EP1235503B1 - Dispositif en interaction avec des supports et des translations de rideaux - Google Patents

Dispositif en interaction avec des supports et des translations de rideaux Download PDF

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EP1235503B1
EP1235503B1 EP00985772A EP00985772A EP1235503B1 EP 1235503 B1 EP1235503 B1 EP 1235503B1 EP 00985772 A EP00985772 A EP 00985772A EP 00985772 A EP00985772 A EP 00985772A EP 1235503 B1 EP1235503 B1 EP 1235503B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H15/00—Runners or gliders for supporting curtains on rails or rods
    • A47H15/02—Runners

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  • the present invention relates to a device which interacts with curtain supports and translations thereof, especially designed for domestic use.
  • a device interacting with supports and translations of curtains we mean a system which works according to reciprocity relations in respect of said actions performed on curtains, which may have an ornamental or protective function and may be formed by materials draped and equipped in accordance with their final use.
  • hollow metallic rods supporting the so-called “vetrage sticks” by means of re-sewed terminals are presently well-known and widespread; the said rods are adapted to them but - although effective for lowering, supporting, and lifting them again -, they suffer from disadvantages and drawbacks due to humidity conditions, related oxidation giving rise to abrasive surfaces of said rods, and from "wrinkling” hindering the movements of said terminals, and finally, from the effects produced by sliding frictions.
  • Said toroidal supports or the like give rise to drawbacks caused by the same sliding frictions, which, although of reduced entity in this case, cause tilting and torsion, such as to render useless said ring shaped supports and to transmit these states and effects to the curtains supported by them.
  • These curtains are moved by appropriate "sticks for curtains” or by means of cords (strings) associated to the aforesaid means.
  • the latter have non isolated bodies, and in this way may cause noise in consequence of contacts and collisions between them, and this noise is in turn transmitted by the rods according to asynchronous successions, producing vibrations and resonances which often adversely affect their supports, especially in case of hollow metallic rods.
  • the main object of the present invention is to solve the above mentioned problems, obviating the disadvantages, damages and drawbacks related to theses causes and/or effects.
  • Figs. 1 to 15 show possible realizations not according to the invention.
  • Figs. 16 and 17 are embodiments of the present invention.
  • Figs. 1 to 15 represent devices resulting from embodiments of a structure interacting with supports and movements of curtains, especially for domestic use, comprising support members and means utilised to move and support said curtains along respective rods; said structure being characterised in that said support members have rolling elements incorporated, that is integrated therein, which may roll along rods of corresponding dimensions, said elements being suited to determine vertical states of a plurality of said support members and their reversible sliding motions coaxially to said rods, wherein the said curtains are appended to the ends of the support members, and these ends have positions and inclinations which correspond to the same states of said supporting members, and wherein these latter members interact in such a way as to protect themselves and the rods from actions and effects produced by stresses and reactions generated during the motion of said supporting members, which co-operate with said rolling elements, and which are moved by said means.
  • the said assemblies may be equipped with a locking means, which stops their movements.
  • treated metal alloys including light alloys, polymers with or without additives (fillers), polymers with pigments or neutral polymers, may be used to form said support members, the axes, or the rolling elements; the latter could also be made of glass or wood; and finally, also sintered materials could be used for making small rollers or balls.
  • the said device or structure is indicated by reference numeral 1, and is designed especially for steel cables (ropes) or small steel rods, or for "vetrage sticks". It comprises a rolling element 2 which usually is manufactured from brass, and which has a recessed portion 3 with a bottom 4 sized so as to correspond to the dimensions of the rod, the said recess being located between opposite parts 5 which are noticeably raised (see Fig.1)
  • the parts 5 have sensibly inclined external sides 6 between cambered vertexes 7 and between opposite ends 8 of a region 9; the latter has an orthogonal cavity 10 located internally with respect to said bottom 4 and vertexes 7 (see Fig. 1).
  • the cavity 10 receives sectors 12, which are sintered when the element 2 is made of plastic polymers, and which serve to isolate from vibrations said means, their supports members, and the plurality of devices 1 during their movements together with the appended curtains, and moreover, in order to dampen the collisions caused by contacts between the so-formed ends 7 (see Fig. 1).
  • the said cavity 10 receives terminals 13 which are correspondingly shaped and which make part of said device 1, and the latter comprises separate parts 1' with a bifurcation 14 and vertical elements 15 located upwardly with respect to oblique elements 16 with reinforcements 17, the latter being arranged over the opposite sectors 18, which are coaxial to said device, and are made preferably of plastic polymers with fillers (see Fig. 1).
  • Said sectors 18 are provided with holes 19 which engage known sticks 20 for curtains, or strings (cords), in order to move the curtains, and are connected to each other by a connector 21 (see Fig. 1).
  • Said connector 21 has a plurality of sectors 22 between slits 23, having protruding edges 24 conforming to the shape of a recess 25 of a cavity 26, so that, when they are introduced inside the recess, said supporting device 1 will be stable (see Figs. 1,2).
  • a structure which is generally indicated by 27 and which is used together with the aforesaid means comprises:
  • Said parts 28 are connected to each other by said connector 21 in proximity of said bottom 4 (see Figs. 2,3,4).
  • the element 2 is contained inside a preferably laminar shell 31, which is semielliptic and metallic, and has an axis 32, preferably of plastic polymers with fillers, on which said element is rotatable (see Figs. 3 and 5).
  • the axis or pin 32 has a head portion 33 on a shaft 34 with an end 35, wherein the edges 24 are adapted to the shape of a recess 25 located inside the cavity 36 of the body 37 having a corresponding head 33' (see Fig. 5).
  • a structure according to a third device not according to the present invention, which is indicated by 38, and which is also utilised for said means, comprises:
  • Said element 2 is rotatably mounted on a plurality of sectors 47, usually of sintered brass, with an interposed elastic means 48, such that under a compression force of this elastic means, acting on said ends 41, it is possible to engage or disengage these ends with or from said cavities 42 (see Fig. 6).
  • a structure 49 designed for wooden or hollow metallic rods 50 presents:
  • the element 2 is arranged on an axis 56 having ends 57 between a plurality of steel-made small rollers 58, which are retained by means of protrusions 59 of said parts 55.
  • the ends 57 are removably retained inside diametrically opposite cavities 60 arranged on said planar zones 54 of said shell 51 (see Fig. 8); the shell 51 has edges 56 with sectors 61 made of said elastomers, which serve to isolate the shell 51 included in a plurality of respective structures 49 (see Fig. 9).
  • an annular structure 62 especially designed for rods 50, and including:
  • Said elements 2 are tangentially in contact with said rods 50 and according to an angle which conforms to the size of the rod itself (see Fig. 10).
  • a plurality of slits 70 which are adapted to the curved ends 71 of said element 66 which is designed to retain these sectors 63, 64 on protrusions 72, the latter being located on the vertexes 73 of a bifurcation 74, on said single (that is integrally formed) body 65 (see Fig. 10).
  • Said wrapping element 66 includes a known intermediate annular member 75 designed for appending a curtain thereon (see Fig. 10).
  • Said integrally formed body 65 when used as subsidiary means for obtaining said motionless states of the curtains, comprises inside a cavity 77, a device 78 including a body 79 on a shaft 80 having a head 81, the latter having edges 82 conforming to the shape of a sector 83, made of said elastomers, and adapted to the form of the surface of said rods 50 (see Fig. 12).
  • An elastic means 84 which in this example forms a spring, is mounted between said head 81 and a planar zone 85, the latter including a bore 86 for allowing the passage of said shaft 80, which has an annular sector 88 and a hole 89 like known means associated to sticks 20 for curtains or to strings for driving the devices (see Fig. 12).
  • the structure 90 comprises:
  • Said parts 92, 92' comprising frontal isolating (that is dampening) means 61, are interconnected by means of aforesaid connectors 21 to 26, in positions 93', preferably intermediate with respect to the inner and outer edges 98, 99 of this kind of structure 91 (see Fig. 15).
  • a possible configuration of a support member 1 for curtains is shown in Fig. 16, while Fig. 17 shows separately, the cylindrical sustaining element 100 used for very long rods 50.
  • the support member 1 may comprise an interrupted bifurcation 14' made of a bent metallic wire with a lower U-shaped supporting portion 18'. This configuration allows the support member 1 to pass over and beyond the cylindrical sustaining element 100 of the rod 50.
  • the shape of the rolling element 2 is - for instance - that corresponding to Fig. 8.
  • the cylindrical sustaining element 100 has a recess 101 at its front end, which forms a seat for a long rod 50; in this manner a possible deflection of the rod 50 at an intermediate position between its lateral fixations (not shown) to the wall is reliably prevented.
  • the seat 101 conforms to the shape of the round - section rod 50, and the latter projects outwardly from the seat 101, for more than half of its circumference, in such a way that the rolling element 2 is not hindered by the cylindrical sustaining element 100 of the rod 50 during its passage above and beyond it.
  • the base 103 of the sustaining element 100 is connected by screws passing through holes 104 to the wall or the like.

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  1. Dispositif pour le support et la translation des rideaux, utilisé en interaction avec d'autres dispositifs du même genre, comprenant un élément de support (14', 18') pour supporter le rideau, apte à se joindre à un élément de entraínement (20), et un élément roulant (2) apte à se joindre, de façon roulante, à la surface extérieure d'un bâton (50) ayant une section transversale essentiellement circulaire, ledit bâton (50) sur lequel l'élément roulant (2) peut transler étant dépourvu de guides longitudinaux ou de glissières utilisés pour cette translation, et ledit élément roulant (2) étant formé par une roulette ou rouleau (2) ayant une rainure circulaire (3) conforme à la section transversale circulaire dudit bâton (50), caractérisé en ce que ledit élément de support (14', 18') est formé d'une bifurcation discontinue (14', 18') ayant la forme d'un fil entrelacé, afin de pouvoir traverser des éléments intermédiaires cylindriques de support (100) du bâton (50), lesdits éléments cylindriques de support (100) ayant une cavité (101) aux extrémités distales (102) formant un logement pour una partie de la circumférence du bâton (50).
EP00985772A 1999-12-07 2000-12-04 Dispositif en interaction avec des supports et des translations de rideaux Expired - Lifetime EP1235503B1 (fr)

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IT1999TV000136A IT1311881B1 (it) 1999-12-07 1999-12-07 Struttura interattiva con sostegni e movimenti di tendaggi,spacialmente per usi domestici e metodi per attuare la stessa.
ITTV990136 1999-12-07
PCT/IT2000/000500 WO2001041609A1 (fr) 1999-12-07 2000-12-04 Dispositif en interaction avec des supports et des translations de rideaux

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US1598669A (en) * 1924-11-08 1926-09-07 G U Angevine Company Drapery hanger
GB254058A (en) * 1925-05-12 1926-07-01 Ernest Chalmer Improvements in runners for curtain rods
GB575201A (en) * 1944-03-03 1946-02-07 S W Goosey Ltd Improvements in or relating to curtain or like rails and runners
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