JPH0739799U - Foldable article holder - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a foldable article holding table which is easy to handle, has excellent stability during use, and can be stored in an extremely compact shape when not in use. A central frame 1 is constructed by connecting a pair of left and right vertical pipes 11 and 12 extending along a substantially vertical surface with a pair of upper and lower horizontal pipes 13 and 14. Each vertical pipe 11, 12
The leg portions 15 and 16 are orthogonally projected and fixed to the lower end of the front and rear direction, and the central frame 1 is stably supported by the leg portions 15 and 16. Support member 6 for supporting the holding member 9 for the article
Is provided above each vertical pipe 11, 12. The upper horizontal pipe 13 is bendable, and a holder for holding the bent portion in a linear shape is displaceably provided. The lower horizontal pipe 14 is made detachable by the connecting member 5. If necessary,
The movable frame 2 is supported by a vertical pipe so as to be rotatable around the axis of the vertical pipe.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a foldable article holding table which is used both as an indoor and outdoor clothes rack or as an indoor clothes rack.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a folding type clothes-drying table, there is known a folding screen type in which pipe materials are foldably connected in a folding screen shape and a clothesline support portion is provided on each of both ends thereof. The clothes-drying table is expanded when it is used, and a clothes-drying rod is hung between the two support parts to hang laundry, and when not in use, it is folded and stored in a compact state.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the above-mentioned clothes-drying bed is very troublesome to handle, because it is necessary to expand and fold a large number of frames that form a folding screen during use and when not in use. In addition, when a large number of frames forming a folding screen are expanded and used, a slightly unstable form is likely to fall when receiving wind from the front or rear of the folding screen forming portion.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is a foldable device that is easy to handle, has excellent stability during use, and can be stored as an extremely compact shape when not in use. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a type of article holding table.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention comprises a foldable article-holding table, in which a pair of left and right vertical pipes extending along a substantially vertical plane are connected by a pair of upper and lower horizontal pipes to form a central frame. Legs extending in the front-rear direction are fixed to the lower ends of the vertical pipes, support pipes extending in the front-rear direction are attached to the upper portions of the vertical pipes, and a support member for supporting a holding member of the article is attached to each of the support pipes. The horizontal pipe on the upper side is bendable, the bent portion is linearly held by the holding body, and the horizontal pipe on the lower side is detachable by the connecting member. .

Further, the movable frame may be supported on the vertical pipe so as to be rotatable around the axis of the vertical pipe.

[0007]

[Action]

 For example, when using it as a clothes rack, the upper horizontal pipe is made straight and the state is held by the holding body, and the lower horizontal pipe is attached to the connecting member to hold it for a predetermined length, so that the center frame has a predetermined shape. Expand. Then, between the supporting members provided on the upper support pipes of the left and right vertical pipes and facing each other on the left and right sides, the clothes rods as the holding members are respectively hung and supported, and the laundry rods are hung on the clothes rods. Let it dry.

At the time of using such a clothes rack, the leg portions on the left and right sides of the central frame project perpendicularly to the lower ends of the vertical pipes to support the support frame, and thus the stability is extremely excellent. Become. Also, when the above clothes rack is not in use, the holder is displaced so as to be removed from the connecting portion to bend the upper horizontal pipe, and the connecting member is operated to remove the lower horizontal pipe to make it shorter and shorter. In some cases, the movable frame is rotated so that the legs overlap each other. Therefore, the left and right dimensions of the central frame can be made extremely small and can be stored in a compact shape by a simple operation of operating the holding body and the connecting member and, if necessary, rotating the movable frame.

[0009]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, a foldable article holder according to the present invention will be described with reference to a preferred embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a clothes dryer. In the figure, the central frame 1 extending along a substantially vertical plane is composed of a pair of vertical pipes 11 and 12 that are substantially vertical and a pair of upper and lower horizontal pipes 13 and 14 that connect these vertical pipes 11 and 12. It has a frame shape.

At the lower ends of the vertical pipes 11 and 12, leg portions 15 and 16 made of pipes are fixed to the vertical pipes 11 and 12 in a T-shape orthogonally by a first connecting member 81, It extends in the front-back direction. FIG. 6 shows a vertical cross-sectional view of the first connector 81. The first connector 81 includes a first tubular portion 81a into which the lower ends of the vertical pipes 11 and 12 are fitted, a second tubular portion 81b connected to the first tubular portion 81a and extending in the horizontal direction, and a second tubular portion 81b. 1 A connecting piece 81c having a semicircular cross section, which is provided to project in a T-shape orthogonal to the tubular portion 81a. The attachment leg 81d on the inner side of the connecting piece 81c is inserted into the fitting holes 15a and 16a provided in the leg portions 15 and 16, and the connecting piece 81c is fitted into the upper half of the leg portions 15 and 16. Insert the bolt 81e into the nuts 11b, 12b embedded in the end members 11a, 12a press-fitted into the lower ends of the vertical pipes 11, 12 by inserting the bolts 81e from below through the insertion holes 15b, 16b of the legs 15, 16. Thus, the leg portions 15 and 16 are fixed to the lower ends of the vertical pipes 11 and 12.

At the upper ends of the vertical pipes 11 and 12 of FIG. 1, support pipes 17 and 18 are respectively connected to the vertical pipes 11 and 12 in a state that they extend in the front-rear direction orthogonal to the T-shape, and the second connecting tool. It is fixed by 82. The second connector 82 has a configuration in which only the second tubular portion 81b is excluded from the first connector 81 described above. That is, the vertical pipes 11 and 12 each have a tubular portion 82a into which the upper ends thereof are fitted, and a connecting piece 82b having a semicircular cross-section that is provided so as to project orthogonally to the tubular portion 82a in a T-shape. Is the same as the first connector. The tubular portion 82a is press-fitted to the upper ends of the vertical pipes 11 and 12, the lower half portions of the support pipes 17 and 18 are fitted into the connecting pieces 82b, and the bolts 82 are screwed in from above to support pipes 17 and 18 in the same manner as described above. Is connected to the vertical pipes 11 and 12.

A support member 6 that supports a clothesline 9 as a holding member is attached to both ends of each of the support pipes 17 and 18. The support member 6 includes a mounting portion 61 fitted to the support pipes 17 and 18, a substantially U-shaped holding portion 62 fixed to the upper portion of the mounting portion 61, and a lower portion of the mounting portion 61. It is composed of a pair of fixed pieces 63 provided. In this support member 6, by inserting the support pipes 17 and 18 into the mounting portion 61 and tightening both fixing pieces 63 with the fixing screws 64, the mounting portion 61 grips the support pipes 17 and 18, It is fixed to the support pipes 17 and 18.

As shown by the phantom line, the upper horizontal pipe 13 has two pipe halves 13a and 13b rotatably connected to each other by a pin 13c so as to be bendable. The linear state is maintained by positioning the cylindrical holder 7 slidably inserted in 13a and 13b at the connecting portion. The upper horizontal pipe 13 is connected to the vertical pipes 11 and 12 via a third connecting member 83 attached to the central portions of the vertical pipes 11 and 12. The third connecting member 83 is inserted into the vertical pipes 11 and 12, and the tip of the set screw 83d is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the body pipes 11 and 12, and the cylindrical portion 83a is fixed to the vertical pipes 11 and 12, and It is composed of a pair of support pieces 83b and 83c which are fixed to both sides of the cylindrical portion 83a and project in parallel with each other in the horizontal direction. The ends of the two pipe halves 13a and 13b are rotatably supported by a support pin 83e between the support pieces 83b and 83c. On the other hand, the lower horizontal pipe 14 has its both ends press-fitted into the second tubular portions 81b of the first connecting members 81 on both sides to connect the vertical pipes 11 and 12, respectively. The horizontal pipe 14 will be described later.

On the left vertical pipe 11 of the central frame 1, a substantially U-shaped movable frame 2 is rotatably supported. In this movable frame 2, an upper connecting rod 22 is horizontally extended at an upper end of a leg pipe 21 via an arc-shaped connecting pipe 41, and a lower portion of the leg pipe 21 is provided with a T-shaped fourth connecting rod. The lower connecting rod 23 is provided to project in the horizontal direction through the tool 84, and has a substantially U-shape. The fourth connecting member 84 includes a first tubular portion 84a fitted and fixed to the leg pipe 21, and a horizontal second tubular portion 84b joined to the first tubular portion 84a.

The movable frame 2 is supported by the vertical pipe 11 so as to be rotatable about the axis of the vertical pipe 11 as follows. That is, the fourth connecting member 84 is rotatably fitted under the third connecting member 83 in the vertical pipe 11. Further, the fourth connector 84 fitted in the lower portion of the vertical pipe 11 is rotatably supported by abutting on the above-mentioned first connector 81 fixed to the vertical pipe 11. Then, the movable frame 2 press-fits the tip ends of the upper and lower connecting rods 22 and 23 into the second tubular portions 84b of the respective fourth connecting members 84 which are pivotally attached to the vertical pipe 11 in the vertical direction. And is rotatably supported by the vertical pipe 11 via the both fourth connecting members 84, 84.

Then, supporting screws 42 project outward and are respectively screwed onto the vertical pipes 11 and the leg pipes 21 of the movable frame 2 at the same height. Two cylindrical mounting pipes 43 are fitted in each of the pipes 11 and 21, and a pair of upper mounting pipes 43 are rotatably supported by abutting on the supporting screws 42. At the same time, one of the lower mounting pipes 43 abuts on the corresponding fourth connecting member 84 and is rotatably supported. Through the pair of upper mounting tubes 43, a small clothes drying rack 3 for hanging small accessories such as towels and socks is foldably supported. That is, the small clothes drying machine 3 includes a large number of resin-coated wire rods 31 for drying the small items, connecting wire rods 32 extending in the orthogonal direction for connecting the bases of the wire rods 31 arranged in parallel, and the wire rods 31. And an engaging wire 33 extending in the orthogonal direction, and the accessory wire 3 is supported by a support wire 34.

The support wire 34 is bent on both sides in the length direction so that the entire shape is a substantially U-shape, and the tip portions 34a of the bent portions on both sides are further bent outward in the orthogonal direction. By locking each bent tip portion 34a into a locking hole (not shown) formed in each of the lower pair of mounting pipes 43, it is set to be vertically rotatable. By rotating the support wire 34 upward to engage with the engagement wire 33, the above-mentioned accessory clothesline 3 is set to the illustrated clothes-drying state, and when the accessory clothesline 3 is lifted up a little, the The engagement between the joining wire 33 and the support wire 34 is released, and both the small clothes drier 3 and the support wire 34 are rotated downward by their own weight, and are folded inward of the pipes 11 and 21. Since each attachment pipe 43 is rotatably attached to the vertical pipe 11, the movable frame 2 can be rotated without hindering the clothes rack 3.

Next, the lower horizontal pipe 14 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the lower horizontal pipe 14, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the connecting member 5, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2 in a fixed state. Figures are shown respectively. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a thin central pipe portion 14a (having a small inner diameter) is arranged in the central portion, and both ends of the central pipe portion 14a are slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the central pipe portion 14a. An example is shown in which both end pipe portions 14b having the same shape and having a large inner diameter are arranged. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the both-end pipe portions 14b and 14b are fitted around the second tubular portion 81b by fitting one end portion thereof onto the second tubular portion 81b of the first connector 81. The corresponding portions of the peripheral wall of the pipe are hit and intruded into the direction grooves 81f to be fixed. Note that, contrary to FIG. 2, a thick pipe may be arranged as the central pipe portion 14b and a thin pipe may be arranged as the both-end pipe portions 14a.

Both ends of the central pipe portion 14a made of a thin pipe are respectively inserted into and removed from the openings of the hollow portions of the both side pipe portions 14b, 14b made of a thick pipe. The length of the lower horizontal pipe 14 is expanded or contracted depending on the degree of movement of the central pipe portion 14a to or from the both-side pipe portions 14b, 14b. Each connecting member 5 selectively sets whether to allow the central pipe portion 14a to move in and out of the both-side pipe portions 14b or to fix the central pipe portion 14a.

The connecting member 5 has a substantially cylindrical shape, the first fitting hole 51 of the both-end pipe portion 14b is formed on one side of the hollow portion, and the central pipe portion 14a is inserted on the other side. The second fitting hole 52 is formed. The both-end pipe portions 14b are press-fitted and fixed in the first fitting hole 51 while crushing the plurality of ribs 53 of the first fitting hole 51. As shown in FIG. 2, the connecting members 5 on both sides have their respective first fitting holes 51 directed in opposite directions, that is, in the outward directions, and their ends are opposite to each other. It is fixed to the part.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a pressing lever 54 curved in a substantially arc shape is rotatably attached with a pivot pin 55 as a fulcrum. As shown in FIG. 4, the pressing protrusion 56 provided on the base end of the pressing lever 54 which is rotatably supported is freely retractable from the mounting hole 57 of the base end to the second fitting hole 52. Is set to. By rotating the pressing lever 54, the open position shown in FIG. 4 where the pressing protrusion 56 is separated from the central pipe 14a and the closed position shown in FIG. The outer peripheral surface of the central pipe portion 14a is pressed by 56, and the central pipe portion 14a can be selectively switched to a pressing position where the central pipe portion 14a is pressed against and fixed to the inner surface of the second fitting hole 52.

Therefore, when the pressing lever 54 is set to the open position, the fixation of the central pipe portion 14a is released. Therefore, by moving the central pipe portion 14a into and out of the both-end pipe portions 14b, the central pipe portion 14a can be moved to both sides. The connecting member 5 can be removed from both side pipe parts 14b, 14b to which the connecting member 5 is fixed. When the central pipe portion 14a is inserted between the both-end pipe portions 14b and 14b by the reverse operation and attached, and then the pressing lever 54 is set to the pressing position, the pressing protrusion 56 moves the central pipe portion 14a to the first position. The central pipe portion 14a is fixed by pressing it against the inner surface of the two fitting holes or 52, whereby the stock horizontal pipe 14 is set to a predetermined length. The lower horizontal pipe 14 may have a bendable structure like the upper horizontal pipe 13.

The handling of the clothes dryer configured as described above when in use and when not in use will be described. First, when laundry is to be dried using the above-mentioned clothes-drying table, as shown in FIG. 1, the upper horizontal pipe 13 is formed in a linear shape, and the holding body 7 is attached to the connecting portion of the two pipe bodies 13a and 13b. It is fitted and held in a straight state, that is, in an extended state. The central pipe portion 14a is attached between the both end pipe portions 14b, 14b, the pressing lever 54 of the connecting member 5 is set to the pressing position shown in FIG. 5, and the central frame 1 is expanded to a predetermined shape. On the other hand, the movable frame 2 is rotated so as to be advanced with respect to the central frame 1 in an arbitrary lateral or front-back direction as shown.

In the above-mentioned state, the clothes rod 9 is hung and supported between the holding portions 62 of the pair of support members 6 facing each other on both sides of the pair of left and right support pipes 17 and 18, and the laundry rod 9 is supported by the laundry rod 9. And hang it to dry. In addition, the accessory clothesline 3 supported between the vertical pipe 11 of the central frame 1 and the leg pipes 21 of the movable frame 2 is raised in a horizontal state, and the support wire 34 is rotated upward to engage the engagement wire 33. By combining them, the small clothes drying machine 3 is set between the pipes 11 and 21 in the state shown in FIG. 1, and the small goods are dried on the wire rod 31.

When using such a clothes rack, the leg portions 15 and 16 project to the left and right of the central frame 1 in the front-rear direction orthogonal to the vertical pipes 11 and 12 to stabilize the central frame 1. To support.

In addition, when the clothes rack is not used, first, the pressing lever 5 of the connecting member 5 is set to the open position, and one end of the thin central pipe portion 14a is inserted into one thick both-end pipe portion 14b. Then, the other end of the central pipe portion 14a is pulled out from the other end pipe portion 14b, then the central pipe portion 14a is pulled to the other side, and one end portion of the central pipe portion 14a is pulled into the one end pipe portion. The central pipe portion 14a is removed from both end pipe portions 14b and 14b by pulling out from the central pipe portion 14b. Next, the holder 7 is slidably displaced in either the left or right direction to be removed from the connecting portion of the two pipe halves 13a and 13b, and the upper horizontal pipe 13 is folded by its own weight as shown by the phantom line in FIG. To sing.

Further, when the movable frame 2 is rotated and overlapped with the leg portion 15, as shown in FIG. 7, the left and right dimensions of the central frame 1 can be greatly shortened, and the central frame 1 can be stored in an extremely compact shape. Moreover, any one of the sliding operation of the holding body 7, the rotation operation of the pressing lever 5 of the connecting member 5, the operation of moving the central pipe portion 14a into and out of the both-end pipe portions 14b and 14b, and the rotation operation of the movable frame 2 are performed. Is also a simple operation and therefore easy to handle.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to the clothes dryer has been described, but it can also be used as a clothes rack for hanging clothes using a clothes hanger or a rack for hanging miscellaneous goods.

[0029]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the foldable article holder according to the present invention, in the use state, the leg portions project in the front-back direction in a state orthogonal to the lower ends of the vertical pipes on the left and right of the central frame. Since it supports the central frame, it is extremely stable.

When not in use, the connecting member is operated to remove the lower horizontal pipe, and the holding member of the upper horizontal pipe is displaced so as to be removed from the connecting portion so that the upper horizontal pipe is bent. The vertical pipes are moved closer to each other, and if there is a movable frame, the movable frame is rotated so that the legs overlap each other. Therefore, the left and right dimensions of the central frame are extremely small and can be stored in a compact shape by simply operating the holder and the connecting member and, if necessary, rotating the movable frame.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment in which the folding type article holding table of the present invention is applied to a clothes drying table.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the lower horizontal pipe of the above.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a connecting member of the lower horizontal pipe of the above.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2 showing a state where the pressing lever is rotated from the state of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the first coupling tool of the above.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing the stored state of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... central frame, 2 ... movable frame, 5 ... connecting member,
6 ... Support member, 7 ... Holding body, 9 ... Clothes-drying rod (holding member), 11, 12 ... Vertical pipe, 13 ... Upper horizontal pipe, 1
4 ... Lower horizontal pipe, 15, 16 ... Legs, 17, 18 ... Support pipe.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A central frame is formed by connecting a pair of left and right vertical pipes extending along a substantially vertical surface with a pair of upper and lower horizontal pipes, and a leg portion extending in the front-rear direction is fixed to a lower end of each vertical pipe. A support pipe extending in the front-rear direction is attached to an upper portion of each of the vertical pipes, a support member that supports a holding member of an article is provided to each of the support pipes, and the horizontal pipe of the upper portion is bendable. A folding-type article holding base in which the bent portion is linearly held by a holding body, and the lower horizontal pipe is removable by a connecting member. 2. The foldable article holding table according to claim 1, wherein a movable frame is supported by the vertical pipe so as to be rotatable about an axis of the vertical pipe.