JPH0824491A - Clothes-drying platform - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a clothes-drying platform in which a user can install a pole receiver easily replace the pole receiver easily when it is broken, and furthermore, the cost is low. CONSTITUTION:A pole receiver 3, which consists of a pole receiving unit 4 to receive a clothes-drying pole, and an installing unit 5 installed to a drying rod 2, is provided. In the pole receiving unit 4, a pole receiving part 41, and a holding shaft 42 hung from the pole receiving part 41 and having an elastic locking part 43 at the tip, are formed, while a receiving pad 51, and a hollow installing shaft 52 hung down from the receiving pad 51, and having an elastic locking part 53 at the tip, are formed in the installing unit 5. While the holding shaft 42 of the pole receiving unit 4 is press-fitted and locked to the installing shaft 52 of the installing unit 5, the pole receiving part 41 is held to the receiving pad 51, and furthermore, the installing shaft 52 of the installing unit 5 is press-fitted and locked to the installing hole 21 of the drying rod 2, so as to install the pole receiver 3 to the drying rod 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes rack in which a rod receiver can be easily attached and detached.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pole receiver for holding a clothesline is attached to a clothes rack. Conventionally, the pole receiver is made of a wire rod bent into a wavy line and is attached to the pole by welding or the like. A synthetic resin having a mounting shaft hung on a V-shaped or U-shaped rod receiving portion, the mounting shaft being inserted into a mounting hole of a drought and screwed and attached by adhesion. Which is made of wire bent into a J-shape and can be suspended by sandwiching metal fittings in a drought, or molded from aluminum die-casting, etc. Were integrally formed.

[0003]

However, the rod receiver mounted on the conventional clothes drying bed as described above has the following problems. In other words, for those made of corrugated wire rods, the materials that can be manufactured are limited because they can be attached by welding, etc., and it is necessary to manufacture iron rods for rods and steel wire rods for rod holders. Since welding marks are left on the exterior, post-treatment such as painting is required, which is expensive. Also, if the rod is made of synthetic resin and the mounting shaft is hung on a U-shaped rod, it cannot be installed by the user because it is attached by adhesive. I couldn't. Furthermore, the cost of processing and setting up the wire is high for the wire made of a J-shaped bent wire, and the mold investment problem and running cost are high for the wire made of aluminum die casting or the like. Therefore, in any case, the conventional rod receiver as described above cannot be installed by the user, and therefore, it cannot be replaced even if it is damaged, and it is packed in the state attached to the drought. However, the package became bulky due to the rod holder, and the cost was also higher.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the rod receiver is constituted by a rod receiver for holding the rod and an attachment for attaching to the drought, so that the above problems can be solved and the rod receiver can be attached by the user. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a clothes rack that is easy and can be easily replaced even if it is damaged, and that is also low in cost.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following constitution. That is, the clothes dryer according to the present invention has a rod receiver including a rod receiver for holding a clothes rod and a fixture attached to the drone, and the rod receiver is hung from the rod receiver and the rod receiver. A support shaft having an elastic locking portion is formed on the base, and the mounting tool includes a pedestal and a hollow mounting shaft hung from the pedestal and having an elastic locking portion at a tip thereof. The rod is press-fitted and locked to the mounting shaft of the fixture, the rod receiving portion is held on the pedestal, and the mounting shaft of the fixture is press-fitted and locked into the mounting hole of the drought.
The rod receiver is characterized by being attached to the drought.

If a recess for accommodating the lower portion of the rod receiving portion is formed on the upper surface of the mounting base of the fixture, and if the lower surface of the mounting base is formed into a curved surface along the drought, the lower portion of the rod reception portion is stored in the recess of the mounting base. The rod receiver is prevented from rotating with respect to the fixture, and the curved surface of the lower surface of the pedestal along the rod is fitted and locked to the rod. This is preferable because rotation of the fixture is prevented.

[0007]

According to the drying rack of the present invention, the rod receiver is composed of the rod receiver for holding the rod and the fixture for attaching to the rod, and the support shaft tip of the rod receiver and the attachment shaft tip of the fixture are provided. Each of them has an elastic locking portion, and the rod receiving tool is press-fitted to the mounting tool and the mounting tool is locked to the drought, so that the rod receiving tool is integrated with the mounting tool and the mounting tool. Is attached to the rod, the rod receiver is attached to the rod, and the rod receiver or the attachment is pulled out from the attachment or the rod against the elastic force of the elastic locking portion to remove it. You can also

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a clothes rack attached to a veranda, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a rod receiving portion in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a rod receiving in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a rod receiving tool used in FIG. 4, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a mounting tool used in the rod receiving tool of FIG.

In FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a clothesline support pillar fixed to a crosspiece of a veranda, and 2 denotes a right angle joint 11 to the support pillar 1.
The rods 3 horizontally attached via the rods are rod receivers, and the rod receivers 3 are composed of rod holders 4 for holding the rods and fixtures 5 attached to the rods 2, and the rod receivers 3 Two droughts 2 attached to the two are arranged facing each other.
The rod 6 is arranged to be passed between them.

The rod receiving part 4 holds the rod 6 on the rod receiving device 4.
1 and a supporting shaft 42 hanging from the rod receiving portion 41 are formed respectively, and the rod receiving portion 41 has an inner shape of a substantially gourd-shaped annular shape, and a large-diameter rod 6 is inserted in the upper portion, and a lower portion is inserted in the lower portion. The rod 6 having a small diameter is also used for insertion, and the rib 6 is elastically deformable so that the rod 6 can be held properly. The shape of the rod receiving portion 41 may be V-shaped or U-shaped with an open upper portion as in the conventional case, in addition to the present embodiment.

A support shaft 4 suspended from the rod receiving portion 41.
2 is formed of a rod-shaped body having a circular cross section, and has an elastic locking portion 43 at the tip. The elastic locking portion 43 is composed of a hollow portion 44 and a ridge 45 protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the hollow portion 44, and is elastically deformed in the diameter reducing direction when the hollow portion 44 is pressed. ing.

The fixture 5 is formed of a pedestal 51 and a hollow attachment shaft 52 hanging from the pedestal 51 and having a circular cross section. The support shaft 42 of the rod receiver 4 is elastically coupled to the elastic locking portion 43. It is press-fitted into the mounting shaft 52 of the mounting tool 5 against the force, the protrusion 45 of the elastic locking portion 43 is locked to the tip end surface of the mounting shaft 52, and the lower end of the rod receiving portion 41 contacts the pedestal 51. By being held in contact with each other, the rod receiving tool 4 and the mounting tool 5 are assembled and integrated. And the elastic locking portion 43
It can also be removed by pulling out the rod receiving tool 4 from the mounting tool 5 against the elastic force of.

An elastic locking portion 53 is formed at the tip of a mounting shaft 52 hanging from the receiving table 51. The elastic locking portion 53 is composed of a vertical split groove 54 formed in the radial direction and a ridge 55 projecting from the outer peripheral surface of the vertical split groove 54. The vertical split groove 54 is pressed to reduce the diameter. It is designed to be elastically deformed in the direction. And the mounting shaft 52 of the fixture 5
Against the elastic force of the elastic locking portion 53, by press-fitting the elastic locking portion 53 into the mounting hole 21 formed in the drought 2, and locking the projection 55 of the elastic locking portion 53 to the opposite side of the drought 2. By this, the attachment 5 is attached to the drought 2. It can also be detached by pulling the attachment 5 out of the drought 2 against the elastic force of the elastic locking portion 53.

In this embodiment, the upper surface of the pedestal 51 is formed with a recess 56 for accommodating the lower portion of the rod receiving portion 41, and the lower surface of the pedestal 51 is formed as a curved surface 57 along the rod 2.
That is, the lower portion of the rod receiving portion 41 is housed in the recess 56 of the pedestal 51 and locked, so that the rod receiving tool 4 is attached to the attachment tool 5.
The free rotation of the attachment 5 is prevented by fitting the curved surface 57 of the lower surface of the pedestal 51 along the rod 2 to the rod 2 and locking it. To prevent unwanted rotation,
Therefore, the rod receiving tool 4 and the mounting tool 5 are prevented from unnecessarily rotating due to wind pressure or the like.

Contrary to the present embodiment, the upper surface of the pedestal 51 is made smooth without forming a recess, and the joint 1 is attached to the column 1.
1, the rod 2 may be horizontally rotated. If such a configuration is adopted, the rod receiver 4 has a drawback of being rotated by wind pressure or the like. By rotating the drying rod 2 and the rod receiving tool 4 in the storing direction while holding the laundry, there is an advantage that the laundry can be compactly stored when the laundry is not dried.

The rod receiving member 4 and the mounting member 5 are generally made of synthetic resin such as polyethylene, polypropylene, vinyl chloride or nylon in consideration of moldability and elastic force of the elastic locking portions 43, 53. In addition, for the rod 2 and the pillar 1, a pipe made of metal such as iron, stainless steel, aluminum or the like, synthetic resin coated metal or the like is generally used in terms of strength and durability.

Next, FIGS. 5 to 7 are views showing another embodiment of the clothes dryer according to the present invention. FIG. 5 shows an example in which the present invention is applied to a balcony clothesline, and the drought 2 is rotatably attached to a horizontal rail 7 of the veranda, and FIG. 6 is an example in which the invention is applied to a concrete clothesline. Concrete example 8
The hanging rod 2 horizontally extends from the upper part of the pillar 1 which is erected in the vertical direction. Fig. 7 shows an example in which the present invention is applied to a clothes rack that is used both indoors and outdoors. A drought 2 is installed between 1 and 1. Although the overall shape of the clothes rack of this embodiment and the mounting method, shape, etc. of the clothes rod 2 are different from each other, they are basically the same as the clothes rack shown in the embodiment of FIG. Also in the stand, the rod receiver 3 constituted by the rod receiver 4 and the fixture 5 as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, which is a feature of the present invention, is attached to the rod 2. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but is applicable to various types of clothes dryers having shapes other than the above.

[0019]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the rod receiver is composed of the rod receiver for holding the rod and the attachment for attaching to the rod, and the tip of the support shaft of the rod receiver. And the mounting shaft tip of the mounting tool have elastic locking portions respectively, and the rod receiving tool is press-fitted into the mounting tool and the mounting tool is locked to the drought, so that the rod receiving tool is mounted. The rod holder is attached to the rod, the rod receiver is attached to the rod, and the rod receiver and the fixture are attached to the rod against the elastic force of the elastic locking portion. It can also be removed by pulling it out from the rod. Therefore, the user can easily and easily attach the rod receiver, and even if the rod receiver is damaged, the rod receiver can be easily replaced, and since the attachment is easy, the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a clothes dryer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a rod receiving portion of FIG.

3 is a perspective view showing a rod receiver used for the rod receiver of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a fixture used in the rod receiver of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the clothes dryer according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing still another embodiment of the clothes dryer according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of the clothes dryer according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Drying rod 21 Mounting hole 3 Rod receiving 4 Rod receiving tool 41 Rod receiving part 42 Support shaft 43 Elastic locking part 44 Cavity part 45 Projection 5 Mounting tool 51 Receptacle 52 Mounting shaft 53 Elastic locking part 54 Vertical split groove 55 Projection 56 Recess 57 Curved surface 6 Rod

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A rod receiver comprising a rod receiver for holding a clothesline and a fixture attached to a droop, wherein the rod receiver is hung from the rod receiver and elastically locked at a tip thereof. A support shaft having a portion is formed, the fixture is formed of a pedestal and a hollow mounting shaft that is hung from the pedestal and has an elastic locking portion at the tip, and the support shaft of the rod receiver is attached to the fixture. A clothesline in which the shaft is press-fitted and locked on the shaft, the rod receiving portion is held on the pedestal, and the mounting shaft of the fixture is press-fitted and locked in the mounting hole of the rod so that the rod receiver can be attached to the rod. Stand. 2. The clothesline according to claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the pedestal of the fixture is formed with a concave portion for accommodating the lower portion of the rod receiving section, and a lower surface of the pedestal is formed as a curved surface along a drying rod. Stand.