EP4476413B1 - Zu öffnende terrassenüberdachung - Google Patents

Zu öffnende terrassenüberdachung

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EP4476413B1
EP4476413B1 EP23702844.4A EP23702844A EP4476413B1 EP 4476413 B1 EP4476413 B1 EP 4476413B1 EP 23702844 A EP23702844 A EP 23702844A EP 4476413 B1 EP4476413 B1 EP 4476413B1
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Armando Rebonato
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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
    • 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
    • E04F10/0603—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 telescopic arms
    • 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
    • E04F10/0611—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 articulated arms supporting the movable end of the blind for deployment of the blind
    • E04F10/0629—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 articulated arms supporting the movable end of the blind for deployment of the blind whereby the arm is of the lazy tong type
    • 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
    • E04F10/0607—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 guiding-sections for supporting the movable end of the blind

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  • the present invention relates to an openable (i.e. retractable) terrace canopy.
  • the present invention particularly relates to a foldable cloth type awning system for covering an opening of the openable terrace canopy, the awning system more particularly being of the foldable cloth type of the second generation as described below.
  • Canopies are usually set up to protect of outdoor area or to free them up. These types of canopies are often set up at residences, restaurants, shops etc. to protect an outdoor terrace or the like from the rays of the sun, precipitation and/or wind or even to temporarily let in the sun.
  • This type of terrace canopy typically comprises an awning that is at least partially supported by columns.
  • the awning is generally made up of multiple beams made up of one or more frames in which a roof infill can be attached.
  • the beams themselves are often a combination of multiple individual profiles.
  • This type of awning is typically supported by four (or more) columns between which a wall infill can be provided. Fewer columns can also be used in the case of an awning supported by other structures, such as the wall of an existing structure.
  • top refers to the part of the awning that is oriented or will be toward the top surface (i.e. the sky, e.g. the open air)
  • bottom to the section of the awning that is oriented or will be toward the ground surface (i.e. the ground, e.g. the floor of the terrace)
  • outside to the part of the awning oriented or will be away from the roof (i.e. away from the roof infill)
  • inside to the part of the awning that is oriented or will be toward the inside of the roof (i.e. facing toward the roof infill).
  • Awnings provide shade and protection from elements such as rain, sleet, and snow.
  • the awning covers the opening in a terrace canopy such as to cover the area enclosed by the terrace canopy.
  • a terrace canopy can be attached to the side of a building, with or without additional supports on the ground, or it can be a freestanding element, i.e. provided solely with its own supports on the ground.
  • This terrace canopy may for example be designed, in the form of a veranda, a carport, a pavilion, etc.
  • Such terrace canopy's it is desired for such terrace canopy's to be openable, i.e. wherein the awning covers more or less of the opening of the terrace canopy such that more or less sunlight or other elements are allowed into the area enclosed by the terrace canopy.
  • the awning system is adapted accordingly.
  • Awning systems typically exist in two different types: slatted awnings or clothed awnings. In the latter, i.e. the type according to the present invention, the adjustable degree of covering of the terrace canopy opening can be achieved in primarily two manners: by rolling up the cloth or by folding up the cloth, the latter being the manner according to the present invention.
  • the cloth in such clothed awnings is a flexible sheet which can be made of many different materials such as woven or nonwoven fabrics, plastics etc.
  • foldable cloth type awning systems referred to as first generation foldable cloth type awning systems, for example known from patent publications AU771317 and EP3255221A1 , comprise:
  • first generation foldable cloth type awning systems for example known from patent publication AU771317 and particularly visible in its figure 6 , the cloth is folded downward from the frame causing the partly or entirely folded cloth to hang below the first longitudinal frame beam.
  • the lighting which is typically provided within the support beams, is partly or entirely occluded by the cloth hanging between the person in the terrace canopy and the lighting.
  • the height by which the cloth hangs below the first longitudinal frame beam is variable, i.e. it depends on the degree of folding of the cloth.
  • a gutter has to be provided sufficiently low with respect to the first longitudinal frame beam such as to be below the lowest position of the cloth when said cloth is in its most folded configuration.
  • water will drip into the gutter from a relatively great height, causing unwanted splashes.
  • second generation foldable cloth type awning systems have been developed wherein the cloth is folded upward instead of downward. In these systems after all, the lowest point of the (partially) folded cloth does not lie below the first longitudinal frame beam.
  • Patent publications CN214006297U and US11156014 are examples of such second generation systems. These systems comprise
  • the telescopic assembly of such a second generation system comprises an interconnection of primary linkage sections.
  • Each primary linkage section comprises a primary upward arm and a primary downward arm.
  • Each arm comprises an upper pivot element and a lower pivot element, the pivot elements being one of a protrusion extending in the second direction or an opening arranged to receive a protrusion extending in the second direction.
  • the primary linkage section is formed by connecting the upper pivot elements of the primary upward arm and the primary downward arm into a primary upper pivot connector enabling the rotation of these arms with respect to each other around an axis extending in the second direction.
  • Adjacent primary linkage sections are connected by connecting the lower pivot element of the primary upward arm of a more distal primary linkage section and the lower pivot element of the primary downward arm of a more proximal adjacent primary linkage section into a primary lower pivot connector.
  • Each upper support beam is connected to a primary upper pivot connector.
  • All of the primary lower pivot connectors comprise a wagon arranged onto the guiding track in such a manner that the wagon can only follow the guiding track.
  • the most proximal primary lower pivot connector is fixed to the first longitudinal frame beam.
  • the telescopic assembly displaces the upper support beams by pulling or pushing the most distal wagon towards or away from the proximal end of the first longitudinal frame beam.
  • the arms of the primary linkage sections which are usually made of aluminum, exhibit substantial thermal expansion. Therefore, when the telescopic assembly is in the extended configuration, it is likely that the cloth is not in its desired unfolded or partially folded configuration (it may for example be desired that the cloth forms a flat plane, or that the cloth has a predetermined degree of undulations) when the temperature conditions change, e.g. in summer or winter.
  • This problem is referred to as the "second problem" in the present patent application.
  • patent publication ES2347212A1 shows a system folding/ unfolding of tarpaulins, being provided to perform the folding / unfolding of a cloth to cover or uncover an enclosure or specific area.
  • the present invention provides a solution to the "first problems" encountered in the state of the art.
  • the present invention comprises an openable (i.e. retractable) terrace canopy comprising an opening at least partly covered by a first foldable cloth type awning system, in particular of the second generation, for at least partly covering an opening of an openable terrace canopy, according to the first claim.
  • the first foldable cloth type awning system in particular comprises:
  • the telescopic assembly comprises a pantograph comprising rigid arms and primary upper pivot connectors, primary lower pivot connectors, secondary lower pivot connectors, secondary upper pivot connectors and intermediate pivot connectors.
  • pivot connector comprises all subtypes of pivot connectors, i.e. independent of the type being primary or secondary pivot connectors and independent of the relative position indicators such as "upper” or “lower”. This applies mutatis mutandis, to otherwise formulated general terms.
  • Each upper support beam is connected to an upper pivot connector. Note that this does not mean that each upper pivot connector has connected an upper support beam thereto. This connection ensures that the upper support beams, and thus the cloth attached to the upper support beams, follows the movement of the upper pivot connectors.
  • the upper support beam is connected to the upper pivot connector by means of a beam seat.
  • the beam seat is preferably provided on a separate profile of the pivot connector as explained below.
  • One of the primary lower pivot connectors is fixed to the first longitudinal frame beam. This connection ensures that the telescopic assembly has a gathering point towards which the other primary lower pivot connectors will move during the retraction of the telescopic assembly.
  • the fixed primary lower pivot connector is fixed to the first longitudinal frame beam in such a manner that the arm of the pantograph to which said fixed primary lower pivot connector is connected is only allowed to rotate around an axis extending in the second direction with respect to the first longitudinal frame beam.
  • At least one of the primary lower pivot connectors apart from the fixed primary lower pivot connector, comprises a wagon arranged onto the guiding track in such a manner that the wagon can only follow the guiding track. This ensures that, due to the mechanical linkage of the primary pivot connectors, all of the primary pivot connectors will move towards the gathering point substantially along the track laid out by the guiding track. Given that the guiding track extends along the first direction, it follows implicitly that the primary lower pivot connectors are substantially constrained to a translation motion along the first direction.
  • the wagon is provided on a separate profile of the pivot connector as explained below.
  • a majority or all of the primary lower pivot connectors preferably comprise a wagon arranged onto the guiding track in such a manner that the wagon can only follow the guiding track.
  • the guiding track is a channel in which the wagons are received.
  • the wagons for example comprise a sliding surface allowing the wagon to slide along the channel.
  • the wagons can be provided with wheels which roll through the channel.
  • the channel is preferably a tube extending in the first direction which has an elongated opening extending in the first direction wherein part of the wagon is provided inside of the tube and a part of the wagon protrudes out of the elongated slot such as to be accessible outside of the tube for coupling to the remaining components of the lower pivot connector.
  • the latter for example comprise the beam seat on which lower support beams, as will be described below, can be attached.
  • the telescopic assembly comprises means to displace at least one of the wagons arranged on the guiding track along the first direction by pushing or pulling the at least one wagon away or towards the gathering point created by the fixed primary lower connector.
  • the means are arranged to displace one of the wagons, because the displacement of one of the wagons results, by means of the pantograph mechanism, into the displacement of the other wagons.
  • the means are arranged to displace one of the more distal wagons, for example the most distal wagon.
  • the means comprise conveyor belt or a rope acting on the at least one wagon.
  • the means are actuated by a motor.
  • the pivot connectors are means that create a pivot point allowing an arm of the pantograph to pivot along the second direction with respect to another arm.
  • the pivot connector is for example a set of a protrusion extending in the second direction and an opening through which the protrusion extends.
  • the pivot connector could employ only the arms that are to be connected, but could also employ a separate profile in addition to the arms, as explained below.
  • Each arm preferably comprises an upper pivot element, a lower pivot element and an intermediate pivot element, the pivot elements being one of a protrusion extending in the second direction or an opening arranged to receive a protrusion extending in the second direction.
  • the upper and lower pivot elements are preferably provided substantially at the free extremities of the arms.
  • the intermediate pivot element is preferably provided substantially halfway the arm.
  • the above mentioned protrusion of the pivot connector is not integrally connected to one of the two arms connected by the pivot connector, i.e. the protrusion is a separate protrusion not forming a single element with one of the two connecting arms.
  • Two connecting arms can for example each comprise the above mentioned opening (being a part of the pivot connector as described above) through which such a separate protrusion extends, thereby creating a single pivot point for both arms.
  • the separate protrusion could for example be a bolt, a nail or a similar element, inserted into the coaxially placed openings of the two connecting arms.
  • said separate protrusion could be integrally attached to a separate profile i.e.
  • the separate profile with the integrally connected protrusion are not integrally connected to one of the connecting arms.
  • the protrusion is integrally connected to one of the two arms connected by the pivot connector, i.e. the protrusion forms a single element with one of the two connecting arms.
  • the connecting arm and/or the separate profile comprises the opening.
  • the most proximal and the most distal parts of the pantograph have arms that have an uncoupled extremity, i.e. an extremity not coupled to another arm.
  • These uncoupled extremities nevertheless comprise half of the set of the above mentioned pivot connector, i.e. the protrusion or the opening.
  • this half set provided on the uncoupled extremity of an arm is also considered to be a pivot connector, i.e. it can also receive an upper or lower support beam, a wagon or be fixed as explained above and further below.
  • all the pantograph arms of the same type e.g. all the primary upward arms or all the secondary downward arms, have the same length.
  • the arms of the most proximal and most distal parts of the pantograph have an uncoupled extremity. Some of these uncoupled extremities have no function i.e. have no support beam connected thereto.
  • pivot connectors are arranged to couple with a support beam.
  • these pivot connectors preferably further comprise a beam seat arranged to receive the support beams.
  • these pivot connectors comprise the separate profile as explained above, wherein the profile comprises the beam seat as well as the above mentioned pivot point forming protrusion or opening.
  • some of the lower pivot connectors are provided with a wagon.
  • these pivot connectors comprise the separate profile as explained above, wherein the profile comprises the wagon as well as the above mentioned pivot point forming protrusion or opening.
  • Pantographs and their construction are known by the skilled person in the art, for example from patent publication GB716467 .
  • a preferred description of a pantograph is given below.
  • the pantograph comprises an interconnection of two or more pantograph sections, each pantograph section comprising a primary linkage having a primary upward arm and a primary downward arm, and further comprising a secondary linkage having a secondary upward arm and a secondary downward arm.
  • the four arms are connected:
  • the pantograph comprises further linkages such as a third linkage comprising arms interconnected at tertiary upper pivot connectors and tertiary lower pivot connectors and having further intermediate pivot connectors where the third linkage connects with the first and second linkages.
  • the lengths of the primary upward arms are substantially equal to the lengths of the primary downward arms.
  • the lengths of the secondary upward arms are substantially equal to the lengths of the secondary downward arms.
  • the length of the arms in the secondary linkage are greater than the length of the arms in the primary linkage. This has the advantage that the cantilever distance between on the one hand the upper or lower pivot element of an arm of the secondary linkage and on the other hand the intermediate pivot element of the said arm, is increased. This has the advantage that the secondary linkage can exert higher forces on the arms of the primary linkage, thereby improving the controlled uniform upward and downward movement of the arms of the primary linkage.
  • the pantograph sections comprise quadrilateral forming arms.
  • the length of the arms in the secondary linkage are substantially equal to the length of the arms in the primary linkage.
  • the pantograph sections thus comprise parallelogram forming arms.
  • the cloth is a continuous sheet, i.e. it are not multiple separate sheet sections wherein each sheet section would be attached between two support beams.
  • the cloth is made of a stretchable material.
  • the cloth is made from a textile.
  • the arms of the pantograph are made of a metal, preferably an aluminum alloy.
  • the cloth support further comprises a plurality of substantially parallel lower support beams extending substantially in the second direction.
  • the lower support beams are similar to the upper support beams.
  • the lower support beams are moveably arranged with respect to the frame.
  • Each lower support beam is connected to a lower pivot connector, preferably by means of a beam seat as explained above with respect to the upper support beams, in such a manner that the lower support beams interdigitate the upper support beams along the first direction i.e. upon moving in the first direction one would encounter a upper support beam, a lower support beam, an upper support beam, etc.
  • the cloth is alternatingly attached along the first direction to an upper support beam and a lower support beam.
  • the cloth By alternatingly attaching the cloth to the upper support beam, then the lower support beam, then the upper support beam and so on, one creates an awning system wherein the cloth zigzags between the upper support beams and the lower support beams when the cloth is not entirely unfolded.
  • the advantage of attaching the cloth to both upper and lower support beams is that the cloth can be tensioned between said beams, even when the cloth is not in the entirely unfolded configuration.
  • the cloth is attached to the bottom of the lower support beams such that the lower support beams are not visible from within the space covered by the terrace canopy. This has the additional advantage of lowering the lowest point of the cloth which facilitates water disposal into the gutter on the first longitudinal frame beam.
  • the cloth is attached to the top of the lower support beams.
  • This has the advantage to increase the load bearing capacity of the cloth support, e.g. the cloth has a decreased risk of detaching from the lower support beam under the influence of weight such as snow.
  • the cloth is attached to the bottom of some of the lower support beams and to the top of the other lower support beams such as to obtain the advantages of both alternatives described above.
  • the cloth is attached to the bottom of the lower support beams and to the top of the upper support beams.
  • the term “attached” comprises one of the cloth being “fixed” to respectively the lower support beam and the top of the lower support beam, i.e. such as to prevent sliding of the cloth along the first direction over the lower support beam, or the cloth being "supported” by respectively the lower support beam and the top of the lower support beam, i.e. supported in the height direction whilst allowing sliding of the cloth along the first direction over the lower support beam.
  • the term “attached” comprises the cloth being "fixed” to the bottom of the lower support beam, i.e. such as to prevent sliding of the cloth along the first direction over the lower support beam.
  • the cloth comprises a drip guard.
  • the drip guard is the drip guard which is the object of European patent application EP3344827 by Corradi .
  • the upper support beams are only attached to a primary upper pivot connector.
  • the lower support beams are only attached to a primary lower pivot connector.
  • one upper support beam is attached to the primary upper pivot connector of each n th pantograph section, for example every two pantograph sections such that n equals 2.
  • one lower support beam is attached to the primary lower pivot connector of each n th pantograph section, i.e. with the same spacing "n" as for the upper pivot connectors.
  • the spacing between any lower support beam and its two adjacent upper support beams is equal.
  • n equals 1, i.e. an upper support beam is attached to every primary upper pivot connector, and a lower support beam is attached to every primary lower pivot connector.
  • the cloth support does not comprise the above mentioned lower support beams, i.e. the cloth is only attached to the upper support beams such that in the retracted configuration of the telescopic assembly the cloth freely hangs in a folded manner between two adjacent upper support beams and such that in the extended configuration of the telescopic assembly the cloth is stretched between two adjacent upper support beams.
  • This embodiment has the advantage that less support beams are needed, but has the disadvantage that in the retracted configuration of the telescopic assembly, the cloth is not stretched downward by a lower support beam thereby creating the disadvantage that the distance between the lowest point of the cloth and a gutter disposed on the first longitudinal frame beam is sufficiently high to result in water splashes.
  • the upper support beams are preferably only attached to a primary upper pivot connector, i.e. not to a secondary upper pivot connector.
  • one upper support beam is attached to the primary upper pivot connector of each n th pantograph section, for example every two pantograph sections such that n equals 2.
  • n equals 1, i.e. an upper support beam is attached to every primary upper pivot connector.
  • the plurality of upper support beams comprises a most proximal upper support beam and a most distal upper support beam respectively most proximal and most distal from the proximal end of the first longitudinal frame beam.
  • the most distal upper support beam in the retracted configuration of the telescopic assembly, lies substantially adjacent to the proximal end of the first longitudinal frame beam. In this retracted configuration, the opening of the openable terrace canopy is minimally covered.
  • the most distal upper support beam lies as close as possible to the proximal end of the first longitudinal frame beam taking into account the fact that all the more proximal upper support beams and where applicable lower support beams still have to lie between the proximal end of the first longitudinal frame beam and the most distal upper support beam.
  • the most distal upper support beam lies substantially adjacent to the distal end of first longitudinal frame beam.
  • the opening of the openable terrace canopy is maximally covered.
  • the gathering point of the cloth support lies adjacent to the proximal end of the first longitudinal frame beam. This can be achieved by making the most proximal primary lower pivot connector the fixed primary lower pivot connector.
  • the telescopic assembly is arranged to displace the upper beams in the first direction such that the cloth is in an entirely unfolded configuration in the extended configuration of the telescopic assembly.
  • the cloth does not zigzag in the extended configuration, i.e. the cloth forms a substantially flat sheet in the extended configuration.
  • the frame comprises the aforementioned second longitudinal frame beam, and further comprises a second telescopic assembly arranged to cooperate with the second longitudinal frame beam and with the cloth support in a similar fashion as the first telescopic assembly cooperates with the first longitudinal frame beam and the cloth support.
  • the pantograph comprises a thermal expansion compensating mechanism.
  • the upper support beams are separated from the guiding track by a "smallest height" along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
  • the height of the upper support beam above the guiding track is at its lowest, said height being referred to as the "smallest height”.
  • the "smallest height” is for example dictated by the abutment of the upper support beams onto the first longitudinal frame beam or is such that the cloth is entirely unfolded i.e. flat.
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism is preferably arranged to substantially maintain, upon thermal expansion of the pantograph and/or of the cloth, this "smallest height" substantially constant preferably whilst substantially maintaining the degree of stretching of the cloth between the support beams.
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism is provided on one or more, for example all, of the primary pivot connectors, for example all of the primary lower pivot connectors. More thermal expansion compensation can be achieved when more primary pivot connectors are provided with the mechanism.
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism is implemented by elongating the opening, which is part of the set of the pivot point forming protrusion and opening of the pivot connector as described above, into an elongated slot.
  • the elongated slot is provided such that it extends substantially in the first direction when the telescopic assembly is in the extended configuration.
  • the slot is preferably elongated in the first direction.
  • the slot is preferably elongated in the length direction of said arm.
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism is provided by implementing one or more primary pivot connectors, connecting a first and a second pantograph arm, as a set comprising an elongated slot and a protrusion, the protrusion extending substantially along the second direction through the elongated slot such that the protrusions act as the pivot point for pivoting the first arm with respect to the second arm around the axis in the second direction, wherein either:
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism of the present invention is arranged to maintain said "smallest height" whilst allowing the arms of the pantograph to expand by providing a moveable pivot point on the arm such that the positions of the pivot points can remain unchanged upon expansion of the arm.
  • the distance between the support beams along the first direction should be adapted (preferably whilst maintaining the most distal upper support beam substantially adjacent to the distal end of the first longitudinal frame beam). Doing this would however simultaneously adapt the "smallest height" of the upper support beams.
  • the thermal expansion compensation mechanism of the present invention is arranged to adapt the distance between the support beams along the first direction without changing the positions of the pivot points thereby enabling to maintain the "smallest height". This enables an expanded (loosened) cloth to be stretched by increasing the distance between the support beams along the first direction and enables a shrunk (overstretched) cloth to be relaxed by decreasing the distance between the support beams along the first direction.
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism is not only advantageous in the "first foldable cloth type awning system” solving the “first problems” as described above. Indeed, the thermal expansion compensating mechanism solves the above mentioned “second problem” which arises in both the known second generation systems described above as in the "first foldable cloth type awning system” of the present invention as described above. Therefore, the present invention also provides a "second foldable cloth type awning system", in particular of the second generation, for at least partly covering an opening of an openable terrace canopy, having the characteristics as described below.
  • This second foldable cloth type awning system comprises:
  • the telescopic assembly comprises an interconnection of primary linkage sections (i.e. not necessarily also comprising the second linkage sections such as to form the pantograph as described above with respect to the "first foldable cloth type awning system"). Similar to the "first foldable cloth type awning system" as described above, each primary linkage section comprises a primary upward arm and a primary downward arm. Each arm comprises an upper pivot element and a lower pivot element, the pivot elements being one of a protrusion extending in the second direction or an opening arranged to receive a protrusion extending in the second direction.
  • the primary linkage section is formed by connecting the upper pivot elements of the primary upward arm and the primary downward arm into a primary upper pivot connector enabling the rotation of these arms with respect to each other around an axis extending in the second direction.
  • Adjacent primary linkage sections are connected by connecting the lower pivot element of the primary upward arm of a more distal primary linkage section and the lower pivot element of the primary downward arm of a more proximal adjacent primary linkage section into a primary lower pivot connector.
  • Each upper support beam is connected to an upper pivot connector.
  • One or more, for example all, of the primary lower pivot connectors comprise a wagon arranged onto the guiding track in such a manner that the wagon can only follow the guiding track in a manner similar to what is described with respect to the "first foldable cloth type awning system" as described above.
  • One of the primary lower pivot connectors for example the most proximal primary lower pivot connector, is fixed to the first longitudinal frame beam in a manner similar to what is described with respect to the "first foldable cloth type awning system".
  • the "second foldable cloth type awning system” described thus far substantially corresponds to the "first foldable cloth type awning system” with the difference that the latter requires a secondary linkage connected to the primary linkage by means of the intermediate pivot connectors. Therefore, embodiments of the "first foldable cloth type awning system” described above that do not relate specifically to the "second linkage” apply mutatis mutandis to the "second foldable cloth type awning system". This for example applies to the interpretation of the term "pivot connector".
  • the "second foldable cloth type awning system” is characterized in that the primary linkage comprises a thermal expansion compensating mechanism.
  • the upper support beams are separated from the guiding track by a "smallest height" along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
  • the height of the upper support beam above the guiding track is at its lowest, said height being referred to as the "smallest height”.
  • the "smallest height” is for example dictated by the abutment of the upper support beams onto the first longitudinal frame beam or is such that the cloth is entirely unfolded i.e. flat.
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism is preferably arranged to substantially maintain, upon thermal expansion of the primary linkage and/or of the cloth, this "smallest height" substantially constant preferably whilst substantially maintaining the degree of stretching of the cloth between the support beams.
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism is provided on one or more, for example all, of the primary pivot connectors, for example all of the primary lower pivot connectors. More thermal expansion compensation can be achieved when more primary pivot connectors are provided with the mechanism.
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism is implemented by elongating the opening, which is part of the set of the pivot point forming protrusion and opening of the pivot connector as described above, into an elongated slot.
  • the elongated slot is provided such that it extends substantially in the first direction when the telescopic assembly is in the extended configuration.
  • the slot is preferably elongated in the first direction.
  • the slot is preferably elongated in the length direction of said arm.
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism is provided by implementing one or more primary pivot connectors, connecting a first and a second arm, as a set comprising an elongated slot and a protrusion, the protrusion extending substantially along the second direction through the elongated slot such that the protrusions act as the pivot point for pivoting the first arm with respect to the second arm around the axis in the second direction, wherein either:
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism of the present invention is arranged to maintain said "smallest height" whilst allowing the arms of the primary linkage to expand by providing a moveable pivot point on the arm such that the positions of the pivot points can remain unchanged upon expansion of the arm.
  • the distance between the support beams along the first direction should be adapted (preferably whilst maintaining the most distal upper support beam substantially adjacent to the distal end of the first longitudinal frame beam). Doing this would however simultaneously adapt the "smallest height" of the upper support beams.
  • the thermal expansion compensation mechanism of the present invention is arranged to adapt the distance between the support beams along the first direction without changing the positions of the pivot points thereby enabling to maintain the "smallest height". This enables an expanded (loosened) cloth to be stretched by increasing the distance between the support beams along the first direction and enables a shrunk (overstretched) cloth to be relaxed by decreasing the distance between the support beams along the first direction.
  • substantially includes variations of +/-10% or less, preferably +/- 5% or less, more preferably +/- 1% or less, and even more preferably +/- 0.1% or less from the specified condition to the extent that the variations are applicable to function in the current invention.
  • substantially A is also intended to encompass “A”.
  • Figure 1 shows an openable terrace canopy 2 having an opening 9 at least partly covered by a foldable cloth type awning system 1 of the second generation.
  • the first foldable cloth type awning system in particular comprises a frame 3 comprising a first and a second longitudinal frame beam 4a, 4b both extending substantially in a first direction, indicated by the arrow "I” symbolizing "length", between a proximal end 5a, 5b and a distal end 6a, 6b.
  • the first and second longitudinal frame beams 4a, 4b are interconnected at their ends by a first and second transversal frame beam 7a, 7b both extending substantially in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, indicated by the arrow "w" symbolizing "width".
  • Four legs 8 are provided to the frame such as to support the frame on the ground. These legs 8 extends along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, indicated by the arrow "h” symbolizing "height".
  • the first longitudinal frame beam 4a and the second longitudinal frame beam 4b respectively support a first and second telescopic assembly 15 (the second telescopic assembly not being visible in the figures) as will be explained below.
  • the present description only describes the structure and function of said first telescopic assembly 15.
  • the second telescopic assembly supported by the second longitudinal frame beam 4b however has a similar construction and function.
  • the longitudinal frame beams 4a, 4b comprise a main profile 34a, 34b as well as an auxiliary profile 32a, 32b connected to each other by means of L-brackets 31.
  • the auxiliary profile and the main profile are connected by means of multiple separate L-brackets 31, other means of attachment also fall under the scope of the present invention.
  • the other means of attachment for example comprise a single L-bracket elongated over substantially the entire length of the main profile, or for example comprise integrally forming the main profile with the auxiliary profile.
  • the frame beams that do not comprise a telescopic assembly i.e. the transversal frame beams 7a, 7b only comprise a main profile 35a, 35b and no auxiliary profile.
  • the main profiles of the longitudinal frame beams 34a, 34b further comprise a gutter 33 to drain water that is being accumulated on the cloth.
  • the auxiliary profiles 32a, 32b support the telescopic assemblies.
  • the first longitudinal frame beam 4a in particular its auxiliary profile 32a further comprises a guiding track 10 extending along the first direction.
  • the guiding track 10 is arranged to receive a wagon and to constrain said wagon to a motion along the guiding track.
  • the system 1 further comprises a cloth 11 and a cloth support 12.
  • the cloth support 12 comprises a plurality of substantially parallel upper support beams 13 and a plurality of lower support beams 14, cumulatively referred to as "support beams" 13, 14.
  • the support beams 13, 14 extend substantially in the second direction.
  • the support beams 13, 14 are moveably arranged with respect to the frame 3.
  • the cloth 11 is attached to the bottom of the support beams 13, 14.
  • the system 1 further comprises two telescopic assemblies 15, of which only the one cooperating with the first longitudinal frame beam 4a is shown.
  • the telescopic assemblies 15 are arranged to displace the support beams 13, 14 in the first direction between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration.
  • the distance between the support beams 13, 14 is relatively small and the most distal upper support beam 16 lies substantially adjacent to the proximal end 5a of the first longitudinal frame beam 4a. This causes the cloth 11 to be in a strongly folded configuration near the proximal end 5a.
  • the distance between the support beams 13, 14 is relatively large and the most distal upper support beam 16 lies substantially adjacent to the distal end 6a of the first longitudinal frame beam 4a. This causes the cloth 11 to be in an entirely unfolded configuration.
  • Figure 5 shows the telescopic assembly in a position between the extended configuration and the retracted configuration.
  • the telescopic assembly 15 comprises a pantograph clearly shown in figures 3 to 6 .
  • the arms of the pantograph comprise an upper pivot element and a lower pivot element at their extremities, and an intermediate pivot element substantially halfway between the extremities.
  • the pivot elements are one of a protrusion extending in the second direction or an opening arranged to receive a protrusion extending in the second direction.
  • the pantograph comprises an interconnection of two or more pantograph sections 30, each pantograph section comprising a primary linkage having a rigid primary upward arm 17 and a rigid primary downward arm 18, and further comprising a secondary linkage having a rigid secondary upward arm 19 and a rigid secondary downward arm 20.
  • These four arms form a quadrilateral: by connecting the intermediate pivot elements of the primary upward arm 17 and the secondary downward arm 20 into a proximal intermediate pivot connector 21a enabling the rotation of these arms with respect to each other around an axis extending in the second direction, by connecting the intermediate pivot elements of the primary downward arm 18 and the secondary upward arm 19 into a distal intermediate pivot connector 21b enabling the rotation of these arms with respect to each other around an axis extending in the second direction, by connecting the upper pivot elements of the primary upward arm 17 and the primary downward arm 18 into a primary upper pivot connector 22 enabling the rotation of these arms with respect to each other around an axis extending in the second direction, and by connecting the lower pivot elements of the secondary downward arm 20 and the secondary upward arm 19 into a secondary lower pivot connector 23 enabling the rotation of these arms with respect to each other around an axis extending in the second direction.
  • Adjacent pantograph sections are connected by connecting the upper pivot element of the secondary downward arm 20 of a more distal pantograph section and the upper pivot element of the secondary upward arm 19 of a more proximal adjacent pantograph section into a secondary upper pivot connector 24 enabling the rotation of these arms with respect to each other around an axis extending in the second direction, and by connecting the lower pivot element of the primary upward arm 17 of a more distal pantograph section and the lower pivot element of the primary downward arm 18 of a more proximal adjacent pantograph section into a primary lower pivot connector 25 enabling the rotation of these arms with respect to each other around an axis extending in the second direction.
  • the pivot connectors are means that create a pivot point allowing an arm of the pantograph to pivot along the second direction with respect to another arm.
  • the pivot connector is a set of a protrusion extending in the second direction and an opening through which the protrusion extends.
  • the secondary pivot connectors 23, 24 and the intermediate pivot connectors 21 employ only the arms that are to be connected.
  • the protrusion is a pivot element integrally connected to one of the arms whilst the connecting arm comprises the opening as pivot element.
  • the primary pivot connectors 22, 25 also employ a separate profile 26 in addition to the arms.
  • the connecting arms each comprise an opening as pivot element through which a single separate protrusion extends, thereby creating a single pivot point for both arms connected to the pivot connector.
  • the separate protrusion is attached to the separate profile 26 i.e. it is not attached onto one of the arms.
  • the most proximal and the most distal parts of the pantograph have arms that have an uncoupled extremity, i.e. an extremity not coupled to another arm.
  • These uncoupled extremities nevertheless comprise half of the set of the above mentioned pivot connector, i.e. the protrusion or the opening.
  • this half set provided on the uncoupled extremity of an arm is also considered to be a pivot connector.
  • the primary pivot connectors 22, 25 are arranged to couple with a support beam 13, 14. To that end, these primary pivot connectors 22, 25 further comprise a beam seat 27 arranged to receive the support beams 13, 14.
  • the separate profile 26 of these primary pivot connectors comprises this beam seat 27 as well as the above mentioned pivot point forming protrusion.
  • the primary lower pivot connectors 25 are provided with a wagon arranged to be guided along the guiding track 10.
  • the separate profile 26 of these primary lower pivot connectors 25 comprises the wagon as well as the above mentioned pivot point forming protrusion.
  • Each primary upper pivot connector 22 has an upper support beam 13 connected thereto by means of the beam seat 27. This connection ensures that the upper support beams 13, and thus the cloth 11 attached to the upper support beams 13, follows the movement of the primary upper pivot connectors 22.
  • Each primary lower pivot connector 25 has a lower support beam 14 connected thereto by means of the beam seat 27. The connection is in such a manner that the lower support beams 14 interdigitate the upper support beams 13 along the first direction i.e. upon moving in the first direction one would encounter a upper support beam 13, a lower support beam 14, an upper support beam 13, etc.
  • the cloth 11 is alternatingly attached along the first direction to an upper support beam 13 and a lower support beam 14 such that the cloth 11 zigzags between the upper support beams 13 and the lower support beams 14 when the cloth is not entirely unfolded.
  • the most proximal primary lower pivot connector 26 is fixed to the proximal end 5a of the first longitudinal frame beam 4a, thereby creating a gathering point towards which the other primary lower pivot connectors 26 will move during the retraction of the telescopic assembly 15.
  • the fixed primary lower pivot connector 26, is fixed to the first longitudinal frame beam 4a in such a manner that the primary upward arm 17 to which said fixed primary lower pivot connector 26 is connected is only allowed to rotate around an axis extending in the second direction with respect to the first longitudinal frame beam 4a.
  • the other primary lower pivot connectors 26, i.e. other than the fixed primary lower pivot connector described above comprise a wagon 28 arranged onto the guiding track 10 in such a manner that the wagon 28 can only follow the guiding track 10.
  • the guiding track 10 is a channel in which the wagons 28 are received.
  • the wagons 28 are provided with wheels which roll through the channel.
  • the channel is in particular a tube extending in the first direction which has an elongated opening extending in the first direction wherein part of the wagon 28 is provided inside of the tube and a part of the wagon protrudes out of the elongated slot such as to be accessible outside of the tube for coupling to the remaining components of the lower pivot connector 26.
  • the latter is in particular the profile 26 with the beam seat 27 on which lower support beams 14 are attached.
  • the telescopic assembly 15 comprises motorized means (not shown) to displace one of the wagons 28 arranged on the guiding track 10 along the first direction by pushing or pulling the wagon away or towards the gathering point created by the fixed primary lower connector 26.
  • the pantograph comprises a thermal expansion compensating mechanism 29 enabling to maintain the cloth in its intended entirely unfolded configuration in the extended configuration of the telescopic assembly 15 upon thermal expansion of the pantograph.
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism 29 is provided in all of the primary lower pivot connectors 25 and enables to maintain constant, upon thermal expansion of the arms of the pantograph, the "smallest height" of the upper support beams.
  • the thermal expansion compensating mechanism 29 is implemented by elongating the opening, which is part of the set of the pivot point forming protrusion and opening of the primary lower pivot connector 25 as described above, into an elongated slot.
  • the elongated slot is provided on the primary downward arm 18 and the primary upward arm 17, and is elongated in the length direction of the respective arms.

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  1. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung (2), umfassend eine Öffnung (9), die mindestens teilweise durch ein faltbares Markisensystem (1) in der Art aus einem Tuch abgedeckt ist, wobei das System umfasst:
    - einen Rahmen (3), der einen ersten Rahmenlängsbalken (4a) umfasst, der sich im Wesentlichen in einer ersten Richtung (I) zwischen einem proximalen Ende (5a) und einem distalen Ende (6a) erstreckt, wobei der erste Rahmenlängsbalken eine Führungsbahn (10) umfasst, die sich im Wesentlichen entlang der ersten Richtung erstreckt,
    - einen Stoff (11) und einen Stoffträger (12), wobei der Stoffträger eine Vielzahl von im Wesentlichen parallelen oberen Stützbalken (13) umfasst, die sich im Wesentlichen in einer zweiten Richtung (w) senkrecht zu der ersten Richtung erstrecken, und wobei die oberen Stützbalken in Bezug auf den Rahmen bewegbar angeordnet sind,
    - eine Teleskopanordnung (15), die angeordnet ist, um die oberen Stützbalken in der ersten Richtung zwischen einer eingefahrenen Konfiguration und einer ausgefahrenen Konfiguration zu verschieben,
    wobei die Teleskopanordnung einen Pantographen umfasst, der starre Arme (17, 18, 19, 20) und primäre obere Schwenkverbinder (22), primäre untere Schwenkverbinder (25), sekundäre obere Schwenkverbinder (24), sekundäre untere Schwenkverbinder (23) und Zwischenschwenkverbinder (21) umfasst, wobei jeder obere Stützbalken mit einem oberen Schwenkverbinder verbunden ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Stoff an den oberen Stützbalken angebracht ist und dass einer der primären unteren Schwenkverbinder an dem ersten Rahmenlängsbalken fixiert ist, und wobei mindestens einer der primären unteren Schwenkverbinder einen Wagen (28) umfasst, der auf der Führungsbahn derart angeordnet ist, dass der Wagen nur der Führungsbahn folgen kann.
  2. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach dem ersten Anspruch, wobei die Stoffträger weiter eine Vielzahl von im Wesentlichen parallelen unteren Stützbalken (14) umfasst, die sich im Wesentlichen in der zweiten Richtung erstrecken, wobei die unteren Stützbalken in Bezug auf den Rahmen bewegbar angeordnet sind, und wobei jeder untere Stützbalken mit einem der unteren Schwenkverbinder derart verbunden ist, dass die unteren Stützbalken und die oberen Stützbalken entlang der ersten Richtung ineinandergreifen, und wobei der Stoff entlang der ersten Richtung abwechselnd an einem der oberen Stützbalken und einem der unteren Stützbalken angebracht ist.
  3. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach dem vorstehenden Anspruch, wobei die oberen Stützbalken nur an einem der primären oberen Schwenkverbinder angebracht sind, und wobei die unteren Stützbalken nur an einem der primären unteren Schwenkverbinder angebracht sind.
  4. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach dem vorstehenden Anspruch, wobei an jedem primären oberen Schwenkverbinder ein oberer Stützbalken angebracht ist, und wobei an jedem primären unteren Schwenkverbinder ein unterer Stützbalken befestigt ist.
  5. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei die primären unteren Schwenkverbinder auf eine Translationsbewegung entlang der ersten Richtung beschränkt sind.
  6. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Vielzahl der oberen Stützbalken einen proximalsten oberen Stützbalken und einen distalsten oberen Stützbalken (16) jeweils an dem proximalsten und an dem distalsten von dem proximalen Ende des ersten Rahmenlängsbalkens umfasst, und wobei in der eingefahrenen Konfiguration der Teleskopanordnung der distalste obere Stützbalken im Wesentlichen neben dem proximalen Ende des ersten Rahmenlängsbalkens liegt, und wobei in der ausgefahrenen Konfiguration der Teleskopanordnung der distalste obere Stützbalken im Wesentlichen neben dem distalen Ende des ersten Rahmenlängsbalkens liegt.
  7. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Teleskopanordnung angeordnet ist, um die oberen Balken in der ersten Richtung derart zu verschieben, dass sich der Stoff in der ausgefahrenen Konfiguration der Teleskopanordnung in einer vollständig entfalteten Konfiguration befindet.
  8. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Pantograph einen Wärmeausdehnungs-Ausgleichsmechanismus (29) umfasst.
  9. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach dem vorstehenden Anspruch, wobei in der ausgefahrenen Konfiguration der Teleskopanordnung die oberen Stützbalken von der Führungsbahn in dem ersten Längstragbalken durch eine "kleinste Höhe" entlang einer dritten Richtung senkrecht zu der ersten Richtung und zu der zweiten Richtung getrennt sind, und wobei der Wärmeausdehnung-Ausgleichsmechanismus dazu angeordnet ist, die "kleinste Höhe" bei Wärmeausdehnung des Pantographen und/oder des Stoffes im Wesentlichen konstant zu halten, während der Dehnungsgrad des Stoffes im Wesentlichen beibehalten wird.
  10. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche 8 bis 9, wobei der Wärmeausdehnungs-Ausgleichsmechanismus durch Implementieren eines oder mehrerer der primären Schwenkverbinder, die einen ersten und einen zweiten Pantographenarm verbinden, als ein Satz bereitgestellt ist, der einen länglichen Schlitz und einen Vorsprung umfasst, wobei sich der Vorsprung im Wesentlichen entlang der zweiten Richtung durch den länglichen Schlitz derart erstreckt, dass die Vorsprünge als der Schwenkpunkt zum Schwenken des ersten Arms in Bezug auf den zweiten Arm um die Achse in der zweiten Richtung wirken, wobei entweder:
    - der Vorsprung an einem separaten Profil bereitgestellt ist, der längliche Schlitz in dem ersten Arm bereitgestellt ist, und der Schlitz in der Längsrichtung des ersten Arms länglich ist, oder
    - der Vorsprung an dem zweiten Arm bereitgestellt ist, der längliche Schlitz in dem ersten Arm bereitgestellt ist, und der Schlitz in der Längsrichtung des ersten Arms länglich ist, oder
    - der Vorsprung an dem ersten Arm bereitgestellt ist, der längliche Schlitz in einem separaten Profil bereitgestellt ist, und der Schlitz in der ersten Richtung länglich ist.
  11. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche 8 bis 10, wobei der Wärmeausdehnungs-Ausgleichsmechanismus an allen der primären Schwenkverbinder bereitgestellt ist.
  12. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Stoff eine durchgehende Bahn ist und/oder der Stoff aus einem dehnbaren Material, beispielsweise einem Textil, hergestellt ist.
  13. Öffenbare Terrassenüberdachung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Arme des Pantographen aus einem Metall, bevorzugt einer Aluminiumlegierung, hergestellt sind.
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