Umbrella-shaped clothes-drying rack

An umbrella-shaped clothes-drying rack comprising:

• a vertical pole (1) having an internal space;
• a slider member (2) slidably mounted on said pole (1) so as to be slidable along said pole (1) in a longitudinal direction of said pole (1);
• a plurality of main arms (4) for supporting a clothes line, said main arms (4) being pivotably mounted on said slider member (2);
• a plurality of spreading arms (6), each spreading arm (6) having one end which is pivotably mounted to said pole (1) at a position above said slider member (2), and each spreading arm (6) having another end which is pivotably mounted to a respective main arm (4);
• a spreading body (9) longitudinally displaceably mounted on said pole (1) and having an operating portion (12) arranged below the pivotal connections of said spreading arms (6) to said pole;
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• cam members (13) disposed on said spreading arms (6) and cooperating with a cam surface (12) of said operating portion (12) of said spreading body (9) during longitudinal displacement of said spreading body (9) relative to said pole (1), such that said spreading body (9) causes said spreading arms (6) to pivot out of respective folded rest positions, where said spreading arms (6) are substantially adjacent to said pole (1), toward an open position where said spreading arms (6) are pivoted away from and spaced from said pole (1).