HOLDING MECHANISM AND WASHING HANGER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide holding mechanism capable of easily removing a subject and a washing hanger having washing pegs facilitating the removal of the laundry. SOLUTION: In the washing hanger having the plurality of washing pegs (holding mechanism) for holding laundry, the washing peg has a pair of lower end portions 11b for holding the laundry, a pair of upper end portions 11a opening and closing the lower end portions 11b by opening and closing around an axis 12, and a spring 13 applying spring force in a direction where the pair of the upper end portions 11a opens, the plurality of washing pegs 10 can be simultaneously opened by providing a coil portion 14 and a magnetic portion 15 closing the pair of upper portion 11a against the spring force by the attraction of magnetic force due to the energization in the the pair of the upper end portions 11a, thereby the laundry can be easily removed all together. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI