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US3289739A
US3289739A US413885A US41388564A US3289739A US 3289739 A US3289739 A US 3289739A US 413885 A US413885 A US 413885A US 41388564 A US41388564 A US 41388564A US 3289739 A US3289739 A US 3289739A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/38—Other details
    • E06B9/382—Details of ladder-tapes or ladder chains, e.g. buckles for local shortening of tapes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
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    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/28—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable
    • E06B9/30—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable liftable
    • E06B9/303—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable liftable with ladder-tape
    • E06B9/307—Details of tilting bars and their operation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/39—Cord and rope holders
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/39—Cord and rope holders
    • Y10T24/3916—One-piece
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/39—Cord and rope holders
    • Y10T24/3991—Loop engaging

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  • This invention relates to a ladder cord carrier or ladder tape carrier adapted to be fastened in a slightly clamping manner on the operating shaft of a Venetian blind and also relates -to a Venetian blind provided with such a carrier.
  • the invention aims at providing a ladder cord carrier or ladder tape carrier of this kind with which a ladder cord or ladder tape may be easily .and rapidly arranged on the operating shaft of a Venetian blind, said opeating shaft being destined for tilting the lamellae as well as for raising or lowering the Venetian blind.
  • An additional object of the invention is the possibility of fastening the ladder cords or ladder tapes easily and nonslidably to the carrier.
  • the ladder cord carrier or ladder tape carrier in that it comprises one or more crosspieces or dams which are non-slidably holding a ladder cord or ladder tape arranged in said carrier. Wit-h this construction of the carrier it is only necessary to insert the end of one of the ladder cords or ladder tapes of a ladder in the carrier after which this end is non-slidably held by the clasping action exercised by the projections and cross-pieces. The end inserted in the carrier is then fastened to the end of the other ladder cord or the other ladder tape of the ladder. Obviously also the end of eac-h of the ladder cords or ladder tapes may be nonslidably fastened in the carrier.
  • a preferred embodiment of the ladder cord carrier or ladder tape carrier according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises an accommodation space for a ladder cord or ladder tape, said accommodation space being limited by side flanges.
  • the crossapieces or dams or the projections of the carrier are preferably constructed as abutment-s. In the case of carriers pro-vided with side flanges this may be realized in a simple way by raising said flanges in the area of the cross-pieces or dams, said raised portions forming the abutments for the carrier.
  • abutments may co-operate for example with an abutment xedly arranged in a head rail of a Venetian blind and serve to make it possible for the carrier to slip relative to the operating shaft when the lamellae have reached one of their extreme positions into which they may Ibe rotated.
  • the carrier need not be arranged directly on the operating shaft of a Venetian blind but that it may also be indirectly arranged on said operating shaft, for example on a tube or spool mounted on the operating shaft.
  • said carrier comprises two curved legs adapted to grip around an operating shaft of a Venetian blind. 'In particular when the flanges have been raised in the area of the cross-pieces or dams a firm central portion s obtained to which the legs of the carrier are connected.
  • the carrier is preferably manufactured from a resilient synthetic material, for example a polyamide.
  • FIG. 1 shows diagrammatically in longitudinal sec- 3239,73@ Patented Dec. 6, ⁇ 1966 ICC tion part of a Venetian blind in which a carrier according to the invention has been mounted.
  • FIG. 2 is a section according to the line lI-II of FIG. l.
  • FIG. 3 is a section yaccording to the line III- III of FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 4 is a side View of the carrier shown in FIG. 3.
  • the Venetian blind shown in FIG. 1 comprises a head rail 1 in which a tubular operating shaft 2 has been rotatably mounted in bearings in a manner which is not shown.
  • a non-round 3 has been inserted, said rod being provided with a conical gear wheel 4 engaging with a conical gear wheel 5 arranged on a driving shaft 6.
  • the right hand end of the tube 2 is provided 'with la closure member 7 comprising a threaded hole with which a threaded rod 8 is in engagement, said threaded rod being secured to a support 9 provided in the head rail 1.
  • ladder cord carriers On the tube 2 a number of ladder cord carriers have been provided, 4sa-id number corresponding with the number of ladder cords of the Venetian Iblind. Of these ladder cord carriers only one carrier 10 is shown.
  • This carrier has been made from a resilient synthetic material, for example polyamide, .and consists of an open ring which slightly clamps the tube 2. This ring is provided with side flanges 11 forming a limitation for the ladder cord 12, 13. The flan-ges 11 have been raised on either side of a radial projection 14 ⁇ and have been interconnected ⁇ .by crossapieces or dams 15, 16.
  • Venetian blind operates as follows:
  • the ladder cord carriers mounted on said tube in a slightly clamping manner ro tate along with this tube 2 until one of the cross-pieces 15, 16 cornes into contact with the abutment 17.
  • the lamellae of the Venetian blind are then closed and cannot be tilted any further.
  • the tube 2 may, how-ever, continue its rotation.
  • the lift cords (not shown) of the Venetian blind are wound on or unwound from said tube 2, according as the Venetian blind is raised or lowered.
  • the invention is not restricted to the embodiment of the ladder cord carnier according to the invention shown above and that these carriers may also be applied in Venetian blinds of different construction which do not have an axially movable tube.
  • the carrier may also comprise more than one projection and one or more than two cross-pieces or dams.
  • a ladder carrier for a Venetian sblind having an operating shaft comprising an open ring of resilient material having a middle portion and two curved legs ladapted to grip around the operating shaft; said middle portion being provided with an -accommodation space for part of at least one ladder cord, two cross-pieces leaving an opening between them extending above said accommodation space, and a projection pointing towards the opening between the crosspieces.
  • a ladder carrie-r for a Venetian blind having an operating shaft, said ladder carrier consisting of an open ring of resilient synthetic material having a middle portion and two curved legs adapted -to grip around the operating shaft and lbeing provided with side flanges; said middle portion being provided with an accommodation space for part of at least one ladder cord, two crosspieces leaving an opening between them extending above said accommodation space, and a projection pointing to- Wards the opening between the cross-pieces.
  • a Venetian blind provided with an operating shaft operating at least as a tilt shaft, and at least one ladder carrier carried by said shaft and comprising an open ring of resilient material, adaptedto lightly cla-mp around the operating shaft and having a middle portion and two curved legs being provided with side flanges; said mid- References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,561,371 7/1951 Hill 24l29 2,877,527 3/1959 Bond 24l29 X FOREIGN PATENTS 1,215,346 ll/l959 France.

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Dec. 6, '196e E* E, HENSEL 3,289,739
LADDER CORD OR LADDER TAPE CARRIER Filed NOV 25, 1964 FIGA F|G.3
INVENTOR ATTORNEYS United States Patent C) 3,289,739 LADDER CGRD R LADDER TAPE CARRIER Erich Emil Hensel, The Hague, Netherlands, assigner to Hunter Douglas International Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a corporation of Quebec Filed Nov. 25, 1964, Ser. No. 413,885 Claims priority, application Netherlands, Dec. 17, 1963,
301,964 3 Claims. (Cl. 160-178) This invention relates to a ladder cord carrier or ladder tape carrier adapted to be fastened in a slightly clamping manner on the operating shaft of a Venetian blind and also relates -to a Venetian blind provided with such a carrier. The invention aims at providing a ladder cord carrier or ladder tape carrier of this kind with which a ladder cord or ladder tape may be easily .and rapidly arranged on the operating shaft of a Venetian blind, said opeating shaft being destined for tilting the lamellae as well as for raising or lowering the Venetian blind. An additional object of the invention is the possibility of fastening the ladder cords or ladder tapes easily and nonslidably to the carrier.
The above-mentioned objects are obtained with the ladder cord carrier or ladder tape carrier according to the invention in that it comprises one or more crosspieces or dams which are non-slidably holding a ladder cord or ladder tape arranged in said carrier. Wit-h this construction of the carrier it is only necessary to insert the end of one of the ladder cords or ladder tapes of a ladder in the carrier after which this end is non-slidably held by the clasping action exercised by the projections and cross-pieces. The end inserted in the carrier is then fastened to the end of the other ladder cord or the other ladder tape of the ladder. Obviously also the end of eac-h of the ladder cords or ladder tapes may be nonslidably fastened in the carrier.
A preferred embodiment of the ladder cord carrier or ladder tape carrier according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises an accommodation space for a ladder cord or ladder tape, said accommodation space being limited by side flanges. The crossapieces or dams or the projections of the carrier are preferably constructed as abutment-s. In the case of carriers pro-vided with side flanges this may be realized in a simple way by raising said flanges in the area of the cross-pieces or dams, said raised portions forming the abutments for the carrier. These abutments may co-operate for example with an abutment xedly arranged in a head rail of a Venetian blind and serve to make it possible for the carrier to slip relative to the operating shaft when the lamellae have reached one of their extreme positions into which they may Ibe rotated. It is obvious that the carrier need not be arranged directly on the operating shaft of a Venetian blind but that it may also be indirectly arranged on said operating shaft, for example on a tube or spool mounted on the operating shaft.
In the case of a simple and sturdy embodiment of the carrier according to the invention said carrier comprises two curved legs adapted to grip around an operating shaft of a Venetian blind. 'In particular when the flanges have been raised in the area of the cross-pieces or dams a firm central portion s obtained to which the legs of the carrier are connected.
The carrier is preferably manufactured from a resilient synthetic material, for example a polyamide.
The invention will be further explained below with reference to the accompanying drawings showing by way of example an embodiment of a carrier according to the invention.
FIG. 1 shows diagrammatically in longitudinal sec- 3239,73@ Patented Dec. 6, `1966 ICC tion part of a Venetian blind in which a carrier according to the invention has been mounted.
FIG. 2 is a section according to the line lI-II of FIG. l.
FIG. 3 is a section yaccording to the line III- III of FIG. 4.
FIG. 4 is a side View of the carrier shown in FIG. 3.
The Venetian blind shown in FIG. 1 comprises a head rail 1 in which a tubular operating shaft 2 has been rotatably mounted in bearings in a manner which is not shown. In the left hand end of said tube 2 a non-round 3 has been inserted, said rod being provided with a conical gear wheel 4 engaging with a conical gear wheel 5 arranged on a driving shaft 6.
The right hand end of the tube 2 is provided 'with la closure member 7 comprising a threaded hole with which a threaded rod 8 is in engagement, said threaded rod being secured to a support 9 provided in the head rail 1.
On the tube 2 a number of ladder cord carriers have been provided, 4sa-id number corresponding with the number of ladder cords of the Venetian Iblind. Of these ladder cord carriers only one carrier 10 is shown. This carrier has been made from a resilient synthetic material, for example polyamide, .and consists of an open ring which slightly clamps the tube 2. This ring is provided with side flanges 11 forming a limitation for the ladder cord 12, 13. The flan-ges 11 have been raised on either side of a radial projection 14 `and have been interconnected `.by crossapieces or dams 15, 16. By means of this projection 14 and the cross-pieces or dams 15, 16 the end of the ladder cord 12 inserted in the carrier 10 in the manner shown in FIG 3 is non-slidably held in said carrier 10. Said end has been fastened to the end of the ladder cord 13. In the head rail 1 an abutment 17 has been provided which `co-operates with the crosspieces or dams 15, 16 serving as labutment for the carrier 1li. This abutment 17 may be provided for example on a bearing (not shown) for the tube 2.
The above-described Venetian blind operates as follows:
If the driving shaft 6 is rotated, the `tube 2 rotates.
As a consequence thereof the ladder cord carriers mounted on said tube in a slightly clamping manner ro tate along with this tube 2 until one of the cross-pieces 15, 16 cornes into contact with the abutment 17. The lamellae of the Venetian blind :are then closed and cannot be tilted any further. On account of the fact that the carriers 10` are arranged on the tube 2 in a `slightly clamping manner, the tube 2 may, how-ever, continue its rotation. During the rotation of the tube 2 the lift cords (not shown) of the Venetian blind are wound on or unwound from said tube 2, according as the Venetian blind is raised or lowered.
It is obvious that the invention is not restricted to the embodiment of the ladder cord carnier according to the invention shown above and that these carriers may also be applied in Venetian blinds of different construction which do not have an axially movable tube. The carrier may also comprise more than one projection and one or more than two cross-pieces or dams.
I claim:
1. A ladder carrier for a Venetian sblind having an operating shaft, said ladder carrier comprising an open ring of resilient material having a middle portion and two curved legs ladapted to grip around the operating shaft; said middle portion being provided with an -accommodation space for part of at least one ladder cord, two cross-pieces leaving an opening between them extending above said accommodation space, and a projection pointing towards the opening between the crosspieces.
2. A ladder carrie-r for a Venetian blind having an operating shaft, said ladder carrier consisting of an open ring of resilient synthetic material having a middle portion and two curved legs adapted -to grip around the operating shaft and lbeing provided with side flanges; said middle portion being provided with an accommodation space for part of at least one ladder cord, two crosspieces leaving an opening between them extending above said accommodation space, and a projection pointing to- Wards the opening between the cross-pieces.
3. A Venetian blind provided with an operating shaft operating at least as a tilt shaft, and at least one ladder carrier carried by said shaft and comprising an open ring of resilient material, adaptedto lightly cla-mp around the operating shaft and having a middle portion and two curved legs being provided with side flanges; said mid- References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,561,371 7/1951 Hill 24l29 2,877,527 3/1959 Bond 24l29 X FOREIGN PATENTS 1,215,346 ll/l959 France.
HARRISON R. MOSELEY, Primary Examinez'.
P. M. CAUN, Assistant Examiner.

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1. A LADDER CARRIER FOR A VENETAIN BLIND HAVING AN OPERATING SHAFT, SAID LADDER CARRIER COMPRISING AN OPEN RING OF RESILIENT MATERIAL HAVING A MIDDLE PORTION AND TWO CURVED LEGS ADAPTED TO GRIP AROUND THE OPERATING SHAFT; SAID MIDDLE PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH AN ACCOMMODATION SPACE FOR PART OF AT LEAST ONE LADDER CORD,
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US4821789A (en) * 1987-12-21 1989-04-18 Graber Industries, Inc. Venetian blind with improved ladder tilt drum
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