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EP1004742B1
EP1004742B1 EP00200511A EP00200511A EP1004742B1 EP 1004742 B1 EP1004742 B1 EP 1004742B1 EP 00200511 A EP00200511 A EP 00200511A EP 00200511 A EP00200511 A EP 00200511A EP 1004742 B1 EP1004742 B1 EP 1004742B1
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venetian blind
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Fransiscus Johannes Van Der Wielen
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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
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/38—Other details
    • E06B9/382—Details of ladder-tapes or ladder chains, e.g. buckles for local shortening of tapes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L4/00—Cleaning window shades, window screens, venetian blinds
    • 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
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/28—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable
    • E06B9/30—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable liftable
    • 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
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/28—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable
    • E06B9/30—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable liftable
    • E06B9/32—Operating, guiding, or securing devices therefor
    • E06B9/323—Structure or support of upper box
    • 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
    • E06B9/02—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary
    • E06B9/06—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type
    • E06B9/0607—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position
    • E06B9/0615—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position characterised by the closing elements
    • E06B9/0638—Slats or panels

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  • the invention relates to a venetian blind including a plurality of parallel and horizontally extending slats, suspension means for mutually connecting the slats, the suspension means including a flexible ladder cord, which includes a pair of spaced parallel uprights.
  • the invention has for its object to propose a venetian blind with an improved means for enabling the slats to assume a non-deployed condition and provides for this purpose a venetian blind including a plurality of parallel and horizontally extending slats, suspension means for mutually connecting the slats, the suspension means including a flexible ladder cord, which includes a pair of spaced parallel uprights between which the slats are disposed, the uprights being interconnected by transverse rungs which are connected to the slats, and gathering means for gathering the slats together to form a package, wherein the gathering means are adapted to form the package at a location remote from a bottom one of the plurality of slats and wherein the gathering means include at least two rotatable transporting wheels which each drivingly engage an associated upright of the flexible ladder cord.
  • a cleaning device can clean each slat for a determined time and do so at each passage of the slat, and each slat will thus be cleaned during closing and opening of the blind. In this manner the difficult, manually performed cleaning operations known heretofore may be dispensed with.
  • FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of a venetian blind 1 according to the invention.
  • the blind 1 comprises a plurality of parallel extending and mutually connected slats 2 and suspension means 3 which, as shown in the drawing, consist substantially of a ladder cord 4, the so-called rungs of which are connected to slats 2. The use of such a ladder cord 4 allows tilting of the slats 2.
  • Blind 1 also comprises gathering means 5 for gathering slats 2 together to form a package. These gathering means 5 are shown in greater detail in figure 2.
  • Blind 1 is provided with a cleaning device 6 which, as is shown clearly in the drawing, is arranged just below the upper part of the blind where package forming of slats 2 takes place.
  • Blind 1 likewise comprises a housing 7 which, when slats 2 have all been collected into a package, is closed by the bottom slat 8.
  • a connecting element 9 may also be provided for connecting the cleaning device 6 of brushes to a vacuum cleaner (not shown). These brushes may also be adapted as round, rotating dirt collecting means.
  • FIG. 2 shows in greater detail the gathering means 5 of the venetian blind shown in figure 1.
  • Gathering means 5 consist substantially of a plurality of rods and toothed wheels which are driven by an electric motor (not shown) or manually via drive rods 14, 15.
  • Gathering means 5 comprise two pairs of transporting wheels 10, 11 and 12, 13 respectively. These transporting wheels are driven by drive rods 14 and 15 which transmit their moment via a plurality of bevel gear wheels 16, 17, 18 and 19. Because the slats 2 are formed into a package, loops 20 are created in the upright parts of ladder cord 4.
  • a venetian blind with gathering means as shown in figures 1 and 2 cause formation of a package of slats at a fixed position on the upper part. Each slat can hereby be cleaned automatically during the passage through cleaning device 6.
  • FIG 3 shows another preferred embodiment of a venetian blind 21 according to the invention.
  • Slats 22 and the bottom slat 23 are mutually connected by suspension means 24. These latter consist substantially of a ladder cord, which ladder cord is provided on uprights 25 with apertures 26 at regular mutual interspacing.
  • Blind 21 is likewise provided with a cleaning device consisting substantially of a plurality of brushes 27.
  • Blind 21 likewise comprises gathering means 28 with two toothed wheels 29 and 30 for engaging the uprights 25 of the ladder cord.
  • a guide 31 is partially open whereby slats 22 can be collected into a package and stowed in a housing 32. Because the guide is partially open the slats can assume a tilted position.
  • FIG. 4 shows in detail another preferred embodiment of gathering means 33 according to the invention.
  • Slats 34 are connected by a ladder cord 35.
  • the transporting wheels 40, 41, 42 and 43 are moved via bevel gear wheels 38 and 39 whereby slats 34 are grouped at an angle to form a package on the upper part of the blind.
  • a partially open guide 44 is here also provided for receiving the loops 45 of ladder cord 35.
  • FIGS 5-7 show a number of embodiments of a ladder cord element according to the invention. These ladder cords are connected to a slat via their transverse elements.
  • Figure 5 shows a ladder cord 46 from a woven cord.
  • a transverse connecting element (a rung) 47 is connected to a slat 48.
  • FIG 6 shows another ladder cord 49 with regular thickened portions (beads) 50.
  • Figure 7 shows a ladder cord 51. Apertures 52 are arranged at regular distances. This suspension means is applied in figure 3.
  • FIG 8 shows an embodiment of a housing of a venetian blind according to the present invention.
  • This housing 53 may fulfill other additional functions, for instance as shown for hanging a main curtain 54 or a sunblind 55, or housing 53 may likewise be provided with lighting.

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Claims (12)

  1. Jalousie (1, 21) mit einer Mehrzahl von parallelen und horizontal verlaufenden Lamellen (2, 22, 34, 48), Aufhängemitteln (3) zum Verbinden der Lamellen untereinander, wobei die Aufhängemittel eine flexible Leiterkordel (4, 24, 35, 46, 49, 51) aufweisen, die ein Paar von beabstandeten, parallelen Vertikalträgern (25) hat, zwischen denen die Lamellen angeordnet sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vertikalträger untereinander durch querverlaufende Sprossen (47) verbunden sind, die mit den Lamellen verbunden sind, wobei die Jalousie (1) Sammelmittel (5, 28, 33) zum Sammeln der Lamellen zur Bildung einer Bündelung aufweist, wobei die Sammelmittel (5, 28, 33) dazu ausgelegt sind, die Bündelung an einem Ort entfernt von der unteren (8) aus der Mehrzahl von Lamellen zu bilden und wobei die Sammelmittel (5, 28, 33) wenigstens zwei drehbare Transporträder (11, 13, 29, 30, 40, 42) aufweisen, von denen jedes an einem zugeordneten Vertikalträger (25) der flexiblen Leiterkordel zum Antrieb angreift.
  2. Jalousie nach Anspruch 1, wobei die flexible Leiterkordel (4, 24, 35, 46, 49, 51) mit diskreten Eingriffsstrukturen (26, 47, 50, 52) in regelmäßigen Abständen entlang wenigstens eines der Vertikalträger (25) versehen ist.
  3. Jalousie nach Anspruch 2, wobei die diskreten Eingriffsstrukturen verdickte Bereiche (50) umfassen, vorzugsweise in Form von Kügelchen.
  4. Jalousie nach Anspruch 2, wobei die diskreten Eingriffsstrukturen Öffnungen (26, 52) umfassen, die in dem Vertikalträger gebildet sind.
  5. Jalousie nach einem der Ansprüche der 1 bis 4, die weiter ein gegenüberliegendes weiteres Rad (10, 12, 41, 43) positioniert benachbart und zugeordnet zu jedem der wenigstens zwei Transporträder (11, 13, 40, 42) und zur Rotation in einer Ebene angebracht aufweist, in der das zugeordnete der zwei Transporträder angepasst ist, sich zu drehen, wobei jeder der Vertikalträger zwischen einem der Transporträder und dem zugeordneten weiteren Rad gefasst ist.
  6. Jalousie nach Anspruch 5, wobei jedes der wenigstens zwei Transporträder (11, 13, 40, 42) durch eine Antriebsstange (14, 15, 36, 37) angetrieben wird.
  7. Jalousie nach Anspruch 6, wobei jede Antriebsstange (14, 15, 36, 37) ein Betreffendes der wenigstens zwei Transporträder durch ein Kegelrad (16-19, 38, 39) antreibt.
  8. Jalousie nach Anspruch 4, wobei wenigstens eines der zwei Transporträder (29, 30) ein mit Zähnen zum Eingriff in die Öffnungen (26, 52) des Vertikalträgers (25) versehenes Rad ist.
  9. Jalousie nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Sammelmittel (5, 28, 33) weiter eine teilweise offene Führung (31, 44) zum Führen von wenigstens einem der Vertikalträger (25) aufweist, während die querverlaufenden Sprossen (47) frei hindurchlaufen können.
  10. Jalousie nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, die weiter ein Gehäuse (7, 32, 53) zur Unterbringung der gesammelten Bündelung der Lamellen aufweist.
  11. Jalousie nach Anspruch 10, wobei das Gehäuse (32, 53) unter einem Winkel in Bezug auf eine Ebene angeordnet ist, in der die Jalousie allgemein verläuft.
  12. Jalousie nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, die weiter eine Reinigungseinrichtung (6, 27) zur Sammlung von Schmutz aufweist, die vorzugsweise eine Mehrzahl von Bürsten umfasst.
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