JP3205148B2 - Hose reel for gas appliances - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gas appliance hose reel for accommodating a gas hose to be connected to a main cock in a gas appliance.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a mobile gas appliance or the like has a configuration in which a gas cock provided in the appliance is connected to a main cock in a room by a gas hose separate from the gas cock. However, when the gas stove or the like is not used, there is a problem that the operation at the time of accommodation / storage is troublesome, for example, it is necessary to separately wind and store the gas hose.

Therefore, it is conceivable to convert a cord reel for a power cord used in an electric appliance into a hose reel as it is and to use the gas appliance or the like as a gas appliance with a hose reel. For example, when this hose reel is used as a housing for the gas hose (H) for connection with the main cock in a mobile wagon with gas stove,
As shown in FIG. 1, a reel chamber (1a) for accommodating a reel function part (2) is provided at a lower portion of the wagon body (1), and a gas hose (H) is drawn out from the reel chamber (1a) to the outside. It is conceivable that

However, in general, a cord reel is such that the connection plug is directly exposed on the surface of the appliance. Therefore, when this method is diverted as it is to a gas appliance with a hose reel, the connection plug of the gas hose (H) is not used. The dust and the like adhere to, for example, and cause a problem during use.

[0005]

[Technical Problem] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has been made in consideration of the problem that "a gas hose (H) is automatically wound into a reel chamber (1a) provided in a main body (1) of a gas appliance or the like. A gas appliance which accommodates a reel function part (2) to be taken out and allows the gas hose (H) equipped with a connector (J) such as a connection plug to be drawn out from the inside of the reel chamber (1a) to the outside. The purpose of the present invention is to prevent dust from adhering to a hose connection plug or the like.

[0006]

Technical Means The technical means of the present invention taken to solve the above-mentioned problem is that "a part of a constituent wall of the reel chamber (1a) is provided with a bottomed cylindrical housing ( D) is formed, a gas hose (H) is inserted through the bottom wall of the storage section (D) so as to be freely inserted and withdrawn, and a fitting (J) is stored in the storage section (D). A lid (4) that opens and closes the open part of D)
A lock device for locking the gas hose (H) in a take-up preventing state at an arbitrary withdrawal position, and a release lever (2a) for unlocking the lock device. )
(D) is rotatably supported by the component wall of the reel chamber (1a), and the release lever (2a) and the housing section (D) are linked to each other. Is set so that the release lever (2a) moves to the unlocking side by the rotation within a certain range of "."

[0007]

The above technical means of the present invention operates as follows. When using gas appliances, open the lid (4) and open the storage
Hold the connector (J) inside, pull out the gas hose (H),
Connect the connection plug (P) to the original cock. At the end of use of the gas appliance, the housing (D) is rotated in a predetermined direction with the lid (4) kept open. Then, this accommodation section
The release lever (2a) interlocked with (D) is moved to the unlocking side, whereby the reel function section (2) starts the operation of drawing in the gas hose (H). Finally, the connector (J) at the tip of the gas hose (H) is housed in the housing part (D). Thereafter, the lid (4) is closed.

In this hose reel, when the gas hose (H) is stored, the connector (J) is stored in the storage section (D), and the inside of the storage section is shut off from the outside by the lid (4).

[0009]

According to the present invention having the above configuration, the following specific effects are obtained. In this hose reel, when the gas hose (H) is stored, the connector (J) is housed in the housing (D), and the inside of the housing is closed off from the outside by the lid (4). (J) The inconvenience of dust and the like being adhered to is eliminated. Also, the unlocking operation of the reel function part (2) and the lid
(4) Since the closing operation is a series of operations, the operability as a whole is improved.

[0010]

[0011]

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 7, a hose reel for a gas appliance of the present invention is applied to a mobile wagon with a gas stove, and the wagon body (1) is connected to an upper gas stove ( G) and a lower box-shaped reel chamber (1a) connected by a pair of side plates, and penetrates the front plate (12) of the reel chamber (1a). The cylinder (3) as the storage part (D) described above is rotatably held, and the connection plug (P) as the connection tool (J) described above is housed in the cylinder (3). A lid (4) that pivots in the same plane as the end face to open and close the cylinder (3) is supported on the front end face of the cylinder (3), and the reel chamber (1a ), The release lever (2a) of the reel function part (2) and the cylinder (3)
And a wire (7) interlocking them.

As shown in FIG. 2, the housing portion (17) of the main body (1) has a top plate (13) whose upper surface serves as a top plate (13). Lid plate (13
The gas stove (G) is housed below a). Therefore, when the gas stove (G) is used, the cover plate (13a) is removed to expose the gas stove (G), and when it is not used, the cover plate (13a) is fitted thereon to allow other devices to be mounted on the upper surface thereof. Etc. can be placed.

The reel chamber (1a) incorporates therein a reel function section (2) which will be described later, and a predetermined position of a front plate (12) of the reel chamber (1a) is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, a support tube (5) is mounted so as to penetrate the support tube,
A cylindrical body (3) described later is inserted in (5). The main body (1) has a gas hose storage chamber (16) for supplying gas from the wagon to an external gas appliance or the like, as shown in FIG. An outlet (15) for extracting the gas hose is provided at a position above the storage chamber (16) on the top plate (13). In addition, an empty room (14) formed between the accommodation section (17) and the reel chamber (1a).
Is a storage section for various instruments.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the cylindrical body (3) comprises an inner small-diameter body portion (31) and a large-diameter body portion (32) connected to the front side thereof. A flange portion (33) is connected to the front end of the large-diameter body portion (32). And the flange part
On one side of (33), a substantially semicircular tongue piece (34) is continuously provided, and this serves as a pivot support portion of a lid (4) described later. The inside diameter of the small-diameter body portion (31) is set to be larger than that of a connection plug (P) attached to the tip of a gas hose (H) extending from a reel function portion (2) described later.

The cylindrical body (3) has its large-diameter trunk portion (32) fitted and stopped in a supporting tube (5) fixed to the front plate (12) in such a manner that the large-diameter trunk portion (32) is in a pair. The flange portion (33) is in contact with the flange (51) of the support cylinder (5). In the mounting state, the small-diameter trunk portion (31) projects rearward from the support cylinder (5), and has a rear end portion having a release lever (described later) as shown in FIGS. The other end of the metal wire (7) having one end connected to 2a) is connected to this wire (7).
Is a tangential direction to the small-diameter trunk portion (31).

Further, the rotation angle of the cylinder (3) is set according to the relationship between the swing range of the release lever (2a) and the length of the wire (7). When the tongue piece (34) is positioned in the direction, the initial position of the cylindrical body (3) is obtained. For this reason, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6-b, a circumferentially extending elongated hole (59) is formed at the inner end of the support cylinder (5) projecting inward from the front plate (12). Then, a pin (39) projecting radially from the cylindrical body (3) is fitted therein. Thus, the rotation range of the pin (39) with the rotation of the cylinder (3) is set to the above range by the elongated hole (59).

The lid body (4) has a disk-shaped lid main body (41) having the same size as the flange part (33), and is connected to one side of the lid main body (41). The support piece (42) is formed so as to be concentrically supported by the tongue piece (34). A circular operating section (6) is continuously provided on the front surface of the support piece (42). As shown in FIG. 6, a pin (43) implanted on the support piece (42) and a tongue are provided. Slot (35) on piece (34)
Due to this relationship, the rotation angle of the lid (4) is set to a predetermined angle.

Further, a reel function part (2) housed in the reel chamber (1a) is provided with a gas hose inside the casing.
(H), a take-up reel unit, a take-up drive unit thereof, and a lock device for locking the gas hose (H) in a take-up prevention state at an arbitrary withdrawal position, and a reel function unit (2). ), A release lever (2a) for releasing the locked state of the lock device is projected.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the reel function part (2) is formed in a circular shape as a whole, and is provided with a gas hose (H) provided in a body thereof through a gas inlet (23) for a gas hose (H). The relationship (3) described above is located in the drawing direction of (H). A release lever (2a) that swings in a horizontal plane is pivotally supported at the front end of the upper surface of the casing of the reel function part (2), and the locking device (shown in the figure) in the reel function part (2) is supported. )). This release lever (2
a) is composed of a lever main body (21) and a ring portion (22) connected to the tip of the lever main body (21), and the arrangement position of this ring portion (22) is
The ring (22) is connected to one end of the above-mentioned wire (7) at a predetermined horizontal distance from the cylinder (3). The release lever (2a) is set so that its swinging movement toward the cylinder (3) releases the lock device in the reel function section (2).
a) is always urged in the locking direction by the locking device.

At the center of the upper surface of the casing of the reel function section (2), a gas pipe (8) communicating with a gas hose (H) in the casing via a cylindrical rotary shaft of a take-up reel section is provided continuously. It extends horizontally so that its downstream end is located in the storage chamber (16). At the downstream end, two bases (8a) and (8a) for connecting gas hoses are provided, and one base (8a) serves as a connection part with a hose for supplying gas to the gas stove (G). The other base (8a) serves as a connection portion with a hose for connecting to an external gas appliance.

A well-known rotatable gas joint is interposed between the downstream end of the gas hose (H) and the rotating shaft of the take-up reel, and the downstream end of the gas hose (H) is connected to the rotation of the take-up reel. The connection is established so as to be rotatable relative to the shaft. or,
Gas hose (H) and connection plug used in this embodiment
For (P), any known ones are used and gas hoses are used.
(H) has a relatively small outer diameter.

Next, the actual use or storage of the wagon with a gas stove having the above configuration will be described in detail below. When using this wagon, first, the operation unit (6) of the lid (4)
Is rotated in a predetermined direction from the closed state shown in FIG. 6A to open the front end of the cylindrical body (3) (the state shown in FIG. 6B). Next, hold the connection plug (P) in the cylinder (3) and
When (H) is withdrawn and the withdrawal operation is stopped when the amount of withdrawal reaches a predetermined amount, the gas hose (H) is locked in the take-up preventing state at that position. Thereafter, the connection plug (P) is connected to a main cock or the like.

When storing the wagon, the operation unit (6) is pushed down in the clockwise direction in FIG. 6C, as shown in FIG. Then, the cylinder (3) rotates,
The wire (7) connected to the cylinder (3) is pulled toward the cylinder (3), and the release lever (2a) connected to the other end of the wire (7) is moved toward the cylinder (3). It will rock. As a result, the lock device in the reel function unit (2) is unlocked, and the gas hose (H) is pulled in. Then, when the gas hose (H) is retracted and the connection plug (P) is accommodated in the cylinder (3), the operating force is released, and the cylinder (3) is released.
Returns to the initial position (the state shown in FIG. 6B), and thereafter, the lid
(4) Close.

In the above-described embodiment, the hose reel of the present invention is applied to a wagon with a gas stove. However, the present invention can also be applied to other mobile gas appliances such as a relatively large gas stove. It is. Further, it goes without saying that the hose reel of the present invention can also be applied to furniture capable of storing gas appliances in furniture other than gas appliances.

The hose reel in this embodiment is:
Although it is attached to the gas supply side to the gas appliance to which it is attached, it may be attached to the gas supply side from this gas appliance to other gas appliances. For example, there is a case where the hose reel of the present invention is mounted on the bottom of a stationary gas range, and the hose pulled out from the hose range is connected to another gas appliance (for example, a portable gas stove).

Further, in the above embodiment, the release lever (2a) and the cylinder (3) are linked by using the wire (7), but this may be replaced by another known method. In the above embodiment, the lock is released by operating the operation unit (6). However, this method is used for the lid main body (41) of the lid (4).
The system itself may be operated from the state shown in FIG. 6-b to the state shown in FIG. 6-c.
An operation knob similar to (6) may be provided.

In the case where the release lever (2a) swings within a certain range when the gas hose (H) is pulled out, it is necessary to provide a margin for the movement of the wire (7) in the unlocking direction at the connection with the wire (7). The gas hose (H) can be pulled out smoothly. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, a method in which the connecting portion (7a) of the wire (7) is formed in a ring shape long in the unlocking direction can be adopted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a conventional wagon with a gas stove.

FIG. 2 is a wagon with a gas stove according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of a hose reel.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a reel function unit (2).

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a main part of the cylinder (3) and the lid (4).

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the operation of the cylinder (3) and the lid (4).

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of another type of a connection portion of the wire (7) with the release lever (2a).

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) ・ ・ ・ Main body (H) ・ ・ ・ Gas hose (1a) ・ ・ ・ Reel chamber (2) ・ ・ ・ Reel function part (J) ・ ・ ・ Connecting device (D) ・ ・ ・ Accommodation part (4)・ ・ ・ Lid (2a) ・ ・ ・ Release lever

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Minoru Sakamoto 4-1-2, Hirano-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi Inside Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoshifumi Mitsuhashi 29 Higashikawahara, Awa-gun, Awa-gun, Tokushima Prefecture Togawa, Inc. Rubber factory inside Tokushima factory (56) References Shokai Sho 63-84072 (JP, U) Saiko Sho 44-26709 (JP, Y1) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F23K 5/00 F24C 3/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A reel chamber provided in a main body (1) of a gas appliance or the like.
(1a) contains a reel function part (2) for automatically winding the gas hose (H), and the gas hose (H) having a connector (J) such as a connection plug at the tip is mounted on the reel. In a hose reel for gas appliances that can be drawn out from the chamber (1a), a bottomed cylindrical housing (D) that opens to the outside is formed in a part of the component wall of the reel chamber (1a). A gas hose (H) is inserted through the bottom wall of the housing (D) so that it can be inserted and withdrawn, and a connector (J) is housed in the housing (D).
A lid (4) for opening and closing the opening portion of the reel device, a reel device (2) for locking the gas hose (H) at an arbitrary draw-out position so as to lock the winding device, and A release lever (2a) for unlocking the lock device is provided, and the receiving portion (D) is rotatably supported by the component wall of the reel chamber (1a), and the release lever (2a) A hose reel for a gas appliance in which the release lever (2a) is set in such a manner that the release lever (2a) is moved to the unlocking side by rotating the housing portion (D) within a certain range.