Drying lifts and buildings

Abstract

The present invention provides a clothes drying lift that can reduce the burden of housework without requiring a large atrium, and a building having the clothes drying lift. [Solution] The clothes drying lift 1 comprises a guide rail 3 having a vertical rail 30 and a horizontal rail 32 connected to a curved section 31, a plurality of moving sections 4 having a cart section 40 that can move along the guide rail 3 and a locking bar 42 on which a hanger hook can be hooked, a wire 5 that pulls the moving sections 4, a drive unit 6 that moves the wire 5, a gripping section 7 that detachably fixes the moving sections 4 to the wire 5, and a switching section 8 that can switch between a state in which the moving sections 4 are fixed to the wire 5 and a state in which they are released from the fixation, and the switching section 8 is provided on the horizontal rail 32, and when the gripping section 7 moving from the end of the horizontal rail 32 on the curved section 31 side toward the other end passes through the switching section 8, it releases the fixation of the gripping section 7 to the wire 5.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a clothes drying lift and a building having such a clothes drying lift. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, spaces for drying laundry indoors have been provided in buildings. For example, a technology has been proposed in which a clothes drying pole is provided in an attic space located above a staircase, allowing laundry to dry without interfering with people walking up the stairs (see Patent Document 1).

[0003] In addition, a building has been proposed that has an open space for drying clothes that runs from the first floor to the attic, and an invention has been proposed that reduces the household burden of carrying laundry up to the upper floors by winding a rope with a lifting device equipped with a motor in the attic, which can pull up a clothesline from the first floor to the attic and dry the laundry hung on the clothesline (see Patent Document 2). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 2020-20115 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 9-32315 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, since the lifting device in Patent Document 2 only moves laundry up and down, considering the amount of laundry in an average household, a fairly large open space is required, making it difficult to incorporate into a realistic floor plan of a house, etc.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a clothes drying lift that can reduce the burden of housework without requiring a large atrium, and a building that has such a clothes drying lift. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] The clothes drying lift of the first invention that solves the above problem comprises a guide rail having a vertical rail extending in an up-down direction and a horizontal rail connected to a curved portion formed at the upper end of the vertical rail and extending in a horizontal direction, a plurality of moving units each having a cart portion that can move along the guide rail and a locking bar fixed to the cart portion and onto which a hanger hook can be hooked, a wire that pulls the moving unit along the guide rail, a drive device that moves the wire in the axial direction, a gripping portion that detachably fixes the moving unit to the wire, and a switching portion that is provided on the guide rail and can switch between a state in which the moving unit is fixed to the wire by the gripping portion and a state in which the fixation is released, the switching portion being provided on at least the horizontal rail and releasing the fixation of the gripping portion to the wire when the gripping portion moves from the end of the horizontal rail on the curved portion side toward the other end and passes through the switching portion.

[0008] The clothes drying lift of the second invention is the clothes drying lift of the first invention, in which the switching parts are provided at least on the horizontal rails at intervals from each other, and the moving parts are provided in multiple numbers so as to be movable along the guide rails, and when the gripping part provided on each of the multiple moving parts passes through a corresponding one of the switching parts, the switching part releases the fixation between the wire and the moving part.

[0009] The clothes drying lift of the third invention is a clothes drying lift of the first or second invention, in which the switching part is capable of transitioning between a state in which it is fixed to the guide rail and a state in which it is able to slide along the guide rail.

[0010] The clothes drying lift of the fourth invention is a clothes drying lift of the first to third inventions, in which the switching part is also provided at the lower part of the vertical rail, and when the moving part, which moves from above to below along the vertical rail, passes the switching part provided at the lower part of the vertical rail, the switching part releases the moving part from being fixed to the wire.

[0011] The building of the fifth invention is a building having a drying lift of any one of the first to fourth inventions, wherein at least the lower part of the vertical rail is installed in a laundry room, and the horizontal rail is installed in a drying space formed at a position higher than the ceiling height of the floor on which the laundry room is installed.

[0012] A sixth aspect of the present invention provides a building according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, wherein the drying space has a high window.

[0013] The building of the seventh invention is a building of the fifth or sixth invention, having an upper and lower floors, wherein the lower floor has a laundry room with an atrium formed in part of the ceiling, and the upper floor has a laundry room which is the drying space, and the lower part of the vertical rail of the drying lift is formed in the laundry room, and the upper part of the vertical rail protrudes through the atrium to the upper floor, and the horizontal rail of the drying lift is formed in the laundry room.

[0014] The building of the eighth invention is a building of the fifth to seventh inventions, in which a clothing storage room is provided adjacent to the laundry drying utility room, and at least one of the entrances to the clothing storage room is formed facing the laundry drying utility room. [Effects of the Invention]

[0015] In the first aspect of the present invention, the clothes drying lift has a carriage that moves along a guide rail, and a locking bar attached to the carriage. The carriage and the locking bar form a moving part. The guide rail has vertical rails that extend vertically and horizontal rails that are connected to curved sections formed at the upper ends of the vertical rails and extend horizontally. Therefore, the moving part with the locking bar on which the clothes are hung moves vertically along the vertical rails and moves horizontally at the upper ends of the vertical rails. Therefore, the clothes drying lift of the present invention can arrange multiple moving parts at desired positions on the horizontal rails with gaps between them, and can continue drying laundry until it is dry. This allows for both vertical transport of a sufficient amount of laundry and horizontal drying of laundry in a line. Furthermore, the device is equipped with a switching unit that can switch between a state in which the gripping part is fixed to the wire and a state in which it is released from the fixed state. The switching unit, which is provided at least on the horizontal rail, releases the gripping part from being fixed to the wire when the gripping part, which moves from the end of the curved part of the horizontal rail toward the other end, passes through the switching unit. Therefore, when the wire is moved by the drive device, the state in which the moving part moves along with the wire can be automatically switched to a state in which the movement of the moving part stops at the position where the switching unit is provided, so that laundry can be hung out at the desired position where the switching unit has been installed in advance.

[0016] According to the clothes drying lift of the second invention, the multiple switching sections are arranged at intervals from each other, and the gripping section provided on each of the multiple moving sections releases the fixation between the wire and the moving section when it passes through the corresponding switching section, so that the multiple moving sections each stop at the position of the corresponding switching section, and the multiple locking bars can be automatically stopped with the required intervals between them.

[0017] According to the clothes drying rail of the third invention, the switching part can be transitioned between a state in which it is fixed to the guide rail and a state in which it can slide along the guide rail, so that the switching part can be slid along the guide rail to position it in an appropriate position and then fixed, thereby making it possible to appropriately adjust the position at which the moving part stops.

[0018] In the clothes drying lift of the fourth invention, a switching section is also provided at the bottom of the vertical rail, and when the gripping cord section moving from top to bottom passes through the switching section provided at the bottom of the vertical rail, the switching section releases the moving section from being fixed to the wire, so that after the laundry has been hung out, the moving section can be moved to the bottom end of the vertical rail and held there until the next time the clothes drying lift is used.

[0019] According to the fifth aspect of the invention, in a building having any of the above-mentioned drying lifts, the lower part of the vertical rail is installed in the laundry room, so that washed laundry can be hung on a hanger or the like and immediately hooked onto the locking bar of the moving part arranged on the vertical rail, and by moving the moving part with the locking bar to which the laundry is hooked along the guide rail to the horizontal rail, the laundry can be hung out in the drying space, making laundry chores easier.

[0020] According to the building of the sixth invention, the drying space has high windows, so that laundry can be dried in the sun and the drying space can be ventilated, making it easy to dry laundry.

[0021] According to the building of the seventh invention, a laundry room with an atrium formed in part of the ceiling is formed on the lower floor, and a laundry room, which is a drying space, is formed on the upper floor.The lower part of the vertical rail of the drying lift is formed in the laundry room, and the upper part of the vertical rail protrudes through the atrium to the upper floor, and the horizontal rail of the drying lift is formed in the laundry room.Since the laundry is hung on the locking bar arranged on the horizontal rail to dry, it can be ironed or folded in the laundry room, eliminating the need to move the dried laundry to another location and shortening the household traffic flow.

[0022] According to the building of the eighth invention, a clothing storage room is provided adjacent to the laundry room, and at least one of the entrances to the clothing storage room faces the laundry room, so that clothes that have been dried, ironed, or folded in the laundry room can be stored in the adjacent clothing storage room, thereby shortening the flow of household chores. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0023] [Figure 1] A partially omitted vertical cross-section of a building with a clothes lift installed. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a partially omitted perspective view illustrating the configuration of the clothes drying lift. [Figure 3] (A) is a partially omitted side view illustrating the state in which the gripping part of the clothes drying lift grips the wire, and (B) is a partially omitted side view illustrating the state in which the gripping part of the clothes drying lift releases the wire. [Figure 4] (A) is an enlarged view with some parts omitted, illustrating the gripping section and switching section of the clothes drying lift when the gripping section is gripping the wire, and (B) is an enlarged view with some parts omitted, illustrating the gripping section and switching section of the clothes drying lift when the gripping section is releasing the wire. [Figure 5] FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view with some parts omitted, illustrating the configuration and operation of the switching unit and the gripping unit. [Figure 6] FIG. 10 is an enlarged, partially omitted view illustrating the state of six moving parts, each with a different position of the upper end of the guided part. [Figure 7] 10 is an abbreviated bottom view showing the cross rail viewed from below, illustrating the configuration of the switching section with different guide panel positions, and an enlarged view of the area surrounded by the two-dot chain line. [Figure 8] FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged side view illustrating the configuration of both ends of the sliding gate. [Figure 9] An abbreviated horizontal section illustrating part of the first floor of a building with a clothes lift installed. [Figure 10] An abbreviated horizontal section illustrating part of the second floor of a building with a clothes lift installed. [Figure 11] A longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating the overall structure of a building in which a clothes drying lift is installed. [Figure 12]FIG. 10 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating the overall structure of a modified single-story building. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0024] Hereinafter, an embodiment of a clothes drying lift 1 and a building 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the building 2 in which the clothes drying lift 1 is installed is a two-story detached house, and the vertical rails 30 of the clothes drying lift 1 are formed to extend from the first floor to the second floor. Note that the building 2 is not limited to two stories, but may be a single-story building or a building 2 with three or more stories. Furthermore, the building 2 is not limited to a detached house, but may be, for example, an apartment building such as a maisonette type.

[0025] As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the clothes drying lift 1 has a guide rail 3, a moving part 4 along the guide rail 3, a wire 5 that pulls the moving part 4, a drive unit 6 that moves the wire 5 in the axial direction, a gripping part 7 that detachably fixes the moving part 4 to the wire 5, and a switching part 8 that switches between fixing and releasing the fixing of the moving part 4 and the wire 5 by the gripping part 7.

[0026] [About guide rails] As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the guide rail 3 is composed of two channel steels 3a that are approximately parallel to each other. The two channel steels 3a are arranged with their openings facing each other. The guide rail 3 has a vertical rail 30 that extends in the up-down direction, a curved portion 31 formed at the upper end of the vertical rail 30, and a horizontal rail 32 that is connected to the curved portion 31 and extends horizontally. Although not shown, the guide rail 3 is fixed to, for example, a wall or ceiling with screws. The vertical rail 30 extends vertically along the wall from the floor on the first floor to near the ceiling on the second floor, and the horizontal rail 32 extends horizontally near the ceiling on the second floor.

[0027] [About the wire] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , the wire 5 is a steel rope capable of pulling the moving parts 4 along the guide rail 3. The wire 5 is arranged between two channel steels 3 a of the guide rail 3. The wire 5 is inserted into a ring-shaped wire guide (not shown) fixed to a carriage that slides between the channel steels 3 a. The wire guides are arranged before and after each of the six moving parts 4 on the path of the wire 5 so that the wire 5 runs from the vertical rail 30 of the guide rail 3 through the curved part 31 and along the horizontal rail 32. Note that the wire guides may have any configuration as long as they can arrange the wire 5 along the guide rail 3 and do not interfere with the moving moving parts 4. Drive devices 6 capable of winding up the wire 5 are provided at both ends of the guide rail 3. The wire 5 has a length sufficient to pull the six moving parts 4 in sequence, for example, and is thus installed without sagging by being wound up around the drive devices 6. With this configuration, by driving the drive device 6, the wire 5 can be moved between the lower end of the vertical rail 30 of the guide rail 3 and the end of the horizontal rail 32 opposite to the curved portion 31 side.

[0028] The wire 5 may be installed in a circular shape by turning back on pulleys (not shown) provided on the first and second floors, for example. That is, the wire 5 is arranged in a double circular shape along the guide rail 3, and when the drive device 6 moves the wire 5 in the axial direction, the wire 5 turns back on the pulleys at the ends of the horizontal rails 32 and moves to the bottom ends of the vertical rails 30, and then turns back on the pulleys at the bottom ends of the vertical rails 30 and moves to the ends of the horizontal rails 32. This process can be repeated, and the wire 5 can be moved infinitely by driving the drive device 6.

[0029] The operation units 10 that drive or stop the drive device 6 are fixedly disposed, for example, on the walls of the first and second floors, and the operation units 10 are provided with a forward rotation drive button that moves the wire 5 toward the end of the horizontal tail, a reverse rotation drive button that moves the wire 5 toward the lower end of the vertical rail 30, and a stop button that stops the movement of the wire 5. Note that the operation unit 10 is not limited to the above and may be, for example, a portable remote control.

[0030] [About the moving part] As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the moving unit 4 has a trolley unit 40 that can move along the guide rail 3, a connecting unit 41 that extends from the trolley unit 40 and fixes a locking bar 42 to the trolley unit 40, the locking bar 42 that is fixed to the trolley unit 40 via the connecting unit 41 and can hook a hanger hook onto, a gripping unit 7 that clamps and grips the wire 5, a manual operation lever 70 that controls the gripping and release of the gripping unit 7, a guided unit 71 that is operated by a switching unit 8 to control the gripping and release of the gripping unit 7, an elastic member 72 that maintains the gripping unit 7 in the gripping and release state, and an angle change unit 73 that changes the switching unit 8 corresponding to the moving unit 4 from among a plurality of switching units 8. The moving part 4 can move between the vertical rail 30 and the horizontal rail 32 via the curved part 31 in accordance with the guide rail 3, but in this embodiment, unless otherwise specified, the up and down directions when the moving part 4 is placed on the horizontal rail 32 will be referred to as up and down in the description of the shapes of each part of the moving part 4.

[0031] The carriage section 40 is a long steel square pipe installed between the two channel steels 3a of the guide rail 3, and has running ends at both ends that are inserted into the channel steels 3a and move along the channel steels 3a. As shown in Fig. 8, the running ends may be, for example, wheels that can move inside the channel steels 3a with little frictional resistance.

[0032] The connecting portion 41 is a long steel member that protrudes and is fixed to the bogie portion 40, for example, by welding. When the bogie portion 40 is arranged on the vertical rail 30, the connecting portion 41 protrudes from the wall toward the interior of the room. Two connecting portions 41 are fixed to one bogie portion 40, and are formed so as to protrude from near both ends of the bogie portion 40. When the bogie portion 40 is arranged on the horizontal rail 32, the connecting portion 41 protrudes downward from near the ceiling.

[0033] The locking bar 42 is a round steel pipe. The locking bar 42 has approximately the same length as the carriage unit 40. Both ends of the locking bar 42 are fixed to the protruding ends of the connecting portion 41, for example, by welding. The locking bar 42 is fixed by the connecting portion 41 at a position, for example, 40 cm away from the carriage unit 40. If the locking bar 42 is 40 cm away from the carriage unit 40, when a general hanger is hung on the locking bar 42 with the moving unit 4 disposed on the vertical rail 30, the hanger will not interfere with the wall or the wire 5. Note that the length from the carriage unit 40 to the locking bar 42 is not limited to this. Depending on the size of the open ceiling 9 into which the guide rail 3 is inserted, the locking bar 42 may be positioned further away from the carriage unit 40. For example, when hanging wide hangers such as towel hangers or hangers with clips, the locking bar 42 may be fixed by a longer connecting portion 41. Furthermore, for example, if the connecting portion 41 is configured to be extendable, it can be adapted to a variety of hangers, and by retracting the connecting portion 41 when not in use, the locking bar 42 can be prevented from getting in the way.

[0034] As shown in Figures 3 and 4, when the moving unit 4 is placed on the horizontal rail 32, the gripping unit 7 is fixed to the upper center of the carriage unit 40. The gripping unit 7 has a base 74 fixed to the carriage unit 40 and a swinging unit 75 arranged to be swingable relative to the base 74. Grooves for gripping the wire 5 are provided on opposing surfaces of the base 74 and the swinging unit 75. The base 74 has a swinging shaft 76 to which the swinging unit 75 is swingably fixed, and a receiving unit 77 provided with a gripping groove 79 into which the wire 5 is sandwiched. The swinging unit 75 is formed in a U-shape and both ends are pivotally supported by the swinging shaft 76. A holding groove 78 for holding the wire 5 is formed facing the gripping groove 79 provided in the receiving unit 77. 3(A) and 4(A), the wire 5 is clamped between the gripping groove 79 of the base 74 and the holding groove 78 of the swinging part 75, so that the moving part 4 is fixed to the wire 5, and the moving part 4 moves in accordance with the axial movement of the wire 5. That is, the gripping part 7 grips the wire 5 to fix the moving part 4 to the wire 5, and as shown in FIGS. 3(B) and 4(B), the gripping part 7 releases the wire 5 to release the fixation between the moving part 4 and the wire 5.

[0035] The manual operation lever 70 is fixed to the swinging part 75 of the gripping part 7. The manual operation lever 70 is formed so as to extend downward when the moving part 4 is disposed on the horizontal rail 32. When the swinging part 75 is swung by operating the manual operation lever 70, the gripping part 7 can be switched between gripping and releasing the wire 5.

[0036] The guided part 71 is fixed to the swinging part 75 of the gripping part 7 so that the angle can be changed. The guided part 71 is formed so as to extend upward when the moving part 4 is placed on the horizontal rail 32. The guided part 71 can be switched between gripping and releasing the wire 5 of the gripping part 7 by being operated by a switching part 8 provided on the guide rail 3. The corners of the guided part 71 are formed with curved surfaces to reduce the impact when the upper end comes into contact with the switching part 8 and to allow the switching part 8 to operate smoothly.

[0037] As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 , the base 74 of the gripping unit 7 and the guided unit 71 are connected by an elastic member 72. The elastic member 72 is, for example, a compressed helical spring. When the gripping groove 79 of the base 74 and the holding groove 78 of the swinging unit 75 are close to each other, the elastic member 72 urges the guided unit 71 in a direction in which the gripping groove 79 and the swinging groove move closer together across the wire 5 due to the elastic stress. Furthermore, the elastic member 72 is most compressed when the gripping groove 79 of the base 74 and the holding groove 78 of the swinging unit 75 are slightly separated from each other. When the gripping groove 79 and the holding groove 78 are further separated from each other, the elastic member 72 urges the guided unit 71 in a direction in which the gripping groove 79 and the swinging groove move away from each other. Therefore, the force of the elastic member 72 allows the gripping unit 7 to be held in both a state in which the wire 5 is gripped and a state in which the wire 5 is released.

[0038] 6, the angle change unit 73 changes the angle of the guided unit 71. Specifically, the angle change unit 73 is three pinholes provided at the connection point between the swinging unit 75 and the guided unit 71, and by changing the pinhole to which the guided unit 71 is fixed, the angle of the guided unit 71 relative to the swinging unit 75 can be changed in three stages. This makes it possible to change the switching unit 8 that operates the guided unit 71, out of multiple switching units 8 described below.

[0039] The gripping part 7, the manual operation lever 70, the guided part 71, the elastic member 72, and the angle changing part 73 can be reversed left and right and fixed to the cart part 40. By combining this left and right reversal with the three-stage angle change of the guided part 71 by the angle changing part 73, the position of the upper end of the guided part 71 can be changed to six positions while the gripping part 7 grips the wire 5.

[0040] [About the switching section] 3 and 5, the switching unit 8 has a sliding gate 80 mounted on two channel steels 3a of the guide rail 3, gate fixing screws 81 that fix the sliding gate 80 to the channel steels 3a, a switching panel 82 that is positioned on either the left or right side near the center in the longitudinal direction of the sliding gate 80, and a guide plate 83 formed on the switching panel 82. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, six switching units 8 are fixed to the horizontal rails 32 of the guide rail 3, and six are also fixed to the vertical rails 30.

[0041] As shown in FIGS. 3 and 8 , the sliding gate 80 has both end portions 84 slidably fixed to two channel steels 3 a of the guide rail 3, respectively, and is installed between the two channel steels 3 a. The sliding gate 80 supports the switching panel 82, and two sliding gates 80 are provided for each switching panel 82. The sliding gate 80 is formed into a U-shape by bending both end portions 84 of a long square pipe at right angles. The sliding gate 80 fixed to the horizontal rail 32 has both end portions 84 extending upward from the channel steels 3 a, and the upper ends of both end portions 84 are connected by horizontal installation portions 85 to form a U-shape. The sliding gate 80 fixed to the vertical rail 30 has both end portions 84 extending horizontally from the channel steels 3 a toward the wall, and the protruding ends of both end portions 84 are connected by horizontal installation portions 85 to form a U-shape.

[0042] Note that the only difference between a sliding gate 80 fixed to a horizontal rail 32 and a sliding gate 80 fixed to a vertical rail 30 is whether both end portions 84 extend vertically or horizontally. Therefore, the following description will focus on the sliding gate 80 fixed to the horizontal rail 32. The lower ends of both end portions 84 of the sliding gate 80 are U-shaped, with openings on the opposing sides. The lower ends are slidably fitted over the outer sides of the upper and lower flanges and webs of the two channel steels 3a of the guide rail 3. Threaded holes are formed on the underside of the sliding gate 80. Gate fixing screws 81 are threaded into the threaded holes, and the tips of the gate fixing screws 81 are pressed against the lower flanges of the channel steels 3a of the guide rail 3, thereby fixing the sliding gate 80 to the channel steels 3a. To move the sliding gate 80, the gate fixing screws 81 are loosened, allowing the sliding gate 80 to slide along the guide rail 3. When the sliding gate 80 slides along the guide rail 3, the position of the switching part 8 can be changed, and the position at which the gripping part 7 of the moving part 4 switches from a state in which it grips the wire 5 to a state in which it releases the wire 5 can be adjusted.

[0043] As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the switching panel 82 is welded to the center of the longitudinal direction of the mounting portion 85 of the sliding gate 80 with its downward side facing the center. The switching panel 82 has a connection portion 86 welded to each sliding gate 80 and a curved panel 87 formed in a curved plate shape. The curved panel 87 is fixed to the connection portion 86. The curved panel 87 is curved in an arc shape centered on the swing axis 76 of the swing portion 75, so that the upper end of the guided portion 71 can swing along the surface of the curved panel 87. Two guide plates 83 are provided on the surface of the curved panel 87 facing the grip portion 7. The two guide plates 83 are curved so that their angle gradually changes with respect to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 3. When the guided part 71 is inserted between the two guide plates 83 as the moving part 4 moves while the gripping part 7 is gripping the wire 5, the guided part 71 swings along with the guide plates 83, causing the swinging part 75 of the gripping part 7 to swing and release the wire 5. Since the moving part 4 is moved by being pulled by the wire 5, when the gripping part 7 releases the wire 5, the movement of the moving part 4 also stops.

[0044] As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, six switching units 8 are fixed to the horizontal rail 32. The switching units 8 fixed to the horizontal rail 32 are arranged with the switching panels 82 alternately flipped left and right on one side and the other side of the wire 5. The positions of the guide plates 83 of the three switching panels 82 on each side are adjusted to correspond to the three angles of the guided unit 71 relative to the swinging unit 75. When the gripping unit 7 grips the wire 5, the moving unit 4 changes the angle of the guided unit 71 relative to the swinging unit 75, thereby establishing a one-to-one correspondence between the switching unit 8 and the moving unit 4. In other words, when the moving unit 4 passes through the corresponding switching unit 8, the guided unit 71 is operated by the guide plate 83, and the gripping unit 7 switches between gripping and releasing the wire 5. On the other hand, when the moving part 4 passes through a switching part 8 that does not correspond to it, the guide plate 83 and the guided part 71 pass each other, so the guided part 71 is not operated and the gripping part 7 does not switch between gripping and releasing the wire 5.

[0045] As described above, in the clothes drying lift 1 of this embodiment, by providing the switching unit 8 at a desired position on the horizontal rail 32, the gripping unit 7 that grips the wire 5 releases the wire 5 via the switching unit 8, and the moving unit 4 is released. Therefore, when the drive unit 6 moves the wire 5, the moving unit 4 can automatically switch from a state in which it moves along with the wire 5 to a state in which the movement of the moving unit 4 stops at the position where the switching unit 8 is provided. Therefore, a housekeeper can hang laundry at a desired location without going to the second floor by simply operating the operating unit 10 to drive the drive unit 6 on the first floor. For example, six moving units 4 for hanging laundry are provided. By providing the six switching units 8 at intervals on the horizontal rail 32, the gripping unit 7 provided on each moving unit 4 releases the connection between the wire 5 and the moving unit 4 when it passes through the corresponding switching unit 8. This causes the moving units 4 to stop at intervals from each other, and the multiple locking bars 42 can be automatically stopped at the required intervals for hanging laundry.

[0046] Furthermore, the switching unit 8 can be switched by the sliding gate 80 between a state in which it is fixed to the guide rail 3 and a state in which it is slidable along the guide rail 3, so that the switching unit 8 can be positioned and fixed in an appropriate position as needed, and the position at which the moving unit 4 stops can be adjusted, so that the interval at which the moving unit 4 stops can be narrowed or widened depending on the type of laundry. The switching unit 8 also provided at the bottom of the vertical rail 30 releases the moving unit 4 from being fixed to the wire 5 when the gripping cord 7 moving from above to below passes through, so that after the laundry has been hung out, the moving unit 4 can be moved to the bottom end of the vertical rail 30 and held there until the next time the clothes drying lift 1 is used.

[0047] [About the building structure] As shown in FIG. 9, a building 2 having the above-described clothes drying lift 1 has a laundry room 20 on the first floor. The laundry room 20 is a room equipped with a faucet and a drain for installing a washing machine 21. It is adjacent to a bathroom 22 and also functions as a washroom / dressing room. A part of the ceiling of the laundry room 20 forms an open ceiling 9 that connects to the second floor. A kitchen 23 is also provided adjacent to the laundry room 20. Having the kitchen 23 adjacent to the laundry room 20 shortens the movement of household chores such as cooking and laundry. In particular, since even the chore of hanging out laundry can be completed in the laundry room 20 on the first floor using the clothes drying lift 1, the amount of movement required for household chores can be minimized, thereby reducing the burden of housework. In this embodiment, the "lower floor" of the present invention corresponds to the first floor. The lower floor of the present invention is not limited to this, and may be any floor having a laundry room 20 where a washing machine 21 is installed. The lower part of the vertical rail 30 of the clothes drying lift 1 is provided in the laundry room 20.

[0048] As shown in FIG. 10, the second floor of the building 2 is provided with a laundry drying utility room 24 as a drying space. The laundry drying utility room 24 is a space that communicates with the atrium section 9, and is equipped with a built-in workbench 25. The laundry drying utility room 24 is provided with an openable waist window 26 that can be opened to allow ventilation. The ceiling of the laundry drying utility room 24 is higher than the ceilings of the other parts of the second floor, and is formed with a sloped, single-slope ceiling that opens up to the attic. A high window 11 is provided in the attic atrium space 29, allowing sunlight to enter from outside. In this embodiment, the "upper floor" of the present invention corresponds to the second floor. The upper floor of the present invention is not limited to this, and may be any floor higher than the lower floor, for example, the third floor or higher.

[0049] A walk-in closet clothing storage room 27 is provided next to the laundry drying utility room 24. The clothing storage room 27 may have one entrance or may be a walk-through closet with two or more entrances. At least one of the entrances to the clothing storage room 27 faces the laundry drying utility room 24. A study corner 28 is provided adjacent to the laundry drying utility room 24 in a different direction from the clothing storage room 27.

[0050] As shown in Figure 11, the clothes drying lift 1 has the lower part of the vertical rail 30 installed in the laundry room 20 on the first floor, and the upper part of the vertical rail 30 protruding through the atrium section 9 to the second floor, and a curved section 31 is provided so that the horizontal rail 32 is located in the attic atrium space 29 near the ceiling of the clothes drying utility room 24.

[0051] [About laundry chores] When using the clothes drying lift 1 for laundry drying, first, the moving part 4 of the clothes drying lift 1 is moved in advance to near the lower end of the vertical rail 30 on the first floor. Specifically, with the gripping part 7 gripping the wire 5, the wire 5 is moved to the first floor side by the drive device 6, and the moving part 4 moves along with the wire 5 to the lower end of the vertical rail 30. Six switching parts 8 are provided near the lower end of the vertical rail 30, and as the six moving parts 4 pass from top to bottom through the corresponding switching parts 8, the gripping part 7 switches from a state in which it grips the wire 5 to a state in which it releases the wire 5, and the moving part 4 is maintained in a state where it is arranged in the storage position at the lower end of the vertical rail 30.

[0052] Next, laundry is done in laundry room 20 on the first floor, and the dehydrated laundry is hung on a hanger. At the same time, moving unit 4, which is in the storage position, is raised to the position of switching unit 8, causing gripping unit 7 to switch from a released state to a gripping state of wire 5. Then, the forward rotation drive button on operation unit 10 is pressed to drive drive unit 6, moving wire 5 and elevating moving unit 4, which includes gripping unit 7 gripping wire 5, by approximately 90 cm, for example. The stop button on operation unit 10 is then pressed to stop the movement of wire 5. At this time, locking bar 42 of moving unit 4 is positioned at the drying position, which is a height suitable for hanging laundry on a hanger. The position at which wire 5 stops moving can be appropriately selected taking into account the height of the person doing the laundry-hanging chore and the vertical length of the laundry.

[0053] After the laundry hanger is locked onto the locking bar 42, the forward rotation drive button on the operation unit 10 is pressed to move the wire 5, causing the moving unit 4 with the laundry hanging thereon to rise along the vertical rail 30, pass through the curved section 31, and move horizontally along the horizontal rail 32. When the moving unit 4 moves onto the horizontal rail 32, the locking bar 42 locks the hanger while hanging it below the horizontal rail 32. The moving unit 4 then passes through the switching units 8 installed on the horizontal rail 32 that do not correspond to the moving unit 4, and when it reaches the switching unit 8 corresponding to the moving unit 4, the guided unit 71 of the gripping unit 7 enters between the guide plates 83 of the switching units 8 and swings while being guided by the guide plates 83. When the guided unit 71 swings in accordance with the guide plates 83, the swinging unit 75 of the gripping unit 7 also swings, causing the gripping unit 7 to release the wire 5. When the gripping part 7 releases the wire 5, the wire 5 is released from the moving part 4, and the moving part 4 stops moving. Therefore, the retaining bar 42 of the moving part 4 and the hanger and laundry suspended from the retaining bar 42 also stop in the suspended state at that position, and the laundry is maintained in the suspended state until the laundry is dried.

[0054] In this way, switching unit 8 can switch gripping unit 7 from gripping wire 5 to releasing wire 5, so if switching unit 8 is placed at the position on horizontal rail 32 where laundry is desired to be hung out, laundry can be hung out at the desired position in second-floor laundry room 24 simply by operating operating unit 10 in first-floor laundry room 20. This eliminates the need to carry laundry up to the second floor, reducing the burden of laundry chores.

[0055] If the intervals between the switching sections 8 provided on the horizontal rails 32 are, for example, 60 cm, the locking bars 42 of the moving section 4 corresponding to each switching section 8 will also be 60 cm apart, allowing ordinary hangers and laundry to be hung on adjacent locking bars 42 with almost no overlap. Once the laundry is dry, the hangers and laundry are removed from the locking bars 42, and the dried laundry is folded and ironed on the workbench 25 in the laundry drying room 24. The folded and ironed laundry are then stored in the adjacent clothing storage room 27.

[0056] Meanwhile, the housekeeper manually moves the moving unit 4, which has the locking bar 42 from which the hangers and laundry have been removed, along the horizontal rail 32 in a direction approaching the curved section 31, and passes through the corresponding switching section 8, switching the gripping section 7 to a state in which it grips the wire 5. Then, the housekeeper presses the reverse rotation drive button on the operation unit 10, causing the moving unit 4 to move along the wire 5 from the horizontal rail 32 through the curved section 31 to the vertical rail 30, and pass from top to bottom through the switching section 8 near the bottom end of the vertical rail 30. As the gripping section 7 of the moving unit 4 passes through the corresponding switching section 8, the wire 5 is switched from a gripping state to a released state, and the moving unit 4 is placed in the storage position at the bottom end of the vertical rail 30.

[0057] [Regarding modified buildings] The building 2 having the clothes drying lift 1 is not limited to the embodiment described above. As shown in FIG. 12, the building 2 of a modified example is a single-story building 2, and a laundry room 20 is provided on the first floor. The laundry room 20 is a room equipped with a faucet and a drain for installing a washing machine 21. The laundry room 20 is adjacent to a bathroom 22, and also functions as a washroom and changing room. The laundry room 20 of the modified example is also provided with a built-in workbench 25, and can also be used as a housekeeping room for folding and ironing laundry. The laundry room 20 is also adjacent to a walk-in closet, making it easy to store clothes after drying. A portion of the ceiling of the laundry room 20 is connected to an attic atrium 29. A high window 11 is provided in the attic atrium 29, allowing sunlight to enter the laundry room 20.

[0058] In the clothes drying lift 1 in the modified building 2, the lower ends of the vertical rails 30 are formed in the laundry room 20, and the vertical rails 30 extend into the attic atrium space 29, passing through a curved section 31, and horizontal rails 32 are installed in the attic atrium space 29. Six switching sections 8 are provided near the lower ends of the vertical rails 30 and on the horizontal rails 32. Each switching section 8 near the lower ends of the vertical rails 30 switches the gripping section 7 from a state in which it grips the wire 5 to a state in which it releases the wire 5 when the moving section 4 passes from above downward. In addition, the switching sections 8 provided on the horizontal rails 32 are arranged at equal intervals from one another, allowing laundry to be hung at equal intervals from one another.

[0059] It goes without saying that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the scope of the concept of the present invention.

[0060] This specification discloses the following techniques:

[0061] [Appendix 1] The device comprises: a guide rail having a vertical rail extending in the vertical direction and a horizontal rail connected to a curved portion formed at the upper end of the vertical rail and extending in the horizontal direction; a plurality of moving units having a carriage portion movable along the guide rail and a locking bar fixed to the carriage portion and capable of hanging a hanger hook; a wire that pulls the moving unit along the guide rail; a drive device that moves the wire in the axial direction; a gripping portion that detachably fixes the moving unit to the wire; and a switching portion provided on the guide rail that can switch between a state in which the moving unit is fixed to the wire by the gripping portion and a state in which the fixation is released, the switching portion being provided on at least the horizontal rail and releasing the fixation of the gripping portion to the wire when the gripping portion moves from the end of the horizontal rail on the curved portion side toward the other end and passes through the switching portion.

[0062] In the clothes drying lift of Appendix 1, a hanger hook of a hanger with a garment hanging thereon is hooked and locked to a locking bar fixed to a carriage that moves along a guide rail, and the carriage and the locking bar form a moving part. The guide rail has vertical rails extending vertically and horizontal rails that are connected to curved sections formed at the upper ends of the vertical rails and extend horizontally, so that the moving part having the locking bar with the garment hanging thereon moves vertically along the vertical rails and moves horizontally along the horizontal rails at the upper ends of the vertical rails. Therefore, the clothes drying lift of the present invention can arrange multiple moving parts at desired positions on the horizontal rails with intervals between them, and can continue drying laundry until it is dry, and can both transport a sufficient amount of laundry vertically and dry it horizontally in a row. Furthermore, the device is equipped with a switching unit that can switch between a state in which the gripping part is fixed to the wire and a state in which it is released from the fixed state. The switching unit, which is provided at least on the horizontal rail, releases the gripping part from being fixed to the wire when the gripping part, which moves from the end of the curved part of the horizontal rail toward the other end, passes through the switching unit. Therefore, when the wire is moved by the drive device, the state in which the moving part moves along with the wire can be automatically switched to a state in which the movement of the moving part stops at the position where the switching unit is provided, so that laundry can be hung out at the desired position where the switching unit has been installed in advance.

[0063] [Appendix 2] In the clothes drying lift of Appendix 1, the switching sections are provided at least on the horizontal rail at intervals from each other, and the moving sections are provided in multiple locations so as to be movable along the guide rail, and when the gripping section provided on each of the multiple moving sections passes through a corresponding one of the switching sections, the switching section releases the fixation between the wire and the moving section.

[0064] According to the clothes drying lift of Appendix 2, the multiple switching parts are arranged at intervals from each other, and the gripping part provided on each of the multiple moving parts releases the fixation between the wire and the moving part when it passes through the corresponding switching part, so that the multiple moving parts stop at the position of their corresponding switching part, and the multiple locking bars can be automatically stopped with the required intervals between them.

[0065] [Appendix 3] In the clothes drying lift of Appendix 1, the switching unit is capable of transitioning between a state in which it is fixed to the guide rail and a state in which it is slidable along the guide rail.

[0066] According to the clothes drying rail of Appendix 3, the switching part can be moved between a state in which it is fixed to the guide rail and a state in which it can slide along the guide rail, so that the switching part can be slid along the guide rail to position the switching part in an appropriate position and then fixed, thereby making it possible to appropriately adjust the position at which the moving part stops.

[0067] [Appendix 4] In the clothes drying lift of Appendix 1, the switching part is also provided at the bottom of the vertical rail, and when the moving part moving from top to bottom along the vertical rail passes through the switching part provided at the bottom of the vertical rail, the switching part releases the moving part from being fixed to the wire.

[0068] According to the clothes drying lift of Appendix 4, a switching section is also provided at the bottom of the vertical rail, and when the gripping part moving from top to bottom passes through the switching section provided at the bottom of the vertical rail, the switching section releases the moving part from being fixed to the wire, so that after the laundry has been hung out, the moving part can be moved to the bottom end of the vertical rail and held there until the next time the clothes drying lift is used.

[0069] [Appendix 5] A building having a drying lift according to any one of Supplementary Notes 1 to 4, wherein at least the lower part of the vertical rail is installed in a laundry room, and the horizontal rail is installed in a drying space formed at a position higher than the ceiling height of the floor on which the laundry room is installed.

[0070] According to the building in Appendix 5, in a building having one of the above-mentioned clothes drying lifts, the lower part of the vertical rail is installed in the laundry room, so that washed laundry can be hung on a hanger or the like and immediately hooked onto the locking bar of the moving part located on the vertical rail, and by moving the moving part with the locking bar to which the laundry is hooked along the guide rail to the horizontal rail, the laundry can be hung out in the clothes drying space, making laundry chores easier.

[0071] [Appendix 6] In the building of Appendix 5, the drying space has a high window.

[0072] According to the building in Appendix 6, the drying space has high windows, so laundry can be dried in the sun and the drying space can be ventilated, making it easy to dry laundry.

[0073] [Appendix 7] The building in Appendix 5 has an upper and lower floor, and the lower floor has a laundry room with an atrium formed in part of the ceiling, and the upper floor has a laundry room which is the drying space, and the lower part of the vertical rail of the drying lift is formed in the laundry room, and the upper part of the vertical rail protrudes through the atrium to the upper floor, and the horizontal rail of the drying lift is formed in the laundry room.

[0074] According to the building in Appendix 7, there is a laundry room on the lower floor with an atrium formed in part of the ceiling, and a laundry room on the upper floor, which is a drying space. The lower part of the vertical rail of the clothes drying lift is formed in the laundry room, and the upper part of the vertical rail protrudes through the atrium to the upper floor, and the horizontal rail of the clothes drying lift is formed in the laundry room. Therefore, laundry that has been hung on the locking bar arranged on the horizontal rail to dry can be ironed or folded in the laundry room, which eliminates the need to move the dried laundry to another location and shortens the household traffic flow.

[0075] [Appendix 8] In the building of Appendix 7, a clothing storage room is provided adjacent to the laundry drying utility room, and at least one of the entrances to the clothing storage room is formed facing the laundry drying utility room.

[0076] According to the building in Appendix 8, a clothing storage room is provided adjacent to the laundry room, and at least one of the entrances to the clothing storage room faces the laundry room, so that clothes that have been dried, ironed, or folded in the laundry room can be stored in the adjacent clothing storage room, thereby shortening the household traffic flow. [Industrial Applicability]

[0077] The clothes drying lift and building according to the present invention are suitable as a clothes drying lift to be installed in a house and as a house in which the clothes drying lift is installed. [Explanation of symbols]

[0078] 1... clothes drying lift, 2... building, 3... guide rail, 4... moving part, 5... wire, 6... drive unit, 7... gripping part, 8... switching part, 9... atrium part, 11... high window, 20... laundry room, 24... clothes drying housekeeping room (clothes drying space), 27... clothing storage room, 30... vertical rail, 31... curved part, 32... horizontal rail

Claims

1. a guide rail having a vertical rail extending in the up-down direction and a horizontal rail connected to a curved portion formed at an upper end of the vertical rail and extending in the horizontal direction; a plurality of moving units each having a carriage unit movable along the guide rail and a locking bar fixed to the carriage unit and capable of hooking a hanger hook; a wire that pulls the moving part along the guide rail; a drive device that moves the wire in an axial direction; a gripping portion that detachably fixes the moving portion to the wire; a switching unit provided on the guide rail, capable of switching between a state in which the moving unit is fixed to the wire by the gripping unit and a state in which the moving unit is released from the fixed state; Equipped with the switching portion is provided at least on the lateral rail, and when the moving portion moves from the end of the lateral rail on the curved portion side toward the other end, the moving portion is released from fixation to the wire when the moving portion passes through the switching portion. Clothes drying lift.

2. The switching portion is provided at least on the lateral rail at intervals from each other, a plurality of the moving parts are provided so as to be movable along the guide rail, When the gripping portion provided on each of the plurality of moving portions passes through a switching portion among the switching portions corresponding to the moving portion, the switching portion releases the fixation between the wire and the moving portion.

2. The drying lift according to claim 1.

3. The switching unit is capable of transitioning between a state in which it is fixed to the guide rail and a state in which it is slidable along the guide rail.

2. The drying lift according to claim 1.

4. The switching portion is also provided on the lower portion of the vertical rail, When the moving part moving from above to below along the vertical rail passes through the switching part provided at the lower part of the vertical rail, the switching part releases the fixing of the moving part to the wire.

2. The drying lift according to claim 1.

5. A building having a clothes drying lift according to any one of claims 1 to 4, At least the lower part of the vertical rail is installed in the laundry room, and the horizontal rail is installed in a drying space formed at a position higher than the ceiling height of the floor on which the laundry room is installed. building.

6. The drying space has a high window.

6. The building according to claim 5.

7. It has an upper and lower floor, A laundry room with a ceiling void is formed on the lower floor, and a laundry room, which is the drying space, is formed on the upper floor. The lower part of the vertical rail of the clothes drying lift is formed in the laundry room, and the upper part of the vertical rail protrudes to the upper floor through the atrium, The horizontal rail of the clothes drying lift is formed in the clothes drying room; 6. The building according to claim 5.

8. A clothing storage room is provided adjacent to the laundry room, At least one of the entrances to the clothing storage room is formed facing the laundry room.

8. The building according to claim 7.

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