JPH0620427Y2 - Clothes hanging rotation device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device] [Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a clothes-hanging / rotating device for suspending a large number of clothes and sequentially rotating and conveying them in a closet, for example.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, as a device of this type which is fixed to the ceiling of a closet, a device disclosed in JP-A-62-189010 is known. In this conventional device, an endless rail having an elliptical and endless box shape in cross section is directly fixed to the lower surface of the ceiling of the closet, and a large number of runners are inserted into the endless rail. The hanger frame on which the hanger can be hung is swingably suspended through a suspension shaft, and the suspension shafts of adjacent hanger frames are connected by a connecting arm so that all suspended hanger frames can be simultaneously rotated and transported along the endless rail. It is the one.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

However, in this conventional one, since the hanger frame is suspended on the endless rail fixed to the lower surface of the ceiling portion, the hanger frame vibrates violently and the stability is very poor. Also, the more clothes you hang on the hanger frame, the greater the pull-down load on the ceiling of the closet, so the ceiling must have a sturdy structure, which limits the available closets and in many cases Installation costs are high because of the need for reinforcement. Further, since the entire weight of the upper rail including clothes is required, the endless rail must be robust and the cost is high. The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the related art, to support the hanger frame on the endless rail in a stable state for smooth running, and to keep the entire device in a stable state without wobbling. It is also possible to easily attach and detach the hanger frame to and from the endless rail.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The clothes-hanging / rotating device according to the present invention comprises an endless upper rail having a guide groove having an inverted U-shaped cross section and an endless lower rail having a guide groove having a U-shaped cross section. While directly fixed to the ceiling surface, the lower rail is directly fixed to the floor surface by a lower fixture, a plurality of upper steady rest rollers are attached to the upper side portions of the plurality of hanger frames, and a plurality of casters are attached to the lower side portions, respectively. Position the caster in the guide groove of the lower rail to support the hanger frame from below, and position the upper steady rest roller in the guide groove of the upper rail to regulate the swing of the upper part of the hanger frame. It was done.

[Action]

With such a structure, each hanger frame is slidably supported on the lower rail by a plurality of casters attached to its lower side, and the upper rail simply prevents the hanger frame from swinging. It does not weigh the hanger frame and clothes, and therefore does not weigh the ceiling of the storage compartment. Also, the center of gravity is lower, so the overall stability is good. The caster rolls along the guide groove of the lower rail having a U-shaped cross section while supporting the weight of the hanger frame to prevent the lower part of the hanger frame from swinging. You can run smoothly even on the curved parts of the upper and lower rails. Further, since the upper rail is directly fixed to the ceiling surface by the upper fixing tool and the lower rail is directly fixed to the floor surface by the lower fixing tool, both the upper and lower rails can be held in a stable state without wobbling. Furthermore, to attach the hanger frame between the upper and lower rails,
Insert the upper steady rest roller into the guide rail with an inverted U-shaped cross section of the upper rail by lifting the hanger frame slightly diagonally, and then drop the caster into the guide groove with a U-shaped cross section of the lower rail. In this way, the hanger frame should be erected vertically between the upper and lower rails.

【Example】

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of the clothes hanging and rotating device of the first embodiment. In order to make the apparatus of the first embodiment self-supporting by its own frame, as shown in FIG. 2, two front and rear cross-members 1 in the shape of a square pipe are connected by the left and right connecting members 2 in the shape of a square pipe as well. The lower frame 3 and the left and right vertical members 4 connected by the upper and lower connecting members 5 and the pillar frame 6 which is also assembled in the double girder, and the same as the lower frame 3 the front and rear two horizontal members 7 are connected left and right. It has an upper frame 9 which is connected with a material 8 and assembled into a cross girder, and the lower ends of the vertical members 4 on the left and right of the column frame 6 are connected to the left and right of the lower frame 3 by L-shaped joining fittings 10 as shown in FIG. By connecting to the middle portion of the material 2, the column frame 6
Is vertically fixed on the lower frame 3 and the upper frame 9
The upper frame 9 is horizontally installed on the upper end of the column frame 6 by similarly joining the middle portions of the left and right connecting members 8 to the upper ends of the left and right vertical members 5 of the column frame 6 with the joint fittings 11. Then, an endless lower rail 12 having a substantially elliptical shape is placed on the cross members 1 before and after the lower frame 3 and fixed to the cross member 1 of the lower frame 3 with screws 13 as shown in FIG. While doing
An endless upper rail 14 having substantially the same elliptical shape as the lower rail 12 is fixed to the lower surfaces of the cross members 7 in the front and rear of the upper frame 9 as shown in FIG. Adjusting feet (adjusters) 15 are screwed to a plurality of lower surfaces of the left and right connecting members 2 of the lower frame 3 so that the whole can be installed horizontally and the height can be adjusted. The lower rail 12 is made of aluminum in which a cross-sectional shape as shown in FIG. 4, that is, a lower portion 16a having a rectangular cross section and an upper portion 16b having a U-shaped cross section are integrally molded, and convex ridges 16c are formed on both inner side surfaces of the upper portion 16b. It is composed of the mold material 16. That is, for the curved portions on both sides of the lower rail 12, a mold material 16 which is entirely curved in a U-shape is used, and for the front and rear straight parts, a straight mold material 16 is used. The lower rail 12 has a guide groove 17 formed by the upper portion 16b of the mold member 16 and having a U-shaped cross section and a continuous elliptical shape as a whole. Then, in the bottom of the convex groove 16c in the guide groove 17, a long hard synthetic resin insole 18 also serving as a cushioning material is fitted over the entire length, and further provided on the entire length of the upper surface of the insole 18. A rod 20 made of a hard material such as brass, stainless steel or ceramic is fitted in the narrow groove 19 over the entire length. The rod member 20 has a circular cross section, and its upper portion is projected from the upper surface of the insole member 18. As shown in FIG. 6, the upper rail 14 is constructed by connecting a mold material 21 having an inverted U-shaped cross section in the same manner as the lower rail 12, and a guide groove 22 having an inverted U-shaped cross section and continuously formed into an elliptical shape as a whole. Is formed. Between the lower rail 12 and the upper rail 14 having such a structure, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of hanger frames 23 forming a vertically long rectangular frame are slidably mounted. That is, each hanger frame 23 has two left and right casters 24 attached to its lower side portion 23a as shown in FIG.
The upper rail 14 is slidably mounted on the upper side portion 23b, and two left and right upper steady rest rollers (runners) 25 mounted on the upper side portion 23b are positioned in the guide groove 22 of the upper rail 14 so that the upper rail 14 swings. It is designed to slide along both rails 12 and 14 while being prevented from moving. Adjacent hanger frames 23 are connected by upper and lower links 26 and 27, which are long plates, as described later. As shown in FIG. 7, the casters 24 are provided on the left and right side plates of the vehicle frame 28, and support rollers 29 made of hard synthetic resin that rotate in a vertical plane.
While supporting the axle (horizontal axis) 30 of the above, the front and rear lower steady rest rollers 32 made of hard synthetic resin that rotate in a horizontal plane are provided on the lower surface of the horizontal plate 31 extending in the front and rear of the vehicle frame 28 by the vertical axis 33. It is rotatably supported and a mounting shaft 34 is fixed to the center of the upper surface of the vehicle frame 28. This mounting shaft 34
The upper end of the is a screw portion 34a. The state in which the lower side portion 23a of the hanger frame 23 is supported by the casters 34 is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. In FIG. 4, a flanged sleeve 35 is fitted around the mounting shaft 34, the sleeve 35 and the circular hole 27a of the lower link 27 are fitted together, and then a ring 36 is fitted on the upper end of the sleeve 35. Combine this with E
By fixing to the mounting shaft 34 with the ring 37, the casters 24 of the adjacent hanger frames 23 are connected to each other by the lower link 27.
Are linked by. The caster 24 connected in this way is used as a guide groove for the lower rail 12.
With the spacer ring attached to the mounting shaft 34,
38 is fitted, and the mounting shaft 34 and the bearing hole 39 formed in the lower side portion 23a of the hanger frame 23 are fitted through the bristle-attached bush 40, and then the mounting shaft 34 from the upper side of the lower side portion 23a.
The caster 24 is rotatably attached to the lower side portion 23a by screwing the cap nut 41 into the screw portion 34a of the lower rail portion 12 by the two left and right casters 24.
The hanger frames 23 placed on top of each other and adjacent to each other are connected via a lower link 27. Casters 23 are guide grooves 17
Inside, the support roller 29 rolls on the bar member 20, and the front and rear lower steady rest rollers 32 roll along both inner side surfaces of the guide groove 17. In addition, sleeve 35, ring 36, spacer ring 3
8. The bush 40 is made of hard synthetic resin. On the other hand, in the upper side portion 23b of the hanger frame 23, bearing holes 42 are bored at two positions on the right and left sides thereof, as shown in FIG. 6, and the upper connecting shaft 43 is vertically fixed therethrough. The fixing is performed by screwing and tightening a cap nut 46 on the lower end screw portion 43a of the upper connecting shaft 43 via a washer 44 and a snap ring 45. A sleeve 47 with a collar made of a hard synthetic resin is fitted to the upper side of the upper connecting shaft 43 protruding above the upper side 23b, and the upper steady rest roller 25 described above is attached to the upper end of the upper connecting shaft 34. It is pivotally supported to rotate in the horizontal plane. The shaft is supported by screwing the screw portion 48 of the shaft of the upper steadying roller 25 into the screw hole at the upper end of the upper connecting shaft 43. The upper steady rest roller 25 is located in the guide groove 22 of the upper rail 9 and rolls along both inner side surfaces thereof. The upper link 26 connects the hanger frames 23 to each other as follows. As shown in FIG. 8, the tip of the link 26 has a bearing hole sized to fit with the sleeve 47.
49 and the width of the upper connecting shaft 43 to fit the bearing hole 49.
And a notch 50 having a flat truncated cone shape which is continuous with and open to the side edge of the link 26, and a base end portion (not shown) is provided.
There is no such cutout 50, and only a circular bearing hole having a size that fits with the sleeve 47 is provided. Then, the bearing hole on the base end side is fitted in advance to the sleeve 47 of the upper connecting shaft 43 (the side opposite to the side shown in FIG. 8) of the adjacent one hanger frame 23 to connect the two. With respect to the other hanger frame 23 to be tried, the bearing hole 49 on the tip side of the link 26
Is loosely fitted to the upper connecting shaft 43 through the notch 50 at a position above the sleeve 47, and then the tip end of the link 26 is lowered to fit the bearing hole 49 into the sleeve 47. After this,
A ring 51 made of hard synthetic resin is fitted in the upper connecting shaft 34 in advance, and a ring 51 made of hard synthetic resin is fitted to the upper end of the sleeve 47, and a split sleeve 52 made of soft synthetic resin having a slit 52a.
Is forcibly fitted to the upper connecting shaft 43 below the upper steady rest roller 25, and the fitted state of the bearing hole 49 and the sleeve 47 is maintained. The notch 50 may be provided on the base end side of the link 26, and the base end side may be detachably attached to the upper connecting shaft 43 in the same manner as described above. The support structure by the left and right casters 24 of the lower side part 23a of each hanger frame 23, the support structure by the left and right upper steady rest rollers 25 of the upper side part 23b, and the connection structure between the adjacent hanger frames 23 are as described above. The positions of the left and right casters 24 with respect to the lower side portion 23a and the positions of the left and right upper steady rest rollers 25 with respect to the upper side portion 23b are different from each other. That is,
As shown in FIG. 3, in each hanger frame 23, the distance L ₁ from the center of the lower side portion 23a to the caster 24 on the right side is
It is longer than the distance L ₂ from the center to the caster 24 on the left side. Therefore, the distance from the caster 24 on the right side to the right side portion 23c of the hanger frame 23 is shorter than the distance from the caster 24 on the left side to the left side portion 23c of the hanger frame 23. The position of the left and right upper steady rest rollers 25 is also the upper side of the hanger frame 23.
It has a similar relationship to the center of 23b. Between the right and left side portions 23c of each hanger frame 23, one or a plurality of, for example, round bar-shaped hanger bars 53 are horizontally laid horizontally in a height-adjustable and detachable manner. This hanger bar 53
As shown in FIG. 9, a large number of hook hanging grooves 54 are dug diagonally with respect to the axis and at regular intervals so that a large number of ordinary clothes hangers can be diagonally aligned and suspended. Has become. The hook hook groove 54 is for the left and right casters 24.
Because of the above-described positional relationship, the hanger bar 53 is provided on the right side up to the right end of the hanger bar 53, but on the left side of the hanger bar 53, there is not near the left end of the hanger bar 53. The left end of 53 is a hook hook groove 54
It is just a round bar without. In addition, hook hook groove 54
May be continuous in a spiral shape. Lower side 23a, upper side 23b and left and right side 23c of the hanger frame 23
Are made of metal square pipe material such as stainless steel or aluminum, and these are used at the four corners of the hanger frame 23 by using the elbow 55 shown in FIG. 10 and the L-shaped joint fitting 56 shown in FIG. 11 as follows. Join at a right angle to. The elbow 55 is, for example, an aluminum die-cast product having a fan-shaped cross section, and has convex portions 55 fitted to the metal square pipe material on both end faces thereof.
have a. As shown in FIG. 12, the upper side 2 of the hanger frame 23
When joining 3b and the left side portion 23c, one convex portion 55a of the elbow 55 is fitted to the end portion of the upper side portion 23b, and the other convex portion 55a is fitted to the end portion of the left side portion 23c. , These upper edges 23
Make a right angle between b and the left side part 23c and join the metal fittings 56 inside them.
13 through the screw holes 57 provided in the joint fitting 56, and screw holes in the upper side portion 23b and the left side portion 23c as shown in FIG.
The screw 59 is screwed into the screw 58, and the above-mentioned fitted state is held tightly. Upper side 23b and right side 23c, lower side 23a and left side 23c, lower side 23
The a and the right side portion 23c are also joined in the same manner. Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 14, the C-shaped elbow 60 may be used for joining without using the joining fitting 56. Pressing fixtures 61 as shown in FIG. 6 are vertically screwed to the upper frame 9 at front and rear portions of each of the left and right connecting members 8. This pressing fixture 61 has a pressing disc 63 fixed to the upper end of a screw shaft 62, and an elastic pad 64 such as sponge provided on the pressing disc 63. The screw shaft 62 is inserted into the connecting member 8. It is screwed into the female screw cylinder 65. The adjusting leg 15 is also screwed to the connecting member 2 of the lower frame 3 with such a structure. First, the hanger frame 23 includes the two upper steady rest rollers 25.
From the lower side into the guide groove 22 of the upper rail 24,
23a are supported on the casters 24, which are connected to each other by the lower links 27 in advance as described above, and then the upper links 26 are connected to each other.
The bearing holes 49 of the above can be sequentially connected only by fitting the sleeve 47 of the upper connecting shaft 43 of the adjacent hanger frame 23 as described above. When one of all the hanger frames 23 connected in this way is moved. The whole circulates along the endless lower rail 12 and the upper rail 14, in which case each hanger frame 23 is supported from below by two casters 24, and the support rollers 29 of the casters 24 are
A bar member 20 that slightly protrudes in the guide groove 17 of the lower rail 12.
Since all of the hangers 23 can be slid very lightly because they roll while making point contact with each other. Also, each hanger frame
In 23, the two upper steady rest rollers 25 are the upper rails.
In the guide grooves 22 of the 14 rails, rolling is performed along both inner side surfaces thereof, and two sets of the lower steady rest rollers 32 roll in the guide grooves 17 of the lower rail 12 along both inner side surfaces thereof. It does not move and slides smoothly in a stable vertical state. The clothes-hanging / rotating device shown in FIG. 1 has the above-described structure.
As shown in the figure, it is installed in, for example, a closet 66, the height is adjusted by adjusting legs 15 on a floor 66a of the closet 66, and the pressing fixture 61 is screwed upward to elastic pad 64 thereof. The closet 66 ceiling 66
It is pressed against the lower surface of b, that is, the adjusting leg 15 and the pressing fixture 61.
By pressing the floor portion 66a and the ceiling portion 66b of the closet 66 with and, the whole is stored and fixed in the closet 66. In such a stored state, the hook hanging groove 54 of the hanger bar 53 is oblique, and therefore, when the clothes are suspended by the clothes hanger on the hanger bar 53, the clothes d are slanted as shown in FIG. Since they are aligned and suspended, the overall storage space can be reduced. When the hanger frame 23 slides on the left and right curved portions of the lower rail 12 and the upper rail 14, its right side portion 23c turns around the right caster 24 and the right upper steady rest roller 25 as a fulcrum,
The left side portion 23c turns while turning around the caster 24 on the left side and the upper steady rest roller 25 on the left side as a fulcrum. In this case, the turning diameter is short on the right side and long on the left side, so as shown in Fig. 15 (plan view), adjacent hanger frames
The distance between the right side portion 23c and the left side portion 23c of the two 23 becomes large.
For this reason, the hanger frame 23 is attached to the lower rail 12 and the upper rail.
The right and left curved portions of 14 can be smoothly turned around, and the clothes d are less likely to collide with each other between the adjacent hanger frames 23. Moreover, since the clothes d are suspended obliquely and are not hung on one end (left end) of the hanger bar 53,
The clothes d are less likely to collide with each other between the adjacent hanger frames 23. However, as shown in FIG. 16, in each hanger frame a, when the positions of the two left and right casters b are set to be equidistant from the center of the lower side of the hanger frame a, the adjacent hanger frame a is opened. I can't take a big distance. As a result, the endless rail c
Even when trying to reduce the ellipse of the hanger frame, when the hanger frame a approaches the curved portion, the hanger frames have a large binding force and cannot change directions smoothly. Since the hanger frame a is prevented from changing its direction and being transported,
It cannot be miniaturized. In the figure, e is a link connecting adjacent hanger frames a. FIG. 17 shows a clothes hanging and rotating device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In addition to the structure of the first embodiment, this device is a side frame in which front and rear vertical members 67 are connected by upper and lower connecting members 68 to form a double girder.
69, the lower frame 3 and the upper frame 9 are extended to the left, for example, and the left ends of the front and rear cross members 1 and 7 are joined to the front and rear vertical members 67 of the side frame 69 by a joining metal fitting 70. is there. In this case, the side frame 69 can prevent the entire front-back swing, and the column frame 6 can prevent the left-right swing. In the second embodiment, the whole is fixed to the closet 66 by lifting the whole by the adjusting legs 15 and pressing the upper frame 9 against the lower surface of the ceiling portion 66b of the closet 66. In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 18, the pillar frame 6, the upper frame 9 and the side frame 69 are omitted to separate the lower rail 12 and the upper rail 14, and the upper rail 14 is attached to the ceiling 66b of the closet 66. The lower frame 3 is directly fixed to the floor 66a, while the lower frame 3 is directly fixed to the lower surface of the. Upper rail 14
The cushioning material 71 is interposed between the bottom surface of the ceiling portion 66b and the screw 7
The lower frame 3 is fixed with screws 74 by interposing a cushioning material 73 between the left and right connecting members 2 of the lower frame 3 and the upper surface of the floor 66a.
As shown in FIG. 20, the lower rail 12 may be directly fixed to the floor 66a by using, for example, an L-shaped joint fitting 75.
In the figure, 76 is a cushioning material, 77 is a joining metal fitting 75, and a lower rail.
Screws for fixing to 12 and 78 for fixing the joint fitting 75 to the floor portion 66a. Also, as shown in FIG. 21, the lower rail 12
More preferably, the lower rail 12 is directly fixed on the floor 66a by screwing the screw 13 from the lower side of the floor 66a into the screw hole 16d at the lower end of the mold member 16 constituting the. Upper rail 14 and lower rail
The 12 can be directly fixed to the ceiling and the floor with other appropriate fixing tools. FIG. 22 shows an example in which a clothes-hanging / rotating device having a structure similar to that of the third embodiment is fixedly installed in a push-in 79 of a general household in the same manner as in FIG.

[Effect of device]

The effects of the present invention are listed below. Each hanger frame is slidably supported on the lower rail by a plurality of casters attached to the lower side of the hanger frame, and the upper rail merely prevents the hanger frame from swinging. Since it does not weigh on the ceiling of the storage room, the overall stability is good. In addition, it is not necessary to make the upper rail and the ceiling of the storage room a robust structure sufficient to support the total weight, and it is possible to store it economically in a ready-made closet without requiring special reinforcement work. I can wear it. The caster rolls along the guide groove of the lower rail having a U-shaped cross section while supporting the weight of the hanger frame to prevent the lower part of the hanger frame from swinging. You can run smoothly even on the curved parts of the upper and lower rails. Since the upper rails are directly fixed to the ceiling surface by the upper fixtures and the lower rails are directly fixed to the floor surface by the lower fixtures, the upper and lower rails can be held in a stable state without wobbling, thus the stability of the entire device Very good. To install the hanger frame between the upper and lower rails, lift the hanger frame slightly obliquely and insert the upper steady rest roller into the guide groove of the upper rail that has an inverted U-shaped cross section first. Since the hanger frame may be vertically set between the upper and lower rails so as to be dropped into the guide groove having a U-shaped cross section of the lower rail, the hanger frame can be easily attached to and detached from the upper and lower rails.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a first embodiment of a clothes hanging / rotating device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a relationship between a lower frame and a lower rail thereof, and FIG. 3 is a curved portion of the lower rail and the same. FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a peripheral portion, FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing a support structure of a hanger frame on a lower rail, FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a curved portion of the upper rail and its peripheral portion, and FIG. 6 is a hanger frame. And an upper rail, and an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a fixed state of the upper rail, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a caster, and FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing a connecting structure of hanger frames to each other by an upper link. Figure is a perspective view of a hanger bar, Figure 10 is a perspective view of an elbow used to join the corners of the hanger frame,
FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the joint fitting, FIG. 12 is an enlarged front view of the jointed state by these, FIG. 13 is an enlarged sectional view of the same, and FIG.
FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of another example of the joined state, FIG. 15 is an explanatory view for explaining the conveyance state of clothes by this clothes hanging and rotating device, and FIG. 16 is an explanation for explaining the conveyance state of clothes according to the conventional example. It is a figure. FIG. 17 is an overall perspective view of a second embodiment of the clothes hanging / rotating device according to the present invention, FIG. 18 is an overall perspective view of the third embodiment, and FIG. 19 is a fixing state of upper and lower rails thereof. Enlarged sectional view, FIG. 20 is an enlarged sectional view of another example of the lower rail fixed state, FIG. 21 is an enlarged sectional view of another example thereof, and FIG. 22 is the same clothes hanging rotation as the third embodiment. It is a perspective view of the state where the device was stored and installed in the closet. 3 ... bottom frame, 6 ... column frame, 9 ... top frame, 12 ... bottom rail, 14 ... top rail, 15 ... adjustment leg, 17 ... guide groove, 22 ... guide groove, 23 ... … Hanger frame, 23a, 23b …… Lower and upper sides of hanger frame, 24 …… Casters, 25 ……
Upper steady rest roller, 26, 27 …… Link, 29 …… Support roller, 32 …… Lower steady rest roller, 61 …… Pressing fixture.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A guide groove having an inverted U-shaped cross section in a clothes hanging and rotating device in which a plurality of rectangular hanger frames are connected to each other via links so that they can be sequentially moved to an endless rail. And an endless lower rail having a guide groove with a U-shaped cross section. The upper rail is fixed directly to the ceiling surface by the upper fixing tool, while the lower rail is fixed to the floor surface by the lower fixing tool. Directly fix and attach a plurality of upper steady rest rollers to the upper side of each hanger frame and a plurality of casters to the lower side, and position the casters in the guide groove of the lower rail to lower the hanger frame. And the upper steady rest roller is positioned in the guide groove of the upper rail to regulate the swing of the upper part of the hanger frame. Location.