EP0623732B1 - Safety device for venetian blinds or roller blinds - Google Patents

Safety device for venetian blinds or roller blinds Download PDF

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EP0623732B1
EP0623732B1 EP94106877A EP94106877A EP0623732B1 EP 0623732 B1 EP0623732 B1 EP 0623732B1 EP 94106877 A EP94106877 A EP 94106877A EP 94106877 A EP94106877 A EP 94106877A EP 0623732 B1 EP0623732 B1 EP 0623732B1
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Fritz Böckli
Antonio Garozzo
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06BFIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/56Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures; Spring drums; Tape drums; Counterweighting arrangements therefor
    • E06B9/80Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling
    • E06B9/82Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling automatic
    • E06B9/84Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling automatic against dropping
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06BFIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/56Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures; Spring drums; Tape drums; Counterweighting arrangements therefor
    • E06B9/80Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling
    • E06B9/82Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling automatic
    • E06B9/86Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling automatic against unauthorised opening

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  • the present invention relates to a safety device for gathering or Roller blinds with a curtain made of slats suspended below and in rails on the side of the window or door frame guided, parallel, on laterally interconnected slat carriers rotatably supported slats, of which slat carriers the one which carries the lowest slat, rotatable on one in side rails guided slide is supported.
  • Safety devices are known. It will be between safety devices to protect the venetian blind or roller blind and safety devices to protect against unwanted intruders.
  • the safety devices of the second type are the simplest Fall from one or two laterally displaceable bars on the lowest Slat, which engage in recesses in the rails.
  • Such manually Actuated bolts are in and of themselves safe if a burglar is not between reach through two slats and unlock the fuse.
  • this type of backup requires at least a second job, namely the actuation of the latch on the store, which is known, however, often will be forgotten.
  • the CH-A-653090 shows a clamping member consisting of a lever, the a pivot pin is rotatably mounted on a plate.
  • the plate is part a carriage that can be moved in the guide rail. Will this plate through Lifting a slat raised, the lever is pivoted and he presses against the guide rail and jams. If the store is pulled up, the lever with the tape is in an ineffective position brought. However, there is a possibility that the blind is not complete is lowered so that the lever is under traction and thereby does not come into a clamping position. Then when the store is raised, so can be reached under the lowest slat and the lever be brought into the ineffective position by hand.
  • this is achieved in that at least one of the lowest plate assigned plate carrier with a brake flap for the engagement with the rail is provided with safety lever, and that the guide carriage has a support for one-sided loading of the safety lever upon detection of the lamella with a displacement force, either by pushing up or by the weight of the stack of slats Prevention of lowering by an obstacle, and a pocket for Has release of the locking lever by pulling up the guide carriage.
  • a support on the guide carriage to protect against falling down provided for the horizontal position of the safety lever, is also a release guide with a tape guide attached for attachment of the drawstring and an upper stop surface for attaching to the safety lever to trigger the stop position and one with the tape guide one-piece shoe for pushing up the sled available.
  • two slat carriers can be rotated in each case by means of a pivot pin an elongated tab, which tab has a slot is engaged by a pin of a locking lever.
  • the brake flaps are at a distance from the tenon on two opposite surfaces of the Rail on.
  • the invention takes advantage of the knowledge of friction on a cylindrical guide, as shown in Fig.1.
  • the force F is shown with its line of action.
  • the bushing turns clockwise and attaches itself to the cylinder at the top left at point I and at the bottom right at point II.
  • the associated normal forces F A andF B are directed against the socket.
  • the force F tries to move the bushing downwards and the frictional forces Fr are thus directed upwards.
  • the lines of action of the normal and the frictional forces lie within the friction cone R because the frictional force never exceeds the value R ⁇ F ⁇ tan ⁇ the two friction cones R can lie. It follows that a cylinder guide only jams if the guide length corresponds to the following formula: l ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ l 1
  • an elongated tab 4 articulated Central to the disk carrier 15 is by means of of an articulated pin 14 an elongated tab 4 articulated.
  • This tab 4 is provided in its lower part with a slot 7 into which a pin 6 engages, which can be moved up and down in slot 7 to a limited extent.
  • the pin 6 is at the end of a locking lever 8, which locking lever 8 is equipped with two opposing brake flaps 32, 33 (Fig. 5). These brake flaps 32, 33 encompass the yoke of the rail 21, each with a rear engagement tab 34.35 (Fig. 5).
  • the locking lever lies 8 between two vertically superimposed cams 12a and 12b as a pivot bearing. Under the pin 6, it has a guide carriage 2 Support 10 for the locking lever 8. This support 10 has the task the locking lever when lowering and lifting the curtain 8 in a horizontal position to keep it under the weight the curtain cannot rotate and thus exert frictional forces on the rail would.
  • a safety device to prevent the blind from falling when one is removed supporting obstacle is effected by a safety lever 31. This has at its end opposite the brake flaps 32, 33 a guide slot 36 for the tension band 1.
  • the locking lever 31 rests on the side of the brake flaps 32, 33 on one Stop surface of the band attachment 39, so that the locking lever when Raise the curtain on one side on this stop surface and on the other on a support 38 integrally molded on the guide carriage 2 lies on. This is the locking lever 31 when lifting the normal Blinds by means of the elevator belt 1 in a horizontal position and the brake flaps 32,33 cannot exert any frictional forces on the rail.
  • the brake flaps 32, 33 of the locking lever 8 Act when securing against unauthorized pushing up of the curtain the brake flaps 32, 33 of the locking lever 8 in exactly the same way as the locking lever 31 as described above.
  • the brake flaps 32, 33 comprise the yoke of the rail 21, each with a rear engagement tab 34, 35.
  • the locking lever 8 lies between two Cams 12a and 12b located vertically one above the other as rotary bearings. Under the pin 6 it has a support 10 for the guide carriage 2 Locking lever 8. This support 10 has the task of lowering and when lifting the curtain the locking lever in a horizontal position Hold position so that it is not under the weight of the curtain can rotate and thus exerts frictional forces on the rail, so that a similar Case could occur as described above.
  • the carriage 2 With the elevator belt 1, the carriage 2 is pulled up and through the support on the support 22, the slats are horizontal and can to be gathered. When lowering, the elevator belt 1 brakes the otherwise free one Case of the carriage 2 so that this due to its own weight in synchronism slides down with the curtain.
  • the slat package of which only the The lowest slat is shown, is by the tab 4 on the carriage 2nd supported in a bowl 5. The support is also located on this pin 10th
  • the tab 4 is pivotally connected to the lowermost lamella of the plate pack via the hinge pin 14. If the completely lowered curtain is pressed upwards on its lowest slat of the slat package, the pin 6 on the locking lever 8 in the slot 7 is pulled upwards.
  • the positive engagement of the brake flaps 32, 33 on the yoke of the rail 21 causes the brake flaps 32, 33 according to the description of FIG. 1 above to exert frictional forces F r on the web of the rail 21, which as a result of the lever arm 11 and through the Contact forces F B become very large, and it is therefore not possible for the locking lever 8 or the tab 4 and thus the lowest slat of the curtain can be moved. This guarantees an absolutely flawless securing of the curtain.
  • the curtain is raised by means of the drawstring 1, the comes Locking lever 8 as a result of the support 10 and the cams 12a, 12b in the horizontal position and the brake flaps 32.33 slide smoothly the rail up.
  • the locking only occurs when Raise the bottom slat to take effect without any further Activity of the operator would be necessary. If the brake flaps too 32.33 came into effect, nobody notices, because when pulling up the brake flaps 32, 33 release themselves from the rail 21 and the curtain can be operated without any additional effort.

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The object of the invention is to secure a roller or Venetian blind against unauthorised pushing-up from outside a building and to prevent the screen from falling downwards, as a result of its deadweight, after lowering has been hindered by an obstruction, to be precise this is to be achieved without additional manipulation. For securing purposes, in the case of a screen comprising parallel profile bars (3) which are interhung by means of carrying members and are guided in rails (21) located laterally on the window or door frame, use is made of a clamping device by means of which at least the lowermost profile of the screen can be fixedly clamped on the sides. Said clamping device is, by means of an articulation pin (14), rotatably suspended on the two carrying members (15), assigned to the profile bar (3) to be secured, in an elongate lug (4) in each case. The lug (4) is provided with a slot (7) into which a pin (6) of a locking lever (8) engages. The locking lever (8) bears, at a distance from the pin (6), on two opposite surfaces of a rail (21) by means of two braking jaws (9). Likewise provided for securing the blind against falling is a securing bar (31) which also has braking jaws (32, 33) made for sliding on the rails (21). A support (37) from the guide carriage (2) serves for horizontally positioning the securing bar (31) when the screen is drawn up, a band fastener (40) having a stop surface, with which the securing bar is raised. <IMAGE>

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Sicherheitsvorrichtung für Raff- oder Rolljalousien mit einem Behang aus unter sich mittels Lamellenträgern verhängten und in seitlich am Fenster- oder Türrahmen befindlichen Schienen geführten, parallelen, an seitlich miteinander verbundenen Lamellenträgern drehbeweglich gehalterten Lamellen, von welchen Lamellenträgern derjenige, der die untersten Lamelle trägt, drehbar an einem in seitlichen Schienen geführten Führungsschlitten gehaltert ist.The present invention relates to a safety device for gathering or Roller blinds with a curtain made of slats suspended below and in rails on the side of the window or door frame guided, parallel, on laterally interconnected slat carriers rotatably supported slats, of which slat carriers the one which carries the lowest slat, rotatable on one in side rails guided slide is supported.

Sicherheitsvorrichtungen sind bekannt. Es wird dabei zwischen Sicherheitsvorrichtungen zum Schutz der Raff- oder Rolljalousie und Sicherheitsvorrichtungen zum Schutz gegen unerwünschte Eindringlinge unterschieden.Safety devices are known. It will be between safety devices to protect the venetian blind or roller blind and safety devices to protect against unwanted intruders.

Bei den erstgenannten kann oft beobachtet werden, dass bei der Zimmerreinigung, und vor allem bei Balkontüren die Gleitnuten von Raff- oder Rolljalousien zur seitlichen Halterung von Reinigungsgeräten, wie Besen oder dgl. benützt werden. Wird eine Jalousie aus Unachtsamkeit heruntergelassen, ohne dieses Hindernis zu entfernen, so stellt sich die Jalousie schräg und verhängt sich in den Schienen. Wird dann nach Erkennen des Fehlers das Hindernis einfach entfernt, donnert die Jalousie geräuschvoll hinunter. Dieser freie Fall kann die Führungen und vor allem die Tragelemente beschädigen, so dass dann die Lamellen nicht mehr zum Schliessen gebracht werden können. Meist muss die Jalousie vollständig ausgebaut und im Werk repariert werden. Dies ist sehr kostspielig und wäre bei grösserer Sorgfalt nicht nötig.With the former it can often be observed that when cleaning the rooms, and especially for balcony doors, the sliding grooves of venetian blinds or roller blinds for lateral mounting of cleaning devices, such as brooms or the like. be used. If a blind is lowered due to carelessness, without to remove this obstacle, the blind slants and slants themselves in the rails. After the fault has been identified, the obstacle then becomes simply removed, the blinds thunder down noisily. This free fall can damage the guides and especially the support elements, so that then the slats can no longer be closed. Most of time the blind must be completely removed and repaired in the factory. This is very expensive and would not be necessary if more care was taken.

Die Sicherheitsvorrichtungen der zweitgenannten Art bestehen im einfachsten Fall aus einem oder zwei seitlich verschiebbaren Riegeln an der untersten Lamelle, die in Ausnehmungen in den Schienen eingreifen. Solche manuell betätigten Riegel sind an und für sich sicher, wenn ein Einbrecher nicht zwischen zwei Lamellen durchgreifen und die Sicherung entriegeln kann. Ausserdem verlangt diese Art von Sicherung zumindest noch eine zweite Arbeit, nämlich die Betätigung der Riegel, an der Store, die aber bekannterweise oft vergessen wird.The safety devices of the second type are the simplest Fall from one or two laterally displaceable bars on the lowest Slat, which engage in recesses in the rails. Such manually Actuated bolts are in and of themselves safe if a burglar is not between reach through two slats and unlock the fuse. Furthermore this type of backup requires at least a second job, namely the actuation of the latch on the store, which is known, however, often will be forgotten.

Es sind deshalb in neuerer Zeit verschiedene Systeme bekannt geworden, die durch ein Hochschieben oder -drücken des Behanges eine Klemmung verursachen. Eine solche ist beispielsweise im DE-U-8715585 beschrieben. Zwei an einem Drehzapfen nach ausserhalb des Profils abstehende Verriegelungszapfen überfahren in der untersten Lage des Behanges einen Steg einer Sperrplatte. Mit dem Schliessen der Store werden die beiden Verriegelungszapfen in horizontale Lage geschwenkt und durch ein leichtes Hochziehen des Behanges kommt ein Verriegelungszapfen zum Anschlag an einem zentralen Abschnitt der Sperrplatte, so dass ein weiteres Anheben nicht möglich ist. Zum Lösen wird der Behang abgesenkt, wodurch sich die Profile wieder in eine horizontale Lage drehen und die Verriegelungszapfen senkrecht iibereinander zu liegen kommen. In dieser Lage kann dann der Behang hochgezogen werde. Es ist natürlich möglich, den Behang von aussen nach unten zu drücken und das unterste Profil zu drehen, so dass sich der Behang hochschieben lässt. Therefore, various systems have become known in recent times that cause a pinch by pushing or pushing the curtain. Such is described for example in DE-U-8715585. Two locking pins protruding outside of the profile on a pivot run over a footbridge in the lowest position of the curtain a locking plate. When the store closes, the two locking pins swiveled into a horizontal position and by pulling it up slightly of the curtain comes a locking pin to stop at one central section of the locking plate so that further lifting is not possible is. The curtain is lowered to loosen, which causes the profiles to become loose turn it back to a horizontal position and the locking pins vertically come to lie on top of each other. In this position, the curtain can being pulled up. It is of course possible to move the curtain from the outside press down and turn the bottom profile so that the curtain can be pushed up.

Die CH-A-653090 zeigt ein aus einem Hebel bestehendes Klemmglied, der an einem Schwenkzapfen an einer Platte drehbar gelagert ist. Die Platte ist Teil eines in der Fiihrungsschiene verfahrbaren Wagens. Wird diese Platte durch Anheben einer Lamelle angehoben, so wird der Hebel verschwenkt und er drückt damit gegen die Führungsschiene und verklemmt sich. Wenn die Store hochgezogen wird, wird der Hebel mit dem Band in eine unwirksame Lage gebracht. Es besteht aber die Möglichkeit, dass die Jalousie nicht vollständig abgesenkt wird, so dass der Hebel unter einer Zugkraft steht und dadurch nicht in eine Klemmlage kommt. Wenn dann die Store angehoben wird, so kann unter der untersten Lamelle hindurchgegriffen werden und der Hebel vom Hand in die unwirksame Lage gebracht werden.The CH-A-653090 shows a clamping member consisting of a lever, the a pivot pin is rotatably mounted on a plate. The plate is part a carriage that can be moved in the guide rail. Will this plate through Lifting a slat raised, the lever is pivoted and he presses against the guide rail and jams. If the store is pulled up, the lever with the tape is in an ineffective position brought. However, there is a possibility that the blind is not complete is lowered so that the lever is under traction and thereby does not come into a clamping position. Then when the store is raised, so can be reached under the lowest slat and the lever be brought into the ineffective position by hand.

Es ist demgemäss eine Aufgabe der Erfindung eine Sicherheitsvorrichtung zu schaffen, die mit gleichartigem Aufbau bei Roll- und Raffjalousien eine Sicherheit gegen Hochstossen unabhängig vom Abstand zum vollständig geschlossenen Behang und eine Sicherheit gegen ein Hinunterfallen des Behanges ermöglicht.It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a safety device create security with a similar structure for roller blinds and venetian blinds against pushing up regardless of the distance to the fully closed Curtain and a security against falling of the curtain enables.

Erfindungsgemäss wird dies dadurch erreicht, dass wenigstens einer der der untersten Lamelle zugeordneten Lamellenträger mit einem Bremslappen für den Eingriff mit der Schiene aufweisenden Sicherungshebel versehen ist, und dass der Führungsschlitten eine Auflage zur einseitigen Belastung des Sicherungshebels bei Feststellung der Lamelle bei einer Verschiebekraft, entweder durch Hochschieben oder durch das Eigengewicht des Lamellenstapels bei Verhinderung des Absenkens durch ein Hindernis, und eine Stellasche zur Freigabe des Sicherungshebels durch Hochziehen des Führungsschlittens aufweist. According to the invention, this is achieved in that at least one of the lowest plate assigned plate carrier with a brake flap for the engagement with the rail is provided with safety lever, and that the guide carriage has a support for one-sided loading of the safety lever upon detection of the lamella with a displacement force, either by pushing up or by the weight of the stack of slats Prevention of lowering by an obstacle, and a pocket for Has release of the locking lever by pulling up the guide carriage.

Für die Sicherung gegen das Hinunterfallen ist eine Auflage am Führungsschlitten zur Horizontalstellung des Sicherungshebels vorgesehen, ferner ist eine Auslöseführung mit einer daran befestigten Bandführung zur Befestigung des Zugbandes und eine obere Anschlagfläche zum Anschlagen am Sicherungshebel zwecks Auslösung der Haltestellung und ein mit der Bandführung einstückig verbundener Schuh zum Hochschieben des Schlittens vorhanden.There is a support on the guide carriage to protect against falling down provided for the horizontal position of the safety lever, is also a release guide with a tape guide attached for attachment of the drawstring and an upper stop surface for attaching to the safety lever to trigger the stop position and one with the tape guide one-piece shoe for pushing up the sled available.

Für die Sicherung gegen Hochstossen sind die der untersten Lamelle zugeordneten beiden Lamellenträger mittels eines Gelenkzapfens drehbeweglich je in einer länglichen Lasche gehaltert, welche Lasche mit einem Schlitz versehen ist, in den ein Zapfen eines Verriegelungshebels eingreift. Die Bremslappen liegen im Abstand vom Zapfen auf zwei gegenüberliegenden Flächen der Schiene an.To protect against impacts, they are assigned to the lowest slat two slat carriers can be rotated in each case by means of a pivot pin an elongated tab, which tab has a slot is engaged by a pin of a locking lever. The brake flaps are at a distance from the tenon on two opposite surfaces of the Rail on.

Nachfolgend werden Ausführungsbeispiele der Erfindung an Hand der Zeichnung erläutert. Es zeigen:

Fig.1
einen Lageplan zur Bestimmung der Reibungskräfte bei einer Zylinderführung,
Fig.2
eine Seitenansicht auf die rechte Führungsseite einer Raffjalousie von der Rückseite des Schlittens her betrachtet.
Fig.3
eine Seitenansicht, wie in Fig.2, jedoch von der Lamellenseite her betrachtet,
Fig.4
eine Ausschnittsvergrösserung der Stelle IV in Fig.2, und
Fig.5
eine Draufsicht auf den Sicherungshebel.
Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to the drawing. Show it:
Fig. 1
a site plan for determining the frictional forces in a cylinder guide,
Fig. 2
a side view of the right guide side of a venetian blind viewed from the back of the sled.
Fig. 3
3 shows a side view, as in FIG. 2, but viewed from the slat side,
Fig. 4
an enlargement of section IV in Figure 2, and
Fig. 5
a top view of the locking lever.

Die Erfindung macht sich dabei die Erkenntnis der Reibung an einer zylindrischen Führung zunutze, wie sie in Fig.1 dargestellt ist. In diesem Lageplan ist die Kraft F mit ihrer Wirklinie dargestellt. Die Buchse dreht sich damit im Uhrzeigersinn und legt sich links oben im Punkt I und rechts unten im Punkt II an den Zylinder an. Die damit zusammenhängenden Normalkräfte FAundFB sind gegen die Buchse gerichtet. Die Kraft F versucht die Buchse nach unten zu verschieben und die Reibungskräfte Fr sind damit nach oben gerichtet. Die Wirklinien der Normal- und der Reibungskräfte liegen innerhalb der Reibungskegel R, weil die Reibungskraft nie über dem Wert RF×tanρ der beiden Reibungskegel R liegen kann. Daraus folgt, dass eine Zylinderführung nur klemmt, wenn die Führungslänge der nachstehenden Formel entspricht: l≤2×µ×l 1 The invention takes advantage of the knowledge of friction on a cylindrical guide, as shown in Fig.1. In this site plan, the force F is shown with its line of action. The bushing turns clockwise and attaches itself to the cylinder at the top left at point I and at the bottom right at point II. The associated normal forces F A andF B are directed against the socket. The force F tries to move the bushing downwards and the frictional forces Fr are thus directed upwards. The lines of action of the normal and the frictional forces lie within the friction cone R because the frictional force never exceeds the value R F × tanρ the two friction cones R can lie. It follows that a cylinder guide only jams if the guide length corresponds to the following formula: l ≤2 × µ × l 1

Vorerst wird nun nachfolgend die Anordnung und die Wirkungsweise für die Sicherung gegen ein Hinunterfallen des Behanges unter dessen Gewicht nach einer Hemmung des Absenkens beschrieben.For the time being, the arrangement and mode of operation for the Protection against falling of the curtain under its weight an inhibition of lowering described.

Fig. 2 und 3 zeigen die Anordnung in der rechtsliegenden Schienenanordnung, mit der Darstellung in Fig.2 von hinten und mit der Darstellung in Fig.3 von der Lamellenseite aus gesehen. Mit der Wand 20 eines Führungskastens 19 zur Unterbringung der Lamellenträger 15, sind parallele Schienen 21 einstükkig verbunden. Auf diesen Schienen 21 gleitet ein Führungsschlitten 2. Ein Zugband 1 gleitet frei durch diesen Führungsschlitten 2 und ist zwischen einer Bandbefestigung 39 und einer Auslöseführung 40 mittels einer Schraubverbindung 39a befestigt. Die Auslöseführung 40 ist einstückig mit einem Schuh 30, der bei Störung, durch die der Behang festsitzt, starr verbunden ist. Der Führungsschlitten 2 trägt behangseitig eine Auflage 22, die mit dem Lamellenträger 15 in Wirkverbindung steht. Zentral am Lamellenträger 15 ist mittels eines Gelenkzapfens 14 eine längliche Lasche 4 angelenkt. Diese Lasche 4 ist in ihrem unteren Teil mit einem Schlitz 7 versehen in den ein Zapfen 6 eingreift, der im Schlitz 7 begrenzt auf- und abbeweglich ist. Der Zapfen 6 befindet sich am Ende eines Verriegelungshebels 8, welcher Verriegelungshebel 8 mit zwei gegeneinander gerichteten Bremslappen 32,33 (Fig.5) ausgerüstet ist. Diese Bremslappen 32,33 umfassen das Joch der Schiene 21 mit je einer Hintergreiflasche 34,35 (Fig.5). Wie deutlich zu sehen ist, liegt der Verriegelungshebel 8 zwischen zwei senkrecht übereinander befindlichen Nocken 12a und 12b als Drehlager. Unter dem Zapfen 6 hat es am Führungsschlitten 2 ein Auflager 10 für den Verriegelungshebel 8. Dieses Auflager 10 hat die Aufgabe, beim Absenken und beim Hochheben des Behanges den Verriegelungshebel 8 in horizontaler Lage zu halten, damit dieser sich unter dem Gewicht des Behanges nicht drehen kann und damit Reibkräfte auf die Schiene ausüben würde. 2 and 3 show the arrangement in the right-hand rail arrangement, with the representation in Figure 2 from behind and with the representation in Figure 3 from seen from the slat side. With the wall 20 of a guide box 19 to accommodate the plate carrier 15, parallel rails 21 are in one piece connected. A guide carriage 2 slides on these rails 21 Tension band 1 slides freely through this guide carriage 2 and is between one Strap attachment 39 and a release guide 40 by means of a screw connection 39a attached. The trigger guide 40 is in one piece with a shoe 30, which is rigidly connected in the event of a malfunction by which the curtain is stuck. Of the Guide carriage 2 carries a support 22 on the curtain side, with the disk carrier 15 is in operative connection. Central to the disk carrier 15 is by means of of an articulated pin 14 an elongated tab 4 articulated. This tab 4 is provided in its lower part with a slot 7 into which a pin 6 engages, which can be moved up and down in slot 7 to a limited extent. The pin 6 is at the end of a locking lever 8, which locking lever 8 is equipped with two opposing brake flaps 32, 33 (Fig. 5). These brake flaps 32, 33 encompass the yoke of the rail 21, each with a rear engagement tab 34.35 (Fig. 5). As can be clearly seen, the locking lever lies 8 between two vertically superimposed cams 12a and 12b as a pivot bearing. Under the pin 6, it has a guide carriage 2 Support 10 for the locking lever 8. This support 10 has the task the locking lever when lowering and lifting the curtain 8 in a horizontal position to keep it under the weight the curtain cannot rotate and thus exert frictional forces on the rail would.

Eine Sicherung gegen Hinunterfallen der Jalousie bei entfernen eines dieselbe unterstützenden Hinternisses wird durch einen Sicherungshebel 31 bewirkt. Dieser besitzt an seinem, den Bremslappen 32,33 gegenüberliegenden Ende einen Führungsschlitz 36 für das Zugband 1.A safety device to prevent the blind from falling when one is removed supporting obstacle is effected by a safety lever 31. This has at its end opposite the brake flaps 32, 33 a guide slot 36 for the tension band 1.

Der Sicherungshebel 31 ruht auf der Seite der Bremslappen 32,33 auf einer Anschlagfläche der Bandbefestigung 39 auf, so dass der Sicherungshebel beim Hochheben des Behanges einerends auf dieser Anschlagfläche und andernends auf einer am Führungsschlitten 2 einstückig angeformten Auflage 38 aufliegt. Damit ist der Sicherungshebel 31 bei normalem Hochheben des Behanges mittels des Aufzugbandes 1 in horizontaler Lage und die Bremslappen 32,33 können keine Reibkräfte auf die Schiene ausüben.The locking lever 31 rests on the side of the brake flaps 32, 33 on one Stop surface of the band attachment 39, so that the locking lever when Raise the curtain on one side on this stop surface and on the other on a support 38 integrally molded on the guide carriage 2 lies on. This is the locking lever 31 when lifting the normal Blinds by means of the elevator belt 1 in a horizontal position and the brake flaps 32,33 cannot exert any frictional forces on the rail.

Wird nun eine derart ausgerüstete Jalousie beim Herunterlassen in ihrer freien Bewegung durch Unterstellen eines Gegenstandes gehindert, so bleibt der Führungsschlitten 2 stehen und unterstützt mit der Auflage 38 den Sicherungshebel 31 einseitig, während der Schuh 30 die Bandbefestigung 39 mit der Anschlagfläche 40a nach unten zieht, so dass sich der Sicherungshebel schrägstellt und die Bremslappen 32,33 an der Schiene eine Reibkraft erzeugen.If such a blind is equipped in this way when it is lowered free movement hindered by placing an object, so remains the guide carriage 2 stand and supports the safety lever with the support 38 31 one-sided, while the shoe 30 the strap attachment 39 with the Stop surface 40a pulls down so that the locking lever is inclined and the brake flaps 32, 33 generate a frictional force on the rail.

Damit kann sich das Zugband 1 mit dem Gewicht des Schuhs 30 weiter nach unten bewegen, ohne dass sich der Behang bewegt. Erst wenn das Zugband 1 wieder nach oben gezogen wird, und die Bandbefestigung 39 mit der Anschlagfläche 40a den Sicherungshebel 31 wieder in die horizontale Lage gebracht hat und damit die Bremslappen 32,33 nicht mehr an der Schiene 21 anliegen, kann der Behang wieder nach oben bewegt werden. So kann sicher verhindert werden, dass bei unsachgemässer Behandlung ein Schaden an der Jalousie entstehen kann. This allows the tension band 1 with the weight of the shoe 30 to continue move down without the curtain moving. Only when the drawstring 1 is pulled up again, and the band attachment 39 with the Stop surface 40a the locking lever 31 back into the horizontal position brought and thus the brake flaps 32,33 no longer on the rail 21 the curtain can be moved up again. So sure can can be prevented that damage to the Venetian blind can arise.

Bei der Sicherung gegen ein unerlaubtes Hochschieben des Behanges wirken die Bremslappen 32,33 des Verriegelungshebels 8 in genau derselben Weise wie der Sicherungshebel 31 nach der obigen Beschreibung. Die Bremslappen 32,33 umfassen das Joch der Schiene 21 mit je einer Hintergreiflasche 34,35. Wie in Fig. 2 und 3 zu sehen ist, liegt der Verriegelungshebel 8 zwischen zwei senkrecht übereinander befindlichen Nocken 12a und 12b als Drehlager. Unter dem Zapfen 6 hat es am Führungsschlitten 2 ein Auflager 10 für den Verriegelungshebel 8. Dieses Auflager 10 hat die Aufgabe, beim Absenken und beim Hochheben des Behanges den Verriegelungshebel in horizontaler Lage zu halten, damit dieser sich nicht unter dem Gewicht des Behanges drehen kann und damit Reibkräfte auf die Schiene ausübt, so dass ein ähnlicher Fall auftreten könnte, wie oben beschrieben wurde.Act when securing against unauthorized pushing up of the curtain the brake flaps 32, 33 of the locking lever 8 in exactly the same way as the locking lever 31 as described above. The brake flaps 32, 33 comprise the yoke of the rail 21, each with a rear engagement tab 34, 35. As can be seen in FIGS. 2 and 3, the locking lever 8 lies between two Cams 12a and 12b located vertically one above the other as rotary bearings. Under the pin 6 it has a support 10 for the guide carriage 2 Locking lever 8. This support 10 has the task of lowering and when lifting the curtain the locking lever in a horizontal position Hold position so that it is not under the weight of the curtain can rotate and thus exerts frictional forces on the rail, so that a similar Case could occur as described above.

Mit dem Aufzugband 1 wird der Schlitten 2 hochgezogen und durch die Auflage auf der Auflage 22 stellen sich die Lamellen horizontal und können so gerafft werden. Beim Absenken bremst das Aufzugband 1 den sonst freien Fall des Schlittens 2 damit dieser infolge seines Eigengewichtes im Gleichlauf mit dem Behang nach unten gleitet. Das Lamellenpaket, von dem nur die unterste Lamelle dargestellt ist, wird durch die Lasche 4 auf dem Schlitten 2 in einer Schale 5 abgestützt. An diesem Zapfen befindet sich auch das Auflager 10.With the elevator belt 1, the carriage 2 is pulled up and through the support on the support 22, the slats are horizontal and can to be gathered. When lowering, the elevator belt 1 brakes the otherwise free one Case of the carriage 2 so that this due to its own weight in synchronism slides down with the curtain. The slat package, of which only the The lowest slat is shown, is by the tab 4 on the carriage 2nd supported in a bowl 5. The support is also located on this pin 10th

Wie schon erwähnt, ist die Lasche 4 über den Gelenkzapfen 14 mit der untersten Lamelle des Lamellenpaketes drehgelenkig verbunden. Wird nun der ganz abgesenkte Behang an seiner untersten Lamelle des Lamellenpaketes nach oben gedrückt, so wird der Zapfen 6 am Verriegelungshebel 8 im Schlitz 7 nach oben gezogen. Die formschlüssige Anlage der Bremslappen 32,33 am Joch der Schiene 21 bewirkt, dass die Bremslappen 32,33 gemäss der Beschreibung von Fig. 1 weiter oben, Reibungskräfte Fr auf den Steg der Schiene 21 ausüben, die infolge des Hebelarms 11 und durch die Anpresskräftte FB sehr gross werden, und es ist daher nicht möglich, dass der Verriegelungshebel 8 bezw. die Lasche 4 und damit die unterste Lamelle des Behanges verschoben werden kann. Damit ist eine absolut einwandfreie Sicherung des Behanges gewährleistet.As already mentioned, the tab 4 is pivotally connected to the lowermost lamella of the plate pack via the hinge pin 14. If the completely lowered curtain is pressed upwards on its lowest slat of the slat package, the pin 6 on the locking lever 8 in the slot 7 is pulled upwards. The positive engagement of the brake flaps 32, 33 on the yoke of the rail 21 causes the brake flaps 32, 33 according to the description of FIG. 1 above to exert frictional forces F r on the web of the rail 21, which as a result of the lever arm 11 and through the Contact forces F B become very large, and it is therefore not possible for the locking lever 8 or the tab 4 and thus the lowest slat of the curtain can be moved. This guarantees an absolutely flawless securing of the curtain.

Wird hingegen der Behang mittels des Zugbandes 1 angehoben, so kommt der Verriegelungshebel 8 infolge das Auflager 10 und die Nocken 12a, 12b in die horizontale Lage zu liegen und die Bremslappen 32.33 gleiten reibungslos an der Schiene hoch. In vorteilhafter Weise gelangt die Verriegelung nur beim Hochheben der untersten Lamelle zur Wirkung, ohne dass irgend eine weitere Tätigkeit des Bedienenden notwendig wäre. Wenn auch die Bremslappen 32,33 zur Wirkung kamen, so bemerkt dies niemand, denn beim Hochziehen lösen sich die Bremslappen 32,33 von selbst von der Schiene 21 und der Behang kann ohne jegliche zusätzliche Mühe bedient werden.If, on the other hand, the curtain is raised by means of the drawstring 1, the comes Locking lever 8 as a result of the support 10 and the cams 12a, 12b in the horizontal position and the brake flaps 32.33 slide smoothly the rail up. In an advantageous manner, the locking only occurs when Raise the bottom slat to take effect without any further Activity of the operator would be necessary. If the brake flaps too 32.33 came into effect, nobody notices, because when pulling up the brake flaps 32, 33 release themselves from the rail 21 and the curtain can be operated without any additional effort.

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  1. Safety device for venetian blinds with hangings consisting of parallel lamellas mutually suspended by means of lamella carriers (15), guided in rails (21) located laterally in window and door frames and pivotally supported on laterally connected lamella carriers (15) of which lamella carrier (15) the one which carries the lowermost lamella is supported on a guide block (2) pivotally guided in lateral rails (21), chracterized in that at least the lamella carrier allocated to the lowermost lamella carrier (15) is equipped with a safety lever (31) comprising a braking lobe (32, 33) for intervention with the rail (21) and that the guide block (2) comprises a support (38) for the unilateral strain of the safety lever (31) at a fixed position of the lowermost lamella at a shifting force, due either to upward shifting or due to the weight of the lamella stack when lowering is impeded by an obstacle, and a support (38) for release of the safety lever (31) by raising the guide block (2).
  2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a support (38) on the guide block (2) for horizontal positioning of the safety lever (31), a release guidance (40) with a tape fastening (39) for fastening the traction tape (1) fitted to it and with an upper limiting surface (40a) for limiting the safety lever (31) for causing the held position and a shoe (30) for raising the guide block (2) which shoe is in one piece with the release guidance (30).
  3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that in the slot (7) of tongue (4) a bearing (10) for the locking lever (8) is provided for the horizontal position of this lever in order to impede a cocking of the braking lobes (32, 33) in the rail (21) when raising or lowering the hangings by means of the traction tape.
  4. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the braking lobes (32, 33) are equipped with posterior gripping flaps (34, 35) and thus embrace the web of the rail (21).
  5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the locking lever (8) is supported on the guide block (2) and that the traction tape (I), for raising the hangings is fastened to a shoe (30) below and adjacent to the guide block (2).
  6. Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the lower edge of the locking lever (8) lies on the guide block (2) when the hangings are raised or lowered, in order not to exert any braking forces on the web of the rail (21).
  7. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the lamella carriers (15) allocated to the lowermost lamella are supported pivotally by means of a pivot pin (14), each in a longish tongue (4), which tongue (4) is provided with a slot in which a pin (6) of the locking lever is engaged and that the braking lobes (32, 33) lie on two opposite surfaces of the rail (1) at a distance from the pin (6).
  8. Device according to claim 7, characterized in that the braking lobes are equipped with posterior gripping flaps (34, 35) on their free ends and thus embrace the web of the rail (21).
  9. Device according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the locking lever (8) is supported on the guide block (2) and that the traction tape (1) is, for raising the hangings, fastened to a shoe (30) below and adjacent to the guide block (2).
  10. Device according to claim 9, characterized in that the locking lever (8) lies on the guide block (2) with its lower edge when lowering or raising the hangings in order not to be able to exert braking power on the web of the rail (21).
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