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EP0547721B1
EP0547721B1 EP92203988A EP92203988A EP0547721B1 EP 0547721 B1 EP0547721 B1 EP 0547721B1 EP 92203988 A EP92203988 A EP 92203988A EP 92203988 A EP92203988 A EP 92203988A EP 0547721 B1 EP0547721 B1 EP 0547721B1
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Sander Godfried Van Vreeland
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SCHELLEKENS & SCHELLEKENS B.V.
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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
    • E04F10/0611—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
    • E04F10/0614—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 parallel 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

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  • the invention relates to a sunblind comprising vertical arms suitable for attachment to the front of a building or alike, pivot arms hingeably connected to the lower-most ends of said vertical arms, a horizontally oriented winding cylinder for a screen provided at the uppermost end of the vertical arms, the free end of said screen being attached to the free ends of the pivot arms, and further comprising struts each of which extend between a vertical arm and the corresponding pivot arm wherein one end of each of said struts is slidable along one of said arms and is attached to the other of said arms.
  • the vertical arms may comprise (part of) the front or alike itself, such that strictly no vertical arms are present, but the front acts as such.
  • the indication “vertical arms” is maintained, but one should keep in mind the above.
  • the screen defines a large engagement surface for the wind in the folded out position of the sunblind, in which the pivot arms extend substantially horizontally (perpendicularly to the front).
  • the struts are attached to the pivot arms and are slidable along the vertical arms with their opposite ends.
  • the slidable ends of the struts are spring loaded, for example through a tension or compression spring. Using this spring load one tries to create a downwardly directed force maintaining the screen in the folded out position.
  • the sunblind according to the invention is characterized in that connected to the winding cylinder there is a cable drum which, during winding of the screen onto the winding cylinder, unwinds a cable and vice versa, wherein said cable extends downwardly through one of said vertical arms and around the hinge point between said arm and the corresponding pivot arm, further around a pulley connected to the slidable end of the strut and back again in the direction of the hinge point, the cable end being attached to one end of a spring means, the other end of which is connected to the respective arm, and wherein the dimensions and positioning of said strut are such that the distance over which the slidable end of the strut slides along the respective arm when the pivot arm pivots is less then half of the length of cable which is wound onto, or, respectively, off the cable drum.
  • the sunblind according to the invention offers a number of further advantages apart from the downwardly directed force increasing with increasing degree of folding out. Because the downwardly directed force applied by the spring means increases while folding out the sunblind, said spring means can be mounted with only a feeble prestressing in the collapsed position, thus simplifying the assemblage. In the presently used sunblinds a spring has to be mounted highly prestressed for guaranteeing that in the folded out position of the sunblind still some spring load remains.
  • connection between the winding cylinder and cable drum leads to a feed back of the force created by the spring means and the winding force applied onto the screen, such that moving the sunblind from the folded out position towards the collapsed position can be realised with a lower torque (moment), thus allowing the application of a more light weighted and thus cheaper drive.
  • the sunblind in which this further possibility is applied, according to the invention is characterized in that connected to the winding cylinder there is a cable drum which, during winding of the screen onto the winding cylinder, unwinds a cable and vice versa, wherein said cable extends downwardly through one of said vertical arms and around the hinge point between said arm and the corresponding pivot arm, further around a pulley at the end of a spring closest to the hinge point, the other end of the spring being connected to the slidable end of the strut, the cable running back again in the direction of the hinge point and is connected to the respective arm, wherein the dimensions and positioning of said strut are such that the distance over which the slidable end of the strut slides along the respective arm when the pivot arm pivots is less than half
  • the cable extends around a pulley, which is connected to the slidable end of the strut through a spring means.
  • this embodiment is identical to the operation of the embodiment described before; the only difference is that now for creating a certain downwardly directed force the spring means should apply a force twice as large as the force applied by the spring means according to the previous embodiment.
  • the spring means is a tension spring.
  • Such an embodiment is constructively simple but nevertheless reliable.
  • the slidable end of the strut is provided in a pivot arm.
  • the other end of the strut is hingeably connected to a vertical arm of the sunblind (or, as mentioned previously, directly to the front or alike).
  • the spring means is provided in and attached to the respective pivot arm.
  • the sunblind has a corresponding operation if the slidable end of the strut is provided in a vertical arm, whereas the other end of the strut is hingeably connected to the respective pivot arm.
  • the cable drum is directly attached to the winding cylinder and has a diameter corresponding therewith.
  • the wound off cable length then substantially corresponds with the wound on screen length and vice versa.
  • the sunblind according to the invention is constructed such, that the winding cylinder comprises a shock absorbing device.
  • a shock absorbing device may comprise, in a way known per se, a torsion spring.
  • the sunblind illustrated in fig. 1 and fig. 2 is provided with vertical arms 2 to be attached to the front of a building 1 or alike. At the lowermost end of the vertical arms 2 pivot arms 4 are connected through hinges 3. Generally each sunblind will comprise two sideways distanced vertical arms 2 and two corresponding pivot arms 4.
  • a horizontally (perpendicularly to the plane of drawing) extending winding cylinder 5 for a screen 6 is provided at the uppermost end of the vertical arms 2 .
  • said winding cylinder 5 is positioned in a protective housing 7.
  • this protective housing 7 comprises a (not illustrated) passage for the screen 6.
  • the screen With its free end directed away from the winding cylinder 5 the screen is connected to the free ends of the pivot arms 4 or, as is visible in fig. 1, to a profiled bar 8 interconnecting the free ends of said pivot arms 4.
  • the winding cylinder 5 may comprise a (not illustrated) driving motor and an absorption device (not illustrated too), which in a way known per se may be a torsion spring.
  • strut 9 extends that in the shown embodiment with its one end is hingeably connected to the vertical arm 2 and with its other end is hingeably connected to a sliding block 10, which is housed slidably to and fro in the pivot arm 4.
  • a cable drum 11 for a cable 12 is provided on the winding cylinder 5 .
  • the cable 12 extends downwardly through a vertical arm 2 and around hinge 3 between said vertical arm 2 and corresponding pivot arm 4 and runs further around a roll 13, connected to the sliding block 10 and back again in the direction of hinge 3.
  • the end 14 of the cable is connected to one end of a tension spring 15, which with its other end is attached to the pivot arm 4.
  • the characterizing section of the sunblind according to the invention is indicated again on a larger scale. Visible is a section of the vertical arm 2, a section of the pivot arm 4 hingeably connected therewith at the hinge 3 and the strut 9 extending between the vertical arm 2 and the pivot arm 4. At a fixed hinge point 16 the strut 9 is connected to the pivot arm 2, whereas the opposite end of the strut is connected to the sliding block 10 which can slide relative to the pivot arm 4.
  • the cable 12 extends downwardly through the vertical arm 2, around the hinge 3 and towards the roll 13 mounted on the sliding block 10 and back again in the direction of the hinge 3.
  • the end 14 of the cable 12 is connected to one end of the tension spring 15, of which the other end is hooked on a pin 17 being connected to the pivot arm 4.
  • the tension spring 15 may be replaced by another appropriate spring means, such as a compression spring.
  • fig. 4 an alternative embodiment of the sunblind is illustrated.
  • the difference with the embodiment shown in fig. 3 is, that the cable 12 after having passed hinge 3 runs around a roller 18 which is connected to one end of a tension spring 19. With its opposite end the tension spring 19 is connected to the sliding block 10.
  • the end 14 of the cable 12 is directly attached to the pivot arm 4, for example in a plate shaped member 20 fixed therein.
  • the tension springs always are provided in the pivot arm 4.
  • the tension springs are provided in the vertical arm 2, while the sliding block 10 is slidable in the vertical arm 2 too, whereas the opposite end of the strut is hingeably attached at a fixed locations of the pivot arm 4.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiments described previously, which can be varied widely within the scope of the invention.
  • the invention too relates to sunblinds of which the vertical arms are not present, but where the front of the building acts as such.
  • the principle of the connections between the spring means and the winding cylinder with increasing downwardly directed force with increasing unfolding does not change.

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Claims (7)

  1. Markise mit vertikalen Armen (2) zur Befestigung an der Außenseite eines Gebäudes (1) oder dergleichen, mit schwenkbaren Armen (4), die gelenkig mit den unteren Enden der vertikalen Arme (2) verbunden sind, mit einem horizontal ausgerichteten Aufwickelzylinder (5) für eine Abschirmung (6), der am oberen Ende der vertikalen Arme (2) vorgesehen ist, wobei das freie Ende der Abschirmung (6) an den freien Enden der schwenkbaren Arme (4) befestigt ist, und wobei weiterhin Streben (9) vorgesehen sind, von denen sich jede zwischen einem vertikalen Arm (2) und dem korrespondierenden schwenkbarem Arm (4) erstreckt, wobei ein Ende (10) jeder dieser Streben (9) entlang eines der Arme (4) verschiebbar ist und die Strebe mit dem anderen der Arme (2) verbunden (16) ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß mit dem Aufwickelzylinder (5) eine Kabeltrommel (11) verbunden ist, die während des Aufwickelns der Abschirmung (6) auf den Aufwickelzylinder (5) ein Kabel (12) abwickelt und umgekehrt, wobei das Kabel (12) sich nach unten durch einen der vertikalen Arme (2) und um einen Gelenkpunkt (3) zwischen dem vertikalen Arm (2) und dem korrespondierenden schwenkbaren Arm (4) erstreckt und weiterhin um eine Rolle (13), die mit dem verschiebbaren Ende der Strebe (9) verbunden ist, und wieder zurück in Richtung auf den Gelenkpunkt (3), wobei das Kabelende (14) mit einem Ende eines Federmittels (15) verbunden ist, während das andere Ende des Federmittels (15) mit dem jeweiligen Arm (4) verbunden (17) ist, und wobei die Abmaße und Anordnung der Strebe (9) derart ist, daß die Strecke, über die das verschiebbare Ende der Strebe (9) entlang des jeweiligen Arms (4) verschoben wird, wenn der Schwenkarm (4) geschwenkt wird; geringer ist als die Hälfte der Länge des Kabels (12), das jeweils auf die Kabeltrommel (11) aufgewickelt oder von dieser abgewickelt wird.
  2. Markise mit vertikalen Armen (2) zur Befestigung an der Außenseite eines Gebäudes (1) oder dergleichen, mit schwenkbaren Armen (4), die gelenkig mit den unteren Enden der vertikalen Arme (2) verbunden sind, mit einem horizontal ausgerichteten Aufwickelzylinder (5) für eine Abschirmung (6), der am oberen Ende der vertikalen Arme (2) vorgesehen ist, wobei das freie Ende der Abschirmung (6) an den freien Enden der schwenkbaren Arme (4) befestigt ist, und wobei weiterhin Streben (9) vorgesehen sind, von denen sich jede zwischen einem vertikalen Arm (2) und dem korrespondierenden schwenkbaren Arm (4) erstreckt, wobei ein Ende (10) jeder dieser Streben (9) entlang eines der Anne (4) verschiebbar ist und die Strebe mit dem anderen der Arme (2) verbunden ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß mit dem Aufwickelzylinder (5) eine Kabeltrommel (11) verbunden ist, die während des Aufwickelns der Abschirmung (6) auf den Aufwickelzylinder (5) ein Kabel (12) abwickelt und umgekehrt, wobei das Kabel (12) sich nach unten durch einen der vertikalen Arme (2) und um einen Gelenkpunkt (3) zwischen dem vertikalen Arm (2) und dem korrespondierenden schwenkbaren Arm (4) erstreckt und weiterhin um eine Rolle (18) an dem Ende einer Feder (19), das am nähesten zu den Gelenkpunkt (3) angeordnet ist, wobei das andere Ende der Feder (19) mit dem verschiebbaren Ende der Strebe (9) verbunden ist, wobei das Kabel (12) wieder zurück in Richtung auf den Gelenkpunkt (3) läuft und mit dem jeweiligen Arm (4) verbunden ist, wobei die Abmaße und Anordnung der Strebe (9) derart ist, daß die Strecke, über die das verschiebbare Ende der Strebe (9) entlang des jeweiligen Arms (4) verschoben wird, wenn der Schwenkarm (4) geschwenkt wird, geringer ist als die Hälfte der Länge des Kabels (12), das jeweils auf die Kabeltrommel (11) aufgewickelt oder von dieser abgewickelt wird.
  3. Markise nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Federmittel (15; 19) eine Spann- oder Zugfeder aufweisen.
  4. Markise nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das verschiebbare Ende der Strebe (9) in dem schwenkbaren Arm (4) vorgesehen ist.
  5. Markise nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Kabeltrommel (11) unmittelbar an dem Aufwickelzylinder (5) befestigt ist und einen mit dem Aufwickelzylinder (5) korrespondierenden Durchmesser hat.
  6. Markise nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet daß der Aufwickelzylinder (5) eine Absorptionseinrichtung aufweist.
  7. Markise nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Aufwickelzylinder (5) von einem Motor angetrieben ist.
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