EP2712525A2 - Concealment device with improved cohesion and user friendliness - Google Patents

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EP2712525A2
EP2712525A2 EP13186530.5A EP13186530A EP2712525A2 EP 2712525 A2 EP2712525 A2 EP 2712525A2 EP 13186530 A EP13186530 A EP 13186530A EP 2712525 A2 EP2712525 A2 EP 2712525A2
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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
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  • the invention relates to occultation or separation devices for interior design.
  • the invention relates more precisely sliding panels on rails fixed to the ceiling or in a table. These sliding panels also called Japanese panels, Japanese walls or Japanese blinds and are free of any fixing in the lower part.
  • sliding panels are used to dress openings (windows, bay windows), to modulate spaces by being used as separating elements in a room, also to close storage spaces.
  • a so-called locomotor panel generally drives one or more follower panels in motion, all the panels constituting the textile wall being suspended from a rail having several guide tracks, each panel being generally weighted in its lower edge by an inserted bar. in a hem.
  • the panels are very sensitive to drafts, especially if these panels have significant dimensions.
  • each panel behaves like a sail and the panels tend to "fly" inhomogeneously according to their positioning on the rail and according to the irregular effect of drafts.
  • the implementation of a cover strip has the additional disadvantage that, when the panels return to the vertical position after being agitated by a stream of air, there often occurs an overlap of the lateral edges of two adjacent panels that prevent them from returning to the overlapping position vis-à-vis the other, these panels are then somehow entangled with each other.
  • an object of the invention is to allow a joining of all panels placed on a rail fixed to the ceiling or table to prevent overlapping side edges of adjacent panels.
  • reversible fastening means preferably magnetized plates or Velcro type fasteners.
  • the invention relates to a device for concealing an opening including at least a first and a second panel each having a first end intended to be fixed to a guide rail and a second end provided with a weighting means, characterized in that the first and second panels include reversible joining means intended to make the first and second panels integral with each other when in deployed configuration.
  • the securing means may be of different types, and include, for example Velcro (registered trademark) self-gripping tapes.
  • the reversible securing means include magnetic fastening means.
  • the separation of panels equipped with self-gripping tapes generally requires manual intervention on the part of the user before the latter engages in a folding operation of the panels, whereas the separation of the magnetic fastening means can to be obtained in a natural way at the same time as the folding is carried out.
  • the magnetic fastening means can indeed be easily calibrated so that the magnetic force that they develop is just below the resultant, at the level of said magnetic fastening means, the tensile force necessary for the folding of the panels.
  • each panel includes at least one magnet arranged to be placed opposite a magnet of opposite polarity included in an adjacent panel when the panels are in deployed configuration.
  • each panel includes at least one magnet disposed in a pocket made in the fabric of said panel.
  • the pocket or pockets may be located at different heights, depending on the desired effect in terms of cohesion of the textile wall and comfort of use for the user.
  • each panel includes at least one magnet disposed in a hem intended to receive the ballast means.
  • At least one magnet is attached to at least one end of said weighting means.
  • each panel includes at least one means of transverse stiffening at least one end of which is fixed a securing means intended to be placed vis-à-vis a means of fastening attached to one end of a transverse stiffening means included in an adjacent panel, when the panels are in deployed configuration.
  • the transverse stiffening means may be made in various ways and may in particular include one or more PVC ribs slipped into hems arranged in the panels.
  • the general principle of the invention is based on the implementation of reversible securing means, for example Velcro-type self-gripping tapes and preferably magnetized plates, to ensure that adjacent panels are secured together allowing them to be joined together. to obtain a good cohesion of the textile wall formed by all the panels.
  • reversible securing means for example Velcro-type self-gripping tapes and preferably magnetized plates
  • FIG.1 represents a concealment device according to the invention including three sliding panels PN1, PN2 and PN3 in deployed configuration.
  • PN1, PN2 and PN3 panels each have a first end intended to be fixed to a guide rail, not shown in the present figure, and a second end provided with a weighting means, for example a weight bar slid in a hem WSH1, WSH2 and WSH3.
  • PN1, PN2 and PN3 panels are configured so that, when deployed to conceal the opening in front of which they are arranged, as is the case in the present figure, two adjacent panels have the one with respect to the other a covering band with a width RL of a few centimeters.
  • the first and second panels PN1, PN2 and PN3 include reversible joining means (FE11, FE22) and (FE21 and FE32) respectively intended to make the first and second panels PN1 and PN2 integral with each other, on the one hand, and the second and third panels PN2 and PN3 when in deployed configuration.
  • reversible joining means FE11, FE22
  • FE21 and FE32 reversible joining means
  • the securing means may be of different types, and include, for example Velcro (registered trademark) self-gripping tapes.
  • the reversible securing means include magnetic fastening means.
  • the separation of panels with self-gripping tapes generally requires manual intervention by the user before it engages a folding panel maneuver, while the separation of the magnetic fastening means can to be obtained in a natural way at the same time as the folding is carried out.
  • the magnetic fastening means can indeed be easily calibrated so that the magnetic force that they develop is just below the resultant, at the level of said magnetic fastening means, the tensile force necessary for the folding of the panels.
  • each panel includes at least one magnet disposed in a pocket in a hem for receiving the weighting means, at the level of the width of the cover strip RL.
  • the embodiment described here makes the fastening system invisible and is optimal in terms of aesthetics and very simple to implement. In other embodiments, it is also possible to fix the magnets on weighting bars, visible or not.
  • FIG.2 is a schematic top view of such a textile wall, in which the elements common with the previous figure have retained the same reference signs.
  • FIG.3 represents a concealment device according to the invention including sliding panels in folded configuration.
  • the elements common with the preceding figures have retained the same reference signs.
  • the magnets make all the panels arranged one behind the other are secured in the waiting position.
  • the polarities of the FE32 and FE21 magnets being both negative, these magnets repel each other which will facilitate a future operation of redeployment of the panels.
  • FIG.4 represents a concealment device according to a variant of the invention including three sliding panels PN1, PN2 and PN3 in deployed configuration.
  • the elements common with the preceding figures have retained the same reference signs.
  • the transverse stiffening means RM12 and RM32 have ends to which are fixed magnets FE112 and FE322 intended to be placed vis-à-vis magnets FE212 and FE112, respectively, which are fixed at the ends of a transverse stiffening means RM22 included in the PN2 panel which is simultaneously adjacent to the PN1 and PN3 panels, when the PN1, PN2 and PN3 panels are in deployed configuration.
  • the transverse stiffening means may be made in various ways and may in particular include one or more PVC ribs slipped into hems arranged in the panels.
  • the transverse stiffening means may further include the weighting bars slipped into the hems WSH1, WSH2 and WSH3, not shown in this figure.
  • the magnet FE11 is then attached to one end of the weight bar slid in the hem WSH1, the magnets FE21 and FE22 are attached to the ends of the weight bar slid in the hem WSH2, and the magnet FE32 is then attached to one end of the weight bar slid into WSH3 hem.
  • the bonding magnets are thus incorporated in the weight bars, and the weight bars are themselves slipped into the hems, the magnets are completely invisible.
  • the attraction between magnets is automatically, through the fabric, when sliding panels, possibly without direct human intervention if the panels are motorized.

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The device has sliding panels (PN1-PN3), where each panel includes an end intended to be fixed at a guide rail, and another end provided with a ballasting bar. The panels include reversible magnetic plates (FE11, FE21, FE22, FE32) intended to make the panels to be secured to each other when the panels are in a deployed configuration. Each panel includes a magnet placed in front of another magnet of opposite polarity included in an adjacent panel when the panels are in the deployed configuration, where the magnets are placed in pockets arranged in fabrics of the respective panels.

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1. Domaine de l'invention1. Field of the invention

L'invention concerne des dispositifs d'occultation ou de séparation destinés à l'aménagement intérieur.The invention relates to occultation or separation devices for interior design.

L'invention concerne plus précisément les panneaux coulissants sur des rails fixés au plafond ou en tableau. Ces panneaux coulissants aussi appelés panneaux japonais, parois japonaises ou stores japonais et sont libres de toute fixation en partie basse.The invention relates more precisely sliding panels on rails fixed to the ceiling or in a table. These sliding panels also called Japanese panels, Japanese walls or Japanese blinds and are free of any fixing in the lower part.

Ces panneaux coulissants sont utilisés pour habiller des ouvertures (fenêtres, baies vitrées), pour moduler les espaces en étant utilisés en éléments de séparations dans une pièce, également pour fermer des espaces de rangement.These sliding panels are used to dress openings (windows, bay windows), to modulate spaces by being used as separating elements in a room, also to close storage spaces.

2. Art antérieur2. Prior Art

La mise en oeuvre de plusieurs panneaux coulissants pour réaliser une paroi coulissante textile est connue de l'état de la technique.The implementation of several sliding panels to make a sliding wall textile is known from the state of the art.

Dans une telle application, un panneau dit locomoteur entraîne généralement en mouvement un ou plusieurs panneaux suiveurs, tous les panneaux constituant la paroi textile étant suspendus à un rail présentant plusieurs voies de guidage, chaque panneau étant généralement lesté dans son bord inférieur par une barre insérée dans un ourlet.In such an application, a so-called locomotor panel generally drives one or more follower panels in motion, all the panels constituting the textile wall being suspended from a rail having several guide tracks, each panel being generally weighted in its lower edge by an inserted bar. in a hem.

De par leur positionnement, particulièrement en utilisation devant des baies ou en séparation de pièces, les panneaux sont très sensibles aux courants d'air, en particulier si ces panneaux présentent des dimensions importantes.By their positioning, particularly in use in front of bays or in part separation, the panels are very sensitive to drafts, especially if these panels have significant dimensions.

En effet, en présence de courants d'air, chaque panneau se comporte comme une voile et les panneaux ont tendance à «voler» de façon inhomogène suivant leur positionnement sur le rail et en fonction de l'effet irrégulier des courants d'air.Indeed, in the presence of drafts, each panel behaves like a sail and the panels tend to "fly" inhomogeneously according to their positioning on the rail and according to the irregular effect of drafts.

Ces mouvements inhomogènes sont souvent de telle ampleur que la continuité de la paroi textile formée par les panneaux s'en trouve rompue.These inhomogeneous movements are often of such magnitude that the continuity of the textile wall formed by the panels is broken.

Afin de résoudre ce problème, il est généralement prévu de configurer les panneaux de sorte que, lorsqu'ils sont déployés en vue d'occulter l'ouverture devant laquelle ils sont disposés, deux panneaux adjacents présentent l'un par rapport à l'autre une bande de recouvrement d'une largeur de quelques centimètres.In order to solve this problem, it is generally intended to configure the panels so that, when they are deployed to conceal the opening in front of which they are arranged, two adjacent panels have one relative to the other a band covering a width of a few centimeters.

Les inventeurs ont toutefois observé qu'une telle mesure ne suffisait souvent pas à maintenir la cohésion de la paroi textile, les panneaux persistant à quitter leur position verticale en cas de fort courant d'air, même lorsqu'ils sont lestés par le bas.The inventors have however observed that such a measure is often not enough to maintain the cohesion of the textile wall, the panels persisting to leave their vertical position in case of strong draft, even when they are ballasted from below.

En outre, la mise en oeuvre d'une bande de recouvrement présente pour désavantage supplémentaire le fait que, lorsque les panneaux reviennent en position verticale après avoir été agités par un courant d'air, il se produit souvent un chevauchement des tranches latérales de deux panneaux adjacents qui les empêchent de revenir en position de recouvrement l'un vis-à-vis de l'autre, ces panneaux étant alors en quelque sorte emmêlés l'un avec l'autre.In addition, the implementation of a cover strip has the additional disadvantage that, when the panels return to the vertical position after being agitated by a stream of air, there often occurs an overlap of the lateral edges of two adjacent panels that prevent them from returning to the overlapping position vis-à-vis the other, these panels are then somehow entangled with each other.

Ceci génère deux types de désagréments :

  • sur un plan esthétique, la paroi textile présente dans une telle configuration un aspect froissé très peu élégant ; et,
  • sur un plan technique, il n'est plus possible dans une telle configuration de faire coulisser l'un part rapport à l'autre les panneaux dont les tranches se chevauchent, de sorte qu'une intervention manuelle d'un utilisateur est nécessaire pour remettre ces panneaux en position de recouvrement l'un vis-à-vis de l'autre avant de tenter de leur imprimer quelque mouvement que ce soit.
This generates two types of inconvenience:
  • on an aesthetic level, the textile wall has in such a configuration a very uncomplicated crumpled appearance; and,
  • on a technical level, it is no longer possible in such a configuration to slide one side to another the panels whose slices overlap, so that a manual intervention of a user is necessary to deliver these panels in the overlapping position vis-à-vis the other before attempting to print any movement whatsoever.

3. Objectifs de l'invention3. Objectives of the invention

L'invention a notamment pour objectif de pallier les inconvénients de l'art antérieur. Plus précisément, un objectif de l'invention est de permettre une solidarisation de tous les panneaux placés sur un rail fixé au plafond ou en tableau afin d'empêcher tout chevauchement des tranches latérales de panneaux adjacents.The invention particularly aims to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art. More specifically, an object of the invention is to allow a joining of all panels placed on a rail fixed to the ceiling or table to prevent overlapping side edges of adjacent panels.

4. Exposé de l'invention4. Presentation of the invention

Ces objectifs, ainsi que d'autres qui apparaîtront plus clairement par la suite sont atteints grâce à la mise en oeuvre de moyens de solidarisation réversibles, préférentiellement des plaques aimantées ou des attaches de type Velcro.These objectives, as well as others which will appear more clearly later are achieved through the implementation of reversible fastening means, preferably magnetized plates or Velcro type fasteners.

Ainsi, selon un premier de ses aspects, l'invention concerne un dispositif d'occultation d'une ouverture incluant au moins un premier et un deuxième panneau présentant chacun une première extrémité destinée à être fixée à un rail de guidage et une deuxième extrémité munie d'un moyen de lestage, caractérisé en ce que les premier et deuxième panneaux incluent des moyens de solidarisation réversibles destinés à rendre les premier et deuxième panneaux solidaires entre eux lorsqu'ils sont en configuration déployée.Thus, according to a first of its aspects, the invention relates to a device for concealing an opening including at least a first and a second panel each having a first end intended to be fixed to a guide rail and a second end provided with a weighting means, characterized in that the first and second panels include reversible joining means intended to make the first and second panels integral with each other when in deployed configuration.

Les moyens de solidarisation pourront être de différents types, et inclure par exemple des rubans auto-agrippants de type Velcro (marque déposée).The securing means may be of different types, and include, for example Velcro (registered trademark) self-gripping tapes.

Préférentiellement, les moyens de solidarisation réversibles incluent des moyens de solidarisation magnétique.Preferably, the reversible securing means include magnetic fastening means.

La manipulation de panneaux munis de tels moyens de solidarisation magnétique est en principe plus agréable pour un utilisateur que celle de panneaux munis de rubans auto-agrippants.The handling of panels provided with such magnetic fastening means is in principle more pleasant for a user than that of panels provided with self-gripping tapes.

De fait, la séparation de panneaux munis de rubans auto-agrippants exige généralement une intervention manuelle de la part de l'utilisateur avant que celui-ci n'engage une manoeuvre de repliement des panneaux, alors que la séparation des moyens de solidarisation magnétique peut être obtenue de façon naturelle en même temps que le repliement est réalisé. Les moyens de solidarisation magnétique peuvent en effet être aisément calibrés pour que la force magnétique qu'ils développent soit juste inférieure à la résultante, au niveau desdits moyens de solidarisation magnétique, de la force de traction nécessaire au repliement des panneaux.In fact, the separation of panels equipped with self-gripping tapes generally requires manual intervention on the part of the user before the latter engages in a folding operation of the panels, whereas the separation of the magnetic fastening means can to be obtained in a natural way at the same time as the folding is carried out. The magnetic fastening means can indeed be easily calibrated so that the magnetic force that they develop is just below the resultant, at the level of said magnetic fastening means, the tensile force necessary for the folding of the panels.

Selon un mode de réalisation particulier de l'invention, chaque panneau inclut au moins un aimant disposé de façon à être placé en vis-à-vis d'un aimant de polarité opposé inclus dans une panneau adjacent lorsque les panneaux sont en configuration déployée.According to a particular embodiment of the invention, each panel includes at least one magnet arranged to be placed opposite a magnet of opposite polarity included in an adjacent panel when the panels are in deployed configuration.

Selon une première variante de ce mode de réalisation particulier de l'invention, chaque panneau inclut au moins un aimant disposé dans une poche aménagée dans le tissu dudit panneau.According to a first variant of this particular embodiment of the invention, each panel includes at least one magnet disposed in a pocket made in the fabric of said panel.

On pourra envisager la mise en oeuvre d'une poche unique, mais aussi de plusieurs poches destinées à recevoir plusieurs aimants. La ou les poches pourront être situées à différentes hauteurs, en fonction de l'effet recherché en termes de cohésion de la paroi textile et de confort d'usage pour l'utilisateur.It will be possible to envisage the implementation of a single pocket, but also of several pockets intended to receive several magnets. The pocket or pockets may be located at different heights, depending on the desired effect in terms of cohesion of the textile wall and comfort of use for the user.

Selon une deuxième variante de ce mode de réalisation particulier de l'invention, qui n'est pas exclusive de la première variante, chaque panneau inclut au moins un aimant disposé dans un ourlet destiné à recevoir le moyen de lestage.According to a second variant of this particular embodiment of the invention, which is not exclusive of the first variant, each panel includes at least one magnet disposed in a hem intended to receive the ballast means.

Selon un mode de mise en oeuvre particulier de cette variante, au moins un aimant est fixé à au moins une extrémité dudit moyen de lestage.According to a particular embodiment of this variant, at least one magnet is attached to at least one end of said weighting means.

Selon une troisième variante de mise en oeuvre de l'invention, chaque panneau inclut au moins un moyen de rigidification transversale à au moins une extrémité duquel est fixé un moyen de solidarisation destiné à être placé en vis-à-vis d'un moyen de solidarisation fixé à une extrémité d'un moyen de rigidification transversale inclus dans un panneau adjacent, lorsque les panneaux sont en configuration déployée.According to a third alternative embodiment of the invention, each panel includes at least one means of transverse stiffening at least one end of which is fixed a securing means intended to be placed vis-à-vis a means of fastening attached to one end of a transverse stiffening means included in an adjacent panel, when the panels are in deployed configuration.

Les moyens de rigidification transversale pourront être réalisés de diverses manières et pourront en particulier inclure une ou plusieurs baleines en PVC glissées dans des ourlets aménagés dans les panneaux.The transverse stiffening means may be made in various ways and may in particular include one or more PVC ribs slipped into hems arranged in the panels.

5. Liste des figures5. List of figures

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront plus clairement à la lecture de la description suivante de différents modes de réalisation de l'invention, donnée à titre d'exemples illustratifs et non limitatifs, au regard des dessins annexés parmi lesquels :

  • la FIG.1 représente un dispositif d'occultation conforme à l'invention incluant des panneaux coulissants en configuration déployée ;
  • la FIG.2 est une vue de dessus schématique d'une telle paroi textile ;
  • la FIG.3 représente un dispositif d'occultation conforme à l'invention incluant des panneaux coulissants en configuration repliée ;
  • la FIG.4 représente un dispositif d'occultation conforme à une variante de l'invention en configuration déployée.
Other features and advantages of the invention will appear more clearly on reading the following description of various embodiments of the invention, given by way of illustrative and non-limiting examples, with reference to the appended drawings among which:
  • the FIG.1 represents a concealment device according to the invention including sliding panels in deployed configuration;
  • the FIG.2 is a schematic top view of such a textile wall;
  • the FIG.3 represents a concealment device according to the invention including sliding panels in folded configuration;
  • the FIG.4 represents a concealment device according to a variant of the invention in deployed configuration.

6. Description détaillée de différents modes de réalisation de l'invention6. Detailed description of various embodiments of the invention 6.1 Principe général6.1 General principle

Comme déjà indiqué, le principe général de l'invention repose sur la mise en oeuvre de moyens de solidarisation réversibles, par exemple des rubans auto-agrippants de type Velcro et préférentiellement des plaques aimantées, pour assurer une solidarisation entre eux de panneaux adjacents permettant d'obtenir une bonne cohésion de la paroi textile formée par l'ensemble des panneaux.As already indicated, the general principle of the invention is based on the implementation of reversible securing means, for example Velcro-type self-gripping tapes and preferably magnetized plates, to ensure that adjacent panels are secured together allowing them to be joined together. to obtain a good cohesion of the textile wall formed by all the panels.

6.2 Description de différents modes de réalisation6.2 Description of various embodiments

La FIG.1 représente un dispositif d'occultation conforme à l'invention incluant trois panneaux coulissants PN1, PN2 et PN3 en configuration déployée.The FIG.1 represents a concealment device according to the invention including three sliding panels PN1, PN2 and PN3 in deployed configuration.

Ces panneaux PN1, PN2 et PN3 présentent chacun une première extrémité destinée à être fixée à un rail de guidage, non représentée sur la présente figure, et une deuxième extrémité munie d'un moyen de lestage, par exemple une barre de lestage glissée dans un ourlet WSH1, WSH2 et WSH3.These PN1, PN2 and PN3 panels each have a first end intended to be fixed to a guide rail, not shown in the present figure, and a second end provided with a weighting means, for example a weight bar slid in a hem WSH1, WSH2 and WSH3.

Les panneaux PN1, PN2 et PN3 sont configurés de telle sorte que, lorsqu'ils sont déployés en vue d'occulter l'ouverture devant laquelle ils sont disposés, comme c'est le cas dans la présente figure, deux panneaux adjacents présentent l'un par rapport à l'autre une bande de recouvrement d'une largeur RL de quelques centimètres.PN1, PN2 and PN3 panels are configured so that, when deployed to conceal the opening in front of which they are arranged, as is the case in the present figure, two adjacent panels have the one with respect to the other a covering band with a width RL of a few centimeters.

Conformément à l'invention, les premier et deuxième panneaux PN1, PN2 et PN3 incluent des moyens de solidarisation réversibles (FE11, FE22) et (FE21 et FE32), respectivement destinés à rendre solidaires entre eux les premier et deuxième panneaux PN1 et PN2, d'une part, et les deuxième et troisième panneaux PN2 et PN3 lorsqu'ils sont en configuration déployée.According to the invention, the first and second panels PN1, PN2 and PN3 include reversible joining means (FE11, FE22) and (FE21 and FE32) respectively intended to make the first and second panels PN1 and PN2 integral with each other, on the one hand, and the second and third panels PN2 and PN3 when in deployed configuration.

Les moyens de solidarisation pourront être de différents types, et inclure par exemple des rubans auto-agrippants de type Velcro (marque déposée).The securing means may be of different types, and include, for example Velcro (registered trademark) self-gripping tapes.

Préférentiellement, les moyens de solidarisation réversibles incluent des moyens de solidarisation magnétique.Preferably, the reversible securing means include magnetic fastening means.

La manipulation de panneaux munis de tels moyens de solidarisation magnétique est en principe plus agréable pour un utilisateur que celle de panneaux munis de rubans auto-agrippants.The handling of panels provided with such magnetic fastening means is in principle more pleasant for a user than that of panels provided with self-gripping tapes.

En effet, la séparation de panneaux munis de rubans auto-agrippants exige généralement une intervention manuelle de la part de l'utilisateur avant que celui-ci n'engage une manoeuvre de repliement des panneaux, alors que la séparation des moyens de solidarisation magnétique peut être obtenue de façon naturelle en même temps que le repliement est réalisé. Les moyens de solidarisation magnétique peuvent en effet être aisément calibrés pour que la force magnétique qu'ils développent soit juste inférieure à la résultante, au niveau desdits moyens de solidarisation magnétique, de la force de traction nécessaire au repliement des panneaux.Indeed, the separation of panels with self-gripping tapes generally requires manual intervention by the user before it engages a folding panel maneuver, while the separation of the magnetic fastening means can to be obtained in a natural way at the same time as the folding is carried out. The magnetic fastening means can indeed be easily calibrated so that the magnetic force that they develop is just below the resultant, at the level of said magnetic fastening means, the tensile force necessary for the folding of the panels.

Dans la variante de réalisation de l'invention représentée ici, chaque panneau inclut au moins un aimant disposé dans une poche aménagée dans un ourlet destiné à recevoir le moyen de lestage, au niveau de la bande de recouvrement de largeur RL. Ainsi, plus le tissu dans lequel les panneaux sont réalisés sera épais, plus la force magnétique des aimants devra être importante pour produire une même force d'attraction.In the alternative embodiment of the invention shown here, each panel includes at least one magnet disposed in a pocket in a hem for receiving the weighting means, at the level of the width of the cover strip RL. Thus, the thicker the fabric in which the panels are made, the greater the magnetic force of the magnets will have to be important to produce the same force of attraction.

Le mode de réalisation décrit ici rend le système de solidarisation invisible et est optimal sur le plan esthétique et très simple à mettre en oeuvre. Dans d'autres modes de réalisation, il est aussi possible de fixer les aimants sur des barres de lestage, apparentes ou non.The embodiment described here makes the fastening system invisible and is optimal in terms of aesthetics and very simple to implement. In other embodiments, it is also possible to fix the magnets on weighting bars, visible or not.

La FIG.2 est une vue de dessus schématique d'une telle paroi textile, dans laquelle les éléments communs avec la figure précédente ont conservé les mêmes signes de référence.The FIG.2 is a schematic top view of such a textile wall, in which the elements common with the previous figure have retained the same reference signs.

Cette figure a volontairement été simplifiée afin de permettre une meilleure compréhension du fonctionnement de l'invention. En particulier, les épaisseurs de tissu enveloppant les aimants n'y sont pas représentées.This figure has been deliberately simplified to allow a better understanding of the operation of the invention. In particular, the thicknesses of fabric enveloping the magnets are not shown.

Lors de la manoeuvre de déploiement des panneaux PN1, PN2 et PN3, ceux-ci coulissent jusqu'à arriver en bout de course, configuration dans laquelle se produit le recouvrement entre panneaux. Les aimants étant dans la bande de recouvrement, ils présentent alors des faces de polarités opposées en vis-à-vis les unes par rapport aux autres déclenchant alors l'attraction entre les plaques aimantées se produit, les panneaux se solidarisent.During the unfolding operation of PN1, PN2 and PN3 panels, they slide until they reach the end of the race, in which configuration the overlap between panels occurs. Since the magnets are in the covering strip, they then have faces of opposite polarities facing each other, thereby triggering the attraction between the magnetized plates, the panels solidifying.

Pour la manoeuvre inverse de repliement, un tirage légèrement appuyé sur les panneaux PN1, PN2 et PN3 suffit à séparer les aimants les uns des autres. Les panneaux sont ainsi libérés et sont libres de coulisser pour assurer le repliement.For the reverse folding operation, a slightly pressed print on the PN1, PN2 and PN3 panels is sufficient to separate the magnets from each other. The panels are thus released and are free to slide to ensure the folding.

La FIG.3 représente un dispositif d'occultation conforme à l'invention incluant des panneaux coulissants en configuration repliée. Les éléments communs avec les figures précédentes ont conservé les mêmes signes de référence.The FIG.3 represents a concealment device according to the invention including sliding panels in folded configuration. The elements common with the preceding figures have retained the same reference signs.

Dans cette configuration repliée, les aimants font que tous les panneaux disposés les uns derrière les autres sont solidarisés en position d'attente. Dans cette configuration, les polarités des aimants FE32 et FE21 étant toutes deux négatives, ces aimants se repoussent l'un l'autre ce qui facilitera une future opération de redéploiement des panneaux.In this folded configuration, the magnets make all the panels arranged one behind the other are secured in the waiting position. In this configuration, the polarities of the FE32 and FE21 magnets being both negative, these magnets repel each other which will facilitate a future operation of redeployment of the panels.

La FIG.4 représente un dispositif d'occultation conforme à une variante de l'invention incluant trois panneaux coulissants PN1, PN2 et PN3 en configuration déployée. Les éléments communs avec les figures précédentes ont conservé les mêmes signes de référence.The FIG.4 represents a concealment device according to a variant of the invention including three sliding panels PN1, PN2 and PN3 in deployed configuration. The elements common with the preceding figures have retained the same reference signs.

Selon cette variante de mise en oeuvre de l'invention, chaque panneau PNi (pour i=1 à 3) inclut trois moyens de rigidification transversale RMij (pour i et j = 1 à 3). Les moyens de rigidification transversale RM12 et RM32 présentent des extrémités auxquelles sont fixés des aimants FE112 et FE322 destinés à être placés en vis-à-vis d'aimants FE212 et FE112, respectivement, qui sont fixés aux extrémités d'un moyen de rigidification transversale RM22 inclus dans le panneau PN2 qui est simultanément adjacent aux panneaux PN1 et PN3, lorsque les panneaux PN1, PN2 et PN3 sont en configuration déployée.According to this alternative embodiment of the invention, each PNi panel (for i = 1 to 3) includes three transverse stiffening means RMij (for i and j = 1 to 3). The transverse stiffening means RM12 and RM32 have ends to which are fixed magnets FE112 and FE322 intended to be placed vis-à-vis magnets FE212 and FE112, respectively, which are fixed at the ends of a transverse stiffening means RM22 included in the PN2 panel which is simultaneously adjacent to the PN1 and PN3 panels, when the PN1, PN2 and PN3 panels are in deployed configuration.

Les moyens de rigidification transversale pourront être réalisés de diverses manières et pourront en particulier inclure une ou plusieurs baleines en PVC glissées dans des ourlets aménagés dans les panneaux. Les moyens de rigidification transversale pourront en outre englober les barres de lestage glissées dans les ourlets WSH1, WSH2 et WSH3, non-représentées sur la présente figure. L'aimant FE11 est alors fixé à une extrémité de la barre de lestage glissée dans l'ourlet WSH1, les aimants FE21 et FE22 sont fixés aux extrémités de la barre de lestage glissée dans l'ourlet WSH2, et l'aimant FE32 est alors fixé à une extrémité de la barre de lestage glissée dans l'ourlet WSH3.The transverse stiffening means may be made in various ways and may in particular include one or more PVC ribs slipped into hems arranged in the panels. The transverse stiffening means may further include the weighting bars slipped into the hems WSH1, WSH2 and WSH3, not shown in this figure. The magnet FE11 is then attached to one end of the weight bar slid in the hem WSH1, the magnets FE21 and FE22 are attached to the ends of the weight bar slid in the hem WSH2, and the magnet FE32 is then attached to one end of the weight bar slid into WSH3 hem.

Les aimants de solidarisation étant ainsi incorporés aux barres de lestage, et les barres de lestage étant elles-mêmes glissées dans les ourlets, les aimants sont totalement invisibles.The bonding magnets are thus incorporated in the weight bars, and the weight bars are themselves slipped into the hems, the magnets are completely invisible.

L'attraction entre aimants se fait automatiquement, à travers le tissu, lors du coulissement des panneaux, éventuellement sans intervention humaine directe si les panneaux sont motorisés.The attraction between magnets is automatically, through the fabric, when sliding panels, possibly without direct human intervention if the panels are motorized.

Si le mouvement des panneaux se fait manuellement, c'est le tirage sur un seul panneau locomoteur qui va permettre la solidarisation automatique des panneaux.If the movement of the panels is done manually, it is the draw on a single locomotive panel that will allow the automatic joining of the panels.

Si le tirage se fait par cordelette, sans toucher aux panneaux, ceux-ci viendront aussi se solidariser automatiquement.If the draw is done by cord, without touching the panels, they will also come together automatically.

Dans tous les cas, grâce à l'invention, c'est efficace, c'est esthétique.In any case, thanks to the invention, it is effective, it is aesthetic.

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Dispositif d'occultation d'une ouverture incluant au moins un premier et un deuxième panneau présentant chacun une première extrémité destinée à être fixée à un rail de guidage et une deuxième extrémité munie d'un moyen de lestage, caractérisé en ce que les premier et deuxième panneaux incluent des moyens de solidarisation réversibles destinés à rendre les premier et deuxième panneaux solidaires entre eux lorsqu'ils sont en configuration déployée.Device for concealing an opening including at least a first and a second panel each having a first end intended to be fixed to a guide rail and a second end provided with a weighting means, characterized in that the first and second panels include reversible securing means for rendering the first and second panels integral with each other when in deployed configuration. Dispositif d'occultation selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de solidarisation réversibles incluent des moyens de solidarisation magnétique.Occulting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the reversible joining means include magnetic fastening means. Dispositif d'occultation selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que chaque panneau inclut au moins un aimant disposé de façon à être placé en vis-à-vis d'un aimant de polarité opposé inclus dans une panneau adjacent lorsque les panneaux sont en configuration déployée.A concealment device according to claim 2, characterized in that each panel includes at least one magnet arranged to be placed opposite a magnet of opposite polarity included in an adjacent panel when the panels are in configuration deployed. Dispositif d'occultation selon l'une des revendications 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que chaque panneau inclut au moins un aimant disposé dans une poche aménagée dans le tissu dudit panneau.Concealment device according to one of claims 2 or 3, characterized in that each panel includes at least one magnet disposed in a pocket formed in the fabric of said panel. Dispositif d'occultation selon l'une des revendications 2 à 4, caractérisé en ce que chaque panneau inclut au moins un aimant disposé dans un ourlet destiné à recevoir le moyen de lestage.Concealment device according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that each panel includes at least one magnet disposed in a hem for receiving the ballast means. Dispositif d'occultation selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que chaque panneau inclut au moins un moyen de rigidification transversale à au moins une extrémité duquel est fixé un moyen de solidarisation destiné à être placé en vis-à-vis d'un moyen de solidarisation fixé à une extrémité d'un moyen de rigidification transversale inclus dans un panneau adjacent, lorsque les panneaux sont en configuration déployée.Concealment device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that each panel includes at least one means of transverse stiffening at least one end of which is fixed a securing means intended to be placed vis-à-vis a securing means attached to one end of a transverse stiffening means included in an adjacent panel, when the panels are in deployed configuration. Dispositif d'occultation selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un aimant est fixé à au moins une extrémité de chaque moyen de lestage.Concealment device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that at least one magnet is attached to at least one end of each weighting means.
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