EP2019183A2 - Shutter device - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
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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
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- the present invention concerns closures and refers to a shutter device specially fit for windows, passages and accesses.
- Roller closures made of reciprocally articulated horizontal slats are known in order to be wound around a drum and to be unroll for closing windows and similar.
- a disadvantage of these known closures consists in requiring bulky external cased frames for housing the drum with the wound shutter.
- Slat shutters are also known in which each slat can be rotated around its longitudinal axis at least when the shutter closes the window.
- a disadvantage of this latter closures consists in that they are very complex and expensive, moreover sometimes are subjected to malfunctions and not much reliable.
- An object of this invention is to propose a shutter device which is compact and fit to be housed, also in the opening condition of the window, in the thickness of the wall.
- Another object is to propose a shutter device which permits, in a condition of partial opening of the window, passage or access, to shadow the room delimited by the wall of the window allowing at the same time an air passage almost without obstacles in comparison with the passage of the complete opening.
- Another purpose is to propose a shutter device equipped with safety means fit to prevent housebreakings.
- Additional object is to propose a simple shutter device, relatively economical, sure and reliable.
- numeral 1 indicates the shutter device object of the present invention including a plurality of fins 2 reciprocally parallel, vertically superimposed and adjacent, for example made of metal, of wood, of wood derivatives, of synthetic materials, such as plastics or also reinforced resins, or of combination of these materials.
- Such fins are shaped elongate rectangular, each with two elongate longitudinal sides that end in correspondence of the side ends 3.
- the fins are reciprocally connected and moving between two extreme conditions of closing and opening of the window, door or passage to which the shutter device 1 is associated.
- connection between the fins 2 is realised by connecting side levers 4, for example made of rectilinear metal elements.
- the connecting levers 4 are doubled with regard to fins; a number of such levers equal to the number of fins are associated to the ends 3 of a side of fins 2 and as many levers are associated to the ends 3 of the opposite side of fins 2. In this way, such fins 2 and levers 4 make two reciprocal pantograph connection, right and left, opposite and parallel.
- each connecting lever 4 is centrally connected in revolving way to an intermediate portion of a side end 3 of a fin 2.
- the two opposite ends of such connecting lever 4 are respectively connected, in revolving way, to opposed portions of side ends 3 of contiguous fins 2, which are immediately upper and lower to the fin to which the lever 4 is centrally connected.
- each side end 3 of a defined intermediate fin 2 has each hinged end at the end of a respective lever 4, one centrally hinged to the central portion of the side end of the immediately upper fin and the other centrally hinged to the central portion of the side end of the immediately lower fin.
- the central portion of such defined intermediate fin 2 is hinged to the central portion of a third lever 4.
- Each lever 4 has a respective central seat 5 and two end seats 6, 7.
- Each side end 3 of each fin 2 has a respective central housing 8 and two end housings 9, 10, next to the longitudinal sides.
- Such seats 5, 6, 7 and housings 8, 9, 10 consist, for example in cylindrical holes housing rotation pins 11, 12, 13 almost parallel to the longitudinal dimension of fin and fit to the pantograph connection between fins and levers.
- the pins 13 contiguous to a same longitudinal side of fins have sliding means 14, consistent for example in cylinder, bushes or protrusive bearings and fit for sliding long lateral guides 15 of the device 1 so constraining a same longitudinal side of all the fins 2.
- Each side end 3 consists of an end element 16, for example carried out by forming or melting metal or plastic material, sideways fixed to the respective fin.
- Each side end 3 has a side mobile protection 17, for example consisting of a metallic or plastic plate, perpendicular to the respective fin, and fit to protect the slit between fin 2 and side guide 15 in the closing condition and able to allow fins of flanking and completely lying over in the opening condition.
- each side protection 17 is rotably connected to end element 16 in correspondence or in proximity of the sliding means 14.
- the side protection 17 has elongate triangular shape, with length approximately corresponding to the width of the fin and is hinged near the sharper top oscillating between a position in which is almost opposed to the side end 3 and one in which protrudes from it.
- Each end element 16 is equipped with an elastic means 18, for example a spiral metallic spring, acting in compression between the end element 16 and the side protection 17 for elastically maintaining this latter towards the protruding position in the closed condition and for allowing to rotate and flank to the end element 16 in the open condition
- an elastic means 18 for example a spiral metallic spring, acting in compression between the end element 16 and the side protection 17 for elastically maintaining this latter towards the protruding position in the closed condition and for allowing to rotate and flank to the end element 16 in the open condition
- the opening means 19 include two flexible lifting means 20, for example two tapes or strings for roller blind, whose lower ends are fixed to respective sides of the lower end fin 2 and whose upper ends are fixed to respective drum means 21, fixed coaxially to a horizontal winding shaft 22, which is placed on the upper part of the vertical lateral guides 15 and which is manually actuated or powered thanks to an electromotor for roller closures.
- the lateral guides 15 can be equipped with longitudinal seats for the tape or string lifting flexible means 20.
- the operation of the device provides that, in the opening condition, the lifting flexible means are wound almost completely onto the respective drums and that all the fins are adjacent and almost horizontal.
- the partial unwinding of the lifting flexible mean allows the fins to reciprocally space and to slightly tilting in order to shadow the window or door opening but leaving out almost unaltered the total light of the air passage.
- One additional unwinding of the lifting flexible means thanks to the pantograph connection, carries the fins to dispose almost vertically and with reciprocal contact so completely closing down the door or window opening.
- the variant of the device of figures from 17 to 27 can be installed also horizontally and provides that the pins 13 of the side of the sliding means 14 of a fixed end fin 2 are blocked or fixed to the respective horizontal or vertical guides and that the opposite end fin 2, movable along the lateral guides 15, is connected to opening means 19 of the bi-directional type.
- the device 1 of this variant differs from the device of figures 1-16 because the opening means 19 include at least one movement flexible means 30, for example of the steel cable or synthetic fibre cable of the inextensible or high resistance type, having both ends fixed to a respective winding means 31 and having the medium section engaged in a return pulley 32 opposite to the winding means 31.
- the movable end fin 2 is fixed to one of the two sections, there and back, of the movement flexible means 30 included between the winding means 31 and the return pulley 32.
- the invention preferably provides that the opening means 19 include two parallel and lateral movement flexible means 30 whose portions placed among the respective winding means 31 and return pulley 32 are housed in channels of lateral guides 15.
- Each return pulley 32 is pivotally connected, for example by means of an idle pin, at the respective side guide 15.
- Each winding means 31 includes a reel means 33, for example cylindrical shaped, for winding, in adjacent turns, end portions of the movement flexible means 30 for a whole length of the respective wire equal at least with the run along the lateral guides 15 of the movable end fin 2.
- the wire ends that is the ends of the movement flexible means 30 are blocked to the related reel means 33 to the opposite sides of the adjacent turn assembly.
- the end portions of the movement flexible means 30 are wound in these turns in opposite directions, one into anticlockwise direction and the other portion into clockwise direction, starting from the securing points of the wire end towards the portions of such flexible means outgoing from the turns and therefore from the reel means.
- Such portions of the flexible means outgoing from the reel means are directed towards the return pulley and are adjacent and separated from a distance almost corresponding to the diameter of the reel means 33.
- Each reel means 33 is constrained to rotate around the own axis by a rotation shaft 34 manually actuated or, preferably, by a respective driving motor 35.
- Each reel means 33 is coaxial to the rotation shaft 34 with which is connected by means of respective free and rotation sliding means 36 comprising at least a longitudinal groove of the rotation shaft 34 slidingly engaged by a sliding-block means of each reel means 33 or vice-versa.
- each reel means 33 has a threaded portion 37 engaged with a complementary and coaxial fixed thread 38.
- Such threaded portion 37 and fixed threading38 have a step of screw thread principles almost equal with the turn step of the ends of the movement flexible means 30 that are wound around the respective reel means 33.
- the screw thread direction of these threaded portion 37 and fixed screw thread 38 is such as to translate the reel means 33 into direction opposite to the translation of the turns outgoing from the reel means 33 of the end portions of the movement flexible means 30.
- the operation of the variant of the device of figures 17-27 provides that both movements for opening and closing of the movable end fin are actuated by the opening means 19 in order to prevent housebreakings and to allow the operation of the device with any orientation of guides also lying horizontal on a horizontal or vertical plane.
- the opening means 19 include at least one flexible annular means, for example a chain or a cog belt, engaged with a motor toothed-crown wheel and with a transmission crown where the movable end fin is fixed to one of the portions of the at least a flexible annular means included between the two crowns.
- An advantage of this invention is to supply a shutter device which is compact and fit to be housed, also in the opening condition of the window, in the thickness of the wall.
- Another advantage is to supply a shutter device which permits, in a condition of partial opening of the window, passage or access, to shadow the room delimited by the wall of the window allowing at the same time an air passage almost without obstacles in comparison with the passage of the complete opening.
- Another advantage is to supply a shutter device equipped with safety means fit to prevent housebreakings.
- Additional advantage is to supply a shutter device which is easily to be installed also in traditional closure and pre-existing passages for substituting the traditional doors and window frames.
- Additional advantage is to supply a simple shutter device, relatively economical, sure and reliable.
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Description
- The present invention concerns closures and refers to a shutter device specially fit for windows, passages and accesses.
- Roller closures made of reciprocally articulated horizontal slats are known in order to be wound around a drum and to be unroll for closing windows and similar.
- A disadvantage of these known closures consists in requiring bulky external cased frames for housing the drum with the wound shutter.
- Other disadvantage consists in that said known closures allow a passage of air and light proportional to their opening and excessively reduce the air passage when are partially closed. Additional disadvantage of said known closure consists in that could not be easily equipped with safety arrangements that avoid housebreaking by lifting the slats.
- Slat shutters are also known in which each slat can be rotated around its longitudinal axis at least when the shutter closes the window. A disadvantage of this latter closures consists in that they are very complex and expensive, moreover sometimes are subjected to malfunctions and not much reliable.
- An object of this invention is to propose a shutter device which is compact and fit to be housed, also in the opening condition of the window, in the thickness of the wall.
- Another object is to propose a shutter device which permits, in a condition of partial opening of the window, passage or access, to shadow the room delimited by the wall of the window allowing at the same time an air passage almost without obstacles in comparison with the passage of the complete opening.
- Another purpose is to propose a shutter device equipped with safety means fit to prevent housebreakings.
- Additional object is to propose a simple shutter device, relatively economical, sure and reliable.
- The characteristics of the invention are in the followed evidenced with particular reference to the enclosed drawings in which:
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figure 1 illustrates an axonometric and schematic view of the shutter device object of the present invention in a condition of partial close-down; -
figure 2 illustrates an axonometric view of the device offigure 1 in an opening condition; -
figure 3 illustrates a front view of the device offigure 1 in a closing condition; -
figure 4 illustrates a view of a portion of the sectioned device according to the line IV - IV offigure 3 ; -
figure 5 illustrates an axonometric view of the portion of the device offigure 4 ; -
figure 6 illustrates a sectional view according to the line VI - VI offigure 3 ; -
figure 7 illustrates a view of a portion of the sectioned device according to the line VII - VII offigure 6 ; -
figure 8 illustrates a front view of the device offigure 1 ; -
figure 9 illustrates a portion of the sectioned device according to the line IX - IX offigure 8 ; -
figure 10 illustrates the portion of the device offigure 9 sectioned according to the line X-X; -
figure 11 illustrates an axonometric view of the portion offigure 9 ; -
figure 11b illustrates an axonometric view of one of the connecting levers of the device offigure 1 ; -
figure 12 illustrates an axonometric view of one of the fins of the device offigure 1 ; -
figure 13 illustrates a side view of the fin offigure 12 ; -
figure 14 illustrates a front view of the fin offigure 12 from an angle on the same plane as the fin itself; -
figures 15 and 16 illustrate sectional views respectively according to the lines XV - XV and XVI -XVI offigure 14; -
figure 17 illustrates an axonometric view of one variant of the device offigure 1 in a condition of partial closedown; -
figure 18 illustrates a front view of the device offigure 17 ; -
figures 19 and 20 illustrate sectional views respectively according to the lines IXX -IXX and XX - XX offigure 18 ; -
figure 21 illustrates a sectional view according to the line XXI - XXI offigure 20 ; -
figure 22 illustrates an enlarged particular offigure 21 ; -
figure 23 illustrates an axonometric view of the portion of the device offigure 19 ; -
figure 24 illustrates a front view of the device offigure 17 in a condition of partial opening; -
figure 25 illustrates a section of the device according to the line XXV - XXV offigure 24 ; -
figure 26 illustrates a sectional view according to the line XXVI - XXVI offigure 25 ; -
figure 27 illustrates an axonometric view of the device portion offigure 25 . - With reference to figures from 1 to 16,
numeral 1 indicates the shutter device object of the present invention including a plurality offins 2 reciprocally parallel, vertically superimposed and adjacent, for example made of metal, of wood, of wood derivatives, of synthetic materials, such as plastics or also reinforced resins, or of combination of these materials. - Such fins are shaped elongate rectangular, each with two elongate longitudinal sides that end in correspondence of the
side ends 3. - The fins are reciprocally connected and moving between two extreme conditions of closing and opening of the window, door or passage to which the
shutter device 1 is associated. - The connection between the
fins 2 is realised by connectingside levers 4, for example made of rectilinear metal elements. - The connecting
levers 4 are doubled with regard to fins; a number of such levers equal to the number of fins are associated to theends 3 of a side offins 2 and as many levers are associated to theends 3 of the opposite side offins 2. In this way,such fins 2 and levers 4 make two reciprocal pantograph connection, right and left, opposite and parallel. - In particular, each connecting
lever 4 is centrally connected in revolving way to an intermediate portion of aside end 3 of afin 2. The two opposite ends of such connectinglever 4 are respectively connected, in revolving way, to opposed portions ofside ends 3 ofcontiguous fins 2, which are immediately upper and lower to the fin to which thelever 4 is centrally connected. - In other words, each
side end 3 of a definedintermediate fin 2 has each hinged end at the end of arespective lever 4, one centrally hinged to the central portion of the side end of the immediately upper fin and the other centrally hinged to the central portion of the side end of the immediately lower fin. The central portion of such definedintermediate fin 2 is hinged to the central portion of athird lever 4. Eachlever 4 has a respective central seat 5 and twoend seats 6, 7. - Each
side end 3 of eachfin 2 has a respectivecentral housing 8 and twoend housings 9, 10, next to the longitudinal sides.Such seats 5, 6, 7 andhousings housing rotation pins - The
pins 13 contiguous to a same longitudinal side of fins have sliding means 14, consistent for example in cylinder, bushes or protrusive bearings and fit for sliding longlateral guides 15 of thedevice 1 so constraining a same longitudinal side of all thefins 2. - Each
side end 3 consists of anend element 16, for example carried out by forming or melting metal or plastic material, sideways fixed to the respective fin. - Each
side end 3 has a sidemobile protection 17, for example consisting of a metallic or plastic plate, perpendicular to the respective fin, and fit to protect the slit betweenfin 2 andside guide 15 in the closing condition and able to allow fins of flanking and completely lying over in the opening condition. For this purpose, eachside protection 17 is rotably connected toend element 16 in correspondence or in proximity of the slidingmeans 14. - The
side protection 17 has elongate triangular shape, with length approximately corresponding to the width of the fin and is hinged near the sharper top oscillating between a position in which is almost opposed to theside end 3 and one in which protrudes from it. - Each
end element 16 is equipped with anelastic means 18, for example a spiral metallic spring, acting in compression between theend element 16 and theside protection 17 for elastically maintaining this latter towards the protruding position in the closed condition and for allowing to rotate and flank to theend element 16 in the open condition - The
pins 13 of the side of sliding means 14 of a fixedupper end fin 2 are blocked or fixed to the respective vertical guides and theopposite end fin 2, which is the lower and mobile along thelateral guides 15, is connected toopening means 19. - The opening means 19 include two flexible lifting means 20, for example two tapes or strings for roller blind, whose lower ends are fixed to respective sides of the
lower end fin 2 and whose upper ends are fixed to respective drum means 21, fixed coaxially to ahorizontal winding shaft 22, which is placed on the upper part of the verticallateral guides 15 and which is manually actuated or powered thanks to an electromotor for roller closures. - The
lateral guides 15 can be equipped with longitudinal seats for the tape or string lifting flexible means 20. - The operation of the device provides that, in the opening condition, the lifting flexible means are wound almost completely onto the respective drums and that all the fins are adjacent and almost horizontal.
- The partial unwinding of the lifting flexible mean allows the fins to reciprocally space and to slightly tilting in order to shadow the window or door opening but leaving out almost unaltered the total light of the air passage. One additional unwinding of the lifting flexible means, thanks to the pantograph connection, carries the fins to dispose almost vertically and with reciprocal contact so completely closing down the door or window opening.
- The variant of the device of figures from 17 to 27 can be installed also horizontally and provides that the
pins 13 of the side of the slidingmeans 14 of a fixedend fin 2 are blocked or fixed to the respective horizontal or vertical guides and that theopposite end fin 2, movable along thelateral guides 15, is connected to openingmeans 19 of the bi-directional type. - The
device 1 of this variant differs from the device offigures 1-16 because the opening means 19 include at least one movement flexible means 30, for example of the steel cable or synthetic fibre cable of the inextensible or high resistance type, having both ends fixed to arespective winding means 31 and having the medium section engaged in areturn pulley 32 opposite to thewinding means 31. Themovable end fin 2 is fixed to one of the two sections, there and back, of the movement flexible means 30 included between the windingmeans 31 and thereturn pulley 32. - The invention preferably provides that the opening means 19 include two parallel and lateral movement flexible means 30 whose portions placed among the respective winding
means 31 and returnpulley 32 are housed in channels of lateral guides 15. - Each
return pulley 32 is pivotally connected, for example by means of an idle pin, at therespective side guide 15. Each windingmeans 31 includes a reel means 33, for example cylindrical shaped, for winding, in adjacent turns, end portions of the movement flexible means 30 for a whole length of the respective wire equal at least with the run along the lateral guides 15 of themovable end fin 2. - The wire ends that is the ends of the movement flexible means 30 are blocked to the related reel means 33 to the opposite sides of the adjacent turn assembly. The end portions of the movement flexible means 30 are wound in these turns in opposite directions, one into anticlockwise direction and the other portion into clockwise direction, starting from the securing points of the wire end towards the portions of such flexible means outgoing from the turns and therefore from the reel means.
- Such portions of the flexible means outgoing from the reel means are directed towards the return pulley and are adjacent and separated from a distance almost corresponding to the diameter of the reel means 33.
- Each reel means 33 is constrained to rotate around the own axis by a
rotation shaft 34 manually actuated or, preferably, by arespective driving motor 35. - Each reel means 33 is coaxial to the
rotation shaft 34 with which is connected by means of respective free and rotation sliding means 36 comprising at least a longitudinal groove of therotation shaft 34 slidingly engaged by a sliding-block means of each reel means 33 or vice-versa. - An end of each reel means 33 has a threaded
portion 37 engaged with a complementary and coaxial fixedthread 38. - Such threaded
portion 37 and fixed threading38 have a step of screw thread principles almost equal with the turn step of the ends of the movement flexible means 30 that are wound around the respective reel means 33. - The screw thread direction of these threaded
portion 37 and fixedscrew thread 38 is such as to translate the reel means 33 into direction opposite to the translation of the turns outgoing from the reel means 33 of the end portions of the movementflexible means 30. - In this way it is possible to maintain almost fixed the position of these exit turns and of the engaged portions in the
return pulley 32. - The operation of the variant of the device of
figures 17-27 provides that both movements for opening and closing of the movable end fin are actuated by the opening means 19 in order to prevent housebreakings and to allow the operation of the device with any orientation of guides also lying horizontal on a horizontal or vertical plane. - It is important to observe that the fixing of the wire ends to the reel precludes each sliding of the wire itself so defining with precision the position of fins depending on the rotation of the reel.
- A further variant whose simplicity allows the understanding without the help of specific figures, provides that the opening means 19 include at least one flexible annular means, for example a chain or a cog belt, engaged with a motor toothed-crown wheel and with a transmission crown where the movable end fin is fixed to one of the portions of the at least a flexible annular means included between the two crowns.
- An advantage of this invention is to supply a shutter device which is compact and fit to be housed, also in the opening condition of the window, in the thickness of the wall.
- Another advantage is to supply a shutter device which permits, in a condition of partial opening of the window, passage or access, to shadow the room delimited by the wall of the window allowing at the same time an air passage almost without obstacles in comparison with the passage of the complete opening.
- Another advantage is to supply a shutter device equipped with safety means fit to prevent housebreakings.
- Additional advantage is to supply a shutter device which is easily to be installed also in traditional closure and pre-existing passages for substituting the traditional doors and window frames.
- Other advantage is to supply a device fit to use guides, shafts and engines for commercial doors and window frames.
- Additional advantage is to supply a simple shutter device, relatively economical, sure and reliable.
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- Shutter device including a plurality of fins (2) almost parallel, each having at least two elongate longitudinal sides ending in correspondence of the side ends (3), such fins are reciprocally connected and movable between end conditions of closing and opening of the window, door or passage to which the shutter device (1) is associated, said device (1) being characterised in that the connection between the fins (2) is made by connecting levers (4) each rotatingly centrally connected to a middle portion of a fin (2) and having the two opposite ends respectively connected, in rotating way, to opposed portions of the fins (2) contiguous to the fin (2) to which the lever (4) is centrally connected, such fins (2) and levers (4) carrying out a reciprocal pantograph connection.
- Device according to claim 1 characterised in that the connecting levers (4) of a first sub-assembly connecting levers (4) are associated to the ends (3) of a side of fins (2) and those of a second sub-assembly are associated to the ends (3) of the opposite side of fins (2) carrying out two opposite pantograph connections; each lever (4) has a respective central seat (5) and two end seats (6, 7) where each side ends (3) of each fin (2) has a respective central housing (8) and two end housings (9, 10), next to the longitudinal sides, such seats (5, 6, 7) and housings (8, 9, 10) being fit for housing rotation pins (11, 12, 13) almost parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the fin and fit to the pantograph connection between fins and levers.
- Device according to claim 2 characterised in that the pins (13) contiguous to a same longitudinal side of fins have sliding means (14) protruding and fit for scrolling along lateral guides (15) of the device (1); each side end (3) consists of an end element (16) fixed to the fin; each side end (3) has a side protection (17).
- Device according to claim 3 characterised in that the side protection (17) is rotatingly connected to the end element (16) in correspondence or in proximity of the sliding means (14); said side protection (17) is elongate triangular shaped, with length approximately corresponding to the width of the fin, perpendicular to this latter and it is hinged near the sharper vertex oscillating between a position in which is almost faced to the end side (3) and a position in which protrudes from it for protecting the slit between fin (2) and side guide (15) in the closing condition.
- Device according to claim 4 characterised by including an elastic means (18) acting in compression between the end element (16) and the side protection (17) for elastically maintaining the latter towards the protruding position.
- Device according to claim 3 characterised in that , at least in correspondence of a vertical assembly of the lateral guides (15), the pins (13) of the side of the sliding means (14) of the upper fin (2) are blocked or fixed to the respective guides and the lower fin (2) is connected to opening means (19); the opening means (19) include two lifting flexible means (20) whose lower end are fixed to respective sides of the lower fin(2) and whose upper ends are fixed to respective drum means (21) coaxial to a winding shaft (22) manually actuated or motorized; the lateral guides (15) have longitudinal seats for the lifting flexible means (20).
- Device according to claim 3 characterised in that the pins (13) of the side of the sliding means (14) of a fixed end fin (2) are blocked or fixed to the respective guides and the opposite end fin (2), mobile along the lateral guides (15), is connected to opening means (19); the opening means (19) include at least one movement flexible means (30) having the ends fixed to a respective winding means (31) and engaged in a return pulley (32) opposite to the winding means (31), the movable end fin (2) being fixed to one of the portions of the at least a movement flexible means (30) included between the winding means (31) and the return pulley (32).
- Device according to claim 7 characterised in that the opening means (19) include two side flexible movement means (30) whose portions included among the respective winding means (31) and the return pulley (32) are housed in channels of the lateral guides (15) where each return pulley (32) is rotatingly connected to the respective side guide (15).
- Device according to any one of claims 7 or 8 characterised in that each winding means (31) includes a reel means (33) for winding into adjacent turns of a length of movement flexible means (30) equal at least with the run along the lateral guides (15) of the end mobile fin (2).
- Device according to claim 9 characterised in that the end tips of the movement flexible means (30) are blocked to the respective reel means (33) to the opposite sides of adjacent turns, the end portions of the movement flexible means (30) being wound in the turns in opposite directions where each reel means (33) is constrained to rotate around its axis by a rotation shaft (34) manually actuated or by a respective driving motor (35).
- Device according to claim 10 characterised in that each reel means (33) is coaxial to the rotation shaft (34) with which is connected by means of respective free and rotation sliding means (36).
- Device according to claim 11 characterised in that the free and rotation sliding means (36) include at least a longitudinal groove of the rotation shaft (34) slidingly engaged by a sliding-block means of each reel means (33) or vice-versa.
- Device according to claim 11 or 12 characterised in that an end of each reel means (33) has a threaded portion (37) engaged in a complementary and coaxial fixed threading (38), such threaded portion (37) and fixed threading (38) having a step of screw thread principles almost the same as the step of turns of the ends of the movement flexible means (30) wound around the respective reel means (33), the screw thread direction of these threaded portion (37) and fixed screw thread (38) such as to translate the reel means (33) into direction opposite to the translation of the turns outgoing from the reel means (33) of the end portions of the movement flexible means (30) for maintaining almost fixed the position of these exit turns and of the portions engaged h the return pulley (32).
- Device according to any one of claims from 7 to 13 characterised in that the movement flexible means (30) consists of a wire of steel or light lengthening textile material.
- Device according to claim 7 characterised in that the opening means (19) include at least a flexible annular means engaged with a motor crown and with a transmission crown, the movable end fin being fixed to one of the portions of the at least a flexible annular means included between the two crowns.
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