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 
  • D06F57/12—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired  specially adapted for attachment to walls, ceilings, stoves, or other structures or objects
  • D06F57/125—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired  specially adapted for attachment to walls, ceilings, stoves, or other structures or objects for attachment to, or close to, the ceiling

Definitions

• the invention relates to a clothes dryer, in which a lifting device which can be fastened to a ceiling and is operated step by step carries a dryer frame which carries the clothesline.
• PRIOR ART AT 3 328 UI discloses a clothes dryer with a lifting device which is fastened to the ceiling and can be operated step by step.
• a rigid, rectangular frame in which the clothesline runs parallel to its long sides, is suspended on four strings at its four corners.
• the four cords hang from two winding bobbins each assigned to a narrow side of the frame, which are seated on a shaft of the lifting device which can be rotated by means of an endless cord pull.
• a separate, scissor-like support frame can be hung in the rigid frame so that it can also be used outdoors to dry the laundry, separately from the lifting device.
• Tumble dryers which have a dryer frame which can be folded into a central longitudinal member and which consists of two rectangular partial frames which are arranged on both sides of the central longitudinal member and which carry the clothesline and can be folded together to form a narrow rod towards the central longitudinal member. the clothesline being enclosed in the folded subframe.
• the too A narrow rod collapsible dryer frame is carried by a height adjustable floor stand.
• the carrying device for the dryer frame which can be folded into a narrow rod can also be formed by four legs which are hinged downwards and are hinged to the ends of the central longitudinal member of the dryer frame.
• a clothes dryer in which the clothesline carrying the clothesline, consisting of a central longitudinal member and two terminal cross members, is suspended above a cable pull and two articulated arms on two above the longitudinal member ends, suspended from the ceiling brackets at a distance from each other.
• the dryer frame is pulled up and down via the two pulling cables of the cable, which act on the ends of the side member and are deflected at the ceiling brackets, which run in the area of the ceiling brackets through clamping devices attached to them, which are tightened or loosened by pulling on the cables ,
• Each articulated arm is pivotally attached to one end of the side member and the ceiling bracket above it.
• both ropes When pulling up the dryer frame, both ropes must be pulled as evenly as possible in order to ensure that the dryer frame is in an almost horizontal position during pulling up.
• both cables When reaching the ceiling brackets, make sure that both cables are clamped in order to hold the dryer frame to the ceiling and to prevent the dryer frame from falling on one or both sides.
• the invention proposes a clothes dryer in which a lifting device which can be fastened to a ceiling and is operated step by step carries a dryer frame which carries the clothesline.
• the lifting device is accommodated in a profile box that can be attached to the ceiling and is open at the bottom. It engages on the central longitudinal member of the profile box, which can be folded into a long rod and, when folded, in the profile box removable dryer frame.
• This has sub-frames arranged on both sides of the side member, which can be folded towards the side member and thereby enclosing the clothesline.
• the dryer frame When the dryer is not in use, its dryer frame is folded into a long rod and accommodated in the profile box attached to the ceiling and open at the bottom.
• the dryer frame which is collapsed in the form of a rod, is lowered out of the profile box with the aid of the lifting device to the desired use height and then opened by unfolding its subframes to form a rectangular dryer frame.
• the laundry to be dried is hung on the clothesline of the dryer frame and the dryer frame loaded with wet laundry is raised to the desired drying height with the aid of the lifting device.
• the unfolded dryer frame, loaded with damp laundry can be pulled up to the profile box, which is open at the bottom, and then tightened.
• the unfolded dryer frame loaded with the laundry is lowered to the desired height using the lifting device.
• the dryer frame is folded back into a long rod and, when folded, pulled up to the ceiling with the aid of the lifting device and drawn into the profile box, which is open at the bottom.
• a further advantage of the tumble dryer according to the invention lies in the profile box which is open at the bottom and which allows simplified mounting on the ceiling via lateral flanges.
• the lifting device can comprise a rotatable winding shaft running in the longitudinal direction of the profile box, which is coupled to a locking mechanism for its rotary movement and a rotary drive which, when activated, disables or overcomes the locking mechanism which is used for opening and closing. Unwinding of lifting ropes attached to the longitudinal member of the dryer frame can be actuated via an endless cord pull. This design allows the dryer frame to be lowered or pulled up step by step without the person operating the tumble dryer having to hold or pull up the entire weight of the dryer frame together with the heavy, hung laundry.
• the winding shaft can have an actuating end protruding laterally above the profile box and carrying the endless cord.
• Another feature of the invention provides that two articulated arms which are foldable out of the profile box and foldable back into it, connecting the profile box to the side member of the dryer frame, each forming a knee joint and facing one another with their knee joints, are articulated inside the profile box and on the side member and that the two articulated arms can be folded back into the profile box when the dryer frame is pulled up while their knee joints are approaching each other.
• this design provides a holding and guiding mechanism for the dryer frame, the two articulated arms stabilizing the position of the unfolded dryer frame at any height. When accidentally bumping into the unfolded dryer frame hanging from the ceiling, the articulated arms prevent the dryer frame from swinging.
• the lower ends of the two articulated arms connected to its central longitudinal beam are drawn into the profile box which is open at the bottom.
• the folded articulated arms drawn into the profile box result in a stabilization of the position of the unfolded dryer frame which is pulled up to the profile box.
• insertion bevels associated with the lower ends of the articulated arms can be provided on the inside of the two longitudinal side walls of the profile box, which are arranged just next to the articulated arms on both sides.
• the collapsed into a long rod, folded into the profile box drawn dryer frame can be designed as a lower cover of the profile box.
• Fig. 1 shows schematically an embodiment of the tumble dryer with a profile box mounted on the ceiling and from this extended, unfolded dryer frame
• Fig. 2 shows a side view of the actuating side of the lifting device with the endless cord
• Fig. 3 shows the folded and Fig 4 the unfolded dryer frame of the tumble dryer.
• an elongated, downwardly open profile box 1 which contains a lifting device 2 for the dryer frame 3 that can be folded apart.
• the lifting device 2 provides a horizontal winding shaft 4 rotatably mounted in the profile box 1, on which two ropes 6, 7, which are arranged at a distance from one another and are connected to the central longitudinal beam 5 of the dryer frame 3, are wound or unwound, which the dryer frame 3 wear.
• the winding shaft 4 is coupled to a locking mechanism 8 for its rotary movement and to a rotary drive 9 which switches the locking mechanism 8 off or overcoming it when it is actively actuated, said drive being connected via an endless cord pull 10 for rotating the winding shaft 4 when winding or unwinding the on the side member 5 of the dryer frame 3 attached hoisting ropes 6, 7 is actuated.
• a locking mechanism 8 for its rotary movement and to a rotary drive 9 which switches the locking mechanism 8 off or overcoming it when it is actively actuated, said drive being connected via an endless cord pull 10 for rotating the winding shaft 4 when winding or unwinding the on the side member 5 of the dryer frame 3 attached hoisting ropes 6, 7 is actuated.
• On the ceiling 11 two mounting flanges 12 are attached, with which the profile box 1 is rigidly connected during its assembly.
• two articulated arms 13, 14 each forming a knee joint are articulated. These are articulated with their upper arm parts 13a, 14a on the profile box 1 and with their lower arm parts
• the knee joints of the two articulated arms 13, 14 face each other.
• the dryer frame 3 has two subframes 15, 16 arranged laterally on its side member 5, which can be folded together and folded away from it, which, when unfolded, span the respective clothesline 17, 18 parallel to the central side member 3 and include their frame profile parts when folded.
• the rotary drive 9 of the winding shaft 4 of the lifting device 2 is actuated in the lower direction via the endless cord pull 10 and the turnstile of the locking mechanism 8 is released.
• the endless cord pull 10 is released and the rotary lock of the winding shaft 4 engages automatically in the automatic locking mechanism 8.
• the rotary drive 9 of the winding shaft 4 is actuated via the endless cord 10 in the lifting direction.
• the turnstile of the locking mechanism 8 is released until the endless cord pull 10 is released.
• the rotary lock of the winding shaft 4 engages again in the automatic locking mechanism 8 and the dryer frame 3 is held in the respective position by the lifting device 2 via the locked locking mechanism 8.
• the rotary drive 9 of the winding shaft 4 can be designed as a self-locking gear which can be actuated via the endless cord train 10 and which is coupled to the winding shaft 4.

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