JPH07328286A - Clothes drying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to easily mount and dismount clothes drying rods. CONSTITUTION:Supporting arms freely liftably hung down from a ceiling part so as to be adjacent to each other are provided with rod receivers 3 so as to be held approximately horizontal at their bottom ends. Caps 5b are freely attachably and detachably mounted at both ends of the clothes drying rod bodies 5a to form the clothes drying rods 5. The clothes drying rods 5 are arranged between the adjacent rod receivers 3. The rod receivers 3 are clamped by the caps 5b mounted at the ends of the clothes drying rod bodies 5a and the clothes drying rods 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes-drying device for hanging and drying laundry or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, it has become possible to hang and hold a clothesline 5 hanging up and down on the ceiling of a room, and to hang laundry etc. on the clothesline 5 to hang the laundry indoors. A device is provided. Then, in these articles, the clothes-drying rod 5 is connected and fixed to the rod receiver 3 which can be raised and lowered by using the U-band 30 for fixing the rod as shown in FIG. To attach the clothes-drying rod 5 to the rod receiving device 3, first, as shown in FIG. 9A, the locking portion 31 at the end of the rod fixing U band 30 is attached to the rod receiving device 3.
9 is hooked and locked in the long hole 32 provided in the
As shown in (b) and (c), the end of the clothes-fixing rod 5 is engaged with the U-band 30 for fixing the rod, and the U-band 30 for fixing the rod is lifted up to lift the end of the U-band 30 for fixing the rod. The rod receiving device 3 is attached by being fixed to the rod receiving device 3 with a fixing device 33 such as a tapping screw.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, a fixing tool 33 such as a tapping screw is used.
There is a problem in that it is time-consuming to carry out the mounting work because it is necessary to align the screws and tighten the screws for screw-fastening mounting. In addition, it is convenient if the laundry rod 5 can be easily removed from the rod receiver 3 when hanging the laundry on the clothesline or when loading the laundry, but it is a screw stop. In order to remove the clothesline 5 for this purpose, the fastener 33 and the U-band 30 for fixing the rod must be removed using a tool such as a screwdriver, so that the clothesline 5 can be easily attached to and detached from the rod receiver 3. There was a problem that I could not. That is, when the laundry is hung on the clothesline or when the laundry is taken in, the laundry cannot be hung on the clothesline 5 or removed from the clothesline 5 with one end of the clothesline 5 removed from the rod receiver. Met.

The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a clothes-drying device capable of easily attaching and detaching the clothes-drying rod.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the invention of claim 1, the lower ends of the support arms 2 suspended from the ceiling 1 so as to be adjacent to each other are substantially horizontal. As described above, the clothes rod 5 is configured by detachably attaching the caps 5b to both ends of the clothes rod body 5a, and the clothes rod 5 is arranged between the adjacent rod receivers 3. Cap 5b attached to the end of clothesline main body 5a
It is characterized in that the rod receiving tool 3 is sandwiched between the pole and the clothesline 5.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a protrusion 6 having an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the clothes-drying rod main body 5a is provided at the end of the clothes-drying rod main body 5a in the first aspect, and protrudes outward from the protrusion 6. Thus, the connecting projection 7 having the male screw portion 7a provided on the outer peripheral surface is projected, the female screw portion 8a is provided on the inner surface, and the outer diameter is larger than the inner diameter of the connecting hole 4 provided in the rod receiver. The holding projection 8 is provided at the end of the cap 5b, the holding projection 8 is screwed into the connecting projection 7 inserted into the connecting hole 4 of the rod receiver 3, and the connecting projection 7 and the holding projection are provided. It is characterized in that the opening edge of the connecting hole 4 is sandwiched between the two.

[0007]

According to the invention of claim 1, the clothes receiving rod 5 is clamped by the cap 5b attached to the end of the clothes-drying rod main body 5a and the clothes-drying rod main body 5a. Can be installed on. Further, by removing the cap 5b from the end portion of the clothes-drying rod main body 5a and removing the holding of the rod receiving device 3 by the cap 5b and the clothes-drying rod main body 5a, the clothes-drying rod 5 can be easily removed from the rod receiving device 3.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the female screw portion 8a is screwed to the male screw portion 7a of the connecting protrusion 7 in a state where the connecting protrusion 7 is inserted into the connecting hole 4 provided in the rod receiver 3. To connect the holding projections 8 of the cap 5b to the clothesline main body 5
The clothes-drying rod 5 is attached to the rod receiver 3 by sandwiching the opening edge of the connecting hole 4 by the protrusion 6 provided on a and the holding protrusion 8 provided on the cap 5b. Further, the cap 5b is removed from the end of the clothes-drying rod main body 5a, and the rod receiving device 3 includes the holding projection 8 of the cap 5b and the projection 6 of the clothes-drying rod main body 5a.
The clothespin 5 can be easily removed from the rod receiver 3 by removing the pinching.

[0009]

The present invention will be described below in detail based on the illustrated embodiments. The clothes-drying device according to the present invention is mainly installed indoors. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a clothes-drying rod 5 on which wet laundry is hung, and the clothes-drying rod 5 are installed on the ceiling portion 1. The support arm 2 which is suspended and held below the storage box 11 and the clothes receiving rod 5 are lifted together with the rod receiver 3.
The main body is constituted by the elevating means 12 for descending and moving.

The storage box 11 is formed in the shape of a box whose lower surface is open, and is installed on the ceiling part 1 so that the lower surface opening 11 is substantially flush with the ceiling surface 1a. A plurality of clothes-drying rods 5 are arranged adjacent to each other, and each clothes-drying rod 5 is installed between the adjacent rod-receiving members 3 such that both ends thereof are connected and fixed to the adjacent rod-receiving devices 3. The rod receiving tool 3 for holding the clothesline 5 has a connecting piece 3d projecting downward from the lower end edge of a rod receiving tool body 3c formed by a vertical piece 3a and a horizontal piece 3b and having a substantially L-shaped cross section. The connecting piece 3d is provided with connecting holes 4 into which the ends of the clothesline 5 are inserted at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction. In the illustrated embodiment, the number of the connecting holes 4 is three, but the number may be three or more or three or less.

On both sides of the vertical piece 3a, connection holes 13 for connecting the lower ends of the support arms 2 are provided, respectively. One connecting hole 13 is a through hole 13a so that the lower end of the support arm 2 can be rotatably supported, and the other connecting hole 13 is formed.
Has a long hole 13b so that the lower end of the support arm 2 can be slidably and rotatably supported. Horizontal piece 3b
A connecting piece 14 is provided at the center of the connecting piece 14 so as to be orthogonal to the horizontal piece 3b, and the connecting piece 14 has a through hole 14a.
Has been drilled. Through holes 18 are provided in the vertical piece 3a so as to correspond to the positions of the through holes 14a.
A connecting pin 15 to which an elevating string 12a as an elevating means 12 described later is connected is inserted and locked between 4a and 18a.

The support arm 2 is composed of a pantograph-type telescopic arm 2b formed by axially mounting a plurality of connecting arms 2a so as to cross each other, and the rod is not shaken by the telescopic movement of the telescopic arm 2b. The clothesline 5 along with the receiver 3 can be moved up and down. The lower end of one of the connecting arms 2a constituting the telescopic arm 2b is rotatably attached to the through hole 13a, and the lower end of the other connecting arm 2a is rotatably attached to the elongated hole 13b. Has been done. An elevating cord 12a as an elevating means 12 formed of a wire or the like is hung from both ends of the storage box 11, and the lower end of the elevating cord 12a is connected and fixed to a connecting pin 15 of the rod receiver 3. . The lifting string 12a is wound around a drum 16 which is rotated by a driving device, and is lowered or lifted by the rotation of the drum 16, whereby the clothes receiving rod 5 is moved up and down together with the rod receiver 3. At this time, the clothesline 5 is lifted up and down by the lifting and lowering of the lifting string 12a. The lifting and lowering of the clothesline 5 is performed by the pantograph-type telescopic arm 2
By being guided by b, the clothesline 5 can be stably moved up and down without being greatly shaken.

As shown in FIG. 1, the clothes-drying rod 5 attached to the rod receiver 3 is mainly composed of a clothes-drying rod main body 5a and a cap 5b attached to an end portion of the clothes-drying rod main body 5a. The clothes-drying rod main body 5a is provided at both ends with a projection 6 having an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the clothes-drying rod main body 5a, and from the projection 6 there is a connecting projection 7 having an external thread 7a provided on the outer peripheral surface. It is projected. The outer diameter of the connecting protrusion 7 is smaller than the inner diameter of the connecting hole 4, and the outer diameter of the protruding portion 6 is larger than the inner diameter of the connecting hole 4. The cap 5b is constructed by providing a cylindrical holding projection 8 at the other end of a main body 20 having a cover 19 attached at one end, and an internal thread of the holding projection 8 is screwed into the male screw portion 7a. A portion 8a is provided. The outer diameter of the holding projection 8 is larger than the inner diameter of the connecting hole 4.

When hanging wet laundry or the like on the clothes-drying rod 5 to dry it, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the clothes-drying rod 5 is lowered to reach the clothes-drying rod 5 at a reachable position. The clothes are hung down to hang clothes on the clothesline 5. In addition, when the laundry is hung on the clothes-drying rod 5 and dried near the ceiling surface 1a, or when the clothes-drying rod 5 is not used, the clothes-drying rod 5 is raised to arrange the clothes-drying rod 5 close to the ceiling part 1. To do.

Then, the connecting protrusion 7 provided at the end of the clothesline main body 5a is inserted into the connecting hole 4, and the female screw portion 8a is screwed into the male screw portion 7a of the connecting protrusion 7 protruding from the connecting hole 4. In this way, the holding projection 8 of the cap 5b is screwed to the connecting projection 7, and the holding projection 8 is tightened to connect the holding projection 8 and the projection 6 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. By sandwiching the opening edge of the connecting hole 4 provided in 3d, the rod receiving tool 3 and the clothes drying rod 5 are connected to each other, and the clothes drying rod 5 is attached to the rod receiving tool 3. Also, the cap 5
By rotating b to remove the holding projection 8 screwed to the connection projection 7 from the connection projection 7, the holding projection 8 and the projection 6 can remove the holding of the connection piece 3d, and the cap can be removed. It is possible to easily remove the clothes-drying rod 5 from the rod receiver 3 by removing the connecting projection 7 from the connecting hole 4 after removing 5b, and to easily attach and detach the clothes-drying rod 5 without trouble. In addition, the installation work can be performed easily, and in the case of hanging or taking in laundry, one end of the clothesline 5 is removed from the rod receiver 3 and the laundry is hung on the clothesline 5. Tari, clothesline 5
The work of removing the laundry can be further performed, and the usability for the user is greatly improved. Further, in any case of attaching the clothesline main body 5a to the rod receiver 3 or removing the clothesline main body 5a from the rod receiver 3, the connecting protrusion 7 is inserted into the connecting hole 4. Therefore, it is possible to temporarily support the clothes-drying rod main body 5a on the rod receiving device 3, and it is possible to prevent the clothes-drying rod main body 5a from dropping at the same time when the cap 5b is removed. The work of removing the main body 5a can be performed. In addition, even when mounting, since the cap 5b can be tightened with the connecting projection 7 inserted into the connecting hole 4 and temporarily supported, the clothes rod body 5a can be held by hand at the mounting position. It is possible to easily carry out the installation work without maintaining.

[0016]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a rod receiver is provided at a lower end of a support arm which is vertically hung from the ceiling so as to be adjacent to each other. Attach the cap detachably to form a clothesline,
Since the above-mentioned clothes-drying rod is arranged between the adjacent rod-receiving devices, and the rod-receiving device is sandwiched between the clothes rod and the cap attached to the end of the clothes-drying rod main body, attach it to the end of the clothes-drying rod main body. The clothes rod can be attached to the rod receiver by sandwiching the rod receiver between the cap and the clothes rod body, and by removing the cap from the end of the clothes rod body, the cap and the clothes rod body can be attached. By removing the pinching of the rod receiver, the clothes-drying rod can be easily removed from the rod receiver. Therefore, it is possible to easily install the clothes-drying rod without any trouble, and to hang the laundry on the clothes-drying rod or to take in the laundry, the clothes-drying rod can be detached from the rod receiver. And
The usability for the user is improved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a protrusion having an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the clothes-drying rod main body is provided at the end of the clothes-drying rod main body. The connecting projection having a male thread on its surface is projected, the female projection is provided on the inner surface, and the holding projection having an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the connecting hole provided on the rod receiver is capped. Since the holding protrusion is screwed onto the connecting protrusion inserted into the connecting hole of the rod receiver and the opening edge of the connecting hole is sandwiched between the connecting protrusion and the holding protrusion, The cap holding protrusion is connected by screwing the female screw portion to the male screw portion of the connecting protrusion with the protruding portion being inserted into the connecting hole provided in the rod receiver, and the protruding portion and the connecting protrusion are connected to each other. By pinching the opening edge of the connecting hole, you can attach the clothesline to the pole receiver, and also attach the cap to the clothesline. Those that can be removed easily from the removed from the end portion of the rod body rod receptacle to laundry pole by removing the clamping of the rod receptacle by the projection of the holding projection and laundry pole body of the cap. In addition, even if the cap is removed by inserting the connecting protrusion into the connecting hole, the clothes rod body will be temporarily supported by the rod receiver, and the cap can be removed when attaching or detaching the clothes rod body. At the same time, it is possible to easily attach and detach the cap while the clothes-drying rod main body is temporarily supported by the rod receiving device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially omitted perspective view showing a rod receiver and a clothesline according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially omitted perspective view showing a mounting state of a clothesline.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the above.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a rod receiver.

FIG. 5 is a partially omitted plan view showing a mounting state of the clothesline.

FIG. 6 is a front cross-sectional view showing a lowered use state.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of the above.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional example seen from below.

9 (a), (b) and (c) are explanatory views for explaining the attachment procedure of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ceiling 2 Support Arm 3 Rod Receiving Tool 4 Connection Hole 5 Clothes Drying Rod 5a Clothes Drying Rod Main Body 5b Cap 6 Projection 7 Connection Projection 7a Male Threaded Part 8 Holding Projection 8a Female Threaded Part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A rod receiver is provided at a lower end of a support arm that is vertically hung up and down so as to be adjacent to each other so as to be in a substantially horizontal state, and caps are detachably attached to both ends of a clothesline main body. To form a clothesline, and arrange the above-mentioned clothesline between adjacent pole receivers, and sandwich the poleholder with a cap attached to the end of the clothesline body and the clothesline. Characteristic clothes-drying device. 2. A connection in which a protrusion having an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the clothes rod body is provided at an end of the clothes rod body, and a male screw portion is provided on an outer peripheral surface so as to protrude outward from the protrusion. A protrusion is provided, an internal thread portion is provided on the inner surface, and a holding protrusion having an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the connection hole provided in the rod receiver is provided at the end of the cap. 2. The clothes-drying device according to claim 1, wherein the holding protrusion is screwed onto the connecting protrusion inserted through the connecting hole, and the opening edge of the connecting hole is sandwiched between the connecting protrusion and the holding protrusion. .