Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
  • D06F57/00—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired 
  • D06F57/08—Folding stands

Definitions

• the invention relates to a clothes horse according to the preamble of claim 1.
• DE-GM 1 8 32 032 describes a tumble dryer with legs and a hanging device (roof) for the laundry and indicates that the roof could also be provided with a spring balancer as in roller shutters.
• this construction is hardly economical (page 1, last sentence).
• a clothes horse is known from EP-A2-0 432 1 10.
• the pairs of legs of the clothes rack are designed as scissor stands, the upper ends of the pairs of legs being provided with caps which have U-shaped slots into which the hanging grid can be snapped into place. After the hanging rack has been unhooked from one of the pairs of legs, the clothes rack can be folded up, the unhooked pair of legs being able to remain hinged to the hanging grid.
• Suspension grids can also be arranged with extension grids. If the washing stand with the laundry hung to dry on the bars of the hanging rack is in the open air, the laundry can be drenched again by rain.
• a roof against the weather and dirt, the roofing being permanently and firmly connected to the laundry drying part.
• hood-like or umbrella-like roof shapes proposed, and the roof is held by a rod located in the center of the roof.
• Such a roof is not suitable for a laundry rack of the type mentioned at the outset, which, together with the rain protection, should also be easy to fold up. In addition, the setting up and stretching of the roof is cumbersome.
• the object of the invention is therefore to provide a laundry stand of the type mentioned at the outset, which can be easily and quickly provided with rain protection.
• the invention is implemented in any case if it is a clothes horse, the hanging device of which consists of a frame with, preferably transversely displaceable, bars for the laundry, which can be covered by a tarpaulin.
• the tarpaulin and its winding device are preferably in the frame itself housed, but can be easily removed or replaced from the frame.
• the tarpaulin covering the hanging grid can also be used in an advantageous manner to place objects thereon which have to be dried over a large area.
• the winding device can be arranged on any side of the hanging grid. If the suspension grid also includes extension grids, the winding device can in particular also be arranged on a free narrow side of an extension grid.
• the winding device is arranged on a narrow side of the suspension grid.
• the winding device can preferably form part of the frame of the suspension grid. Such an arrangement is space-saving.
• the winding device can be designed such that the tarpaulin can be wound up by hand, for example by means of a crank or a handwheel. According to a further embodiment of the invention, however, the winding device is designed such that the tarpaulin is automatically wound up, e.g. by means of spring balancing. This makes the winding process easier and faster.
• the winding device is a slotted tube, one mounted therein Winding shaft and a spring formed, which biases the winding shaft when unwinding the tarpaulin
• a further embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the frame part of the hanging grid on the side of the hanging grid opposite the winding device is formed by a second slotted tube, which is constructed like the pipe of the winding device, and in that the free end of the tarpaulin in the slot of the second tube is attachable.
• the same design of the two tubes achieves a manufacturing advantage.
• three disks lying adjacent to one another are arranged at the ends of the tubes, of which one disk is connected to the tube and to a frame rod of the hanging grid, another pane is connected and rotatable to a frame rod of an extension grid, and a further disk connected to one leg of the two pairs of legs and rotatable This creates stable joints.
• the diameter of the tubes and the diameter of the disks are at least approximately the same, disruptive edges are avoided and, moreover, an aesthetic impression is given.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an erected
• FIG. 3 shows a side view of a joint and a partial view of the stored parts in the folded state of the clothes horse
• FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the joint of FIG. 3,
• FIG. 5 is a side view analogous to FIG. 3 of the joint and the stored parts, but in the opened state of the clothes horse,
• FIG. 6 shows a vertical longitudinal section of a clothes horse with a wrapped tarpaulin
• the clothes horse 1 in FIG. 1 is basically composed of two pairs of legs 2, 3 and 4, 5 and one articulated to the upper ends of the legs horizontal suspension grid 6 formed.
• the lower ends of the pairs of legs are each connected by a foot bar 7 or 8, the foot bar 7 being provided with wheels 9, 10.
• two disk-shaped joints 1 1 and 1 2 are fastened approximately at half height, and between each pair of disks an additional suspension grid 1 3 is rotatably mounted and can be folded upwards.
• the hanging grid 6 consists of two frame parts 14, 15 arranged on the long side, preferably slightly upwardly bent, two slotted tubes of the same design arranged on the narrow sides and a number of suspension rods inserted into the tubes, such as the rods 1 8 Ends of the pipes 1 6, 1 7 are provided joints, which will be described separately. With these joints two extension grids 19 and 20 are coupled, each of which consists of an upwardly bent frame and of transversely extending to the rods 1 8 hanging rods, such as the hanging rods 21.
• the suspension rods 21 run perpendicular to the suspension rods 1 8. Straight suspension rods 21 can thus be used.
• a container 22 is fastened to the frame part 1 4 and can be used to store accessories, for example clothes pegs.
• the slotted tube 1 7 is part of a winding and unwinding device 23, which further comprises a winding shaft mounted in the tube 1 7, a tarpaulin 24 that can be unwound from this winding shaft and wound onto this winding shaft, and a spring (not shown) that the winding shaft when unwinding the Tarpaulin 24 preloaded.
• the free end of the tarpaulin 24 is provided with a handle 25 which, after the tarpaulin 24 has been unwound, can be hung or locked into the slot in the tube 1 6.
• the tarpaulin 24 is pulled out of the slot of the tube 17 and covers the hanging grid 6.
• the clothes horse 1 can be folded in a confined space by moving the additional hanging grid 1 3 upwards, the pairs of legs 2, 3 and 4, 5 inwards and the extension grids 19, 20 upwards until the ends of these extension grids on the hanging bars 18 lie on.
• Fig. 2 the suspension device is shown in cross section.
• the round tube 17 is divided by a web 26 into two chambers 1 7a, 1 7b.
• the left chamber is provided with a slot 27 through which the tarpaulin 24 passes.
• the tarpaulin 24 is wound on a winding shaft 34 arranged in the left chamber and provided at the end with a stiffening rail 28.
• a second slot 29 is provided in the longitudinal direction of the tube 17.
• the suspension rods 18 are inserted into the slot 29 and held by holding elements 30 located in the right chamber.
• the suspension rods 1 8 can thus be moved as required in the slot 29 in the direction of the tube 1 7 and positioned stationary.
• the joint consists of three disks 31, 32, 33, of which the middle disk 32 is fixedly connected to the tube 1 6 and to a frame part 15 of the suspension grid, the inner disk 33 is connected to a frame rod of an extension grid 19 and is rotatable and the outer disc 31 with a leg 3 of the two pairs of legs connected and rotatable.
• the disk 33 with the displacement grid 19 can be turned to the left into the position shown in FIG. 5, while the disk 31 with the leg 3 can be turned to the right into the position shown in FIG. 5.
• the diameter of the disks 31, 32, 33 corresponds approximately to the diameter of the tube 16.
• the other joints are designed accordingly.
• FIG. 6 and 7 show that the holding elements 30 are designed in the form of nail-shaped heads which are adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the chambers 17b and e.g. can be locked due to existing friction.
• the handles 25 arranged at the free end of the tarpaulin 1 8 are designed such that they can be inserted into the slot and hold the rod 1 8 under tension.
• FIG. 8 shows that the tarpaulin 24 can be designed as a grid which is water and is permeable to air. Weatherproof material is preferably selected for these purposes.

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Textile Engineering (AREA)
• Holders For Apparel And Elements Relating To Apparel (AREA)
• Centrifugal Separators (AREA)
• Tents Or Canopies (AREA)
• Drying Of Solid Materials (AREA)
• Detail Structures Of Washing Machines And Dryers (AREA)
• Accessory Of Washing/Drying Machine, Commercial Washing/Drying Machine, Other Washing/Drying Machine (AREA)
• Food-Manufacturing Devices (AREA)
• Financial Or Insurance-Related Operations Such As Payment And Settlement (AREA)

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