EP0380346B1 - Auf-/Abtriebs- und Rotationsvorrichtung für die Lamellen von horizontalen Stores - Google Patents

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EP0380346B1
EP0380346B1 EP19900300811 EP90300811A EP0380346B1 EP 0380346 B1 EP0380346 B1 EP 0380346B1 EP 19900300811 EP19900300811 EP 19900300811 EP 90300811 A EP90300811 A EP 90300811A EP 0380346 B1 EP0380346 B1 EP 0380346B1
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Masaaki C/O Kabushiki Kaisha Nichibei Daizen
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/28—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable
    • E06B9/30—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable liftable
    • E06B9/303—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable liftable with ladder-tape
    • E06B9/308—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable liftable with ladder-tape with coaxial tilting bar and raising shaft
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/28—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable
    • E06B9/30—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable liftable
    • E06B9/32—Operating, guiding, or securing devices therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/28—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable
    • E06B9/30—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable liftable
    • E06B9/32—Operating, guiding, or securing devices therefor
    • E06B9/322—Details of operating devices, e.g. pulleys, brakes, spring drums, drives
    • E06B2009/3225—Arrangements to aid the winding of cords rollers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/28—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable
    • E06B9/30—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable liftable
    • E06B9/32—Operating, guiding, or securing devices therefor
    • E06B9/322—Details of operating devices, e.g. pulleys, brakes, spring drums, drives
    • E06B2009/3225—Arrangements to aid the winding of cords rollers
    • E06B2009/3227—Axially moving rollers

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  • the present invention relates to a slat raising/lowering and rotating apparatus for a horizontal type venetian blind and has particular application to a slat raising/lowering and rotating apparatus including pull cords for raising and lowering horizontal slats and ladder cords for supporting the horizontal slats and for controlling rotation of them in which each pull cord is arranged to be wound onto or unwound from a winding drum to raise or lower the slats, and each ladder cord is mounted at its upper end on said winding drum, whereby raising and lowering of the slats and rotation of them can be controlled by operating a single rotating shaft for driving the winding drums.
  • a horizontal type venetian blind having a slat raising and lowering mechanism in which horizontal slats are raised or lowered under the action of pull cords which are arranged to be wound onto or unwound from winding drums driven by a single driving shaft to raise or lower the horizontal slats has been widely used.
  • the slat raising and lowering mechanism of the above kind has several disadvantages. Firstly, if the pull cord is collectively wound onto a particular position of the winding drum, a diameter of the cord wound onto the winding drum is gradually increased and a speed of winding the pull cord is gradually increased as an amount of the wound pull cord is increased. Secondly, if the pull cord becomes caught between the previously wound turns of the pull cord, the pull cord cannot be smoothly unwound from the winding drum when the slats are lowered.
  • the horizontal type venetian blind in which the slat raising/lowering operation and the slat rotating operation are effected by rotation of the single driving shaft usually comprises a slat raising/lowering and rotating mechanism including winding drums for winding pull cords for raising and lowering the slats and rotating drums supporting upper ends of ladder cords.
  • the slat raising and lowering speed is also decreased, while if the diameter of the winding drum is increased, the size of the headbox must be increased and the diameter of the winding drum is necessarily increased, with the result that the slat rotating characteristic is deteriorated, as described above.
  • the torque required to rotate the slats is necessarily increased and in the conventional construction in which the upper portion of the ladder cord is frictionally engaged on the winding drum, the larger friction is required, so that more heavy force is required to effect slat raising/lowering operation or the slat rotating characteristic is deteriorated.
  • Such actuating pieces act to loosen the clutch spring after completion of the slat rotating operation, so that the rotation of the slats can be smoothly effected. If the above-mentioned ladder cord narrowering construction is applied to this apparatus, the upper end portions of the ladder cord are directly connected to the outwardly projecting end portions of the clutch spring, so that the ladder cord constantly acts to decrease the diameter of the clutch spring, with the result that the operating force is increased.
  • US-A-3,310,099 discloses a venetian blind comprising a winding drum for the lift cord with a female thread formed along its axis, a drum bearing member passing through the winding drum and having a male thread formed to engage the female thread of the winding drum so that as the winding drum is rotated, the meshed threads cause the winding drum to move in an axial direction.
  • a ladder drum, for rotating ladder tapes has two axially extending lugs which engage hooks at respective ends of a clutch spring so that rotation of the cluth spring drives the ladder drum.
  • DE-A-1509809 discloses a clutch mechanism for holding the ladder cords and for transmitting a rotational force from the winding drum to the ladder cord in order to change the axial rotation of the blind slats.
  • the present invention provides a slat raisin/lowering apparatus as set out in claim 1.
  • An embodiment of the ivention provides a slat raising/lowering and rotating apparatus for a horizontal venetian blind including a cord winding drum for winding a slat raising/lowering cord theron, said cord winding drum being arranged in a headbox of the blind so that said winding drum is moved in axial direction, depending upon a rotation thereof, and a slat raising/lowering cord connected, at its upper end, to an end of said cord winding drum so that the cord is successively wound in a helical form around the winding drum, said apparatus comprising a male thread portion integrally formed near an end of said winding drum opposite to the end thereof to which the slat raising/lowering cord is connected and a drum bearing member for rotatably supporting said cord winding drum, said drum bearing member having an upwardly opened side and inner side walls having racks arranged to make meshing engagement with said male thread portion of the winding drum.
  • a slat raising/lowering and rotating apparatus for a horizontal venetian blind including a cord winding drum
  • the apparatus comprises a clutch spring having a diameter slightly smaller than an outer diameter of said winding drum and mounted thereon, said clutch spring being projected, at its both ends, outwardly of the winding drum, a support piece horizontally arranged and connected to an upper end of a ladder cord for supporting blind slats, said support piece being mounted on a peripheral surface of said winding drum at a position between the outwardly projected ends of said clutch spring, an actuating portion formed on a drum bearing member for supporting said winding drum, said actuating portion being arranged at a postion where said clutch spring comes into contact with said actuating portion, and a narrowering portion for narrowering a horizontal width of said ladder cord to a width smaller than an outer diameter of said winding drum.
  • Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a side view, partly broken, of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1.
  • Figs. 3A, 3B and 3C are sectional views for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1.
  • the apparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 2 includes a cord winding drum 1 for winding and unwinding a slat raising/lowering cord 2 for raising and lowering blind slats.
  • Said cord winding drum 1 is supported in a drum bearing member 3.
  • a rotating shaft 4 for driving said winding drum 1 is passed through the winding drum, so that said drum 1 is rotated by said rotating shaft 4 but it is freely slidable along its axial direction.
  • a ladder cord 5 is provided to support blind slats and to control rotation of the blind slats.
  • the slat raising/lowering and rotating apparatus is so constructed that slat raising/lowering operation and slat rotating operation can be controlled by rotating the single driving shaft in one direction or the other.
  • a male thread portion 11 is formed at one end of said winding drum 1.
  • the drum bearing member 3 for supporting the winding drum 1 is formed as an upwardly opened case, and rack portions 31 are formed on inside walls of said drum bearing member so that said male thread portion 11 is in meshing engagement with said rack portions 31.
  • the winding drum 1 when the rotating shaft 4 is rotated in one direction, the winding drum 1 is moved in an axial direction, so that the cord 2 is successively wound in a helical form around the winding drum 1, thereby raising the slats.
  • the winding drum 1 When the rotating shaft 4 is rotated in the other direction, the winding drum 1 is moved in the opposite axial direction, so that the cord 2 is successively unwound from the winding drum 1, thereby lowcring the slats.
  • a clutch spring 6 having an inner diameter slightly smaller than an outer diameter of the winding drum 1 is mounted on said winding drum 1.
  • the clutch spring 6 has projected portions 6a and 6b, at its both ends, which project outwardly of the winding drum 1.
  • the ladder cord 5 has a support piece 7 which is disposed in a horizontal direction at the upper end of said ladder cord. This support piece 7 is mounted on an outer surface of the winding drum 1 at a position between said outwardly projected end portions 6a and 6b of the clutch spring 6.
  • Actuating portions 8 are formed on the drum bearing member 3 for supporting the winding drum 1 and said actuating portions are arranged to receive the end portion 6a or 6b of the clutch spring 6.
  • Guide portions 9 are formed on the drum casing at positions where the ladder cord 5 passes into the drum bearing member. Said guide portions 9 serve to narrower a horizontal width of the ladder cord to a size smaller than the outer diameter of the winding drum 1.
  • Fig. 3A shows a state of the apparatus where the slats are not yet rotated.
  • the cord 2 is unwound from the winding drum 1, whereby the slats are lowered.
  • one vertical cord portion at one side of the ladder cord 5 moves in downward direction, while the other vertical cord portion at the outer side of the ladder cord moves in upward direction, whereby the slats are rotated in one direction.
  • the horizontal width of the ladder cord 5 is narrowered at its upper portion by the guide portions 9, as described above, so that the slats are forcibly rotated toward their vertical positions and thus superior rotating characteristic can be attained.
  • the clutch spring 5 is connected with the ladder cord through the intermediary of the horizontal support piece 7, as described above. At the time of the slat raising and lowering operation, one of the outwardly projected end portions of the clutch spring comes into engagement with the corresponding actuating portion of the drum bearing member, so that the clutch spring becomes expanded. Accordingly, the clutch spring is relieved of the load of the ladder cord, so that the operating force required to raise or lower the slats becomes lighter.
  • the support piece 7 attached to the upper end of the ladder cord 5 is slidable in circumferential direction around the winding drum 1 between the projected end portions 6a and 6b of the clutch spring, so that after the projected end portion of the clutch spring has come into engagement with the actuating portion 8, as shown in Fig.
  • the present embodiment provides a slat raising/lowering and rotating apparatus for a horizontal type blind in which a slat raising/lowering cord is wound on and unwound from a cord winding drum in a helical form, whereby the slat raising/lowering cord can be smoothly wound on and unwound from the winding drum, without causing gradual increasing of the wound diameter of the cord or without causing the cord to be caught between the previously wound turns of the slat raising/lowering cord.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Hochziehen und Herablassen von Lamellen für eine waagerechte Jalousie, bei der eine Schnur (2) zum Hochziehen und Herablassen der Lamellen auf eine Spindel (1) auf- oder von ihr abgewickelt wird, um die Lamellen hochzuziehen oder herabzulassen, und die Spindel (1) ein Schraubengewinde (11) hat, um sie axial bei ihrer Drehung zu bewegen, wodurch die Schnur (2) zum Hochziehen und Herablassen der Lamellen spiralförmig auf die Spindel (1) aufgewickelt wird,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
    das Schraubengewinde (11) ein Außengewinde ist und die Vorrichtung eine in Längsrichtung der Spindel (1) verlaufende Zahnstange (31) hat, in die ihr Schraubengewinde (11) eingreift, um sie in die axiale Bewegung zu versetzen.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Zahnstange (31) Bestandteil eines Teils (3) bildet, das die Spindel (1) stützt.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, wobei das Teil (3) nach oben offen ist.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei eine Führungseinrichtung (9) an einer Position angeordnet ist, an der eine Leiterschnur (5) in die Vorrichtung einläuft, um eine waagerechte Breite der Leiterschnur (5) auf eine Breite zu verengen, die kleiner als der Außendurchmesser der Spindel (1) ist.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Vorrichtung aufweist: eine Kupplungsfeder (6), die einen etwas kleineren Durchmesser als ein Außendurchmesser der Spindel (1) hat und an der Spindel (1) angebracht ist, wobei die Kupplungsfeder (6) an ihren beiden Enden nach außen vorragt;
    ein waagerecht angeordnetes und mit einem oberen Ende einer Leiterschnur (5) zum Halten von Jalousielamellen verbundenes Haltestück (7), wobei das Haltestück an einem Außenumfang der Spindel (1) an einer Position zwischen den nach außen vorragenden Abschnitten an den beiden Enden der Kupplungsfeder (6) angebracht ist; und Betätigungsabschnitte (8), die auf einem Spindellagerteil (3) ausgebildet und so angeordnet sind, daß sie an einem Ende der Kupplungsfeder (6) anliegen.
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JP732389U JPH0712638Y2 (ja) 1989-01-25 1989-01-25 横型ブラインドのスラット昇降回転機構
JP732489U JPH076473Y2 (ja) 1989-01-25 1989-01-25 ブラインドの昇降コード巻取り装置

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EP0600133A1 (de) * 1992-12-04 1994-06-08 Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd. Wendevorrichtung
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EP0551486A1 (de) * 1991-08-02 1993-07-21 Gen Clutch Corp Jalousie mit einfacher steuerung.
EP0554212A1 (de) * 1992-01-30 1993-08-04 Somfy Wickelvorrichtung für die Aufhängungsseile eines Stores
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US5328113A (en) * 1992-01-30 1994-07-12 Somfy Device for winding the suspension cord of a blind
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