JP5430305B2 - Clothesline - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a clothesline. More specifically, the present invention relates to a clothes-drying tool in which the pinch is not easily entangled.

  As a conventional clothes-drying tool, for example, a clothes-drying tool as found in Patent Document 1 is known. Explaining with the reference of the document, this clothes-drying tool was suspended from the foldable frame (10) and the frame (10) through the suspension members (70, 80) so as to be swingable. And a pinch (20). The pinch (20) is suspended by the suspension members (70, 80) so as to freely swing.

  When the clothes dryer of the above-mentioned patent document 1 is not used, after folding the frame (10) as shown in FIG. 2 (d), when trying to open the frame (10) to use the clothes dryer again. , The pinch (20) is caught by the frame (10) and is difficult to open.

Japanese Patent No. 4127388

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a clothes-drying tool that easily opens the frame when in use.

In order to solve the above-described problems, a clothes-drying tool of the present invention is suspended via a suspension member so as to be foldable with respect to the foldable frame and at least a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the frame. possess a pinch, the pinch being suspended in one frame when the folding frame is a movable clothestool toward the other frame,
The length of the suspension member is suspended between the frames when the pinch suspended from one frame is moved toward the other frame between adjacent frames when the frame is folded. It is characterized in that the length of the pinch knob is not caught on the other frame.
According to this clothesline, when not in use, the frame can be folded and stored in a compact state.
In use, the frame can be opened for use.
The length of the suspension member that suspends the pinch from the frame is such that the pinch suspended from one frame is moved toward the other frame between adjacent frames when the frame is folded. The pinch knobs suspended on the one frame have a length that does not catch on the other frame, so that the pinch is not caught on the adjacent frame.
Therefore, this clothes dryer can easily open the frame when in use.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the clothes-drying tool of the present invention is a foldable frame and is suspended from the frame via a suspension member so as to be swingable at least in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the frame. It was possess a pinch, the pinch being suspended in one frame when the folding frame is a movable clothestool toward the other frame,
When the frame is folded, a pinch suspension part in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the frame when the pinch suspended from one frame is moved toward the other frame between adjacent frames. The maximum length from the pinch to the inner surface of the pinch part is shorter than the length from the hanging part of the one frame to the outer end of the other frame.
According to this clothesline, when not in use, the frame can be folded and stored in a compact state.
In use, the frame can be opened for use.
When the frame is folded, the pinch hung in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the frame when the pinch hung from one frame is moved toward the other frame between adjacent frames. Since the longest length from the portion to the inner surface of the pinch knob is shorter than the length from the suspended portion of the one frame to the outer end of the other frame, the pinch is not caught by the adjacent frame.
Therefore, this clothes dryer can easily open the frame when in use.
The pinch has a pair of pinching portions on one of the fulcrum portions and a pair of picking portions on the other side, and is attached with U-shaped springs from the picking portion side toward the pinching portion side. In the case of a pinch that urges the pair of pinching portions in the pinching direction, when the pair of picking portions is picked and the interval between the picking portions is minimized, any portion of the spring is not included in the picking portion. It is set as the structure which does not protrude from the outer surface.
In order to prevent the pinch from being caught in the adjacent frame, it is desirable to shorten the pinch tab. However, the pinch has a pair of pinching portions on one of the fulcrum portions and a pair of picking portions on the other side, and a U-shaped spring is mounted from the picking portion side toward the pinching portion side so that both of the springs In the case of a pinch that urges the pair of pinching portions at the tip in the pinching direction, if any part of the spring protrudes from the outer surface of the picking portion, the protruding portion of the spring interferes with the pinching. It becomes difficult to pick parts. For this reason, it is impossible to shorten the knob, and as a result, it becomes difficult to prevent the adjacent frames from being pinched.
On the other hand, when the pair of knobs is picked and the distance between the knobs is minimized, the knob can be shortened if any part of the spring does not protrude from the outer surface of the knob. It becomes easy to configure so that the pinch is not caught in the adjacent frame.
The pinch has a pair of pinching portions on one of the fulcrum portions and a pair of pinching portions on the other side, and a U-shaped spring is mounted from the pinching portion side toward the pinching portion side to attach the pin. In the case of a pinch that urges the pair of pinching portions in the pinching direction at both ends, the pair of pinching portions and the pinching portion of the spring when the distance between the picking portions is minimized The facing part is inclined in the same direction as the outer surface of the knob.
If it does in this way, it will become easy to set it as the structure which a spring does not protrude from the outer surface of a knob part. Therefore, since it becomes easy to shorten the knob, it is easy to configure so that the pinch is not caught on the adjacent frame.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows one embodiment of the clothes-drying tool which concerns on this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a right view, (d) is a bottom view, (e) is a figure. The ee enlarged end elevation in (a), (f) is the ff enlarged end elevation in figure (a), (g) is the front view which shows the folded state. The perspective view which shows the use condition of a clothes-drying tool. (A) is sectional drawing (aa sectional drawing in figure (b)) which shows the suspension structure of the pinch 20 to the flame | frame 10, (b) is bb sectional drawing in figure (a). (A) The partial front view which shows a folding state, (b)-(d) is an effect explanatory drawing. (A) (b) is sectional drawing of the pinch 20, respectively.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a clothesliner according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1B and 1G, the clothes-drying tool 1 of this embodiment has a frame 10 having left and right frames 10L and 10R that can be folded, and at least the frame 10 The hanging member 50 includes a pinch 20 (see FIG. 2) suspended through a suspension member 50 so as to be swingable in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the wire, and the length L1 of the suspension member 50 (see FIG. 3). Between the adjacent frames 10L and 10R when the frame 10 is folded, the pinch 20L (or 20R) suspended from one frame 10L (or 10R) is moved toward the other frame 10R (or 10L). When this is done, the knob 25 of the pinch 20L (or 20R) suspended from one frame 10L (or 10R) (Or 10L) is characterized in that it has a length not caught (see Figure 4 (b)).

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the clothes-drying tool 1 according to this embodiment includes a frame (hereinafter also referred to as a main frame) 10, a plurality of pinches 20 connected to a lower portion of the main frame 10, A suspension frame 30 for suspending the main frame 10 is provided. The main frame 10 and the suspension frame 30 are connected by hinge portions 40, 40. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a frame structure, and the pinch 20 is omitted.

The main frame 10 has a pair of left and right frames 10L and 10R, and forms a rectangular frame in plan view as a whole on the left and right.
The main frame 10 can be composed of a metal pipe (for example, an aluminum pipe or a stainless steel pipe).
A plurality of holes 13 for hanging the pinch 20 are provided in the bottom of the main frame 10 (in this embodiment, 16 holes per frame). The pinch 20 is suspended by the suspension member 50 (see FIG. 3) using the hole 13.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a hook 31 is rotatably provided on the top of the suspension frame 30, and the clothes drying tool 1 can be hung on a clothes-drying basket or the like (not shown) with the hook 31 ( (See FIG. 2). Reference numeral 32 denotes a ring-shaped handle provided coaxially with the hook 31 and can be grasped by hand when hanging the clothes-drying tool 1 on a clothes-drying basket or the like.

  The hinge 40 is connected to an end 33 of the suspension frame 30 and a first joint member 41 connected to the end 33 so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction in FIG. And a second joint member 42. These joint members 41 and 42 are configured to be point-symmetrical in a plan view, and are respectively cylindrical connection portions 41b and 42b into which the end portions 14 of the main frame 10 are fitted, and integral with the connection portions 41b (42b). And a disc portion 41c (42c). The disc parts 41 c and 42 c are pivotally connected to the shaft part formed by the end part 33 of the suspension frame 30, so that the joint members 41 and 42 are respectively connected to the end part 33 of the suspension frame 30. The left and right main frames 10L and 10R can be folded toward the hook 31 as shown in FIG. 1 (g) when they are not used. The hinge portion 40 is integrally provided with a hook portion 43, and the laundry can be dried using the hook 43.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pinch 20 is suspended from the main frame 10 by a suspension member 50.
The suspension member 50 has a suspension fitting 51 and a connecting member 52.
The hanging metal fitting 51 is composed of a single spring member, and has a substantially ring-shaped part (hereinafter referred to as a ring part) 51r and a hook part 51f on the upper part for hanging on the main frame 10. Yes. The hanging bracket 51 can be attached to the main frame 10 by returning the hook portion 51f to its original position due to the spring property of the hook portion 51f after the hook portion 51f is inserted into the hole 13 of the main frame 10 so as to narrow its width.
The pinch 20 is suspended from the ring portion 51r via the connecting member 52. As the connecting member 52, a known metal ring can be used. The connecting member 52 connects the ring portion 51 r of the hanging metal fitting 51 and the spring 21 of the pinch 20.

  The hanging bracket 51 can rotate 360 degrees around the axis of the hanging bracket 51 (around the vertical axis) with respect to the frame 10 and at the same time move within the hole 13. The connecting member 52 can rotate approximately 360 degrees around the horizontal axis and the vertical axis with respect to the ring portion 51r of the hanging metal fitting 51, and can slide at the same time. The pinch 20 is movable with respect to the connecting member 52 within a range in which the spring 21 can move in the connecting member 52.

Accordingly, since the pinch 20 can move substantially freely with respect to the frame 10, such a hanging structure of the pinch 20 facilitates the clothes drying operation.
However, on the other hand, the fact that the pinch 20 is substantially movable with respect to the frame 10 means that when the frame 10 is folded, the pinch 20L (or 20R) suspended from one frame 10L (or 10R) This means that it can move toward the frame 10R (or 10L), and the following problems occur depending on the movement state.

This will be described with reference to FIG.
When the frame 10 is folded as shown in FIG. 4A and the clothes-drying tool 1 is placed horizontally, the pinch 20R suspended from one frame 10R faces the other frame 10L as shown in FIG. May move (hang down). Such a movement is not limited to the above-described suspension structure of the pinch 20, as long as the pinch is suspended via a suspension member so as to be swingable with respect to the frame at least in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the frame. Can occur.

  When such movement of the pinch 20 occurs, as shown in FIG. 4 (d), the length of the suspension member 50 ′ (more precisely, the length of the portion where the pinch 20 is suspended) L2 is Assuming that the pinching portion 25 of the pinch 20 has a length that can be hooked on the adjacent frame 10L between the adjacent frames 10L and 10R at the time of folding, the frame in which the pinching portion 25 of the pinch 20 is adjacent. 10L may be caught, and when it is in such a state, when trying to open the frames 10L and 10R to use the clothes dryer 1, the pinch 20 is caught on the frame 10L, so that it is difficult to open. End up.

Therefore, in this embodiment, as described above and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4B, the length L1 of the suspension member 50 (more precisely, the length of the portion where the pinch 20 is suspended) is set. The pinch 20R (or 20L) suspended from one frame 10R (or 10L) is moved toward the other frame 10L (or 10R) between adjacent frames 10L and 10R when the frame 10 is folded. In this case, the knob 25 of the pinch 20R (or 20L) suspended from one frame 10R (or 10L) has a length that does not catch on the other frame 10L (or 10R).
If comprised in this way, the pinch 20 will not be caught in an adjacent flame | frame.
Therefore, the clothes-drying tool 1 can easily open the frames 10L and 10R when in use.

In other words, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), in this embodiment, when the frame 10 is folded, the frame 10L is suspended from one frame 10R (or 10L) between adjacent frames 10L and 10R. When the pinch 20R (or 20L) is moved toward the other frame 10L, the pinch 20R (or 20L) is picked from the hanging part of the pinch 20R (or 20L) in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the frame. The maximum length L3 to the inner surface 26 (the length to the front end of the inner surface) L3 is shorter than the length L4 from the suspended portion of one frame 10R to the outer end 11 of the other frame 10L.
If comprised in this way, the pinch 20 will not be caught in an adjacent flame | frame.
Therefore, the clothes-drying tool 1 can easily open the frames 10L and 10R when in use.

As shown in FIG. 5, the pinch 20 of this embodiment has a pair of pinching portions 23 on one side of the fulcrum portion 22 and a pair of knob portions 25 on the other side, and the U-shaped spring 21 on the pinching portion 25 side. A pinch that is mounted so as to straddle the fulcrum 22 toward the pinching portion side 23 and urges the pair of pinching portions 23 with both ends 21b of the spring 21 in the pinching direction, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, when the pair of knobs 25 is picked and the distance between the knobs 25 is minimized, the spring 21 is designed so that no part of the spring 21 protrudes from the outer surface 27 of the knob 25 (see FIG. 3). 21 and a knob 25 are formed.
With this configuration, the following effects can be obtained.

In order to prevent the pinch 20 from being caught by the adjacent frames 10L and 10R, it is desirable to shorten the knob 25 of the pinch 20. However, the pinch 20 has a pair of pinching portions 23 on one of the fulcrum portions 22 and a pair of pinching portions 25 on the other side, and a U-shaped spring 21 is mounted from the pinching portion 25 side toward the pinching portion 23 side. When a pair of pinching portions 23 are biased in the pinching direction at both ends 21b of the spring 21, if any part of the spring 21 protrudes from the outer surface 27 of the knob 25, the spring 21 It becomes difficult to pick the knob 25 because the protruding part becomes an obstacle. For this reason, the knob portion 25 cannot be shortened, and as a result, it becomes difficult to prevent the pinch 20 from being caught by the adjacent frames 10L and 10R.
On the other hand, as in this embodiment, when the pair of knobs 25 is picked and the distance between the knobs 25 is minimized, no part of the spring 21 protrudes from the outer surface 27 of the knob 25. Then, since the length 25a of the knob 25 can be shortened, it is easy to configure so that the pinch 20 is not caught on the adjacent frame.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, the pinch 20 of this embodiment is opposed to the knob portion 25 in the spring 21 when the pair of knob portions 25 is picked and the interval between the knob portions 25 is minimized. The part 21 c is configured to be inclined in the same direction as the outer surface 27 of the knob 25.
If it does in this way, it will become easy to set it as the structure which the spring 21 does not protrude from the outer surface 27 of the knob | pick part 25. FIG. Therefore, since it becomes easy to shorten the knob | pick part 25, it becomes easy to comprise so that the pinch 20 may not catch on an adjacent flame | frame.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately modified within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Clothes drying tool 10 Frame 11 Outer end 20 Pinch 21 Spring 21c Opposite part 22 Supporting point part 23 Clip part 25 Knob part 26 Knob part inner surface 27 Outer surface 50 Hanging member

Claims (4)

A frame foldable with respect to the frame, have a pinch hung through the member hanging swingable in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of at least the frame, hanging on one of the frame during the folding of the frame A clothespin that is movable toward the other frame ,
The length of the suspension member is suspended between the frames when the pinch suspended from one frame is moved toward the other frame between adjacent frames when the frame is folded. The clothespin is characterized in that the pinch knob has a length that does not catch on the other frame. A frame foldable with respect to the frame, have a pinch hung through the member hanging swingable in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of at least the frame, hanging on one of the frame during the folding of the frame A clothespin that is movable toward the other frame ,
When the frame is folded, a pinch suspension part in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the frame when the pinch suspended from one frame is moved toward the other frame between adjacent frames. A clothes drying tool characterized in that the longest length from the pinch to the inner surface of the pinch part is shorter than the length from the hanging part of the one frame to the outer end of the other frame. The pinch has a pair of pinching portions on one of the fulcrum portions and a pair of picking portions on the other side, and is attached with U-shaped springs from the picking portion side toward the pinching portion side. And a pinch that urges the pair of pinching portions in the pinching direction,
The clothes drying tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the pair of knobs is picked to minimize the distance between the knobs, no part of the spring protrudes from the outer surface of the knob. The pinch has a pair of pinching portions on one of the fulcrum portions and a pair of picking portions on the other side, and is attached with U-shaped springs from the picking portion side toward the pinching portion side. And a pinch that urges the pair of pinching portions in the pinching direction,
The portion of the spring facing the knob when the pair of knobs is picked to minimize the distance between the knobs is inclined in the same direction as the outer surface of the knob. Item 4. The clothes drying tool according to any one of Items 1 to 3.