laundry drying tool, the pinch 4 that suspends the laundry must be removed once and replaced with the pinch 4 in a new position in order to perform the above-described operation. did not become.
When the laundry that has been dried is dried, it is usually taken in, folded and put away. Then, the next laundry is hung on the empty drying tool. However, there is no time, and there are times when you want to dry the laundry that was washed next, even though there is laundry that has been dried and dried. If you hang up the laundry you drew quickly into a laundry basket and leave it loose, it will tend to wrinkle. However, when it comes into contact with wet items, it becomes wet again, so the dry laundry must be moved away from the wet laundry. This movement is a very troublesome work because it is necessary to put on and take off the pinch 4 one by one in the conventional device.
This is also the case when the laundry is still damp but still damp, and it is inconvenient because it cannot be dried immediately even if there is laundry that has been washed up next. I would like to easily loosen the one that had been dried first, but the work for that was cumbersome.
As a result, if we didn't check and clean the laundry that had already been dried, we had to hurry after the laundry had been washed up. For that reason, it often became a bottleneck when washing out.

When hanging laundry, it often hangs large items in the middle of the laundry hangers and hangs small items such as socks toward the edges. This makes it easy to dry and does not break the balance of the laundry dryer. In order to dry in a well-balanced manner, it was necessary to dry one by one while walking around the laundry dryer.
Even if you take care to dry in this way, after hanging up halfway, heavy laundry comes out from the bottom of the laundry basket or there are more laundry than you thought, and the laundry is arranged There are many things to dry to adjust the interval. Of course, this drying operation has to be replaced with the pinch 4, which is very troublesome. I wanted to avoid this, but when I moved the laundry from the washing machine to the basket, it took extra time and effort to put it in order to hang it, or divided it into two baskets, but it was still not enough.

  When a laundry dryer is hung in a small room, the entire dryer feels spatially bulky and disturbing. While the whole laundry is wet, it can't be helped, but once it gets dry to some extent, I want to put the whole laundry dryer in a compact way. This has been very troublesome in the past.

  Many people who live alone are not used to housework and there are few places to store clothes in the first place, so it makes sense to use suspended laundry without storing it. The three steps of taking in socks that will be used again and storing them in a folded state are wasteful operations. However, this waste can be saved if the laundry is kept dry. The conventional laundry dryer did not have the function of storing clothes, but if the next laundry could be dried even if it was kept dry, the laundry dryer would have a storage function.

  For the foregoing reasons, the problem of the present invention is that the pinch 4 can be easily moved to a free position in the laundry dryer while the laundry after being dried is sandwiched, and the space created by the movement is empty. To provide a laundry dryer in which the pinch 4e can be easily moved, and the empty pinch 4e can be collected at an arbitrary position by changing the order of the pinch 4 so that all the pinches 4 can be used effectively.

In order to solve this problem, in the present invention, a rail 3 is provided on the frame 1 and a pinch 4 is slidably engaged with the rail 3 so that the pinch 4 can circulate on the rail 3. The pinch 4 holding the laundry so that the curtain moves on the curtain rail can freely slide on the loop on the rail 3.
When already dried laundry is left to dry, for example, if you push them far away from the user and move the empty pinch 4e far away, new laundry can be dried. it can. Without removing the pinch 4 from the rail 3, the pinch 4 is moved by sliding on the rail 3. In order to withstand practical use, the pinch 4 can move greatly on the rail 3, and the empty pinch 4 after the laundry is removed must return to the front side, for example, so that the pinch 4 can circulate. It is necessary to be able to return the pinch 4 at a certain location to the location by making one turn along the circumferential rail 3c.

Furthermore, it is preferable to branch the rail 3 from the rail 3. The branched rail 3 is referred to as a branch rail 3b, the rail 3 that is the source of the branch is referred to as a main body rail 3, and the rail 3 is simply referred to when it is not necessary to distinguish between the two. The branch rail 3b provided only for retraction is referred to as retraction rail 3t. In many cases, the branch rail 3b and the retreat rail 3t are also the rotating rails 3c, and all the names of these rails 3 are called as necessary depending on the positional relationship and purpose at that time. For example, the rail 3 around the hatched portion in FIG. 3B is an example of the rotating rail 3c and the branch rail 3b. The branch point between the main body rail and the branch rail 3b is formed so that the pinch 4 can freely slide without removing the pinch 4 from the rail 3, and in this case, it is basically possible to go back and forth. The type in which the pinch 4 that has entered may return to the main body rail from the other end of the branch rail 3b may be used. When the branch rail 3b is provided, only the empty pinch 4e between the laundry that is in a tooth-missing state is used. The pinch 4f holding the laundry is pushed to the main body rail 3 at the back, for example, and then the empty pinch 4e is collected on the main body rail 3, for example, so that it can be used for new laundry. If this happens, you can live with the laundry left dry while using it.

A braking mechanism is provided at the engaging portion between the rail 3 and the pinch 4 to prevent the pinch 4 from moving due to wind or the inclination of the main body, so that the pinch 4 can be locked at a position desired by the user.
The braking mechanism in this case is a loose lock that controls or prevents the movement of the pinch 4 from a robust lock that is completely fixed unless it is removed, such as increasing the frictional resistance or being attracted to a predetermined position. For example, a magnet, a spring protrusion, unevenness of the rail groove 6, a surface tape, a brush 2 and the like are all included. Both are structures that allow movement when force is applied intentionally, that is, releasable structures.
The pinches 4 can be moved independently of each other, but it may be necessary to make the distance between adjacent pinches 4 constant depending on the use situation. What provided the connection member 11 which connects between the pinches 4 and expands-contracts is also useful.

Regardless of how the laundry that has already been hung on the laundry hangers or the state of tidying up, it is very easy to hang up the next laundry.
When already dried laundry is left to dry, push them far away, for example, when viewed from the user, and move the empty pinch 4e that was far away to the front to hang new laundry. Can do. In the present invention, since it is not necessary to remove the pinch 4 from the rail 3 at this time, the pinch 4 is simply moved by sliding on the rail 3 and no force is required.
The dry laundry is moved while being pinched by the pinch 4d, and is moved to a small position (or collected in the center), and the laundry is newly dried using the empty pinch 4e moved to the remaining wide portion. Even if the pushed laundry 7d is in contact with each other, there is no problem of moisture, and the new laundry 7w can be dried on the front, so the laundry can be left until it is time to fold it. The next can be dried by loosely pulling it down.

  When the branch rail 3b is provided, all the pinches 4 can always be used effectively, and the operation for that is simple. When the laundry 7 is left dry and is detached from the pinch 4 and worn as necessary, an empty pinch 4e is left in the state of being left out of the laundry 7d without the branch rail 3b. However, if there is a branch rail 3b, only the empty pinch 4e is retracted to the branch rail 3b, and after all the pinch 4 holding the laundry is pushed to the main body rail 3, for example, the empty pinch 4e is moved to the front main body rail 3. By collecting, it can be used for new laundry. The retracted pinch 4e does not prevent the other pinch 4f from passing. The operation is very easy because there is no need to remove the pinch 4 just by sliding it.

Because of the above features, it is possible to effectively use the time when washing can be easily started.
It is possible to immediately secure a place to dry laundry for the first time without checking the laundry already dried. Therefore, it does not sound at the neck when washing goes out.

You can live without washing clothes, that is, you can greatly rationalize housework.
You can live with the laundry left dry while using it directly from the laundry hangers without taking in the laundry. This can be said that the cleaning work is omitted, and it can be interpreted that the clothes are stored in the laundry dryer.
In particular, when you live alone, it is more reasonable to leave clothes and underwear that you use immediately. Using it without taking in the laundry means that all the three steps of work such as folding and storing and taking out can be omitted.
In the past, drying that was apt to be seen as a bad habit is now accepted as rationalization rather than omission by the present invention, and it helps all people including part-time housewives.

The posture when hanging the laundry is easy.
Since the position of the pinch 4 is free in the drying tool of the present invention, when the laundry is hung, it is possible to hang the laundry while standing in the same position instead of moving around and hanging like before. It is efficient to collect the pinches 4 at the front and move them away from you in the order they are dried. Or you may adjust arrangement | positioning last after drying. Anyway, it doesn't move, but it's very easy to hang it because the laundry is moved to a single place.

You can dry one after another without worrying about the order of drying.
Since it is easy to change the arrangement of the laundry after it has been dried halfway, you can quickly dry without worrying about the position to dry, starting from the top of the laundry basket. When moving laundry from the washing machine to the basket, the entire order can be transferred as a whole without checking the order of drying.

Efficiently use the space inside the laundry dryer.
Throughout the entire period of use, it can be easily adjusted to the best way to dry laundry according to the size and type of the laundry, so you can use the space inside the dryer without waste.

The room space can be used effectively.
When using laundry clothes in a small room, it is often bulky and disturbing. However, if the drying tool of the present invention is used, it is possible to bring the laundry to a single place easily and compactly depending on the drying condition, so the entire drying tool does not get in the way without cleaning the laundry. The entire space can be used widely.

It can be dried quickly.
It is easy to dry because it can be adjusted to the most suitable way through simple operation throughout the entire period of use. Further, after part of the dry laundry is removed, the drying time can be shortened by widening the interval between the remaining laundry.

  Since it is a simple basic structure similar to a common curtain rail system on the market, it is ready for manufacture. Increasing the number of pinches 4 can easily increase the amount that can be dried and stored. It can be applied not only to square hangers, but also to round shapes, semi-circle shapes, laundry baskets, and closets.

  The perspective view of Example 1 which provided the single circumference | surroundings rail 3c (a) The perspective view which shows the state in which the already dried laundry 7d is hung on the left and this side. (B) The perspective view which shows the state which gathered the laundry 7d in the left back, and moved the pinch 4e which was in the back to the right and this side. (Movement is by a slide while holding the laundry 7d) (c) A perspective view showing a state in which the wet laundry 7w is added and dried.   (A) Perspective view of Example 2 provided with branch rail 3b and rotating rail 3c (b) Example of shape of rail 3 and pinch 4 (perspective view including cross section) (c) Cutaway perspective view of rail 3 branch point (d) ) To (f), the pinch 4 is circled with the name of the color red, blue and yellow in order to clarify the individual pinch 4, and the pinch 4f holding the laundry is displayed as a dried shirt did. (D) Schematic diagram of the branch rail 3c without branching (e) Schematic diagram showing the procedure for changing the positional relationship of the pinch 4 using the branch rail 3b (red) The schematic diagram which showed in order the (e-5) progress changed to this order. (F) A schematic diagram of an example of a small (branch) retraction rail 3t.   Schematic diagram of various rail 3 patterns (except for rail 3)   (A) Sectional view from the side surface of the third embodiment in which the rail groove 6 edge is provided with irregularities (b) Sectional view from the side surface of the third embodiment in which the metal plate spring 29 is arranged on the rail ceiling surface 27 (c) Rail ceiling Sectional drawing from the side of Example 3 which provided unevenness in 27   (A) Cut-away perspective view of an embodiment in which the brush structure 2 is provided from all directions of the rail 3 toward the runner 5 (b) Embodiment in which the brush structure 2 is provided downward from the rail ceiling surface 27 (C) Cut-away perspective view of the embodiment in which the brush structure 2 is provided from the rail side surface 28 toward the runner 5 These are cross-sectional perspective views, and only the brush portion is written in the cross-sectional portion. (D) In the embodiment in which the brush structure 2 is provided toward the runner 5 from both the rail ceiling surface 27 and the rail groove 6 edge side. Cross section from the side   (A) Partial perspective view from side of embodiment rail 3 with magnet attached to rail side surface 28 (b) Cross-sectional view from side of rail 3 in embodiment using unevenness and magnet 20 together (c) Brush structure 2 Sectional drawing from the side of the Example which used the magnet 20 together   (A) Cross-sectional view from the front of the rail with which the rail 3 and the pinch 4 are engaged. (B) Schematic example of shape of rail groove 6 at branch point of rail 3 (c) Schematic example of shape of rail groove 6 at branch point of rail 3   Example 6 perspective view provided with double circumferential rail 3c   Example 6 perspective view in which a handle 10 is provided in the middle   Example 7 perspective view   (A-1) Front schematic diagram of inward folding The dotted line indicates the course during folding. (A-2) Front schematic diagram in a state where inward folding is completed (b-1) Front schematic diagram of an outward folding Dotted lines indicate the progress during folding (b-2) Front schematic diagram in a state where outward folding is completed (C) (d) Schematic cross-sectional view enlarging the portion surrounded by a circle in FIG. B-2. The dotted line represents the rail 3 after the outward folding movement, and the pinch 4 after the movement is displayed in a light color.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a laundry drying tool provided with a simple circumferential rail 3c.
The state in which the empty pinch 4e is mainly arranged at the back until the dry laundry 7d is dried (a), the dry laundry 7d is collected in the back of the left hand in the figure, and the empty pinch 4e is within the possible range. A state (b) of sliding around the front (b) and a state (c) of drying the wet laundry 7w on the empty pinch 4e are shown. The laundry 7d is slid and moved while being pinched by the pinch 4d. By being able to circulate, the position of the pinch 4 is largely changed and a new space can be secured, so that the following can be additionally dried. However, in the circuit rail 3c, the empty pinch 4e between the laundry 7d and the laundry 7d slides together in the positional relationship between the pinch 4d and the pinch 4d. I can't.

The cross sections of these rails 3 are formed in the shape of a commercially available general curtain rail in which the side or the lower side is opened in a groove shape along the length direction (referred to as rail grooves 6). The pinch 4 has a part (referred to as a runner 5) formed like a curtain runner and slides on the rail 3. The shape of the runner 5 is not particularly limited, and the runner 5 does not have a rotating piece in the part of the rail 3, the direction of the cylinder axis is the length direction of the rail 3, the one orthogonal to the left and right, Anything can be used. However, it is necessary to devise a sufficient size and shape so as not to leave the groove when passing through the branch point (FIG. 7). Here, the groove of the rail 3 is directed downward, but may be directed in any direction. However, the structure must be such that the movement of the pinch 4 is not disturbed by the frame 1 or the chain 9.
A hinge 22 can be provided on the frame 1 or the rail 3, and it can be applied to a folding laundry drying tool. FIG. 11 shows an example in which a stopper is provided to prevent the pinch 4 from being detached from the rail 3 when folded.
The direction in which the laundry dryer is folded via the hinge 22 is roughly divided into the side with the pinch 4 (referred to as inward fold) (FIG. 11-a) and the side without the pinch 4 (this is the outer side). Two types of cases (referred to as “direction folding”) (FIG. 11B) are conceivable. In any case, it is necessary to have a structure in which the rail groove 6 is connected without a problem at the seam when used. When the rail groove 6 is opened downward, it is easy to prevent the pinch 4 from being detached from the rail groove 6 when folded downward. This is because if the center of rotation is at the corner of the joint of the rail groove 6, there is no gap for the pinch 4 to be detached when the folding is opened and closed (FIG. 11-a). When the rail groove 6 is opened to the side and when it is opened downward and folded outward, the pinch 4 is detached from the rail groove 6. Even if the user folds the pinch 4 at the seam and then folds it, it can be used, or a manual lid may be attached to the rail end 26, so that special measures are necessary to prevent the pinch 4 from being removed.

An example of the stopper is shown in FIG. A pinch detachment prevention plate 24 is provided on the rail ceiling surface 27 side that does not get in the way during use. The plate is loaded on the rail ceiling surface 27 and is partially fixed, and is attached to a position that becomes a lid or stopper at the end of the rail when folded. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the pinch 4 from being detached.
If the pinch 4 is present at the rail 3 joint 23 under the pinch detachment preventing plate 24 when folded, the pinch 4 is difficult to fold, and the pinch 4 may be detached from the rail end 26 during the folding operation. Pinch guide slopes 25 are provided on both edges of the rail grooves 6 on both the left and right sides of the joint (FIG. 11-d). It is a mechanism in which the pinch 4 slides down from the position naturally down the slope. The height of the pinch guide slope 25 is designed to be a steep angle as long as the pinch 4 does not get in the way of passing the rail 3. Further, the pinch guide slope 25 and the pinch detachment prevention plate 24 are devised so as not to collide with each other when the rail 3 is folded and rotated. Specifically, the pinch detachment prevention plate 24 does not need to completely block the opening of the rail end 26 and may have a minimum size and shape so that the pinch 4 does not detach, while the pinch guide slope 25 is formed at the edge of the rail groove 6. Since it can be composed of several millimeters, the pinch detachment prevention plate 24 may be designed so as to avoid the pinch guide slope 25.

Even when the rail groove 6 is opened to the side, the pinch separation preventing plate 24 similar to the above can be provided effectively. However, it is in the form of contacting the rail side surface 28 side, not the rail ceiling surface 27 side. A pinch detachment prevention plate 24 is installed below the side surface 28 in the case of inward folding and above the side surface 28 in the case of outward folding. The pinch guide slope 25 can realize a shape in which the pinch 4 does not stagnate by forming a slope in which the rail grooves 6 themselves on both sides of the rail joint 23 become higher toward the respective rail ends 26.
Although the rail 3 drawn by the dotted line in FIGS. 11c and 11d is in a state after being folded, it can be seen that the pinch detachment preventing plate 24 can be just a lid to prevent the pinch 4 from falling off.
The device of the folding structure and the hinge 22 is not limited to the first embodiment but can be applied to other embodiments.

  In FIG. 2, the laundry drying tool provided with the branch rail 3b is shown. Although the back side cannot be seen in the perspective view, in this example, it is assumed that the rails 3 are provided in the lower part of all the frames 1. The circumferential rail 3c and the branch rail 3b are connected to each other, and the grooves opened below these rails 3 are connected, and the runner 5 provided on the pinch 4 can move to the branch rail 3b by sliding the groove. Since the slide 3 can be freely slid on the rail 3, the dry laundry 7d can be pushed to the back and the wet laundry 7w can be hung forward. The empty pinch 4e can also be used effectively by moving it toward you.

The length of the branch rail 3b should be set so that all the pinches 4 that will be retracted can be retracted, but there is rarely a situation where all the pinches 4 in the drying tool are to be retracted at the same time. It would be good if the pieces could be evacuated at once.
When the branch rail 3b is provided, the relative order of the pinches 4 is switched. The relative order does not change in the case of only the rotating rail 3c. This relative order means that the three pinches 4 rotate in the order of red, blue, yellow, for example, clockwise, and if you observe it at a certain point, it will be red, blue, yellow, red, blue, yellow. This order does not change. This is called relative order here. This relative order does not change with the circular rail 3c alone (FIG. 2-d-1). On the other hand, this relative order is changed by retracting the pinch 4 using the branch rail 3b. Consider the case where red and yellow sandwich the laundry and blue is empty. When this blue pinch 4 is retracted to the branch rail 3b, yellow is moved toward red, and then blue follows, the order of red, blue and yellow changes to red, yellow and blue (Fig. 2- d-1 to 5). By collecting these empty pinches 4e in the space on one side of the drying tool, the dried laundry 7d can be collected in one place and dried and the new laundry 7w can be dried, so that the pinch 4 can be used effectively.
By providing the branch rail 3b and the escape rail 3t (FIG. 2-f), the pinch 4 can move to a required place by changing the relative order of each other. This structure is also useful when a part of the laundry is taken in and the pinch 4 is left in a state of being worm-eaten. Even if the pinch 4 and the empty pinch 4 that fall down on the laundry are mixed alternately, only the empty pinch 4e can be collected and used on one side of the drying tool. In Example 1, this is not possible, and depending on how to dry, there will be a lot of empty pinches 4e left between the laundry. However, in Example 2, it was possible to dry without worrying about the rest.

  By providing the branch rail 3b, variations in the shape of the rail 3 are expanded. A pattern example of the rail 3 is shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows the pattern of the rail 3 only, and the frame 1 and the like for reinforcement are not described. (FIG. 3-g) It is the rail 3 of a spiral shape. Although it can be designed as a rail 3 that can slide and move as a branch rail 3b, the center part is lowered as a circular rail 3c without branching at three-dimensional intersection, and when the empty pinch 4e is collected and moved to the outside from there, the pinch 4 is moved in order It is a usable and interesting design. Various shapes can be considered with these combinations and applications. It is effective not only to bring the pinch 4 with the dried laundry down to one end but also to the center. In FIGS. 3C, 3E, and 3J, when the laundry is dried, the laundry can be dried in a position where it can be easily dried on the outer side when the laundry is collected on the center rail 3c.

  It is necessary to design the rail groove 6 so that the pinch 4 can slide without stagnation at the branch point. For example, when there is a branch of the rail groove 6 as shown in FIG. 7B, when the width of the rail 3 is 1, the length of the opening guide line 32 in the figure is 1.91. In order not to drop off from the rail 3 at the branching point, the runner part 33 in the rail groove colored in black in the runner 5 in FIG. 7A must be designed to be considerably large. The actual rail groove 6 is designed so as not to intersect at an acute angle as shown in FIG. In some cases, it is necessary to devise such as hitting the drop-off prevention pin 30 as shown in FIG.

In Embodiment 3, at least one of the rail 3 and the runner 5 is provided with a braking mechanism such as unevenness (waveform) or a valve to prevent the runner 5 from moving unintentionally by the user. Some examples show what gives a mechanism for increasing the frictional resistance to the portion in contact with the runner 5 inside the rail 3.
FIG. 4A shows an embodiment in which unevenness as shown in the figure is provided on the edge of the rail groove 6. Even this alone, the runner 5 is difficult to slip due to wind. Since the runner 5 of the pinch 4 in which the laundry is suspended receives a downward force, the parts of the runner 5 reach the rail ceiling surface 27 and are not easily moved by the wind or the like. However, since the runner 5 of the pinch 4 is slidably engaged, when a force is applied in the traveling direction, the pinch 4 has a structure that slips laterally through the narrow gap.

A method of providing spring protrusions at a plurality of locations on the rail 3 as a braking mechanism is also effective. The projection has a structure that prevents the movement of the pinch 4, and has a mechanism that allows the projection to pass through while the projection is deformed by a force applied to the pinch 4 in the traveling direction. In FIG. 4B, uneven leaf springs 29 as shown in the figure are arranged on the rail ceiling surface 27 along the length direction of the rail 3, and the pinch 4 clicks through the unevenness. Although the material of the leaf spring 29 is not limited, it seems that metal is easy to process.
The spring protrusions may be flat springs such as metal attached to the rail 3 at regular intervals, but can also be made of resin using a mold simultaneously with the frame 1 and the rail 3. FIG. 4C is an example in which unevenness is formed in advance on the rail ceiling surface 27. Since there is a notch in the rail groove 6, elasticity is strong and easy to move in the vertical direction of the rail 3 (when the ceiling surface is up).

Furthermore, it is easy to form the runner 5 into a U-shape or a horizontal egg shape with a soft material. When the laundry 7 is dried and heavy, it is pulled downward and fits in a concave and convex recess provided at the edge of the rail groove 6. The runner 5 of the pinch 4 on which the laundry 7 is not hung is not caught in the recess and can move lightly because it does not move because it is bent in a shape along the concave and convex portion recess of the rail groove 6 edge.
Alternatively, the rail 3 may be made of a thin metal plate, and the folded portion that was met when the cut portion of the metal plate was folded along the rail groove 6 may be pressed slightly loosely to finish the unevenness as a result without completely crushing.
The runner 5 and the rail 3 mesh with each other like a gear, and the mechanism in which the runner 5 moves on the rail 3 while rotating increases the frictional resistance and makes it easy to obtain braking performance.
This embodiment is more effective when combined with a brush structure 2 and a magnet described later.

Here, an example in which the brush structure 2 is provided as a braking mechanism is shown.
As shown in FIG. 5, a brush structure 2 having an appropriate softness is provided. When the brush structure 2 was prototyped with a toy molding (made of fibers wrapped with a wire and made into a raised soft bar), it had good braking performance.
In the example where the molding was actually pasted, the depth of the brush structure 2 should be half of the runner 5 part of the pinch 4, but the pinch 4 may not move freely even if wind blows outdoors. Deeper contact is desired when required. The same applies to other protrusions, and the magnitude of the frictional resistance between the rail 3 and the runner 5 is adjusted depending on not only the depth but also the thickness and material of the protrusion. The depth of the brush structure 2 is not constant, and it can be moved with a weak force by making it wave like an uneven corrugated molding, and a shape that does not move arbitrarily can be realized. It is also possible to apply the same processing as an artificial turf-like resin sheet laid on a coin holder at a bank counter.
In addition to the brush structure 2 shown in FIG. 5, various patterns such as orientation, depth, and arrangement can be considered.
On the contrary, the same effect can be obtained by attaching the brush structure 2 to the runner 5 side.

  Examples of materials that can be expected to act similar to the brush structure 2, such as rubber, resin, etc., a slightly larger projection assembly, cloth, ribbon, wire, wool, knurled wool, bubble wrap, air bag, Non-woven fabrics, beads, rubber straps, water bags, etc. Any material can be used as long as it generates a suitable frictional resistance between the rail 3 and the runner 5.

In the fifth embodiment, the magnet 20 is used as a braking mechanism. An example is shown in FIG. The magnet 20 may be attached to the rail 3 and the runner 5 may be attached with a material that attracts the magnet 20 such as the magnet 20 or the metal piece 21, or vice versa.
When the magnet 20 is attached to the runner 5, the runners 5 are attracted or retreated, so that it is difficult to arrange them as expected. However, when using the metal piece 21, the worry is unnecessary.
If the number of magnets on the rail 3 side is small, the original feature that the runner 5 can be moved to a free place is not exhibited. Therefore, it is practical that the distance is at least 3 cm. When a metal is disposed on the rail 3, the metal piece 21 is not necessarily required. For example, it is a long one along the rail 3, and the portion where it touches the runner 5 due to unevenness is limited to a certain interval, or a hole is made in the rail 3 to look into the metal from the outside of the rail 3 to the inside. If the structure is such that a part of the corrugated metal plate contacts the magnet of the runner 5 from the rail side surface 28, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

In the example using a magnet, compared with the above-mentioned brush raw material, the runner 5 settles in the fixed position of the rail 3, and it has the characteristics that a minimum distance, for example, 2 cm, can be maintained. It is also effective for rearranging the pinch 4 at a default position. For example, unevenness and a magnet are used together, and the magnet is fixed to the rail ceiling surface 27 side at regular intervals. Since there is some distance to the ceiling surface 27, the pinch 4 is usually arranged at an arbitrary position on the unevenness provided on the edge of the rail groove 6. However, once an action such as turning up and down is performed, the pinch 4 is attracted to a certain position of the magnet, and is returned to the fixed position by returning up and down again. It is also practical for daily work that when the laundry drying tool is tilted slightly, only the pinch 4 attracted to the magnet is fixed and the rest remains in that position and slides downward.
Conversely, it is also possible to attach a magnet to the runner 5 and place a metal on the rail 3.
All of these braking devices are not only used alone but also in combination with some of their features. 6B shows an example in which the unevenness and the magnet are combined, and FIG. 6C shows an example in which the brush structure 2 and the magnet are combined.

  In the sixth embodiment, a mechanism capable of instantaneously returning the pinch 4 to the equidistant arrangement is provided. The pinch 4 with the runner 5 that freely slides is aligned with a simple operation. When the pinches 4 are connected at regular intervals with a string-like object, and the distance is reduced when they are moved to one side like a curtain, the distance is widened. Here, this is called a rosary pinch 12. Since the rosary pinch 12 is connected, the positional relationship between the individual pinches 4 cannot be changed as in the second embodiment including the branch rail 3b. The rail 3 and the bead pinch 12 may have a loop shape, but a mechanism may be adopted in which a magnet or the like is attached to both ends of the bead pinch 12 and one is fixed to the rail 3 and the other end is moved. When the rosary pinch 12 is contracted, the string-like connecting member 11 that connects the rosary pinch 12 is in a state of drooping or protruding depending on the material. This causes entanglement of the clip. Therefore, the rail 3 is made deep so that the connecting member 11 is hidden or the connecting member 11 is designed to protrude in a direction not entangled with the pinch 4. The connecting member 11 may be a bellows type made of a hard material instead of a string. A material used for the connecting member 11 is a springy resin, a stretchable material such as metal or rubber, or a spring made of resin or metal, but any material that satisfies the purpose of use may be used. A spring may be incorporated in the rail 3. Further, when a wide cloth up to a position sandwiching the laundry 7 at the tip of the pinch 4 is used as the connecting member 11, entanglement can be prevented. Further, the engaging position between the connecting member 11 and the pinch 4 may be the tip of the pinch 4.

As an application example, the rotating rails 3c are doubled or tripled, and each of the rails 3 is arranged with one series of bead pinches 12. When the laundry 7 is dried, the rosary pinch 12 is shrunk, and the laundry 7 is newly dried in the vacant portion using the rosary pinch 12 of the other circumferential rail 3c. In FIG. 8, one bead pinch 12 is arranged on each of the double loop rails 3c, the outer bead pinch 12 is shifted to the left, and the bead pinches 12 of the inner loop rail 3c are arranged at equal intervals. I showed you.
It is also possible to fix both ends of the rosary pinch 12 and provide a handle in the middle. This is shown in FIG. The rosary pinch 12 that spreads by moving this and the rosary pinch 12 that shrinks are used properly. This method is also suitable for installation in closets.

  A convenient laundry dryer having one end fixed to a closet or the like can also be provided by the present invention. The main body is fixed inside the closet. A reel-type laundry rope is extended from the main body to the wall on the opposite side of the room, and is hung on a wall hook 13 installed in advance. Then, the bead hanger 16 hung on the main body rail 3 is taken out along the rope and the end thereof is hung on the wall hook 13 on the opposite wall. When the laundry 7 is dried, the bead hanger 16 is first returned along the rope and stored, and then the rope is stored. It would be heavy and difficult to remove the laundry 7 while it is hanging on the conventional laundry rope, but this method will support a considerable part of the weight of the laundry 7 so that even a person without power can work normally Can be done. FIG. 5 shows an example in which the apparatus is fixed to the ceiling 17. In any of the embodiments, even if the hanger is attached to the runner 5 instead of the pinch 4, it is easy to use. If you put a laundry dryer in the closet, you can store it as it is. Moreover, it can be stored very neatly. In the example shown in FIG. 10, once the bead hanger 16 is stored, it can be arranged in the same direction as an ordinary hanger in a closet or clothes dance by simply changing the direction by 90 degrees, and the appearance can be stored neatly.

1. Frame 2. 2. Brush structure Rail 3c Circumferential rail 3b Branch rail 3t Retraction rail 4. pinch 4e empty pinch 4d pinch pinching dry laundry 4w pinch pinching wet laundry 4f pinch pinching laundry 7 Runner 6. Rail groove7. Laundry (when it is not necessary to distinguish between wet and dry)
7d. Dry laundry 7w. 7. Wet laundry Hook 9. Chain or wire10. Handle 11. Connecting member 12. Rosary pinch13. Wall hook 14. Post 15. Rope reel 16. Rosary hanger17. Ceiling 18. Rope 19. Recess 20. Magnet 21. Metal piece 22. Hinge 22a Center of rotation of the hinge 23. Rail joint 24. Detachment prevention plate 25. Pinch guide slope 26. Rail end 27. Rail ceiling surface (refers to the bottom as viewed from the open part, also in fact when located on the side)
28. Rail side surface 29. Leaf spring 30. Fall-off prevention pin 31. Auxiliary line 32. Opening guide line 33. Runner parts in rail groove

Claims (5)

  A main body rail constituting part or all of the frame and a plurality of pinches slidable in the longitudinal direction with respect to the rail, and a branch rail for slidably engaging the pinches is provided on the rail A laundry drying tool characterized in that the relative positional relationship between the pinches can be changed by moving the pinch back and forth between the main body rail and the branch rail.   A part or all of the frame is composed of a circumferential rail, and includes a plurality of pinches that can slide over the entire length of the circumferential rail, and the circumferential rail is provided with a branch rail that slidably engages the pinches. The laundry dryer according to claim 1, wherein a relative positional relationship between the pinches can be changed by using a pinch moving between the circumferential rail and the branch rail.   A part or all of the frame is constituted by a circumferential rail, and includes a plurality of pinches that can slide over the entire length of the circumferential rail, and both ends of the branch rail that slidably engages the pinches on the circumferential rail. The laundry dryer according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the relative positional relationship between the pinches can be changed by utilizing the fact that the pinches pass through the branch rails. .   The laundry according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rail is braked by sliding the pinch by providing a magnet, a spring protrusion, or a brush structure protruding into the rail groove. Clothesline. 4. The pinch guide slope 25 for preventing the pinch from staying at the rail joint 23 at the folding position, wherein the entire drying tool can be folded. 5. Laundry dryer.

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