EP3294967B1 - Shade sail - Google Patents
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- E04F10/00—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
- E04F10/02—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins
- E04F10/06—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building
- E04F10/0644—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building with mechanisms for unrolling or balancing the blind
- E04F10/0655—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building with mechanisms for unrolling or balancing the blind acting on the movable end, e.g. front bar
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45B—WALKING STICKS; UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS
- A45B25/00—Details of umbrellas
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45B—WALKING STICKS; UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS
- A45B23/00—Other umbrellas
- A45B2023/0012—Ground supported umbrellas or sunshades on a single post, e.g. resting in or on a surface there below
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45B—WALKING STICKS; UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
- E04F10/00—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
- E04F10/02—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins
- E04F10/06—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building
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- the present invention relates to a shade sail.
- the present invention relates to a shade sail comprising two covering members that can be wound around a rotating shaft that can be mechanically actuated.
- Shade sails are well known, provided with structures wherein a panel, made of flexible material, fabric or laminate, is unwound and wound selectively around a rod, in order to vary the width of the panel exposed area and, thus, of the area to be shaded, or in order to avoid that strong winds jeopardize the operation of the shade sail, or, what would be worst, irreparably damage the structure.
- Document US 6,012,505 discloses a prior art shade sail according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the structure is shaped similarly to those used to adjust the sails in boats or ships, that, as it has been well known for along time now, comprise rotating devices, around which it is possible to reduce the surface exposed to the wind, until substantially to eliminate the area exposed to the wind. Some devices allow to wind the headsails around the respective stay; other devices allow to wind them around the respective shaft; others allow to wind them around the boom or inside it.
- shade sails of adjustable width shall be as easiest as possible, wherein the aerodynamic efficiency thereof is not significant, while the safety is important in order to prevent (and avoid) even common accidents, that would make the shade sails not complying with the industry standards and, thus, impossible to be marketed.
- the present invention relates to a shade sail according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the object of the present invention is thus to provide a shade sail that allows to solve the above illustrated drawbacks, is easy to be installed and not expensive, and is therefore suitable to satisfy a plurality of requirements that to date have still not been addressed, and therefore suitable to represent a new and original source of economic interest.
- a shade sail is provided, whose main features will be described in at least one of the appended claims.
- number 1 indicates, in its entirety, a shade sail of adjustable width comprised of panels 30.
- the shade sail 1 comprises a frame 10 carrying a rod 20 directed in a given way between a first support 12' and a second support 12", both rotating around a common longitudinal axis (A).
- the rod 20 is thus suitable to rotate axially.
- the shade sail 1 comprises a panel 30 provided with an edge 32 for fastening to the rod 20, so that it can be wound around this rod.
- the panel 30 is substantially triangular in shape, and has a vertex portion 34, which is provided with a fastening eyelet/element 36, that can be engaged by means of a draw rope 35', and especially by means of a first end 37' thereof, able to spread each panel 30 transversally to the rod 20 and to aid the winding and unwinding movement.
- the shade sail 1 comprises an actuating unit 40 supported by the frame 10 to drive the rod 20 into rotation around the axis A; the actuating unit 40 comprises a drum 44 for winding the rope 35', rigidly connected, and axial, to the rod 20. Moreover, the drum 44 is conical, as shown in figure 3 , and such as to vary the length of the rope 35' wound at every turn of the rod 20. The aim thereof is to act on the tension of the rope 35' and, therefore, on the tension of the panel 30, as the rope is connected to the panel 30 in correspondence of the eyelet 36.
- the conical drum 44 is directed along the axis A so that the sides thereof slope up from the first support 12' to the second support 12".
- the winding turns of the rope 35' around the drum 44 have increasing radius along the axis A from the first support 12' to the second support 12" as the portion of panel 30 wound around the rod 20 increases.
- the function of this construction feature is to increase the tension on the rope 35' and on the panel 30 proportionally as the exposed area of the panel 30 increases, in order better to balance the stability of the panel 30 in case of use in windy areas.
- the actuating unit 40 comprises a rotary actuator 42, which is contained inside the rod 20 and whose drive shaft (known and not shown) is rigidly connected to the rod 20 in order to drive it into axial rotation and, therefore, to wind the panel 30 around, and/or to unwind it from, the rod, doing the same with the rope 35' with respect to the respective drum 44, as it will be better explained below. Therefore, the drum 44 is carried by the rod 20 between the support 12' and the rotary actuator 42. Obviously, it is possible to adjust the width of the unwound portion of the panel 30 by adequately acting on the actuator 42 by means of a control unit, known and therefore not shown.
- the drum 44 may advantageously have a surface for winding the rope 35', wherein the surface has a first helical groove (known and not shown) for the rope 35' wound in parallel turns transverse to the axis A.
- the rope 35' has a second end 37" rigidly connected to the drum 44, so that the rope 35' and the respective panel 30 may be interpreted like parts of a single flexible member 38' arranged between the rod 20 and the drum 44.
- a balancing device 50 is provided, that can be arranged in any segment of the path of the flexible member 38'.
- the balancing device 50 interacts only with the rope 35'; however, also not shown solutions are possible, wherein the tension of the flexible member 38', and therefore of each component thereof, is adjusted by acting on the panel 30.
- the first support 12' and the second support 12" are so configured as to be wall-mounted, and the frame 10 comprises a first post 11 fixed to the floor and facing the rod 20.
- the rod 11 is provided with a first return pulley 110 that can be engaged by the respective rope 35' in order to actuate the panel 30.
- the balancing device 50 is contained inside the first post 11, comprises a hoist 52 provided with a pulley for the rope 35', and is connected to the frame 10 by means of a torsion spring 54, whose purpose is to balance the tension acting on the rope 35' in order to keep the panel 30 stretched, independently of the portion thereof unwound for shading.
- the rope 35' enters inside the first post 11 through a built-in pulley 111 carried by the head of the post 11 to engage a block 56 that, as shown in figure 2a , is carried by a hook-shaped upper end of the spring 54; then the rope exits from the first post 11 deviated by a further built-in pulley 111', arranged at the side of the pulley 111, and engages the eyelet 36 with the respective end 37'.
- the hoist 52 furthermore comprises (reference should be made to figure 2b ) a winch block 55 that is connected, as shown in figure 5 , to a hook-shaped lower end of the spring 54, so as to be movable with respect to the first post 11.
- a rope 53 is associated with the hoist 52, engaging the block 55 and a further winch block 58 carried fixed by a lower portion of the first post 11 by adjusting the tension of the rope 53 it is possible to vary at will the pretensioning acting on the rope 35', and thus the tension on the panel 30, under all operative conditions.
- the rope 53 has an end 53' indifferently coupled to the (movable) winch block 55 or to the (fixed) winch block 58, and has a further end 53" kept outside the first post 11 so as to be fixed, in a cam cleat (known and not shown for drawing economy), to a functionally similar further device that can be actuated manually or in any other way.
- the frame 10 furthermore comprises a post 14 provided with an L-shaped end 16 and carries the first support 12' below the base of the end 16.
- the end 16 carries a pair of return pulleys 160 for the rope 35' that are arranged between the drum 44 and the built-in pulley 111.
- the second post 14 is so configured as to be wall-mounted at the side of the first support 12'.
- the frame 10 has been identified by the set of the wall-mounted supports 12', 12" and of the first post 11 carried by the floor. It is clearly apparent that, according to this embodiment of the shade sail 1, the frame 10 shall comprise members to keep the supports 12', 12" and the first post 11 in fixed positions, independently of the fact that these members comprise a wall and a floor, of which a given portion T will be taken into account. Moreover, the drum 44 may be carried by the rod 20 at opposite side from the rotary actuator 42, even if this choice requires modifications to the structure described above. Lastly, it is clearly apparent that variants and modifications can be done to the shade sail 1 described and illustrated herein without however departing from the protective scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
- the frame 10 comprises a second post 14, that is so configured, in this case again, to be wall-mounted and carries the support 12', and a substantially vertical third post 102, that is devoid of the balancing device 50 and is suitable to carry the second support 12".
- the rod 20 may be directed at will, varying the height from the ground of the two supports 12' and 12" through the posts 14 and 102.
- each of these panels corresponds an area of winding around the drum 44 that may have, at will, two adjacent conical segments 45' and 45" ( figure 5 ) directed in the same manner, each of which is provided with a respective helical groove or, alternatively, a second helical double groove allowing, namely, to wind two draw ropes 35' and 35" on parallel turns.
- the two different embodiments of the drum 44 have not been illustrated with the detail of the helical grooves, whose shapes are known.
- the post 14 always carries an end 16 provided with pulleys 160' for each rope 35' and 35".
- each rope 35'/35" enters inside the second post 14 through a built-in pulley 111 carried by the head of the post 14 in order to engage a block 56 that, as shown in figures 4 and 5 , is carried by a hook-shaped upper end of the spring 54, and exits from the post 14 deviated by a further built-in pulley 111' that is arranged at the side of the pulley 111.
- the hoist 52 comprises a winch block 55 that is connected, as in figure 5 , to a hook-shaped lower end of the spring 54, so as to be movable with respect to the post 14.
- a rope 53 is associated with the hoist 52, engaging the winch block 55' and a further winch block 58 carried fixed by a lower portion of the post 14.
- the frame 10 is provided with a pair of fourth posts 103 that are arranged at the side of, and facing, the rod 20, and have the same function as the post 102, at opposite sides with respect to the same rod 20 and devoid of the balancing device 50, that is already contained in the post 14.
- Each fourth post 103 is provided with a second return pulley 112 that can be engaged by a respective rope 35' or 35", according to the panel 30 taken into account.
- the second post 14 has at the bottom a floor base 140 and extends longitudinally, so as to mount the shade sail 1 with the rod 20 directed at will, independently of the presence of other supports for the support 12'.
- the frame 10 is provided with a pair of fourth posts 103.
- the frame 10 provided again with the post 14 and the respective floor base 140, comprises an end 16 that is so modified as to have a pair of beams 105, acting like a "jockey-pole", extending at opposite sides with respect to the end 16 and carried by this latter in a respective end portion 16', similarly to two wings.
- the second support 12 completing the support given by means of the frame 10 to the rod 20, is carried by the end 16 through a structure comprising a first tie rod 106, driven by a strut 107 carried upwards by means of the end portion 16' ( figure 9 ), and by a second tie rod 106', acting against the action of the first tie rod 106, drawing downwards the second support 12" so as to have a wind bracing 200 of the rod 20.
- Each beam 105 carries a third return pulley 114 through a respective free end 108; each third pulley 114 can be engaged by a respective draw rope 35', 35".
- each balancing device 50' is provided, one for each beam 105.
- each balancing device 50' is internal and, in particular, it is contained inside a respective beam 105, and pulleys identical to the pulleys 111 are carried by each beam 105 by the end 16 in the respective end portion 16' of the joint at the end in order to drive the rope 35' and, obviously, also the rope 35", as in this embodiment there are two panels 30.
- each balancing device 50' is simplified with respect to that described above and indicated with 50, as it comprises only one spring 54'. The spring 54' interrupts the rope 35'/35" in intermediate position. Due to the presence of two ropes 35'/35" the drum 44 shall be provided with a helical double groove, as already described above, or alternatively with two adjacent conical segments.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a shade sail. In particular, the present invention relates to a shade sail comprising two covering members that can be wound around a rotating shaft that can be mechanically actuated.
- Shade sails are well known, provided with structures wherein a panel, made of flexible material, fabric or laminate, is unwound and wound selectively around a rod, in order to vary the width of the panel exposed area and, thus, of the area to be shaded, or in order to avoid that strong winds jeopardize the operation of the shade sail, or, what would be worst, irreparably damage the structure. Document
US 6,012,505 discloses a prior art shade sail according to the preamble of claim 1. - In this regard, it should be noted that the structure is shaped similarly to those used to adjust the sails in boats or ships, that, as it has been well known for along time now, comprise rotating devices, around which it is possible to reduce the surface exposed to the wind, until substantially to eliminate the area exposed to the wind. Some devices allow to wind the headsails around the respective stay; other devices allow to wind them around the respective shaft; others allow to wind them around the boom or inside it.
- However, the problem to be solved in the two applications is only apparently similar; namely, sails are the motor for boats and ships and therefore there are many variables in adjusting the profile thereof, on which the aerodynamic efficiency depends, and thus the power to move the boat, whilst the shade sails do not have this problem. For this reason, the sail management in boat or ship is a task only for people skilled in the art, of proved experience, with a specific license, whilst anyone can use shade sails of adjustable width, and no proof of experience is required in this case. Therefore, the use of shade sails of adjustable width shall be as easiest as possible, wherein the aerodynamic efficiency thereof is not significant, while the safety is important in order to prevent (and avoid) even common accidents, that would make the shade sails not complying with the industry standards and, thus, impossible to be marketed.
- Considering that, as it is well known, the width of the panel exposed area, on which the shaded area depends, can be adjusted by means of draw ropes, it is advisable that the extension of these ropes is as much limited as possible, in order both to minimize the risk to stumble in the free loose segment thereof and to avoid that this part of the rope is used for harmful games by children in the vicinity. Moreover, in case of strong wind, loose ropes could make the panels wave noisily, thus disturbing people below them and constituting a danger for people in the vicinity.
- In view of the above description, the problem of having available shade sails of adjustable width that are safe and easy to be used is still unsolved, and represents an interesting challenge for the applicant, aimed at increasing the demand thereof.
- In view of the above description it would be desirable to have available a shade sail of adjustable width that, in addition to allow limiting and possibly overcoming the drawbacks of the prior art, defines a new standard for this kind of shade sails.
- The present invention relates to a shade sail according to the preamble of claim 1.
- The object of the present invention is thus to provide a shade sail that allows to solve the above illustrated drawbacks, is easy to be installed and not expensive, and is therefore suitable to satisfy a plurality of requirements that to date have still not been addressed, and therefore suitable to represent a new and original source of economic interest. According to the present invention a shade sail is provided, whose main features will be described in at least one of the appended claims.
- Further characteristics and advantages of the shade sail of the invention will be more apparent from the description below, set forth with reference to the attached drawings, that illustrate some examples of embodiment, where identical or corresponding parts of the system are identified by the same reference numbers for the sake of practicality. In particular:
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figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a first shade sail which does not fall within the scope of the claims; -
figures 2a), 2b ) and3 show details offigure 1 in enlarged scale and with some parts removed for the sake of clarity; -
figure 4 is a schematic perspective view of a second shade sail which does not fall within the scope of the claims; -
figure 5 shows a detail offigure 4 in enlarged scale and with some parts removed for the sake of clarity; -
figure 6 is a schematic perspective view of a third shade sail which does not fall within the scope of the claims; -
figure 7 is a schematic perspective view of a detail offigure 6 , in enlarged scale and with some parts removed for the sake of clarity; -
figure 8 is a schematic perspective view of a fourth shade sail according to the present invention as defined by the appended claims; -
figures 9 and10 show details offigure 8 in enlarged scale and with some parts removed for the sake of clarity. - In
figure 1 , number 1 indicates, in its entirety, a shade sail of adjustable width comprised ofpanels 30. - The shade sail 1 comprises a
frame 10 carrying arod 20 directed in a given way between a first support 12' and asecond support 12", both rotating around a common longitudinal axis (A). Therod 20 is thus suitable to rotate axially. The shade sail 1 comprises apanel 30 provided with anedge 32 for fastening to therod 20, so that it can be wound around this rod. Thepanel 30 is substantially triangular in shape, and has avertex portion 34, which is provided with a fastening eyelet/element 36, that can be engaged by means of a draw rope 35', and especially by means of a first end 37' thereof, able to spread eachpanel 30 transversally to therod 20 and to aid the winding and unwinding movement. The shade sail 1 comprises anactuating unit 40 supported by theframe 10 to drive therod 20 into rotation around the axis A; theactuating unit 40 comprises adrum 44 for winding the rope 35', rigidly connected, and axial, to therod 20. Moreover, thedrum 44 is conical, as shown infigure 3 , and such as to vary the length of the rope 35' wound at every turn of therod 20. The aim thereof is to act on the tension of the rope 35' and, therefore, on the tension of thepanel 30, as the rope is connected to thepanel 30 in correspondence of theeyelet 36. - With reference to
figure 1 again, theconical drum 44 is directed along the axis A so that the sides thereof slope up from the first support 12' to thesecond support 12". In this way, the winding turns of the rope 35' around thedrum 44 have increasing radius along the axis A from the first support 12' to thesecond support 12" as the portion ofpanel 30 wound around therod 20 increases. It is clearly understood that the function of this construction feature is to increase the tension on the rope 35' and on thepanel 30 proportionally as the exposed area of thepanel 30 increases, in order better to balance the stability of thepanel 30 in case of use in windy areas. - Again with reference to
figure 3 , the actuatingunit 40 comprises arotary actuator 42, which is contained inside therod 20 and whose drive shaft (known and not shown) is rigidly connected to therod 20 in order to drive it into axial rotation and, therefore, to wind thepanel 30 around, and/or to unwind it from, the rod, doing the same with the rope 35' with respect to therespective drum 44, as it will be better explained below. Therefore, thedrum 44 is carried by therod 20 between the support 12' and therotary actuator 42. Obviously, it is possible to adjust the width of the unwound portion of thepanel 30 by adequately acting on theactuator 42 by means of a control unit, known and therefore not shown. - The
drum 44 may advantageously have a surface for winding the rope 35', wherein the surface has a first helical groove (known and not shown) for the rope 35' wound in parallel turns transverse to the axis A. - The rope 35' has a
second end 37" rigidly connected to thedrum 44, so that the rope 35' and therespective panel 30 may be interpreted like parts of a single flexible member 38' arranged between therod 20 and thedrum 44. To adjust the tension of the flexible member 38', and therefore of each component thereof as described above, abalancing device 50 is provided, that can be arranged in any segment of the path of the flexible member 38'. For the sake of practicality, only applications have been shown in the attached figures, wherein thebalancing device 50 interacts only with the rope 35'; however, also not shown solutions are possible, wherein the tension of the flexible member 38', and therefore of each component thereof, is adjusted by acting on thepanel 30. - With reference to
figure 1 again, the first support 12' and thesecond support 12" are so configured as to be wall-mounted, and theframe 10 comprises afirst post 11 fixed to the floor and facing therod 20. Therod 11 is provided with a first return pulley 110 that can be engaged by the respective rope 35' in order to actuate thepanel 30. Thebalancing device 50 is contained inside thefirst post 11, comprises ahoist 52 provided with a pulley for the rope 35', and is connected to theframe 10 by means of atorsion spring 54, whose purpose is to balance the tension acting on the rope 35' in order to keep thepanel 30 stretched, independently of the portion thereof unwound for shading. It should be noted that the rope 35' enters inside thefirst post 11 through a built-inpulley 111 carried by the head of thepost 11 to engage ablock 56 that, as shown infigure 2a , is carried by a hook-shaped upper end of thespring 54; then the rope exits from thefirst post 11 deviated by a further built-in pulley 111', arranged at the side of thepulley 111, and engages theeyelet 36 with the respective end 37'. Thehoist 52 furthermore comprises (reference should be made tofigure 2b ) awinch block 55 that is connected, as shown infigure 5 , to a hook-shaped lower end of thespring 54, so as to be movable with respect to thefirst post 11. Obviously, arope 53 is associated with thehoist 52, engaging theblock 55 and afurther winch block 58 carried fixed by a lower portion of thefirst post 11 by adjusting the tension of therope 53 it is possible to vary at will the pretensioning acting on the rope 35', and thus the tension on thepanel 30, under all operative conditions. Therope 53 has an end 53' indifferently coupled to the (movable)winch block 55 or to the (fixed)winch block 58, and has afurther end 53" kept outside thefirst post 11 so as to be fixed, in a cam cleat (known and not shown for drawing economy), to a functionally similar further device that can be actuated manually or in any other way. - According to
figure 3 , theframe 10 furthermore comprises apost 14 provided with an L-shaped end 16 and carries the first support 12' below the base of theend 16. Theend 16 carries a pair ofreturn pulleys 160 for the rope 35' that are arranged between thedrum 44 and the built-inpulley 111. In the embodiment illustrated infigure 1 , thesecond post 14 is so configured as to be wall-mounted at the side of the first support 12'. - The use of the shade sail 1 is clearly apparent from the description above and does not require further explanations. However, it could be useful to specify that the
frame 10 has been identified by the set of the wall-mountedsupports 12', 12" and of thefirst post 11 carried by the floor. It is clearly apparent that, according to this embodiment of the shade sail 1, theframe 10 shall comprise members to keep thesupports 12', 12" and thefirst post 11 in fixed positions, independently of the fact that these members comprise a wall and a floor, of which a given portion T will be taken into account. Moreover, thedrum 44 may be carried by therod 20 at opposite side from therotary actuator 42, even if this choice requires modifications to the structure described above. Lastly, it is clearly apparent that variants and modifications can be done to the shade sail 1 described and illustrated herein without however departing from the protective scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. - For instance, with reference to
figure 4 , if you want to shade a greater area, it could be useful to use thesame rod 20 as a base for a pair of substantiallyidentical panels 30 and 30' that are arranged at opposite sides with respect to therod 20 with theirrespective coupling edge 32 stably coupled to therod 20. Obviously, in this case twoflexible members 38' and 38" are provided, each of which is comprised of a rope 35'/35" and apanel 30/30'. Therefore, thepanel 30 can be actuated by means of the respective rope 35', while the panel 30' can be actuated by means of ananalogous rope 35". In this case, theframe 10 comprises asecond post 14, that is so configured, in this case again, to be wall-mounted and carries the support 12', and a substantially verticalthird post 102, that is devoid of thebalancing device 50 and is suitable to carry thesecond support 12". In view of the above description, therod 20 may be directed at will, varying the height from the ground of the twosupports 12' and 12" through theposts - Considering that two substantially
identical panels 30 and 30' correspond to this structure, to each of these panels corresponds an area of winding around thedrum 44 that may have, at will, two adjacentconical segments 45' and 45" (figure 5 ) directed in the same manner, each of which is provided with a respective helical groove or, alternatively, a second helical double groove allowing, namely, to wind twodraw ropes 35' and 35" on parallel turns. For the sake of economy of the drawing, the two different embodiments of thedrum 44 have not been illustrated with the detail of the helical grooves, whose shapes are known. - With reference to
figure 5 , thepost 14 always carries anend 16 provided with pulleys 160' for eachrope 35' and 35". In this case again, each rope 35'/35" enters inside thesecond post 14 through a built-inpulley 111 carried by the head of thepost 14 in order to engage ablock 56 that, as shown infigures 4 and 5 , is carried by a hook-shaped upper end of thespring 54, and exits from thepost 14 deviated by a further built-in pulley 111' that is arranged at the side of thepulley 111. In this case again, the hoist 52 comprises awinch block 55 that is connected, as infigure 5 , to a hook-shaped lower end of thespring 54, so as to be movable with respect to thepost 14. Obviously, arope 53 is associated with the hoist 52, engaging the winch block 55' and afurther winch block 58 carried fixed by a lower portion of thepost 14. Obviously, in this case theframe 10 is provided with a pair offourth posts 103 that are arranged at the side of, and facing, therod 20, and have the same function as thepost 102, at opposite sides with respect to thesame rod 20 and devoid of thebalancing device 50, that is already contained in thepost 14. Eachfourth post 103 is provided with a second return pulley 112 that can be engaged by arespective rope 35' or 35", according to thepanel 30 taken into account. - With reference to
figure 6 , in this case thesecond post 14 has at the bottom afloor base 140 and extends longitudinally, so as to mount the shade sail 1 with therod 20 directed at will, independently of the presence of other supports for the support 12'. - Obviously, in this case again, the
frame 10 is provided with a pair offourth posts 103. - It should be noted that the solutions described with reference to
figures 4, 5 and6 allow to have only onebalancing device 50, thus simplifying the management of the shade sail 1 and limiting the purchase and maintenance costs for the shade sail 1. - According to the present invention, shown with reference to
figures 8-10 , theframe 10, provided again with thepost 14 and therespective floor base 140, comprises anend 16 that is so modified as to have a pair ofbeams 105, acting like a "jockey-pole", extending at opposite sides with respect to theend 16 and carried by this latter in a respective end portion 16', similarly to two wings. In this case, thesecond support 12", completing the support given by means of theframe 10 to therod 20, is carried by theend 16 through a structure comprising afirst tie rod 106, driven by astrut 107 carried upwards by means of the end portion 16' (figure 9 ), and by a second tie rod 106', acting against the action of thefirst tie rod 106, drawing downwards thesecond support 12" so as to have a wind bracing 200 of therod 20. Eachbeam 105 carries athird return pulley 114 through a respectivefree end 108; eachthird pulley 114 can be engaged by arespective draw rope 35', 35". - In this case again, the
panels 30 and 30' are kept tensioned by means of a balancing device. In particular, with reference tofigure 9 , two balancing devices 50' are provided, one for eachbeam 105. In this case again, each balancing device 50' is internal and, in particular, it is contained inside arespective beam 105, and pulleys identical to thepulleys 111 are carried by eachbeam 105 by theend 16 in the respective end portion 16' of the joint at the end in order to drive the rope 35' and, obviously, also therope 35", as in this embodiment there are twopanels 30. On the other hand, each balancing device 50' is simplified with respect to that described above and indicated with 50, as it comprises only one spring 54'. The spring 54' interrupts the rope 35'/35" in intermediate position. Due to the presence of two ropes 35'/35" thedrum 44 shall be provided with a helical double groove, as already described above, or alternatively with two adjacent conical segments.
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- Shade sail (1) comprising two draw ropes (35', 35"); a frame (10) carrying a rod (20) directed in a given way between a first support (12') and a second support (12"), both rotating around a common longitudinal axis (A); wherein said frame (10) comprises a post (14), which is provided with an L-shaped end (16) and carries said first support (12') near said end (16); two panels (30, 30') each being provided with an edge (32), for fastening to said rod (20) so that it can be wound around this rod (20), and each panel (30, 30') with at least one angular end portion (34), which is provided with a fastening element (36), that can be engaged by means of one rope (35', 35") of said two draw ropes (35', 35") able to spread each said panel (30, 30') transversally to said rod (20); actuating means (40) being supported by said frame (10) to drive into rotation said rod (20) around said axis (A); wherein said actuating means (40) comprise a drum (44) for winding each said rope (35', 35") of said two draw ropes (35', 35") rigidly connected to, and axially carried by, said rod (20); wherein said drum (44) is conical so as to vary the rope length wound at every turn of said rod (20), characterized in that said frame (10) comprises a pair of beams (105) extending at opposite sides of said end (16) carried in end position like two wings, said second support (12") is supported by said end (16) by means of a first tie rod (106) driven by a strut (107) and by a second tie rod (106'), each said beam (105) carries, at an its own free end (108), a return pulley (114) that can be engaged by a respective one of said draw ropes (35', 35"), and in that each said rope (35', 35") of said two draw ropes (35', 35") is subdivided into two parts connected to each other by means of a balance spring (54) contained inside said respective beam (105).
- Shade sail according to claim 1, characterized in that said drum (44) is directed along said axis (A) so as to have a respective conical shape whose width increases as the portion of a said panel (30, 30') wound around said rod (20) increases.
- Shade sail according to claim 2, characterized in that said conical drum (44) has a first helical groove.
- Shade sail according to claim 2, characterized in that said drum (44) has two conical segments (45', 45") adjacent to each other and directed in the same manner, each of which is provided with a respective helical groove.
- Shade sail according to claim 2, characterized in that said drum (44) has a second helical double groove to wind two said draw ropes (35', 35") around parallel turns.
- Shade sail according to claim 1, characterized in that said post (14) is configured to be wall-mounted at the side of said first support (12').
- Shade sail according to claim 1, characterized in that said post (14) has a floor base (140) at the bottom.
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