US3603372A - Electrically operated venetian blind - Google Patents

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US3603372A
US3603372A US803210*A US3603372DA US3603372A US 3603372 A US3603372 A US 3603372A US 3603372D A US3603372D A US 3603372DA US 3603372 A US3603372 A US 3603372A
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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
    • E06B9/56—Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures; Spring drums; Tape drums; Counterweighting arrangements therefor
    • E06B9/80—Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling
    • E06B9/82—Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling automatic
    • E06B9/88—Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling automatic for limiting unrolling
    • 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
    • E06B9/28—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
    • E06B9/32—Operating, guiding, or securing devices therefor
    • 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
    • E06B9/28—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
    • E06B9/32—Operating, guiding, or securing devices therefor
    • E06B9/322—Details of operating devices, e.g. pulleys, brakes, spring drums, drives
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/12—Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon
    • H01H13/14—Operating parts, e.g. push-button
    • H01H13/18—Operating parts, e.g. push-button adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the path of a body, the relative movement of switch and body being primarily for a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. door switch, limit switch, floor-levelling switch of a lift
    • 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
    • E06B9/56—Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures; Spring drums; Tape drums; Counterweighting arrangements therefor
    • E06B9/68—Operating devices or mechanisms, e.g. with electric drive
    • E06B2009/6809—Control
    • E06B2009/689—Control using end switches

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  • Electric motor slatted blind drives have become increasingly popular in recent years. However, their widening use is hindered by the fact that the fitting and maintenance of slatted blinds with electric motor drives have hitherto involved the work of an electrical installation engineer to wire up the circuit and connect it to the mains after the mechanical components of the slatted blind have been incorporated. This is expensive, time wasting and unsatisfactory.
  • the invention is therefore directed to the problem of so simplifying the electrical installation of a slatted blind with electric motor drive that it can be connected to the mains even by the person who carries out the mechanical work of fitting the slatted blind.
  • this problem is solved by mounting the switch and plug and socket connections for the switch leads and motor leads on a common baseplate held in the headrail.
  • an electrically driven slatted blind mounting comprises a headrail carrying an electric motor for raising and lowering the lifting members of the slatted blind, a common baseplate held by the headrail and carrying both a switch adapted to be operated by a lifting member and plug and socket electrical connections for the switch leads and motor leads.
  • the switch or switches and all the electrical connections, on the one hand to the mains and on the other hand to the driving motor and the remaining circuit elements condenser such as the motor may thus be carried by the one baseplate, making it easier both to connect up the slatted blind electrically for the first time and to replace parts of the electrical drive which have become faulty.
  • motor replacement requires only that the associated plug on the common baseplate be released and the corresponding plug link of a new motor be introduced; the plugs are preferably so shaped as to prevent different plugs from being confused or incorrectly plugged in.
  • the whole baseplate may be removed after the plug connections have been released if for example one of the switches fastened to the baseplate should have failed.
  • the baseplate is preferably held by a cover plate which bears externally against the headrail and which expediently has apertures for guiding a lifting member and for the actuating means of another switch which is arranged to come into action when the slatted blind is fully raised.
  • This second switch serves to switch off the electric motor drive when all the slats of the blind have been raised, even though the operator is still holding the manually actuated switch closed.
  • FIG. I shows a perspective and partially cutaway view of one end of a slatted blind and mounting
  • FIG. 2 is a section on the line 1I-II of FIG. 3,
  • FIG. 3 is a side elevation of the mounting with both the headrail and the switch housing partially broken away
  • FIG. 4 is a section corresponding to FIG. 2 but with the lifting and driving elements in another position
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of the mounting, omitting the headrail and the driving members.
  • the headrail 1 of the mounting carries, as shown in FIG. I, a driving shaft 2 and spools 3 for the lifting belts or tapes; the carrying tapes for the slats 5, by which the inclination of the slats 5 can be varied are mounted in a known manner.
  • the tl st vsq .by endemi motor 6- A baseplate 7 (FIG. 3) is mounted over a cutaway in the bottom of the headrail 1 in the region of one of the lifting tapes.
  • the baseplate 7 is held in position by an overlying cover plate 8 which bears externally against the bottom of the headrail 1 and is secured to the baseplate by screws.
  • the socket members 9 of plug and socket connections are secured to the upper side of baseplate 7, and receive plugs 10-12, the plug 10 being connected to the mains by a lead 10a, the plug 11 to the motor 6 by a lead 11a, and the plug 12 to the motor condenser (not shown) by a lead 120.
  • the baseplate 7 is shaped to form a housing 13 which surrounds limit-switches l4 and 15 which respectively cut off the motor drive when the blind has been fully raised and lowered.
  • the limit-switches are appropriately electrically connected between the sockets 9 of the switches 10 to 12.
  • the operating stud 16 of the switch 15 is engaged by an actuating lever in the 7 form of a stirrup 17 which is pivoted at 18 to the housing 13,
  • the stirrup17 passes adjacent the tape 4 as best shown in FIG. 5; as long as the slatted blind is not fully lowered, the stirrup 17 is held against its bias in the inoperative position illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the stirrup 17 is permitted to pivot under the bias into the operating position shown in FIG. 4 and as a result switch off the motor 6 when the slatted blind is in its bottom limiting position.
  • the lever 21 is forced upwards by the engagement of the topmost slat and acts on the operating stud 22 l of the switch 14, when all the slats S of the blind are fully raised in the course of the upward movement.
  • the switch 14 thus represents the top limit-switch of the slatted blind.
  • the cover plate 8 has a further cutaway 23 for the lifting tape 4.
  • Both the baseplate 7 with the housing 13, and the cover plate 8 are expediently moulded from synthetic material and provided with the required reinforcing ribs and the like.
  • An electrically driven slatted blind mounting comprising a headrail carrying an electric motor for raising and lowering the lifting members ofthe slatted blind and having wall surface means parallel to the longitudinal axis of the headrail with cutaway access opening therethrough, a common baseplate mounted to the headrail in said cutaway opening and carrying both a switch adapted to be operated by a lifting member and plug and socket electrical connections for the switch and motor.
  • a slatted blind niounting according to claim 2 in which there is a second switch carried by the baseplate and adapted to be operated when the blind is fully raised.
  • a siani blind mounting accoi ding i6c1im 5 iii which the actuating means is a segment-shaped member which protrudes through the cover plate and is arranged to be operated by the top slat of the blind, when fully raised.

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US3799236A (en) * 1972-11-10 1974-03-26 Levolor Lorentzen Inc Venetian blind having a cord lock which is actuated upon full raising of the blind
US3835911A (en) * 1972-01-13 1974-09-17 Hueppe Justin Fa Electrically operable drive arrangement for venetian blinds
US4417185A (en) * 1980-04-18 1983-11-22 Somfy Driving system for roll-up shades, blinds, rolling shutters and the like
US4610290A (en) * 1983-02-16 1986-09-09 Doerflinger Peter Pull-up curtain with pull-up device
US4706726A (en) * 1985-01-10 1987-11-17 V. Kann Rasmussen Industri A/S Electric control of venetian blind
US4727919A (en) * 1984-11-07 1988-03-01 Nergeco Safety and emergency actuator device for a concertina type door
US4914360A (en) * 1989-03-10 1990-04-03 Hsieh Chi Sheng Venetian blind controller
US5726677A (en) * 1992-07-07 1998-03-10 Seiko Epson Corporation Matrix display apparatus, matrix display control apparatus, and matrix display drive apparatus
US5860463A (en) * 1995-01-18 1999-01-19 V. Kann Rasmussen Industri A/S End stop device for an electrically operated window screening arrangement
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US6659156B2 (en) * 2002-03-07 2003-12-09 Industrial Technology Research Institute Screw transmission mechanism for a blind
US6736184B2 (en) 2002-08-06 2004-05-18 Dean M. Eaton Motorized reel system for window covering
US20040163774A1 (en) * 2002-03-07 2004-08-26 Ming Nien Venetian blind having dual-drive mechanism
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US20070277935A1 (en) * 2006-06-01 2007-12-06 Shih-Ming Lin Curtain
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US3835911A (en) * 1972-01-13 1974-09-17 Hueppe Justin Fa Electrically operable drive arrangement for venetian blinds
US3799236A (en) * 1972-11-10 1974-03-26 Levolor Lorentzen Inc Venetian blind having a cord lock which is actuated upon full raising of the blind
US4417185A (en) * 1980-04-18 1983-11-22 Somfy Driving system for roll-up shades, blinds, rolling shutters and the like
US4610290A (en) * 1983-02-16 1986-09-09 Doerflinger Peter Pull-up curtain with pull-up device
US4727919A (en) * 1984-11-07 1988-03-01 Nergeco Safety and emergency actuator device for a concertina type door
US4706726A (en) * 1985-01-10 1987-11-17 V. Kann Rasmussen Industri A/S Electric control of venetian blind
US4914360A (en) * 1989-03-10 1990-04-03 Hsieh Chi Sheng Venetian blind controller
US5726677A (en) * 1992-07-07 1998-03-10 Seiko Epson Corporation Matrix display apparatus, matrix display control apparatus, and matrix display drive apparatus
US5860463A (en) * 1995-01-18 1999-01-19 V. Kann Rasmussen Industri A/S End stop device for an electrically operated window screening arrangement
US6659156B2 (en) * 2002-03-07 2003-12-09 Industrial Technology Research Institute Screw transmission mechanism for a blind
US6655441B2 (en) * 2002-03-07 2003-12-02 Industrial Technology Research Institute Friction transmission mechanism for a motor-driven blind
US20040163774A1 (en) * 2002-03-07 2004-08-26 Ming Nien Venetian blind having dual-drive mechanism
US20070012407A1 (en) * 2002-03-07 2007-01-18 Marc Karish Venetian Blind Having Dual-Drive Mechanism
AU783390B2 (en) * 2002-06-05 2005-10-20 Industrial Technology Research Institute Friction transmission mechanism for a blind
US6736184B2 (en) 2002-08-06 2004-05-18 Dean M. Eaton Motorized reel system for window covering
US20070277935A1 (en) * 2006-06-01 2007-12-06 Shih-Ming Lin Curtain
US20080262637A1 (en) * 2007-04-20 2008-10-23 David M. Dorrough Control for a motorized blind
US20090283222A1 (en) * 2008-05-19 2009-11-19 Suzhou Hongyi Ornament Material Co. Window shade
NL2001605C2 (nl) * 2008-05-22 2009-11-27 Suzhou Hongyi Ornament Materia Raambekleding.
US20130048231A1 (en) * 2011-08-31 2013-02-28 Qualitas Manufacturing, Inc. Base Slat Retention and Motor Triggering For Rolling Protective Shutters
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