EP0700556A1 - Palier pour le bras d'une marquise - Google Patents

Palier pour le bras d'une marquise

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Publication number
EP0700556A1
EP0700556A1 EP94918810A EP94918810A EP0700556A1 EP 0700556 A1 EP0700556 A1 EP 0700556A1 EP 94918810 A EP94918810 A EP 94918810A EP 94918810 A EP94918810 A EP 94918810A EP 0700556 A1 EP0700556 A1 EP 0700556A1
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Prior art keywords
adjusting nut
arm
bolt
coupling rod
bearing according
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EP94918810A
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German (de)
English (en)
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EP0700556B1 (fr
Inventor
Viktor Lohausen
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CEDIS LICENSING GmbH
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CEDIS LICENSING GmbH
Technolizenz Establishment
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F10/00Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
    • E04F10/02Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins
    • E04F10/06Sunshades, 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
    • E04F10/0666Accessories
    • E04F10/0674Accessories acting as separate supporting bar
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F10/00Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
    • E04F10/02Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins
    • E04F10/06Sunshades, 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
    • E04F10/0611Sunshades, 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
    • E04F10/0618Sunshades, 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
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F10/00Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
    • E04F10/02Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins
    • E04F10/06Sunshades, 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
    • E04F10/0637Sunshades, 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 adjusting the inclination of the blind
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/32Articulated members
    • Y10T403/32254Lockable at fixed position
    • Y10T403/32262At selected angle
    • Y10T403/32286Clamping screw traverses sliding complementary arcuate bearing surfaces
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/32Articulated members
    • Y10T403/32254Lockable at fixed position
    • Y10T403/32262At selected angle
    • Y10T403/32319At selected angle including pivot stud
    • Y10T403/32327At selected angle including pivot stud including radially spaced detent or latch component
    • Y10T403/32352Pivoted detent
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/20Control lever and linkage systems
    • Y10T74/20207Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element
    • Y10T74/20238Interlocked
    • Y10T74/2025Rod blocks actuation of rotary member

Definitions

  • the invention relates to an arm bearing for an awning according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such arm bearings are used where the inclination of an awning is to be adjusted. Since components used for this are always exposed to high loads, they must be made from high-quality and therefore expensive materials. This results in the task on which the invention is based:
  • An adjusting nut is to be understood as any component (e.g. with a spherical, cylindrical or prismatic design) that has a threaded hole for the engagement of a thread on the coupling rod. In the sense of the invention, it is conceivable either to mount the coupling rod rotatably or to provide the adjusting nut or both absolutely and rotatably relative to one another.
  • the design according to claim 2 enables a distribution of the locking forces and also enables a certain torque absorption - if necessary.
  • the variant according to claim 3 ensures a particularly easy insertion of the bolt and enables a play-free locking.
  • the bearing according to claim 4 is inexpensive to manufacture.
  • the variant according to claim 5 is compact and allows good force absorption in the bearing block.
  • control curve can be produced or formed by stamping in a single operation.
  • the variant according to claim 7 increases the locking accuracy
  • the special configurations according to claim 8 representing preferred variants without any particular effort.
  • the training according to claim 9 increases the stability of the entire awning and serves the positioning accuracy.
  • the embodiment according to claim 10 increases the user-friendliness of an awning with an arm bearing according to the invention, while the variant according to claim 11 was determined as the preferred dimensioning.
  • An arm bearing according to the invention can, in addition to all adjustable bearings of the most varied of conventional awnings, also with tilting limitations of window sashes or the like. be applied.
  • FIG. 1 shows an oblique view of an arm support according to the invention with an unlocked adjusting nut and a locking position indicated by dashed lines;
  • FIG. 2 shows a view from above with the bolt unlocked; 3 and 4 show a front and side view of the object of FIG. 2;
  • Fig.5 a special bolt training
  • a profile mounting tube 1 carries over sliding blocks 17 and
  • Screws 16 a two-part support bracket 2 (2a, 2b; only part 2a shown in FIG. 1).
  • the support bracket 2 has on its underside a groove 26 which is additionally supported by the mounting tube 1 by engagement of a spring 27.
  • This training is preferred, but not mandatory. Among other things, it serves to prevent the trestle from rotating.
  • the support bracket 2 receives an axis 13 on which a fork or U-shaped bracket 4 with its two fork tines 4a and 4b is pivotally mounted. Between the tines 4a u. 4b or leg 21, a spring clip 12 is also arranged, which serves to prevent an adjusting nut 9 from rotating.
  • the spring clip 12 could also be replaced by other components; the bearing block does not necessarily have to be fork-shaped. Support bracket 2 and bearing bracket 4 could also be designed the other way round, so that the bracket is fork-shaped.
  • the bearing block 4 In its upper area, the bearing block 4 has a recess 22 which serves to receive the adjusting nut 9, provided that it is pivoted against the bearing block 4, or vice versa.
  • the bearing block 4 is pierced twice in the region of the recess 22.
  • a coupling rod 5, which carries the adjusting nut 9, projects through it, and on the other hand, a lateral bore serves to receive a pin-shaped bolt 15, which can be locked with the adjusting nut 9, since this has a corresponding lateral bore.
  • the coupling rod 5 is provided with a thread 8 and is connected at its end facing away from the adjusting nut 9 to a gear 18 (in particular a gear transmission) which a remote adjustment of the thread 8 and thus the position of the adjusting nut 9 relative to the gear 18 is permitted.
  • a gear 18 in particular a gear transmission
  • This configuration is only preferred since instead of the gear, which is of course also held on the mounting tube, only one joint bearing point can be provided for the coupling rod, in which case remote adjustment is not. is possible.
  • a screw slot indicated in FIG. 1 serves to adjust the thread 8 in the nut 9.
  • the bearing block 4 When opening the awning, the bearing block 4 folds forward until the adjusting nut 9 stops.
  • An articulated arm 20 is pivotally mounted laterally on the bearing block 4 and also folds forward when the awning is opened.
  • the articulated arm 20 is connected to a cam control or control disk 7, which engages in the bolt 15.
  • the control curve is designed such that when the arm 20 is fully extended, the bolt is pushed into its locked position. In this way, the adjusting nut 9 is locked in the bearing block 4.
  • the latter is thereby fixed at a rigid distance from the transmission 18 and thus from the mounting tube 1. Any undesired raising of the awning, e.g. due to a gust of wind is reliably avoided. Since the recess 22 can be made to fit, the nut is also secured against rotation and with little play.
  • FIG. 2 and 3 show the locking mechanism more clearly.
  • the control cam 6 is formed on a stamped control disk 7, which is arranged in the manner of a washer on the axis 14 between the articulated arm 20 and the bearing block 4, but is non-rotatably connected to the articulated arm 20.
  • the curve 6 engages in a corresponding groove 10 on the bolt 15 and is thus able to move it laterally into the recess 3 of the adjusting nut 9.
  • the curve 6 is accordingly formed at the edge 11. This solution is particularly small. Variants with several bars result from the dependent claims.
  • a special latch design is shown in Fig.5.
  • the bolt 15a is not designed there as a pin but as a sleeve with a conical bore, which cooperates with an opposite projection 23a on the adjusting nut 9; the coupling rod 5 is only hinted at. With this design, the security of the connection between bolt 15a and nut 9c is increased. Of course, technical reversal solutions are also possible within the scope of the invention. In the case of the object in FIG. 5, the bolt 15a acts via its bore, while the bolts according to FIGS. 6 and 7, in contrast, have pins 24a-d which act laterally (FIG. 6) or in bores (FIG. 7) of the adjusting nut - or intervene.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Building Awnings And Sunshades (AREA)
  • Support Of The Bearing (AREA)
  • Sliding-Contact Bearings (AREA)
EP94918810A 1993-05-28 1994-05-28 Palier pour le bras d'une marquise Expired - Lifetime EP0700556B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CH1611/93 1993-05-28
CH161193 1993-05-28
PCT/EP1994/001742 WO1994028270A1 (fr) 1993-05-28 1994-05-28 Palier pour le bras d'une marquise

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EP0700556A1 true EP0700556A1 (fr) 1996-03-13
EP0700556B1 EP0700556B1 (fr) 1998-08-12

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US (1) US5836210A (fr)
EP (1) EP0700556B1 (fr)
AT (1) ATE169760T1 (fr)
CA (1) CA2163873A1 (fr)
DE (1) DE59406686D1 (fr)
WO (1) WO1994028270A1 (fr)

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EP0700556B1 (fr) 1998-08-12
DE59406686D1 (de) 1998-09-17
ATE169760T1 (de) 1998-08-15
WO1994028270A1 (fr) 1994-12-08
CA2163873A1 (fr) 1994-12-08

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