EP0421899B1 - Dispositif pour le maintien en tension d'une toile de protection solaire, notamment pour véranda ou pergola - Google Patents

Dispositif pour le maintien en tension d'une toile de protection solaire, notamment pour véranda ou pergola Download PDF

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EP0421899B1
EP0421899B1 EP90420429A EP90420429A EP0421899B1 EP 0421899 B1 EP0421899 B1 EP 0421899B1 EP 90420429 A EP90420429 A EP 90420429A EP 90420429 A EP90420429 A EP 90420429A EP 0421899 B1 EP0421899 B1 EP 0421899B1
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René Lauzier
Daniel Mollard
Jean François De Belval
Jean Paul Clement
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F10/00—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
    • E04F10/02—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins
    • E04F10/06—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building
    • E04F10/0607—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building with guiding-sections for supporting the movable end of the blind
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F10/00—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
    • E04F10/02—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins
    • E04F10/06—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building
    • E04F10/0611—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building with articulated arms supporting the movable end of the blind for deployment of the blind
    • E04F10/0618—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building with articulated arms supporting the movable end of the blind for deployment of the blind whereby the pivot axis of the articulation is perpendicular to the roller
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F10/00—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
    • E04F10/02—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins
    • E04F10/06—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building
    • E04F10/0644—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building with mechanisms for unrolling or balancing the blind
    • E04F10/0651—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building with mechanisms for unrolling or balancing the blind acting on the arms
    • 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
    • E06B9/40—Roller blinds
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F10/00—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
    • E04F10/02—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins
    • E04F10/06—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building
    • E04F10/0603—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building with telescopic arms

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  • the present invention relates to a device for maintaining the tension of a sun protection fabric, of the kind which are deployed horizontally or with a slight inclination above 'a structure such as veranda, pergola, greenhouse or other construction. similar, having a framework on which a sun protection system can be mounted.
  • This invention applies, more particularly, to a sun protection fabric, one end of which is linked to a rotating winding member, preferably motorized, and the opposite end of which is linked to a movable load bar, comprising means in translational guidance.
  • Such a sun protection system thus has at least one fabric that can be deployed or rolled up, the load bar moving away from the winding member as the canvas is deployed, the useful part of which extends between the winding member and this load bar. Because of their large size and their horizontal or slightly inclined position, such fabrics offer a strong wind resistance, and must therefore be strongly stretched.
  • tensioning devices are currently used, which are all of a fairly similar principle: the fabric is generally stretched by means of a tension or torsion spring, and sometimes by a geared motor, which exerts an action on the load bar.
  • the force of the spring or the gearmotor is transmitted to the load bar by means of at least one cable, a textile strap or even a metal strip, so as to pull the load bar direction of its distance from the winding member.
  • document DE-U-8705516 proposes spring arms, having an articulated, but not extensible, structure which are each mounted between a fixed point close to the fabric winding member and a mobile point linked to the load bar, so that these arms, urged by their springs in the direction of their elongation, exert on the load bar a push tending to move it away from the winding member of the fabric. Furthermore, this document does not specify what is the overall configuration of the arms.
  • the invention aims to improve this type of tension maintenance device, in particular by providing a device providing a substantially constant tension force, while being particularly compact.
  • the device according to the invention for maintaining the tension of a sun protection fabric, in particular for veranda or pergola, comprises at least two extendable arms with spring effect with an overall configuration at "X", the two arms crossing and being articulated with one another in their central parts, and being each articulated, by one end, at a fixed point close to the winding member of the fabric and, by the other end, at a mobile point linked to the load bar.
  • Each extendable arm here preferably comprises a first telescopic tension element articulated at the fixed point and connected, by an intermediate element articulated on the corresponding element of the other extendable arm, to a second telescopic tension element, articulated at the point mobile linked to the load bar.
  • the extendable arms are articulated at fixed points which are points on the frame supporting the fabric winding member.
  • This set is compact and self-supporting, and does not require any special support or guide; it is simply mounted in an articulated manner, for example by means of ball joints, between a fixed chassis element on the one hand and the load bar on the other hand, and it remains entirely independent of the means of guiding the load bar and the structure of the veranda, which can be produced for example according to French patent application N ° 89,01844 filed on February 13, 1989 in the name of SA FRANCIAFLEX.
  • Two or more pairs of extensible arms in "X" can be associated, in the case of large width fabrics.
  • the or each telescopic tensioning element of an extendable arm comprises a central rod linked to a first end-piece provided at one end of the element, a tube linked to a second end-piece located at the opposite end of the element, and a tubular cover surrounding the central rod, linked to the first end piece and sliding on the tube linked to the second end piece, a helical spring being mounted, with its ends pressed against the two end pieces, around the central rod and under the tube cited above.
  • the central metal rod is coated on the outside with a protective plastic sheath, while the tube, also metallic, has a protective internal coating in plastic; thus, the coils of the spring come into contact with plastic parts, which considerably reduce friction and noise.
  • the tension maintenance device is applied to a sun protection fabric 1 deploying horizontally, or with a slight inclination either upwards or downwards, above a structure such as veranda, the framework of which is indicated in 2.
  • the fabric 1 has a rear edge linked to a winding tube 3, mounted rotating around a horizontal axis 4 and coupled to an electric drive motor, not shown , which can be housed inside the tube 3.
  • the front edge of the fabric 1 is moored to a movable load bar 5, which is guided by means of pads 6 along guide rails 7 fixed to the frame of the veranda 2, these rails can be elements such as rafters belonging to the frame itself.
  • Each telescopic tension element 12,15,17,20 contains a spring which tends to elongate this element, therefore also to lengthen the corresponding extensible arm 8 or 9, the detailed configuration of the tension elements being described below.
  • FIG. 3 shows the detail of a spring tension element, which may be one of the elements 12, 15, 17, 20 used in the construction of the extensible arms 8 and 9.
  • the telescopic element in question comprises, at one end, a first end piece 31 to which is linked a central metal rod 32, for example of steel, extending along the axis 33 of the element.
  • this element comprises a second end piece 34, to which is linked a metal tube 35, for example made of aluminum, which coaxially surrounds the rod 32 over a certain length, varying according to the degree of extension of the telescopic element.
  • a helical spring 36 is mounted and compressed in this element, the spring 36 being pressed by its ends against the two end pieces 31 and 34.
  • This spring 36 surrounds the central rod 32 and is, itself, surrounded by the tube 35.
  • a sheath protective plastic 37 covering the rod 32, and by a protective inner coating 38 plastic of the tube 35.
  • a tubular cover 39 also made of plastic, is connected to the first end piece 31 and slides on the tube 35 linked to the second end piece 34.
  • the two end pieces 31 and 34 may be provided with threads, respectively 40 and 41, for mounting the articulation parts such as ball joints, or even for fixing the central parts 14 and 19.
  • the extendable arms ensure a permanent thrust on the load bar 5, tending to move this bar away from the winding tube 3 and therefore ensuring the tensioning of the fabric 1. These arms automatically "follow" the movements of the load bar, changing their length.
  • Figure 1 shows the arms deployed and Figure 2 shows these arms folded.
  • the tension holding device makes it possible to obtain a substantially constant tension of the fabric 1, in particular for positions of the load bar 5 comprised between a third and its entire stroke (at from the folded position).
  • the spring effect can be produced by at least one captive gas cylinder, constituting each arm or integrated into this arm; this spring effect can also result from at least one element subjected to a gas or liquid pressure supplied by an external source, such as a pump, providing a driving force for unwinding the fabric, the winding member of the canvas then made resistant to this driving force thanks for example to a torsion spring.

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  • Building Awnings And Sunshades (AREA)
  • Devices For Conveying Motion By Means Of Endless Flexible Members (AREA)
  • Operating, Guiding And Securing Of Roll- Type Closing Members (AREA)
  • Curtains And Furnishings For Windows Or Doors (AREA)
  • Undergarments, Swaddling Clothes, Handkerchiefs Or Underwear Materials (AREA)
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EP90420429A 1989-10-04 1990-10-03 Dispositif pour le maintien en tension d'une toile de protection solaire, notamment pour véranda ou pergola Expired - Lifetime EP0421899B1 (fr)

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AT90420429T ATE84101T1 (de) 1989-10-04 1990-10-03 Vorrichtung, um ein sonnenschirmtuch unter spannung zu halten, insbesondere fuer eine veranda oder pergola.

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FR8913305A FR2652603A1 (fr) 1989-10-04 1989-10-04 Dispositif pour le maintien en tension d'une toile de protection solaire, notamment pour veranda ou pergola.
FR8913305 1989-10-04

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FR692320A (fr) * 1930-03-20 1930-11-04 Ossature à jambes de force pour tentes déroulables
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GR3007078T3 (da) 1993-07-30
ES2037540T3 (es) 1993-06-16
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DK0421899T3 (da) 1993-04-13
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