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US 5,845,414 AGranted
Drying equipment with retractable rod clips
AssigneeNKG Co., Ltd.
InventorYasuhiro Ohsugi
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Abstract
Drying equipment including a plurality of drying arms radially expanded around a body. Each drying arm has a clip for clipping and fixing the washing, and the clip is released by operating a constraining part in liaison with rotation for folding the drying arm in a reverse direction to the rotation for expanding the drying arm. Thus, fixation with the clip can be easily released, and the washing hung on the drying arms can be easily taken in.
Claims22
Drying equipment, comprising:
- a body having a suspending part disposed at substantially a center of one face thereof for suspending the body on an object for suspension with the face facing upward;
- at least one drying arm disposed on a periphery of the body, each drying arm including a base portion and a tip portion and being radially operable between a first position and a second position;
- a clip disposed at the tip portion of each drying arm operable between an open state and a clipping state;
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- constraining means, operably connected to each of the at least one drying arm, for moving each corresponding clip into the clipping state as each corresponding at least one drying arm is moved from the first position into the second position and for releasing each corresponding clip to the open state as each corresponding at least one drying arm is moved from the second position into the first position.
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Drying equipment, comprising:
- a body having a suspending part disposed at substantially a center of one face thereof, the suspending part including,
- a fixed clasping member mounted on the body;
- a movable clasping member pivotally attached to the fixed clasping member;
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- a pressing element for pressing one side of the movable clasping member toward the fixed clasping member so that an object for suspension is grasped between the clasping members opened against a pressure applied by the pressing element, the pressing element including a gripping element for suspending the body on a object for suspension having a stepped surface;
- at least one drying arm disposed on a periphery of the body, each drying arm including a base portion and a tip portion and being radially operable between a first position and a second position;
- and
- a clip disposed at the tip portion of each drying arm operable between a clipping state and an open state.
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Drying equipment, comprising:
- a body having a suspending part disposed at substantially a center of one face thereof;
- at least one drying arm disposed on a periphery of the body, each drying arm including a base portion and a tip portion and being radially operable between a first position and a second position;
- a clip disposed at the tip portion of each drying arm operable between an open state and a clipping state;
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- a constraining element, operably connected to each of the at least one drying arm, for moving each corresponding clip into the clipping state as each corresponding at least one drying arm is moved from the first position into the second position and for releasing each corresponding clip to the open state as each corresponding at least one drying arm is moved from the second into the first position.
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Drying equipment, comprising:
- a body;
- at least one drying arm disposed on a periphery of the body, each drying arm being radially operable between a first position and a second position;
- and
- operating means, disposed on the body, for moving each drying arm from the first position into the second position, the operating means including a presser block slidably operable within the body between a releasing state and a fixing state, each drying arm being moved from the first position into the second position as the presser block is operated from the releasing state into the fixing state.
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