TWI611091B - Skylight blinds - Google Patents

Description

Skylight blinds

The invention relates to a sunroof blind for use in installing on a window of a building, in particular, by adjusting an adjustment knob to move up or down along a straight branch to form a vertical rotation of each blade to a vertical shade. The state, each blade is horizontally opened between forward rotation and reverse rotation, and each blade is reversed to a vertical shielding state.

Sunroof-type blinds There are a number of prior art in the field of venetian blinds, such as US 6,273,173, US 5,913,785, US 5,535,806, US 5,533,559, US 5,404,926, WO 96/22447, WO 93/18270, and the like. Each of the prior art described above is directed to the prior art of applying for a patent, to make different changes in the overall structural arrangement of the blinds, or to further define the use of the blind or to add other qualifications.

However, the conventional sunroof blinds include the above prior art, and there are still problems and shortcomings in the actual manufacturing and assembly, which are not simplified enough, the manufacturing and assembly costs are high, the installation space is large, and the use efficiency is low. The invention proposes an effective solution to these problems and shortcomings, thereby enhancing the use efficiency, reliability and consumer desire of the sunroof blinds, and facilitating the installation, mass production and market of the sunroof blinds. competition.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a sunroof blind for use on a window of a building to be partitioned into an indoor side and an outdoor side, comprising: a rectangular frame consisting of an upper transverse branch, a lower transverse branch and two straight a branch body, wherein the straight branch has a U-shaped cross section and the second side facing the outdoor side is shorter than the first side facing the indoor side; a plurality of blades are equally spaced in the rectangular frame and the left and right ends of each blade are outwardly outward Extending a lug, and the lug is abutted against the surface of the second side of the straight leg facing the outdoor side; the two parallel ropes are sequentially passed through the perforation provided on the lugs of each blade from top to bottom. The steering adjustment mechanism comprises at least two sockets, at least two steering members, a steering shaft, a passive screw member, a transmission bearing seat, a transmission steering member, a turning member, a pulling rope and an adjusting button connecting The pull cord can be moved up and down on the surface of the first side of the straight branch; and at least two trapezoidal ropes; wherein when the adjusting button is operated along the straight branch or stays in the middle or downward, each cross The blades supported by the rope are It can be synchronized forward or reverse to form a state in which each blade is rotated to a vertical shielding state, each blade is horizontally opened between forward rotation and reverse rotation, and each blade is reversed to a vertical shielding. State, thereby achieving a simplified structure and easy operation.

In order to achieve the above object, a sunroof blind according to the present invention, a sunroof blind 1 for use on a window of a building to be divided into an indoor side and an outdoor side, comprising: a rectangular frame including an upper transverse branch The lower horizontal branch and the second straight branch are respectively disposed between the upper horizontal branch and the left and right ends of the lower horizontal branch, wherein the straight support has a U-shaped frame material such as an aluminum extruded frame material and has a The first side faces the indoor side, the second side faces the outdoor side, and an opening groove is formed between the first side and the second side and faces the inside of the rectangular frame, wherein the second side is shorter than the first side; the plurality of blades Between the horizontal branch and the lower transverse branch of the rectangular frame, the left and right ends of each blade are outwardly extended with a lug, and the lug is placed against the straight a second side of the branch facing the outdoor side, wherein each of the left and right ends of each blade has a perforation on each of the lugs; two left and right parallel ropes, the upper ends of the parallel ropes are respectively fixed at the left and right ends of the upper transverse branch Wherein, the parallel ropes are sequentially passed through the perforations provided on the left and right end lugs of each blade from top to bottom, and then cross each other at the lower transverse branch to fix the lower ends of the left and right parallel ropes respectively. a steering adjustment mechanism comprising at least two bearing seats defined in the upper transverse branch, and at least two steering members respectively rotatably disposed on the at least two seats, a steering shaft is disposed on the shaft of the at least two steering members and has one end extending above the straight support, a passive screw member is disposed on the end of the steering shaft, and a transmission bearing is disposed thereon A transmission steering member is rotatably disposed on the transmission socket and extends with a transmission tooth for coupling and driving with the passive screw member, and a turning member is disposed below the open slot of the straight branch. Where a pull rope is connected at its upper end Moving the steering member and the lower end thereof extends downward along the interior of the open slot of the straight branch and bypasses the turning member to form a loop, and an adjusting button is disposed between the upper end and the lower end of the pull cord and can be The surface of the first side of the branch is moved up and down; and at least two trapezoidal ropes each having two long straight rope portions and a plurality of short horizontal rope portions arranged at equal intervals between the two straight rope portions The upper ends of the two straight rope portions are respectively coupled to the opposite radial ends of the respective steering members, and the horizontal rope portions are respectively supported under the respective blades; wherein when the adjusting button is operated along the first branch When the surface of the edge moves up or down, the adjusting button synchronously drives the pulling rope to move up or down to drive the transmission steering member to rotate forward or reverse, and then the transmission gear of the transmission steering member and the passive screw member Connecting the transmission relationship between the steering shaft and the at least two steering members to rotate forward or reverse synchronously to drive the horizontal rope portions of the at least two trapezoidal ropes to rotate forward or reverse synchronously, thereby causing the horizontal rope portions The supported blades are synchronized forward or reverse Each blade is formed in a vertical shape of the n-Go shielding state between the blades is horizontal between the forward and reverse open shape The state and each blade are reversed to a vertically obscured state.

In an embodiment of the invention, when the adjusting button is operated to be positioned below the surface of the first side of the straight leg to an intermediate position, each blade is set to be in a horizontal open state; when the adjusting button is operated When the upper surface is located above the surface of the first side of the straight branch, the blades are set to be forward (clockwise) to the vertical shielding state; when the adjusting button is operated to be in the first position When the surface of the edge is down to a lower position, each blade is set to be reversed (counterclockwise) to a vertically shielded state.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the sunroof venetian blind is mounted in an inner space of a rectangular inner frame, and a transparent plate is further coated on the surface of the outdoor side of the sunroof blind for the sunroof Blinds and outdoor blocks.

1‧‧‧ sunroof blinds

2‧‧‧Rectangle inner frame

10‧‧‧Rectangular frame

11‧‧‧Upper branch

12‧‧‧ Lower Cross

121‧‧‧ Groove

13‧‧‧ straight support

131‧‧‧ first side

132‧‧‧ second side

133‧‧‧Open slot

20‧‧‧ leaves

21‧‧‧ lugs

22‧‧‧Perforation

30‧‧‧ parallel rope

30a‧‧‧ parallel rope

30b‧‧‧ parallel rope

40‧‧‧Steering adjustment mechanism

41‧‧‧ 承座

42‧‧‧Steering parts

421‧‧‧ radial end

43‧‧‧Steering shaft

End of 431‧‧‧

44‧‧‧Passive screw parts

45‧‧‧ Transmission seat

46‧‧‧Transmission steering parts

461‧‧‧ transmission teeth

47‧‧‧ Turning parts

48‧‧‧Drawstring

481‧‧‧ upper end

482‧‧‧Bottom

49‧‧‧Adjustment button

50‧‧‧Trapezoidal rope

51‧‧‧ Straight rope

511‧‧‧ upper end

52‧‧‧cross rope

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a three-dimensional combination of an embodiment of a sunroof type blind of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective exploded view of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 2A is a schematic view showing the combination of the parts (steering shaft, transmission socket and transmission steering member) of the embodiment shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2B is a schematic view showing a combination of a part (turning member and drawstring) of the embodiment shown in Fig. 2.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the plane of the embodiment shown in Figure 1 (viewed from the inside of the room).

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the plane (viewed from the outside side) of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 7-7 of Figure 3.

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of section line 8-8 in Figure 3.

Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 9-9 of Figure 3.

Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 10-10 of Figure 3.

Fig. 11 is a partial schematic view showing the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 in which the adjustment knob is operated to stop at the A position to open the blades horizontally.

Figure 12 is a side view of Figure 11.

Fig. 13 is a side view showing the embodiment shown in Fig. 11 in which the adjustment knob is operated to stop at the B position to cause each blade to rotate forward (clockwise) to a vertically shielded state.

Fig. 14 is a side view showing the embodiment shown in Fig. 11 when the adjustment knob is operated to stop at the C position to reverse (counterclockwise) the blades to the vertically shielded state.

Figure 15 is a perspective view showing the three-dimensional combination of the sunroof type blinds of the present invention installed in the inner space of a rectangular inner frame.

Figure 16 is a plan view of the plane of the embodiment shown in Figure 15 (viewed from the inside of the room).

Figure 17 is a plan view of the plane of the embodiment shown in Figure 15 (viewed from the outside side).

In order to make the present invention more clear and detailed, the preferred embodiment and the following drawings are used to describe the structure and technical features of the present invention as follows: Referring to Figures 1 to 10, mainly Figure 2, the sunroof blinds of the present invention are installed or applied for use on windows installed in buildings to be divided into indoor side and outdoor side, especially the blinds can It is suitable for installation on a window in a higher position in a building, so it is called a skylight blind; it mainly comprises: a rectangular frame 10, a plurality of blades 20, and two parallel ropes 30 (30b, 30a) ), a steering adjustment mechanism 40, and at least two trapezoidal ropes 50.

The rectangular frame 10 includes an upper transverse branch 11, a lower transverse branch 12, and two straight branches 13 respectively disposed between the upper transverse branch 11 and the left and right ends of the lower transverse branch 12; wherein the straight branch 13 is a The frame material having a U-shaped cross section, such as an aluminum extruded frame material, has a first side 131 facing the indoor side, a second side 132 facing the outdoor side, and an opening slot 133 formed between the first side 131 and the second side 132. And facing the inside of the rectangular frame 10, wherein the second side 132 is shorter than the first side 131. In addition, the lower cross section 12 is provided with a recess 121 on one side of the indoor side for the point of application of the lower cross member 12 to be raised or lowered by the telescopic rod at a close distance or by a telescopic rod.

The plurality of blades 20 are arranged at equal intervals between the horizontal support 11 and the lower cross member 12 of the rectangular frame 10, and a lug 21 is outwardly extended from the left and right ends of each blade 20, and the lug is extended. 21 abuts against and is located on a surface facing the outdoor side of the second side 132 of the straight branch, whereby when the rectangular frame 10 is changed from a use state perpendicular to the ground to a state of being inclined toward the indoor side ( If the rectangular frame 10 is pushed and pivoted toward the outdoor side, the plurality of blades 20 are stopped by the lugs 21 on the second side 132 of the straight branch without falling toward the indoor side. A perforation 22 is defined in each of the lugs 21 of the left and right ends of each of the blades 20.

The upper ends of the parallel ropes 30 (30b, 30a) of the left and right parallel ropes 30 (30b, 30a) are respectively fixed at the left and right ends of the upper transverse branch 11, and the parallel ropes 30 (30b, 30a) are further The upper and lower sides sequentially pass through the through holes 22 provided on the left and right end lugs 21 of each blade 20, and then cross each other at the lower transverse branch 12 so that the left and right two parallel ropes 30 (30b, 30a) The lower ends are respectively fixed below the opposite right and left ends of the lower transverse branch 12, thereby constituting and achieving the structural function of the generally known parallel guidance arrangement (as disclosed in US 612,606). So that the lower transverse branch 12 and each of the blades 20 are utilized by the left and right two parallel ropes 30 (30b, 30a) constitute a parallel guidance arrangement Lift up or down. Since the left and right two parallel ropes 30 (30b, 30a) are used to form a parallel guidance arrangement, which is known in the art as a prior art, the detailed structure and function thereof will not be described again.

The steering adjustment mechanism 40 includes at least two sockets 41 which are defined in the upper transverse branch 11 and are provided with two sockets 41 as shown in the drawing, but are not limited, and may be depending on the width of the blades 20 If there are three sockets 41, at least two steering members 42 are respectively disposed correspondingly on the at least two sockets 41; a steering shaft 43 is disposed on the axis of the at least two steering members 42 and An end 431 extends above the straight leg 13; a passive screw member 44 is disposed on the end 431 of the steering shaft 43; a transmission socket 45 is disposed in the upper cross member 11 and is located Above the support 13; a drive steering member 46, the rotation of which is disposed on the transmission base 45 and extending with a transmission tooth 461 for coupling with the passive screw member 44 and driving as shown in FIG. 2A; a turning member 47, It is disposed at the lower portion of the opening groove 133 of the straight leg 13; a pull cord 48 has an upper end 481 coupled around the transmission steering member 46 and a lower end 482 extending downwardly along the interior of the open slot 133 of the straight leg 13. And bypassing the turning member 47 to form a loop; an adjusting button 49 is coupled to the upper end 481 of the pull cord 48 and One end 482 and the middle side surface 131 has a first branch 13 of the upward and downward movement as shown in the first FIG. 2B.

The at least two trapezoidal ropes 50, as shown in the figure, are provided with two trapezoidal ropes 50, but are not limited, and may be increased according to the number of the sockets 41 or the width of the left and right sides of the blades 20, such as three trapezoidal ropes 50; Each of the trapezoidal ropes 50 has two long straight rope portions 51 and a plurality of short horizontal rope portions 52 arranged in a stepped manner between the two straight rope portions 51, and the upper ends 511 of the two straight rope portions 51 are respectively coupled to the respective steerings. On each of the two opposite radial ends 421 of the member 42, each of the transverse rope portions 52 is supported below each of the vanes 20.

With the above configuration, when the adjustment knob 49 is operated to move upward or downward along the surface of the first side 131 of the straight leg 13, as shown in FIG. 1, the adjustment button 49 is moved downward from the A position to B. The position is moved upward from the A position to the C position, and the adjusting button 49 synchronously drives the pulling rope 47 to move downward or upward to drive the transmission steering member 46 to rotate forward or reverse, and then the transmission gear of the transmission steering member 46. The driving relationship between the 461 and the passive screw member 44 is such that the steering shaft 43 and the at least two steering members 42 are synchronously rotated or reversed to drive the horizontal rope portions 52 of the at least two trapezoidal ropes 50 to be synchronized. Turning or reversing, so that the blades 20 supported by the horizontal rope portions 52 are synchronously rotated forward or reversed, thereby forming the following three states: First, when the adjusting button 49 is moved downward from the A position to the B position When the blades 20 are rotated forward (clockwise) to the vertical shielding state as shown in FIG. 13; secondly, when the adjusting button 49 is moved back from the B position to the A position, the blades 20 are obtained. Between the forward rotation and the reverse rotation, the horizontal opening state is as shown in Figs. 11 and 12; the third is when When the adjustment knob 49 moves upward from the position A to position C, the vanes 20 have reverse (counterclockwise) in a vertical state to the shielding state 14. As shown in FIG.

In the actual operation, the blades 20 supported by the horizontal rope portions 52 are not limited to forming only the above three states when the forward or reverse rotation is performed. In fact, the user can operate the adjustment knob 49 to move according to the user's needs. And staying outside the A position, the B position, and the C position, can also stay at any position between the three positions A, B, and C, whereby each of the blades 20 is operated and selected to stay in a vertical shape. A degree of obscuration between the obscured state and the horizontally open state.

For convenience of operation, when the adjustment button 49 is located at the A position (an intermediate position), as shown in FIG. 12, each of the blades 20 can be set to be horizontally opened as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12; When the button 49 is in the B position, as shown in FIG. 13, the blades 20 can be set to be in a vertical shielding state as shown in FIG. 13; when the adjusting button 49 is in the C position, as shown in FIG. Can make Each of the blades 20 is set to have another vertical shielding state as shown in Fig. 14.

Referring to Figures 15 through 17, the sunroof blind 1 of the present invention can further be mounted in an inner space of a rectangular inner frame 2; wherein the sunroof blind 1 is mounted in a rectangular inner frame 2 In the inner space, a transparent plate (not shown) may be further coated on the surface of the outdoor side of the sunroof blind 1 for blocking the sunroof blind 1 and the outdoor.

The above is only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive, and it is understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that Many changes, modifications, and even equivalents may be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

1‧‧‧ sunroof blinds

10‧‧‧Rectangular frame

11‧‧‧Upper branch

12‧‧‧ Lower Cross

121‧‧‧ Groove

13‧‧‧ straight support

131‧‧‧ first side

132‧‧‧ second side

133‧‧‧Open slot

20‧‧‧ leaves

21‧‧‧ lugs

22‧‧‧Perforation

30‧‧‧ parallel rope

30a‧‧‧ parallel rope

30b‧‧‧ parallel rope

40‧‧‧Steering adjustment mechanism

41‧‧‧ 承座

42‧‧‧Steering parts

421‧‧‧ radial end

43‧‧‧Steering shaft

End of 431‧‧‧

44‧‧‧Passive screw parts

45‧‧‧ Transmission seat

46‧‧‧Transmission steering parts

461‧‧‧ transmission teeth

47‧‧‧ Turning parts

48‧‧‧Drawstring

481‧‧‧ upper end

482‧‧‧Bottom

49‧‧‧Adjustment button

50‧‧‧Trapezoidal rope

51‧‧‧ Straight rope

511‧‧‧ upper end

52‧‧‧cross rope

Claims (5)

A sunroof venetian blind for use on a window of a building to be divided into an indoor side and an outdoor side, comprising: a rectangular frame including an upper transverse branch, a lower transverse branch, and two straight branches respectively Between the upper transverse branch and the left and right ends of the lower transverse branch, wherein the straight support is a frame material having a U-shaped cross section and has a first side facing the indoor side, a second side facing the outdoor side, and an open slot formed at Between the first side and the second side and facing the inside of the rectangular frame, wherein the second side is shorter than the first side; the plurality of blades are arranged at equal intervals on the rectangular frame above the transverse branch and the lower transverse branch Between each of the left and right ends of each blade, a lug extends outwardly, and the lug is abutted against the surface of the second side of the straight leg facing the outdoor side, wherein the left and right ends of each blade are lugs There is a perforation; two left and right parallel ropes, the upper ends of each parallel rope are respectively fixed at the left and right ends of the upper transverse branch, and the parallel ropes are sequentially passed from the top to the bottom through the left and right end lugs of each blade. The perforations set on the top and then cross each other at the lower transverse branch to make the left The lower ends of the right two parallel ropes are respectively fixed below the opposite right and left ends of the lower transverse branch, thereby forming a parallel guiding arrangement, so that the lower transverse branch and each blade are utilized. The parallel guiding arrangement is lifted upward or downward; a steering adjustment mechanism includes at least two bearing seats defined in the upper transverse branch, and at least two steering members are respectively correspondingly rotated on the at least two seats, a steering shaft is disposed on the axis of the at least two steering members and has an end extending above the straight support, a passive screw member is disposed on the end of the steering shaft, and a transmission bearing is disposed on the upper end A transmission steering member is rotatably disposed on the transmission base and extends with a transmission tooth for coupling and driving with the passive screw member, and a turning member is disposed below the open slot of the open support. a pull rope whose upper end is connected around the transmission steering member and the lower end thereof is along the opening of the straight branch The inside of the groove extends downwardly and bypasses the turning member to form a loop. One and a adjusting button are connected between the upper end and the lower end of the pulling rope and can be up and down on the surface of the first side of the straight branch. Moving; and at least two trapezoidal ropes, each of the trapezoidal ropes having two long straight rope portions and a plurality of short horizontal rope portions arranged in a stepped manner between the two straight rope portions, the upper ends of the two straight rope portions being respectively connected On each of the opposite radial ends of each of the steering members, each of the transverse rope portions is respectively supported under the respective blades; wherein when the lower transverse branches are operated upwardly or downwardly, the blades are used to guide the parallel guides. And as the lower cross member is lifted upward or downward; wherein when the adjusting button is operated to move downward or upward along the surface of the first side of the straight leg, the adjusting button synchronously drives the drawstring downward or Moving upward to drive the transmission steering member to rotate forward or reverse, and then connecting the transmission shaft of the transmission steering member with the passive screw member to make the steering shaft and the at least two steering members synchronously rotate forward or Reversing to drive the at least two trapezoidal ropes The horizontal rope portion is synchronously rotated or reversed, so that the blades supported by the horizontal rope portions are synchronously rotated forward or reversed to form a forward rotation of each blade to a vertically shielding state, and each blade is in forward rotation and The inversion is horizontally open, and the blades are reversed to a vertically obscured state. The sunroof venetian blind according to claim 1, wherein when the adjusting button is operated to be positioned at an intermediate position above the surface of the first side of the straight branch, each blade is set to be in a horizontal open state; When the adjusting button is operated to be positioned below the surface of the first side of the straight leg to a lower position, each blade is set to be rotated forward (clockwise) to a vertical shielding state; wherein when the adjusting button is When the operation is placed above the surface of the first side of the straight branch to an upward position, each blade is set to be reversed (counterclockwise) to a shaded state of another vertical shape. The sunroof type venetian blind according to claim 1, wherein the lower cross section is provided with a groove on one side facing the indoor side for ascending by hand or remotely operating the lower cross section with a telescopic rod. Or the point of application of the descent action. The sunroof venetian blind according to claim 2, wherein the sunroof venetian blind is mounted in an inner space of a rectangular inner frame. The sunroof venetian blind according to claim 4, wherein when the sunroof venetian blind is installed in the inner space of the rectangular inner frame, a transparent surface is further coated on the surface of the outdoor side of the sunroof venetian blind The panels are used to block the sunroof blinds from the outside.