Package making – Aids to manual packing
Patent
1994-10-26
1996-06-18
Sipos, John
Package making
Aids to manual packing
53570, 53571, 53255, B65B 6700
Patent
active
055266312
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a storage device for wet umbrellas that automatically wraps the umbrella in a sack. It can be used, for example, at an entrance of hotels, shops and department stores, so that, when it is raining, the umbrella can be adequately handled and stored.
2. Description of the Prior Art
When it is raining, synthetic resin sacks (plastic sacks) have, traditionally, been used to wrap wet umbrellas in order to avoid wetting clothes, floors or good while the customers walk around carrying wet umbrellas inside hotels, shops or department stores.
As shown in Japanese Patent Application No. 60-134817, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-125708 and Japanese Patent Application No. 4-31222, a variety of storage devices, that can open a storage sack and store an umbrella by just inserting the umbrella into an opening, have been proposed to ease the storage operation.
In the prior method, as mentioned above, there can be complex structure problems as a result of the negative pressure suction, as a means to open the storage sacks, with the number of links, or with the cam mechanism. In addition, because a vacuum pump or a motor is used, the production cost increases and such devices cannot be used where a power source is not available close to the devices. Power cords are a hindrance and there is danger of a short circuit when the devices are operated and it is raining.
In consideration of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is proposed to solve such problems. With regards to the present invention, no power source is required. The invention provides a simple structured device so that umbrellas can easily be stored in storage sacks.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
As the storage sacks used in the device, the upper open end of the sacks and the upper fore side of the sack opening is folded and the upper rear side is projected above that of the fore side and locking holes are provided at the upper side of such projected portion.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a number of storage sacks are charged in a storage device and the openings of said sacks are open so that each umbrella can be stored in such a sack. A box, in which a number of storage sacks are stored, is charged into the storage device. Such a structure is one of preferred embodiments of the present invention. In this case, the selected embodiment of the storage sack is that the sacks are retained in such a box by suspending such sacks with a hanger.
In addition, according to embodiments of the open control levers, a pair of open control levers are provided to move and rotate independently for the above-mentioned movable support member. In this case, with regards to means for moving and rotating the open control levers in a certain direction to contact with storage sacks charged in the storage device, preferred means are provided independently for each lever.
Besides, the open control levers can be comprised of a bucket-shaped member made with a non-friction material (e.g. resin materials such as plastic). In this case, a structure of the device body is not limited to a casing structure. For example, it can be structured using only pillars. Transparent members can be arranged between such pillars.
According to the above mentioned structure of the umbrella sack storage device of the present invention, the open control levers open the sacks by contacting each edge of the umbrella to be stored with the wear plate and by lowering the movable support base. Simultaneously, the wear plate sweeps back by rotating downward in order to insert each umbrellas automatically into each storage sack. As a result, storing umbrellas into storage sacks is carried out without using a motor.
In addition, according to the storage sacks of the present invention, a number of storage sacks can be retained in the device by providing a cylindrical hanger to suspend them through the locking holes provided at an upper edge of the projected portion. The open control levers c
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Kabushiki Kaisha Muraharu Seisakusho
Kabushiki Kaisha Yakul't Honsha
Kim Gene
Niikura Scales Co., Ltd.
Sipos John
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