JPH084956Y2 - Clothes rack - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes rack for towels, clothes and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pair of front and rear struts, which are erected on leg portions that can be placed on the ground, and a horizontal rod connecting the struts to both left and right sides (direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the horizontal rod). A clothes rack having a structure provided with a plurality of protruding locking rods has been used, and laundry or the like is dried on the locking rods.

[0003]

However, the conventional clothes-drying pedestal occupies a lot of space for installation, and it is difficult to install it in a place where there is only a small space such as an outdoor veranda or indoors. Also,
Despite the installation space, I couldn't hang too much laundry.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems and to provide a clothes rack which can be installed in a narrow space and can be folded compactly and convenient for storage.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a vertically long and substantially rectangular base frame that can be separated and connected vertically, and a vertical axis centering around a vertical axis rod portion of the base frame. swing and turn tatami frame generally C-shaped with upper and lower separated and connected freely pivotally freely, the upper and lower horizontal portion vertical axis swings around freely pivoted to the upper and lower separated and connected freely substantially C-shaped in the The right folding frame and the left folding frame are pivotally connected to the pair of both rods of the base frame so as to be swingable around the horizontal axis toward the left folding frame to be left folding frame in a horizontal state.
A left drying frame that can be hanged freely via the first hang-up mechanism, and a right turn in a horizontal state by being pivotally connected to the right folding frame side around the horizontal axis and pivotally connected to the both rods. First in a tatami frame
And right Dried frame to be hooked detachably hung via two hanging disengaging mechanism,
In the folded state, the left and right folding frames and the base frame are
A pair of lower base frames that are arranged in a mat
If the protruding part of the is a substantially W-shaped member mounted on the mounting surface,
In addition, the left and right folding frames roll along the lower surface of the mounting surface.
A caster is attached, and further above the left and right folding frames above the left
The height position of the upper side of the right frame is the height of the upper side of the base frame
As a higher level, the vertical part of the upper left frame and the end of the lower left frame
The vertical part is the rotation axis of the left folding frame and the upper part
Turn right at the end vertical part of the right frame and the end vertical part of the lower right frame
The axis of rotation of the tatami frame.

[0006]

[Operation] The left and right folding frames are swung around the vertical axis to be deployed, and further, the left and right hanging frames are swung upward around the horizontal axis, by the first hanging mechanism and the second hanging mechanism. If the left and right folding frames and the left and right drying frames are hooked, it is possible to easily and quickly put them into a deployed and used state. Further, by using the first hanging mechanism and the second hanging mechanism, the left and right drying frames can be removed from the left and right folding frames, and the left and right folding frames can be folded into a compact folded state.

No casters are attached to the base frame.
A pair of protruding parts of the lower base frame is placed on the placing surface,
Is stable in the expanded state. Also, the base frame and vertical folding
Since the tatami frame can be separated and connected up and down, each member can be relatively
Can be separated into small parts. Furthermore, the upper left frame
The vertical part of the left end and the vertical part of the lower left frame are
It becomes the axis of rotation, and the vertical part of the upper right frame and the end of the lower right frame
The vertical part is the rotation axis of the right folding frame, so the left and right folding frames
Each rotation axis of is excellent in strength.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings showing embodiments.

1 to 4 show a state in which the clothes rack according to the present invention is deployed and used, FIG. 2 is a front view, FIG. 3 is a left side view, and FIG.
Is a plan view. This clothes rack 1 is made of stainless steel or the like, and has a vertically long and substantially rectangular base frame 2, left and right folding frames 3 and 4 pivotally attached to the base frame 2 so as to be unfoldable, and swings on the base frame 2. It is provided with a left drying frame 5 and a plurality of right drying frames 6, 6 which are freely pivoted.

A caster 7 is attached to the lower ends of the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 with bolts and nuts, etc.
This is for making it easy to fold and unfold 4. Reference numeral 8 is a corrugated locking member fixed to the upper ends of the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 by rivets or the like, and is for hanging a hanger or the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the base frame 2 made of a pipe material or the like has a substantially inverted U-shape upper base frame 2a and a substantially W- shape.
The lower base frame 2b made of a body is connected with the joint rods 9 to be assembled. Therefore, the pair of protrusions 50, 5 of the base frame 2
0 is placed on the placing surface, and the lower lateral side portion 5 of the left and right folding frames 3 and 4
3, 54 casters 7 roll on the mounting surface.

As shown in FIG. 5, the connecting rod 9 has a short tubular shape, and has an insertion portion 10 tightly fitted in the holes at the ends of the upper and lower base frames 2a and 2b and the ends of the upper and lower base frames 2a and 2b. A bulging portion (11) with which the edge portion abuts.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the left folding frame 3 made of a pipe material or the like is joined to the upper left frame 3a and the lower left frame 3b, which are substantially J-shaped (in the separated state), in the same manner as the base frame 2. The rods 9 are connected to each other and assembled so as to form a substantially C-shape as a whole. The vertical height of the left folding frame 3 is set to be about the height of the person (for example, 1.6 m).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the left folding frame 3 is pivotally attached to the base frame 2 via pivoting members 12, 12 so as to be swingable about a vertical axis. The pivoting member 12 has a bending piece 13 having a U-shaped cross section and a semicircular receiving piece 14, and the bending piece 13
Is horizontally fixed to the upper horizontal rod portion 15 of the base frame 2 with rivets or the like.

The end vertical portion 55 of the upper left frame 3a is rotatably inserted into the through hole of the bent piece 13, and further, the receiving piece 14 is provided.
Is fixed to the left folding frame 3 with rivets or the like, and the upper left frame 3
a is Ru is connected to the base frame 2. In addition, the end lead of the lower left frame 3b
The straight portion 56 is also connected to the lower lateral rod portion 17 of the base frame 2 through the pivot member 12.
And is connected. Reference numeral 16 is a cap attached to the hole of the left folding frame 3.

Further , a right turn having the same structure as the left folding frame 3
Similarly to the above, the tatami frame 4 also has a vertical end portion of the upper right frame 4a.
The portion 57 and the vertical end portion 58 of the lower right frame 4b are located above and below the base frame 2.
Lead is attached to the horizontal rods 15 and 17 via the pivoting members 12 and 12, respectively.
It is pivotally connected around a straight axis, and as shown in FIG.
The left and right folding frames 3 and 4 are respectively in the arrow A direction and the arrow B direction.
Fold freely with a swing angle of 180 °
Becomes

Therefore, the base frame 2 and the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 are
It is possible to separate and connect each one up and down, and it is compact when packing and transporting.
Can be realized. In addition, the upper part of the left and right folding frames 3 and 4
Set the height positions of the upper lateral sides 51, 52 of the left and right frames 3a, 4a.
It is positioned higher than the height of the upper horizontal rod 15 of the base frame 2, and the upper left
End vertical portion 55 of frame 3a and end vertical portion 5 of lower left frame 3b
6 and 6 are the rotation axes of the left folding frame 3 and the upper right frame 4
an end vertical portion 57 of a and an end vertical portion 58 of the lower right frame 4b.
Is the rotation axis of the right folding frame 4.

In the illustrated example, the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 are pivotally attached to the base frame 2 at positions displaced by a predetermined distance in the front-rear direction,
Length L ₁ from the pivot point C of the left folding frame 3 to the front end of the base frame 2
And the length L ₂ from the pivot point C to the left end of the left folding frame 3 are set to be substantially the same.

Also in the right folding frame 4, the length from the pivot I is set so as to have the same relationship as the lengths L ₁ and L ₂ . Therefore, the left and right folding frames 3, 4 are moved in the direction of arrow A.
By folding, the left and right ends of the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 do not stick out from the front and rear ends of the base frame 2 to be compact. The pivot point C,
The interval of I can be freely increased or decreased. For example, it is also preferable that the pivot points C and I are located at substantially the same position.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the horizontal cross-shaped left drying frame 5 includes a first supporting rod 18 such as a pipe material and the first supporting rod 18
And a substantially U-shaped outer frame 19 connected to each other in an orthogonal manner, and the outer frame 19
It consists of multiple connecting rods 20 ...

As shown in FIG. 7, the connecting rods 20 ... Are attached to the outer frame 19, the outer frame 19 is attached to the first support rod 18, and the like by rivets.
Each is fixed. Both ends of the first support rod 18 are rotatably inserted into the large and small through holes 22 and 23 of both the vertical rods 21 and 21 of the base frame 2,
It is pivotally connected to the base frame 2 via a fixture 24.

As the fixing tool 24, for example, an open-ended expanding rivet containing a push-up pin is used.
After being inserted into the small diameter portion 25 of the support rod 18, the tip of the fixture 24 is opened and fixed to the narrowed portion 26 of the first support rod 18.

In this way, the left hanging frame 5 is moved toward the left folding frame 3 in the direction shown by the arrow E in FIG. 2 by the first pivoting portions 42, 42 which pivotally connect the left hanging frame 5 and the base frame 2. It can swing around the horizontal axis.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a skewer-shaped right drying frame 6
Includes a second support rod 27 such as a pipe material, a substantially U-shaped hanging piece 28 that is provided at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction of the second supporting rod 27 so as to project orthogonally, and the hanging piece 28. And a plurality of substantially U-shaped locking pieces 29, which are arranged in parallel with each other on the second support rod 27.

As shown in FIG. 8, the hooking / disengaging pieces 28 and the locking pieces 29 are fixed to the second supporting rod 27 by welding or the like. Further, both end portions of the second support rod 27 are connected to both the vertical rod portions 21 and 21 of the base frame 2.
It is pivotally connected to the base frame 2 via the pivotal attachments 30, 30 fixed to the base frame 2.

The pivotal connector 30 is made of plastic and has a recess 31 that is in close contact with the rod 21 and a sliding contact portion 32 that is rotatably inserted into the hole of the second support rod 27. It is fixed to the vertical rod portion 21 with bolts and nuts 36 via 33, 34 and 35.

In this way, the right drying frame 6 is horizontally moved in the direction shown by the arrow F in FIG. 2, that is, to the right folding frame 4 side by the second pivoting portions 43 ... Which pivotally connect the right drying frame 6 and the base frame 2. It can freely swing around its axis.

In addition, small items such as towels are placed on the right drying frame 6,
The left drying frame 5 can hang a bath towel or the like, and the locking member 8 can be hung to hang clothes or the like.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 9, in the hook 37 formed by bending a wire or the like, the shaft end portions 38, 38 are rotatably inserted into the through holes of the left folding frame 3, It is swingable around the shaft end 38.

The hook 37 and the outer frame 19 of the left hanging frame 5 constitute a first hanging mechanism 39 that allows the left hanging frame 5 and the left folding frame 3 to be hooked and unhooked freely. In addition, the hooks 40 and 40 and the hanging pieces 28 and 28, which have the same configuration as the hook 37, allow the right drying frames 6 and 6 to be removed.
The second hanging mechanism 41, 41 for freely hanging the right folding frame 4 and the right folding frame 4 is constituted.

In order to fold the left drying frame 5 from the unfolded state shown in FIG. 2, the left drying frame 5 is first swung upward, and then the hook 37 is swung in the direction of arrow G to move the left drying frame 5 to the left. Dried frame 5
Can be swung downwards.

In order to change the folded state to the unfolded state,
Left swing frame 5 with hook 37 still swinging in the direction of arrow G.
Is swung upward to make it horizontal, and the hook 37 is swung in the direction of arrow H to be hooked on the left drying frame 5.

The right drying frame 6 can also be unfolded or folded in the same manner as the left drying frame 5. In addition, hook 4
When the right drying frame 6 is hooked at 0 and 40, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the right drying frame 6 is inclined obliquely at a predetermined angle θ ₁ and at a predetermined angle θ ₂ . Tilt backwards.

According to the clothes drier 1 constructed as described above,
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, when the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 and the left and right drying frames 5 and 6 are respectively deployed,
The entire front and rear lower ends of the base frame 2 and the four corners of the casters 7, 7 located at the left and right lower ends of the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 can be securely supported, and the stability is good and it does not easily fall and is safe. is there.

When the installation space is very narrow or the laundry is not dried, only the left folding frame 3 and the left drying frame 5 are unfolded or used, or the right folding frame 4 and the right drying frame 6, Only 6 can be expanded and used.

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show the folded state of the clothes rack 1. In this manner, in the folded state, the left and right folding frames are shown.
3, 4 and the base frame 2 are arranged in parallel in a superposed manner,
Ri Do a compact flat Te, without taking retract and location, carry also easy.

[0037]

[Effect of the Invention] The present invention is constructed as described above, and thus has the following remarkable effects.

In the folded state, it becomes a compact flat plate shape.
In, easy to carry, it is a convenient space-saving storage. Especially, the base frame 2 and the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 are separated from each other.
-Since they can be connected, each member can be divided into relatively small parts.
It can be separated and can be made more compact when shipping and packing.
It becomes easy to carry and transport. In the expanded state,
The pair of protrusions 50, 50 of the lower base frame 2b of the base frame 2 is a mounting surface.
Since it is placed on, this clothes rack can be held in a stable state.
And will not fall or move due to wind, etc.
There is no danger that the laundry will get dirty or hurt people.

Excellent strength and stable for a long time
You can use this clothes rack with. Moreover, turn left and right
The height of the tatami frames 3 and 4 is larger than the height of the base frame 2.
Therefore, the upper lateral sides 51 and 52 of the left and right folding frames 3 and 4 should be dried.
It can be effectively used as a part. In other words, even in a small space, many laundry items can be dried three-dimensionally.

The left drying frame 5 and / or the right drying frame 6,
If 6 is folded, clothes that are long in the top and bottom can be hung with a hanger or the like and dried. Moreover, depending on the size of the installation space and the amount of laundry to be dried, the left and right folding frames 3,
Either one or both of Nos. 4 and 4 can be used as the expanded state, which is extremely practical.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a developed and used state of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a connection structure of an upper base frame and a lower base frame.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a pivotal structure of a left-right folding frame and a base frame.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a first pivotal part.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of an essential part showing a second pivotal part.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a state where hooks are attached to the left and right folding frames.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a folded state.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a folded state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Base frame 3 Left folding frame 4 Right folding frame 5 Left drying frame 6 Right drying frame 15 Upper horizontal rod 17 Lower horizontal rod 21 Vertical rod 39 First hanging mechanism 41 Second hanging mechanism

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] And 1. A substantially rectangular vertical separation and linking universal base frame 2 with longitudinal, vertical separation, which is swingably pivoted on a vertical axis around the vertical horizontal portion 15, 17 of the base frame 2 A substantially C-shaped left folding frame 3 which can be freely connected, and a substantially C which can be vertically separated and connected so as to be pivotally attached to the upper and lower horizontal rod portions 15 and 17 about a vertical axis.
A right folding frame 4 having a character shape and a pair of both rods 21 and 2 of the base frame 2 which are swingable to the left folding frame 3 side around a horizontal axis.
In the horizontal state, the first folding hook 3 is released from the left folding frame 3
A left drying frame 5 which is hooked and detached via a mechanism 39 ,
The right folding frame 4 is pivotally connected to both the vertical rods 21 and 21 so as to be swingable around a horizontal axis , and is turned right in a horizontal state.
It is hooked on the tatami frame 4 via the second hooking / releasing mechanism 41 so as to be freely hooked and unhooked.
The right and left foldable frame 6 and the right foldable frame 6 in the folded state.
3, 4 and the base frame 2 are arranged in parallel in a superposed manner, and
The lower base frame 2b of the base frame 2 is provided with a pair of protrusions 50, 50.
Is a substantially W-shaped body mounted on the mounting surface, and
Roll the right folding frames 3 and 4 onto the lower lateral sides 53 and 54 on the mounting surface.
A moving caster 7 is attached, and the left and right folding frames are further added.
3, 4 upper left and right frames 3a, 4a
The height position is higher than the height position of the upper horizontal rod portion 15 of the base frame 2.
Then, the end vertical portion 55 of the upper left frame 3a and the lower left frame 3b
When the end vertical portion 56 is the rotation axis of the left folding frame 3,
The vertical end 57 of the upper right frame 4a and the end of the lower right frame 4b.
A clothes rack characterized in that the vertical portion 58 and the right vertical folding frame 4 serve as the rotation axis of the right folding frame 4 .