EP0900314B1 - Elastische mittel zum aufrollen eines rollvorhangs - Google Patents

Elastische mittel zum aufrollen eines rollvorhangs Download PDF

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EP0900314B1
EP0900314B1 EP97918316A EP97918316A EP0900314B1 EP 0900314 B1 EP0900314 B1 EP 0900314B1 EP 97918316 A EP97918316 A EP 97918316A EP 97918316 A EP97918316 A EP 97918316A EP 0900314 B1 EP0900314 B1 EP 0900314B1
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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
    • E06B9/56—Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures; Spring drums; Tape drums; Counterweighting arrangements therefor
    • E06B9/68—Operating devices or mechanisms, e.g. with electric drive
    • 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
    • E06B9/56—Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures; Spring drums; Tape drums; Counterweighting arrangements therefor
    • E06B9/60—Spring drums operated only by closure members

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  • the present invention relates to production of roller curtains or the like, which are applied to windows for darkening, for preventing insects from entrance, and the like.
  • the present invention concerns configuration of the curtain rolling up elastic means, their supports, and the connection system between the roller support shaft and the rolling up elastic means.
  • These curtains are usually wound on a roller, which is rotatably supported, in horizontal position, inside a box-like casing situated in the region of the window inner upper edge.
  • the roller can rotate axially for curtain unrolling and subsequent rolling up.
  • roller curtains there are two groups of them distinguished according to the unrolling and rolling mechanism type.
  • One of these types includes elastic means, usually a helical spring situated inside the winding roller and fastened thereto, so that unrolling rotation determines its torsion and consequent elastic reaction can be used later for rolling up the curtain.
  • the curtain is unrolled by directly pulling it downwards and then suitable locking means keep it in the desired position until it is to be rolled up.
  • Another type of curtain does not include elastic means and is operated manually also for rolling it up.
  • a small pulley is fastened to the roller head and has a suitably shaped groove into which an operating chain fits for unrolling and rolling up the curtain.
  • one end of the elastic means is rigidly fastened to the roller while the other end is fixed to the window frame, so that the elastic means are stressed in relation to the curtain unrolling.
  • one of its extremities is fastened to a longitudinally moving element situated inside the roller, which rotates along with the roller.
  • the supports of the rolling up spring must be adequate for the elastic reaction to be determined and this increases the dimension of the supports and the global cost of the curtain production.
  • montage of the rolling up assembly is complicated, since the assembly includes the coupling element between the roller and one extremity of the rolling up spring, the spring, and a shaft which passes through the whole roller and fastens the other extremity of the spring to the casing containing the curtain.
  • the diameter of the driving pulley must be large to allow curtain rolling up and unrolling with a reduced effort, also for reducing the size of the operating chain.
  • the support dimensions must be determined on the basis of the torque which is created in the regions of the ends of the roller. This has effect on the global dimension of the casing containing the curtain.
  • the unrolling and rolling up device must have the possibility of being positioned either on one side or on the other side of the window frame to which the curtain is mounted, in accordance with the features of the environment where the curtain is mounted.
  • both the components of the rolling up system and the components of the connection system are produced in two mirror-like different series.
  • the components of either one or the other series are used in accordance with the necessity.
  • the improved means include cylindrical cores or blocks made in two (or more) diameters and each diameter is spirally grooved so as to receive a respective spring.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose improved elastic means, which return elastic reaction in a more gradual way and adequately to the effective force necessary to roll up the curtain as it is unrolled from the roller.
  • Another object of the present invention is to propose elastic means of limited dimensions so as to form an assembly which can be rapidly and easily introduced inside the roller independently from the length of the roller. This is obtained by means of a suitable coupling device, which not only locks one extremity of the elastic means to the roller so as to load them elastically, but also reduces the torsion entity, to which they are subjected as the roller is rotated.
  • Another object of the present invention is to improve the connection means which join the elastic means to the roller and to the roller supporting shaft in a way such that mirror-like relocation of the roll up device, on each side of the window to which the roller curtain is to be mounted, becomes easy and quick, without any need of replacement or double set production.
  • each of said support and constraint elements includes a cylinder, to which a spring is fastened, a raised edge which engages geometrically with the internal surface of the roller and a cavity made axially in the cylinder so as to allow the passage of a spring of a smaller diameter.
  • the shaft is connected with the stationary frame by a speed reducer, to determine a torsion entity of the elastic means reduced with respect to the rotation of the roller.
  • the shaft end is located close to the most external support and constraint element and the speed reducer, together with the group of springs, their supports, the shaft and the external support cylinder body form one compact assembly, which is introduced into the roller, independently from its length.
  • the speed reducer includes: a cup element, at least partially introduced into a head of the roller with its cavity turned outside and geometrically coupled with the roller; an internal ring gear made inside said cavity and a through hole, through which the shaft passes freely; a plurality of planetary gears supported, so as to engage the ring gear, by a planet carrier with a concentric hole, inside which the extremity of the shaft, opposite to the one fastened to the elastic means, is introduced with geometrical coupling; external support cylindrical body fastened in a firm position to the stationary frame and featuring a toothed protrusion extending axially, which is introduced between said planetary gears and engages therewith to form a sun wheel of a planetary gear train.
  • a coaxial disc keeps the shaft concentric to the roller, and is rotatably fastened to the shaft, in the region of its extremity closer to the most external support and constraint element.
  • connection-driving means including splines made on the shaft and matching a splined hole made in the support so that the shaft can slide therein thus allowing removal and relocation thereof.
  • the rolling up elastic means can be used with both types of curtains, either rolling up with a rolling up spring or friction curtains. In the latter case, the elastic means compensate for the curtain weight.
  • the roller 19, on which the curtain 20 is rolled up is rotatably supported in horizontal position, by a stationary element 35, to which one extremity of the elastic means is connected by a shaft 2, extending inside the roller, via a coupling reducer device 30, described in the following.
  • the other extremity of the elastic means 50 is fastened directly to the roller 19 and is rotated along with the roller, as described below.
  • the elastic means 50 include a plurality of helical springs 26, 27, 28, e.g. three. Obviously, the number of springs can be any, within the range imposed by the dimensions of the roller 19 and the size of the springs to be used.
  • connection-driving means including splines made on the shaft and matching a splined hole made in the support 15 which can thus slide along the shaft.
  • the common support 15 includes a step-tapered cylinder forming stepped sections 16, 17, 18. Each spring is press-fit to a corresponding section.
  • Each of the support and restraint elements 36, 37, 38 includes a cylinder, on which a respective spring is fastened, a raised edge 46, 47, 48 which engages geometrically with the internal surface 19a of the roller 19 and of a cavity 38a, 37a made axially in the respective cylinder 38, 37 so as to allow the passage of a spring of a smaller diameter.
  • springs very different in length, or pre-load e.g. one or more springs in opposite direction with respect to the others, thus determining their operation only from a predetermined point of the curtain unrolling on.
  • the resulting advantage is that the elastic reaction of the springs is kept within a more limited range of values thus corresponding more precisely to the unrolled curtain weight gradually increasing as the curtain unrolls.
  • the reducer 30 includes a cup element 1, partially introduced into a head of the roller 19, so that its cavity is turned outside.
  • the external surface la of the cup element 1 matches the internal surface 19a of the roller 19, as appears evident from figure 3, so that rotation of the roller determines also rotation of the cup element 1.
  • the cavity 1b of the cup element 1 features an internal ring gear 21 and has a concentric through hole made in its bottom, through which the shaft 2 passes freely.
  • the device includes also a plurality of planetary gears 3, supported, so as to engage the ring gear 21, by a spider member, or planet carrier, 5 with a concentric hole 5a, inside which the extremity of the shaft 2, opposite to the one fastened to the elastic means 50, is introduced with geometrical coupling.
  • the shaft is blocked inside the hole by fixing screw means of known type, or by glue.
  • the planet carrier 5 is combined with a perforated plate 4 that keeps the planetary gears 3 in their positions on respective support pins.
  • roller is supported externally by a cylindrical body 6, fastened in a firm position to the stationary element 35 by a geometrical coupling with its shank 8.
  • the cylindrical body 6 is inserted into the cavity 1b of the cup element 1, with possibility of reciprocal rotation, and features a toothed protrusion 7 extending axially, which is introduced between the planetary gears 3, thus forming the sun gear of the planetary gear train including, beside the toothed protrusion 7, the planetary gears 3 and the internal ring gear 21, as is well seen in fig. 3.
  • Figures 8, 9 and 10 show the same device mounted to a friction curtain, which is unrolled and rolled up by a chain 22, fitting into a shaped groove of a small pulley 9 made on the most external edge of the cup element 1.
  • the planet carrier transmits the rotation movement to the shaft 2, which acts on the springs 26, 27, 28 via the common support 15 with reduced entity with respect to the rotation of the roller 19, that acts directly on the support and constraint elements 36, 37, 38.
  • the elastic means 50 will be subjected to a reduced torsional stress, that corresponds to the difference in angular displacements, i.e. corresponds to the reduction rate imposed by the coupling device 30.
  • the shaft 2 has a size such that its end remains near the most external support and constraint element, and in this point it is provided with a coaxial disc 11 or another element of almost cylindrical section, which keeps the shaft 2 concentric with respect to the roller 19.
  • the coupling device 30 together with the elastic means 50 and the shaft 2 form a compact and small group, which is introduced in the region of a head of any winding roller, independently from its length.
  • the other head of the roller 19 accommodates a cap 12, rotatably mounted to a cylindrical support 13, featuring a tang 14, similar to the shank of the cylindrical body 6, engaging with a corresponding receiving seat suitably made in the stationary frame for supporting the roller 19.
  • the cap 12 carries means for reversible locking of the curtain in any position which it must assume and maintain when it is unrolled.
  • the compact form of the rolling up system allows it to be applied also to friction curtains, operated manually also for rolling up the curtain by means of a chain 22 (fig. 10), acting in this case only as compensation for the curtain weight which increases as the curtain is unrolled from the roller 19.
  • the rolling up system of the present invention allows easy and quick mirror-like relocation of the roll up device, on each side of the window to which the roller curtain is to be mounted. To re-locate the rolling up device the following operations must be carried out.
  • the coupling reducer device 30 is removed from the shaft 2 so that the spider member 5 is set free and taken away from the shaft 2. Also the pulley 9 is removed from the shaft. Then, the shaft 2 is withdrawn from the elastic means 50 with a simple sliding movement, so that the shaft end 2a comes out beside the roller coupled support cylinders 36,37,38.
  • the shaft 2 is inserted again with the end 2a into the elastic means 50 on the opposite side, i.e. into the common support 15. Lastly, the pulley 9 and the spider support 5 can be mounted again onto the shaft 2, in the region of the end 2a, that has taken the place of the end 2b of the shaft 2, which carries the coaxial disc 11.
  • another advantage of the present invention is that in friction curtains the roll up system can be indifferently located either on the left or on the right side of the curtain casing by simple relocation thereof, without necessity of production of doubled set assemblies which are to be chosen upon montage.

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  1. Elastisches Mittel zum automatischen Aufrollen eines Rollvorhangs oder entsprechend zum Kompensieren des Gewichtes eines Reibungsvorhangs während eines manuellen Aufrollens des Vorhangs, mit einer durch einen stationären Rahmen in einer horizontalen Position drehbar gelagerten Rolle, wobei das elastische Mittel (50) eine Mehrzahl von Schraubenfedern (26, 27, 28) umfasst, die an einem Ende fest an einem gemeinsamen Träger (15) befestigt sind, der mit einer Welle (2) der Rolle (19) verbunden ist, und die mit dem anderen Ende jeder der Schraubenfedem (26, 27, 28) an einem entsprechenden Träger- und Zwangselement (36, 37, 38) befestigt sind, das geometrisch an die Rolle (19) gekoppelt ist, wobei der gemeinsame Träger (15) durch einen stufenweise kegeligen Zylinder gebildet ist, der gestufte Sektionen (16, 17, 18) abgrenzt, und wobei jede Feder mit einem Preßsitz an einer korrespondierenden Sektion ruht;
    wobei das elastische Mittel dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass jedes der Träger- und Zwangselemente (36, 37, 38) einen Zylinder, an dem eine korrespondierende Feder befestigt ist, eine erhobene Kante (46, 47, 48), die geometrisch mit der inneren Fläche (19a) der Rolle (19) eingreift, sowie einen axial in dem Zylinder ausgebildeten Hohlraum umfasst, so dass eine Feder mit einem kleineren Durchmesser hindurchgeführt werden kann.
  2. Elastisches Mittel nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Welle (2) mit dem stationären Rahmen (35) durch Zwischenlagerung eines Geschwindigkeitsreduzierers (30) verbunden ist, der dazu vorgesehen ist, eine Torsionsgröße des elastischen Mittels (59) zu bestimmen, die in Bezug auf die Rotation der Rolle (19) korrespondierend mit ihrer Reduktionsrate vermindert ist.
  3. Elastisches Mittel nach Anspruch 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Ende der Welle (2) nahe dem ganz äußeren Träger- und Zwangselemente (26) angeordnet ist und dass der Geschwindigkeitsreduzierer (30) zusammen mit der Gruppe von Federn (50), ihren Trägern (15, 36, 32, 38), der Welle (2) und dem äußeren Träger-Zylinderkörper (6) eine kompakte Anordnung bilden, die unabhängig von der Länge der Rolle in die Rolle (19) eingeführt wird.
  4. Elastisches Mittel nach Anspruch 3,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Reduzierer (30) umfasst:
    ein Kappenelement (1), das mindestens teilweise in einen Kopf der Rolle (19) eingefiihrt ist, wobei sein Hohlraum nach außen gedreht und geometrisch mit der Rolle gekoppelt ist;
    ein inneres Ringgetriebe (21), das innerhalb des Hohlraums (19a) und eines Durchgangslochs ausgebildet ist, durch das die Welle (2) frei hindurchtritt;
    eine Mehrzahl von Planetengetrieben (3), die zum Eingriff mit dem Ringgetriebe (21) durch einen Planetenträger (5) mit einem konzentrisch Loch (5a) gehalten werden, in das das Ende der Welle (2), gegenüber dem an dem elastischen Mittel (50) befestigten Ende, mit geometrischer Kopplung eingeführt wird;
    einen äußeren Träger-Zylinderkörper (6), der in einer festen Position an dem stationären Rahmen (35) befestigt ist und einen sich axial erstreckenden gezahnten Vorsprung (7) aufweist, der zwischen die Planetengetriebe (3) geführt ist und mit diesen eingreift, so dass ein Sonnenrad eines Planetengetriebe-Zuges gebildet wird.
  5. Elastisches Mittel nach Anspruch 3,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine koaxiale Scheibe (11), die die Welle (2) konzentrisch in Bezug auf die Rolle hält, drehbar an der Welle (2) in dem Bereich ihres näher an dem ganz äußeren Träger- und Zwangselement liegenden Endes befestigt ist.
  6. Elastisches Mittel nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die geometrische Verbindung zwischen der Welle (2) und dem gemeinsamen Federträger (15) mit einem eine Verbindung herstellenden Mittel erzielt wird, das auf der Welle ausgebildete Keile sowie angepasste Keillöcher an dem Träger (15) umfasst, so dass die Welle darin gleiten kann und somit daraus entfernt und darin verschoben werden kann.
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IT96BO000084 IT242387Y1 (it) 1996-05-23 1996-05-23 Perfezionamenti ai mezzi di ancoraggio dell'alberino ad un'estremita'degli organi elastici associati ai rulli avvolgitori di teli, tende e
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IT96BO000085 IT242388Y1 (it) 1996-05-23 1996-05-23 Organi elastici perfezionati preposti per il riavvolgimento di unatendina su un rispettivo rullo.
PCT/IB1997/000571 WO1997044562A1 (en) 1996-05-23 1997-05-20 Elastic means for rolling up a roller curtain

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