JPH09789A - Clothespole and clothes-drying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To automate the work for drying wash by setting hangers hanging the wash in the spiral grooves formed on the outer periphery of a clothespole and rotating the clothespole or the spiral grooves, thereby moving the hangers in the longitudinal direction of the pole along the grooves with the clothespole and clothes-drying device for automatically transporting the wash hung to the clothespole along the longitudinal direction of the clothespole. CONSTITUTION: This clothespole A having a spiral groove 2 is formed by spirally winding a bar 3 around the outer periphery of a pole body 1 and fixing this pole body 1 and the spiral bar 3 or forming both in such a manner that the pole body 1 and the spiral bar 3 are relatively rotatable. This clothes-drying device is constituted to be provided with a rotational driving device B which rotates only the clothespole A or only the spiral bar 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothesline and a clothesline device capable of automatically carrying a laundry hung on a clothesline along the length of the clothesline.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, housewives' labor work at home
It has been significantly reduced by the development of various household appliances. Among them, the spread of electric washing machines and vacuum cleaners can be said to have had a great impact on reducing the labor of housewives.

Especially, the laundry work in the work of a housewife is
With the spread of automatic washing machines, a series of operations such as water supply, washing, rinsing, and dehydration, depending on the type of clothes, have been greatly improved, such as automatic operation with a single start button. However, at the stage where the laundry is finished and the laundry is dried, the current situation is that the conventional work is still performed.

That is, it is very troublesome to manually hang clothes on a hanger and hang them while sequentially arranging them, and it is also very troublesome to take in dry clothes, which requires labor. It is a task to do. In this way, the laundry is not only dried on the ground, but also in different states such as Veranta, which is hard to act, on a high clothes rack, under the eaves outside the hard-to-reach windows, In particular, hanging laundry evenly over the entire length of the rod is time-consuming, and drying clothes is inefficient and consumes a lot of labor. Considering the widespread use of various household appliances, housewives work at home. Only the work of drying clothes is left behind from labor saving.

[0005]

As described above, it seems that the housewife's laundry work at home has become very convenient in the laundry itself, but at the stage of hanging the laundry, the old-fashioned work still remains. It is a long-awaited task to develop a device or a device that can reduce the labor of a housewife who hangs laundry and can perform clothes drying easily and efficiently.

The present invention was devised in view of the above problems, and by freely and automatically transporting laundry hung on one location of a clothesline, the laundry can be washed over the entire length of the pole without requiring manpower. Clothes are laid out evenly, and even when the laundry is taken in, the laundry is collected in one place to improve the efficiency of drying the laundry at home. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0007]

Therefore, the clothes rod according to the present invention as defined in claim 1 is characterized in that a spiral groove is formed on the outer circumference of the clothes rod body. Further, the clothes rod of the present invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that a spiral groove is formed by spirally winding and fixing a strip body on the outer periphery of the clothes rod body. .

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, a strip is wound around the outer periphery of the main body of the rod so as to be relatively rotatable with the main body of the rod. As a result, a spiral groove is formed. Further, the clothes-drying device of the present invention according to claim 4 comprises a clothes-drying rod having a spiral groove formed on the outer periphery of the clothes-drying rod main body, and a rotary drive device for rotationally driving the clothes-drying rod. It is characterized by being configured.

Further, in the clothes-drying device of the present invention as defined in claim 5, a strip body is spirally wound around the outer periphery of the clothes-drying rod main body so as to be relatively rotatable with the clothes-drying rod main body. And a rotary drive device for rotationally driving a spiral strip provided on the outer periphery of the clothes rod body.

[0010]

In the clothes rod of the present invention according to claim 1 of the present invention described above, since the spiral groove is formed on the outer periphery of the clothes rod, the hanger for hanging the laundry on the rod is By rotating the rod or the groove forming member, the hanger can be freely conveyed along the groove in the length direction of the rod.

In the clothes rod according to the second aspect of the present invention, the spiral groove is formed by spirally winding and fixing the strip around the outer periphery of the clothes rod. The groove can be easily and easily manufactured. Further, in the article drying rod according to the present invention as set forth in claim 3, a strip is spirally wound around the periphery of the strip to form a spiral groove, and only the spiral strip is rotated with respect to the rod. Since the groove moves due to the rotation of the strip, the hanger hanging the laundry and hung on the rod is
By rotating the strip, it can be freely conveyed along the groove in the longitudinal direction of the rod.

In the clothes-drying device of the present invention as defined in claim 4, a rotary drive device for rotating a clothes rod having a spiral groove formed on the outer periphery is provided. Therefore, the rotary drive device is operated. By rotating the rod in the forward and reverse directions, the laundry can be freely conveyed in the length direction of the rod. Further, in the clothes-drying device of the present invention according to claim 5, a strip is spirally wound around the outer periphery of the clothes rod to form a spiral groove, and only the spiral strip is rotated with respect to the clothes rod. Since the rotary drive is provided, the spiral groove moves in the forward and reverse directions by operating the rotary drive, and the laundry hung on the rod can be freely conveyed in the length direction of the clothes rod. .

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 9 show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of a clothes rod and clothes dryer according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an example, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the real clothes drying device installed on the ceiling of the balcony, Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the real clothes drying device installed on the floor of the veranda, and Fig. 4 is an installation of the real clothes drying device on the ground. FIG. 5 is a front view showing an example of a laundry hanging device used for a real dry rod, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are perspective views showing a state where the futon and the sheet are dried using the laundry hanging device of FIG. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the real dry line and the dry line device, and FIG. 9 is FIG.
It is the front view which expanded the one end part of the clothes drying apparatus by the Example of this, and the same code | symbol in each figure shows the substantially the same part.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a cylindrical or cylindrical rod body made of metal (for example, stainless steel) or hard plastic having a predetermined length and thickness, and the outer peripheral surface of the rod body 1 is The spiral groove 2 is continuously formed over substantially the entire length thereof, and the clothes rod A is configured.
The spiral groove 2 is continuously formed by winding a metal (for example, stainless steel) or hard plastic strip 3 around the rod body 1 at a predetermined inclination angle and fixing the strip 3 by welding or the like. The spiral groove 2 having the lead L is formed.

The depth of the spiral groove 2 is defined by setting the thickness of the strip 3, and the depth of the spiral groove 2 is determined by the hooking portion 4a of the hanger 4 suspended on the clothes rod A. The groove 2 is formed so as not to fall off the groove 2. Thus, the hanger 4 hung on the spiral groove 2 of the clothes rod A moves in the length direction of the rod by one lead of the spiral along the spiral groove 2 as shown by an arrow a by one rotation of the clothes rod A. In addition, by rotating the clothes rod A in the opposite direction, it is configured to move in the direction of returning by one lead of the spiral groove 2 for each rotation as indicated by an arrow b.

Therefore, in this clothes rod A, the laundry 5
Hanger 4 and hanging tool 22 for small items (see Figures 2 and 3)
Is hung on one end 1a of the clothes rod A, and when the clothes rod A is rotated, the hanger 4 moves toward the other end of the clothes rod A. The clothes rod A is appropriately rotated. By doing so, a plurality of laundry items 5 hung on the one end side 1a of the clothes rod A can be spread and hung over the entire length of the clothes rod A, and by rotating the clothes rod A in reverse, The laundry 5 that has been spread and dried can be collected at the one end 1a of the clothes rod A.

Further, such a drying pole A and such a drying pole A
By combining with the rotation drive device B that rotates the clothes dryer, a clothes drying device that can automatically feed laundry is configured. That is, the rotation drive device B includes a motor 6 and an operation unit 8 that operates the motor 6, and the motor 6 and the article rod A pass through a reduction mechanism (not shown) or the motor 6 itself is provided with a reduction gear. It is connected after a while
A universal joint (universal link) 9 is interposed between the end of the one end 1a of the motor and the rotating shaft on the side of the motor 6.

On the other hand, the other end portion 1b of the clothes rod A is the support shaft portion 10.
Is rotatably supported by and the universal joint 9 is also interposed in this portion. The motor 6 is housed in the case 11 and the power line 7
The operating portion 8 of the motor 6 is connected to the electric wire 12 and is provided at a remote position outside the case 11 (a specific example of this installation position will be described later).

Therefore, the operation section 8 can be operated from a place distant from the clothes rod A to start the motor 6, adjust the speed, rotate the motor forward and backward, and stop the motor 6. Further, depending on the installation location of the clothes dryer and the embodiment, a control unit (not shown) for controlling the movement of the motor 6.
May be provided in the case 11, and the operation unit 8 for remotely controlling the control unit by wire or wireless may be provided separately.

In addition to the operation unit 8, a sensor, a timer or the like may be provided, and the motor 6 may be operated by interlocking this with the control unit. With such a configuration, this clothes-drying device operates the rotation of the clothes-drying rod A from a remote place,
The laundry 5 can be spread in the length direction of the rod or collected in a part.

The mounting structure of the case 11 for accommodating the motor 6 and the support shaft portion 10 differs depending on the place, condition, etc. of the clothes dryer. 4 will be described. First, FIG. 2 shows a case where a real drying device is fixedly installed on a veranda or the like of an apartment, and a case 11 in which a motor 6, a control unit, etc. are housed.
Is fixed to the upper part of the veranda by a supporting rod 15 hanging from the ceiling 14 or a supporting arm (not shown) protruding from the wall surface, and the supporting shaft part 10 is also fixed by the same means. It is configured to hold the dry pole A horizontally.

In this case, the operating section 8 for operating the motor 6 or the control section is attached to the wall surface near the window 16 near the one end 1a of the clothes rod A, and the operating section 8 and the motor 6 or the control section are connected to each other. It is configured to be connected by the electric wire 12. Therefore, when the laundry 5 is dried, the clothes hanger 4 hanging the laundry 5 on the balcony A and the clothes hanging device 2 are hung on the balcony.
When the clothes rod A is rotated in the direction of sending out the laundry 5 by operating the operation unit 8 by hanging the laundry 2, the laundry 5 is sent toward the other end 1b of the clothes rod A as shown in FIG. Since it can be hung and spread over the entire length of the clothesline A, even if a flowerpot or the like is placed on the floor of the veranda, the laundry 5 can be spread over the entire length of the clothesline A without moving the body position. It can be spread evenly and dried.

When the dry laundry 5 is to be taken in, it may be taken out to the balcony, but the window 16 is opened and the operation section 8 is operated from the room to collect the laundry 5 at the one end 1a of the clothes rod A. After that, go to the balcony and remove the laundry 5, so
As a whole, the work of drying the laundry 5 becomes very easy and easy, which is very useful for reducing the labor of the housewife in the laundry work.

Further, FIG. 3 shows a case where the real drying device is movably installed on the floor of the veranda, and the stable base 1
7, a case 11 accommodating the motor 6, the control unit, etc. is attached to the upper part of one side of the pair of columns 18, 18 on which the column is erected, and the spindle 10 is attached to the upper part of the other side. It is held horizontally to form a clothes dryer. In this case, since the clothes drying device can be moved, it is suitable to perform remote control by a wireless operation unit (not shown).

Therefore, also in this example, as in the case of FIG. 1, there is an effect that the work of hanging or taking in the laundry 5 can be easily and easily performed. Although not shown, when this clothes-drying device is installed under the eaves outside a small window, the operator should extend his or her hand out from the window and hang the laundry on the clothes-drying rod A. You can easily open and dry it, or collect it at hand and take it in from the window.

Further, FIG. 4 shows a real drying device for the ground 1 such as a garden.
9 shows the case of installation on the motor 9, and similarly to the case of FIG. 3, a case 11 accommodating the motor 6, the control unit and the like and a support shaft unit 10 are attached to the upper portions of the pair of columns 18 and 18, respectively. A small roof 20 is formed above the
A rain sensor 21 is provided on the upper part of the. Therefore, when it starts to rain while the laundry 5 is being dried, the rain sensor 21 works as a control unit to move the motor 6 to store the laundry 5 under the small roof 20 automatically. .

In this case, the support pillar 1 on the case 11 side
When 8 is placed under the eaves of the house and the support pillar 18 on the side of the support shaft 10 is installed at a position projecting into the garden, it is not necessary to provide a small roof on the case 11, and the rain sensor 21a is provided on the support shaft 10 side. By providing the receiving portion 21b that receives the signal from the rain sensor 21a on the case 11 side, the present apparatus can detect rain and automatically store the laundry 5 under the eaves.

The function of the real dry device by the rain sensor 21 is not only to save the trouble of taking in and hanging laundry one by one due to temporary light rain, but also to wash the house when it is away. The convenience is that you can go out without worrying about things. In the above description, one groove 2 of the clothes rod A, such as the hanger 4 or the accessory hanging device 22, is used.
Although the case of hanging laundry by using the above has been described, the usage mode in the case of hanging a wide object such as a futon, a sheet, and a blanket will be described below.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the hook portion 2 is provided on the upper portion.
3a, and the rod hooks 23b, 23 on the middle and lower ends of both legs.
A wide object can be easily dried by using two inverted V-shaped suspenders 23 having c and hooking the hooking portions 23a of the hooks 23 with the two separated grooves 2 of the article rod A. That is, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the usage pattern is shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7. The two inverted V-shaped suspensions 23 are hung on the two grooves 2 separated from each other, and the normal rod 24 is passed to the rod hook portions 23b and 23c of both legs. , This is futon 2
When 5 or the sheet 26 is hung, the two inverted V-shaped suspenders 23 are moved in the state of equal intervals as the clothes rod A is rotated, and a wide dried object can be moved in the length direction of the clothes rod 1. it can.

Therefore, the actual drying apparatus can be used not only for small items such as clothes, hand towels and socks, but also for wide items such as futons, sheets and blankets by using the jig. In addition,
Instead of forming the spiral groove 2 having the continuous desired lead L by winding the strip body 3 around the rod body 1 at a predetermined inclination angle and fixing it by welding or the like as in the above-mentioned embodiment, The spiral groove 2 may be directly formed on the outer circumference of the rod body without attaching the strip 2.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, a further feature of the present invention is that it can also be applied to a bent rod. In FIG. 8, a spiral groove 3 is formed by winding a spiral strip 3 that can rotate relative to the rod main body 1 around the outer periphery of a material drying rod A having a curved portion 27 in the middle. , Cloth rod A is fixed and spiral strip 3
By rotating only the forward and reverse directions, the strip body 3 is rotated while maintaining its spiral state, and the groove 2 is configured to move forward and backward in the longitudinal direction of the article pole A.

Therefore, the hanger 4 hung on the groove 2 of the clothes rod A moves along the groove 2 in the length direction of the clothes rod A by the rotation of the spiral strip 3, and the hanger 4 of the clothes rod A moves. It is configured so that it can also pass through the curved portion 27. Then, one end portion 1a of the rod main body 1 of the curved object drying rod A provided with the rotatable spiral strip 3 is fixed to the case 11 side, and the other end portion 1b is fixed to the support shaft portion 10 side. In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, the one end 3a of the spiral strip 3 is connected to the rotary shaft of the motor 6 via the speed reduction mechanism 28, and the other end 3b of the spiral strip 3 is connected to the support shaft portion 10. By allowing the clothes to be loosely fitted in, a clothes-drying device that can automatically feed laundry with a curved rod is configured.

The speed reduction mechanism 28 includes a small gear 28a with a rotary shaft of the motor 6 and a bearing 2 at one end 1a of the rod body 1.
9 and a large gear 28b that is loosely fitted through the shaft 9.

Further, also in this embodiment, the motor 6
The control unit and the operation unit 8 for driving the motor, that is, the rotary drive device B are provided in the same manner as in the previous embodiment.

Therefore, by rotating the motor 6, only the spiral strip 3 is rotated, the spiral groove 2 is moved in the longitudinal direction of the rod body 1, and the hanger 4 hung on the clothes rod A is moved. It is also sent through the curved portion 27 of the clothesline A. With the above-mentioned configuration, since this clothes drying device is configured to rotate only the spiral strip 3, it is possible to provide a clothes drying device that can move with a small power, and even in a place with special conditions such as a relatively narrow place. An automatic clothes dryer that can be installed can be provided.

As described above, the clothes-drying rod and the clothes-drying apparatus according to the present invention can significantly reduce the work of hanging laundry and can greatly contribute to the reduction of the work force of housewives. Reducing labor work for older women is extremely effective.

[0037]

As described in detail above, claim 1 of the present invention
According to the above-mentioned clothes rod, since the spiral groove is formed on the outer periphery of the clothes rod main body, the hanger hanging the laundry and hung on the rod is formed by rotating the rod or the groove component member. Since it is freely conveyed along the length of the rod, there is an advantage that the laundry can be spread over the entire length of the rod without requiring manpower.

[0038] According to a second aspect of the present invention, the clothes pole is
Since the spiral groove is formed by spirally winding and fixing the strip around the outer periphery of the clothes rod main body, it is possible to easily set the depth and width of the groove and to form the groove. There is an advantage that the product can be provided easily and inexpensively. Furthermore, the article drying rod according to claim 3 of the present invention is a spiral rod formed by spirally winding a strip body around the outer periphery of the article drying rod body so as to be relatively rotatable with the article drying rod body. Since the spiral groove is formed, the groove moves in the length direction of the rod by rotating the spiral strip, and the hanger hung on the groove of the rod can be freely moved along the groove in the length direction of the rod. Be transported to. Therefore, not only can the laundry be spread over the entire length of the rod without requiring labor, but there is an advantage that the present device that operates with low power can be provided because only the spiral strip is rotated.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a clothes-drying device comprising: a clothes-drying rod main body having a spiral groove formed on the outer periphery thereof; and a rotary drive device for rotationally driving the clothes-drying rod. The laundry can be automatically and freely conveyed in the longitudinal direction of the clothes rod by operating the drive device to rotate the clothes rod in the forward and reverse directions. It is easy to hang the clothes on a clothesline and spread them over the entire length of the clothesline, and to collect and take in laundry to a part of the clothesline.
Therefore, there is an advantage that the work of drying clothes in the laundry can be remarkably reduced, which can greatly contribute to labor saving of the housewife at home.

Further, in the clothes drying device according to claim 5 of the present invention, a strip is wound around the outer periphery of the clothes rod main body in a spiral shape so as to be relatively rotatable with the clothes rod main body. And a rotary drive device for rotationally driving a spiral strip provided on the outer periphery of the clothes rod main body. By operating the spiral strip to rotate in the forward and reverse directions, laundry can be automatically and freely conveyed in the length direction of the rod, which is useful for labor saving and has a bent rod that has never been possible before. Therefore, there is an advantage that clothes can be easily dried in a special place and installation conditions of the clothes dryer can be expanded.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the genuine drying apparatus installed on the ceiling of the balcony.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the genuine drying apparatus installed on the floor of the balcony.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the genuine drying apparatus installed on the ground.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing an example of a laundry hanging device used for a genuine dry pole.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where the futon is hung using the hanging tool of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the sheets are dried by using the suspender of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the clothes rod and the clothes dryer according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged front view of one end of the clothes drying device according to the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rod main body 1a One end of a rod 1b The other end of a rod 2 Spiral groove 3 Spiral strip 4 Hanger 4a Hanger hook 5 Washer 6 Motor 7 Power line 8 Operating part 9 Universal joint 10 Spindle 11 Case 12 electric wire 14 ceiling 15 support rod 16 window 17 stable base 18 pillar 19 ground 20 small roof 21,21a rain sensor 21b receiver 22 small object suspension 23 reverse V-type suspension 23a reverse V-type suspension hook 23a, 23b reverse V-shaped hanging rod part 24 Normal rod 25 Futon 26 Sheets 27 Curved part 28 Reduction mechanism 28a Small gear 28b Large gear 29 Bearing A Clothes rod B Rotational drive device

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A clothesline, characterized in that a spiral groove is formed on the outer periphery of the clothesline body. 2. The clothes rod according to claim 1, wherein a spiral groove is formed by spirally winding and fixing a strip body on the outer periphery of the clothes rod main body. 3. A spiral groove is formed on the outer periphery of the clothes rod main body by spirally winding a strip body so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to the clothes rod main body. The clothes pole according to claim 1, which is characterized in that. 4. An article, comprising: a article pole having a spiral groove formed on the outer periphery of the article pole body; and a rotary drive device for rotationally driving the article pole. Drying equipment. 5. A clothes rod in which a spiral groove is formed on the outer periphery of the clothes rod body by spirally winding a strip body so as to be relatively rotatable with the body. A clothes drying device, comprising: a rotation driving device that rotationally drives a spiral strip provided on the outer periphery of the clothes rod main body.