JP6495350B2 - Curtain rail - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a curtain rail.

  As a conventional curtain rail, there exists a thing described in patent document 1, for example. The curtain rail described in the document includes a rail portion and a runner that suspends the curtain. A rail groove extending in the extending direction of the rail portion is formed on the lower surface of the rail portion. The curtain can be opened and closed by the runner sliding along the rail groove.

JP 2004-160036 A

  By the way, when the laundry is dried indoors, the laundry can be efficiently dried by suspending the laundry at the window where sunlight enters. In this regard, curtain rails are usually installed at the windows. Therefore, it would be advantageous if the laundry could be dried using curtain rails. However, the conventional curtain rail is not suitable for drying laundry because of its structure.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said subject, and it aims at providing the curtain rail of a structure suitable for hanging laundry.

  A curtain rail according to the present invention includes a first rail portion having a first rail groove on which a runner that suspends a curtain travels, a clothesline portion that is fixed to the first rail portion, and dries laundry. It is characterized by providing.

  In this curtain rail, a clothes drying part for drying the laundry is provided together with the first rail part. Thus, since the structure for drying laundry is provided, it becomes easy to dry laundry compared with the conventional curtain rail which is not provided with this structure.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the curtain rail of a structure suitable for hanging laundry is implement | achieved.

It is sectional drawing which shows 1st Embodiment of the curtain rail by this invention. It is a top view which shows the curtain rail of FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a runner 30 is attached to a rail portion 10. 2 is a front view showing a state where a hanger 92 is hung on the clothesline 20. FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows 2nd Embodiment of the curtain rail by this invention. It is a front view which shows the curtain rail of FIG. It is an enlarged view which shows the clothes drying part 20 in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows 3rd Embodiment of the curtain rail by this invention. It is a front view which shows the curtain rail of FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a modification of the clothes drying portion 20. It is a front view for demonstrating the other modification of the clothes drying part. It is a front view for demonstrating the other modification of the clothes drying part. It is a front view for demonstrating the other modification of the clothes drying part.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same elements, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.
(First embodiment)

  FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a curtain rail according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the curtain rail of FIG. FIG. 1 shows a cross section taken along line II in FIG. The curtain rail 1 includes a rail portion 10 (first rail portion) and a clothes drying portion 20.

  The rail part 10 has the rail groove | channel 12 (1st rail groove | channel) where the runner who suspends a curtain drive | works. The rail groove 12 is provided at the bottom of the rail portion 10. Specifically, the rail portion 10 has an annular shape in which a part of the bottom portion is missing in a cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the rail portion 10 (the cross section shown in FIG. 1). This missing portion constitutes the rail groove 12. The rail groove 12 is provided over substantially the entire rail portion 10 along the extending direction of the rail portion 10.

  FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the runner 30 is attached to the rail portion 10. The runner 30 has a constricted portion 32 and a hole 34. The runner 30 can linearly move along the rail groove 12 with the constricted portion 32 fitted in the rail groove 12, and has an axis parallel to the vertical direction of the rail portion 10 (equal to the vertical direction in FIG. 3). It is configured to rotate around. The hole 34 is for hanging the curtain hook.

  Returning to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a clothes drying portion 20 is fixed to the rail portion 10. The clothes drying part 20 is a part for drying the laundry. The clothes-drying part 20 is provided in the position which does not overlap with the rail groove | channel 12 of the rail part 10 by planar view (refer FIG. 2). The clothes drying part 20 is provided on the near side (inside the room) of the rail part 10. The clothes-drying part 20 has a hook 22 (first hook) on which a hanger can be hung. In the present embodiment, the entire clothes drying portion 20 constitutes the hook 22. The hook 22 is connected to the rail portion 10 at its root 22a. The tip 22b of the hook 22 faces upward. As can be seen from FIG. 1, the root 22 a and the tip 22 b of the hook 22 exist in the same plane perpendicular to the extending direction of the rail portion 10.

  The curtain rail 1 includes a plurality (specifically, three) clothes drying portions 20. These clothes drying portions 20 are provided at different positions along the extending direction of the rail portion 10. All of the plurality of clothes drying portions 20 may have the same shape and size, or at least two of the plurality of clothes drying portions 20 may have different shapes or sizes.

  As a material of the rail part 10 and the clothes drying part 20, a metal, resin, wood, etc. can be used, for example. The material of the rail part 10 and the material of the clothes drying part 20 may be the same or different. It is preferable that the rail part 10 and the clothes drying part 20 are integrally molded.

  The effect of the curtain rail 1 will be described. In the curtain rail 1, a clothes drying part 20 for drying the laundry is provided together with the rail part 10. Thus, since the structure for drying laundry is provided, it becomes easy to dry laundry compared with the conventional curtain rail which is not provided with this structure. Therefore, the curtain rail 1 having a structure suitable for drying laundry is realized.

  In the room where the curtain rail 1 is installed, the laundry can be efficiently dried at the window by hanging the hanger hanging the laundry on the clothesline 20. Such a curtain rail 1 is particularly useful in a high-rise apartment or a hotel where the laundry cannot be dried outside.

  Moreover, since the clothes rail 20 specialized for drying the laundry is provided in the curtain rail 1 in advance, it is easy to use the curtain rail 1 without separately preparing an attachment or the like for drying the laundry. Laundry can be dried.

  When the rail part 10 and the clothes drying part 20 are integrally molded, compared with the case where these are shape | molded separately, the manufacturing cost of the curtain rail 1 can be restrained low.

  The clothes-drying part 20 is provided in the position which does not overlap with the rail groove 12 of the rail part 10 by planar view. Thereby, the area | region (below the rail groove 12) where a curtain is suspended and the area | region (below the clothes drying part 20) where laundry is suspended can be divided. Therefore, the laundry can be prevented from excessively interfering with the curtain.

  The clothes drying part 20 is provided on the near side of the rail part 10. As a result, the curtain is interposed between the window and the laundry. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the laundry from being seen from outside the window by closing the curtain.

  The clothesline 20 has a hook 22 on which a hanger can be hung. Thereby, the clothes drying part 20 for hanging laundry with a simple structure is realizable.

  The root 22a and the tip 22b of the hook 22 exist in the same plane perpendicular to the extending direction of the rail portion 10. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, when the hanger 92 is hung on the clothesline 20 (hook 22), the laundry 94 suspended on the hanger 92 extends in the direction in which the rail portion 10 extends (the left-right direction in FIG. 4). Will spread. This is also advantageous in preventing excessive interference between the laundry and the curtain.

The curtain rail 1 includes a plurality of clothes drying portions 20 provided at different positions along the extending direction of the rail portion 10. Thereby, it becomes possible to dry the laundry simultaneously in a plurality of places.
(Second Embodiment)

  FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a curtain rail according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a front view showing the curtain rail of FIG. FIG. 5 shows a cross section taken along line V-V in FIG. The curtain rail 2 includes a rail portion 40 (second rail portion) in addition to the rail portion 10 and the clothes drying portion 20. The structure of the rail part 10 is as having demonstrated in 1st Embodiment.

  The configuration of the rail portion 40 is the same as the configuration of the rail portion 10. That is, the rail part 40 has the rail groove | channel 42 (2nd rail groove | channel) where the runner who suspends a curtain drive | works. The rail groove 42 is provided at the bottom of the rail portion 40. Specifically, the rail portion 40 has an annular shape in which a part of the bottom portion is missing in a cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the rail portion 40 (the cross section shown in FIG. 5). This missing portion constitutes the rail groove 42. The rail groove 42 is provided over substantially the entire rail portion 40 along the extending direction of the rail portion 40. The rail portion 40 extends in parallel with the rail portion 10. As a material of the rail portion 40, for example, metal, resin, wood, or the like can be used.

  The clothes drying part 20 is fixed to the rail part 10 and the rail part 40. The clothes drying part 20 is a part for drying the laundry. The clothes-drying part 20 is provided in the position which does not overlap any of the rail groove 12 of the rail part 10, and the rail groove 42 of the rail part 40 by planar view. Specifically, the clothes drying part 20 is provided between the rail groove 12 of the rail part 10 and the rail groove 42 of the rail part 40 in plan view. The clothes drying part 20 hangs down from the boundary part between the rail part 10 and the rail part 40.

  FIG. 7 is an enlarged view showing the clothes drying part 20 in FIG. 5. The clothes-drying part 20 has the support | pillar part 24, the hook 25 (1st hook), and the hook 26 (2nd hook). The support column 24 is directly connected to a boundary portion between the rail unit 10 and the rail unit 40. The hook 25 and the hook 26 are provided on opposite sides of the support column 24. The support column 24, the hook 25, and the hook 26 are integrally provided.

  The hook 25 is connected to the support column 24 at its root 25a. The tip 25b of the hook 25 faces upward. The root 25a and the tip 25b of the hook 25 exist in the same plane perpendicular to the extending direction of the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40. Similarly, the hook 26 is connected to the support column 24 at its root 26a. The tip 26b of the hook 26 faces upward. The root 26a and the tip 26b of the hook 26 exist in the same plane perpendicular to the extending direction of the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40. It is preferable that the rail part 10, the rail part 40, and the clothes drying part 20 are integrally molded.

  The curtain rail 2 includes a plurality (specifically, three) clothes drying portions 20. These clothes drying parts 20 are provided at different positions along the extending direction of the rail part 10 and the rail part 40. All of the plurality of clothes drying portions 20 may have the same shape and size, or at least two of the plurality of clothes drying portions 20 may have different shapes or sizes.

  The effect of the curtain rail 2 will be described. In the curtain rail 2, a clothes drying part 20 for drying the laundry is provided together with the rail parts 10 and 40. Thus, since the structure for drying laundry is provided, it becomes easy to dry laundry compared with the conventional curtain rail which is not provided with this structure. Therefore, the curtain rail 2 having a structure suitable for drying laundry is realized.

  In the present embodiment, a rail portion 40 is provided in addition to the rail portion 10. Thereby, it becomes possible to attach a curtain doubly.

  When the rail part 10 and the rail part 40 are integrally molded, the manufacturing cost of the curtain rail 2 can be reduced as compared with the case where these are molded separately. In particular, when the rail portions 10 and 40 and the clothes drying portion 20 are integrally formed, the manufacturing cost of the curtain rail 2 can be further reduced as compared with the case where these are separately formed.

  The clothes-drying part 20 is provided in the position which does not overlap with the rail groove 42 of the rail part 40 by planar view. For this reason, it can prevent laundry from interfering excessively with the curtain hung on the rail part 40. FIG.

  The clothes drying part 20 is provided between the rail groove 12 of the rail part 10 and the rail groove 42 of the rail part 40 in plan view. Thereby, the laundry can be dried in the space between the curtain hung on the rail portion 10 and the curtain hung on the rail portion 40. Therefore, by closing the two curtains, the laundry can be prevented from being seen not only from the outside of the window but also from the room.

  The clothes drying part 20 has a hook 26 in addition to the hook 25. In this case, as compared with the case where the hooks 26 are not provided, a large amount of laundry can be dried on one clothesline 20.

  The root 25a and the tip 25b of the hook 25 exist in the same plane perpendicular to the extending direction of the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40. In this case, when the hanger is hung on the hook 25, the laundry suspended on the hanger spreads in the extending direction of the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40. This is also advantageous in preventing excessive interference between the laundry and the curtain.

The root 26a and the tip 26b of the hook 26 exist in the same plane perpendicular to the extending direction of the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40. In this case, when the hanger is hung on the hook 26, the laundry suspended on the hanger spreads in the extending direction of the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40. This is also advantageous in preventing excessive interference between the laundry and the curtain. Other effects of the curtain rail 2 are the same as those of the curtain rail 1.
(Third embodiment)

  FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a curtain rail according to a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a front view showing the curtain rail of FIG. FIG. 8 shows a cross section taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG. The curtain rail 3 includes a connecting member 50 in addition to the rail portions 10 and 40 and the clothes drying portion 20. The structure of the rail part 10 and the rail part 40 is as having demonstrated in 1st and 2nd embodiment. However, in this embodiment, the rail part 10 and the rail part 40 are mutually separated.

  The connecting member 50 connects the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40. The connecting member 50 is provided so as to straddle the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40, and is fixed to both the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40. The curtain rail 3 is provided with a plurality (specifically, three) connecting members 50. These connecting members 50 are provided at different positions along the extending direction of the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40. As the material of the connecting member 50, for example, metal, resin, wood, or the like can be used.

  The clothes drying part 20 is fixed to the rail part 10 and the rail part 40. The clothes drying part 20 is fixed to the rail part 10 and the rail part 40 via the connecting member 50. The clothes drying part 20 is a part for drying the laundry. The clothes-drying part 20 is provided in the position which does not overlap any of the rail groove 12 of the rail part 10, and the rail groove 42 of the rail part 40 by planar view. Specifically, the clothes drying part 20 is provided between the rail groove 12 of the rail part 10 and the rail groove 42 of the rail part 40 in plan view. In the present embodiment, the clothesline 20 is suspended from the connecting member 50. The clothes drying part 20 has reached a position lower than the rail part 10 and the rail part 40. It is preferable that the clothes-drying part 20 and the connection member 50 are integrally molded. The other structure of the clothes drying part 20 is as having demonstrated in 2nd Embodiment.

  The effect of the curtain rail 3 will be described. In the curtain rail 3, a clothes drying part 20 for drying the laundry is provided together with the rail parts 10 and 40. Thus, since the structure for drying laundry is provided, it becomes easy to dry laundry compared with the conventional curtain rail which is not provided with this structure. Therefore, the curtain rail 3 having a structure suitable for drying laundry is realized.

  In the present embodiment, the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40 are separated from each other. Thereby, when installing the curtain rail 3, the space | interval of the rail part 10 and the rail part 40 can be freely set to some extent.

  A connecting member 50 that connects the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40 is provided. Thereby, it becomes easy to reliably maintain the state in which the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40 extend in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval.

  The curtain rail 3 includes a plurality of connecting members 50 provided at different positions along the extending direction of the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40. Thereby, the state where the rail portion 10 and the rail portion 40 extend in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval can be more reliably maintained.

  The clothes drying part 20 hangs down from the connecting member 50. Thereby, the structure in which the clothes-drying part 20 was provided between the rail groove | channel 12 and the rail groove | channel 42 by planar view is easily realizable. In addition, by connecting the clothes drying part 20 to the connecting member 50 in this way, the laundry is used as the rail part 10 and the rail part 40 while using existing rails (not provided with a structure for drying the laundry). It is possible to realize the curtain rail 3 having a structure suitable for drying.

  When the clothes-drying part 20 and the connection member 50 are integrally molded, the manufacturing cost of the curtain rail 3 can be reduced as compared with the case where these are molded separately. Other effects of the curtain rail 3 are the same as those of the curtain rails 1 and 2.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. In the above embodiment, the clothes drying section 20 may have a hole 28 through which a clothes-drying bar or string can pass, as shown in FIG. The hole 28 may be provided instead of the hook in the clothes drying part 20 or may be provided together with the hook. The depth direction of the hole 28 (the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 10) coincides with the extending direction of the rail portion 10. It is preferable that a plurality of clothes drying portions 20 having such holes 28 are provided at different positions along the extending direction of the rail portion 10.

  Thus, also when the clothes drying part 20 has the hole 28, the clothes drying part 20 for hanging laundry with a simple structure is realizable. In addition, by making the depth direction of the hole 28 coincide with the extending direction of the rail portion 10, it is possible to install the clothes drying bar or string in parallel with the extending direction. In this case, the laundry hung on the bar or the string spreads in the extending direction of the rail portion 10. This is advantageous in preventing excessive interference between the laundry and the curtain. Furthermore, when a plurality of clothes-drying portions 20 are provided at different positions along the extending direction of the rail portion 10, it is possible to support a clothes-drying rod or string at a plurality of locations. It becomes easy to stabilize.

  In the above embodiment, the clothes drying unit 20 includes a string storage unit 20a (first string storage unit), a string storage unit 20b (second string storage unit), and a string receiving unit 20c, as shown in FIG. May be. This figure shows an example in which the clothes drying part 20 including the string storage parts 20a and 20b and the string receiving part 20c is adopted in the second embodiment (see FIG. 6).

  The string storage unit 20a can fix one end of a clothesline 29a (first string) and store the string 29a. The string storage unit 20b fixes one end of a clothesline 29b (second string) and can store the string 29b. As shown in FIG. 12, the string 29a and the string 29b can be pulled out from the string storage unit 20a and the string storage unit 20b, respectively. The string storage unit 20a has a mechanism for automatically winding the string 29a pulled out from the string storage unit 20a. Similarly, the string storage part 20b has a mechanism for automatically winding the string 29b drawn from the string storage part 20b. Such a mechanism can be realized, for example, by incorporating a spring spring in each of the string storage portions 20a and 20b.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the string receiving part 20c fixes the other end of the string 29a drawn from the string storage part 20a and the other end of the string 29b drawn from the string storage part 20b. The string receiving portion 20c is configured to be able to hook the other end of each string 29a, 29b. The string receiving part 20c is separated from both the string storage part 20a and the string storage part 20b. The string storage part 20 a and the string receiving part 20 c are provided at different positions along the extending direction of the rail part 10. The string storage part 20b and the string receiving part 20c are also provided at different positions along the extending direction of the rail part 10. In this example, the string receiving part 20c is provided between the string storage part 20a and the string storage part 20b. In addition, the above-mentioned hook and / or hole may be provided in each string storage part 20a, 20b. Similarly, the hook and / or hole described above may also be provided in the string receiving portion 20c.

  When the clothes drying part 20 includes the string storage part 20a and the string receiving part 20c as described above, the string 29a can be stretched between the string storage part 20a and the string receiving part 20c as necessary, and is not necessary. Can store the string 29a in the string storage portion 20a. Furthermore, by including the string storage part 20b, the string 29b can be stretched between the string storage part 20b and the string receiving part 20c. Further, since the string storage unit 20a has a mechanism for automatically winding the string 29a, the string 29a pulled out from the string storage unit 20a can be easily returned into the string storage unit 20a. Similarly, since the string storage unit 20b has a mechanism for automatically winding the string 29b, the string 29b pulled out from the string storage unit 20b can be easily returned to the string storage unit 20b.

1 Curtain rail 2 Curtain rail 3 Curtain rail 10 Rail section (first rail section)
12 Rail groove (first rail groove)
20 Clothes drying part 20a String storage part (first string storage part)
20b String storage part (second string storage part)
20c String receiver 22 hook (first hook)
24 Supporting part 25 Hook (first hook)
26 Hook (second hook)
28 hole 29a string (first string)
29b string (second string)
30 Runner 32 Constricted part 34 Hole 40 Rail part (second rail part)
42 Rail groove (second rail groove)
50 connecting member 92 hanger 94 laundry

Claims (18)

A first rail portion having a first rail groove on which a runner hanging the curtain travels;
A laundry part fixed to the first rail part, for hanging the laundry,
The first rail part and the clothes drying part are integrally molded,
The clothesline includes a first hook on which a hanger is hung, a second hook on which a hanger is hung, which is provided integrally with the first hook, and a hole through which a bar or string for hanging clothes can pass. Curtain rail characterized by that. The curtain rail according to claim 1,
The said clothes drying part is a curtain rail provided in the position which does not overlap with the said 1st rail groove | channel of a said 1st rail part by planar view. The curtain rail according to claim 1 or 2,
A curtain rail including a second rail groove that has a second rail groove on which a runner that suspends the curtain travels, and that extends in parallel with the first rail portion. In the curtain rail of Claim 3,
The first rail part and the second rail part are integrally formed curtain rails. The curtain rail according to claim 4,
The first and second rail parts and the clothes drying part are integrally formed curtain rails. The curtain rail according to any one of claims 3 to 5,
The said clothes drying part is a curtain rail provided in the position which does not overlap with the said 2nd rail groove | channel of a said 2nd rail part by planar view. The curtain rail according to any one of claims 3 to 6,
The clothes drying part is a curtain rail provided between the first rail groove of the first rail part and the second rail groove of the second rail part in a plan view. In the curtain rail in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 7,
A curtain rail in which a root and a tip of the first hook exist in the same plane perpendicular to an extending direction of the first rail portion. The curtain rail according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The root and tip of the second hook are curtain rails that exist in the same plane perpendicular to the extending direction of the first rail portion. The curtain rail according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
Comprising a plurality of the clothesline,
The plurality of clothes drying portions are curtain rails provided at different positions along the extending direction of the first rail portion. The curtain rail according to any one of claims 1 to 10 ,
A curtain rail in which a depth direction of the hole coincides with an extending direction of the first rail portion. The curtain rail according to any one of claims 1 to 11 ,
The clothesline is
A first string storage portion for fixing one end of the first string for hanging clothes and storing the first string;
A curtain rail including a string receiving portion that is spaced apart from the first string storage portion and fixes the other end of the first string drawn from the first string storage portion. The curtain rail according to claim 12 ,
The first string storage part and the string receiving part are curtain rails provided at different positions along the extending direction of the first rail part. The curtain rail according to claim 12 or 13 ,
The first string storage unit is a curtain rail having a mechanism for automatically winding the first string drawn from the first string storage unit. The curtain rail according to any one of claims 12 to 14 ,
The clothesline is
Including a second string storage portion for fixing one end of the second string for hanging clothes and storing the second string;
The string receiving portion is a curtain rail that fixes the other end of the second string pulled out from the second string storage unit in addition to the other end of the first string. The curtain rail according to claim 15 ,
The second string storage part and the string receiving part are curtain rails provided at different positions along the extending direction of the first rail part. The curtain rail according to claim 15 or 16 ,
The string receiving part is a curtain rail provided between the first string storage part and the second string storage part. The curtain rail according to any one of claims 15 to 17 ,
The second string storage unit is a curtain rail having a mechanism for automatically winding the second string drawn from the second string storage unit.

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