JP2011229742A - Towel hanger - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a towel hanger which is hardly used as a handle even if mounted on a linear handle, easy to use the hanged towel thereon placed closed to hands without touching a door and a front plate of a drawer of a cabinet or the like, and not obstructive when the towel is not hanged.SOLUTION: The towel hanger includes: a pair of right and left base members 21 detachably mounted on the linear handle 10; a pair of right and left arm members 25, wherein base end parts thereof having turnable end sides thereof are supported by the pair of right and left base members 21, respectively; hanging bars supported by the end parts of the pair of right and left arm members 25; and positioning mechanisms for determining the position of the arm members 25 in a state that the hanging bars are positioned in the upper side of the linear handle 10 and separated from the front surface of a base cabinet 1 in a plane. The positioning mechanisms are composed of locking pieces formed at the arm members 25 and projections formed on elastic deformation parts formed in extension parts of the base members 21 at which the locking pieces are locked.

Description

  The present invention relates to a towel rack to be attached to a rail-type line handle attached to a door of a kitchen cabinet or the like and a front plate of a drawer.

  As this type of towel rack, for example, as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 (a) and 19 (b), it is attached to and detached from a line handle LK attached to the upper end of a front panel d of a door or drawer of a cabinet C or the like. FIG. 20 shows a fixed type in which both ends of a linear hooking bar 52 for hanging a towel are supported on the front end of the pair of left and right base members 51 that are freely mounted and projecting forward from the cabinet. As described above, there is a movable type in which a base member 61 that is detachably attached to the line handle LK is rotatably supported by a substantially square-shaped retaining ring 62 for hanging a towel.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-026251 JP 2009-142542 A

  By the way, the above-mentioned fixed towel rack 50 has a high possibility that the latch bar 52 is used as a handle since the linear latch bar 52 is fixed on the front side of the line handle LK. There is a possibility that the mounting portion of 51 and the latching bar 52 may be damaged, and even when the towel is not hung, the latching bar 52 protrudes to the front side.

  On the other hand, the movable towel rack 60 does not have a latch ring 62 fixed thereto, and usually hangs down below the line handle LK. Therefore, the latch ring 62 is rarely used as a handle. However, since the towel hung on the retaining ring 62 is located considerably below the line handle LK, it is not easy to use as a towel rack, and the towel hung on the retaining ring 62 can be used as a door of a cabinet or the like. There is a problem that the user tends to feel uncomfortable in terms of hygiene due to contact with the front plate of the drawer.

  Therefore, the problem of the present invention is that it is difficult to be used as a handle even if it is attached to a line handle. It is to provide a towel rack that does not get in the way when it is not hung.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a towel rack attached to a rail-type line handle provided at the upper front of the storage furniture, and is attached to the line handle in a detachable manner. A pair of base members, a pair of left and right base members, a pair of left and right arm members each having a base end supported so as to be pivotable at the distal end side, and a hook supported by the distal ends of the pair of left and right arm members A stop bar, and a positioning mechanism for positioning the arm member in a state where the stop bar is positioned above the line handle and is planarly separated from the front surface of the storage furniture. A towel rack is provided.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the towel rack of the invention according to claim 1, wherein when the positioning mechanism has the latch bar and is pulled toward the front side of the storage furniture, the arm member is positioned. Is characterized by being released.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the towel rack of the invention according to claim 2, wherein the base member is fitted to the line handle, and projects from the fitting part to the front side. An overhanging portion having an elastically deforming portion that elastically deforms downward, and the positioning mechanism is provided on a protrusion formed on the upper surface of the elastic deforming portion of the base member, and on the base end side of the arm member A locking piece formed, the locking piece gets over the ridge by pushing down the elastic deformation portion, and is locked to the ridge on the fitting portion side of the base member. The arm member is positioned.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the towel rack according to the third aspect of the present invention, the front end portion of the overhanging portion of the base member including the elastically deforming portion is fitted to the base end portion of the arm member. A concave portion is formed, and the elastically deformable portion formed in the projecting portion of the base member has a hanging portion that hangs down at the front end side.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the towel rack of the invention according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, further comprising a swing prevention mechanism for preventing the swing of the arm member in the lowered state. It is a feature.

  As described above, in the towel rack according to the first aspect of the present invention, the arm member supporting the latch bar is rotatably supported by the pair of left and right base members that are detachably attached to the line handle. Therefore, unlike conventional fixed towel racks where the latching bar is fixed to the base member, it is less likely to be used as a handle even if attached to the line handle, and there is less risk of breakage. The positioning mechanism allows positioning with the latch bar positioned on the upper side of the line handle. When hanging a towel, the arm member should be positioned above the line handle. By positioning in such a state, the towel that is hung is closer to the hand, which is convenient.

  Further, in this towel rack, when the pair of left and right arm members are positioned by the positioning mechanism, the latch bar is flatly separated from the front surface of the storage furniture, so that the latch ring hangs below the line handle. Unlike conventional movable towel racks, when the towels do not touch the storage furniture doors or the front panel of the drawer, it is difficult for the user to feel uncomfortable in terms of hygiene and when the towels are not hung By lowering the arm member, the latch bar does not protrude to the front side of the storage furniture, so that it does not get in the way.

  In particular, the towel rack of the invention according to claim 2 has a latch bar and is pulled toward the front side of the storage furniture, so that the positioning state of the arm member by the positioning mechanism is released. There is an effect that it becomes difficult to be used as a handle.

  Further, the towel rack of the invention according to claim 3 includes a positioning mechanism including a protrusion formed on the upper surface of the elastically deforming portion of the base member and a locking piece formed on the base end side of the arm member. Adopted, the locking piece gets over the ridge by pushing down the elastic deformation part, and the arm member is positioned by being locked to the ridge on the fitting part side of the base member There is no need to perform a special positioning operation, and the arm member can be positioned and released simply by lifting or lowering the arm member on which the latch bar is supported, so that the operability is good.

  In the towel rack of the invention according to claim 4, a recess into which the front end portion of the protruding portion of the base member including the elastically deforming portion is fitted is formed at the base end portion of the arm member. Since the elastic deformation part formed in the part has a hanging part with its front end hanging down, even if the arm member is in a lowered state, the presence of the hanging part formed in the elastic deformation part causes the arm member to The internal structure of the base member is not exposed between the recesses, and the appearance is good.

  Further, the towel rack of the invention according to claim 5 is provided with a swing prevention mechanism for preventing the swing of the arm member in the lowered state, and therefore, when the arm member is lowered, the towel hook is prevented from fluttering in the front-rear direction. Can be prevented.

It is a perspective view which shows the system kitchen which mounted | wore the line handle of the base cabinet with one embodiment of the towel rack concerning this invention. It is a partial front view which shows the mounting part of the towel rack in a base cabinet same as the above. It is a partial side view which shows the mounting part of the towel rack in the base cabinet same as the above. (A) is a perspective view which shows the line handle which comprises the base cabinet same as the above, (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows a line handle same as the above. (A) is a perspective view showing the same towel rack, (b) is a plan view showing the same towel rack, (c) is a front view showing the same towel rack, (d) is a side view showing the same towel rack. FIG. (A) is a plan view showing a base member constituting the towel rack of the above, (b) is a side view showing the base member of the same, (c) is a front view showing the base member of the same, (d) is It is a rear view which shows a base member same as the above. (A) is a plan view showing an arm member constituting the towel rack of the above, (b) is a side view showing the arm member of the above, (c) is a front view showing the arm member of the above, (d) is It is a rear view which shows an arm member same as the above. It is sectional drawing which followed the XX line of Fig.6 (a). It is sectional drawing along the YY line of Fig.7 (a). (A) is sectional drawing which shows the state which lowered | hung the arm member of the towel rack same as the above, (b) is sectional drawing which shows the state which raised the arm member of the towel rack same as the above. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the deformation | transformation state of the elastic deformation part at the time of raising the arm member of a towel rack same as the above. (A), (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the mounting | wearing operation | movement to the line handle of a towel rack same as the above. (A), (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the mounting | wearing operation | movement to the line handle of a towel rack same as the above. (A), (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the mounting | wearing operation | movement to the line handle of a towel rack same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows the state which raised the arm member of the towel rack in the base cabinet same as the above. It is a partial front view which shows the mounting part of the towel rack of the state which raised the arm member in the base cabinet same as the above. It is a partial side view which shows the mounting part of the towel rack of the state which raised the arm member in the base cabinet same as the above. It is a partial front view which shows the mounting part of the fixed towel rack in the conventional cabinet. (A) is an expansion perspective view which shows a towel rack part same as the above, (b) is sectional drawing which shows a towel rack part same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows the conventional movable towel rack.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show a system kitchen equipped with a towel rack 20 of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the system kitchen includes a base cabinet 1 having a rail-type line handle 10 attached to the upper end of a drawer front plate 1a, and a sink attached to the upper end opening of the base cabinet 1. 3 and the like, and a towel rack 20 is detachably attached to the line handle 10 of the base cabinet 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the line handle 10 includes a lower wall 11 whose rear end is curved upward, a rear wall 12 rising from the rear edge of the lower wall 11, and The upper surface wall 13 projecting forward from the upper end edge of the face wall 12 and the front end edge hangs obliquely downward toward the front from the front end edge of the upper surface wall 13 such that the front end edge projects more forward than the front end edge of the lower surface wall 11. An inclined drooping piece 14 is provided, and a protrusion 14 a protruding rearward is formed on the front end edge of the inclined drooping piece 14.

  The lower surface of the lower surface wall 11 is provided with leg portions 15 respectively connected to the front end portion, the intermediate portion, and the rear end portion thereof, and a plurality of lower ends of the leg portions 15 on the rear end side are suspended downward. A mounting piece 16 in which a screw hole 16a is formed is continuously provided.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a synthetic resin cap 17 projecting inward from the upper part of the rear wall 12 to the upper wall 13 and the inclined hanging piece 14 is fitted to both ends of the line handle 10. .

  The line handle 10 configured as described above has the three leg portions 15 placed on the upper end surface of the front plate 1a of the drawer and the mounting piece 16 superimposed on the upper end portion of the rear surface of the front plate 1a of the drawer. The mounting piece 16 is attached to the front plate 1a by screwing it to the upper end of the rear surface of the front plate 1a of the drawer.

  As shown in FIGS. 5A to 5D, the towel rack 20 includes a pair of left and right base members 21 that are detachably attached to the line handle 10, and a base end portion at a distal end portion of the pair of left and right base members 21. Are respectively supported by the arm member 25 that is pivotable on the tip side, and a cylindrical latch bar 29 for hanging a towel, both ends of which are supported by the tip portions of the pair of left and right arm members 25, 25. It is configured.

  As shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D and FIG. 8, the base member 21 includes a fitting portion 21A that is detachably fitted to the line handle 10 from the front side, and a lower end of the fitting portion 21A. A projecting portion 21B projecting forward from the portion, and the fitting portion 21A and the projecting portion 21B include a substrate 22 and a pair of left and right side plates 23 connected to both side edges of the substrate 22, 23 is formed integrally.

  On the base plate 22 constituting the fitting portion 21A, the protrusion 14a formed on the inclined hanging piece 14 constituting the line handle 10 in a state of being fitted to the line handle 10 at the upper front portion thereof. A protrusion 22a extending in the lateral direction to be engaged is formed, and a non-slip member 24 made of rubber or soft synthetic resin for increasing the frictional force against the line handle 10 is formed in the recess 22b formed on the upper surface thereof. The side plates 23 and 23 constituting the fitting portion 21A are attached in a state of slightly protruding from the upper surface, and the rear side lower end corner portion 23a and the rear side upper end corner portion 23b are chamfered in an arc shape. In addition, a stepped portion 23c is formed at the lower end edge of the front end edge of the lower wall 11 constituting the line handle 10.

  The substrate 22 constituting the overhanging portion 21B is not connected to the side plates 23, 23 constituting the overhanging portion 21B on the front side, and is elastically deformable in the vertical direction. The elastic deformation portion 22c includes a drooping portion 22d whose front end hangs downward, and a rear portion of the drooping portion 22d which is formed by recessing downward. And the projected ridge 22e.

  The side plates 23, 23 constituting the overhanging portion 21B have circular protrusions 23d, 23d for rotatably supporting the arm member 25 on the outer surface of the front end portion that is not connected to the substrate 22. A recess 23e is formed at the lower edge of the front end portion.

  As shown in FIGS. 7A to 7D and FIG. 9, the arm member 25 includes a substantially trapezoidal substrate 26 formed so as to gradually become narrower toward the distal end side, and the substrate 26. The flat side plate 27A and the curved side plate 27B that are connected to the both side edges respectively, and the support portion 28 that is formed at the narrow end portion and supports the latch bar 29 are provided. The recesses into which the front end portions of the protruding portions 21B of the base member 21 including the elastic deformation portions 22c are fitted into the base end portions supported by the base member 21 by the rear end portions of 27A and 27B protruding from the substrate 26. Is formed.

  A circular hole 27a is formed in the overhanging portion of the side plates 27A and 27B, and a projection 23d formed on the overhanging portion 21B of the base member 21 is fitted into the circular hole 27a, whereby the arm member 25 is rotatably supported by the base member 21.

  At the rear end portion of the substrate 26, a locking piece 26a is formed extending from one side plate 27A to the other side plate 27B so as to protrude from the inner surface side. As shown in FIG. The piece 26a is fitted in the recess 23e formed in the overhanging portion 21B of the base member 21, so that the arm member 25 is prevented from fluttering in the front-rear direction. 11, as shown by a solid line in FIG. 11, the locking piece 26 a climbs over the protrusion 22 e while elastically deforming the elastic deformation portion 22 c formed on the protruding portion 21 </ b> B of the base member 21 downward, As shown in FIG. 10 (b), the latch bar 29 is locked to the rear surface of the ridge 22e that has returned to the initial position, so that the latch bar 29 is positioned above the line handle 10 in a plan view. (Drawer front plate 1 To a position away from the front), so that can be positioned.

  The support portion 28 is composed of a circular recess 28a formed in one side plate 27A and a small-diameter cylindrical portion 28b disposed in the circular recess 28a so as to protrude from the side plate 27A. The end of the cylindrical latching bar 29 is fitted into a gap formed between the circular recess 28a and the small-diameter cylindrical part 28b, thereby supporting the latching bar 29.

  When the towel rack 20 configured as described above is attached to the line handle 10 of the base cabinet 1, as shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B, the fitting portion 21A of the base member 21 is inclined. In this manner, the entire towel rack 20 is inclined and inserted between the lower surface wall 11 of the line handle 10 and the inclined hanging piece 14 from the front side of the base cabinet 1, and the fitting portion 21A is chamfered in an arc shape. The rear upper end corner 23 b is brought into contact with the rear wall 12.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 13 (a), the rear-side lower corner portion 23a chamfered in an arc shape of the fitting portion 21A is brought into contact with the lower surface wall 11, and FIG. 13 (b) and FIG. 14 (a). As shown in FIG. 2, the rear upper end corner portion 23b is moved upward while being in contact with the rear wall 12, and the rear lower end corner portion 23a is moved upward while being in contact with the lower surface wall 11. Then, the ridge 22a formed on the fitting portion 21A presses the ridge 14a formed on the inclined hanging piece 14 to the front side, so that the inclined hanging piece 14 and the upper surface wall 13 are inclined toward the front side. While elastically deforming upward, the ridge 22a of the fitting portion 21A gets over the ridge 14a of the inclined hanging piece 14, and as shown in FIG. 14B, the protruding ridge 22a and the inclined hanging piece 14 of the fitting portion 21A. In the state where the ridges 14a are engaged with each other, the towel Only 20 is attached to the line handle 10.

  In the state where the towel rack 20 is mounted on the line handle 10, the fitting portion 21A is stretched between the upper surface wall 13 and the lower surface wall 11 of the line handle 10, thereby making it possible to make rubber or soft synthetic resin. An anti-slip member 24 made of the product comes into close contact with the upper surface wall 13 of the line handle 10 so that the towel rack 20 is prevented from moving relative to the line handle 10.

  Further, in the state where the towel rack 20 is attached to the line handle 10, the front end edge of the lower surface wall 11 is fitted to the step portion 23c of the fitting portion 21A, and the rear side lower corner portion 23a of the fitting portion 21A is It fits into the lower end corner of the line handle 10 formed by the curved lower wall 11 and rear wall 12.

  In this way, the towel rack 20 attached to the line handle 10 of the base cabinet 1 lifts the arm member 25 of the towel rack 20 and lifts the latch bar 29 to the line handle 10 as shown in FIGS. In the state where it is positioned on the upper side, a towel is applied to the hooking bar 29 for use.

  As described above, in the towel rack 20, the arm member 25 supporting the latch bar 29 is rotatably supported by the pair of left and right base members 21 that are detachably attached to the line handle 10. In addition, the latching piece 26 a of the arm member 25 is latched by the protrusion 22 e of the elastic deformation portion 22 c formed on the overhanging portion 21 B of the base member 21, so that the latching bar 29 is more than the line handle 10. Since it is designed to be positioned on the upper side, when the holding bar 29 positioned on the upper side of the line handle 10 is held and pulled toward the front side of the base cabinet 1 in order to open the drawer, the arm member 25 The locking piece 26a gets over the protrusion 22e while elastically deforming the elastic deformation portion 22c formed on the overhanging portion 21B of the base member 21 downward, so that the arm member 25 Will be-decided Me state is released easily. Therefore, this towel rack 20 is unlikely to be used as a handle even when attached to the line handle 10, unlike the conventional fixed towel rack in which the latch bar is fixed to the base member, and the risk of breakage is reduced.

  In addition, when the pair of left and right arm members 25 is positioned, the towel bar 20 is positioned on the upper side of the line handle 10, so that when the towel is hung, the arm member 25 is positioned by positioning the arm member 25. The towels that are hung are closer to the kitchen user's hand, making it easier to use.

  In addition, the towel rack 20 is positioned in a state where the pair of left and right arm members 25 are lifted and the latch bar 29 is planarly separated from the front surface of the base cabinet 1 (the front surface of the drawer front plate 1a). Unlike the conventional movable towel rack in which the hanging ring hangs downward on the line handle, the towel that is hung does not come into contact with the front plate 1a of the drawer of the base cabinet 1, so that the user can improve hygiene. When it is difficult to hold unpleasant feelings and the towel is not hung, the arm bar 25 is lowered so that the hooking bar 29 does not protrude to the front side of the base cabinet 1, so that the towel hanger 20 does not interfere with the kitchen user. .

  In addition, the towel rack 20 includes a base including an elastically deformable portion 22c at the base end supported by the base member 21 by the rear end portions of the side plates 27A and 27B of the arm member 25 projecting from the substrate 26. A recess into which the front end portion of the overhanging portion 21B of the member 21 is fitted is formed, and the elastic deformation portion 22c formed in the overhanging portion 21B of the base member 21 has a drooping portion 22d whose front end side droops. Therefore, even when the arm member 25 is lowered, the internal structure of the base member 21 is not exposed between the recesses of the arm member 25 due to the presence of the hanging portion 22d formed in the elastic deformation portion 22c. The appearance is not bad.

  Further, in this towel rack 20, when the fitting portion 21 </ b> A of the base member 21 is fitted to the line handle 10, the rear-side lower corner portion 23 a chamfered in an arc shape in the fitting portion 21 </ b> A is the lower wall of the line handle 10. 11, the rear upper end corner portion 23 b chamfered in an arc shape in the fitting portion 21 </ b> A moves upward while abutting the rear wall 12 of the line handle 10, and the fitting portion 21A of protrusion 22a presses the inclined drooping piece 14 which hangs diagonally downward toward the front from the front-end edge of the upper surface wall 13 in the line handle 10, so that the inclined drooping piece 14 is elastically deformed to the front side. Therefore, the fitting portion 21A of the towel rack 20 can be smoothly and easily fitted to the line handle 10, and the fitting portion 21A is fitted to the line handle 10. In this state, since the fitting portion 21A is stretched between the upper surface wall 13 and the lower surface wall 11 of the line handle 10, the fitting portion 21A is difficult to move along the line handle 10, and the fitting portion Even if 21A is not separately fixed to the line handle 10, the towel rack 20 can be easily and reliably fixed to an arbitrary position of the line handle 10.

  In the above-described embodiment, the towel rack 20 that can be attached to the line handle 10 from the front side of the base cabinet 1 with one action has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the base member is not limited to the line handle. It may be a towel rack of a type that is fitted from the end side, or a towel rack of a type in which a base member fitted to the line handle is separately fixed to the line handle by a fixing means.

  Moreover, although embodiment mentioned above demonstrated the towel rack attached to the line handle 10 attached to the upper end part of the front plate 1a of the drawer of the base cabinet 1 which comprises the system kitchen, it is limited to this However, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to towel racks to be mounted on various storage furniture such as a base cabinet having a line handle attached to the front plate of the drawer and the upper end of the door, and a vanity. .

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for towel racks that are detachably mounted on rail-type line handles attached to various storage furniture doors and drawer front plates.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Base cabinet 1a Front plate 2 Work top 3 Sink 10 Line handle 11 Lower surface wall 12 Rear surface wall 13 Upper surface wall 14 Inclined hanging piece 14a Projection 15 Leg 16 Attachment piece 16a Screw hole 17 Cap 20 Towel hook 21 Base member 21A fitting Part 21B Projecting part 22 Substrate 22a Projection 22b Concave part 22c Elastic deformation part 22d Hanging part 22e Projection (positioning mechanism)
23 Side plate 23a Rear side lower corner part 23b Rear side upper corner part 23c Step part 23d Projection 23e Concave part (swing prevention mechanism)
24 Non-slip member 25 Arm member 26 Substrate 26a Locking piece (positioning mechanism, swing prevention mechanism)
27A, 27B Side plate 27a Circular hole 28 Support portion 28a Circular recess 28b Cylindrical portion 29 Hatch bar

Claims (5)

A towel rack attached to a rail-type line handle provided at the upper front of the storage furniture,
A pair of left and right base members detachably attached to the line handle;
A pair of left and right arm members each having a base end portion supported by the pair of left and right base members so that the distal end side is rotatable;
A latch bar supported at the tip of the pair of left and right arm members;
A towel rack, comprising: a positioning mechanism that positions the arm member in a state where the latch bar is positioned above the line handle and is planarly separated from the front surface of the storage furniture.   The towel rack according to claim 1, wherein the positioning mechanism has the latch bar and is pulled toward the front side of the storage furniture, so that the positioning state of the arm member is released. The base member includes a fitting portion that is fitted to the line handle, and an overhanging portion that has an elastic deformation portion that protrudes forward from the fitting portion and elastically deforms downward.
The positioning mechanism includes a protrusion formed on the upper surface of the elastically deforming portion of the base member, and a locking piece formed on the base end side of the arm member,
The locking piece moves over the ridge by pushing down the elastic deformation portion, and the arm member is positioned by being locked to the ridge on the fitting portion side of the base member. The towel rack according to claim 2. The base end portion of the arm member supported by the base member is formed with a recess into which the front end portion of the overhang portion of the base member including the elastic deformation portion is fitted,
The towel rack according to claim 3, wherein the elastically deforming portion formed on the projecting portion of the base member has a hanging portion whose front end is hung down.   The towel rack according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, further comprising a swing prevention mechanism that prevents the arm member from swinging in a lowered state.

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