Airing device
By adopting a folding rod and traction rope drive system on the clothes drying rack, the problem of the drying rod swaying in windy weather is solved, achieving stable clothes drying and concealed storage of the device, thus improving the user experience.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202512040963.5
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-12-31
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-03
AI Technical Summary
Existing clothes drying racks have poor wind resistance, causing clothes to fall off easily, resulting in a poor user experience.
The device uses a folding pole connected to the drying pole, and the folding pole is driven to fold or unfold by a traction rope and a power system, which increases the wind resistance of the drying device in both length and width directions. A traction rope constraint wheel is set between the drying pole and the main unit to stabilize the raising and lowering of the drying pole.
The drying device has improved wind resistance in all directions, enhancing the user experience, enabling stable drying of clothes and a double-layer drying area, and can be hidden away when not in use.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This invention relates to the field of drying technology, and more particularly to a drying device. Background Technology
[0002] Currently, clothes drying racks on the market typically have folding frames at both ends of the main unit, which are connected to the drying rod. During use, the power system in the main unit drives the steel cable to raise or lower the drying rod. However, the folding frames can only constrain the width of the drying rack, not its length or the left and right sides. In windy weather, the drying rod sways from side to side, has poor wind resistance, makes it difficult for users to hang clothes, and clothes are prone to falling off, greatly reducing the user experience.
[0003] Therefore, it is necessary to provide a drying device to solve the above-mentioned technical problems. Summary of the Invention
[0004] The purpose of this invention is to provide a drying device that can solve the above-mentioned problems existing in the prior art.
[0005] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention adopts the following technical solution:
[0006] Firstly, a drying device is provided, comprising:
[0007] The host unit, which contains a power system;
[0008] The drying rod has two ends connected to the two ends of the main unit via folding rods. The connection between the folding rods, the drying rods, and the main unit is rotatable. The folding rods are also rotatably connected to hinges, allowing the folding rods to be folded or unfolded.
[0009] The hinge is also connected to a traction rope, the other end of which is connected to the middle of the main unit and to the power system. The traction rope is driven by the power system to fold or unfold the folding rod.
[0010] As an optional implementation, a traction rope restraint wheel is provided, which is located between the drying rod and the main unit, and the traction rope restraint wheel is provided with a fixed pulley and a fixed groove;
[0011] The traction rope is provided with two ropes. The first ends of the two ropes extend from the power system, pass through the fixed pulley, and then pass through the hinge of the folding rod at both ends of the drying rod, and are finally fixed to the fixing groove on the traction rope constraint wheel.
[0012] As an optional implementation, the main unit has a receiving groove on the side facing the drying rod, and when the folding rod is in the folded state, both the folding rod and the drying rod are stored in the receiving groove.
[0013] As an optional implementation, a limiting sleeve is provided at one end of the folding rod near the drying rod. When the drying rod is lowered to its lowest position, the limiting sleeve slides to the connection between the folding rod and the drying rod to restrict the relative rotation between the folding rod and the drying rod.
[0014] As an optional implementation, the limiting sleeve has a limiting hole, and the folding rod has a limiting protrusion. When the limiting sleeve slides to the connection between the folding rod and the drying rod, the limiting protrusion cooperates with the limiting hole to fix the limiting sleeve.
[0015] As an optional implementation, the limiting sleeve is provided with two limiting holes along the height direction, namely an upper limiting hole and a lower limiting hole; when the upper limiting hole cooperates with the limiting protrusion, the folding rod and the drying rod are restricted from relative rotation, and when the lower limiting hole cooperates with the limiting protrusion, the folding rod and the drying rod can rotate relative to each other.
[0016] As an optional implementation, the length of the folding rod is less than that of the drying rod, and the hinge is located in the middle of the folding rod; when the folding rod is in the folded state, the sum of the lengths of the folding rods at both ends of the drying rod after folding, plus the length of the traction rope constraint wheel, is less than or equal to the length of the drying rod.
[0017] As an optional implementation, the main unit is also provided with a light panel on the side facing the drying rod, and the light panel and the receiving groove are respectively located on both sides of the width direction of the main unit.
[0018] As an optional implementation, the main unit is also equipped with a drying device for drying the clothes drying on the drying rod.
[0019] As an optional implementation, the top of the drying rod is provided with an anti-slip strip, and the anti-slip strip is provided with a plurality of anti-slip grooves.
[0020] Based on the above technical solution, this disclosure has at least the following beneficial effects:
[0021] By using folding rods at both ends of the drying device to connect the main unit and the drying rod, and with hinges on the folding rods at both ends of the drying device, and the hinges being connected to the middle of the main unit via traction ropes, the folding rods fold in opposite directions when folded, which helps to increase the wind resistance of the drying device in the left and right directions along its length. At the same time, since the folding rods are usually made of rigid materials, the wind resistance in the width direction of the drying device is also sufficiently guaranteed. In other words, through this solution, the drying device has wind resistance in the front, back, left, and right directions, greatly improving the user experience. Attached Figure Description
[0022] The present invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
[0023] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the first drying device of the present invention;
[0024] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the second type of drying device of the present invention;
[0025] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the drying device of the present invention in its folded-up state;
[0026] Figure 4 for Figure 2 Enlarged view of region A in the middle;
[0027] Figure 5 for Figure 2 Enlarged view of region B in the middle;
[0028] Figure 6 for Figure 2 Enlarged view of region C in the middle;
[0029] Figure 7 This is one of the schematic diagrams of the traction rope constraint wheel structure of the second type of drying device of the present invention;
[0030] Figure 8 This is a second schematic diagram of the traction rope constraint wheel structure of the second type of drying device of the present invention;
[0031] In the diagram: 10. Main unit; 11. Receiving slot; 12. Light panel; 20. Folding rod; 21. Hinge; 22. Limiting sleeve; 221. Limiting hole; 2211. Upper limiting hole; 2212. Lower limiting hole; 23. Limiting protrusion; 30. Traction rope; 31. Traction rope restraint wheel; 311. Fixed pulley; 312. Fixing slot; 40. Drying rod; 41. Anti-slip strip. Detailed Implementation
[0032] To make the technical problems solved by the present invention, the technical solutions adopted, and the technical effects achieved clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail below. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present invention.
[0033] In the description of this invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "connected," "linked," and "fixed" should be interpreted broadly. For example, they can refer to a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral part; they can refer to a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; they can refer to a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium; they can refer to the internal communication of two components or the interaction between two components. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of the above terms in this invention based on the specific circumstances.
[0034] In this invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, "above" or "below" the second feature can include direct contact between the first and second features, or contact between the first and second features through another feature between them. Furthermore, "above," "over," and "on top" of the second feature includes the first feature directly above or diagonally above the second feature, or simply indicates that the first feature is at a higher horizontal level than the second feature. "Below," "below," and "under" the second feature includes the first feature directly below or diagonally below the second feature, or simply indicates that the first feature is at a lower horizontal level than the second feature.
[0035] Please refer to the instruction manual attached. Figures 1-8 This embodiment provides a drying device, including a main unit 10, which has a power system; a drying rod 40, with both ends of the drying rod 40 connected to both ends of the main unit 10 via folding rods 20, and a hinge 21 rotatably connected to the folding rod 20, so that the folding rod 20 can be folded or unfolded; a traction rope 30 is also connected to the hinge 21, with the other end of the traction rope 30 connected to the middle of the main unit 10 and connected to the power system, so that the folding rod 20 can be folded or unfolded by driving the traction rope 30 through the power system.
[0036] By using folding rods 20 at both ends of the drying device to connect the main unit 10 and the drying rod 40, and by providing hinges 21 on the folding rods 20 at both ends of the drying device, and connecting the hinges 21 to the middle of the main unit 10 via traction ropes 30, the folding rods 20 fold in opposite directions when folded, which helps to increase the wind resistance of the drying device in the left and right directions along its length. At the same time, since the folding rods 20 are usually made of rigid material, the wind resistance in the width direction of the drying device is also sufficiently guaranteed. In other words, through this solution, the drying device has wind resistance in the front, back, left and right directions, greatly improving the user experience.
[0037] When the drying device switches from the unfolded state to the retracted state, the power system inside the main unit 10 drives the traction rope 30. Since the traction rope 30 extends from the middle of the main unit 10 and connects to the hinge 21 on the folding rod 20, under the traction of the traction rope 30, the hinge 21 on the folding rod 20 at both ends of the drying device moves towards the middle of the drying device, thereby causing the folding rod 20 to fold, so that the drying rod 40 gradually rises to the retracted state. By adopting the folding rod 20 of this solution, the drying device can achieve a smaller size compared to traditional folding racks.
[0038] In some embodiments, the drying device further includes a traction rope restraint wheel 31, which is located between the drying rod 40 and the main unit 10. The traction rope restraint wheel 31 is provided with a fixed pulley 311 and a fixing groove 312. There are two traction ropes 30, the first ends of which extend from the power system, pass through the fixed pulley 311, and then pass through the hinge 21 of the folding rod 20 at both ends of the drying rod 40, and are finally fixed to the fixing groove 312 on the traction rope restraint wheel 31.
[0039] By setting a traction rope constraint wheel 31 between the drying rod 40 and the main unit 10, the first ends of the two traction ropes 30 extend from the main unit 10, pass through the fixed pulley 311 on the traction rope constraint wheel 31, and then pass through the hinges 21 on the folding rods 20 at both ends of the drying device, and finally are fixed to the fixing groove 312 on the traction rope constraint wheel 31. At this time, the traction rope constraint wheel 31 is located directly below the middle part of the main unit 10, and the traction rope constraint wheel 31 and the hinge 21 are on the same horizontal line, that is, the traction ropes 30 between the traction rope constraint wheel 31 and the hinge 21 are parallel to the drying rod 40. When the drying device is in the unfolded state, the user can not only dry clothes on the drying rod 40, but also dry clothes on the traction ropes 30 to achieve double-layer drying and increase the drying area of the drying device.
[0040] Furthermore, there are two fixed pulleys 311 on the traction rope restraint wheel 31, corresponding to the folding rods 20 at the left and right ends of the drying device, to ensure the stability of the traction rope restraint wheel 31 during the lifting and lowering movement of the drying device.
[0041] In some embodiments, the main unit 10 is provided with a receiving groove 11 on the side facing the drying rod 40. When the folding rod 20 is in the folded state, both the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40 are stored in the receiving groove 11.
[0042] A receiving slot 11 is provided on the main unit 10. When the folding rod 20 is in the folded state, both the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40 are stored in the receiving slot 11, achieving a hidden storage effect when the drying device is not in use, and enhancing the overall integrity of the drying device. Specifically, the width of the folding rod 20 does not exceed that of the drying rod 40, and the width of the receiving slot 11 is slightly wider than that of the drying rod 40. When the drying device switches from the unfolded state to the retracted state, the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40 can be stored in the receiving slot 11 without obstruction, and the gap between the drying rod 40 and the receiving slot 11 is small, further improving the overall integrity of the drying device. Furthermore, the drying rod 40 is designed such that, in the retracted state, the lower surface of the drying rod 40 is flush with the lower surface of the main unit 10 to cover the receiving slot 11, further enhancing the overall integrity of the drying device.
[0043] In some embodiments, a limiting sleeve 22 is provided on one end of the folding rod 20 near the drying rod 40. When the drying rod 40 is lowered to the lowest position, the limiting sleeve 22 slides to the connection between the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40 to limit the relative rotation between the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40.
[0044] By setting a limiting sleeve 22 on the folding rod 20, when the drying device is in the unfolded state and the drying rod 40 is in the lowest position, the limiting sleeve 22 can slide from the folding rod 20 to the connection between the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40 to cover the rotating parts between the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40, restricting the relative rotation between the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40 and improving the wind resistance of the drying device.
[0045] For a drying device equipped with a traction rope constraint wheel 31, when the limiting sleeve 22 is placed over the rotating part between the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40, the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40 cannot rotate relative to each other, that is, the drying rod 40 cannot be raised or lowered. At this time, the traction rope 30 between the traction rope constraint wheel 31 and the hinge 21 is in a horizontal state and can be used for drying clothes. Due to the restriction of the limiting sleeve 22, the drying rod 40 cannot be raised or lowered. Therefore, when the traction rope 30 is used for drying clothes, there is no need to worry that the folding rod 20 will fold inward and retract due to the force on the traction rope 30, thus improving the stability of double-layer drying.
[0046] In some embodiments, the limiting sleeve 22 is provided with a limiting hole 221, and the folding rod 20 is provided with a limiting protrusion 23. When the limiting sleeve 22 slides to the connection between the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40, the limiting protrusion 23 cooperates with the limiting hole 221 to fix the limiting sleeve 22.
[0047] By opening a limiting hole 221 on the limiting sleeve 22, which cooperates with the limiting protrusion 23 on the folding rod 20, the limiting sleeve 22 is fixed, making the limiting sleeve 22 more stably fixed at the connection between the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40, further enhancing the wind resistance of the drying device, and ensuring the stability when the traction rope 30 is used to dry clothes.
[0048] In some embodiments, the limiting sleeve 22 is provided with two limiting holes 221 along the height direction, namely an upper limiting hole 2211 and a lower limiting hole 2212; when the upper limiting hole 2211 cooperates with the limiting protrusion 23, the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40 are restricted from rotating relative to each other, and when the lower limiting hole 2212 cooperates with the limiting protrusion 23, the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40 can rotate relative to each other.
[0049] By providing an upper limit hole 2211 and a lower limit hole 2212 on the limiting sleeve 22, when the drying device is in the unfolded state, the upper limit hole 2211 engages with the limiting protrusion 23, restricting the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40 from rotating relative to each other. To release the restriction and allow the drying rod 40 to rise and fall, the limiting sleeve 22 must be pushed upwards, causing the limiting protrusion 23 to separate from the upper limit hole 2211. Furthermore, if the limiting sleeve 22 is pushed upwards to the position where the limiting protrusion 23 engages with the lower limit hole 2212, the position of the limiting sleeve is fixed, preventing relative sliding. The drying rod 40 can then stably rise and fall, avoiding the sliding of the limiting sleeve 22 during the rising and falling process, which could cause the limiting sleeve 22 to slide to the connection between the folding rod 20 and the drying rod 40, thus restricting the rising and falling movement of the drying rod 40.
[0050] In some embodiments, the length of the folding rod 20 is less than that of the drying rod 40, and the hinge 21 is located in the middle of the folding rod 20. When the folding rod 20 is in a folded state, the lengths of the folding rods 20 at both ends of the drying rod 40 after folding, plus the length of the traction rope constraint wheel 31, are less than or equal to the length of the drying rod 40.
[0051] With the above settings, the hinge 21 is set in the middle of the folding rod 20. When the folding rods 20 at both ends of the drying device are in the folded state, the folding rods 20 at both ends in the folded state and the traction rope constraint wheel 31 are on the same horizontal line. The sum of the lengths of the folding rods 20 at both ends in the folded state and the traction rope constraint wheel 31 is less than or equal to the length of the drying rod 40.
[0052] In some embodiments, a light panel 12 is also provided on the side of the main unit 10 facing the drying rod 40, and the light panel 12 and the receiving groove 11 are respectively located on both sides of the width direction of the main unit 10.
[0053] In some embodiments, the main unit 10 is further provided with a drying device (not shown) for drying clothes on the drying rod 40. Preferably, the air outlet of the drying device is located in the receiving groove 11 and blows air towards the drying rod 40, which can better dry the clothes.
[0054] In some embodiments, the top of the drying rod 40 is provided with an anti-slip strip 41, which has several anti-slip grooves. Clothes are hung on the anti-slip strip 41 by a clothes hanger, which can effectively prevent the clothes from slipping during the drying process and achieve a better drying effect.
[0055] In the description herein, it should be understood that the terms "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and other orientations or positional relationships are used only for ease of description and simplification of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used merely for descriptive distinction and have no special meaning.
[0056] In the description of this specification, references to terms such as "an embodiment," "example," etc., indicate that a specific feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with that embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, illustrative expressions of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example.
[0057] Furthermore, it should be understood that although this specification describes embodiments, not every embodiment contains only one independent technical solution. This narrative style of the specification is merely for clarity. Those skilled in the art should consider the specification as a whole, and the technical solutions in each embodiment can also be appropriately combined to form other embodiments that can be understood by those skilled in the art.
[0058] The technical principles of the present invention have been described above with reference to specific embodiments. These descriptions are merely for explaining the principles of the invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of protection of the invention in any way. Based on this explanation, those skilled in the art can readily conceive of other specific embodiments of the invention without inventive effort, and these embodiments will all fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.
Claims
1. A drying device, characterized in that, include: The host unit, which contains a power system; The drying rod has two ends connected to the two ends of the main unit via folding rods. The connection between the folding rods, the drying rods, and the main unit is rotatable. The folding rods are also rotatably connected to hinges, allowing the folding rods to be folded or unfolded. The hinge is also connected to a traction rope, the other end of which is connected to the middle of the main unit and to the power system. The traction rope is driven by the power system to fold or unfold the folding rod.
2. The drying device according to claim 1, characterized in that, Also includes: A traction rope restraint wheel is provided between the drying rod and the main unit, and the traction rope restraint wheel is provided with a fixed pulley and a fixed groove; The traction rope is provided with two ropes. The first ends of the two ropes extend from the power system, pass through the fixed pulley, and then pass through the hinge of the folding rod at both ends of the drying rod, and are finally fixed to the fixing groove on the traction rope constraint wheel.
3. The drying device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The main unit has a receiving groove on the side facing the drying rod. When the folding rod is in the folded state, both the folding rod and the drying rod are stored in the receiving groove.
4. The drying apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, A limiting sleeve is provided at one end of the folding rod near the drying rod. When the drying rod is lowered to its lowest position, the limiting sleeve slides to the connection between the folding rod and the drying rod to restrict the relative rotation between the folding rod and the drying rod.
5. The drying device according to claim 4, characterized in that, The limiting sleeve has a limiting hole, and the folding rod has a limiting protrusion. When the limiting sleeve slides to the connection between the folding rod and the drying rod, the limiting protrusion and the limiting hole cooperate to fix the limiting sleeve.
6. The drying apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that, The limiting sleeve has two limiting holes along the height direction, namely an upper limiting hole and a lower limiting hole; when the upper limiting hole cooperates with the limiting protrusion, the folding rod and the drying rod are restricted from rotating relative to each other; when the lower limiting hole cooperates with the limiting protrusion, the folding rod and the drying rod can rotate relative to each other.
7. The drying device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The length of the folding rod is shorter than that of the drying rod, and the hinge is located in the middle of the folding rod; When the folding rod is in the folded state, the sum of the lengths of the folding rods at both ends of the drying rod after folding, plus the length of the traction rope constraint wheel, is less than or equal to the length of the drying rod.
8. The drying apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that, The main unit is also provided with a light panel on the side facing the drying rod, and the light panel and the receiving groove are respectively located on both sides of the width direction of the main unit.
9. The drying apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that, The main unit is also equipped with a drying device for drying clothes drying on the drying rod.
10. The drying apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that, The top of the drying rod is provided with an anti-slip strip, and the anti-slip strip has several anti-slip grooves.