JP5308648B2 - Remote control device for electric solar shading device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a receiving unit of a remote control device using a communication medium such as infrared rays.

  As one type of electric blind, there is one in which a slat raising / lowering operation and an angle adjusting operation can be remotely controlled by a remote control device using infrared as a communication medium. In such an electric blind, a controller is installed in the head box or in the vicinity of the head box, and the motor in the head box is driven via the controller by the operation of the remote control unit, and the slats are raised and lowered and the angle is adjusted. It is like that.

  Infrared light output from the remote control switch is received by the light receiving unit, and a reception signal generated by the light receiving unit is output to the controller. If the light receiver is attached to a controller installed near the headbox or if you do not want to expose the controller to the living space, the take-out receiver separate from the controller will receive infrared light. At an easy position, it is attached to the wall near the electric blind.

  FIG. 10 shows a conventional example of the carry-out receiving unit. The base end of the rectangular parallelepiped light-receiving unit 1 is supported by the stay 2 so as to be rotatable, the stay 2 is attached to the mounting surface 3, and the light-receiving unit 1 is supported so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction with respect to the wall surface. The The light receiving unit 1 is connected to the controller via a communication cable 4 extending from the base end.

The light receiving unit 1 configured as described above can adjust the angle in a range of 90 degrees from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction, and can set an optimum angle for receiving the infrared signal output from the remote control switch. It has become.
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  In the light receiving unit 1 as described above, when trying to rotate in the horizontal direction as shown by a chain line in FIG. 11, the communication cable 4 interferes with the mounting surface 3, so that it cannot be rotated to an angle close to the horizontal direction. .

  In addition, in order for the front surface of the light receiving portion 1 to go obliquely downward, the base end portion of the light receiving portion 1 needs to be positioned below. Then, the communication cable 4 is always exposed below the light receiving unit 1, which is not aesthetically pleasing.

  If the communication cable 4 is extended from the upper end of the light receiving unit 1, the distance between the tip of the light receiving unit 1 and the controller changes as the light receiving unit 1 rotates. Therefore, if the length of the communication cable 4 is secured so that the light receiving unit 1 can be rotated in the horizontal direction, the communication cable 4 becomes loose when the light receiving unit 1 is rotated in the vertical direction. It is not preferable.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a remote control device for an electric solar shading device that can prevent interference of a communication cable with respect to a rotation operation of a light receiving unit and can improve aesthetics.

In Claim 1, the operation signal output from the remote control operation unit is received by the receiving unit of the controller, and the motor is driven based on the control signal output from the controller to drive the solar shading material. In the apparatus, a take-out receiving unit that receives the operation signal is provided separately from the controller, the take-out receiving unit and the controller are connected by a communication cable, and the take-out receiving unit is fixed to a mounting surface. A stay and a cuboid main body whose base end is supported by the stay so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction, and the communication cable is connected through the pivot axis of the main body; The communication cable was extended from other than the base end face which is the end face in the longitudinal direction on the side close to the rotation axis in the main body.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the main body is supported so as to be rotatable only upward from a state extending in the horizontal direction from the stay, and the communication cable is extended along the stay from a side surface of the main body facing the stay. Extended.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the main body is provided with an accommodation groove for accommodating the communication cable when the main body is rotated along the stay.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the stay and the main body are provided with holding means for holding the main body in stages within the rotation range.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the communication cable extends in the extending direction of the rotation axis of the main body.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the remote control apparatus of the electrically driven solar radiation shielding apparatus which can prevent the interference of the communication cable with respect to rotation operation of a light-receiving part, and can improve the beauty | look can be provided.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The electric horizontal blind shown in FIG. 1 has a multi-stage slat 13 supported by a plurality of ladder cords 12 suspended from a head box 11 attached to a mounting surface above a window, and a lower end of the ladder cord 12. The bottom rail 14 is supported by suspension.

  Each slat 13 is inserted with a lifting / lowering cord 15 suspended from the head box 11 in the vicinity of the support position of the ladder cord 12, and the lower end of the lifting / lowering cord 15 is connected to the bottom rail 14.

  A motor 16 is disposed in the head box 11, and the drive shaft disposed in the head box 11 is rotated by the operation of the motor 16. Then, based on the rotation of the drive shaft, each slat 13 is angle-adjusted in the same phase via the ladder cord 12, and the bottom rail 14 is lifted and lowered via the lift cord 15, so that the slat 13 is lifted and lowered.

  In the vicinity of the head box 11, a rectangular parallelepiped controller 17 is attached to a mounting surface such as a wall surface, and a control cable 18 and a power cord 19 are extended from an upper end portion of the controller 17.

Then, power is supplied to the controller 17 via the power cord 19, and the controller 17 controls the motor 16 via the control cable 18.
A communication cable 20 is extended from the lower end of the controller 17, and a take-out receiving unit 21 is connected to the tip of the communication cable 20. The take-out receiving unit 21 receives an infrared signal output from a remote control operation unit (not shown), and outputs the received signal to the controller 17 via the communication cable 20.

  Next, a specific configuration of the carry-out receiving unit 21 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the take-out receiving unit 21 has a plate-like stay 22 in which a mounting hole 23 is formed in the center and a bearing 24 is formed in the base end. The stay 22 is attached to the attachment surface 3 such as a wall surface with a screw inserted through the attachment hole 23.

  A base end portion of the case 25 of the main body is supported on the bearing portion 24 so as to be rotatable in a range from the state shown in FIG. 2 to the state shown in FIG. The stay 22 is attached to the mounting surface with its base end portion positioned downward.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a light receiving panel 26 is attached to the case 25 at a portion that becomes the front surface while being rotated upward along the stay 22. The light receiving panel 26 is made of a synthetic resin that can transmit an infrared signal output from the remote control operation unit.

  The communication cable 20 extends upward from the base end of the case 25 along the front surface of the stay 22. Further, a housing groove 27 for housing the communication cable 20 is formed on the rear surface of the case 25 as shown in FIG. The case 25 is rotatable in a range of approximately 90 degrees from the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 4 to the position indicated by the chain line.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, notches 40 are formed at equal intervals on the outer peripheral edge of the bearing portion 24, and the surface of the case 25 that faces the notches 40 is engaged with the notches 40 while getting over the notches 40. 41 is formed. Accordingly, the case 25 is held in stages within the rotation range by the action of the holding means including the notch 40 and the protrusion 41.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a printed circuit board 28 is accommodated in the case 25, and circuit elements including a light receiving element 29 are mounted on the printed circuit board 28, and an infrared signal is converted into an electric signal to the controller. It is designed to output.

  The front end of the communication cable 20 is soldered to the end of the printed circuit board 28 in the case 25, bent 180 degrees from the joint, and extends upward from the upper end of the case 25. Therefore, when the case 25 as shown in FIG. 4 is rotated, the communication cable 20 does not prevent the rotation operation.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the controller 17 has a front cover 31 attached to the front surface of the case 30 attached to the mounting surface, and a connector cover 32 attached to the upper portion of the case 30 in a detachable manner. The light receiving panel 33 is attached to the lower part of the panel. The control cable 18 and the power cord 19 are connected to the control board in the case 30 via connectors 34 and 35, respectively, with the connector cover 32 removed.

  An insertion hole is formed in the lower surface of the light receiving panel 33, and a connector attached to the base end of the communication cable 20 can be connected to the control board in the case 30 from the insertion hole. When the take-out receiving unit 21 is not connected, an infrared signal can be received by the light receiving element disposed inside the light receiving panel 33. In this case, a cover is attached to the insertion hole.

  As shown in FIG. 7, an insertion hole 36 through which the connector 35 of the power cord 19 can be inserted is formed in the rear upper end portion of the case 30. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a rib 37 is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the back surface of the case 30, and when the case 30 is fixed to the mounting surface, the power cord 19 is connected between the back surface of the case 30 and the mounting surface. Space that can be accommodated is secured.

  A plurality of guide pieces 38 for guiding the power cord 19 are provided in the vicinity of the rib 37 on the back surface of the case 30, and the rib 37 is cut off at the lower end portion of the case 30 to move the power cord 19 downward. An extraction hole 39 that can be guided is formed.

  With such a configuration, the power cord 19 can be guided from the connector 35 through the insertion hole 36 to the back surface of the case 30 and further guided between the rib 37 and the guide piece 38 from the take-out hole 39 to the lower side of the case 30. .

  Now, in the electric horizontal blind constructed as described above, the take-out receiving unit 21 is connected to the controller 17 as shown in FIG. Attach part 21. Then, the infrared signal output from the remote control operation unit is received by the take-out receiving unit 21, and the raising / lowering operation or the angle adjustment operation of the slat 13 can be performed based on the received signal.

In the electric horizontal blind provided with the carry-out receiving unit 21 configured as described above, the following operational effects can be obtained.
(1) Since the take-out receiving unit 21 can be connected to the controller 17 via the communication cable 20, the take-out receiving unit 21 can be operated by remote control even if the controller 17 is installed at a position where it cannot be seen from the resident's view. If the infrared signal output from the unit is attached at a position where the infrared signal can be received, the blind can be operated by operating the remote control unit.
(2) The carry-out receiving unit 21 can be adjusted to an angle at which the infrared signal can be easily received by rotating the case 25 with respect to the stay 22.
(3) The case 25 can be rotated and held stepwise by the notch 40 provided in the bearing portion 24 of the stay 22 and the protrusion 41 provided in the case 25.
(4) Since the communication cable 20 extends along the stay 22 from the base end portion of the case 25 located in the vicinity of the bearing portion 24 of the stay 22, the communication cable 20 interferes with the rotation operation of the case 25. There is nothing.
(5) Since the housing groove 27 is provided in the case 25, the case 25 can be rotated in the vertical direction by housing the communication cable 20 in the housing groove 27.
(6) The communication cable 20 is not strained or slackened as the case 25 rotates.
(7) Since the communication cable 20 is exposed only upward from the case 25, the appearance can be improved.
(8) Either extending the power cord 19 upward from the upper end of the controller 17 or extending downward from the lower end of the controller 17 can be selected. Therefore, since the power cord 19 can be routed from the upper end or the lower end of the controller 17 according to the position of the power outlet, the length of the power cord 19 can be shortened to improve the appearance.
(9) The length of the power cord 19 between the controller 17 and the power outlet can be adjusted by rotating the power cord 19 between the guide piece 38 and the rib 37 on the back surface of the case 30 of the controller 17. . Therefore, unnecessary slack of the power cord 19 between the controller 17 and the power outlet can be prevented to improve the beauty.

You may implement the said embodiment in the following aspects.
-An accommodation groove may be provided in the stay.
-As shown in FIG. 9, you may extend the communication cable 20 from the bearing part of the take-out receiving part 21 to the side, ie, the extension direction of a rotating shaft center.
-A carrying-out receiving part is good also as what receives communication media other than infrared rays.
-In addition to the electric horizontal blind, it can also be used as a take-out receiving unit for a remote control operation unit such as a hoisting curtain, a pleated curtain, or a roll blind.

It is a perspective view which shows an electric horizontal blind. It is a perspective view which shows a taking-out light-receiving part. It is a perspective view which shows a taking-out light-receiving part. It is a side view which shows a taking-out light-receiving part. It is sectional drawing which shows a taking-out light-receiving part. It is a perspective view which shows a controller. It is a perspective view which shows a controller. It is a perspective view which shows a controller. It is explanatory drawing which shows another example of a taking-out light-receiving part. It is a perspective view which shows a prior art example. It is a side view which shows a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

  20 ... communication cable, 21 ... take-out receiving unit, 22 ... stay, 25 ... main body (case).

Claims (5)

In the electric solar shading device that receives the operation signal output from the remote control operation unit by the receiving unit of the controller, drives the motor based on the control signal output from the controller, and drives the solar shading material,
A take-out receiving unit for receiving the operation signal is provided separately from the controller, the take-out receiving unit and the controller are connected by a communication cable, and the take-out receiving unit is fixed to a mounting surface, The base end portion is constituted by a rectangular parallelepiped main body portion supported by the stay so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction, and the communication cable is connected through the rotation axis of the main body portion, and the communication cable A remote control device for an electric solar shading device, wherein the remote control device extends from a portion other than a base end surface which is an end surface in a longitudinal direction on the side close to the rotation axis in the main body.   The main body is supported so as to be pivotable upward only from a state extending horizontally from the stay, and the communication cable is extended upward along the stay from a side surface of the main body facing the stay. The remote control device for an electric solar radiation shielding device according to claim 1.   3. The remote control device for an electric solar shading device according to claim 2, wherein the main body portion is provided with an accommodation groove for accommodating the communication cable when the main body portion is rotated along the stay. .   4. The remote control device for an electric solar shading apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the stay and the main body are provided with holding means for holding the main body in a stepwise manner within the rotation range.   2. The remote control device for an electric solar shading device according to claim 1, wherein the communication cable is extended in the extending direction of the rotation axis of the main body.

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