JPH0551293U - Clothes rack - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a clothes rack that can be compactly folded and convenient for storage. [Structure] A vertically long and substantially rectangular base frame 2 and a substantially C-shaped left folding frame 3 pivotally attached to upper and lower horizontal rods 15 and 17 of the base frame 2 so as to be swingable.
And a substantially C-shaped right folding frame 4 pivotally attached to the upper and lower horizontal rods 15 and 17, a left drying frame 5 pivotally connected to the base frame 2 so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis, and a horizontal A right drying frame 6 pivotally connected to the base frame 2 so as to be swingable around an axis, a first hanging mechanism 39 that allows the left hanging frame 5 and the left folding frame 3 to be freely unhooked, and a right hanging frame 6. The second folding mechanism 41 that allows the right folding frame 4 and the second folding frame 4 to be freely detached.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a clothes dryer such as towels and clothes.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Conventionally, a pair of front and rear struts that are erected on leg portions that can be placed on the ground and the like, and a plurality of members that project from the horizontal rod that connects the struts to both left and right sides (directions orthogonal to the axial direction of the horizontal rod). A clothes rack having a structure with a stop bar is used, and laundry is dried on the locking bar.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the conventional clothes racks take up a lot of space for installation, and it was difficult to install them in places where there is only a narrow space such as an outdoor veranda, or indoors. Also, despite the installation space being taken up, we could not hang too much laundry.

Therefore, the present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems of the related art and to provide a clothes rack that can be installed even in a narrow space and can be folded compactly and convenient for storage.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a vertically long and substantially rectangular base frame, and a substantially C-shaped left foldable pivotally mounted on the upper and lower horizontal rods of the base frame so as to be swingable around a vertical axis. A frame, a substantially C-shaped right folding frame pivotally attached to the upper and lower horizontal rods so as to be swingable about a vertical axis, and a pair of base frames that are swingable to the left folding frame side about a horizontal axis. Left drying frame pivotally connected to both vertical rods, and right drying frame pivotally connected to both vertical rods so as to be swingable around the horizontal axis toward the right folding frame side, and left drying frame A first hooking and releasing mechanism that allows the left folding frame to be hooked and unhooked, and a second hooking and releasing mechanism that allows the right drying frame and the right folding frame to be hooked and unhooked are provided.

[0006]

[Action]

 Swing the left and right folding frames around the vertical axis to deploy them, then swing the left and right hanging frames upward around the horizontal axis, and then fold the left and right by the first and second hanging mechanisms. By hooking the tatami frame and the left and right drying frames, it can be easily and quickly deployed and used. Also, by using the first hanging mechanism and the second hanging mechanism, the left and right drying frames can be removed from the left and right folding frames, and the left and right folding frames can be folded into a compact folded state.

[0007] In the unfolded state of use, if clothes that are long in the top and bottom are hung by a hanger and dried, the left and right drying frames can be folded, and the place where the installation space is small or the amount of laundry to be dried is small. In this case, only one of the left folding frame and the left drying frame can be developed and used, or only one of the right folding frame and the right drying frame can be developed and used.

[0008]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating an embodiment.

1 to 4 show a state in which the clothes rack according to the present invention is deployed and used, FIG. 2 is a front view, FIG. 3 is a left side view, and FIG. 4 is a plan view. The clothes rack 1 is made of stainless steel or the like, and has a vertically long and substantially rectangular base frame 2, left and right folding frames 3 and 4 pivotally attached to the base frame 2 so as to be unfoldable, and swingable on the base frame 2. It is provided with a left drying frame 5 and a plurality of right drying frames 6 and 6 which are freely pivoted.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a caster attached to the lower ends of the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 with bolts and nuts, etc., for facilitating folding and unfolding the left and right folding frames 3 and 4. Reference numeral 8 is a corrugated locking member fixed to the upper ends of the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 with rivets or the like, and is for hanging a hanger or the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the base frame 2 made of a pipe material or the like has a substantially inverted U-shaped upper base frame 2 a and a substantially W-shaped lower base frame 2 b, which are joined together by connecting rods 9 and 9. Connected and assembled.

As shown in FIG. 5, the joint rod 9 has a short tubular shape, and has an insertion portion 10 tightly fitted in the holes at the ends of the upper and lower base frames 2a and 2b and the ends of the upper and lower base frames 2a and 2b. The bulging portion 11 is in contact with the edge portion.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the left folding frame 3 made of a pipe material is similar to the base frame 2 in a substantially J-shaped upper left frame 3a and lower left frame 3b (in a separated state). The connecting rod 9 is connected to and assembled so as to form a substantially C-shape as a whole. The vertical height of the left folding frame 3 is set to be about the height of a person (for example, 1.6 m).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the left folding frame 3 is pivotally attached to the base frame 2 via pivoting members 12, 12 about a vertical axis. The pivoting member 12 has a bending piece 13 having a U-shaped cross section and a semicircular receiving piece 14, and the bending piece 13 is riveted to the upper lateral rod portion 15 of the base frame 2. It is fixed in a horizontal position.

The end portion of the upper left frame 3a is rotatably inserted into the through hole of the bending piece 13, and further, the receiving piece 14 is fixed to the left folding frame 3 by rivets or the like, and the upper left frame 3a Are connected to the base frame 2. Reference numeral 16 is a cap attached to the hole of the left folding frame 3.

In the same manner as described above, the end portion of the lower left frame 3 b is also pivotally attached to the lower lateral rod portion 17 of the base frame 2 via the pivot attachment member 12.

The right folding frame 4, which has the same structure as the left folding frame 3, also has a vertical axis via pivoting members 12, 12 to the upper and lower horizontal rod portions 15, 17 of the base frame 2 as described above. As shown in FIG. 4, the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 are pivotally mounted around the center of the body so that the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 respectively have a swing angle in the range of 180 ° in the arrow A direction or the arrow B direction. Can be folded and unfolded.

In the illustrated example, the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 are pivotally mounted at positions displaced by a predetermined distance in the front-back direction of the base frame 2, and from the pivotal fulcrum C of the left folding frame 3 to the base frame 2. until the front end with a length L _1, and the length L ₂ from the pivot point C to the left edge of the left tatami frame 3, it is set to be substantially the same.

Further, also in the right folding frame 4, the length from the pivot I is set so as to have the same relationship with the lengths L ₁ and L ₂ . Therefore, if the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 are folded in the direction of the arrow A, the left and right ends of the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 do not protrude from the front and rear ends of the base frame 2, and the compact structure is achieved. The distance between the pivot points C and I can be freely increased or decreased. For example, it is also preferable that the pivot points C and I be located at substantially the same position.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the horizontal rung-shaped left drying frame 5 includes a first supporting rod 18 such as a pipe material and a substantially U-shaped connecting rod connected to the first supporting rod 18 in an orthogonal manner. It is composed of a character-shaped outer frame 19 and a plurality of connecting rods 20 that bridge the outer frame 19.

Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the connecting rods 20 are fixed to the outer frame 19 and the outer frame 19 are fixed to the first supporting rod 18 by rivets or the like, respectively. Both ends of the first support rod 18 are rotatably inserted into the large and small through holes 22 and 23 of both the vertical rods 21 and 21 of the base frame 2, and are pivotally connected to the base frame 2 via a fixture 24.

For this fixing tool 24, for example, an open-ended rivet with a push-in pin is used. After inserting the fixing tool 24 into the small-diameter portion 25 of the first supporting rod 18, the tip of the fixing tool 24 is fixed. It is opened and fixed to the narrowed portion 26 of the first support rod 18.

In this way, the left drying frame 5 is moved in the direction shown by the arrow E in FIG. 2, that is, on the left folding frame 3 side by the first pivoting portions 42, 42 that pivotally connect the left drying frame 5 and the base frame 2. There is a swinging movement around the horizontal axis.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the skewer-shaped right drying frame 6 is provided with a second supporting rod 27 such as a pipe material, and the second supporting rod 27 projecting from the second supporting rod 27 at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction in an orthogonal manner. And a plurality of substantially U-shaped locking pieces 29, which are arranged in parallel with each other on the second support rod 27 with the hanging pieces 28 sandwiched therebetween.

As shown in FIG. 8, the hook-and-hook pieces 28 and the locking pieces 29 are fixed to the second support rod 27 by welding or the like. Further, both ends of the second supporting rod 27 are pivotally connected to the base frame 2 via pivoting members 30, 30 fixed to both the vertical rods 21, 21 of the base frame 2.

The pivotal connector 30 is made of plastic and has a recess 31 that comes into close contact with the rod 21 and a sliding contact portion 32 that is rotatably inserted into the hole of the second support rod 27. It is fixed to the rod portion 21 with bolts and nuts 36 via 33, 34 and 35.

In this way, the right drying frame 6 is horizontally arranged in the direction shown by the arrow F in FIG. 2, that is, to the right folding frame 4 side by the second pivot portion 43 that pivotally connects the right drying frame 6 and the base frame 2. It is possible to swing around the axis.

The right drying frame 6 can be used to hang small items such as towels, the left drying frame 5 can be used to hang bath towels, and the locking member 8 can be hung to hang clothes. it can.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 9, in the hook 37 formed by bending a wire or the like, the shaft end portions 38, 38 are rotatably inserted into the through holes of the left folding frame 3, It is possible to swing around the shaft end 38.

The hook 37 and the outer frame 19 of the left hanging frame 5 constitute a first hanging mechanism 39 that allows the left hanging frame 5 and the left folding frame 3 to be hooked and unhooked freely. Further, the hooks 40, 40 and the hook-and-hook pieces 28, 28, which have the same structure as the hook 37, allow the second hanging mechanism 41, which allows the right drying frames 6, 6 and the right folding frame 4 to be freely hooked and unhooked. Make up 41.

In order to fold the left drying frame 5 from the unfolded state shown in FIG. 2, the left drying frame 5 is first swung upward, and then the hook 37 is swung in the direction of arrow G to move the left drying frame 5 to the left. It is sufficient to swing the drying frame 5 downward.

To change the folded state to the unfolded state, the left drying frame 5 is swung upward until the hook 37 is swung in the direction of the arrow G, so that the hook 37 becomes horizontal. Swing it in the direction and hook it on the left drying frame 5.

Similarly to the left drying frame 5, the right drying frame 6 can also be in an unfolded or folded state. When the right drying frame 6 is hooked with the hooks 40, 40, the right drying frame 6 is inclined at a predetermined angle θ ₁ and is inclined at a predetermined angle as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. Tilt backward at θ ₂ .

According to the clothes drying platform 1 configured as described above, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 and the left and right drying frames 5, 6 and 6 are used by expanding them, respectively. In this state, the whole of the casters 7, 7 located at the lower front and rear ends of the base frame 2 and the left and right lower ends of the left and right folding frames 3, 4 can be securely supported, and the stability is good and the device can easily fall over. There is no safety.

If the installation space is very small or the amount of laundry to be dried is small, only the left folding frame 3 and the left drying frame 5 are unfolded or used, or the right folding frame 4 and the right drying frame 6, Only 6 can be expanded and used.

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show a folded state of the clothes rack 1, and since it has a compact flat plate shape like this, it does not take up a storage space and is easy to carry.

[0037]

[Effect of the device]

 Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following great effects.

Since it can be folded compactly, it is easy to carry, and it is convenient because it does not take up much space for storage. Further, in the unfolded and used state, it has good stability and does not easily fall, so there is no risk of the laundry being soiled or injuring a person.

It can be installed in a small space such as an outdoor balcony or in a room without taking up a lot of space. Since it is vertically long, it is possible to effectively use the upper and lower spaces such as the room and veranda, and it is possible to dry many laundry in three dimensions even in a small space.

Further, by folding the left drying frame 5 and / or the right drying frames 6 and 6, clothes such as vertically long clothes can be hung by a hanger or the like to be dried. Moreover, one or both of the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 can be used in an expanded state according to the size of the installation space and the amount of laundry to be dried, which is extremely practical.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a developed and used state of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a connection structure of an upper base frame and a lower base frame.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a pivotal structure of a left-right folding frame and a base frame.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a first pivotal part.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a second pivotal part.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a state where hooks are attached to the left and right folding frames.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a folded state.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a folded state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Base frame 3 Left folding frame 4 Right folding frame 5 Left drying frame 6 Right drying frame 15 Upper horizontal rod part 17 Lower horizontal rod part 21 Vertical rod part 39 1st hanging mechanism 41 2nd hanging mechanism

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A vertically long and substantially rectangular base frame 2, and a substantially C-shaped left folding frame 3 pivotally attached to the upper and lower horizontal rods 15, 17 of the base frame 2 so as to be swingable around a vertical axis. A substantially C-shaped right folding frame 4 pivotally attached to the upper and lower horizontal rod portions 15 and 17 so as to be swingable around a vertical axis.
And a left drying frame 5 pivotally connected to the pair of vertical rods 21, 21 of the base frame 2 so as to be swingable around the horizontal axis toward the left folding frame 3 side, and horizontally toward the right folding frame 4 side. A first hanging mechanism 39 for freely hanging the right drying frame 6, the left drying frame 5, and the left folding frame 3 which are pivotally connected to both the vertical rods 21, 21 so as to be swingable around an axis. And a second hanging mechanism 41 that allows the right drying frame 6 and the right folding frame 4 to be freely hung and unhooked.