JPH0417055Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] [Industrial application field]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a clothes hanging and rotating device for holding and sequentially rotating and transporting a large number of clothes in a closet, for example.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as this type of device, for example,
The one disclosed in Publication No. 116957 is known. In this conventional device, an endless rail with an overall oval shape and a box-shaped cross section is installed at the upper end of the support, and a plurality of hanger frames are suspended from a runner that slides along this endless rail. By suspending the two runners on the left and right via shafts, and connecting the hanger frames via links via the shafts,
All hanger frames can be rotated and conveyed simultaneously along an endless rail.

[Problem that the idea aims to solve]

By the way, in general, in such a structure, the hanger frame changes direction along the elliptical curved part of the endless rail, and the left side of the hanger frame uses the shaft of the left runner as a fulcrum, and the right side changes its direction along the elliptical curved part of the endless rail. When the runner pivots around the shaft of the runner and the orientation of the adjacent hanger frames changes and becomes open to each other, it is better to make the distance between the left and right sides of the open hanger frames as large as possible. Therefore, by reducing the distance between the left and right runners, the hanger frame can change direction smoothly even if the curved part of the endless rail has a steep curve, and the clothes hung on them are less likely to collide with each other. Become. It is also better to hang clothes diagonally rather than at right angles to the hanger frame, which also reduces the overall storage space. However, in the above-mentioned conventional device, when the upper side of each hanger frame a is suspended by two runners b on the left and right as shown in FIG. 11 (plan view), the positions of these two runners b are Since the upper side of frame a was arranged to be equidistant from the center thereof, it was not possible to increase the distance between adjacent hanger frames a when they were opened. As a result, even if an attempt is made to make the ellipse of the endless rail c smaller for the purpose of miniaturization, when the hanger frame a approaches the curved part of the endless rail c, the restraining force between the hanger frames is large and the direction cannot be changed smoothly. There was a problem in that the clothes d hung on the hanger frame a collided with each other, preventing the hanger frame a from changing direction and conveying it, making it impossible to downsize. In addition, in the same figure, e is a link that connects adjacent hanger frames a. The purpose of this invention is to solve these problems in the past.
To provide a clothes hanging/rotating device which can smoothly change the direction of a hanger frame without being obstructed by the clothes and can be downsized.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention supports two lower sides or two upper sides of multiple hanger frames on casters or runners that slide along endless rails, connects the hanger frames with each other with links, and connects all the hangers together. In a clothes hanging/rotating device that allows frames to be simultaneously rotated and conveyed along an endless rail, the positions of the casters or runners at two locations on the lower side or upper side of each hanger frame are determined by The distances from the center are shorter for one and longer for the other. When a hanger bar is placed horizontally between the left and right sides of the hanger frame, it is preferable to form a plurality of diagonal hook hook grooves in the hanger bar.

[Effect]

Therefore, according to the present invention, when the hanger frame changes direction along the curved part of the endless rail,
The distance between the left side and right side of adjacent hanger frames can be made larger than in the conventional example described above. By forming multiple diagonal hook hanging grooves on the hanger bar, you can hang regular clothes hangers diagonally and hang clothes diagonally instead of at right angles to the hanger bar, which allows them to hang adjacent to each other at the curved part of the endless rail. Clothes on the hanger frame can be prevented from colliding with each other, and the overall storage space can be reduced.

【Example】

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of the clothes hanging and rotating device of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 2, this device has a base frame 3 which connects the middle parts of two square pipe-shaped front and rear cross members 1 with left and right connecting members 2, which also have square pipe shapes, and serves as a base for supporting the whole device. The lower sides of the left and right support frames 4 forming a vertically long rectangular frame are screwed to both the left and right ends of the horizontal members 1 at the front and rear of the base frame 3 to vertically fix these left and right support frames 4. The left and right ends of the front and rear cross members 6 of the upper support frame 5 having the same structure as the base frame 3 are screwed to the upper sides of these left and right support frames 4, and the upper support frames 5 are attached to the upper sides of the left and right support frames 4. It is installed horizontally in between. Then, an endless lower rail 7 having a generally oval shape is placed on the horizontal members 1 at the front and rear of the base frame 3, and this is secured to the horizontal members 1 of the base frame 3 using screws 8 as shown in FIG.
while fixing the endless upper rail 9, which has the same overall oval shape as the lower rail 7, to the upper support frame 5.
They are similarly fixed to the lower surfaces of the front and rear cross members 6 as shown in FIG. Furthermore, a column frame 12 in which the two left and right vertical members 10 are connected, for example, in two places, upper and lower, by a horizontal connecting member 11, is placed inside the ellipse of the lower rail 7 and the upper rail 9 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5. As shown, the connecting member 2 of the base frame 3 and the connecting member 13 of the upper support frame 9 are joined with an L-shaped joining fitting 14, and the base frame 1 and the upper support frame 9 are connected to the column frame 12 at the center thereof. are connected to each other. Adjusters 15 are installed at multiple locations on the lower surfaces of the horizontal members 1 and connecting members 2 before and after the base frame 3 so that the entire structure can be installed horizontally and the height can be slightly adjusted.
is installed. The lower rail 7 is made of aluminum and has a cross-sectional shape as shown in FIG. 4, that is, a lower part 16a having a rectangular cross-section and an upper part 16b having a U-shaped cross-section are integrally molded, and protrusions 16c are formed on both inner surfaces of the upper part 16b. It is constituted by a mold material 16. That is, the curved parts 16 on both sides of the lower rail 7 are formed into a U-shape, and the straight parts 16 are used in the front and rear straight parts, and these parts are connected to form an ellipse. It is continuous in shape, and the lower rail 7
The upper part 16b of the shape member 16 forms a continuous guide groove 17 having a U-shaped cross section and an elliptical shape as a whole. Then, within this guide groove 17, the protrusion 16
A long hard synthetic resin insole material 18 that also serves as a cushioning material is fitted into the bottom of the lower side of c. A bar 20 made of hard material such as stainless steel or ceramic is fitted over its entire length. The bar 20 has a circular cross section, and its upper portion protrudes from the upper surface of the insole material 18. The upper rail 9 has an inverted U cross section as shown in FIG.
It is constructed by connecting shaped members 21 in the same manner as the lower rail 7, and forms a continuous guide groove 22 having an inverted U-shape in cross section and an elliptical shape as a whole. The lower rail 7 and upper rail 9 having such a structure
As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of hanger frames 23 in the form of a vertically long rectangular frame are slidably mounted between the hanger frame 23 and the hanger frame 23, as shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, each hanger frame 23 is slidably placed on the lower rail 7 by two left and right casters 24 attached to its lower side 23a, and is attached to its upper side 23b. Two upper steady rest rollers (runners) 25 on the left and right
By locating it in the guide groove 22 of the upper rail 9, it can slide along both rails 7 and 9 while being prevented from swinging by the upper rail 9. Adjacent hanger frames 23 are connected to each other by upper and lower links 26 and 27, which are long plates, as will be described later. The caster 24 is attached to the vehicle frame 28 as shown in FIG.
An axle (horizontal shaft) 30 of a support roller 29 made of hard synthetic resin that rotates in a vertical plane is supported on the left and right side plates of the vehicle frame 28, and an axle (horizontal axis) 30 of a support roller 29 made of hard synthetic resin that rotates in a vertical plane is supported on the lower surface of a horizontal plate 31 extending in front and rear of the vehicle frame 28. The front and rear lower steady rest rollers 32 made of hard synthetic resin rotate on the vertical axis 3.
3, and a mounting shaft 34 is fixed to the center of the upper surface of the vehicle frame 28. The upper end of this mounting shaft 34 has a screw 34a.
It is becoming. With this caster 34, the lower side 2 of the hanger frame 23
FIGS. 3 and 4 show the state in which 3a is supported.
In FIG. 4, after fitting the flanged sleeve 35 around the outer periphery of the mounting shaft 34 and fitting the sleeve 35 into the circular hole 27a of the lower link 27,
By fitting the ring 36 to the upper end of the sleeve 35 and fixing it to the mounting shaft 34 with an E-ring 37, the casters 24 of adjacent hanger frames 23 are connected to each other by the lower link 27. ing. With the caster 24 connected in this way placed in the guide groove 17 of the lower rail 7, the spacer ring 38 is fitted to the mounting shaft 34, and the spacer ring 38 is bored between the mounting shaft 34 and the lower side 23a of the hanger frame 23. The caster 24 is fitted to the bearing hole 39 via the flanged bush 40, and then the cap nut 41 is screwed onto the threaded portion 34a of the mounting shaft 34 from above the lower side 23a.
Each hanger frame 23 is placed on the lower rail 7 by two left and right casters 24, and adjacent hanger frames 23 are connected to each other via a lower link 27. The caster 23 has a support roller 29 rolling on a bar 20 in the guide groove 17, and a lower steady rest roller 3 at the front and rear.
2 rolls along both inner surfaces of the guide groove 17. Note that the sleeve 35, ring 36, spacer ring 38, and bush 40 are made of hard synthetic resin. On the other hand, in the upper side portion 23b of the hanger frame 23, two bearing holes 42 are bored on the left and right sides thereof, as shown in FIG. 6, and an upper connecting shaft 43 is vertically penetrated and fixed to these bearing holes 42. The fixation is done by attaching a washer 4 to the lower end threaded portion 43a of the upper connecting shaft 43.
4 and the bag nut 46 via the snap spring 45.
This is done by screwing them together and tightening them. A flanged sleeve 47 made of hard synthetic resin is fitted to the upper side of the upper connecting shaft 43 that protrudes above the upper side 23b, and the above-mentioned upper steady rest roller 25 is fitted to the upper end of the upper connecting shaft 34. It is pivoted to rotate in a horizontal plane. The shaft is supported by screwing a threaded portion 48 of the shaft of the upper steadying roller 25 into a threaded hole at the upper end of the upper connecting shaft 43. This upper steady rest roller 25 is the upper rail 9
It is located in the guide groove 22 of and rolls along both inner surfaces thereof. The hanger frames 23 are connected to each other by the upper links 26 as follows. As shown in FIG. 8, the tip of the link 26 has a bearing hole 49 large enough to fit the sleeve 47, and a bearing hole 49 that is continuous with the bearing hole 49 and has a width that fits the upper connecting shaft 43. A notch 50 in the shape of a truncated cone in plan view is provided at the side edge, and, although not shown, the base end is not provided with such a notch 50 but a circular bearing hole sized to fit with the sleeve 47. only. Then, the bearing hole on the proximal end side is fitted in advance into the sleeve 47 of the upper connecting shaft 43 (the one on the opposite side to the side shown in FIG. 8) of one of the adjacent hanger frames 23, and the connection is made. For the other hanger frame 23 to be used, loosely fit the bearing hole 49 on the distal end side of the link 26 into the upper connecting shaft 43 through the notch 50 at a position above the sleeve 47, and then lower the distal end of the link 26 as it is. Then, the bearing hole 49 is fitted into the sleeve 47. After that, the ring 51 made of hard synthetic resin, which has been loosely fitted in advance to the upper connecting shaft 34, is fitted to the upper end of the sleeve 47, and the split sleeve 52 made of soft synthetic resin having the slit 52a is then inserted into the upper connecting shaft 34. The lower side of the stopper roller 25 is forcibly fitted to the upper connecting shaft 43, and the bearing hole 49 and the sleeve 47 are
The mated state is maintained. Note that the notch 50 may also be provided on the base end side of the link 26, and the base end side may also be detachable from the upper connecting shaft 43 in the same manner as described above. The support structure by the left and right casters 24 of the lower side part 23a of each hanger frame 23, the support structure by the left and right upper steadying rollers 25 of the upper side part 23b, and the connection structure between adjacent hanger frames 23 are as described above. The positions of the left and right casters 24 with respect to the lower side portion 23a and the positions of the left and right upper steady rest rollers 25 with respect to the upper side portion 23b are different from each other. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, in each hanger frame 23, the distance L ₁ from the center of the lower side 23a to the right caster 24 is longer than the distance L ₂ from this center to the left caster 24. There is. Therefore, the distance from the right caster 24 to the right side 23c of the hanger frame 23 is the distance from the left caster 24 to the left side 23c of the hanger frame 23.
shorter than the distance. The positions of the left and right upper steady rest rollers 25 are also in a similar relationship to the center of the upper side portion 23b of the hanger frame 23. Between the left and right sides 23c of each hanger frame, one or more hanger bars 53, each having a round bar shape, are horizontally suspended in a height-adjustable and removable manner. As shown in FIG. 9, this hanger bar 53 has a large number of hook hook grooves 54 dug diagonally with respect to the axis at regular intervals, and a large number of ordinary clothes hangers are arranged diagonally in these grooves. It is designed to be suspended. Since the left and right casters 24 have the above-mentioned positional relationship, the hook hook groove 54 is provided on the right side of the hanger bar 53 to a position close to the right end thereof, but on the left side of the hanger bar 53, the hook hook groove 54 is provided. The hanger bar 53 does not extend nearly to its left end, so the left end of the hanger bar 53 is simply a round bar without a hook hook groove 54. Note that the hook hook grooves 54 may be connected in a spiral manner. The clothes hanging and rotating device according to the present invention has the above-described configuration and is used by being installed in, for example, a closet. Since the lower rail 7 and the upper rail 9 are fixed inside a three-dimensional frame structure made up of the base frame 3, the left and right support frames 4, and the upper support frame 5, the ellipses of the lower rail 7 and the upper rail 9 are Even if it is small and its front and rear widths are narrow, it can be installed in a stable state as a whole. Stability can be further improved by fixing the left and right support frames 4 to the inner walls of the closet or the upper support frame 5 to the ceiling of the closet using appropriate metal fittings. In the hanger frame 23, the two upper steady rest rollers 25 are first inserted into the guide groove 22 of the upper rail 9 from below, and the lower side portions 23a are preliminarily connected two by two with the lower links 27 as described above. Connected caster 2
4, one side at a time, the upper links 26 can be sequentially connected by simply fitting the bearing holes 49 of the upper links 26 into the sleeves 47 of the upper connecting shafts 43 of the adjacent hanger frames 23 as described above. When one of the hanger frames 23 connected in this manner is moved, the entire hanger frame 23 circulates along the endless lower rail 7 and upper rail 9. In this case, each hanger frame 23 is supported from below by two casters 24, and the supporting rollers 29 of the casters 24 are placed on the bar 20 that slightly protrudes within the guide groove 17 of the lower rail 7. Since the hangers 23 roll while making point contact with each other, the entire hanger 23 can be slid extremely easily. Furthermore, in each hanger frame 23, two upper steady rest rollers 25 roll along both inner surfaces of the upper rail 9 in the guide groove 22, and two sets of lower steady rest rollers 32 roll on the lower rail 9. Since it rolls along both inner surfaces within the guide groove 17, it slides smoothly in a stable vertical state without rocking. Since the hook hook groove 54 of the hanger bar 53 is diagonal, when clothes are hung on the hanger bar 53 by a clothes hanger, the clothes d are hung in a diagonal alignment as shown in FIG. Therefore, the overall storage space can be reduced. When the hanger frame 23 slides on the left and right curved parts of the lower rail 7 and the upper rail 9, the right side 2
3c turns around the right caster 24 and the right upper steady rest roller 25 as fulcrums, and the left side part 23c changes direction while turning around the left caster 24 and the left upper steady rest roller 25 as fulcrums. In this case, the turning radius is shorter on the right side and longer on the left side, so the 11th wheel, which had the same turning radius on both sides,
Compared to the conventional example shown in the figure, as shown in FIG.
The distance from 3c becomes larger. Therefore, the direction of the hanger frame 23 can be changed smoothly at the left and right curved portions of the lower rail 7 and the upper rail 9, and the clothes d in adjacent hanger frames 23 are less likely to collide with each other. Moreover, since the clothes d are hung diagonally and are not hung on one end (left end) of the hanger bar 53, the clothes d are suspended diagonally from the adjacent hanger frame 53.
3. Clothes d are less likely to collide with each other. Note that the present invention can also be applied to a hanger frame in which there is no lower rail and the hanger frame is suspended from a runner that slides along the upper rail.

[Effect of the idea]

The present invention has the following effects. When the hanger frame changes direction along the curved part of the endless rail, the distance between the left and right sides of adjacent hanger frames can be made larger than before, so even if the curved part of the rail is steep The direction of the hanger frame can be changed smoothly and without the clothes colliding with each other between adjacent hanger frames, and the size can be made smaller than before. Multiple diagonal hook hanging grooves are formed on the hanger bar, so you can hang regular clothes hangers diagonally and hang clothes diagonally instead of at right angles to the hanger bar. To prevent clothes on the hanger frame from colliding with each other, and to reduce the overall storage space.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is an overall perspective view of the clothes hanging and rotating device according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view showing the relationship between the base frame, left and right support frames, and the lower rail, and Figure 3 is the curve of the lower rail and its surroundings. FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing the support structure of the hanger frame on the lower rail, FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the curved portion of the upper rail and its surroundings, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the upper rail FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the caster; FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing the connection structure between the hanger frames by upper links; FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the hanger bar; FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the state in which clothes are transported by this clothes hanging and rotating device. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the conveyance state of clothes according to a conventional example. 7... lower rail, 9... upper rail, 23...
...hanger frame, 23a, 23b... lower and upper sides of hanger frame, 24... caster, 25...
Upper steady rest roller (runner), 53... hanger bar, 54... hook hanging groove.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. Two places on the lower side or two places on the top side of a plurality of hanger frames are respectively supported on casters or runners that slide along an endless rail, and the hanger frames are linked together. In a clothes hanging/rotating device that connects all hanger frames so that they can be simultaneously rotated and conveyed along an endless rail, the positions of the two casters or runners on the lower side or the upper side of each hanger frame are determined by: A clothes hanging/rotating device characterized in that the distance from the center of the lower side or the upper side is different so that one is short and the other is long. 2. The clothes hanging/rotating device according to claim 1, wherein a hanger bar is horizontally hung on the left and right sides of the hanger frame, and a plurality of diagonal hook hook grooves are formed in the hanger bar.