JPH0646477Y2 - Laundry cabinet structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a structure of a laundry cabinet accommodating a washing machine.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 10, there is known a laundry cabinet in which a drying chamber 5 is provided in an upper portion of a cabinet body 2 and a washing machine storage chamber 4 for accommodating a washing machine 12 is provided in a lower portion thereof. There is. And in this thing, the laundry 8 wash | cleaned by the washing machine 12 is put in the drying room 5, and is dried, and the drying room 5 and the washing machine storage room 4 are front half bodies.
It was partitioned by a foldable partition plate 3 formed by 3b and the rear half 3c. 10 is a dryer.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional example as described above, when the partition plate 3 is folded, if the laundry 8 such as clothes is present in the drying chamber 5,
The laundry 8 may be caught, and the laundry 8 cannot be folded smoothly because the laundry 8 interferes with the laundry 8. Therefore, it is necessary to shift the position of the laundry 8 and the laundry is folded and stored. There is a problem that the operability is poor when installing or extending and installing. Further, when the laundry is dried, the water droplets dropped on the partition plate 3 fall onto the washing machine 12 through the gap between the front half body 3b and the rear half body 3c. There was a case that the washing machine 12 installed in was wet.

The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to allow the partition member to be put in and taken out easily with good operability and to prevent water that falls on the partition member during drying of laundry without any problem. To provide the structure of a laundry cabinet that can be processed.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the structure of the laundry cabinet according to the present invention is such that the inside of the cabinet body 2 whose front surface is opened and closed by the door 1 is provided between the door 1 and the back plate 2a. A flexible partition member 3 is installed to partition the washing machine storage chamber 4 below and the drying chamber 5 above, and a partition rail 6 is provided between the door 1 and the back plate 2a and stored along the back plate 2a. A rail 7 is provided, a partition member 3 is provided so as to be slidable between the partition rail 6 and the storage rail 7, and a water receiving portion 20 is provided below the partition rail 6 for receiving water droplets dropped on the partition member 3. Is provided.

[Operation] The partition member 3 slides along the partition rails 6 and the storage rails 7, and even if there is the laundry 8 in the drying chamber 5, it can be put in and taken out without touching the laundry 8. You can Then, the water droplets dropped on the partition member 3 are received by the water receiving portion 20 and do not fall on the washing machine 12 installed in the washing machine housing chamber 4.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

A cabinet 1 having an open front has an openable door 1 at the front opening, a top bag 9 is formed on the top, and a heat pump dryer 10 is placed on the top plate 9a for storage. I am doing it. Reference numeral 11 is a front plate attached to the front of the bag 9. A partition member 3 is provided at a substantially middle portion of the cabinet body 2 so as to vertically partition the interior of the cabinet body 2.
Is provided, and the partition member 3 allows the washing machine to move downward.
A washing machine storage room 4 for accommodating 12 and a drying room 5 for accommodating the laundry 8 are provided above. The partition member 3 is formed to be bendable, and in the illustrated embodiment, is formed by a shutter 3'which is formed by connecting a plurality of thin plate members 3a in a bendable manner. The partition member 3 is slidable, and is slidably installed in the cabinet body 2 by slidably fitting the ends as shown in FIG. 2 into rails provided on the side plates 2b of the cabinet body 2. I am doing it. This rail is formed in a substantially L shape by a partition rail 6 formed between the door 1 and the back plate 2a and a storage rail 7 formed along the back plate 2a. As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the drying chamber 5 and the washing machine storage chamber 4 can be communicated with each other by being slid toward the back plate 2a and positioned inside the storage rail 7. . At this time, the partition member 3 is pulled up and held in the storage rail 7 by the pulling-up means 13 provided in the back plate 2a. The lifting means 13 is constituted by a lifting spring 13a installed on the back plate 2a as shown in FIG. That is, the back plate 2a is provided with the pull-up spring 13a housed in the storage case 13b, and the end of the pull-up spring 13a is fixed to the rear end of the shutter 3 '.
The spring force of the pull-up spring 13a pulls it upward. At this time, a stopper (not shown) such as a locking hook is provided at the tip of the shutter 3 ',
When partitioning the drying chamber 5 and the washing machine storage chamber 4 as shown in FIG. 5 (a), the partitioning can be stopped by this stopping means. A water receiving portion 20 is provided below the partition rail 6 for receiving water drops that are dropped on the partition member 3 when the laundry 8 is dried in the drying chamber 5. The water receiving portion 20 is formed by a water receiving case 20a having a box shape, which is provided at the lower part of the partition rail 6 along the longitudinal direction of the partition rail 6 and has an open upper surface. Is received by the water receiving case 20a via the partition rail 6. That is, when the laundry 8 is dried in the drying chamber 5 without being dehydrated, water drops dripping on the partition member 3 can be received by the water receiving portion 20. When the washing machine 12 is used, the partition member 3 is housed along the back plate 2a, and the washing machine 12 stores the laundry 8
Is put in or put out the washed laundry 8. The washed laundry 8 is hung in the drying chamber 5 by the hanger 14 and is divided as shown in FIG. 5 (a). The member 3 is pulled out forward and dried by the heat pump dryer 10. At this time, even if water droplets are dropped from the laundry 8 suspended in the drying chamber 5 onto the partition member 3, the water droplets will be received by the water receiving portion 20 via the partition rail 6, and the washing machine storage It does not fall on the washing machine 12 installed in the room 4. At this time, since the partition member 3 is accommodated or withdrawn while being bent via the partition rail 6 and the storage rail 7, even if the laundry 8 is suspended in the drying chamber 5, the laundry 8 Without touching the partition member 3
It can be put in and taken out and has good operability. In addition, since it is stored along the back plate 2a during storage, it does not hinder the use of the washing machine 12 and has a clean appearance. 16 is a lift hanger, which can move the suspension bar 16b that suspends the hanger 14 by pulling the guide rod 16a toward you, and by releasing the hand after suspending the hanger 14, Hanger at the back of the drying room 5
The laundry 8 hung on the hanger 14 can be located together with the laundry 14.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the present invention in which the storage rail 7 is located in the washing machine storage chamber 4 as shown in FIG. The partition member 3 is installed in the washing machine storage chamber 4. At this time, the partition rail 6 is provided with a projection 6a for preventing water droplets from entering the washing machine storage chamber 4 through the partition rail 6 as shown in FIG. Then, when the partition member 3 separates the drying chamber 5 and the washing machine storage chamber 4, the water droplets received by the partition member 3 flow on the partition member 3 toward the storage rail 7 side and flow downward from the lower end of the storage rail 7. The waterproof floor material 15 receives and drains the water, and the waterproof floor material 15 forms the water receiving portion 20. At this time, it is desirable that the length of the partition member 3 be set such that the lower end is located inside the storage rail 7 in the closed state. In addition, it is desirable that the rear end of the waterproof floor material 15 be in a state of protruding toward the back plate 2a side from the storage rail 7 so that the water drop can be surely received. The partition rail 6 is installed in a state where a slope is provided toward the back plate 2a side, and the partition member 3 in the closed state is inclined to the back plate 2a side. That is, the water drops received by the partition member 3 are easily guided to the back plate 2a side by being inclined in this way.

Although the partition member 3 is the shutter 3'in the above-described embodiment, the partition member 3 may be formed of a thin film having flexibility.

[Advantage of the Invention] As described above, the present invention uses a bendable partition member installed between the door and the back plate in the interior of the cabinet whose front surface is opened and closed by the door, and the upper and lower washing machine storage chambers. Since a partition is provided in the drying chamber, a partition rail is provided between the door and the back plate, a storage rail is provided along the back plate, and a partition member is provided slidably across the partition rail and the storage rail. The partition member slides along the partition rails and storage rails, so even if there is laundry in the drying room, it can be put in and taken out without touching it, and it is easy to put in and take out with ease. Is what you can do. Further, since a water receiving portion for receiving the water droplets dripping on the partition member is provided below the partition rail, the water droplets dripping on the partition member are received by the water receiving portion and installed in the washing machine storage room. In addition, it does not fall on the washing machine, and water that falls on the partition member can be treated without any problem.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 (a), (b) and (c) are a front view, a side sectional view and a plan view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged sectional view showing a mounting state of the partition member of the same. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a shutter, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a lifting means, and FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are side sectional views showing an operating state of a partition member.
6 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing another embodiment, FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a partition rail and a storage rail, FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing a mounting state of a partition member, and FIG. 9 (a). )
(B) is a side sectional view showing an operating state of the partition member, and FIG. 10 is a side sectional view of a conventional example, in which 1 is a door, 2 is a cabinet body, 2a is a back plate, 3 is a partition member, and 4 is a partition member. Washing machine storage room, 5 drying room, 6 partition rails, 7 storage rails, 20
Is a water receiving part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. The inside of a cabinet whose front surface is opened and closed by a door is partitioned into a lower washing machine storage chamber and an upper drying chamber by a flexible partition member installed between the door and a back plate, and the door is provided. A partition rail is provided between the partition plate and the back plate and a storage rail is provided along the back plate, and a partition member is slidably provided between the partition rail and the storage rail. A structure of a laundry cabinet that is provided with a water receiver for receiving water drops that have been dripped on.