JPH071117Y2 - Clothes dryer - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Purpose of Invention><Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a clothes dryer, and particularly to a hanger alone in a clothes dryer of a type having a large number of clothes-hanger-like hangers. It relates to a connection structure with a frame.

<Background of the Invention> A clothes dryer of a type having a large number of clothes-hanger-like hangers to which the present invention is applied as shown in FIG. 1 is accepted by users because it can efficiently dry shirts and the like. There is. Even in such a type, a folding structure is adopted in consideration of handling when not in use or during transportation. The conventional method of the folding structure is, as shown in FIG. 9 (a), attached to the upper frame 5 ″ so as to rotate in the longitudinal direction of the frame 5 ″ above the hanger simple substance 6 ″, As shown in FIG. 9 (b), the hanger simple substance 6 ″ is configured to be folded into a substantially flat shape so as to be folded over each other. In such a method, since there is no strict regulation on mutual hanger units 6 ″, the dried clothes tend to come into contact with each other, and it takes a long time to dry the clothes and clothes. There is also a problem that the hanger itself will be damaged.In the folded state, the hanger simple substance 6 ″ is simply folded so as to lie down on the lower surface side of the frame 5 ″, and therefore the plane shape of the hanger simple substance 6 ″ is even when folded. 'Width and frame 5 "
It was not less than the length, and there was a limit to making it compact.

The present inventor has devised a new clothes dryer in order to solve the problems of the conventional method and has already applied for the application as Japanese Patent Application No. 1-268171. In this product, the hanger simple substance 6'is mutually regulated in position in use,
A clothes dryer 1'that can prevent the adjacent hanger units 6'from coming into contact with each other and can be further compacted in the folded state.
Therefore, specifically, it takes a form as shown in FIG. That is, in this clothes dryer 1 ', two parallel frames 5'and a large number of hangers 6'are rotatably combined at a connecting portion 10', and two hangers are rotated by the connecting portion 10 '. Frame 5'and multiple hangers 6 '
In the clothes-drying apparatus in which and are folded in parallel, the connecting portion 10 'is perpendicular to the frame 5'in the vertical direction, and the connecting shaft portion 6B' in the hanger unit 6'is the frame 5 '. And a separate shaft stopper piece 11 'fixed to the frame 5'at least at two upper and lower points.

By the way, in this preceding type, a frame is used as an example for resin molding, but at that time, consideration of die cutting, strength, etc. was made as a usual method of resin molding, and as a result, the inner surface of the frame was Was formed with the reinforcing ribs R and the like being exposed. For this reason, there has been a concept that, in an urban area where the outside air is relatively dirty, dust and the like tend to be attached to the uneven reinforcing ribs R as they are used.

<Technical Items Attempted to Develop> The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and further includes a frame having a novel shape in which dust or the like does not adhere to the frame. This is an attempt to develop a dryer.

<Configuration of Device><Means for Achieving Purpose> Two parallel frames and a large number of hangers are rotatably combined at a connection portion, and the rotation of the connection portion causes the two frames and a large number of hangers. In a clothes-drying device in which a single body and a single body are folded in parallel, the connecting portion has a connecting shaft portion orthogonal to the frame in a direction perpendicular to the frame. It is held at least at two points above and below by a separate shaft stopper fixed in the state,
Further, this shaft stopper has a reverse claw portion for preventing slipping out at the end portion on the fitting side with respect to the frame, and further, in the state where the shaft stopper piece is fitted in the frame, both side plate portions are both flush surfaces. Therefore, the present invention is intended to achieve the above object.

<Operation of the device> Since the connecting shaft portion of the hanger unit is connected vertically to the frame member, and the connecting shaft unit is held at at least two points, the hanger unit is always attached to the frame. Maintains a vertical connection at right angles. In the folded state, two parallel frames and the hanger alone are folded in parallel, so that a more compact folded state can be obtained. Since both side plates of the frame are flush surfaces, dust and the like are prevented from adhering to them.

Further, when constructing the connection portion, the work can be completed by simply inserting the shaft stopper piece having the reverse claw portion for preventing the slip-out into the side surface of the frame.

<Embodiment> The present invention will be specifically described below based on an illustrated embodiment. Reference numeral 1 denotes a clothes dryer according to the present invention, which is roughly divided into a clothes main body 2 as shown in FIG. 1, and a hanging hook 3 and a clothes main body 2 for hanging the clothes main body 2 on a clothes rod A or the like. As an example of connecting, it is composed of a connecting member to which the chain 4 is applied. The clothes drying main body 2 has two parallel frames 5 and a large number of clothes-hanger-type hangers 6 as main members, and both are rotatably connected at a connecting portion 10. Prior to the description of the connecting portion 10, each member of the hanger simple substance 6 will be described. As described above, this is a so-called clothing crest type, and the metal wire is appropriately bent, and the periphery thereof is made of synthetic resin or the like. A member coated with is used as an example. Of course, it does not matter that the product itself is formed by injection molding of plastic or the like. The hanger simple substance 6 juts down to the left and right
And the upper part thereof is bent in a vertical direction to form a connecting shaft part 6B, and an upper horizontal part 6C is formed continuously thereabove. On the other hand, a horizontal part 6D is formed below a part of the dried part 6A, and the horizontal part 6D is formed.
On one side of 6D, the wire material forming the hanger simple substance 6 is divided to form an open locking portion 6E. That is, hook-shaped members 6F and 6G are formed at the end of the horizontal portion 6D and the member of the hanging portion 6A coming from above, respectively, so that they can be hooked and detached from each other. The connecting portion 10 will be described in detail below. The connecting portion 10 is rotatably connected to the frame 5 at the connecting shaft portion 6B of the hanger unit 6, and both are held by the shaft stopper 11. First, the frame 5 is a thin rod-shaped member as a whole, and its cross-sectional shape is a reverse U-shape in which a side plate 50 composed of a pair of an outer plate 50A and an inner plate 50B is continuous and narrow at the upper side. It is what makes up. In the present invention, the outer side plate 50A and the inner side plate 50B of the frame 5 together form a flush surface on the outside thereof. Further, a large number of shaft stopper piece receiving holes 12 are formed in the outer plate 50A of the frame 5, and a locking edge 13 for locking the shaft stopper piece 11 is formed in an arc rib shape on the inner peripheral edge thereof. A bearing recess 14 extending in the vertical direction is provided on the inner side of the inner plate 50B in the frame 5. Specifically, two bearing ribs 15 are provided from the inner side of the inner plate 50B so that the bearing rib 15 is relatively centered. A bearing recess 14 having a recessed portion is formed. The bearing recess 14 and the bearing rib 15 are used as the bearing portion 16.
The working center of the bearing portion 16 is provided at the center of the frame 5 in the vertical longitudinal direction in this embodiment. Naturally, the frame 5 above and below the bearing 16 has a notched shape so that the connecting shaft 6B of the hanger unit 6 can pass through. Further, the shaft stopper piece 11 for maintaining the connection state between the hanger simple substance 6 and the frame 5 at the connecting portion 10 is, for example, a side surface circular shape as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 6 or a side surface rectangular shape as shown in FIG. It is in the shape of a cap, and shaft holding portions 17 for receiving the connecting shaft portions 6B of the hanger simplex 6 are formed at two upper and lower portions so as to project. Further, as an example, two left and right locking tongues 18 are formed on the shaft stopper 11, and a reverse claw portion 19 that is insertable and has a retaining action is formed at the rear end of each locking tongue 18. To do.

By assembling such a connecting portion 10, the assembling work of the clothes dryer 1 is substantially performed. In this assembling work, the connecting shaft portion 6B of the hanger unit 6 is applied to the shaft stopper piece receiving holes 12 at the outer edge portions of the two parallel frames 5, and the shaft stopper piece 11 is connected in that state. Apply to cover the shaft 6B. At this time, the shaft retainer 17 of the shaft stopper 11
Apply to the connecting shaft portion 6B at the upper and lower two points, respectively. Then, if it is pushed into the shaft stopper receiving hole 12 side as it is, by the action of the reverse claw portion 19 of the locking tongue 18, the locking tongue 18 is deformed to some extent inside, and the shaft stopper When the reverse tongue portion 19 enters the receiving hole 12 and the reverse claw portion 19 exits from this, the locking tongue piece 18 returns to the expanded state, the reverse claw portion 19 locks to the locking edge 13, and the shaft stopper 11 The fixing of the frame to the frame 5 is completed. Incidentally, in this state, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the outer surface of the shaft stopper 11 and the frame 5 are
And the outer side plate 50A in the above-mentioned form a smooth surface. In such a state, the connecting shaft portion 6B of the hanger simple substance 6
Is held in a state of being rotatably sandwiched between the bearing portion 17 of the shaft stopper 11 and the bearing recess 14 of the frame 5. When folding the clothes dryer 1 to which the present invention is applied, a state in which two frames 5 that are parallel to each other when viewed from above and the upper horizontal portion 6C of each hanger simplex 6 form a so-called parallel link. Therefore, by performing a folding operation to bring the frames 5 closer to each other, the hanger simple substance 6 is folded together with the frame 5 in a parallel state.

<Effect of the Invention> As described above, the present invention connects the frame and the hanger single body 6 to the frame 5 and the hanger single body 6
Since the connecting shaft portion extending in the vertical direction is held at least at two upper and lower points by the shaft stoppers 11, the hanger simple substance 6 can always be maintained in a suspended state in the vertical direction with respect to the frame 5. Therefore, the hanger simple substance 6 does not come into contact with the adjacent ones, and clothes or the like can be dried with a space between the dried items always maintained. Further, when the clothes dryer 1 is folded, the two parallel frames 5 are folded in a direction in which the two parallel frames 5 come into contact with each other around the connecting shaft portion 6B of the connecting portion 10, and the hanger has a relatively wide width. Since the single bodies 6 are folded with each other while being slightly shifted from each other, a very compact folded shape can be obtained.

Further, the work for constructing the connecting portion 10 can be performed simply by fitting the shaft stopper piece 11 having the reverse claw portion 19 for preventing the slip-out into the shaft stopper piece receiving hole 12 opened on the side portion of the frame 5. Can be assembled easily.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the inner and outer both side plates 50 of the frame 5 together constitute a flush surface, so that dust and the like can be prevented from adhering even when used outdoors. Further, the strength of the frame 5 can be increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a clothes dryer of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the same as above, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same as above, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a side view showing a transverse cross-sectional view of the same connecting portion, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a connecting portion showing an embodiment to which a square shaft stopper is applied. 8 and 9 are exploded perspective views showing the vicinity in an enlarged manner.
The figure is a perspective view showing a used state and a folded state of a conventional clothes dryer. 1; clothes dryer 2; clothes main body 3; hanging hook 4; chain 5; frame 6; hanger single unit 6A; hanging part 6B; connecting shaft part 6C; upper horizontal part 6D; horizontal part 6E; open locking part 6F , 6G; Hook portion 10; Connection portion 11; Shaft stopper piece 12; Shaft stopper piece receiving hole 13; Locking edge 14; Bearing recess 15; Bearing rib 16; Bearing portion 17; Shaft holding portion 18; Locking tongue piece 19: Reverse claw portion 50; Side plate 50A; Outside plate 50B; Inner plate A; Cloth pole

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. Two parallel frames and a large number of hangers are rotatably combined at a connecting portion, and the two frames and a large number of hangers are made parallel to each other by the rotation at the connecting portion. In the clothes-drying apparatus in a folded state, the connecting part is a hanger unit which is perpendicular to the frame in a direction perpendicular to the frame. It is held at least at two points above and below by a shaft stopper piece of the body, and this shaft stopper piece has a reverse claw portion at the end of the fitting side with respect to the frame for preventing the frame from slipping off. A clothes dryer characterized in that both side plates are flush surfaces when the piece is fitted.