JP3150906B2 - Slat angle adjustment device for electric blind - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slat angle adjusting device for an electric horizontal blind in which slat lifting and lowering operations and angle adjusting operations are performed by independent motors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one type of electric horizontal blinds, a slat elevating motor and a slat angle adjusting motor are provided in a head box, respectively, and the operation of the slat elevating motor raises or lowers a lifting cord. In some cases, the slats can be raised and lowered, and the angle of each slat can be adjusted in the same phase via a ladder cord by the operation of a slat angle adjusting motor.

In such an electric blind, for example, it is detected that the slat is in a horizontal state as the origin position of the slat, and the rotation angle of the motor from the origin position is detected to control the rotation angle of the slat. ing.
Also, in order to prevent damage to the slat angle adjustment mechanism due to excessive rotation of the slat angle adjustment motor, by detecting the rotation angle from this origin position, the slat is allowed to reach the mechanical allowable rotation range, that is, the vertical state. There is provided a slat rotation angle detection device that automatically stops the rotation of the motor when rotated to a certain extent.

FIG. 6 shows an example of such a rotation angle detecting device.
And FIG. The slat angle adjusting shaft 1 rotatably supported in the head box is driven to rotate by a slat angle adjusting motor (not shown) configured by, for example, a stepping motor controlled by a control device.

[0005] A tilter 2 is attached to the slat angle adjusting shaft 1, and a ladder cord 3 is suspended from the tilter 2. The ladder cord 3 supports a plurality of slats 4.

Accordingly, when the slat angle adjusting shaft 1 is rotated by the operation of the slat angle adjusting motor, the angles of the slats 4 are adjusted through the ladder cord 3 in the same phase. A detection plate 5 is fitted on the slat angle adjusting shaft 1, and the detection plate 5 has one slit 6 formed therein. When the slat angle adjusting shaft 1 is rotated, the detection plate 5 is also rotated.

Below the detection plate 5, a sensor 7 is provided. A groove 8 is formed in the sensor 7, and the detection plate 5 is inserted into the groove 8. A light emitting element is provided on one side surface of the groove 8 and a light receiving element is provided on the other side surface, and light is emitted from the light emitting element toward the light receiving element.

[0008] As shown in FIG.
When the slit 6 is located at a position, the light emitted from the light emitting element is detected by the light receiving element, otherwise, the light emitted from the light emitting element is blocked by the detection plate 5, and the light receiving element Not reach. Therefore, when light from the light emitting element is detected by the light receiving element, it is detected that the slit 6 is located between the two elements, and the detection signal is output to the control device.

The mounting angle of the tilter 2 and the detecting plate 5 with respect to the slat angle adjusting shaft 1 is such that the slat 4 is positioned horizontally when the slit 6 is located at the light emitting position P between the two elements. You.

In the electric horizontal blind constructed as described above, when the slat 4 is positioned in the horizontal direction, the slit 6 is detected by the sensor 7, and when the slat 4 is rotated from that state, the control device The rotation angle of the slat 4 is recognized based on the rotation angle of the output shaft of the motor, and the operation of the motor is automatically stopped when the slat 4 is rotated to the rotation end point, that is, the vertical direction. Have been.

Therefore, mechanical breakage of the slat angle adjusting mechanism due to excessive rotation of the slats 4 is prevented without requiring a detecting means for mechanically detecting the rotation end point of the slats 4. .

[0012]

However, in the above-described slat rotation angle detecting device, when the slit 6 has not yet been detected during the initial setting operation, the origin position cannot be recognized. It is not known in which direction the slit 6 can be detected. Therefore, the control device attempts to detect the slit 6 by rotating the motor in either direction.

In such a case, if the slat 4 is rotated in the horizontal direction, the slit 6 can be detected and the origin position can be set. However, the slat 4 is rotated in the vertical direction. At this time, even if the slat 4 is rotated to the vertical direction, the slit 6 cannot be detected.

Accordingly, the slat 4 is excessively rotated until the slit 6 is detected, and the slat angle adjusting mechanism may be damaged. In order to prevent such a problem, a detecting means for mechanically detecting the rotation end point of the slat 4 is provided, and if the operation of the motor is stopped based on the detection signal, damage to the slat angle adjusting mechanism may be prevented. It can be prevented before it happens. However, in such a configuration, there is a problem that the detection means is separately required, and the number of components is increased.

Further, after the slat 4 is rotated to the end point of rotation, a clutch device for preventing the torque of the motor from being transmitted to the slat angle adjusting shaft is interposed between the motor and the slat angle adjusting shaft. If this is the case, damage to the slat angle adjusting mechanism can be prevented.

However, in such a configuration, the slat 4
The clutch device operates in the same manner even if it comes into contact with any obstacle before the rotation end point has reached the rotation end point, so that the rotation angle of the slat recognized by the control device based on the rotation angle of the motor,
A deviation occurs from the actual slat rotation angle. In such a case, since the slat angle adjustment operation cannot be performed normally, the initial setting needs to be performed again. Therefore, there is a problem that the resetting operation becomes complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric blind in which a slat angle adjustment operation is performed by a dedicated motor, and a detecting means for mechanically detecting a slat rotation end point and a clutch device for preventing unnecessary rotation of the slat. It is an object of the present invention to provide a slat angle adjusting device provided with a slat rotation angle detecting device capable of preventing damage to a slat angle adjusting mechanism at the time of initial setting of a slat rotation origin position without requiring a slat.

[0018]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of slats are suspended and supported from a head box via a ladder cord, and a dedicated motor for adjusting the angle of the slats is actuated. By rotating the slat angle adjusting shaft, the angle of each slat can be adjusted via the ladder cord, and the head box includes a slat rotation angle detecting device for detecting a rotation origin of the slat. In the electric blind, the slat rotation angle detecting device includes a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and outputs a detection signal for detecting whether or not a light beam output from the light emitting element is received by the light receiving element, and a sensor that outputs the detection signal. The light from the light emitting element rotates between the light emitting element and the light receiving element of the sensor together with the slat angle adjusting axis at the rotation origin of the slat. A detection plate having an edge for switching whether or not to shut off, and a detection signal of the edge by the sensor, the rotation origin of the slat is recognized, and a rotation end point of the slat is calculated, and the rotation is performed. At the time of initial setting of the origin, the control device controls the motor so as to rotate the edge toward a light emitting position between the light emitting element and the light receiving element based on a detection signal of the sensor. .

In the present invention, the detection plate is formed in a semicircular shape to form the edge. In the third aspect, at the time of the operation of detecting the rotation origin, the control device recognizes the rotation origin by detecting the edge with the sensor based on rotation of the detection plate in the same direction. .

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An electric horizontal blind shown in FIG.
A plurality of slats 13 are suspended and supported through the ladder cord 12, and the lower end of the ladder cord 12 is connected to a bottom rail 14.

The support member 1 is provided in the head box 11.
The slat angle adjusting shaft 16 is inserted through the support member 15 and is rotatably supported.
In the support member 15, the slat angle adjusting shaft 1
A tilder 17 is attached to 6, and the ladder cord 12 is suspended from the tilter 17.

At one end of the slat angle adjusting shaft 16,
A motor 18 for adjusting the slat angle is connected. This motor 18 is constituted by a pulse motor,
Control device 28 and operation switch 2 connected via
9 is controlled.

From the head box 11, the lifting cord 2
0 is suspended and supported, the lifting cord 20 penetrates each of the slats 13, and the bottom rail 14 is suspended and supported at the lower end thereof.

The upper end of the lifting cord 20 is wound around a winding pipe 21 in the head box 11. One end of the winding pipe 21 is screwed to a screw shaft 22 fixed to the head box 11, and the other end is connected to the output shaft of a slat lifting / lowering motor 23 so as to be movable in the axial direction. Therefore, when the winding pipe 21 is rotated by the motor 23, the winding pipe 21 moves in the axial direction while rotating.

Then, the winding pipe 2 is
When 1 is rotated in the winding direction of the lifting cord 20, the winding pipe 21 is moved rightward in FIG. 5, and the lifting cord 20 is spirally wound on the winding pipe 21,
The bottom rail 14 and the slat 13 are raised.

Further, the winding pipe 21 is
When the winding pipe 21 is rotated in the unwinding direction shown in FIG.
Is moved to the left, the lifting cord 20 is rewound, and the bottom rail 14 and the slat 13 are lowered.

A slat angle detector 24 is provided at one end of the slat angle adjusting shaft 16. As shown in FIG. 1, the slat angle detecting device 24 has a sensor 25 similar to the above-described conventional example below the slat angle adjusting shaft 16.
The detection plate 26 fitted to the slat angle adjusting shaft 16 is inserted into the groove of the sensor 25.

As shown in FIG. 2, the detecting plate 26 is formed in a semicircular shape except for a shaft portion into which the slat angle adjusting shaft 16 is inserted. Therefore, one of the slat angle adjusting shafts 16
The detection plate 26 detects the sensor 2 within a range of 180 degrees with respect to the rotation.
5 is located at the light emitting position P between the light emitting element and the light receiving element and blocks the light. In the remaining 180 degree range, the detection plate 26 is not located between the light emitting element and the light receiving element of the sensor 25, Light emitted from the element reaches the light receiving element.

The mounting angle of the detection plate 26 and the tilter 17 with respect to the slat angle adjusting shaft 16 is such that when one edge 27 of the semicircular detection plate 26 is located at the light emitting position P of the sensor 25, Are set to be supported in the horizontal direction.

The control device 28 recognizes the rotation origin of the slat 13 based on the detection signal of the sensor 25. That is, when the light receiving element of the sensor 25 switches from the state of receiving light emitted from the light emitting element to the state of not receiving light, or the state of switching from the state of not receiving light to the state of receiving light, the edge 27 is detected and rotated. The rotation angle of the slat 13 is calculated based on the rotation origin, which is recognized as the moving origin. Then, when the rotation angle of the slat 13 reaches a preset rotation end point, the motor 18 is automatically stopped from further rotating in the same direction.

The control device 28 has a program for performing the following operation when initial setting of the rotation origin is required when the electric blind is installed. FIG.
When the detection plate 26 is located at the light emission position P, the slat drive shaft 16 is rotated in the direction of arrow A as shown in FIG. When the edge 27 is detected, the slat 13 is located in the horizontal direction, and the position is recognized as the rotation origin.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the detecting plate 26 is not located at the light emitting position P, the slat angle adjusting shaft 16
Is rotated in the direction of arrow B. When the edge 27 is detected, the slat 13 is located in the horizontal direction, and the position is recognized as the rotation origin.

That is, when the slat drive shaft 16 is rotated 90 degrees in the directions of arrows A and B from the state in which the edge 27 of the detection plate 26 is located at the light emitting position P, each slat 13 becomes vertical. Since the rotation end point is reached, the detection plate 26 is rotated within a range of 90 degrees before and after the state where the edge 27 is located at the light emission position P.

Therefore, when the detecting plate 26 is located at the light emitting position P as shown in FIG. 2, if the slat angle adjusting shaft 16 is rotated in the direction of the arrow A, the slat 13 is rotated beyond its rotation end point. The edge 27, that is, the rotation origin of the slat 13 can be detected without being moved, and when the detection plate 26 is not located at the light emitting position P as shown in FIG. When rotated, the rotation origin of the slat 13 can be detected without rotating the slat 13 beyond its rotation end point.

The slat elevating device of the electric horizontal blind constructed as described above can obtain the following operational effects. (1) If the edge 27 of the detection plate 26 is recognized as the rotation origin of the slat 13, the rotation end point of the slat 13 can be recognized by the rotation angle of the motor 18, so that the rotation end point of the slat 13 is mechanically determined. When the slat 13 has been rotated to the end point of rotation without the need for a detecting means for automatically detecting or a clutch device for preventing unnecessary rotation of the slat 13, further rotation of the slat 13 is required. Can be automatically blocked. (2) Since the detection means and the clutch device are not required, the number of parts can be reduced. (3) In the initial setting operation of the rotation origin, the initial setting of the rotation origin can be performed without rotating the slat 13 beyond the rotation end point. Therefore, mechanical damage to the slat angle adjusting mechanism can be prevented.

In the slat rotation angle detecting device as described above, the slat 13 is recognized as the rotation origin by the rotation direction of the slat 13 during a normal slat angle adjustment operation.
Is shifted.

That is, from the state where the light to the light receiving element is blocked by the detection plate 26 as shown in FIG.
When the edge 27 is detected, the rotation angle at which the edge 27 passes the light emitting position P and light enters the light receiving element becomes the rotation origin.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, when the slat angle adjusting shaft 16 is rotated in the direction of arrow B, that is, reversely from the state in which light enters the light receiving element, and the edge 27 is detected,
The rotation angle at which the edge 27 passes the light emission position P and the light to the light receiving element is blocked by the detection plate 26 becomes the rotation origin.

Therefore, the rotation angle recognized as the rotation origin may be deviated between the case where the detection plate 26 is rotated forward and the case where the detection plate 26 is rotated reversely. In order to solve such a problem, the control device 28 may perform a processing operation as shown in FIG.

That is, the light reception check by the sensor 25 is performed (step 1). If the light beam is blocked as shown in FIG. 2, the light reception check is performed while rotating the motor forward (steps 2, 3, 4). 5). When the light beam is received, the operation of the motor 18 is stopped (step 6), and the motor 18 is recognized as the rotation origin.

A light reception check is performed by the sensor 25 (step 1). If a light beam is received as shown in FIG. 3, a light reception check is performed while rotating the motor in the reverse direction (steps 7, 8, and 9). . If the light beam is blocked, a light reception check is performed while rotating the motor 18 forward (steps 3, 4, 5). If a light beam is received, the operation of the motor 18 is stopped (step 6), Recognize it as the origin.

By such an operation, the origin of rotation of the slat 13 is always changed from the state in which the detection plate 26 blocks light rays.
This is the rotation angle at which the state changes to the light receiving state by the sensor 25. Therefore, since the rotation origin can always be set at a constant rotation angle, the accuracy of the angle adjustment operation of the slat 13 can be improved.

When a stepping motor is used as the motor 18, when the sensor 25 detects a transition from a light-blocking state to a light-receiving state, the light-receiving signal and the specific excitation phase of the stepping motor are detected. By taking AND logic and stopping the motor, the rotation origin can be set more accurately.

In the above embodiment, the slat 13
The horizontal origin is defined as the rotation origin, but the same applies to the case where an arbitrary slat angle is defined as the rotation origin. The technical ideas other than the claims that can be grasped from the above embodiment will be described below together with their effects. (1) A slat that generates different detection signals before and after the rotation origin of the slat, and rotates the slat angle adjustment axis in a direction approaching the rotation origin based on the detection signal when the rotation origin is initially set. Initial setting method of rotation origin. It is possible to initialize the slat rotation origin without rotating the slat beyond its rotation end point.

[0045]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, in an electric blind in which the slat angle adjustment operation is performed by a dedicated motor, detection means for mechanically detecting the slat rotation end point and unnecessary slats are required. Provided is a slat angle adjustment device including a slat rotation angle detection device capable of preventing damage to a slat angle adjustment mechanism at the time of initial setting of a slat origin position without requiring a clutch device for preventing rotation. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a slat rotation angle detection device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of one embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a detection operation of a rotation origin by a control device.

FIG. 5 is a partially broken front view showing the electric horizontal blind.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional example of a slat rotation angle detection device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Head box 12 Ladder code 13 Slat 16 Slat angle adjustment axis 18 Motor 10 Elevating cord 24 Slat rotation angle detection device 25 Sensor 26 Detection plate 27 Edge 28 Control device

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-7-91155 (JP, A) JP-A-63-167886 (JP, A) JP-A-1-190889 (JP, A) 81896 (JP, U) JP-A 3-105592 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E06B 9/32 E06B 9/264

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A slat of multiple stages is suspended and supported from a head box via a ladder cord, and a dedicated motor for adjusting the angle of the slat is operated to rotate a slat angle adjusting shaft in the head box. Thereby, the angle of each slat can be adjusted via the ladder cord,
An electric blind provided with a slat rotation angle detection device for detecting a rotation origin of the slat in the head box, wherein the slat rotation angle detection device includes a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and includes a light emitting element. A sensor for outputting a detection signal for detecting whether or not the output light beam has been received by a light receiving element; and a light emitting element and a light receiving element of the sensor, which rotate together with the slat angle adjusting axis and rotate the slat. A detection plate having an edge for switching whether or not to block the light beam from the light emitting element at the moving origin; and a detection signal of the edge by the sensor to recognize a rotation origin of the slat and to rotate the slat. An end point is calculated, and at the time of initial setting of the rotation origin, the edge is directed to a light emitting position between the light emitting element and the light receiving element based on a detection signal of the sensor. A slat angle adjusting device for an electric blind, comprising: a control device for controlling the motor so as to rotate. 2. The slat angle adjusting device for an electric blind according to claim 1, wherein the detection plate is formed in a semicircular shape to form the edge. 3. The control device recognizes the rotation origin by detecting the edge by the sensor based on rotation of the detection plate in the same direction during the operation of detecting the rotation origin. The slat angle adjusting device for an electric blind according to claim 1, wherein: