KR20190137650A - A Folding Clothes Dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a foldable clothes drying rack. The present invention provides a foldable clothes drying rack, wherein first and second clothes hanging racks maintain a plurality of clotheslines at regular intervals so as to hang clothes between U-shaped frames, thereby reducing an overall manufacturing cost of the foldable clothes drying rack, being structurally stable without performing processing such as perforation for fixing the clothesline, and even when clothes are hung, the space between the folded parts is maintained so that the air is well ventilated and the drying time of the clothes can be shortened.

Description

Folding Clothes Dryer {A Folding Clothes Dryer}

The present invention can drastically reduce the manufacturing cost of the laundry dryer and is structurally stable and does not perform processing such as perforation for fixing the clothesline, and maintains a space between the folding parts of the laundry even when hanging the clothes, thereby making it well ventilated. It is about folding clothes rack.

In general, foldable laundry racks are folded and used when not in use to spread and can be used to dry laundry indoors or outdoors.

Utility model registration No. 20-0449083 (Reference 1) and Patent No. 10-1521459 (Reference 2) have been proposed as an example of such a folding laundry drying rack.

Reference 1 relates to a folding clothes rack, and includes a clothes rack, a pedestal, a connecting piece, and a folding bolt including a shaft bolt coupled to a central axis through a through hole of the connecting piece, wherein the clothes rack is coupled to the clothes rack. A hollow spacing retainer is coupled between the hook hanger connecting piece and the pedestal connecting piece coupled to the pedestal, and each of the hook hanger connecting piece and the pedestal connecting piece contacting the spacing retaining protrusion protrudes toward the spacing retaining hole along the circumference of the through hole. Protruding ribs are formed so as to support the inner circumferential surface or the outer circumferential surface at both ends of the gap retainer.

In addition, Reference 2 relates to a folding clothes drying rack, which is provided with a horizontal bar, a leg bar and a center bar to form a frame, and forms a plurality of connecting shafts so that the ends of the horizontal bar and the leg bar are connected to the end of the center bar. In the conventional folding clothes drying rack having a hinge and a fixing pin for connecting the hinge to the center rod, the fastener is a cylindrical body of the first body and the second body to form a coupling hole in the center; The first body and the second body is elastically connected by an elastic portion, one end of the first body and the second body is formed with a fixing groove and a flange continuously, the end of the central rod Form an inward jaw to be fixed to the fixing groove of the fixture, the fixing pin is fixed through the central hole of the hinge At the same time, the diameter of the coupling hole formed in the fixture is gradually reduced inward, and the leg portion of the fixing pin is tapered so that the leg portion of the fixing pin is formed in the coupling hole. It is characterized in that the inserted so as to be mutually compressed.

By the way, the laundry dryers proposed in References 1 and 2 above are usually fixed with metal rods on horizontal bars or clothes racks so that they can hang clothes. In this case, horizontal bars or clothes racks are formed by perforating the horizontal bars or clothes racks. Not only fragile but also increases the manufacturing cost, there is a problem that the ventilation is difficult to be made well because the size of the metal hanger rod is limited.

Reference 1: Utility Model Registration No. 20-0449083 Reference 2: Patent No. 10-1521459

Therefore, the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, the present invention by applying a flat clothesline having a stretch having a certain width in place of the metal hanger rod that can hang clothes, manufacturing cost of the laundry dryer as a whole Can be drastically reduced, and does not perform processing such as perforation to fix a clothesline that can hang clothes on a clothes rack, and has a stable structure. The purpose is to provide a drying rack.

The present invention to solve this technical problem;

A central rod, first and second hinge means rotatably connected to both ends of the central rod, one end coupled to the first hinge means, and the other end coupled to the second hinge means to spread the laundry Folding includes a first and a second clothes rack to be folded and a first and a second support that is coupled to one end to the first hinge means, the other end is coupled to the second hinge means to be unfolded or folded and supported on the floor In the laundry drying rack (1); The first and second clothes racks have a flat shape having elasticity so that the clothes can be hung on the U-shaped frame. Bonding portions are formed by joining both ends of the clothesline to have a ring portion surrounding the U-shaped frame of the first and second clothes racks, and the bonding portion is supported by a close support to prevent the clothesline from opening during tension. Provides a foldable laundry drying rack characterized in.

At this time, the close support is formed through the support hole through which the joint is inserted into the body, the connection portion is formed in the longitudinal direction of the clothesline on one side of the body, press the joint portion fitted to the support hole at the end of the connection portion The wedge portion is formed, the lower side of the wedge portion is formed in the concave-convex to prevent the slip when in close contact with the surface of the joint portion, the locking projection is formed on the lower inner peripheral surface of the support hole of the body, the locking projection on the upper side of the wedge portion It is characterized in that the engaging groove is formed.

The first and second clothes racks of the foldable clothes dryer according to the present invention are manufactured by applying a flat clothesline having elasticity to a certain width instead of a metal hanger rod to hang clothes. Can be drastically reduced, and it is structurally stable because it does not perform the processing such as perforation to fix the clothesline to hang the laundry, and it maintains the gap between the folding parts even if the clothes are hanging, so that the ventilation time is well ventilated. Can be shortened.

1 is a perspective view showing a folding laundry drying rack according to the present invention.
2 is a view showing for explaining the assembly structure of the clothesline of the present invention.
3 is a view showing an elastic wire according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the close support of the present invention from the top and bottom.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the pedestal fixture of the present invention.

With reference to the accompanying drawings, the folding laundry drying rack according to the present invention will be understood by the embodiments described in detail.

As the inventive concept allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, the embodiments will be described in detail in the text. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to the specific form disclosed, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

1 to 5, the foldable laundry drying rack 1 according to the present invention is a center rod 10 having a through portion 12 is formed in the longitudinal direction, and the second rod is rotatably connected to both ends of the center rod (10) A pair of first and second hinge means (100,200) and one end is coupled to the first hinge means 100 and the other end is coupled to the second hinge means 200 to expand or fold to hang the laundry A pair of first and second clothes racks 20 and 30 and one end coupled to the first hinge means 100 and the other end coupled to the second hinge means 200 are unfolded or folded and supported on the floor. One end hinged to one side of the first and second support (40, 50), one side of the first and second support (40, 50) and the other end of the first and second clothes racks (20, 30) It consists of supporting first and second pedestals 60 and 70.

Hereinafter, the structure of each part of this invention is demonstrated concretely.

The center rod 10 is installed horizontally, the center rod 10 is formed in a round bar shape that is formed through the penetrating portion 12 in the center in the longitudinal direction from one end to the other end.

The first hinge means 100 is rotatably connected to one end of the central rod 10, and the second hinge means 200 is rotatably connected to the other end of the central rod 10.

At this time, the first and second hinge means (100,200) is to allow the first and second clothes racks 20,30 and the first and second support (40,50) to be rotated around the central rod (10) For the purpose, the first hinge means 100 is coupled to one end of the first and second clothes racks 20 and 30 and the first and second supports 40 and 50 that are extended or folded to the left and right, The second hinge means 200 is coupled to the other ends of the first and second clothes racks 20 and 30 and the first and second supports 40 and 50 that are extended or folded to the left and right.

Meanwhile, the first and second clothes racks 20 and 30 are provided with a plurality of clothes lines 24 and 34 maintaining a predetermined interval so that the clothes can be hung between the U-shaped frames 22 and 32. The first and second supports 40 and 50 are supported on the floor of the room, and are generally U-shaped frames 42, similar to the U-shaped frames 22 and 32 of the first and second clothes racks 20 and 30. , 52) serves to support the laundry drying rack (1).

In addition, the first and second supports 40 and 50 are further provided with an auxiliary hanger 80 which is fixed to be axially rotatable and hingedly connected at the center thereof to the first and second supports 40 and 50. ) Spacing.

On the other hand, the first and second clothes racks (20, 30) is provided with a plurality of clothes line 24, 34 to maintain a certain interval so as to hang the laundry between the U-shaped frame (22, 32). In more detail, the clothesline 24 and 34 have a structure in which both ends are supported between one side and the other side of the U-shaped frame 22 and 32.

Such clothesline 24,34 is a flat clothesline having a stretched elasticity having a predetermined width so as to be well ventilated even if the clothes are folded, and a flat shape having a set width (for example, 10 to 20 mm). It consists of two or three or more lines of elastic, such as nylon, plywood, etc., arranged at regular intervals, and then extruded a synthetic resin, such as soft PE in a flat (flat) coating (24b, 34b) The well-known thing which formed this is used.

At this time, the clothesline (24,34) is fixed between the upper and lower surfaces in a flat state between the U-shaped frame (22,32) of the first and second clothes racks (20,30) clothesline (24,34) Because it is folded and maintains the width of), the air is well ventilated, so the laundry can be dried quickly. The clothesline 24, 34 may be fixed in plurality in parallel, they are arranged to maintain a set interval of, for example, 50 ~ 100mm.

On the other hand, both ends of the clothesline (24, 34) is folded and heat-sealed to have a ring portion (25, 35) surrounding the U-shaped frame (22, 32) of the first and second clothes racks (20, 30) Bonding (P) through to form the junction (26, 36). In this case, the joints 26 and 36 may be opened from a portion adjacent to the U-shaped molds 22 and 32 when the clothesline 24 and 34 maintain the tension, so that the joints 26 and 36 may be prevented. Is supported by the close support 400.

The close support 400 is formed through the body 401, the support hole 410 is fitted with the joint portion 26, 36, the length of the clothesline 24, 34 on one side of the body 401 A connecting portion 412 is formed in a direction, and a wedge portion 420 is formed at the end of the connecting portion 412 to press the connecting portions 26 and 36 fitted into the support hole 410.

At this time, the lower side of the wedge portion 420 is formed with the concave-convex 422 to prevent the slip when in close contact with the surface of the joint portion (26, 36). Accordingly, when the connection part 412 is folded upward and the wedge part 420 is pushed into the support hole 410, the unevenness 422 is supported while pressing the surfaces of the joint parts 26 and 36 to support the close support 400. Is fixed while maintaining a constant position.

Such a close support 400 is the locking projection 414 is formed on the lower inner peripheral surface of the support hole 410 of the body 401 to prevent the wedge 420 is separated from the support hole 410, The upper side of the wedge portion 420 is formed with a locking groove 423 to which the locking projection 414 spans. Therefore, by folding the connecting portion 412 to the upper side to push the wedge 420 into the support hole 410, the concave-convex 422 presses the surface of the joint portion (26, 36) while pushing more strongly, the wedge ( The locking groove 423 of the 420 is fastened to the locking protrusion 414 so that the wedge 420 is not separated from the support hole 410 of the body 401 to maintain a solid state.

In addition, the close support 400 is formed with a pleat 412a in the connecting portion 412 so that the connecting portion 412 can be folded smoothly. In particular, the pleats 412a may be formed on the lower surface of the connection part 412, but when the connection part 412 is folded upward, the wrinkles 412a may be formed on the upper surface of the connection part 412 so as to fold upward without being exposed to the outside. desirable.

In addition, the clothesline 24 and 34 may also use a ring type in which a metal clip 310 such as aluminum is pressed and fixed in a state in which both ends thereof are overlapped as shown in FIG. 3. In this case, although not shown separately, the clothesline 24 and 34 are manufactured in a ring shape, and then fixed to a structure in which the ring portions 25 and 35 are folded to surround both sides of the U-shaped frames 22 and 32. Therefore, the clothesline 24 and 34 in the ring shape are inserted into the U-shaped frames 22 and 32, so that two lines of clothes are fixed up and down side by side by the distance between the outer diameters of the U-shaped frames 22 and 32. It is possible.

Meanwhile, pedestal fixtures 500 are installed at one side and the other side of the U-shaped frames 22 and 32 of the first and second clothes racks 20 and 30. The pedestal fixture 500 is provided so that the upper ends of the first and second pedestal 60, 70 when the first and second clothes racks 20, 30 are unfolded around both ends of the center rod 10. The body 501 is formed with a seating portion 502 having a cutting opening 502a into which the U-shaped frames 22 and 32 of the first and second clothes racks 20 and 30 are fitted. At least one pedestal engaging portion 503 is formed on the side of the 501, the upper portion of the first and second pedestal (60, 70) is supported.

In this case, a pinhole 504 is formed in the body 501 of the pedestal fixture 500 to fix the pedestal fixture 500 to the first and second clothes racks 20 and 30 with a fixing pin 505 such as takapin. It can be fixed simply to the female frame (22,32). Naturally, the pedestal fixture 500 can be fixed by various fastening means.

According to such a structure, one end of the first and second support racks 20 and 30 in the open state is hinged to one side of the first and second support (40, 50) and the other end is the first and second When the first and second pedestals 60 and 70 supporting the second clothes racks 20 and 30 are rotated to support the upper portions 61 and 71 to the pedestal engaging portion 503, the first and second clothes racks ( 20, 30 may be maintained in an unfolded state.

Of course, the first and second pedestals 60 and 70 are rotated by installing a hanger rod having a conventional metal round rod shape at a part of the clothesline installation position without using the pedestal fixture 500 during the manufacturing process of the clothes dryer 1. To support the top.

Hereinafter, an example of using the folding clothes dryer according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

First, when using the foldable laundry drying rack (1), the first and second support racks (40, 50) are stretched and the first and second clothes racks (20, 30) are properly spread around the center rod (10), and then The first and second pedestals 60 and 70 are rotated upward to support the upper portions 61 and 71 to the pedestal engaging portion 503.

Thus, in the state where the height is adjusted by lifting the first and second clothes racks 20 and 30 to an appropriate height, the clothes may be hung on the plurality of clothes lines 24 and 34.

On the other hand, when the clothes rack 30 is to be folded, the upper and lower portions 61 and 71 of the first and second pedestals 60 and 70 are separated from the pedestal engaging portion 503 and rotated to the lower side. The clothes racks 20 and 30 are folded downward with respect to the center rod 10, and then the first and second supports 40 and 50 are also folded and stored.

In addition, the first and second clothes racks (20, 30) is structurally stable and does not perform a separate hole processing for fixing the clothesline to the U-shaped frame (22, 32), a plurality of elasticity to hang the laundry By applying a flat-lined clothesline with the overall manufacturing cost of the laundry drying machine can be greatly reduced.

As described above, embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the scope of the present invention extends to the range substantially equivalent to the embodiments of the present invention.

1: washing rack 10: central rod
20: first clothes rack 24: clothesline
30: 2nd clothes rack 34: clothesline
40: first support 50: second support
60: first pedestal 70: second pedestal
100: first hinge means 200: second hinge means
400: close support 500: pedestal fixture

Claims (2)

A central rod 10, first and second hinge means 100 and 200 rotatably connected to both ends of the central rod 10, and one end coupled to the first hinge means 100 and the second hinge means ( The other end is coupled to the first and second clothes racks 20 and 30 which are expanded or folded so as to hang the laundry, and one end is coupled to the first hinge means 100 and the second hinge means (200). In the folding clothes drying rack (1) comprising a first and second support (40, 50) which is coupled to the other end to expand or fold and is supported on the floor;
The first and second clothes racks 20 and 30 have a flat upper and lower sides of the clothesline 24 and 34 having a stretchable shape so that the clothes can be hung on the U-shaped frames 22 and 32. The plurality is fixed while maintaining a constant interval between the frame (22, 32),
Joining (P) both ends of the clothesline (24, 34) to have a ring portion (25, 35) surrounding the U-shaped frame (22, 32) of the first and second clothes racks (20, 30) (26,36) is formed, the joint portion (26,36) is a foldable clothes drying rack characterized in that the clothesline (24, 34) is supported by the close support 400 to prevent the opening when holding the tension .
The method of claim 1,
The close support 400 has a support hole 410 into which the joining portions 26 and 36 are fitted, and is formed through the body 401, and the length of the clothesline 24 and 34 on one side of the body 401. A connecting portion 412 is formed in a direction, and a wedge portion 420 is formed at the end of the connecting portion 412 to press the joining portions 26 and 36 fitted into the support hole 410. Unevenness 422 is formed on the lower side of the 420 to prevent slipping when the surface of the joint portion 26 and 36 is in close contact with each other. Is formed, and the upper side of the wedge portion 420 folding clothes drying rack, characterized in that the engaging groove 423 is formed that the engaging projection 414 is formed.

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