RU226111U1 - CLOTHES DRYER - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to items used in everyday life, namely devices for household drying of clothes and shoes. The technical result is to simplify the installation and maintenance of the clothes dryer while simultaneously ensuring reliable fixation of the support shelves in the horizontal working position. The technical result is achieved due to the fact that the clothes dryer includes a base, vertical racks, support shelves for hanging laundry, equipped with a U-shaped frame with transverse crossbars, brackets mounted on vertical racks in pairs at one horizontal level and equipped with open slots configured with the possibility of providing detachable contact connections with the first and second outer crossbars of the shelf, with each open slot including holding sections made in such a way that the surface of the slot in the area of the first holding section forms, together with the second crossbar, the lower support point of the shelf with a fixed horizontal working position of the shelf, and also, together with the first crossbar, a hinged support point of the shelf when it is in a fixed vertical non-working position, while the surface of the slot in the area of the second holding section forms, together with the first crossbar, the upper support point of the shelf when the horizontal working position of the shelf is fixed. 11 ill.

Description

Field of technology

The utility model relates to items used in everyday life, namely devices for household drying of clothes and shoes, as well as their storage.

State of the art

Various designs of clothes dryers are known from the prior art with shelves serving to place the laundry to be dried on its support bars, made with a U-shaped frame with transverse bars fixed to its side walls, located parallel at equal intervals [see eg: KR 2003679220000 Y1, publ. 11/17/2004; CN 113026311 A, publ. 06/25/2021; CN 214401091 U, publ. 10/15/2021; CN 214401093 U, publ. 10/15/2021; CN 215668626 U, publ. 01/28/2022]. In this case, the shelves are installed on a supporting vertical structure by means of brackets, which, together with the counter mounting elements of the shelves, form lever locking units that ensure fixation of the shelf in two fixed positions - a horizontal working position and a vertical non-working position in order to save space [see. eg: CN 201144356 U, publ. 05.11.2008; KR 100953909 U1, publ. 04/13/2010, KR2003679220000Y1, publ. 11/17/2004; KR2004255150000Y1, publ. 09/13/2006; KR2004381170000Y1, publ. 01/21/2008; KR 2020090005819 B, publ. 06/15/2010; KR 2020090005820 B, publ. 06/15/2009; KR2020090005822B, publ. 06/15/2009; KR 2020100002233 B, publ. 03/04/2010].

The general disadvantages of the known technical solutions include the impossibility of installing/removing support shelves during the use of dryers without the need for assembly/disassembly of the locking connection of the bracket with the installation elements of the shelf.

The problem solved by the utility model is to create a clothes dryer design that provides the ability to install and remove support shelves for hanging laundry during operation, as well as their reliable retention in two fixed positions - horizontal working and vertical non-working positions in order to save space.

The technical result that the utility model is aimed at achieving is to simplify the installation and maintenance of the clothes dryer while simultaneously ensuring reliable fixation of the support shelves in the horizontal working position.

Disclosure of utility model

The claimed technical result is achieved due to the fact that the clothes dryer includes a base, vertical racks, support shelves for hanging laundry, equipped with a U-shaped frame with transverse crossbars, brackets mounted on vertical racks in pairs at one horizontal level and equipped with open slots configured with the possibility of providing detachable contact connections with the first and second outer crossbars of the shelf, with each open slot including holding sections made in such a way that the surface of the slot in the area of the first holding section forms, together with the second crossbar, the lower support point of the shelf with a fixed horizontal working position of the shelf , and also, together with the first crossbar, the hinged support point of the shelf when it is in a fixed vertical non-working position, while the surface of the slot in the area of the second holding section forms, together with the first crossbar, the upper support point of the shelf when the horizontal working position of the shelf is fixed.

There is a cause-and-effect relationship between the set of essential features and the technical result, namely, due to the proposed design of the dryer, free installation of the two outer crossbars of the shelf is ensured by their sequential entry into the slots of the brackets, synchronous sliding along the guide slots and subsequent fixation in the horizontal working position of the shelf. Moreover, to change the fixed position of the shelf to a vertical non-working position, the proposed design also provides the ability to move the shelf crossbars in the opposite direction until the second crossbar is removed from the slots, its angular rotation on the axis of the first crossbar with further removal of the last one. This ensures detachable contact connections between the brackets and the two outer crossbars of the shelf, which simplifies the installation and maintenance of the clothes dryer (cleaning, replacement, etc.).

In addition, the proposed design of the dryer additionally makes it possible to increase the reliability of fixing the shelf in a horizontal working position. This is achieved thanks to the design of the holding sections of the slots of the brackets and the design of the shelf, which ensures that when the shelf is loaded, an increase in the fixing force due to the effect of a double-armed lever. In this case, the long arm of the lever is formed by the distance between the lower point of support, which is formed by the surface of the slot in the area of the first holding section and the second crossbar of the shelf, and the point of application of the load from the own weight of the shelf structure and the laundry placed on it. The short lever arm is accordingly formed by the distance between said lower support point of the shelf and its upper support point formed by the slot surface in the region of the second holding portion together with the first shelf crossbar.

Implementation of a utility model

For a more complete understanding of the essence, the description contains references to explanatory figures, according to which the following are presented:

Fig. 1 a - clothes dryer, front view;

Fig. 1 b - clothes dryer, rear view;

Fig. 2 - clothes dryer, general view of an implementation option with 2 levels of shelves folded out in one horizontal plane;

Fig. 3 - clothes dryer, general view of an implementation option with 3 levels of shelves folded out in one horizontal plane;

Fig. 4 - clothes dryer, general view of an implementation option with 4 levels of shelves folded out in one horizontal plane;

Fig. 5 - support shelf for hanging laundry, general view of an implementation option with 3 transverse crossbars;

Fig. 6 - support shelf for hanging laundry, general view of an implementation option with 4 transverse crossbars;

Fig. 7 - support shelf for hanging laundry, general view of an implementation option with 5 transverse crossbars;

Fig. 8 - mechanism for fixing the support shelf for hanging laundry, consisting of a pair of brackets, general view;

Fig. 9 - mechanism for fixing the support shelf for hanging laundry, general view of an implementation option with a double-sided bracket;

Fig. 10 - mechanism for fixing the support shelf for hanging laundry, general view from the outside;

Fig. 11 - mechanism for fixing the support shelf for hanging laundry, general view from the inside.

The clothes dryer (Fig. 1a, 1b) is a structure consisting of a metal base frame 1, preferably installed on furniture casters 2, two pairs of vertical metal tubular racks 3 with shelf fixing brackets 4 installed on them, as well as support shelves 5 (wings) for hanging laundry. In various embodiments, the dryer may include, in the vertical direction, for example, two, three or four levels of shelves that fold out in the same horizontal plane (Fig. 2-4). Moreover, in other options, one shelf can be located at each level, which can be laid out both in one horizontal direction and in opposite directions (for example, alternated in a checkerboard pattern).

For structural stability, the racks are preferably connected to each other by two tubular rods 6 (Fig. 1a) using threaded connections. In addition to the main elements, two swivel brackets 7 with hangers 8 for hanging laundry can be installed on the racks.

Support shelves 5 (Fig. 5-7) consist of a U-shaped tubular frame 9 with transverse crossbars 10, preferably made of metal wire or a metal pipe of small diameter (from 3 to 10 mm), rigidly fixed to the U-shaped frame 3 at using welds or fasteners. Moreover, in some embodiments, the crossbars 10 can be made of any other material capable of withstanding the required mechanical load. In preferred embodiments of the shelf design, the number of crossbars 10 can vary from 3 to 5 (Fig. 5-7), but there can be more. In this case, the two outer crossbars 10.1 and 10.2 are shelf mounting elements, which are part of the locking mechanism for fixing the shelf, but are also used as supports for hanging laundry.

The brackets 4 are part of a locking mechanism for fixing the shelf 4, which preferably consists of two brackets 4 (Fig. 8). Each bracket 1 is a single structure in the form of a longitudinally elongated plate, which can be made of metal, stone, wood, plastic or any other material capable of withstanding the required mechanical load. The bracket 4 is preferably a double-sided structure (Fig. 9) and has one attachment point 11 to the tubular rod 6 and several attachment points (not shown in the graphic images) to the vertical posts 3 and is made with a shaped vertical slot 12 open at the bottom end, preferably formed from an L-shaped input section 13 (Fig. 10, 11), an inclined guide section 14, as well as holding sections 15, 16 with support points for fixing the crossbars 10.1, 10.2. In this case, both reference points are in the same horizontal plane.

The shelf has two fixed positions: horizontal working and vertical non-working. In a horizontal position, the crossbars 10.1, 10.2 of the shelves 5 are located at the support points of sections 16, 15, respectively. When the shelf is loaded, the fixing force increases, which provides additional fixation. In a vertical position, the shelf hangs on one crossbar 10.1 (Fig. 9), located at the reference point of section 15, which saves space when the operation of the shelf is not required.

The movement of the shelf 5 into a horizontal working position occurs due to the synchronous sliding of the crossbars 10.1, 10.2 along the guide section 14 of the slot 12 and subsequent fixation at the reference points of sections 16, 15, respectively. In this case, changing the fixed position of the shelf to a vertical non-working position is carried out by moving the crossbars 10.1, 10.2 in the opposite direction until the crossbar 10.2 is removed from the slot 12 and its angular rotation on the axis of the crossbar 10.1, located at the reference point in section 15. In this case, to remove the shelf ( if cleaning, replacement, etc. is necessary), the crossbar 10.1 is moved in the direction of the input L-shaped section 13 of the slot 12, followed by removal from the lower end of the bracket 4.

The inventive clothes dryer is easy to manufacture, install, and easy to use.

Claims (1)

A clothes dryer, including a base, vertical posts, support shelves for hanging laundry, equipped with a U-shaped frame with cross bars, brackets installed on vertical posts in pairs at one horizontal level and equipped with open slots configured to provide detachable contact connections with the first and the second outer crossbars of the shelf, each open slot includes holding sections made in such a way that the surface of the slot in the area of the first holding section forms, together with the second crossbar, the lower support point of the shelf with a fixed horizontal working position of the shelf, and also, together with the first crossbar, a hinge the support point of the shelf with its fixed vertical non-working position, while the surface of the slot in the area of the second holding section forms, together with the first crossbar, the upper support point of the shelf with a fixed horizontal working position of the shelf.