Article dispensing – Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article
Patent
1995-04-14
1996-12-24
Noland, Kenneth
Article dispensing
Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article
248100, B65H 100
Patent
active
055866832
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a storage device for wet umbrellas that automatically wraps an umbrella and places it in sacks and can be used, for example, at an entrance of hotels, shops and department stores, so that when it is raining, wet umbrellas can be adequately wrapped, 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 cloths, floors or goods, while the customers walk around inside hotels, shops or department stores together with their wet umbrellas.
A wide variety of devices, which can open the openings of storage sacks automatically and store umbrellas by just inserting them into the openings, have been proposed to ease the storage operation smoothly. For example, such devices are proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 60-134817, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-125708 and Japanese Patent Application No. 4-31222.
In the prior art, mentioned above, it is necessary to include means for absorbing negative pressure suction and a number of links and/or cam mechanism in order to provide a means for opening each storage sack for each umbrella, and therefore, constructions of the prior art became difficult and complex.
At the same time, because a vacuum pump or a motor is used, the production cost is expensive. Such devices cannot be used where a power source is not positioned near the installed devices. Besides, power cords are a hindrance and there is a danger of a short circuit when these devices are operated when it is raining.
Furthermore, in the prior art, because a number of storage sacks are simple piled up to fill them in the storage device, it is often difficult to store them and avoid dispersion thereof. In connection with this problem in order to carry or retain such storage sacks, before they are used in the storage device, involves extra labor or other costs.
In consideration of the aforementioned problems, the present invention is proposed to solve such problems and to provide a simple structured device so that umbrellas can easily be placed in storage sacks.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
To attain the aforementioned objects, the storage device of the present invention is comprised of: vertical directions; descending motion of the movable support member.
In the present invention, at first a number of storage sacks are stored in a box and the box is filled in the device's body. The storage sacks are suspended by means of a hanger in order to store such sacks in such box.
In addition, according to the present invention, the open control levers are structured separately so that pair of levers move and rotate independently relative to the movable support member. A means for moving and rotating each open control lever in a direction, in which each of said levers contacts with the storage sacks, is preferably provided separately. In this case, for example, a spring is preferable. Besides, the open control levers can be comprised of bucket-shaped members made with a friction-free material (e.g., resin material such as plastic). The aforementioned device body is not limited by its case. It can be structured by pillars with transparent members arranged between the pillars.
According to the structure of the present invention, when the foot pedal is pressed, the movable support member is lowered and the open control levers open the storage sacks in connection with descending motion of the movable support member. And then, wet umbrellas can be stored in the storage sacks by inserting each umbrella into one of the opened storage sack.
In the present invention, according to the preferred embodiments of the open control levers, in the case where the open control levers are structured separately, a pair of levers move and rotate independently relative to the movable support member, respectively. In the case where the means for moving and rotating each open control lever in a direction in which the open contro
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patent: 5050743 (1991-09-01), Lazzalotti
patent: 5310102 (1994-05-01), Hougham
Kabushiki Kaisha Muraharu Seisakusho
Kabushiki Kaisha Yakul't Honsha
Niikura Scales Co., Ltd.
Noland Kenneth
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