JPS6257599A - Extensible drying device - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Extensible laundry dryer with two telescopic arms composed of a plurality of sliding members constituted by rectangular box sections, and by a plurality of laundry bars which extend between the two telescopic arms, there being provided, on each of the sliding members of the telescopic arms, a respective journal disposed on one wall of the box and serving to receive one end of a laundry bar, and a respective slot, with the result that when the telescopic arms are collapsed the respective laundry bar of the preceding sliding member enters the slot, characterised in that there is provided a cap (39) which extends between the two telescopic arms (1, 2), is substantially L-shaped in cross-section, and is swivellably suspended on the two rearmost, wallside sliding members (3, 10), with the result that when the telescopic arms (1, 2) are not, or only partly, extended it covers the unused laundry bars (31) in the vicinity of the slots (33) of the rearmost, wallside sliding members (3, 10).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telescoping clothes drying apparatus as set forth in the preamble of claim 1.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Clothes drying appliances with extendable arms are already known and have been available in various types for several years. In these types of drying equipment, when fully stretched,
When relatively heavy laundry containing moisture is to be hung, it must be expected that a strong load will be applied to the telescoping arm.

On the other hand, it is desirable that this type of drying device be easy to operate and reliable. The individual parts of the telescoping arm must always be perfectly guided, even under high loads, and must be able to be easily moved in and out of each other, without any loosening or jamming of the individual parts. Must not be.

In the case of a clothes drying device of this type, which is described in German Patent No. 2 206 265, these problems are satisfactorily solved and it has been used for a long time in practice and has proven to be excellent. However, this type of drying equipment has the disadvantage that the drying rods, which serve to dry freshly washed laundry, tend to get dirty even when in a deflated state when not in use. A further disadvantage is that when withdrawing from the retracted position into the ready-to-use state, this withdrawing operation is more or less uncontrolled. Particularly when operated unevenly, for example when only one telescoping arm is pulled out, there is also the risk that the individual parts of the arm will tilt and be damaged. These risks arise if you decide to use the full storage capacity of the clothes drying equipment anyway, if you withdraw the drying equipment in advance,
This is unavoidable unless both telescoping arms are pulled out together and uniformly. However, the most frequent use case is when a part of the clothes drying equipment is used, in other words, when only one or a few of the available clothes drying rods are pulled out. Considering the need to minimize the amount of space required and to protect the clothes drying rod, which is not used by people, from dirt, such a set goal is achieved in the case of the clothes drying device according to the known German patent no. 2206265. I can't reach it at all. And even if it can be achieved, it will not be easy.

It is therefore an object of the invention to improve or continue to develop the clothes drying device mentioned at the outset, while maintaining the existing advantages, on the one hand, the unused rods are constantly protected from dirt, and on the other hand, parts of the entire device are , by pulling out the individual rods to the desired passage.
To provide a clothes drying device which can be operated in a tightly defined manner, does not stain an unused rod, and is sufficiently prevented from tilting a member of a telescoping arm.

According to the invention, this problem has been solved by a clothes drying device having the features set out in the characterizing part of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments and further features of the invention are set out in salaried claims 2 to 6.

Next, specific examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In FIG. 1, a clothes drying device is shown schematically in an extended state. This clothes drying device is equipped with two telescopic arms 1 and 2, and one telescopic arm 1 has a plurality of sliders 3 to 9, and the other arm 2 also has the same number of sliders 10 to 16. have. The number of sliders can be arbitrarily selected depending on the desired storage capacity of the clothes drying device.

Each slider has bearing pins 17 to 30 arranged on its side surface. These pins serve to receive the free ends of the threads 31 to which they are respectively assigned. Two corresponding sliders, ie two directly opposite sliders, for example sliders 3 and 10. Alternatively, the sliders 4 and 11[deg.] or the sliders 5 and 12, etc., together with the clothes rod 31 assigned to them, form a fixed unit. By twisting, the telescopic arm l
The stability of and 2 is improved.

Corresponding openings are formed in the sliders so that the sliders 3 to 9 and 10 to 16 can be inserted into one another. These sliders have a rectangular hollow cross section since they must accommodate the sliders that follow.

In particular, as can be seen from FIG. 2, the side walls of sliders 3 to 8 and sliders 10 to 15 have notches 33 to 38.
is formed. In these notches the bearing pins 18 to 23 are received when the telescoping arm 1 is retracted. The slides jf10 to 15 have corresponding incisions (not shown). These notches extend from the bearing pins 25 to 3 when the telescoping arm 2 is retracted.
01ft accepted.

As can be seen from FIG. 2, the length of the incision is not uniform. The cutout 38 only needs to receive the clothesline rod 31, but the cutout 37 has a length that can accommodate the entire two clothesline rods 31, and the cutout 36 has a length that can accommodate the entire two clothesline rods 31. Must have an acceptable length. The same applies below. This allows both telescopic arms 1 and 2 to be retracted to their minimum length. This minimum length is equal to the length of the rearmost wall slider 3 to 10. The rearmost wall rod 31' is held on the sysliders 3 to 10 by bearing pins 17 and 24 and is mounted in a fixed position. Therefore, its position is shifted below the other rods. This is to shorten the depth of the clothes drying device in the retracted position.

The overhanging elements 32 at the rearmost wall slides 3 and 10 serve to insert the telescopic arms 1 and 2 from above into holding elements (not shown), which are shown in the drawings for example. is fixed to a wall not shown in detail. By locating the bearing pins 17 and 24 of the sliders 3 and 10 below the notch 33, a sufficient distance from the wall for hanging laundry can be obtained. , here "d"
In conjunction with the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has been improved as follows. That is, both telescopic arms 1
and 2, with a hood having a substantially L-shaped cross section. In FIGS. 3 to 6, this hood is designated by the reference numeral 39.

Advantageously, the hood 39 is constructed as a fully open L-shaped profile made of sheet aluminum and has an upper leg 40 and a front leg 41. Both legs 40 and 41 form an angle of approximately 90°. The hood 39 is pivotally attached to the rearmost wall slides 3 and 10 in the free trailing edge areas of the upper legs 400. In FIGS. 4 to 6, the assigned pivot axis is designated by reference numeral 42. This swivel bearing can be implemented in any suitable manner known per se, so it will not be discussed further here.

Furthermore, both sliders 3 and 10 have stopper bins 4.
3 (see Figure 6). Torera's bottle is
The front corners of the upper legs 40 of the hood 39 are mounted on the opposite inner parts of the slider box-shaped cross section, and the front corner edges of the upper legs 40 of the hood 39 are supported on this bin. The clothesline rod 31 in the area 10, that is, the cutting depth 3
All rods inserted into the hood 3
9 to ensure protection from dirt.

This point is clearly illustrated in FIG. 4, which is a sectional view taken along the line 2--2 in FIG. 3. It can also be clearly seen from FIG. 3 that the clothes drying device proposed according to the invention is in the retracted state, i.e. the telescoping arms 1 and 2t - in the fully retracted state, the clothes drying device proposed by the present invention has a container 7 which is protected from dust and other dirt. Look f
c9. They also form a good unit. This includes a cover plate 4 attached to the frontmost sliders 9 and 16.
4 also contributed. The width and height of this cover plate approximately match the width and height of the rearmost wall sliders 3 and 10.

Telescopic arms 1 and 2f: When retracted, the essentially open front surfaces of the rearmost slides 3 and 10 are therefore likewise covered and the interior is protected from dirt.

It is advantageous for the hood 39 to be made of sheet aluminum or glass, not only because these materials are easy to process and corrosion-resistant, but also to be coated, possibly by coloring or, in the case of aluminum, by anodizing. This is also because the appearance can be made more attractive. However, it is also possible to use other suitable materials, such as steel sheets.

The hood 39 has an inwardly protruding ridge 45 along the free lower edge of the front leg 41, and the ridge has a triangular cross section. This cross section can be formed, for example, on the inwardly facing edge of the edge area of the leg 41.

This raised portion 45, on the one hand, allows the hood 39 to stably maintain the resting position e, as can be seen from FIGS. This is prevented. In other words, the periphery of the clothesline rod 31 with the protruding portion 45 at the forefront'f:, grasping is the hood 3
This is because this is impossible unless 9 is intentionally elastically deformed. This situation is shown in FIG. 5 with the hood 39 about to be flipped upwards.
0 purpose is not only to protect the unused rod 31 from dirt. Rather, the hood 39 is also suitable for assisting in partially pulling out the clothes drying device in the desired use position i-t.

The position shown in the sectional view of FIG. 6 is the position when only the two front clothesline rods 31 are pulled out and used. In this case, the next rod 31 is the front leg 4 of the hood 39.
1, the telescopic arms 1 and 2 cannot be pulled out any further. This ensures that the clothes drying device has exactly the desired storage capacity with a minimum space requirement, and at the same time the unused rods 31 are protected from dirt.

Furthermore, this also makes it possible for the clothes drying device, ie the two telescopic arms, to be pulled out only a relatively small amount. This is because the hood returning to its rest position prevents further withdrawal. During the short arm withdrawal distance released by the hood, the telescoping arm member does not actually tilt and malfunction occurs. Even if you grab one part of one arm and pull it out, no problem will occur. The downward pointing tip of the triangular ridge on the hood edge is advantageous for separating the preceding clothesline rod from the adjacent rod to be withdrawn next. When separating, lift the hood and release again. This is because the downward tip falls into the intermediate space between the first rod and the next rod.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of one specific example of a clothes drying device according to the present invention.
A view from above with the telescopic arm pulled out, Fig. 2 is a sectional view along the line ■-■ in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the clothes drying device in its resting state, that is, with the telescopic arm retracted. A perspective view, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in FIG. 3, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a specific example of this problem, showing the next state with only the frontmost rod pulled out, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial side cross-sectional view of the clothes drying device with a part of the telescoping arm pulled out. 1.2...Telescopic arm, 3-16...Slider, 1
7-30...Bearing bin, 31...Bamboo rod, 33
~38...notch, 39...hood, 40.41
...Food legs, 43...stopper pin%45.
...Protuberance.

Claims (6)

[Claims] (1) A telescoping clothesline equipped with two telescoping arms made up of a plurality of sliders formed by rectangular box-shaped members and a plurality of washing rods extending between these two telescoping arms. The device is characterized in that, at the slider of the telescoping arm, a bearing pin is arranged in the wall of the box and a notch is formed in each case, which serves to receive the ends of the clothesline rods. A hood is provided extending between the two telescoping arms, the hood having a substantially L-shaped cross section, in the case of the type in which, upon retraction of the telescoping arm, each washing rod of the preceding slider enters the notch. and is pivotably suspended at both sliders on the rearmost wall side, and when both the telescoping arms are not pulled out or partially pulled out, the rearmost sliders on the rearmost wall side are suspended. A telescoping clothes drying device characterized by covering an unused clothes drying rod located in a cut area. (2) The hood is made of an L-shaped member made of an aluminum plate or plastic, and has an upper leg portion whose width approximately matches the length of both sliders on the side of the rearmost wall, and a width of the upper leg portion that corresponds to the length of the sliders on the side of the rearmost wall. 2. The clothes drying device according to claim 1, further comprising front legs that substantially match the heights of both side sliders. (3) The clothes drying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the hood has a protuberance that protrudes inwardly along the free edge of the front leg. (4) the raised part is formed by an inwardly directed edging of the edge area of the front leg, said edging having a substantially triangular cross section; A clothes drying appliance according to claim 3. (5) A stopper pin is provided on the opposing inner sides of both sliders on the rearmost wall side, and the front edge of the upper leg of the hood is placed on this pin. The drying tool according to any one of claims 1 to 4. (6) Cover plates are provided on the front surfaces of both sliders at the forefront, and the width and height of these cover plates match the width and height of the cross section of both sliders on the rear wall side. A clothes drying appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized by: