GB2381438A - Curtain rail with three integral tracks for vertical blinds - Google Patents

Curtain rail with three integral tracks for vertical blinds Download PDF

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GB2381438A
GB2381438A GB0126291A GB0126291A GB2381438A GB 2381438 A GB2381438 A GB 2381438A GB 0126291 A GB0126291 A GB 0126291A GB 0126291 A GB0126291 A GB 0126291A GB 2381438 A GB2381438 A GB 2381438A
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Pey-Son Hsu
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Ching Feng Blinds Ind Co Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H13/00—Fastening curtains on curtain rods or rails
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H1/00—Curtain suspension devices
    • A47H1/04—Curtain rails
    • A47H1/06—Curtain rails fixed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H15/00—Runners or gliders for supporting curtains on rails or rods
    • A47H15/02—Runners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H1/00—Curtain suspension devices
    • A47H1/04—Curtain rails
    • A47H2001/047—Curtain rails with multiple tracks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H23/00—Curtains; Draperies
    • A47H23/02—Shapes of curtains; Selection of particular materials for curtains
    • A47H2023/025—Panel type curtains
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H2201/00—Means for connecting curtains
    • A47H2201/02—Hook-and-loop fasteners

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Abstract

The curtain rails consists a beam (30) with a opening (32) at the bottom in which the sides (31) of the opening form two of the tracks and the opening the third. Inner pulley seats (40, 60) fit on the side tracks and outer pulley seats (50) fit on the inner track with the pulley seats interlaced so that when the curtains (70) are drawn pulling the outer section it will pull all the others in turn. There is a groove (42, 52, 62) on the bottom of each of the pulley seats in which the curtain/blind is held.

Description

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STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING UPPER SECTION OF A HANGING TYPE CURTAIN WITH AN UPPER BEAM BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is related to a structure for connecting upper sect ion of a hanging type curtain with an upper beam. The upper section of the curtain is connected with inner and outer pul ley seats which are interlaced with each other and movably fitted with the upper beam. The curtains can be easily and quickly side by side collected to minimize occupied room. Different curtains can be
replaceably engaged in the engaging grooves of bottom faces of the & & j, tD lm inner and outer pulley seats to vary the use of the curtains.
Fig. 1 shows a conventional fabric curtain structure including an upper beam 10 and several fabric curtains 20. The upper beam 10 is an elongated bar. A hook/loop tape 11 is attached to one side of the upper beam 10. The fabric curtain 20 is rectangular sheet.
Another hook/loop tape 21 is attached to upper end of the fabric curtain 20. A lower bar 22 with a width equal to that of the fabric curtain 20 is connected with lower end of the fabric curtain 2 (J, Two sealing caps 23 are fitted with two ends of the lo\\cr bar 22.
When assembled, the hook/loop tape 21 of the fabric curtain 20 is attached to the hook/loop tape 11 of the upper beam 10. By means of the lower bar 22 connected with the lower end of the fabric curtain 20, the fabric curtain 20 suspends from the upper beam 10.
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The above conventional curtain has some shortcomings as follows : 1. The fabric curtain 20 is assembled with the upper beam 10 in such a manner that the hook/loop tape 21 of upper end of the fabric curtain 20 is directly attached to the hook/loop tape 11 of one side of the upper beam 10. When not used, the fabric curtain must be taken off and stored in another place.
This is inconvenient to a user.
2. The fabric curtain 20 is assembled with the upper beam 10 in such a manner that the hook/loop tape 21 of upper end of the fabric curtain 20 is directly attached to the hook/loop tape 11 of one side of the upper beam 10. The fabric curtain 20 is not replaceable with other different curtain.
3. The fabric curtain 20 is fixed at the upper beam 10 and cannot be pushed to one side and collected.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore a primary object of the present in\entlon to provide a structure for connecting upper section of a hanging type curtain with an upper beam. Two inner and outer sides of the upper beam are respectively formed with two sets of slide rai) sents defining therebetween a receptacle. The upper and lower ends of inner and outer sides of the slide rail seat are bent to form opposi tc
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slide rail channels. Two plate bodies respectively upward extend from two sides of each of the inner pulley seats. The inner opposite faces of the plate bodies are rotatably connected with two wheel bodies. Two plate bodies respectively upward extend from two sides of each of the outer pulley seats. The outer faces of the plate bodies are rotatably connected with two wheel bodies. When assembled, the inner and outer pulley seats are interlaced with each other. The fabric curtains are connected with the bottoms of the inner and outer pulley seats. In use, the wheel bodies roll within the slide rail channels of the upper beam so that the curtains can be easily operated.
It is a further object of the present invention to protide tille above connecting structure in which when assembled, the inner and outer pulley seats are interlaced with each other. When collected, one side of the inner pulley seat will attach to one S) de of the outer pulley seat to simultaneously drive the outer pulley seats and the fabric curtain to move toward a lateral side. Under such circumstance, the other side of the outer pulley seat wjjI uttach to one side of the inner pulley seat. At this time, the fabric curtains are arranged side by side without occupying much room. Therefore, the collection operation can be easily and quick'y performed.
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide the above connecting structure in which when assembled, the fitting section of upper section of the fabric curtain in which the rod body
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is fitted is directly passed through and fixed in the engaging grooves of bottom faces of the inner and outer pulley seats. This facilitates disassembly and replacement of the curtains.
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide the above connecting structure in which in the case of woven curtain,
the engaging edges of several engaging bodies connected with the tD ED im woven curtains are directly fitted and fixed in the engaging grooves of the inner and outer pulley seats. The assembly operation can be easily, quickly and truly performed. Moreover, the use of the curtain is variable and the application range of the curtain is widened.
The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings wherein : BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a perspective exploded view of a conventional fabric curtain; Fig. 2 is a perspective exploded view of the present invention ; Fig. 3 is a perspective assembled view of the present invention; Fig. 4 is a top assembled view of the present invention ; Fig. 5 is a top assembled view according to Fig. 4. showing the collection of the curtains of the present invention ;
Fig. 6 is a perspective exploded view of another embodiment 25
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of the present invention; and Fig. 7 is a sectional assembled view of the other embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Please refer toFig. 2. The present invention includes an upper beam 30, several inner pulley seats 40,40', 60, 60', several outer pulley seats 50,50'and several fabric curtains 70. The upper beam 30 is an elongated bar having an opening facing downward. Two inner and outer sides of the upper beam 30 are respectively formed with two sets of slide rail seats 31 defining therebetween a receptacle 32. The upper and lower ends of inner and outer sides of the slide rail seat 31 are bent to form opposite slide rail channels 33. Two plate bodies respectively upward extend from two sides of each of the inner pulley seats 40,40', 60,60'. The inner opposite faces of the plate bodies are rotatably connected with two wheel bodies 41,41', 61,61'. The bottom of the inner pulley seat is formed wi th a transverse arched engaging groove 42, 42', 62, 62'. The bottom of the engaging groove 42,42', 62, 62'is formed as a notch. Two plate bodies respectively upward extend from two sides of each of the outer pulley seats 50,50'. The outer faces of the plate bodies are rotatably connected with two wheel bodies 51, 51'. The bottom of the outer pulley seat is formed with a transverse arched engagin1 groove 52,52'. The bottom of the engaging groove 51, 51'is formed as a notch. The upper section of the fabric curtain 70 is sewn to form an annular fitting section 71 in which a rigid rod body 72 \\ith
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equal length can be fitted to form an engaging edge 73.
When assembled, as shown in Fig. 3, the upper beam 30 is first fixed on upper side of a window. The opposite wheel bodies 41, 41'. 61, 61'of the inner pulley seats 40, 40', 60, 60'are fitted into the slide rail channels 33 of the slide rail seats 31. The outer pulley seats 50, 50'are placed into the receptacle 32 of the upper beam 30.. The two wheel bodies 51,51'on outer sides of the outer pulley seats are fitted into the opposite slide rail channels 33 on inner sides of the slide rail seats 31. Fig. 4 shows the sequence of the inner and outer pulley seats inner pulley scats 40. 40'. 0.
60', 50, 50'after fitted. Finally, one end of the engaging edge 73 of upper section of the fabric curtain 70 is passed through the transverse arched engaging grooves 42,62, 52 of bottom faces the inner and outer pulley seats 40,60, 50. The other end of the
engaging edge 73 is fixed in the transverse arched engaging grooves tm t : l r, 42', 62', 52'of bottom faces of the other inner and outer pulley seats 40', 60', 50'.
When collected, as shown in Fig. 5, one side of a fabric curtaIn 70 is pulled. By means of the fitting section 71 of upper section of the fabric curtain 70 connecting with the rod body 72, the t\\o inner pulley seats 60, 60' are simultaneously driven. At thi s nme. one side of the inner pulley seat 60'will attach to one side of the outer pulley seat 50'to simultaneously drive the outer pulley seats 50, 50'and the fabric curtain 70 to move toward a lateral
'de ircumstane I side. Under such circumstance, the other side of the outer pulley s
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seat 50'will attach to one side of the inner pulley seat 40'. At this time, the fabric curtains 70 are arranged side by side without occupying much room.
Fig. 6 shows another embodiment of the present invention applied to woven curtain, including an upper beam 30, several inner pulley seats 40, 40', 60, 60', several outer pulley seats 50, 50', several. engaging bodies 80 and several woven curtains 90. The engaging body 80 is an elongated bar having a substantially U-shaped cross-section. The middle of upper end face of the engaging body 80 is curled to form an engaging edge 81 having a cross-sectional ih a shape similar to that of the engaging grooves 42. 42'. 62. 62'.
52,52'of the inner and outer pulley seats 40,40', 60. 60'. 50.
50'. The lower ends of two sides of the engaging body 80 are bent to form two opposite L-shaped engaging legs 82 defining therebetween a fitting slit 84. The interior of the engaging body 80 is formed as a fitting section 83. The slat 91 of upper end of the woven curtain 90 is first bent and then fitted through the fitting slit 84 into the fitting section 83 of the engaging body 80. At this time. the end face 911 of the bent slat 91 will lean against inner face of
one engaging leg 82 and the bent edge 912 of the bent s}. lt) I x in Z-1 I tn z t ! l lean against the wall of the fitting section 83. Accordingly. the woven curtain 90 can be fixed with the engaging body 80.
When assembled, as shown in Figs. 4 and 7, the inner and outer pulley seats 40, 40', 60,60', 50, 50'are first sequentially fitted into the slide rail channels 33 of the slide rail seats 31 of the
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upper beam 30. The engaging edges of several engaging bodies connected with the woven curtains 90 are respectively fitted into the engaging grooves 42, 42', 62, 62', 52, 52'of the inner and outer pulley seats 40,40', 60,60', 50,50'. Two ends of the engaging edge 81 are both fixed in the engaging grooves 42, 42', 62, 62', 52, 52'.
According to the above arrangement, the present invention has the following advantages : 1. Two inner and outer sides of the upper beam are respectively formed with two sets of slide rail seats 31 dctnmn : therebetween a receptacle 32. The upper and lower ends of inner and outer sides of the slide rail seat 31 are bent to form opposite slide rail channels 33. Two plate bodies respectively upward extend from two sides of each of the inner pulley seats 40,40', 60, 60'. The inner opposite faces of the plate bodies are rotatably connected with to wheel bodies 41,41', 61, 61'. Twoplate bodies respectively upward extend from two sides of each of the outer pul cy seats 50, 50'. The outer faces of the plate bodies arc rotatably connected with two wheel bodies 51, 51'. When assembled, the inner and outer pulley seats 40, 40', 60. 60'.
50, 50'are interlaced with each other. The fabric curtain" 70 are connected with the bottoms of the inner and outer pulley seats 40,40', 60, 60', 50, 50'. In use, the wheel bodies 41,41', 61, 61', 51, 51'roll within the slide rail
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channels 33 of the upper beam 30 so that the curtains can be easily operated.
2. When assembled, the inner and outer pulley seats 40, 40', 60, 60', 50, 50'are interlaced with each other. When collected, one side of the inner pulley seat 60'wi I I attach
to one side of the outer pulley seat 50'to simultaneously drive the outer pulley seats 50, 50'and the fabric curtain 70 to move toward a lateral side. Under such circumstance, the other side of the outer pulley seat 50'will attach to one side of the inner pulley seat 40'. At this time, the fabric curtains 70 are arranged side by side without occupying much room. Therefore, the collection operation can be easily and quickly performed.
3. When assembled, the fitting section 71 of upper scct) on of the fabric curtain 70 in which the rod body 72 is fitted is directly passed through and fixed in the engaging groo\e
42, 42', 62, 62', 52, 52'of bottom faces of the inner and outer pulley seats 40. 40', 60, 60', 50, 50'. This facilitates disassembly and replacement of the curtain', 4. In the case of woven curtain 90, the engaging edges of z, I el several engaging bodies 80 connected with the woven curtams 90 are directly fitted and fixed in the engaging grooves 42, 42', 62,62', 52, 52'of the inner and outer pulley seat 40,40', 60, 60', 50, 50'. The assembly operation can he
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easily, quickly and truly performed. Moreover, the use of the curtain is variable and the application range of the curtain is widened.
The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modifications of the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

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  1. WHAT IS CLAIMED IS: 1. Structure for connecting upper section of a hanging type curtain with an upper beam, comprising an upper beam, severalinner pulley seats, several outer pulley seats and several fabric curtains,
    the upper beam being an elongated bar having an opening facing tm tn downward, two plate bodies respectively upward extending fromto sides of each of the inner pulley seats, inner opposite faces of the plate bodies being respectively rotatably connected wi th two wheel bodies, two plate bodies respectively upward extending from two sides of each of the outer pulley seats. , outer faces of the plate bodies being respectively rotatably connected tri tao
    wheel bodies, the fabric curtains being connectable \\ith the inner and outer pulley seats, said structure being characterized in that: two inner and outer sides of the upper beam are respectively formed with two sets of slide rail seats defining therebetween a receptacle, upper and lower ends of inner and outer sides of the slide rail seat being bent to form opposite slide rail channels ; bottom face of each inner pulley seat is formed with a transverse arched engaging groove, the bottom of the engaging groove being formed as a notch; bottom face of each outer pulley seat is formed with a
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    transverse arched engaging groove, the bottom of the engaging groove being formed as a notch; and the upper section of the fabric curtain is provided with an engaging edge for fitting into the engaging grooves of bottom faces of the inner and outer pulley seats, whereby the upper sections of the fabric curtains can be connected with the inner and outer pulley seats to roll along the upper beam.
  2. 2. Structure for connecting upper section of-a hanging type curtain with an upper beam as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper section of the fabric curtain is formed with a fitting section in \\ll1ch
    a rod body with equal length is fitted to form the engaging edge. t > t-I--1 L-I-
  3. 3. Structure for connecting upper section of a hanging type curtain with an upper beam as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rod body of the engaging edge of the fabric curtain is a rigid rod body.
  4. 4. Structure for connecting upper section of a hanging type curtain with an upper beam as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the fabric curtain is replaceable by woven curtain fixedly fitted Itil all engaging body, the middle of upper end face of the engaging body being formed with an engaging edge, lower ends of two side,, ol the engaging body being bent to form two opposite L-shaped
    engaging legs defining therebetween a fitting slit, an interior t, t 1 22, 2=1 of the engaging body being formed as a fitting section.
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GB2463005A (en) * 2008-08-26 2010-03-03 Grosvenor Contracts Cubicle Curtain and Glider
GB2552335A (en) * 2016-07-19 2018-01-24 Capricorn Blinds Ltd Curtain track
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JP2001314312A (en) * 2000-05-02 2001-11-13 Shigekatsu Nishiyama Flat curtain which may be divided into the plural and interlocked with one rail

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WO2004039222A1 (en) * 2002-10-26 2004-05-13 Newell Limited Curtain suspension system
GB2463005A (en) * 2008-08-26 2010-03-03 Grosvenor Contracts Cubicle Curtain and Glider
GB2463005B (en) * 2008-08-26 2010-10-06 Grosvenor Contracts Cubicle curtain
GB2552335A (en) * 2016-07-19 2018-01-24 Capricorn Blinds Ltd Curtain track
GB2552335B (en) * 2016-07-19 2019-04-03 Capricorn Blinds Ltd Curtain track
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